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Social Forces 4:5-16, Sept. '25. Záhořová-Němcová, Marie. The Organization of Anti-Prostitutional Work in the Czechoslovak Republic. Jour. Soc. Hyg. 11:407-16, Oct. '25. Yarros, V. S. The Trend in Religious Thought. The Open Court 39:554-63, Sept. '25. The widespread and deep-seated appreciation of the fact that the social sciences are a factor of great practical importance to the development of our civilization is very new and has resulted in an almost overwhelming mass of ideas and theories. In order to get the best practical results it is necessary to analyze and crystallize these ideas and theories into concrete working forces which can be effectively applied to the problems before us. This requires (1) an analysis of the fundamental objects for which the social sciences should work; (2) a classification of lines of work, in order that the workers may concentrate on specific problems and use the work of investigators in other fields by definite reference, thus avoiding the tendency to speculative theorizing from indefinite data; (3) a placing of the responsibility for the development of the subject. It is neither probable nor important that an early presentation of the case will be complete and final, but in order to focus the discussion it is of great importance that a clearly defined prospectus should be made that may be accepted, or discussed and amended, in detail. The widespread and deep-seated interest in the social sciences, and, in fact, the appreciation of their existence as important factors in the ordering of our lives is so new that it is not surprising that there should be an almost overwhelming mass of ideas and theories 'The writer of this paper was director of the Boston Merchants' Association, 1896-1909; president of the Boston Associated Boards of Trade, 1908–9; vice-president of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, 1909-11; and president of the National Tariff Commission Association, 1909-14. In each of the organizations he served as chairman of the committees on taxation and legislation. He is a consistent believer in the efficacy and importance to the community of business organizations, labor unions, and similar bodies, and in the value of discussion and contention.-EDITORS. evolved, nor is it strange that this mass of work in a new and untried field should be characterized by a lack of consistency and co-ordination. In speaking of the social sciences as a new and untried field I do not refer to the knowledge on which they are based, as I fully appreciate that practically all of the ideas and principles we are now working upon can be traced to the individual great minds which we find distributed over the past two or three thousand years. I refer to the fact that the idea of making the social sciences concrete practical sciences to be applied to our daily life has only within a comparatively short time been sufficiently widely disseminated and accepted to make their practical application a vital question. The events of the last decade have tremendously accelerated this dissemination and appreciation, and it may be assumed that the social sciences as such will increasingly become a factor in the development of our civilization and will gradually but surely work toward a soundly scientific basis. The principal obstacle to their development is the entire lack of agreement as to what they are, and the existing confusion and indefiniteness as to the province of each. When they are spoken of we all have a general idea of what is meant and a general impression that they are a valuable and important part of the world's work. And yet, although the term is constantly, impressively, and convincingly used, apparently no one has ever attempted to answer specifically the simple and natural question, "You speak of the social sciences. What do you mean?" With the belief that their proper development can be directed and strengthened by careful consideration, I have, during the past year, discussed with a number of men whose opinions are worthy of weight the idea of analyzing and classifying the social sciences and clearly defining the scope of each, with a view to increasing their effectiveness as practical working forces. The result of these discussions has encouraged me to write this paper in the hope that it will develop a wider discussion and possible action. As the talks I have had were all interesting and enlightening, a brief résumé bringing out some of the salient points may |