The myth of Pop Warner's sterling character hides the distasteful story behind the closure of Warner's Carlisle School for Indians on the grounds of moral corruption and misuse of athletic funds. (LH)

Progressive-era bureaucrats viewed subdivision of Indian lands, establishment of tribal governments, and transfer of federal responsibilities to the states as stages of a single policy of gradual integration of Indians. Arthur Ludington's 1912 long-term plan for citizenship training and assimilation accurately anticipated events of the next 50…

Thomas Greenfield argued passionately for a theory of organizations based on social construction. He advocated research stressing subjectively held meanings and successfully blended aesthetics with values. This he accomplished through a "shock aesthetic" and by bringing alternative, interdisciplinary modes of seeing to educational…

Formulations of the Hispanic Pastoral Encounter include a call for the respect of Hispanic culture in Catholic parishes and a priority for recruiting and ordaining Spanish-speaking clergy. These requests parallel those presented on behalf of German immigrants 100 years ago. They must be considered and accepted. (VM)

The growth of physical education as a discipline is shown in historical perspective through a look at the 1934 Atlantic City convention and related events through the end of 1939. Special attention is given to the most notable participants and contributors from the Eastern District. (JN)

The issue of school desegregation does not affect most Asian/Pacific Americans today due to their small number, geographic dispersion, heterogeneity based on differences in ethnic identities, and variations in their degree of cultural and social assimilation into American society. Before 1965 most of the Asian and Pacific American young people…

Examines the educational reconstruction attempted in Germany's Lutheran states in the sixteenth century. Describes the close collaboration of churchpersons and politicians in the Lutheran Reformation and discusses how schools were used as instruments of acculturation, intended to encourage young people to conform to approved patterns of…

Compares and contrasts activities and experiences of the first Soviet teachers among Eskimos and Koryaks and the first Anglican missionaries among Inuit of Baffin Island. Concludes Soviets integrated natives into political, educational, economic structures of the USSR while missionaries concentrated on natives' spiritual life, not involvement in…

The development of the American system of school athletics from the time of the Puritans to the present day is discussed, and the social ramifications of our contemporary sports culture are considered. (LH)

Profiles the life of Katharine Drexel who worked to educate Blacks and Native Americans and to convert them to Catholicism. Discusses her support of and visits to Native American missions, the schools and missions she helped to build, her contributions to Black Catholic services, her insistence on her fellow sisters' having degrees, and her…

For the United States, fighting World War I involved not only preparing young citizens to fight the enemy abroad, but rooting out alien enemies at home. The national consensus, believed vital to success, presupposed a common set of values, shared behaviors, and a high degree of identification with the nation. The more homogeneous the population,…

Examines the history of America's first colleges, founded to both convert Indians to Christianity and, at least in part, to provide a classical liberal arts education. Indicates that all available accounts of Indian missions in colonial colleges were tragic failures. (contains 29 citations) (MAB)

Sakamoto used his newspaper to promote his approach to better race relations. His solution to racism was to become more patriotic in order to prove worthiness of American citizenship. In his disapproval of labor unions and in his cooperation with intelligence agencies he aided the victimization of his people. (VM)

Examines Western films in context of post-World War II attitudes regarding racial equality. Film "Broken Arrow" and Eliott Arnold's novel "Blood Brother," both recounting story of Apache chief Cochise, examined as benchmark works in national racial attitudes. Films generally seen as supporting Indian assimilation into White…

Cambodian refugees in the United States, in addition to suffering loss of homeland, culture, and families, are survivors of a holocaust that has affected every Khmer family. Summarizes the history of Cambodian conflict and genocide, and describes its lingering effects on refugees attempting to rebuild their lives in this country. (AF)