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P:Meeting in Denver, the National Citizens Commission for the Public Schools proudly reported that 8,000 local citizens' committees have been organized in the past five years--a vast new grass-roots movement working for the improvement of the nation's schools.

P: Gift of the Week: $3,500,000 set aside by the Ford Foundation for a six-year study of "social relations and human behavior." Headed by Frank Stanton, Ph.D. (in psychology) and president of the Columbia Broadcasting System, a board of directors will plan a center for advanced study, where some 50 scholars and scientists will study "factors which influence or determine human conduct . . ."

P: In one of the most ambitious business ventures ever undertaken by an American university, Stanford plans to bolster its $40 million endowment (ninth among the nation's private universities) with the construction of a model community on its 9,000-acre "farm." Left to the university by Railroad Tycoon Leland Stanford, the farm includes some of the richest land in northern California. But the terms of the university charter forbid its sale. For the past 50 years almost its only product has been hay. Now university authorities will let individuals rent the land on 99-year leases. They hope to see schools, homes, shopping centers and light industry take over most of the farm. Even with 3,000 acres set aside for its campus and adjoining golf course, Stanford expects to raise $40 million on its new project.

P: After 168 years, Virginia's Alexandria Academy, founded with the financial help of George Washington, transferred its last class to a new elementary school and shut its doors. More than once in the past, it had passed into private hands but had hung on to become one of the oldest elementary schools in the U.S. Still structurally sound, the academy, where Robert E. Lee studied before going on to West Point, may be preserved by sentimental Alexandrians as a historic monument.

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