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The article presents information on the North American conference on the social implications of industrialization and technological change. The conference, sponsored jointly by UNESCO, the United States and Canadian National Commissions for UNESCO, and the University of Chicago, was held in Chicago, Illinois from September 15 to 22, 1960. Twenty-four technical papers prepared and distributed in advance were discussed during the conference. In addition, a series of some twelve working papers surveying the research results for the major regions of the world on the topic of the conference were assembled and distributed to participants by the Research Office of the International Social Science Council. The various aspects of the social implications of industrialization were dealt with quite fully in the technical papers and at the several sessions of the conference. The discussion of the specific social implications of industrialization started with what some would regard as the fundamentals, the human motivation to make constructive innovations. The papers and discussions seem to warrant certain conclusions with regard to research strategies and procedures, on the one hand, and major gaps in reliable knowledge, on the other.

The article presents information on the executive board meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), held May 17, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. Three members of the Board of Executives of the NARST met at the Palmer House in Chicago. They were Ira C. Davis, Earl R. Glenn and N. Eldred Bingham. Part of the morning was devoted to selecting the following committees: Elementary Science Committee, Junior High School Science Committee, Senior High School Science Committee, Junior College Science Committee and, Teacher Education Committee. Besides, announcement regarding NARST's 1948 meeting was also made.

The article reports that the title of the February 1952 issue in the University of Illinois Library School's series of Occasional Papers is "The Development of Library Resources at Northwestern University." This paper discusses the libraries on both the Evanston and Chicago campuses of Northwestern University, recounts briefly their history, and considers the strength of the collections in various subject areas. Any library can receive automatically a copy of each issue in the series, if a request is made to this effect.

Presents the proceedings of a symposium on conceptual and methodological developments in parent-child research held in Chicago, Illinois on May 8, 1959. Keynote speakers; Presentations; Forum on the papers presented.

Presents a discussion on a paper related to scope of business law in Chicago, Illinois. Association of typical business law curriculum with typical law school curriculum; Nature of business law; Usability of the paper for a first course in business law.

Introduces a series of articles presented at the symposium, Conceptual and Methodological Developments in Parent-Child Research, held in Chicago, Illinois in 1959.

The article focuses on a Supplement on the Chicago Conference on Child Development held between October 26-29, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois, under the joint sponsorship of the Elizabeth McCormick Memorial Fund and the Society for Research in Child Development with Donald Brieland, Director of the Fund, and William W. Greulich, President of the Society, as co-chairmen. The focus of the conference has been the child development. The aim of the congress have been to provide an opportunity for participating institutions to summarize their program interest, to indicate data available for people in the field of child development and feasibility of pooling data for research purposes.

The article reports on the eighth annual meeting of The Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy that will be held between November 1st and 3rd, 1974 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. The address for registration and submission of research papers is also given.

Considers racial comparisons in the adaptation of the Taylor manifest anxiety scale (CMAS) in children in Illinois. Interrelation between learning tasks, school achievement, intelligence and social status; Administration of the CMAS test on a group basis; Statistical analysis of the anxiety difference between Blacks and White.

The article focuses on proceedings of the Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, 1965. It was held at Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. On August 26, Thursday, the meeting was called by President A. Lee Coleman. Other members present were George M. Beal, J. Allan Beegle, Charles L. Cleland, C.M. Coughenour, Archie 0. Hailer and Herbert F. Lionberger. The minutes of last year's Council meetings were reviewed. The Treasurer's report for the Society was given. The matter of publishing a directory of the members of the Society was given consideration. The report for the Committee for International Cooperation in Rural Sociology was given by Alvin Bertrand. Meeting of the Council, discussed the Development Committee report. The reports of the Program Committee and Membership Committee were discussed. The time and place of the 1966 annual meeting was announced. Minutes of the Council Meeting, Saturday, August 28, 1965 Committee appointments for next year were informed. The appointment of a special Archives Committee was also discussed. No action was taken.

The article discusses details of the annual meeting of the American Sociological Society that will be held at the Congress Hotel in Chicago, Illinois from December 28-30, 1936 and also provides some news briefs related to rural sociology as of December 1936. On December 28, Lowry Nelson, chairman, Utah State Agricultural College will present his views on the topic "Effect on Future Population Prospect of Recent Public Policies." The discussion on this topic will be carry forward by F.W. Notestein, Princeton university and Frank Lorimer, Population association of America. R.W. Roberts, graduate of Clemson College has been appointed to a research fellowship in rural sociology. Edgar A. Schuler has been granted leave for the session 1936-37 to conduct a study of the "Social Correlatives of Farm Tenure" for the Resettlement Administration. A department of sociology and country life has been established at the Oklahoma A. and M. College. The new department combines the work in general sociology, which was formerly in the department of agricultural economics.

