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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 the meeting schedule for The Institute of Management Science (TIMS). The 13th International meeting will take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from September 6-8, 1966. Warsaw, Poland, will host the European Section meeting from September 2-7, 1966. The American meeting is scheduled for April 5-7, 1967 in Boston, Massachusetts. Detailed meeting information is provided.

Information on several papers discussed at the Fifth Annual International Meeting of the Institute of Management Sciences held on October 16-18, 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is presented. The papers presented included on by Jacob Marschak on stochastic decision theory and another by Frank Harary about graph theory.

A conference paper that discusses the results of a research study conducted to establish a method and tool for preparing ground sections of calcified dental tissue is presented. The paper was read at the 18th General Meeting of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 14, 1940.

Presents a preview of events at the 31st Annual Convention of the American College of Gastroenterology from October 24 to 29, 1996 at the Bellevue Stratford in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Papers on business and science to be presented at the conference; Overview of scientific exhibits; List of exhibitors.

A conference paper that discusses the results of a research study conducted to determine the effects of a thyroidectomy or thyroid stimulation on the development of the permanent dentition in monkeys is presented. The paper was read at the 18th General Meeting of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 13, 1940.

The article presents a schedule of events relating to the 52nd annual meeting of the American Economic Association to be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 27-29, 1939, at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. Schedule for the first day of the event will include the meeting entitled "The Objectives of Monetary Policy," to be chaired by Arthur W. Marget from the University of Minnesota, another entitled "Economic Issues in Social Security Policy," chaired by John B. Andrews of the American Association for Labor Legislation. Round Table Conferences will be held in the afternoon. Business meetings and more round table conferences will be held on the second day. The meeting of the executive committee will be held on the last day.

This article focuses on the first international congress related to the biological effects of ultraviolet radiation in Philadelphia. About 70 delegates had been invited of whom about 25 were foreign. These were mostly European but included Australians and a South African. The biggest groups of visitors were from Germany and Holland, nearly a quarter of those from overseas. Although this congress was organized by dermatologists, it was by no means aimed mostly at them; a very active part was played by basic research workers. Perhaps half the participants were predominantly or wholly clinicians.

This article presents news notes. Announcement was made at the 1959 convention of the American Documentation Institute at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania of the election of the new officers of the Institute for the year 1960. The Council of the American Documentation Institute has discussed at length the matter of U.S. representation to the Federation Internationale de Documentation and especially its own future role. In view of the clearly developing need to broaden and strengthen U.S. representation in FID, a resolution was passed by the ADI Council.

The article offers information on several meetings related to biological sciences. The 30th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference will be held in Washington, D.C, during March 8-10, 1965. The 46th annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union will be held on April 19-22, 1965. Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology will be held on April 25-29, 1965, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The article also presents information on the fifth annual meeting of the American Society of Pharmacognosy (ASP), which was held during June 22-25, 1964, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The conference covered topics including botany, chemotaxonomy, tissue culture, and microbiological conversions.

The article presents the 34th spring conference of the Woods Schools in cooperation with the Technical Planning Project of the American Association on Mental Deficiency and Other Private and Governmental Agencies that will be held on May 1 to 3, 1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It includes fundamental issues in research strategy, principles and philosophy. The diverse aspects of measurement problems as matching, cooperative utilization of data, analyses of populations in institutions for the mentally retarded and the study of personality development in pre-adolescent mentally retarded children. Also included are some concepts of medical, psychological and sociological variables in the etiology of mental retardation.

The article offers information about the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, meeting of The Institute of Management Science from September 5-8, 1966.

Provides information on the annual meeting of the Charles S. Peirce Society held at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia on December 28, 1970. Categories of programs at the meeting; Highlights of the event; Officers elected for 1971.

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.

This article reports on a convention on the Mentally Ill Offender that was conducted by the Crime Commission of Philadelphia on June 11-12, 1970. Its purpose was to develop a clearer understanding of the responsibility of the mental health profession in general and its community mental health and mental retardation centers in particular with reference to the complex problems of criminal justice. Several papers presented to the event were included in the Quarterly of the Pennsylvania Association on Probation, Parole and Correction for Winter 1971.

The article presents information on an annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 21, 1914. Waldo Lincoln was re-elected as AAS president. Nominees for AAS membership, such as Charles Francis Jenney, Jesse Walter Fewkes and Milo Milton Quaife, were elected. A paper on Pennsylvanian history was presented.

Presents the program proper for both the scientific sessions and the postgraduate gastroenterology course of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Convention of the American College of Gastroenterology in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in October 1960. Schedule of the registration; Lecturers involved in the event; Topics that will be covered at the conference.

The organization American Political Science Association held its thirty-fifth annual meeting at the Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D. C., during December 28-30, 1939. American Orthopsychiatric Association Inc. will hold its seventeenth annual meeting at Boston, Massachusetts, during February 22-24, 1940. The organization National Conference on Family Relations (NCFR) held its second annual meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during December 26-27, 1939. Members are entitled to a year's subscription to the magazine "Living," beginning with its first issue in January 1940. The significant articles presented in Philadelphia will be published in later issues of "Living." The program was organized under the leadership of Adolf Meyer, the eminent psychiatrist, who is president of the NCFR. Conference committees discussed significant subjects of special interest, including the economic basis of the family, education for family living, eugenics and the family, family counseling, marriage and family law, marriage and family research, and youth and its problems.

The final report of the 1963 meeting of the American Economic Association in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, indicated a total registration of 4,528, of which 2,651 were members of the American Economic Association. The net income from the meeting was $14,588.18. Of this amount, the American Economic Association received $7,477.77, based on the number who registered as members. Considerable progress was made in establishing the Association archives during 1963. All material, including correspondence and committee reports, dealing with major policy questions has been retained. It is planned to arrange the files in chronological order to facilitate the work of those interested in using the archives. As authorized by the Executive Committee at its March, 1903, meeting, the American Economic Association made a contract with the National Science Foundation to participate in the Foundation's National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel. Data for the register will be obtained by sending out a questionnaire to members of the economics profession in mid-March 1964.

