Association Affairs

Programs Planned for theAAAS Chicago Meeting

Section and society programs in engi-neering, industrial science, education,and programs of general interest aregiven here. Programs in mathematics,physics, chemistry, astronomy, geologyand geography, the biological sciences,anthropology, psychology, the social andeconomic sciences, the history andphilosophy of science, the medical sci-ences, and agriculture have been pre-viously announced [Science 130, 1196,1258, 1344, 1428 (1959)].

EngineeringSection M. Four-session symposium:

"National and International Aspects ofSystems of Units," cosponsored by theWestern Society of Engineers; arrangedby a committee, Carl F. Kayan, Colum-bia University, chairman; 28 and 29Dec.

Part I: "The Confusion of Chaos inUnits"; Carl F. Kayan, presiding. Paperson the international viewpoint of anAmerican engineer on units (Walker L.Cisler, American Society of MechanicalEngineers); should American industryconvert to the metric system?-sum-mary of views recently expressed by in-dustry (G. F. Hussey, Jr., AmericanStandards Association); our units ofweights and measures (Lewis V. Judson,National Bureau of Standards); interna-tional challenge to American educationand its relationship to the unit system(John J. Theobald, Superintendent ofSchools, New York City); farmers andgrain processors unit simplification(Hamill Varner, Quaker Oats Com-pany); the chaos in packaging (ColstonE. Warne, Consumers Union).

Part II: "Public Education vs. theConsumer Public"; H. C. Diehl, Trans-American Refrigerating Services, presid-ing. Papers on decimalization in theschools (James H. Smith, Board of Edu-cation, Chicago); children versus deci-mals and other fractions (Lore Rasmus-sen and David A. Page, University ofIllinois); food container standardizationand the public interest (Howard Stier,National Canners Association); packag-ing identification and marking (Allyn C.Beardsell, Mead Corporation); commonfractions versus decimals in stock ex-

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change reporting (Robert M. Bishop,New York Stock Exchange).

Part III: "Problems of Design, Manu-facture, and Commerce"; Robert J.Painter, American Society for TestingMaterials, presiding. Papers on linearmeasure decimalization in building de-sign and construction (Perry CokeSmith, Voorhees, Walker, Smith, Smithand Haines); measuring units for thetextile industry-present and prospec-tive (Arthur D. Scroggie, E. I. duPontde Nemours & Company); English andmetric systems of measurements in theforest-products industries and their ef-fect on manufacturing and constructionpractices (A. J. Panshin, Michigan StateUniversity); machine tools and the inch-meter conversion (H. S. Sizer, Brownand Sharpe Manufacturing Company);weighing with decimals (R. E. Bell,Toledo Scale Corporation); pro's andcon's of the weighing problem versusdecimal and metric changeover (C. G.Gehringer, Fairbanks, Morse and Co.)

Part IV: "The Look to the Future";Clarence E. Davies, United EngineeringTrustees, Inc., presiding. Papers on thedecimal idea in handling units (Chaun-cey D. Leake, Ohio State University);progress report on the changeover prob-lems for Great Britain (T. P. Thomas,British Association Metric Committee);the adoption of a new system of weightsand measures (Irvine C. Gardner, Na-tional Bureau of Standards); enforce-ment of the recently adopted metric sys-tem in Japan (Mitsuo Tamano, CentralInspection Institute of Weights andMeasures, Tokyo); accelerated progressin the automotive decimalization pro-gram (Roy P. Trowbridge, GeneralMotors Company); Parke-Davis adoptsthe metric system (Don G. Neill, Parke-Davis Company); highlights of the spe-cial AAAS report on metric usage (Wil-mer Souder, AAAS Committee on Met-ric Usage).

Section M is a cosponsor of SectionE's three-session symposium, "GreatLakes Basin"; 29 and 30 Dec. [Science130, 1197 (30 Oct. 1959)] and the twosessions of the Conference on ScientificManpower, "Higher Education" and"Training in Emerging Fields of Scienceand Technology"; 28 Dec.

