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Discusses approaches to study and effective teaching of foreign languages in the United States high schools. Problems involved in teaching technique for small class of gifted students; Method of teaching novel and the theater; Concentration of education in the country.

Reviews the videotape `Flowers in Watercolour,' by Charles Reid.

In this article, an online contest is presented in which the readers are invited to reveal the acts which are difficult for snowboarder Charles Reid to win his snowboarding set-up.

Features the Traquair Station, a family-owned property located west of Dunedin in New Zealand. Description of its landscape; Background of tree-planting in the area; Significance of the ornamental and forestry planting.

Focuses on the proposed construction of wind turbines in Irving, Texas. Opposition of Joanne Blow against the proposal; Effects of windmills on humans according to Blow.

Presents the poem "The Convalescent," by Charles Sloan Reid. First Line: The fever gone, the patient; Last Line: behind.

Some years ago one of us1 in a paper on influenza said "One very firm impression I have formed, though I have no statistics to confirm it, is that the higher the initial temperature, the more quickly it is apt to subside."This impression crystallized gradually as a result of repeated epidemics following the great pandemic of 1918-1919 and was emphasized by the experience of 1 patient in particular. This woman, a nurse, had an attack of influenza every January for five or six consecutive years. Every attack except one began insidiously and the temperature rarely exceeded 100 F., more often remaining under 99 F. Her stay in the hospital varied from twelve to fifty-six days, and an additional month was usually needed to make her fit for duty. Finally she had an attack which began with a sudden onset and a temperature of 102.6 F. The fever lasted

An accessory designed and constructed for use with the Perkin-Elmer double-beam Model 21 spectrophotometer is described, which permits the measurement of spectral emissivities of opaque materials at room temperatures. The measurements made are of total (specular plus diffuse) spectral reflection. From this value the spectral emissivity is obtained by subtraction from one.The new source consists of a heated enclosure to supply the energy and a twin optical system to lead the respective sample and reference beams into the instrument. Part of this optical system is removable to permit normal operation of the spectrophotometer and replaceable without readjustment. A temperature-controlled water supply is used to cool the sample.A method for extending the use of this equipment to measure emissivities of materials of low conductivities has been outlined.