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The article presents information about various conferences and academic activities in the field of sociology that appeared in the 1965 issue of the "International Journal of Comparative Sociology." The International Association of French-Speaking Sociologists had its Fifth Symposium from September 29 to October 4, 1964. The symposium was held near Quebec, Canada, under the chairmanship of professor Georges Gurvitch. The theme of the symposium was "Social Classes in Present-day Sociology." A series of papers were on social classes in tropical Africa. The Sixtieth Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association was held at Chicago, Illinois, from August 30 to September 2, 1965. One came from this conference of American sociologists, with many Canadians present, a little confused, certainly so if he went with the purpose of taking it all in. For this anonymous reporter the impression was one of bigness, of complexity, and of a great bureaucracy emerging. The Sixth World Congress of Sociology will be held in Evian, France, during September 4 to 11, 1966. Communications by prospective participants are of two types official and individual. Specialists interested in an official presentation are required to contact the president of the working group in which they are interested.

The present article is by way of a report of a grant by the Russel Sage Foundation-not exactly an evaluation report, since the authors involvement in the event would make them suspect as judges, but rather a personal report of what occurred and the meaning that can, or should, be attached thereto. The Public Relations Committee appealed for cooperation from paper-readers, asking them in advance whether they would want a press interview in Miami. The paper by Robert Parke, Jr. and Paul Click, discussing the "marriage squeeze" resulting from the post-war baby boom, led all others in amount of space given to it. The American Sociological Association (ASA) therefore, both in its administration and in its membership, should have little concern for improving the "image" of sociology in the public eye, but it should have great concern for increasing the level of sociological information among persons outside, as well as within, colleges and universities. The fact is, however, the ASA structure has no device for handling communication with the public in more than fortuitous ways. As long as "press coverage" at conventions begins only a few weeks before the event and ends promptly at the last session, it is doubtful that success in this realm can ever be more than smooth public relations.

The article presents brief information on various congresses and seminars on sociology. The Institute International De Sociologie held its 20th World Congress in Cordoba, Argentina, from September 5-11, 1963. 50th session of the Indian Science Congress Association was held from October 7-10, 1963 in Delhi, India, under the presidency of professor D.S. Kothan, chairman of the University Grants Commission of India. For the first time in its history, the International Congress of Orientalists was held in an Oriental country. It is particularly happy that the Government of India had taken keen interest in organizing and financing the session. The Colombian Sociological Association will sponsor the Seventh Latin American Congress of Sociology, to be held in Bogota, Colombia, July 14-19, 1964, in coordination with the Latin American Association of Sociology. A two-day Seminar on the definition of culture was organized by the Department of Social Anthropology, Karnatak University, Karnataka, India in January 1964.

This article provides information on the International Institute of Sociology. The Tenth Congress of the institute held its triennial Congress at Geneva, Switzerland from October 12-17, 1930. This Congress gave evidence of the re-establishment of the institute and further made it possible to plan and inaugurate a change. The program of the Congress comprised an investigation on the one hand into the underlying causes of wars and, on the other, into the conditions of a lasting peace. There was no question of the legitimacy of such an investigation. The program of the Congress included 19 papers or written communications, one in Spanish, two in English, the rest in French. Among the authors were Rafael Altamira, G. L. Duprat, Jeanne Duprat, Amerigo Namias, Raoul Orgaz, Paul Otlet and Gaston Richard. Most of the papers, as might be expected of sociologists more concerned with explanation and prediction than with action, dealt with the underlying causes of war rather than with the conditions for a lasting peace. The papers concerned with elucidating the causes of war were at variance on a point of supreme importance, namely, whether these causes are inevitable, or whether, at any rate in time, they may be eliminated by the deliberate effort of man.

This article provides an overview of the topics discussed in the November 1946 issue of “Journal of Social Issues.” These papers represent addresses and roundtable discussions held in connection with the tenth annual meeting of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues in the U.S. The first four papers initiate a relationship between research and social action. The second group presents the technical discussion of methods in social science. Finally, a proposal is presented for coordinating the efforts of action groups and research workers.

