Article focused on the development and the music of the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, commonly called Shakers, since their arrival in the United States on August 6, 1774. (RK)

Considered the views of T. S. Eliot on education, including four essays he wrote entitled, "The Aims of Education". (RK)

Biographies of five men who dedicated their lives to fighting for the independence of India are presented. Mohandas K. Gandhi, born in 1869, spent his life in non-violent resistance to the many injustices being perpetrated against the poor and needy of India. Born in 1876, lawyer Mohammad Ali Jinnah was close in ideas, hope, and spirit to Gandhi.…

Henry David Thoreau's stand on civil disobedience is traced, specifically his change of position from 1848 to 1860, and takes issue with the classical statement of Thoreau on the subject, namely, his "Resistance to Civil Government." (RK)

The past year has been unusual for the number of music notables who have passed away--among them Bing Crosby, Maria Callas, Elvis Presley, Leopold Stowkowski, Ethel Waters, and Alexander Tcherepnin. These six reflect a variety of music in the 20th century. Here is an analyses of their music contributions with selected bibliographies and…

Presenting a brief biographical profile of D'Arcy McNickle, this article is written as a tribute to McNickle and his contributions to the emergence of American Indian literature. (JC)

Nine years before the publication of Ebbinghaus's classic 1885 book on memory, an American physicist, Francis E. Nipher, published brief accounts of his own investigations on this topic. These accounts are reprinted, with commentary and a brief note about Nipher. (Editor)

An account is given of the exceptional memory of the late Professor A. C. Aitken who was also a distinguished mathematician and mental calculator. Compared with Shereshevskii, another man with exceptional memory, he shows the scholar's reliance on conceptual mapping rather than the mnemonist's reliance on perceptual chaining. (Editor)

Presents a lecture on why substances of nature combine, written as though it were composed by Joseph Priestley. (MLH)

Evaluates Lyndon Johnson's knowledge of history and his utilization of historical knowledge as a part of his political record. (RK)

Author described his late father's contributions to education and especially his father's impact on the thousands of students he helped train to become teachers. (Author/RK)

The significant finding in the present study is that biographic variables are correlated only slightly with work attitudes. (Author)

Reports the results of a demographic survey of 160 interpreters. The following categories were used: (1) personal characteristics, (2) family background, (3) educational background, (4) spoken language background, (5) sign language background, (6) contact with deaf community, (7) interpreting background, (8) interpreting experience, (9)…

Constance Reid, a well-known author of books on mathematics and mathematicians, is interviewed at her home in San Francisco in July, 1979. She discusses her studies of the lives of Hilbert, Courant and other mathematicians. (MP)

Celebrates the centennial of Einstein's birth with an eight-page pictorial biography and two special articles: (1) Einstein the catalyst; and (2) Unitary field theories. His special and general theories of relativity and his contributions to quantum physics and other topics are also presented. (HM)