Profiles an outspoken member of the Council Bluffs (Iowa) board of education. (IRT)

This article discusses marketing as an important tool in getting out the message that really matters about the value of career and technical education. Across the United States, a number of career tech schools are employing marketing strategies to make their communities aware of the benefits of career and technical education. One of these schools,…

Article focused on Percy Knauth, this year's national mental health chairman, whose life reflects a deep, personal concern for others and an abiding commitment to the dream of a mentally healthy world. (Editor/RK)

Concludes that Carl Scheele first observed oxygen and clearly understood what he was observing in June 1771, when he heated manganese dioxide with concentrated sulfuric acid. This was more than three years before Lavoisier or Priestley (who is usually credited with the discovery of oxygen) made similar observations. (Author/MLH)

Article evaluated the character and compositions of the eccentric French artists, Erik Satie. (RK)

Article provided a profile of the American composer, Charles Wakefield Cadman, one of the first American composers completely educated in this country. (Author/RK)

Intended to help state and local personnel identify resource people in physical education and recreation for the handicapped, the directory lists information on approximately 150 professionals in the field. The information was compiled from questionnaires and includes responses in the following areas: title; professional address and telephone…

Items listed in this bibliography of biographical materials on writers and poets were selected from the holdings of the Arkansas University library. Organized by geographic region, citations include encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, bibliographies, and directories on British, American and English speaking, European, French, German, Austrian,…

Brief biographies are given of 14 Mexican Americans who are representative of the accomplishments of the Mexican American community in the United States in such areas as sports, politics, labor, and entertainment. These particular Mexican Americans were selected because they are either internationally famous or because of what they represent in…

This look at C. Wright Mills and Richard Hofstadter illuminates some neglected aspects of recent intellectual history in the United States and explains how two men of very different personality, sensibility, and ideology have exerted a common hold on many contemporary scholars of critical inclination. (Author/RK)

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is known primarily as an architect. However, he also designed chairs and tables. Discusses an exhibit held in New York City a few months ago which showed how well the famous architect achieved his goals in the area of furniture design. (Author/RK)

March 4, 1978 was the three hundreth anniversary of the birth of Antonio Vivaldi. Here is a discussion of his contributions to music and what it has to offer the music educator. (RK)