This article presents information on congresses and conventions on various issues held in the U.S. as of December 1916. The Twenty-ninth Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association will be held at Columbus, Ohio, December 27-30, 1916. The American Sociological Society, the American Statistical Association, and the American Association for Labor Legislation will meet at the same time and place. A meeting of the teachers of economics, sociology, and commerce, in the state of Iowa was held at the State University in Iowa City on October 6 and 7, 1916. On Wednesday evening, December 27, there will be a joint meeting of the four associations at which the annual presidents' addresses will be given. The subject for discussion at the Thursday morning session is "The Problem of Land Ownership." researcher Richard T. Ely will read the leading paper. On Thursday afternoon there will be papers by researcher H. C. Taylor on "Two Dimensions of Economic Productivity" and by researcher George von Tungein on "The Results of Some Rural Surveys in Iowa."

This is an exceptional study of the ways in which those attending a social science convention acquire and use the information obtained there. The authors also pinpoint the information most interesting and useful to the ample of convention attendants, and the impact of this information on scholarly productivity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on proceedings of the 10th annual conference of the American Association for Public Research that held at Madison, Wisconsin-based Hotel Loraine, from April 13-16, 1955. Several papers discussed in this conference include Stuart Dodd, director of the Washington Public Opinion Laboratory (WPOL), who presented a paper entitled "Formulas for Spreading Opinions-A Report of Controlled Experiments on Leaflet Messages in Project Revere", in which he described the origin, purposes and findings of the three-year study which WPOL had conducted for the Air Force. The article also presents other paper by speaker Samuel W. Blizzard who reviewed his experiences in a current theological seminar project designed to explore the use of social science in training parish ministers, and, more specifically, to inquire into how the sociologist-faculty member can help in this training. Blizzard described the milieu in which a social scientist operates as a theological seminary faculty member, noting that seminars course emphasis is away from the social sciences, the theological party line must be understood by the incoming sociologist faculty member.

This article presents information on the First World Congress for Rural Sociology, which took place in August 1964 at Dijon. The number of papers, submitted to this Congress, was far greater than that received for the Third Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology in 1962 at St. Wolfgang. Therefore it is impossible to publish, the complete written material. Full texts are included of main papers and papers of prepared discussants only. Of the regional papers the summaries are given. The discussions are reported in the languages used by the participants during the meetings. Some of the regional papers will appear in full text in later issues of this Journal, others will be submitted to other journals in the field. Of the regional papers the summaries are given. The discussions are reported in the languages used by the participants during the meetings.

This article reports on the status of the planned Universal Races Congress to be held in London, Great Britain. All schools of thought will take part in the proceedings and in the list of those who have already promised contributions are the names of representatives of more than twenty civilizations. Political questions of the hour will be subordinated to the comprehensive end of the Congress, the promoters being convinced that when once mutual respect is established difficulties of every type will be at all events sympathetically approached, although practical solutions may not be readily attained. In the first section the opening paper, on the definition of race, tribe, and nation, will be contributed by a leading Bengali scholar, Brajendranath Seal, the anthropological view of the race will be stated by Felix von Luschan, of Berlin. Pember Reeves is the chairman of the Executive, with Edward Brabrook as vice-chairman. Questions such as the differences in physical characteristics to differences in mental characteristics would be addressed.

The article expounds on the intent of the issue, and the symposium from which it developed, which is to give consideration to the relevance of some research approaches to the problem of war and peace. Men from several social science disciplines, specializing in different dimensions of the general problem of social behavior, were asked to present papers from their own viewpoints on "What research approaches can be brought to the problem of war and peace?" No single paper provides an exhaustive discussion of this topic. The papers provide the perspective necessary for taking the first steps toward the theoretical formulation of problems in this area. Each author comes to the problem with his own personal predispositions and a heritage of ideas and folkways from his particular branch of the social sciences. This leads each to deal with a different aspect of the problem, and to proceed from a different set of basic assumptions.

Presents minutes of the Council Meeting on August 26, 1973. Attendees; Speakers; Balance sheet for the 1973-1974 proposed budget.

The article briefs on events and other happenings taking place in the country under a section of "News and Notes" of the journal "Public Opinion Quarterly." The twenty-ninth annual conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research will be held May 30 to June 4, 1974, on the theme of "understanding the United States." In another development, a two-year project now underway at the University of Illinois' Survey Research Laboratory will collate and synthesize present knowledge of consumer behavior gathered from various social science disciplines. The project will solicit papers from experts representing specific disciplines, and these will be reviewed and discussed at a small invitational conference prior to their publication. The Institute for Survey Research at Temple University has completed a mail survey of members of the American Psychological Association's Consumer Psychology division, with the aim of developing a more systematic understanding of ethical problems encountered by consumer psychologists.