The article presents information on several congresses and conventions related to documentation. The annual meeting of the American Documentation Institute for 1959, will be held at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, October 22-24, 1959. Hierarchal definition can be used in faceted classification, in creating terms for a correlative index, in coding for machine searching, and in a subject heading system to tighten its connective structure. The disadvantage of this scheme is that an index would be required which would include names of all classes represented on different levels and also all synonyms, vague terms, etc.

Talks about the War Time Conference of Modern Language Teachers by the National Education Association, held in July 1918 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Papers submitted during the session devoted to the subject of The War and the Modern Languages; Speakers featured in the various sessions; Programs presented in the French and Spanish sections.

The article presents information on various congresses and conventions on life science topics in the U.S. The annual meeting of the Association of Official Seed Analysts and the Society of Commercial Seed Technologists will be held in Madison, Wisconsin, from June 16-23, 1967. The fifth International Research Conference titled "Mind As a Tissue," was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from November 10-11, 1966. The opening address was by F.O. Schmitt of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Second Decennial Review Conference on Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture was held in Bedford, Pennsylvania from September 11-15, 1966.

The article presents information on a short course and symposium on colorant calculations, sponsored by Lehigh University's Consortium for Color Technology, which are to be held from May 6-8, 1974, and May 9, 1974 respectively at the University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Topics such as commonly used algorithms for colorant formulation computer programming, and the use of radiative transfer theories to various kinds of colorant calculations have been covered in the course. Speakers at the symposium include E.L. Cairns, Don Andrade, and Roland Connelly.

Information about a paper discussed at a conference held in Philadelphia on Juvenile Delinquency is presented. The paper that was written by Earl D. Bond, member of the Mental Hygiene Committee of the Public Charities Association, and physician in chief at the Pennsylvania Hospital for Mental and Nervous Diseases, made statements that traced the present juvenile delinquency and crime to influenza and subsequent Sleeping Sickness.

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.

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.

Examines exhibits at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Physical site and situation in Pennsylvania; Situation and growth of Philadelphia.

The article presents news notes and announcements related to the field of rural sociology published in the March 1940 issue of the journal "Rural Sociology." Proceedings of the annual business meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 28, 1939, are provided in detail. The future of the official journal "Rural Sociology," was also discussed. Member C. Horace Hamilton moved that a continuing committee of seven or more be appointed to continue study of terminology and definitions and to prepare a statement of extent and types of tabulations for 1940 census materials. The election committee reported the election of John H. Kolb as president, T. Lynn Smith as secretary-treasurer, Paul H. Landis as a member of the teaching committee, Harold C. Hoffsommer as a member of the research committee, and Lowry Nelson as a member of the editorial board. The New England Conference on Family Relations will be held at Harvard University from July 24-26, 1940.

The article highlights the twenty-second meeting of the Council of the Operations Research Society of America (ORSA) on November 6, 1962 at the Sheraton Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It presents the minutes of the meeting including plans for future meetings, the ORSA membership, publication of two operations research bibliographies and a list of the members of the Membership Committee. It also presents the treasurer's report, auditor's report and the Seattle meeting on November 7-8, 1963.

Highlights the conference held at Hershey, Pennsylvania on October 6-8, 1944. List of committee members attended; Objectives of the conference; Contributions of geographers in war-time research.

This article reports that the second year of the All-Philadelphia Conference on Social Work gave convincing evidence that the Conference is becoming an important factor in the communal life of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a means of educating the community to the best methods of treating outstanding social needs. Membership in the Conference now numbers 295 organizations and 952 individuals. At the April, 1924, meetings of the Conference the following topics formed the basis of divisional sections: Housing, Child Welfare, Industry, Health, the Schools, Recreation, Adult Delinquency, Mental Hygiene.

The article reports that the Board of Governors of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) will vote on the acceptance of the Council for Children With Behavioral Disorders as a CEC division at the Council's International Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The objectives of the proposed division are to promote the education and general welfare of children with behavioral disorders and to encourage and promote professional growth and research as a means of better understanding the problems related to children with behavioral disorders.

Presents a news advisory on congresses and conventions related to gastroenterology as of April 1958. Fifth International Congress of Internal Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in April; World Congress of Gastroenteroloy in Washington, D.C. in May; General meeting of the International Society of Gastroenterology in Washington, D.C. in May.

The article reports developments related to education in Pennsylvania. The State Council of Education has implemented a new regulations concerning the educational requirements for teacher certificates. It has been mandated that the college certificate to act as home and school visitor is valid for three annual school terms. The Northeastern Convention District of the Pennsylvania State Education Association held its second annual conference on teacher education and professional standards. The theme of the conference was "Strengthening the Profession of Teaching."

The article highlights the sixth annual Eastern Pennsylvania School Library Conference held at Millersville on April 1951. The event was sponsored by the State Teachers College at Millersville and Kutztown and recorded almost 300 people in attendance. Guidance Through the School Library was the program theme, and there were addresses by William H. Bristow, director of the Bureau of Curriculum Research, New York City Board of Education, Ashley Montagu, chairman of the Dept. of Anthropology, Rutgers University, and Amelia Munson, Librarian of the Teachers' Library, New York Public Library. A popular features of the conference was a panel discussion on the subject of publishing children's books.

The article reports that Helen C. White, principal of Henry Burk Public School, is appointed as chairman of the International Council for Exceptional Children's meeting which will be held on July 1, 1957 at the National Education Association Centennial Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.