Speeches of Ewald B. Nyquist, New York State Commissioner of Education

This is a finding aid (see Guides and Finding Aids) to the speeches of Ewald B. Nyquist (Deputy Commissioner of Education 1957-69 and Commissioner of Education 1969-77) that are held by the New York State Library. More information is available from the Library's online catalog.

YearDayTitleCopy
1958December 12Some aspects of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 of interest to school administratorsC.1
1961April 22To take the most furthest and the best highest in the University of the State of New York: or, being both equal and excellent in the state of New York 
1961May 18Before the gates of excellence, sweat or, being both amateur and excellent 
1962September 26New York State's cup of TV, or time's winged chariotC.1
1962December 8Rheum at the topC.1
1963January 14To affect the quality of the dayC.1
1963March 28The role of Catholic colleges in the state's plans for higher education: some commentsC.1
1963April 19Our library affairs and federal legislation: calculated interdependence and reliable complexitiesC.1
1963May 23-24Equality, New York State, and the foreign student advisorC.1
1963June 2How are you doing, wise-wise?C.1
1963June 18The debit column is the one nearest the windowC.1-2
1963July 10HemidemisemiquaversC.1-2
1963November 8Clay should be choosey of its pottersC.1-2
1963November 8Some factors characterizing excellence in facultyC.1
1964January 22-24Go forward in the way as it opens, or "Don't never look back--something may be gaining on you"C.1-2
1964February 1The wing wherewith we fly to heaven, or, the real function of accreditation 
1964February 13Education is a many-splintered thing, or Putting secondary things first in the State of New YorkC.1
1964February 22-23Putting your best foot forward, or Podiatry is a many-splintered thingC.1-2
1964April 16Your public servants serve you rightC.1-2
1964April 30You can take it with youC.1-2
1964May 16I love my wife, but oh, Euclid!C.1
1964May 22A mighty oak is just a little nut that held its groundC.1
1964June 11-12Issues in the art of putting two skills into one skullC.1-2
1964June 30Some remarks on the need for review of HEAC's loan program: a brief report to the New York Higher Education Assistance CorporationC.1
1964July 14Room at the top, or Educational leadership in New YorkC.1-2
1964July 15Demisemiquavers, or The second time aroundC.1
1964August 4Rx: a prescription for the pharmacy professionC.1
1964October 4Education for the future in wholesale lots: a message to the retail merchants of New YorkC.1-2
1964November 2A triumvirate in a new alliance, or A bright future for complexityC.1
1964November 6"Schoolmasters will I keep within my house fit to instruct ... youth," or 3 flaws in the ointmentC.1-2
1964November 10Bene merens ... *a well-deserving manC.1
1964December 5Hoisting a state on its own canard, or Room at the topC.1-2
1965January 21The dilemma of quantity and quality in the social work professionC.1-2
1965February 5From two to toothless, or Educational quality and pre-kindergarten programsC.1-2
1965February 5IBM, anyone?C.1-2
1965March 19Tentative plans for strengthening the New York State Education DepartmentC.1
1965March 20New Jersey higher education in the mid-sixties: a time for reform and cooperationC.1
1965May 18The efficiency of freedom: Rhode Island's opportunityC.1
1965June 9As long as you're up, get me a grantC.1
1965June 22Food for thought for home economists, or Education is too important to be left solely to educatorsC.1
1965June 22The role of educational communications in state leadership, or More audio than visualC.1
1965July 14Semiquavers, or the third time round 
1965August 27A glitch in timeC.1
1965September 22Learning how to live under waterC.1-2
1965October 7Museums as an educational resource: the position of the RegentsC.1
1965October 13The Economic Opportunity Act: displacement instead of shared responsibility, or Should New York only coo while Washington operates?C.1-2
1965October 23Room at the bottom, too, or The question of quality in the two-year collegeC.1-2
1965November 10Local-state-federal relationships in educationC.1
1965November 16The richer meaning of the migrant labor programC.1
1965December 7Regionalization's challenge to administration in educationC.1
1966January 20How to get into college without really trying, or Some myths about college admissionsC.1-2
1966January 31Integration: doing what should come naturallyC.1-2
1966March 31Integration: why we can't waitC.1-2
1966April 4It takes more than two to tangle, or Problems of the new local-state-federal partnershipC.1-3
