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The article informs that the American Standards Association (ASA) approved on February 27, 1950 the American Standard Method for Determining Residual Thiosulfate and tetrathionate in Processed Photographic Papers sponsored by the Optical Society of America. The ASA classification is Z38.8.25-1950, and the UDC 77.023. The Standard contained in an eight page leaflet may be secured from the American Standards Association Inc., 70 East 45th Street, New York 17, New York, at a cost of $0.35 (thirty-five cents). From the same source a free list of all standards approved to date, including 142 dealing with photography, is available.

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 the proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Conference of American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) that was held on May 18-21, 1967 at Bolton Landing, New York. The conference was divided into fifteen formal sessions and three round tables. The new format also consists a presentation program of the best papers from a recent AAPOR competition for graduate students. In addition to the informative meetings, numerous social events were also organized. Also, the AAPOR Award of 1967 for distinguished achievement in the field of public opinion was presented to Hans Zeisel, a social researcher. Some of the topics on which papers were presented at the conference are: variations in the application of theory to attitude and opinion research; interviewing: special situations and problems; polling and the political process; socio-medical research in sensitive areas; predicting purchasing behavior: alchemy or science? and; computer-assisted analysis of survey data.

The article assess the accomplishments of seven International Congresses of Accountants held to date. The first congress held in 1904 in St. Louis, Missouri sponsored by the Federation of Societies of Public Accountants in the U.S., must be attributed to George Wilkinson, an Illinois certified professional accountant (CPA) who was born in England, but spent his professional life in the U.S. The 1904 Congress was an ambitious event for the American accounting profession. It was held when The American Association of Public Accountants had a membership of only 140 scattered over 15 states, of whom 81 held CPA certificates. The Third International Congress was held in New York City in September 1929. Joseph E. Sterrett and F. van Dien, presidents of the earlier congress, served as Honorary Presidents, while Robert H. Montgomery held the role of President of the 1929 sessions. The 1952 Congress, convened in London, England, included about 80 CPAs from the United States. It exercised a constructive influence on international finance and commerce, and stimulated avid discussion and subsequent research on fluctuating price levels in relation to accounts, accounting requirements for issues of capital, the accountant in industry, the accountant in practice and in public service, and the incidence of taxation.

The article presents updates concerning the field of operations research as of 1960. The Seventh International Meeting of the Institute of Management Sciences will be held in New York City from October 19 to 22. The Argentine Operations Research Society had elected officers of its directing council. The Operations Research Association of Bangalore held its Third Annual General Meeting in Bangalore, India in February 27. The Canadian Operations Research Society has elected D. B. DeLury as president.

In the fall of 1952, a chronological study has been conducted to solve the problem of community action in the Springdale community in New York. For this purpose interviews were arranged with ten different adults who had played key roles in the action. The case study is based primarily in the weekly paper, observations made by the field workers at meetings of various organizations. Additional information was also gathered by field workers through informal contacts in the community. The roles of various organizations were also analyzed.

Editorial. Comments on the 1922 convention of the National Association of Teachers of Speech in New York City. Aims of the association.

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.

The article reports on developments related to the activities of the New York Committee on Atomic Information. The committee was established in 1948 to create an awareness on the part of the people of the City of New York that atomic energy is their business and that the new discovery will affect the personal lives of the present generation and the generations to come. Among the committee's achievements include, exhibit on atomic energy, religious and welfare committee, legal committee, and speakers bureau.

The 1974 American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) Conference was held between May 30-June 2, at the Hotel Sagamore in Bolton Landing, Lake George, New York. It was the twenty-ninth annual conference on public opinion. A stimulating program of twenty-two formal sessions, four methodological open discussions, and eighteen luncheon round-table discussions was organized by conference chairman John P. Robinson under the general theme "Continuities in Public Opinion Research." The AAPOR Award for distinguished achievement was presented this year to Bernard Berelson. The methodological open discussions, a 1974 innovation for AAPOR was developed to encourage critical review of the central methodological issues of public opinion research. While varying in format, they seek to encourage member discussion of short papers presented by the discussion leaders and invited panelists.

The article reports that some 230 registrants met at the Sheraton Hotel in Rochester, New York, on the first three days of April for the Sixth Annual Meeting of the National Microfilm Association. Previous meetings have been held in Washington, New York, Cleveland, Boston and Chicago. As Rochester is the home of most of the companies that supply equipment and materials to the microfilm trade, it was a particularly appropriate meeting place.

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.

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.

