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President of the American Sociological Society Louis Wirth is planning for a Section on Contributed Papers for the next annual meeting that is to be held in New York from December 28 to 30, December, 1947. Although this Section is particularly de- signed for those younger members of the Society, including graduate students, who have not yet had an opportunity to appear on the pro- gram in other sections, contributions from other members of the Society will be welcome. Since this Committee is working closely with the Committee on Research, it is being urged that members who have completed research papers suitable for oral presentation and which do not fall within the scope of other Sections be offered for consideration in the Section on Contributed Papers.

The article presents recommendations for the proper care of the eyes from the women principals of New York. The recommendations include the elimination of the use of coated paper in textbooks, conducting writing activities on blackboards in the first two years of school and the closure of all rooms in which artificial light is burned continually.

The article reports on the suspension of four members of the basketball team of Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn, New York following their admission that they had stolen a set of midterm examination papers. Apparently, one of them got to the school vault where the papers were kept. He then distributed the copies to the team, all but four of whom accepted them.

The article focuses on specimens of the engraved diplomas, certificates and testimonials furnished by D. T. Ames & Co. which were exhibited in Broadway, New York. It is said that the diplomas are artistically and appropriately designed. The paper used for the diploma is said to be suitable for framing.

The article reports that old textbooks that date from about 1925 used in public schools in New York City, New York, were sold at a price as an ordinary paper. According to a representative from the North American Newspaper Alliance, old textbooks were sold about thirty cents for every 100 pounds of paper. The cover page of these books were torn off and sold at fifty cents per 100 pounds.

A conference paper that discusses the results of a research study conducted to classify and differentiate between the processes that result in teeth lacking dental pulp is presented. The paper was read at a meeting of the First District Dental Society of the State of New York held in New York City on February 2, 1920.

The article reports on the distribution of a newspaper to students in the English class of Evening School in Buffalo, New York, which is attended by foreign-speaking men and women. The newspapers are used to teach students about the meaning and pronunciation of familiar words in articles chosen in advance for silent reading and are afterwards questioned on understanding of the content.

The article reports on the bewilderment of Henry A. Grunwald, head of the Washington Square College Bulletin of New York University in New York City, regarding the use of Basic English. In a column entitled "We Go Basic," Grunwald expresses that although Basic English is a language that knows many good words, they are not the ones he need. He has taken much punishment, is tired and desires to say things that he will not be able to say so in Basic English.

The article discusses the use of lanterns as a teaching aid and device. The images projected through the medium is sure to catch the attention of students. The materials to make lanterns are inexpensive. Information on lanterns, prices, and catalogues can be obtained from J.B. Colt and Company of New York.

This article offers information on a meeting of the First District Dental Society of the State of New York held in New York City on February 7, 1921. Transcripts of two research papers read at the conference are presented, "Preventive dentistry in the public school system," by M. M. Bluhm, and "The public health problem," by E. Briggs Riblet. Also included is a discussion of the papers by several members of the organization present for their reading.

This article offers a transcript of a roundtable discussion between several attendees at a meeting of the First District Dental Society of New York held on February 2, 1920. The discussion is in regards to a paper by Doctor Clarence J. Grieves presented at the meeting, titled "Classification of Teeth the Diseased Pulps and Apices of Which Are Related to Infective Focal and Systemic Sequelae." It is noted that the paper is also published in the journal.

Information about the First District Dental Society of New York is presented. Details are provided about the Dental Society activities which took place during the 1928-1929, including monthly meetings. A plan for the publication of First District Dental Society meeting proceedings submitted by the Board of Directors is also included.

The article presents information on the thirty-eighth annual meeting of the American Sociological Association to be held on December 4 and 5, 1943 at Hotel McAlpin, New York City. Papers on social research to be presented at the meeting are: "A Controlled Analysis of the Relationship of Guided Participation in Extra-curricular Activities to the Scholastic Achievement and Social Adjustment of College Students," by Reuben Hill, University of South Dakota, "Techniques of Social Reform: An Analysis of the Dry Movement," by Alfred McClung Lee, Wayne University, and "Reliability of the Idea-Centered Question in Interview Schedules," by Morton B. King, Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Papers will be followed by open discussion. Papers on Sociometry to be presented at the meeting are: "What Level of Living Indexes Measure," by Margaret Jarman Hagood and Louis J. Ducoff, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and "Some Regional Variations in Levels and Standards of Living," by Edgar A. Schuler, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

A conference paper that discusses the results of a research study conducted to examine the effects of five years of regular prophylactic treatments administered to employees of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company on the oral bacteria in the mouth is presented. The paper was read at a meeting of the American Academy of Periodontology held in New York City on May 9, 1921.

