Cloth book cover discolored 1” tear in front cover at top of spine Prentice Hall, 1952, 359 pages Programs of study for college students always include an "English" course in one form or another, whether it be the traditional reading and writing course or one of the more recently popular "Communication" programs, which attempt to develop unified skills of reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Educators are nearly unanimous in their conviction that such skills are inadequately developed in a majority of students, and a wide variety of approaches has been developed to remedy these shortcomings. This book approaches the problem from the direction of subject-matter. It presents a series of fourteen projects for study, each project including essays expressing a variety of opinions on a debatable issue, and asks the student to read them, consider their major points of difference, and come to some conclusions of his own. Obviously, he cannot agree with opposite points of view, if he comprehends or reasons at all. He must develop his reading skills, learn to see clearly what each author says, and organize his own reactions to what he has read.