Tau Beta Pi Association. Address: "ANew Order of Technological Challenge

in the Nation's Space Program," T.Keith Glennan, National Aeronauticsand Space Administration; Introductionby John T. Rettaliata, Illinois Instituteof Technology; 27 Dec.; Donald A.Dahlstrom, Eimco Corporation, presid-ing.

Industrial ScienceSection P. Industrial Science Award

dinner; 28 Dec.; Allen T. Bonnell,Drexel Institute of Technology, presid-ing.

Symposium: "Science Looks at theFood Industry," cosponsored by the In-stitute of Management Sciences; 29Dec.; arranged by Allen T. Bonnell withEarl P. Stevenson, Arthur D. Little, Inc.,presiding. Papers on the biological sci-ences and the food industry (Walter L.Obold, Drexel Institute of Technology);the physical sciences and the food in-dustry (John R. Matchett, U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture); the social sciencesand the food industry (Ross AnthonyKelly, University of Illinois); the be-havioral sciences and the food industry(Leonard Kent, Needham, Louis andBrorby, Inc.).Luncheon meeting and vice presi-

dential address: "Scientific Man and Un-scientific Society," by Frank C. Croxton,Battelle Memorial Institute; 29 Dec.;Earl P. Stevenson, presiding.

Institute of Management Sciences.Symposium: "Management Science,"cosponsored by AAAS Section P; 29Dec.; arranged by Merrill M. Flood,University of Michigan, with AbrahamCharnes, Northwestern University, pre-siding. Papers on the study of problem-solving in humans and computers (AllenNewell, Rand Corporation); applicationof information theory to the learning ofartificial languages (Anatol Rapoport,University of Michigan); a use of simu-lation in the study of inter-nation rela-tions (Harold Guetzkow, NorthwesternUniversity).

Society for Industrial Microbiology.Organizational meeting; 29 Dec.; for theformal organization of the Chicago Sec-tion. A program of invited and con-tributed papers is being organized tocelebrate the tenth anniversary of thenational society by Charles C. Yeager,Scientific Oil Compounding Company.

EducationSection Q. Papers will be presented

on "Organic and Social Factors inMental Deficiency and Their Signifi-cance to the Educational Program," co-sponsored by the Council for Excep-tional Children; 26 Dec.; arranged byFrances A. Mullen, assistant superin-tendent of schools, Chicago, who willpreside.

There will be a session of papers on"Weapons of the School in the WarAgainst Delinquency," cosponsored by

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the Council for Exceptional Children;26 Dec.; arranged by Frances A. Mul-len, with Ivan K. Garrison, Council onExceptional Children, presiding.

Symposium: "How Attitudes AffectDisease Control," jointly with the Na-tional Society for Medical Research,cosponsored by the National Associa-tion of Biology Teachers; 29 Dec.; ar-ranged by Ralph A. Rohweder, Na-tional Society for Medical Research,who will preside. Papers on attitudesthat cause disease (Archie R. O'Connor,Clinton, Mich.); attitudes that blocktreatment (William Kaufmann, Interna-tional Archives of Allergy and AppliedImmunology); attitudes that obstructpublic health measures (Robert Barr,State Board of Health, St. Paul, Minn.);attitudes that hamper medical sciencegenerally (John Hampton, Tulane Uni-versity).

Vice presidential address: "Fallaciesin the Concept of Over-achievement,"Warren G. Findley, Board of Education,Atlanta, Ga.; 29 Dec.

There will be six sessions of con-tributed papers; 29 and 30 Dec. SessionI: arranged by Herbert A. Smith, U.S.Office of Education, who will preside.Session II: arranged by Herbert A.Smith, with P. G. Johnson, Cornell Uni-versity, presiding. Session III: arrangedby Herbert A. Smith, with ClarenceBoeck, University of Minnesota, presid-ing. Session IV: jointly with the Ameri-can Educational Research Association;arranged by Warren G. Findley, withHerbert A. Smith presiding. Session V:jointly with the American EducationalResearch Association; arranged by War-ren G. Findley, who will preside. Ses-sion VI: jointly with the American Edu-cational Research Association; arrangedby Warren G. Findley, with Chester W.Harris, University of Wisconsin, presid-ing.