The article presents information about various developments taking place in the field of sociology at the international level. A Conference for the study of British society and the problems it presents to immigrants will be held in London from April 20-22, 1966, jointly sponsored by the Royal Anthropological Institute and the Institute of Race Relations. There will also be contributions from Holland, France and Germany, concerning these countries. On March 4-6, 1966, a Conference on "Interdependencies of National and International Political Systems," jointly sponsored by the committee on comparative politics of the Social Science Research Council and the Center of International Studies, Princeton University, was held at the Princeton Inn. Two papers were prepared for the conference and circulated to the participants in advance "National Political Systems and International Politics Notes on the Need for Research," by Harry Eckstein and Harold Sprout of Princeton University, and "Toward the Study of National-International Linkages," by James N. Rosenau of Douglas College, Rutgers--The State University. The Second World Conference on World Peace through the Rule of Law was held at Washington D.C., September 12-18, 1965. It was a meeting of the legal profession from different parts of the world. About 3000 delegates from 115 nations met at Washington, among them were a large number of High Court Judges and Attorneys General.

This paper was originally planned as an abstract of the introduction to a book on the coordination of the social sciences. It was written out in its present form as a contribution to the discussions at the conference on the same topic, held at Oxford, England, in October 1922. Unfortunately it arrived just too late for use at the conference; but it was kept in hand. The task of preparing the paper for the printer has not been altogether easy; for the author is now in India, and it has been impossible to consult him on a number of points, some of them important. The author has not hesitated to make slight changes in choice and order of words, and arrangement of matter, where he seemed to see clearly that improvement was possible. In some other respects slight changes have been necessary to meet printing difficulties. The author trusts, however, that the ideas, which the author is earnest to place before his readers, have in no way been obscured by these changes. It is impossible to foretell how far a contribution on such original lines will have authority with the sociologists of to-day.

The article reports on the second conference of the International Peace Research Association convened in Tällberg, Sweden from June 17-19, 1967. 15 scholars from around the world participated in the conference. In three days, approximately 45 papers were read and discussed, covering subjects ranging from simulation to games theory, from statistics of international relations to studies of nationalism, from legal aspects of intervention to the Kashmir conflict. The central theme of the conference, however, was poverty and peace. It is now recognized that scientific research into the causes of war and the conditions of peace has a contribution to make to the furthering of peaceful relations. Though there was no unanimity on the subject, there was fairly wide support for the position that peace research should not steer clear of those issues which have become too hot to handle but should endeavor to make a contribution to the solving of the problem within a strictly scientific framework. Professor Gunnar Myrdal of Sweden, said that connection between poverty and peace is no more than a popular theory, a complex of stereotypes unrelated in any way to reality.

The article presents news and announcements related to sociology departments of universities and colleges in different parts of the world. Instituto Luigi Sturzo is going to hold a contest for the best study on "The Social and Political Thought of Luigi Sturzo." The contest will close on August 31, 1963. William Liu of Portland University will join the Sociology Department at University of Notre Dame as associate professor of Sociology in September 1961. Thomas Coffee has resigned from Rosary College to accept a position at St. John's University. Clement S. Mihanovich received a grant from the American Association for Middle East Studies to conduct a Conference on Middle East Studies at Saint Louis University, November 3, 4, 5, 1961. He will conduct a tour of the Middle East in the summer of 1962 that will include Paris, Rome, Athens, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Israel. George Yahn of University of San Diego presented papers at the Fifth Congress of the International Academy of Legal Medicine at Vienna, Austria.

This paper presents the text of a revised version of a paper read at the Nineteenth Annual Convention of the American Catholic Sociological Society at the Trinity College in Washington, D. C. on December 28-30, 1957, recent trends in industrial sociology. The cultivation of specialized areas within the total field has been one of the dominant features of American sociology. Speculation regarding the development of such sub-disciplines might legitimately conclude that they arise as logical extensions of a progressive cultivation of sociological knowledge. In fact, their development does not seem to take this course. As a matter of observation, it is in those areas where problems are recognized as important and pressing for solution that specialities develop and flourish. There are areas, which it might be logical to cultivate, where the impetus of perceived problems has not arisen to spur activity. Once a speciality has arisen as a result in this interest in current problems, its pattern of development manifests a curious tendency. Study and research tend to go beyond the problems around which they originated and the sub-discipline develops objectives and a rationale which lead it beyond the solution of current problems.

