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This article presents a position paper on program evaluation, submitted to the Association of Departments and Administrators in Speech Communication. There is a need for administrators to do all they can so that career opportunities become available to holders of degrees in speech communication. They can retain the values of education for life at the same time train students for careers. This assumption is crucial to the maintenance of significance and worth of a university education as opposed to vocational training. Preparing people to do what is required of them in a career of specific nature and preparing them to decide what they must know and be able to do at some unpredictable future as a result of learning accomplished in a given course or curriculum are not quite the same objectives in the system of program evaluation.

This article presents abstracts of papers presented at the 1964 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology in Montreal, Canada, on December 28-30, 1964. The paper entitled Father-Daughter Incest: Treatment of the Family, reports on the treatment of twenty families with the problem of father-daughter incest where the father did not serve a prison sentence but was placed on probation. The paper entitled Evaluation of Records in Delinquency Research, focuses on the Southern California Records Matching Project which deals with the manner in which the records of delinquency adjudicating agencies at the local level maybe linked with Federal Census Records in order to maximize the efficiency of data collection and analysis. The paper entitled Juvenile Court Judge's Institute, summarized attacks on the Juvenile Court from any quarters, the weaknesses that inspire these attacks, and the crucial role that the Juvenile Court has to play in spearheading the introduction of personalized justice in the administration of the criminal law. The paper entitled A Spectrum of Sexual Problems Found in an Out-Patient Setting, focuses on the Forensic Clinic which was established in 1956. It is an out-patient division of the Toronto Psychiatric Hospital operated by the Ontario Department of Health under provincial statute.

This article presents a position paper on personnel evaluation. Because formalized, systematic evaluation is everywhere a part of college and university life, the Association of Departments and Administrators in Speech Communication feels it may be useful to identify measures of productivity suitable for speech communication faculty members and administrators. A systematic, periodic evaluation should be used in determining salary increases, tenure, promotion and termination. Such evaluation should serve primarily to improve the quality of an individual's teaching, research and service. The system of evaluation should be clearly stated to a prospective faculty member at the time of hiring, and reviewed periodically.

The article shares the author's thoughts on the review of the papers presented to the Association of Mental Deficiency in the U.S. in the past ten years. He relates that it has seemed best to present abstracts of the papers without adding special comments. He expresses his gratitude to the librarian, Hazel Catlin, for helping him prepare the abstracts.

This article presents the position paper on consulting service. The committee appointed to study the matter of a consulting service recommends that the Association of Departments and Administrators in Speech Communication take immediate steps to implement such a service and make it available to schools and departments requesting advice about speech communication problems. It is felt that requests for such service might come from departments initiating their own self-evaluation studies, administrative levels above the departments and professional organizations.

This article reports that the members and friends of the American Society of Criminology desiring to present scholarly papers at the 1964 annual meeting of the Society in Montreal, Canada should let their intentions be known no later than May 15, 1964.

This article presents the recommendations submitted by the Committee on Faculty Exchange to the Association of Departments and Administrators in Speech Communication. Exchanges between faculty of member institutions must be encouraged and promoted by the association. Faculty exchanges must be for a period of one semester; the possibility of longer exchanges should be considered as well. The salary of the exchange faculty must be paid by his home institution lest his retirement insurance and other benefits be adversely affected. Where possible and feasible, arrangements to exchange housing should be encouraged.

This article highlights the 5th International Criminological Congress of the International Society for Criminology to be held in Montreal, Quebec, from August 29 to September 3, 1965.

The article presents news briefs concerning the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History. The report of the fourth general meeting of the society, a response by E. W. Peters, president of the Victorian Branch of the Australian Labour Party, to the article "Australian Labour and Foreign Policy," by E. Andrews in an issue of the journal "Labour History," and the preservation of the personal papers of Australian labour figure Doctor H. I. Jensen are discussed.

