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Show DOMESTIC PROBLEMS Human Relations Center Set Up At University of Pennsylvania j i f ! I ; J - . """V- - . ,, :.3iLz.a1 A human relations center, the first of its kind ever organized in this country to provide a complete service serv-ice to communities faced with racial and religious conflicts, has been established at the University of Pennsylvania. The new development in meeting "the outstanding problem in democratic demo-cratic life" is known as the Albert M. Greenfield Center for Human Relations, it was announced by Harold E. Stassen, president of the university and Dr. Everett R. Clinchy, president of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. It will start its work in September. Septem-ber. Its program was made possible, pos-sible, through the combined financing finan-cing of the Philadelphia area office of the National Conference, the University Uni-versity of Pennsylvania, and Albert M. Greenfield, a Philadelphia realtor real-tor and civic leader. The governing body of the center is an executive committee consisting consist-ing of two representatives each from the university, the National Conference of Christians and Jews, and the community. Dr. Martin W. Chworowsky, of Columbia Univer- Harold E. Stassen, (above), president of the University of Pennsylvania, together with Dr. Everett R. Clinchy, president of the National Conference of Christians and Jews announced recently the establishment of the Albert M. Greenfield Center for Human Relations at the university. sity, has been named director. "The urgent need to improve the quality of human relations in our country has been stressed as the outstanding problem in our democratic demo-cratic life," declared the members of the executive committee in a statement outlining objectives. "A university dedicated to the advancement advance-ment of knowledge and to the education edu-cation of people to render more effective' service as citizens and as members of their respective professions pro-fessions has a special responsibility to bring its resources to bear in solving human relations problems. "Because of an increasingly widespread recognition of the underlying un-derlying need and of the role which institutions of higher learning can assume," the statement added, "the resources of the university and the community are brought together in a center for human relations where many of the problems in intergroup relations can be attacked." at-tacked." THE WORK OF THE new center can be compared to our modern health centers, Dr. Clinchy said. "They will provide communities with scientific resources for treating treat-ing tensions and conflicts in the same way that a modern medical center guards the public health." He explained that the center would conduct research activities, train students in intergroup problems, prob-lems, serve the community in meeting situations growing out of group conflict, and test existing methods for meeting these problems. prob-lems. "While the centers would be equipped to study the causes and treatment of chronic social disease like prejudice, discrimination and racism," Dr. Clinchy said, "basically "basical-ly they would be concerned with preventive measures for correcting correct-ing and eliminating conditions that lead to hostilities in social relations." rela-tions." Members of the executive committee com-mittee representing the National Conference are Mr. Greenfield and Dr. Tanner G. Luckrey, assistant to the Board of Superintendents of the Board of Education of Philadelphia. |
