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This article presents information related to sociology as of April 1, 1950. The Committee of the American Sociological Society on Contributed Papers for the 1950 annual meeting consists of Robert E. L. Fans, chairman; and A. B. Hollingshead and T. C. McCormick. Papers submitted for consideration should be sent not later than June 1, 1950. Recently elected officers of the Pacific Sociological Society for 1950 are: President, Leonard Bloom; Vice-president, Southern Division, Ernest Greenwood; Vice-president, Central Division, Carlo Lastrucci; Vice-president, Northern Division, Joseph Bachelder; and Members of the Advisory Council, Robert O'Brien and Paul Wallin. Gwynne Nettler continues as secretary-treasurer. The Society's annual meeting will be held in Seattle, Washington, during April 21-22, 1950. The Twenty- second annual meeting of the Japan Sociological Society was held in Tokyo, Japan, during October 15-16, 1949. The meeting was attended by more than 250 members. Fifty-two reports were given on various aspects of social theory and social research, and three public lectures on the topic, "The Population Problem in Japan."

This article focuses on certain events related to sociology which are to be held. The American Documentation Institute has been incorporated on behalf of leading national scholarly, scientific and informational societies to develop and operate facilities that are expected to promote research and knowledge in various intellectual fields. First objective of the new organization will be to develop and apply the new technique of microphotography to library, scholarly, scientific and other material. It will be able to direct scholarly publication by various methods as required by co-operating organizations. The Japanese Sociological Society is now compiling a book in English on the development of sociology in Japan, which is to be presented to the members of the International Congress of Educationists who meet in Tokyo, Japan this Summer. It will contain a section on rural sociology prepared by professor Eitaro Suzuki. Professor Read Bain of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio will be the lecturer during 1937-38 in the department of sociology.

This article presents information on various developments in the field of sociology and science in several countries. The annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science will be held in Cleveland, Ohio on December 26-30, 1950. Sessions will be devoted to the principal fields of science, including social science. A group of persons interested in the study of American Civilization has formed a committee to investigate the possibility of establishing a national society. Carl Bode of the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, is serving as secretary of the sponsoring committee. The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, announces a vacancy in the position of Professor of Sociology. Applicant will be expected to carry on his teaching eventually in Hebrew. Remuneration is in accordance with the salary and pension schedule of the Hebrew University. The journal "Japan Planned Parenthood Quarterly," is published by the Japan Birth-Control Institute, the quarterly is edited by Kageyas Wat Amano and Fumiko Yamaguchi Amano, both of whom received medical as well as other training in the United States.

This article presents information on several meetings related to the field of sociology held in the U.S. and Japan. The annual meeting of Eastern Sociological Society was held at the Henry Hudson Hotel in New York on April 3-4, 1954. President Ira DeA Reid addressed the group on "The Social Protest: Cue and Catharsis" at the annual dinner. Sections of the meeting included "Methods in Social Research," "Stratification and Occupation," "Social Structure," "Frontiers in Social Theory," and "Studies in Social Problems." The Japan Sociological Society held its 26th annual meeting on October 10-11, 1953, at the Tohoku University of Sendai, in northeastern Japan. Over four hundred sociologists and related scientists were present. Session topics included: Mass Communication and Social Psychology; Fishing Village Problems; Industry and Labor; Education and Crime; Sociological Theory; Rural Society; Population and Urban Society; Family and Marriage; Morals and Religion; and Race and Social Class. The Pacific Coast Sociological Society held its 1954 meeting at the campus of Oregon State College, at Corvallis, Oregon on April 22-23, 1954.