Special session; jointly with theAmerican Educational Research As-sociation; 30 Dec.; arranged by WarrenG. Findley, with John C. Flanagan, Uni-versity of Pittsburgh, presiding. A re-port on the national project for theidentification, development, and utiliza-tion of human talent.

Science Teaching SocietiesIn the General Program, which will

be sent to advance registrants by first-class mail in the first half of December,and will also be available at the meet-ing, the programs of the four scienceteaching societies which meet regularlywith the AAAS will be arranged in oneconvenient chronological sequence. Ithas seemed advisable, however, to ar-range them by societies here. Mrs. Mu-riel Beuschlein, Chicago Teachers Col-lege, has served as program coordinator,not only for the general sessions, otherjoint sessions, but for the individual27 NOVEMBER 1959

programs of NABT, NARST, NSTA,and ANSS.

National Association of BiologyTeachers. Session on "Space Medicine";27 Dec.; Paul Klinge, Indiana Univer-sity, presiding. Papers on animal healthand disease in the space age (Dean H.Ferris, University of Illinois); radiotelemetry of nerve action potentials(Roger M. Morrell, Montreal Neuro-logical Institute); significance of the re-sults of the Jupiter bioflight program(Dietrich E. Beischer, U.S. Naval Avia-tion Medical Center).

Session on "Streamlining Biology"; 28Dec.; H. Seymour Fowler, PennsylvaniaState University, presiding. Papers onthe "block of time" idea for biology in-struction (Addison E. Lee, Universityof Texas); streamlining biology (OswaldTippo, Yale University; H. Burr Roney,University of Houston; Arnold Grob-man, University of Colorado); advancedplacement biology (John F. Mehner,Senior High School, Mount Lebanon,Pa.).

Presidential address: "Biology's BrightFuture," by Paul Klinge; Howard E.Weaver, University of Illinois, presid-ing.

Session on "Planning Biology Teach-ing Facilities"; 28 Dec.; Phillip R.Fordyce, Oak Park High School, OakPark, Ill., presiding. Papers on sugges-tions for improving the high schoolbiology laboratory (Steve M. Pattee, Jef-ferson Senior High School, Iowa); func-tional planning for science facilities(Basil Castaldi, University of Illinois);the development and use of schoolgrounds as outdoor laboratories forscience (Richard L. Weaver, Universityof Michigan); general discussion ofbiology teaching facilities.

Session on "Methods in Senior HighSchool Biology"; 29 Dec.; Paul V.Webster, Bryan, Ohio, presiding. Paperson tactics and strategy in dealing withthe gifted students in biology (Paul F.Brandwein, Harcourt Brace and Com-pany); problems dealing with the growthof rats using vitamins, minerals, andhormones-a project for gifted students(Arthur J. Baker and Leonard G. Scheel,Community High School, Illinois); kidslike to study snakes (Gilbert Dehne,Michigan City High School, MichiganCity, Ind.).

Luncheon; 28 Dec.; arranged byPhilip R. Fordyce and Howard E. Wea-ver with Paul Klinge presiding. Ad-dress: "Life Forms To Be ExpectedElsewhere than on the Earth," by Her-man J. Muller, Indiana University.

National Association for Research inScience Teaching. Research symposium:28 Dec.; arranged by Vaden W. Miles,Wayne State University, and John C.Mayfield, University of Chicago, withVaden W. Miles presiding. Papers on areview of recent research in elementary

science education (Betty LockwoodWheeler, Central Michigan University);implications of the findings of recent re-search in elementary science education(Paul E. Blackwood, U.S. Office of Edu-cation); review of recent research insecondary science education (HubertEvans, Teachers College, Columbia Uni-versity); implications of the findings ofrecent research in secondary scienceeducation (William B. Reiner, Board ofEducation, New York City); review ofrecent research in college level scienceeducation (John H. Woodburn, JohnsHopkins University); implications of thefindings of recent research in collegelevel science education (Herman R.Branson, Howard University); summary(Cyrus W. Barnes, New York Univer-sity).

