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The Simulation and Gaming Project for Inter-Institutional Computer Networking is a joint effort on the part of EDUCOM and 18 participating institutions to investigate the role that computing networks might play in higher education and research. Central to the project is the development of a computer simulation model of a possible national network, composed of the participating institutions, in which services can be exchanged through a market medium. This is a report on the results of the first year of the three year study. Included in this phase were the development of representational concepts, the design and implementation of the basic simulation model, the collection of data from the participating institutions, and the conduct of some preliminary experiments using the model. Later emphasis will be on using the model for a comprehensive investigation into the organizational implications of a network, the conditions necessary for a successful network, and the likely problem areas that must be monitored. (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