Phi Beta Kappa Bicentennial Fellowships
On December 5, 1976, Phi Beta Kappa will have par–
ticipated for two hundred years in the intellectual life of the
United States. In recognition of that occasion The Society's
United Chapters plan to sponsor a series of books, to appear
before or during 1976, with the general title MAN THINK–
ING IN AMERICA.
The Bicentennial Commission of Phi Beta Kappa is look–
ing for books of broad scope dealing with the cultural .crisis
of our time, and in particular, with the responsibilities of the
intellectual in that crisis. Our cultural institutions and our
cultural values are in a state of revolutionary ferment. What
are the basic elements of this ferment? What is the essential
nature of this revolution? What perspectives will enable us
to distinguish them and it most clearly, to separate the
ephemeral from the probably enduring? What are the most
promising directi'ons, now and later?
The Commission hopes that the books will suggest the
new attitudes, vocabularies, and methods needed to under–
stand the present situation and to prescribe for the future.
Ideally, each of the books will show, by treatm,ent of some
aspect of American institutions and culture, a path from the
present disruption toward a rational future order.
In order to find appropriate authors for these books–
and to provide those authors free time for their research and
writing-the Society will award a minimum of five Fellow–
ships with stipends of $20,000 each. The competition f,or these
Fellowships will close on October IS, 1971. Application forms
and further information may be obtained from Richard
Schlatter, Phi Beta Kappa Bicentennial Fellowships, Provost's
Office, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903.