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.

This section presents the minutes of the Meeting of the American Economic Association Executive Committee held in New York City on March 24, 1972. The first meeting of the 1972 Executive Committee was called to order at 9:40 a. m. in the New York Hilton Hotel, New York, New York, March 24, 1972. The minutes of the meeting of December 26, 1971, were approved. The Secretary reported that a strong committee under the leadership of R. M. Macintosh was in charge of local arrangements for the 1972 meetings in Toronto, Ontario. He reported that the highly successful series of readings and survey volumes published for the Association by Richard D. Irwin, Inc., was being phased out. The Treasurer submitted a revised budget for 1972. He also distributed copies of the financial statements and auditors' reports for 1971 and 1972, which are being published in the May 1972 issue of the American Economic Review. The editor announced that, under authority given at the previous meeting of the Executive Committee, Anna Schwartz had been appointed to the Board of Editors for a three-year term and Barbara Bergmann reappointed for a term of two years. The chairman reported the recommendation of the committee for the Francis A. Walker Medal.

Presents the text of the speech given by C. H. Woolbert at the second annual convention of the National Association in New York on December 2, 1916.

The article presents the minutes of the Council of The Institute of Management Sciences (TIMS), which was held on Thursday, October 14th, 1965. The meeting was held at the Sheraton Hotel in Rochester, New York, in connection with the 1965 TIMS Eastern Meeting. The article relates the attendees and action minutes.

The article presents minutes of the annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, 1959. The meeting was called to order by President Harold Hoffsommer with the following Committee members present: Ward W. Bauder, Olaf F. Larson, Charles R. Hoffer, Walter C. McKain, Herbert F. Lionberger, and Charles F. Ramsey, Managing Editor. President Hoffsommer announced the appointment of William Reeder, Chairman, and Stephen Brower as an Auditing Committee, and Leland Tate and Francina Nolan as members of a Resolutions Committee with the former as chairman. A motion by C. R. Hoffer that the annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society for 1960 be held at Pennsylvania State College on August 25-27, was seconded and unanimously approved. Larson indicated that he had been advised by the appropriate New York State authorities that the Society would not be required to register as a charitable organization in the State of New York. However, he stressed that it would be necessary for future officers of the Society to refrain from any activity that could be construed as fund raising, to maintain this position. Lionberger reported that action to establish tax-exempt status of the Society with the Internal Revenue Service had been taken but that no notification of action taken by the latter had been obtained. Three proposals by the Board of Editors to the Executive Committee were considered.

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.

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 discusses on the response of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education of New York State on the teacher's supply and demand. It gives a list of conditions in dealing with the supply and demand issue. It includes the management of a regular relationship study between supply and demand, development of entrance and placement data-gathering techniques, distinguished degree and certification, assistance of state-financed incentives and suggestions on regional priorities and regional emphasis.

The article focuses on the joint meeting of the New York Neurological Society and the New York Academy of Medicine, Section of Neurology and Psychiatry, which was held last November. The general topic was psychiatry and the criminal law, and the psychiatric aspect was set forth in a paper by Dr. Bernard Glueck. He was followed by Professor Jerome Michael of Columbia whose paper was devoted to the legal aspect. Discussion followed in which Judge Cornelius F. Collins, Dr. Foster Kennedy, James G. Wallace, Dr. Ramsay Hunt, Robert H. Elder, Dr. Israel Strauss and Dr. William A. White participated.

The article presents news briefs relevant to education in New York compiled as of May 1890. The Forty-fifth annual meeting of the New York State Teachers' Association will be held at Saratoga Springs from July 7 to 9. The paper "The Close Articulation of the Schools with the University," will be presented by Harrison E. Webster. The Executive Committee has tried the experiment of devoting each of the sessions of the meeting to the reading and discussion of single papers.

The article discusses the paper "Some Educational Experiences in the West," presented by Tutor Naumburg at the February 20, 1898 meeting of the City College Club in New York. The paper recorded the incidents of a trip to cities in western U.S. including Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wheeling, Cleveland, and Chicago. It provides fresh information of the educational affairs of the West and compares what the cities are doing in all grades.

The article announces the fortieth annual meeting of the New York State Association of School Commissioners and Superintendents slated from January 16 to 18, 1895 in Oneonta. Commissioner F.E. Smith will present his paper "Our School System." "The Province of the Institute," will be presented by E.N. Jones. Commissioner Clyde C. Hill will present his paper "Uniform Examinations."

