Footnotes 1974 | American Sociological Association

January 1974 (Volume 2, Number 1)

Editorial: Footnotes, One Year Later
1975 Program Committee Solicits Suggestions for San Francisco Meeting
Sociologists Meet in Chicago for Undergraduate Workshop Organized by Hans Mauksch
Roster of Sociologists Available: 460 New PhDs Seek Employment
Certification Requirements for Teaching Psychology, Sociology, and Anthropology in Secondary Schools (Margo Johnson, APA)
Sociology Honor Society Invites Chapter Applications
A Year of Experience in Undergraduate Innovative Learning in Brigham Young Program
Sociologists Among Fulbright-Hays Foreign Scholars in U.S. in 1973-74
Sociologists Work in Agency for International Development
Sociology and Foreign Policy: Peter Blau Represents ASA at State Department Conference
PSA Call for Research Papers by Undergraduates
New Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Announced
A Modest Proposal (Et tu Sociology?) (John Condry)
A Tribute to Maurice Jackson by the Caucus of Black Sociologists
Washington University-St. Louis Launches Departmental Newsletter
Nutrition and and the Behavioral Sciences
Sociological Organizations on the Intra-Regional Level
How ASA Responds to Threats Against Freedom of Research and Teaching
ASA Announces Graduate Fellowships for Minority Students, 1974-75

February 1974 (Volume 2, Number 2)

Doubleheader in Canada: Eighth World Congress of Sociology, Canadian Sociological and Anthropological Association, and ASA Annual Meeting All to be Held in August 1974
Open Nominations Add 15 Candidates to 1974 Election Ballot
Working Papers: Innovation and Invitation (Peter Blau)
Open Forum: “Expanding the Labor Market for Sociologists” (Lawrence Rhoades)
Where in the World is ASA? (about foreign members)
SWS and CSWSD Announce Legislation Project for Sociologists
SSRC Launches Committee on Work and Personality in the Middle Years
Letters to the Editor: “Response to Labovitz” (Franklyn Nelson)
Obituaries: James D. Thompson, Erwin O. Smigel, Mason Griff, James Mickel Williams
Sociologists in ARI (U.S. Army Research Institute): A New Name, a New Approach to Social Research in the Army
Minutes of December 1, 1974 meeting of 1974 Council
Program for International Sociological Association Eighth World Congress of Sociology on “Science and Revolution in Contemporary Societies” (August 18-24, 1974, Toronto)

March 1974 (Volume 2, Number 3)

What is a Sociologist? U.S. Department of Labor to Revise the Dictionary of Occupational Titles
Request for Information: A Study of the Confidentiality of Social Science Research Sources and Data
Focus on Social Structure Sharpens as 25 Features are Announced for 69th Annual Meeting in Montreal
Social Research and Development: Notes on the Budget of the U.S. for FY1975
U.S. Civil Service Commission Moves to Strengthen Relations with Universities
No Run on RANN by Sociologists: Small Turnout Yields Large Grants for Research Applied to National Needs
Letters to the Editor: “Data on ASA Election” (Peter Blau); “Negative Reaction to Affirmative Action” (Pierre van den Berghe); “On Conflict Methodology” (Hin-Wai Wong); “The Statistician in Sociology” (Julia Mewes)
University Presidents Call for Aid to Chilean Scholars
Faculty Recruitment and Affirmative Action (Linda Kumi, ASA Research Assistant)
ASR Leads ASA Publication Circulation in 1973

April 1974 (Volume 2, Number 4)

Facts Compiled from Directory: Non-Academic Employment of ASA Members
ASA Council Makes New Appointments
G. Franklin Edwards and Ralph Turner to Represent ASA in ISA
Committee on Environmental Sociology Appointed
ASA Council Member Orville Brim, Jr., Heads Foundation for Child Development
Search Committee for New ASA Executive Officer
Open Forum: “A Possible Way to Increase Employment Opportunities for Sociologists” (Paul Snyder); “The Challenge of New Roles for Sociologists in Academic and Non-Academic Settings” (Annabelle B. Motz); “Boundary Maintenance and Shiboleths in the Grove of Academe” (B. Eugene Griessman)
Q’s and A’s About the ASA
Interdisciplinary Cooperation Brings Social Science to High Schools
Letters to the Editor: Letter to Leonid Brezhnev from Peter Blau; “Comment on Edgar Borgatta, ‘Affirmative Action in Action’” (Joan Huber); “Rejoinder to Joan Huber” (Edgar Borgatta); “Love, Sociological Style” (Bob Sessions); “Employment” (Arlene Kershaw); “Summation” (Werner D. von der Ohe); “Response from ISA” (Reuben Hill); “Environmental Sociology” (Joel Smith); “Footnotes Fan” (Gerald Marwell)
Jessie Bernard Wins Stuart Rice Merit Award
Institute of International Sociology Celebrates Sixth Anniversary

