Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0908-033
This file contains a copy of Senator John F. Kennedy’s speech titled, “The Task of Our Teacher College Graduates,” given in Athens, West Virginia. In his speech he discusses the role of teachers in shaping the minds of future leaders, a need to increase Federal and state funding to schools, and the disparity in educational systems between the United States and Soviet Union.