The article presents information on the Proceedings of the Second World Congress for Rural Sociology, which was held in August, 1968 in Enschede/Drienerlo, the Netherlands.

The article presents an announcement regarding the Twentieth Congress of the International Institute of Sociology to be held from September 12-18, 1962, at Corboda in Argentina. The decision to hold this international meeting was taken on account of the interest the Latin American countries present from the point of view of sociological studies. The bureau decided that the subjects should centre round a single theme, the "Sociology of Societies in the Process of Industrial Development," a subject designed to give all sociologists an opportunity to make their own contribution either to theoretical or to practical research. Virtually all aspects of sociology are covered, so that experts specializing in different branches can report on their own fields. Applications for enrollment should be made on the form attached to the information pamphlet and sent to the committee as soon as possible. Papers must deal with purely sociological subjects, and they must be not more than 20 pages in length, typewritten, with double spacing. Papers must be drafted in English, French, German, Italian or Spanish, and must have a summary in French attached with them.

The article presents the proceedings of the Ohio Valley Sociological Society Council Meeting, Held on Thursday, April 27, 1971, held at the Cleveland-Sheraton Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio. Resolutions concerning deceased members of the Ohio Valley Sociological Society should be published as obituaries in the Sociological Focus. Physician Olmstead reported for the publications committee. He indicated that the publications committee was currently seeking a new editor for Sociological Focus. He also reported on the number of papers submitted in the undergraduate and graduate paper competition. At the undergraduate level the committee has selected two CO. President Useem then introduced the topic of convention development It was moved that the principle of establishing an office of executive secretary, and/or business manager (which would be ad hoc for now) be approved. Such an executive secretary and/or business manager will work on the managerial issues of the society. The resolution was passed. The executive committee will designate an acting executive secretary.

The article presents the proceedings of the annual business meeting of the Ohio valley sociological society. Don Olmstead reported for the Publications Committee. He reported on the search for a new editor, the maintenance of the publication, Sociological Focus at the University of Akron, and the exploration of future publication possibilities between the OVSS and other societies. Whereas the innovative and sematic scheme of the program produced interesting and provocative papers and discussions. Be it resolved that Chairman Marvin Olson and Program Committee members Elizabeth Mullins, and John Scanzoni be recognized for their efforts and that their universities be so informed. Whereas, the three year term of office for the following officers of the Ohio Valley Sociological Society has expired, be it resolved that the new officers and membership recognize the extraordinary efforts and contributions made by: Shailer Thomas, Secretary; Charles Westie, Treasurer; John Lindquist Editor of Sociological Focus.

The article presents information on the schedule of the eighteenth annual meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association. The first paper, titled Labor Relations in the Southwest, was presented by Edwin A. Elliott, regional director of National Labor Relations Board, on March 26. The second paper, Struggle Between Fascism and Communism in Europe, was presented by E.E. Hale of University of Texas. The other papers for the day were National Banks and Bank Failures and Private Affiliates, by George L. Anderson; Europe's Efforts at Peacemaking, by W.C. Askew of University of Arkansas; French Opinions of the Confideracy, by L.M. Case; A Study of the People of West Texas, by Gus Ford of Houston; The Geography of Ancient Carthage, by Edward E. K&eacaute;so; The Distribution of Mexican Population in the U.S., by Bea Mantooth; Retail Trade as a Primary Urban Function in Oklahoma, by Allen Belden; Survey of Youth in Arkansas, by J.C. London; Survey of Welfare Activities in Oklahoma City, by Fred A. Replogie.

The article presents information on recent developments related to rural sociology in the U.S. Homer L. Hitt resigned as head of the Departments of Sociology and Rural Sociology and as associate dean of the Graduate School to become dean of Louisiana State University at New Orleans, Louisiana. On April 28-29, 1958, the first annual "Louisiana Conference on the Aging" was held on the campus. This conference was sponsored jointly by the Department of Sociology and the Louisiana Commission on the Aging. Outstanding scholars in gerontology were brought to the campus for the two-day session. Evan T. Peterson has joined the staff of the Division of Sociology and Rural Life, Mississippi State University, as assistant sociologist and assistant professor of sociology and rural life. The twentieth annual meeting of the Ohio Valley Sociological Society was held on May 1-2, 1958, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Host for the meeting was the Department of Sociology, University of Cincinnati. The 1959 meeting of the Society will be held in Columbus, Ohio.

