SOUTHWESTERN SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

This article focuses on the annual meeting of the Southwestern Sociological Society which was held on April 3 and 4, 1942 in conjunction with that of the Southwestern Social Science Association in Dallas, Texas. Round table discussions following the presentation of a limited number of papers featured the meeting. This article also mentions papers presented by different scholars on various social topics in this meeting. Some of the papers presented were: "The Effects of Crises Upon the Emergence of New Patterns in Social Organization," by Robert L. Sutherland; "Research Methods in Historical Sociology," by William L. Kolb; "Needed Sociological Research in Farm Tenancy," by T.G. Standing; "Contemporary Reputations in Scholarship and Science," by Logan Wilson; "Practicability of a Community Bibliography," by Kurt Wolf and Walter T. Watson; "Socialization and the Youth Culture," by N.J. Demerath. The Society voted unanimously for affiliation with the American Sociological Society and elected its retiring president William H. Sewell to represent it on the National Executive Committee.