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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.

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 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 Executive Committee has voted to cancel meetings scheduled to be held in Chicago on November 30, 1945.

The Forty-first Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Society will be held at the Stevens Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, December 28-30, 1946.

The article focuses on proceedings of the Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, 1965. It was held at Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. On August 26, Thursday, the meeting was called by President A. Lee Coleman. Other members present were George M. Beal, J. Allan Beegle, Charles L. Cleland, C.M. Coughenour, Archie 0. Hailer and Herbert F. Lionberger. The minutes of last year's Council meetings were reviewed. The Treasurer's report for the Society was given. The matter of publishing a directory of the members of the Society was given consideration. The report for the Committee for International Cooperation in Rural Sociology was given by Alvin Bertrand. Meeting of the Council, discussed the Development Committee report. The reports of the Program Committee and Membership Committee were discussed. The time and place of the 1966 annual meeting was announced. Minutes of the Council Meeting, Saturday, August 28, 1965 Committee appointments for next year were informed. The appointment of a special Archives Committee was also discussed. No action was taken.

The article discusses details of the annual meeting of the American Sociological Society that will be held at the Congress Hotel in Chicago, Illinois from December 28-30, 1936 and also provides some news briefs related to rural sociology as of December 1936. On December 28, Lowry Nelson, chairman, Utah State Agricultural College will present his views on the topic "Effect on Future Population Prospect of Recent Public Policies." The discussion on this topic will be carry forward by F.W. Notestein, Princeton university and Frank Lorimer, Population association of America. R.W. Roberts, graduate of Clemson College has been appointed to a research fellowship in rural sociology. Edgar A. Schuler has been granted leave for the session 1936-37 to conduct a study of the "Social Correlatives of Farm Tenure" for the Resettlement Administration. A department of sociology and country life has been established at the Oklahoma A. and M. College. The new department combines the work in general sociology, which was formerly in the department of agricultural economics.

The article provides information about the official minutes of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) held on February 12, 1960 at Hotel Sherman in Chicago, Illinois. The meeting was presided by NARST president Vaden W. Miles. The presentation of a brief report on the activities of the association for the year 1959-1960. The relationship with the National Council for Elementary Science International was discussed by Dr. John G. Navarro.

The article provides information on the Thirty-First Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, held at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago, Illinois on February 19-22, 1958. It includes information on key note speakers, daily programs and activities, as well as the officers of the association. Some of the topics include "Experience With a Physical Science Course at the Tenth Grade," "A Study of the Relationship of Specified Abilities in Chemistry to Each other and to Intelligence," and "Science Fiction as a Factor in Science Education.

The article highlights the Twenty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the National Association for the Research in Science Teaching (NARST) held at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago, Illinois from April 21-23, 1956. William C. Van Deventer, the president of NARST, presided the meeting. The Fourth Annual Review of Research in Science Education was the first activity in the series of activities presented at the three-day-event, which was spearheaded by Clarence H. Boeck. As the finale of the three-day-event, the annual luncheon of the members of NARST was conducted and was presided by science journalist Ruth Moore.

During February of 1958 arrangements were completed with the Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago, Illinois for the 1959 Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Society. The meetings are scheduled for Thursday, September 3 through Saturday, September 5, 1959. Flat rates for single room is $9.75, for double room flat rates is $16.00, and for dormitory rooms, twin bedded with connecting bath for 4 persons has the tag of $16.00. The Edgewater Beach Hotel, one of Chicago's finest, is located on the lakefront, has a cabana club and swimming pool, and a summer theater in addition to usual hotel accommodations. It is relatively far removed from the downtown district and should afford the Society excellent accommodations in every respect. Information received from the Chicago Convention Bureau indicates that typing and other services will be made available only on a fee basis as follows: badge typists at $10.00 per eight-hour day; stencil typists at $12.00 to $14.00. The Bureau will make available gratis bulletins on "Chicago, Host City to the Nation" listing all of the interesting places to see and pertinent facts about the city; and also "Headline Events in Chicago" which will cover the month of September.

The article states that Herman H. Henkle, President elect of the A.D.I., and chairman of its convention committee has just announced the program of the annual meeting for 1957 which will be held at the Sheraton Hotel, 505 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, on Thursday through Saturday, November 7-9, 1957. The theme of the convention will be: " Coordination of Information Services." The details of the meeting segregated by dates are provided in the article.

The article focuses on "Automation and Scientific Communication," edited by H.P. Luhn, which is a collection of short papers contributed to the theme sessions of the 26th annual meeting of the American Documentation Institute at Chicago, Illinois, held from October 6-11, 1963.

The article presents a speech by Robert C. Angell, president of the American Sociological Society, delivered at the annual meeting of the society held at Chicago, Illinois from September 5-7, 1951, in which he discussed the impact of sociology on the world crisis, political wisdom and the contributions of other social sciences.

The article presents a speech delivered by M. L. Hurni of General Electric Co. during the Second Annual Meeting of the Operations Research Society of America held in Chicago, Illinois on May 22, 1954. Hurni described his role in the meeting of discussing operations research from the viewpoint of an inquisitive potential client who is confused by the specific functions of operations research executives. He discussed operations research in terms of its history and evolution, its basic processes and its needs and opportunities.

The article presents information on the annual meeting of "The Religious Research Association," held on June 20-21, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois. The annual meeting was called to order by the president Lauris B. Whitman. The minutes of the 1958 annual meeting were approved the treasurer's report, read by Anne Lively, is accepted. Charles Thorne presented the Auditing Committee's report, which commended the work of the treasurer and recommended an elaboration of the current accounting system as demanded by the noteworthy membership growth of the Association and by the expansion of the program into such activities as the annual Harlan Paul Douglass Lectureship and the publication of a journal "Review of Religious Research." Reports from the Executive Committee, Program Committee, Membership Committee , Publications Committee, Constitution Revision Committee, and Nominating Committee were heard and approved. Nominating Committee were heard and approved. Highlights from these reports include the facts. This has been a year of transition. Strong programs have been planned and carried out in February in Drew University and in June at the University of Chicago.

This article presents information on the 8th annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy between November 1-3, 1974, in Chicago, Illinois.

The 1965 annual meeting of the American Sociological Association will be held at the Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago, Illinois on August 30-31, 1965 and September 1-2, 1965. August 30, 1965 will be devoted to meetings arranged by the sections of the Association. The regular sessions on August 31, 1965 and September 1-2, 1965 will be arranged by the session organizers appointed by the president and the 1965 program committee.

The article announces the 1958 National Association for Research in Science Teaching meeting at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago, Illinois on February 20-22. On February 22, a joint meeting will be held with the National Council for Elementary Science.