Presents news notes and announcements concerning the sociological field. Studies on three village communities in Japan; Recipient of the financial grant for research on social factors involved in technological diffusion across the U.S.-Mexican border; Details about the International Congress on the Sociological Aspects of Radio Music; Presentation of the 1954 financial statement of the "Rural Sociology" journal.

At the Sixth World Congress of Sociology in Evian, France, September 1966, the first international sessions on the sociology of the military, war and revolution were held. The author had the privilege to be chairman of a working group on "Militarism and the Professional Military Man," which brought together representatives from Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Soviet Union, and the United States, South America and the Far East. The actualities of war or revolution in the developing nations did not block out the implications of militarism in advanced societies. The sociological aspects of militarism in West Germany were realistically and soberly assessed by Wido Mosen from the University of Frankfurt. Examination of the fundamental issues of militarism quickly transcended old fashioned notions of militarism and military dictatorship and focused on the real problems of controlling the military profession under a variety of social and political systems. Social recruitment must he linked to prestige in the effort to explore the socio-political position of the military in contemporary society. Data presented at the conference confirmed the decline in prestige of the military profession in recent years in advanced industrialized societies.

The article presents a study that examined the effects of divisibility of payoff on confederative behavior. In a recent study, the authors focused on the social contact process as a significant aspect of confederative behavior. The social contact process discussed occurs during a transitory phase of group formation when the potential group members move from an independent, non-interacting state into an interdependent state of interaction, The relative frequencies of social contacts were used to test hypotheses about coalition formation. The major result reported by the authors was that, in a political convention situation of the type used by the researchers, individuals tend to express a preference for the "weaker" of a pair of candidates as a coalition partner. These results were established by means of a pencil and paper instrument (the Political Decision Questionnaire) but support the results of other investigators in experimentally constituted groups. In a small group, this preference for the individual with the smallest amount of resources (the weakest member, W) leads to an exclusion of the strongest group member from most coalitions and consequent payoffs.

This article discusses different approaches to the measurement of social differentiation of the Czechoslovak socialist society. At Evian, at the Sixth World Congress of Sociology, the sociological public was acquainted with the project of an empirical macro-investigation which was carried out by the end of 1967 in Czechoslovakia. The entire investigation is the result of the efforts of a 20-member collective of workers from both the Czech countries and Slovakia. The report presented here must be viewed as an information on the basic results of this collective work, in which the author of this paper took part. The author calls attention to the fact that some theoretical postulates and interpretations of the empirical data obtained by this macro-investigation are now subject to theoretical discussions in Czechoslovakia and will undoubtedly be submitted to further critical analysis. The conclusions presented so far may, therefore, be conceived as an introductory opening of a broad problem area from the Marxist positions, rather than as some final word of Marxist sociology in the research of the social structure of the socialist societies.

The article presents a list of international conferences related to sociology to be held between years 1968 and 1972, published in the August 1, 1968 issue of the journal "International Social Science Journal." The list consists of topic, address and time of these conferences. "International Union of Psychological Sciences: Twelfth Meeting of the French-speaking Association," will be held at Geneva, Switzerland between October 1 and 3, 1968. "International Council for Scientific Management, Indo-Pacific Council: Third Regional Conference," to be held at Hong Kong, China between October 2 and 5, 1968. "University of Michigan: International Meeting on the Problems of World Population," will be held at Ann Arbor, Michigan between November 15 and 18, 1968. "International Labor Organization: Second European Regional Conference," will be held at Geneva, Switzerland between December 2 and 14, 1968.

The activities of the International Sociological Association during the past year have centered around plans for the Fourth World Congress of Sociology to be held in Perugia, Italy, probably from September 8 to 15, 1959. There are to be three sections as follows: sociology in its social context, the application of sociological knowledge and developments in sociological method. All papers are by invitation in the first section; and the third section is broken down into ten seminars, each chairman of which will prepare a paper to which invited discussants will react. In second section, papers may be offered for consideration to the chairmen of the sub-sections. The Social Science Research Council is administering a grant from the grant-making foundation Carnegie Corp. of New York for travel grants to international meetings. The committee in charge seeks persons who by their presence, participation or organizing services, will make major contribution to the success of a conference; and scholars who by their attendance will gain ideas and contacts that will advance their own research.

