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AAAS Chicago Meeting

Section and society programs in an-thropology, psychology, social and eco-nomic sciences, and history and philos-ophy of science to be presented at theChicago meeting are given here. Pro-grams in mathematics, physics, chemis-try, astronomy, geology and geography,biological sciences, medical sciences, andagriculture have been previously an-

nounced [Science 130, 1196, 1258, 1344(1959)].

Anthropology

Section H. Vice-presidental address:"Archeology Today and Tomorrow," byJohn C. McGregor, University of Illi-nois; 28 Dec.; James L. Giddings, BrownUniversity, presiding.Symposium: "Biology and History in

Archeology"; arranged by John C. Mc-Gregor; 28 Dec.; Donald Lathrap, Uni-versity of Illinois, presiding. Papers on

the historical knowledge gained throughthe analysis of molluscan shells onceassociated with the habitations of In-dians (Max R. Matteson, University ofIllinois); plant and culture movementsin the Southwest (Hugh Cutler, MissouriBotanical Garden); the application oftree-ring dating to problems in archeol-ogy (Bryant Bannister, University ofArizona); the role of the zoologist inarcheological interpretation (Charles A.Reed, University of Illinois); the rela-tionship of archeology to history (J. JoeBauxar, Rockford College).

There will be two sessions of con-tributed papers; 28 and 29 Dec.: DwightB. Heath, Brown University, presiding.

Three-session symposium: "Technol-ogy as a Backstop to Anthropolgy andArcheology"; 29 and 30 Dec.; arrangedby Ray Winfield Smith, ArchaeologicalInstitute of America, who will preside.

Part I. Papers on the role of trace-element geochemistry in archeology andanthropology (Karl K. Turekian, YaleUniversity); microscopy in anthropologyand archeology (Walter C. McCrone,Walter C. McCrone Associates, Chi-cago); study of ancient objects by meansof neutron beams (Edwards V. Sayre,Brookhaven National Laboratory); tech-nology from the point of view of the

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museum laboratory (William J. Young,Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).

Part II. Papers on metallurgy in theancient world (William Campbell Root,Bowdoin College); chemical methods oftrace analysis (Arnold M. Hartley, Uni-versity of Illinois); x-ray spectroscopyas an analytical tool (L. S. Birks, U.S.Naval Research Laboratory); the appli-cation of thermoluminescence to prob-lems in archeology (George C. Kennedyand Leon Knopoff, University of Cali-fornia).

Part III. Papers on techniques underdevelopment at the Research Laboratoryfor Archaeology and the History of Art(E. T. Hall, Oxford University); recentrefinements in the C` technique (EdwinA. Olson, Columbia University); elec-tron microbeam probe studies of artobjects (Norman Peterson and R. E.Ogilvie, Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology); expanding horizons ofanthropology and archeology: the prom-

ise of technology (Ray Winfield Smith).

Psychology

Section 1. Symposium: "Verbal Learn-ing and Meaningfulness"; 29 Dec.; ar-

ranged by B. J. Underwood, North-western University, who will preside.Papers will be presented on a reevalua-tion of a scale of meaningfulness (E. J.Archer, University of Wisconsin); learn-ing as a function of meaningfulness (B.J. Underwood); retention as a functionof meaningfulness (L. J. Postman, Uni-versity of California. Berkeley).

Vice-presidential address: "Some Neg-lected Possibilities of Communication,"by Frank A. Geldard, University of Vir-ginia; 29 Dec.; Clifford T. Morgan,University of Wisconsin, presiding.Symposium: "Unconscious Proc-

esses"; 30 Dec.; arranged by C. W. Erik-sen, University of Illinois, who willpreside. Papers on discrimination with-out awareness (C. W. Eriksen); theproblem of awareness (Don E. Dulany,University of Illinois); studies of dreamdeprivation (Charles Fisher, MountSinai Hospital); subliminal activation(G. S. Klein, New York University).Symposium: "Brain Function and

Learning"; 30 Dec.; arranged by W. D.Neff, University of Chicago, who willpreside. Papers on somatic cortex and

learned somesthetic discriminations (1.T. Diamond, Duke University); tem-poral cortex and learned auditory dis-criminations (J. M. Goldberg, Univer-sity of Chicago); type of response as acentral nervous system variable (R. A.McCleary, University of Michigan); theeffects of mammillothalamic tractotomyon retention of conditioned avoidanceresponses and learned visual discrimina-tion (G. J. Thomas, University of Illi-nois).

