Twenty-five hundred chapters, all doing their own thing for school, community, and to prepare members for business careers. (Editor)

"Education for the wise use of leisure time calls for a new look at use of school facilities. It calls for some new definitions of the role and function of the teacher. And it summons boards of education and parents to stop viewing extracurricular activities as fringe pastimes... Condensed from "The PTA Magazine, LXIV (October 1969) p.12-14.…

Describes the system used by the National Forensic Association to schedule its Individual Events Nationals Tournament. (For journal availability, see CS 706 260). (PD)

The article describes the scope of vocational education, the low enrollment of handicapped students in vocational education courses, and benefits for handicapped students from vocational student organizations (VSO). Also discussed are previous barriers to VSO membership and ways vocational and special educators may attract handicapped students to…

The majors' club is an important part of a professional preparation department of many colleges. Ideas for beginning and/or strengthening a student majors' club are provided, and professional development and fund-raising activities are described. (CJ)

A survey of school administrators and students in five states reveals four problem areas connected with student activities: (1) participation of noninvolved students, (2) sponsors, (3) time allotments, and (4) financial considerations. The major student-cited cause of nonparticipation in school activities was that they were not relevant. (FL)

Explains the nature of audience participation debates known as the LSU Forum, sponsored by the Louisiana State University Department of Speech for the past 18 years. Sketches their history and development from British university debating unions. Discusses how they are organized and factors that contribute to a good Forum debate. (PD)

Tests a model which relates student political attitudes to the degree of participation in extracurricular activities. Subjects were 3,087 high school students. Findings showed that political attitudes are predictors of participation in the political arena in high schools. (AM)

Describes student tours to the Soviet Union, discussing the benefits to be derived from such experiences by both students and leaders. In particular, discusses the organization of the tours, their types and costs, advertising strategies, suggested itineraries and guidebooks, student orientation and group composition, and problems encountered…

College students (N=367) responded to a questionnaire analyzing student attitudes toward funding cocurricular services. Responses indicated that attitudes toward funding services were related to the perceived importance of the services and marginally related to service usage and ability to pay college expenses. (Author/RC)

Explains a point system developed by the Antioch Community High School (Illinois) that stresses equality of compensation and is well received by teachers. (JM)

Male and female college students in several countries assessed various forms of social behavior in this study of cross-cultural agreement in moral judgments. (MP)

A series of evening supper-seminars, launched as a voluntary extracurricular educational experience, were used to teach one aspect of community medicine in an informal setting at the University of Arizona. The area addressed was community medicine as an interface between medical practitioners and community activities and organizations concerned…

During the last two decades the relationship between higher educational institutions and the courts has changed dramatically. The right of campus groups to assemble and to be given official institutional recognition is one particularly important area. A survey of the case law and pertinent judicial guidelines is presented. (Author)