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NEWS LETTER
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON FAMILY RELATIONS
1219 University Avenue, S. E.
Minneapolis 14, Minnesota
Volume 5, Number 3
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE FAMILY
Plans continue to shape up well for the International Conference on the Fami]y to be held August
23-26, 1960 at Teachers College, under the auspices of the International Union of Famizy Organizations, and in conjunction with the Annual Heeting of the !CFR. Harold Christensen reports
that because of a considerable number of speakers from abroad, an additional group of meetings,
"Consultations with viorld Lea.ders 11 , has been scheduled for Hednesday. Since the time for filling
quotas has passed, we can now take a few more registrations until our final quota of 1200 is
reached. \irite the National Office. Conference delegates are asked to check in at Headquarters,
Room 256, Thom~on Hall, ~ ear"ly as possible August 23. Registration will start at 1 P.M.
Hay, 1960
NCFR FAHILY LAl.rJ COMMITTEE
The Committee on FAmily Law of the NCFR is seeking to collect reprints and reports of research
in the field of marriage and divorce which could be 1.15eful to l'!V:3mbers of the legal profession
who handle dol1J3stic relations problems. Articles which delineate the nature of famizy problems,
procedural measures to prevent or ameliorate family difficulties, and especially the contributions that the behavioral sciences can mak€J to>-Tard the development. of a realistic appraisal of
the family as a socio-legal unit of society are requested. Please send such materials to
t1t's. Marie Kargrre.n, Barristers Hall, Boston 8, Massachusetts.
COUNCIL OF NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
At the meeting of the Council of National Organizations on Children and Youth of the Golden
Anniversary White House Conference in Washington March 31st, Aaron Rutledge was elected to the
executive committee of the continuing Council.
COMPLII1ENTARY INTERNATIONAL STJBSCRIPI'IONS
A complimentary subscription has been sent to Peter Gutkind, Staff Tutor in Social. Work, Universicy College of the 1tlest Indies, who i::: developing a systematic training progra.m in social work
education for the British \Jest Indian islands. Formerly their social workers have had to go
abroad for professional training.
Other new international courtesy subscriptions are going to Dr. Hans Simon, Under-secretary,
~'!inistry for Family Affairs, i·Jest German Government; to Professor Yuzuru Okada, Sociology Department, Tokyo Y.yoiku University; and to Professor Takashi Koyama, Sociology Department, Tokyo
Toritsu University.
DEC:ISION 11-WE AT NC:FR EXECUTIVE ~1EETIN:Y REGARDING STUDENT :r.'!EMBERSHIP
A person Hho is recommended by a urofessor for student membership may keep that status for three
years while he is a student without an additional letter from the professor. At the end of three
years, if the person is to continue to hold student membership rather than regular membership,
a professor's signature is ag~in required.
NCFR I'IEI'ffiERS REPR.ESENI' THE COUNCIL
The NCFR has been invited to serve as one of the Participating Agencies of the 13th Annual Conference on Aging to be held in Ann Arbor June 27-29, 1960. Esther Middlewood will be our representative.
\.Jallace Fulton will represent l\CFR at the International SociaL!.. \'lelfare Conference in Washington
September 29-30.
C:hristine Beasley represented NCFR at the Inauguration of Dr. Andrew David Holt as the new president of the Universit,y of Tennessee.
COTJ1TC IL NE'dS
INDIANA: The Indiana Council's annual meeting was held at Indiana Central Coller:e March 25-26.
Reuben Behlmer, president, reported that although the state membership is about 'Bo, 1000 invita-
�-2tions went in addition to all P.'!'.A.. presidents in Indianapolis; to ell Health, ~'h;ysic:a1 Education, and HoMe Economics teache!'s in the state; and to dem'JS of men <>nd woroon in the stete.
That same month, Elizabeth s. Force led a Horl:shop for IndianapoJ:i.> •1e<>~.th ::;ncl physical edc1.Gatio:c
te~chers and ~ublic he ~1 t~ nurses.
TEXAS:
The lhth AnilUal Conference of the Texas C01mcil on Family Ilolations 11"as held c>.t. i:?st
Texas State College Febru::Jry 19-20, in conjunctj c1 uith the A:r.ea Sb: l;1 2e''Vice Teachers :·:e8t.ing
for vocational Homemaking Teachers, Texas Education Agenc~f· The the"le 1,ras a:.:il"O'\o!:':_r::: Indiv·id'lal
Values 1-fithin the FamilY". The Friday evenin.::: .'l.ddrcss ':T23 given hy Dr. Earl Lor11on Koos, Jenm·tment of Sociology, Texas Technological Gollege, on the s e.h}::c::t. 11 \·Jhere Do i·•le So in Family Life
Education?ll Saturday morning, Dr. Harold D. Lasswell of Yale University delivered an address on
"Conservation of Values Within the Family11 • This wP::: follovmd by .:t::.cc,lSS ion c;rou~x> on Co-rn:nw5.. ty
Programs that Help Promote and Haintain Values; the Counselor and the Teacher Look nt 7alues in
the School; 1rfuat Parents a.nd Teachers Need to Ynow About Values in Our Changin:: Tblc-JS; and "r.Jl.-.Rt
Values Make Sense to Students.
GEORGIA: The Georgia Conference on Family Life held its 1960 rre8ting at tho G8org:i 2. •jent~r for
Continuing Educatiotl, Athens, Georgia, April 15-16. The conference featured a vrorksho~) on courtship, with its purpose the presenting of an up-to-date sum.>:J.ary of researel1 2.:1d p:t'o.:'css~:mal
an~lysis on: two of the most difficult problems faci:nJ?; you11g people tod:w--'!,rhcn to marry Ptld whom
to marryo
NATIOTI!AL NARRIA.GE GUIDANCE COUNCIL OF AllSTRALIA: l1r. W. G. Coughlan, HonorabJ.e Secrct::o.'"J, reports continuous expansion and progress in Anstrali~, 1Ni th the development of sever'll state
councils. He feels that one of the signs of their grO't·ri.ng reco~nition h2s be'3r. the increasing
willingness on the part of doctors, hospi taJ..s, clergymen, social 1<Iorkers, psychologists, and educators to work with them. Each of the State Councils comprising their r:1'3C1bership is in pffiliation with the National Marriage Guidance Cottncil in Britain. They also have official links
with the IlJFO, the NCFR, and local organ:iz at ions. Their marriage guidance program includes c;eneral education for marriage; specific preparation for marriPge; 3nd m3rriage counseling and
conciliation.
MICHIGAN: The l'~ichigan Council on FamilY Relations held its annual spring meeting in Grand
Rapids Hay 11th. The theme was "Every Family is Different". The TCFR has :nade prelimlna:>:'y pla.ns
for its 1960 Fall 1rJorkshop, to be held at St. Uary 1 s Lake, October 14-15, with Esther 1-!:Lddlelmod
as program chairman.
ILLINOIS: The Universi 1{{ of Illinois co.operated with the Illinois Council in presenting a confererv::e on "The Challenge of Parenthoodn Harch 11-12 in Urbana. At the Friday afternoon session
there were three speakers: Dr. J. Joe1 Moss, Southern Illinois UniYersity, on the topic "Implications of the Trends 'f.oward Leisure Time and Eariy l'iarriage for Parenthood"; Dr. John P. Ham,
University of Chicago, on "The Father and the Family''; and Dr. Bernard Farber, University of
Chicago, on "Parental Dissatisfaction with Siblings of Retarded Childrenn.
After a dinner meeting, Dr. E. E. LeMasters, University of viisconsin, presented a talk on 'tr'arenthood as Crisis 11 , followed by comments by Dr. Sylvanus Duvall and Dr. Ralph England.
Saturday morning Dr. Madrigale M. McKeever, clinical psychologist, gave the presidential address
on 11 The Psychology of Adopted Children11 o A pane 1 dis C11S sion followed.
MISSOURI: The general theme of the I1issouri Cou.."lcil's meeting in Kansas City April 23rd vras "Communication in Family Life 11 • DaVid Fulcomer, Iovra State Uni versi ~r, gave the keynote address.
New officers are: Esther Prevey, president; Marguerite Arand, president-elect; Ruth Cooper, vicepresident; Mike Pulliam, secret~; and Allen Zacher, treasurer.
SOUTHERN CALIFCRNIA: A third planning meeting was held in February, under the chairmanship of
Nona Cannon, to organize a council in this area.
PACIFIC NCRTHWEST: The Pacific Northwest Council held its 17th Annual Conference March 2h-26 in
Portland. The theme was "Sex, l1orality, and Early Marriage 11 • Among the resource people were
Mar,y and Ernest Osborne, Thomas Poffenberger, Lester Beck, Lester A. Kirkendall, David s. Brody,
Sigrid Gould, Roberta Frazier, John Phillips, Troy Strong, and Alice Gould. Ernest Osborne gave
the keynote address on "Dilemmas of Family LiVing - A Skeptic 1 s Viewpoint11 • Lester Kirkendall
was NCFR 1 s official representative at the meeting.
MARYlAND:
A Maryland Council on Family Relations has been formed with Katharine Whiteside Taylor
�-3as president. Their first meeting 0:1 Hay 18th had the thelll3 11 Hhat Values for the Family Today?tt
Dr. Edm:.rd Wallin, Cultural Anthropologist, :iarvard University, spoke on "Changing Family Patterns"; and Elizabeth s. Force, ASHA, spoke on 11 Lastir.g Family Values". 0tl"er Maryland officers
are l'1rs. Jeanne Hoehn, Mr. Cortez H. Puryear, and Mrs. Harguerite Nussbawn.
NOH.TH C.I\ROLINA.: The amual conference of the North Carolina Council will be in Greensboro, October .30-Nove'Uber 1, 1960. The theme will be "Early Marriages". Edwin s. Preston is presidento
U'l'AH: The Utah Council met April 22nd at Utah State University. The theme was "Home From the
Hhite House Conference - Guides for the Sixties 11 • Rex Skidmore was moderator.
OHIO: ~he Ohio Council held its annual meeting April 4th, in conjunction with the Groves Conference. Aaron L. Rutledge was the dimer sr:eaker.
TRI-..STATE: Tri~tate Council met at Notre Dai:le High School, Bridgeport, Comecticut Hay 14th for
a meeting <::entered aroand the topic 11 Jelpi!1g Adolescents Tm-rard Effective Family Living".
Luncheon speaker was Elizabeth S. Force.
Tri-3tate l:J.eld a meeting at a New York correctional institution on Riker's Isl<md January 23rd.
Com·1issioner of Correction Anna Ho Kross was in charge of the meeting, which included a tour of
buildings, lunch, talks b;r tHo 1-rardens (both ·~-rorking on doctorates), and convers Rtion with some
prisoners in jaiJ. for non-payment of alimony.
Tri-state president is Hrs. Jane '1ayer, Marriage Council & Fami]y Guidance, Inc., New York City.
I-:.&..NSAS: The Kansas Family Life Association is meeting in Topeka October 13-1~.
will be t.he speaker.
Aaron Rutledge
VIRGINIA: The Virr;inia Council on Family Relations, of which Raleigh Hobson, Director of Public
1·:cl.fare, is president, met Harch 29th. Their discussions were centered around the illegitimacy
problem. The featured speaker was Aaron Rutledge. Other officers are Harry 1-l. R.oberts, Mr's.
Francis B. \·Tilli ams, Hrs • Phyllis l1ann, and Hiss Sara Thom3S.
lJ.t'PSR PENINSUUq An UpLJer :'::minsuho Chapter of the Nichigan Council has formed, with Robert
Dre-vr, State Office Building, Escanaba as president. John Hudson, Herrill-Palmer Institute, was
the speal{er at their conference April 2nd, on the theme "Marriage Today". David B. Treat, Director of the Clara Elizabeth Fund for Maternal Health, was NCFR 1 s official repres.entative and also
spoke at the conference.
I1INNESffi'A: 11/a:yne J. Anderson, University of Nin..'1esota, is president of the Hinnesota Council.
A two-day workshop on teen-age marriages is scheduled for October 7-8 in Minneapolis.
SOliTH CAROLINA: New officers of the South Carolina Co'.Ulcil are: ~"Irs. Ellie L. Herrick, Extension
Family Life Specialist, Clemson Agricultural College, president; Dr. Alma Bentley, co-chairman;
Dro Allen B. Edwards, secretary; and Dro Neal l~ndham, treasurer.
IOI'iA: About 50 Im.Jc> teachers participated in a vforkshop on Teaching Family Relations in High
School sponsored by the Iowa Council and held at Ames in October. The sessions were highly successful, and future workshops in, a variety of sections of the state have been recommended. Lee
~urchinal and Leonard Cole served as co-chairmen.
THo workshops on ~!arria;:;e Counseling have been planned by the Iowa Council for spri11rs, 1960, in
Iowa. City and Sioux City. Counseling techniques and skills for those indi victuals without professional training but l~ho in the course of their work with families engage in marriage and family counseling will be the focus of both workshops.
NEt<JS ABOUT I'1EMBERS
Ivan l'Jye 1·rill join the staff of Florida State University in September, 1960 as Professor of
Sociology and Director of the Interdivisional Doctoral Program i.n Marriage and Family LiViQS.
He will take the editors hip of l~'UAGE AlllD FPJ.ITLY LIVING with him.
Dr. Barbara P. Grigg.s has been appointed Dean of the College of Home Economics at Syracuse.
Dr. E11gene Link and his family are again in India on a Foundation grant.
Dr. Ben F. Timnons retired .last September from the Universi~ of Illinois, where he has Emeritus
st01tus and privileGes; and is now a visiting professor in Sociology at Grinnell College, I~ a.
He is also doin;:; research on 11 The Cost of 1fleddings 11 , to compare with a study he did 20 years ago
on the same subject.
�-4Ben Schlesinger is teaching this year at the Centre for P.dvanced Study and Training, Uorld Assembly of Youth. YehJal, }tysore, India. He <muld vJelcome visits from any IJCFR t18mbers Hho go to
Southern India. If any members who are planriing to visit India have questions regarding clothes,
custom:l, etc., he would be glad to answer their letters.
Donald C. Jolmson, Public Health Educator in Ethiopia, recently joined HCFR.
member in Ethiopia.
He is our first
Gladys I. Bellinger, formerly at the Uni.versi ty of Hinnesota, has been named head of the Department of Home Economics at the University of Idaho.
Dr. H. David Kirk is pro,ject director for the Adoption Research Pro,ject, being conducted this
year at tlhi ttier College, where the cultural, social,_ and personal dimensions of child adoption
are being explored. The study objectives include work vJith groups of adoptive parents and vJith
young adults who were adopted.
Mrs. Elba Crum, chairman of Seattle 1B program in Family Life Education, writes that s.even of their
90 parent cooperative preschool group:; are for retarded children, an::l. more •·rill be formed. In
addition, they have had very succe~sful adoptive classes. Their program recently was visited qy
educators from seven foreign countries, here on grants for six month~, three of which are spent
in a formal course of study. They then visit some of the-best programs in vocational education,
counseling and guidance, and, vocational administration and supervision. Their Seattle tour included observations of parent preschool groups, a parent-toddler group, a. preschool group for
parents of retarded children; and attendance at ·several of the regular classes for parents, such
as 11 The New Baby11 , 11 Understarrling Children's Behavior 11 , and 11 1eadership Training 11 •
Dr.. Paul Popenoe was elected president of the America!l Institute of Family Relations in February.
Dr. Richard H. Klemer was named to succeed him as General Director.
Dro 1-fildred I. Horgan is closing her work as professor of Home and Family Life at Florida State
Universityo She plans to work and travel vrith her husband, Dr. 1<Jilliam Horgan, and to do parttime free-lancing in the Family Life field. She vdll be a.vailable for short term engagem:Jrrts
alone or with her husband - they are a husband-wife team in this field. They have just completed
a workshop under the auspices of the Florida Council of Churches, on the Hin:i.stry of the Church
to the Family. In July }1ildred Horgan will serve as co-director of a two-week Family Life 1-Iorkshop at Utah State University. After July 1, the norgans 1 address -v;ill be High Top Colony,
Black Hountain, North Carolina.
Dr. Louis E. Nelson writes that the Family Course at East Tennessee State College has been reorganized. Sociology and Home Economics are cooperating to offer a course in Preparation for
Marriage. Sociology also offers a. course in Family Relations and a graduate course in Comparative Family Systems. One night a week counseling services are offered at both the Presbyterian
and !1ethodist Churches. A Community Counseling seminar has been in progress for several months.
In addition, Dr. Nelson sits in on the staff meetings at the local Mental Health Clinic as a
consultant 6n Family Relations.
Thomas D. Eliot is teaching Marriage and the Family at Northern Illinois University, De Kalb.
He has written a book, Norway's Families, pUblished by the University of Penn~ylvania Press; and
is preparing an article on Nor>fayls Policies Regarding Deliberate Reproductive Controls.
A :tCFR member, Has on H. Watson of Philadelphia, died on October 19th from a he art attack.
Dr. Karl Miles Wallace, Associate Professor of Sociology at Los Angeles State College, has announced the resumption of his introduction service for scientific matchmaking.
Incorporated as
THE KARL WlLLACE FOUNDATION, the new organization has offices at 270 South Alexandria Avenue,
Los Angeles
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The service is nation-wide, and may be carried on by correspondence.
The Rev. David Seaman, ~linister, Central United Protestant Church, Richland, Washington died
suddenly on March 26, 1960.
Charlene and Paul Palmer, Goleta, California are going to Japan for the summer. He will work as
an agricultural consultant; and she will present a paper at a Japanese national meeting, and
conduct research. They will stay at a school with which one of our Japanese members, Mr. Tayi
Takahashi, is connected. ·
�-5Henry Bm•man is serving as the leader for a two-week Horkshop in Family Life Education during
the Tulsa, Oklchoma Conference on Education Hay 31 - June ll.
Helen Hanley is succeeding Hrs. J. Hart Brm-m as executive director of the His souri Sotial
Hygiene Association. :Iiss Hanley has been Director of Health, Physical Education and Safety in
the University City, I·Iissouri school system.
Sexology Hagaziile hss appointed Voster A. I\irkendall as a member of its board of consultants,
and as specia.l editor of its Sex Guidance for Parents Tiepartment.
The Rev. Ray H. Kelley, Ph.D., for 6! years minister of Plymouth Congregational Church in St.
Paul, Hinnesota, has entered private practice as a full time marriage counselor. His office is
at the St. Paul Council of Churches.
i1rs. Eliza beth S. Force, has been- made Associate Director of the Education Division, ASH.A...
The Baldvrin Community :-·iethodist Church, Pittsburgh, opened a. Community Counseling Clinic in
September, 1958. Dr. Tibor Chikes, Director of the Clinic, is an ordained minister, '1-Ti th a doctorate in Psychology of Religion. A team of experienced professional personnel, including Dr.
David L. Spence, consulting psychiatrist; Dr. George ~'ielsh, consulting psychologist; the Rev.
Samuel H. Longenecker, and the Rev. George V. I·1acCausl211d, counselors, is availa.b1e Hhen a need
for inter-professional consultation is indicatecl. Help is offered to all with emotional or
mental problems, regardless of race or religion.
Dr. Eleanor Hamilton, l 1!r. Lester Dearborn, and Dr. and r·frs. Ralph Eckert have conducted a series
of Fn:nily Life Institutes at the Stewart Air Base this year. Dr. Hamilton will also conduct a
'1-TOrlcshop on marriage counseling for Protestant ministers at Norvrich, Connecticut State Hospital.
Leah Cahan Schaefer, New York psychotherapist, has recorded two record albums for United Artists
Records: 11 A Girl and a Guitar" (Lee Schaefer and Jim Hall); Clnd '1Finian 1 s Rainbmv and Brigadoon
Remembered" (Lee and Hal Schaefer). ix. :md Hrs. Schaefer recently received an :-Ionor Certificate
of I-Ierit from the Hationa1 Association for Retarded Children for some television progralr6 they
made for them.
V!illiam R. Reevy, Ph.D., Sacramento· State College, has written the articles on Adolescent Sexual:. ty and Child Sexuality Hhich '1-lill appear in 11 The gncyclopedin of Sexual 3ehavior 11 , Albert
Ellis and Albert Ab arbane 1, Editors, to be published in June, 1960 by Havrthorn Books.
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Elizabeth A. Smart, a IJCFR member for many years, and an attorney in tvashington, D. C. died last
fall. The several years 1 issues of l'f1ARIUAGE; MID FA11ILY Ln'DD •;hich belonged to Miss Smart were
taken by the Congressional Library to use in their foreign exchange department.
l1arion Vuilleumier, Director of Christian Education, Second Church, Holyoke, !VIassachre etts, has
conducted an interest group on ''Bringing Up Parents 11 Sund;zy- evenings in Greenfield, in the University of Life program sponsored by tre Greater Greenfield Council of Churches.
NE';;S IlELEASES
The Institute for Child and Family Development of the vloman's College, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, started fw1ctioning in September, 1v-ith Dr. I. V. Sperry as Director. The
purposes of this ne~• organiz a.tion are: to stimulate and coordinate '~esearch in child development and family life and to transmit the findings to interested lay groups; to provide consultation, instruction, and facilities for groups who wish to secure the results of research, the
latest technical information, and the Institute 1 s best kllO'irledge about the development of children and families. The Institute 1 s Board of Governors include faculty members from the related
disciplines, an::l a research staff is continuing >vork on the several research projects noH coordinated by the organization of the Institute.
The Hethodist Chtrch in l1ichigan expects to have between 600-700 persons in its Family Camp pro-
g;r8m this s u.mmer. About hal~ of these will be in organized Family Tent Camps. The t•,m conferences have been experillJ3nting with this type of church-sponsored organized Family Camping for the
past four yeaxs, and have developed a manual for the training of leaders for these tent-camps.
~irite John D. Rozeboom, Flint District Hethodist Church, 3221 Lapeer Street, Flint 3, Hichig:=m.
�-6The National Social ',lfelfare Assembly's !lation<:~l Committee on the Aging has receivrod~aFord
Foundation grant of :$750,000 which Will enable them to r.1ovc ahead over the next seven yea·s ;::1s
a central, n<Jtional resource for planning, information, consultation, and m<Jterials on services
to the aging.
Building Bridges of Understanding is the conference theme for the Adult Educa.tion l\Ssociation of
£he U.S.A. for its"annual meetir\i in Denver Octover lh-17. The Ho:ne and Famil:r Life section Hill
meet October 16. \·iallace Fulton will speak on "Priorities in Family Life Educ;:d.;ion for Adult.sn.
A m.unber of NCFR members are active in the conduct of a. "Survey of F"'~1ily Life Edcc ation in 1.roluntary Agencies in Connecticut 11 , under the .joint sponsorship of the Connecticut Corn:nittee on
Family Life Education (headed by :1rs. ~:J:arion R. Giddings and Rev. John C. Knott) and the Sociology Departrent of the Universiil.f of Hartford. Director of the Survey is Dr. Abrahc.m E. Knepler,
Chairman of the Sociology Departl'll8nt, assisted by i·Irs. Giddin;s, Re7. l~nott, '·:illi::nn c. O'Neill,
and an Advisory Committee consisting of Raymond 3runnell, Jr., Ruth C. Coules, Jr. Ralph G.
Eckert, \vallace c. Fulton, Rothe Hilger, and Luna B. leach.
Seattle held a conference for principals, counselors, guidance workers, and other teen-age leaders
in February, with Dr. David r~ace speaking on 11 Problems of Illegitimacy and EGrly i'larriage. 11
The National Council of Churches of Christ in the u.s.A. and the Ccmadian Council of Churches are
co-sponsoring a North American Conference on the Church and Fa11ily Life ~1ay 1-5, 1961 at Green
Lake, \hsconsin, with Evelyn and Sylvanus Dmrall as co-chairmen. They report th2t the central
purpose of this conference is to take a honest look at the moral confusions of our times as they
relate to sex, marriage, and family life. Its goal is to develop a series cf statements on contemporary issues based upon research studies and clinical evidence in the light of Christian
principles. The conference Will speak only for itself, but Hill present its finditv~s to the
Canadian and National Council of Churches and to their member units for further consideration.
A seven state area conference for ministers of all faiths on marria.ge and family counseling uas
held at Southern Hethodist University February 29-Narch 2, 1960, with Henry A. Bo.,rman as major
resource person. Plans are to conduct such a conference every two years, with outstanding leaders
in the marriage and family field as leaders. The conference is under the sponsorship of the Family Life Foundation, Dallas, Texas. The Rev. Lloyd H. Jones is :;:.xecuti ve Director.
The National Conference on Social \velfare ·Hill meet June 5-10, 1960 at f.tlantic City. The theme
for the forum is 11 The 1960 1 s - Social '\IJelfare Responds to a New Era 11 • ';-Jri te the ;\rational Conference on Social Welfare, .22 't-Iest Gay Street, Colu.rnbus 15, Ohio.
The establishment of a joint survey servioo to help states and local commllLJ.ities throughout the
United States study their needs for services and facilities to help children and families has
been annonnced by the Child 'lt!elfare League of Aroorica, the Family Service Jl..ssociation of America,
the National Probation and Parole Association, and the National Travelers Aids Association. The
nelf service is directed by Maurice o. Hunt, forrrBrly chief of the bure::m of child welfare of the
Maryland State Department of Public ivelfare. The joint survey service will Hark out of the headquarters of the FSAA, 215 Park Avenue South, Nm1 York City. Fees 1v:ill be based on survey costs.
The joint knowledge and findings of a battery of professional staff members from all four national
organizations rather than from just one agency or specialty 1rJill be made available to those using
the sei'"'.rice.
The Institute for Child and Family Development of the 1!oman 1 s College of the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro has launched a study of the extent of high school marriages in North Carolina and the policies of school administrations regarding them. The study is under the direction of' Bill Sperry, director of the Institute, arrl Hiss Ruth Thompson, graduate assistant, and
is being financed by the Homan 1 s College Research Council. Questionnaires have been mailed to
the principals of all of the accredited junior and senior high schools in Horth Carolina in order
to ascertain: (1) the number of students in each of the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and hrelfth
grades; (2) the number of married students in each of these grades; (3) the policies of the school
systems toward married students; (4) the extent of family life education in the schools; (5) the
nature of the 11 problem11 presented by married high school students 1.v:i. thin the school system; and
(6) the efforts being made to meet the special needs of married high school students. Findings
of the study will be used as a basis for discussion at the annual conference of the North Carolina Family Life Council. which along 1..ri th the North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers~
is co-sponsoring the pr-oject.
�-7The Institute for Child and Family Development of the !'Toman's College of the Univers:lty of North
Carolina at Greensboro assisted with the planning and was host to a state PTA vJorkshop for Leaders
in Parent and Family Life Education which was held on the campus February e-11. PTA leaders from
all areas of the state were in attend8nce. The purpose of the '\,Jorkshop Has to train leaders who
would be able to return to their corJL'llunities to plan and conduct Family Life and Parent Education
workshops there.
Lee Steiner, Nevr York Psychologist, announces the formation of a ne>v organization, The Acadenw of
Psychologist Harital Counselors. She is the first president. Herbert I1. Schall is treasurer.
Hembership is open to all professional psychologists who conduct marriage counseling. \IJrite
Hrs. Steiner a.t 50 East 72nd Street, Ne'" York 21, New York.
The American Orthopsychiatric Association, Inc. annou_Ylces that Dr. 1dilliam s. Langford, professor
of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, became president
in February. Dr. Fritz Redl vJas n<Jmed president-elect. The Association is a national professional
society whose membership includes psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric social workers and
others involved in team approaches to prevention and treatmen-c or oenavior problems and rel:oJted
training and research.
The Herrill-Palmer School has changed its name to the l"!errill-Palmer Institute of Human Development and Family Life.
The Department of Sociology at 1"!ci''Iaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, held a conference on theory
and research in kinship, marriage, and the family February 12-13. The conference was attended
by sociologists, anthropologists and soci<Jl workers from Eastern Canada. Papers were read by
David H. Schneider, Department of Anthropology, University of California; 1:!illiam A. 1eJestley,
Chairman of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, HcGill University; H. David Kirk, Director of Adoption Research Project, wl1ittier College, California and HcGill University School of
Social iiork; and Peter c. Pineo, Departroont of Sociologr, McHaster University.
The Arrerican Home Economics Association is holding its 51st Annual Heating in Denver June 28July 1, 1960. The entire convention program. is e;eared toward uses and adaptations of aspects of
New Directions and their challenges; and predictions of work in the future.
The lOth International Conference of Social vJork will be held in Rome, January B-14, 1961.
The Jeviish Family Service, New York, annolll1ces the M. Robert Gomberg Hemorial Conference on F~m
ily Dynatnics, Family Change and Family Psychotherapy, June 2-3 at the New York Academy of Medi ..
cine, 2 Ea.st 103rd Street. \'Jrite i'1r. Sanford N. Sherman, Associate Executive Director, Jewish
Family Service, 33 1~est 60th Street, New York 23, New York.
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Beginning Harch 28, 19to, the Fund for Adult Education and the National Broadcasting Compa:n;v
viill jointly cooperate in the presentation of a series of sixteen 90-minute radio broadcasts
designed to improve public l.Ulderstanding of how our society works, so that more people may be
stimulated to play a role in shaping its future. The series, Image America, will enlist the best
minds in this country and abroad in an effort to reveal the true character-'of America, its people
and its institutions, through a clear and honest appraisal of their strength, their weaknesses
and their probable future."
SEHINJ\RS, vWRKSHOPS
Syr<1cuse University, NeH York. Family itlorkshop, July 5-22. 3 hours credit. Deals ;'lith the
study of the family from the point of vie;,r of psychiatry, psychology, sociology, and anthropology.
Taught by Catherine s. Chilman, Ph.D.; V.Jilliam F. Knoff, H.D.; and William P. Mangin, Ph.D.
University of Alaska, College, Alaska. ltlorkshop on lfThe American Family--Gone or Going Strong?''
June 13-17. Directed by Harry l'Ioore, University of Texas, and Bernice Moore, Hogg Fo1.U1dation for
Hental Health, Austin, Texas. Hri te r·:irs. Lola Tilly, Chairman, Division of Home Economics.
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The Sociology of the Family. Instructed by
Franz Adler of the University of California at Davis. Write Director of the Summer Session.
�-8Eastern Hontana. College of Education, Billings, Hontana. Interdisciplinary 1-Iorkshop on "Family
Relations 11 • June 9-11. Co-sponsored by the Hontana State Joint Conunittee on Improving Family
Life Education in the Collegeo Directed by Raymond E. Troyer. 1rJrite the Director. ~
Oregon State College, Corvallis, Oregon. vlorkshop on "Teenage Dating Problems and Early Harrjage". June 20-July 1. Directed by Lester A. I\irkendall.
"Child Development11 , arrl "Family Relations". June 20-July 29. Taught by Henry D. Schalock.
"Parent Educat:i:on11 • June 20-July 29. Taught by Nrs. Katherine Read. Information from
Department of Family Life, School of Horne Economics.
University of Oregon, Eugene, Orego_o. Seminar on "Family Life Education". June 20-August 12.
Taught by Charles F. Warnatn.
11 The B'amily in American Culture".
June 20-August 12. Taught by Theodore B. Johannis, Jr.
11 Group Dynamics 11 •
June 20-August 12. Taught by Theodore B. Johannis, Jr. and Herbert
Bisno. Information from the Department of Sociology.
Central viashington College of Education, Cheney, 1:Jashington. 11orkshop on "Family Life Education".
July S-15. Directed by Gelolo McHugh of Duke University • Information from Director of the
Summer Sessiono
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Eastern ltlashington College of Education, Cheney, Washington. Mrs. Ruth Osborne of Hinsdale
(Illinois) To;.mship High School will teach a course on child development and will be in charge
of the nursery school for the 1960 summer session. Information from the Director of the Summer
Session.
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
11
Family Relations".
July 21-August 21.
Taught
by Miss Bethine Bigej of Hontana State College.
11
Family Relationships".
School of Home Economics.
June 20-July 20.
Taught by Nrs. Sigrid Gould.
Information from
Hartford School of Religious Education, The Hartford Seminary Foundation, 55 Elizabeth Street,
Hartford 5, Connecticut. The Art of Counseling. Jm1e 12-25. Dr. Walter H. Clark. 1 hour credit
i f desired.
The Merrill-Palmer Institute: Viorkshop for family life educators and high school teachers,
June 27-July 8, dealing primarily with the teaching of family life education, its content, current materials, methods and techniques.
The l!J:errill-f·almer Institute: Horkshop on Counseling with Students in Family Living Courses,
July 11-22; designed for those teachers who were not formerly trained as counselors, but who
as a part of their classroom work firrl themselves called upon to serve in that capacity. h'rite
John Hudson for brochure.
Southern Illinois University's St. Louis Center; Jnne 20-July l. Horkshop in Harriage Counseling.
Workshop in Intergroup Relations. \flri te to liorkshops in Clinical & Cultural Dynamics of Family
Life, East St. Louis Center, Southern Illinois University, 909 Ohio Avenue, East St. Louis, Ill.
Announcements of seminars, etc. are made for the information of NCFR members, without any implication of sponsorship or endorsement.
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NEWS LETTER
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON FAMILY RELATIONS
1219 University Avenue, 5. E.
Minneapolis 14, Minnesota
October, 1960
Volume 5, No. 4
A LE'l'TER FliOM OUR PRES !DENT
Dear NCFR Members:
The recently held International Conference on the Family was both a tremendous job and an outstanding success. The theme "Personal Maturity and Family Security" was explored from many
angles throughout four plenary sessions, twenty separate section meetings, twenty concurrent
discussion groups assembled on two separate occasions, and two special sessions titled "Consultations with World Leaders." The International Flavor was provided by the participation of
approximately 200 delegates from 30 separate countries from outside the United States. Papers
and summaries of papers were translated into English, French, German, and Spanish and were duplicated1for distribution. Most of the sessions had the assistance of interpreters. Over-all
attendance was in the neighborhood of BOO.
This was the first time NCF~ has undertaken the sponsorship of an International meeting and also
the first time that the International Union of Family Organizations, with headquarters in Paris,
France, has ever held its meeting on the American side of the Atlantic. I feel confident that
both organizations have benefited through this experiment. Though there were numerous problems
and difficulties in planning and in working out all of the details, most of the people we called
upon were willing and anxious to do their full part. As a result, we experienced few disappointments and the conference went off relatively smoothly from beginning to end. There have been
numerous testimonies of the high quality of the program and of the enjoyment and stimulation that
came from mingling with people from various parts of the world. It was an experience in friendship and in the cross fertilization of ideas.
As Program Chairman, I would like to express appreciation to all of those who helped in any way.
The general Planning Committee with Aaron Rutledge at the bead carried the major responsibility
and each member of this committee experienced nearly a full-time job extending over several
months. I personally want to thank the various section chairmen and discussion group leaders as
well as the actual participants in the various sessions for their parts in making the program a
success.
The following quotation is from a letter over the signatures of the officers of the International
Union of Family Organizations--Xavier Ryckmans, President; Jean Delaporte, Secretary General; and
~bert Boudet, Director:
We were impressed by the work accomplished by all NCFR members for the preparation of the
Conference, and we were deeply touched by the friendly relations which were shown toward us
during our stay.
We were very pleased that we could have this experience on the American continent, and we
believe that we have acquired a better knowledge and understanding of Family Life and Family
Services in the u.s.A.
We hope that the links between !UFO and the United states will be further tightened after
this Conference, and we are sure that we can now count on your help to strengthen them.
At our Board meeting in New York City, it was voted that we should establish a new International
Liaison Committee, as recognition of an emerging world movement in the strengthening of family
lite, and to explore additional ways for NCFR to cooperate. Suggestions concerning membership
or line of action for this new committee are invited.
It is time now to start thinking about NCFR's next annual meeting scheduled for August 23-25 at
the University ot Utah in ~alt Lake City. David Mace, our President-Elect, is Program Chairman,
and he has already formulated some exciting plans around the general theme: "Our Differences
and Our Common Ground." Local Arrangements Co-Chairmen are Veon Smith and Hulda Garrett at the
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University of Utah. Please address any suggestions or requests for information to th~ appropriate persons; and mark the dates on your calendar; and plan to attend. Here is an opportunity
to combine the work of our professional organization with a wonderful vacation in the Rooky
Mountains.
Our National Council o-n Family Relatione has a larger membership, a larger library subscription
to the Journal, a more extensive program, and perhaps greater enthusiasm among its members than
at any previous period in its history. The objectives of our organization are described in its
Constitution as follows: "To provide opportunities for individuals, organized groups, and agencies interested in family life to plan and act together on concerns relevant to marriage and
family living, including establishment of professional standards, promotion and coordination of
educational efforts, and encouragement of research." These are important goals and we now have
considerable momentum in our drive toward achieving them. I feel greatly honored in serving
NCFR as its President during the 1960-61 period; but, at the same time, I feel exceedingly humble.
Please let me have any ideas for improving the work that may occur to you at any time throughout
the year.
Harold T. Christensen, President
REPORTS FROM SECTION MEETINGS AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE FAMILY
THE MARRIAGE AND FAMILY COUNSELING SECTION, with its chairman, Paul Vahanian of Teachers College•
,-oTuiii'l:)faiJ'iiiversTty presTd'fng,-heard"""I>avTd-Mace, Executive Director of the American Association
of Marriage Counselors, speak on "Goals in Premarital Counseling." He was followed by Lena Levine,
of the Margaret Sanger Research Bureau in New York City, who discussed "Education for Marriage and
Parenthood" from a Gynecological and Psychiatric f~e of reference. The third speaker, the
Reverend M. O'Leary, Director of the Catholic Marriage Advisory Council of England and Wales,
wrestled nobly with the theme, "Sexual Differentiation in Premarital Education."
The second meeting of the Counseling Section saw Albert Ellis, Clinical Psychologi8t and Marriage
Counselor in New York City, present his paper, "A ~tional Approach to Premarital Counseling."
He was followed,by Father George S. Hagmaier, C.S.P. of the Institute for Religious Besearch in
New York City, who took a diametrically opposed position to the foregoing in his paper, "A Client
Centered Approach to Pastoral Premarital Counseling."
The meetings proved to be informative, interesting, and provocative. The oonoensus of the speak~
era and participants in the discussions reflected a belief in the potential values of premarital
counseling in contributing to personal maturity and family security. Remaining at issue, however,
was which orientation, approach--or combination of same--might best realize these goals.
1960-61 Chairman is Clark Vincent, National Institutes of Mental Health.
THE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION IN THE COMMUNITY SECTION was under the chairmanship of DorothyWestby't1ioson"; "S'aii' F"r'inC'i'ico "S'tate ~o!'lege.- Yn-the-initial meeting of the Section, attention was directed first to the "Developing of Personal Maturity and Family Security in Multi-Racial and MultiCultural Neighborhoods" in the United States by Bichard Kerckhoff and Flo Gould of the MerrillPalmer Institute in Detroit; and secondly, on problems in "Family Life Education Among the Working
Classes" in Belgium by Yictor Michel, President of the Group of the Working Classes of the International Union of Family Organizations. Family life educators can no longer afford to focus
solely on the happiness of family members; they must seek new ways of helping people see their
relationships beyond the family. Home, school, church, and community must help children learn to
develop a concept of "social spaoe"--that is, the idea that there is room for co-existing differences in human society. More research must be directed to the best methods of educating children
and adults to have this broad perspective in community living.
In the second meeting of this Section, Oscar Eggers, Research Center On Family Development, Community Studies, Inc., Kansas City, challenged family life educators to find creative "Implications
of Early Marriage for the Community and for Family Life Education." One promising approach is
the development of new ways of training people in interpersonal competence so marriages at all
ages have a better chance of success. Pia Colini-Lombardi, Vice-President of the Fronte della
Fe.miglia, Italy, shared some insights into "Family Life Education in the Community in Italy,"
�-3where education by parents is supplemented through the work of Catholic Action and such groups as
the Frcnte della Famiglia, which use a variety of resources including mass media, lit~rature,
study groups. and marriage counseling.
The Chairman for 1960-61 is Stella Oaks. Provo. Utah.
THE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION IN THE SCHOOLS. SECTION. under the leadership of its chairman, Elizabeth
Juanita s. Winn, Washington. D. c. Public Schools; Marjorie M. Cosgrove, Highland Park Junior College, Michigan; Mother
M. Berenice Rice, o.s.u., College of New Rochelle, New York; Elizabeth s. Force; and Lucien
Guibourge, President de l'Union Nationale des Associations Familiales. France.
The section was planned with the interests of the foreign delegate particularly in mind. Juanita
s. Winn described the pilot program in Washington, D. c.--a program which by 1961 will have encompassed every elementary, junior and senior high school in the city of Washington. This unique
program points up the contribution that can be made on the elementary level by teachers who have
been sensitized to the family life point of view. Two other pioneer programs. the Highland Park
and Toms River experiments, which began twenty years ago. were described by Marjorie Cosgrove and
Elizabeth s. Force; the philosophy of eaCh was interpreted and the present status stated. Mother
Berenice outlined family life courses as they are presented in the Catholic schools--in particular
in the College of New Rochelle, New York. Mr. Guibourge pointed out the importance of having good
parent-teacher relations and described the efforts of his organization to bring them about.
~.'""'Force: 'Issooiate lrire'Otor-o'f Eclucation.-A"BH'',-featured five speakers:
This section was well attended by prominent educators and leaders in the field and by many foreign
representatives. There were many requests for copies of all the talks and much discussion follaMrl
the presentations.
Myrtle Gillespie. State Department of Education for Wyoming, is 1960-61 Chair.man.
THE EDUCATION IN THE COLLEGES FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIVING SECTION had Lawrence S• Bee • Univeri'i'ty-o1' lransas-; as-its-l"§'s"g'-6o-c1iairman.-1re-reports-tnat afthough-there was no attempt to coordinate the presentations before the meetings, all six speakers played a variation on a common
theme: The need for more experiential realism in our texts and thus, presumably, in the class room;
the over emphasis on "ideal t-ype" theory (both in the Max Weber sense of theoretical constructs
and the moralistic sense of traditional Western values)--as illustrated in the distance between
our best selling novels and plays, on the one hand, and the text for next term's course, on the
other.
Frans van Mechelen, Louvain University, Belgium, described the still preponderantly " ••• strong
theoretical and intellectual bias; attachment to ideology; intense specialization of the various
faculties. schools, departments ••• " of Belgium universities offering family courses and a recent
trend toward more emphasis on human relations in a context of facts as well as ideals.
Edgar c. Cumings, Director, Division of Education, ASHA, said that his experience in the ASHA's
regional projects strongly indicate a need for family life educators to confront honestly the
actual problems confronted by persons of all ages; that we write volumes on our presumed ideals
such as premarital chastity, for example, while almost completely ignoring the majority who do not
enter marriage virginal.
James A. Peterson, University of Southern California, described the phenomenal advances in masscommunication media, the possible uses of open and closed television and teaching machines; how
these media, especially now that programs can be taped, can bring the realism of human experience
to the class room and provide a valuable adjunct to traditional teaching methods.
Lester A. Kirkendall, Oregon State College, presented a non-moralistic approach to the study of
sexual behavior; presented the "meaning" of a given experience on a "communication continuum"from the casual pickup or prostitute to the couple for whom the experience had deep import, a
mutual sense of identity and permanence; that morality cannot be judged by an act outside a larger
context of meaning and consequence.
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Clark Ellzey, Stephens College, felt that we need a clearer concept of the meaning of "matur~
ity"; that we cannot think of maturity alone in terms of theoretical traits but must think more
in terms of the process of achieving greater maturation, spelling out what he meant in quotations
from the writings of Leon ~aul and David Abrahamsen.
Lawrence s. Bee (pinch-hitting for a foreign delegate) said that we need to develop a more wholistio approach to the family--a truly inter-disciplinary field, and include more of the content of
�-4some fields that have been practically ignored in our literature such as physical anthropology,
psychological pharmacology, literature (including plays) and philosophy, etc.; that it·-is encouraging to see the more recent plural marriage among Kierkegaard, Tillich, Freud, M. Mead, and
Aldous Huxley, and that we "family" people might enter into the matchmaking.
The section Chairman for 1960-61 is James a Peterson.
THE SECTION ON ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF FAMILY SECURITY held three meetings during the conference, all
of-wii'ioh-·r.iere organiZed and chaired by-RSu'ben lri'fl, University of Minnesota. Speakers for these
sessions were drawn primarily from European countries because of their greater emphasis in their
research and action programs on the interplay of economics, government and the family. The range
and variety of patterns for equalizing the costs of rearing the nation's children to prevent large
families from becoming a pariah caste carrying undue burdens was evident from the presentations
of representatives from Belgium (Pierre de Bie), England (John Mogey), France (Roland Lebel and
Georges Desmottes), Germany (Franz Umstaetter), Holland (Reinier Schippers), Spain (Manuel Fraga
Iribarne), Switzerland (Arnold Saxer) and the United States (Alvin Schorr and Gerald Leslie). In
addition, speakers from Argentina, Haiti and Uruguay made contributions to the discussion.
Audience participation at these meetings was high despite the linguistic barriers, reaching a climax in a Friday afternoon panel where a four-language audience argued from the floor about the
relative merits of the several schemes of government interventions in support of families. with a
two-language round table of experts from five countries. Americans in attendance at these meetings learned much about the power and influence of strong national organizations of families in
affecting the quality and direction of legislative programs on behalf of families.
THE PA~T EDUCATION SECTION, under the chairmanship of Eleanore Braun Luckey, University of Iowa,
faced some-of the foTlowTng questions at the recent IUFO-NCFR Conference: Is personal maturity a
qualification for "good" parenthood? Can educational procedures add one iota to one's emotional
stature? If so, how? By what methods and with what materials? What is the relationship of discipline and freedom to parental growth and to the growth of the child? What are some of the various
approaches being made to help parents become "mature"?
Andre Isambert, President L'Ecole des Parents et des Educateurs, Paris, suggested that education
probably is a roadway to better parenthood. He believes that carefully selected content material
gives knowledge .to the parent, that the personal effect o.f the educator' a relationship 1fith the
parent is a meaningful influence toward maturity, and that the individuals and the groups with
1fhom we interact are potent forces in our own individual patterns of development.
Karl s. Bernhardt, Assistant Director of the Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto,
presented freedom and discipline as the essential 'ingredients of a training 1fhich leads to a matur
ity of self-discipline. He believes "The central principle of an educational approach to discipline is consistent enforcement of necessary reasonable situational requirements. The attitude
of the adult is one of affection and understanding. The child is free to choose but must accept
the consequences of his choices."
Ralph H. Ojemann, Iowa Child Welfare Research Station, long interested in parent education in the
United States, reported on some of the research findings of his recent ongoing studies in what he
calls the "causal approach." Proceeding on the assumption that adult education programs for parents must usually first help the learner to unlearn his arbitrary and judgmental approach to human
behavior, he has instituted an experimental program in which specially trained teachers present a
causal orientation as an integral part of the curriculum to school children. He says, "A causal
orientation toward the social environment involves an understanding and appreciation of the foroes
operative in people's behavior. Also involved is an awareness of the many ways in whioh a given
situation may be worked out and some of the probable consequenoes of these alternative methods
under specified conditions." This is essentially an ,experiment in "growing" the parent through
building an understanding of behavior from childhood, rather than waiting until after he has become a parent.
Programs of parent education in Finland were outlined by Heikki von Hertzen, Secretary General 6f
Vaestoliitto; and Tonia Jauch reviewed the British experiment, "The Fronily Discussion Bureau."
Ernest G. Osborne, Columbia University, and Orville G. Brim, Jr., Russell Sage Foundation, served
as discussants for the section meetings.
Eleanore Luckey 'Ifill continue as section Chairman for 1960-61.
�-5THE SEC'l'ION ON EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOP.MEN'l' • with Elba Crum. Family Lif'e Education Consultant •
!'eattii '!Sub'iic-So'hoo!s-; i's-cli'a!'riiiaii.-disouesed some of' the aspects of' family patterns and early
ohildhood.
It is in these early years that parents are most eager f'or help. '!'his is a "teachable moment."
Parents need to feel the value of' their role--more status must be given to parenthood by the
community.
Professional people need to do a great deal more research to have f'ar more adequate information.
in order to give the help needed. Professional people need more skills in interpretation. lest.
in our attempt to help solve problems • we create more anxiety than we allay. Parents are the
ones who know most about their own child. and need to be encouraged and supported.
Daniel G. Brewn. Captain. U.S.A.F., MSC. Psychologist. Neuropsychiatric Services. USAF Hospital.
Forbes Air Force Base. Kansas. spoke on ~asculinity-Femininity Development in Children in Relation to Psycho-Sexual Mala~justment in Adulthood," Patterns of' masculinity-femininity develop
within the family and are dependent upon the child's idea and reaction to his concept of' his
father and his mother.
Katharine w. 'l'aylor. Supervisor. Parent Education. Baltimore Public Schools, had as her topic
-personal Maturity and Family Security as Related to Early Childhood Development." '!'here is a
great need f'or "auxiliary help f'or the young autonomous families in our present day American
culture. so otten away trom the kinship family."
Clara Appell, Brooklyn College, reported that parents have many questions about the dangers. or
the values. of' television. "'l'he ground glass box mirrors the confusion of values lrithin our
culture. '!'hose who work with families must help parents to understand its hypnotic and seductive
powers." It can be "an exciting source of education. entertainment, and cultural enrichment."
Dorothy F. Berezin, New York City Consulting Psychologist. spote on "Temperamental Differences of
Infants as Noted by Boarding Mothers,." Sarah '1'. Curwood. Antioch College. discussed "Mothers and
'l'eachers as Socializing Agents of' the Young Child: '!'heir Guidance 'l'eohniques." Both agreed we
have much to learn about adultj1 and children's roles in becoming more ef'tective parents and teachers.