The article presents a paper on television viewing, which was presented at the meeting of Section Q of the American Association for the Advancement of Science held December 29, 1961 in Denver, Colorado. It highlights the results of studies of television viewing in Chicago, Illinois. The article discusses the favorite television programs from the 1950s to the 1960s, including "Hopalong Cassidy," and "77 Sunset Strip." It examines the television preferences of high school pupils, their parents and teachers from 1951 to 1961.

The article previews the 34th annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) held on February 22-25, 1961 at the Pick-Congress Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. It highlights the 1960-1961 officers of NARST who attended the meeting. It presents the schedule for the meeting's daily activities. It includes information on the issues that were addressed at various meetings.

The article provides information about the official minutes of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) held on February 12, 1960 at Hotel Sherman in Chicago, Illinois. The meeting was presided by NARST president Vaden W. Miles. The presentation of a brief report on the activities of the association for the year 1959-1960. The relationship with the National Council for Elementary Science International was discussed by Dr. John G. Navarro.

This article presents the official minutes of the business meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching at Congress Hotel in Chicago, Illinois on February 16, 1952. J. Darrell Barnard, president of the association, delegated tasks to several members of the organization. In this regard, Betty Wheeler will be responsible for keeping in touch with chairman of level and special committees. On the other hand, George G. Mallinson was delegated to prepare plans for the graduate-student sessions for the meeting of the association in 1953.

The article reviews the studies on curriculum development under the Illinois Secondary School Curriculum Program (ISSCP). The fundamental purpose of the ISSCP is to help local school groups make what is taught of real life value for all the children for all the people. The ISSCP subscribe to a grassroots philosophy of curriculum development. Five basic studies have been carried out under ISSCP which, in general, were carried out to offer the study to all schools that cared to participate, to furnish all materials free of charge, to analyze all data, to transmit each school's findings and to publish the state-wide findings.

This article reports that American state academies of science publish in their official journals, articles embracing many of the pure and applied sciences, as well as articles in other fields. These publications vary in content and in quality, as is reflected by the number of bibliographic analyzing services which either index or abstract articles from them. When these publications were checked against thirteen of the then existing major analyzing services, it was found that one journal was covered by twelve of the services, and that over half of the others were covered by fewer than five. In the study mentioned above, the Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science was found to be typical in coverage by the analyzing services and in other respects. Admittedly, the degree of selectivity exercised by the analyzing services, will vary, between the sample and other publications of the various academies of science, as well as from year to year for each publication.

This article deals with an attempt to meet a practical need and to evaluate the effectiveness of the psychological service for the small community. Prior to the actual project, groups in the community--the county medical society, businessmen's groups other than the Junior Chamber of Commerce, the YMCA--were informed of the project by the sponsoring organization. Interestingly, the only reservation in enthusiasm at this stage came from the clergymen's organization. In this project, a "clinic" was held, for three days, in the town of Sterling, Illinois. The program, which was given what is felt to be relatively good newspaper publicity, consisted of several public lectures and seminars and a confidential psychological service to a few children and their parents.

The article offers information about the joint meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching and the Council of Elementary Science International, held on February 13, 1960 at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago, Illinois. The meeting presents investigation and research involving science education. The improvement of astronomy education through a state-wide program is also one of the topics that are to be discussed in the meeting.

The article provides information on the Thirty-First Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, held at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago, Illinois on February 19-22, 1958. It includes information on key note speakers, daily programs and activities, as well as the officers of the association. Some of the topics include "Experience With a Physical Science Course at the Tenth Grade," "A Study of the Relationship of Specified Abilities in Chemistry to Each other and to Intelligence," and "Science Fiction as a Factor in Science Education.

The article highlights the Twenty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the National Association for the Research in Science Teaching (NARST) held at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago, Illinois from April 21-23, 1956. William C. Van Deventer, the president of NARST, presided the meeting. The Fourth Annual Review of Research in Science Education was the first activity in the series of activities presented at the three-day-event, which was spearheaded by Clarence H. Boeck. As the finale of the three-day-event, the annual luncheon of the members of NARST was conducted and was presided by science journalist Ruth Moore.

The article offers a look at changes to the traditional subject-matter type course-of study used in the science program offered to the ninth- and tenth-grade students at Arlington Heights Township High School in Illinois. Biology has been shifted from the tenth grade to the ninth grade and is now a required subject. A physical-science course has been added for students in the tenth year. The school is also planning to add courses as it grows. These changes were prompted by several factors, most of which arose from the needs of the community in which the school and teachers are working.

The article considers approaches to help science teachers make better use of the teaching resources in their communities. Particularly in Hinsdale, Illinois, the teachers pf all subjects at all grade levels have organized for improvement of the curriculum and teaching, and one group has concentrated its efforts on the problems of education in the natural sciences. During the development of the curriculum revision program, the Board of Education has provided a pre-school workshop. A handbook was also prepared for the use of all teachers.

The article presents an index of empirical research in accounting that was created by the Data Bank for Empirical Research in Accounting (DEBRA), which was created by the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business.

The article presents information about the journal "Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice" which is published quarterly in Chicago, Illinois. The Psychologists Interested in the Advancement of Psychotherapy of the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago with its editor Dr. Eugene T. Gendlin is responsible of this publication, which aims to aid psychotherapists in their endeavors. It presents relevant articles to psychological methods, case reports, and direct discussion of actual practice.

This article presents an announcement by the Council on Research in Economic History related to a competition for the best paper on the subject of "Interpreting Long-Term Economic Growth: An Evaluation of Past Attempts and Future Possibilities." Competition is open to all scholars, the judges only being excluded. The prize will be awarded if, in the opinion of the judges, the best manuscript is an acceptable one. The judges may, in their discretion, divide the prize between two of the contestants. Essays should not exceed 40,000 words, be in English and conform to the major literary and typographical convention of the Journal of Economic History.

The article presents the minutes for the meeting of Alpha Kappa Delta society which was conducted on September 10, 1954 at the University of Illinois in the U.S. The suggestion to expand the society's official publication "The Alpha Kappa Deltan" and the additional of prizes for the best papers from undergraduate and graduate students were not approved by the members. The conference had also discussed the disposition of the society's surplus funds.

Presents information related to the sociological society Alpha Kappa Delta and its journal "The Quarterly." Appointment of Professor L.L. Bernard of the Beta Chapter of Missouri of the society at Washington University as the president of the society; Arrangements to present abstracts or summaries of most of the papers presented at the National Students' Sociological Conference at the Chicago, Illinois meeting in December 1936.

The article states that Herman H. Henkle, President elect of the A.D.I., and chairman of its convention committee has just announced the program of the annual meeting for 1957 which will be held at the Sheraton Hotel, 505 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, on Thursday through Saturday, November 7-9, 1957. The theme of the convention will be: " Coordination of Information Services." The details of the meeting segregated by dates are provided in the article.

The article presents the official minutes of the thirty-fourth annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) at the Pick-Congress Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. Clarence H. Boeck, president of the NARST, opened the annual business meeting at 7 p.m. with a brief welcome to the members. The committees reported in the order of the program on the second day of the meeting. The association approved the 34 new officers of NARST recommended by the Executive Committee. The committee then presented the slate of officers for 1961-1962.

The article focuses on the life and works of professor Roger Wayne Price. He was born in Joliet, Illinois on September 29, 1928. He received his B. S. degree from Aurora College in 1951 and a M. S. degree from Northern Illinois University in 1956. Price has served in the U. S. Navy from 1951-1955 as a Seaman Electronics Technician, and during his tour of duty, he acted as Lay Assistant for many functions at the Harvard College Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He married Marilyn Jean Lutz on June 20, 1955 in Monterey, California. On June 11, 1960, on their way to Greeley Colorado, professor Price died in an automobile accident.

The article presents the program of the meeting of the National Council for Elementary Science (NCES) held at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago, Illinois on March 5, 1955. The general session of the Council was presided by Jeff West, president of NCES. Muriel Beuschlein of the Chicago Teachers College presided the "Science of Combustion" session.

This study determined the additive and interactive effects of different aspects of alienation on attitudes toward pollution control for residents of an Illinois community which was concerned with a sewage treatment issue. A sample of 218 community residents of voting age was obtained and administered questionnaires during May, 1971. Powerlessness and anomie, while not additive, were found to act interactively to explain opposition to pollution control. Furthermore, this relationship was characterized by a ‘saturation’ or diminishing return effect. Alienation produced negativism toward the issue up to a certain point, with a subsequent increase serving to lessen the issue opposition. The interaction effect was found to exist controlling for respondent socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports that the Gamma Chapter of Illinois of the sociological society Alpha Kappa Delta at the University of Illinois, has elected new officers. Apart from the election the new officers, the members enjoyed Professor D.R. Taft's paper "The Conscientious Objector in the Federal Prisons." Taft investigated this situation while working with the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

The article focuses on "Automation and Scientific Communication," edited by H.P. Luhn, which is a collection of short papers contributed to the theme sessions of the 26th annual meeting of the American Documentation Institute at Chicago, Illinois, held from October 6-11, 1963.

Well over 2,000 of the 3,400 members of the American Academy of Dermatology met in Chicago, Illinois, during December 5-10, 1970. H. Sherwood Lawrence, professor of immunology and infectious diseases at New York University, delivered the special opening lecture on transfer factor. This is, he said, the active principle in extracts or dialysates of leukocytes that mediates the transfer of delayed contact sensitivity in man. Robert J. Huebner, chief of the Viral Carcinogenesis Branch of the National Cancer Institute, said that an inherited endogenous genome, probably an RNA virus, subject to regulation by other genes, is the probable primary cause of cancer.

Examines the relation between the parent-interview ratings and behavior problems of children in Champaign, Illinois. Sex differences on the influence of parents on children; Hostility of parents and children; Aggression in children.

Focuses on the effects of social environment on the development of children in Chicago, Illinois. Description of the community social structure; Characteristics of individuals belonging to the social class; Importance of social mobility in modern communities analysis.

Studies the effect of training on rhythmic ability and other problems related to rhythm among the crippled children in Chicago, Illinois. Educational activities of the children; Motor phase of the educational program for convalescent crippled children; Test of ability to reproduce rhythm pattern.

Growing concern over pesticide use and environmental quality has intensified the potential for varying attitudes between the farmer and the city dweller toward the pesticide industry. The reasons of the differences in attitudes toward the pesticide industry are influenced by the usability of pesticide in the groups' production activities. This report summarizes the results of a survey related to the statements about the pesticide industry among farmers and city dwellers in Champaign County, Illinois.

The article presents information on workshops and announcements related to rural sociology. The Saskatchewan Centre for Community Studies has been incorporated as Canadien Centre for Community Studies-Centre Canadian d'Etudes Communautaires. It is now an independent, nonprofit, research organization with headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario. The Saskatchewan Centre will continue as the Prairie Region Office. Four distinguished speakers, each an outstanding authority in social theory and social action, will lead a two-day Colloquium as one event marking the 50th anniversary of Western Reserve University School of Applied Social Sciences. The Colioqulum will be held in Cleveland on September 29 and 30, 1966. A grant of $20,000 from the University of Illinois Graduate Research Board has been awarded to study the impact of industrialization on a rural area in Illinois. Herbert F. Lionberger has been awarded a grant by the Agricultural Development Council to study the development and dissemination of scientific farm information in Taiwan, assisted by H. C. Chang, Research Assistant in the Department of Rural Sociology at the University of Missouri.

The article presents discussions on various research bulletins. The bulletins are as follows: "Factors Related to Employment of Wives in a Rural Iowa County" by researcher Lee G. Burchinal; "An Evaluation of the Farm and Home Development approach to Agricultural Extension Work in North Carolina" by researcher C. Paul Marsh; "The Michigan Township Extension Experiment: The Farm Families . . . Their Attitudes, Goals and Goal Achievement" by researcher James Nielson; "Expellees As Farmers in Western Germany" by researcher Peter Schilke and Friedrich Riemann; "Population Changes and Prospects in Southern Illinois" by researcher Ray E. Wakeley; "Growth and Decline of Farms and Cities in Southern Illinois" by researcher Ray E. Wakeley; and "Types of Rural and Urban Community Centers in Southern Illinois" by researcher Ray E. Wakeley. The bulletin, "An Evaluation of the Farm and Home Development approach to Agricultural Extension Work in North Carolina," determines what effect, if any, the additional intensive educational assistance by county agents had in bringing about certain types of changes among the experimental group of families as compared with a control group which presumably was exposed to general Extension programs in the seven counties.

An examination of 116 small communities in Central Illinois indicates that their ability to provide citizens with adequate goods and services is closely related to their ability to hold population. The outlook for firmness in growth of population, however, is not particularly optimistic, considering the size of some of these communities. If a community is fortuitously located near a large city, its prospects for growth are greatly enhanced. In this case, the community may lose its identity, however, and become a "bedroom' town. Distance from a larger community no longer seems to afford protection to local markets and thus makes it increasingly more difficult for small communities to offer a great variety of goods and services. Although there were marked similarities among these communities, some of them did not fit the pattern. Undoubtedly many factors such as community pride and entrepreneurial spirit account for these differences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Investigates the employment opportunities for blacks in Chicago, Illinois during the period of 1960-1970. Trends during the decade that helped blacks find better jobs; Comparison between the prosperity of the black labor market and the white labor market; Characteristics of blacks who belong to each financial prosperity level during the decade.

The article presents a conceptual framework concerning labor relations in Illinois. The framework involves two sets of variables. One is based on the aspects of a city which are known to have the most strategic environmental influence on the character of labor relations. The other set is based on certain general aspects of labor-management relationships which can be used as standards for making comparisons among particular relationships. Community environmental aspects are summarized in terms of size and scope, social structure, industrial composition, power structure, communications, economic status and labor relations tradition and climate. The standards describing union-management relationships include the structure of the bargaining unit, the attitudes of the participants toward each other and their joint relationship, the extent of union influence in establishing work rules and conditions, the degree of joint problem-solving, the use of pressure, and the role of non-local participants.

The article presents a study which discusses the impact of leadership and interpersonal relations for social group and productivity in Chicago, Illinois. The study includes participants from building trades in Chicago that comprised two work groups such as carpenters and bricklayers. Results show the significant effect of the sociometric group in terms of stability and changes to the level of productivity on the sociometric period. Moreover, the implementation of improved interpersonal relations increases the satisfaction and participation of the workers to their job.

The article discusses the labor-management relations at S. Buchsbaum Co. in Chicago, Illinois based on an experiment in socio-industrial psychology. It says that the management and labor union have shown high emotional acceptance and cooperative attitudes with each other. It mentions that the job satisfaction surveys reveal that the mean job satisfaction of employees is not greater than the expected level and employee attitudes have a high degree of integration with union-management behavior. It suggests that worker's attitude relative to divisive rivalry affiliation is eliminated as union and management cooperates.

S ummary: A number of personnel managers who have adopted selective test procedures have been surprised and even alarmed to discover that within a short time almost all applicants qualify on the test batteries, even though the installations were carefully made and flexible selection standards established. No great problem arises, for the employment manager can effectively adjust his critical scores to meet the fluctuation of the labor market; however, the reasons for the superiority in the test level of new applicants as compared to the original criterion groups present an interesting problem to be considered. Although the answers are not clear-cut, the implications for such changes in qualifications are the subject of this report. These indicate that the existence of a testing program attracts the better applicants and discourages the poorer A selective testing program was installed for all productive workers in three plants of the same industry. One plant was in Illinois, one in Maryland, and the third in Washington, D. C. All three plants are members of the same national association. This is a borderline industry, employing women Selection tests were validated by testing present employees in all three plants. Subsequent applicants were superior to the criterion groups to such a degree that initial standards failed to screen out the expected number of applicants. The differences between the experimental groups and subsequent applicant groups are statistically significant. These differences cannot be explained in terms of shifts in the labor market or motivation. It is suggested that self-imposed selection may take place within the labor source, and that only the more capable applicants apply at plants where it has become known that test qualifications have been made a requisite for employment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a study on the comparison of the relative effectiveness of two instructional procedures in the development of student's ability to think critically. The fifty high school students involved in the study were juniors and seniors at Glenbard High School in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. The group one, which was referred to as the textbook-recitation group and taught by the traditional textbook-recitation. Group two, which were referred as the principles-critical thinking group and taught with emphasis on the major concepts and principles to be covered in the unit.

The article examines the core competencies of science teachers in the teaching of science in various schools in Illinois. Training programs for science teachers and actual training programs for the beginning science teachers are developed by school administrators in order to enhance these teachers' ability to teach science courses. The competencies include science teachers' classroom techniques, professional responsibilities, application of science to general education, understanding boys and girls, other aspects of professional training, training in the subject matter of science and student teaching.