A DURKHEIM REVIVAL

A letter from Professor Frank H. Hankins, of Smith College, contains the following:

"Have just had a letter from my friend, Marcel Mauss, Durkheim's son-in-law, with whom I became intimately acquainted while abroad several years ago, saying that the publication of L'Année Sociologique is to be renewed next February. For the purpose of this venture there has been organized L'Institut Français de Sociologie. I am inclosing herewith a list of the members of the Institute, together with their official positions. I am sure all American social scientists, and particularly sociologists, will warmly welcome this publication. In times past it was absolutely indispensable for the American scholar who wished to keep in touch with the current output of European scholars in the fields of his sociological interests. This time it is to be published yearly. addition, Professor Mauss states that the Collection des Travaux de l'Année will also begin to reappear with greater frequency. There is soon to be brought out Durkheim's Education Morale and Halbwach's Conditions Sociologiques de la Mémoire.

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"Naturally this group is anxious to secure every possible aid from every interested American, and especially from the American Sociological Society, both as a body and as individual members, particularly through the supply of books and reprints, university publications, and so forth. Will you not see that this information is presented in a forthcoming number of the American Journal of Sociology?"

INCLOSURE

Liste des Membres de l'Institut Français de Sociologie: M. AUBIN, Inspecteur Général de l'Instruction Publique, Ministère de l'Instruction Publique; C. BOUGLÉ, Professeur à la Sorbonne; G. BOURGIN, Archiviste Archives Nationales; H. BOURGIN, Agrégé de l'Université; V. BRANFORD, Directeur de la Sociological Review; S. CZARNOWSKI, Warsaw; G. DAVY, Doyen de la Faculté des Lettres de Dijon; C.DE FELICE, Professeur à la Faculté de Théologie de Montauban; A. DEMANGEON, Pro

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fesseur à la Faculté des Lettres d'Alger; P. FACONNET, Chargé de Cours à la Sorbonne; M. GERNET, Professeur à la Faculté des Lettres d'Alger; M. GRANET, Directeur d'Etudes à l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes; M. HALBWACHS, Professeur à la Faculté des Lettres de Strasbourg; L. Hourtico, Inspecteur d'Académie, Commissarist Général, Strasbourg; H. HUBERT, Directeur d'Etudes à l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes; P.HUVELIN, Professeur à la Faculté de Droit de Lyon; P. JEANMAIRE, Chargé de Cours à la Faculté des Lettres de Lille; P. LAPIE, Directeur Général de l'Enseignement Primaire, Ministère de l'Instruction Publique; R. LENOIR, Agrégé de l'Université; E. LEVY, Professeur à la Faculté de Droit de Lyon; H. LÉVY-BRUHL, Professeur à la Faculté de Droit de Lille; L. Lévy-BRUHL, Membre de l'Institut, Professeur à la Sorbonne; CL. E. MAITRE, Directeur Honoraire de l'Ecole Française d'ExtrêmeOrient; J. MARX, Archiviste Paléographe; R. MAUNIER, Professeur à la Faculté de Droit d'Alger; M. MAUSS, Directeur d'Etudes à l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes; A. MEILLET, Membre de l'Institut, Professeur au Collège de France; D. PARONDI, Inspecteur Général de l'Enseignement Secondaire, Ministère de l'Instruction Publique; G. RAY, Agrégé de l'Université; L. ROUSSEL, Professeur à la Faculté des Lettres de Strasbourg; F. SIMIAND, Professeur au Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers.

PROGRAM OF THE NINETEENTH MEETING OF THE

AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY

President Charles A. Ellwood announces the following preliminary program of the nineteenth annual meeting of the American. Sociological Society to be held in the Auditorium Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, December 29-31. The central topic for the meeting is "The Trend of Our Civilization."

Meeting in Chicago at the same time are the American Economic Association, the American Statistical Association, the American Farm Economic Association, the American Association for Labor Legislation, the Association of Training Schools for Social Work, and the National Community Center Association. Information in regard to the programs of these associations may be secured by writing to their secretaries: Ray B. Westerfield, American Economic Association, Yale Station, New Haven, Connecticut; Robert E. Chaddock, American Statistical Association, Columbia University, New York City; John B. Andrews, American Association for Labor Legislation, 131 E. 23d Street, New York City; Virginia P. Robinson, Association of Training Schools for Social Work, 339 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia; LeRoy E. Bowman, National Community Center Association, Kent Hall, Columbia University, New York City.

9:00 A.M. Registration

MONDAY, DECEMBER 29

10:00-12:00 A.M. Meetings of sections of the Society.

Section on Social Research. In charge of W. F. Ogburn, Columbia University. Ten-minute reports on research projects.

