Analytical comments by Russell Kirk, Charles Lewis, E.G. Williamson, William Watts, Sherman Teichman, Dennis Winkler, Carole Remick, and William Pollard, on two articles in same issue by Edward J. Shoben, Jr. ("The Campus Community and the Futureless Generation , and "Student Unrest: The Climate of Protest .) (CJ)

A critical analysis of current reading textbooks. (MB)

The author discusses the criteria of the blues as an American art form. He then shows how Langston Hughes captures the mood, the feeling, the rhythm and the impact of the blues in his poetry. (Author/LF)

Interpretive remarks have both a subjective element and an objective element: subjective in the sense that an intelligent and full understanding of a work of literature may depend upon the reader having a certain background experience and knowledge; objective in the sense that, to be valid, an interpretation must have an objective basis in the…

This study supports the validity of a Motivation Scale developed for student participants' rating of quality of short course presentations. (IR)

Several test publishers respond to a charge of racism in testing, made by Robert L. Williams in the previous edition of this journal. Responding are: George Bennett of The Psychological Corporation, John Sommer of Houghton-Mifflin, Leo A. Munday of the American College Testing Program, Samuel Messick and Scarvia Anderson of the Educational Testing…

In response to William Coulson's article in the same issue, author feels that encounter groups are an attempt to undo the effects of civilization" by artificially helping people to throw off their inhibitionsc He feels the groups are a sociological phenomenon reflecting what people want and need, but that as yet they are caught up in hypocrisy…

In response to William Coulson's article in this issue, the author is pleased that professionals are questioning their own roles in Encounter but is in general disagreement with Coulson's points regarding complete openness and feedback. (CJ)

In response to article by William Coulson in this issue the author is in general agreement with the points made by Coulson but expresses the wish that Coulson had also discussed what differentiates encounter groups from other techniques and professional training needed to prepare them adequately. (CJ)

Suggests that the lack of a target audience and interesting topics could account for the frequent inept attempts in the freshman composition course. (DS)

Traces the history of "The Working Man's Advocate," a labor newspaper that reflected the concerns of the working class during the early nineteenth century. (FL)

Examines critically the claim that in elementary school mathematics there is a national curriculum defined by textbooks and tests. Reports results of the content analysis of (1) student exercise portions of each lesson of a mathematics textbook series widely used in grades four through six and (2) commonly administered standardized tests of…

Concludes that criminals and victims depicted in television programing differ greatly from those in real life in that more are White, over 30, female, and middle class. (FL)

Three articles examine educational research in the Soviet Union. Content of the research is discussed. The country's structure for research and development is described. The structure is pyramidal with the USSR Academy of Pedagogical Sciences at the top. (RM)