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Two groups of students registered in the fall and spring semesters, respectively, of an undergraduate history course taught by the same instructor, evaluated the course by means of the Illinois Course Evaluation Questionnaire. Students registered in the spring were informed that the results of the evaluation would be used for consideration of the promotion and advancement of the instructor, while students registered in the fall were not provided this information. The 224 results indicated that students who were given this information rated the course more favorably on all aspects than students lacking this information. The results do suggest that the instructions and the information about the aims of a course evaluation that students are provided prior to the completion of an evaluation are important variables that will have to be considered in future administration of any course evaluation. (Author)

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