This article presents updates on meetings and events related to family living and marriage at universities and associations in the U.S. as of May 1946. At the two sessions of the American Sociological Society, papers presented were devoted to the topic of family. The first, on the Family and the War, chairman, Ray E. Baber, discussed papers by Mildred Fairchild on Compilation of Data Regarding American Women at Work and at Home in World War II, by Leonard Bloom on Familial Adjustments of Japanese-Americans to Relocation, and by John F. Cuber on A Study of the Adjustmental Problems of Returning Service Men and Their Spouses. The Association for Childhood Education, on the other hand, held a restricted 1946 Annual Meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, on April 1946, limited to approximately eight hundred people. In addition, the Child Study Association of America held its Annual Conference on March 4, 1946.

The article presents some notes on criminology. At the last convention of the International Association of Chiefs of Police held at Atlantic City, New Jersey, a paper was presented by Dr. Carleton Simon and Dr. Isidore Goldstein entitled, "A New Scientific Method of Identification,"' in which the authors announced the invention of a scheme of identification "based upon the correlation of the optic nerve with the many variations of patterns made by the network of the blood vessels of the retina or background of the human eye," proposed as an adjunct to the fingerprint system in police science. Since the method described by Simon and Goldstein has attracted considerable attention, as indicated by the reprinting or reviewing of the paper by police journals both in this country and abroad, the writer feels that a brief discussion of the method would be of particular interest at this time. Although the authors repeatedly refer to this method of identification as a new method, which they have "devised and completed" "during the past year," the basic idea was conceived at least 36 years ago.

The article presents information on an annual meeting of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS). A paper on the development of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island was presented. Stephen Salisbury was re-elected as AAS president and George Frisbie Hoar and Edward Everett Hale were elected as AAS vice-presidents. A paper on Shays' Rebellion was presented.

The article discusses a research paper about the basic requirements for the testing of mental acuity with special reference to the intracranial pressure and volume relationships, presented before the 70th Annual Meeting of the American Association on Mental Deficiency in Montreal, Quebec on October 3, 1946. Several factors that directly influence the value of the mental response include the time of day, the relationship of the test to the amounts of food and fluid consumed and sleep. For patient preparation, the paper recommends several things to do 48 hours prior to mental testing.

This article presents several news and notes related to the family research. A Research Conference on The Family has been planned and sponsored jointly by the Elizabeth McCormick Fund and NCFR in Chicago on October 31, November 1 and 2, 1956. Upon suggestion of the Research section and action by the board, the E.W. Burgess award was created and is to be given to the person who does the best paper during the year in the marriage and family field. Income from the E.W. Burgess fund will be given as the prize and the paper will be read at the annual meeting and conference. The Iowa Council on Family Relations under the vigorous leadership of Harold Saunders, Past President, and President David M. Fulcomer have established, with the cooperation of the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs, six family conferences, all to be held this fall in various sections of the state. The 1957 Forum, one of an annual series conducted by the Council in the interests of its fifty-one national organization members, will focus on fostering mental health in the U.S. with emphasis on constructive actions and attitudes that may be taken by all health organizations.

The article comments on a paper titled "Group Work Revisited: A Statement of Position," by Mildred Sirls, Jack Rubenstein, Erma Myerson and Alan Klein, which appeared in the September 1967 issue of the "Jewish Social Work Forum." According to the author, the paper came as a welcome relief to social workers who are working in the Jewish Center setting in that it presented a holistic approach to the profession. One example of a social group work practice which integrates the needs of the individual, the group and society involves work with a senior citizens group. In this setting, the worker discovered that members were concerned about attracting new members to the group.

