Presented are the proceedings of the Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf, 1975, representing a history of the organization and a documentation of developments and changes in the education of deaf persons since the founding of the organization in 1850. Papers are provided on the following topics (sample titles in parentheses): The Learners: Where They Are and How They Got There ("Assessment of Emotional and Social Functioning of Young Hearing Impaired Students" and "The Government as Change Agent: The Federal Perspective"), The Learners: Their Needs ("What Is Career Education?" and "Underachievement"), The Learner's Teacher Learns ("The Use of Observation Techniques with Deaf Students" and "Strategies for Staff Development"), and The Learners: Participating in a Learning Society ("The Evolving Role of Gallaudet College" and "Community Education and the Classroom Teacher"). Included in the document are the organization constitution and bylaws, a listing of organization members, and committee reports. (IM)