definitions

definitions Sec. 209. For purposes of this title— (1) the term “Chairman” means the Chairman of the National Planning Council on the Humanities; (2) the term “Conference” means the White House Conference on the Humanities; (3) the term “Council” means the National Planning Council on the Humanities; (4) the term “State” means the several States, the District of Columbia, the. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Northern Marianas, and any other territory or possession of the United States; and 92 STAT. 227 (5) the term “humanities” includes, but is not limited to, the study of the following: language, both modern and classical; linguistics; literature; history; jurisprudence; philosophy; archeology; comparative religion; ethics; the history, criticism, theory, and practice of the arts; those aspects of the Social sciences which have humanistic content and employ humanistic methods; and the study and application of the humanities to the human environment with particular attention to the relevance of the humanities to the current conditions of national life.