1939 PROGRAM, PACIFIC SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION,
THE STATE COLLEGE OF WASHINGTON, PULLMAN AND UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, MOSCOW, DECEMBER 27-29 1939
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 27, 1939
11:00 am – Registration
12:00 pm – Luncheon
2:00 pm – Afternoon Session
6:00 pm – Dinner
8:00 pm – Evening Session
THURSDAY, DEC. 28, 1939
9:00 am – Morning Session
12:00 – Luncheon
2;00 pm – Afternoon Session
6:00 pm – Dinner
8:00 pm – Evening Session
FRIDAY, DEC. 29, 1939
9:30 am – Morning Session
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1939
LUNCHEON
AFTERNOON SESSION
Chair: Glenn E. Hoover, Mills College
Martin H. Neumeyer, Univ. of Southern California: The Radio as a Social Institution
Carl F. Reuss, State College of Washington: Sociological Analysis of the Concept of News
S.H. Jameson, Univ. of Oregon: Certain Psychological Processes in the Life History of Welfare Agencies
EVENING SESSION
PRESIDENTIAL SESSION
Ernest O. Holland, State College of Washington, Chair
Glenn E. Hoover, Mills College: The Role of Reason in Human Affairs
R. B. Heflebower, State college of Washington (President of the Pacific Coast Economic Association): The Economics of Security
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1939
MORNING SESSION
Chair: George M. Day, Occidental College
Calvin F. Schmid, Univ. of Washington: Political Movements in the State of Minnesota
John M. Foskett, Univ. of Idaho: Emile Durkheim’s Contribution to the Problems of Social Control
Elton Guthrie, Univ. of Washington: Democratic Ideologies in the Sociology of Ward and Cooley
LUNCHEON
AFTERNOON SESSION
Chair: M.H. Neumeyer, Univ. of Southern California
George M. Day, Occidental College: The Sociology of War
Forest La Violette, Univ. of Washington: Voting Characteristics of American Born Japanese
William C. Smith, Linfield College: The Memonites of Yamhill County
EVENING SESSION
Social and Economic Problems of the Pacific Northwest
Chair: Harrison C. Dale, Univ. of Idaho
Paul Landis, Washington State College: Migratory Farm Labor
Calvin Crumbaker, Univ. of Oregon: Federal Power Project
Sinclair Wilson, U.S. Department of Agriculture: (Topic not announced)
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1939
MORNING SESSION
Chair: Fred R. Yoder, State College of Washington
R.H. Dann, Oregon State College: Capital Punishment
Henry Meyer, State College of Washington: Occupational Structure and the Relationship Between Jews and non-Jews in Detroit
Duane Robinson, Whitman College: Teaching Sociology in Our Secondary Schools