Mrs. L. J. de s. Seneviratne. Ceylon Council for Child and Youth Welfare. told of families' great
need f'or help in Ceylon. Her contribution f'rom the Far East enriched the discussion for all.
All participants f'elt that young families today need help. and perhaps the most help we can give
them is to help them to help themselves. What the parents can give the children depends upon
what they have to give each other.
1960-61 Chairman is Mrs. Donelda Clark. 'l'riangle Nursery School. Ann Arbor, Michigan.
'l'BE BESEABCH SEC'l'ION held f'our meetings under the direction of' lbbert Blood. University of Michiwhich were presented were selected trom among a large group of' applicants
f'or places on the program and. therefore. represented a high quality of' research. 'l'he papers
were grouped around a series of themes progressing f'rom the impact of' the larger society on family
lif'e through the internal dynamics ot family lif'e to the impact of' family lif'e on child development. MOst of' the sessions were widely attended and the papers enthusiastically received.
gan,- '!he twi'l've-papers
Speakers were Howard R. Stanton. New York School of' Social lfork; Hazel DuBois stanton·, Columbia
University; Lois Pratt. Fairleigh Dickinson UniversitYJ Eugene Litwak, University of' Michigan;
Carle c. Zimmerman. Harvard University: Philippe Garigue. University of' Montreal: William A.
lfestley, McGill University: Harold Feldman. Cornell University: Yuzuru Okada, 'l'okyo Kyoiku University; Ezra Vogel, Yale University: Bernard Farber. University of' Illinois; Anitra Karsten, Swedish
School of' Economics. Helsingf'ors. Finland.
1960-61 Chairman is William M. Kephart. University of' Pennsylvania.
'l'HE RELIGION AND 'l'BE FAMILY SECTION was presided over by Father Walter Imbiorski. Cana Conference
o:f'-chioago; -At the twO 'iess'Ioiis-held by this group the following topics were disouued:
"Religion and Family Systems." Father John L. 'l'homaa. S.J., St. Louis University, "Family Religion
as a Katrix of' Personal Growth." Samuel Glasner. Board of' Jewish Education. Baltimore; ~uman Love
and Religious Faith--From Dreams to Reality •" Father Stanis las De Lestapis • S.J. •· Action Populaire •
Franoe; "Beligion. Ve.turity and Creative Inseourity.'' 'l'he Rev. William H. Genne. Director. DeRartment of' Family Lif'e. National Council of' Churches. New York City; "Does the Modern Family Proauoe
the Individual Needed f'or the Twentieth Century?" lkbbi Henry Kagan, Mount Vernon. New York: and
�-6a paper by the BeT. K. Martin Donath. Sozialreterent der ETangeliaohen. Landeakirohe Baden••
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Section Chairman tor 1960-61 1a
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Clark Ellzey. Stephens College.
SPEECHES AVAILABLE. Packets eontaining oomplete texts or 5 plenary session addresses deli'wre4
i"t-tne~ii'ter'iaf'i'O'nal Co:nf'erence on the Family. piU.s many aummarllea of talks ghen at aeotion
meetings. uy be ordered from the BCF!l offioe for $1.26 a set. helyn Duvall's Cont'erenoe SUIIlmary. deliTered at the last plenary session. will be publiahed in the February. 1961 issue of
JWmlAGE AND FAMILY LIVING.
DSOLU'riON RECEIVED FBOM THE CODI'l"lEE ON FAMILY LIFE, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE CHURCHES OF CHltiSf
Dl~-tr.s-:!7 - - ~otooer TI-; 1960- - - - - - ~ ~hi 'R'ati'oni'l-Counofl-oii J'a'ii.Ty-!ilat1oiis- - - - .--B. Tt-resolTed that we expreu our appreotation to the National Counoil on Family • .lation•
tor ita initiative and Tision in the creative planning for and the auccessf'ul carrying out or the
International Conference on the Family, held at Teachers' Colle~. Columbia University. this paat
August • 1960.•
We believe that this was a highly significant step forward toward meeting the need for ooop~ration and planning across cultures.
The Committee on Family Life
By unanimous TOte, October 1, 1960
William H. Genne, Secretary
POST CONFERENCE CONTACTS FOR FOREIGN DELEGATES. Opportunity was prorlded tor professional contacts In-tlie--crii'fted ~ates-for-tlie-2'!7-toreign guests after the International Co:nf'erenoe. 'l'he
chairman of this progl"&lll 1tas Esther Middlewood. Who reports that many took ad'ftntage of tt. . 'the
llichigan Council arranged for the entertainment of several who wished to go to that state, and
oovered their expenses.
Dorothy westby-Gibson entertained Viotor Michel, President du Mouvement Populaire des Familles,
Belgium. in San Franoisoo. He was on a U. s. tour planned by the state Department.
'l'he European officers of the IUFO 1tere in Washington tor three days following the conference.
Msgr. DeBlanc arranged the program tor them, whioh inoluded contaots with government officials 1
a sightseeing trip; and a reoeption banquet in their honor, with family leaders in the Washington
area present.
NCFR COMMITTEES, 1960-61. Harold Christensen, president, announces the following appointments•
Yi'iiaii'ce..":'Suoen lril:l; ~airman, Frederiok E. Berger, finth Jewsona Progl"&Dl tor 1961 ~ual Jleeting
--Dartd R. Kaoe. Chairman: Local Arrangements for 1961 Annual lleeting--Veon SDLith and Hulda
Garrett. Co-Chairmen; Membership Dewlopment~-Gerald ll. Leslie • Chairm&nJ Nolllinating--William M•.
Smith, Jr. • Chairman, Henry B01tman, Dorothy Dyer, Elizabeth Foroe, William Kcbl; Research Project-Wallace Fulton, Chairman; Seotions--Blaine M.. Porter, Chairans Family and the L&w--'l'bomas
P. Monahan, Chairman, Mari~ w. Kargman, Jacob T. Zukerman; Burgess Award--Gerald R. Leslle, Cltairman; Robert Bell. Donald Brieland, Mirra Komarovaky, Judson lendisJ CoJDittee on the AgingEsther Middlewood; ~terials ATailable Sel"Tice" (to replace Teachers Kit)--~th Jnson, Chairman;
Interpretive, Promotional and Organizational Material tor Branch Organizations--Mona Cannon,
Chairman. A chairman for the aew International Liaison Committee is yet to be appointed.
wHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON AGDTG.
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Dorothy T. Dyer and Harold T. Christensen will be RCF1l1 s repre-
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Aaron L. Rutledge and Yallaoe
STUDENT MEMBERSHIP. Letters were sent to 647 professors oonoemning the aTailability or student
iiieitierihTpe ?or their. olass members. It any professor• were miaaed. they may write the NCF1l
concerning this speoial o.ff'er.
fEA.CHBR EXCHABGE. NCF1i welcomes all possible help in promoting the !'eaoher Exchange tor High
·!'clioil""Y""amTly 't'i?'e Educators. Sample copies 111ay be obtained from the off'ioe. Lester Kirkendall
is the new editor.
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has been named Chairman of the new National Committee for Children and Youth, suocessor group to
the President's National Committee for the Golden Anniversary White House Conference on Children
and Youth. Mrs. Herlihy is President of the Welfare Council of Delaware and served on the President's National Committee for the Conference. Donald Brieland, NCFR Executive Committee member.
and Director of the Elizabeth McCormick Memorial Fund, Chicago, is a member of the committee.
Mrs. Herlihy has announced that Mrs. Isabella J. Jones, Associate Director of the White House
Conference on Children and Youth. has been named Director of the new National Committee for Children and Youth. Mrs. Jones will direct the Conference's follow-up activities to be undertaken by
the new committee.
Aaron Rutledge, The Merrill-Palmer Institute, is a member of the executive committee of the Continuing Council of National Organizations of the White House Conference on Children and Youth.
An album of twelve of the outstanding speeches at the Conference is still available from the
White House Conference, 330 Independence Avenue, S. W., Washington 25, D. C. for $12.75.
PARENT EDUCATION AND THE BEHAVIO~L SCim{CES. A report summarizing a conference jointly sponsored
by-the-Institute-of ~hildDeveTopment,-university of Minnesota. and the u.s. Children's Bureau is
now available. This conference, held at the Center for Continuation Study of the University of
Minnesota. focused on the relationships between research findings and policies and practices in
parent education. The title of the publication is "Parent Education and the Behavioral Sciences."
Contents include a description of the purpose and plan of the conference and a report on the major
issues discussed. Throughout the report the themes of these major issues are highlighted and the
contributions of the participants are related to each of these. The major issues are: 1) the
role concept in parental education, 2) determinants of parental behavior, 3) modification of pa~
ental behavior, 4)parent education and personality change, 5) parent education and research. The
report closes with a list of suggested areas or problems for needed research.
The conference report was prepared by Armin Grams, Associate Professor of Child Development and
Parent Education of the University, with assistance of Irving Sigel, Chairman, Research Area, the
Merrill-Palmer Institute, Detroit; Richard G. Bell, National Institute of Mental Health, and
Muriel w. Brown, Parent Education Specialist of the Children's Bureau.
Single copies of this Children's Bureau Publication No. 379, "Parent Education and the Behavioral
Sciences" are available from the Superintendent of Documents, u. s. Government Printing Office,
Washington 25, p. c. for 25 cents.
THE DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF tAW has published a symposium on "Sex Offenses" as its Spring, 1960
issue of-taw-and-COmtemporary ~roblems. Titles included are "Social Control of Sex in Anthropological Perspective," Clellan s. Ford; "Sex and the Criminal Law: An Ethical View," Joseph Fletcl'l:r~
"Sexual Offenses--The British Experience," J. E. Hall-Williams) "Adolescent Sex Offenders in
American Society: A Case of Marginal Status," Albert J. Reiss; "Sociological Critique of Sex
Offender Laws," Stanton Wheeler; "American Sex Offender Laws," Morris Ploscowe; "The Sex Offender:
A Clinical Approach." Bernard Glueck. Sr.; "Sex Variations: Their Medical and Legal Implications,"
Karl M. Bowman and Bernice Engle; and nsex Problems and Sex Criminality in Scandinavia." Ge;'rg K.
Sturup. The forward was written by laelvin G. Shimm.
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The Symposium on Sex Offenses may be ordered from Law and Contemporary Problems, Duke University
School of Law, Durham, North Carolina for $2.50.
NEVfS FROM OUR MEMBERS
ROBERTA LOVELI,. Rosemead, California psychologist. was in New Zealand for three weeks this summer,
and reports that New Zealand is in the process of establishing a marriage guidance system similar
to the English, i.e. utilizing mature non-professional people on a voluntary basis. She sent a
gift meniliership in NCFR to Marie Griffin, Family Guidance Centre, Inc •• Auckland.
HERBERT A. OTTO, Assistant Professor of Mental Health at the University of Georgia, has underway
aFamiTy-Resource Development Program. He is interested in developing "a method or program of
workin.g; with essentially health or average families which would utilize and reinforce the basic
elements of health operationally manifest through the functioning of the family. n
ELLIS VfHITE is now chairman·of the Department of Higher Education at New York University.
For
The past-two years, he has been Executive Director of the Education Advisory Council of I.B.M.
He was formerly the Director of the ASHA"s Division of Education.
�-8EDA J. LeSHAN has aecepted a position as Director of Education for the Manhattan Mental Health
~ociety.- F'ormerly she was with the Guidance Center of New Rochelle.
ELIZABETH s. FORCE, MilDRED I. MORGAN, DOROTHY DYER, and C. JAY SKIDMO"RE were NCFR members who
took-part in-the-P.D'cky-Mountain Project sponsored bythe-ASHA and the National Congress of Parents
and Teachers this past summer.
HAROLD CHRISTENSEN gave two addresses at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Council on Family
Reie.ti'ons the week of October lOth.
WINONA L. MORGAN (representative) and "RUTH HOEFLlli (alternate) are AHEA representatives to the
ifcFiCforl9so-61.
- - - - - MURIEL w. BROWN'S article entitled "The Growth of Values in Childhood and Old Age," based on a
paper read-at the NCFR Annual Meeting at Ames, appeared in the June, 1960 Journal of Home ·EconomfusJ
ELEANORE LUCKEY is moving from Iowa University to Connecticut this winter, to head up the Connect"ieu:C Universi:Cy's Child Development and Family Relations Department.
MILDRED HOffi'ON is retiring as Executive Secretary of the AREA. She has held this post since 1947,
auFing-wniOh-time membership has grown to more than 25,00. She was awarded a special citation of
service at the Denver Pln&A meeting, and the AREA Research Fellowship was named for her. Miss
Horton will be succeeded by Miss A. June Bricker, Director of the Field and Community Health
Bureau of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
KATHARINE WHITESIDE TAYLOR is acting as hostess for a series of special programs on baby care,
entftled-"You ana Your-Baby", which made its debut June 9th on WJZ-TV, Baltimore, Maryland, and
which will continue for 17 weeks. She will have as her guests leading medical specialists and
experts in the field of baby care. The program is scheduled in cooperation with the Baltimore
Public Schools.
DONAlD GRAY has accepted e. position in the Sociology Department of the Highland Park High School
of-nfgnlana Park, Illinois.
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is the new principal of Holly Junior High School in Flint, Michigan.
BERT GLASSBERG addressed the Canadian Medical Association in Vancouver in October on "Counseling
;n-S;~al Pr;blems of Marrie.ge" and participated in a panel discussion on "Conunon Problems in
Family Life. 11
MIRIAM PROCTOR, New York City psychotherapist, writes that the second annual meeting for Parents
Without Partners, Inc. will take place at the Henry Hudson Hotel in New York City June 2-3, 1961.
Those desiring information may write her at 310 West 8th Street, New York City 24. Parents Without Partners was established to further the common welfare of single parents and the well-being
of their children.
EZRA VOGEL, Yale University has recently edited a book along with Norman
irodern-:introduction to the Family."
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Bell entitled "A
SAMUEL H. LOWRIE, faculty member at Bowling Green University is doing research on "Early and late
DatingrPatterns-in Such Behavior" and "Same Conditions Associated with EarlJ' and Late Dating."
THEODORE R. SCHAFFLER, Professor of Sociology at Mankato, Minnesota State College reports that
tbedepartmentsof-Biology, Health, Home EConomics and Sociology, under the auspices of the Office
of Special Services at Wmnkato State College, will hold a one day conference en Family Life Education, Saturday, November 12, 1960. This will be the first such conference held at the State
College at Mankato and the objectives are to survey the interest in this area of education at the
elementary, junior high and high school level, and to explore the needs and resources available
to the schools in this area. REUBEN HILL, director of Family Life Education at the University of
Minnesota will be the featured-speaker-at the opening session of the conference after which the
conferees will divide up into work groups according to teaching level or interest and follow somewhat the workshop structure, closing with a general session where reports and summaries will be
given. ~!Y_~S~!· head of the department of Home Economics, is serving as general chairman.
DONALD s. LONGWORTH, Chairman of Bowling Green's Sociology Department, has underway a research
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project on-"A Study of the Family Adjustment of Bowling Green State University Graduates.
He is
also writing a chapter on "Consumer Problems of Married People" for a book soon to be published.
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1lEUBEN L. HILL, director of the Minnesota Family Study Center, has received a t2,300 grant from
the E'ati'onalinstJ,.tute or Mental Health to work with a Japanese sociologist in cataloging Japanese
research on post-war marriage and family behavior using standard American categories. Working
with Professor Hill in making the inventory~ll be Takeji Kamiko, assistant professor of sooi~
ology at Osaka City University, Japan, who will attend the University of Minnesota in the 1960-61
academic year to.do graduate study in sociology. The year~long inventory and codification project
will be an important step in facilitating comparative study of family behavior in the United
States and Japan.
lOY E. DICKERSON, Executive Secretary of the Cincinnati Social Hygiene Society, was asked by the
1ro'rt'd I'!Tiiiice-of YMCA's to serve as its consultant in setting up a program of education for
marriage and family life. He left July 4th for its headquarters in Geneva to prepare leadership
training and other materials, make plans for the establishment of a World Commission on Sex Education* and prepare for consultations and program responsibilities at the Alliance's World·Youth
Conference which he attended in AmSterdam August 3-13. Hundreds of young people from 68 countries
and at least 100 national YMCA adult leaders attended the Conference.
GORDON SHIPMAN, Chairman of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University or
W'isoonsin l'flwaukee wrote that an Institute on Marriage Counseling was held at the University of
Wisconsin-l!ilwaukee on July 28-29 featuring Dr. Gelolo MCHugh of Duke University. The Institute
was sponsored by Shipman's department and the Lutheran Welfare Society.
IRA L. REISS, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Bard College, has been awarded a two year
researCh-grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to continue his research on sexual
standards. His book, "Premarital Sexual Standards in America," was scheduled to be published by
Free Press this past summer.
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LEONA1ID DE MOOR, Chairman, Departments of Philosophy and Sociology, Hastings College, and an oraainedl're'Sby=terian minister, has been teaching Marriage and the Family every semester, including
Summer School, for fourteen years. Be usually has a total of about 150 students each year.
STATE AND REGIONAL COUNCILS
A NEVADA COUNCIL ON FAMILY RELATIONS, with Dorothy Brownfield, Chairman of the Department of Child
DeveTopment and FamiYyl:rfe,"""tl'iii'versity of Nevada, lieno. as its president, has recently been formed.
She represented her group at the International Conference.
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THE KANSAS FAMILY LIFE ASSOCIATION met in Topeka, Kansas October 13-14. The over-all theme for
tli§ iiieet!'ng was ""'Tli'e!<'amfly ="Positively Speaking." Features speakers were Aaron Rutledge, David
Buekmueller, and Lawrence Bee.
The Kansas Family Life Association is awarding a research grant of $50.00 each year to encourage students doing research in the area of family life. Dale Womble is1 chairman of the committee.
The Kansas Family Life Association is supporting the Kansas Bar Association and the Kansas
Council on Children and Youth in efforts to"secure changes in Kansas legislation concerning marriage and family matters, particularly in such areas as the family court and in the jurisdiction of
the court over the children of divorce.
Officers are: 1iobert R. Noble, Kansas State College of Pittsburg, President; Samuel Widiger,
Lutheran Hospital Chaplain, Wichita, President-elect; Helen Scheve, Dept. of Vocational Education,
Topeka, Vice President; Elizabeth Hirschler, Dept. of Vocational Education, Topeka, SecretaryTreasurer.
THE MICHIGAN COUNCIL ON FAMILY RELATIONS has a new president, John Hudson of the Merrill-Palmer
!iis:ri:Cut'e";' lietroit';----------Tlli-STATE' s Annual Meeting took place October 14th at Hunter College in N911 York City. The theme
Trials and Human Tribulations." Judge Florence Kelley, Chief Magistrate of the Domestic Relations Court, presented and discussed a case involving family probl/ems, with members of the
Probation and Parole Department at the afternoon meeting. At the dinner meeting the first TriState Annual Award for "Outstanding Service and Community Leadership in S1jrengthening Family Life"
was presented to Corrections Commissioner Anna M. Kross. In the evening ~here was a debate on
between Harriet Pilpel and W~lter Stokes, moderated by Judge Nathaniel Kaplan, on the subject "A
Sense of Justice and the Quality of Mercy: Do Our Laws Serve Human Needs ls We Understand Them
Today?" Jane Mayer is president of the Tri-State Counoilt Margaret Benz, New York University, is
treasurer; FayM 0 eller is Secretary.
Special and heartfelt thanks go to Tri-State for their help with th~ International Conference.
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�-10THE NORl'H CAROLINA FAMILY LIFE COUNCIL's 13th Annual Conference will take place at West Market
!'treet""'Metliod"ist-churcli,-di=eenshoro,"""'North Carolina October 30-November 1, 1960. The theme will
be "Early Marriages--Problem or Challenge?" Sunday evening a family life drama., "The Second Look",
by Nora sterling, 'Ifill be presented and discussed. Monday morning Reuben Hill will deliver an
address on "Early Marriages--Extent and Implications." In the afternoon, Irwin v. Sperry and Ruth
Thompson will present a state study on ~rried High School students in North Carolina and Policies
of School Systems Regarding !hem." This will be followed by eight group discussions on the program theme. The meeting will close with a panel discussion on ~Early Marriages--How to Meet the
Problem or Challenge." The Rev. Jesse H. Lanning, Bt. 1, Linwood, N. c. is Council president.
THE MINNESOTA COUNCit ON FAMILY LIFE and the Community Health and Welfare Council of Hennepin
CoUnty-co-sponsored a workshop-on !'ien-Age Marriage in Minneapolis October 7-8. The conference
opened with a showing of five family life films. At the dinner a panel of teen-agers discussed
teen-age marriage, with Wayne Anderson, president of the MCFL as moderator, and David Mace as consultant. At the evening meeting David Mace spoke on "A Marriage Counselor Looks at Teen-Age
Marriage." The next day there were five workshop groups: The Churches' Responsibility to TeenAgers, How the Schools Can Help Teen-Agers, Parent~- Teen-Age 1b3lationships, The Law and Teen-Age
Marriages, and The Role of Social Agencies. Following this, David Mace and a panel composed of
representatives from each discussion group presented a general summary of the teen-age question.
Proceedings were taped, and will be made available to those in attendance.
The MCFL, under the direction of Maurine Hansen, has prepared an annotated bibliography,
Family Life, Literature and Films, which may be ordered through the NCF~ office for $1.00.
THE FAMILY ~LATIONS COUNCIL OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA and several schools and organizations joined
1n-sponsor1ng a workShop-on F'aiiiiTyl!'fe 'Eiuci"tion 1n the Community on the stanford University
Campus in July. David and Frances Treat from the Clara Elizabeth Fund, Flint, Michigan provided
the leadership. Methods of developing relationships with other community organizations were
illustrated by reference to the Fund's program. President of the Council is Curt Demele.
THE NEW JERSEY CHAPTER OF TEE TRI-STATE COUNCIL ON FAMILY ~LATIONS held a workshop on "The Three
Generation-Fami'ty''as part-of The annual-oonl"erence of the N. J. Association for Adult Education.
Phyllis Greer, chairman of theN. J. Chapter was General Chairman of the Conference. Tri-State
participants in the Workshop program included: Chairman, Florence L. D. Heal; Discussion Leader,
Merna Samples; Recorder, Gertrude DanielJ Consultants, Jean Abernethy, Dorothy Brower.
THE UTAH COUNCIL ON FAMILY REh~TIONS has the following officers: Kenneth Cannon, Brigham Young
lfni'versfty-; P'rovo,-Presideiit"'i VeonS'mith, University of Utah, Past President; Dorothy Dyer, Utah
State University, Logan, Vice-President; Frances Barlow, Brigham Young University, SecretaryTreasurer.
The Utah Council has prepared Family Life References, an annotated bibliography. This may
be obtained for 50 oents from any of the above people.
THE SAN DIEGO COUNCIL is preparing for its second year's election of officers. It has met monthly
'during-the-year and interest has continued to grow. A family life speakers bureau from among
council members is in the process of being formed to serve community organizations.
Current officers of the Council are: President, Nona H. Cannon; Vice-President, Veleda
Sickels; Secretary; Norma Leeds; Treasurer, Joseph ~. White.
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COUNCIL ON FAMILY RELATIONS will hold its annual meeting at the University
T96l-;' J!:iiipnasis wlnoe on-the problems of youth.
Officers are: Harry c. Harmsworth, Department of Sociology, University of Idaho, president;
Carol L. Stone, Department of Rural Sociology, Washington State University, Vice-President; John
Phillips, Department of Religion and Sociology, University of Puget Sound, President Elect; Gladys
I. Bellinger, Department of Home Economics, University of Idaho, Secretary-Treasurer.
of-Iaano-Aprnl.~-Ts;
THE MISSOURI COUl~CIL ON FAMILY ~LATIONS is now planning for its April, 1960 meeting. The pro•
posed theme is-"Ut'IlTzTng ~urrent P'amily Strengths." Officers are: President, Esther E. Prevey,
Director, Family Life Education, Kansas City, Missouri Public Schools; Vice-President, Ruth I.
Cooper, Chairman, Division of Child Development and Frunily Life, University of Missouri; Secretary, Mike Pulliam, Culver-Stockton College; Treasurer, Rev. Allen N. Zacher, Christ Church
Cathedral, St. Louis; President Elect, Marguerite Arand, St. Louis.
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Du,ring the past three years, ~he American Social Health Association has been conducting a
family life education project in the middle states consisting of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and
Colorado. Recently each of these states has organized a state committee to promote family life
�-11education projects ~ithin its own state. Esther E. Prevey, Director of Family Life Education,
Kansas City, Missouri, Public Schools and Missouri Council President, is the Chairman ~f the
Missouri State Committee. It is anticipated that there will be close working relations by this
group and the Missouri Council on Family Relations.
THE lOCKY MOUNTATii COUNCIL held its 13th Annual Conference at Colorado State College last spring,
with-125-professional people in attendance. Their theme was "Frontiers of Family Service." Included were sessions on Becent Developments in Family Law in Colorado, Religion and Family ~fe,
This Problem of Delinquency, The Child and His Development, Marriage and Family Counseling.
For the fiscal year 1960-61, they are anticipating a radio and TV series, as ~ell as a ~ork
shop for school administrators and teachers around.the area of family relations.
Rooky Mountain officers are: John Baird, President; Blaine Mercer, Vice-President; Walker
Edwards, Secretary; and Sybil Renwick, Treasurer.
THE NATIONAL MARRIAGE GUIDANCE COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA held its annual general meeting and conference
I'ugust-3tr-'S"eptember 4tli.- J!Sa'Pers-~ere delivered on-"Patterns of Illness Within the Family" and
"Patterns of Therapy for the Family." Panel discussions ~ere held on "Sex Attitudes and Behavior
Before Marriage," and "Helping Young People to Understand Their Sex Roles."
They were represented by the Rev. E. P~ Blamires at the International Conference on the
Family.
POSITION OPEN. The New York State Education Department wishes to locate qualified candidates for
the position-of Associate in Child Development. For information write Wllliam Livingston, Personnel Officer, University of the state of Ne~ York, state Education Department, Albany 1, New York.
THE FAMILY COUNSELING
SE~CE OF THE HONOLULU DISTRICT COURT is a newly created division of the
esta'blTs'heCT 'by-law-in llay,-1960.- '!tsprimary approach is to offer shortteMn psychiatric social work services to clients who would benefit from marital or family counseling; and refer the client, where feasible and appropriate, to the community agency best suited to
give him long term services.
~ourt,oeiiitCforiiiaTiy
THE AMERICAN SOCIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION and THE NATIONAL CONG1lESS OF PA!IENTS AND TEACHERS, in cooperatTon with-instftutions ofnTg'hereduoation-; "'IooaT ooiiDn!'ttees-; oivfo ana 'State groups, sponsored a series of family life education ~orkshops in Nevada, New Mexico and Utah during the summer.
These workshops were keyed to training school and community leadership as an integral part of the
ASHA-NCPT Rocky Mountain Project in Family Llfe Education. This project, established a year ago,
consists of pilot operations in ~izona, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah geared toward establishing
a partnership between education and the wider surrounding community to ~hich education must look
for support. The purpose of this Project is to make schools and community programs of family life
stronger and better coordinated and, ~here suoh programs do not exist, to create them.
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF PARENT COOPERATIVES: Mrs. "Roy Hawkins is president of this newly formed organizatfon-; whion Tncludes-groups l'"romooth the United States and Canada. Their first annual
meeting ~as held at Teacher College in August. Katharine Whiteside Taylor was given first Honorary Life Membership in recognition of her volunteer service as editor of THE PA~TT COOPERATIVE
and convener of the first annual meeting. All parent cooperatives ~ishing to join the Council
or wanting further information may write Mrs. Hawkins at 7315 Linda Lane Drive, Birmingham, Mioh~
igan.
THE NORrH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON CHURCH AND FAMILY has been called by the Canadian Council of
Coiinoif of-t'heC:'hurcnesof Christ in the u. s. A. April 30-May 5, 1961
at the American Baptist Assembly, Green Lake, Wisconsin. This ~ill be a study conference, and
the preparatory study book, entitled SEX WAYS- IN FACT AND FAITH: Basis for Christian Family
Policy, edited by Evelyn M. and Sylvanus M. Duvall, will be ready February 1, 1961 through Association Press. The Duvalls are co-chairmen of the conference planning committee. Among the conference leaders are Jessie Bernard, Lee Burohinal, Harold Christensen, Alan Guttmacher, Lester
Kirkendall, and Judson Landis. For information write lalliam H. Genne, Department of Family
Life, National Council of ehurches, 475 Riverside Drive, New York City 27.
~urOhes-and-the"'YationaT
THE 1961 NATIONAL HEALTH FOWl'! to be held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, March 13·
16-; :Will-consider the topio "'D'etter Communication for Better Health."
�-12THE
THI~
WORLD
CONG~SS
OF PSYCHIATRY, June 4-10, 1961, Montreal, Canada, is being held at the
InVitation-oFVc~Il-Unive~Tty and under the auspices of the Canadian Psychiatric Association.
Meeting on the American Continent for the first time, the Congress is expected to attract some
3,000 delegates from 62 nations. Representatives will come from psyohiatry and such allied fields
as general medical practice, P,sychology, biochemistry, nursing, sociology, anthropology, social
work, and phannacology. For illformation regarding programme and registration, write the General
Secretary, III lforld Congress of Psychiatry, 1025 Pine Avenue 'West, Montreal 2, P. Q., Canada.
THE AMElUCAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION will meet in San Francisco October 31-November 4.
i'in"De gfian on-progress rn-sO'l.Vingmany of the major health problems facing mankind.
'Reports
NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DAY CARE FOR CHILDm:N. The Children's Bureau of the Department of Health,
'lduoatTon and WeTfiire,-aii'd-tne""WWmenT's13ureau of the Department of labor invited the NCFR to participate in the National Conference on Day Care for Children to be held in Washington, D. C.
Nonllber 17-18, 1960. Katharine Whiteside Taylor was appointed to represent us.
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN announces fellowships for 1961-62. lfrite Fellowships
Avenue, washington 7, n. c.
tffl''i'oe; I'A~uoa:S.oni'l"-Fouiidi'tToii',-24oT Vfrginia
�U.S. DEPARTMENT OF T-t:&~"LTH, EDUCA1'IGN"' AND ''JELFARE
Social Security Administration
Children's Bureau
i,tJashington 2,5, Do C..
September 1960
FOR IMMEDIATE RFl..EASE
A conference designed to identify problems~ issues and needs
in parent education, held jointly Qy the Chi1dren 1 s Bureau and the
Institute of Child Development a..'1d ~<lelfare of the University of
Minnesota, is reported in a new publication 11 Parent Education and the
Behavioral Sciences • 11
The research specialists who attended the conference centered
much of their discussion around relationships between research findings
and policies and practices in parent education~
Such basic questions as~ How is parental behavior determined? 0
Can it be modified? 0 If so~ by what means and under what conditions?
came in for.intensive scrutiny.,
Conferees also higP~ighted the gaps in present knowledge in
the field of parent-child relationships. child development and family
interaction. One section of the new publication lists these gaps in
six broad cl§ssificationso
In a joint foreword, Mrs. Katherine B. Oettinger~ Chief, Children's
Bureau, u.s., Department of Health, Education, and \..Jelfare and Dale B..
Harris, Director, Institute of Ch5.1d Development and 'velfare of the
University of Minnesota, state:
ItA followup program to actively involve members of all the
interested professions and agencies is now under consideration.,
Cooperative projects can be planned, leading eventually to a conference
in which cross-disciplinary groups can come to grips with .. • • major
problems."
The conference report was prepared by Armin Grams, Associate
Professor of Child Development and Parent Education of the Universi~,
with assistance of Ir·v-ing Sigel, Chairman~ Research Areap the MerrillPalmer School, Detroit; Richard G~ Bell, National Institute of Mental
Health, and Muriel \v. Brown, Parent Education Specialist of the Childrents
Bureau.
Single copies of this Children's Bureau Publication No. 379,
"Parent Education and the Behavioral Sciencesn are available from the
SUperintendent of Documents, U.,S, Government Printing Office, irlashington 2,5 11
Do Co for 2,5 centso
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NEWS LETTER
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON FAMILY RELATIONS
1219 University Avenue, S. E.
Minneapolis 14, Minnesota
March, 1961
Volume 6, No. 1
This Newsletter is devoted to the ballot, which you will find at the end of the issue• to news
about the Annual Meeting; and to infornation about workshops and other events which are
approaching. Because of a lack of space, most of the news from state and regional councils and
about people will be held until the May Newsletter. That issue will also contain further Annual
Meeting news. Perhaps some of you will want to send us information about your activities,
your communities, and your councils for that issue. Why don't you mail it to us right along
with your ballot, in the enclosed envelope?
We hope to see a great number of you at the Annual Meeting this August. Veon G. Smith and
Hulda V. Garrett, who are local arrangements co-chairmen fo~ the conference, have sent us a
letter from which we quote the following exciting excerpts:
We are hoping that the attractions of Salt Lake City and· the surrounding area wi 11
entice many to come to the Annual Meeting of the NCFR, scheduled for the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, August 23-25. "Salt Lake City has won renoun among
world travelers as one of the most beautiful and interesting cities on earth. It
In addition to the beautiful and rugged mountains, there are historic temple
square, the famous Bingham Copper Mine, "'largest surface copper mine in North
America," and many resort areas for swimming and picnicing and mountain climbing.
Also on the campus there are bowling, table tennis, billiards, pool, golf, and
tennis.- ••• we are planning an informal reception after the opening session on
Wednesday evening ••••• An Alpine Loop trip and outdoor dinner are planned for
Thursday afternoon and eveninge •••• Arrangements for tours on Saturday, August 26,
may be made at the time of registration or during the conference •••••Meals
will be available at the University Union Building Cafeteria at reasonable rates •
Lunch a la carte will be served in the Union Building Panorama Room, which offers
a magnificent view of the valley and mountains. The luncheons range in price
from $.75 to $1.40. There are many excellent places to eat off campus and lists
of places will be provided as well as a brochure of local attractions.
The Director of the Residence Halls would like to have housing arrangements made
directly with his office. Correspondence should be addressed to: Director,
Residence Halls, Ballif Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 12, Utah.
Following is the
~oom with twin
~oom with twin
Room with twin
information on rates: (Ballif Hall,. men's dormitory)
beds/double occupancy $2.50 per person per night.
beds/single occupancy $3.75 per person per night.
beds/bath/double occupancy $4.00 per person per night.
Units for Families:
Large rooms with four beds $1.50 per person per night.
Children under 12 charged two-thirds rate.
Families of three or more charged three-tourtha total rate for the family.
Maid service is available for an additional $.75 per day. Service facilities
are --washing machines, dryers, irons, mail service, and parking lot.
We will be glad to furnish lists and rates of hotels and motels which are within
a few miles of the university. Delegates desiring this information should write
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us directly, at the Marriage and Family Sounseling Bureau, 336 Orson Spencer
Hall, Univ. of Utah.
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You will find enclosed with the Newsletter an attractive brochure from Utah. We do hope
many of you Will want to build a vacation trip around the Utah Annual Meeting& Elsewhere in
this issue we are including a form which we would be happy to have you return to us, indicating that you are planning to attend.
Registration for the Annual Meeting will begin Wednesday afternoon. August 23rd. At the
opening plenary session Wednesday evening. an outstanding speaker will give an address on
WUifference, Tolerance, and Cooperation.~ This will be followed by a social hour.
In addition to the opening session, there will be three other plenary sessions. One will be
a panel discussion on "Religious Differences," with selected representatives of the Jewish~
Catholic, Protestant, and Mormon faiths. Another will be a panel discussion on "Ethical
Differences." Henry Bowman and one other (selected by him) will represent the conventionaltraditional position. Walter Stokes and one other (selected by him) will represent the
radical-progressive position. The third plenary session will be devoted to a discussion of
"Ideological Differences.... A speaker will talk about 'ryhe Soviet Family System" and two
discussants will represent the Western approach. Time will be allowed during the conference
for groups to discuss these sessions.
Since many films of great interest to NCFR members are now available. we have invited Curtis
E. Avery, Director, the E. c. Brown Trust, Portland, Oregon. to be in charge of film showings
during the conference, and to lead discussions on evaluating and using them ..
The Section Chairmen are working diligently to line up
Following is news about their meetings.
speakers you won't want to miss.
EDUCATION IN THE COLLEGES FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIVING. James A. Peterson, University of
Southern California, Chairman:
1.
2.
RESF~RCHL
"Family Life Education: Group Therapy or Content Centered?,.
Gordon Shipman, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
"Achieving Pre-Marital Sexual Values by: Permissive or Authoritarian Teaching?"
Richard H. Klamer, University of Alabama
WilliQm M. Kephart, University of Pennsylvania, Chairman:
1.
2.
3.
"Timing Patterns in Premarital Sexual Intimacy: An Attitudinal Report on
Three Western Societies ...
George Carpenter. University of WyomingJ Harold T. Christensen, Purdue Univ.
"Dating and Petting Behavior as Indexes of Marital Prediction"
William R. Reevy. Texas Technological College
"'Romanticism and Emotional Maturity"
Dwight Dean, Denison University
"Infant Training, FQmily Climate, and Personality Development"'
H. N, Kerr, University of West Virginia
"The Daughter-Role Concept: Some Research Findings"'
Robert Bell and Jack Buerkle, Temple University
"A Reexamination of the Role of the Father as an Index of Family Integration"'
Judson Landis, University of California
"Time-Changes in the Marital Relationship"·
Harold Feldman, Cornell University
''Mixed Religious Marriage Rates Among Catholics: Parish vs State Records ...
Lee Burohinal and William Kenkel. Iowa State University
"Interaction Between Family Merribers"
Harvey J. Locke, University of Southern California
"Impact of Wife's Employment on Family Organization"
Ward Bauder, Iowa State University
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"Marital Ernpioyment and General satisfactions"·
.F. Ivan N
ye. Florida State University
"Familia l Ties of Skid Row Residents"
Thomas Shipley. Jr •• and Leonard Blumberg, Temple University
4. Panel Discussion - "The R
ole or Census and Vital Statistics Data in Family Research"'
Hugh Carter. National Office of Vital Statistiosr David Hear, . U.S. Bureau
of the Censusr Harold T. Christensen, Purdue U
niversityJ Wiiliam M. Kephart,
University of Pennsylvania
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EDUCATION, Eleanor B. Luokey, U
niversity of Conneoticut, Chairmans
le "Understandi ng Our Differences"·
A panel discussion where points of view represented by the Jewish,
Prote stant, Roman Catholic, and M
orman faiths. and also an atheistic
pos ition, will be presented. Invited partici pants: Donald Maynard, Boston
University Sohool of Theology} Wayne J. Anderson, University of Minnesota,
Dr. Robert Jaoobs, B'nai B1 rith Hillel Foundation, St. LouisJ Dr. Urban
Fleege
2. "How Can Children be Taught Toleration and Cooperation?"'
A panel of parents will be invited to participate in this
COUNSELING, Clark E. Vincent, National Institutes of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland,
Chair.man.:
1. "The Role of Husband-Wife Differences in Marital "Conflict: Knowns and Unkno1n1s•'
Lawrence s. Fee, University of Ksnsasr Gerald R Leslie, Purdue University
.
2. "Dynamics, Principles, and Techniques in Helping Couples Resolve. Accept, or
Benefit from Differences Producing Marital Conflict"
Maurice J. Karpf, Beverly Hills, CalifoxniaJ James A. Peterson, University
of Southern CaliforniaJ Paul V
ahanian, Teachers College
EAltLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, Donelda Ross Clark, Triangle Nursery School• Ann Arbor, Michigan,
Cho.irmans
1. "Head B!'lllging in Early Childhood"
Vladimi r deLissovoy, Pennsyl~nia State· University
"The Personal Relationship Between Parents of Pre-School Children"·
Harold Feldman, Cornell University
"A Study of Some Experiences of Pre-School Children ill Their Homes .and Nursery
roups Vfhich are ~ssooiated with Their Development in Self-esteem"
School G
Elizabeth Manwell and Laura Preston, Syracuse U
niversity
2. "Relation of Maternal Employment on Children's Psychologieal D
evelopment,.
A debate, with four people to be invited
REUGION1
w.
Clark Ellzey, Stephens College, Chairmans
1. "Marriages, East and West"
People to be invited to present papers
2. "Ministering to the Inter-Faith Marriage•·
People to be invited to present papel'8
FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION IN THE C~JNITY, Stella H. Oaks, Provo City Schools, Utah, Chairmana
Theme: Communities in Action
1. "Aging. Patterns Around the World".
"Southern California and her Senior Citizens•·
Supt. Veirling Kersey, former State Superintendent of Public Ins.t.ruction
of California
"Differences and Similarities Round the World"
William T• .Van Orman, Regional RepresentatiTe f rom D
enver for the Dept. of
Health. Education, and ~elfare, will lead a panel of youth from China,
Finland, and the South Sea Islands
�"Provo's Experiment in Delinquent Rehabilitation" (while allowing the young
person to live at home)
2.
LaMar Empy, Director of the study currently in progress, which is
supported by a Ford Foundation Grant
Monroe J. Paxman, Judge of the 3rd District Juvenile Court
A consultant will be added to this group to open angles for searching
discussion
"'An Aroused Community Upgrades Movies"'
A Progress Report, Mrs. Smoot Brimhall, Chairman of Youth Protection
Committee of PTA
Supportive National Information and Points of View, Superintendent
J. c. Moffitt, past Vice-President of the National Congress of Parents
and Teachers
"Communities in Action: The Rocky Mountain Project"
"The Greenbrae Project"
R. DeVerl Willey, Nevada
"The Fgmily in Transition"
Clarence M. Hill, Director of Research, New Mexico State Dept. of Education
"The West High Project"
Dr. Ahderson, Utah
"Report from Arizona"
Victor A. Christopherson, University of Arizona
Ellvert H. Himes, President of the Utah Congress of Parents and Teachers,
and Professor of Education at Utah State University, Logan, presiding;
Elizabeth s. Foree, American Social Health Association, New York City,
moderator.,
EDUCATION IN TEE SCHOOLS FOR MARRIAGE AND FM!ILY LIVING, Myrtle Gillespie. Wyoming State
Department of Eauoation, Chairman:
1.
2.
nHow Shall "\'{e Teach Sex Education?"
David and Frances Treat, Clara Elizabeth Fund for Maternal Health,
Flint, Michigan
"The School and Community Take a Look at Teenage Marriages"
Presentation of Recent Research by Lee Burchinal, Iowa State University;
and Kenneth Cannon, Brigham Young University. Provo, Utah
Panel Discussion; Panelmembers representing school administrators. guidance
personnel, teachers and parents
In addition to the Section Meetings, Thomas P. Monahan, Chairman of the NCFR Committee on Law,,
ie planning a 'meeting- on"The Family and the Law."
11E-ORGMJIZATION OF NCFR SECTION STRUCTURE
The Sub-Committee on Sections, following its instructions from the Executive Committee, made
a study of the structure and functions of the sections in NCFR, reported the study, and
submitted recommendations to the Board of Directors.
In reviewing the history of the sections, it was discovered that some have functioned much
more actively and effectively than others. There are sections now in existence which were
not present at the beginning of the organization. There are some sections which did exist
originally which have become completely inactive. Some sections have sponsored projects all
through the year and others have considered their primary and sometimes only function that of
getting together a program for the Annual Meeting.
Evaluations of Annual Meetings revealed that there are numerous complaints and suggestions
regarding the functioning of the sections. Some individuals felt that there were many
uninspired programs; while others experienced frustrations when several different Pections
yere holding meetings simultaneously.
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Questionnaries were sent to all past Section Chairmen and other pe.st officers of the ~CFR.
asking them to respond to questions regarding the structure of sections in the light of
their experience. /\.fter analyzing the questionnaires, considerin11: the evaluations of
Annual Meetine;s, and taking into account the basic purposes of +:h~ NCFR, the Committee
recommended to the Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting in August, 1960• that NCFR
be re-organized into four major sections of professional interest, as follows:
Research
---rD(),WSing on all facets of family relations and covering the life cycle.
Education
From nursery education through schools, colleges, and adult education.
Counseling
Dealing ~th all facets from child guidance to old age.
Special Emphases
This would include any areas which could not conceivably be included in the
above three groups plus the framework in which potentially new sections or
subject matter areas could initiate their offerings, make their contributions.
and test out their potential future as a section.
The Board of Directors accepted this report at the August, l960 meeting, and the proposed
reorganization will go into effect immediately after the August, 1961 meeting.
Blaine M. Porter, Chairman
Sub-Committee on Sections
TBE 1961 E. W. BURGESS AWARD
At the Annual Meeting to be held in Utah in August, separate awards will be made for the best
published research article, during 1959 and l960J and for the best published monograph on
the family 9 during those two years. Members of the Burgess Award Committee includes Gerald
R. Leslie. Purdue University. Chairman; Robert Bell, Department of Sociology, Temple University,
Judson Landis, University of California at Berkely; Donald Brieland, Director of Children's
Services • State of Illinois; and Mirra Komarovaky, Barnard College. Winners of the awards
will receive certificates to be presented at the Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City.
NCFR MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORIES
Copies of the NCFR Membership Directory, separate from the journal but with the same type of
cover, may be ordered from the NCFR office by NCFR members for $1.50. Order now, while the
supply lastsl
If there were any mistakes made in the Directory, please let us know, so that we may make
corrections ..
COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL LIAISON
Evelyn Duvall, chairman, reports that the committee on International Liaison is exploring the
possibility of a World Family Year (paralleling the world-wide observance of the Geophysical
Year). The Paris office of the International Union of Family Organizations has been approached.
She has seen the Honorable Adlai Stevenson, and has written him a follow-up at his post as
TJni ted States A.,'Jlbassador to United Nations, asking his help in finding proper channels for
official backing of such a. project. The tentative plan is, upon encouragement through UN and/
or UNESCO, to invite other internationally interested agencies with a family focus to work with
us to define the scope, design and possible programming of a World Family Year. Reactions and
suggestions from all members of the National Council on Family Relations are sought especially
now before plans are too far along. Write directly to Evelyn Duvall, chairman, or to Esther
Middlewood or John Mogey, meni::lera, Committee on International Liaison.
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INrERNATIONAL UNION OF
FM~ILY
ORGANIZATIONS
The 1961 Session of the International Union of Family Organizations will take place in Madrid,
July 10-16. This session will include on the one hand an International Conference, and, on
the other the General Assembly, which will meet Friril'l.y, July 14, The General Assembly meets
every four years. The Assembly consists of all the members of the Union, only active members
having the ri~ht to vote. Each member organization may be represented by two delegates and
two proxies. The International Conference on the Family will study "The Work of the Mother
in and outside the Home." U. S. NCFR members listed under "Composition du Conseil General
de l'Union," IUFO, include Pat Crowley, the Rt. Rev. :A:sgr. Irving A. DeBlanc, Evelyn. M. Duvall,
and Judson T. Landis.
The Commission on Parent-Teacher Relations, International Union of' Family Organizations.
announces that an International Study Session on the role of parents and teachers in school
and vocational guidance was held in Brussells, January 27, 28, and 29, 1961.
The next session of the Commission on Marriage Guidance of the IUFO will take place in London,
June 22-25, 1961. The topio will be The~~~ or Marriage.
NEVIlS RELEASES
THE NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON CHURCH AJW FAMILY: Reuben Hill will represent the NCFR and
serve as a resource person for the North American Conference on Church and Family to be held
at Green Lake, Wisconsin, April 30-May 5, 1961. other NCFR members who have accepted leaders~ip responsibilities at the conference are Jessie Bernard, Lee Burchinal. Harold Christensen,
Lester Kirkendall, Judson Landis, John c. Wynn, David Mace, Donald Schroeder, David Treat.
Ralph Bridgman, Clark Vincent, 1\[ildred :Morgan, and LeMon Clark. Evelyn and Sylvanus Duvall
are Co-chairmen of the Conference Planning Committee.
THE ·AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE: Harold T. Christensen, NGFR president,
appointed Professor William Kephart and Rabbi Joseph D. Herzog, ?hiladel?hia, to represent the
ICF~ at the sixty-fifth annual meeting of this group in Philadelphia April 14-15, 1961.
AMERICAN HOME ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION: The theme for the 52nd annual meeting of the AHBA,
June 27-30, 1961, will be "Scientific Development Influencing Family Life." The ke:ynote
address will focus attention on science and changes in home and family life that technological
advances have brought. Other general sessions will include a program devoted to better understanding of our Latin American neighbors, a panel in "interpreting the age of consumerism, 11
and a session designed to foster improved public relations and communications. In addition,
each subject-matter section and professional section will have a program.
HOME AND FAMILY LIFE SECTION OF THE ADULT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: New officers are Chairman,
Mrs. Lottie E. More, Area State Supervisor, Homemaking Division, Denver Department of
Vocational Education; Co-chairman, Dr. Thelma Dreis, USDA, Nutrition Programs Office; SecretaryTreasurer, Mrs. Lois Humphrey, Coordinator, Homemaking Education, Emily Griffith Opportunity
School, Denver.
THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL WELFARE and more than 50 other national organizations will
sponsor the world's largest social welfare forum in Minneapolis~ Minnesota, May 14-19, 1961.
The theme of the forum, which will be open to all persons, will be "conoern for Human Welfare:
Unifying Force for Survival." Write the National Conferenoe on Social Welfare, 22 W. Gay Street
Columbus 15, Ohio.
THE FL01UDA AGRICULTURAL AND MECIDrniCAL UNIVERSITY, Tallahassee, held an institute on Domestio
Belations Maroh 2-4, in their College of Law. The theme was "Problems Created by Marriage
and Divorce."
THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WELFA~, FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY, held its Sixth Annual Southern
Conference on Corrections at Tallahassee Maroh 2-3, 1961. The conference is a forum between
practitioners, administFators, professionals, and educators in the fields of juvenile and
adult corrections, with special emphasis on the problems of the south.
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TRE BERGEN- PASSAIC SECTION O THE N~l JERSEY H
F
OME ECONO~ICS ASSO
CIATION is holding a Family
Living W
orks ho p April 15, 1961 at Benjamin Franklin Junior High School, Ridgewood, N; J.
Y~ . Samuel E. Witchell, Professor or Sooiology, Gl assb oro College, is the keynote speaker.
He
will be f ollowed by a Symposium on " Constants--Community's R
esponsibility." Professional
advisors are D Florida Moore, Teacher s College; and D Elizabeth Page, Montclair State
r.
r.
College.
THE ALABAMA ASSOCIAT ION FOR M
ENTA HEALTH AND THR BIRMINGHAM MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION will
L
co-sponsor a workshop on Family Life and M
enta l Health in Birmingham, April 3-7. The direotor
of this training workshop will be Dr. Ethel Kawin of Chicago, who has been head of a speoi&l
project, under the d i rection of t he U
niversity of C
hicag o and supported by a grant from the
Ford Foundation, to develop materials and methods by whi ch more wholesome and stable family
life oan be aohieved.
THE RESEARCH CENTER ON FAMILY DEVELOPMENT , Community Studies, Ine., Kansas CityJ The University
of Ka~sas City; and th e Greater Kansas City M~~tal Health Foundation sponsored a two-day
seminar March 10-11, 1961 at the University of Kansas Ci ty. The theme was Famil¥ Life and
Mental HealthJ PREVENTI VE PSYCH
IATRY. The principal speaker was Dr. Nathan w. Ackerman,
Kssooiate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia U
niversity and Clinioal Direotor and
Research Psychiatrist of the Family M
ental Health Clinio sponsored by t he Jewish Family Servioe
of New York.
INSTITUTES, WORKSHOPS , GRADUATE PROGRAMS • FELLOWSHIPS , ETC •
THE ~dERR ILL-PALME~ iNSTITUTE will hold a ~orkshop on "The Role of the Professional Person in the
Racially Changing N ghborhood/' July 10-21, 1961. The workl!hop will offer 2 hours' credit
ei
and will carry a tuition fee of $45. 00 Room and board can be provided at the Institute fo r
$60. 00 . Scholarships are available. The emphasis or t he workshop is on helping the professional person play a positive role in biracial settings as he relates to the community, his clients,
and families in his nei ghborhood. The aims of the ~orkshop are to bring together pertinent
knowledge conc erning raoe, urban change, and community organizations and to encourage participants to learn more about their own attitudes, values, and professional skills so as to inoreaae
their effect iveness in biracial communi ti.es. A.niong the participants will be teachers, principals, visiting teaohers, social workers, nurses, community agenc y personnel, clergymen, and
businessmen. Write Richard K. Kerokhoff, Workshop Leader, the Merrill-Palmer I nstitute, 71 E.
Ferry A
ve., Detroit 2, Michigan.
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY has been awarded several National Defense fellowships for the Interdivisional D
octoral Program in M
arriage and Family Living, beginning with t he 1961 academic
year. Stipends are $2,000, $2 ,200, and $2 ,100 for the first, seoond, and third year.. For
. Fellows with dependents, an additional $400 is pro'Vided f or wife and eaoh ch ild under 18 years
of age. Inte~ested students need apply without delay, sinoe awards are made early in the year.
Write Ivan Nye, D
irector, Inter-Divisional Dootoral Program in Marriage and Family Living,
Florida State Univers i ty, Tallahassee.
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN announces fellowships fo r doctoral study in s ooial work and sooial
soienoe leading to Ph .D. degrees in sooial work and economios, sooial work and psychology,
social work and social psychology, and social work and sociology. Write Supervision Committee
for the Dootoral Progra~ in Sooi•l Work and Social Soienoe, 1060 Frieze Building, University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
THE COLLEGE OF HOME ECONOMICS, PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, baa !'inanoial aid available
through assistantships .or fellowships, for work toward a master's degree or a doctorate in
several areas, including Child Development and Family Relationships •. Write Offioe of the Deane
SUM!~ SCHOOL PROGRAM AT KANSAS STATE UliTVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF HOME ECONOMICSs
The first four
weeks, June 12-July 7, will offer the following ~aduate coursesa Advanoes in Clothing J Advances in NutritionJ Financial Problema of Families, Housing Requirements of Familie&J Institutional Food Purohasing·J Organization and Pres$ntation of Home EoonomioSJ Seminar in Family and
Child D
evelopment (Implications of reeearoh for teaohing family life in high aohools, taught by
Dale Womble.) The aeoond four weeks, July 10-Auguat 4 will offer three ooureest Ad~ce in Textiles; Institutional Equipment, Seminar in Family and Child D
evelopment (Studies of families and
children in a variety of p~esent day oultures, taught by LeoneKell.) For further information
write to Dean Doretta Hofnman, Sohool of Home Eoonomios, Kansas State University, Manhattan.
CENTRAL MISSOURI STATE COLLEGE, Warrensburg, Missouri, will hold a workshop on family life
education the first two weeks or August. For details write Dr. Lanioe Mooreo
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CHICAGO TEACHERS' COLLEGE: ~h F. Osborne of Hinsdale, Illinois High School and
M~y Westbrook of the Home Economics Department at Northern Illinois University will conduct a fourweek FaDdly Life Workshop at Chicago Teachers' College beginning June 19th.
B~IGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY SUMME~ SCHOOL:
David Treat, Director of the Clara Elizabeth Fund for
MateTnal Health, and former NCFR president, will teach a course in Parent Education, with
special emphasis upon teaching sex and reproduction, during the first summer session. The course
is designed for advanced seniors and graduate students. James L. Hymes, Jr., University of
Maryl.A.nd, will direct a workshop for seniors and graduate students, on Understanding the Young
Child, August 7-18. Blaine M. Porter, from whom more information may be obtained, points out
that the second workshop will end the Friday preceding the NCFR Annual Meeting, for the convenience of those who wish to combine some study with the conference. In addition to these
courses, Harold T. Christensen, Purdue, will teach a 5-week Family Course in the Sociology Dept.
AUDIO-VISUAL CENTER, INDIANA UNIVERSITY, BLOOMINGTON, has available a variety of graduate and
undergraduate programs of study in communications media. Write L.D. Larson, Director.
THE UNIVE~SITY OF CINCINNATI will offer two-week workshops on Group Guidance of Young Children,
and Child Development in Educational Programs, June 19-June 30. Write Dr. Emma B. ~~iteford,
Director, School of Home Economics, Univ. of Cincinnati,· Cincinnati 21, Ohio.
THE INTERNSHIP T~INING PROG~ IN COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY, THE MERRILL-PALMER INSTITUTE:
For complete information cone.rning this program and available fellowships, write Aaron L.
~tledge, Leader, Training ProgrQID in Counseling and Psychotherapy, 21 E. Ferry Ave.,Detroit 2.
UTAH STATE UNIVE]SITY• Logan: Special workshops for the summer of 1961 include a Sex Education
Workshot Aug. 7-11, with David B. Treat, Director, Clara Elizabeth Fund, as leader~ Piliay
Schoolorkshop June 19-30, with Dorothy Lewis as director; a Family Life Education Wor shot
Aug. 7-19, with Elizabeth Force, ASHA, and Mildred Morgan, Consultant-rn-Family Life Educat on,
N. c., as leadersJ a Leaders~ Youth Workshop Aug. 14-16, with Jay Skidmore as director,
and Mildred Morgan, Elizabeth Force, and DaVid Mace as consultantSJ a Marriage CounselinJ Work•
shop Aug. 16-18, with David Mace, Executive Director of the AAMC as leader; ~ocky Mounta n---~ennce on Aging~ the Modern World, June 28-30, with Welling Roskelly, Sociology Department 1
director. ffrite Dean Dorothy T. Dyer, College of Family Life, Utah State University~
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF FAMILY RElATIONS: The 14th Annual Workshop in the Techniques of Counseling for professional people will be held at the headquarters of the American Institute of
Family ~elations, 5287 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles 27, Calif., July 31 through August 12, 1961.
Paul Popenoe, President, urges early application because of limited registration. Full
information will be sent on request. Information on local classes on such subjects as "New
Horizons After Divorce," "Your Social Effectiveness," 11Understanding our Children," and Home
Management may also be obtained.
UNIVERSITY OF GEO~IA~ The following courses carrying graduate credit will be offered by the
Dept. of Family Development during the summer terms, 1861: Development of the Young Child,
The Family in the Community, Contemporary Family Life, Internship in Nursery School Administration, Behavior Problems in Children,", and Adjustment in Home and Family Relations. Write
Elizabeth T. Sheerer, Head, Dept. of Family Development, Univ. of Georgia. Athens.
YALE SUMMER SCHOOL OF ALCOHOL STUDIES: For information concerning the 19th Annual Session,
June 25-July 20, -1961 write the Registrar at 52 Hillhouse Avenue, Yale Station, New Haven, Conn.
THE SMITH COLLEGE SCHOOL FO~ SOCIAL V\10111\ will sponsor a Public Welfare Seminar Program July 1727, 1961 on the topics Basic Principles of Social Casework, Dynamics of Human Behavior, and
Evolution and Structure of the Social Services. Write Howard J. Parad, Director. Smith College
School for Social Work, Gateway House, Northampton, Mass. He will also provide information
concerning their Program of Advanced Study for Graduate Caseworkers, June 21, 1961 to August 29,
1962J and Graduate Seminars for Experienced Social Workers, July 17-27, 1961.
�BIOGRAPHICAL DATA ON CANDIDATES
(Names are in alphabetical order under respective headings.)
(1)
(3)
Present professional position
Participation in NCFR
(2)
(4)
Past profet:fsional positions
Related activities
PRESIDENT-ELECT:
BRIELAND, DONALD, Ph.D. (1) Director of Children's Services, Illinois Department of
Welfare. (2) Executive Director, Elizabeth McCormick Memorial Fund; Research Associate,
University of Minnesota Institute of Child Welfare. (3) Member, NCF~ Executive
Committee; former chairman, nominating and budget committees; former president,
Minnesota Council on Family Life; Presented paper, 1959 Annual Meeting. (4) Various
committees of the APA* and the NASW* (Research Section).
FULTON, WALLACE c., M.P.H. (1) Health Education Associate, Bureau of Public Health,
Equitable Life Assurance Society, New York. (2) Chief, Section of Public Health
Education, Minnesota Department of Health. (3) Member, NCFR Executive Committee;
Chairman, Research Projects Committee; NCFR Representative to American National
Committee for Health Education; Chairman, Reception and Entertainment Committee, IUFONCFR Conference; former chairman, nominating and Annual Meeting program committees;
former member, Board of Directors; former president and executive committee member,
Tri-State Council; former president, Minnesota Council on Family Life. (4) Fellow and
Elected Counselor, American Public Health Association; Member, Royal Society of
Health of Great Britain.
SECRETARY's
JORDAN, L. FRANCES, M. s. (1) Assiste.nt Professor, Child Development and Family Life,
Univ. of Delaware. (2) Instructor, Child Development, University of Alabama; Director,
Nursery School Laboratory, Wilmington, N. c. (3) Attended annual conferences past
four years; Secretary, Early Childhood Section, 1960-61. (4) Member of Advisory Boards
for 3 parent coops in communityJ AHEA*; Delaware REA, member of Cabinet, College Club
Advisor, Chairman of Child Development and Family Relations Subject Matter Section;
NANE*; AAUW*• International Relations Branch Chairman; American Council of Parent
Cooperatives.
PALMER, CHARLENE D., Ed.D. (1) Assistant Professor of Home Economics, Univ. of Calif.,
Santa Barbara. (3) Presented paper, 1959 Annual Meeting. (4) Former Secretarytreasurer, Nat'l Assoc. of Home Economics Teacher Educators; Member, Home Economics
professional committee, California Association for Supervision and Curriculum
Development; Treasurer, Calif. Home Economics Coastal Tri-Counties DistrictJ AHEA*r
ASA*; Pi Gamma Nu.
DIRECTORS:
BURCHINAL, LEE G., Ph.D. (1) Associate Professor,Research Sociologist, Iowa State
University. (2) Teaching and Research at Iowa State and Ohio State Universities in
sociology of the family and child development & family relations; (3) Abstracts
Editor, M & F L*; 1961-62 Research Section Chairman; President, Iowa Council on
Family Relations. (4) 50J articles in area of marriage and family relations published;
Past Chairman, Family Section, Midwest Sociological Society; Co-chairman of Family
Committee of Iowa Governor's Commission on Children and Youth; Member, State Board of
Governors, Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers; ASA*; Alpha Kappa Delta; Review
Consultant for grant applications to the Social Security Administration.
BU~~OUGHS, JOSEPH D., M. s.
(1) Professor and Extension Specialist in Human Relations,
University of Massachusetts. (2) Extension Specialist in Child Development and Family
Relationships, Cornell University. (4) Professional member of American Guidance and
Personnel Association;. Phi Delta KappaJ Phi Kappa Phi.
�- 10 CARrER, DON c., Ed. D. (1) Head, Department of Family Living and Child Development, Utah
State University. (2) Associate Professor, Sociolo~y and Social Work, and Extension Sooiol•
ogist, Utah State University; Child Welfare Consultant, Utah Bureau of Service& for
Children. (3) Past Chairman, Research Section; Past President, Utah Council on Family
~elations.
(4) Past President, Utah Conference of Sooial Work1 Former msmber, Council of
Delegates, Council on Social Work Education.
Ch~RKE, ALFRED c., Ph.D.
(1) Associate Professor of Sociology, Ohio State University. (2)
Research Associate, OSU Research Foundation; Staff member, Marriage Counseling Clinic,
Coordinator, functional marriage courses, Ohio State Univ. (3) Articles published in
M & F L*J Research Section; Executive Committee, Ohio Council on Family Relations. (4)
ASA•; Ohio Academy of Soienoe; President, Ohio State Chapter, AAUP*J Beta Gamma Sigma 1
Alpha Kappa DeltaJ Ohio Valley Sociological Society.
DAGER, EDWARD z., Ph.D. (1) Associate Professor of Sociology, Marriage Counselor, Purdue
University. (2) Research Assistant, Institute of Child Development and FOODily Life, Ohio
State. (3) Former Book Review Editor, M & F L*J Looal Arrangements Chainnan·, 1958 Annual
MeetingJ Articles published in M & F L*; Research SectionJ Indiana Council on Family
Relations. (4) APA•;Society for Study of Sooial Problems1 County Mental Health Assoo.
HILlMAN, CHRISTINE H., Ph.D. (1) Professor of Home Eoonomios, Ohio State University. (2)
Professor, National Agricultural Extension Center for Advanced Study, and the Sohool of
Home Economics, Univ. of Wis. (3) On programs for Annual Meetings: Past Secretary, NCFRJ
Vice-president and fonner Newsletter editor, Ohio Counoi>l on F'qmily Relations. (4) Member,
Administrative Board, Institute of Child Development & Family Life, Ohio State Univ.a
author of 60+ articles, bulletins, eta. in area of family life eduoation1 Elyria Council
for Family Life EduoatiOnJ N C-32 Regional Research Committee, ASA*t AHEA*J Society for
Research in Child Development, AAUP*J Rural Sociological Society.
MOORE, FLORIDE, Ph.D. (1) Head, Department of Home and Family Life, Teachers College,
Columbia University. (2) Head, Home Economics Education, University of Georgia. (3) Aot~n
in looal arrangements for IUFO-NCFR Conference. (4) Numerous publications, Consultant on
films; NEA*J AVA*J AHEA*J ACEI*J AAPSS*J ASCD*•
PILPEL, HARRIET F., LL.B. (1) Attorney and Author. (3) Contributor toM & F L•J On panel
on Marriage and The Law at Tri-State Annual Meeting. (4) ABA•; Home Advisory and Service
Council of New York City, Ino.J Chairman of Legal Committee, AAMC*•
TREAT, DAVID B., M.A. (1) Director of Clara Elizabeth Fund for Maternal Health sinoe 1942.
Lecturer on Family Life, General Motors Institute. (3) Past president of NCFR•t Past
member, Executive Committee, BoardJ Past chairman, Pro~ram Committee~ Annual Meeting,
Board Member, Michigan Council on Family Relations. (4) Member, Executive Committee,
Family Life Dept., National Council of Churches, Treasurer, American Assoo. for Maternal
and Infant HealthJ Fellow, American Publio Health AssooiationJ Phi Delta Kappa; Leader of
Family Life Workshops several reoent summers.
VAHANIAN, PAUL, Ed.D. (1) Assistant Professor of Education, Supervisor of Marriage and
Fsmily Counseling Training and Parent Education, Teachers College, Columbia. (2) Faculty
member, Merrill-Palmer Institute. (3) 1959-60 Chairman, Counseling SeotionJ Co-chairman,
Looal Arrangements, IlWO-NCFR ConferenoeJ Tri-State Council. (4) Chair.man Admissions
Committee, AAMC*J Member, New York State Parent Education CommitteeJ Groves ConferenoeJ
Society for Scientific Study of SexJ ASA*J APA•.
SECTION OFFICERS:
ANDERSON, FLOYD M., ~d.D. (1) Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Halations,
and Counselor, Counseling Service, Brigham Young Univ. (2) Counseling, Domestic Relations
Court, Toledo. OhioJ professor, Univ. of Toledo. (3) Presented paper at Ames Annual
Meeting) Chairman, Counseling Section, Utah Council on Family Relations. (4) Set up Utah
State Marriage Counseling Program, under State Welfare Dept.J several articles on
marriage and family relations published.
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BUCHANAN, HELEN E., Ed.D. (1) Assistant Professor in Family Relationships, Penn State
Univ. (2) Teaaher, Univ. of Arkansas. (4) Program Committee, Groves Conference, co~author,
"Dating, Mating, Marriage," Research interest in communication.
·
CANNON, KENNETH L., Ph.D. (1) Professor of Family Relations, Bri~ham Young University.
(2) Associate Professor in Family Relations, Univ. of Nebraska. (3) Presented papers at
Ames and Denver Annual MeetingsJ President, Utah Council on Family Relations; former vicepresident, and chairman of Research Committee, Utah CouncilJ former president, Nebraska
Council on Family ~lations, articles in M & F L•. (4) former chairman of North Central
Region Experiment Station Committee on Family Life ResearchJ many publications in journals.
bulletins, co-author of "Boy Marries GirlJ" member of various advisory committees on
family life education and family life research.
CWIST, JOHN R., Ph.D. (1) Associate Professor of Family Sociology and Marriage Counselor,
Denison University. (2) Research, Selly Oaks Colleges, Birmingham, England. (3) Articles
in M & F L*J former vice-president, Ohio Council on Family Relations. (4) Various articles
in professional journals, ASA*J AAMC*J American Men of Science- Social SciencesJ Groves
Conference.
ELLZEY, w. CLARK$ B.D. (1) Chairman, Dept. of Marriage and Family, Stephens College. (2)
Methodist minister, Director, Western Branch, Marriage and Family Council, Inc. (3) Former
chairman of Section on Mass MediaJ Chairman, Section on Religion, former vice-chairman of
Section on Education in the CollegesJ former chairman of Conference Film HoursJ NCFR•
Secretary; former president, Missouri Council on Family Relations. (4) AAMC*J Groves
ConferenceJ Committee on Family Life, National Council of Churches; Author, Lecturer.
FORCE, ELIZABETH S., M.A. (1) Associate Director of Education, American Social Health
Association. (2) Developed Tom's River. N. J. High School program in Social Behavior and
Family Relations. (3) Board of Directors; Associate Editor of Teacher Exchange, TriState Council on Family Relations, On program, Oregon Annual Meeting. (4) Discussion
leader in summer courses at Univ. of Penn., Utah State Univ., etc.J Director, Family Life
Education Workshop at Roanoke, Va., and numerous other workshops.
GLASSBERG, BERTY., M.D. (1) Lecturer on Personal and Family Living, Harris Teachers'
CollegeJ Private practice in Internal Medicine and Marriage Counseling; Instructor in
Medicine, Washington University. (2) Lecturer on Personal and Family Living, St. Louis
Board of Education. (3) Past member, Board of Directors; Section meetings; 1960 President,
Missouri Council on Family Relations. (4) Past vice-president, AAMC*J Program Committee,
1960 Groves Conference.
GOLDBERG, STELLA 'R., Ed.D. (1) Teacher of Family Life to Senior high school boys and girls,
Linton High Schoolt Schenectady, N.Y., program includes 15 pre-kindergarten children and
their parents. (2J Home Economics teacher, Keene Valley,N.Y. (3) Contributor to
TEACHER EXCHANGE FOR HIGH SCHOOL FAMILY LIFE EDUCATORS. (4) not listed.
LANG, LAURENCE H.$II., M.A. (1) Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in Family
life, Kansas State University. (2) Associated with the Ethical (Culture) Societies as a
Leader (clergyman) in training and Acting Leader. (3) NCF~-IUFO ConferenoeJ Member.
Kansas Family Life Association. (4) Board of Directors, Kansas Council for Children and
Youth and National Counoil of State Committees for Children and YouthJ North Central States
Regional Rural Sociology Committoe, Kaneas Mental Health CommitteeJ Governor's committee
for 1960 White House Conference on Children and Youth. and Delegate to Conference.
MOGEY, JOHN, D.so. (1) Chairman of Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Vanderbilt Univ.
(2) University Lecturer in Sociology, Oxford Univ., England. (3) Articles in M & F L*J
Kember International Liaison Committee; on program, NCFR-IUFO Conference. (4) Current
research interests include finishing a book, "Rebuilding a Community," about the impact
on family structures of rehousing an English hamlet and an international study of family
authority.
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MOSS, J. JOEL, Ph.D. (1) Research professor, School of Home Economics, Southern Illinois
University. (2) Associate Professor and Chairman of Division of Family Relation~ and Child
Development, Univ. of Nebraska. (3) AssooiRte Editor, TEACHER EXCHANGEa attended several
annual meetings. (4) active in various capacities in State Home Economics Associations
and Family Councils; co-author of "Eddyville's Families," and author of other articles,
faculty fellowship in Gerontology, summer 1959; developed 13-session TV series on Marriage
for National Educational Radio and TV Center, summer, 1960.
SAMENFINK, J. ANTHONY, Ph.D. (1) Director, Marriage Counseling Center, and Professor of
Child Development and Family Relations, South Dakota State College. (2) Head, Department
of Education and Psychology, College of Sacred Heart, Grand Coteau, La. (3) Contributor
to M & F L*J Attendance at annual meetings. (4) AAMC*J AHEA*J ASA•J Groves Conference,
articles in professional journals.
STEWART, FRANCIS G., Ph.D. (1) Presbyterian minister, Connellsville, Pa. (3) chairman
Religious Section, three years; member, Board of Directors, two yearsJ Seoretarya author
of articles in M & F L•. (4) Groves ConferenoeJ Academy of Religion and Meatal HealthJ
Leader of Pastoral Seminars in marriage and family living.
STOTT, LELAND H., Ph.D. (1) Leader, Longitudinal Research Pro~ram, Merrill-Palmer Institute
-- involving the study of families as well as individuals. (2) Staff member, MerrillPalmer. Associate Professor of Research in Family Relationships, Univ. of Nebraska.
(4) has taught courses in parent education, family relationships, child development at
Universities of Nebraska, Michigan, Indiana, and Hampton Institute.
VINCENT, CLARK E., Ph.D. (1) Training Specialist and Adminstrator for Research Training
Grants in Social Sciences, Training Grants Branch, National Institutes of Mental Health.
(2) Associate Professor of Sociology & Anthropology, University of Iowa. (3) Chair.man of
Counseling Section; Contributor toM & F L•; annual meetings; formerly v~e-president,
Northern California Council on Family Relations. (4) ASA*J AAMC•; American Bugenios
Society; National Association for Services to Unmarried ParentsJ Society for Scientific
Study of Sex; Society for Study of Social Problems.
WALTERS, JAMES, Ph.D. (1) Professor in Department of Home and Family Life, Florida State
University. (2) Professor and Head, Dept. of Child Qevelopment and Family Life, University
of Alabama. (3) Contributor to M & F L•; Southeastern Council on Family RelationsJ
Research section. (4) AHEA*J APA*J Society for Research in Child DevelopmentJ contributor
to several journals.
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PRESIDENT-ELECT:
{Vote for ONE only.)
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( ) Wallace c. Fulton
( ) Donald Brie land
SECRETARY:
(Vote for ONE only.)
( )
( ) L. Frances Jordan
( ) Charlene D. Palmer
DIRECTORS:
(Vote for FIVE only.
Names are in random order.)
( ) Joseph D. Burroughs
( ) Don c. Carter-
( ) Lee G. Burchinal
( ) Harriet F. Pilpel
( ) Christine H. Hillman
( ) Alfred c. Cls.rke
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( ) David B. Treat
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( ) Edward
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Paul Vahanian
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( ) Floride Moore
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( ) J. Anthony Samenfink
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( ) Floyd M. Anderson
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( ) Cle.rk E. Vincent
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( ) Kenneth L. Cannon
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( ) James Walters
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NEWS LETTER
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON FAMILY RELATIONS
1219 University Avenue, S. E.
Minneapolis 14, Minnesota
Volume
May, 1961
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No. 2
1961 ANNUAL MEETING
Theme:
OUR DIFFE¥tENCES - AND OUR COMMON GROUND
For a st~mulating and creative conference experience, plus a delightful vacation in
Utah, "land of color and contrast," join your fellow NCFR members at the University
of Utah August 23-25. This dynamic and challenging conference will be one you will
long remembe:d
David R. Mace, program chairman. bas announced that in order to allow more time for
the signigicant section pr9grams and plenary sessions planned, registration will
take place Wednesday, August 23rd, from 8:00 a.m. to lOaOO a.m., in Orson Spencer
Hall Foyer. Dr. Opert Tanner of the University of Utah, an outstanding philosopher,
will deliver the keynote address on "Difference, Tolerance, & Cooperation" at lOaOO a.m.
in Orson Spencer Hall Auditorium.
In addition. President A. Ray Olpin of the
University of Utah, and President David Oa McKay of the Mormon Church have been invited
to welcome those attending the conference.
Wednesday afternoon there will be discussion groups, based on Dr. Tanner's talkJ and
section meetings. In the evening, the program will feature Curtis Avery, Director
of the E. c. Brown Trust, on "The Use and Misuse of Films in Family Life Education."
A social hour in the Union Panorama Room and Faculty Lounge will follow.
Thursday's schedule includes section meetings; a plenary session with a panel on
"Religiou~ DifferenoesJ" and discussion groups to talk about these differences.
An
excursion over Mt. Timpanogos Alpine Loop to Aspen Grove, for an outdoor dinner and
entertainment, Western style, will follow.
Friday morning, after section meetings start the day, there will be a plenary session
on "Ethical Differences." The Luncheon and Annual NCF'R Business Meeting will be held
in the Union Ballroom that day. Discussion groups on ethical differences, and section
meetings will be held in the afternoon. At the closing plenary session in Orson
Spencer Auditorium, the discussion will center on "Ideological Differences."
Saturday mornin~individual arrangements may be made through Gray Line for tours at
one-half the regular price. There are many choicesa Historic Salt Lake City and
Old Mormon Trail; Bingham Canyon and the open-cut Copper Minew Big Cottonwood Canyon
and Brighton ResortJ Great Salt Lake and Beaches.
A personally guided tour may be arranged to the Latter-Day Saints Temple Square, where
many will wish to hear an organ recital; and a visit may be made to some of the Mormon
plaoes of worship and welfare services.
For more complete information on plenary sessions, section programs, and speakers, and
on housing, refer to your March Newsletter or to the May journal; or you may write
the NCFR office for an information sheeto A pre-registration blank is included with
this newsl6tter for your oonvenienoee
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RESULTS OF THE NCFR ELECTION
President-elect • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Wallace c. Fulton
Secretary • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • L. Frances Jordan
Board of Directors • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Lee G. Burchinal
Christine H. Hillman
pavid B. Treat
Paul Vahanian
Don c. Carter
Chairman-elect, Counseling Section • • • • • • • • • • Bert Y. Glassberg
Secretary, Counseling Section
• • • • • • • • • • • • Clark E. Vincent
Chairman-elect, Education Section • • • • • • • • • • • W. Clark Ellzey
Secretary, Education Section • • • • • • • • • • • • • Helen E. Buchanan
Chairman-elect, Research Section • • • • • • • • • • • Leland Stott
Secretary, Research Section • • • • • • • • • • • • •• Kenneth L. Cannon
Chairman, Special Emphases Section • • • • • • • • • • Joel Moss
Chairman-elect, Special Emphases Section • • • • • • • Elizabeth s. Foroe
Secretary, Special Emphases Seotion • • • • • • • • • • Laurence H. Lang, II
ADDITIONAL SUMMER WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS
THE MERRILL-PALMER INSTITUTE, 71 E. Ferry Avenue, Detroit 2, Michigan:
June 19-July 28. Seminar in Human Development and Human Relations. Taught by Melvyn
J. Baer, Richard K. Kerckhoff, w. Mason Mathews, D. Keith Osborn. 9 quarter hours or
six semester hours credit.
June 26-July 7. Workshop on Counseling with Students in Family Living Courses. Taught
by John w. Hudson. 2 graduate semester hours credit.
July 10-July 21. Workshop on Role of the Professional Person in ~cially Changing
Neighborhoods. Taught by Flo Gould and Richard K. Kerckhoff. 2 graduate semester
hours credit.
August 6-August 18. Inter-Institutional Seminar in Child Development, held at Walden
Woods Lodge, Hartland Michigan. Staffed jointly by several institutions including The
Merrill-Palmer Institute, University of Michigan, Wayne State University, Western Michigan
University, and the Greenfield Village Schools. 2 graduate semester hours oredit.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY'S EAST ST. LOUIS CAMPUS, 909 Ohio Avenue, East St. Louis, Ill.:
June 19-June 30. Workshop in Marriage Counseling. Lectures, case discussions and
personal supervision of case analyses. 3 quarter hours credit.
June 19-June 30. Workshop in Intergroup Relations. Designed to develop understanding
of and skills for resolving intergroup conflict. The National Conference of Christians
and Jews is a co-sponsor. Four quarter hours credit.
It _is permissible to register for both Workshops. Write Donald L. Taylor or Virgil
L. Seymour.
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY, Corvallisz
July 3-July 14. Family Life Education for Teachers Workshop. Interpersonal relationship
problems high school students meet in dating, intrafamily associations, preparation
for marriage. Influence of interpersonal relations in family decisions. Emphasis on
the development of content. Three quarter hours credit. Lester A. Kirkendall, Instructor.
CENTRAL WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, Ellensburgs
July 24-August 4. Family Life Education Workshop. Emphasis on content material as it
relates to instructionoat the public school level. Graduate and undergraduate credit.
Three quarter hours. Lester A. Kirkendall, Instructor.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK, Seattle 5, Washington:
June 12-16. Conference for Workers in Public Welfare Agencies.
June 19-July 19: Refresher Courses: Social Work Methods, Human Growth and Behavior,
Social Services. Each 2 credits. Taught by Henry w. Maier and David H. Gronewold.
�July 20-August 18: Courses for Child Care Personnels Social Development, Care of
Children in Groups, Play and Leisure-time Activities. 2 credits each. These courses
are specifically planned for child-care staff presently employed in children's ·institutions.
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, Ames:,
June 12-23. Seminar on "Cultural Foundations of Frumily Life." Leader, Oscar Lewis,
University of Illinois, author of 11Five Families." 2 or 3 oredits. Write Marguerite
Scruggs, Chairman, Dept. of Home Economics Education.
NCF'R REPRESENTATIVES TO CONFERENCES
CONFERENCE ON DAY CARE FOR CHILDREN OF WORKING MOTHERS: Katharine Whiteside Taylor,
Supervisor of Parent Education for the Baltimore Public Schools. represented the NCFR at
the first national conference ever held on day care for children of working mothers. The
conference was sponsored by the Children's Bureau and the Women's Bureau of the Department
of Labore She has seDt us the following resume:
Without adequate day care during the most crucial formative years. many children
throughout the country today are faced with grave physical dangers, and are exposed
to forces detrimental to their emotional, intellectual and moral development, even
to the possibility of separation from their families, temporarily or permanently.
Since World War II labor·and industry have become heavily dependent upon women
to meet the needs of our growing economy. One out of every three workers in this
country is a woman. twenty-two million strong. One in every three of these has
children. One of every five union cards is held by a woman.
7i500,000 working mothers have children seventeen years of age and younger.
3,000,000 mothers of children under twelve years of age are working full time.
Their children number 5,ooo.ooo.
The pattern of care for children of working mothers is scattered and diffuse.
Old relatives, neighbors. and unlicensed homes are generally the mode of care. Only
two percent of the children of full time working mothers are in group care.
None of the Federal departments or national organizations concerned with children
has been able to place sufficient emphasis on day care services; nor is day care
generally considered essential in the network of community services for children locally, state-wise or federally.
Coordination of the efforts of the many individuals and groups now working under
so many auspices, and Federal support are urgently recommended to clarify the
extent of need on a national basis and to promote the development and improvement of
day care services.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN'S 14TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON AGING:
appointed to represent the NCFR.
Esther Middlewood has been
THI'RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CONCERNED WITH SERVICES TO OLDER PEOPLEs
Margaret Benz represented the NCFR at this conference in April.
GROVES CONFERENCE
Approximately 180 registrants attended the 27th Annual Groves Conferenoe on Marriage
and the Family at the Merrill-Palmer Institute in Detroit in April. The conference theme
was '~ew Roles for Males and Females in Premarriage, Marriage, and Parenthood.n
Robert A. Harper, President of the AAMC, gave the opening presentation, on "Do We Dare
Be Creative About Roles and Patterns?"
Nelson N. Foote, sociologist with the marketing services department of General Electric,
delivered the second lecture on the theme of the conference. He expressed major concern
with the problems of the "post-parental" f~ily- the period after the children have
become adults.
William E. Martins Purdue University professor of child development and family life,
addressed the group on the topic, "On the Importanoe of Mothers and Fathers.n
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Mimeographed copies of these speeches maybe obtained from John w. Hudson, who was local
arrangements chairman, at Merrill-Palmer, 71 E. Ferry Avenue, Detroit 2. Progr~ chairman
for the conference was Winston w. Ehrmann.
STATE AND REGIONAL COUNCILS
SEVERAL COUNCILS HAVE ANNOUNCES CHANGES OF OFFICERS. New Presidents area
SOUTHEASTERN COUNCIL, Edward D. Staples, Director, Department of Christian Family,
Board of Education, the Methodist Church, Box 871, Nashville, Tennessee.
CONNECTICUT, Marion R. Giddings, Executive Secretary, Connecticut Committee on Family
Life, 773 Mountain Road, West Hartford 7.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, Laurence Smarden, Assoc. Professor of Home Economics, San Jose
State College, San Jose 14.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, David s. Milne, Professor of Sociology, San Diego State College,
San Diego 15.
INDIANA, Keogh Rash, Chairman, Dept. of Health and Safety, Indiana Univ., Bloomington.
IOWA, Lee Burchinal, Dept. of Sociology, Iowa State University, Ames.
KANSAS, Samuel c. Widiger, Lutheran Institutional and Hospital Chaplain, 754 Murray,
Wichita 12.
MICHIGAN, John Hudson, Merrill-Palmer Institute, 71 E. Ferry Ave., Detroit 2.
NEW JERSEY, Mary Chiara, 175 Buckelew Ave., Jamesburg.
OHIO, Lelia Massey, Chairman, Home Economics Dept, Ohio Wesleyan Univ., Delaware.
OKLAHOMA, Edwin Fair, Psychiatrist, Director of Kay Guidance Clinic, Ponca City.
TEXAS, Sarah Frances Anders, Head, Sociology Dept., Mary Hardin-Baylor College, Belton.
VIRGINIA, Harry w. Roberts, Head, Dept. of Sociology, Virginia State College, Petersburg.
THE TEXAS COUNCIL met for its 15th Annual Conference February 10-11. Major addresses were
delivered by Beatrix Cobb, Texas Technological College at San MarcOSJ Henry Bowman, Univ.
of Texas; Wayne Oates, Union Theological SeminaryJ Elmer Knowles, Texas Technological
College at LubbockJ and Azalete Little, Southwest Texas State College. The theme of the
conference was "Need Families Fail?"
THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON FAMILY RELATIONS had Alexander Magoun as speaker at its
spring meeting.
THE ROCKY MOlTNTAIN COUNCIL ON FAMILY RELATIONS held its 14th annual conference April 21-22
at the Colorado Women's College, Denver. The meeting was co-sponsored by the Middle States
Project of the ASHA. The Friday session was devoted to a general section on "Families
Around the World," with Henry Bowman as luncheon speaker. The afternoon session featured
sections on "Family Research, Family Counseling, and Family Social Services." Frederick A.
Lewis, M.D., Director, Fort Logan, Colorado Mental Health Center, was the dinner speaker,
on "Family Background of Mental Patients." The Saturday session was on the subject of
"Family Life Education for School Administrators and Teachers." Edgar c. Cumings, ASHA,
spoke at the luncheon, on "New Directions in Family Life Education." In the afternoon a
panel discussed ~at is the Best Preparation of Teachers for Family Life Education?"'
Elizabeth s. Force also participated in the Saturday session. John B. Baird, Jr., Colorado
State Oept. of Public Welfare, is president.
THE PACIFIC NORT~~ST COUNCIL ON FAMILY RELATIONS met at the University of Idaho, March 30April 1. Jwmes A. Peterson, u. of Southern California. gave the keynote address on "Marriage
Problems as Seen by a Counselor." There were section meetings on Early Marriage, Improving
Marriage through Family Law, Marriage and Pre-Marriage Counseling, and Relations Between
High School and College Young People and Adults. The banquet address, "The Relationship
of Youth to the Family in Today's S1ociety," was given by Beverley T. Mead, M D., Dept. of
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Psychiatry, University of Utah. Harry c. Harmsworth, Univ. of Idaho, is president.
THE VIRGINIA COUNCIL ON FAMILY RELATIONS met April 7th in Richmond, Virginia. The theme of
their meeting was "The Future of Marriage in America." Mildred I. Morgan delivered an
address on "The Changing Role and Status of Husband and Wife in Ameri"a•" other talks were
given on "The Effects of Teen-Age Marriage on ~ami ly Life;" "Our Archaic Divorce and Sex
Laws;" and "The Future of Marriage in America.
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KANSAS: The next conference of the Kansas Council will be held Oct. 13-14, 19Sl, at the
Campus-Activities Center at the University of Wichita. Program plans will be oeptered
around the relationship of the "helping" professions to the family.
MISSOURI~
Featured speakers at the Missouri meeting April 22, 1961 were Donald Taylor, Univ.
of' Southern Illinois J Walter Beattie, Council on Social Welfare J and P. K. Houdek, Kansas
City Social Health Association. "Focusing on Family Strenghts" was the theme.
Esther Prevey, Director of Frunily Life Education, Kansas City Public Schools.
President is
INDIANAa The Annual Meeting of the Indiana Council on Family Relations was held Saturday,
Maroh 25th@ The program included reports on studies by Ed Dager, Harold Christensen, and
Reuben Behlmer.,
TRI-STATE held its annual Connecticut spring meeting at Southern Connecticut State College
April 22nd. Lester Beck, Portland, Oregon State College, showed and discussed the film,
"Early Marriage." In the afternoon there was a Commentary on ~orking With Those Who Marry
Young." Speakers were the Rev. Jervis s. Zimmerman, West Haven, Connecticut and Ruth
Janowicz, Family Service Society of New Haven. Abraham E. Knepler led the general discussion.
Guests of honor were Elwood and Augusta Street, whose contributions to the field of family
life education and the vitality of Tri-State were given special recognition.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: A Family Life Education Workshop was held in the Cubberley High School
(Palo Alto) Cafetorium on March 3 and 4. It was co-sponsored by the Family Division of the
Community Council of Northern Santa Clara County and the Family Relations Council of
Northern California. The workshop leader was Ralph Eokert, former director of Parent
Education in the California State Dept. of Education.
ILLINOIS: The theme of the meeting of the Illinois Council's Annual Meeting April 14 and 15
was "Institutionalized Prisoners and Their Families." Visits to state prisons were on the
agenda. Madrigale M. McKeever, Psychologist, 708 Mercer Ave., Bloomington is president.
The New York City Annual Meeting, at Hunter College, January 27th, featured a
Panel Discussion on "The Impact of Marriage and Family Life Courses on the Student."
Moderator was Dr. Morey Appell, Department of Education, Brooklyn College. The meeting was
concerned with what some young married couples think would have made a good marriage
education course. Jane Mayer, Marriage Council and Yamily Guidance, Inc., 285 Madison Ave.,
New York, is president.
T~-STATE:
THE ~!ARYLAND COUNCIL ON FAMILY RELATIONS met May 11 at Baltimore Junior College. Theme of
the meeting was "How Are Families Changing?" Daniel a. Brown, Captain in the USAF, where
he is Clinical Psychologist in the 7625th USAF Dispensary Mental Hygiene Clinio, and
Associate Professor at the USAF Academy, apoke on "The Psychology of Fatherhood." David
and Vem Mao.e spoke on "Family Life in the Soviet Union." Katharine Whiteside Taylor
is president.
THE MICHIGAN COUNCIL ON FAMILY RELATIONS held its Annual Meeting May 18th at the Michigan
State University Union. The theme was "Women at Work'" Dr,. Marian Yarrow of the National
Institute of Mental Health gave the opening address on "Research Tells us about Working
Mothers." Myrtle R. Reul, Michigan State University, discussed '~at Do We See in Michigan?"
at the afternoon session. On May 19th, persons interested in the day care of children
of working mothers met to discuss the problems society is confronting because of the
increased involvement of mothers in the total laboring market.
THE UPPER"'PENINSUIA CHAPTER OF THE MICHIGAN COUNCIL sponsored a workshop last October, which
included a· report given by Conrad Nathan on the International Conference on the Family.
There was also a panel on the recommendations of the White House Conference on Children and
Youth. Plans are being made for another workshop next October. On March 25th. the Upper
Peninsula Chapter held its Third Annual Conference. Speakers were Edward Moe, Michigan
State UniversityJ and Belle Farley Murray, University of Michigan. Robert Drew, Escanaba.
is Chapter president.
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The theme for the Annual Meeting of the OHIO COUNCIL ON FAMILY RELATIONS March~18, 1961 was
"what Is Our Job?" John Shultz, Ohio Family Life Specialist, reported some reoept research
studies J Andrew Hendrickson, Director, Center for Adult Education Ohio State University,
gave a report of a study of 300 out-of-school youth and young adults, aged 19-26, in three
socio-economic areas of ColumbusJ Russell Richardson, Director, Columbus Planned Parenthood
Association, discussed "The Results and Implications of a Study Initiated by the Junior
League of Columbus in the Interests of Increased Emphasis on Family Life Education; tt and
Dwight G. Dean, Professor of Sociology, Denison University, spoke on "A Proposed Scale of
Emotional Maturity." .Alfred c. Clarke, Ohio State University; Helen M. Calaway, Toledo
University; and John R. Crist, Denison, spoke on the challenge of findings presented at
recent conferences. Discussion groups followed, on how the Ohio Council could best meet
the challenge.
THE UTAH COUNCIL ON FAMILY RELATIONS held a series of meetings in January in Salt Lake City,
Logan, and Provo at which David R. Mace, NCFR president-elect, spoke. Approximately
6,000 teen-agers and their parents attended the Provo meeting. Also in January, the Winter
meeting was held, with a program planned to include representatives of the legal, medical,
educational, and counseling professions. One of the results was the extent to which it
was apparent how limited is the understanding of members of the various professions concerning
what other professions have to contribute toward marriage preparation and the maintenance
of marriages. The Utah Council is carrying on an extensive membership campaign, and
approximately 1,500 letters have been mailed to prospective members urging interested
people to join the Utah and National Councils. President is Kenneth Cannon, Brigham Young
University.
THE MISSISSIPPI COUNCIL ON FAMILY RELATIONS met at Jackson Nov. 2, 1960. The theme of the
meeting was "Children in a Changing World." Elizabeth Carmichael 6 University of Alabama,
was principal speaker. Several participants in the White House Conference on Children and
Youth gave reports. A panel, ~ouths' Dilennna In A Changing World," was presented by a
group composed of a homemaker, a 4-H Club leader, a minister, and a member of the National
Guard. N. w. Carpenter, Mississippi College, Clinton, is president.
THE NEBRASKA COUNCIL ON FAMILY RELATIONS has initiated plans for a Workshop for leaders in
family life education to be held in the fall of 1961 at the new Kellogg Center for
Continuing Education, under the sponsorship of the Nebraska Council and the Division of
Child Development and Family Relations of the Department of Home Economics at the University
of Nebraska. Mrs. c. K. Ross, 3315 N. 58th Ste, Omaha, is chairman of the Nebraska Council.
NEWS ABOUT NCFR MEMBERS
WILLIAM H. GENNE and his wife have been invited to attend the Young Adult Assembly of the
World's YMCAs in Vienna in July, and lead their platform and seminar dealing with the new
spirit between men and women in the family.
BYRON o. VIG, Captain, Volunteers of America, is on educational leave from Portland, Oregon
to do field work at the Friends' Neighborhood Guild in Philadelphia. He will return to
the Portland area when he receives his M.s.w. degree in June, 1962.
TEE REVEREND BENJAMIN M. ORTEZA, United Church of Christ in the Philippines is a new member.
He hopes to be able to attend the annual meeting in Utah.
IRWIN v. SPERRY, Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, state Parent and
Family Life Education Chairman of the North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers. led
the Parent and Family Life Education Workshop at the state PTA headquarters in Raleigh 9
February 6-9.
DONALD BRIELAND, formerly Director of the Elizabeth McCormick Memorial Fund~ is now Director
of Children's Services in the Department of Welfare of the State of Illinois. The Elizabeth
McCo~ick Memorial Fund has beoome part of the Chioago Community Trust, 10 South LaSalle
Street, Chicago 3.
�BERT GLASSBERG discussed marriage conflicts and marriage counseling on DJOX-TV's "Eye on
St. Louis" program in March.
BERNICE WRIGHT, Syracuse Univ., has been responsible for the formation of an active group
of "Parents Without Partners,~ known locally as The One-Parent Family Council. The group,
which meets monthly, has a number of working committees, maintains a membership of several
hundred adults, and is largely self-propelling. With the assistance of staff members from
the Dept. of Family ~lations and Child Development and the Youth Development Center,
research in reference to "one-parent" families is being designed, and a pamphlet describing
the total project is being prepared.
CATHERINE CHILMAN, Syracuse University, is engaged in a two year comparative study of
married and single undergraduate students at Syracuse Univ. This research, sponsored by
a grant from the u. s. Office of Education, seeks to investigate the educational aspirations
and attitudes of a random sample of single and married men and women undergraduates.
Current life situation of the two groups, selected family background factors and measured
personality needs of the students will also be studied. The research is based on a pilot
study of married students, initiated by Dean Barbara Griggs of that university. Dr. Chilman
has also been engaged by PARENTS magazine to write some of their parent education discussion
guides for the coming year.
LUCIEN GUIBOUHGE, President, Union Nationale des Associations Familiales, 28, Place SaintGeorges. Paris 9 is a new NCF~ member.
TASCH and AMY GERLING, Wichita, attended the National Conference on Day Care for
Children sponsored jointly by the Children's Bureau and the Women's Bureau.
~H
G. BENZ of New York University is on a sabbatical leave for 1960-61, and is
studying married undergraduate college students and the accommodations which college
administrations are making to the change in marital status of their students.
MARGA~T
WALLACE FULTON was the speaker at a meeting held in February in Duluth, Minnesota, sponsored
by the Duluth Family Service Society, the Jewish agency, and the Catholic agency. His topic
was the Place of the Family Agency in the Community. He visited the NCF~ office while in
Minnesota.
HAROLD CHRISTENSEN spent several days in Minneapolis in February while attending the
inauguration of the new president of the University of Minnesota as NCFR's representati?ee
W. CLARK ELLZEY of Stephens College was the principal speaker at the Family Life Section
at the annual meetings of the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of
Churches. He spoke on "The Family In Revolution,» "The Churches in Revolution," and "Our
Responsibility in Revolution." (The meetings were in February.)
JOHN c. WYNN of the Colgate Rochester Divinity School, spoke of the present-day confusion
of thinking regarding work and leisure-time activities at the Summertime Activities Luncheon
of the annual meetings of the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of
Churches held in February. The theme for the luncheon was "Summertime is Family Time."
GEORGE c. CHAMIS has been appointed coordinator of Mott Program youth activities in Flint,
Michigan. He will coordinate youth services offered by the Flint Youth Bureau. Stepping
Stones, Mott Camp, Community School Teen Clubs, the Work Experience Program, and the Fl~nt
Committee on Alcoholism. He also serves as consultant on pupil welfare services for the
Flint Public Schools.
PAUL H. LANDIS, professor of Sociology, Washington State University, has accepted a 4 year
appointment as a member of the Federal Hospital Council. The Council's responsibilities
in the administration of the Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction Act
(the Hill-Burton program) are substantial. Not only does the Council advise the Surgeon
General of the Public Health Service on the conduct of the program, but it must also
�approve all general regulations which implement the Aote The Surgeon General also consults
with the Council in making grants for research in the development and use of hospital
facilities, services • and resources.