May 1974 (Volume 2, Number 5)

First Problems of the Discipline Grants Awarded
Schedule Lengthened, Fees Altered for Annual Meeting in Montreal
Authors to ASA Journal Articles to Share Equally in Reprint Fee Revenue
Council Meets for Mid-Year Review
Sociology, Energy, and the NSF Budget
1970 Census Public Use Sample Data File Available
SSSP Meetings in Montreal to Feature International Perspectives on Equal Rights
Survey Research Problems Getting Worse, Study Says
AKD Now 50 Years Old
Q’s and A’s About the ASA
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to American Sociological Society for Sale at $250
Minutes from March 9, 1974 meeting of 1974 Council

August 1974 (Volume 2, Number 6)

President-Elect Lewis Coser Posts Plans for San Francisco Meeting
Presidential Perspective from Montreal: The Year in Review (ASA President Peter Blau)
International Flavor Marks Montreal Meeting
Portrait of New President Lewis Coser
1975 Annual Meeting: Call for Papers
Secretary J. Milton Yinger Sums Up Three Year Term
Alfred McClung Lee New President-Elect; Alex Inkeles New Vice President-Elect
NIMH Offers Research Opportunities at ASA
New ASA Appointments: William A. Anderson, Director of Minority Fellowship Program; Lawrence J. Rhoades New Executive Associate
Questions and Answers from the Montreal Program
Open Forum: “Erase Homo Sapiens” (John James); “Possible Nominees for 1973-76 ASA Offices” (Albert D. Biderman); “Sociology and Social Policy” (Pamela Roby); “A New Course Proposal: Sociology in Practice” (Jack Nusan Porter); “A Conventional Method of Extracting Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors” (Larry Chase); “Does the Ivory Tower Turn to Plastic in the Real World?” (Margaret DiCanio); “Organizing the Profession at the State Level” (Lawrence J. Rhoades)
Letters to the Editor: “Legal Rationale for the Sociologist’s Role in Researching Social Impacts” (Pamela Dee Savatsky); “Chilling Response” (R.P. Cuzzort); “Gouldner’s ‘Is’” (Don Martindale); “Seminal Plot” (Mary Schwab); “Response to Motz” (Stephanie Garrett); “To: Dean of Faculty” (Stanley Grupp)
Obituaries: Irene Barnes Taeuber
Report of the Executive Officer (Otto Larsen)
Report of the Executive Specialist for Minorities and Women (Joan Harris)
Editors’ Reports
Committee Reports
Representative Reports
Section Reports
Minutes of June 1, 1974 meeting of 1974 Council

October 1974 (Volume 2, Number 7)

1975 Program Supplement
ASA Launches Study to Improve Undergraduate Programs in Sociology
First 20 MFP Fellows Start Training; Applications Open for Second Round
Open Forum: “Colony Hutterites as Research Subjects” (S.C. Lee); “Inside the Corps of Engineers” (E. Jackson Baur)
Photos from 1974 Annual Meeting in Montreal
Social Forces Marks Golden Anniversary
Computer-Based Undergraduate Curriculum Materials Exchange
National Academy of Sciences and American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elect Sociologists to Membership
New Source of Info on Personalized Instructional Methods
Boys Town Center for Youth Development at Stanford
Invitation for Research on TV and Social Behavior
Letters to the Editor: “What Is the Use of Statistics in Sociology?” (Hung-tak Lee); “Response to RANN” (D.S. Mileti); “Affirmative Action” (Kenneth R. Temblay, Jr.); “Affirmative Action without Affirmative Results: The Irony of Affirmative Action in Action” (Bhagwati P.K. Poddar); “Scolded” (Jessie Bernard); “Constructing Social Systems” (Bernard Phillips)
AAAS Seeks College Teachers for Short Course Program
Materials Sought for Exhibits on Exemplary Social Graphics
Protection of the Subjects of Social Research
Conference on Transnational Problems
Sociologist David Goslin Named Executive Director of NRC Assembly of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Obituaries: F. Stuart Chapin, Carl Mayer, Ivan Vallier, James M. Reinhardt, Edmund deSchweinitz Brunner, Mark Benney
Socio-Crostic #3 (crossword puzzle, by Gerald Marwell)