The article presents the book "Educational Reading Guide for Partially Seeing Children," by Lorraine Galisdorfer. The book lists numerous large-type books in all areas published from 1953 to 1955. It is the only complete reading guide of books, printed in large type, purposely designed for readers with limited vision. The compilation of a complete biography compiled by the author may be obtained from Henry Stewart Inc., publisher of the book, in Buffalo, New York.

A series of forty-eight stimulus patterns were painted and converted to sound by the pattern playback. At the Haskins Laboratories, New York, experiments concerned with resonant consonants have been carried out in which the approach was somewhat different from that employed in the experiments to be described in this paper. The basic pattern used in the Haskins experiments was probably designed to compensate for the absence of third format, since an addition of it to the Haskins pattern made alteration necessary to gain a satisfactory approximation to the speech sound desired.

Medicare was bitterly opposed by the medical profession before it became law in 1965. This paper examines how individual physicians reacted, in their behavior and in their thinking, to Medicare after it became law. The more general issue is the role of law as an instrument of social change. Interviews with a sample of New York State physicians before the law was passed and reinterviews at two points in time after the law was passed-once before the program went into effect and again about six months after it had gone into effect-make it possible to separate the direct effects of the law itself on attitudes from the effects of short-term experience with the program. There has been no evidence of a physicians' boycott of Medicare. With respect to their attitudes, the proportion of physicians in favor of the main part of Medicare, the hospitalization program for the elderly (Title 18, Part A), jumped from 38% before the law was passed to 70% ten months after it was passed, even before it was implemented, and again to 81% six months after it was implemented. Some laws, according to these results, may influence attitudes without first changing behavior. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information about papers presented at various conferences of educators in several U.S. states is offered. The conferences included the 28th Annual Meeting of the State Teachers' Association in Pennsylvania, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the State Teachers' Association in Ohio and the 37th Annual Meeting of the State Teachers' Association in New York. Several addresses and papers on education are discussed.

Information about a paper discussed at a proceeding sponsored by the American Academy of Dental Science concerning the state of dental education is presented. The topic discussed was the standards and laws for dental education in New York State and the dental profession's links to the medical profession.

A conference paper on the presence of dental caries on the buccal and proximal surfaces of premolar teeth is presented. Details are provided about a study which examined the instances of primary and recurrent dental lesions among workers at a New York City insurance company. The relationship between age and dental caries development is also explored.

The report of the membership committee of the American Sociological Society as of December 1950 is divided into two parts first, a record of organization and operations since the annual meeting in New York last December. Second, policy considerations calling for directives. The work of the committee was organized around three points. The planning and direction was centralized in a headquarters committee consisting of the chairman and the executive office of the society in New York. The implementation, including extensive correspondence and clerical work, was performed by the staff of the national office. National coverage was provided by a field committee consisting of regional and state members of the membership committee and committee representatives appointed for the larger institutions. More than anything else, the effectiveness of this work is due to the cooperative and efficient implementation of plans by the executive officer and the staff of the national office. In the field twenty-five members of the society served to promote the program regionally and more than one hundred institutional representatives combed the larger local markets. The response of these field members and representatives was frequently excellent and indicates the extent of the society's resources in this and other matters when adequate directives and materials are provided centrally.

This article reports on research programs conducted by New York University's Institute of Labor Relations. The Institute's Public Assistance Project focuses on relationships between unemployment and relief recipient rates and on a survey of public-assistance economics. The project's lead researchers are B. Stein, P. S. Albin, and H. Kelijian. The subject of adult and continuing education, in cooperation with the University's Urban Center, is also mentioned. "Recurrent Education: An Alternative?" is a study that will be published in H. J. Walberg's, "Rethinking Urban Education."

This article presents a report from the president of the American Sociological Society (ASS). Preparations are now under way for the 1947 annual meeting of ASS. The tentative arrangements are to meet in New York City, from December 28-30. Specific plans will be announced at the earliest possible moment in order to facilitate the largest possible attendance on the part of the members. According to the author, this is an appropriate time to review the progress that has been made in the major fields of sociological interest and in the discipline as a whole. With this in view, the author is considering inviting a number of members of the Society who have been particularly interested in one or another field of sociology to give an account of the present state of knowledge in their respective fields of interest in the form of a comprehensive paper which will be circulated early in the year among their colleagues having a similar interest, with the object of inducing the latter to participate in a panel which would subject this field to rigorous analysis and clarify the problems and possibilities that exist.