EVELYN M. BERGER, Administrative Direotor, East Bay Psychological Center, Oakland, California
presented "Family Affair," a Telecourse on Family Relations, each Sunday morning for 13
weeks this past winter. The course, sponsored by the Methodist Church and the Northern
California - Nevada Council of Churches, was designed for those contemplating marriage,
and for married couples and parents.
BOYD ROLLINS, now a Research Associate and completing doctoral work at Cornell University,
will join the Family Development Staff in the School of Home Economics at the University
of Georgia in September.
RICHARD K. KERCKHOFF, Merrill-Palmer, and IRWIN V. SPERRY, University of North Carolina
at Greensboro, were among those delivering addresses at the Symposium on Research in Child
Development and Family Life sponsored by the Institute for Child and Family Development,
Woman's College, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, November 21 and 22 .. 1960.
Dr. Kerckhoff spoke on "Important Directions For Research in Human Development and Human
Relations." Dr. Sperry's topic was "The Contributions of Home Economics to Research in
Child Development and Family Life - Past and Potential."
HELEN MANLEY, Executive Director of the St. Louis Social Health Association, gave an evening
course in the Extension Division of Washington State University on family problema and
sex education.
PANOS D. BARDIS, Dept. of Sociology, Univ. of Toledo, Ohio has completed a survey on
"Familism Among Jews in Suburbia," which will be published in June, 1961. Reprints will
then be available upon request from the author.
B. DAVID EDENS is director of counseling for the Trinity Baptist Church of San Antonio,
Texas. He recently had an article, ~y Marriages Fail," publiahed in the Baptist StandardJ
and is the author of several pamphlets, such as "Critical Incidents in Family Living,*
and "How Do You Handle Anxiety?"
EUWYN D. WENGER, Bonde Building, Willmar, Minnesota is the Director of a new Service
Center which covers 54 counties in the southwestern part of the state, providing marriage,
family and personal counseling to Lutherans in the areaJ and help to Lutheran clergymen
with their counseling problems. Since the Center is connected with the Lutheran Welfare
Society, applicants are also screened for the unmarried mothers' program, for adoptions,
and for boarding homes. In addition to this Center, Mr. Wenger reports that although
Willmar is in a rural community, it is quite unique in services to troubled people. The
town also has a State HoapitalJ a Mental Health CenterJ two medical clinioSJ 19 churchesJ
a number of law enforcement agencies, such as a YCC Officer, an Adult Corrections Officer,
a state Crime Bureau and FBI officeJ a County Welfare Office, etc. Mr. Wenger would be
pleased to correapond,with anyone interested in more information on services in a rural
setting for people in difficulty.
DANIEL F. HOBBS, Jr.,assistant professor of family relations at Pennsylvania State University,
presented a paper entitled "The Relation Between Role-Standpoint and Marital Adjustment"
at the Groves Conference on Marriage and the Family in April.
MRS. H. LOREE HARVEY, Chairman of the Home and Family Committee of the Kalamazoo Michigan
County Council of Churches, writes that they are sponsoring a Pre-Marriage Forum for
engaged and newly married couples, where a group approach 1 under the guidance of a doctor,
a clergyman, and a sociologist, is made to building a solid foundation for the home.
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Four NCFR members participated recently in a panel on Marriage Counseling at the American
Personnel and Guidance Association meetings in Denver. JANE BERRY of the Research Center
on Family Development, Kansas City, chaired the panel in whioh CHARLES E. WARNATH, ELEANO~
B. LUCKEY, and RAYMOND LOWE discussed the desirability of providing marriage counseling
services for the university student. Dr. Warnath, Director of Counselor Training at
the University of Oregon's Counseling Center, discussed "The Need for Marriage Counseling
on the University Campus;" and Dr. Lowe, Associate Professor of Education, University of
Oregon, discussed "Implementing Marriage and Family Counseling Programs." Dr. Luckey,
Head of the Department of Child Development and Family Relations at the University of
Connecticut, had for her topic "The Relationship of Marriage Counseling and Family Life
Education in the Framework of the American University.•
llARY STEWART LYLE, Home Economics Department, Iowa State University, is teaching at Baroda
University, India for two years.
MARIANNE JETTER, Vancouver, British Columbia, died October 24th, 1960 after a long and
severe illness.
RUTH E. DAVIS, formerly county extension agent in Home Economics in Carrollton, Ohio, is
now Extension Specialist in Human Relations and Child Development at the University of
New Hampshire.
THE FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE, connected with the District Court of Honolulu, is a new
organizational member of the NCFR.
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE is also a new organizational
member.
BEE recently conducted a lecture series on Marriage and Family Relations at
Great Bend, Kansas, sponsored by the Barton County Association for Mental Health, the
Kansas Association for Mental Health and the University of Kansas Northwest Kansas Center.
LA~CE
RAY KELLEY, St. Paul, Minnesota Marriage Counselor, presented a series of six lectures on
"Adjustment and Re-adjustment" at the House of Hope Presbyterian Church in that city
during the winter.
WAYNE J. ANDERSON, A]THUR JOHNSON, and ARMIN GRAMS, all of the University of Minnesota,
presented a series of lectures on family life at Coon Rapids, Minnesota, a city just
outside of Minneapolis this spring. About 47 percent of the Coon Rapids population is
under 21 years of age. The series is part of an effort to reduce the city's growing number
of problem marriages. In addition, Wayne Anderson has been the speaker at a series of
meetings in Paynesville, Minnesota, where the community has been sponsoring a "Parents'
Institute."
GERHARD NEUBECK, who is 1n Copenhagen on a Fulbright, went to Oslo, February 2oth-24th
to do a workshop on marriage counseling for thetr Mental Hygiene Organization. He has
also been a guest speaker on counseling at staff meetings of the University's Child
Guidance Clinic and at the Mothers' Aid Institute in Copenhagen. He is returning to the
United States by August 12th, and will deliver a paper on Spouse, Non-Spouse Relations
at the International Congress of Applied Psychology.
LEWIS DIANA, Professor and chairman of the Sociology Department, Norfolk College of William
and Mary, writes that the course Preparation for Marriage will be offered for the first
time next September. They have been given full freedom to present thorough discussions
of all phases of the marriage relationship. In addition next year plans are being made to
oonduot several Family Life Institutes to be sponsored, hopefully, by various PTA and church
groups. Daytime sessions will be devoted to discussions with and counseling of students in
the various high schools. Evening sessions will include classes for adults (marriage
problems) and combined adult-young people groups discussing parent-child relationships.
�- 10 MRS. OLIVERA BURIC, Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade. Yugoslavia reports that her
major interest is in the working mother, and she will appreciate receiving any material
on this subject • They are looking foMfe.rd to hearing Reuben Hill speak at the International
Seminar on the Family to be held . next fall in Yugoslavia.
MADAME ALICIJA MUSIALAWA, President of the League of Polish Women, Warsaw writes that
MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIVING is very interesting to their section of women lawyers.
A brochure from HAZEL c. JACKSON, executive director of the Maternal Health Association,
Cleveland reports that their efforts are concentrated in four areas: Child spacing,
Fertility, Premarital and Marriage Counseling, and Community Education. Heartening progress
was made in each area in 1960.
REUBEN HILL, professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota and director of the
Minnesota Family Study Center, will leave for Belgium in August to teach first and second
year graduate students at Louva.in. He is the first Fulbright sociologist to be assigned
to Belgium, because of his ability to lecture in French. During his one year stay at
Louvain he will also conduct a seminar in which a study of family functioning in the city
of Brussells will be compared with similar studies done in Detroit and Tokyo.
JANICE PARTRIDGE is now Social Service Director for the Ccancil for Retarded Children
of St. Joseph, Indiana, County.
HAROLD CHRIST~~SEN will teaoh a five-week Family course in the Sociology department at
Brigham Young University this summer. He will also continue his earlier record-linkage
research in the Utah area, under a grant from the Purdue Research Foundation.
DAVID MACE delivered the keynote address on ''Families in the Next 50 Years"' at the
Dedication Conference, Home Economics South Building, Pennsylvania State University,
April 21-22.
LAURA
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DRUMMOND, Teachers College, Columbia University, died on February 3, 1961.
NEWS RELEASES
A CITIZENS COMMITTEE FO~ THE DOMESTIC ~LATIONS COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, consisting
of 120 prominent lay leaders and representatives of social and community agencies, has been
organized for the purpose of providing "A broad base of support for the stimulation of
further improvement and development of the services" of that court to the children and
families of New York City.
At its first meeting held on April 27, 1961, Judge Bernard Botein, Presiding Justice of
the Appellate Division, First Department and Judge Florence M. Kelley, Presiding Justice
of the Domestic Relations Court stressed how important it will be for the new committee
to help secure constructive implementing legislation once the new Constitutional amendment
is adopted this fall, bringing about a new intergrated Family Court. Great stress was
laid upon the need for increased and improved social services and psychiatric facilities
as l'lell as institutions for the treatment of children and families coming before the court.
The officers of the committee are Hon. Joseph M@ Proskauer, chairman, Ron. Harold R.
Medina and Hon. Paul T. 0' Keefe, c o-ohairmen; and .h;viJ ob T.. Zukerman, Secretary-Treasurer •
THE NATIONAL C01~ITTEE FOR CHILD~ AND YOUTH announces the first national Conferenoe
on Unemployed, Out of School Youth. It •ill be held May 24-26 at the Statler-Hilton Hotel
in Washington. Dr. James B. Conant, Harvard president emeritus and well-known authority
on the nation's schools, will be Conference chairman and keynote speaker. "Labor's
Concern" will be the subject of a talk by James Carey, president of the International
Brotherhood of Electrica.l Workers J and "Management' a Concern" the topic for Walter H.
Wheeler, Jr., board chairman of Pitney-Bowes. Ralph Findley, president of the Cleveland,
Ohio Board of Education, will disouss "Education's Conoern."
�- 11 The National Committee for Children and Youth was established last year to follow up
findings of the 1961 White House Conference on Children and Youth, where job preparation and
placement were cited as top problems confronting the nation's youth.
THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, under a New York Life Insurance grant, offered a F~ily Life
Lecture-Discussion Series this past fall and spring. Outstanding faculty members were
invited to lecture on various topics of family livingJ after which time was allowed for
questions, discussion, and coffee.
THE COMMISSION ON MA~IAGE GUIDANCE of the IUFO will hold its next session in London, June
22-25, 1961. The topic will be The First Five Years of Marriage.
THE ABC TV NE'l'WDRK has launched a nn series on education, MEET THE PROFESSOR, designed to
deepen our understanding of American University Teaching. Dr. Harold Taylor, former president
of Sarah Lawrence College, ia host and narrator. The series is produced in cooperation
with the NEA and The Association for Higher Education.
A FAMILY LIFE CONFERENCE was peld at the University of Massachusetts April 4-6, using the
combined resources of the Massachusetts Congress of Parents and Teachers, the ASHA, and
the Extension Service. The conference emphasized new information in the fields of child
development and family relationships, and leadership training for volunteer leaders in
family life programs.
RESEARCH PROJECT ON -vocATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL GOALS OF RURAL YOUTH IN THE SOUTH"a
Agricultural Experiment Stations in five states, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas,
and Virginia, are presently participating in a Southern regional research project S-48,
"Vocational and Education Goals of Rural Youth in the South.~ Schedules relating to
vocational and educational goals are administered to a ninth and tenth grade sample from
randomly selected rural schools. Similar schedules are also administered to the parents
of the students.
The main objectives of the study are: (1) to describe similarities and differences in
educational and vocational goals of rural youth and of their parents for themJ and (2)
to determine the relationships of the similarities and differences in these goals to such
factors ass (a) membership-non member&hip in 4-H Clubs, Future Farmers of America, and
Future Homemakers of America, (b) sex1 and (o) socioeconomic levels. In addition to being
important to the family, this problem is of concern also to educational institutions,
sponsors of vocational guidance programs of all types, potential employers, and rural
communities.
GODDA~ COLLEGE-BASED VERMONT YOUTH STUDYs
The Ford Foundation has announced a two-year,
$37,000 grant to complete the Goddard College-based Vermont Youth Study• Since September,
1959, the youth study staff has been conducting research on behavior problems and
potentialities for constructive behavior of rural and small town youth in the state. The
project, directed by Dr. Jerome Himelhoch, Dept. of Sociology, is expected to be completed
late in 1962. Findings of the study are expected to be used in developing more effective
youth programs in rural and small town Vermont communities.
THE MARRIAGE COUNSELING SERVICE, INC., 914 North Charles Street, Baltimore 1, Maryland
announces an In-Service Supervised Training Program in Marriage Counseling for specifically
qualified professional persons. The Training program will begin the third week of
September and will end the last week of May. Write Hugo Bourdeau, Executive Director.
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA is initiating "A program for Mental Health in Child Care Centers~
in Georgia at the request of an Interagency committee of the Georgia Departments of Public
Health, Education, and Welfare which was appointed by the directors of these de~rtments.
The program provides for a unified, state-wide course for child care center personnel in
Georgia. Teachers for the course will be trained in a graduate course at the University
of Georgia this summer.
A MONEY MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP was neld at the University of Georgia on Feb. 17 and 18 under
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the joint !!iponsorship of the Division of' Home Management and Improvement and the Center
for Continuing Education.,. The program theme was "Facing Fine.noial Questi.Oin!h • Copies o:f'
the prooesdings oan be obtained by writing to Dr0 JesBie Mize, School or Home Economics,
University of Georgia~ Atheru:tl., Pr:le®~ $3,.00.,
THE GUIDANCE CENTER OF NEW ROCHELLE~ New York offered a series of six workshops for clergymen,
a demonstration projeot developed in connection with the observance and objectives of'
International Mentd &e-,lth Year 9 this pMt winter., For inf'o:nmtion write them at 81 Centre
Avenue.
THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE OF B'NAI B~1liTH~ 515 Madison Avenue,., New York 22 ,N,.Y ,., which
from time to ti~e undertakes the sponsor$hip of research in the intergroup relations f'ield,
has published two reports recently£ THE TREATMENT OF MINORITIES IN SECONDA~ SCHOOL
TEXTBOOKS3 and SWASTIKA 1960, The Epidemio or antieSemitic Vandalism in America. They also
have available a "Joint Newsletter on Intergroup Relation~®w Those interested in being
added to their mailing list may ognt~~t theme
THE AMERICAN HOME ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION !lm:o.ounoe!9 the appointment of Mrs,. Joan Gaines of'
Washington, D,.Cm, as first $taff director of public relations for the Association.
THE CHILD STUDY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA h<i~d "Barriers Between People ... Families Coping with
Differences, 11 as the theme for its annu!ill oonf'eranoe April 17, 1961 in Nn York City.
Religious§ cultural and raoial difi'ere~noes and their effects upon parents and children
were disoussed.;Their Annual Book Award for the best book written for parents and workers in family life
education was presented to Beatrice Wright for her book "Physioal Disability - A Psyohologioal
Approaoh." An Honorable Mention Award Wa$ given to Katherine Reeves for her book, "Children
••• Their Ways and Wantse"
THE SOCIETY FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF SEX announces the result of its first election o:f'
officers: President, Albert Ellis. Ph9D~• Presidentpeleot 9 Christopher Tietze, M.D.J
Secretary, Hugo Beigel, Ph.D.; TreasurerD Robert V., Sherwin.
the f'ourth Annual Meeting of the Society will be held on November 14, 1961, in the
Barbizon Plaza, New York City., At ·th'i3 scientific session one panel will discuss "Sex in
Aginga" another, •sexual Factors in Sohizophrenia."
FRITZ REDL, Ph.D*, Professor of Behavioral Sciences at Wayne State University~ is the new
president of the American. 0rthop8yohie.:tx>'io Auooiation., Their 1962 annual meeting will
be held in Los Angeles Maroh 22-24®
THE UNITED STATES COMN!ITTEE FO'R UNICEF 1, UnitE~d Natior.uJ"' New York reminds us that we oan
help them continue their humanitarian work by ordering and using all purpose UNICEF Noteg
throughout the year.
PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA will p:rcrrl.de bulk reprints of "What Most People
Don't Know About Lif'e Insurance" without obarge,. This appeared in the February, 1961
issue of' the Ree.de:ris Digest. Write Hanry Amsdori\, D:t!l"®etor of Public Relations,
Prudential Insurance Company~ Newark 9 New Jersey@
TEE AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION will hold its 89th Annual Meeting November 13-17,1961
in New York City. Scientific Sessions and exhibits will cover community health, prevention
of disease and control of environmental health factors~ Their headquarters is at 1790
Broadway, New York 19.
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NEWS LETTER
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON FAMILY RELATIONS
1219 University Avenue, S. E.
Minneapolis 14, Minnesota
October~
19 61
Volume 6, No. 3
PRESIDENT'S llESSAGE
Dear Members,
In the late fall of 1947, I made my first journey across the Atlantic (which I
have now crossod 36 times S) in order to attend the N.C.F.R. Conference in New York City.
I would probably never have thought of ooming had it not been for the encouragement of
David Fuloomer, whom I had met when he was in London, wearing his country's uniform,
·during World War II. It was he who set up a program for me that made tte trip possible.
· It 11as a 11onderful experience to meet so many of the men and wcmen 'Whose big booka
I had read 11ith suoh profit, ~nd to find that they were suoh warm, human, friendly
people. The N.c.F.R. had great interest for me. In the year 1938, when it was
established by a group of forward-looking professional people, a similar group in England
set up the Marriage Guidance Council, with very similar aims. I had beoome Director of
the M.G.c. For a number of years the two movements had grown, on similar lines, but
oompletely unaware of each other's existence. Then N.c.F.~. members visiting England
had begun to seek us out and establish oontaot. I believe I was the first M.G.c. person
who was able to reoiprooate and make direct contact wi th the N.C.F.R. by attending one
of. its Annual Conferences.
What would I have thought, I wonder, if some fortune-teller had predicted, in
New York in 1947, that fourteen years later I 11ould be responsible for the program of the
N.C.F.R. Conference, and become its President~ Yet that is exaotly what has happened.
As I contemplate this I am filled with wonder and gratitude. This is a very great honor
you have bestowed upon me--a British oitizen--and I want you to know how deeply I
appreciate it.
I feel that the recent meetings in Salt Lake City ·were a remarkable teatilllony to
the strength, the maturity, and the dynamio life of the N.C.F.R. I know I was taking
considerable risks in choosing the most controversial issues in our 11hole controversial
field as the very center and focus of our plenary sessions. This could have ended in
disaster. But I had deep oonfidenoe in the oapaoity of our members to rise to the
challenge. They did so magnificently, as anyone who was present wi 11 testity.
A letter has just reached me from someone 11ho was there, and who says--"It waa by
far the most interesting. the most sti mulating, and the most worthwhile profeaaiG~
meeting I have~ attended." Another correspondent reports that he overheard a young
professional man from a rather remote region say--"After being buried where I am. lfhat
an intoxicating experienceS I wish it could go on and on\"
It has been a particular pleasure to me to suooeed Harold Christensen. Presiding
over the Salt Lake City Conference in his own home oommunity he was indeed the looal
boy who had made good I I have worked with Harold for two years--! us closely
associated with him in the planning of the Int ernational Conference in 1950--and I
know better than a~ne with what devotion and dedication he has served his term of
office. It will indeed be hard to till his shoes S
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Yet in another way it will not be so hard. One feels about the N.C.F.R. that it is
very much a going concern. It is impossible to imagine a bettor administrative Executive
Officer--yes, that's her new title, please note--than Ruth Jewson, or a bet·ter Editor
for our journal than Ivan Nye. And with Wally Fulton already breaking all records for
getting next Year's conference set up ahead of time, and Eleanore Luckey playing a
leading role in the local arrangements team, we are already assured of another good
conference next year in Connecticut.
This is a propitious time for the N.C.F.R. Interest in the welfare of the family
has never been so high or so widespread as it is today. It is becoming, too, an
intelligent and creative interest. We have moved out of the rather anxious, querilous
"can-the-family-survive" phase, to a realization that of course it will survive, but that
we have the responsibility to enable it to adapt itself to an era of phenomenal social and
cultural change. Our programs in teaching, in counseling, in research, in community
service are becoming decidedly more realistic and relevant as they shed elements of
starry-eyed but false idealism on the one hand and of panic-stricken alarm on the other.
We seem to be on the way to building nearer to the solid rook.
Even the fact that some of our activities--marriage courses for instance--are
getting some vigorous criticism these days may be a healthy sign that we are being
challenged to justify what we are doing. If we know that our work rests on sound
foundations, we have nothing to fear.
Often, indeed, it is only when a project draws
criticism that it has the chance to establish its ~~and to gain the attention
it deserves.
If this message sounds like a paean of praise, that is precisely what it is meant
to be\ The N.C.F .R. is not perfect. I have been busy setting up several committees
to enquire into its imperfections and to look for remedies. But it is my impression
that it bears, on the whole, the marks of an organization that is in good shape, getting
on with the job to which it has set itself. I am proud to be the President of the
N.c .F.R. at this time. I hope you are equally proud to be one of its members.
Sincerely yours,
David R. Mace
TAPES AllE AVAilABLE 1
The four plenary sessions of the 1961 N.C.F.~. Annual Meeting have been taped on high
quality polyester tape, and may be purchased from c. Jay Skidmore, President, Utah
Council on Family ~lations, Utah State University, Logan, Utah. A set of all four
speeches is $10.00; or any two may be selected, to be put on tape, for $5.00.
TOPIC: Difference, Tolerance, and Cooperation
Presiding: Harold T. Christensen, Purdue University
SPEAKER~ Obert c. Tanner, Professor of Philosophy, University of Utah
Speed 3-3/4; Time 1 1/2 hours
TOPIC: Religious Differences
Presiding: Harold T. Christense~,Purdue University
MODERATOR: Wallace c. Fulton, Equitable Life Assurance Society, New York City
PANEL: Jerome D. Folkman, Temple Israel, Columbus, Ohio; Father John J. O'Sullivan,
St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota; Charles w. Stewart, Iliff Seminary, Denver,
Colorado; Lowell Bennion, LDS Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah
Speed
3-3/4; Time 1 1/2 hours
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TOPIC: Ethical Differences
Presiding: Harold T. Christensen, Purdue University
MODERATOR: Wallce c. Fulton, Equitable Life Assurance Society, New York City
PMrEL: William H. Genne, Dept. of Family Life, National Council of Churches,
New York City; Blaine M. Porter, Brigham Young University; Walter R. Stokes, M.D.,
Washington. D.C.; Clark E. Vincent, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda,
Maryland
Spe~d 3-3/4; Time 1 1/2 hours
TOPIC: Ideological Differences
Presiding: Harold T. Christensen, Purdue University
DIALOGUE: "Family Patterns and Goals in the USA and in the USSR," David R. Maoe,
American Association of Marriage Counselors, Madison, New Jersey; and Eleanore
B. Luckey, University of Connecticut
Speed 3-3/4; Time 1 1/2 hours
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS IN HUMAN DEVE:LOPMENT AND FAMILY "RELATIONSHIPS
One of the finest and certainly the largest display of books was on exhibit at the
1961 Annual Meeting of the NCFR. A 60-page Bibliography with cover am binding was
prepared which lists all the books and pamphlets on display and includes the name and
address of each of the publishers who sent publications for exhibit. The Board of
Directors voted to sell the Bibliography at cost and had additional copies printed so
that those who did not attend the Conference, but who would iike this very excellent
Bibliography for ther use, could obtain it. See order form at the end of this Newsletter
for procedure in ordering copies.
REPOm'S FRO'·[ THE
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SECTION MEETINGS AT SALT lAKE CITY
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"RELIGION& Donald F. Schroeder, Detroit Council of Churches, speaking about "Differences
revealed at the North American Conference on Church and Family,., indicated that to the
surprise of many there -were no significant 11 differences" producing controversy.
Apparently professional ohuroh workers were "ready" to face "Sex Wa_ys in Fact and Fiction,"
the study book prepared and distributed ahead of time by specialists in the fields of
science who were conference leaders.
Paul Hansen, St. J 0 hn's Lutheran Church in Denver, made a study of his own church
and
surveyed the p~sition of the major faiths and denominations, in preparing a
paper on "Ministering to the Inter-faith Marriage." In his experience and judgment,
moat ministers do not know about the surprising number of inter-faith marriages they
have in their churches, and neither they nor the major faiths and denominations have
any tangible program for ministering to these families.
Charles w. Stewart, Iliff Theological Seminary in Denver, presented case studies to
illustrate the counseling approach to "Ministering to the Divorced." Psychological and
emotional effects and adjustments were considered. His paper, while not saying so in so
many words, strongly supported the wisdom of training in pastoral counseling, and education
for marriage and femily life for all ministers. He assumed and asserted the priority of
the welfare of parsons over doctrine in ministering to the divorced.
Bert Glassberg, M.D., St. Louis, Missouri, demonstrated how scripture may be used to
cowterbalance the prejudicial use of scripture in marriage counseling. He spoke on
"The Bible as a Tool in :Warriage Counseling," pointing out the weakness of the "proof'•
textt• misuse of scripture by patients.
w. Clark Ellzey, Professor of Family Life, Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri
was the Chairman of the Religion Section.
COUNSELING: Maurice Karpf, Consulting Psyehclogist, Beverlj' Hills, California presented
a paper, "Extra-Me.rite.l Affairs and Their Relation to Marital Stability and Instability."
He stressed thnt the counselor should regard such affairs objectively, without passing
mornl judgment; e.nd should ut:l.lize them as a stimulus to serious analysis of the state
of the marriage and the seeking of remedial measures. Cases were cited where the
�-4opposite result occurred,, •nostly beoauEe of the severe moral rigidity of the offended spouse.
Discussion of the paper was led by Paul Vahania.n and Gerald R. Les~.i.e.
James A. Peterson presented a paper m"The Treatment of' Impotence and Frigidity in
Relation to Infertility." He pointed out that there is mount;ing evidence of a relationship
between infertility and poor sex adjustment, and that medical speeialir.~·} in the infertility
field are increasingly turning to marriage counselors for collabor!itive aid. The paper
was discussed by Walter Stokes, Paul Vahanian, and Gerald Leslie.
The second meeting of the Counseling Section '~as devoted to an open end discussion by
Gerald Leslie, Paul Vahanian, and Walter Stokes of' areas of husbr<nd-wife differences. 'fhe
panel also considered problems arising from the cot1nter-transferenoe relationship during
the course of counseling.
Clark E. Vincent, Nation'-'.] !ns+.itute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland was Counsel:i.ng
Section Chairman. Walter R. Stokes, M.D.~ Washington, D.c., preside'd over the meetings.
RESEARCH SECTION: Like most other parts of the Salt Lake meetings, the researnh sessions
were an obvious success. It muld be a bit ethnocentric to claim that the research
meetings were "more successful,, than the other section meetings, but it can hardly be
denied that the research sessions had the largest attendance. (3 cut ot' 4 sessions
carried s.n.o. signs s)
NCFR members will be glad to learn that over the years, (a) the number of sessions
devoted to research papers has ino ree.sed; (b) the nmnber of papers submit.ted has
increased; (c) the attendance at the researcr sessions has continued to grow; and
(d) the quality and significance of the papers have improved to the point where reported
NCFR research is on a par with that of other social soionce organizations.
So many interesting papers were given, it is difficult to pick out specific reports
as 11 highli11:hts." Insofar as the audience was concerned, tho Carpenter-Christensen paper
on Premarital Sex, and the Blumberg paper on Skid Row were among those which drew the
greatest response. For the statistically-ndncled, the panel discussion on Census e.nd
Vital Statistics data yielded an immense amount of new information.
NCFR is indebted to David Hear, of the u.s. Census Bureau, end Hugh Carter, National
Office of Vital Statistics, for taking time out of a busy schedule to participate in the
meetings. Correction: the National Office of Vital Statistics is now the National Vital
Statistics Division. The Census Bureau is still the Census Bureau.
Chainnan of the Research Section was William Kephart, University of Pennsylvania.
FlM ILY LIFE EDUCAT 1 0N IN THE SCHOOLS: The first program, "The School and CoM!llunity Take
a Look at Teenage Marriage," consisted of reports of research studies by Lee Burohinal,
Iowa State University, and Kenneth Cannon, Brigham Young University. Following the
presentation, a panel, moderated by Winifred Hazen, Utah State Department of Public
Instruction, discussed the questions, "Why are we concerned about teenage marriages?"
Panel member!': were: parents, Mrs. "'l't. McKinley Oswe.ld and Keith M0 ntague; school
counselors, Dee Anderson and Clara Richa.rds; school administrator, A. r.. Newton; and
teacher, Jessie Chambers.
Research data justifies our tr:ving to discourage young marriage, because divorce
rates are greater end educational attainments lower in early marriages. The rate of
teenage marriages has remained fairly constant the past few years, but the number is
increasing because there are more young peoplE, in toda.y's society. The home, school,
e.nd community need to assume responsibility for preparing young people for marriage.
The second progrrum, "How Shall We Teaoh Sex Education?" was under the direction of
David and Frances Treat, Clara Elizabeth I<'und for Maternal Health, Flint, Michigan.
Murray Maughan~ Health Program Coordinator, Logan, Utah Junior High School, told how
sex education is taught to seventh graders there. Mrs. Nathan Fulhner, Jr., South Hi@;"h
School, Salt Lake City, descrihed the required course she taught at the senior high
level for 11th and 12th grade girls. Boys are taught in a separate class by a man
instruct or.
All program participants emphasized the necessity of establishing a wholesome
rapport between teacher and pupils. Three important factors for effective sex education
classes include (1) the-appropriate time in the developmental stage of the individual,
(2) patience, and (3) the degree of acceptability within the community.
Myrtle Gillespie, State Dept. of Education, Cheyenne, Wyoming, was Section Chairman.
�-5FA1~ILY LIFE EDUCATION IN THE COMMUNITY: "Aging Patterns Around the World" was the fir~t
topic disucssed. "The constantly reiterated esteem for YOUTH in our culture is largely
responsible for the present predicament in ~ich we find ourselves as we examine attitudes
on AGING. We must launch some sort of education (to be nurtured in the home) to show
that older folk are worth living with for their great spiritual strength, their experience,
and wisdom" •• .was the keynote message of Charles Taylor, Brigham Young University. The
pane!, introduced by William T. Van Orman, Denver, Dept. of' Health, Education, and Welfare,
focused on the aging values held in Finland, Korea, and India. The speakers, Vuooko
Vanaanen, Kim Kichuen, and Uma Salunkhe, each expressed the feeling of his family-centeredliving, where grandparents traditionally dwelling with their children are revered, obeyed,
and honored. They are shock-absorbers and peace mamers, as the younger generation growsin
the age-old patterns. The problem of aging must be solved at the source of restlessness&
the family and community.
~ovo's (Utah) Experiment in Delinquent Rehabilitation:" Erdwin Pfuhl, Whitman College,
Washington pointed out that delinquent boys are simply trying to satisfy their basic needs
as are all other children; and the Provo Experiment is basic, as it reveals motives and
provides help. Judge Monroe Paxman, from whose Juvenile Court the boys are referred,
introduced Lamar Empy, the Director, who said that the strategy is rapid rehabilitation of
the boys, that little is done with their families, for this would call for change of
broader culture patterns that the project includes. They deal with the boys in a group
therapy s-ituation with each returning home at night. The project concerns itself with two
areas: (1) Motivation-the setting up of discussion groups to work out their aggressions and
their values, and to find themselves in relation to others; (2) Hard challenging work with
the regular city and forest employment. It is shared phenomena- a way of giving social and
economic satisfactions. The children can be identified early with the watchful cooperation
of court and schools; and already observable f!:OOd results are showing. Write Stella H. Oaks,
assistal\tmayor of Provo, for free printed material on the 'eXperiment.o
"An Aroused Community Upgrades Movies:" J.C. Moffitt, Superintendent, Provo City Schools,
declared in the introduction that "The American people can have the quality of movies they
unt to have. The ticket you buy is your vote of confidence." Mrs. Smoot Brimhall, chairman
of the Governor's Committee on Children and Youth, Utah, told of the PTA decision to
educate and inforn the public on current movies showing in Provo; and to use only the
positive approach of publicizing the good ones, not censoring the bad. A committee,
including both college and high school students and PTA members, views the movie on its
first night and before leaving confers according to the following criteria:- How did you feel
about this movie? Do you feel repaid for buying your ticket, and would you recommend this
to your friends as representative of basic American values? They decide by majority, and
inform the manager immediately. The pUblic is immediately informed of the good pictures
by press and radio, and by placing a big star on the poster in the marquee. Schools are
notified if the picture is especially educational. Results: Managers of the theaters, by
a distinct change in policy, are seeing that all matinees are good for children. If the
night show is not appropriate for youth, they bring in special children's shows. Citizens
are all aware now of the servio e and other nearby cities are taking up the practice.
Individuals are calling and writing their opinions to both managers and PTA officers.
Letters came in abundance at the time~ the Academy Awards objecting because no movie fit
for family attendance was recognized. Parents are movie conscious\
"Communities in Action:" llocky Mountain Project:" Elizabeth s. Force, American Social
Health Association, moderated a panel arranged by Dorothy T. Dyer, Utah St,ate University,
on grass roots approaches in four states to awakening eommunities to their problems.
Reports were given "with apostolic fervor" and details can be had by writing Utah State
University. Logan. Victor A. Christopherson, University of Jlrizona, reported a mass media
success story from that state. Mrs. Paul Stone, New Mexico, told of expanding family life
education in the schools and community; and of work with adult Indians. R. DeVerl Willey,
University of Nevada, explained the plans evolved by the townspeople of Sparks, Nevada, to
focus study groups on Child needs. These groups turned into action groups as vision of
needs was caught. Utah's report was from Dee Anderson, West High School, Salt lake City.
He told of teenagers and parents finding great communication with each other on a level
tha~ can be permanent with the ones involved, and a pattern for use by others.
It was the
"how" each was done that made this session of great interest to all.
Section Ch~irman was Stella H. Oaks, Director of Adult Education, Provo City Schools
an d Assistant Mayor of Provo.
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�-6PA~T EDUCATION:
Edward v. Pope, Federal Extension Service, moderated a panel discussion
on "Understanding Our Differences As They Are Reflected in our Child Rearing Practices."
The following religious positions were presented,
The MORMON, by Wayne J. Anderson, University of Minnesota, Mormon parents believe that
they as well as their children are God's spirit children who have entered this earth life
for further schooling. Consequently, Mormon fathers and mothers consider it a deep
privilege to have children. and cooperate with God in teaching them proper principles of
living. The individual's free agency (freedom of choice) is respected and children are
directed by love and understanding. It is believed that the child should be guided in its
physical, mental, and spiritual development according to the Word of Wisdon, a revealed
doctrine.
The JEWISH, by Robert Jacobs, B'nai B1 rith Hillel Foundation, St. Louis, Missouri:
Jewish children absorb four distinctive values in their homes: a central concern for
fa.mily life, a preoccupation with things intellectual, a sense of community with all
Jews, and an emphasis on the goodness of this life. Home ceremonies and rituals Which
involve the children provide a ~ay of life" which inculcates these values.
The ProTESTANT, by Mildred I. Morgan, Black Mountain, North Carolina:· Because
Protestants are a heterodox group, practices differ or might even be contradictory.
There is, however, a similarity along with significant differences. Many Protestants
seek to educate rather than to indoctrinate; they emphasize freedom to make choices and
to grow in religious life and faith rather than authority of creeds or clergy. It is
generally recognized that the greatest religious influence in child-rearing practices is
the religion lived by the parents in their day by day experiences in home and community.
The CATHOLIC, by Father Joseph F. Linde, Reno, Nevada: The whole Catholic Family
climate is based on a sacramental system which runs from life to d•atb. Proper example
set by parents is of prime importance in guiding children. There is nothing superstitious
about religion. Catholics feel that if good things in life came to them it is the result
of righteous living. The Church is very active in doing what it can for the eduoation of
its members.
The NON-RELIGIOUS position was expressed by ~ichard Kerckhoff, Merrill-Palmer
Institute, Detroit, who reviewed the contributions or organized religion to the task of
child rearing, and concluded that these tasks could more easily be accomplished without
the aid or interference of religion. Such goals as providing a humanistic and rational
atmosphere for children were emphasized and the approach to these goals without the aid
of religion was espoused.
At a section meeting on "How Can Children Be Taught Tolerance and Cooperation?" Joan
Glad, Psychologist, and Ronald Wade, Medical social worker, Crippled Children's Services,
Utah State Department or Hee.lth, discussed how parents can teach their children to accept
and cooperate with children who are different fram themselves in one way or another with
regard to the ~ concerning the problem, the feelin~s abott the probltaD, and the
possible actions which might be. taken to help cope wit the problem.
Following the formal presentations, a panel of parents from Salt Lake City, Dr. and
Mrs. Irwin Kaiser, and M~ and Mrs. William Riley, and their children, discussed the
question of differences in terms of physical handicaps, nationality, and personal values.
It was brought out that accepting the differences in people does not mean accepting their
values, or lowering one's standards; rather, tolerance means looking beyond the
differences,to the common needs, aspirations, and endeavors of human ~ciety in a world
where cooperation is becoming essential to survival.
Eleaoore B. Luckey, University of Connecticut, was Chairman of the Section.
EDUCATION IN THE COLLEGES: The one consistent impression that carries over from the
papers and discussion of the college section is the current interest in values on the
part of those who are trying to deal with the vexing problems of college students. Amy
Gerling's paper (University of Wichita) summarized a research project on intergenerational differences in accepting moral values. Bernard J. Oliver's paper (Chapman
College) dealt with the contribution that research and values make in a functional
preparation for marriage course. Almost one whole section meeting was devoted to
Richard Klemer's research project in which he investigated student reactions to the
Kirkendall -Poffenberger exchange which centered on the most efficient means to
�-7inculcate values and influence morality. (Ricr~rd Klemer is at the University of Alabama.)
The only exception was Gordon Shipman's contribution, which had to do with the profound
impact of the use of autobiographical. investigations and role playing in influencing
attitudinal change. (A tv~o-page summary of the Shipman paper is available to anyone who
writes him at the Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3203 Downer Avenue, Milwaukee ll, Wisconsin.)
All of the papers seemed to reflect an increasing concern on the part of both teachers and
college students for the clarification of ways of effectively approaching somewhat more
stable norms of social and sexual behavior. There were many polarities in terms of the
methodology by which to implement that goal, but there seemed to be a rather rare
consensus about the need and urgency of reaching it.
James A. Peterson, University of Southern California, and Director, Peterson-Guedel
Family Center, Beverly Hills, was Chairman of the Section.
EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT: At the first meeting Vladimir de Lissovoy, Pennsylvania State
University, presented a report on his research on head banging in young children, its
description, incidence, and suggested causes. Two points of interest not revealed
in other studies were (1) that incidence is most frequent in last-born, and (2) that
there was a high rate of otitis media among those studied, suggesting a relationship
between head banging and pain relief.
The paper presented by Harold Feldman, Cornell Univ.ersity, was entitled, "'rhe
Personal 'Relationship beh~een Parents of Preschool Children. 11 The paper covered only
part of a larger study involving marital satisfaction of 852 upper middle class couples.
Findings presented were very provocative. He concluded that the whole family should
have time for pairs of family members to be together as a means of reducing stress and
strain unique to this period.
Laura Preston, Syracuse University, presented an outline for "A Study of Factors in
the Child's Early Home or Nursery School Experi~nce Associated with His Overtly Expressed
"Reflections about Himself." The study is to be oontinued at Sy-racuse University with the
hope of determining a better understanding of the guidance which would encourage
development of healthy concept of self.
The second meeting of the section was devoted to a symposium and discussion of the
"1telation of Maternal Employment to Children's Psj-ehological Development." Owen Morgan,
Merrill-Palmer, reviewed some of the limited research in the area, and pointed to the
confusion and inadequacy of available findine;s re substitute ca.re, paternal attitudes,
anxiety in parent and child, etc. Glenn .Hs:wkes • Iowa State, reported on the Conference
on Day Care of Children and the social implications of their recommendations. Each of the
two mother members of the symposium presented a personal view based upon her own experiences:
Mrs. Boy Hawkins, the working mother, and Mrs. Richard Dunn, the mother who worked only in
her home and did volunteer community work. The major conclusion was a recognition of a
tremendous need for actual study in the ar9a.
Since Section Chairman Donalda Clark, Triange :Nurse1•y School, Dear'IJorn. ~Eichigan,
was unable to attend the o onference, Esther Middle-wood, Chief, IV'ental Health Eduoati on,
Michigan Was substitute ohainnan.
RESOLUTION PASSED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NCFR, AUGUST 25, 1!?61
WHEREAS. at the presenttime the statistics of marri:<1ges and divoroeF for the United st;o.tes
are far less adequate than is true of most countries of the VTestern world, o.nd
~REAS,
the NCF"R is greatly interested in statistics of marriages and divorces for the
United states that are complote, comprehensive, and meaningful, and
WHEREAS, at the presenttime many States have inadequate registration of. r.nrriages and
divorces recorded at the State level, and
WHEREAS, the u.s. Public Health Service has established a Marriage Registration Are~
presently including 35 States. and a Divorce 'Registration Area, presently inolu.:Hng 20
States. and
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1ffiEREAS. the criteria for including States in these Areas are objective and reasonable
and in the interest of securinggpod national statistics,
NO\!f THEREFORE, the NCFR in .Annua.lmeeting assembled urges all States to take such steps
as are necessar,Y to partioipate fully in thi3 program, inchding becoming a part of
these registration areas; and asks each member of the NCFR to support this program in his
own State to the end that all States will participate in the adequate collection of
these important data.
MARRIAGE
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DIVORCE RECORDS IN THE U.S.A.
As the newly-appointed President of the Ue.tional Council on Family Relations, I
warmly welcome this resolution.
When I crone to live in this country from England twelve years ago, I was astounded
to find that reliable statistics concerning American marriage and divorce--particularly
concerning divorce--were not available. I had simply taken it for granted that a
country with so many competant social scientists, and so proud of its reputation for
efficiency, would keep accurate records, as most other civilized countries do.
At a World Congress on Population in Italy in 1954, the Soviet delegate~ looked
rather foolish when they were asked for figures about their country's population, and
were unable to offer anything better than guesse~:;.. Their government had either with-held
the figures, or it didn't have them.
I wonder how many Americans realize that, at an international conference on marriage
and divorce, their delegates would be placed in a similar position. Representatives
from most other Western countries could give precise and accurate figures. The Americans
could offer only guesses.
Are these statistics important? Yes, they are. Imagine an engineer trying to build
a bridge without being allowed to make the measurements he ne&ds.
Imagine a scientist
being denied the facts he considers essential to do a first-rate job. This is the
predicament in which American social scientists find themselves.
'Thy are these figures not available? Some States are keeping excellent records, but
certain other States are not. The result is that the United States as a whole ranks
well below most European countries in this respect.
I believe that these facts are simply not known to most Americans. I hope this
resolution will make the picture clear, aud lead to appropriate action on the part of
the governing bodies of the States concerned.
David R. Mace, President
1962 NCF'R AIDffiAL MEETING THEME SET
"Eye on the Frunily't is the 1962 NCFR Annual Meeting Theme. Leading figures from
mass communioations, g;overnment, and oonswner economics will discuss family life from
their vantage points and will sugg:est where they feel workers in family lif'e should
~ntrate effort.
Scheduled to be held on the University of Connecticut campus at Storrs A~t 2224, 1962, the Conference will also include an afternoon and evening excursion to
Sturbridge Villa. ge, Massachusetts--a 200-year-old restored New England village featuring
the cottage arts and handiorafts of our Puritan forefathers. Also being investigated
is the possibility of a traditional "down-east~ shore dinner combined with a trip to the
Shakespeare Theater in Stratford, Connecticut. Full particulars on other side trips,
such as to Mystic, Conneotiout, Seaport, and the Berkshire Mountain villages will also
be available.
Details about the program, featuring for the first time four sections-counseling,
research, education, ~nd special emphases- and adVBnoe registration information will be
announced in the Newsletter during the next few months.
Wallace c. Fulton, Associate Director of Health Education, Equitable Life
Assurance Society, New York City is program chairman. Eleanore B. Luckey and Fay Moeller,
University of Connecticut, are local arrn."l.gements chairmen.
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Section chairmen are: Counseling, John Hudson, Merrill-Palmer, Detroit, Michigan;
Research, Lee Burohinal, Iowa s:ate, Ames, Iowa; Education, Gertrude Gass, Merrill-Palmer;
Special Emphases, Joel Moss, Br1gham Young, Provo, Utah, They will welcome suggestions
and papers.
NCFR COMMITTEES FOR 1961-2
BURGESS AWARD-William F. Kenkel, Iowa State University, Chairman.
EVALUATION OF BURGESS AWARD-Lee Burohinal, Iowa State University, Chairman; Gerald R.
Leslie, Willirun Kephart, Charles E. Bowerman.
FINANCE-Gerhard Neubeck, Universi~ of Minnesota, Chairman.
NOMINATING-Lee Burohinal, Chairmanr Ruth Conner, David B. Treat.
~SEARCH PROJECT~Vallaoe c. Fulton, Equitable Life Assurance Society, N.Y.c., Chairman.
LAW-Thomas P. Monahan, County Court of Philadelphia, Chairman.
AGIN~-Dorothy T. Dyer, Las Gatos, California, Chairman.
POLICY COMMITTEE-David R. Mace, 27 Woodcliff Drive, Madison, New Jersey, Chairman;
Harold T. Christensen, Wallace Ch Fulton, Ruth H. Jewson.
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LOCAL STATE, AND REGIONAL COUNCILS AND NCFR-David B. Treat, Cla.ra
Elizabeth Fund for Mate:.Ual Health, Flint, Michigan, Chairman; Esther Middlewood,
~lliam H. Genna.
SECTIONS-Blaine M. Porter, Brigham Young University, Chairman.
INTERJATIONAL LIAISON-Evelyn M. Duvall, 5206 University Ave.,Chicago, Illinois,
Chairman; John Mogey, Esther Hiddlewood,~uben Hill, David Mace, Harold T.
Christensen.
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AMERICAN NATIONAL COUNCIL FO~ HEALTH EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC~on L. Rutledge, Merr111Palmer; and Wallace c. Fulton, Equitable Life Assurance Society, New York City.
ONGOING COUNCIL OF NATIONAL O~GANIZATIONS FOR WHITE HOUSE CCNFERENCE ON CHILDREN AND
YOUTH-Aaron L. Rutledge
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON SUPPORI' OF YVO"RKSHOPS-Eleanore B. Luckey, University of Connecticut,
Chairman; Aaron 1. "Rutledge, Esther Middlewood, Mildred I. Morgan. Lester Kirkendall,
lhlth Jewaon.
COUNCIL~
SOUTHEASTERNs The Ninth Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Council on Family Relations was
held Oct. 15-17 at the University of Tennessee. The theme was "Youth and Parents Grow
Together.R Featured speakers were Evelyn M. Du1~ll and Wallace c. Fulton. Edward D.
Staples, Director, Dept. of the Christian Family, Methodist Chruch Board of Educ&tion,
is president.
INDIANA: The officers of the Indiana Council for 1961-2 are Keogh Rash, Indiana University,
Bloomington, President; Reuben D. Behlmer, Past-President; Edward z. Dager, President-elect;
Thelma Morgan, Laverne Norris, Marion Nagler, Patsy Wilson, and Katherine Hudson, VicePresidents; Mary Shuttleworth, Secretary; Betty Jean Day, Treasurer.
Ed Dager, Purdue, is chai~an of a committee of the ICFR to press for the passage of a
marriage and divorce registration law in Indiana by the 1963 legislature.
The 1962 Annual Meeting will be in Indianapolis March 24th in Rice Auditorium at the
State Board of Health, and the Indiana University Student Union Building.
MINNESOTAJ Henry Bowman, University of Texas, will be the speaker at the Annual Workshop
October 27-28 in Minneapolis. The theme is SEX ATTITUDES-Family, Church, and Communi~. Chairmen for Sections are:: Francis Gamelin~ Director of .A:cademic Aff'irss, Robbinsdale
Schools, Schoolsr Paul Engstrom, Director of Chaplaincy, St. Paul Council of Churohes.
Churches; Charles Martin, Family Life Specialist, University of Minnesota, Fi!milies;
Harold Belgum, Olrector of Family Life and Adult Education, Evan2elical Lutheran Uhurch
of America., and Mildred Roberts, Family Life Er1uca.tion Consultant, Minneapolis Family and
Children's Service, Social Agencies; Paul Smith, Minister, S+,illwater 'Preso;1ter·ian Church,
Youth Organizations. Ray Kelley, St. Paul Marriage Counselor, is progra;~ chai l"BBa!l• Wayne
J. Anderson, Univ. of Minn., is president.
KANSAS: The Kansas Family Life Association, in cooperation with the Kansas Council for
Children and Youth, met October 13-14 at the University of Wichita. The theme of the
Conference was "The Family-Past, Present, and Future." James J. Burr, Technical Consultant,
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Dept. of HEW, gave the. keynote address, on "Changing Needs of the Family and
Community Responsibilities." Section meetings were on "What Should Be The Role of
Community A:gencies In Meeting The Moral And Spiritual Needs of Family Members?" "The
Responsibility of Community Agencies And The Physical Health Needs of Family Members;"
"The Community's Responsibility and The Leisure· Time Needs of Family Members;" "The
Communi·ty' s Responsibility in Meeting Tcte Educational Needs of Family Members r" and "The
Community's Responsibility in Meeting The Economics Needs Of Family Members." Elizabeth
s. Force, ASHA, was the dinner speaker; and Edgard c. Cumings, ASHA, addressed the final
general session. Amy G. Gerling, _University of Wichita, was program Chairman. President
of the Kansas Council is S&!ll~el \';1diger, Lutheran Institutional and Hospital Chaplain, Wichita.
