Author recalled his experiences as a student of Leo Strauss, a teacher of great controversy at the University of Chicago. (RK)

The primary aim of this classified bibliography is to provide students of Asian studies, and the Chinese community at large, with references to the Chinese in Hawaii. Titles are cited in Chinese and in English. In scope the bibliography includes mainly works in Chinese, and relevant Chinese-English bilingual works published from 1897 to the…

Designed to fill a gap in reference collections, this work indexes a total of 17,686 biographical sketches of 10,000 different children's authors and illustrators appearing in 26 biographical dictionaries and other reference sources. Each entry indicates the author's name and dates of birth and death (as listed in the publications indexed) plus a…

The American Indian Policy Review Commission appointed its first investigating task force members at the Commission meeting on June 13, 1975 to study Congressional policies and legislative action relative to American Indians. (JC)

While the International Women's Year, designated by the United Nations, focused on the infinite and varied resources of women in all fields, the author devoted his attention to the accomplishments of some women in the fine arts. (Author/RK)

Research supported by National Institute of Mental Health Grant No. MH-10233-01 and by Subcontract No. 2 of the Center for Urban Education's Contract OEC-1-6-062868-2039.

It was hypothesized that women in different current life circumstances would emphasize different life content areas in verbal reports of their life histories. A basically homogeneous sample of 30 women (average age = 58.5) was divided into women who had never had children, women whose children had left home, and women who had at least one child…

This biographical dictionary contains over 200 entries on Greek and Roman rhetoricians. The compilation omits persons who were exclusively performers or composers unless they were also theorists, critics, authors of treatises or textbooks, or teachers of speech. Bibliographical notes are attached to particular biographies rarely and only for…

This report presents the findings of a research study which demonstrated the feasibility of the utilization of biographical information in the prediction of three month and six month employment tenure. The analysis sample included Black disadvantaged males (N=477) and females (N=225) in three cities who had received no previous manpower training…

This study was concerned with an investigation of artistic talent measures, the identification of artistic talent, and an examination of the relationship of organizational characteristics to artistic performance. The predictor instrument used was a specially constructed questionnaire made up of multiple choice biographical items and selected…

Article described Jane Addams' Hull House and the broad arts programs which she brought to the near west side immigrant neighborhood of Chicago. (Editor/RK)

Excellent material for developing your students' understanding and appreciation of twentieth-century artists. Presents a thorough commentary on the naive art of Horace Pippin, the late, self-styled black artist. (Editor)

Author concentrates not on the fiery anarchism for which "Red" Emma Goldman was internationally famous, but on the dilemmas of an anarchist-educator as reflected in her attitude toward children. (Editor/RK)

Data from five separate samples were weighted using the vertical percent method (England) and the rare response method (Telenson, Alexander, and Barrett) to investigate their relative effectiveness for scoring biographical information blanks. Vertical percent scoring yielded significant validity coefficients for all samples, while rare response…