Description: This issue of The Actuary covers investigations the Society is making or sponsoring to advance the knowledge of actuarial science.

Description: International news and events of interest to actuaries.

Description: Review of a new text on mortality measurement, 'Mortality Table Construction' by Robert W. Batten.

Description: In this article, outgoing Society of Actuaries President, Anna M. Rappaport, reviews the Society's accomplishments during the past year and describes its plans for the future.

Description: This article provides information on the upcoming 20th International Congress of Actuaries, to be held in Tokyo, Japan October 25 – November 1, 1976.

Description: This article explores a study by the Actuarial Profile Research Project about personality differences between U.S. and Canadian actuaries.

Description: This column for the SOA’s education department describes the ways professional development has changed and lists some of the new offerings.

Description: Column highlighting education committee volunteers and the benefits of volunteering.

Description: A brief notice of upcoming seminars.

Description: Article from The Actuary, March 1983, volume no. 17, issue no. 3. As was clear from William W. Truckle's paper reviewed in our April 1982 issue, North American actuaries aren't the only ones puzzling over the curriculum questions aired elsewhere in this issue. We are grateful for Mr. Carroll's permission to print excerpts from his discussion of Mr. Truckle's paper, and parts of his reply to an enquiry that we sent him. In particular, the author is in favor of adding more about advanced statistical methods to the curriculum and explaining how this fits in with the actuarial subjects that have been traditionally taught.