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PROGRAM of the THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING OF THE Headquarters: THE BOOK-CADILLAC HOTEL, DETROIT, MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY DECEMBER 28, 29, AND JO, I938 OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY 2.7-. ·t President WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER~ . __,. FRANK H. HANKINs, Smith College -· Registration of members and guests of the S~~ _5) reservation of lunche.o.lUill.d dinner tickets. First Pice-President 9:oo-10:00 A.M. Business Meeting for reports of committees and repre WARRENS. THOMPSON, Scripps Foundation ' sentatives of the Sn~iety. Crystal Ball Room (4fh Fl.) Jo:oo-12:oo A.M. Division on Human Ecology. Everett C. Hughes, Second Pice-President McGill University, Chairman. Crystal Ball Room (4fh Fl.) WARNER E. GETTYS, University of Texas "The New Zuiderzee Lands: a genetic study of a planned settlement in the Netherlands," Ralph H. Secretary-Treasurer Danhof, University of Michigan. HAROLD A. PHELPs, University of Pittsburgh "The Negro in the State of Bahia, Brazil," Donald Pierson, Fisk University. 12:oo M. Luncheon Meeting: Section on EducationaL.So.ciolQ&Y,_ Former Presidents Arthur J. Todd, Northwestern University, Chairman. Edward A. Ross William F. Ogburn Founders' Room (5th Fl.) George E. Vincent Howard W. Odum Topic: Social Group Work in Theory and Application. J. P. Lichtenberger E. S. Bogardus "The Contribution of Social Work to Sociological Ulysses C. Weatherly L. L. Bernard Theory and Educational Practice," Neva L. BoydJ Charles A. Ellwood E. B. Reuter Northwestern University. Robert E. Park E. W. Burgess "The Operation of Group Principles in Social Work," John L. Gillin F. S. Chapin Josephine Strode. William I. Thomas H. P. Fairchild Meeting of the Editorial Board. John M. Gillette Ellsworth Faris I :oo- 3:00P.M. Section on Comnmnity. M. C. Elmer, University of Pittsburgh, Chairman. Italian Garden (4fh Fl.) Elected Members Executir.;e Committee of "Contributions of Sociology to Community Studies," Dorothy S. Thomas Kimball Young Stuart A. Queen, Washington University. Jesse F. Steiner George A. Lundberg "Characteristics of High School Communities," J. F. Wilson Gee Donald R. Young Thaden, Michigan State College. "The Role of the Stock Exchange in the Metropolitan Committee 'on Lora! Arrangements Community," Francis Merrill, Dartmouth College. Section on Sociology of Religion.. Hornell Hart, Duke Arthur E. Wood, Chairman Lent D. Upson - University, Chairman. Crystal Ball Room (4fh Fl.) Donald C. Marsh C. C. Van Vechten The two sessions of this Section will carry out a prac- tical demonstration-experiment in seeking working agreements between groups who at the start are in wide disagreement. One question from the following list will be selected by the audience as the basis of All meetings except the business sessions are open to the public, and unless discussion: otherwise indicated are held at the Book-Cadillac Hotel. Tickets for lunch 1. Religions have declared certain things "right" and eons and dinners should be secured at the registration desk, at the time of others "wrong." Many sociologists say that science registering. has no business expressing such ''value judgments." 2 3 4 THE AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY PROGRAM OF THE THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING 5 Do you believe that sociology should abstain from at "Crime and the Depression," Ernest R. Mowrer, North tempting to determine what is right or wrong? western University. 2. Should sociology seek to help mankind to attain "Narcotic Addictio~ as a Factor in Petty Larceny," rational, systematic and unbiased guidance as to Edward C. J andy. what social policies should be pursued? General Discussion. 3· Do the teachings of the great religions provide a Section on Sociology and Social Work. J. E. Cutler, major and primary source of creative change in hu ..,- Western Reserve University, Chairman. Grand Ball ·man culture which cannot be better achieved through Room (41h Fl.) · science, humanism or other agencies without religious Topic: Factors of Control in Organized Social Work. interference? "The Community Control of Organized Social Work in Chicago," Arthur Hillman, University of Chicago. 4· Would the weakening of existing religious faiths and "Welfare Activities of Fraternal Societies,'' Noel P. institutions in the United States prqmote general sO Gist and Arthur Miles, University of Missouri. cial disorga~ization? "Activities .of Philanthropic Foundations," William J. 5· Can the scientific and humanistic world views, and Norton, Children's Fund of Michigan. the social institutions to which they give rise, satisfy Discussion: Clara A. Kaiser, New York School'of Social the needs which led to the rise of religions? Work. Section on the Family. Willard Waller, Barnard College, 4: oo 5: oo P.M. Meeting of the Finance Committee. Parlor D (41h Fl.) Chairman. Grand Ball Room (.f1h Fl.) Meeting of the Nominating Committee. Parlor C "Feminism and Marital Adjustment," Clifford Kirk patrick, University of Minnesota. (41h Fl.) "The Family and Cultural Change," Bernhard Stern, 5 :oo- 6:oo P.M. Meeti.n,gjlfthe F-x;e&ative Connnittee. Parlor C (.f1h Fl.) Columbia University. 