LOS A..YITGEIES: The first meeting of the Los Angeles members of the NCFR was held October
2oth, to hear reports of the· Salt Lake City meeting. For information about this new group,
write James A. Peterson, 8530 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly HillA.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: A meeting to reactivate this group will be held in December, in
cooperation with the San Diego Council. David Mace will be speaker. Write James Peterson
at above address.
NORTH CAR)LINA: The North Carolina Frunily tife Council met in Charlotte Oct. 22-24. The
theme was "Living in Balance Begins in the Family: Physical and Emotional Dynamics in Family
Interaction." Keynote speakers were Dr. and ,Mrs. Robert N. Rutherford, obstetrician and
marriage counselor respectively, of Seattle, Washington; and Dr. Frances L. Ilg, Gesell
Institute. Elizabeth J. Middleton was program chairman. Jesse H. Lanning, Linwood, is
president.
~·STATE: Hunter College of the City Univ. of New York was the site for the Annual Meeting
of Tri-State Council Oct. 2oth. The theme was ,.Family Life in Many Lands." At the a:rternoon
workshop the film, FOUR FAMILIES was shown. This rnm, designed to .show something of the
impact of child rearing upon a society, portrays family life in India, Japan, France and
Canada. Doris Ekstrom led the discussion, with panelists, Mrs. Yoshi Nogi, Jane Mayer, am
Geoffrey Est y.
At the dinner meeting, David Mace and Eleanore Luckey repeated their dialogue, "Family
Patterns and Goals in the USA and the USSR," first presented at the Utah Conference.
Margaret Benz, New York University, is President of Tri-State.
NEWS ABOUT
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MUR.IEL BROWN, Children's Bureau, and KATHARINE W. TAYLOR, Parent'. :&duoation, BaittlaH"&.l
attended the World Congress on Mental Health in Paris in August. Katharine Taylor
presented a paper on "Education and Mental Health in Amerioan Parent Cooperatives."
HUGO A. BOURDEAU, Marriage Counseling Service, Inc., Baltimore, conducted eight classes in
Family Life during the 35th Annual Thlral Nomen's Short Course at the University of Maryllll d
in June. Topics were "Living Life to Its Fullest Through Marriage," "How to Avoid a Mediocre
Marriage," "In-Laws can be Frie[lds," and 11 The Aged and the Home.!' The Short Course, which
was attended by over 1,000 women, was directed by JEANNE s. KOEim• Family Life Specialist.
J.AMES W. GLADDEN, formerly at the u. of Kentucky, is nov; President of the Blue Ridge
Assembly, Inc., YMCA Conference Center of the South. He hopes to make this institution an
agency focussing on Family Life Education.
TH01AAS M. POFFENBERGER, until recently at the u. of California, will arrive in India late
this month, accompanied by his family, where he will be the leader of a pilot project aimed
at study of child-rearing practic&s in the Indian culture. He will be a member of the Iowa
State University faculty, assigned to "the Baroda project." His work will be in the homes and
villages of India and on the campus of Baro~a University, where other members of an Iowa
State team are already on the job. Each team member represents one department of the lSI
College of Home Economics, and the total effort, under auspices of the FortFFoundatiOD, is
directed toward improved living standards for Indian fanilies. Both research and development
of a graduate program to prepare Indian women for leadership figure in the project.
JOSEPH S. HIMES, professor of sociology at North Carolina College at Durham, has received
a Fulbright grant, and is spending the year in Finland, He is attending a seminar at the
University in research in social institutions, and hopes to investigate courtship practices
in Finland.
~chools,
�-11ETHEL M. NASH, Family Life Sre cia list at Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest College,
Winston-Salem, North Carolina writes that the three medical schools of North Carolina sponsored
a symposium on medical aspects of marriage f.~oblems Oct. 22 in Greensboro, made possible by a
grant from the Lederle Laboratories.
At the symposium, Mrs. Nash reported on a survey, made with a NIH grant, of the practices
of North C~rolina physicians in relation to marriage and sex counseling. The physicians were
chosen by random sampling technique and were interviewed by 5 senior medical students using
a semi-structured, open-and type questionnaire. 514, representative of all the major
specialties precentage-wise, out ol' '-' total oi' 2,535 practicing physicians were seen. The
results of the questionnaire were coded and tested for multiple correlations at the
Computation Center of the University of North Carolina. More than 96,000 pieces of information
were collected.
JEAN LUSH, Seattle, is sociologist for a radio program for women, featured daily by station
KGDN. She prepares messages purely on marriage and the family • In conjunction with the frogram,
a counseling service is developing. The program sponsors a conference for women each year.
JESSIE BEID1ARD is in Washington, D. c., on sabbatical leave, studying the academic woman.
MURRAY STRAUS has moved from Cornell Univ. to the Univ. of Minnesota's Sociology and
Home Economics Department.
ROY DICKERSON and RICHARD HEY were guest leaders at a Family Life Institute at Elizabetr~own
College in the summer. A.STAUFFER CURRY was a Panel Discussion Leader.
HAROLD CHRISTENSEN has been appointed to the National Committee on the Betty Crooker talent
search, as NCFR's representative.
MOREY APPELL has moved to Madison, Wisconsin to take over Carl Roger's former post, in an
effort to find which of three methods best develops teachers who have a productive impact on
students. This research is a Federal Mental :1ealth project, and his approach will be the
learning-centered one.
With deep regret we have learned of the death of DEAN JOHNSON on June 7th from a heart
attack; and of EDWARD SAYLER, Yankton College, South Dakota, School of Theology.
Lt. Col. GABRIEL D. OFIESH, USAF, Professor of Psychology and Management and Director of
Leadership Studies, USAF Academy. Denver writes that he is teaching a required course in the
Psychology of Family Relations established as a part of the curriculum for cadets at the
Academy. The course is supplemented by lectures on Sunday afternoons to all cadets of the
Academy who wish to attend, with their girl friends or fiancees.
THEODORE B. JOHANNIS, JR., University of Oregon, was conference leader for the Seoond
Annual Family Life Conference at Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta June 13-15. The theme
of the conference was "The Fa.111ily A Decision Making Team."
IDTH DAlES taught at Winthrop College and the Univ. of Maryland this summer, before returning
to Florida State to help several doctoral students wind up t~.eir work.
DAVID AND FRANCES TREAT will be the featured speakers at a family life workshop sponsored
by Planned Parenthood of Minneapolis Nov. 7th. The topic is"3ex Education: Faots Aren't Enough;"
DONALD BRIELAND gave the opening address c-.t the National J.ss ociation for Nursery Education
Conference in St. Louis Oct. 18-21. The theme we.s "Children in Focus." Other lWFR members on
the program were; ALLAN ZACHER, PHYLLIS RICHARDS, GLENN HAWKES, AND BERNICE BORGMAN.
REUBEN HILL is the recipient of a Fulbright lectureship in family sociolog;y at the Univ. of
Louvain, Belgium, for 1961-62, He will train graduate students in farr~l~· research and will
carry out a replication of the Detroit Area Survey's Study of urban. family structure and
functioning as a practical experienee for his students. Reuben Hill prt1sented e. paper at the
Fifth International Seminar on Fe.mily Research at Opatika, Yugoslavia in Sept. He is chairman
of the Family·'Soeiolofl:Y Section of the International Sooiologioe.l Association which now
operates the seminars. Following the Opatija sessions, he lectured at the Sociology Institute
at Ljubljana under the auspices of the .American Embassy.
ROBERT A. D~NTLER, formerly of the Bureau of Child Research, Univ. of Kansas, is now a
sociologist at Dartmouth.
HELEN BUCF..ANAN., who was at Pennsylvania State u., is Associate Professor of Child. Development and Femily Relations, Collt•ge of Home Economics, Univ. of' Tennessee.
EVELTil G. RIMEL is the new Director of Family Life Education, Stout State College, J..[enomonie,
Wisconsin.
�-12ELIZ.ABETH s. FORCE, ASHA Family Life Consultant, and Associate Director, Division:- of Eduo.,
participated in family life education workshops in seven cities during the summer, ranging in
geographical location from the New England States to the Rockies.
DOROTHY BROV,1qFIEID, Univ. of Nevada, headed a. P'e.mily Living Workshop at Central Missouri
State College l&st summer. Also participating were ELIZABETH FO~CE And PAUL K. HOUDEK.
FLOYD M. ANDERSON, formerly at Brighe.m Young, is the new Executive Director of the American
Institute of Family 'Relations. PAUL POPENOE will retire from active fi!>ecti:bon.:>f the Institute
on October 31st, but will continue as President Emeritus.
LEONA~D DEMOO~, F~stings College, has been called into active military service.
NEVfS RElEASES
THE SOCIETY FOR TEE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF SEX: The fourth annual meeting will be held Nov. 4 1
1961, in the Barbizon Plaza Hotel, Naw York City. Discussants of the morning session on
ttsex and Aging" will be Drs. Harry Benjamin, Lissy F. Jnrvik, and Joseph T. Freeman; and
Mrs. Donald Armstrong. Dr. Hugo G. Ba2gel is chairman.
The topic for the a-fternoon sessions is "Sex Factors in Schizophrenia.." Discussants are
Drs. Bernard D. Glueck, Jr., Jules D. Eolzberg, Lothar B. Kalinowky, and Sandor Rado. Dr.
Franz J. Kallmann is ohair.man.
THE FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF .AN.ERICA will observe its 50th Anniversary with a Biennial
Conference in New York City Nov. 12-15. A half-oenturyof progress will be reviewed and future
trends in family life and family counseling will be forecast. The theme for the Conference,
which will bring together authorities from all parts of the country, is "Fortifying the
Family for the Stresses of the Sixties. 11
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL W01K, UNIV. OF MICHIGAN: The Doctoral Program in Social Work and Social
Science at the Univ. of Michigan offers an inter-departmental program leading to degrees
combining social work with sociology, social psychology, psychology, or economics. The
program prepares students for careers in research, teaching, and policy development. Students
with bachelor's degrees only, as well as students with a master's degree in social work or a
social science discipline, may apply for admission. Support for this advanced study is
available through the Nat' 1. Institute of Mental F..ealth and Russell Sage Foundation. Fellowship applications will be received up to Feb. 1, 1962. Applications for admission only may be
filed up to June 1, 1962. Write Henry J. Meyer, School of Social Work, Univ. of Michigan.
THE AMERICAN P1ffiLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION will hold its 89th. Annual Meeting Nov. 13-17,
1961 e.t Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan. Scientific sessions and exhibits will cover community
health, prevention of disease and control of environmental health factors.
OHIO NORTHERN u:tHV., Ada, Ohio: Ohio Northern Univ. paved the way f'or fulfilling the state
legislature's bill to provide teachers for a course in Family Relations in the public schools,
in its Advanced Workshop in Family Life Education given the first two weeks of the summer term.
Elel!lentary and secondary teachers, parents and youth workers were enrolled. After interchange of experiences by the directors and students, the class explored the available material
from curriculum outlines and program materials. The registrants developed a full outline for
teaching in various situations and age levels. Special attention was given to developing a
curriculum usnble in the areas of public school, parent education and church groups.
Assisting with the \'lorkshop were Roy Dickerson, Cincinnati Social Hygiene Association) and
David H. Markle, Ohio Northern's professor of Sociology.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEA!XH: The 11th Annual Meeting and Mental Health Assembly
of the Nat'l. Asso. for Mental Health will be held at Miami Beach, Florida, Nov. 15-18.
The confe~ence will focus on Action for Mental Health.
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N EWS LETTER
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON FAMILY RELATIONS
1219 University Avenue, 5. E.
Minneapolis 14, Minnesota
February, 1962
Vol . 7, No . 1
PRELJPIINARY PROGRAM
1962 National Counci l on Family Relations Annual Meet ing
Uni versity of Connecticut at Storr sa • •August 22-24 , 1962
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Eye
en the Fa.'T.i l y"
.new perspecti ves on
fl~er ica n famili e s and new directions
f or f ami ly life workers
Wednesday, August 22, 196 2
8 :00- 10 : 30 a . m. - Regis t ration
CFR Business Meet i ng
10 : 30- 1 2:00 - N
1 : 30 p .m. - PLENARY SESSION
or
''The American Family and W l d Af fairs"
Hon. Carl T. Rowan, Deputy Assis t a nt Secret ary o f St a t e for
Publ ic Affairs
2 : 45- 5 : 00 p .m. - SECTION MEETINGS
COUNSELIN
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New Approaches in Couns el i ng and Psychot he rapy
"Applica t ion of Game Theory t o Marriage Counseling"
Jessie Bernard, Pennsylvania State University
ED
UCATION
" Parent Educat ion and Soc i o- Economic Status"
Irving Sigel
RESEARCH
Review and Eva luation of Fami l y Research M
ethodology
" The Range of Probl ems i n Research Design"
F. I van Nye , Fl orida Sta te Uni vers i t y
''Problems of Measur ement i n Family Research"
inneso t a
M
urray A. St raus , Universi ty of M
SPECIAL EMPHASES
Fami l y and Leisure
"Family Trail ering and Camping : Experiences and Implications"
W ll iam qnd Elizabet h Genne , Nationa l Council of Churches of Christ
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Vance and Rut h J ewson , Universit y of Minnesot a and NCFR
8 : 00- 11:00 p . m. - Fam il y Ni ght .
Ent erta inment and "Get ting Acqua int ed."
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Thursday, August 23, 1962
9:00-10:45 a.m. ~ SECTION MEETINGS
COUNSELING
"Rational Emotive Psychotherapy"
Albert Ellis, New York marriage counsellor
EDUCATION
"Teen Age Marriages"
J. Joel Moss and Kenneth Cannon, Brigham Young University
RESEARCH
Review and Evaluation of Theory Pertaining to Family Research
"Evaluation of Family Research Theory"
Edward C, Devereux, Jr., Cornell University
SPECIAL EMPHASES
Family and Community
"Community Participation and Parenthood"
Jane Berry, University of Kansas
10:45 a.m.
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12:00 p.m. - PLENARY SESSION
"The American Family and Consumer Economics"
Dexter Masters, Director, Consumers Union
12:45-5:30 p.m. - Trip to Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
1:30-6:00 p.m. - Trip to Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut
4:00-12:00 Midnight - Trip to American Shakespeare Festival Theater
Stratford, Connecticut
5:30-7:30 p.m. - Chicken Barbecue. On Campus
Friday, August 24, 1962
9:00-10:45 a.m. -SECTION MEETINGS
COUNSELING
"Touch Therapy"
Eleanor Hamilton, marriage counselor
EDUCATION
"New Ways in Family Life Education"
Owen Morgan, Merrill-Palmer Institute
RESEARCH
"The Marital Adjustment and Marital Role Definitions of Husbands
of Working and Non-Working Wives"
Leland J. Axelson, Florida State University
"Family Influences on Selected Attitudes and Perceptions of
Some Institutionalized Gifted"
Edith H. Grotberg, Northern Illinois University
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"Sex Differences in Dissatisfaction with Marriage Conununication"
Hirra Komarovskyj Barnard College
"Factors Related to Pami
Disorganization in Low Income Families"
Ludwig L" G,?ismc:J, Ru_tgers University
SPECIAL EMPHASES
Family and Health
"Approaches to Homemaker Rehabilitation"
Elizabeth Eckhardt
University of Connecticut
10 :45a .m.~l2 :p "m" -- £LKlil2:B'Cei@~];9li.
II
"The American Family and Hass Corn.rnunica_tion"
Louis Hausman" Directorq Television Information Office
l\lai::ional Association of Broadcasters
l:30-4:30p.m. ~SECTION MEETINGS
COUNSELING
"A New Approach in Counseling on Sexual Compatibility"
Arnold H. Kegel,, H"D"" }-lmerican Institute of Family Relations
EDUCATION
"Probabilities for Success of
Robert Russell
a11
'Ideal' Negro-White Marriage"
RESEARCH
"Seven Styles of Fctrnily Life~ How They Differ and Why They Occur"
Howard R. Stan
Department of Health, Puerto Rico
"The Personal Relations of Primiparous Couples"
Harold Feldman and Joseph }L Meyerowitz~ Cornell University
"Experimental Family Organization in the United States"
William Kephart 17 University of Pennsylvania
"Life Cycle and the Kinship Net·work; An Empirical Test"
Marvin B. Sussman ·:tnd Shenvood B. Slater, Western Reserve
University
"Intra-cul tura.l Compcxj sons of Attitudes Toward l'1ari tal Infidelity"
Harold L Ch:j_stensene Purdue University
"A Sociological
of Sexua_l Standards"
Ira L" Reiss, State University of Iowa
SPECIAL EMPHASES
Family La>,\l
Chainnan:
Speakers:
Discussants~
'I'homc~s
fVIonab.an
Robert Drinan Boston College of Law
David ..Tcwobc3 Judgev Circuit Court of Connecticut
W:Ulia;11 Kephart, University of Pennsylvania
Jacob 'L ZLL"ker:rnan 0 Family Location Service
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8: 30~11: 00 p,m. ~ Surcrrrrer Theater, Uni.versi
of Connecticut Campus
SEE THE BEST OF CONNECTICUT
Annual Heeting 1dll be held at just the Scoaso:n to see Connecticut
at its best, Yo-u. w:Ll.l :be :cevJEtrded by
off the main high•-mys, through the? sma Jr?:r villages culd
ide" Virtually
all roads are b.ard surf;Jced and ci:Lrect.i
gl.ve help to the
traveler look:in:;r for not only a variety Ln scer'er:'/, but an amazing
number of activJ.t:-~e;:;, eventsu places of ir:~e:::,c;st, historic sites,
sports contests C!ctd <?ducational instituL:i. :::cts, Your convention
packet will conL3_:Ln literature about ,.Thl ,s to See and Do in
Connecticut'''. lh:: you c1ri ve to Storrs un the l'k'v'r York Thruway,
Route 95 will take you near Greenvdcb,
Nonvalk:" Bridgeport
and Stratford. It would be more practica.i tn chan;re at Hilford
to the Herri tt Pa.rb~Ta.y, lmless you have time tc) 1HcmclE.'r on the
shoreline and find Guilcord, Niantic, Ne1nr London and Mystic, in
order to observe famous colonial abno.sphe:re of H1e Old Forge,
Harkness House and J:1ystic, Seay-_;ort.
If you come from the New England States or
Connecticut from
the Massachusetts Turnpike, scenery is perhaps the most prornising
attraction, However, don't forget Hartford is <:rte capitol city with
its famous Rose Garden and l"',ark 'I'wain Nemorial. If you are interested
in history, the V-I ebb House in Wethersfield, the Hillstead Museum
in Farmington, and nearer to Storrs still, tlw Nathan Hale Homestead
in Coventry. Connecticut has other educatio:nal i.nsti tutions besides
the University of Connecticut. You all knmv ,<uYale" in New Haven,
Wesleyan in Midcl.letovm, Trinity College i:n Ea:ctford, the United
States Coast Guard Academy and Connect:i.r.::ut ColJe~Te in New London.
Many people enjoy public parks. Connect:L;l:,t, a. E;ruc-d.l state, is
well endowed wi tll s11ch 1::a.rks, seash.ore OT i.n}dnd.,c Gillette Castle
is at a state park off Route 9 and :i.s
the Chester
Ferry. Harkness Park· is in Niant::lc on Eoute L 1 the shore road.
Shore parts well knovm are Hamraonasset B;;;ecch <J.t Clinton, Rocky
Neck at South Lyme, Ocean Beach at New LAldon, 'the cities of
Bridgeport, New Ha.ven, Hartford, New Britai:n c:C:C-1d \hlterbury have
city parks. It is too bad you -will be too lcite for the laurel
in Winsted.
1
There is alwa.ys a good eating place nearby c:,nd outstanding
motels for stops overnight. Every motorist has his OW11- way
of knowing of these highly advertised and r8cofnmend(-?d rest
stops. For further guidance 1tJatch for Connecti:.:ut Development
Commission maps posted at many filling- stati.ons dlong the -,w_y.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
In order to round out arrangements for the Annual Meeting, an
early indication of attendance is required. Your prompt return of the
ADVANCE REGISTRATION below will help complete plans to be made for
a memorable time in Connecticut for you and your family.
Final Program and registration to be sent in mid-April.
NAME:
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THURSDAY EXCURSIONS*
Check you choice for a Thursday excursion
___12:45-5 :30p. m.
Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts.
colonial village.
_ _ 1:30-6:00p.m.
Mystic Seaport, Connecticut.
marine museum.
Tour of restored
Colonial seaport and
----"-4 :00-12 :OOmidnight
American Shakespeare Festival Theater, Stratford, Connecticut
_ _.5: 30-7: 30p. m.
Chicken Barbecue.
*
Mrs. Vance Jewson
Executive Officer
National Council on Family Relations
1219 University Avenue, Southeast
Minneapolis 14, Minnesota
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NATIONAL ~COUNCIL
ON FAMILY RELATIONS
1219 UNIVERSITY AVENUE S. E.
MINNEAPOLIS 14, MINNESOTA
Harch, 1962
Volume 7, Number 2
Hake your plans NOW to attend NATIONAL COffiJCIL ON FAMILY RELATIONS ANNUAL MEETING
August 22-24
• • • featuring a new program approach:
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"Eye on the Family"
••• new perspectives on American
families and new directions
for family life workers
PLENARY SESSIONS ON "The American Family and l,.lorld Affairs" - Ron. Carl T. Rowan, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State
for Public Affairs
"The American Family and Hass Communication" - Louis Hausman, Director,
Television Information
Office
"The American Family and Consumer Economics" - ¥.rs. Mildred Edie Brady,
Editorial Director,
Consumers' Union
SECTION MEETINGS IN Education • Research • Counselling. Special Emphases
as first meeting to follo~,r new NCFR organizational format
SOCIAL E\TENTS • EXCURSIONS • BOOK EXHIBIT to round out meeting
Final printed program and registration to be mailed to NCFR members
in April. For conference questions, including those concerning
housing and meals, write to: DR. ELEANORE BRAUN LUCKEY
NCFR Co-Chairman, Local ArRangements Committee
Box U-58
University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut
�-2MEETING PLA:t-1NED FOR STATE, REGIONAL AND lOCAL COUNCIL PRESIDE1.1TS
A special meeting is being arranged for State, Regional and Local Council presidents or their
representatives on the afternoon of Aug. 21, 1962, immediately preceding the Annual Meeting. There
will be opportunity for discussion of common problems, programs, relation to National, and other
concerns.
MARRIAGE AND FA...lv1ILY LIVING EDITORSHIP
We are delighted to announce that it will be possible for Ivan Nye to continue as editor of th'
journal when his current J-year term ends. Plans for !~L in the near future include a possible
special issue on Family Planning.
EXCERPTS FROM A LETTER \·,ffiiTTEN TO OUR PRESIDENT IN NOV., AFTER 1961 ANNUAL MEET:rnG
Dear Dr. Mace:
11 • • • • We are still profiting from the (NCFR) conference (in Salt Lake City).
The amount of
continuing comment and the chain reaction into many related fields is gratifying to observe, and
gives us satisfactions in which we wish you to share. We have had so much favorable comment about
the practical ideas for community action that I want to acknowledge the far-reaching stimulation
that came from the NCFR being with us in Utah ••••••
•..••••• The goal of helping to awaken civic action is being realized. Provo has been
nominated as one of the finalist cities to compete for the ALL ~~RICAN AWAF~ in Florida in
December (which is based on citizen participation in areas of social need).
Dr. Charles Taylor who introduced our Aging panel has been granted a leave of absence from
Brigham Young Univ. to become Executive Director of the State Committee on Aging, and he has
chosen the Provo group to do a pilot study (through the Dept. of HEW) with our Senior Citizens.
Dr. LaMar Empey (who did the part of our program on Delinquency) has been appointed to the
Provo School Board. Our Superintendent saw him in action at the conference and realized his
great potential as a civic leader. The Committee on Upgrading Movies has been invited to
numerous places in Utah to speak and share their techniques of approving movies. Utah County
managers of theaters have requested that our PrA Committee meet with them to find out how they
can get their movies announced and publicized as approved by this influential group. One manager
b~ngs special and approved Saturday children's movies apart from his regular billed evening
program. A student body in Ogden has petitioned their city govermnent to help them clean up
their movies.
Our City Council has voted to accept a $100,000 gift from a prominent Provo couple to build
a center for Senior Citizens ••• I was made chairman of a board of 21. We will need to apply
all up-to-date wisdom to make this serve us best as we fit this into the total family pattern
of a community.
Since motivating civic action and sharing of a variety of ideas was our goal, I hope you
can feel with me that time was well spent. Regarding your work with us last January, I can
feel an awakening interest in working on the problem of early teen-age marriage. We have an
increased number of study groups and conferences for this winter.
Thank you for the stimulation you have given all of us. It was a great honor and privilege
to work with you in this event. Come back to Utah often.
Sincerely,
Stella H. Oaks
Chairman, 1961 NCFR Community Section
Assistant Mayor of Provo, Utah
CHANGES OF ADDRESS
Please help NCFR save money on postage! When ever we are not notified about a change of
address, and have to re-send a journal, it costs us a total of )2¢. There is also a charge
for returned newsletters, etc.
�-3D<JN 1 T MISS THIS FINE RUSSIAN FAMILY FILM!
When we were in Soviet Union in 1960, we saw several films that focused on Russian family life.
The one we liked the best, and got really excited about, was called 11 Seriozhe 11 • It is a sensitive
interpretation of the adjustments of a little boy to his new father when his widowed mother remarries ..
I was so excited about this film that I tried to make arrangements to fit it into the program
of a NCFR meeting or of the Groves Conference last year, but this didn't work out. Imagine my
delight to discover that this movie has now been taken over commercially, and is showing throughout the nation under the title "A S1.unmer to Remember". I very strongly urge all NfWR members to
see it tv-hen it is in their locality, and to invite the managers of their local movie theatres to
get it if it doesn't otherwise appear.
David R. Mace
TAPES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES STILL AVAIL!>.BLE
From the NCFR office: the tape, 11 Sex Ethics, Sex Acts, and Human Need", Walter R. Stokes
and David R. Mace, $6.00; TEACHER KIT, for high school family life teachers, $5.00; after
May, 1962, FAMILY LIFE, Literature and Films, An Annotated Bibliography, 1962, prepared qy
the Minnesota Council, $1.00.
From C. Jay Skidmore, President, Utah Council on Family Relation, Utah State Univ., Logan,
Utah: a taped set of the four plenary sessions of 1961 Annual Meeting, $10.00, or any two
speeches, $5.00: FAMILY LIFE References, A Selected Annotated Bibliography, 1961-2,
prepared by the Utah Council, $1.00.
From Blaine M~ Porter, Dept. of Human Development & Family Relationships, Brigham Young
Univ. , Provo, Utah: Bibliography of Recent Publications in Human Development and Family
Relationships, 50¢. (Books displayed at 1961 Annual Meeting).
DITERNATIONAL UNION OF FA..l\ULY ORGANIZATIONS
The IUFO will hold an International Conference on the Family in Morocco July 23-28, 1962~
This conference is open to any persons working in the family life field. The meetings will be
held in Rabat and the King of Morocco will preside at the opening of the conference.
The theme of the conference will be the responsibilities of parents and educators in
preparing modern youth for their future responsibilities, and particularly in the preparation
of the girl to be a good wife and mother in the modern world. There will be a good deal of
emphasis on vocational guidance, and on the education of girls.
The next session of the Co~~ission on Marriage Guidance of the IUFO will take place in Tours~
France June 14-17. 1962. The topi~ will be The Ktddle Years of Marriage, and The Characteristics of an Efficient Service of Marriage Guidance.
Particulars concerning both conferences may be obtained from the International Union of
Family Organizations, 28 Place Saint Georges, Paris 9, France.
POSITIONS OPEN
We have in the office information concerning several college positions; and in addition
descriptions of openings for family life education specialists with a large high school system.
JOURNALS AVAILABLE
We have a file of "Parent Education", Vol. 1 ·- vol. 4, 1938; and the "Bulletin of Family
Research and Education," Feb. 1940-41, vol. 1, No. 1 - Vol. 2, No. 6 available for the aski."lgo
Let us know if you can use them.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM WORLD CONGP.ESS ON MENTAL HEALTH IN P/1_RIS, SEPTEI'1BER, 1961
There were two major themes at the World Congress on Mental Health in Paris, September, 1961.
receiving equal emphasis.
The first was intensive consideration of conditions which make for a fear•free world, with
reduction of armaments and war threats leading to reduction in human tensions. The second was
consideration of principles involved in wholesome personal growth.
Dr. Brock Chisholm of Canada, formerly Director of the WHO, presided at a meeting where Mr.
Noel Baker, Member of Parliament, who recently received the Nobel Peace Prize, and our own
Dr. Jerome Frank, Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Univ., discussed the psychological
causes of war and emphasized the responsiblity of every citizen in guiding public affairs&
As 11r. Baker observed, "The world situation is much too dangerous to leave it to the politicians,
a startling statement coming from one of the world's leading politicians! He said that one 50
�-4megaton bomb could wipe out New York, and everyone within a forty mile radius would be blinded by
a flash one 1000 times brighter than the sun. He emphasized that though we are still "arming
for defense 11 there is nodefense against an atomic bomb. Nor would shelters provide adequate
protection since the fires resulting from the bomb explosion would use up all of the oxygen within
a forty mile radius for a time sufficiently long to suffocate all in the area. as there would be
no air to be filtered into the shelters. Both emphasized that is the duty of every resposible
citizen to send a constant stream of telegrams and letters to their national leaders, to keep
urging complete disarmament as the only real defense against the bomb.
~~s. Fister of the UN staff said in jest that perhaps we need a Planetary League based on
wisdom and cooperation so that we could, if need be, flee for survival to a safer and saner
planet, without too great homesickness for our own Mother Planet!
As the climax of this session, the follmving poem by a Dutch poet. Pietr Hein, quoted by
Dr. Magnussen evoked a rousing round of applause:
11 The noble art of losing face
May sometime save the human race
And turn into eternal grace
What weaker minds would call disgrace. 11
Drs. ]VT~rgaret Heade, Hans Hoff of Vienna, Ramon Sarro of Barcelona, Serge Libovici of Paris,
Otto Klineberg of Columbia and Ben Morris of the Univ. of Manchester, England contributed to
the sessions devoted towholesomepersonal development. The following points were brought out:
General mental health means more than lack of neuroses or psychoses. It consists of robust wellbeing in all the areas of personality, physical, mental, social, intellectual. spiritual. All of
us still have a little of the child deep within the mature part. While this child part at times
makes for regression. it also makes possible our continuing grot.th.
The forces making for growth start at birth and last as long as life itself. It was observed
further that in all educational and mental health activities the self is our main instrument
and that we must therefore work at improving o~rselves continually. Also an important aspect
of maturity is recognition of cur own strengths and weaknesses, with tolerance·for the weaker
parts leading to deeper understanding of the problems of others in terms of their strengths and
weaknesses. ~,Je must realize always that we cannot do things for people, only with them.
Katharine Whiteside Taylor
Supervisor of Parent Education
Baltimore Public Schools
NCFR Delegate to World Congress on Mental Health
COUNCIL NE\tlS
}flC~IGAN:
The Michigan Council recently established regional committees, one of which is in the
Flint area, for the purpose of creating and sustaining interest in family life education through
special meetings. The Flint Regional Committee, after meeting with a group of interested community
leaders, has made arrangements for the first program, which will take place on March 28, 1962 at
the Public Health Auditorium. Dr. Joseph Br~shaw, Director of the National Guidance and Marriage
Council of Great Britain, will be the featured speaker. Roy H. Rodgers, Western Michigan Univ.,
Kalamazoo, i~ president.
The UPPER PENINSULA Chapter, held a fall workshop at Houghton on Oct. 21. The theme was
11
Aging 11 & John Drew, State Office Building, Escanaba, is president.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: Wallace Fulton will give the opening address in Room 55. Tower Hall, at the
spring conference April 7. 1962 at San Jose State College. His topic will be '~at's Happening
in Family Life Education: \•!hose Responsibility is it - the Home - the School? 11 • This will be
followed by small discussion groups. In the afternoon there will be section meetings, on: 11 Psy8hoogy of Family Living" - a new approach to teaching family relationships; "Teen-age Marriage: as
seen by the school counselor, the parents. the teenagers"; "The Older Person as a Family Member",
and "How a group of adolescents sees themselves - and how they are seen by their parentsn.
,
At the October, 1961 meeting, held at the San Quentin prison, the morning session featured a
panel discussion on "Inmates and Their Families". In the afternoon, the topic was "Families from
which Inmates Come and Families t,hey select and Create".
Laurence E. Smarden, San Jose State College, is president.
~~ENGLAND~
Lester W. Dearborn reports interest in reactivating this council. He may be
addressed at Counseling Service, Jl6 Huntington Avenue, Boston 15, Mass.
�-5SOUTF~ASTEEN
P_ND NORTH CAROLINA: A joint meeting will be held Oct. 21-23, 1962, and already
the program committee is hard at work. Current presidents are Edward D. Staples, Box 871,
Nashville, .Tennessee; and the Rev. Jesse H. Lanning, Linwood, North Carolina, respectively.
IOWA: President-elect of the Iowa COQ~cil is E. Theodore Bauer, Senior Professor of Sociology
at Morningside College, Sioux City. The Iowa CoUncil conducted a one-day conference on young
marriages on Nov. 8.
~NrlliSOTA:
The Annual Meeting, Nov. 2-J, 1962 will center around the question, '~What is
IJ:arriage Counseling? 11 James A. Petersont Head of the Dept. of Sociology and Marriage
Counselor at the Univ. of Southern Cal., ~~11 be the featured speaker. Wayne J. Anderson, University of ¥innesota, is president.
HARYL!'.1TD: The themefor the conference April 11, 1962, from 3 till 9:30 p.m., at the Morgan
Christian Center, Baltimore, wlll be "Marital Happiness: }Tyth or Reality?" Dr .. Joseph Brayshaw~
President, Marriage Guidance Council of Great Britain, is speaking on 11 Idealism and Realism in
Harriage 11 • .There will be workshops on "Building Realistic Strengths in Marriage 11 • The Maces and
Dr. Brays haw will lead a symposium and discussion on the theme. For information 1'1T!'ite Cortez ·H.
Puryear, 2404 Pennsylvania Avenue, Baltimore 17, Ma~land.
}ITSSOURI: Ajoint meetinE.: with the:Hissouri State Council for Nurse~ Education will be held
April 7 at the Memorial Student Union, Univ. of Missouri. The theme will be "These Are Our
Families". Marguerite Arand, 4606 Horgan Ford Road, St. Louis, is president.
SAN DIEGO: The new president of the San Diego Council is Veleda 1Aib.ite Sickels, 4862 1..-Jest
~ountain View Drive, San Diego 16.
PACIFIC NORTF.\TEST: The 19th Annual Conference will be held March 22-24, 1962 at the Univ. of
Puget Sound, Tacoma, ~lash. David Mace is the Thurs. evening speaker, on the subject "The Family
in a Storm Tossed \.Vorld 11 • The Friday prot;ram features a symposium on "Hobility' s Impact on the
Family", with Theodore B. Johannis, Jr., James Braclay, and Roberta Frasier; a luncheon with David
Mace speaking on marriage counseling; Charles H. Clark speaking on"Brainstorming with the Family";
and an evening meeting with David Mace speaking on "What About Teenage Marriages?" Saturday,
David Mace and a panel of high school students will discuss "Youth Looks at Love and Marriage".
Following this, discussion groups will be led by David Brody, Troy Strong, and Nora Hall. John
Phillips, Univ. of Puget Sound, is president.
OHIO: May 18-19, 1962 are the dates for the spring meeting in Columbus, Ohio. For advance information, write President Lelia Massey, Ohio ',vesleyan Univ. , Delaware, Ohio.
TI~DIANA:
The Annual ~eeting of the ICFR is scheduled for March 24, 1962 in the State Board of
Health Building and the Student Union Building, Indiana Univ., Indianapolis. The general theme
will be "Teenage Problems Toda7 11 • There will be speakers and a panel discussion dealing with
11
Veneral Disease Among Teenagers", "Teenage Harriages", and "Leisure Time and Mental Health 11 ,
At that time Keogh Rash will retire as president, and will be succeeded by Edward z. Dager, Purdue
Univ.
ILLD~OIS:
The Ill. Council held a joint session with the Assn. for Family Living in Chicago in
Februa~.
In the morning Ruth Shonle Cavan led a panel discussion on "Family Life Education in
the Schools: New Horizons". Panel members were Lucille Stiles, Donald Boyer, Ruth Osborne, and
"~'Tillie Mae MOivrer.
Morris L. Haimowitz summarized and evaluated the session. During the luncheon
meeting, the miniature opera, 0 Trouble in Tahiti", which takes a humorous but incisive look at
marriage today, was presented. In the afternoon, four sirniltaneous workshops were led by four
Chicago psychiatrists; Drs. Bernard L. Greene, Alan Robertson, Edith Sabshin, and Harold Wisotsky*
Their topic was "The Screaming Silence" - Lack of Communication and Other Problems of Marriage.
The workshops and the luncheon program were arranged by the Assn. for Family Living. In the late
afternoon, after a business meeti~g. Edith Rosenstiel and Harold E. Smith reported on "A Survey of
Family Life Education in Ill. High Schools 11 • Ross Ensminger, Blackburn College, Carlinville, is
president.
TRI-STATE: New York Univ. Faculty Club, 22 Wash. Squ., North will be the place for the Tri-State
spring meeting March 23, 1962 at 6:)0 p.m. The speaker will be Dr. Joseph Brayshaw, Professional
Director of the National Marriage Guidance Council of Great Britain.
The theme for the Nov. JOth meeting in Princeton, N. J. was "Early Marriage: its Preparation,
Problems, and Potentials", with David Mace as speaker. Margaret G. benz, New York Unive, president,
MICHIGAN: The Annual Meeting of the Mich. Council will be held May 18, 1962 at Western Mich. Univ~
Kalamazoo. Wallace Fulton will speak on Communication. For advance information write Prese Roy
�-6H. Rodgers at Western
~ichigan
University.
HELD FOR HAY NE'tlSlETTER
Because of space limitations, news concerning NCFR members will appear in the }fay Newsletter
instead of the March issue. We will be happy to have you send us information about your
activities in the same envelope in which you return your ballot.
WORKSHOPS, CO~TFERENCES, INSTITUTES
UTAH STATE UNIV., Logan: 1962 Summer School -First session, June 11 to July 13; Second Session,
July 16 to August 17. Two seminars in family and child development, Bruce Gardner, Prof. of Child
Development and Psychology, Iowa State Univ. Family Life Education Workshop, July 30-August 10:
Dorothy T. D.yer, formerly Dean of College of Family Life at Utah State Univ., and Eli~abeth Force,
Family Life Consultant and Director of Education, American Social Health Assn., Leaders. WorkshoE
in Marriage Counseling, A11gust 8-10; Sidney J. Berkowitz, Executive Di~ector, Jewish Family and
Community Service of Chicago, Leader. Management of Household Resources Workshop, July 16-27:
Marion McNab, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist ·in the Department of Household Economics
and Management at Cornell Univ., Leader. Write Dean Fnyllis R. Snow.
THE MERRILL-PALMER INSTITUTE: Interdisciplinary graduate programs, emphasizing theory, practicum,
and research, are offered in Human Development, Family Life, Community pynamics, and Counseling
and Psychotherapy. Some Fellowships, Assistantships, and Grants are available. For information
regarding advanced internship in Counseling and Psychotherap,r, write Aaron L. Rutledge, Leader of
the Program, The Merrill-Palmer Institute, 71 E. Ferry Avenue, Detroit 2, Mich. For information
about the graduate program in the study of the family, write John w. Hudson, Program Leader,
Family Life Education. The Registrar may be addressed for other information.
THE :t-1ERRILL-PALMER INSTITUTE: Conference on Teaching of Family Life, May 7, 8, and 9, 1962. For
College and. University faculty who are: teaching Family Life Courses; administering Family Life
FPograms; training high school teachers of home economics; and State Vocational Home Economics
Supervisors. Write John H. Hudson,.
THE MER.'tiiJ..-PALMER UJSTITUTE: Undergraduate Courses, June 18-.A.ugust 24, 1962: Human Development
and Human Behavior~ Owen W. Morgan, Richard K. Kerckhoff, D. Keith Osborn. 8 quarter credits;
Child Development Laboratory, D. Keith Osborn, W. Mason Mathews, 5 quarter credits; Research
Orientation in Human Development, Irving E. Sigel, Irving Torgoff, 3 quarter credits.
Graduate Workshops: Teaching Family Life Courses, John W. Hudson, June 25-July 6, 2 graduate
semester hours credit; Counseling with Students in Family Living Courses, John W. Hudson, July 9-20.
2 graduate semester hours credit; Community Change and the Role of the Professional Person,
Richard K Kerckhoff, July 9-20, 2 graduate semester hours credit; Inter-Institutional Seminar in
Child Development, held at Walden Woods Lodge, Hartland, Mich., and staffed jointly by several
institutions including Merrill=Palmer. Faculty from Merrill-Palmer, Anton Brenner, Leland H. Stott;
2 graduate semester hours credit. Write Registrar, Merrill=Palmer Institute, 71 E. Ferry Avenue,
Detroit 2.,
PURDUE UNIV.: A two week summer workshop, New Facts for Modern Families, June 18-29. The topic
for 1962: 11 Teaching for depth - content and methods for family life educators". Two hours of
graduate credit. Write Charles Riker, CDFL Department, Purdue.
CRITICAL ISSUES FACING FAMILY LIFE EDUC!-TORS- two week workshop, 3 hours credit, July 16-27, 1962
Oregon State Univ., Lester A. Kirkendall. The workshop time will be devoted to an analysis of the
most highly controversial and significant issues now facing family life educators. A similar
workshop will be held by Lester A. Kirkendall at Central Washington College, Ellensburg, Wash.,
July 2-13, 1962.
AMERICAN HmlE ECONOl:1ICS ASSOCIATION: National Workshop on Aging, Purdue Univ., April 29-Y.ta.y 2,
1962. Scheduled to speak: Dorothy Lee, Harvard Univ. anthropologist; Conald P. Kent, special
assistant on aging for the u.s. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare; Edna Nicholson, Executive
Director, Institute of Medicine; Chicago; and Leonard z. Breen, associate professor of Sociology
at Purdue. Purpose of the workshop is to clarify the role of home economics in regard to problems
of the aging and to stimulate new programs on aging among the association's members.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE ON FANILY RELATION: 15th Annual Summer 1N"orkshop on Marriage and Family
Counseling. July 30-August 11, 1962. Presented in collaboration with Chapman and Pepperdine
Colleges. Designed to provide sound insights into the interaction of different personalities in
�-7in a marriage relationship as well as an extensive focus on the "how to" of dealing -cdth the
varied problems brought to professional persons.
5287 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles 27.
Write
~~s.
Leslie F. Kimmell, Registrar, A.I.F.R.,
MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE, Sioux City 6, IoHa: Workshop in Family Life Education and Counseling, June
18-23 1 1962. Designed for teachers, clergymen, social workers and other community leaders concernec
with family problems. Attention will be given to the material and methods of family life eduation
and to the techniques of marriage counseling. The workshop will be directed by James A. Peterson,
Marriage Counselor at the Univ. of Southern Calif., and E. Theodore Bauer, Senior Professor of
Sociology, :f-1orningside College. Write the latter for information.
UNIVERSITY OF TEN1TESSEE. College of Home Economics, Knoxville: Family Life Programs, June ll-27,
for teachers in colleges and secondary schools, extension specialists and agents, educational
supervisors and leaders of community life programs, Christjne Beasley, professor. J quarter hours
graduate credit; Management of Family Finan~s. June 28-July 17, for educators in colleges,
secondary schools and the Extension Service, Phyllis Ilett, professor, 3 quarter hours graduate
credit. Write Dr. MYra L. Bishop, College of Home Economics, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville 16.
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV .. , COLLEGE 0?
Human Development 11 , is the theme for
1962. Programs are planned for both
life and the agencies and industries
HCl>lE ECONOMICS: 11 Families Around the 'iJorld - Technical and
the 13th Annual Home Economics Spring '.'leek-end, April 13-14,
adults and high school students interested in home and family
serving families. Write the Univ. at University Park, Pa.
UNIVERSITY OF ¥.ICHIGAN 15th AmruAL CONFERENCE ON AGING: "Aging and the Economy" is the topic for
this conference in Ann Arbor, June 18-20, 1962. The NCFR has been invited to serve as one of the
Participating Agencies for the Conference, and to appoint an official representative. For
information write '"Jilma Donahue, Division of Gerontology, Univ. of Mich~ • Room 1510, Rackham Build.
Ann Arbor, }lich.
THE GROVES CONFE.RJi;NCE ON MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY will be held April 9, 10, and ll, 1962 in
Baltimore, Maryland, at the Lord Baltimore Hotel. William M. Kenkel is program chairman. The
theme will be "Marriage in Maturity". Stress will be placed on marriage problems that are more
or less unique to middle-aged and older people.
THE SOCIAL SCIENCE msTITUTE, Washington Univ., St. Louis, JO, Missouri, announces vacancies for
the year 1962-63, in its program of training ill communit~ mental health research for students who
seek the Ph. D. degree in psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics, or related social S'Ziences.
Annual appointments in this program carry a minimum stipend of $2000e plus tuition, and are
available to students who have completed one year of graduate training in one of the social
sciences. Write John C. Glidewell, Program Director, Community Mental Health Research Training
Program.
COMl'-ITITEE ON AGING, A.TI1ERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION: A Regional Conference on Aging will be held in
Charlotte,North Carolina, ~pril 13-14, 1962, involving the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
~fississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina. Tennessee and Virginia.
The purpose of the meeting
is to explore and stimulate joint action, at state and local levels, betk,een the medical profession
and other informed groups with interest and knowledge in the field of aging. For information
write Dr. Frederick C. Swartz, Committee on Aging, rumerican Medical Association, 535 North Dearborn
Street, Chicago 10.
AMERICAN ORTHOPSYCHIATRIC ASSOCL~TION: Dr. Paul Sivadon, one of France's pre-eminent psychiatrists
and director of a unique, all-inclusive mental health service for the teachers of France, will be
featured speaker at the 39th Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, March 21-24, 1962. His speech will
be entitles 11 A Program of Psychiatric Assistance for the Members of a Professional Organization"~
Write the Association at 1790 Broadway, New York 19.
SOU'rBERN ASSOCIA.TION ON CHILDP.EN UNDER SIX: The annual conference will be held in Dallas • Texas
April 12, 13, and 14. The theme is "Values 11 • NCFR members Bernice Milburn Moore • Mary Ellen
Goodman, and Glenn R. Hawkes are contributing to the program. For information write Mrs. Lucy B.
Tolbert, Old Court House Building, Dallas.
28TH NATIONAL CATHOLIC FA~Y LIFE CONVENTION: The theme of this year 1 s convention is "Love The Bond of Perfection". The dates are June 25-28; the place, the Statler Hotel, St. Louis.
Write the Rev. John C. Knott, National Catholic Welfare Conference, 1)12 Mass. Ave., N.W., Wash • .5
D. C.
AMERICAN HOME ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION: Miami, Florida is the site for the AHEA Annual Meeting,
June 26-JO, 1962. Mary Catharine Starr, Sacramento State College, is program chairman. The theme
�-8will be "Home Economics in A Changing World - Raising Our Professional Sights". There will be
general sessions on the subjects of education, consumer protection, international developments,
and professional "image". Professional and subject-matter sections will also hold meetings.
SMITH COLLEGE SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL WORK: Public Welfare Seminar Program, July 16-26, 1962; Program
of Advanced Stu~y for Graduate Caseworkers, June 19 to August 27; Graduate Seminars for Experienced
Social Workers. July 16-26. Write Howard J. Parad, Director, Smith College for Social Work,
Gateway House, Northampton, Mass.
THE SUMMER SCHOOL OF ALCOHOL STUDIES, first conducted in 1943 and held annually at Yale Univ.
through 1961, will open its 20th session as a integral part of the new Rutgers Center of Alcohol
Studies in New Brunswick, N.J. In this its first session at Rutgers, Faculty, administration,
curriculum, and overall educational philosophy will remain substantially similar to those of
previous years. Write Mrs. Esther W. Henderson, Registrar, Summer School of Alcohol Studies,
Rutgers- The State Univ., 35 College Ave., New Brunswick, N. J. Dates are July 1- 26.
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, School of Home Economics, Cooperative Extension Service: Family
Life Conference, March 27, 28, 29, 1962. A Leadership Training Conference in Family Life Education
for Family Life Project Leaders in Extension Groups, Parent Education Leaders in PTA, Boy and Girl
Scout Leaders, Religious Education Leaders, 4-H Club Leaders; an In-Service Training Conference
in Family Life Education for Home Demonstration Agents, Public School Teachers, Extension Specialists, 4-H Club Agents, Social Workers, Nurses. Topics to be discussed will include the American
Family Faces the Future, Family Patterns Around the World, Principles for Child Guidance, Sex
Education, Understanding Self and Other, Play in the Child's Life, Purposeful Leisure in Family
Living, Our Concepts in Family Life Education, The Roles of Modern Woman. Write J. D. Burroughs,
Skinner Hall, University of Mass., Amherst for a brochure which lists the speakers and resource
person, and gives other details.
KANSAS STATE UNIV., School of Home Economics, Manhattan: June 11-July 6, 1962, graduate courses
in Institutional Food Purchasing, Advanced Household Equipment, Seminar in Food Service Administration, Advanced tailo~ing, Principles of Food Demonstration, 2 hour credits each; July 9-Aug. J,
Advances in Textiles, Seminars in Foods and Nutrition, Institutional Equipment, Seminar in Family
and Child Development; Financial Proclems of Families, July 9-20; Consumer and the Market, July 23
to August 3. A student can combine the short courses and the regular term courses if she plans to
attend the entire ~ight week period. Classrooms are air conditioned. Write Dean Doretta Hoffman.