The article reports on an international seminar focused on the issues of family and other areas of sociology. The idea of the international seminar on family research began with Dr. Nels Anderson, director of the UNESCO Institute of Social Sciences of Cologne, and Professor René König of the University of Cologne. Each of the seminar meetings has sought to bring both seasoned researchers and promising junior scientists from different countries to look together at the content and methods of researches on marriage and the family in different parts of the world. The Committee on Family Research of the International Sociological Association has gladly undertaken the operations of the seminar as a training programme for intranational and international researches on marriage and the family. The invitation for the meeting of the Sixth International Seminar on Family Research was extended by the Council for Child Welfare in Yugoslavia. The theme, "Family and Urbanization", was chosen by the host group and broadened by the leadership to include the impact of industrialization.

The article analyzes the function of women sociologists at conventions. The manifest functions of sociology conventions are (1) to present scholarly papers, (2) to discuss the profession's business, (3) to exchange job information, and (4) to hear about the activities of other departments. The convention's latent functions include seeing friends, gossiping and assessing one's status, i.e. finding out if one's stock is rising or falling on the professional market. A female sociologist is uniquely qualified to meet the psychic and intellectual needs of the male conventioneer. Study upon study has shown that the woman generalizes her role in the family of socio-emotional leader, to other institutions. As a colleague, the woman sociologist is a task expert who has been trained to participate in the same world of ideas and research as her male counterpart. She can understand and judge the worth of an idea or a piece of research. She can also reward achievement. But as a woman, she has learned how to distribute love, support, encouragement and other expressive verbal rewards. It is this combination of proven ability in the expressive area coupled with instrumental skills, which places such a premium on interaction with the female sociologist.

The article presents information about the 1964 Annual Meeting of the Association to be held at the Sheraton Mt. Royal Hotel, Montreal, Canada, during August-September, 1964. The article provides a list of the sessions and the presiding chairmen by the 1964 Program Committee. For each field in which the Association has a Section, the program chairman has been appointed by President George C. Homans and the Program Committee in consultation with the Section Chairman. The names of some of the program chairman and the programs are as follows: History of Sociology under the chairmanship of Kurt W. Back; Social Change under the chairmanship of Kenneth E. Bock; Sociology of Education under the chairmanship of Dan C. Lortie, etc. In order to provide growing membership with the widest opportunity to participate in the annual program, each person is allowed to read only one paper if he is sole author, by a long-standing rule of the Association, and to contribute to two sessions only if he is joint author in each case or is a chairman or discussant in one case.

The article presents information related to the field of sociology. The American Catholic Sociological Society held its first annual convention at the Morrison Hotel, Chicago, Illinois from December 26-28. There were more than twenty-five papers and discussions at the meetings. Some of the topics considered were: the teaching of introductory, problems, and advanced courses, rural problems; social welfare; family; political sociology; and research. The Society also held a meeting on December 30 at Detroit, Michigan where many members of the ACSS were attending the annual meetings of the American Sociological Society. According to another information the National Conference on Family Relations will hold three regional meetings in the early months of 1939: one at New Orleans, from February 24-25; one at Chicago in March; and one in New York City. The first meeting at New York last September was a great success. Those participating agreed unanimously that the organization should be continued and put upon a permanent basis.

This article informs that the Council of the Sociological Society announces, with the greatest possible regret, that V.V. Branford has found it necessary for a number of reasons to resign the post of Honorary Secretary which he has filled since the foundation of the Society in 1903. In making this known to the members, the Council desires to place on record its sense of obligation to Branford for his continuous devotion to the cause of the Society since its inception, and for the invaluable service rendered by him in every department of the work undertaken during the past seven years. Upon Branford, moreover, fell the principal part of the work in connection with the editing of the three volumes of Sociological Papers, the publication of which did so much to make the Society known among students of the social sciences in every part of the world. The terms in which Branford's resignation was couched left the Council no option in the matter; but although for the present the late Honorary Secretary has no official connection with the society the Council notes with pleasure that there is no reason to anticipate his withdrawal from the sphere of work in which the society is engaged.

Presents minutes of the Midyear Council Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Attendees; Reports made by the Standing Committee; Presentation of the midyear financial summary from August 1, 1973-January 24, 1974.

