Special issue devoted to works and criticisms of Benito Perez Galdos on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Spanish author's death. First time that Hispania" has dedicated an entire issue to one author. (DS)

Criticizes plans for public support of church related schools. (MK)

State Aid to Private Education Dialogue from the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Education Commission of the States (3rd, Denver, Colorado, July 7-9, 1969).

Presented at the 66th Annual Convention of the National Catholic Educational Association, Detroit, Michigan, April 7-10, 1969.

Suggests ways for educators to increase favorable publicity for their schools. Defines public relations and publicity, identifies newsworthy school activities, and provides a rationale for seeking publicity. Reviews the functions of a publicity coordinator and provides tips on preparing press releases and working with the press. (DMM)

Traces the reorganization of Seton Catholic High School, the only Catholic high school in Wyoming. Discusses the roles of support groups, administration, programs, physical plant, curriculum dress code, and enrollment. Attributes success to cooperation, unity, and participation, and to factors such as public relations and meeting geographic needs.…

Responds to an article on St. Thomas Aquinas College's Great Books Curriculum (EJ 240 962). Endorses the program's aims of using Great Books as a means to truth, not as an end in themselves, but feels that the approach is too narrow and too reliant upon authority and that it fails to develop complex thinking and knowing methods. (DMM)

If we can view things realistically and still be imbued with Christian optimism and if we put more effort into the servant aspect of leadership, Catholic schools will progress in quality and quantity. (Author/SJL)

Catholic conservative influence on current American life is viewed from a historical perspective including their participation in major reform movements since the Civil War. Ethnic voting patterns as a reflection of the Catholic viewpoint are discussed in terms of their role in American politics. (PR)

Examines the role of the Catholic school ministery team in proclaiming the Gospel throughout the school and its community. (SJL)

In this paper, data from the Catholic Americans study is used to test the hypothesis that there is a powerful ethnic factor in intermarriage and thus that considerable intermarriage will lead only to the emergence of new ethnic boundaries enclosing culturally and socially similar nationality groups. (Author/EB)

Despite the problems facing Catholic schools today, many parents feel that these schools can be preserved and even strengthened if Church leaders will accept parents as real partners in education, and if parents will accept this challenge. Describes an attempt at this partnership in New York State. (Author/RK)