A study is made of the educator Olga Smyth, 1934 graduate of Bank Street. Examins her particular style of working with children, and what it is based on in her history, education, and personality. The continuity of her work and the consistency of her approach is shown, from her days at Bank Street through the making of Incitement to Reading (film by L. J. Stone showing her teaching first graders at the Poughkeepsie Day School in the 1950\u27s) to her work at her own school with children whose emotional and learning problems make it impossible for them to succeed in a regular school setting. The part she has played in the personal and professional development of generations of students is noted
