This paper is a by-product of a pilot program in high school Latin which the author supervised during 1966-1970 for the Washington Foreign Language Program under a grant from the Ford Foundation. (DS)

Covers secondary school Latin enrollments in Ohio from 1957 to 1966 as being typical nationally. Suggests ways to stimulate an interest in Latin classes. (DS)

Examination of the situation of archives in four Latin American countries--Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Costa Rica--highlights national systems, buildings, staff, processing of documents, accessibility and services to the public and publications and extension services. (EJS)

Develops a conceptual framework for examining research and services needed by refugee children in the processes of acculturation. Focuses on Southeast Asians, Jews, and Cubans and Latin Americans. (Author/MK)

Compared vocabulary and block design subtests of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) and its Puerto Rican counterpart, the Escala de Inteligencia Wechsler para Adultos (EIWA), in hospitalized Latins and Trans-Caribbean Blacks. EIWA scores were significantly higher than WAIS scores. Equivalence of EIWA and WAIS estimates is questioned.…

Discusses the current shortage of Latin teachers in the face of growing enrollments, citing as one reason for this shortage inadequate efforts to recruit candidates for Latin teacher training programs. Recommends a reactivation of these programs, with encouragement for new teachers to enter the profession at the secondary level. (MES)

Yoruba cultural, religious, and linguistic traditions have been preserved to a great extent in Brazil, especially in the province of Bahia. Although many Afro-Brazilian religions have historically been considered lower-class, today Candomble and other religious/cultural practices are gaining social acceptance on a national level. (GC)

Johns Hopkins Program for Verbally Gifted Youth (PVGY) is designed for junior high school students and offers courses in writing skills, Latin and Greek in current use, and beginning German. Students are selected in the 12 to 14 age range. (PHR)

Describes the language skills gains made by elementary students who have been in Latin classes in schools through the country. (IRT)

Presents a case study of educational development in Venezuela, with emphasis on political and cultural influences, social needs, needs of developing nations, experimentation on all levels, fellowship programs, and projections for the future. (DB)

This study determined how adverse childhood experiences influenced risky sexual behavior in a community sample of Latina adolescents in Los Angeles. Psychosocial, sociocultural, and environmental mediators of the relations between childhood experiences and risky sexual behavior were tested. Childhood maltreatment was associated with risky sexual…