ANNUAL MEETJNG
In order to round out arrangements for the Annual Meeting, an early indication of attendance
is required. Your prompt return of the ADVANCE REGISTRATION below will help complete plans to be
made for a memorable time in Connecticut for you and your family.
Final Program and Registration to be sent in mid-April.
NAME:
Please print
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POSITION:
ADDRESS:
Registration Fee:
(check category)
NCFR Member $5.00
Husband & Wife $6.00
Student $3.00___
Others $7.00_Daily Sessions $2.00_-
Payment is enclosed for Registration
Payment will be made upon arrival~------
(Make checks payable to the~tional Council on Family Relations)
Are you planning to bring your family? Yes___No____
I f you are pla~~ing to bring your family, what are the ages of your children? ____ _
How are you planning to get to the ~nnual Meeting? Plane
Train____ Auto____Bus____
�-9BIGRAPHICAL DATA ON CANDIDATES
(Names are in alphabetical order under respective headings.)
Numbers refer to:: (1) Present professional position: (2) Past professional
position(s); (J) Participation in NCFB; (4) Related activities.
PRESIDENT-ElECT:
BLAINE M. PORTER,, Ph.D. (1) Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Human Development and
Family Relationships, Brigham Young Univ. (2) Grant Foundation Fellow, Cornell;
Assistant Professor, Iowa State Univ~ (J) Board of Directors, 1957-60; Member-atLarge, Executive Committee, 1957-59; Chairman, Sub-Committee on Sections, 1957-62;
Chairman, Section on Counseling, 1958-59: Vice-chairman, Section on Education for
Marriage & Family Living in Colleges, 1953-55: Local Arrangements Committee, 1961
NCFR Conference. (4) President, Utah Council on Family Relations, 1957-58; VicePresident, Utah Council. 1956-57; President-Elect, Iowa Council, 1954-55; VicePresident, Section on Fami~ Relations & Child Development, AHEA*, 1955-57; Chairman,
Section on Family Relations & Child Development, Utah HEA, 1957-58; Delegate to
1960 TNhite House Conference on Children and Youth; Groves Conference.
WILLIAM M. SMITH, JR., Ph.D. (1) Assistant Director of Agricultural Extension for
Family, Youth, and Community Development; and Professor of Family Relationships,
Pennsylvania State Unive (2) State 4-H Club Leader, Penn State Univ.; Extension
Specialist at Univ. of Ill., Cornell Univ., Ohio State Univ.; taught at Columbia Univ$,
Univ. of Arkansas, Arizona State. (J) Board of Directors, 1958-61; Editor, TEACHER EXCHANGE
1957-59; Past chairman, College and Community Sections; Past chairman, Nominating
Committee; presented papers at Annual Meetings. (4) Past president, Pa. Council on
Family Relations: Member of AAMC*; ASA*; AAUP*; Rural Soc. Society; Groves Conference;
Past chairman, Child Development and Family Relations Section, Pa. HEA; Delegate to
1960 ~fuite House Conference on Children & Youth; Numberous publications, including
"Dating, Mating, and Marriage".
SECRETARY:
NONt\ M. GOODSON, M.A. ( 1) Assistant Professor, Home and Family Life Dept., Florida
State Univ. (2) Caseworker, Public Welfare; Supervisor, Child Care Centers; Home
Management Supervisor, F.S.A.*; Parent and Preschool Education. (3) Past chairman,
Parent Education Section. (4) Pi Gamma Mu; AHEA*; Delta Kappa Gamma; Southern
Association on Children under six; AAUP*; Southeastern Council on Family Relations.
RUTH HOEFLIN, Ph.D. (1) Associate Dean of School of Home Economics and Acting Head of
Family & Child Development Dept., Kansas State Univ. (2) Conducted research, taught
courses in Family Life and Child Development at Ohio State Univ., Okla. State Univ.,
Merrill-Palmer Institute; Worked with delinquent children and as head teacher in several
nursery schools. (4) Omicron Nu, Phi Upsilon Omicron; Phi Kappa Phi; Pi Lambda Theta;
Delta Kappa Gamma; Numerous publication, including "Essentials of Family Living 11 •
DIRECTORS:
.WILL:Lil,.M E. CRANE, Ph.D. (1) Counseling Pastor, Second Presbyterian Church, Knoxville,
Tenn. (2) Pastorates in Atlanta, Georgia and Charleston, W.Va. (4) President-elect,
Southeastern Council on Family Relations; Past president of Board of Directors, Knoxville
Mental Health Center; Knox Area Mental Health Assoc.; Past president, Welfare Council,
Charleston; Member of AAMC*; Groves Conference; Academy of Religion and Mental Health.
�-10CURT R. DEMELE, M.A. (1) Head Counselor, Palo Alto, Calif., Senior High School._
(2) Teacher of Family Living, Palo Alto Sr. H. S. ; Jr. and Sr. H. S. Teacher, ·Berkeley.
(4) President, Family Relations Council of Northern Calif., 1958-61; Board of Directors,
N. Cal. Council, 1953-61; Ford Fellowship, 1952-53 - Study of Human Relations in Southern
States and Study of Family Life Education in Public Schools; Author of "Data on Dating. 11
RICHARD H. KLE}lliR, Ph.D. (1) Associate Professor of Family Relations, Univ. of Ala.;
Research in identifying hidden family tensions; Reasearch in why some people don't marr,r.
(2) General Director, American Institute of Family Relations; Assistant to President and
Associate Professor, Wesleyan College; A~~inistrative staff, Univ. of Miami. (3) Paper,
1961 Annual Meeting; Discussion group leader, 1960 Annual Meeting. (4) Member APA*;
Member, AAMC*; Fellow, ASA*; Author of monographs and articles on factors in non-marriage,
"A Man for Every Woman."
JOHN MOGEY, D.SC. (1) Chairman, Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Vanderbilt Univ.
(2) University Lecturer in Sociology, Oxford; Teacher, Reading Univ., England, Univ. of
Belfast; Research position with Northern Ireland Council of Social Service; Research
studies of family, housing and community structures, financed by Oxford Univ. and
Nuffeld Foundation, London; Rockefeller Fellow in U.So (3) Articles in MARRIAGE AND
FAMILY LIVING; International Liaison Committee; Paper, 1960 Annual Meeting. (4) Chairman,
1962 International Seminar on Family Research, International Sociological Association;
Organized s1nmner workshops in family life education for National Marriace Guidance
Council, London; First census tracts based on English census, 1955; Author of articles.
"Rebuilding a Community", "Family and Neighborhood", "The Study of Geography", "Rural
Life in Northern Ireland".
KATHRYN SU}lliERS PO~~LL. Ph.D. (1) Chairman, Dept. of Home Economics, Winthrop College.
(2) Instructor in Home and Family Life and Home Ecomonics Education, Florida State Univ.
(3) Article, MA.R..l=l.IAGE AND FA1-ITLY LIVING (4) Co-editor ofNewsletter, Southeastern
Council on Family Relations; Research on home responsibilities of children, maternal
employment, the adolescent as a consumer; AAUP*; Omicron Nu; Kappa Delta Pi; AHEA*;
Florida Education Assoc.; NEA *; .Society for Research in ChildDevelopment; Past Secretary,
Florida REA; York County Committee on the Aging; Past Secretary, Tallahassee Family Life
Committee.
IRA L. REISS, Ph.D. (1) Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, University
of Iowa; Engaged in research on Guttman scales of student attitudes by means of a Public
Health Service research grant. (2) Taught at Bowdoin College, College of William and
Mary, and Bard College. (3) Article, 11ARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIVING (4) Vice-president,
Iowa Council on Family Relations; Fellow, ASA*; }udwest Sociological Society; AAUP*;
Society for Scientific Study of Sex; Author of "Premarital Sexual Standards in America"
and articles.
C_~l=l.L F. REUSS, Ph.D.
(1) Director, Commission on Research and Social Action, The
American Lutheran Church. (2) Dean of faculty, Wartburg College; Professor of
Sociolog~. Capital Univ.;
Assistant rural sociologist, Washington State Univ.
(3) Chairman. NCFR section on Religion. (4) Former executive secretary, Iowa Council
on Family Relaticns; Com.'nittee on Church and Society of \.forld Council of Churches;
Secretary of Lutheran World Federation's Commission on Inner Missions; Planning
Committee for 1st. and 2nd. Lutheran world Conference on Social Responsibility; Participant in Family Life Institutes at 1tJartburg College, Pacific Lu._theran Univ., etc 0 ; ASA*;
Rural Soctological S0ciety; Society for Study of Social Problems; Prime author of American
Lutheran Conference position on Responsible Parenthood and of position on Marriage,
Divorce, and Remarriage.
�-11EUNARD J. RYDMAN, M.A. (1) Executive Director and Marriage Counselor, Planned Parenthood of Dallas. (2) Executive Director, Marriage Counselor, Planned Parenthood of
Columbus; Youth minister; YMCA Program Director and Executive Director; College
teacher. (4) Texas Council on Family Relations; Member, AAMC*; ASA*; Groves Conference;
Ohio Psychological Association; Dallas Group Psychotherap,y Society - secretary, treasurer;
Southwest Group Psychotheragy Society; Dallas YMCA Metropolitan Program Committee; YMCA
National Council Youth Program Committee; Chairman, Southwest Area YMCA Council Youth
Committee; Past member, Committee on Religious Education of Youth, National Council of
Churches.
MURRAY A. STRAUS, Ph.D. (1) Chairman of Division of Home Management and Family Living,
and Professor of Sociology, Univ. of Minn. (2) Teaching and research appointments at
Cornell Univ., Univ. of Wisconsin, Washington State Univ., Univ. of Ceylon. (J) Editor
of "Articles in Brief" dept. of MARRIAGE AND FAJvliLY LIVING; Journal articles.
(4) ASA*; Rural Sociological Association, AAUP*; Royal Asiatic Society; Society for
Applied Anthropology; Former Assistant editor of SOCIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS; Author of numerous
articles and book reviews.
CLARK E. VINCENT, Ph.D. (1) Social Sciences Administrator for doctoral research training
programs in University Social Science Departments, and soncultant for Human Behavior Programs
in Departments of Psychiatry, Nat. Institute of Mental Health. (2) Associate Professor,
u. of Iowa; Assistant Professor, U. of Cal.; Staff Affiliate ofU. of Cal., Cowell
Psychiatric Annex; Private practice in marriage counseling. (J) Past chairman and secretary, Counseling Section. (4) Past vice-pres., N. Cal. Council on Family Relations;
past member Iowa Council executive board; Editor, Official Jourhal of American Ass. of
Marriage Counselors; Associate Editor, SOCIAL PROBLE}~; Consultant for Research Grants,
Social Security Admin.; Fellow of ASA*, and Wash., D. C. representative of ASA Committee on
Licensing; Member, AAMC*: AAMC* Ethics Committ; American Eugenics Society; National Assoc.
for Services to Unmarried Parents; Society for Study of Social Problems; Author of "Unmarried
Mothers", "Readings in Marriage Counseling", articles.
COUNSELING SECTION:
JOHN J. BROWNFAIN, Ph.D. (1) Chief, Psychology Service, Vets. Admin. Hosp., Dearborn, Mich.;
Private practice emphasizing marriage and family counseling, individual and group psychotherap,y
and hypnotherapy; Lecturer, Univ. of Mich. (2) Clinical psychologist and Ass. Chief, Detroit
VA Mental Hygiene Clinic; Mental hygienist, Student Health Center, U. of Mich.; Vocational
counselor, lecturer, Temple U.; Supervisor of educational and vocational couhseling, Phila.
Vets. Center; Ps,ychological Assistant, U.S. A~. (4) Fellow, APA*; Diplomate, American Board
of Examiners in Professional Psychology and American Board of Examiners in Psychological
HYpnosis; Member, AAMC*; ¥ich. Psychological Assoc. (Past Pres.); American Academy of Psychotherapists; Society of Clinical and Experimental HYPnosis.
B. DAVID EDENS, Ed.D. (1) Director of Counseling, Trinity Baptist Church, San Antonio.Tex.;
Teacher·of psychology and marriage and family life, San Antonio College. (2) Chaplain at
Riverside Hosp., N.Y.C., working for the rehabilitation of adolescent narcotic users; Held
pastorates in Cal. and Ind. (J) Presented paper, NCFR Annual Meeting; discussion group leader
(4) Member, ~~MC*; ASA*; APA*; Mental Health Assoc. of Bexas County (Past Pres.); Author of
"Sexual Understanding Among Young Married Adults 11 •
EDUCATION SECTION:
CHRISTINE BEASLEY, Ed,D. (1) Professor of Family Relations, College of Home Econ., U. of Tenn
(2) Supervisory teaching and high school teaching. (J) Past ed., TEACHER EXCHANGE; Past
member, Board of Directors; Articles in }fARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIVLl\lG. (4) Executive cornmittee
and program chairman for Southeastern Council on Family Relations; Newsletter ed. for Southeastern Council; AHEA*; Author of articles and book reviews, and "Democracy in the Home".
FLOYD M. MARTINSON, Ph.D.
(1)
Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Sociology and Social
Work~
(con. J
�-12Gustavus Adolph~s College. (2) Assoc. Prof., Ass. Prof., Gustavus Adolphus; High School Social
Science teacher. (3) Program participant, discussion group leader, NCFR Annual Meetings; Article~
for Y~RRIJcGE AND FAMILY LIVING. (4) Taught 18-week TV course on marriage and family; Member of
Commission preparing background paper on American family for Second Annual Conference on Church
and Social Work; Seminar leader, Groves Conference; Minn. Council on Family Life; ASA*; Member
Committee on Marriage and Divorce Statistics; Participant on NBC series, "Image America"; Society
for the Study of Social Problems; Society for the Scientific Study of Religion; Y~dwest Sociological Society; Religious Research Ass.; AAUF*; Wrote working paper on mixed marriage for Lutheran
\.Jorld Fed.; Author of artiCles and "Marriage and the American Ideal 11 •
RESEARCH SECTION:
HOWARD RANDALL STANTON, Ph.D. (1) Director, Social Science Program, Dept. of Health, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. (2) U. of Chicago (Family Study Center), U. of Puerto Rico (Social
Science Research Center), Bryn Mawr College (Institute for Social Research), Columbia u. (N.Y.
School of Social Work, and Dept. of Psychiatry.) (3) Co-author, 1952 Ad Hoc Evaluation of the
NCFR, and member(l955-58) Evaluation Committee; Presented research pape;; at 1955, 1956, l95a:and. 1960 Annual Meetings. (4) Carried out research under the auspices of Frant, McCormick,
~ield, and Russell Sage Foundations on topics including:
Interpersonal competence, child development, population control, family change, illegitamacy, psychogenic infertility. Is preparing
book on changing family patterns in Puerto Rico. Currently directing for Russel Sage Foundation
demonstration project in use of social science research in health and welfare programs of
economically developing societies.
JAMES WALTERS, Ph.D. (1) Prof. Home and Family Life, Fla. State U. (2) Assoc. Prof. Family
Relationships and Child Development, Okla. State U.; Prof. Child Development & Dept. Head, U. of
Ala.; Extension Specialist in Human Relations, Rutgers u. (3) Assoc. Ed., ~~P~IAGE AND FAMILY
LIVING; Journal articles. (4) Society for Research in Child Development;AHEA*; Sigma Xi; Omicron
Nu; Southeastern Council on Family Relations; Author of 16 research studies published in variety
of journals.
SPECIAL E}1PH.ASES SECTION:
DAVID M. FULCOMER, Ph.D. (l) Head, Division of Applied Arts and Sciences, Colorado Women's
College. (2) Prof. Family Sociology & Marriage Counselor, Iowa State U.; Chr•~ Division of
Social Studies, Drew U.; Visiting prof., Columbia U., Brigham Young U., West Va. U., Purdue,
U.C.L.A. (J) Board of Directors; Past Vice-Pres.; Past member Exec. Comm. (4) Past Pres~ and
Exec. Sec., Iowa Council; Past Pres., Tri-State Council; Midwest area consultant on family life
for ASHA*; Past co-chr., Governor's Comm. on Family life (Iowa);Past chr., Family Section, ¥idwest
Sociological Society; Member Family Life Comm., Nat. Council of Churches; Consultant on Family
life educcition, Iowa Public Schools.
WILLIAM H. GENNE, M.A. (1) Exec. Director, Dept. of Family Life, Nat. Council of Churches. (2)
Teacher-Counselor, Clara Elizabeth Fund for Maternal Health; Chaplain and Director, Instructor on
Family Helations, Pacific U.; Chaplain, Sociology Instructor, Alfred U.; Director, Hen Student 1 s
Religious Activities, Mich. State U. (J) Board of Directors; Program Comm., NCFR Annual Meeting,
1953; Past chr •• Religion section; Speaker, 1961 Annual Meeting. (4) Past Pres., Oregon Council;
Past treas., Mich. Council; Tri-State Council; Former chr., Social Hygiene Division, Oregon TB
and Health Assoc.; Groves Conference; Educational Advisory Comm., ASHA*; Nat. Clergymen's Advisor,y
Comm.; Planned Parenthood Fed. of America; Author of articles, "Husbands and Pregnancy", "Church
Family Camps and Conferences 11 .,
*AAMC AAUPAREA APA -
American
American
American
American
Assn. of Marriage Counselors
Assn. of Univ. Professors
Home Economics Assn.
Psychological Assn.
ASA - American Sociological Assn.
ASHA - American Social Health Assn.
Farm Security Administration
FSA
- National Education Assn.
NEA
�NATIONAL COUNCIL ON FA.t'ITLY RElATIONS
OFFICIAL BALLOT FOR 1962-1963 OFFICERS
Article II of the By-Laws of the National Council on Family Relations states: Section I 11
Elective officers of the National Council and members-at-large of the Board of Directors
shall be elected by mail ballot of members." Section II- "Each member is entitled to
one vote." Section III- "An organizational member has one vote, to be exercised by
the duly constituted representative of the organization."
Nominations have been filed with the Secretar,y and the National Office as required.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Read biographical material in the newsletter.
Mark an X in the box beside the name of your choice.
Blanks are provided for write-in vote
Seal ballot in return envelope supplied. Your signature must appear on the envelope t~
be checked with the membership list. Envelopes will be removed before ballots are counted.
Article II, Section VI of the By-Laws reads:
will be counted."
PRESIDENT-ELECT:
11
0nly ballots postmarked on or before May 1
(Vote for ONE only.)
( )
Blaine M. Porter
( )
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\.-Tilliam M. Smith, Jr.
SECRETARY:
( )
(Vote for ONE only)
( )
Nona M. Goodson
( )
( )
Ruth Hoeflin
DIRECTORS:
(Vote for FIVE only.
Names are in alphabetical order.)
( ) William E. Crane
( ) Carl
( ) Curt R. Demele
( ) Edward J. Rydman
( )
( ) Murray A. Straus
Richard H. Klemer
( ) John Mogey
( )
Kathryn
s.
( )
Powell
( ) Ira L. Reiss
( )
( )
OVER
J:i'. Reuss
Clark E. Vincent
�SECTIONS:
EACH
H~:ffiER
IvlAY VOTE FOR OFFICERS OF TiiO SECTICNS ONLY.
COffi\iSELllJG:
Chairman-elect
( ) John J. Brownfain
( )
B. David Edens
Bert Y. Glassberg was elected chairman for 1962-J on the ballot of a year ago.
EDUCATION:
Chairman-elect
( ) Christine Beasley
( )
~·l.
Floyd
V~rtinson
Clark Ellzey was elected chairman for 1962-J on the ballot of a year ago.
RESEARCH:
Chairman-elect
( ) Howard R. Stanton
( )
James Walters
Leland Stott was elected chairman for 1962-J on the ballot of a year ago.
SPECIAL EMPHASES:
Chairman-elect
( ) David M. Fulcomer
( )
William H. Genne
Elizabeth S. Force was elected chairman for 1962-J on the ballot of a year ago.
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NEWSLETTER
NATIONAL COUNCIL
ON FAMILY RELATIONS
1219 UNIVERSITY AV£NUE S. E.
MINNEAPOLIS
14,
MINNESOTA
May, 1962
Volume 7, Number
3
BCFR ANNUAL MEETING
HAVE YOU MADE YOUR RESERVATION FOR THE STORRS MEETING? This is a conference you won't want
to miss! Please send your completed forms to the Minneapolis office instead of to Storrs.
Eleanore Luckey can send you a mimeographed sheet telling about motels and about camping
(the nearb,y state park takes reservations!) from her office at the University of Connecticut;
but registrations are being handled in Minneapolis.
You doubtless noticed a sentence on the registration form asking that it be returned b,y June
15th. Actually, of course, we'd be glad to have you make reservations until the day of the
conference, or even come unannounced. However, we have had to guess at the number of tickets
we need for the Shakespeare Festival Theatre and pay for them already; and we will have to
make other decisions which could prove expensive. So it would be a real help i f you let us
know your intentions as soon as possible. Incidentally, a bus will take people to and from
the Theatre.
Some of you have asked i f you can go to Old Sturbridge Village and get back in time for the
chicken barbecue. This will be arranged.
Upon request, planes and trains will be met.
Let us know your arrival hour in Hartford.
One more note - plans are shaping up for a splendid conference the day before the Annual Meeting
for presidlents and other representatives from local, state, and regional councils. We hope
that every one of the 37 groups will be represented. We want to remind presidents of councils
that they are members of the NCFR board during their term of office, too; and we are eager to
have them attend the NCFR board meetings, which begin Tuesday evening, August 21st, at 8:30 p.m.
RESULTS OF THE RECENT NCFR ELECTION
President-elect: BLAINE M. FORTER
Secretary: RUTH HOEFLIN
Board: CLARK VINCENT, KATHRYN POWELL, MORRAY STRAUS, RICHARD KLEMER, WTI.LIAM CRABE
Chairman-elect, Counseling Section: JOHN BROWNFAIN
Chairman-elect, Education Section: CHRISTINE BEASLEY
Chairman-elect. Research Section: HOWARD STANTON
Chairman-elect, Special Emphases Section: DAVID FUI.COMER
INTERNATIONAL COURTESY SUBSCRIPTIONS TO M&FL
MRS. TUK SOON KANGt Director, Bureau of Women's Affairs, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs,
Republic of Korea, Seoul has been sent a one year international courtesy subscription to the
journal. Another is going to the National Library of Peru.
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NCFR MEMBERSHIP CARDS
At a recent NCFR Executive Committee meeting, the suggestion was made that it be indicated in
some way that membership in the organization does not imply professional credentials. After
due discussion, the motion was passed that the following statement appear on the membership
cards when they are reprinted: "Membership in NCFR is not a credential, and must not be used
as if it impl:'Les proved competence in any aspect of our field. While we welcome references to
NCFR membership made in professional and inter-professional circles, we consider it unethical,
in offering services to the public, to refer to membership in NCFR as though it is a
qualification."
STUDENT MEMBERSHIPS IN NCFR
Professors wishing to have their students enrolled as members of the NCFR (at the special
student rate of $3.00) may have these memberships back-dated if they wish, sothat while the
students are in class they may receive all 4 issues of the journal to which they are entitled
with the year's membership.
STATE, REGIONAL, AND lOCAL COUNCIL NEWS
NEW COUNCTI PRESIDENTS REPORTED FOR SOME OF THE COUNCILS
PACIFIC NORTHWEST - David Brody, Oregon College of Education
ROCKY MOUNTAIN - Blaine E. Mercer, Dept. of Sociology, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder
INDIANA - Edward Z. Dager, Dept. of Sociology, Purdue
IOWA - E. Theodore Bauer, Dept. of Sociology, Morningside College, Sioux City
MICHIGAN- Roy H. Rodgers, Dept. of Sociology, Western Michigan Univ., Kalamazoo
NORTH CAROLINA - Mrs. J. Leonard Middleton, 903 Runnymede Road, Raleigh
CHARLOTTE - MECKLENBURG COUNTY - Mrs. James H. Banbury, 200 Meadowbrook Road, Charlotte, N. C.
OHIO - Marvin Sussman, Dept. of Sociology, lvestern Reserve Univ., Cleveland
SOUTH CAROLINA - Alma Bentley, State Board of Education, Golumbia, South Carolina
THE ROCKY HOUNTA.IN COUNCIL held its Annual Conference April 27, 1962. The incoming president
is Blaine E. Mercer, De~. of Sociology, University of Colorado, Boulder.
THE MARYlAND COUNCIL is interested in an exchange of conference programs ·between state and
regional councils. For a program from the recent Maryland Council meeting write president
Katharine Whiteside Taylor, Supervisor of Parent Education, Baltimore Public Schools, 2418
St. Paul Street, Baltimore 18.
THE VIRGINIA COUNCIL ON FAMILY RELATIONS had David Mace as speaker at their meeting the end
of April. Harry Roberts is president.
THE SOUTHF...ASTERN COUNCIL and the NORTH CAROLINA COUNCIL are holding a joint meeting October
21. 22, and 23, 1962 at the Sir Walter Hotel, Raleigh. David Mace is delivering the opening
address Sunday evening, on the theme for the conference, "Today 1 s Family Confronts Social
Pressures." The conference is beamed at every stage of the family life cycle; mature high
school students. college and university students, and men and women of all ages are invited.
Mildred Morgan and Virginia Swain are co-chairmen of the planning committee.
Lee Burchinal was the speaker at the annual meeting of the MISSOURI COUNCIL in April.
Edward J. Barrett, Missouri Council membership chairman, is working actively to develop
membership in that state.
THE MICHIGAN COUNCIL'S Executive Committee has set up a scheme whereby various geographical
districts will form Regional Committees, thus providing closer service to persons' needs,
and a more compatible working grouping for planning. At the MCFR Annual Meeting at Western
Michigan University, Wallace Fulton spoke on "Communications. Family Centered. 11
�-3THE TRI-STATE COUNCIL held its Annual Spring Meeting at the University of Bridgepq.rt May .5,
1962. The theme was "Marriage: the Early Years." Abraham E. Knepler led a symposium on
"Some Approaches to Working wit!} Newly Weds and New Parents. 11 Participants and topics were:
The Religious Approach, the Rev. Fandall Blackball; The Educational Approach, Marjorie P.
Ilgenfritz; The Economic Approach, Edgar H. Freese. An award was presented to Father John
Knott "as having rendered superior service in the interest and betterment of family relations
and family life education. 11
THE IJ)S ANGELES COUNCIL had Joseph Brayshaw, Gene,ral Secretary of the National Marriage
Guidance Council of Great Britain, as speaker in early April.
THE OHIO COUNCIL had as the theme for its Annual Meeting May 18-19 "Near Vision with a Far
View." At that time their revised constitution was presented. The Constitution Committee
was composed of Lucile Fepoon, John Crist, and John Cuber. Marvin Sussman is the new
council president.
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG (NORTH CAROLINA) FAHILY LIFE COUNCIL's new president, Mrs. James
H. Banbury, writes that ••••• "The activities of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Family Life Council
have centered on two primary goals this year. The.y are {l) a monthly news sheet to keep
groups and individuals informed of Family Life activities, and (2) the functioning of an
active Speakers Bureau to offer professional services in our field.
The Council itself, which has about 3.50 names on its mailing list, is controlled by a set
of officers and a board of directors which meet monthly. There are at least three meetings
a year for the general membership, with the membership welcome at all board meetings. We
also offer board meeting programs geared to Fam~ Life topics.
The news sheet serves as a sort of soundingboard for Family Life in Charlotte. It is not
only a reminder. but also a reflection of ma.ny of the activities here. We hope to see an
awareness of the many outlets of better Family Living through this news medium.
The Speakers Bureau, in addition to furnishing individuals and panels, has also
blossomed in some interesting sidelights. One, for example, was with the YWCA. The council
co-sponsored a six-week series on Family Life, bringing in our best speakers for meetings
at the YW. "The Challenge of Family Living" included three panels and three individuals as
speakers and ranged from sex education to developing communication.
From more than 60 names to draw on as resource speakers, we have filled dates for chucr·ches,
civic groups, schools, public forums and radio-TV.
Perhaps, in sum, the aim of the Council is best condensed by the goal expressed on our
news sheet: 1 The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Family Life Council is composed of representatives
from educational, professional, religious, and social agencies, civic club groups and
interested individuals with the common purpose of providing the means for the pooling and
channeling of community efforts toward better Family Living.'
For the future. we hope to broaden the aspects of better Family Living through every
channel open to us. We hope to promote more activity in the schools, more specia~ "weeks"
in churches, more family life programs in civic clubs and other groups. These things, plus
making the organizations concerned with Family Life more aware of individual needs, and
having individuals aware of the avenues of available community help, are oU2" goals."
ADDTIIONAL WORKSHOPS AND SUMMER COURSES
UNIVERSTIY OF BRIDGEPORT: A Workshop in Family Li.fe Education will be held from July 9
through August 10, 1962 under the direction of Abraham E. Knepler. It is specifically intended
for graduate students. Undergraduate credit may be secured with permission of the Director~
The workshop is designed to help secondary and elementary teachers, counselors, nurses,
recreation and group leaders. court personnel, etc. to acquire adequate background, understand
and work with feelings and attitudes, develop program or curriculum content, and practice skills
Some part scholarships are· available. It is conducted in cooperation with the College of
Nursing, the Connecticut State Dept. of Health, and the United StatesPublic Health Service.
Write Dr. Knepler, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport 4, Conn.
�-4THE HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT , PENNSYLVANIA. STATE UNIVERSITY • Sumluelr' short-term course, 1962:
Economic Conditions in Relation to the FamilY• 3 credits, August 1-21. Impact of economic
condition,s upon family lite and upon management practices of families. Taught by Leland J"
Gordan, professor and head of the Department of Economics at Denison University; Home Economies
Education Seminar, 1 credit, August 22-28o Selected topics and recent developments in education
for family living. Conferences and guidance relative to individual research problems. Taught
by Marjorie East, professor and head of the Department of Home Economics Education, Penn State.
Write Conference Center, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park. Pennsylvania.
THE HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT, PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, 10-week summer term, June 19August 29, 1962: Write Conference Center for information regarding such courses as
Development in the Family, Development DUring Early Childhood, Observation and Experience in
Nursery School, Advanced Child Development, Family Financial Planning • Economic Problems of
the Household, Family Life Education, Teaching Aids in Family Life Education, Adult Homemaking
Education.
A MARRIAGE COUNSELING WORKSHOP will be held June 18-July 13 at Alton Center, Southern minois
University, with Donald Taylor, Director. It will consist of lectures, case discussions and
personal supervision of case ana~sis. Persons enrolling should be actively engaged in
counseling or preparing to do counseling as a part of their professional practice. An effort
will be made to select representatives from various professions such as physicians, clergymen,
educators, social workers, and attorneys. Write Summer Workshopsp ~ast St. Louis Campus,
Southern illinois University, 909 Ohio Avenue, East St. Louis. nlinois.
NEWS ABOUT NCFR MEMBERS
JEAu~ GROSSMAN was one of the Workshop discussion leaders at the Conference on Middle Income
Housing held by the Play School Assoo·iation at the Carnegie Foundation Building. She has also
collaborated with her husband in writing "Ethical Aspects of Family Life, n and with Susan Ks
Kinoy in writing a brochure entitled "Learning to Live in a Middle Income Cooperative."
(35 cents each, at 2 W. 64th. St. and Pl~ School Association, 120 W. 57th. St., N.Y.C. 8
respectively.)
ELEANORE B. LUCKEY, JEROME FOLKMAN, and REX SKIDMORE participa:t;ed in a regional workshop on
marriage counseling held under the joint auspices of the ~ational Institute or Mental Health
and the Minnesota State Department of Welfare in Minneapolis in January. County welfare
directors, community mental health social workers, and clergymen were in attendance.
CATHERINE GHIIMAN is now Associate Parent Education Specialist, Children is Bureau.
LESTER KIRKENDALL will attend the International Humanist Ethical Union Assembly to be held
in Oslo, Norway August 2-7, as a delegate of the American Humanist Association. The Congress,
which will bring together delegates from all over the world, will concentrate on "Long-range
Moral and Ethical Goals for Mankind." Following the conference, he will go to Frankfurt,
Germany to meet his son, who is with the Armed Forces. They plan to travel for 3 weeks
in Central Europe.
GELOJJJ McHUGH may be addressed at Family Life Publications. Inc. • Durham. North Carolina for
inf"orruation concerning his "A Courtship Analysis" and "A Dating Problems Checklist. 11
MARTIN P. SIMON, 1405 N. President, Wheaton, illinois has retired from editing to devote
himself to lecturing and writing. He is available for lecture~iscussion workshops in
Christian child training.
c. LEON SMITH has been appointed to staff membership on the General Board of Education of the
Methodist Church with headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee. He is serving in the Department
of the Christian Fami~ of the Division of the Local Church with Edward D. Staples. His
major responsibility will be to help ministers build an effective program of counseling for
marriage and family living.
�-5CATHARINE STARR, Sacramento State College, is currently dividing her time between .-administration of the department of Home Economics, teaching a full schedule of classes, participating
in numerous college committees, planning the program for the A.H.E.A. meeting in Miami in
June. and revising her book, Management For Better Living.
ALVIN A. KATT, Executive Director of the South Dakota Lutheran Benevolent Association, Traum
Valley. Hot Springs, South Dakota writes that the main service of the Association is fa~~~
counseling, given without respect to creed or race. He personally does marriage counseling
over the state of South Dakota. Referrals are made through pastors of the churches, but he
also has referrals through the legal and medical professions and from those who have
received counseling.
FRANCES AND DAVID B. TREAT led a city-wide Youth Rally, sponsored by the Greater Minneapolis
Council of Churches in Minneapolis in February. The topic was 11 The Meaning of Sex in the
Christian Life." There were about 1,000 young people in attendance.
WILLIAM M. SMITH, JR •• formerly state 4-H leader in Pennsylvania, has been advanced to a
new position as assistant director of Agricultural Extension for Family, Youth, and
Community Development. He heads an extension program embracing home economics, 4-H club
work and community affairs as they relate to leadership development. He holds two
professorships - in agricultural extension and family relationships.
EDWARD and AGNES HOLBOROW have been missionaries in Barrow, Alaska since last September.
In addition to church responsibilities, they were responsible for the building of a new
manse; and report that winter is no time for building in the Arctic. Ministering to an
Eskimo congregation and living in an Eskimo community introduced them to a whole new way of
life and thinking.
JAMES M. ROLLINS has completed the requirements for the Ph.D. in sociology at the University
of Oregon and has returned to his position in the Department of Sociology at San Fernando
Valley State College. His dissertation was on "Two Empirical Tests of a Parsonian Theory
of Family Authority Patterns."
ARTHUR H. RICHARDSON and Leonard Solomon of Boston University have received a research grant
from the American Child Guidance Foundation for a study of "emotionally disturbed" children,
entitled "The Measurement of Disturbed Family Behavior as Group Process."
J. HOWARD KAUFFMAN of Goshen College is conducting a family research project in Germany this
year. With the help of two professors at the University of Cologne, he will soon have a
questionnaire translated into German and ready to administer to 14-year-olds in Frankfurt
public schools. This will enable him to make some interesting German-American cross-cultural
comparisons.
THE REVEREND ALLEN M. ZACHER is Director of the Cathedral Counseling Center, St. Louis,
Missouri. Now in its third year of operation, i t gives from 13 to 65 interviews a month.
a typical month the Center served 14 couples and 5 individuals from 7 different religious
faiths. They were referred by courts, law,rers, psychiatrists, friends and clergy.
In
EDWARD Z. DAGER and CHARLES RIKER of Purdue University conducted a marriage counseling
workshop for members of the helping professors of Moline, Illinois, at the Butterworth Center
on Nov. 8. The Rock Island County Mental Health Society and the Child and Family Section of
the Rock Island County Welfare Council provided joint sponsorship.
LLOYD H. JONES is now directing the North Texas Counseling Service at Seymour, Texas, a county
seat tn a general population area of around 750,000. He has also accepted an appointment
to a church where he preaches two Sundays in the month.
EVELYN M. DUVALL taught the undergraduate functional marriage course and the graduate Seminar
on Family Development at Southern Illinois University. Carbondale, through the winter term, as
�-6Distinguished Professor of Family Life.
has just been published by Lippincott.
ROY
DIC~RSON
The revised edition of her book. FAMILY DEVEIDPMENT.
has been awarded an Honorary Life Membership in the American Social Health Assn.
DAVID MACE conducted an Institute on Marriage Education and Marital Discord in November in
Kansas City, under the auspices of the Kansas City Social Health Society.
RUTH SHONLE CAVAN has a chapter on "Self and Role in Adjustment During Old Age" in the new
book, 11 Hu.man Behavior and Social Processes," edited by Arnold M. Rose, Houghton Mifflin Co.
This was a paper read at the 1957 Groves Conference.
DAVID FULCOMER became Head of the Division of Applied Arts and Sciences at Colorado Woman's
College in Denver in December.
LT. COL. K. 1N. JrRISTOE is Chaplain at the )4th General Arrrry Hospital in France. His wife,
~ARY M. FRlSTCE, who was teacher-counselor in the Orleans American High School, has returned
to Berkeley, where they expect to live permanantly next year.
BARRY JOHN KEATING is a research associate at the Bureau of Research of the National Council of
Ch~ches, and a Ph.D. candidate at New York University Center for Human Relations Studies, with
a thesis in progress relevant to fam~ problems.
NORMAN LOBSENZ has just published a new book, "Is Anybody Happy?" available from Doubleday.
RICHARD KERCKHOFF will be at the Washington School of Psychiatr,r, 1610 New Hampshire, N.w ••
Washington 9, D.C., beginning June lst. His new job includes some teaching, but is mostly
research.
FRANCIS GAMELIN is the chairman Of the Family Life Committee of the Governor's Advisor,y
Council on Children and Youth in Minnesota. ARTHUR JOHNSON and FLOYD MARTINSON are vicechairmen. WAYNE J. ANDERSON is a consultant. Among the committee members are FATHER JOHN J.
0 1 SULLIVAN, CONRAD HANSEN, RUTH JEWSON, and SANDER LA.TTS.
DAVID ANI,> FRANCES TREAT and WAYNE J • ANDERSON were among the faculty at a training institute
in family life education for school nurses and counselors held May 2)-26 at Cragun~'s Lodge,
Gull Lake, Minnesota. Sponsoring the workshop, devoted to methods and concepts encompassing
the family life cycle, was the Minnesota State Health Department. Costs, other than
transportation and a $5.00 registration tee, were covered b,y a grant from the U.S. Children's
Bureau.
FREDA S. KEHM, Director, The Associatton !or Family Living, presented a speech on "Problems
Related to Children of Working Mothers 11 at a recent Forum for Working Women sponsored b,y
John Hancock Mutual Insurance Company. Your Family, published b,y the Association for Family
Living, carried her paper in its May, 1962 issue.
MARJORIE STITH is the new Head of the Family and Child Development Department in the School
of Home Economics at Kansas State University, Manhattan.
JAMES W. GLADDEN has returned to the University of Kentucky's sociology department, after a
year's leave of absence, during whioh he served as president of the Blue Ridge Assembly,
the Southern YMCA Summer Conference Center. During this period he conducted several three
day marriage and family life conferences in the ten southern states, at high school, college,
and community levels. He "now expects to become active again in the Fayette County Council
of Family Relations.
RUTH CCNNER is eager to obtain Volume ), Number 4 and Volume 4, Number l of MARRIAGE AND
FAMILY LIVING, in order to make complete bound volumes available to her students. If some
one will oart with them, write Dr. Conner at Florida State University, Dept. of Home and
Family Life, Tallahassee.
�-7PANOS D. BARDIS. Associate Professor of Sociology, has recently completed a study qn the
influence of family life education on sex knowledge, which has been accepted for publication.
He has also published a study entitled "A Dating Scale: A Technique for the Quantitative
Measurement of Liberalism Concerning Selected Aspects of Dating." For reprints of either
study write Dr. Bardis at the Sociology Dept., Toledo University, Toledo 6, Ohio.
JACK ROSS is interested in a passenger, or several, to the Connecticut Annual Meeting. He is
also considering camping along the way. Write him at 206 TNM, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis 14.
AARON RUTLEDGE is the new president of the American Association of Marriage Counselors.
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STEINER reports that she is founder and president of the Academy of Psychologists in MariCounseling. At the APA conference in St. Louis an all day workshop is planned on Aug. 29th
members, on premarital counseling. A symposium on the same topic is planned as part of
conference proper. Mrs. Steiner is also writing a book for laymen on marriage.
ROSE M. SOMERVILLE was awarded the doctoral degree in December, 1961, by Teachers College,
Columbia University, Home and Family Life Department; and began teaching courses in Courtship
and Marriage in the current semester at the City University of New York (Brooklyn College).
In June, Dr. Somerville will be giving a course at the New School of Social Research entitled,
"Family Interaction: Insights through the Short Story."
WALLACE C. FULTON and AARON L. RUTLEOOE are representing the International Union of Family
Organizations at the International Conference on Health and Health Education in Philadelphia
in July.
RABBI ALBERT M. SHULMAN, South Bend, Indiana, is chairman of the committee on Marriage,
Family and the Home of the Central Conference· of American Rabbis.
CAROL L. STCNE will be a graduate student at the University of( Oregon for the year of 1962-6).
LARRY D. BARNETT, who has just received his M.S. in Family Life at Oregon State, will be at
Florida State University in September, to begin work on the Ph.D. in clinical psychology.
DONALD GRAY will become Family Life Education Specialist with the Family Life Education Center
of the Toledo, Ohio Public Schools. He will develop programs in the community for parents of
adolescents and pre-adolescents. teen-agers and pre-teens.
ERNEST G. OSBORNE, Professor of Education at Teachers College, discussed "AJ::e Parents
Puppeteers?" at the Annual Cultural evening of the Jewish Family and Children• s Service of
Minneapolis May 27th at the Adath Jeshurum Synagogue. The event commemorated the 52nd year
of Jewish Family and Children's Service in Mpls. Special attention was given to how the
relationship and the kind of communication between a husband and wife affect the children.
RUTH J. DALES, Professor of Home and Family Life at Florida State University, will work with
home economics teachers in the teaching of child development and fami~y relations in the
states of South Carolina, Maryland and Virginia in June and July.
EARLE E. EMME, Professor of Psychology and Religion at Florida Southern College, combined
an Easter trip to Tusculum College, Greenville, Tennessee with a presentation of Inter-Faith
Dating and 11 Issues of Reality Facing" before students and Faculty. The Florida Academy of
Science has published two of his Inter-Faith Researches.
FRANK and MARGARET 0 1 DO.i0 were recently honored as National Catholic Family of the Year.
They were selected on the basis of nominations made by family life leaders and Catholic
organizations. The 0 1 Dowds, pioneers in the Catholic Family Movement, play an active part
in apostolic work and in civic affairs.
�-8ALICE C. SMITH and her husband will continue to live in Austria for another year and a half.
Mrs. Smith writes that it is a wonderful experience to live in that culture.
GEOFFREY ESTY, ROGER MEYER, and AARON RUTLEOOE will represent the NCFR at the International
Conference on Health and Health Education in Philadelphia in July.
WILLIA...l.1: M~ SMITH, JR., EVELYN M. DUVALL, and AARON RUTLEDGE represented NCFR at the
Children's Bureau 50th Anniversary celebration in Washington, D.C. on April 9th. WILLIAM
SMITH and AARON RUTLEDGE also attended the Joint Conference on Children and Youth April 10-12
as representatives of NCFR.
ELEANORE B. LUCKEY was the guest speaker and consultant at conferences on Premarital Counseling
and Education in Marshall and in Grand Rapids, Minnesota in May. The workshops were made
possible by the cooperation of the National Institute of Mental Health, Minnesota Department
of Public Welfare, and the Western (Minnesota) Mental Health Center.
MARY K. WilSON, who has been at Ege University. Izmir, Turkey. is now a lecturer in Home
Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, University. California.
FRANKLIN A JONES, M.S.W., asks if NCFR members will help him locate research which shows the
benevit of contraception, i.e., the use of chemicals and devices to prevent conception, to
personality integration. Such research for his purposes would measure and compare the degree
of personality integration in a group or men and women before and after a period of
contraceptive use, or that in a group of contraceptive users vs. non:;sers. He is not
interested in opinion polls nor in studies which show a reduction of surface tension. due to
fear of pregnancy, by contraception. Write him at 610 West Building. 817 Main St., Houston
2, Texas.
mRY ELLEN GOODMAN, noted cultural antlwopologist, was awarded in May the Theta Sigma Phi
Matrix Award for her outstanding contributions in the field of education. She is now
a visiting professor of child and adolescent development at the University of Houston; and
a research associate for the Greater Houston Action for Youth Project, made possible b,y the
u.s. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare for a study of the prevention and control of
juvenile delinquency. She is author of Race Awareness in Youn Children. soon to appear
additionally in paperback form; A S ud of the New Se re ated Private Schools in F'our
Communities in Virgini~~Primer for Parents: Educating Our Children for Human Relations.
S o::~.,L->·C.:.~iL~'-c•,lc;K ~--<'·'-'\)""'' u'f-f)'l'I<>-;1?)•;1-L'i-fv f'-"1>--~t.t:!..J.J '(-Ce-~;J,
STANLEY ROBERT REIBER is~ Acting University Chaplain at Florida State University. He expects
to return to the status of full-ttme graduate student in the fall.
THOMAS MONAHAN AND WILLIAM KEPHART represented the NCFR at the Sixty-sixth Annual Meeting of
the American Academy of Political and Social Science in Philadelphia in April.
JULIA RUOPP is President of the Children's Plea for Peace, an International People-to-People
program. For more information, write Mrs. Ruopp at the Children's Plea :for Peace, World
Affairs Center, University of Minnesota, l{inneapolis 14~ Minnesotao
FATHER JOHN KNOTT is the new director of the Family Life Bureau. National Catholic Welfare
Conference. lNashington. D.C.
H. LEE JACOBS, Research Associate, Institute of Gerontology. State University of Iowa, will
represent the NCFR at the University of Michigan's Annual Conference on Aging June 18-20.
ELIZABETH S.FORCE, Director of Education. ASHA., has recently written a new booklet,
TEACHING FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION. available from the Bureau of Publications, Teachers
College, Columbia University for $1.00.
GEORGE H. GARDNER, who has been at the American University in Cairoe Egypt is now with the
Department of Sociology, ~Ufred University, New York.
�-9WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH GENNE have recently written an administrative and program manual called
CHURCH FAMILY CAMPS A.t'lD CONFERENCES.
It is available from the Christian Education Press, Schaff
Bldg., Philadelphia for $1.40.
LEE G. BURCHINAL, Iowa State University, spoke on ''What We Seem To Know About Young Marriages"
at the Minnesota Welfare Conference in Minneapolis in March.
DOROTHY FAHS BECK, Research Director of the Family Service Association of America, has written
a report, "Patterns in Use of Family Service Agency," which contains the results of a nationwide study she conducted, and gives the most comprehensive picture ever assembled of the
clients of Family Service Agencies across the countr,y. The publication reveals that people
with money, education, and social position are now turning to outside agencies for help with
family and personal problems. In addition, several other interesting questions the study
raises, such as the possibility that young children put a heavy strain on the marital
relationship, are discussed. In commenting on the study DR. CLARK W. BLACKBURN, general
director of the FSAA says: "One of the most significant findings of this study is the large
number of young families served by our agencies. Clear~, Fami~ Service Agencies are in the
business of preventive mental health work. The more extensively we can reach these families
and the more we can help them, the greater effect wewlll have in protecting the next
generation from the impact of divorce, mental illness, and social disorganization so
prevalent in this generation. 11 The publication may be ebtained from FSAA, 44 E. 2Jrd. St.,
New York 10, for $1.50.
NEWS RELEASES
AMERICAN SOCIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION: The ASHA has established a new West Coast Office, according
to an announcement by EDGAR C. CUMINGS, Director of the Association's new Western headquarters
and Associate Director of ASHA. Chief purpose of the new office, located at 607 Market St.,
Room 409, San Francisco, is to give more attention to program development and fund raising on
the West Coast, with particular emphasis on the Bay Area. Simultaneously with the establishment of the new office, ELIZABETH s. FORCE was promoted to the position of Director of
Education, a title formerly held by Dr. Cumings. She will be in charge of the ASHA 1 s family
life education program throughout the country. It was also announced that Dr. Cumings has
been named chairman of a new Committee on Family Life Education formed in California. The
statewide group plans to develop various types of programs and pilot projects in order to
promote the cause of family life education within the state.
THE AMERI8AN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION is scheduled to hold its annual meeting in Miami
October 15-19, 1962. Leading authorities will discuss the Role of Health Tod~ in Social and
Economic Development. The second annual Bronfman Prizes for Public Health Achievement and
the Sedgwick Memorial Medal for distinguished service in public health will be awarded.
Write them at 1790 Broadway, New York 19.
EARLHAM COLLEGE: Mary Lou Kuyawski is Director of the Program in Family Relations at Earlham
College. She described this program at a diversified conference on women's education held
at Earlham April 29-May 1. Other topics discussed included "Life in Chapters: Undergraduate
Education for Women," "'What is Happening to Women's Education?" with Opal David; '~Isn't
What We Are Doing Enough? 11 with Ethel J. A.lpenfels; and "Where Do We Go From Here?" with
Esther Rausenbush. Conference papers will be published.
DEPARTMENT OF AUDIO-VISUAL COMMUNICATION, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah: The thirty
minute film, mworth Waiting For," which deals with the problem of early marriages, has just
been released, and information about it may be secured from this department.
