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The abstract should be written in one paragraph, the subtitles being underlined to set in italic. NEWS AND NOTES Notes of interest to the readers of the Journal should be in the hands of the editor of "News and Notes" not later than the tenth of the month preceding publication. THE AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY President Edward C. Hayes announces that Professor Francis D. Tyson, of the University of Pittsburgh, is chairman of the joint committee on local arrangements for the annual meetings of the American Sociological Society and the American Economic Association at Pittsburgh, December 27, 28, and 29. Reservations for rooms at the Fort Pitt Hotel, the headquarters of the American Sociological Society may now be made. The rates are as follows: $2.50 per day for single room without bath; $3.00 per day for single room with bath; double rooms $2.00 per person per day additional. Requests for reservations may be addressed to Mr. C. C. Butler, Manager, Fort Pitt Hotel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. THE CHINESE SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY Recently the Chinese Sociological Society has been organized at Peking. The purpose of the Society is to associate together the persons who are interested in the study of the principles of sociology and social problems, especially those problems relating to China. The aim and procedure of the Society is similar to the American Sociological Society and other scientific associations. The Society will publish scientific papers and monographs from time to time. A sociological journal is also contemplated. At present Dr. Yu Tinn Hugh, formerly of Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, who is now lecturing at the Government University and the Teachers College at Peking, is the head of the Society. UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI Dr. Earle E. Eubank, Dean and Professor of Sociology of the Y.M.C.A. College, Chicago, resigned to accept the place of professor of sociology in this institution. Until this time, the courses in sociology have been offered in the department of political and social science. Sociology is now a separate department under the direction of Dr. Eubank. The university is making plans to develop cooperation with the social agencies of Cincinnati for the field work of students and for training social workers. Dr. Eubank is in Europe for the summer observing social conditions. THE SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON On May 11 Professor Edward Westermarck gave an address to the recently reorganized Study Group on the Family on the subject "The Primitive Family." Members of this group have been invited to undertake research work in any of the following sections into which the study has been divided: the primitive family, early civilizations, the classical period, the medieval period, and the modern period. THE COUNTRY LIFE ASSOCIATION Professor Ernest R. Groves, as chairman of the Committee on the Teaching of Rural Sociology of the Country Life Association, desires to receive copies of recent rural surveys. Communications should be addressed to Professor Groves, Boston University, Boston, Mass. NATIONAL HEALTH COUNCIL A conference of a number of the leading national voluntary health agencies was held in Washington on December 10, 1920, at which meeting a National Health Council was created, a form of organization approved, and a constitution and by-laws adopted. The membership of the Council is at present composed of nine organizations, the officers recently elected being as follows: chairman, Dr. Livingston Farrand; vice-chairman, Dr. Lee K. Frankel; recording secretary, Dr. C. St. Clair Drake. The organization conference approved of the following list of activities, as indicating the legitimate field in which the Council might function: (1) a special information bureau, (2) a legislative bureau, (3) the co-ordination of health activities, (4) periodic joint conferences, (5) a statistical bureau, (6) the development of educational health material. The original members are as follows: American Public Health Association, American Red Cross, American Social Hygiene Association, Council of State and Provincial Health Authorities, Council on Health and Public Instruction of the American Medical Association, National Child Health Council, National Committee for Mental Hygiene, National Organization for Public Health Nursing, National Tuberculosis Association. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO The Sociology Club held one public meeting during the Summer Quarter. Professor W. S. Thompson, of Cornell University, spoke on the subject, "The Effect of Rural Isolation on Social Attitudes," and Professor Walter B. Bodenhafer, of Washington University, gave a talk on "The Significance of Behaviorism for Sociologists." Professor Roderick D. McKenzie, of the University of Washington, gave a series of five public lectures on the subject, "Progress." The University of Chicago Press announces the publication in September of The Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Robert E. Park and Ernest W. Burgess. IOWA STATE COLLEGE Professor George H. von Tungeln will have associated with him next year in the department of rural sociology Mr. H. B. Hawthorne who will give courses and Mr. F. J. Thaden as a member of the research staff. Mr. C. R. Hoffer, who was assistant in the department last year, has accepted an appointment in the University of Minnesota to a halftime teaching position. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY Dr. E. B. Reuter, who was last year head of the department of sociology in Tulane University, has accepted an appointment to a position in sociology, with the rank of associate professor. MIAMI UNIVERSITY Mr. Ellery Reed, of the University of Wisconsin, has been appointed to the position in sociology occasioned by the resignation of Professor Thomas L. Harris to take charge of the work in sociology in the University of West Virginia. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA The honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on Dean Frank Wilson Blackmar, of the University of Kansas, at the June Commencement. The recently established School for Social Workers of the university graduated a class of sixteen students, all of whom being holders of the Bachelors of Arts degree and several of the Master of Arts degree. The attendance at the first sociological conference of the Southern California Sociological Society held in June at Los Angeles was over three hundred. Dean F. W. Blackmar, of the University of Kansas, Dr. E. C. Branson, of the University of North Carolina, and Dr. G. S. Sumner, of Pomona College, were the chief speakers. The enrolment in the nine sociology classes in the summer session of 1921 was three hundred and eighty. The second edition of The Technique of Writing Social Science Papers by Professor E. S. Bogardus has been published in an enlarged form by the University Press. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS Professor Max S. Handman visited Europe during the summer where he observed social and political conditions. TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY Mr. W. E. Gettys resigned his position in Tulane University to accept the professorship of sociology held by Professor E. R. Cockrell who resigned upon his election as mayor of Fort Worth, Texas. AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE OF TEXAS Professor W. E. Garnett has charge of the recently organized department of rural social science. All agricultural students are required to have work in rural economics and rural sociology. The courses offered in the department include general sociology, rural economics, rural sociology, agricultural marketing problems, community organization, and advanced rural social science. Before taking up this work, Professor Garnett was professor of rural community problems in the Georgia State College of Agriculture. WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE Mr. E. T. Hiller who was instructor in the University of Texas on a temporary appointment for the spring quarter has accepted a position in sociology. |