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PROGRAM of the -"tHIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING 12 THE AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE OTHER CONVENTIONS Other societies meeting in Chicago, with the names of their secretaries are: ~~etica~ ~;citfflf!icaf -£o:(l'ef'/··· American Association for Labor Legislation, John B. Andrews, New York City. American Association of University Teachers of Insurance, Chester A. Kline, University of Pennsylvania. American Business Law Association, S. Homer Smith, Temple University. American Finance Association, Kenneth Field, Carnegie Institute of Tech- nology. American Marketing Association, Albert Haring, Indiana University. American Statistical Association, R. L. Funkhouser~ Washington, D. C. Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Paul R. Rider, Washington University. "') Rural Sociological Society, T. Lynn Smith, Louisiana State University. Tax Policy League, Mabel L. Walker, New York City. NOTES The picture of William Graham Sumner which appears on the cover of this program was obtained through the courtesy of the Department of Sociology of Yale University. Dr. Alfred McClung Lee, Chairman of the Society's Committee on Pub lic Relations, has available for representatives of the press copies of papers and other materials dealing with the convention's proceedings. The press room is II 58. Rooms II7I-II77-1 120-1124-1128 are reserved for exhibits. Members of the Society will note that an informal Smoker has been sub stituted for the annual dinner meeting. Members attending the smoker will be guests of the University of Chicago. MEMBERSHIP IN THE SOCIETY Membership in the American Sociological Society is open to persons who have an interest in the objectives of sociological scholarship and research. There are six classes of membership. Annual members pay $6.oo per year; stu dent members, $4.00 per year; joint membership of husband and wife, $7.00 per year; subscribing members, $w.oo per year; sustaining members, '$25.00 per year; and life mem bers who make a single payment of one hundred dollars. All classes of members receive the American Sociological Review. Inquiries concerning membership may be directed to t~e secretary. Wti,I;lA).r GR:<JtA},f. $tJ¥tfE~ (tS~I9:Co) Headquarters: THE QONGRESS HOTEL, cnrcAGo, FRIDAY:, SATURDAY~ AND SUNDAY DECEMBER 27, '28, AND 29, I94Q i OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY PROGRAM OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING President FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27 RoBERT M. MAcivER, Columbia University 8:30A.M. Registration of members and guests of the Society and reservation of breakfast and luncheon tickets. Flor First Vice-President entine Foyer. STUART A. QuEEN, Washington University g:oo-w:oo A.M. Business Meeting for reports of committees and rep resentatives of the Society. Florentine Room. Second Vice-President 1o:oo-12:ooA.M. Division on Social Research. Raymond Bowers, Uni JAMES H. S. BossARD, University of Pennsylvania versity of Rochester, Chairman. Florentine Room. Topic: The "Inductive-Deductivi!" Method in Social Secretary-Treasurer Research: its theory and application. "The Inductive-Deductive Method in .Social Re HAROLD A. PHELPs, University of Pittsbmgh search," Mark A. May, Yale University. "Sex Regulation and Social Structure," George P. Former Presidents Murdock, Yale University. Edward A. Ross Howard W. Odum "A Learning Theory of Imitative Behavior," John George E. Vincent E. S. Bogardus Dollard and Neal E. Miller, Yale University. J.P. Lichtenberger L. L. Bernard Round Table discussion of these papers by W. F. Charles A. Ellwood E. B. Reuter Ogburn, C. Kirkpatrick, L. S. Cottrell, Jr., R. K. Robert E. Park E. W. Burgess Merton·. John L. Gillin F. S. Chapin Division on Social Theory. E. T. Hiller, University of William I. Thomas H. P. Fairchild Illinois, Chairman. Casino. John M. Gillette Ellsworth Faris Topic: The Search for Sociological Problems. William F. Ogburn Frank H. Hankins Addresses by Florian Znaniecki, University of Illmots; Edwin H. Sutherland George A. Lundberg, Bennington College. Open discussion for one hour. Elected Members of Ex;cutive Committee This meeting will be continued at one o'clock. *Rural Sociological Society. Topic: The Concept, George A. Lundberg Lowry Nelson Social Process: Its Meaning and Usefulness in the Donald R. Young Joseph K. Folsom Study of Rural Society. Room II64. Warner E. Gettys RobertS. Lynd 12:oaM. *Luncheon Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Committee on Local Arrangements Francis I Room. Luncheon Conference on Marriage Problems. Joint Louis Wirth, Chairman Thomas D. Eliot Meeting of the Sections on the Family and Sociology Herbert Blumer Thomas A. Egan and Psychiatry. Room 1170. A. P. Schorsch "The Psychodramatic Point of View," Bruno Solby, M.D., Psychodramatic Institute, Beacon, New York. "The Psychoanalytic Point of View," Franz Alexander, M.D., Institute for Psychoanalysis, Chicago, Illinois. "The Sociological Point of View," Leonard S. Cot- All meetings except the business sessions are open to th.e publjc and, unless otherwise indicated, are held at the Congress Hotel .. Tickets fot luncheons trell, Jr., Cornell University. "The Point of View of the Family," J. G. Franz, Ohto should be obtained as early as possible, and reservations for btea.kfast .meet ings should be made at the registration desk. Meetings designated by the State University. asterisk are not under the direct auspices of the Socie~. 