Presented in seven parts, titles in part 1 of these conference papers are: "The Uses of Educational History" (Eisele); "The Modern Assault on Public Schools" (Romanish); and "Human Rights and Education" (Padavil). In part 2, the paper titles are: "Jane Addams' Hull-House" (Colky); "Educational Policy and Conflict in the Chicago Schools" (Smith), and "Working for Cincinnati's Public Schools, 1830-1900" (Bertaux). Part 3 titles are: "The Latin Question" (Everett) and "Mother Theodore Guerin and the Education of Sister-Teachers, 1840-1856" (Scatena). Part 4 titles are: "Education for the Poor in Nineteenth Century Italy and Spain" (Wolf); "Modern Education and Social Change in the State of Kerala, India" (Thottupuram); and "The Memorandum of 1839" (Reagan). Part 5 "Schools for Scandal" (Perko) examines the Roman Catholic criticism of public schools from 1900 to 1940. In part 6, the titles are: "Veterinary Medicine from 1850 until 1890" (Lang); "Educational Engineering" (Sealander); "Spreading the Gospel" (Lakes); and "'Blest Be the Tie that Binds'" (Stith). Part 7 discusses the history of the educational system in Muncie (Indiana) and the ideological perspectives for social reconstruction of Robert Owen and William McClure. The titles are "Education in Middletown" (Jones) and "Reconstructive Themes in Robert Owen's and William MacClure's Plans for New Harmony, Indiana, 1824-1830" (Gutek). The conference keynote address "Chronology of the History of Institutional Pre-School Education in Hungary" (Vag), the program, the business meeting's minutes, and the directory of attendance are included. (DJC)