THE AMERICAN HOME ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION: Recommendations calling for stepped-up research,
services and product development to meet the needs of the aged and aging culminated a
three-day National Workshop on Aging sponsored by the AREA at Purdue University April 29-May 2.
�-10The nation's h~e economists were called on to "give top priority to professional_ programs
that will help to bridge the gap between the needs of a large, aging population and the
trained personnel and services available to meet these needs." Addresses were given by Dorothy
Lee, Harvard anthropologist, who made a plea for "a fresh look at aging as a normal part of
hW!lan relations;" Clark Tibbitts, deputy director of the Special Staff on Aging of the u.s.
Dept. of HEW, who pointed to the economic problems facing retired, older people in the United
States today; Leonard z. Breen, associate professor of sociology at Purdue, who warned against
categorizing the aged, since aging is ·a "process of change" which affects individuals
differently; and Edna Nicholson, executive director of the Institute of Medicine in Chicago,
who decried "the tendency to consider advanced age and infirmity as synonymous." Each of the
50 state associations of AREA hasappointeda coordinator for aging who now will be charged
with implementing t~e Workshop's recommendations at state level.
THE NEW JERSEY HOME ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION in Cooperation with the MONTCLAIR STATE COLI.EGE
JUNIOR CLASS IN TEACHING FAMILY LIVING sponsored a conference on Methods and Materials in
Teaching Family Living and Child Development M~ 26th at Montclair State College.
There were sessions on "The Beginning and the Experienced Teacher Uses a Filmstrip. 11 and
"Baby Darlene Visits an Eighth Grade Class and Motivates Discussion on Her Birth and Early
Care," and on "Involving Parents in the Classroom Use of a Film on Sex Education."
E~ZABETH PAGE, Associate Professor of Home Economics at Montclair State College, and
Chairman of the Child Development and Family Relations Section of the NJHEA, was Coordinator
of the conference.
TRE UNlTED STATES COMMITTEE FOR UNICEF, reminds us that we can help the world 1 s children
all year long with UNICEF note cards, at $1.25 per box of 10 cards with envelopes. Write
Olga B. Gechas, Program Director, Greeting Card Department. UNICEF, United Nations, New York
for information concerning designs; and for a flyer concerning the Hi Neighbor Books and
R~cords about Burma, Guatemala, Spain, The Sudan, and The United Arab Republic.
The :1..962 RESEARCH ROUNDUP ON ADOlESCENT YOillH, planned by the University of California's
Extension Dept. of Education will be held at UCLA July 9-lJ. Current questions, such as
"What does research say about adolescent youth - in his home, his school, his society, his
~ommunity, his work opportunities?" and "What kind of education will prepare youth for
tomorrow• s world?" will be probed. Programs and registration information m~ be requested
from Education Extension, UCLA, Los Angeles 24.
THE FOURTH NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FAMILY LIFE of the Methodist Church will be held at the
Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago, October 19-21. Several NCFR members will be participating
as work group leaders.
SHELTON B. GRANGER has been appointed Director of the newly established youth Development
Unit in the Children 1 s Bureau. He will head a staff which will offer technical assistance
to States and communities in implementing the Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Offenses Act.
Through this unit, the Children's Bureau will make a broader approach to preventive
activities in States and communities.
SPECIAL STAFF ON AGING, U.S. DEPT. OF HEW: a group of housing experts and gerontologists
is developing a training program which colleges may use to offer courses and special
seminars on the administration of senior housing. There is a serious shortage of
professionally trained people to manage housing projects and homes especially designed
for older people and to deal with the unique problems and interests of the occupants. For
information write Donald P. Kent, Staff Director, Special Staff on Aging, u.s. Dept. of
Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington 25, D.C.
AMERICAN SOCIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION: Frank H. Heller, President of ASHA. announces the
establishment of a National Program on Narcotic Addiction. Major goals are the prevention
of the spread of drug addiction and the development of programs of rehabilitation for drug
addicts. Dr. Charles Winick, who has had extensive experience in research on drug addiction,
and has directed a variety of narcotic rehabilitation projects. will direct the program.
�-11RICHARD M. SCAMMON, Director, Bureau of the Census, writes that a pamphlet may be obtained
from him describing a new arrangement under which the Bureau of the Census is prepared to
make available some materials from the 1960 census for research purposes. Ask for
information concerning the One-in-a-Thousand, and One-in-Ten Thousand samples.
THE INTERNATIONAL CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION ASSOCIATION will hold its second Conference in Seattle,
Washington, June 18-22. The theme is "Childbirth Education Around the World - Today and
Tomorrow." Speakers include Dr. Brock Chisholm, former head of the U.N. World Health
Organization; Dr. Niles Newton, Jackson, Mississippi; VERA KEANE, R.N., Cornell University;
Dr. Lester A. Kirkendall, Oregon State University; Dr. Virginia Larsen, Mental Health
Research Institute, Fort Steilacoom, Washington; and Dr. Mary Jane Hungerford, American
Institute of Family Relations, 19319 Second N.W., Seattle. For information write Mrs.
James Osborne.
The 1963 GROVES CONFERENCE ON MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY, sponsored by Southern Illinois
University and St. Louis University will be helg April 29, 30, and 1-'lay 1st, 1963 at the
Sheraton-Jefferson Hotel, St. Louis.
THE FUTURE HOMEMAKERS OF AMERICA has for the theme of its 1962 National Meeting, to be
held July 9-12 in Salt Lake City, "Guideposts for Progress. 11 Blaine M. Porter will speak
on "Individuals Can Improve Personal, Family. and Community Living 11 at the opening general
session.
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL RESEARCH CENTER, University of Minnesota, is sponsoring as its 14th
annual public discussions series, THE WORLD OF THE TEEN-AGER, on University of Minnesota
television Monday evenings at 9:30 over KTCA-TV, Channel 2.
NCFR members speaking on the
series include Gerhard Neubeck, on The Adolescent and His Family; Francis Gamelin, on
the way in which the education system adapts its methods and content to the changing needs
of the adolescent from junior through senior high school; and Lee Burchinal. on Teenage
Marriage.
CONGRESS OF SCIENTISTS ON SURVIVAL: An attempt to make major contributions to the science of
human survival in a nuclear age will be made at the Hotel Biltmore in New York City on June
15, 16, and 17 at the First Annual Conference of this group. The Congress was formed in
November, 1961 to utilize the special knowledge of the relevant scientific disciplines in
a positive program for world disarmament and peace." In addition to Hector J. Ritey, M.D ••
Acting Chairman, the officers of the organizing committee are Harry H. Lerner, Executive
Director; Miriam Procter, Executive Secretary; and Ruth Lassoff, Acting Treasuer. Write
Dr. Lerner, the Congress of Scientists on Survival, 51 E. 90th St., New York 28 for a program.
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF FAMILY ORGANIZATIONS: The IUFO Conference, planned to be held in Rio
next year, will be from July 21-29,1963. Details will be announced later. It is hoped that
the conference will receive strong support from family life leaders in the United States.
PEACE CORPS: The demand for volunteers to serve in developing nations around the world
continues to mount. The Peace Corps wants older Volunteers - there is no upper age limit.
To apply, write Peace Corps, Washington 25, D.C. for a questionnaire.
THE CANADIAN WElFARE COUNCIL ANNUAL MEETING will be held June 5, 1962 at the University of
Manitoba, Winnipeg,· immediately preceding the Canadian Conference on Social \-Jork. For
information, write K. LaM. Carter, President, Canadian. Welfare Council, 55 Parkdale Avenue,
Ottawa 3.
THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL WELFARE held its Annual Forum from May 27 to June 1 in New
York City. President Kennedy, Hon. Adlai Stevenson, and Abraham Ribicoff were among the
world leaders who addressed the group. The conference theme was "Social Goals in a Free
Society." One of the primary goals considered was strengthening family life for children.
Eight groups discussed the impact on family life of neighborhood and housing, employment,
education and recreation patterns, opportunites, values and ethics, parental education and
�-12the mass media. Among the other topics on the program were the needs of the aging, new
opportunitiesfor delinquent youth, the challenge to the community in financing welfare
needs. the responsibility of the citizen to understand the basic problems of the alcoholic,
the unwed parent, the untrained unemployed, the churches' role of leadership for social
welfare.
THE FAMILY LIFE CAMP, sponsored by the Binningham, Alabama Council of Parent-Teacher
Associations and the Birmingham Sunday School Council, will be held at Winnataska June 1, 2, &
3. Cooperating agencies are the division of Mental Hygiene of the Alabama Dept. of Health,
the University of Alabama, the Curriculum and Guidance Dept. of the Birmingham Public Schools,
and the Jefferson County Association for Mental Health. A demonstration by trained lay and
professional leaders of "Parenthood in a Free Nation," a study-discussion course developed
at the University of Chicago by Psychologist Ethel Kawin, will be featured. Mrs. Vera
Bruhn, Executive Director of the Jefferson County Association for Mental Health, will lead
the opening session on Friday night.
THE MERRILL-PALMER INSTITUTE: A Historical Library in Child Development and Family Life was
established in October, 1961, to preserve historial documents and materials relating to Child
Development and Family Life; to collect in one place the original publications and records
of scientific investigators, scholars and teachers from the early beginnings of these fields
of study to the present; to stimulate and deepen the interest of scholars and investigators
in human development as a science; and to encourage and facilitate the study of changing
scope and philosophy in the fields of Child Development and Family Life. Questions about
the Library and requests to use its facilities may be addressed to the Librarian, Historial
Library, the Merrill-Palmer Institute, 71 E. Ferry Ave., Detroit 2, Michigan.
LATE ITEMS RECEIVED
ELEANORE LUCKEY suggests that it would be wise to plan to arrive in Hartford by 9 p.m. i f
coming to the NCFR Annual MeGting by plane or train. Otherwise, by the time you can be
transported to Storrs, it will be too late to register in the dormitory, where the desk is
manned only until 10 p.m. If your plane arrives after nine, she suggests taking the airport
bus to the Statler for the night. An early morning bus will then be provided to Storrs.
IRA L. REISS, Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Iowa,
is new Department Editor of Abstracts for MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIVING.
STANLEY ROBERT REIBER, Acting University Chaplain at Florida State University, Tallahassee,
has prepared a brief review of research articles in recent issues of MARRIAGE AND FAl~LY
LIVJNG which appear to have particular value for a minister in his family life work. Those
interested may write him concerning a copy.
JAMES SPANGENBERG has been appointed to the Earlham College faculty as Associate Professor
of Sociology and Director of the Program in Family Relations. He may be addressed at
Jones House, Earlham College, Riclli~ond, Indiana after September 1st.
GARY HANSEN is the new Executive Director of the Michigan program on aging.
PHI UPSILON OMICRON is sponsoring an extension division program next fall at the University
of Minnesota, open to wives of foreign students and to American women, on the family, child
development, buying and family economy, and nutrition. It is hoped that there will be
an approximately equal number of American and foreign women. CECELIA SUDIA, a Research Fellow
working with ~IDRRAY STRAUS in the area of family research, will teach the classes on the
family.
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NATIONAL COUNCIL
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MINNEAPOLIS . 14, · MINNESOTA
()3to'ber1 1962
Volume 71 Number
4
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
To N.C.F.R. members: --"change of life" isn't normally associated With one's 25th year,
but •change" is probably the best way to characterize ~FR this year •••change planned to
meet any needs of members,.new interest in the family field, and new goals of our hard,
26oo plus members, 25-year-old organization• .
For example, Lee Burchinal'a Burgess Award Evaluation Committee has proposed a new
awards system which should go a long way toward providing greater visibility for significant
new family research and for NCFR as well.
Also, organization and growth of affiliated g!tOups have prompted appointment of a new
Standing Committee to study and act on tl:FR-Affiliates relationships. Bill Genne will head
the Committee which grew out of the first Affiliates seminar held at Storrs.
Preliminary exploration for a sex practi·c es s.e ndnar is underway ••• a project to be
spearheaded by NCFR and. aimed. at making a major ne~ contribution to marriage preparation and
family . lif~ education.
Progriuu plans for t he second annual meeting to be built on the new four-section system are
already well underw~ with Blaine Porter as program chairman and NCFR President-elect.
,T hese four examples of changes are t he product of careful cominittee, Board, and Executive
Committee deliberation. There are other areas in Which change, a reorie ntation, is called for.
Perha~
or your Council have some ideas. If this is the case, write to Ruth Jewson or to
..1118. so tha . the process of deliberation--and action--can be started.
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American culture malt9a much of relations that endure to celebrate silver and golden
anniversaries. And it's appropdate for NJFR, an organtiiation of i nterdisciplinary marriage
to ponder the past.~.but anniversaries, it seemB to me, serve· better as a measure of the
challenge of cl:lange to · nieet the future.
Sincere~
Wallace
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yours ,
Fulton
1963 ANNUAL MEEI'IOO
Begiri m
aking plans nov for the 1963 Annual OCFR meeting. . It Will be held at Denver,
Colorado, dm the ·edge ot the beautiful Rocky Mo\mtains near numberous attractive vacation
spots • . Next year marks the .25th .Anniversary of NCFR, So set aside the dates of August 21..23
~3nd be present to help us celebrate the occasion. Special invitations will be extended to all
past pre¢idents whc;m we hope to have present. The meeting will f ocus around the theme, "The
American Fatrlily and IDFR--Retrospeot and Pi'ospect.n We will take a brief look at the challenges
which appear to face the Amer.ican· family in the near future and the role . which NCFR should and
can most effectively play in helping families achieve their optimum growt h.
Blaine M. ·Porter
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THE OFFICERS OF SECTIONS FOR 1962 are:
Chairman, C01mseling Section - Bert Y. Glassberg. 5850 Waterman, St .. Louis 12, Mo.
Secretary, Counseling Section - Clark E~ Vincent, Social Sciences Section, Training
Branch, NIMH, Bethesda 14, Ma~land
Chairman, Education Section - W. Clark Ellzey, Family Life Dept., StephensCollege,
Columbia, Hissouri
Secretary, Education Section - Helen E. Buchanan, Dept. of Child Development and Family
Relationships, College of Home Economics, Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville
Chairman, Research Section - Leland Stott, Merrill-Palmer Institute, 71 E. Ferry Avenue,
Detroit, 2 Michigan
Secretary, Research Section - Kenneth L. Cannon, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
Chairman, Special Emphasis Section -Elizabeth s. Force, ASHA, 1790 Broadway, New York, 19
Secretary, Special Emphasis Section - Laurence H. Lang, II, Kansas State Univ., Manhattan,
Kansas
Section chairman are already busy planning their programs for the 1963 annual meeting.
W. CLARK ELLZKf, chairman of the Education Section, has secured Ernest Osborne to talk to the
question, What do we mean by Education for Marriage? He will force re-examination of
preconceptions. Another session is going to deal with the implication 6f the recent trend on
the part of the psychiatrist to take the whole family in psychiatry when treating any member of
it, and the implications of this for education.
BERT GLASSBERG, chairman of the counseling section, urges those members of the NCFR who would
like to participate in the Counseling Section meetings at the 1963 Annual Meeting at the Univ,.
of Denver to make their wishes known now,. What kind of program would be most useful to you?
Speeches--speeches with discussion time--what??? Would you like to give a paper? On what?
Give us ideaa'to plan a Section Meeting you won't want to miss., Write Bert Glassberg at
5850 Waterman Avenue,. St$ Louis, Hissouri ..
BITS AND PIECES FROM THE 1962 ANNUAL :1-lEETING:
Because the SPECIAL ~~IS SECTION met for the first time at the 1962 Annual Meeting,
chairman Joel Moss has sent us a special summary of the meeting:
Pass the cigars and what have you, NCFR has a new offspring: Conceived and
named a year ago, SFB let out his first cries at the yearly meetings in
Storrs, Conn~ There weren't a lot of onlookers for his debut, but about 35
crowded around for each of his performances and pronmmced him a worthy member
of the tribe.
SES had to make choices during his gestation period. As he viewed the family
system he could see t.l'lat the "egg-head" role was not for him as RS had a
monopoly on it. The analyst's couch was being made good use of by CS and m·
had a corner on the "nurturant" role., What was left--an action role for
someone Willing to wade in on many fronts--houses being built for families,
health programs, action of social agencies, community development plans, laws,
recreational programs.
SES decided four emphasis would make a good start~ (l)the family and leisure
time use, (2)the family and health program9, (3) the family and the law, and
(4)the family's general relationship with the community.
From within the family he found many who had programs for leisure time use
but one which had an appeal as well as an economic concern was that of family
trailering and camping. Under Bill Genne 1 s wise leadership, the Maces, the
Jewsons, and the HcArthurs enjoyed an interchange of experiences along with
suggestions, of implications of such activity for sound family recreational
experiences. In fact, the McArthur daughter half-stole the show with her
delightful descriptions of trailer living experiencess
Concern with health could lead along many trails but on the Connecticut campus
is a program with tremendous relevance--the Connecticut studies on achieving
independent living for handicapped homemakers and older folks. Through films,
exhibits, and discussions Dean El~abeth Echardt May, aided qy Betty Jane
Johnston, of Southern Illinois University, pointed up achievements made in
an applied effort of tremendous consequence for family life.
�-3From the city of brotherly love, Tom Monahan has tried to keep the family
honest in its facts and aware of the fact that laws affect the family.
Through his extended efforts, Tom was able to draw Rev. Robert F. Drinan of
the Boston College Law School for a discussion on the rights of children
in the law pointing out that children could make an excellent case in court
about the abridgment of their rights through divorce and other aspects of the
law.
Judge David H. Jacobs of the Connecticut Circuit Court was also drawn in to
make the group aware of the new pattern of handling domestic and family
matters in the Connecticut Court System@ Besides making the group aware of
these matters, the good judge also convinced listeners that there are some
members of the bar who are concerned about peoplee Jacob Zukerman of New
York, and William Kephart of Pennsylvania provided challenging discussion
pointse Mr. Zukerman agreed with Rev. Drinan in idea but also pointed out
the distinct realities of life which keep such activities from becoming
poss.ible.. Dr. Kephart forcibly bought out the point that, as enlightening
as is the Connecticut system, economic matters will force us to consider new
approaches since we cannot afford enough specialized services to meet the
needs of all the people.
Finally, SES 1 guardian, J. Joel Moss, was able to draw Jane Berry from Kansas
City to tell us about factors involved in the oarticipation of mother in
community activities and what they mean to them. From Maryland came Annabelle
Bender I1otz to challenge us with a prqvocative paper pointing out that the
family operates on both a llfront stage" and a "back stage" and pointing out
that UnleS.'s\,tf'amily: and community work together 11 to evaluate the significant
from the non-significant and direct their energies accordingly, the theater
with its actors, front stage, back stage and audiences ruy crumble."
Irvin Doress, of Tolego Public Schools was to be a discussant but took a
"slow boat to somewhere" with the Peace Corps. In his place we were able to
get a preliminary report of a survey of family life education act•ivities
in voluntary social agencies in Connecticut. The impression from the report
was that few agencies were involved but once questioned began to see it as
something of concern in their program.
SES is here and, we hope, to stayl Elizabeth Force will be guarding his
travel along other fronts or deeper into previously defined ones.. We're
just sorry· all of you couldn't enjoy his first stroll across the "front stage".
HOME ECONOMICS EDUCATION BRANCH; OFFICE OF EDUCATION; CURRICULUM PROJECT:
One part of a long-range curriculum project sponsored b,y the Home Edonomics Education Branch,
U. s. Office of Education, is to define further the scope and content of family relations in home
economics programs at the secondar.y lever. Progress on this project was briefly reviewed for
NCFR Board members at their meeting on August 24, 1962 by Alberta D. Hill, Program specialist,
Home Economics Education Branch, Pacific Region. Highlights of this report follow:
A nation-wide, representative committee has worked with the members,of the
Home Edonomics Education Branch for over a year in developing a tentative
outline of concepts for all areas of home economics in secondary school.
Educational consultants, committee members, and participants at two Regional
Home Economics Education Conferences have reviewed material developed and made
suggestions for change.
There has been close coordination of this curriculum project sponsored by
the u.ss Office of Education and the study o£ college home economics sponsored
by the Home Economics Division of the Association of Land-Grant Colleges and
State Universities. A plan for continued cooperation between the two groupd
has been made ..
Dr@ Mattie Pattison, formerly of [owa State University, is working in the
Office of Education to help coordinate the secondary school curriculum
project. f ~ "1 relationships was given special considara~ion at a
The area o Lam1 Y
�workshop held at Iowa State University July 16-28 1 1962. Workshop participants
included 5 secondary home economics teachers, 8 city and state supervisors of
home economics education, 4 teacher educa.tors, and one dean. of home economics.,
Consultants from the field of child development and familY relationshiPs and
supporting disciplines included Bruce Gardner, Delma Harding, Glenn Hawkes,
William Kenkel, and Russ Mahan, Iowa State University; John Chmtiny, Univ~ of
Maine; William Marshall, Michigan State University; Bernice MOore, ~he Hogg
Foundation for Mental Health. Marguerite Scruggs and Eleanore Kohlmann, Iowa
State University; and Members of the Office of Education staff were responsible
for planning and guiding the workshop.,
A second workshop to consider home management and family economics was held
at Pennsylvania State University in August.
The areas selected for the two workshops this summer are those which seem to be
basic to all secondary school home economics. Materials developed in these two
areas will be considered in future workshops in such areas u houing 9 clo.thing,
and foods.
Miss. Edna P.. Amidon, Director of the Home Economics Education Branch, report!~!
that both the conceptual organization and the generali:zations developed at the
family relations workshop will be reviewed by a number of teachers, supervisors,
and subject-matter specialists., Persons in the field of family relations-will
be called upon to check generalizations for validity and to cite. research
findings that can support the generalizations.
BIBLIOGRAPHY FROM 1962 NCFR ANNUAL MEETING AVAILABLE~ Anyone wanting a list of the ma07 books
displayed at the Storrs meeting may obtain it by sending 25¢ to the National office.
MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIVING: Ivan Nye, editor, has announced the appointment of three new
associate editors - Eleanore B. Luckey, Elizabeth s. Force, and tee BUl'chinal. Ira Reiss is
the new Abstracts editor; and David Mace and Harold Christensen have joined the editorial board.
Murray St.t'aus has been appo:'!_nted chairman of a conmittee to prepare a new cumulative index.
The NJFR Board proposed that in the future such an index be -prepared-every five years.
TIME OF lrwt FOR NCFR ANNUAL MEETIOO: Some N::FR members have suggested that August is not the
best time of the year for a meeting~ We would like, therefore, to have-the opinion of the
whole membership about/this~ Please be thinking about your pref<erences; and~ Will enclose a
form with the March Newsletter for you to return to us.
NCFR COMMITTEES AS WALLY FULTON SAYS: William Genna has been appointed Chairman of a Standing
Committee on NCFR-Affiliated Group Relations.. The prelinimlill"y charge to ·this committee is r
1. Review all previous documents relating to NCFR-lffiliated Group relations,
Call out and prepare for review pertinent recommendations and suggestions.,
2. Review recommendations of participants in affiliated grouPS sem:tna.r at Storrs ..
a. Exploration of value of chartering affiliate groups
b. Preparation of guideline statement for operation of local, state and regicnal
councils.
c. Exploration of possibility of the members of the Exec® Comm. as reg1onal vice~pres.
for NCFR.
d. Establishment of early contact with Rocky Mt. Council to begin plans for seminar
or comparable activity at 1963 annual meeting.
3. Recommend to Exec. Comm. and members of Board of Directors adjustment 1n NCFR U11dertaking
to meet objectives of affiliated groups.
4.. Serve as recipient of affiliated group requesttt for assistance and programs and project
undertakings.
CHAIRMEN OF OTHER NCFR COMMITTEES:
Local .Arrangements for 1963 Annual Meeting:- a.th\U' Shire:y, Dept .. of Soc.,.t Un§v .. of Deny~r
Nominating• Lawrence Smarden, Dept. of Home Econ., San Jose State College, an Jose, l4
• Calif., chairman; W. Clark Ellzey; Florida Moore
�Wallace Ce Fulton, Bureau of ~alth Education, Equitable ~Life Assurance
Society, 1285 Ave~ of the Americas, New York 19, N. Y.
Law: Thomas Ps Monahan, Statistical Dept@, County Court of Philadelphia, Log'an Circle,
1801 Vine Street, Phildelphia 3
Burgess Award: . William Kephart, Dept. of Soc., Univ~ of Penn., Phila. 3, Chr9; Jessie
Bernard, Harold T. Christensen
Agingg Dorothy T. D.yer, 23430 Blenwood Highway, Los Gatos, Calif., chr.;Margaret Be~,
Ida Davidoff, H. Lee Jacobs, Stella Oaks, Ann Krost
Policyr David R. Mace, AAMC, 27 Woodcliff Ave., Madison, New Jersey, chr.; Harold T,
Christensen; Ruth Jewsor..
International Liaison: Evelyn M. Duvall, 5206 Univ. Ave. So., Chicago 15, Ill., chr 8 J
Harold T~ Christensen, Reuben Hill, Esther Middlewood, John Mogey,
Eva Grant
Special Comme on Support of Workshops: Eleanore B. Luckey, Univ. of Conn., Storrs; Aaron
L. Rutledge, Merrill-Ealmer
AT THE NIJFR BOARD MEETING AT ANNUAL 1-fEETING, U., of Conn., Council voted to appoint committeetto
consider whether the NCFR should sponsor a volume on research problems and techniques in marriage
and the family e Such a. CO!Tlrni ttee will shorly be appointed.,
COUNCILS
WISCONSIN: Gordon Shipman, Dept~ of Soc3, Univ .. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3203 Downer llve.,
Milwaukee 11; l.J!orton de Corcey Nach~,Dept .. of Soc., Wisoonsin State College, 544 High Ave,. 3
Oshkos~1 are concerned with the possibilit,r of forming a Wisconsin Council.
Those interested
are urged to write to one of them.
SOUTHEASTERN AND NORTH C.AROLINlu The 15th Annual Conference of the N. C. Council and the lOth
Annual Meeting of the S.EQ Council to be held jointly at Hotel Sir Walterj Raleigh, N. C*, Oct~ 21
22,23 ... Theme: 11 Today 1 s Family Confronts Social Pressure::~." David R. Mace will be keynoter
Sund~ Evening on this topic~
Panel of John Mogey, Mildred Morgan, Emily Mudd, Ruth Jewson,
Wallace Fulton, moderator, to discuss the presentation., l1onqay morning: Discussion groups of
stages in the Family Life Cycle~ Adoleaoen~~$The Beginning Family,· Parents of School Age
Children, Parents of Adolescents, The Launching Family, Senior Citizens.. Program at luncheon
will feature thumb-nail sketches of Social Pressures in each stage of family life cycle; dialogue
on "What 1 s Doing at Nation" with Wallace Fulton and Ruth Jewson. Afternoon session: Marriage
and Family Counseling .,;, How it Can Help Today 1 s Families Meet Social Pressures''•' Emily H.. Mudd
will speak; followed qy inquiry panel of J. ObertKemson, Ethel Nash, Judge Mason B. Thomas,
Nicholas Pediaditakis, M& D:'., David Re Mace, Chr., Then discussion groups by interest: School,
Colleges and Universitys, Church, Community Health and Social Agencies, Counseling Servicesto discuss how groups within community can help meet todayrs social pressures. Tuesday morning:
David Mace will deliver summary of conference and a panel moderator will discuss "Looking !head
with Perspectiven. Mrse J .. Leonard Middleton is pres. of North Carolina Family Life Council.
Edward Staples is Pres. of Southeastern Council, and William Crane is president-elect.
IOWAz Ira L. Reiss, Dept. of Soc., State Univo of Iowa is new president of Iowa Council.
TRI..STATE: tiToward Human Understanding" was theme for Tri-state A.nnualMeeting October 4th at
New York Uni~e Faculty Club. Margaret G. B~nz, pres., presided. Metropolitan Life Insurance
film, "If These Were Your Childra~~ 1 was discussed by Helen Pe Langer, M.ug; Winifred Sl~ton;
Vidal Clay Hoyt; Jean Schick Grossman, Julia Weber Gordon, and Geoffrey W. Esty, M.D., Moderator.
Julia Weber Gorgon, Director, Office of Child and Youth Study, New Jersey State Dept. of Education
gave and address on "Education for Self~Development Through Child StudTt• The evening address
was given.by Ernest and Mary Osborne.,
UTAH: Dr. Ralph V. Bachman, Principal of South High, Salt· Lake •Ci ty, is new Pres. of Utah Council.
The Prase-elect, Mrs$ Melba Lehner, head of home economics and.family living program at Weber
College, Ogden, Utah. Sec.-treas. is Mrs. Margaret Fullmer, nean of Women, East High School,
Salt Lake City.
UPPER PENINSULA CijAPTER, Mich. Council: Rober Drew, pres., write that Upper Pen. Chapter is
considering producing some TV and radio programs concerned With various area.s of family living.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: J. Martin Weber, Consultan~ in Education, 9011 Folsom Blvd~, Sac~~nto, is
new council pre. James Allen is Sec.-treas. El1zabeth Force, D1rector of Educav1on,
·Research
Project~
�-6attended the 1!orthern California Council meeting October 20th.
HINFESOTA: James A. Peterson, Head of Sociology Dept., Univ. of Southern Calif., ke"Jnotes the
Annual Heeting "·Tovember 2-3. Subject: 1iJhat A N8rriage Cou..'1selor Does. Next morning David
Tihrbett and Sander Latts, Univ. of Minn., will discuss pre-marriage counseling; Grace Mayberg
and I1ildred Roberts, f'Iinneapolis Family and Chi1Iiren 1 s Service, discuss marriage cotmseling
as practiced in social agency; and Ray Kelley~ St. Paul Marriage Counselor, discusses it
from the clergy's point of view. Dr. Peterson will comment on the presentations.
Hinnesota CoLU1cil 1s annotated bibliography, FAl'HLY LIFE, Literature and Films, 1962 edition,
is available from the NCFR office for $1.00.
PACIFIC l.TORTHVVEST: David Brody, Oregon College of Education, Monmouth, Oregon, is the new chairl!n811
HARYLAND: Hrs. Henry E. Corner, 217 iTpnor Road, Baltimore is new president of the Haryland council.
HICHIGAl'J: Five Flint orsanizations are taking part in a new kind of project under the general
sponsorship of Hichigan Council on Farnilcr Relations. The Planning Committee for the monthly
meetings, recognizing great need for improvement of counseling skills, set up nine breakfast
sessions to study ways in which inter-professional groups may better meet the counseling demands
of our comrmimity. The first three breakfast sessions, Sent. 18, Oct. 16, and ]\Tov. 20, under
the direction of psychiatrist, Dr. Ray Jaarsma. Three nationally recognized counseling
authorities 1\d.ll conduct Dec., Jan., and Feb. sessions. Cooperating groups are: The Genesee
Cou.ntyHedical Society, The Genesee County Bar Ass., The Council of Social Agencies, The Flint
Hinis terial Ass., and the Hott Adult Education l:>rogram. Under the plan approved by the Comm.
each organization will select ten members fro!ll its profession to be the participants in this
unique program. The Inter-Professional Planning Com.rnittee consis_ted of: Ta:J Jaarsma, l'1.D.,
psychiatrist; David Treat, Director, Clara Elizabeth Fund; John Rozeboom, Director of Education,
Flint District, Nethodist Church; Lorraine Lull, Director, Family Service Agency; Attorney
George Bradt, Chairman, State B2r J...egal .lid Committee; ~1ax Raines, Ph.D., Dean Student Affairs,
Flint Community Junior College; Dr. George C. Chamis, Chairman., Rou Rodgers, ltJes tern Hichigan
University, is '"Iichigan 1 s President ..
NEVADA COUNCIL OIJ FAI1ILY RELATIONS, University of ;'ievada, Nevada Congress of Parents and Teachers,
and Nevada State Dept. of Education sponsored a Conference on Family Life Education at Univ.
of Nevada, June 13th. TherJe: Focus on the Family~ BIJUHE PORTEH spoke on 11 0ur Responaibili ties
in Improving Families II at the morning meeting. FATHER JOSEPH I:'. LINE continues as pres.. of
the Nevada Council.
VIRGINIA COfJNCIL OF FAI1ILY RELATIONS, Harry W. Roberts, Pres., wrote that their meeting, held
in cooperation with Virginia Council on Social H'elfare, was one of the best, if not the best,
ever held. His letter continues, in part ••• uWhile all of our participants W::Jre first-rate,
Dr. David Mace was supurb in the two formal addresses which he gave and in the discussion
periods that followed. We count ourselves very fortunate indeed in having his unique a"ld
enriching contribution. Our Board of Directors and our members were so elated over what he did
for us that they commanded me to write this letter of information and of thanks to the National
Council, as we feel that only because he was president of our National Council were we able
to sec111'e his services •• •"
L&UNGTON-FAYETTE COUNTY COPNCIL ON FAl'1ILY RELATIONS through Lewis Sri&'the writes that it is
reorganizing, and he is heading up a sub-committee to revise the Consti·tution of the Lexington
chapter. Arthur Theobald, Social Service Dept., Veterans Admin. Hostpital, Lexington, Kentucky,
is the new chairman.
IDFR MEMBERS
DOH C. CARTER, Dept. of Family Living and Child Development, Utah State Univ., s~-rved last
summer as project director of a Peace Corps training project to train volunteers to serve in IRAN.
JER.Dl'lli FDLKHAN, Temple Israel, Columbus, Ohio, and Mrs. Folkman have returned from trip in Israel.
W. CLARK ELIZEY, Stephens College, was on the CBS Hother 1 s Day program, n<Jtional network; was
principal speaker for older youth at 4-H Roundup in Okla.; took part in Older Youth-Young Adult
Conference for Indiana Conference of the Methodist Church; with his wife was Family Counselor for
three week-long Family Camps in Hissouri and Hichigan in the sum.'!ler; and counseled and addressed
an Ecuminical Conference for Older Youth at a camp on Lake Michigan. In addition he is pres.
of the Missouri 1-l:riter's Guild, a professional group with national magazine and n~wspaper veterans
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involved; and has charge of the first day of Annual Journalism 'Heek for the school of Journalism
Univ. of Missouri. He is also being used by the Police Dept. and Court for special cot1]1Seling
of sexual deviants ..
NE.W BOOKS by NCFR members include: THE ROLE OF THE NINIST"ER 1 S 'iHFE, by Wallace Denton,
Westminster Press; IMPROVEHENTS IN·'J.'HE CONSTRUCTION ATIID ANALYSIS OF FAlULY LIFE CYCLE CATEGORIES,
by Roy H. Rodgers, School of Graduate Studies, ;]estern M5.. cnigan Univ., Kalamazoo, l'1ich., 1962;
BECOIHNG THE COMPLETE ADULT, edited l::lf Simon Doniger, Associ::Jtion Press; HOvJ TO HELP YOUR TEEN.::.
AGER GROW UP, and HOW TO GIVE YOUH CHILD A GOOD START IN LIFE, by Leland E. Grover, Collier
Books; and MEETING THE NEEDS OF TODAY 1 S FAMILIES, by ~'layne J. Anderson, Publishers Press.
SOURCEBOOK IN MARRIAGE AND THE FAHILY, Second Edition, edited by Marvin B. Sussman, will be
published by Houghton Mifflin Co. in January, 1963
DONALD BRIELAND represented NCFR at American Medical Assn. National Congress on Mental Illness
and Health in Chicago in October.
ROBEHTA LOVELL TATOM is counselling psychologist with Christchurch Child Health Clinic in
Christchurch, New Zealand.
LUCY JEN HUANG is now at Lake Erie College, Painesville, Ohio.
DR. GEORGE H. GARNER, formerly at American Univ., Cairo, Eg<Jpt, now at Alfred Univ., New York.
LESTER A. KIRKENDALL, professor of Family Life, Oregon State Univ. is the first of an exchange
of "Outstanding professors" between Oregon State Univ. and the Univ. of Oregon. The exchange
program, inaugurated in the beginning of fall term, 1962, provides for interchange of professors
in special fields or with special contribution to make. Dr. Kirkendall will offer a seminar,
pSYCHOSEXUAL DEV~L0~1ENT, in the School of Education, Division of School Psychological Services,
at the Univ. of Ore.; and Roland J. Pellegrin, Univ. of Ore., will offer a seminar in
COHMlTNITY LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE at Ore. State Univ. Mr. Pellegrin's seminar is planned for both
family life and sociology students.
ROBERT N. W:-IITEHURST, associated with Purdue Marriage Counseling Service as a half-time
instructor and counselor for the past three years, has joined the faculty as Instructor in Sociolo~
HAROLD T. CHRESTENSEN was at Murray State College, Murray, Kent'lcky the last week in June,
where he lectured for Ruby Simpson's and Mary Alice Ramer's classes. His special assienment was
to help with a new graduate class in family life education. He also gave an assembly lecture
to the entire student body, and did some consulting.
DAVID M. RULCOMER taught summer school courses in Child Development at Colorado State Univ.
last summer.
MURIEL BROWN attended the meeting of ~ne Internation Union of Frunily Organizations held in
Morocco in August, as an official representative from the NCFR.
CHARLENE PALMER. Now is Associate Professor of Home Economics at Long Beach State Univ., Calif.
She plans to 2ttend International Home Economics Assn. Conference in Paris next summer.
ARTHUR SCHWARTZ'S study and report, "Social and Recreational Patterns of Orthopedically
Handicapped Childre, u may be obtained from the Associated YM-l'WHA 1 s of Greater New York, 33 West
60th Street, New York, 23. Price is $1.25.
KATHARIN't: ROY, who has been in Lahore, Pakistan, now at Fairleigh-Dickinson College, Madison, N.J.
WILLIAM H. GENNER. is speaking on "Family Life 11 at the Annual Fall Conf-erence of Minnesota
Welfare Association October 18, St. Paul.
FRANCIS G. STll~ART, formerly a minister in Connelsville, Pennsylvania, now teaching fami~
living at state University College, 1300 Wlmwood Ave., Buffalo 22, New York.
ROSE M. SOHERVILLE teaches Family Relationships at Hunter; Family Interaction; insights through
the short story at New School;and a sociology course at Roosevelt Hospital's School of Nursiing
Education. She is also a new member of the board of Tri-state Council on Family Relations.
DOROTHY DYER is counseling in the Methodist shurch office building of Los Gatos, Calif. She
contributed to a meeting for the San Jose Public Health Dept. during the summer, and led a
workshop at Logan, Utah in August. She is a member of ASHA National Committee on Family Life
Education, and the Calif. ASHA Regional Committie.
STELLA OAKS, Director of Adult Education, Provo City Schools, and Assistant M?Yor of.Prov8~ is
actively involved with the Senior Citizen Committee in Provo, Utah. A new bu~ld~ng ~s un r
�contruction.
Th~ty
adult education classes are being offered in Provo this
fall~
WALLACE c. FULTON, NCFR President, represented us at the inauguration of the new p~esident at
Teachers College, Columbia TTniversity.
LEE BfJRCHINAL 1 S new job with the USDA will involve broad sociological researchj: and administrative
duties.
LLOYD H. JO~nS, Director of the North Texas Counseling Service, P.o. Box 1177, Seymour, Texas
has had a wide variety of responsibilities since moving to Seymour, including and increasingly
hear/ load of counseling and therapy. Also he preaches two Sundays a month at Methodist church
as a supply pastor. He has spoken on boy and girl relations in high school assemble; conducted
a four day 11 Family Clinic!! in a church in Pampa; been active in Youth Activities Weeks, and
i has conducted several ministers 1 conferences on couns sling in Texas.
\\-Je are sorry to announce the death on September 4, 1962 of DOROTHY W. BARUCH HILLER.
KATHARINE vfHI'l'ESIDE TAYLOR, completed her service as Supervisor of Parent Education f.or the
Baltimore, Maryland schools, October 11, and departed for a year's study .at the C,.G. Jung
Institute of Psychological Analysis in Zurich, Switzerland. Upon her ret~1rn next fall she
wi.ll be in private practice as a psychotherapist in San Francisco where her son and his family are,.
~CIS C. GAl\fELIH, formerly assistant superintendent of the Robbinsdale, Minnesota Public
School District, has become Secretary for College Education of the Lutheran Church of America
in New York City. He will be responsible for development of the church's twenty-two colleges
located ~hroughout the United States.
E\~LYN DUVALL addressed the Minnesota CJngress of Pareqts and Teachers in Duluth in October.
H. LEE JACOBS, Research Associate, Institute of Gerontology, State Univ. of Im-va was coordinator
for the Nith Annual Conference of the Institute in October,. Theme was Education for Aging A Necessity for the Middle and Later Years. There were sessions on The Educational Status of
Middle-Aged and Older Adults; Motivation and Resources for Adult Education; and A Program or
Action; Next Steps in Education for Aging,
MILDRED HORGAN conducted a graduate workshop in Family Life Education at Winthrop College,
South Carolina this past summer,.
RICHARD KIEMER has gone to Seattle to work with Dre Robert Rutherford and several other
obstetricians in counseling and research in the psychosomatic aspects of infertilityo His
address will be 707 Broadway, Seattle 22, \1/'ashington.
BLADf£ PORTER taught a two-week workshop sponsored by the School of Home Economics at the
University of Hevada for high school teachers of Family Life Education in June,..
ELEANORE LUCKEY participated in a counseling Institute held during July and August at Ohio
University. She served a special consultant on an experimental project involving the counseling
with parents of high-school students who were under-achievers.
~iT GLASSBERG participated in one of the Se~tnar Discussions given during the National
Catholic FamHy Life Conference in St. Louip in ,June. FATHER JOHN KNOTT was guest on Bert
Glassberg 1 s Kl'10X radio program while he was in St. Louis.. The radio program continues to be
favorable received, and additional time will be allowed for this in the fall.
I1ILDRED 110RGAI'J and ELIZABETH FORCE were consultants for a Workshop on Family Life Education
of the School Age Child held at the Blue Ridge Assembly, Black Mountain, North Carolina in June ..
The workshop was sponsored by He~lth Education Section of N.C. State Board of Health. Those
attending were sent invitations to join the NCFR.
ETHEL BEER attended the International Conference on Early Childhood Education in Europe this
summer, and visited Day Nurseries on the continent.
JOE ~1ATANI, student member, has completed his studies at Oberlin, and returned to Japan,
where he is at Doshisha Girls H~T., Kyoto.
WILL DRUI1, of Oregon General Extension Division and the Univ. of Oregon, will offer a credit
course on "Marriage and the Family" this fall quarter for the Dept. of Televised Instruction,
on Oregon's Education Channel 10. This cc;>urs~.,-twice before offered on TV, has been widely
accepted by credit students and general v1.ewers.
�-9DANIEL F. HOBBS, JRe has moved from the Univ. of Kansas to the Dept. of Child Developmept
and Family Relations, Woman's College of the Univ. of North Carolina.
JACQUELYN LEDBETTER, who was studen~ at Stillwater, Okla., has gone to Southwest Missouri
State College, Springfield, as an instructor in Family Relations and Child Developmente
THE REVEREND LEIN KUN CHENG has completed his stay at Knox College, Toronto, and is at the
Hsin-chu Presbyterian Church, Taiwan.
DRD N§ L. PETERSON, Beverly Farms, Mass., was on the program of the American Scientific
Affiliation at Bethel College in St. Paul August 21-24.
ROSABELLE HAMANN will be on sabbatical leave from her present position as Foreign Student
Advisor and Instructor in Marriage and the Family at Monterey Peninsula College, Calif. during
1963-64 college year. While taking her year's leave, she would like to participate in
activities related to international education and cross-cultural family lifee She would like
to travel around the world following a route Which would take her through the South Seas to
Japan, China, Southeast Asia, India, and on to the Middle East. From there she would like
to spend some time in Egypt, and go south of the Sahara to Kenya. West Africa, where she would
like to teach for a semester.
BESSIE MCNEIL has left Ea8t Carolina to go to France for a month of intensive language study.
Then she will go to Leopoldville to spend two years he!ping plan a home economics program for
that country. Her address will be B.P. 725 Limete, Leopoldville, Republic of the Congo.
THE REVEREND VERNON Ro WIEHE, a graduate of Univ .. of Chicago School of Social Work, was added
to the stafft'of the Lutheran Social Services, Wichita, Kansas, to develop a marriage and
family counseling service. This privately supported Agency of the Lutheran Church serves
Kansas and Oklahoma.
RUTH J. DALES., professor of Home and Family Life at F,lorida. State univ. worked with home
economics teachers in the teaching of child development and family relations in the states of
South Carolina, Maryland and Virginia in June and July.
MRS .. TUK SOON KANG, Chief, Bureau of Women's Affairs, Seoul, Korea writes: "It was nice to
recieve your letter of May 31, and was grateful to know that you will be sending me your
journal, "Marriage and F.ami1.y Living,~' for a year .. ·I have had an opportunity to see the
Pres. Mr. Mace at the Far East Christion Family Life and Marriage Conference held at Manila,
Philippines, and I still remember his lectures were wonderful~ Meantime I have read articles
written by Mre Fulton, which were interesting. Accordingly, I am sure I will find a lot of
inter sting articles in your JournaJ., and I will try my best· to introduce new ideas and suggestions
for improving the family living since it is a part of the program in the Government. I w.ill
also try to obtain subscribers as many as I can, however, it will be rather difficult to find
maQY of them since we have few English readers. Let me thank you again for your kindness.
With my best wishes to you and your colleagues •• e It
THE REVEREND WALTER TROBISCH, College Evangelique, Lebamba par Makak, Cameroun, West Africa
is teaching a marriage course to African College Students, holding institutes for African
pastors, and is interested in training Agricans as marriage counselorse He has several interesting
articles published in PRACTICAL ANTfffiOPOLOGY, which he sent to the office. He would like
contacts with people with similar interests.
Pe ~~HANDRAN, Research Assistant, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Sion-Tromb~ Road,
Chembur, Bomb~ 71, India writes that they are undertaking a research study of the problem
of Inter~eligious and Inter-community Marriages in India. They are looking for relevant basic
information useful in enabling them to plan out the.study, particularly in terms of scope,
coverage and methodological design.
LOIS Ro SCHULZ is now Professor of Child Development in the Division of Sciences at the
Los Angeles State College, Los Angeles, California.
NENS RELEASES
THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF FAMILY ORGANIZATIONS, which headquarters in Paris, is holding a
five day conference in Rio ae Janeiro in July, 1963. The Conference is being planned with
the help and cooperation of Dr. Paes de Carvalho, a vice-president of the IUFO Who lives in
Brazil. The IUFO is eager for good support from North Americans concerned with family life.
The suggested theme for the Conference is "The Family Enters the Space Age", with the
following commentary: "Families live tod~ in a world undergoing rapid transformation., .As
�...10result of enormous technological development, man has secured a vast degree of control over
the forces of nature. This should lead to a period of happiness and prosperity Wi~out
precedent in human history. In fact, it is proving so far to be a period of great tension for
families all over the worlde
North America has been invited to take responsibility for the program for one day. This section
of the conference Will be on family relationships, viewed from an emotional and psychological
point of view. There will be emphasis also on education for family living, viewed in the light
of our changing concepts of human relation.
Those interested in attending are urged to write the NCFR office. It is hoped that a strong
delegation of North Americans Will be interested in supporting an international conference
on the family in South America.
THE TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL GROVES CONFERENCE ON MARRIAGE AND THE FAHILY will be held April 29, 30
and May 1, 1963 at the Sheraton-Jefferson Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri. Edwin J. Frit~e,
5402 Wren Avenue, St. Louis 20 is handling preliminary registration. The AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
OF MARRIAGE COUNSELORS will meet in the afternoon and evening of April 28, 1963.
"PRODEEDINGS OF MARITAL COUNSELING WORKSHOFU, a publication which came out of the l·mrkshop
which was jointly sponsored by the Minnesota Dept. of Public Welfare and NIMH is available
on request to: Dr .. Curtis Southard, Chief, Community Service Branch, National Institute of
Mental Health, Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, u.s. Public Health Service, Bethesda
14, Maryland. Eleanore Luckey, Jerome Folkman and Rex Skidmore contributed to this booklet.
SOCIETY FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF\ SEx 1 The Fifth An:rj.ual Meeting of the Society will be
held at (:30 A.M. on October 20th, 1962 in the Barbizon Plaza Hotel, 106 Central Park South,
N.Y. City. The topic for the morning session is 11 New Concepts in Sex Education." Milton I.
Levine, M.D. is chairman; with the Rev. Lee Belford, Lena Levine, M.D., Lilli' Peller, Ph.D.,
and Walter R. Stokes, M~D. participating. The topic for the a.fternoon session is "Prostitution".
~obert v. Sherwin, LLeB. is chairman; with Harold Greenwald, Ph.D., Wardell Be Pomeroy, Ph.D~,
Theodore Rosenthal, M.D., and Judge Sylvia Singer participating.
THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF LAWYERS AND SOCIAL WORKERS, Authorized recently by both the board
of Governors of the American Bar Association and by the Board of Directors of the National
Association of Social Workers, has been formed through appointment to it of eight representatives
b,y the president of each of the two professional associationsG The joint body is headed qy
two co-chairmen: Sol Morton Isaac of Isaac, Postlewaite, 0 1 Brien and Oman, Columbus, Ohio
and former president of the FSAA; and Jacob T. Zukerman, Executive director of Family Location
Service, New York City.
SPECIAL STAFF ON AGING, Department of Imw: Dr. Donald P. Kent, Director of the Special Staff
on Aging, has announced the appointment of six new staff members to help meet the growing
demand for services to States and communities that are strengthening their health, welfare,
educational, and other programs for the aged. One of the six is Hrs. Ada Barnett Stough, who
will serve as liaison officer with national voluntary agencies.