This paper examines the factors that relate to the stability of the Constabulary of Scotland. Scotland has 31 police forces in the different counties, cities, and combined areas serving the approximately 5.1 million inhabitants in the 31,000 square miles and the off-shore islands. Of the total 10,096 police officers in 1966 in the nation, 5,515 were on duty in the 13 urban areas and 4,581 in the respective counties. Apart from certain legal and administrative regulations, recruitment, and training the 31 police departments operate under the local supervision of the chief constable who in turn is responsible to the county or city council. In the 22 years from 1945 through 1966 the actual strength of the total police forces in Scotland has varied from the lowest number of 5,472 in 1945 to 10,247 in 1967. Tenure has a direct relationship to the stability of a police force because short tenure reflects rapid losses in manpower and ineffective operations. In the 15 years, the year 1966 is the only year in which losses exceeded accessions, 929 officers lost but only 779 gained making a shrinkage of 160. Turnover takes place because terminations or vacancies occur in the constabulary year by year. Several organizations representing various ranks among the constabulary play an important part in lending stability to police work in Scotland. The Chief Constables Association lends general oversight to the promotion of the welfare and efficiency of police work in the country.

This article focuses on the establishment of the Association for Professional Law Enforcement. The organization was created in the fall of 1952 by members of the Los Angeles Police Department in California. The fact that it started as a strictly grass roots movement leads one to believe that the idea developed in the minds of the police officers as a spontaneous, inwardly motivated action. No person or persons in high authority ordered its creation, no one even suggested it. The desire was there, and it became mandatory to give substance and form to the thought. During the months of 1951 and 1952 a group of police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, less than 30 in number, met from time to time in an informal manner. The topic of discussion centered mainly around the desire of this particular group to identify itself with an established organization purporting to work for the elevation of police service standards. Each member had a sincere desire to contribute personally in some way to the over-all problem of raising the standards of law enforcement. The group verbalized some of its thinking on paper and as a consequence, a charter setting up a formal organization was created. On November 13, 1952, 35 police officers, from the ranks of captain, lieutenant, sergeant and patrolman, met at luncheon at the Los Angeles Police Academy and affixed their signatures to a document establishing the Association for Professional Law Enforcement. Analysis of the objectives reveals that two principal areas of action are emphasized. First, the desire for greater understanding between the police and the public, in other words, better communications. Secondly, the need for the development of the accoutrements of professionalism such as pre-education and post-entry training, an organized body of knowledge and a cogent code of ethics, without which, no field of human endeavor can achieve a professional status.

The article presents several news briefs related to the United Chapters of Alpha Kappa Delta. The Bogardus Alpha Kappa Delta Research Award for the year 1950 will be offered for the two papers dealing with sociology. In 1949, the Sociology Club at the University of Florida went into action to get a chapter of the national honorary sociological fraternity established on campus. The Gamma Chapter of Iowa has elected Walter A. Lunden as the new faculty adviser and national representative.

The article presents information on the developments in the various chapters of the sociological society Alpha Kappa Delta. Four new members were initiated into Beta chapter of Missouri at the January meeting: Bertram Black, Shirley Dunie, Ed. McCurtain, and Johann Mokre. Programs for the year included reports on papers presented at the meetings of the American Sociological Society by Florence Schaper, Johann Mokre, L.L. Bernard, William Dee, and Gilbert Balkin. The Gamma chapter held its annual initiation and dinner on April 5, 1941. Twenty-three graduate and undergraduate students were initiated. Imre Ferenczi, formerly of the International Labor Office in Geneva was inducted as an honorary member. The Epsilon chapter of Ohio initiated seven new members during the year: Harry Husman, Mary Jane McEvilley, Selma Michaelson, Janet Reed, Marvin Walker, Oliver Werner, and Helen Wolfson. The Alpha chapter believes that students may be interested in the various types of positions to which Alpha Kappa Delta members have been appointed.

The article highlights the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association on April 2 to 4, 1923. At the morning session which was devoted to Public Law, Professor D. Y. Thomas, third-vice-president of the Association, presided in the absence of G. B. Dealey, first vice-president, who was unable to attend. Informal discussion of the morning program was continued at the luncheon conference which was held at the Rotunda Tea Room. International Relations was the general topic taken up at the afternoon session presided over by Professor J. P. Comer of Southern Methodist University. An interesting session on nominating systems presided over by Professor F. F. Blachly of the University of Oklahoma was held on Tuesday evening at which a paper on The Direct Primary vs The Convention was presented by Tom Finty, Jr., editor of The Dallas Journal. A joint session of the Sociology Section and the Council of Statewide Social Agencies Wednesday afternoon was the concluding session of the program presided over by Professor S. L. Hornbeak of Trinity University in the absence of Dr. Jerome Dowd of the University of Oklahoma. A meeting of the Committees to consider the relation of the History group to the Association was held after the adjournment of the business meeting with all members present.