November 1974 (Volume 2, Number 8)

ASA Renews Grants for Problems of the Discipline
ASA Committee Selects Candidates for 1975
Open Nominations Procedures Outlined
Undergraduate Study Seeks Proposals
Suggestions Solicited for 1976 Annual Meeting Program
Open Forum: “Inside the Committee on Nominations” (Richard Hall); “Cultural Lag in Sociology: A Byte of a Minority Problem” (C. Jack Gilchrist, Fred S. Halley, John Sonquist); “Toward a More Appropriate Bibliography” (Warren Hagstrom, Gerald Marwell, Kenneth Newton)
Otis Dudley Duncan and Leo A. Goodman Receive 1974 Stouffer Award
HUD Grants for Dissertation Research
Executive Officer Establishes New Links to Committees
Two Sessions Added to 1975 Program
Sorokin Award to Clifford Geertz and Christopher Jencks
Minority Fellowship Deadline Set
Graduate Departments Report Downward Trend in Undergraduate Enrollments
Graduate Departments Cite Areas of Competent Training
Council Takes Action on ASA Publications
Help for Handicapped Students Solicited
Pictures from 1974 Annual Meeting DAN Night
Obituaries: J.L. Moreno
Programs Offered on Western Europe
Questions and Answers on Areas of Sociological Competence
Non-Sexist Terminology
1975 PhD Roster Forms
Minutes from August 26, 1974 meeting of 1974 Council
Auditor’s Report, June 30, 1974

December 1974 (Volume 2, Number 9)

New Editors Appointed for ASA Journals (Doris Entwisle SOE, Allen Grimshaw TAS, Mary Goss JHSB)
Working Paper Sessions Retained for 1975 Annual Meeting
Unfunded ASA Fellows Named
ASA Executive Specialist for Minorities and Women Sought
Director for ASA Minority Fellowship Program Sought
Call for Topics and Presenters for 1976 Didactic Seminars
Open Forum: Otis Dudley Duncan Requests Reconsideration of Stouffer Award (says Leo Goodman should be sole recipient); Leo Goodman Seeks Broader Mandate for Stouffer Award
Letters to the Editor: “University of Karachi Needs Books” (Marvin Sussman); “African Teacher Wants Books” (Julius Chiwata)
NSF Announces 46 Sociology Research Grants
Sociologists Serve as LEAA Fellows; More Fellowships Open
Rutgers Searches For Non-Academic Jobs for Sociologists
NRC Research Associateships
Minority Fellowship Deadline
Sociologists Named Fulbright-Hays Scholars
Russell Sage Offers Resident Fellowships
Procedures Outlined for Sending Address Changes to ASA Office
Transfer Student Problem Cited; Action Urged
Record Voter Turnout Recorded for First ASA Presidential Runoff
Summer Fellowships in Mental Health
1975 Program Adds Social Indicator Session
Manuscripts Solicited for Rose Monograph Series
Sociologist Samuel Stern Writes Column for Weekly Newspaper
More Sociology Majors Gained Than Lost to Other Disciplines
Comparison of Annual Meetings Shows Stability, Change
Guinean Professor Seeks Correspondent (Merton Bland)
Nominations Sought for ASA Awards
Academic Job Market Report: Some Good News and Some Bad News
Obituaries: Harold W. Saunders
Training in Genetics Available Summer 1974
American Association for Public Opinion Research Seeks Student Papers for Competition
Photographs Wanted for Traveling Exhibit
Media Internships Offered by AAAS
ASA Executive Office Located at Landmark Address in Washington

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