Adapted from an address given at the CEA Short Course, Banff, May 1969.

Presents 15 suggestions for planning successful science fairs with younger children. Includes a list of ways in which the library can help. (SK)

Over 260 public school administrators in Pennsylvania completed questionnaires on their undergraduate majors, coaching experience, school supervisory positions, extracurricular activities, and social science backgrounds. Findings confirmed a strong relationship between social science backgrounds and school administrative careers which could be…

Described is a study which (1) examines opinions and attitudes of students towards various aspects of using living animals in studying biology and (2) identifies variables that affect student attitudes and opinions. Results include the finding that most students clearly favor live animal studies. (CS)

By altering the school schedule, one English school has made room at the end of the day for a special activities period during which eleven to fourteen year olds participate in extracurricular activities, private study, or special elective courses. Pupils' reactions to the scheme are noted. (SJL)

A comparison of college students in the 1950s and the 1970s reveals similarities in campus life-style and events, academics, and religion-morality and indicates dissimilarity in the area of sexual mores. (NRB)

Suggests that videotape recordings of the student activities program can serve as orientation materials for new sponsors and help preserve the continuity of the program. (SJL)

Describes a joint high school/college pilot program planned by Massachusetts foreign language teachers and hosted by M.I.T. The success of the program dubbed "MACH MIT Total Immersion German Weekend" is attributed to the concept of active involvement, which was implemented through games, seminars, shows, cooking and other activities.…

An Ohio study reveals that to reach the key position of vice-principal, it may be helpful for women seeking promotion to gain visibility through positions like counseling or through taking active roles as coaches or activity sponsors. (Author/JM)

Both P.L. 94-142 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act) and P.L. 93-113 (Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973) require students with handicapping conditions to have opportunities in extracurricular activities including interscholastic sports. The key consideration in the laws' requirements is equal opportunity, not equal treatment.…

Details the personal experiences, accumulated over a 25-year teaching career, of a physics teacher at a private boarding school in New England. (BT)

In Scandinavia, student welfare needs are usually met by student unions financed independently of the institution. This article describes the different organizational structures and functions of Scandinavian unions in an effort to stimulate alternatives to traditional American student service delivery systems. (Author)

Provides theoretical and technical guidelines for the production of Greek and Latin comedies by students of these languages. (AM)