1966April 14State education departments: barriers or brokers?C.1-2
1966May 10Assuming the mantle of leadership responsibility for educational television, or Putting a toga in your tankC.1
1966May 12Teachers are more important than parents 
1966June 7There are two ways to get to the top of an oak tree, or Learning how to live under waterC.1
1966June 14-16Pre-school education: a first priorityC.1
1966July 7A universal system of education is ultimately tested at its margins, or, putting a tiger in your tank 
1966July 12The three R's in New York: color them greenC.1
1966July 13Take me to your liederC.1
1966July 20The unfinished business of the Civil War 
1966August 8New York State has everything--why not you? or The returned Peace Corps volunteer and New York StateC.1
1966September 28Inauguration of the archdiocese of New York Instructional Television Fixed Service Operation: the State's interestC.1
1966November 4The misbehavioral sciences and the State Education DepartmentC.1
1966December 3Is man's best friend really a dog?C.1
1966December 6Multum in Parvo 
1967April 3Why Johnny is going to readC.1-2
1967June 1Prescription for a professionC.1
1967July 5The schools and a cultural democracyC.1-3
1967August 2Poverty, prejudice, and the public library 
1967September 21The redistribution of decision-making power in education, or, old superintendents never die--- 
1967October 31Where the action is, or, the cutting edges in guidance 
1967November 8Turning on with EDP, or GI = GOC.1-2
1967November 11A hot line to tomorrowC.1
1968January 10The opportunities and obligations of our schools in integrated education, or "We have met the enemy--and he is us"C.1-2
1968February 28New directions in correcting racial imbalance, or Two women under one roofC.1
1968March 10New dimensions in school personnel administration 
1968March 26Toward a more viable merit system, or Your public servants serve you rightC.1
1968September 10Hemisemidemiquavers, or The extension of literacy through music and the artsC.1
1968November 8Creative service and constructive change in the nutrition of the youngC.1
1969January 26[Barriers to equal and adequate educational opportunities]C.1
1969May 7Accountability in educationC.1
1969July 21Reprise on state accreditationC.1
1969August 1Points to ponder for a new school board memberC.1
1969August 26The revolting studentC.1
1969September 17A caul to vision: long-range planning in educationC.1
1969September 23Our intellectual estates and the state: some thoughtsC.1
1969September 28Raising the quality of discontentC.1
1969September 29Community service, involvement, and human relationsC.1
1969October 9The young, the poor, and the blackC.1
1969October 20The future of Catholic higher education, or Question, believe, and build tomorrowC.1-2
1969October 27School board leadership and the quality of discontentC.1
1970January 8The eel in the barrelC.1
1970January 17New York City and the State Education Department in the 1970'sC.1
1970January 25Some reflections on education in the 1970'sC.1
1970February 10Some questions in the 1970's for higher education C.1
1970April 13Some reflections on higher education in the 1970'sC.1
1970May 13The age of humanity, or, Aquarius and the rebirth of love 
1970July 9Accountability in elementary and secondary educationC.1
1970July 10The states' role in supporting higher education community service and continuing education 
1970July 20A swan-song on state accreditationC.1-3
1970August 1Points to ponder for a new school board member the second time roundC.1
1970September 17The role of the private vocational schools in the University of the State of New YorkC.1
1970September 20The forces shaping our futureC.1
1970October 6The idea of the University of the State of New York -- Some facts and issues.C.1
1970October 8Reflections on public school education in the 1970'sC.1
1970October 9Issues in higher educationC.1
1970October 15Some reflections on public school education in the 1970'sC.1
1970October 17Ithaca College: a tribute to Howard DillinghamC.1
1970October 21Issues in the reform of higher educationC.1-2
1970October 25Mission, goals, and priorities in public school educationC.1
1970October 26Evaluation and the individual in unconventional studyC.1
1970November 6Accreditation in the public interestC.1
1970November 8The role of the secondary school principal: a stranger in paradoxC.1
1970November 10Some giant steps in education in the 1970'sC.1
1970November 11New York's library development program for the 1970'sC.1
1970December 5The two-way partnershipC.1
