Conant Sees Decline In Russian Education

Although Russia may temporarily surpass the United States in technological development, the American system of education will ultimately prove superior, President Emeritus James B. Conant '14 predicted yesterday in the Spaulding Lecture in Education, delivered at Yale.

"For a while, Russia will advances technologically, but technology is no measure of general learning, however closely we identify the Natural Sciences with practical arts. Technology is ultimately dependent upon intellectual growth," Conant declared.

The suppression of disagreement by the Russian state will lead to intellectual stagnation, for science is dependent upon e-examination of what is known and conflict and cooperation among scientists. he continued.

The German High Commissioner's main argument was that since there is no free discussion in Russia, its scientists must build upon what is accepted, while America is still free to improve upon its basic assumptions.