This paper looks at meetings and events related to the field of family life education in the U.S. in 1942-1943. As a part of its program for wives of service men, the Association for Family Living presented a special series on Marriage is What We Make It during the month of January 1943. Fortune Magazine offers free extra copies of their public opinion survey of a self-portrait of high school youth: what it thinks of itself, its country, and its future. A new project of the Commission on Marriage and the Home, Federal Council of Churches is the observance of Christian Family Week, the second week in May. This is in process of becoming a national observance of outstanding value. A folder on The Christian Family in War Time sumps up the highlights of the recent Chicago Conference on Conserving Christian Family Life in War Time. Family Life Radio Forum. The Family Life Radio Forum Director Alice Sowers, professor of family life education, University of Oklahoma, announces a program continuing in 1943 on Our Great American Family, as having the primary purposes of focusing attention upon the importance of home and family life during wartime, of awakening everyone, young and old, to the part families can have in winning the war, and of impressing upon everyone the importance of preserving in family life the ideals we are fighting for.

Presents international news briefs on character and personality as of March 1934. Experiments conducted in Great Britain on the transmission of mental traits in generations of rats; Papers presented at the 93rd meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science held from December 27, 1934 to January 2, 1935 in Boston, Massachusetts; Information on the association called German Allgemeine Aerztliche Gesellschaft fuer Psychotherapie.

The article focuses on the meeting of the Northern Illinois Teachers' Association. The topic of the meeting was "Nature-Study and Geography." In the meeting teachers strongly supported elimination of old way of teaching geography. A discussion was held on "Criteria for the Selection of Material in Geography and Nature-Study." A paper titled "An Outline for a Course of Study in Nature-Study and Geography for the Period of Adolescence," was also discussed by Zonia Baber. For adolescents study should be extensive and cover a wide range of topics. For them it is necessary to include fieldwork in their curriculum.

Information about several papers discussed at a meeting of the parent's association is presented. The topics discussed include "Would a More Elastic Curriculum Better Serve the Interests of the School and the Children?," "How Far Should the Policy of Special Teachers for Specific Subjects be Carried, Especially in the Lower Grades," and "Home Work." The meeting was opened by James H. Tufts, who had prepared the program.

The article presents the author's views on the Ford Foundation. The Ford Foundation does not open an office in the Philippines, or anywhere else, with a program in mind, on paper, or in the form of entries on the stubs of a check book. Rather, the office of the Representative exists to receive and occasionally seek proposals from private and public institutions and agencies, which have as their goal the execution of projects which happen to be in line with the Foundation's objectives. These objectives are subsumed under the phrase that introduces our annual reports, "To Advance Human Welfare." In practice, of course, operational definitions of the kinds of things which are eventually supported bee come a bit more refined and restrictive. The focus of our support abroad is on those research and educational activities which are in some way relevant to the development needs of the host countries. In his annual statement in 1963, the then President of the Foundation, Henry T. Heald, succinctly stated the reasons why a private American foundation works overseas.