The article reports on the meeting of the Schoharie County Teachers' Association at Schoharie Courthouse in New York on February 3 and 4, 1893. Several educational topics and papers are presented during the meeting. Some of the teacher attendees are named, which include F. A. Guernsey and C. N. Cobb among others. Discussions are held after each presentations.

The article provides information about several papers discussed during the 47th annual meeting of the New York State Association in Saratoga, New York on July 7 to 9, 1892. Supervisor Emma A. Asbrand has discussed that drawing cultivates students' power of observation and imagination. Principal F. S. Fosdick has suggested several ways to develop students' English vocabulary. Superintendent Chas E. Gorton said that teachers must know how to design the classrom for pupils' development.

Presents information on the 1950 Mid-Century Speech Conference of the Speech Association of America in New York City. Speakers in the conference; Papers and discussions presented in the conference.

Presents updates on education in New York State. Schedule for the 25th commencement exercises at the State Normal and Training School in Cortland; Papers presented at the session of the Onondago County Teachers' Association; Address to be delivered by Reverend Dr. L. M. S. Haynes of Binghampton to the graduates of Bainbridge Academy.

The initially favorable impact of the assets that an agency puts into the service of children placed in foster care diminishes over time. This was indicated by a five-year study involving seventy agencies in the New York City area. Analysis of the findings points up implications for future planning of foster care services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents news briefs related to criminology in New York as of August 1964. Recommendations of a committee of the New York County Lawyers' Association regarding the treatment of the accused in television news reporting; Acceptance of an appointment with the International Association of Chiefs of Police by James Stinchcomb; Publication of the paper presented by Ruth Shonle Cavan at the 1961 American Society of Criminology.

The article reports on the short course on marketing research conducted by the Chemical Marketing Research Association (CMRA) at the Americana Hotel in New York City from July 9 to 11, 1973. According to the author, the course is designed for people who have experienced in chemical marketing research for less than three years. In addition, the course is divided between lectures and workshop sessions, with a high degree of registrant involvement programmed into the curriculum. The faculty is comprised of senior marketing research and purchasing and commercial development personnel.

The article presents certain announcements related to psychophysiology. The Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy announced its Sixth Annual Meeting which was held on October 6-8, 1972, at the New York Hilton Hotel, New York, New York. The Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research was held in Boston, Massachusetts, at the Sheraton-Plaza Hotel, Copley Square from November 9-12, 1972. The Society for Psychophysiological Research has made all issues of Psychophysiology, volumes 1 through 8, available from the Editor's office.

The article highlights the proceedings of the meeting of the Maryland State Association held on July 8, 1890 which convened at Bay Ridge with chairman President William H. Dashiell. John C. Bannon, school examiner for Anne Arundel County delivered a speech. The paper "Elementary Science Teaching in Our Public Schools" was presented by Superintendent Henry A. Wise of Baltimore. "The Study of English in our Public Schools," was presented by president Dr. Fell.

The article reports on the annual meeting of the National Educational Association's Department of Superintendence that is held in New York from February 8 to 10, 1881. The meeting is attended by a large number of superintendents, including John Eaton and Henry Barnard among others. Several papers related to educational issues are presented as well.

This articles presents news briefs related to developments in the field of social science research as of March 1962. Announcement has been made of the formation of a new New York-based research firm Certified Statistics Associates which "is prepared to work with managerial executives and research directors in evaluating documentation on current projects and to originate experimental designs for new projects." Raymond Franzen is the principal associate of the agency. Washington-based Bureau of Social Science Research Inc. has announced two new research projects. A "study of the characteristics of the users of the Information Searching Service in Metallurgy at Western Reserve University" is being conducted by Ivor Wayne and Albert D. Biderman. An analysis of the graduate training of 1958 college graduates, conducted by Laura M. Sharp, will explore three areas: "the patterns of timing for graduate study following graduation; relationships between undergraduate major and minor fields and the field of graduate study; and proportion of graduates from each school and/or type of school enrolling for advanced education."

The article studies the rate of membership participation in centralized union focusing on District 65 of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union in New York City. It shows that membership participation may even make it easier for leadership to exercise initiative and control. It also indicates that the collective bargaining and organizing environment of the labor union and the membership and employer characteristics arising from it strongly influence the relationship between participation and control. The correlates of participation include membership homogeneity, high social status and educational level and the meeting's function as an informal job market. The level of participation during meeting, voting in union elections and dues payment is high. Lastly, centralization makes it more harder to involve members in union affairs.