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This study describes the changes in demographic characteristics of beginning teachers who entered the profession between 1956-57 and 1976. Existing literature on beginning teachers is examined to construct an image of the changes that have occurred among those choosing teaching careers. National and statewide samples are reviewed; however, demographic factors such as age, sex, race, and marital status are described only in national terms. A review of the literature on changes in characteristics includes information on: (1) age; (2) sex; (3) race; (4) marital status; (5) occupational inheritance; (6) commitment to teaching as a career; (7) idealism and locus of control; (8) academic ability and recruitment into the teaching occupation; (9) college selectivity, grade point average, and career commitment; (10) attrition among teachers selected into the occupation; and (11) academic ability and attrition of teachers from educational occupations. A list of sub-samples and tables, of the National Longitudinal Study, that will be examined in a final report is included. (JD)

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