1970December 7The British primary school approach to education: time for reform in the elementary schoolsC.1
1970December 7Some comments on the financial problems of private collegesC.1
1970December 20Student alienation and the schoolsC.1
1971January 7The new three R's for the district superintendencyC.1-2
1971January 22Thoughts on the future of private higher educationC.1-2
1971January 28A profit need not be without honorC.1-3
1971January 29A report of progress and plans to the school district administrators of New York StateC.1-3
1971February 2Engineering education and the effluent societyC.1-3
1971February 3Open education: its philosophy, historical perspectives and its implicationsC.1-3
1971February 11The role of the state in urban educationC.1-3
1971February 23New directions for education in New York CityC.1-3
1971March 10Education's new life style: humanizationC.1-3
1971March 10The humanistic school of the futureC.1-3
1971March 19The College of St. Rose and Vision 2020C.1-3
1971March 23The Regents external degreeC.1-2
1971March 31Comments on Wisconsin's Kellett Commission ReportC.1-3
1971April 26The role of the college and university in a political worldC.1-3
1971May 4All the isms are wasms, or Self-renewal in an age of discontinuityC.1-3
1971May 10Imperative--a redesign for health educationC.1-3
1971May 18Planning for continuing education in the 70'sC.1-3
1971June 6Taboo or not taboo--that is the question, or Sacred cows make good hamburgerC.1-2
1971July 15All the isms are wasms, or Self-renewal in an age of discontinuityC.1
1971July 31Points to ponder for a new school board member: the third time roundC.1-2
1971September 10Humane ends and the Adirondack Ecological CenterC.1-3
1971September 16A Vassar-Union-Syracuse proposal for a Mid-Hudson Center: time for decisionC.1-2
1971October 3The elementary school principal: leader or follower?C.1
1971October 25"... the people who will stand up for what is right."C.1
1971November 1The external degree: challenge and opportunityC.1
1971November 30Music as communicationC.1-3
1971December 1Some reflections on expanding higher education in the in the 1970'sC.1
1971December 13James E. Allen, Jr.: his contribution to educationC.1
1972January 6Adversity, leadership, and the district superintendentC.1
1972January 20The importance and method of evaluating agency programsC.1
1972January 27Take me to your leadersC.1-3
1972January 28Progress and prospects: a report to the New York State Council of School District AdministratorsC.1-3
1972February 14Regionalism: a modern metaphor of collective excellenceC.1-3
1972March 1Newspapers--a valuable teaching toolC.1-3
1972March 13"Where no counsel is ..."C.1-3
1972March 14In tribute to Jim HesterC.1-2
1972March 16Statement by Ewald B. Nyquist ... before Subcommittee No. 5, Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives, Thursday, March 16, 1972, 10:00 a.m. EST, Room 2141, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C.C.1
1972March 24The crisis in school financeC.1-2
1972April 3Reading and humaneness in the schoolsC.1-3
1972April 17Full state funding and local school board policy-makingC.1-3
1972April 21We have nothing to fear but atmosphere itselfC.1-2
1972April 22Some thoughts on a silver anniversaryC.1-3
1972May 15A state board gets the agenda it deservesC.1-3
1972May 17Education's financial dilemma: planning for change or reacting to crisisC.1-3
1972May 22Values for responsible freedomC.1-3
1972May 31Where there is no bread, there is no torahC.1
1972June 13The wing wherewith we fly to heavenC.1-3
1972June 16Giving things trade and technical pride of placeC.1-3
1972July 29Points to ponder for a new school board member: the fourth time roundC.1-3
1972August 14The performance movement in teacher education and certificationC.1-2
1972September 5Going by contrariesC.1
1972September 21The George Junior Republic: a salute to an educational communityC.1
1972September 27Public mission and accountabilityC.1-2
1972October 1The governance of educationC.1-3
1972October 10School districts, regionalism, and the futureC.1-3
1972October 19The Y and our buildersC.1-3
1972October 29Outreach to our buildersC.1-3
1973January 4Instructional technology and educational support systems: the role of boards of cooperative educational servicesC.1-3
1973January 25The Fleischmann Report and four prioritiesC.1-2
1973February 10The place and purpose of interscholastic athletics in the modern secondary school programC.1-3
1973February 26Freedom of information and accountability, or Jack Chen and the Inspector GeneralC.1-3
1973February 28The Regents external degreesC.1-3
