1953 PROGRAMS, PACIFIC SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION DIVISIONAL MEETINGS, GEARHART, OREGON, STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA, AND WHITTIER, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 1953*
NORTHERN DIVISION MEETING, GEARHART HOTEL, GEARHART, OREGON, APRIL 23-24, 1953
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1953
1:00-1:30 PM – Registration
1:30-4:00 pm – Afternoon session
FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1953
9:30-11:45 am – Morning session
1:15-2:30 pm –Afternoon session
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1953
AFTERNOON SESSION
John James, Univ. of Oregon: The Small Group Structure of a Small Community
Charles D. McGlamery, Airsite Project, University of Washington: Developing an Index of Work Group Efficiency
Bernard Pustilnik, State College of Washington: A Study of the Social Grading of Occupations with Reference to the Hall-Jones Scale
Herman M. Case and Walter L. Slocum, State College of Washington: Factors Associated with Three Postulated Stages of Occupational Choice Behavior of College Students
FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1953
MORNING SESSION
William R. Catton, Jr. and Richard J. Hill, Public Opinion Laboratory, Univ. of Washington: Predicting the Relative Effectiveness of Leaflets: A Study in Selective Perception with Some Implications for Sampling
Bernard C. Kirby, Univ. of Washington: The Measurement of the Effects of Treatment of Criminals
Herman Mannheim, England, Univ. of Oregon: (topic to be announced)
AFTERNOON SESSION
Sanform M. Dorbusch and Ely Chertok, Univ. of Washington: The Relative Transparency of Different Areas of Self Conception
Snell W. and Gladys J. Putney, Univ. of Oregon: Cultural Innovation in Two Mexican Villages
CENTRAL DIVISION MEETING, UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC, STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 10, 1953
MORNING SESSION
1.A.R. Mangus, Langley Porter Clinic: Medical Sociology: A Study of the Social Components of Illness and Health
2.Kenneth E. Bock, Univ. of California, Berkeley: The Significance of Social Theory
3.Fred H. Blum: Action-research
LUNCHEON
Chair: Herbert Blumer, Univ. of California, Berkeley
3. Alexander Vucinich, San Jose State College: The Ideological Frontiers of Soviet Science
4.Clark E. Vincent, Univ. of California, Berkeley: Marriage and Family Counseling: A Critique
5.Paul Torrance, Human Resources Research Laboratories, Stead Air Force Base: Perceptions of Group Interaction as Related to Group Effectiveness
6.Harold Jacoby, College of the Pacific: A Survey of Sociological Instruction in Central California Colleges
SOUTHERN DIVISION MEETING, WHITTIER COLLEGE, WHITTIER, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 14, 1953
MORNING SESSION
Chair: Martin H. Neumeyer, Univ. of Southern California
Discussants: George T. Fitzelle, Univ. of California, L.A.; William J. Klausner, Univ. of Redlands
Dennie L. Briggs, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, New London, Connecticut: Background Items Related to Marital Adjustment Scores of Submarine Personnel
Robert C. Williamson, Los Angeles City College: Selected Urban Factors in Marital Adjustment
Burton R. Clark, Univ. of California, L.A.: The Role of the Administrator in Modern Adult Education
LUNCHEON
Presiding: Charles B. Spaulding, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara College
1.Ralph H. Turner, University of California, Los Angeles
2.Leonard Broom, University of California, Los Angeles
AFTERNOON SESSION
Chair: Kenneth E. Barnhart, San Diego State College
Discussants: T.E. Lasswell, George Pepperdine College; Svend Riemer, Univ. of California, L.A.; Georges Sabagh, Univ. of Southern California; Harvey J. Locke, Univ. of Southern California
Ray E. Baber, Pomona College: Some Life Conditions of the Aged in California
Joseph B. Ford, Los Angeles State College: Development of Central Business Districts in U.S. Cities
Bruce M. Pringle, Management and Marketing Research Corporation: A Systematic Procedure for Categorizing Descriptive Material
Channing W. Murray, Univ. of California, L.A.: Professed Fear of Flying: A Study in Social Contagion
* In 1953, the Association did not hold an annual meeting. In lie of its regular meeting it co-sponsored the annual meeting of the American Sociology Society in Berkeley, which was the first time the ASA met in the Pacific region. Because of this, the PSA bolstered its divisional meetings in the North, Central, and Southern regions in 1953. These divisional programs are listed here. The presidential address in 1953 by Stuart C Dodd was given at the 1953 meeting of the American Sociological Society in Berkeley, California.