The article presents information on education of handicapped in the New York State. The Fleischmann Commission on Education estimated that more than 200,000 handicapped children are not receiving any special services in New York at present. In an effort to alter this situation, the New York State Board of Regents issued a position paper to assure the right of each handicapped child to attend a publicly supported educational program. In addition, the Regents suggested that opportunities for social interaction within the total school environment be provided to establish healthy self-esteem. Handicapped children should be encouraged to share educational experiences with other children throughout the everyday school program.

The article provides information about the 52nd Annual International Convention of the Council for Exceptional Children to be held in New York City on April 14-19, 1974. The responses received by the Advisory Committee have been distributed to the committees and are now in the final review and scheduling process. Detailed planning is required in the total convention week with time line commitments which make extensions impossible. A criteria is also established for accepting papers, including those which contribute to the teacher learner environment, those which speak to innovative teaching practices, research applicable to instructional programs, and presentations which deal with expanding educational options for exceptional children.

Presents the papers discussed at the 22nd annual meeting of the National Educational Association in Saratoga, New York on July 9, 1883. "Government Aid to Education"; "City Systems of Management"; "Intellectual Growth, and Its Relation to Methods of Instruction."

The article discusses the methods for controlling cross-infections caused by gram negative bacilli on the Pediatric Contagion Unit of Meadowbrook Hospital in Long Island, New York. Between March 1 and April 30, 1964, ten children who were admitted at the hospital because of capillary bronchiolitis or laryngotracheobronchitis developed gastroenteritis. The children, all under two years of age, developed severe vomiting, diarrhea and dehydration several days after their hospital admission. The possible etiologic agents for the disease were Aerobacter cloacae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa which were spread by contaminated equipment at the hospital. To prevent cross infection with gram negative bacilli the hospital decided to establish accurate cleaning and disinfection technics for hospital equipment.

This article presents developments related to several associations and societies. The annual meeting of the American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama will be held at the Barbizon Plaza Hotel, New York City during April 27-29, 1960. Contributions of books and journals published after 1945 or "standard authors" published earlier, are needed to assist Asian countries to further their educational programs, both on the secondary and college levels. The Asia Foundation will pay transportation costs. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences' committee on Monograph Prizes announces that the program inaugurated last year to award prizes of 1,000 dollars to authors of especially meritorious unpublished monographs in the humanities, social sciences and physical and biological sciences is being continued for 1960. The final date for receipt of manuscripts is October 1. A new Inter-American Program for Advanced Training in Applied Social Sciences is being sponsored with the cooperation of government of Mexico, the Instituto Nacional Indigenista de Mexico and other official organizations.

The article presents information on the migration of southern African Americans to northern cities after World War I and World War II, which resulted in a redistribution of the African American population. In his book "Negro Intelligence and Selective Migration," Otto Klineberg has written a method in which intelligence and performance tests are given to Negro children living in New York, and then a comparison is done between the groups with different lengths of residence in New York. After comparison, it was found that the earlier migrants were superior to the later ones.

The article presents a report on "The First National Consultation on Ethnic America," which was held on June 20-21, 1968 at Fordham University, New York. The rationale behind the Consultation was put forth by Irving M. Levine, Director of Education and Urban Planning for the American Jewish Committee. He noted that white backlash to Black demands seemed to be most vehement and to have its greatest political ramifications within the working class community. It was Levine's thesis that the white working man's economic situation was one of recent and tenuous affluence. His traditional source of security was his family, but in the last few years redefinitions of roles within the working class family have lessened his sense of security. Andrew Greeley, Program Director at the National Opinion Research Council, presented the opening paper in the proceeding, entitled "Ethnicity as an Influence on Behavior." According to him, almost everyone thinks ethnicity is an important social variable-witness the balanced political ticket, the national parish or the ethnic suburb.