Section I is a cosponsor of the four-session symposium of the AmericanPsychiatric Association; "Roots of Be-havior: Animal Behavior"; 28 and 29Dec.; reported in the previous issue ofScience under Medical Sciences.

Social and Economic SciencesSection K. Symposium: "World

Population and International Relations":jointly with the National Institute ofSocial and Behavioral Science, theAmerican Economic Association, andthe Population Association of America;27 Dec.; arranged by Donald P. Ray,National Institute of Social and Be-havioral Science, George WashingtonUniversity, with William S. Vickrey,Columbia University and the AmericanEconomic Association, presiding. Paperswill be presented on demographic fac-tors in European diplomacy (RobertStrausz-Hupe, University of Pennsyl-vania); population and world economicdevelopment (Joseph J. Spengler, DukeUniversity); vice-presidential address ofSection K: demographic dimensions ofworld politics (Philip M. Hauser, Uni-versity of Chicago).

There will be two sessions for con-tributed papers; 30 and 31 Dec.; DonaldP. Ray, presiding.A merican Political Science Associa-

tion. Invited papers: "Scientific Knowl-edge and Public Policy-making"; co-sponsored by AAAS Section K; 28 Dec.;arranged by James A. Robinson, North-western University, who will preside.Papers on designing systems for govern-mental decision-making in science(Richard L. Meier, Harvard Universityand Mental Health Research Institute,University of Michigan); scientists andpublic policy (H. Burr Steinbach, Uni-versity of Chicago); science and interna-tional policy (Eugene Rabinowitch, Uni-versity of Illinois, and editor, Bulletinof A tomic Scientists). Discussants: Mar-bury B. Ogle, Jr. (Purdue University),Duncan MacRae, Jr. (University of Chi-cago), and Harold D. Lasswell (YaleUniversity).American Society of Criminology.

There will be four sessions of invitedpapers; 28 and 29 Dec.; arranged byDonal E. J. MacNamara, New YorkInstitute of Criminology. Session I:"Psychiatry and Criminology"; Marcel

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Frym, Hacker Psychiatric Foundation,chairman. Session II: "Problems inPolice Administration"; Franklin M.Kreml, Northwestern University, chair-man. Session III: "Research and Train-ing in Criminology"; Peter Lejins, Uni-versity of Maryland, chairman. SessionIV: "Rehabilitation, Penology, andCriminology"; Vernon Fox, FloridaState University, chairman.Annual awards and memorial lunch-

eon; 29 Dec.; Donal E. J. MacNamara,presiding. Award recipient: The MostReverend Bernard J. Sheil, auxiliarybishop of Chicago, and chairman, Illi-nois Committee to Abolish CapitalPunishment.American Sociological Association.

Symposium: "Use of Computers inSimulation of Social Behavior"; cospon-sored by AAAS Section K; 28 Dec.; ar-ranged by James S. Coleman, JohnsHopkins University, who will preside.Papers will be presented on a social in-fluence process and its consequences(William McPhee, R. Smith, and S.Ferguson, Columbia University); directfactor analysis of sociometric data (Dun-can MacRae, University of Chicago);dynamics of the behavior of a businessfirm (James G. March, Carnegie In-stitute of Technology); continuity ofrelationships among organizations im-bedded in a communication network:assimilation study (Austin G. Hoggatt,University of California, Berkeley).Symposium: "Trends in Family For-

mation and Structure"; cosponsored byAAAS Section K; 29 Dec.; arranged byIrene B. Taeuber, Princeton University,who will preside. Papers on plans forimproving statistics of family formationand dissolution in the United States(Hugh Carter, National Office of VitalStatistics); social change and familystructure: trends and prospects (Paul C.Glick, David M. Heer, and John C.Beresford, Bureau of the Census); dis-cussant, Evelyn M. Kitagawa (Univer-sity of Chicago); the tempo of reproduc-tion in the family and in the populationin Sweden (Norman B. Ryder, Univer-sity of Wisconsin); discussant: Robert F.Winch (Northwestern University).American Statistical Association.