8:ooP.M. (;e~eral...M.ee.ting-of.-the....Society. Frank H. Hankins, Discussion: Mirra Komarovsky, Barnard College; Smith College, presiding. Grand Ball Room. Cele R. K. Merton, Harvard University. brating the hundredth anniversary of Comte's first 3 :oo- 5:ooP.M. Joint Session, Section on Social StatistiGS-and-the use of the term "Sociology." American Statistical Association. Clark Tibbitts, "Comte's Sociologies," McQuilkin DeGrange, Dart mouth College.' Timversity of Michigan, Chairman. Italian Garden "Positivism in Contemporary Philosophic Thought," (41h Fl.) "Enumerator Factors in the Health Survey," Carl C. Roy Wood Sellars, University of Michigan. "Contemporary Positivism in Sociology," George A. Lienau, U. S. Public Health Service. "Evaluation of the Results of Schedule Enumeration." Lundberg, Bennington College. Calvert L. Dedrick, U. S. Bureau of the Census. 2.~ Discussion: Stuart A. Rice, Central Statistical Board; THURSDAY, DECEMBER~ __12.- Meredith B. Givens, New York State Department of 7 :3o A.M. >-A~mdiifire~:ag 1 Mphtt Kappa ~ Labor; Barkev S. Sanders, Social Security Board. Annual Breakfast MeetiDg: Ohio Yalle3' Sociological Section on PoHtical Sociology. Cecil C. North, Ohio • Society. Founders' Room (5th Fl.) State University, Chairman. Crystal Ball Room Annual Breakfast M.e.e.tiug.;...Soutbern -Sociological (.f1h Fl.) -~e!f.l'iorm;;;;Jie Room (.f1h Fl.) "The Community Situation and Political Action," C. R. 9:oo-w:oo A.M. ~u&ip,.ess MeetiJ;JKJ>l.tb.e. Sociecy. Grand Ball Room Hoffer, Michigan State College. ------- C411;"Pzr···-- "Class Conflict and War," Hans Sp~ier, Graduate Annual Business Meeting: Alpha Kappa Delta. Nor Faculty of Political and Social Science. mandie Room (.f1h Fl.) "The Social Psychology of the Mexican Revolution," Herbert A. Miller, Bryn Mawr College. 10:oo-12:oo A.M. Division on Soci!!J,_Ps;¥chology;~-Walter C. Reckless, Section on Criminology._John L. Gillin, University of -~----------TJvar-anderbilt University, Chairman. Grand Ball Room Wisconsin, Chairman. Esquire Room (Lobby Fl.) (41h Fl.) 6 THE AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY PROGRAM OF THE THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING 7 "Social Participation and Social Intelligence," F. Stu "The Schizophrene and Criminal Behavior," H. War art Chapin, University of Minnesota. ren Dunham, University of Chicago. "Motivation of Human Actions in the Light of Time "Cases of Extreme Social Isolation in a Child," Kings Budget Data," Pitirim A. Sorokin and Clarence ley Davis, Pennsylvania State College. Berger, Harvard University. Discussion: George B. Vold, University of Minnesota; "Some Phases of Personality Development in Com I Robert E. L. Faris, McGill University. munities of White-Indian-Negro Mixture," Guy B. \ Division on Social Biology. Conrad Taeuber, Bureau of Johnson, University of North Carolina. AgncUltural Economics, U.S. Department of Agri Section on Social Statistics. Ellen Winston, Division culture, Chairman. Italian Garden (4fh Fl.) ---crt Social Research, WPA, Chairman. Crystal Ball Topic: Migration of Farm Population, Especially as Room (41h Fl.) Affected by Drought. "The Relation between Fertility and Length of Life," "Farm Population Immobility in Selected Areas of Harold F. Darn, U.S. Public Health Service. North Dakota," Donald B. Hay, North Dakota Discussion: Clyde V. Kiser, Milbank Memorial Fund. Agricultural Experiment Station. "Some Factors in the Measurement of Internal Migra "The Drought Immigrant of the Pacific Coast," Paul tion," Samuel A. Stouffer, University of Chicago. H. Landis, State College of Washington. Discussion: C. E. Lively, University of Missouri. "Farm Population Movements in Colorado," Olaf F. "A Critique of Statistical Techniques," C. E. Gehlke, Larson, Colorado State College. Western Reserve University. "Drought Period Migration Not a Solution to a Popula Discussion: T. C. McCormick, University of Wisconsin. lation-Resource Balance in the Great Plains," Carl Joint Session of the Section on Soc· 1 ocial F. Kranezel, Montana State College Agricultural or an e encan Association f.o:t:-Laoor Experiment Station. Lrgislation. J. E. Cutler, Western Reserve Univer Discussion: Lowry Nelson, University of Minnesota. sity;Cilalrman. Michigan Room, Hotel Statler. I :oo- 3:00P.M. Section on Political . Cecil C. North, Ohio Topic: Co-ordination of Relief and Unemployment In mversity, Chairman. English Room (3rd Fl.) surance. Topic: Social Change and Political Action. "The Viewpoint