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Information about the several papers discussed at the European Federation Against Nuclear Arms which was held in Oxford, England on January 4-7, 1963 is presented. The delegates from the U.S. who are against nuclear weapons are reviewed. The conference tackled the pacifism issue and all non-aligned international organizations.

The article presents information on the involvement of the Oxford University, England, in teachers' training during 1892-1921. The Oxford University first entered the field of teacher training in 1892, when it set up the Elementary Day Training College. If the university as a whole was not eager, it eventually let itself be persuaded by those of its members who were. A University Statute of 1892 founded a Delegacy for the Training of Elementary Teachers and brought into being the Oxford University Day Training College. Thirteen had already been established in the two previous years. One student actually entered the Oxford Elementary Day Training College in 1892. However, the name day training college was in this case misleading. There was no separate college and indeed the value of the venture lay largely in this fact. In considering the relevance of university studies to elementary teaching it must be remembered that schools under the Elementary Code were often doing with their older pupils work which was really secondary in character. In 1896, the university established a Diploma Course in Education for intending secondary teachers.