"The Contributions of the Income Taxpayers of Dane County, Wisconsin, to Charity, Religion, and Education." John L. Gillin, University of Wisconsin.

“Familial Differential Fecundity." Hornell Hart, Bryn Mawr College. "Relative Rate of Change in Custom and Belief of Modern Jews." Jessie Ravitch, University of Minnesota.

"Personality Studies from Life History Documents." E. T. Krueger, Vanderbilt University.

"Historical Textbooks and International Differences." Donald R. Taft, Wells College.

"Some Researches in Rural Group Analysis." John H. Kolb, University of Wisconsin.

"Commodity Distribution in Rural Communities." C. R. Hoffer, University of Minnesota.

"A Measure of Rural Migration and other Sources of Urban Increase." J. M. Gillette, University of North Dakota.

"Some Tendencies and Aspects of the Race Problem, 1912-24." Monroe N. Work, Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute.

"Standard of Living and Population Pressure in China." C. I. Dittmer, University of Wisconsin.

"Causes and Consequences of Absenteeism in Industry." Harry Wembridge, Joseph and Feiss Company.

"A Dependency Index for Minneapolis." F. Stuart Chapin, University of Minnesota.

Section on Educational Sociology. In charge of W. R. Smith, University of Kansas.

Section on Sociology of Religion. In charge of Herbert N. Shenton, Columbia University.

Charles A. Ellwood, University of Missouri, presiding.

The raison d'être of this meeting, Charles A. Ellwood.

"Sociology of Religion." Herbert N. Shenton, Columbia University. "Practical Application of Sociology to Current Religious Problems." Justin W. Nixon, Rochester, New York.

"Possibilities and Limitations of a Section on Religious Sociology." Warren H. Wilson, Department Church and Country Life, Presbyterian Board Home Missions.

Discussion. Leading to action determining the future of the section. 12:30 P.M. Luncheon Conferences:

Section on Rural Sociology and American Farm Economic Association. "Rural Income and Standard of Living." In charge of C. J. Galpin, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Washington, D.C.

For the economists, M. L. Wilson, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Washington, D.C. For the sociologists, Dwight Sanderson, Cornell University. Discussion, Hildegarde Kneeland, Bureau of Home Economics, Washington, D.C.

3:00-5:00 P.M. Division on Social Psychology. In charge of Ellsworth Faris, University of Chicago.

"Psychology and Culture." A. A. Goldenweiser, New School for Social Research.

"Cultural Trends and Technique." Robert E. Park, University of Chicago.

"The Subjective Aspect of Culture." Ellsworth Faris.

5:00 P.M. Meeting of the Executive Committee.

8:00 P.M. Joint Session with the American Economic Association and with the American Statistical Association. Presidents' addresses:

Charles A. Ellwood, University of Missouri, American Sociological Society. Wesley C. Mitchell, Columbia University, American Economic Association. Louis I. Dublin, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, American Statistical Association.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30

9:00 A.M. Business meeting for the reports of committees.

10:00-12:00 A.M. Division on Statistical Sociology. In charge of Walter F. Willcox, Cornell University.

"The Vital Statistics of American Immigrant Stocks Compared with Those of the Same Stocks in the Mother Country." Niles Carpenter, University of Buffalo.

"The Need for Improved Child Welfare Statistics." R. M. Woodbury, Institute of Economics, Washington, D.C.

"The Development of American Family Statistics in Fifty Years." Walter F. Willcox.

12:30 P.M. Luncheon Conferences:

Section on Rural Sociology. "Next Steps in Rural Social Research."
A. "Emphasis Regarding 'Knowing Your Own State' and 'Making a
Special Contribution.' Statement: J. H. Kolb, University of Wisconsin.

Outline: S. H. Hobbs, Jr., University of North Carolina.

B. "Special Needs for a Social Psychological Emphasis." L. L. Bernard,
University of Minnesota.

Discussion. Carl C. Taylor, North Carolina State College; C. E. Lively,
Ohio State University.

Section on the Teaching of Social Sciences in the Public Schools. In
charge of Hornell Hart, Bryn Mawr College.

3:00-5:00 P.M. Section on International Relations. In charge of Herbert A. Miller, Ohio State University.

Report of the Committee on International Relations and Co-operation.
Herbert A. Miller, chairman.

"Surveying the Press." Walter Williams, University of Missouri.

Discussion. Robert E. Park, University of Chicago.

"The International Activities of the Soviet Government." Pitirim Sorokin, University of Minnesota.

Discussion. Jerome Davis, Yale University.

"The Sociological Factor in the Interpretation of International Relations with Specific Illustrations from Southeastern Europe and the Near East." Earle E. Eubank, University of Cincinnati.

Discussion. Herbert A. Miller.