This paper focuses on the Polish Sociological Association. Janusz Ziólkowski resigned from the Central Board of the association as well as from the EditorialBoard of the Polish Sociological Bulletin because he was leaving for India for a long period. From the beginnning of 1965 and March 1966, the association has increased its membership from 441 to 536. Two new sections were formed--the Section of Sociology of Culture, and that of the Sociology of Education. To celebrate the twentieth jubilee of People's Poland, 1964 the Warsaw Section of the Polish Sociological Association initiated a campaign to popularize sociology. From September 1964 onwards, a series of lectures was arranged in conjunction with the International Press and Book Club and with the Universal Knowledge Society and other institutions. Seventy-nine lectures have already been given in different parts of Poland, especially in the smaller towns, and partly in the rural areas. In March and April 1966, two scientific conferences were held. On the initiative of the Legal Sociology Section, the International Committee of Legal Sociology, which is part of the International Sociological Society, held a meeting in Warsaw from June 2 to 5, 1965. Professor Jan Szczepa&noacute;ski, who is also a member of the Executive Committee of the International Sociological Society, was elected the Polish Sociological Association's delegate to the Central Council of the International Sociological Association.

This paper presents the report of James Bronson Reynolds, president of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology from 1922 to 1923. The President desires to submit to the Board a statement of the leading activities in which he has shared during the two years of his Presidency, and deeply regrets that he is unable to present the report in person. For inspiration and vision of the larger relations of the criminal law and its administration, Reynolds have been and continue to be profoundly indebted to Dean Wigmore. The Carnegie Corporation was specially impressed by the Institute's appeal for aid in favor of general propaganda in behalf of the improvement of the criminal law and its more efficient and intelligent administration. It therefore limited its five-year contribution to the work of the surveys of the criminal law administration in cities and other political units. In the state work, the Board of the Connecticut Manufacturers' Association and officers of the State Chamber of Commerce were urged to undertake a state-wide survey, but without result to date, hesitation to intrude on professional fields seeming to hold back those bodies from aggressive effort to secure greater efficiency in the administration of the law.

The article presents information about the third annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Branch of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology held in Price Hall of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in April 11, 1913. Two sessions were held, one in the afternoon and one in the evening. The Chairman, Louis N. Robinson of Swarthmore College, then presented the report of the committee on "Criminal Statistics". The report dealt with what has been done in the U.S. in the way of the collection of statistics of crime and criminals and with some of the problems connected with the collection and tabulation of such statistics including a discussion of the proper unit of counting. The subject of "Insanity and Crime" was then taken up and a paper treating the subject more especially from the medical standpoint was read by Frank Woodbury, Secretary to the Committee on Lunacy of the Board of Public Charities of Pennsylvania. At the evening session Robert von Moschzisker of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania presided and opened the meeting with brief remarks emphasizing the significance of the subjects under consideration and the importance of the work of the Institute.

Information about several papers discussed at the first council meeting of the American Association on Mental Deficiency held in New York City on April 30, 1962 is presented. The discussion focused on the interpretation of the constitution and the documentation on the minutes of the meeting. The meeting featured several speakers including Herschel W. Nisonger, William Sloan, and George W. Wadsworth.

The article offers information about several papers on work procurement and job production discussed at the 81st Annual Meeting of the American Association on Mental Deficiency in Hartford, Connecticut. The meeting discusses the importance of workshop for mentally retarded young adults that will serve as a work experience. Moreover, the workshop will also use as a place to promote trainee growth.

The article presents highlights of the 6th Annual National Convention of National Association for Retarded Children (NARC) in Houston, Texas on Houston, Texas. The author presents highlights of the papers presented by the researchers as well as the workshops that were discussed in the event. The business meeting delegates have voted to have their 1956 Convention held in Seattle and their 1957 Convention in St. Louis. The author listed the officers and members of the organization.

The article discusses a research paper about a developmental school program for educable mentally handicapped, presented at the 76th Annual Meeting of the American Association on Mental Deficiency at the Hotel Bellevue-Stratford in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in May 1952. The overall objectives of the program for mentally handicapped children are to help them become socially adequate and economically competent.

The article discusses a paper about the relations of parent groups and professional persons in community situations, presented at the 75th Annual Meeting of the American Association on Mental Deficiency on May 1951. According to the author, the role of the professional advisers to a parent group must be considered in relation to the role of the parents. The author explains the functions of a professional adviser. In conclusion, the author suggests that for professional advisers, parent groups should seek men and women of the highest personal integrity, unselfish interest and are capable of being honest without being brutal.

