This account of invention and innovation in electrical technology places particular emphasis upon the contributions of Nathan B. Stubblefield, an independent electrical scientist. An overview of inventions in electrical communication as they influenced Stubblefield sets his work in perspective. The elements of invention that were identified in…

Retrospective reports on stressful life events and a measure of internal-external locus of control orientation were analyzed. Findings indicated (a) affectively significant, recalled life stresses (preschool) were related to strong external control orientation in adulthood; and (b) recalled positive life stresses tended to be related to strong…

The primary emphasis in this paper is with Sir Rabindranath Tagore's philosophical position, and then how he put his philosophy of education into practice. (Author/RK)

Hannah Arendt's gaity, wit, and passion, her testy impatience, her love of debate, her shrewd common sense, her joy in communicating her knowledge, and her brilliance and learning are the qualities that made her such a remarkable and inspiring teacher. Here is an evaluation of her teaching performance by two former students. (Author/RK)

Focusing on the premise that vocational rehabilitation services for disabled veterans should not be a mandate but a right, the author describes success stories of four disabled Vietnam-era veterans who have achieved success in chosen vocations through vocational rehabilitation training. (BM)

This is the third in a series of four articles, (including EJ 163 640 and AA 527 267), tracing the history of the National Catholic Educational Association through the contributions made by six of the Association's leaders. This article focuses on the work of Msgr. Frederick G. Hochwalt, NCEA chief executive, 1944-1966. (Editor/RK)

Four members of Congress (Jacob K. Javits, Carl D. Perkins, Albert H. Quie, and Claiborne Pell) pay tribute to Lowell Burkett's exemplary career with the American Vocational Association (AVA) and discuss some of the accomplishments of Burkett's twenty-three years of service to AVA, the last twelve of which he spent as its executive director. (BM)

A scoreable biographical data key was developed for a group of women lower level managers, and applied to male and female managers. Showed statistical validity for both the cross-validation sample and for the samples of female and male managers. (Author)

The article presents a brief biography of Francis Wayland, a Baptist minister and president of Brown University from 1827 to 1855, who was instrumental in convincing mid-19th century America to support industrial education. Although not a technologist, Wayland advocated industrialism and public vocational-technical education to improve the quality…

Comments that administrators must keep a close watch on what is happening internationally in the field of educational organization and administration. (Editor/RK)

At a time when female education remained, at best, an afterthought, how were nineteenth-century women prepared to assume positions of responsibility in national organizations? An examination of the early life of Lucretia Mott, a spirited Quaker minister of that time, seems to suggest one set of answers. (Author/RK)

Briefly discusses Alfred Werner's discovery of the coordination theory of inorganic chemistry. (MLH)

Presents the edited transcripts of some of the discussions authors held over the past year with a 26-year-old man labeled mentally retarded by his family, school teachers, and others in his life. (Author/AM)

Thirty-two outstanding teachers tell their get-acquainted ideas for the first week of school, and give helpful first of the year activities. (Editor/GB)

The author observed the characteristics of young artists and interweaved those thoughts with those of Tolstoy's. (RK)