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This paper reports part of a study of social participation conducted in San Francisco in the spring of 1953. The investigation rested upon two main notions: First, that the major an individual occupies regulate the amount and nature of his participation in society. Second, that the social type of neighborhood in which an urbanite lives is an efficient indicator of his social participation and may be a significant factor in its own right in shaping his social participation. This paper is limited to an examination of the relationship between amount of formal association participation and certain of the individual status and neighborhood differences. Using the census tract scores, four census tracts were selected in San Francisco in which the study of social participation was conducted. Findings revealed that, men living in the high economic status neighborhoods belong to the greater number of associations, attend more frequently, and hold office more than men living in low economic status neighborhoods. Comparing the two high economic status neighborhoods, the low family status neighborhood contains relatively more men who belong to no formal associations, who never attend meetings if they do belong, and who do not. hold office than does the high family status neighborhood.

The article presents various announcements of several societies in the U.S. The 10th national meeting of the Operations Research Society of America will be held in San Francisco, California on November 15-16, 1956. The Johns Hopkins University will award the third annual Lanchester Prize of $1000 for the best operations-research paper published in calendar year 1956. The council of the Operations Research Society of America has agreed to underwrite the publication of a series of independent bound volumes called Operations-Research Monographs.

The effects of occupational situs and socio-economic level (measured by income and education) on subjective class identification and political party affiliation are examined. The data represent a secondary analysis of interview materials collected in four San Francisco census tracts in 1953. The findings indicate a positive relationship between socio-economic level and identification with middle class. Similarly, those in higher positions tend to affiliate with the Republican party. Individuals in the Finance and Records and Commerce situses tend to see themselves as middle class and favor the Republican party, while those in Manufacturing and Building and Maintenance identify typically with the working class and prefer the Democratic party. These situs differences remain statistically significant when socio-economic level is controlled, suggesting the independent influence of type of work on these aspects of behavior. We suggest that the findings may be explained in terms of historical definitions of work in American society. The results indicate the utility of considering the situs dimension in the analysis of occupational structure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the article, the author discusses the change in the field of sociology. He suggests that a larger proportion of sociologists are now being drawn from background, with relatively high socio-econoimc status. This makes them less Iikely to be threatened by events which may lower the status of the profession. Within this group, those who are most confident and secure of their position within the profession will lead the attack on a role conception which offers protection from a threat they do not feel. As an example, the author discusses the 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association held in San Francisco, California in 1967. The hippie influences and political activities in San Francisco are discussed. A significant number of younger sociologists and sociology graduate students embrace a conception of their professional role that differs in at least two important respects from earlier and still dominant conceptions in the profession. The author describes the newer conception to identify the underlying premises which make it differ from the more traditional view.

Presents a letter sent by fiction writer Ambrose Bierce to writer Bret Harte about the article 'The Grizzly Papers' featured in the periodical 'The Overland Monthly' in San Francisco, California. Corrections made by Bierce to the article; Appreciation to the quality of the article; Consideration for the style of Harte in writing.

This article focuses on a special notice regarding the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, given by Melvin Tumin, President of the Society, and addressed to the members of the Society. The society's Annual Meetings will be held in the Hilton Hotel, San Francisco, from August 27 to 29, 1967. The article also mentions the schedule of the meeting. Registration will be done on Saturday evening, August 26, and Sunday morning August 27. One or two major plenary sessions will be held on Sunday morning. Meetings of Special problem Committees will be held on Sunday evening. Monday will be a free day to permit members to attend the Section meetings of the American Sociological Association. Annual Business Meeting will be held in late afternoon of Monday. Full information about these, including titles and chairmen, and dates for submission of papers, had been sent to all members earlier in a special mailing. The article also presents contact details for making enquiries about these meetings.

This article provides information on the meeting of the 1973 American Sociological Association Council in San Francisco, California on December 2 to 3, 1972. The site of the meeting was selected partly because of the economy afforded when some council and staff members were also scheduled to attend a conference in Carmel, California, a few days after the council meeting. Of the 12 at-large members of the council, 4 reside on the West Coast, 4 on the East Coast and 4 in the Mid-West. The timing of the meeting also signals an innovation in the governance of the association. This meeting was the first of a set of quarterly sessions planned by the 1973 council. With more frequent meetings, the council hopes to reduce the pressure of business at the annual meeting so the council can interact with the membership and participate in the general sessions.