The article presents information about the conference of the Regional Association which took place in the Easter Vacation, being organized in conjunction with the Outlook Tower in Edinburgh, Scotland. The association has for aim the promotion of the study of regions and their communities and the civic and educational application of the results of such study. Its conferences invites attention from the sociologist, as an endeavor to correlate the particular interests and researches of many students and workers by applying them to the study of one region after another, each region in which the conference is held being taken as the social unit for observation and study. That increasing numbers are seeking in these regional methods a way out of the growing complexity, multitude and confusion of educational and social problems, is clear from the nature and diversity-in-unity of the papers and lectures which in this Edinburgh meeting were successfully arranged, to quote the aims of the association, to yield a concrete and unified view of the interplay between man and his environment, as exemplified in a capital city, at once historic and modern.

The article presents a speech by the president of the Sociological Society Edward Brabrook, during its annual meeting in London, England. The president addressed few words on the occasion of the annual meeting of the society. He paid tribute to physician J.H. Bridges, one of the most efficient member of the society. The production of three volumes of sociological papers, and of the first volume of quarterly "Sociological Review" were further discussed. In the first volume, published in 1904, V.V. Branford, honorary secretary and founder of the society traced the origin and the use of the word sociology. The twofold method by which the study is to be pursued was broadly defined. In the second volume its relation to the philosophy of history and its relation to ethics were stated, while the third volume fitly closes with the paradox of H.G. Wells, that sociology is not a science. The other sections discussed in the speech were progress report of the "Sociological Review," various meetings of the society in the past, finance, eugenics, civics, education and social economy.

This paper deals with the phenomena of self-help groups of criminals. The group which the study centers around is called the Self Development Group (SDG). Since no effective method of treatment had been developed or implemented following the principle of total absence of professional staff, the SDG came into effect then as a formal organization. Structurally, SDG is similar to Alcoholics Anonymous and Synanon. It is a voluntary organization which recruits its members through personal contacts and educational programs conducted in various correctional institutions where groups have been set up. The official criteria for membership are simply a desire to stay out of prison and a willingness to help others do the same. Moreover, there are no dues collected from the members. All that is asked is that they make a meaningful contribution to the group in terms of attendance and discussion at meetings. Each group that meets in prison is limited to ten members. In respect to the age variable, the members are significantly younger than the general population. Moreover, the services which SDG offers to a man upon his release from prison are discussed so that he knows what to do and is assured that when he is released from prison he will have the same type of concern and help that he had while in prison plus the added assistance of a ride home and some money to help get a start in the community. The concept of a group of this type that can operate in the total institution with the kind of interaction which can interest and benefit convicts and also be viable in the community where the hardest adjustment problems are encountered is most encouraging and interesting in these times of deep concern for law and order. Certainly more time should be spent in the study of this phenomenon. Groups such as SDG should be sanctioned and encouraged if the research reveals that their efforts are indeed beneficial.

The article discusses the trends in sociology as of January 1923. The annual gathering of the sociologists of the United States affords unique opportunities for considering the trend of sociological thought. The seventeenth annual meetings held in Chicago, Illinois, during the month of December 1922 were remarkable for the attendance, the high degree of interest shown, the quality of the papers read, the scientific emphasis, and the ethical and personality undercurrents. As demonstrated at these meetings, sociology is making rapid strides. It is proving itself increasingly worthy of public confidence and is steadily receiving recognition, not only from the public but also from scientific thinkers, even in the physical science fields as well as in the older and related social sciences, such as economics, history, and religion. Sociology is to be rated less as an approach to society problems, less of a point of view, than formerly, and more as a diagnosis of group life, social contacts, social stimulation, attitudes, behavior, and adjustments.