National Science Teachers Associa-tion. Three concurrent sessions: "Here'sHow I Teach Space Science"; 27 Dec.Session I: Elementary School Level;Helen J. Challand, National College ofEducation, Illinois, presiding. Thespeakers will be Lawrence F. Hubbell,Elementary Schools, Oak Park, Ill.;Mildred L. Ballou, Public Schools, DesMoines, Iowa; Eileen M. Nelson, Na-tional College of Education. Session II:Junior High School Level; EdwardVictor, Northwestern University, presid-ing. The speakers will be John Sternig,Public Schools, Glencoe, Ill.; TheodoreW. Wallschlaeger, Palmer School, Chi-cago; Donald A. Boyer, Public Schools,Winnetka, Ill.; Session III: Senior HighSchool Level; John S. Richardson, OhioState University, presiding. The speakerswill be Murl B. Sailsbury, EvanstonHigh School, Evanston, Ill.; Eloise A.McElfresh, Roosevelt Junior HighSchool, Charleston, W. Va.; Nelson L.Lowry, Arlington Heights High School,Illinois.

Three-session symposium: "K- 12Planning"; 28 and 29 Dec. Part I;Robert A. Rice, Berkeley High School,Berkeley, Calif., presiding. Papers onproblems and issues (Donald G. Decker,Colorado State College); what researchsays (Kenneth E. Anderson, Universityof Kansas); the critical years, grades 7-9(Erwin L. Slesnick, University HighSchool, Columbus, Ohio); teaching thetalented (J. Ned Bryan, North CentralAssociation); science and the technicalarts (James Kendall, Oak Park-RiverForest High School, Illinois); extendingthe program beyond normal schoolhours (Lester S. Hollinger, Glen RockHigh School, New Jersey); earth sciencein the K-12 program (Loren T. Caldwell,Northern Illinois University); science inthe elementary school (Robert C. VanRaalte, Department of Public Instruc-tion, Madison, Wis.).

Part II; Round Table Discussions;Donald G. Decker, Colorado State Col-lege, coordinator. The leaders will be

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Robert A. Bullington, Northern IllinoisUniversity; William C. Forbes, OaklandCounty Schools, Michigan; Kenneth E.Vordenberg, Cincinnati Public Schools;Milton 0. Pella, University of Wiscon-sin; James A. Rutledge, University ofNebraska; J. Donald Henderson, Uni-versity of North Dakota; Peter M. Dean,Wayne State University; John G.Navarra, Jersey City State College;Albert Piltz, Detroit Public Schools;Robert A. Rice, Berkeley PublicSchools, California; Sylvia S. Neivert,Bayside High School, New York; Ed-mund T. Burke, Montgomery CountySchools, Maryland.

Part III; Summary of Round-TableDiscussions; Donald G. Decker, presid-ing.

Conference on the Future Scientistsof America Program; 30 Dec.; Zacha-riah Subarsky, Bronx High School ofScience, presiding.

American Nature Study Society. Ses-sion on "Natural History of the ChicagoArea"; 27 Dec.; Stanley B. Mulaik, Uni-versity of Utah, presiding. Papers onreptiles and amphibians of the Chicagoarea (James A. Fowler, Cranbrook In-stitute of Science); plant life of the Chi-cago area (Floyd A. Swink, Forest Pre-serve District of Cook County); nativegrasses and ecology of the Illinois prairie(Alice Goodrich, Chicago); Chicago andthe rest of the universe (Daniel Q. Posin.DePaul University); the dunes area(Terzo P. Amidie, Gary, Ind.).

Session on "Contributions of Re-search toward a Better Interpretationof Nature"; 28 Dec.; Emery L. Will,New York State University, College ofEducation, presiding. Papers on inter-relationships of biological and physicalsciences in ecological studies (Ted F.Andrews, Kansas State Teachers Col-lege); the naturalist and the scientist(Harlow B. M\4ills, Illinois State NaturalHistory Survey); natural history researchfor the layman (Verne N. Rockcastle.Cornell University); importance ofscientific accuracy in field studies forbetter nature interpretation (Howard H.Michaud, Purdue University).

