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The article presents abstracts of papers presented at the 47th annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, held at Chicago, Illinois between march 19, 1951 and march 22, 1951. Lewis M. Alexander presents the paper Survey of Commercial Rivalry between the North Sea Ports of Belgium and the Netherlands. Homer Aschmann presents the paper Consumer-oriented Classification of the Products of Tropical Agriculture. Tracy B. Augur presented the paper on Regional-Urban Relationships. George Beishlag presented the paper on What Cartography Can Do for Geography Students.

Presents several excerpts from papers related to industrial relations presented at the Industrial Relations Research Association conference held on December 1668 in Chicago, Illinois.

The article reports on the development and use of behavioral objectives for improving the field experiences in student teaching presented by the Directors of Student Teaching at the State of Illinois Colleges and Universities, both private and public institutions. A form of position paper regarding this importance issue was made to present the opinions of the directors. The behavioral objective is to examine narrowly the work of the beginning teacher and focus attention on defined skills and behaviors to be achieved. The development and use of behavioral objectives are one approach on the problem of making pertinent efforts on improving the teaching education.

The Guide to the Collection of the University of Chicago Library provides some identifying information for every item which has been incorporated into the collection of written works by Henry C. Simons, and an attempt has been made to arrange all items in the collection in a manner so as to make them most accessible to the researcher. This article summarizes the contents of the collection. The correspondence is divided into files by name of the correspondent and numbered in alphabetical order . Because Simons' professional interests were so often pursued in the context of personal relationships and academic and social activities, no attempt was made to distinguish between personal and professional correspondence. The University Policy section includes a number of letters and memorandums surrounding a controversy over the University of Chicago faculty contracts. The Economics Department Section includes memos regarding specific faculty appointments, faculty politics and complaints as well as some comments on student work. The unpublished manuscript section contains a number of relatively short essays, memorandums and other miscellaneous writings by the economist in various stages of completion.

Introduces the papers from the annual meeting of the Industrial Relations Research Association held in Chicago, Illinois. Theme of the conference; Topics covered by the papers.

The article presents a sociological view of the press coverage of a sociological convention. The coverage is based on observations carried out by five newsmen-observers who attended the August 1965 American Sociological Association (ASA) meetings in Chicago, Illinois. The general conclusion of this study of the convention was that the confrontation of the sociologist with the representative of the news media was overwhelmingly inadvertent, disconcerting and only partially successful to either party. In terms of efficiency in social communication, it leaves much to be desired and strongly entices one to prescribe therapy. Few suggestions are made in advance of Florida sessions in order to get sociologist into communication with the Miami Press. It is suggested to issue a handbook in advance of the convention to all members of the ASA and once the convention has started, to maintain a special message board near the newsroom which offers a chance for newsmen to indicate their wish to contact writers of papers. It is also suggested the president of the ASA assemble a small, informal committee which would hold daily news briefings alerting them to persons or topics originating outside or inside the formal program of the convention.

Information about the Second Annual Computer Applications Symposium held in Chicago, Illinois on October 24-25, 1955 is presented. The first six papers presented are devoted to the business and management aspects of computer utility. Another six papers on engineering and research applications were presented on the second day. A total of 176 people have been listed in attendance at the symposium.

The article provides information about the "American National Meeting," which has been reported by the Institute of Management Sciences. The meeting was held from June 4-6, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois. Details regarding the convention committee, program committee, arrangement committee, key note speakers, opening general session speakers and topics are included in the article. Social groups are viewed as associations of individuals interacting with respect to a common goal. The group structure is described by a goal vector with components representing individual involvements with the common goal. The College of Business Computer and Data Systems of the Institute of Management Sciences will undoubtedly concern itself with the use of data processing systems and devices as tools of scientific management. The paper by B. Bryton on "Home Laundry Division," introduces a most suitable problem. The introduction formalizes a problem which is being accepted as an art. John Allderidge in his paper gives rather concrete examples and demonstrates an intuitive approach to matching the detail of description with the detail of specific need.