The A.I.C.C. Seminar did not specifically address itself to the Puerto Ricans and so the reader may ask what is the relevance of the Seminar to this particular group of newcomers? Why has the summary of its proceedings been included in an issue of the Review which was written before he seminar took place and which is allegedly dedicated to Puerto Ricans' experiences and prospects? Simply stated, the relevance of the Seminar for this group of newcomers rests with: 1. its repeated emphasis on power as opposed to ethnic culture in the analysis of inter-group relations in the city, an emphasis which echoes the theme of Joseph P. Fitzpatrick's position paper, "Puerto Ricans in Perspective"; 2. its sharp focus on groups' needs of a nexus of institutions to insure their proper power position, a focus reminiscent of the Puerto Rican Conference mentioned in Clarence Senior's article, "The Puerto Ricans in New York: A Progress Note"; 3. its statements of the Bilingual Education Act of 1968, which has the potential to vastly affect the Puerto Ricans; 4. its call for new services for newcomers, services which will revolve around community organization and maximal participation of the newcomers themselves in programmatic efforts to ameliorate their position. This call is, in our opinion, to be sounded by the Puerto Ricans, as well as other ethno-racial groups, if their progress on the mainland is to continue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents information on the scientific proceedings of the New York Section of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), held in New York City on December 10, 1930. A letter from Dr. J. Leon WIlliams, first president of the IADR, is presented. The scientific program is also presented, which includes presentations on the topics of the history of the IADR, the susceptibility of rats to dental caries, and pathological changes to rats' teeth due to synthetic diets.

The article presents information from a symposium on prosthetic dentistry held in New York City on November 21, 1929. Topics discussed include the balance of pressure in denture construction and the consideration of aesthetics in the design of dentures. Discussion that took place as part of the symposium is also presented.

Information about the proceedings of the 1928-1929 New York Academy of Dentistry is presented. A list of academy officers is provided, and includes president Arthur H. Merritt, vice-president Leuman M. Waugh, and secretary S. E. Davenport, Jr. A report from the Dental Center Committee, which was presented at a New York Academy of Dentistry meeting, is also included.

This article presents a speech by John Oppie McCall, delivered at a meeting of the Pathodontia Section of the First District Dental Society of the State of New York, held at the New York Academy of Medicine on October 16, 1922, in which he discussed oral diagnosis.

The article presents a news brief related to research at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business in New York City, as of July 1, 1972. Details of faculty projects are highlighted. Topics of ongoing research include employee attitudes toward work, management in the high technology industry, and the management of new product development.

The article comments on the paper "The New York School Library," by Lewis Mayers of the College of the City of New York in the April 1914 issue of the "National Municipal Review." The paper is an inquiry into widespread public discussion of school conditions and problems in the city. It also focused on the education that has been given to the fiscal and educational officials alike in matters of educational budget making and finance.

The article reports on the twenty-fifth convocation of the University of the State of New York in 1887. The program of the convocation included sessions and paper presentations. The topics discussed by speakers are given. Moreover, this article provides an overview of each paper presented during the convocation.

This article reports on the annual meeting of the American Sociological Society (ASS), 1949. The forty-fourth annual meeting of the American Sociological Society will be held in New York City, December 28-30, 1949. The program is oriented toward the presentation of research and the analysis of problems, whether substantive or methodological, that lie near the frontiers of contemporary sociology. The paper "The American Soldier" will be subjected to analysis and evaluation as a research contribution in one meeting, while another will consider the censuses of 1950 as potential sources of data for social analysis. It is peculiarly appropriate that this meeting devoted to the frontiers of sociological research should be held under the auspices of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The headquarters of both the ASS and the Rural Sociological Society will be the Hotel New Yorker, though ASS's own day meetings will be held in the rooms of the Manhattan Center. The program for the meeting and the proposals of the Reorganization Committee for the future development of the Society will be sent to all members in October.

The article provides information about the examinations for commissioners' certificate in New York. Penmanship of the examinee is based from the papers on geography and orthography. Twenty-five percent of the credits on composition depend on its general excellence with reference to its neatness, order, and punctuation. Also, every process must be showed in solving the mathematical problems. Every question is worth 10 points unless otherwise indicated.

The article highlights the 34th annual meeting of the New York State Association of School Commissioners and Superintendents that was held at the Museum of Natural History in New York City. Present at the meeting were Andrew S. Draper, superintendent of public instruction of New York, and William R. Anderson of Washington. Draper delivered an address on school administration. C. W. Bardeen, editor of "The Bulletin," presented a paper on the town system of education.

The article presents information on the tentative program of the thirty-eighth annual meeting of the American Sociological Society to be held in New York City on December 4 and 5, 1943. Topics related to social research on which various professors will speak on December 4 include "A Controlled Analysis of the Relationship of Guided Participation in Extra-Curricular Activities to the Scholastic Achievement and Social Adjustment of College Students," "Techniques of Social Reform: An Analysis of the Dry Movement" and "Reliability of the Idea-Centered Question in Interview Schedules." Other topics include social theory, population, social psychology, community and ecology, methodology and policy. Topics to be discussed on December 5 include "Coordination of Government Statistical Programs," "Methodological Problems in Government Statistical Programs," "The Operation of a Government Statistical Program," "Attitudes of Americans Regarding Selected Foreign Countries," "The Attitude of Economic Restrictionism and Its Implications" and "American Personality Stereotyping and Its Implications."

