Describes an experiment (carried out in less than two hours) in which the merits of countercurrent extraction are immediately evident by visible colors. The experiment requires eight 125-ml separatory funnels, 250ml of 1-butanol, 250ml of 0.1-0.5 molar hydrochloric acid, and a small amount of Sheaffer's Skrip blue-black soluble ink. (JN)

A rapid naming test was administered to 321 prereaders (five-seven years old). Results showed sex differences in degree of correlation between naming performance and a test of general intelligence. Results bear theoretically on the degree to which a learning disability can appear as an isolated deficit in the two sexes. (Author/CL)

Administered the Luscher Color Test and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory to 42 counseling graduate students. Personality reports were written from test results, and the degree of agreement was rated. Results showed little agreement between the two, suggesting cautious use of the Color Test. (JAC)

Subjects learning high-frequency names had significantly better recall, confirming that color memory is a function of linguistic codability, not perceptual experience. (Author)

Emphasizes that an informative talk, supplemented by colorful slides, can be very effective if properly used. (SB)

A classroom converted to an art gallery at Brescia College, Owensboro, Kentucky. (CB)

Canadian folklore illustrates the fact that Canada is a cultural mixture. The author discusses various Eskimo, Indian, French-, and English-Canadian legends. (34 references) (SJ)

In this essay, the first of a two-part series, the poet explores the literary heritage of the Midwest. He exhausts both the land and its people for a universal theme, yet is able only to find in the Midwest unparalleled diversity. (68 references) (Author/SJ)

Three experiments using 3- and 4-year-olds as subjects tested the hypothesis that focal colors are more salient than nonfocal colors for young children and are the areas to which color names initially become attached. (NH)

Organize your general or unit shop and control students with color. (Editor)