By vote of the executive committee of the American Sociological Society, the 1951 Annual Meeting will be held in Chicago on September 5, 6, and 7, 1951. This will overlap, on September 5, with the meeting in the same city of the American Psychological Association. The hotel which will serve as headquarters for the annual meeting has not yet been selected. Those who are interested in presenting papers at the 1951 meeting of the American Sociological Society are invited to make known their interest by following the procedure outlined below. The Committee on Contributed Papers will handle submitted papers in one of two ways. If a paper appears to fall in an area covered by one of the sections of the meeting, it will be forwarded to the chairman of that section for his consideration otherwise it will be considered for inclusion in one of the three sessions of this committee. In general, the Committee on Contributed Papers is interested in research reports which can be read in fifteen minutes.

The nineteenth annual convention of the American Association of University Instructors in Accounting was held in the Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois on December 27 and 28, 1934. On December 27, the topic of the convention was "Methods of Teaching Accounting." Several speakers from different universities of the United States read papers. On December 28, the topic of the convention was, "Accounting Relationships." Professor H.F. Taggart from the University of Michigan, professor J.B. Heckert, from Ohio State University, etc, read papers related to various issues on accounting. The annual meeting of the Executive Committee was held on December 27. The committee first heard a brief preliminary report of finances by the Secretary-Treasurer. E.J. Filbey, H.H. Bailey, and G. E. Lukas, all certified public accountants of Illinois, were appointed as auditors of the Secretary-Treasurer's books for the year. The committee ordered that the report of the auditors be published in the March 1985 issue of the journal The Accounting Review.

The morning session of the Thirteenth Annual Convention of the American Association of University Instructors in Accounting, held on December 27, 1928, at the Hotel Stevens, Chicago, Illinois, was called to order by its President. The president stated that he would not attempt a technical address in view of the excellent quality of the technical papers which had been read and were to be read at the sessions of the meeting. "The Accounting Review" was considered by the president to be a publication of which the Association should be proud. The president requested all possible support from members of the Association in support of "The Accounting Review" by way of preparing material for publication and securing additional subscribers. The president felt that certain accounting books which had been published during the past few years had shown a tendency on the part of the authors either to have hurried their work or have been somewhat careless in their statements, so that they had not achieved what might be called scientific accuracy.

The annual meeting of the American Economic Association will be held in Chicago, Illinois, from December 29-31, 1919. On Monday, December 29, 1919 in a joint meeting with the American Association of University Instructors in Accounting, there will be a discussion on "The meaning of invested capital." At the afternoon session papers are going to be read on "The Effect on International Trade of Germany's Indemnity Payments," by F.W. Taussig and "Our Foreign Investment Policy," by H.C. Adams. In the evening H.B. Gardner of the American Economic Association and F.W. Blackmar of the American Sociological Society will deliver presidential addresses; this meeting is going to be followed by a smoker. At the evening session on Tuesday, papers will be presented by W.C. Mitchell on "Prices and Reconstruction" and H.G. Moulton on "The Price Question and Banking Policy." In the afternoon the subject for discussion is "Employees' participation in management," with a paper by Royal Meeker. At a joint meeting with the American Association for Labor Legislation in the evening the topic for consideration is "International Control of Labor."

The article presents information about the twenty-fifth annual convention of the American Accounting Association was held at the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, on December 27-28, 1940. The Chairman of the first session was Howard C. Greer, Vice President, Kingan and Co. in Indianapolis, Indiana. Papers discussed in the first session includes "Determining the Current Financial Position of a Municipality," by Arthur N. Long, University of Washington "The Accounting Provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940," by Frank P. Smith, University of Rochester. The second session was headed by Victor H. Stempf, Toucher Niven and Co., New York City, and President, National Association of Cost Accountants. Papers that were discussed in the second session included "Stock Dividends," by Thomas York, The Ronald Company, New York City. President of the Association introduced the guests of the Association and read a telegram from the President of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants congratulating the Association on the twenty-fifth anniversary. Secretary-Treasurer of the Association presented a report of the membership and of the financial condition of the Association which is included in the auditor's report.

The primary data for this paper, the self-descriptions of respondents from a delinquent gang of Negro boys, were obtained in a Chicago Park District field house. The boys lived in an adjacent public housing project and hung on the corner near the field house and in the playground. The data were collected by a Youth Studies Program staff member who had spent a number of days as an observer of the gang. He was assisted by the gang's detached worker. Following administration of the questionnaire to the gang boys, these men joined efforts and located 23 non-gang boys of similar ages, who also lived in the same project, to serve as control subjects. Administration required about an hour and a half; the paired comparison instrument in which we are primarily interested, about 20 minutes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]