The article discusses the contribution of social service & mdash; public health and travellers' aid, to help immigrants in California. The Gold Rush brought such an overwhelming number of the sick and impoverished that the immigration wave threatened to become a catastrophe. Social work was peculiarly difficult to initiate because it was not only undertaken in the midst of an emergency but also before there was any experience in social service in the area. All newcomers had one idea in mind — to hurry off to the mines as soon as possible, make their pile and return home. Hurry, excitement, self-interest, gambling, drinking, vigilantism, robbery, and murder —all the ills of society appeared concentrated in an area which lately had been quiet and innocent. To San Francisco, California, came all who traveled by ship. Although the trip from the east coast of the United States was made by a few steamboats, most of the vessels were sailboats and took six to nine months for the trip around Cape Horn.

This article presents results of a study conducted in two suburbs outside London, England and San Francisco, California, respectively, to ascertain family relationships. It was found that the groups were found to be similar, when in both cases, parents in their old age maintained close ties with their adult children both in terms of geography and frequency of contact, and daughters play consistently more important parts in their parents' lives than sons. The difference was that a larger proportion of the American group have knowledge of and pride in their pedigree, while the English group have relatively little knowledge of ancestry. The study was carried out on a countrywide basis in a limited way with a group of 3,964 for the U.S.A. and 900 for Great Britain. Results of the study suggest that old people generally maintain close links with their children and that the mother-daughter tie is the central nexus of the kinship network of industrial societies. Concern for ancestry seems to be more pronounced in the U.S.A. than in Great Britain. But in view of the size of the inquiry these statements are not so much findings as suggestions for further research.

On October 31, 1958, Senator William Knowland went before television cameras in Los Angeles in an effort to carry his campaign for governor to as many as possible voters of California. The telethon was major effort inserted late in the campaign in an effort to stem a political tide which was running strongly against Senator Knowland. In order to get some idea of the effectiveness of the telethon in one of the major communities where it was broadcast, the Stanford Institute for Communication Research made 563 telephone interviews with a probability sample of telephone homes in San Francisco.

In this article economic and family characteristics were related to the types of formal associations to which men living in four San Francisco neighborhoods belonged. A comparison based on a detailed classification of formal associations revealed that men living in low economic status neighborhoods were much more likely to have memberships in labor unions than men living in high economic status neighborhoods. However, the larger percentages of members holding memberships in the other formal associations generally were found in the high economic status neighborhoods. Thus, with the exception of the labor union, power through the activity of formally organized groups seems to rest largely in the hands of those men living in high economic status neighborhoods. In order to determine the relationship between certain economic and family characteristics of formal association members and the type of interest served by the associations of which they are members, a general classification of associations was constructed. The associations were grouped into three types: general interest, special-stratum interest, and special-individual interest associations.

Fifty drug shooters from the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco were interviewed regarding patterns of drug usage and hepatitis. The main focus of interest was the socialpsychological context of needle sharing. The authors conclude that sharing needles serves a number of functions for participants: It circumvents the shortage of outfits and points; is an end in itself; heightens communal feeling among shooters and the sexual connotations of needle use; is a means of socialization, protection, and status achievement; and is a conscious or unconscious act of self-destruction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports that American Sociological Association's (ASA's) annual meeting at San Francisco, a resolution concerning American policy in Vietnam has been signed by more than three per cent of voting members, was submitted to the Council. On the grounds that the ASA, as a scientific and professional organization, should not express an official position on political issues, the Council, by unanimous vote, disapproved the resolution. To poll immediately all members of the Association as to their individual judgments regarding American policy in the Vietnam conflict, the results of this poll to be made public as quickly as possible, separately for voting and non-voting members respectively. In accordance with Constitutional procedure, the Council now submits the issue to the voting membership of the Association. Two alternatives are before the voting membership: (1) To vote on the substantive issue contained in the Resolution and thereby commit the Association to an official position on Vietnam policy and (2) To adopt the Council's position that to take a position on this issue is not consistent with the goals and objectives of this Association.

The article presents the program of the 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) to be held from August 28-31,1967 in San Francisco, California. The program is as follows: Monday, August 28 will be devoted to the Sections of the ASA with each Section holding a council and business meeting and sponsoring a program session. Tuesday, August 29: Two sessions will be held jointly with the Rural Sociological Society. The Society for the Study of Social Problems will also co-sponsor numerous sessions, as indicated in the program. Wednesday, August 30: At 10:30 a.m. all members are urged to attend the first of two annual business meetings. A second series of luncheon roundtable discussions is scheduled at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, August 31 is a full day of sessions including some of the most interesting on the program. The second ASA business meeting is scheduled at 10:30 a.m. and the third series of luncheon roundtables at 11:30 a.m. The Pacific Telephone Company will provide a telephone message center during the meetings. The California State Employment Service will conduct a placement center from August 26 to August 31. Application and order forms were mailed with the preliminary program. Forms for hotel reservations, luncheon reservations, and advance registration were printed in the February 1967 issue of "The American Sociologist," and are also available in the preliminary program mailing to all members.