Session on "Reaching the Public-Problems Ahead"; 28 Dec.; H. Ray-mond Gregg, National Park Service,presiding. Papers on public informationprogram for adults (Roland F. Eisenbeis.Forest Preserve District of CookCounty, Ill.); nature study in tomorrow'sschools (John W. Brainerd, SpringfieldCollege); the fight for wilderness in anurban society (William J. Beecher, Chi-cago Academy of Science); the NationalPark Service prepares for the future(John E. Doerr, National Park Service);reaching America's youth through theBoy Scouts of America (E. LaurencePalmer, Ithaca, N.Y.).

Session on "Nature Writing for thePresent and Future"; 29 Dec.; S. Glid-

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den Baldwin, Danville, Ill., presiding.Papers on an author looks to the future(Robert M. McClung, Chevy Chase,Md.); writing for today's children(Dorothy M. Matala, Iowa State Teach-ers College); royalty, retirement, andrebellion: three R's of nature writing (E.Laurence Palmer); watching the birdswith a million readers (Anne Douglas,Gary, Indiana).

Banquet; 29 Dec.; arranged by Eliza-beth Blair, Barrington, Ill., with StanleyB. Mulaik, University of Utah, presid-ing. Address: "Adventure in Africa," byMurl Deusing, Museum of Science andNatural History.

Joint Sessions of the Four ScienceTeaching Societies. General session on"Man and Space Travel"; 27 Dec.; ar-ranged by Robert H. Carleton, NationalScience Teachers Association, who willpreside. Papers on surface of the moon(John A. O'Keefe, National Aeronauti-cal and Space Administration); the placeof planetaria in teaching space science(James A. Fowler, Cranbrook Instituteof Science).

Elementary-Junior High School Sci-ence Assembly; 29 Dec.; J. MyronAtkin, University of Illinois. presiding.Papers on the building of science pro-grams: kindergarten-grade 8 (ErnestBonhivert, Glencoe Public Schools.Illinois); teaching about chemicalchanges (Kenneth George, MidlothianPublic Schools, Illinois); teaching mod-ern concepts in astronomy (Fred Wilkin.Highland Park Public Schools, Illinois):teaching about insects (Alvin Quinn.Lincolnwood Public School>. Illinois).

Programs of General Interest

Academyv Conference. Junior Scien-tists Assembly. four sessions at the Chi-cago Museum of Natural History; 29and 30 Dec.: arranged by M. B. Sails-bury, Evanston Township High School.Illinois. Many selected students fromthe Chicago area. who are interested inscience as a career. have been invited tothe Assemblyr. The program will consistof a series of meetings on differentfrontiers of science with emphasis onscience projects in order to assist stu-dents in choosing a project on whichthe, may work. At each session differentoutstanding completed projects will beshown.

Junior Academy session: 27 Dec.;Elnore Stoldt, Jacksonville Illinois HighSchool. presiding; H. Neil Hardy, OhioState University. recorder. Papers on abrief review of former Junior Academysessions (H. Neil Hardy); the LouisianaJunior Academy Project supported bythe National Science Foundation (HarryJ. Bennett, Louisiana State University);the Tennessee Junior Academy Programsupported by the National ScienceFoundation (M. S. McCay, Universityof Chattanooga); the Young Naturalists'

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Business meeting and reports; 28Dec.; A. M. Winchester, Stetson Uni-versity, presiding. Papers on the do'sand don'ts of applying for NationalScience Foundation and other grants(John A. Yarbrough, Meredith College);Academy utilization of AAAS grantsover the past ten years (Clinton Baker,Southwestern at Memphis).

