A decrease in the amount spent for furniture and furnishings shows no change in the patterns of spending. State-by-State statistical data shows expenditures for carpeting, classrooms, media centers, offices, and auditoriums. (Author/JF)

A union catalog of 1,100,000 books on computer output microfiche (COM) in twenty-one Louisiana libraries is described. The computer programs, the data bank, and output are described. Also described are the statistical tabulations which are a by-product of the system and which provide a rich source for analysis. (8 references) (Author)

Authors describe their experience in an unusual free clinic in Galveston, Texas, and present implications derived from that experience. (DM)

Asserts that data used in Christopher Jencks' book on Inequality'' gives conflicting results (DS)

Research implies that specific variations in teaching methods of composition writing to elementary school pupils can have different and specific effects on quality of compositions. (DS)

Revised version of a paper presented at the 77th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 8-11, 1969; research supported in part by the Science Research Council (U.K.) and by the National Institutes of Health. (RS)