The purpose of this historical case study dissertation is to discover the story of Dr. Katharine Rea in her role as dean of women and later faculty member in the higher education and student personnel program at the University of Mississippi. As the dean of women in the 1960s Rea was responsible for the well-being and quality of the educational…

The Modern Music Masters Society had its origins during the Great Depression in the Maine Music Masters, formed to honor high school students who performed at school and on local church and civic programs. Incorporated in 1952, the society today has chapters in all states and in foreign countries. (RM)

This biography traces the career of Frank E. Thompson, a professor of education at the University of Colorado, and highlights his crucial role in developing Kappa Delta Pi as a national society when he served as its second national president from 1917-1919. (Author/SJL)

Positions taken in Phi Beta Kappa orations between 1782 and 1837 were examined to determine whether partisan stands were taken on controversial issues. The orations that were located suggest that the speakers' social and political choices did not correlate with specific systems of ideas. The Enlightenment offered intellectual arguments as ways to…

A complete history is provided of the Phi Beta Kappa society, tracing its growth from a local debating club to a national organization which today boasts a quarter of a million members. The history charts the society's development and reveals the friction over the shift away from the classics toward liberal education and the electives system, the…

Describes the Tri-M Music Honor Society that is for middle/junior high and senior high school students. Discusses what having a Tri-M Society can do for a music department and the benefits of having a Tri-M Society. Includes information on starting the society, a history, and Web sites. (CMK)

In the report of the Commissioner of Education for the year 1914 is the statement that so far as the-number of secondary schools is concerned the great majority are undoubtedly continuing traditional activities without consideration of the needs the pupils or the results actually obtained. This same assertion can be made today of many…