The papers of this proceedings are presented in three parts. The four papers in part 1, "Issues in 20th Century American Education", discuss the women graduates of Oberlin College, 1836-1860, the Americanization of art museums, the business community's response to government's support of the labor movement, and the response of liberalism to the educational depression as seen through the publications of "Nation" and the "New Republic". The titles are: (1) "Conflict of Roles: Evangelism and Feminism a Twentieth Century Perspective?" (R. S. Saslaw); (2) "John Cotton Dana, The Newark Museum and the Arts in American Society" (A. S. Schnee); (3) "The National Association of Manufacturers and the Free Enterprise Campaign in the Schools, 1929-1949" (C. A. Moore); and (4) "The Assault on the Schoolhouse: Liberal Responses to the Educational Depression" (J. M. Wallace). The three papers in part 2, "Educational Developments in 19th Century American Education", present the moral instruction found in a children's magazine, the debate about the purpose of industrial education, and the growth of colleges in Massachusetts. Part 2's titles are: (1) "The Magazine as Educator: Mary Mapes Dodge and 'St. Nicholas'" (L. B. Fuller); (2) "Book and Platform Over Anvil and Hoe: Horace Mann Bond and the Place of Industrial Education in the Black College Curriculum" (W. J. Urban); and (3) "The Colleges and the State in Mid-Nineteenth Century Massachusetts" (A. Tachikawa). In Part 3, "Studies in European Educational Ideologies", two papers cover Italian education prior to fascism and under fascism, and the third paper gives insights into Homeric educational philosophy. The titles for Part 3 are: (1) "Bottai and Fascist Educational Policy, 1936-1943" (A. De Grand); (2) "Education in Liberal Italy: Prelude to Fascism?" (F. J. Coppa); and, (3) "An Alternative Approach to Homer's 'Iliad'" (R. H. Beck). The proceedings and the business meeting's minutes are included. (DJC)