Symposium: "Descriptive Statistics"; co-sponsored by Section K; 29 Dec.; ar-ranged by Robert F. Winch, Northwest-ern University, who will preside. Paperson China's population statistics: theCh'ing dynasty (Irene B. Taeuber);marital instability and its relation toeducation, income, and occupation: ananalysis based on census data (Karen G.Hillman, Northwestern University); dis-cussant, Robert M. Marsh, University ofMichigan); seventy years of Illinoisvoting: 1888-1958 (Duncan MacRae,Jr., University of Chicago, and JamesA. Meldrum, Northern Illinois Univer-20 NOVEMBER 1959

sity); discussant, James A. Robinson(Northwestern University); estimationand use of production functions in agri-culture (Earl 0. Heady, State Universityof Iowa); discussant, Lester S. Kellogg(John Deere and Company).

Symposium: "Statistical Techniques";cosponsored by AAAS Section K; 30Dec.; arranged by Robert F. Winch,who will preside. Papers will be pre-sented on "beyond factor analysis" (R.Darrell Bock, University of North Caro-lina); the use of forced choice questionsand the power function (Robert Mc-Ginnis, University of Wisconsin); a re-examination of the repeated measure-ments problem (John W. Cotton, North-western University); a comprehensivemodel for reliability theory (Lee J.Cronbach, Nageswari Rajaratnam, andGoldine C. Gleser, University of Illi-nois); discussant, C. J. Burke (IndianaUniversity).

Metric Association. Round-table dis-cussion: "The Pharmacists' Method ofConverting to Metrics"; 27 Dec.; discus-sion led by Harry E. Sagen, AbbottLaboratories. Papers on returns fromthe questionnaire of the British MetricCommittee and the recent interest inmetrics abroad (J. T. Johnson, MetricAssociation); the Metric Association'snew membership campaign (Fred J.Helgren, Metric Association); whymetric? an employee, education program(L. A. Feiertag, Abbott Laboratories).

National Academy of Economics andPolitical Science. Invited papers: "TheUnderdeveloped Areas: Basic Problemsof Growth and Development"; 30 Dec.;arranged by Amos E. Taylor, NationalAcademy of Economics and PoliticalScience, who will preside. Papers onsociological and demographic aspectsof economic development (Philip M.Hauser, University of Chicago); someaspects of the economics of urbaniza-tion (Sidney C. Sufrin, Syracuse Uni-versity).

History and Philosophy of ScienceSection L. Two-session symposium:

"Theory Construction in Logical andHistorical Perspectives"; cosponsored bythe American Philosophical Associationand the Philosophy of Science Associa-tion; 27 and 28 Dec.; arranged by Her-bert Feigl, University of Minnesota.

Part I; Herbert Feigl, presiding.Papers will be presented on the logic ofdiscovery (Norwood Russell Hanson,Indiana University); discussant, Paul K.Feyerabend (University of Minnesotaand University of California, Berkeley);the origins of relativity theory (GeraldHolton, Harvard University); discussant,Adolf Grunbaum (Lehigh University).

Part II; Adolf Grunbaum, presiding.Papers on the language of theories (Wil-frid Sellars, Yale University); discussant,

Norwood Russell Hanson (Indiana Uni-versity); the key property of physicallaws: inaccuracy (Michael Scriven,Swarthmore College); discussant, HenryMehlberg (University of Chicago);time's arrow and physical laws (HenryMehlberg); discussant, Adolf Grun-baum.

Vice-presidential address: "Philosoph-ical Tangents of Science," by HerbertFeigl; 28 Dec.; John W. Streeter, Frank-lin Institute, presiding.

Symposium: "Empirical and Conven-tional Elements in Physical Theory"; co-sponsored by the American Philosophi-cal Association and the Philosophy ofScience Association; 29 Dec.; arrangedby Herbert Feigl; Wilfrid Sellars, presid-ing. Papers on law and convention inphysical theory (Adolf Grunbaum); dis-cussant, Paul K. Feyerabend; meaningpostulates in scientific theories (GroverMaxwell, University of Minnesota); dis-cussant, Wilfrid Sellars; the empiricalfoundations of geometry (Ernest W.Adams, University of California, Berke-ley); discussant, Norwood Russell Han-son.

