NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.

The article presents information of various developments and happenings in the educational front as of June 1, 1943. The Office of War Information, Educational Services Division is prepared to give a variety of services to adult discussion groups and to college and university student war organizations. The Northern Division of the Pacific Sociological Society held an abbreviated session in Salem, Oregon on April 6. John C. Evans, Superintendent of Oregon State Mental Hospital, was the host for the luncheon. More than 40 people, including Governor Earl Snell, administrators of state institutions, and other state officials, attended this noon session. The American Institute of Family Relations at Los Angeles is offering a summer workshop in family life education at Mills College, Oakland, California, from June 28 to July 16. The Association of American Colleges has established a Commission on Wartime Placement of College Faculties. It is the purpose of this commission to assist faculty members whose services will not be required by their institutions to secure posts in which they may aid in the war effort.