The article highlights the 46th annual international convention of the Council for Exceptional Children in New York City. There were 7,703 attendees from various states and countries outside the U.S. and Canada. Programs and activities include five general sessions, 93 section meetings and six special meetings on instructional materials centers. Social functions were given by alumni groups, Canadian membership, federations and other CEC units. The highlight of the convention was the President's dinner, featuring Senator Jacob K. Javits as the main speaker.

The article presents a study on disputes over teacher salaries in New York in 1969. The New York State Public Employers' Fair Employment Law, which became effective in September 1967 provides the use of fact finding in impasses in collective bargaining negotiations between public agencies and their employees. This study examines the criteria relied on by fact finders in creating teacher salary recommendations in the state. The analysis of criteria cited in fact-finding reports revealed that salary recommendations are extremely responsive to a prolonged period of continuous increase in the cost of living. It also suggests that fact finders are sensitive to the burden of school costs and salary comparisons are found to be the most frequently presented criteria.

In 1962, New York City enacted a minimum wage law (subsequently held by the courts to be beyond the city's legislative authority) which would have provided for minima higher than those established by similar state and federal legislation. The authors, in this article, report their attempt to quantify, by means of establishing Cobb-Douglas functions, the theoretical impact of the New York City ordinance on employment. Within the limiting assumptions of that technique, the authors found an estimated job loss of approximately 100,000. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For a number of years before the enactment in 1953 of the New Jersey-New York Waterfront Commission Compact (Bi-State Compact), an inordinate number of men were attached to the longshore labor market of the Port of Greater New York. In 1952 this condition was pointed to by the New York State Crime Commission as a breeding ground for, as well as an effect of, unsavory hiring practices and crime on the waterfront. The Commission's various findings and recommendations led the legislatures of New Jersey and New York to enact the Bi-State Compact, which provided for the creation of the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor. This Commission was given, along with other duties, a threefold assignment with respect to the longshore labor market. It was to register all longshoremen and exclude undesirable men from covered waterfront employment; to regularize and systematize employment through employment information centers; and to reduce the number of men available for longshore work to such a number as would adequately supply the needs of the port and ensure that employment of bona fide longshoremen would not be impaired by the hiring of men who had no legitimate or regular attachment to the industry. In conformance with these requirements the Waterfront Commission set up (1) a system for screening and registration of longshoremen, (2) a number of employment information centers at convenient locations in the port through which hiring was to be consummated, (3) regulations for the supervision and control of hiring, and (4) a decasualization program. It is our primary purpose to examine the experience and problems related to the last of these activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this, the second of two articles (the first appeared in the preceding issue) on the New York State Board of Mediation, the author discusses the methods used by a mediation agency in the actual conduct of its business. The way in which mediation and arbitration cases come to the Board, how mediators are selected for individual cases, the manner in which the work of mediators is supervised, and tee arrangements for allocating cases among different labor relations agencies are among the topics described and evaluated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mediation of labor disputes has been the subject of numerous discussions which are concerned mainly with the theoretical and substantive issues of collective bargaining. Scant attention has been paid to the agencies of the federal and state governments which provide mediation services. How are mediation agencies organized? How do they function? In what ways do they come to enter dispute situations? What problems do they encounter in their operations? What policies and procedures do they follow? In this article the organization and administration of an important mediation agency is examined. In a subsequent article, its operational problems will be discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article comments on an article on the New York Disability Benefits System. The principles underlying social insurance were not regarded in the framing of the New York act. Added incentive for discrimination in employment because of sex, color and age will be highlighted by the fact that the insurance rate will vary from employer to employer in accordance with the composition of his working force and the incidence of disability. Also, it would lead to a direct financial interest to resist just claims and to block improvements through liberalizing legislation.

This article presents news related to industrial and labor relations. Critic Elton Mayo, who has been identified with the Hawthorne Experiment, has died. The Third Annual Conference on the Teaching of Labor Economics was held from September 12 to 14, 1949 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. The Northeastern University and the Committee on Teaching of the Industrial Relations Research Association will sponsor a Regional Conference on the Teaching of Labor Subjects in New England.