1973March 9The new federalism: how will it influence education?C.1-3
1973March 13Business and industry and the reform of educationC.1-3
1973April 6Humanism and accountability: contradictory or complementary?C.1-2
1973April 9Industry and education: partners or competitors?C.1-3
1973May 3Reflections on three issues in higher educationC.1-3
1973May 7The unexamined life is not worth livingC.1-3
1973May 10Alternative schools and optional learning environmentsC.1-3
1973May 11"Like, you know, I mean, right?"C.1-3
1973May 30The gifted: the invisibly handicapped, or "There's no heavier burden than a great potential"C.1-2
1973May 30New York City and the State Education DepartmentC.1-3
1973May 31The Polytechnic Institute of New York and the prospects for engineeringC.1
1973June 3Non-traditional approaches to higher educationC.1-3
1973June 11Education's dilemmaC.1-3
1973July 3Equity in athletics, or A Ms. is as good as a maleC.1-3
1973July 5Reschooling society, or Optional learning environmentsC.1-3
1973July 18Optional learning environments, or What have we learned from H. G. Wells?C.1-3
1973July 27Points to ponder for a new school board member: the fifth time roundC.1-3
1973September 11On prioritiesC.1
1973October 7Optional learning environments, or Toward a new equilibrium in educationC.1-3
1973October 24Education and the arts, or Another way of looking at the Tower of BabelC.1-3
1973October 29What's right with the schoolsC.1-2
1973October 31Non-traditional studies, or Alternatives to the Bed of ProcrustesC.1-3
1973November 13The emerging state role in urban education, or Cities are no longer "pie for the hayseeds"C.1-3
1974January 10Remarks on the silver anniversary of BOCESC.1-3
1974January 24Governance, state and localC.1-3
1974February 22New York and its commitment to law-related educationC.1-3
1974April 23Postsecondary education for service personnel and veteransC.1-3
1974September 10Declining enrollments and expanding opportunitiesC.1-2
1974September 19Some thoughts on higher education--serious and otherwise--from Alexander Hamilton to Yogi BerraC.1-3
1974October 5Union and USNYC.1-3
1974October 16Business, industry, and the Wildwood CenterC.1
1974October 18Women in education: a "Burr's-eye" viewC.1-3
1974November 12The role of independent schools within an interdependent system of educationC.1-3
1975January 13"For now sits Expectation in the air ..."C.1-3
1975January 23Issues in sports and physical education: some thoughts for nice hoppersC.1-3
1975January 23The management of declineC.1-3
1975February 2Without bread there is no Torah, or Vocationalism in the higher learningC.1-3
1975February 5Articulation and learning options in educationC.1-3
1975February 13British teacher centres and New York's experience with competency-based teacher educationC.1-3
1975February 13A time for leadership and a time for opportunityC.1
1975February 27Public and nonpublic education: a seamless garmentC.1-3
1975March 11The external high school diplomaC.1-3
1975March 13The role and prospects of universities in urban affairsC.1-3
1975March 31New departures in American higher education (and some problems and issues)C.1-3
1975April 14The independent residential school and a sense of communityC.1-3
1975April 14A universal system of education is ultimately tested at its marginsC.1-3
1975April 25Going from one ex-stream to anotherC.1-3
1975April 27Optional learning environments: diversifying the curriculum to humanize the systemC.1-3
1975April 30Anti-intellectualism and the uses of intelligenceC.1-2
1975May 1... one unbroken flow ...C.1-3
1975May 6The liberal arts and the multanimous societyC.1-3
1975May 7Creating law-related education programsC.1-3
1975May 26Four prioritiesC.1-3
1975June 14I like the dream of the future better than the history of the past of the pastC.1-3
1975June 30Education and the state: "crusade against ignorance"C.1-3
1975July 17Evaluation (and termination) of degree programs in the context of statewide planningC.1-3
1975September 10OléC.1-3
1975September 12The school board presidency ... unless one is in loveC.1-3
1975September 23The role of colleges in communities: a New York perspectiveC.1-3
1975September 30Of Ms. and men: equity in educationC.1-3
1975October 9Four priorities for 1975-76C.1-3
1975October 10Saint Elizabeth Ann and the University of the State of New YorkC.1-3
1975October 15Women and what's right about educationC.1-3
1975October 20"Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women"C.1-3
1975October 21Some high prioritiesC.1-2