Panel discussion on current senioracademy problems; 28 Dec.; John G.Arnold, Jr., Loyola of New Orleans,presiding. Discussion on membership-how to increase it (Kenneth B. Hobbs,Ohio Academy of Science); attendance-how to stimulate it (W. C. Oelke,Grinnel College). There will be a debateon the topic "Academies of Scienceshould establish permanent headquartersand obtain full time executive leader-ship." The affirmative will be taken byRobert C. Miller (California Academyof Sciences) and Harold W. Hansen(Minnesota Academy of Science); thenegative by P. U7. Yancey (AlabamaAcademy of Science) and Wayne Taylor(Michigan Academy of Science).Academy Conference Dinner and

Presidential Address: "Tribulations ofthe Science Textbook Author," by A. M.Winchester, Stetson University; 28 Dec.;John A. Yarbrough, presiding.A merican Council on Women in

Science. Conference on Encouraging theParticipation of Women in Science, co-sponsored by Sigma Delta Epsilon; 28Dec.; keynote speaker, Alan T. Water-man. National Science Foundation.There will be three panel workshopsfollowing Dr. Waterman's address: mo-tivating women to select and advance inscientific careers, problems of the work-ing woman scientist, undergraduate andgraduate training for women in science.

Conference on Scientific Communica-tion. Symposium: "Research in Docu-mentation and Communication"; 29Dec.; Joseph Gray Jackson, WilliamSteell Jackson and Sons, presiding.Papers on semiautomatic indexing andencoding (Julius Frome, U.S. PatentOffice); metallurgical document classifi-cation, storage, and retrieval (MarjorieR. Hyslop, Metal Progress); storingnumerical values in an inverted file formechanized information retrieval (D. D.Andrews, U.S. Patent Office); machineliterature searching in science (AllenKent, Western Reserve University).

Symposium: "International C om -munications in Science"; 29 Dec.; J.George Adashko, Soviet Physics, presid-ing. Papers on going abroad for transla-tions (W. E. Sievers, National ScienceFoundation); who is winning the infor-mation war? (G. H. Rostky, ElectronicDesign); tracking the Russian satellite

and rocket literature (I. Hersey, Ameri-can Rocket Society); a combinationtranslation and abstracting program (G.Herrmann, Columbia University).

Session on the Principles of Com-munication, cosponsored by ScienceService; 30 Dec.; writing and sciencepresentation by Watson Davis, ScienceService.

Conference on Scientific Manpower.Two sessions: "Higher Education andTraining in Emerging Fields of Scienceand Technology," cosponsored by theEngineering Manpower Commission,the Scientific Manpower Commission,the National Research Council, the Na-tional Science Foundation, and AAASSection M-Engineering; 28 Dec. Part I;papers on engineering programs in thelight of new technology (Harold L.Hazen, Massachusetts Institute of Tech-nology); graduate training and the spacesciences (John P. Hagen National Aero-nautics and Space Administration);education and manpower problems inoceanography (Gordon A. Riley, YaleUniversity).

Part II; S. B. Ingram, Bell TelephoneLaboratories, presiding. Papers on im-plications of nuclear sciences develop-ments for graduate training (CharlesW. Shilling, Atomic Energy Commis-sion); graduate training for metallurgy(Walter R. Hibbard, Jr., General Elec-tric Company); graduate training re-quirements in chemical fuels (RichardD. Geckler, Aerojet-General Corpora-tion).Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.

Triennial meeting; 30 and 31 Dec.National Association of Science Writ-

ers. Business meeting; 28 Dec. Recep-tion and dinner, by invitation; 27 Dec.;presentation of AAAS-WestinghouseScience Writing Awards; Pierre C.Fraley, Philadelphia Bulletin, presiding.

Scientific Research Society of Amer-ica. Annual convention; 29 Dec. Therewill be a joint luncheon with the So-ciety of the Sigma Xi; 29 Dec. Scienti-fic Research Society of America addressand award of the William Procter Prizewill follow the luncheon.

Sigmia Delta Epsilon. National Coun-cil and Board of Directors Meeting; 27Dec.: Esther S. Anderson, Bureau of theCensus, presiding.

Annual dinner and grand chaptermeeting; 29 Dec.; Esther S. Anderson,presiding.

Luncheon for all women in scienceand address: "Science in Education andEducation in Science," by DelaphineRosa Wyckoff, Wellesley College; 30Dec.; Esther S. Anderson, presiding.

The Society of the Sigma Xi. SixtiethAnnual Convention; 29 Dec.

Address, jointly with Phi Beta Kappa:"Adventure in Learning," by Lee A.DuBridge, California Institute of Tech-nology; 29 Dec.

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