Volume 1

Long-range program and research needs in aging and related fields : hearings before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, Ninetieth Congress, first session Washington, D.C. December 5 and 6, 1967.

  • United States Senate Special Committee on Aging
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1968-
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Credit: Long-range program and research needs in aging and related fields : hearings before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, Ninetieth Congress, first session Washington, D.C. December 5 and 6, 1967. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    veloping a theory of urban growth and decay. A geographer is concerned with a study of white and Negro density ratios in cities. A biologist is studying the human ecology involved in the various ways that people group and space them- selves in the environment, in addition to exploring desirable density. Graduate students in the School of Architecture are involved in the Center’s work through direct participation in projects being undertaken and through professors who are involved. Undergraduates will also benefit by the impact of wide-ranging research, for example, a freshman course at the School includes reading assignments in all of the disciplines involved in the Center. BERNARD P. SPRING, Director. OcTOBER 1967. {From the Sunday Star-Ledger, November 19, 1967] PRINCETON TEAM PLANS “SHOWCASE” HOUSING PROJECT (By Herb Jaffe) A new Princeton University research center has teamed with a group of Newark Negroes in an experimental housing program that is expected to become a national showcase. On the surface, the program involves a housing redevelopment of 17 acres of slums along with shopping facilities, and various sociological and community services. Below the surface, it marks a dedicated and indefatigable effort by 20 Negro community leaders, assisted by a Princeton staff of eminent professionals— planners, architects, psychologists and sociologists. PEOPLE FOR PEOPLE Assemblyman-elect George C. Richardson, spearhead for the program, defines it as ‘people building for people.” Other members of the nonprofit Newark Human Renewal Corporation see in it “the most ambitious undertaking of housing and social improvements by Negroes in behalf of all people.” Professor Bernard P. Spring, of Princeton, sums it up as “a physical thing that is an embodiment of the total structure.” Therein lies the essence of an overall project made possible by a $37,000 interest-free loan. The money was provided by the state to the Newark Human Renewal Corp., through the efforts of State Community Affairs Commissioner Paul N. Ylvisaker. WATCHED CLOSELY “Byery move made by members of our staff involved in this program will be weighed, studied, then analyzed closely by faculty members, practicing pro- fessionals and graduate students,” explained Spring, director of the new Prince- ton Research Center for Urban and Environmental Planning. “This is our first major project. We will not sit behind desks and make theory. We will respond directly to an urgent task,” he emphasized. The program will have behind it a vast store of expertise and professional ad- vice in areas of architecture, community planning, sociology, psychology, human relations and environmental understanding. Spring explained that most of the faculty advisors and graduate students have had considerable experience applying their respective skills in other cities. WHEELS IN MOTION ‘Putting the wheels in motion is of great importance here,” said the professor. “But this is relatively small when measured against our over-all purpose—to train people to do for themselves, to help them prepare a workable program that will improve their standards of living, and to provide them with as much di- rection and cooperation as is needed.” For the 20 members of the Newark Human Renewal Corp., the entire program is a dream come true. “This is a genuine effort to do something ina positive vein for Newark,” said Harry Wheeler, a member of the corporation. And for Richardson, who is the spokesman for the corporation, it is the cul- mination of “a desire to do something good for a lot of people who desperately need something good. Ours will be a building program geared to the needs of people, not profit.”