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Features a series of cartographic exhibits comprising of several hundred maps and other graphic items during the 28th annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers in the U.S. Early printed maps; Display of school geographies and atlases; Display of cartographic work and topographic maps.

Displays illustrating papers and graphic expositions not correlated with sessions have become an integral part of annual meetings of the Association of American Geographers. Exhibits at Cambridge, Massachusetts accented physical geography rather more and human geography rather less than has been the case in recent preceding years. In a number of cases comparable maps of physical and human phenomena were displayed side by side. This appears to indicate a pronounced interest in regional correspondence of phenomena.

The commercial exhibit is a facilitating marketing agency in which there is a periodic display of goods by competing sellers under one roof, or within close proximity, in order to promote the sale of goods to a concentration of buyers. There are two classes of commercial exhibits in the United States: the trade fair whose sole or primary purpose is to facilitate the completion of trade negotiations and the exposition whose sole or primary purpose is to facilitate the advertising of commodities. Expositions may be further sub-divided into those directed to the general public and those of a purely industrial nature. The commercial exhibit assists in the performance of three marketing functions: buying, selling, and the provision of market information. The report that follows seeks first to describe the commercial exhibit by showing some of its institutional aspects, the extent of the activity and its organization. Second, the nature and effectiveness of private and public controls are discussed. Finally, several economic implications are isolated and appraised. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Provides information on cartographic exhibitions held during the Association of American Geographers' 1942 meeting in New York City. Maps of times and places of hail-storms in the United States; Maps of changes in population and industry in the Williamsport, Pennsylvania, area; Manuscript maps and perspective views by Richard Robinson. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Examines exhibits at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Physical site and situation in Pennsylvania; Situation and growth of Philadelphia.

The article presents information on the rural life and rural art in the U.S. In the U.S., the land-worker has slowly struggled to produce a machine to bear the dour brunt of labor, struggled to live like other men, surrounded by institutions which should bring the world to his doorstep, that is, bring to his very threshold the commodities, skills, wisdoms, and riches which men desire with longing, just such desirable things as men who work in the most highly favored occupations have. As the college of agriculture is the intellectual center of the new agriculture in each state, so is it the potential center of American rural art. The college of agriculture is rapidly expanding. The schools of art are entrances into American art circles. Certainly it is possible for these schools to give chance for a voice, even though it be at first an alien voice so far as art is concerned to plead. It is by no means a chimera to look forward to a national conference and exhibition, too, of new rural art. This way trod rural education, rural religion, rural recreation.

The article reports that considering the enormous attendances and the admitted cultural and propagandist influence of international expositions, the analytical literature on this subject has been astonishingly slim. This is even more true of literature dealing explicitly with the role of the U.S. government in such expositions, although more than $40,000,000 has been spent in such undertakings in the course of Federal participation in world's fairs. Even the simplest observation of the behavior of exposition visitors, or the most rudimentary measurements of the influence of exhibits or expositions is lacking. All things considered, there is probably no channel of propaganda, where the volume is so large, that has attracted so little serious research, and no comparable field in which operators act less in the light of scientific knowledge. Under these circumstances it is hardly surprising that the Federal government, along with many other exhibitors, commercial and governmental, are able to show relatively little in the way of tangible results for large expenditures of money.

When the New York World's Fair of 1939 was first plotted few persons realized that a trend in the national life would carry this exposition far beyond the scope of anything like it attempted before. The fair offered an ideal opportunity for business to seek a way out of the dire straits into which it has been precipitated in the last few years. Other fairs have been chiefly concerned with selling products, this one will be chiefly concerned with selling ideas. When plans for the New York fair were first laid, most people had the Chicago Century of Progress in their minds and to industry, the backbone of any fair, the New York exposition was viewed in terms of exhibits and budgets akin to those of the Century of Progress. Soon it became apparent, however, that this New York fair would offer a great and timely opportunity for business men to deal in the commodity of goodwill. The channels through which the fair itself hopes to mould public opinion are, publicity, promotion, radio, speakers and research.

Focuses on the pattern of agricultural fair in the U.S. Origin and development of agricultural fair; Factors contributing to the changes in the pattern of agricultural fair; Procedure of the fair programs.

The article focuses on the education at the zoos, and aquariums in the United States. It mentions that the trend in these institutions were to display animals in more natural environment, where they can interact with the same species. Population became interested in such institutions since parents can educate their children in a way which cannot be duplicated in a classroom. It explores several approaches to wildlife education which include traditional educational approach in zoos, and aquariums, other informal informative techniques, and off-facility education.

The article offers news briefs related to biosciences. An exhibition on botanical art has started at the Hunt Botanical Library at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. An expedition from headed by academician Perry W. Gilbert, will focus on the attack and feeding behavior of sharks. A joint resolution has been introduced by democrat of Minnesota Hubert Humphrey regarding the establishment of a commission, that will focus on the food policies of the U.S.