Nations do their best for the world when they first develop the best national character and the best national housekeeping which their circumstances permit, and a co-ordinate division of these circumstances is loyalty to the function of co-operating with all other well-disposed nations in working out a common destiny. "Thinking American" involves attention to both these components of our national life, but it will never become a highly potential factor until it presupposes much more information and intelligence about ourselves and the rest of the world than Americans have thus far possessed. A year ago each of our great social-science associations was memorialized with reference to co-operation in helping our colleges answer the question, "How may we use our resources to the best purpose in training for citizenship?" Nothing seems to have come of it. The more immediate calls to specific war services and the disappointing Student Army Training Corps experiment partially account for the inaction. It would be a lamentable dereliction of duty if these societies should prove permanently indifferent to the implicit as well as the uttered demands for help of this sort. If these societies cannot furnish more light and leading on this particular problem than any other source, not only for colleges, but for each grade of our educational system, it is hardly possible to imagine anything else which they may do as having reality enough to justify their existence. PROGRAM OF THE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, DECEMBER 27-28, 1918 General Subject: "Sociology and Education" FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27 9:00 A.M. Meeting of the Executive Committee. 10:00 A.M. Session on "Sex and Race Aspects of Education." "Ideals and Methods in the Social Education of Women," ANNA GARLIN SPENCER, Meadville Theological School. Discussion: DR. LUCILE EAVES, Boston; DR. MARION TALBOT, University of Chicago. "Education in Its Relation to the Conflict and Fusion of Cultures: with Special Reference to the Problems of the Immigrant, Negro, and Missions," ROBERT E. PARK, University of Chicago. Discussion: U. G. WEATHERLY, University of Indiana. 2:00 P.M. Session on "Sociology in the Common Schools." "Sociology in the Education of Teachers," F. R. CLOW, State Normal School, Oshkosh, Wis. "Sociological Background of the Vocational Concept," JOHN M. GILLETTE, University of North Dakota. "Social Education in College through Group Activities," WALter R. Discussion: MONROE N. WORK, Tuskegee Institute; F. STUART CHAPIN, 8:00 P.M. Joint Session with the American Statistical Association. Presidential Addresses: "A Primary Culture for Democracy," CHARLES H. COOLEY, president of the American Sociological Society; "Statistics and Government," WESLEY C. MITCHELL, president of the American Statistical Association. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28 9:00 A.M. Annual Business Meeting of the American Sociological Society. 10:00 A.M. Session on "Social Education through the Community." "Social Education through the Community Center," JOHN COLLIER, Training School for Community Workers, New York, N.Y. "Extension Teaching of Sociology in Communities," CECIL C. North, Ohio State University. "Sociological Education of Rural People," JOHN PHELAN, Massachusetts Discussion: J. L. GILLIN, University of Wisconsin; W. S. BITTNER, 2:00 P.M. Round Table Conference on "The Teaching of Sociology to Undergraduates," A. J. TODD, University of Minnesota, leader; M. C. ELMER, University of Kansas; JESSICA B. PEIXOTTO, University of California; WILLIAM J. KERBY, Catholic University; F. S. CHAPIN, Smith College. 4:00 P.M. Joint Session with the American Economic Association on Social and Economic Theory. (Fifteen-minute papers.) 8:00 P.M. "The Place of Economic Theory in an Era of Readjustment," J. M. CLARK, University of Chicago. "The Psychological Basis of the Economic Interpretation of History," W. F. OGBURN, University of Washington. "The Institutional Approach to Economic Theory," WALTON H. HAMILTON, Amherst College. Discussion. Session on "National Aspects of Education." "The National Spirit in Education," E. A. Ross, University of Wisconsin. "Education and the National Ideal," L. M. BRISTOL, West Virginia University. "The American Spirit and the Organization of Middle Europe," H. A. MILLER, Oberlin College, director of the Democratic Mid-European Union. Discussion: JULIA C. LATHROP, Children's Bureau. AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, DECEMBER 17, 1917, TO DECEMBER 19, 1918 Membership Statement The total membership of the American Sociological Society for the calendar year 1918 numbers 810. The membership for 1917 was 817. This latter number has been altered by the following changes in our membership lists: Following the instruction of the Executive Committee at its 1917 meeting, no analysis of the membership by year of joining is submitted. Reasons Why Members Do Not Renew This year, following the custom of last year, the Secretary, after the fourth duebill had been sent to members, asked those not renewing for reasons. Most of the replies indicated that the war was the cause. Campaign for New Members In co-operation with the publishers of the American Journal of Sociology, the University of Chicago Press, the Society has conducted a campaign for new members this autumn, the expenses of the campaign to be shared equally by the Press and the Society. As far as the figures are available while this report is being written, the following represent this enterprise. Personal typewritten letters were sent by the Secretary to the following: Persons applying but not joining in 1917. Miscellaneous inquiries. . . Recommended by members. Asking for reprints of 1917 Proceedings.. Teachers of sociology... 18 68 188 88 293 The publishers sent out 910 invitations in the form of circular letters to members of the National Institute of Social Science. While this report is being composed it is too early to estimate the returns. The letters were mailed during the first fifteen days of December. In addition to these efforts President Cooley prepared a letter which was mailed from the Secretary's office to the 293 teachers of sociology, urging them to present the advantages of membership in the Society to their students. Returns from this effort are also not yet available. List of Teachers of Sociology According to our custom the office sent in November a letter to college presidents in the United States asking for the names of their teachers of sociology. A self-addressed card was inclosed. Four hundred and twenty-eight letters were mailed. Practically every college responded after a follow-up letter was sent. This list is now in typewritten form ready to send to societies, individuals, etc. The last list was used by several institutions, including the national government. On the list are 392 names, of which 100 are members of the Society. To those not members a personal letter asking them to become members of the Society was written. Delay in Mailing Duebills On September 26 envelopes were ordered from the government in which to mail the bills for 1919 membership dues. It has usually required two weeks to get the envelopes. This year they were not delivered until December 17, in spite of the Secretary's efforts to hurry them. The reason given for the delay was shortage of labor at the printing office. The Secretary regrets this unavoidable delay in mailing the bills, especially because the program of the annual meeting is included in the envelopes. The program was published, however, in the September and November issues of the American Journal of Sociology. Membership List to Publishers This year as usual the Secretary sent reprints of the membership list from the volume of Papers and Proceedings to about eighty-five foreign and domestic publishers. This enables our members to be placed on the mailing lists to receive announcements of books, etc. Invitations for the 1919 Meeting Invitations have been received for the next year's meeting from the following organizations: San Francisco Convention and Tourist League, Chicago Association of Commerce, the Merchants' Association of New York, Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, and numerous organizations in St. Louis, Missouri. Respectfully submitted, SCOTT E. W. BEDFORD, Secretary |