An Appraisal of the San Diego Conference

The following evaluation of the San Diego Conference was submitted to the American Council of Learned Societies by Dr. Joseph C. Sloane, Professor of Art at the University of North Carolina, a representative of the ACLS and the College Art Association of America at the Conference. Dr. Sloane is also a member of the Committee on Secondary Schools of the ACLS.

The report came into our hands by chance. We were in many ways impressed with its fairness and balance, and secured permission of the author to use it in this column. While the report is based largely upon participation in and observation of only one of the 40 study groups, it is a reasonable summary of the Conference as a whole.—T.M.S.