1:oo- 3:00P.M. Division on Social Theory. (Continued) Casino 2 3 PROGRAM OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING 5 4 THE AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY Topic: The Search for Sociological Problems. Zeleny, State Teachers College, St. Cloud, Minne "Sociology and the Other Sciences," Read Bain, Miami sota. University. Howard Becker, University of Wisconsin. "A Sociometric Approach to Psychopathological and Open discussion for one hour. Socio-Pathological Phenomena," George A. Lund Section on the Sociology of Religion Murray H. berg, Bennington College. Leiffer, Garrett Biblical Institute, Chairman. Eng Discussion: Willard Waller; George Devereux. lish-Walnut Room. Section on Criminology. Nathaniel Cantor, University "What Constitutes a Sociology of Religion?" of Buffalo, Chairman. Pine Room. Papers willl be read by Abraham Cronbach, Hebrew "Basic Crime Prevention," Saul D. Alinsky, Director, Union Coll~ge, Franz Mueller, College of St. Thomas, Industrial Areas Foundation. ·Samuel C. Kincheloe, Chicago Theological Seminary. To be followed by an hour of discussion. Summary by Robert E. Park, University of Chicago. Section on Sociology and Social Work. Walter W. Discussion from the floor. Pettit, New York School of Social Work, Chairman. Section on Political Sociology. H. A. Miller, Temple Room II64. University, Chairman. Pine Room Balcony. Discussion to be opened by George S. C. Benson, Topic: Methods of Meeting Domination. Director, Curriculum in Public Administration, In "The Chinese," J. Stewart Burgess, Temple University. stitute of Public and Social Administration, Uni "The Jews," Werner Cahnman, Chicago, Illinois. versity of Michigan. "The Czechoslovaks," Joseph S. Roucek, Hofstra "Federal Influence on Standards of Welfare Admini College. stration," Robert T. Lansdale. "The Spanish, the French and the English," Eric "The Effect of the Expansion of Public Welfare Ser Estorick, New York University. vices on Education for Social Work," Marion Hath Section on Cominunity. Robert A. Polson, Cornell way, Secretary, American Association of Schools of University, Chairman. Room II64- Social Work. "An Analysis of the Status System of a Modern Com *Committee on Conceptual Integration. Albert Blumen munity," W. Lloyd Warner, University of Chicago. thal, State Teachers College, Maryville, Missouri, Discussion: Everett C. Hughes, University of Chi Chairman. Room I I Io. cago; Willard Waller, Barnard College, Columbia "A Preliminary Definition of Definition," Maurice University. Parmelee, Washington, D. C. Section on Educational Sociology. Francis J. Brown, "The Most Useful Definition of Definition," L. L. New York University, Chairman. Pine Room. Bernard, Washington University. Topic: The Sociology of Childhood. Panel discussion on the definition of definition and its "Group Life of the Adolescent," Paul H. Furfey, implications for the C. C. I. Catholic University of America. Discussants: E. E. Eubank, Hornell Hart, and two "Group Life of the Young Child," LaBerta A. Batt others. wick, Winnetka Nursery School Public Schools. 4:00P.M. Meeting of the Nominating Committee. Room II02. "The Child and the Social Structure," Kingsley Davis, Pennsylvania State College. 5:ooP.M. Meeting of the Executive Committee. English-Walnut Room. 3 : oo- 5: oo P.M. Section on Sociology and Psychiatry. J. L. Moreno, Beacon, New York, Chairman. Pine Room Balcony. 8:ooP.M. General Meeting, Joint Session for Presidential Ad "The Sociometric Foundation of Social Theory, with dresses with the American Statistical Association. special emphasis on the concepts 'tele,' 'social atom,' William F. Ogburn, University of Chicago, Chair and 'network'," Helen H. Jennings, Teachers College, man. Grand Ballroom, Stevens Hotel. Columbia University. "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of Statisti "Sociometric Measurement in Education,'' Leslie Day cians," F. Leslie Hayford, New York City, President of the American Statistical Association. 6 THE AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY PROGRAM OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING 7 "Some Reflections on Sociology During a Crisis," "The Relation of Institutions to Urban Population Robert N. Maciver, Columbia University, President Characteristics, United