Learning its history has been one of the great pleasures of working on the centennial of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), a project the author began in 2003 that is now almost finished. This centennial, of course, is not the only time NCTE has looked backwards to its history. A case in point is the 1960 golden anniversary, celebrated at the 50th annual convention, held in Chicago where the organization was founded. The author revisits member concerns and predictions from 1960 and compares them with responses from today. (Contains 1 note.)