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This article presents a report from the president of the American Sociological Society (ASS). Preparations are now under way for the 1947 annual meeting of ASS. The tentative arrangements are to meet in New York City, from December 28-30. Specific plans will be announced at the earliest possible moment in order to facilitate the largest possible attendance on the part of the members. According to the author, this is an appropriate time to review the progress that has been made in the major fields of sociological interest and in the discipline as a whole. With this in view, the author is considering inviting a number of members of the Society who have been particularly interested in one or another field of sociology to give an account of the present state of knowledge in their respective fields of interest in the form of a comprehensive paper which will be circulated early in the year among their colleagues having a similar interest, with the object of inducing the latter to participate in a panel which would subject this field to rigorous analysis and clarify the problems and possibilities that exist.

This article reports on the annual meeting of the American Sociological Society (ASS), 1949. The forty-fourth annual meeting of the American Sociological Society will be held in New York City, December 28-30, 1949. The program is oriented toward the presentation of research and the analysis of problems, whether substantive or methodological, that lie near the frontiers of contemporary sociology. The paper "The American Soldier" will be subjected to analysis and evaluation as a research contribution in one meeting, while another will consider the censuses of 1950 as potential sources of data for social analysis. It is peculiarly appropriate that this meeting devoted to the frontiers of sociological research should be held under the auspices of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The headquarters of both the ASS and the Rural Sociological Society will be the Hotel New Yorker, though ASS's own day meetings will be held in the rooms of the Manhattan Center. The program for the meeting and the proposals of the Reorganization Committee for the future development of the Society will be sent to all members in October.

The article presents supplementary information guide to graduate departments of sociology. The California State College is situated at Long Beach, California. The chairman of the Sociology and Social Welfare Department is George W. Korber. Here masters' degrees are offered in sociology. The City College of the City University of New York is situated in New York, New York. The Chairman of its Department of Sociology and Anthropology is William Howton. Here degrees are offered in sociology in M.A. Ph.D. is offered by City University with City College participating. The 6th World Congress of Sociology was held in Evian, France from September 4th to 11th, 1966.

The article presents information about the Eastern Sociological Society's meeting which will be held at the Berkeley-Carteret Hotel, Asbury Park, New Jersey from April 17 to 28, 1940. It will discuss the general topic, "Sociology of War." All papers submitted will be read, at least by title. They should be sent to J. K. Folsom, Vassar College, before April 20. President MacIver of the American Sociological Society will deliver one of the principal addresses. President Willard Walter, of the Eastern Sociological Society will preside at all general meetings. The complete program will appear in the June Review. J. W. Riley, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, is chairman of local arrangements. Those wishing to arrange exhibits should write him. Paul F. Cressey, Wheaton College, Norton, Mass., is secretary and will be pleased to receive dues, Dues may be paid at Asbury Park. All sociologists visiting in the region are cordially invited to attend the meeting.

This article highlights the Student National Sociological Conference held at the Commodore Hotel in New York City on December 27 and 28, 1935. The students appearing on the program represented the several colleges and universities, including the University of Cincinnati, College of the City of New York, University of Michigan, Miami University, Duke University, Vassar College and University of Missouri. The papers and research projects presented were scholarly pieces of work and proved both interesting and valuable. The conference offered a splendid opportunity for students to meet and exchange ideas on sociological problems.

The article presents information related to the field of sociology. Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales of the National University of Mexico is publishing a series of little books under the general title, "Cuadernos de Sociologia." These compact little volumes give to North American sociologists an intimate glimpse of the thinking, teaching and research of their colleagues in Mexico. Carnegie Corp. of New York has provided $260,000 grant payable over a two-year period, to the Social Science Research Council for area training fellowships and travel grants. Carnegie continuing its support of the national area fellowship program set up by the Council in 1947. $50,000 has been granted to New York University toward support of an experiment in educational method in the Graduate Division of Public Service. Pi Lambda Theta, National Association for Women in Education, announces two awards of $400 each, to be granted on or before August 15, 1950, for significant research studies on "Professional Problems of Women." The 1950 annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society will be held on April 22 and 23 at Boston University.

The article focuses on importance of a regional laboratory for social research and planning. The term "regional laboratory" must symbolize the need and the general concept of scientific work in the social sciences, rather than an actual specific working laboratory comparable to those of the natural sciences. Yet the regional laboratory as utilized by the Institute for Research in Social Science has actually consisted of three major levels. In using the south as a term for the general living laboratory for regional research and development, there is ample precedent and urge. For instance, when Columbia University, New York, set up its department of sociology the recommendations submitted emphasized the importance of the city of New York as a .great laboratory for the study of human society. In its efforts to make its research realistic the Institute for Research in Social Science at the University of North Carolina added the principle of providing that most of its study and research be done in the southern regional area which it chose as its over-all laboratory.