Reviews the early life, education, and teaching experience of Nathan Hale. Includes some details of his educational experience at Yale and of his teaching experiences, first in a small town and then in New London, Connecticut. (SV)

Describes the eminent Black sociologist of the 1920s, E. Franklin Frazier, who made important contributions to social work and to the struggle against racism. Contends his legacy is missing from most histories of social welfare and is relevant to the crisis confronting social work in the1980s. (Author/ABL)

Looks at the lives and accomplishments of four leaders in professional nursing: (1) Loretta Ford, who championed the cause of nurse practitioners; (2) Mable Staupers, a pioneer in community health and nursing; (3) Janet Geister, a leader in private nursing; and (4) Isabel Stewart, who led the movement to standardize nursing education. (JOW)

Presents a brief life history of Maria Goeppert Mayer who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963 for her work in atomic physics. (JRH)

Describes the life and work of Father James J. Tompkins, a Canadian Catholic priest who preached "think, study, act"--social vision proceeding to group enlightenment leading to social action. (SK)

Comenius has his place in educational history but is not the greatest educationalist who ever lived, as Gundem claims in another article in the same "Journal of Curriculum and Supervision" issue. Plato, Rousseau, and Dewey are more frequently mentioned at AERA meetings because their work has contributed significantly to constructing or…

Although Thomas Jefferson's view of freedom was the cornerstone of the Declaration of Independence, this founding father owned 170 slaves to run his 5,000 acre plantation. This article describes a unit developed by the Monticello (Virginia) Education Department that teaches secondary students about slave Isaac Jefferson while exposing them to…

Presents biographical summary of Arthur Combs, well known for his perceptual point of view to earlier generation of humanistic educators, counselors, and psychologists. Discusses Combs's background, placing emphasis on academic career. Interview focuses on Combs's entry into humanistic education, his implementation of teacher education program…

Traces the career of Carmen Fischer Ramirez, focusing on her work in improving early childhood education in Chile. Reviews her university career, work with the World Organization for Early Childhood Education, and major publications. (AC)

Describes Frances McClelland Mayfarth's childhood, editorial work for the Association for Childhood Education, professorship at New York University, presidency of Wheelock College, work as a high school teacher, and retirement. (BC)

Discusses biographies written for young adults and describes problems with inferior writing in many of them. Examples of both good and bad biographies are given, and problems highlighted include unimportant details, a failure to make facts interesting, an absence of personal information, and an emphasis on neutrality from fear of bias. (LRW)

Profiles Floyd Wiggins, Jr., veteran school security chief for Richmond (Virginia) Public Schools. Besides a security force, the district uses hand-held metal-detectors and police-dog raids in its secondary schools and is considering use of student identification cards, security video cameras, and a larger parent volunteer force. Wiggins feels…

Presents the story of how Charlotte Bronte and her sister, Emily, experienced their own education and how Charlotte pursued education as a career because of duty, need, and fate. The article suggests that Charlotte was a woman of extraordinary genius and noble virtue, though she was actually a reluctant teacher. (SM)

Proposes a second, noncommodified sector in which citizens receive wages for socially essential activities. Suggests that those completing two years in the second sector would acquire vouchers for vocational training and further education. (SK)

Notes that the new chair of the Board of Directors of the National Association of College and University Business Officers, Bret Hartley, has had a campus career (at Florida state institutions) characterized by collaboration and delegation. Highlights six major endeavors of the organization in the coming year. (DB)