Counselor Education and Supervision originated in 1961. Changes in content of the ensuing 25 volumes are indicative of the evolution of the profession. The content of the articles, volumes 0 through 25, was analyzed, producing 51 categories and five cross-referenced categories. Data on authors and type of counselor for whom the article was written were gathered. The discussion of results emphasizes the differences between recent and early volumes of the journal.The founder and first editor of Counselor Education and Supemision (CES), Kenneth B. Hoyt (1986), presents in this issue a frank description of the early years of the journal. These years were marked by momentous growth and change in the training of counselors. School counseling was considered a new profession (Hill, 1964), and many practicing school counselors were viewed as having little training (Patterson, 1963). With funds from the National Defense Education Act (NDEA) of 1958, the number of school counselors increased from 12,000 in 1958-1959 to 33,000 in 1964-1965 (Shertzer 8c Stone, 1971). Beginning in 1959, faculty members and administrators of colleges and universities hurried to develop programs to meet the impending need for school counselors. The development of programs was so rapid that questions arose concerning the qualifications of the educators who staffed these programs (Hoyt, 1986;Litwack, 1964;Richardson, 1968).There were disagreements between educators and counseling psychologists concerning the training requirements for school counselors (Pepinsky, Hill-Frederick, & Epperson, 1978;Peters, 1962;Whiteley, 1984 Stripling & Dugan, 1961). The March 1986 issue of CES culminates the 25th year of the journal. The journal has provided a medium through which those who represent the field exchange ideas and knowledge. The articles in the journal serve as an expression of the needs, beliefs, and intentions of the individuals involved in the education and supervision of counselors. In this study I conducted a content analysis of the articles in volumes 0 through 25. The purpose is to describe the evolution of the journal's content. One must remember that the profession was in the beginning stage in the 1960s and that the content changes in the journal are indicative of the development and identity of the profession. There are other sources, including journals, that contain information about the field. No other source, however, represents the field or contains as much consecutive input to this one area as CES.Based on the advice of Holsti (1969) for determining the categories for a content analysis, I conducted a literature review. Articles on topics and categories for the Journal of Counseling Psychology (Munley, 1974; Pepinski et al., 1978), the Journal of College Student Personnel (Hood, Hull, & Mines, 1979), and the Journal of Educational Psychology (Ball, 1984) were found. The category systems in each case, however, were not relevant for the types of articles in CES. Gade and Zaccaria (1966) reviewed the first four volumes of CES and spec...