The Southern Sociological Society held its Seventeenth Annual Meeting at the Atlanta Biltmore, Atlanta, Georgia, March 25-27, 1954. Section meetings, with their presiding officers, were: Theory and Methodology, Abbott L. Ferriss and Homer L. Hitt; Social Work and Public Welfare, Dorothy Jones; Race and Culture Contacts, Edgar T. Thompson; The Teaching of Sociology, Marion B. Smith; Social Psychology, Robert C. Stone; and Population and Ecology, Lorin A. Thompson. Guy B. Johnson delivered the presidential address, "A Sociologist Looks at Racial Desegregation in the South." Officers elected for 1954-55 were: President, Morton B. King, University of Mississippi; President- Elect, Irwin T. Sanders, University of Kentucky; First Vice-President, Edgar T. Thompson, Duke University; Second Vice-President, Lorin A. Thompson, University of Virginia; Secretary-Treasurer, Melvin J. Williams, Stetson University. James S. Himes, North Carolina College, and Meyer F. Nimkoff, Florida State University, were elected to serve three-year terms on the Executive Committee; C. A. McMahan, Maxwell Air Force Base, was elected to serve out a vacated two-year term as a member of the Executive Committee; and William E. Cole, University of Tennessee, was elected representative to the American Sociological Society.

This article presents information on convention program of the Southwestern Social Science Association and the American Business Writing Association joint conference, held in April 1955, in Dallas, Texas. Some of papers presented in the meetings on various topics like accounting, agricultural economics, business administration, sociology, government, geography are: "A Well-Informed and Better-Guided Student," by William P. Carr; "Recent Developments in Accounting Research," by Charles T. Zlatkovich; "Course Content and Conduct," by Emerson O. Henke; "The Southern Farmer and Foreign Trade," by M.D. Woodin; "The Southern Farmer and Current Agricultural Legislation and Regulation," by William A. Faught; "A Comparison of Riparian and Appropriated Water Rights," by Wells A. Hutchins; "A Comparison of Land-Value Theories and the Everyday Operation of the Land Market," by Robert L. Tontz; "Geography of the Rainforest of Western Pichincha and Esmeraldas, Ecuador," by Luis Freile; and others.

This article presents information on several events organized by the Southwestern Social Science Association, to be held in 1952. The Association will hold its annual convention for 1952 in Dallas, Texas, on April 11 and 12. General headquarters for the convention will be at the Baker Hotel, Commerce and Akard. Arrangement for section luncheon meetings have been made by several sections, including Accounting, Geography, Social Science Introductory Course, and the American Business Writing Association. These will all be held at 12:30 p.m. on April 11. The Southwestern Sociological Society, which constitutes the sociology section of the Association, sponsors each year a program for students in sociology to coincide with the annual meeting. Headquarters and meetings will be held in Baker, on April 11. The general business meeting of the Association is scheduled at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday morning. Full attendance is essential to the continued success of the Association. Section business meetings will he held on Friday afternoon immediately following the presentation of papers and discussions. The members of each section elect a chairman and an associate editor.

The article presents a report on the Fourth Interprofessional Conference held in the U.S. as of July 1961. According to the author, a conference of sociologist may be studied as a social process. The conference papers, including that of the rapporteur then become data to be interpreted together with the observations of the social processes observed during the conference. The subject matter of the conference was the role of social sciences, sociology and social psychology, in the training of students of education and social work. In a review of the problem before the conference, it is useful to consider how the task of those concerned with students of education and social work differs in degree, if not in kind, from those who teach in other disciplines. There is much evidence in the literature of general and educational social psychology about the influence of the person on the performance of the group of which he is a member, and particularly of the person who has the high status, age difference and the leadership role of the teacher.

Presents minutes of the annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society in 1967. Minutes of the Council Meeting; Financial report; Report of committee on nominations and awards; Report of committee on the development of rural sociology.

Presents news notes and announcements involving the Rural Sociological Society. Annual meeting of the association; Schedule of conferences and meetings; Fellowships, grants, and awards.

Presents news notes and announcements involving the Rural Sociological Society. Schedule of activities for the 1952 annual meeting of the Society; Fellowships and grants; Proposed amendment to the bylaws of the Society.

The article announces the 50th anniversary meeting of the American Economic Association which will be held in New York on December 26-28, 1935. The complete list of activities and programs for the event is provided in the article.