Symposium: "Induction, Probability,and Simplicity"; cosponsored by theAmerican Philosophical Association andthe Philosophy of Science Association;29 Dec.; arranged by Herbert Feigl;with Grover Maxwell, presiding. Paperson the probability of nonrecurringevents (Nicholas Rescher, Lehigh Uni-versity); discussant, William Rozeboom(St. Olaf College); induction, proba-bility, and simplicity (Wesley Salmon,Brown University); discussant, StephenBarker (University of Virginia); the roleof simplicity in explanation (StephenBarker); discussant, Wesley Salmon.

Symposium: "The Logic of Variablesand Constants"; cosponsored by theAmerican Philosophical Association andthe Philosophy of Science Association;29 Dec.; arranged by Herbert Feigl,who will preside. Papers on constant andnonconstant fluents (Karl Menger, Illi-nois Institute of Technology); discus-sant, Ernest W. Adams; problems offundamental constants in physics (Wolf-gang Yourgrau, Carleton College); dis-cussant, Alfred Lande (Ohio State Uni-versity).Symposium: "Philosophical Issues of

Quantum Theory"; cosponsored by theAmerican Philosophical Association andthe Philosophy of Science Association;30 Dec.; arranged by Herbert Feigl;Henry Mehlberg, presiding. Papers on"from duality to unity in quantummechanics" (Alfred Lande); discussant,Henry Mehlberg; some reflections on theinterpretation of elementary quantumtheory (Paul K. Feyerabend); discus-sant, Norwood Russell Hanson; arewave mechanics and matrix mechanicsequivalent theories? (Norwood Russell

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Hanson); discussant, Edward L. Hill,(University of Minnesota); quantumphysics and relativity theory (Edward L.Hill); discussant, Paul K. Feyerabend.

Symposium: "Methodological Prob-lems of Psychology and the Social Sci-ences"; cosponsored by the AmericanPhilosophical Association and the Phi-losophy of Science Association; 30 Dec.;arranged by Herbert Feigl; WilfridSellars, presiding. Papers on method-ological issues of the social sciences(Paul F. Lazarsfeld, Columbia Univer-sity); discussant, Roger Buck (OberlinCollege); the role of intervening varia-bles in psychological theory (HerbertHochberg, Northwestern University);

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Philosophy of Science Association.Symposium: "The Theory of the PublicInterest"; 28 Dec.; arranged by WayneA. R. Leys, Roosevelt College. The dis-cussants will be Lewis K. Zerby, Michi-gan State University, and Wayne A. R.Leys.

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University of Michigan, with AnatolRapoport, University of Michigan,presiding. Papers will be presented onself-organizing phenomena and the firstlife (Sidney W. Fox, Florida State Uni-versity); the theory of plans and humanbehavior (Eugene Galanter, Universityof Pennsylvania); self-organizing sys-tems (Heinz Von Foerster, University ofIllinois).

There will be a session for contrib-uted papers; 30 Dec.; Charles A. Mc-Clelland, San Francisco State College,chairman.

Society for the History of Tech-nology. There will be two sessions ofinvited papers, cosponsored by AAASSection L; 29 Dec.; arranged by RobertP. Multhauf, Smithsonian Institution.Session I; Carl W. Condit, Northwest-ern University, presiding. Papers on thesocial consequences of occupationalspecialization (Raymond Mack, North-western University); individualism andtechnological change (Homer Barnett,Oregon State College); commentator,Otis D. Duncan (University of Chicago).Session II; Robert Carlson, Universityof Pittsburgh, presiding. Papers on theNiagara power project (Harold Sharlin,Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute); medie-val technology as reflected in theTreatise on Divers Arts of Theophilis(Cyril Stanley Smith, University of Chi-cago); the legend of Eli Whitney and in-terchangeable parts (Robert S. Wood-bury, Massachusetts Institute of Tech-nology).

Forthcoming EventsDecember

16-18. American Soc. of AgriculturalEngineers, Chicago, Ill. (J. L. Butt, P.O.Box 229, St. Joseph, Mich.)

25-27. Indian Mathematical Soc., 25thconf., Allahabad, India. (B. N. Prasad,Allahabad Univ., Lakshmi Niwas, GeorgeTown, Allahabad 2.)

