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Presents the title and abstracts of papers presented during the 1934 annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Increasing significance of geographic conditions in the growth of nation-states; Erosional history of the wind river range, Wyoming; Long-lot farm and economic in public services.

The article presents summaries of papers delivered at the 125th annual meeting of the American Statistical Association. The meeting took place on September 1965 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the paper "On the Construction of Stochastic Working Life Tables," by Haskel Benishay, stochastic working life tables are constructed and evaluated. The essence of the construction of stochastic rather than the traditionally deterministic working life tables is in the utilization of the realistic assumptions that the number of births, the number of entries into the labor force, the duration of life, and the duration of working life, are random variables. The end result is a working life table with a double entry in each cell rather than the single traditional one. The implications of this approach for the evaluation of fluctuations in various subcomponents of the labor force are evaluated. Another paper "Measuring Elasticities of Air Travel," by Samuel L. Brown, summarizes research on the response of demand for air travel to differences of fares, incomes, and elapsed travel time. There are three kinds of studies. Multiple regression studies of time series of air traffic, fares and income in the national domestic market yield short-period fare elasticities and income-elasticities. A quarterly first-difference model stands well the usual statistical tests.

The article throws light on professor Richard Pillsbury's recent article on the urban street pattern of Pennsylvania. It is a welcome indication that geographers are turning to the urban plan as a valuable and as yet little exploited, source in regional analysis. This highly visible element of urban form is particularly suited to the systematic study of urban phenomena in an international context. Useful though the paper is, it prompts some comments upon its methodology and conclusions and the broader context of urban-historical research.

The article presents information that the program of the 50th anniversary meeting of the Association of American Geographers will be held on April 11-15, 1954 at the University of Pennsylvania and the Penn-Sherwood Hotel Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Members having professional material to exhibit would have to communicate with university of California. The program committee appointed by the Council is instructed by it to arrange a program of invited papers suitable for the fiftieth anniversary meetings.

This article reports on the twenty-eighth annual meeting of the American Association of Endodontists, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which was held on April 22-25. The meeting devoted considerable time to research reports. The article briefly describes the papers presented by several authors pertaining to different aspects of endodontics. Julius Fox of the Albert Einstein college of medicine, reported on a radiographic study of teeth whose root canals had been filled either accidentally or intentionally with broken instruments. Similarly, Marvin Gross from Temple University presented a method of differential diagnosis of peripheral lesions in which the separation of protein fractions is effected by the use of acrylamide gel electrophoresis.

This paper examines the internal and external stresses which accompany the gradual shift of responsibility from local boards of health to a possible eventual domination by the state health department. Fifty seven members of boards of health in 14 communities in one county in Eastern Pennsylvania were interviewed on the present functions of the local boards of health. Our finding suggests that the local board of health is not simply an organization. It is symbolic of a way of life in a community and it represents many things-a part of town, individualism, self-rule. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents news and information related to dermatology. It states that the twelve dermatological residents will compete in December 1974 for the Fifth Henry W. Stelwagon Prize presented by the College of Physicians of Philadelphia to "the resident who shall be adjudged to give the most outstanding paper" at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology. The Stelwagon Prize stems from an endowment bequeathed to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia by Henry Weightman Stelwagon, who was the first teacher of Dermatology at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Details the proceedings of the annual meeting of the Charles S. Peirce Society held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 28, 1966. Papers presented at the meeting; Resolutions of the Executive Committee presented; Information on the treasurer's report.

The article presents the annual meeting of the American Association on mental Deficiency to be held on May 11 to 15, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Wayne County Training School submitted substantial papers for the meeting's topics. These topics include historical, longitudinal records on an adjustment rating basis, the Rorschach method enforcement for mentally defectives, and community follow-up studies.

The article summarizes the data regarding national conventions obtained from the questionnaires distributed to the delegates during the 1963 Council for Exceptional Children convention held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The information is viewed as essential in future planning for these conventions. The summarized responses stated that national conventions should be held yearly and should continue to be scheduled as is the current practice. There should be a balance between speakers and the fields of interest should be adequately covered. There were also several recommendations made by the respondents stating to always have a panel, to confine research papers, to plan more demonstrations and others.

The article reports that the Council for Exceptional Children and the education section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) will co-sponsor two sessions at the AAAS 129th Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 26,1962. Both sessions which was organized and will be chaired by Jack W. Birch, will be held in the North Garden Room of the Bellevue Stratford Hotel. Each will consist of only two papers to allow more time for presentation and discussion. The one dollar registration fee includes admission to all meetings, exhibits, and evening programs.