Kenneth Gray '65, professor in charge of the vocational and industrial education program in the College of Education at Pennsylvania State University, argues that America is doing a disservice to many academically average high school graduates by funneling them into four-year colleges.
    The paradigm that there is only one way to "win"--going to a four-year college--is outdated, the authors suggest. Their book, now in its fifth printing, explores appropriate alternatives that are more accessible, carry a higher probability of success and are more affordable for students in "the academic middle."

Skate Sailing: A Complete Guide
Richard Friary '64
Masters Press

Friary's book is a comprehensive text on the history and physics of skate sailing as well as an instruction manual about equipment, safety and sailing conditions. Just about anything anybody ever wanted to know about the sport and its various cousins--parawing sailing, icewing sailing, roller skate sailing--is here.
    Friary, a Ph.D. chemist from Bridgewater, N.J., says he wrote the book to promote the sport and to fill a gap in the literature.