This article reports on the formation of the World Congress that aims to deal with the problems of human infertility. In October 1951, an International Fertility Association was organized at a meeting in Brazil, and this international association, jointly with the American Society for the Study of Sterility, decided to call a World Congress on Fertility and Sterility. This First World Congress was held in New York in May 1953. It was called together primarily to provide an opportunity for students of the subject on the clinical and research levels to exchange information and to correlate procedures, techniques, and therapies available for the care of the infertile couple. The popularity of the congress is evidenced by the fact that it was attended by delegates from every continent. The Program Committee of the congress recognized that a conference dealing with the problems of human fertility must concern itself in part with the general social and demographic aspects of national birth rates and population growths. Most of the scientific papers and the discussions of the congress dealt with the physical and organic aspects of infertility. New techniques were described and new methods of diagnosis and therapy were discussed.

This article criticizes Nelson Foote's paper entitled, Appraisal of NCFR With Recommendations, which deals with family life education. The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) attempts to combine a program of action with a forum type of program. If the NCFR decides to expand, then it would be logical for the Marriage & Family Living magazine to expand its range of interests. If the name is to be changed, the name Marriage and Family Relations is suggested. Family relations means principally the interpersonal relationships between husband and wife, and may include parent and child. It does not mean family economics, housing, employment, health, education, religion and other things for which the NCFR has national sections or committees. Under the heading Purposes and Goals, Foote makes the assumption that an interprofessional federation dealing with interrelated aspects of a common problem cannot itself become a professional society or cannot be an interdisciplinary body aimed at uniting the several social sciences.

This article highlights the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Family Relations held in New York City in December 1949. Those who have come from all over the nation have learned much to take home and will need their train and plane rides to digest new ideas and to catch up on their sleep, as Evelyn Millis Duvall has prescribed. Before some leave, no doubt release of tension will come at the big blow off in Times Square as the old year is replaced by the new. But much more will be taken home and used than pleasant memories of a well planned, well organized, and well operated Conference. None will forget the 'quotable quotes' which have come from papers, conferences, committee meetings, and open houses. Muriel Brown gave attendees their very first at the general session on the beginning day. Earl Koos did not like the obvious gaps he tagged on the title of his talk on education and services for family living. Leona Baumgartner told attendees the impact of public health on her family had been terrific. She illustrated that its impact on all families was equally terrific, ranging from powder puffs to salad greens.

This article presents information about the sixty-seventh Annual Congress of the American Prison Association which was organized on October 10, 1937 in Philadelphia. The congress was attended by nearly six hundred delegates from forty-five states. The Association, organized in 1870, thereby participated in the 150th Anniversary of the Pennsylvania Prison Society, which in its earlier years was known as the Society for the Alleviation of the Miseries of Public Prisoners. The dominant note of the Conference was away from institutions, both bad and good, and toward the study and welfare of individual inmates. This trend toward treatment rather than punishment of prisoners was further shown by the emphasis placed upon psychiatry, social background and the rehabilitation of prisoners. It was stated again and again that the prison system, conducted as an end in itself, has proven a failure. If continued, it must include not only correction, but constructive preparation for future citizenship. Eleven papers were read in the conference with reference to educational work in correctional institutions.

The article focuses on the Netherlands Sociological Society. The Society was founded in 1936. Its original intention was to bring together the practitioners of the various social sciences to study each others methods and results. The society holds a meeting twice a year, at which two or three papers are presented which are subsequently published in the form of a yearbook. The society, which numbers over seven hundred members, also has three work groups in the field of industrial sociology. Finally, it has taken the initiative in publishing "Sociologia Neerlandica." The year 1963 has been a very important one for the Netherlands Sociological Society. For in the course of this year the reorganization committee instituted at an earlier date concluded its activities by the submission of a report. In this report directives are given for an entirely new policy, in which the members will be more closely concerned and by which the aim of the Society "to promote sociology as a science" will be pursued in a more varied fashion.

The article announces the call for papers on the forthcoming 91st annual meeting by the American Association on Mental Deficiency by the Convention Committee. "Complete Services for Mentally Retarded: A Comprehensive Look at State Institutions and Community Facilities" is the theme of the convention. The convention will on held on May 15-20, 1967 in Denver, Colorado.