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Findings based on extended analyses of cognitive, familial, personality, and social-behavioral data from two previous research investigations are presented. Data for the main study, i.e., the present study, was collected principally by means of interviews. Findings of the principal study include the following: (1) Parental figures living in the household was not related to family ratings of high-low status, except that when the father was present, a greater number of families than expected was rated high in task furtherance; (2) Higher ratings of cognitive style were associated with ratings of high or excellent of house interiors; (3) A trend was found for families rated high in mode of communication to be those in which the mothers had received a greater amount of communication; (4) Those families rated as being stable in eating arrangements had a greater number of index children than expected who achieved high gains on the Binet, and vice-versa; (5) Children who indicated that they did talk to adults tended to receive higher global ratings in the interview than those who did not; (6) Children who indicated that their siblings asked the mother a lot of questions tended to come from families in which the siblings were rated high in cognitive style; and (7) A greater number of families tended to be rated higher in conceptual level when "verbal," rather than "nonverbal" expression on the part of the mother was noted. (Author/CK)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert