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The article focuses on issues related to the publication of the journal "Southwestern Social Science Quarterly," for the period from June 1944-March 1945. The journal has published 22 papers, 30 reviews of books and a number of brief notes on books not given full length reviews. Seven papers dealt with current situations in the Southwestern area of the U.S. Sixteen articles were written by people whose professional relations were largely within the same region.

The article presents information on several books related to sociology. One of the book is "Surveying Your Community," by Edmund S. Brunner. This book is about methodological suggestions for studying the problems of the rural church and the rural community. Another book is "Human Experience," by Viscount Raldane is about an effort at a philosophical and psychological approach to the study of the nature and meaning of human experience. Another book is "Study Guide for Problems in American History," by L.A. Ely, E. King and M.J. Stormzand is about an ingenious book of exercises for elementary students, based on Beard and Bagley's History of the American People. There is also an interestingly written survey of the whole period of American development, constructed along conventional lines. One of the early volumes in the interesting experiment of a "Dollar Book Series." There are several books about progressive and courageous manual for high schools. Archaic on the matter of the causes of the World War.

The article presents information about various events and announcements. The Library of Congress released under date of March 1945, volume 1, of "The United States Quarterly Book List," the first issue of a new government publication. This issue contains a selection from books published during October, November and December, 1945. The purpose of the book list is to introduce abroad current literary, learned and scientific works published in the United States. Certain specific type of publications are excluded. An American Sociometric Association has been founded and its first officers were elected by means of a sociometric poll. This association has at this time 100 charter members and 175 new applicants for membership. The aim of the association is to provide a meeting point for the various social science associations as a center in which there mutual research interests can be promoted. The final meeting for the academic year 1944-1945 of the Columbia Sociological Society was held on may 29, 1945 in Washington. The University of California has initiated a new series entitled "Publications in Culture and Society," which will carry articles and monographic works in the general field marginal to anthropology and sociology.