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This report presents an evaluation of the Louisiana state-wide program of French instruction at the primary level for the academic year 1974-75, the third year of the program's implementation. The focus of the evaluation is on the attainment of linguistic objectives and the measurement of the community's support of the program. The program consists of four major components: instruction of French as a second language in elementary schools, career education, an inservice teacher training program, and adult night classes. The linguistic progress findings in the report, which follow a summary of findings and demographic statistics, apply to the first two components. Samples and results of the surveys of attitudes of parish superintendents, supervisors, principals, parents, and adult French students constitute the body of the report, along with a summary of the inservice teacher training program. Comments and recommendations conclude the report. Following the report is a copy of Louisiana Senate Bill No. 639, the act which authorizes the teaching of second languages in grades 1-12 in Louisiana schools. (CLK)

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