This article focuses on reviews of the symposiums related to National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence. Some of the reports are: "The Politics of Protest: Violent Aspect of Protest and Confrontation," prepared by Jerome Skolnick; "Law and Order Reconsidered," prepared by James S. Campbell. Given the recently accelerated scholarly attention to social conflict and violence, a systematic codification of current knowledge of empirical patterns and of competing theoretical interpretations would itself be a contribution of very considerable magnitude. No social science discipline is unrepresented in the volumes under review; and there are contributions by representatives of all major psychological perspectives and of several biological sciences. Lawyers have played important roles in the work of the commission. The list of consultants an witnesses includes dozens of the nation's leading figures in government, in industry, in public service agencies, and in the academy. With such an eminent collection of experts and wise elder statesmen, it might seem reasonable to hope for an encyclopedia of violence which could stand as a monument to committed scholarship combined with intelligent public concern.

The article presents informs about announcements and meetings held in the year 1940. American Council of Learned Societies offers a limited number of grants-in-aid (not to exceed $300) for actual expenses of research. Applicants must have a doctor's degree or its equivalent, and be a citizen of the United States or Canada, or be permanently employed or domiciled therein. The grants may be used for travel, technical, or secretarial assistance, or material (but not books). The Catholic Anthropological Conference held its fifteenth annual meeting at Rosary College, River Forest, Illinois, March 26, 1940, sponsored by the department of sociology and social work, under the direction of Sister Mary Henry. A spring meeting of the Central New York Sociologists was held at Cornell University on April 19, when George A. Lundberg addressed the Cornell Sociology Club on "Measurement in Sociology." This was followed by a dinner at Willard Straight Hall, after which the discussion of Lundberg's address and matters concerning the organization of the American Sociological Society ensued. About 40 were present representing nine universities and colleges in Central New York.

The article presents information about several current happening related to sociology in the U.S. According to information the American Council of Learned Societies is prepared to extend assistance in publishing a limited number of meritorious works in the field of the humanities written by American scholars. It invites its constituent societies to propose books they deem suitable for assistance, but reserves the right to consider works submitted by others if the executive committee has accepted them for consideration. Works proposed for publication must be complete in themselves, preferably the results of constructive research presented in the form of volumes of conventional size. The other information is that the seventh annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Conference was held in from April 18-19, with over a hundred persons in attendance. The central topic of the Conference was social theory, and social order. The majority of sessions centered around a discussion of capitalism, fascism, socialism, and communism as divergent social orders.

The article presents the report of the official act of the American Economic Association. The article presents a summary of the year's operations, with comments and interpretations concerning the Association's activities. The second meeting of the 1957 Executive Committee was held at the Westchester Country Club, Rye, New York, on March 29-30, 1957. The managing director B.F. Haley presented suggestions for the regular replacement on the Editorial Board and all names were acceptable to the Executive Committee. The final panel is to be presented to the Executive Committee at the December meeting. Haley expressed a desire to send out a questionnaire to 300-500 people to get opinions and criticism of the various aspects of the American Economic Review. He outlined a proposal to have two survey articles a year for a period of four years, to be published as part of the Review or as separates, the author paid an honorarium. The President was authorized to submit a proposal to the Rockefeller Foundation for the sum of $13,000 to finance this series of survey articles, this proposal to be drawn up by the Editor in consultation with the Chairman of the Committee on Research and Publication.

The article discusses activities of the Le Play House sociological society as of April 1932. The Institute of Sociology has been cooperating in the work of the British National Committee which is responsible for arrangements in Great Britain in connection with this important conference. The preliminary studies have been organized with the assistance of the Institute, which is also responsible for the travel and accommodation arrangements for the British delegation. On 1st February, at Le Play House, the first of the monthly discussion meetings was addressed by professor C.M. Skepper, London School of Economics, on the topic "The History of the Family in England." On March 4th, at Le Play House, Dr. Prynce Hopkins, University College, London, gave an address on the topic "Psychology of the Family." The article further gives a preview of the Second International Conference on Social Work, to be held in Frankfort and about the 1932 Easter Meeting for Field Study, which was held at Norwich.

The article presents a symposium on family and kin ties in Great Britain and their social implication. Kinship in Britain, pervasive, intangible, still largely unstudied, with its significance either not appreciated or in danger of being overestimated, such was the background to the conference on family and kin ties in Britain and their social implications, that was held in London under the joint auspices of the British Sociological Association and the Association of Social Anthropologists. One finding of the conference was the decision by the British Sociological Association to set up a small Working Party to pursue the subject further, in particular by discussion of work in progress. One major question discussed was methods in kinship study. Exchanges of view seem to indicate that methods and techniques in vogue at present are reasonably satisfactory. As regards substantial propositions regarding kinship in Britain, it is clear that yet, Britain lacks adequate body of broad comparative data.