1975October 22Statement by Ewald B. Nyquist ... before the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, Wednesday, October 22, 1975, Washington, D.C.C.1
1975October 27He who has the gold makes the ruleC.1-3
1975October 28New York's leadership in the assessment of life and work experienceC.1-3
1975November 12Another view of effective middle management in higher educationC.1-3
1975November 20In tribute to John Crittenden SawhillC.1-3
1975November 22Social fraternities should become social fraternitiesC.1-2
1975December 4School-college articulation and New York practiceC.1-3
1976January 8An ill wind that nobody blows goodC.1-3
1976January 9The purpose of education and the involvement of studentsC.1-3
1976January 15New directions for lifelong learning: some developments in New York StateC.1-3
1976January 29Disgruntleness, or Education is no longer a money-splendored thingC.1-3
1976February 11Work, business, and education (with comments on immorality and inefficiency)C.1-3
1976February 20Education is a Jacob's ladderC.1-2
1976February 27Education-to-work linkagesC.1-3
1976March 9An evening with some friendsC.1-3
1976March 15The City University of New York: crisis and cureC.1-3
1976March 27The American "no-fault" moralityC.1
1976April 23The place and purpose of two-year collegesC.1-2
1976April 30"Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees"C.1
1976May 18An evening twilight and school business officialsC.1-2
1976May 18Triage and the talented in American educationC.1-2
1976May 24Law-related education and American no-fault moralityC.1
1976May 26The great American dream: education for work?C.1-3
1976June 25Tossing a few dead cats into the accrediting sanctuaryC.1-2
1976July 4American education, the Bicentennial, and the Swedish connectionC.1-3
1976July 20The American no-fault moralityC.1-3
1976September 11The school board members' fiduciary obligation to posterityC.1-2
1976September 17A school board president and moral leadershipC.1
1976September 24Place and purpose of athletics in higher educationC.1
1976September 30The international baccalaureate and global interdependenceC.1
1976October 1Dentistry and the hallmarks of a profession: a view from another bridgeC.1
1976October 6Concinnity and the age of the querulous (or the false dawn of the age of Aquarius)C.1-3
1976October 11Maintaining excellence in the management of declineC.1-3
1976October 12The calculated interdependence of the University of the State of New YorkC.1
1976October 18New York's educational system: attacks and factsC.1
1976October 23Bilingual education, TESL and ethnicity in New York StateC.1
1976October 24Rural education, regionalism, and the futureC.1-3
1976November 7In tribute to Norman LammC.1
1976November 9HEOP and hopeC.1-2
1976November 10The changing role of a school board member (and some other thoughts)C.1-3
1976November 11Criticisms of education in New York made without fear or researchC.1
1976November 30Statement made to the staff of the State Education DepartmentC.1
1976December 1New York State student assistance programsC.1
1976December 9Educational prostitution and accreditationC.1-3
1977January 7NYSSSSO as walkaboutC.1
1977January 11Testimony of Ewald B. Nyquist, Commissioner of Education, before the Temporary State Commission on the Future of Postsecondary EducationC.1
1977January 31Why not the best? New York State and its schools in the age of the querulousC.1
1977February 16The states & the manna from uncleC.1
1977March 2Growth in the New York economy and interdependence with world tradeC.1
1977March 2A seamless garmentC.1
1977March 10Priorities for postsecondary education in New YorkC.1
1977March 16Metropolitan desegregation and New YorkC.1
1977March 17Education is a slipping priority (and some expectations)C.1
1977March 22"The compleat lawyer" (and some other thoughts on law-related education)C.1
1977March 31The future of universitiesC.1
1977April 4Changing policy attitudes and moods at the state and local levels with respect to the improvement in the education of minoritiesC.1
1977April 5Avenues for implementing global perspectives in education in a state's schools: the New York experienceC.1
1977April 12Nontraditional learning, taking the road less traveled byC.1
1977April 16Critical problems for community colleges in New JerseyC.1
1977April 20Education in a time of changing social values and fiscal austerityC.1
1977April 21Some things which should happen in New YorkC.1
1977April 25Developments in education for the handicappedC.1
1977April 26The role of social studies in fostering more informed and responsible citizenshipC.1
1977May 9Public involvement and a bad idea whose time has comeC.1