26-30. American Assoc. for the Ad-vancement of Science, annual, Chicago,Ill. (R. L. Taylor, AAAS, 1515 Massa-chusetts Ave., NW, Washington 5.)27-30. American Anthropological Assoc.,

Mexico City. (W. S. Godfrey, Jr., LoganMuseum, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisc.)

27-30. American Astronomical Soc.,Cleveland, Ohio. (J. A. Hynek, Smith-sonian Astrophysical Observatory, 60Garden St., Cambridge 38, Mass.)

27-30. American Folklore Soc., MexicoCity. (MacE. Leach, 110 Bennett Hall,Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 4.)

27-30. American Statistical Assoc.,Washington, D.C. (D. C. Riley, 1757 KSt., NW, Washington 6.)

27-30. Institute of Mathematical Statis-tics (weather control), Washington, D.C.(J. Neyman, Statistical Lab., Univ. ofCalifornia, Berkeley 4.)

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28-29. Industrial Relations ResearchAssoc., Washington, D.C. (E. Young, Ster-ling Hall, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison.

28-29 Mechanism of Interfacial Reac-tion, American Chemical Soc., annualsymp, Baltimore, Md. (H. E. Hoelscher,Chemical Engineering Dept., Johns Hop-kins Univ., Baltimore, Md.)

28-29. Lepidopterists' Soc., 10th annual,Ann Arbor, Mich. (E. G. Voss or W. H.Wagner, Dept. of Botany, Univ. of Mich-igan, Ann Arbor.)

28-29. Northwest Scientific Assoc., Spo-kane, Wash. (W. B. Merriam, Dept. ofGeography, State College of Washington,Pullman.)

28-30. American Economic Assoc.,Washington, D.C. (J. W. Bell, Northwest-ern Univ., 629 Noyes St., Evanston, Ill.)

28-30. American Philosophical Assoc.(eastern div.), New York, N.Y. (L. Gar-vin, Dept. of Philosophy, Univ of Mary-land, College Park.)

28-30. American Physical Soc., Pasa-dena, Calif. (K. Darrow, APS, ColumbiaUniv., 116 St. and Broadway, New York,N.Y.)

28-30. Econometric Soc., Washington,D.C. (R. Ruggles, Dept. of Economics,Yale Univ., New Haven, Conn.)

28-30. Western Soc. of Naturalists,Los Angeles, Calif. (Y. U. Amrein, Dept.of Zoology, Pomona College, Claremont,Calif.)

28-31. Phi Delta Kappa, Columbia,Mo. (A. G. Clark, 316 Dalzell Ave., BenAvon, Pittsburgh 2, Pa.)

28-16. Bahamas Surgical Conf., Nas-sau. (B. L. Frank, P.O. Box 4037, FortLauderdale, Fla.)

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1-5. Institute of Geographers, annualconf., Southampton, England. (A. E.Smailes, Queen Mary College, Univ. ofLondon, Mile End Rd., London, E.1.)

3-9. Indian Science Cong. Assoc., 4th,Bombay. (B. W. Prasad, ISCA, LakshmiNiwas, Georgetown, Allahabad 2, India.)

5-7. Recent Mechanical Engineering De-velopments in Automatic Control, symp.,

London, England. (Institution of Mechani-cal Engineers, 1 Birdcage Walk, London,S.W. 1.)

6-8. Northeastern Weed Control Conf.,14th annual, New York, N.Y. (M. G.Wiltse, Chairman, Public Relations Com-mittee, Dow Chemical Co., 916 ShorehamBldg., 15 and H Sts., NW, Washington 5.)

7-10. Radioactive Isotopes, 4th intern.symp., Bad Gastein, Austria. (R. Hofer,Isotopen-Laboratorium, II. MedizinischeUniversitlits Klinik, 13, Garnisongasse,Vienna 9, Austria.)

8-11. Sanitary Engineering Conf., ASCE,Cincinnati, Ohio. (E. S. Kirkpatrick,ASCE, 33 W. 39 St., New York 18.)

11-13. American Acad. of Allergy,Hollywood-by-the-Sea, Fla. (J. 0. Kelley,756 N. Milwaukee St., Milwaukee 2, Wisc.)

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