THE CWiA ELIZABETH FUND FOR MATERNAL HEALTH, Flint, Michigan has been selected to take part
in a study of Fa_Jid.ly life in cooperation with Cornell Univ. and the u.s. Public Health Service.
Part of the larger study is underway in N.Y.City and Upstate N.Y. The part of the study to
be done at the Clara Elizabeth Fund has to do with adjustments a family makes during pregnancy
and soon after the birth of the baby.
THE COUNCIL ON COI~UMER INFORMATION is planning its annual conference for March 21,22,23,1963
at the Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, D. C. The theme is "The Governme!lt
and Consumer protection." NCFR has been invited to send a delegate.
"RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN GOVERNMENTAL AND VOLLTNTARY ORGANIZATIONS in planning and programming
for Older People at the National level" was the theme {or the Fourth Annual Conference of
Voluntary National Organizations October 23rd in New Yo~ City. Luncheon speaker was the
Homorable A.'lthony ,J .. Celebrezze, Se. of HEIA.. The conference was sponsored by the National
Council on the Aging. NCFR 1 s representative was Ida Davidoff.
THE CHILD STUDY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA will hold its Annual Conference on March 4) 1963 at the
Commodore Hotel~ N.Y .. City. Theme: "The Future of the American Family: Dreams and Reality,.n
The Annftal Inst1tute for workers in Parent Education will take place there March 5, 1963@
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vkite Child Study Assn., 9East 89th Street, N. Y. 28.
The Child Study Association will provide help for parents concerned about their children's
behavior and family relationships through a new series of parent group discussins in N.:1,. this
fall. Beginning the week of Oct. 1, at the above address, three separate series of group
discussions will be given; for parents of c lildren aged two through four; for parents of pre!8'
adolescents, nine through twelve; and for parents of adlescents, 13 through 16. Programs offered
help parents cope with every-day concerns before they become major ones.
Second institute held for nurses from all over country this fall, to train them to lead parent
discussion groups for the purpose of helping mother and father to handle sucessfully experiences
and problems of new baqy. Initial institute held in Febrauary. Program supervised by Mrs. Aline
B. Auerback, Assistant director of Ass.; conducted by staff of Parent Group Education Dept.
Program carried on by Child Study for Children's Bureau of Dept. of HEVf.
LANE BRYANT IS AGA!N inviting nominations for Annual Awards for outstanding volunteer community
service performed in 1962. Forms afailable: Lane Bryant Annual Awards, 465 Fifth Ave., N.Yel7
The t;wo finalists, one individual and one group, rece:i.ve $1,000 awards,.
THE KANSAS CITY SOCIAL HEALTH SOCIETY sponsored a professional conference on Extra-Marital
Parenthood last May. Report of conference, entitled WHY ILLEGITIMACY? is available from
PeKo Houdek, Exec., Sec., 1020 McGee Street, Room 407, Kansas City 6, J.io. $1.00. Clark E. Vincent
Chief, Social Sciences Section, Training Branch, Nat. Inst~ of Mental Health, speaker & discussion
leader.,
FOURTH NATIONAL CONFEHENCE ON FAHILY LH"'E OF THE METHODIST CHURCH held at Conrad Hilton Hotel
Chicago Oct. 19-21, 1962. NCFR members as Resource Leaders: Eleanore B. Luckey, Mrs. Milton
Randolph, Eswin Hart~, Leroy Graham, Donald Maynard, John B. Oman, W. Clark Ellzey, Dale Hagler,
v1illiam Ge~ne 9 Floride Moovre, Manrine Hansen, Leon Smith, and Carroll Wisee Theme: Jesus Christ,
Lord of the Family.
HIGHET1. EDUCATION'S RESPONSIBILITY T(fWARD THE MIL.T.ffiiED STUDENT was topic for conference jo:intly
sponsored by Hinn .. Fanily Study Center & Dean of Students 1 Office Oct,. 15-16 at Cantin. Center
Univ. of Minn. Harold Taylor, speaker. Conference directed toward administration and personnel
~eople.,
~62, a new concept in children's programming, began Oct. 1.
It explores and participates in evel~J facet of child's interest and imagination. Unique entertainment and educational
values of DISCOVERY 1 62 should serve to stimulate desire in viewers for additional knowledge
concerning program topics. American Library Assn. working closely with ABC-TV to encour~ge
children in audience to continue study of program's presentations at local libraries.,
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN announces Fellowhips for Doctoral Study in Social Work and Social Science
leading to following Ph.D. degrees: social work and economics, social work and psychology, social
work and social psychology, social work and sociology. Fellowship stipens available through
grants from Russell Sage Found., U.s •.Public Health Service and other sources. For information
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AMERICAN FOUNDATION OF RELIGION AND PSYCHIATRY, INC. has recently issued pamphlet announcing
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program and research dept.. Smiley Blanton, M.D .. , is Director.
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DISCOVERY,
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Family, CommUnity, ~nd1vidual; Economic and Social Adequacy; Physical and ~sycholog1cal Adequacr,y.
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in its program of training in community mental health research for students who seek Ph.~. degrea
in psychology, sociology~ anthropology, economics, or related soci al sciences. This program is
designed to prepare students for research positions involbing application of social science theery
and method to mental health field. Particular course pr9gr~ are developed for individual
stude~:.t.s by an interdisciplinary committee.
Annual appointments in this program carry a minimum
stipend of $2,000 plus tuition, and are available to students who have completed one year of
graduate training in one of social sciences. Inquiries and requests :for more detailed information
may be addressed as follows: John c. Glidewell, Program Directo!, Community Mental Health
Research Training Program, Social Science Institute, t.Jashington Univ., St •. Louis 30, Mo.
Applications for appointments for academic year 1963-64 should be directed to Program Director
b,y March 311 1963.
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NEWSLETTER
NATIONAL COUNCIL
ON FAMILY RELAliONS
1219 UNIVEIISITY AVENUE S. E.
MINtHAPOLIS U, MINNESOTA
March, 1963
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cmrr<: TO NCFR. 1 S 'TI.JENTY-FIF'l'H ANNIVERSARY!
The National Council on Family Relations will be celebrating its twenty-fift h anniversary
as the University of Denver begins the celebration of its one-hundredth anniversary. Thursday
afternoon, August 22, has been set aside by the program committee for the delegates t o go
sightseeing in and aro1md Denver. The Y..i.le Righ City• s sightseeing opportunities are practically endless. Drives of a few hours duration can take you to many historic spots in and
near the city.
Two trips have been planned definitely: One will be to the Air Force Academy near
Colorado Springs. Another will be the tour of Red Rocks Park. Lookout Hountain, and Central
City. 'l'he natural sandstone amphitheatre in Red Rocks Park, seating 10,000 , has been the
setting for concerts starring w
ell-known personalities in t he entertainment world. Central
City, once known as "the richest square mile on earth 11 welcomes visitors each sununer to its
century old opera house for the annual opera and pl ay festival which features stars of the
theatrical worldo
Make your plans
color ful Colorado.
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to attend the annual conference and enjoy the climate of cool ,
TENTATIVE PROGRAM SCFIEOOLE FOR ANNUAL MEETlliG , August 2l-2J, l96J
A
NNUAL }tEETDlG THENE: "THE fu"!ERICAN FAHILY AND NCFR - RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT"
Because of
Affiliated
20 and 21,
Conference
t he success experienced last year, t here will be another special Seminar on
Gr oups - NCFR Relat ionships on Tuesday afternoon and W
ednesday morning, August
preceding t he regular Annual Meeting . Regist ration for those attending the
will begin at 8:00 a . m. on Wednesday morning, August 21 .
Wallace C. Fulton, President, will preside at annual business meeting Wednesday morning.
Three plenary sessions (one each day) focusing around the Conference theme will be held:
(1) "The American Family and NCFR - 25 Years of Progress"
Dr.
Eve~
Duvall , Author, Lecturer, Former Executi ve Secretary of the NCFR
(2) "The American Family of the Future"
Dr. Reuben Hill, Director , Family Study Center , University of Ki.nnesota
(J) "Charting the Future Course of t he American Family and NCFR" (How can we achieve the
goals which were set forth in the second pl enary address and what role should NCFR
assume7)
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Dr. Jessie Bernard , Professor of Sociology , Pennsylvania State University
�-2Two other special general session features will be held:
(1) Panel discussion regarding the roles and responsibilities of NCFR and the popular
magazines which carry articles dealing with marriage and family life: A magazine
editor. a free-lance writer, a representative from the Family Service Association of
America, and a representative from Child Study Association; moderator, a NCFR member.
(2) A banquet (our birthday dinner) on the campus of the Colorado Woman's College honoring
·the Past Presidents of NCFR and featuring a ~~sidential address qy Wallace Fulton.
Counseling Section Meetings: (Only confirmed speakers are listed in tentative program.)
I:
II:
III
III:
IV:
"The Effect of Dominance and Submissiveness on the l-1arital Sexual Relationship"~
Clinton Philipst American Institute of Family Relations.
"The Neuroticism of Goodness", Donald Le Taylor. Southern illinois University; Rex
Skiclrnore. University of Utah. Discussant.
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Counseling an Emotionally Disturbed Family 11 • Joseph G. Wallace • Adams County Department
of Publtc 'ifJelfare, Brighton, Colorado; Virgil Dechant, Department of Public Welfare.
Denver. Discussant.
"Counseling the College Student's Marriage"~ Dale Womble. Kansas State University.
"Conjoint Therapy 11 • Gerald R. 1eslie 9 Purdue University.
"H0 tivation and the Practical Problems of Counseli.'1g 11 • Dorothy Barrier, Marriage Counseling
Centre of Montreal.
"Scheme for Analyzing ¥,arital Problems". Hobert K. Leik 9 University of Washington.
"The Occupational Hazards of Counseling", Vladimir de Lissovoy, Pennsylvania State
University; with a specially selected panel.
Education Section Neetings: (Only confirmed speakers are listed.)
I: 'What Do We Mean By Education for Marriage'l" Ernest G. Osborne, Teachers College, Columbia
University; audience discussion.
II: "Education for Marriage in the High School 11 • Ivan Nye, Florida State, presiding.
Indiana Research on Education for ~furriage and Family Living in the High School.
Florida State University study of Education for Marriage on High School level.
Public School specialist, Reactor.
III: "Examination of Implications for Education of the Recent Trend on the Part of the
Psychiatrist to Take the Whole Family in Psychiatry when Treating Any Member of It."
IV: "Retrospect and Prospect for Education for Marriage as Reflected at the International
Conference on the Family in Rio. "
Research Section Meetings: (Only confirmed speakers are listed.)
I:
II:
III:
IV:
"Review of Research During the Past 25 Years". Harold T. Christensen, Purdue.
"New Directions -Where We Should Go From Here. 11
"Symposium- Impediments to Research", Daniel Hobbs, Woman's College of the University
of North Carolina. Moderator.
"Research Papers of Current Research".
"Symposium- Cooperative Research: Its Challenges and Contributions", Kenneth L. Cannon,
Texas Technological College.
Special Emphases Section Meetings: (Only confirmed speakers are listed.)
Theme: "Parent and Family Life Education with Low Income Families 11 •
Catherine s. Chilman, Parent Education Specialist, Children's Bureau, Department of H.E.W.,
will present an overview; other speakers will discuss demonstration programs being carried on.
I:
II:
III:
IV:
"Current Problem Situations of Socially and Economically Deprived Families 11 •
"Ongoing Programs in Parent and Family Life Education with Low-Income Families".
Continuation of Session II.
"Implications for Demonstration. Evaluation. and Research".
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A REPORT OF THE ACTIVI'riES OF NCFR
PRES::g::>EN~
\.lfALLACR C. Fq;LTOf'!
Since January 1. 1963. Wally Fulton has t,ravelled to Washington, D. c. to discuss the practicability of the proposed Sex Practices Seminar project mentioned in the October Newsletter; to
Denver to confer with President~elect Blaine R. Porter and local arrangements people concerning
the 1963 Annual Meeting; to Provo. Utah to participate in the Provo Family Life Conference;
to Los Angeles to participate in the regular meeting of the Los Angeles Family Life Council;
to San Jose to confer with the chairman of the NCFR Nominating Connnittee and a past-president
of NCFR; to Nei.vark. New Jersey to participate in a Teacher Seminar on Family Life sponsored
by the Net.rark Board of E-ducation; to Dothan, A.labama to participate in the Dothan Family Life
Conference; to Tuscaloosa. Alaba..'lia to take part in the Agricultural Extension TV series; to
Florence. Alaba:rrta to participate in the Tri-Ci ties Family Life Conference; and to Amherst, •
Massachusetts to participate in the Extension Service Conference on F'amily Life~
On his itinerary yet this spring are trips to Charlotte, North Carolina to participate in the
regular meeting of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Family Life C01mcil; to St. Louis. }fissouri for
the NGFR Executive Committee meetings and the Groves Conference; to Norfolk, Virginia to take
part in the joint meeting of the Virginia Family Life Council and the Virginia Education
Association; and to Lawrence, Kansas to participate in the conference of the Kansas Family Life
Council em Council programs and services. Seldom have we had a busier president!
ES'rABLISH1Ylli'NT OF' TBE BUlliON FOUNDATION
All NCFR members who know ~Torill ~>J. Hudson have admired the courage and determination with
which he has, despite total blindness, established and maintained a position of universal
respect as a leader in our marriage and family field. Hls contributions to conferences, and his
participation in professional discussions. have always been informed and stimulating.
Our heartfelt sympathy -~rent out to John and Dottie Hudson last year when, after a courageous
battle to save his life, their son. J:L'11tfly Lee died of leukemia J.n June, 1962. It seemed a
particularly poignant tragedy, because this little family had already suffered much.
It is perhaps typical of our friends that they have tried to respond positively to their
family tragedy by establishing The Hudson Fotundation. This is a non-profit foundation set up
to provide funds to support independent research and to off-set the cost of experimental treatment of cancer. All money donated is to be used entirely for equipment and laboratory facilities
for cancer research, with particular emphasis on leukemia. No funds will be used to pay administrative costs, as all such services are being given voluntarilye
If any NCFR member would like to contribute to this fund. any gift. large or small. would
be welcome. It should be sent to .Mr. David L. Brennan, 1650 West Market Street. Akron 13, Ohio,
an attorney who is handling the administrative side of the Foundation. Contributions from
NCFR members will be personally acknowledged by John and Dottie Hudson.
POSITIONS OPEN - WRITE NCF'R IF YOU WANT YOUR NAJ.1E FORWARDED
Member agency of the Fa.mily Service Association of America, east coast, wants a Family Life
Educator; master's degree from an accredited school of social work is required. or in special
instances, a master 1 s degree in psychology or in othr:lr fields related to social work may be
substituted; a minimum of four years' experience as a social caseworker or comparable experience
in related fields is required, and experience in conducting group educational sessions is
desirable.
An Ohio University Home Economics Department needs a man with Ph.D. to be in charge of a program
in Family Life and the development of a 1'-'Iasters Program in this area. Rank and salary will
depend on candidate's training and experience.
An Ohio city public school system requires a Family Life Education Specialist; responsibilities
include teaching in the nurser,y school (laboratory preschool of the Family Life Education Center)
half day sessions; and developing programs for parents of young children in the community.
�Quali.f'ications~
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Ninimu.m of Bachelor's degree; background in child development, nursery school
and parent education, knowledge of related disciplines and community agencies.
A large city school system in the east wants a Specialist in Adult Education; function of the
posi:ti.on is t<:> provide educational opportunities for adult residents of city relating to parental
functions and conte!!!Forary urban living.
An eastern state university needs someone to teach two family relations courses in summer •
.An eastern State 4-H Staff 1"'ants a Family Life specialist and a CDFR-trained person.
A California State College has an opening in Home Economics Education, with emphasis in Child
Dev,elopment or Harriage and the Family; a doctorate in Home Economics Education with emphasis
in Child I:l1:we3lopment or Marriage and the Family is desired.
J.l.n Ohio city school system is in search of a Supervisor of Home Economics in the Public Schools •
.B'uncticm of' Position: Under supervision. to provide instructional leadership. curriculum consultation and guidance; technical advice in planning home economics facilities and other services
required in the direction of home economics education. Qualifications required include a Master's
.Degree. ·~rl.th an undergraduate major in home economics. Pen·son must be within 30-45 age range.
I.JRI'l'E FOR YO\JR COPIES !
NE\el SHAF'E OF THE 1'1Ji1ERICAN FAMILY. Dr. Carl F. Reuss~ Recently sent to each of the 5 •000
congr<lgations of the American Lutheran Church is a 20-page study booklet. The New Shape £.!:
j;._he ~:i,~an Famil.:y, written by NCFR member Carl F. Reuss as director of the church body 1 s
Comm::Lssion on Research and Social Action. Hajor sections treat (a) factors causing the new
shape~ (b) dimensions of the ne;.r shape, (c) community supports for the family, (d) areas yet
being shaped, (e) Biblical resources for strong family relat:5.onships, and (f) opportunities
for the church. SAHPLE COPIES ARE AVAIUBLE 1-liTHOUT CPJ\HGE on request by NCFR members to
Commission on Research and Social Action, The American Lutheran Church, 422 South 5th Street,
Minneapolis 15, Minnesota.
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THE FAMILY AS AN ELEHENT IN THE IVORLD REVOLUTION, Dr. William J. Goode. Professor of Sociology.
Columbia University: In this booklet Dr. Goode takes issue with the view that the family is
a passive system in the social st!~cture and instead suggests that it plays a very active role,
having an important part in determining the nature of social change. He cites differences in
family structure in China and Japan which were crucial factors in the different responses of
these countries to Western influence. Dr. Goode also points out significant changes which are
occurring in the family within societies now undergoing rapid transformation and traces the
relations of these changes to the other social and economic changes taking place. FOR A FREE
COPY of this address given at the 24th annual meeting of the Institute of Life Insurance,
December, 1962. write to Department J, Institute of Life Insurance, 488 Vmdison Avenue, New·
York 22. New York.
STATE, REGIONAL. AND LeGAL C:OIDWIIS
KANSAS: Current plans call for the association to continue sponsoring family life institutes
at intervals in selected locations over the state. These institutes are beginning to prove
so popular that there are more requests than can be handled. On V;arch ll - lJ • the KFLA
presented three section meetings at the armual conference of state social workers.
The association is undertaking a self-study in an attempt to identify its purposes and
goals in the light of present conditions.
Dale Womble, Department of Family and Child Development, Kansas State University is president.
LOS ANGELES: Clinton E. Phillips, American Insitute of Family Relations. is president. Mr.
Morton Feinman, Clinical Psychologist at the Narcotics Treatment Control Unit, California
Institution for Hen at Chico, where he does counseling with addicts and their families, spoke
to the group in November on "Suicide on the Installment Plan".
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0HIO: 1he Annual Meetings will be held at the Tudor Arms Hotel, Cleveland, }my 9-ll. The major
focus will be on "young" marriages, and the status of unmarried motherhood in America. Featured
speakers will be Clark Vincent, NDlH, author of "Unmarried Hothers 11 ; and Lee Burchinal, Social
Analyst, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, who has done extensive research on young marriages.
President is Marvin B. Sussman. Prof ssor and Chairman, Department of Sociology, Western Reserve
University.
INDIANA: The 17th Annual Y~eting will be March 30 in Rice Auditorium, State Board of Health
Building, Indianapolis, on the theme, "Preparing Children & Youth for Today' s \vorld: EarlyLate and Too Late". The ICFR adapting from the resolution of NCFR regarding Divorce Area
Regis·tration is actively supporting a bill in the Indiana Legislature to create central files
on divorce in Indiana. Edward z. Dager. Department of Sociology, Purdue, is president.
PACIFIC NORTH'dEST: The 1963 meetings will be held in Portland. April 25-27. on the theme"The
American Family - Vanishing or Changing7 11 Dale B. Harris, Pennsylvania State, will give the
opening address, and will present a summary and evaluation of the discussions conducted the
second day. April 27, the Council will meet jointly with the Pacific Sociological Association.
David S. Brody, Oregon College of Education, }~onmouth is president.
SAN DIEGO: The new president is }mrshon de Foister of California Western University.
IOWA: Over 200 people attended two day long meetings put on in Sioux City and in Davenport.
The topic was "Dating and Early Narriage: The Facts and the Problemn. Ira L. Reiss, Department
of Sociology, State University of IOi.ra, Iowa City, is president.
MINNESOTA: The annual conference next fall will center on The Working Hother.
Fa.mi.l;y· Life Extension Specialist, University of Y.tinnesota, is president.
Charles Martin,
ROCKY }~UNTAIN: This Council is seeking to bring their Bi~Laws into conformity with those of
the NCFR, under the chairmanship of Elroy Shikles. In addition, they are actively preparing
for the NCFR ~Jlnual Meeting in Denver. President is Blaine Mercer, University of Colorado.
MICHIGAN: David Mace presented material from the two year study he has made of the Russian
Family at the NCFR meeting in December, which was co-sponsored by the Mott Foundation and the
Clara Elizabeth Fund. Roy Rogers, Western Michigan University, is president.
TEXAS: The annual conference was held in Austin Februar,y 8-9.
Louisiana College, Pineville, Louisiana, is president.
Dr. Sarah Frances Anders,
CB~TTE-}~CKLENBURG, N. C.: A four-week series for Teens was presented by the Charlotte YWCA
and the Council February 20 through March 13. Topics were: Emotional Maturity for l1arriage;
Financial Security for Marriage; Dating as Preparation for I>farriage; 11 Giving 11 for Marriage.
Mrs. James Banbury, 200 Meadowbrook Road, Charlotte, is president.
TRI-STATE: The Connecticut Division meets in Bridgeport for the entire d~ of April 20. Write
11argaret Benz, Tri-State President, New York University for information. On 1-1ay 18, Hunter
College Tri-State participates in an all day Conference on Puerto Rican life. The Board of
Education and the National Conference of Christians and Jews are co-sponsors. There will be
panels on politics, economics, and social-cultural development.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: "Y..asculinity and Feminity: Hurrah for the Difference I 11 • was the theme for
the fall conference,with Elizabeth S. Force as keynote speaker. The tentative title for the
spring conference is "Pressures on Children and Families 11 • J. Martin Weber, Consultant in
Education, County of Sacramento, 6011 Folsom Boulevard, Sacramento 19, is president.
NORTH CAROLlllA: The 1963 program will follow the theme "Adolescents in American Society in the
l960's 11 • Dates are October 27-29; place is Winston-Salem. Dale Harris. professor of developmental psychology and Head,of the Department of Sociology at Penn State, will be a featured
speaker. Daniel F. Hobbs, Jr., and Herbert Zerof are co-chairmen. Elizabeth Middleton,
903 Runnymede Road, Raleigh, is president.
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WORKSHOFS, SlJ"}1}1ER_§_pHOOL COiffiSES • CONFERENGES .... TH.A'Ii'EJ. TOURS
STUDENT EUROPEAN TRA.VEL STUDY TOUR: Dr. Blaine R. Porter. Chairman, Family Life Education
Department, Brigham Young University. and President-Elect of NCFR, will direct a student travel
study tour to Europe this summer. The Tour will leave New York City June 16 and fly to Amsterdam
and then travel through Holland. Belgium. Luxembourg, Germany (including three days in West
Berlin), Switzerland, France (including four days in Paris). Italy. A.ustria, Denmark, Sweden,
Norway, Scotland, and England, arriving back in New York City on August 15~
Cost of the tour is $1495 which includes all travel expenses; hotels; guides; entrance
fees to museums, art galleries, and monuments; special performances of opera.s, concerts, and
festivals as specified in the itL'1erary; accidental insura..l1.ce coverage.
Interested parties should contact: Dr. Blaine R. Porter~ Department of Family Life Education,
1239 SFLC, Brigham Young University, Provo. Utah imrnedia·bSJ1y~ A deposit must be made by April 15.
The age limits for this tour are 17 to :37. Requesta :for exceptions will be considered.
All participants are required to maintain the ideals and standards :in harmony with those of
the L.D.s. Church.
FAMILY LIFE STUDY TOURS OF SOUTH AMERICA: The I:nternationaJ. union of Family Organizations plans
an International Conference on the Family i.n Rio July 22-29 • 1963. open to all persons working
in the £amily field.
Direct travel between Rio and New York costs $627 rou11d trip ·by economy jet. For $6)0 - only
$3 more - Pan-Am. can provide a circu~ar tour of South Americt:.l td.th many stop-over privileges.,
Five Family Study Tours which will include guided sight seeing. are being planned to enable
delegates to see family conditions and family services in South lunerican cou."ltries:
1. Pre-Conference, 10 days~ to Puerto Rico. Trinidad, Caracas. Cost - $18le
2. Post-Conference, 1.3 days. to Caracas. Trinidad. Ba:cbados, Puerto Rico. Cost - $2)2.
3. Pre-Conference. 29 days, to Bogota. Quito~ G11ayaqu:t1. Lima" Inca ruins, Santiago.
Valparaiso, Buenos Aires, Hontevideo. Cost - $.568.
4. Post-Conference. 28 days, similar to Nuii!ber J, but in reverse order. Cost - $547.
5. Post-Conference, 14 days, to Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Santiago. Lima, Panama. Cost - $261.
Adjustments can be made for persons starting from poi.rd;s other than New York. In addition
to air fare and tour cost, add about $100 for Conference week in Rio. including meals.
Write to Dr. David R. Mace. 27 Woodcliff Drive. Madison. New Jersey for more detailed information.
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: Course in Adult Education in Home Economics, summer session I, June 17
to July 20. Of interest to people in field and to administrators of adult programs. Write
Director, School of Home Economicsp University of Hinnesota, St. Paul l for information about
this or other offerings in home economics or home economics education.
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY: Dr. Bruce Gardner, Iowa State Un.i..versity. will offer courses in Child
Development, Parent Education, and Selected Topics in Child Development June 17 - July 26.
Write School of Home Economics, Oregon State University. Corvallis, Oregon.
ASSISTANTSHIPS - FELLOWSHIPS FOR GRADUATE .STUDY IN TE.!\CHHJG OF BERJ\.VIORA.L SCIENCE (Human Relations,
Family Life, Parent, or Mental Health Education) ~ STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOHA: Students for the
master's degree may major in Educational Psychology. ~'hose especially interested in family life
education may major in Home Economics. Students for ·the Ph.D. may major in Educational PSIJChology.
Planning programs according to individual needs and interests permits emphasis on such aspects
as Family Life Education, Parent Education, Teacher Education.
In addition to a rich interdisciplinary program of studies. the student participates actively
in on-going research projects in the Teaching of Behavioral Science. Second and third year
students also participate in work of University's Committee on Preventive Ps,ychiatry •
.A limited number of research assistantships and fellowships are available. Write Dean,
Collage of Education; or Chairman, Department of Home Economics. State University of Iowa, Iowa
City. Apply for admission to : Director of Admissions.
PURDUE UNIVERSITY: Two week summer workshop, June 17-28. Topic~ 11 1'eaching for depth - content
and methods for family life educators 11 • Two hours graduate credit~ Write Charles Riker, CDFL
Department • Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana..
�-7mHVERSITY OF CINCINKAU, SCHOOL OF HOME ECONOMICS: Two ••eek workshop. June 17-28. Topic:
"Curriculu_rn Trends and Programs in Teaching Family Living 11 • Discussion of the changes in family
life in recent years which have implications for both content and methods in the teaching of
personal development. social relationships, preparation for marriage and child development.
Techniques of developing curriculum plans in these areas; preparation of instructional materials
or a project suited to the needs of the individual.. Under direction of Dro Emma B. Whiteford,
Director, School of :!orne Economics. Consultant. Dr. Esther McGinnis, Professor Emeritus in
Family Life Education, Ohio State University.
'1'\>lro week workshop. July 8-19. Topic, 11 Adapting Home Economics Programs to Individual
Differences in Pupils''. Offers opportunity to share ideas concerning individual differences and
to secure information relating to teaching of Home Economics to pupils of vaF.ting abilities.
Consultants will -.;.rork with participants in developing an understanding of the characteristics
and behavior of adolescents. including slow learners; and in exploring means of teaching Home
Economics so as to challenge pu;:>ils planning to enter college. Development of instructional
materials appropriate for junior and senior high school pupils and pro,jects suited to the needs
of the individuals. Dr. '.<'hiteforcl.. with resource specialists.
THE AHERICA:~ llJSTT"fUTE OF' FAI<ITLY RELATIOIJS! Sixteenth Annual Summer Workshop on The Tec:hniques of
Marriage and Family Counseling. August .5 through August 17. Presented in collaboration with
Chapman College and Pep:perd.ine College. Graduate credits available" Emphasis is on the practical
application of the most effective counseling principles and teehniques to problems presented by
persons seeking expert help. For counselors s clergymen • physicians, attorneys, social workers •
'T'1GA and YWCA secretaries • teachers, probation officers. other professional people. F'ee ~ $6.5.
~><!rite Registrar, .5287 Sunset Boulevard. Los Angeles 27. California,
T'CIE HERaiLL-PAil1ER ll1STT'I'UTE: Summer term tmdergraduate courses include: Human Development and
Human Behavior, 8 quarter credits; Child Development Laboratory. 5 credits; Research Orientation
in Hwnan Development • 3 credits. Graduate workshops include: Family Counseli.11g. 2 graduate
semester hours credit; 'I'eaching Family Relations, 2 credits; Communities in Transition - the
role of the professional person, 2 credits; Inter-institutional Seminar in Child Development, 2
credits. Write 71 East Ferry Avenue, Detroit 2, Michigan by May 1.5, 1963. A limited number of
grants-in-aid are available.
SCHOOL OF H0}1E ECONO!c:ICS, KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, :t-1A.NHATTA.l\l: June 10-July .5: Seminar in Home
Econonics Education; July 8-August 2: Seminar in Family and Child Development (Designed to help
the individual teacher strengthen whatever area he considers his greatest weakness in teaching
family living courses; taught by Dr. Dale 1,1l'omble); June 10-21: Consumer and the Market; July
l-12z Financial Problems of Families; June 10-.August 2: Seminar on Aging, Development and Guidance
of Youth, Curriculum in Home Economics, Methods of Research in Home Economics, Readings in Family
and Child Development.
Student can combine the short courses and regular terms courses in an eight-•·mek period;
Air conditioned classrooms. Write Dean Doretta Hoffman concerning these courses and other
offerings in Home Economics.
THE PENNSYLVA::HA STATE lTIHVERSITY, H01-1E EGONOl.JICS: Smnmer Short-term. courses: Family Life
Education, 1 credit, June 27-July J; Household Buying Practices, 3 credits. July 29-August 16.
Ten-1-veek stunmer term: Courtship and Iviarriage. 1 credit; Foundations of Harriage, 3 credits;
Problems in Child Development and Family Relationships. 1-J credits; .Seminar in Family Relationships, 3 credits; Home Hanagement in Relation to Family I,iving, 3 credits; Problems in Family
Economics and Home Management, 1-3 credits; and the following courses which must be taken as 6
credit unit: Teaching Aids in Family Life Fnucation. Family Life Education, .Adult Homemaking
Education. Write Conference Genter, Pennsylvania State University, University Park~
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNDri:RSITY: Home Economics Spring Weekend, May J-L~. Theme: "Research Serves
Families". Keynote Address, Dr. John W. Schwada, Dean o_f Faculties, University of Missouri.
Dr. Carlfred Broderick and Dr. Vladimir de Lissovoy, associate professors of family relationships,
will talk both days. on nTracing the Roots of Romance", and on '~'What rtJe Knm>J About •reen-age
Marriages" respectively. The total program is open to all who are int,erested in knowing how
research serves families.
�-8THE ORANGE COUNTY PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION A..~D THE ORANGE COUNTY SOCIETY OF CLINICAL
PSYCHOLOGISTS, California, are co-sponsoring a workshop by Dr. Albert Ellis, New York City,
Sunday, May 5 in the Tower Building of the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim. Morning Session:
"Rational Emotive Psychotherapy; 11 afternoon, "Problems in Marriage Counseling". Fee, $10.00,
plus $2.25 for luncheon. Contact program chairmen: Everett L. Shostrom, Ph.D., 205 West 20th
Street, Santa Ana, California; or George c. Scholl, M. A., 1019 West La Palma Avenue, Anaheim.
INTEHNATIONAL CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL MEETING, Unitarian
Church of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, April 29-30. Theme: "Initiating and furthering group work
toward family-centered maternity care in the South". Keynote speaker: Frederick W. Goodrich,
M. D.. Talks on breast feeding by Niles Newton, Ph.D~ and Frank Richardson, M. D.; workshop
on teaching exercises by Sally Fowler, R. P. T. ; panel on problems of sta rting new groups;
session on aspects of an organization and the various approaches in teaching a class. Write
Mrs. Kenneth Fmder. Conference co-chairman, llJ North Seneca Road, Oak Ridge •
.SUMMER SCHOOL OF ALCOHOL STUDIES, June 30-July 25.
35 College Avenue, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Write Rutgers - The State University,
COLill.ffiiA UNIVERSITY • THE NE'.V YORK SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK~ Swnrner Institutes and \,rorkshops
in Theory, Method. Practice, June 10-July 12. Write }fiss Helen Fradkin, Director, Community
Extension Program, New York School of Social Work, Columbia University, 2 East 9lst Street,
New York 28, New York.
TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, DEPARTl"lENT OF HOME AND FAHILY LIFE, Graduate courses
for home economics and family life educators: For Administrators, July 22-August 9, Administration in Home Economics, Professor Florida Hoore; For Supervisors, July 22-August 9,
Supervision in Home Economics, Professor Arleen Otto; For Teachers in College, School and
Community Programs: July 1-July 19: Interdisciplinar.y Study of the Family, Professor Dorothy
Lee; Sociology of Family Living, Dr. Daniel Rosenblatt; Education for Marriage and Family
Life, Professor Ernest B. Osborne; Home Management, Professor Beatrice Paolucci. July 1August 9, Psychology of Family Relations, Professor Paul Vahanian; Parent Education and
Parent Counseling, Paul Vahanian. Write Dr. Floride Moore, Head, Department of Home and
Family Life, Box 115A, Teachers C ollege, Columbia University, New York 27, New York.
AHERICAN HOME ECONOHICS ASSOCIATION: "Focus on Families 11 is the theme for the 54th Annual
Meeting, to be held in Kansas City, Missouri June 25-28. Write the AHEA at 1600 T~~ntieth
Street N. w., Washington 9, D. c.
illUVERSITY OF CALIFOR.t'JIA EXTENSION, LOS ANGELES: Public lecture series, "Education for
Marriage", UCLA campus, February 2l,through April 25. Purpose of course is to bring to those
who aae preparing for marriage as well as those who are already married an awareness of the
complications of wedlock which might threaten,happiness and to assist in finding intelligent
solutions to these problems. Discussions on physical aspects of marriage: Drs. Robert H.
Fagan, Daniel G. Morton, and Norman Q. Brill; Family Law, the Honorable Roger Alton Pfaff,
Los Angeles Conciliation Court; Religious Aspects, the Reverend R. Parker Jones; Economic
Problems, Edward L. Rada, UCLA. Write Thomas H. Sternberg, M. D., Assistant Dean in Charge
of Post-graduate Medical Education, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles 24, California.
NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL WELFARE, Annual Forum, Cleveland, Ohio, week of May 19.
Theme: '~e the People •••••• promote the general welfare". Write 22 Gay Street, Columus 15,
Ohio.
HELD FOR :MAY NEWSLETTER
Because of space limitations, news concerning NCFR members will appear in the May Newsletter
instead of the March issue. We will be happy to have you send us information about your
activities in the same envelope in which you return your ballot.
�-9BIOGRAPHICAL DATA ON CANDIDATES
(Names are in alphabetical order under respective headings.)
(1) Present professional position
(2) Immediate past professional position
(3) Participation in NCFR
(4) Related activities
PRESIDENT-ELECT:
FORCE, ELIZABEI'H s., M.A. (1) Director of Education, American Social Health
Association. (2) Developed. Tom's River. Net• Jersey High School program in Social
Behavior and Family Relations. (3) Past member, Board of Directors; Associate
Editor, 1-I'.ARRIAGE AND FAt-liLY LIVING; Associate Editor of Teacher ~change; Tri-state
Council on Family Relations; Present chairman of Special Emphases Section; On program,
Oregon Annual Meeting. (4) Discussion leader at workshops i.n family life education
in many communities and at many schools and univers ities ; Author of numerous arti cles,
pamphlets, and book , "Your Family - Today and Tomorrow" ~
· VINCBlT, CLARK E. , Ph.D. (1) Chief • Social Sciences Section, Training Branch, National
Ins·titute of Mental Health. (2) Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology,
University of !owa. (3) Board of Directors; Past chairman and secretary of Counseling
Section; Past vice-president, Northern California Council on Family Relations; Past
member, Iowa Council Executive board; (l~) Groves Conference Program Chainnan (1963)
a.nd Chairman of Harriage Counseling Session (1962); American Association of Marriage
Counselors, Board of Directors (1962-64) and Ethics Committee El961-62); Associate
Editor, Social Problems; Member , American Eugenies Soeiety, National Association for
Services to Unmarried Parents, Society for Study of Social Problems; Fellow, American
Sociological Association; Publications include Unmarried Mothers and Readings ~
Marriage Counseling.
SECRETARY:
FULCOMER, DAVID M., Ph.D. (1) Head of Div1.sion of Applied Arts and Sciences at
Colorado Woman's College, where he is in the process of developing a Family Living
Center to serve the college and the Denver area. (2) Professor , Family Sociology,
and Marriage Counselor, Student Counseling Service, Iowa State University. (J)
Board of Directors; Past vice-president; Past member, Executive Committee, board;
Past president, Tri-state Council and Iowa Council on Family Relations. (4) Member,
American Association of Marriage Counselors; Fellow, American Sociological Society;
Family Lif'e Committee, National Council of Churches; Writings on bereavement, counseling
and family life education; Visiting professor in ohild development and family relations
at various universities.
roPE, EIYWARD V., M.A. (1) Human Development. and Human Relations Speciali~t, Federal
Extension Service, United States Department of Agriculture. (2) Specialist in Child
Developnent and Family Relationships, Cornell University. (3) Past member, Board of
Directors; Annual Meeting participant; Past member. Tri-State Council. ( 4) Rural
Sociological Society; Adult Education Association.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
ALBRECHT, RUTH, Ph.D. (1) Professor of Sociology. University of Florida. (2) Head,
Department of Family Life, University of Florida. {)) Contributor to ~ARRIAGE AND
FAMILY LIVING; Regular attendance at Annual Meetings; Southeastern Council. (4) Gerontological Society (Secretary Psychology-Social Sciences Section 1 60-); Groves
Conference; American and Southern Sociological Associations ; Florida Council on Aging
(vi.ce-president '62..:) : Chairman Central District Florida Home Economics Association,
1961-62; Co-author (with R. J. Havigburst) ~ Peonle; Editor, ~ 1!1.! Changing
Society; Contributed to~ Living~ 2Q.; Aging: A Current Appraisal, Organized
Religion and~ Older Person, Socie"!;x .!ill!~ He~ 21. ~ People, Aging, !
Regional Appraisal, Social .!ID9: Psychological !i§.P.ects !?1. Aging; Plus l9 major journal
articles.
�-10BRIELA.ND, DONALD, Ph.D. (1) Director of Children's Services. State of Illinois·.
(2) Executive Director, Elizabeth McCormick 1-1emorial Fund. (3) Former member,
Executive Committee; Former chairman, nominating and budget committees; Former president, Minnesota Council; Presented paper~ 1959 Annual Meeting; Contributor to MARRIAGE
AND FAMILY LIVING. (4) Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science,
American Psychological Association, American Sociological Association; Member, National
Association of Social Workers, Society for Research in Child Development, American
Public Health Association, National Association for Nursery Education; Research:
Publications concerning education of blind children. parent education, adoption, and
research methods.
BRAGDON, SUE, Ph.D. (l) Professor. Division of Rome Economics, State University College,
Plattsburg, New York. (3) Attended 1960 Annual Meeting; Tri-State Council. (4) Member,
American Home Economics Association, National Education Association, and a number of
state and district professional organizations; Has represented Plattsburgh College
on the Board of Directors of the Faculties Association of the State University of New
York Colleges of Education, and at present is Chai1~an of the Home Economics section
of that orgaP~zation for its 1964 conference.
DAVIOOFF, IDA, Ed. D. (1) Counselor to students and staff, Albert Einstein College of
Medicine; Private practice, marriage and family counseling. (2) Family Mental Health
Clinic (research program), Jei~sh Faro~ Serrice of New York City. (3) Executive
Committee, Tri-State Council; Represented NCFR at National Council on the Aging
conference; member of NCFR Committee on Aging. (4) Past member, Board of Education,
New Canaan, Connecticut - vice chairman, chairman of curriculum revision committee;
Member, American Psychological Association, American Association of Marriage Counselors;
Member, National Board of the TivCA, and Chairman of their Committee on Studies.
de LISSOVOY, VLADIMIR, Ph.D. (1) Associate Professor, Department of Child Development
and Family Relationships, The Pennsylvania State University. (2) Professor, State
University of New York, Colleges of Education at Oswego and Oneonta. (3) Presented
paper in 1961 at Annual Meeting; Member of panels at Annual Meetings; Tri-State Council.
(4) Fellow, American Sociological Association; Member, American Ps,rchological Association,
Society for Research in Child Development, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion;
Present research interest: Marriage among adolescents; Publication in Journal of
Pediatrics, Child Development, Journal of Educational Sociology, Journal of Genetic
Pszcbolog:y.
GOODMAN, EARL, Ed.D., B.D. (l) Internship in marriage counseling at the Merrill
Palmer Institute. (2) Assistant professor of Family Relations, University of Connecticut; Mi.n:i.ster to young adults, Riverside Church. New York City. (3) Student host
for 1960 NCFR Annual Meeting; On local committee for social activities for 1962
Annual Meeting. (4) Associate-in-training, American Association of Marriage Counselors;
Phi Delta Kappa; Research in increasing interpersonal competency for Horace Mann-Lincoln
Institute.
HAVENS, JOHN W., Ed.D. (l) Professor of Family Life, State University College,
Oneonta, New York. (2) Assistant in Department of Psychological Foundations, Teachers
College. (3) Attended International Conference on the Family; Annual Meeting, 1962;
Tri-State Council. (4) American Association of Marriage Counselors (Associate-inTraining); Otsego Psychological Association; New York State Teachers Association;
Faculties Association of the State University of New York Colleges of Education;
Research submitted for publication: "Psychological Resistance and the Delayed Effects
of a Persuasive Communication", with Adella Youtz and Paul Robbins.
HILL, REUBEN, Ph.D. (1) Professor of Sociology and Director, Family Study Center,
University of Minnesota. (2) Visiting Professor of Sociology, University of Louvain,
Belgium on Fulbright leave, 1961-62; Professor of Sociology and Research Professor,
University of North Carolina. (3) Past board member; Associate editor. MARRIAGE AND
FAMILY LIVING; Past secretary, Section on Family Research; Helped organize Iowa Council
�-11on Family Relations, North Carolina Council, and Southeastern Council; Minnesota
Council on Family Life. (4) Fe~low. American Sociological Association and the Society
for Research in Child Development.; Chairman, Committee on Family research of the
International Sociological Association; Author of three family textbooks, several
research monographs and articles in scholarly publications.
MIDDLEWOOD, ESTHER, M.A. (1) Chief, Education Section, Michigan Department of Mental
Health. (2) Psychiatric social worker. (3) Past member, Board of Directors; Past
secretary and member of Executive Committee; International Liaison Committee; Past
president. Hi.chigan Council; Past member. Board of Directors, Michigan Council.
(4) Executive Board. Michigan Council of Cooperative Nurseries; Advisor, .American
Council of Parent Cooperatives; Consultant. Michigan Child Study Association; Film
Workshop Consultant~ Hental Health Film Board. Inc.> Member? Michiga."l Department of
Public Instruction Curriculum Planning Cormnittee on Home and Family Life Education;
Publications: Pamphlets, "These, Our Youngsters" and 11 Sex Education with the Family";
Numerous magazine articles.
J.ruDD, EMILY H., Ph.D. (1) Director. Iv!a.rx•iage Council of Philadelphia; Professor, Fa'llily
Study in Psychiatry. University· of Pennsy1va.>l.ia. (2) Principle investigator, research
in marriage counseling. USPHS. (J) Assoc:Late editor~ l'IA.R..'l.IAGE AND FAMILY LD!ING;
Participant in Annual }ieetings. ( 4) American Acadeey of Psychotherapists; American
Association of Marriage Counselors (fellm,r) (past president); A.'llerican Association of
Social Workers; American Sociological Association (fellow); American Orthopsychiatric
Association; American Group PS,Ychotherapy Association; Society for the Scientific
Study of Sex; American Association of Psychiatric Social Workers; Family Life Advisory
Committee of Public Affairs Commit tee; Publications: ~ Practice of Marriage Counseling
(co-author) ; Readings £!1 Marriage ~ Famil_;y Relations (co-editor); Man and ~.
! Sourcebook ££ FamibY Attitudes, Sexual Behavior and Marriage Counseling; Marriage
Counseling: ! Casebook; Articles in professional and lay journals; Research in
marriage counseling; Alcoholism ~~d marital conflict.
COUNSELING SECTION
NEUBECK, GERHARD, Ed.D. (l) Associate Professor, Student Counseling Bureau, University
of Minnesota; Assistant Director of Family Studies Center; Chairman, Family Studies
Department; Supervisor of Marriage Counseling Practicu.m; Member of Psychology
Department. Private practice in marriage counseling. (2) Fulbright lecturer, Denmark.
(J) Past president, Minnesota Council; Past chairman, Counseling section; Past chairman,
Finance committee; Papers presented, Annual Meetings; Contributor to HARRIAGE AND
FAMILY LIVING. (4) Member, American Psychological Association, American Association
of Marriage Counselors (past member. Training and Standards Committee); Minnesota
Psychological Association; Papers presented to Groves Conference, International
Congress of Applied Psychology, American Association of Marriage Counselors; Articles
in PERSONNEL AND GUIDANCE • CONTEMroRA..l=l.Y PSYCHOLOGY • STUDENT PERSONNEL i,_TORK.
VAHANIAN, PAUL. Ed.D. (1) Associate Professor of Education. Teachers College. with
responsibility of heading up marriage counseling training program. (2) Instructor
and supervisor in the marriage counseling and psychotherapy training program, The
Merrill-Palmer Institute. (J) Board of Directors; Bast chairman, Counseling section;
Co-chairman of local arrangements for NCFR-IUFO Conference. ( 4) Member, American
Association of Marriage Counselors (treasurer. member of Executive Board) (formerly
Chairman of Admissions Committee), American Psychological Association, American
Academy of Psychotherapists, Metropolitan New York Association of Marriage Counselors,
Society for the Scientific Study of Sex; Associate Member, New York State Society of
Clinical Psychologists; Editcr of Teachers College series, ~ Relations ,!!E. the
FamiLy, and the Parent-Teacher Series; Collaborated on three magazine articles;
Published reviews in various journals.
�EDUCATION SECTION
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APPELL, MOREY L., Ph.D. (1) Assistant Professor of Education, Brooklyn College of the City
University of New York. (2) Visiting Research Associate, University of Wisconsin. (3) Past
Tri-State program chairman. (4) National Education Research Association, John Dewey Society,
National Society for the Study of Teaching, Child Study Association of America, Association
for Family Living, Society for Research in Child Development, National Society for College
Teachers of Teacher Education, American Association of Existential Psychology and Psychiatry,
Phi Delta Kappa; Research and Publications: Pilot Study, Self Understanding in Elementary
School Children; Experimental Teaching Variable Participant in Teacher Education, Mental
Health Research Project; "We Are Six"; "Now I Have a Daddy Haircut"; Child Development
text in preparation.
HARSF..ALL, "tHLLIA..TvJ: H., Ed.D. (1) Associate Professor of Child Development and Extension Specialist in Family Life, Hichigan State University. (2) Intern in Counseling and Psychotherapy,
}ferrill-Palmer Institute; Director of Nursery School Program, Clara Elizabeth Fund for Maternal
Health. (3) Participant in several NCFR Annual Meetings. (4) Vice-president and Presidentelect, Midwestern Association for Nursery Education; Member, National Association for Nursery
Education; Affiliate-in-Training, American Association of Marriage Counselors; Membership
pending in other professional organizations; Fam~ ~ Coordinator, article on nursery
schools.
RESEARCH SECTION
REISS, IRA L., Ph.D. (1) Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, University of
Iowa. (2) Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Bard College. (J) Abstracts
Editor, ¥.ARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIVTIJG; Several articles in MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIVING; President
of Iowa Council, and Iowa Representative to NCFR Board of Directors; Participant, annual
meetings. (4) Fellot..r, American Sociological Association; Midwest Sociological Society; Society
for the Scientific Study of Sex; Author, "Pre-marital Sexual Standards in A.'llerica"; Articles:
In third year of four year research grant from National Institute of Mental Health to study
w~s of developing measurements and increasing understanding of sexual standards.
STRAUS, MURRAY A., Ph.D. (1) Chairman of Division of Home Management and Family Living, and
Professor of Sociology, University of }ftnnesota. (2) Associate Professor of Child Development
and Family Relations, Cornell University. (3) Board of Directors; Editor of Articles in
Brief Department, MARRIAGE AND FMULY LIVmG; Journal articles; Annual Meeting program participation. (4) American Sociological Association; Rural Sociological Association; Royal
Asiasic Society; Society for Applied Anthropology; Former assistant editor of Sociological
Abstracts; Author of numerous articles and book reviews; Current grant from National Science
Foundation for experimental family research.
SPECIAL EMPHASES SECTION
CARHOLL, WILLIA.L"\f T., Ph.D. (1) Professor of Harriage, Introductory Sociology, and Child
Development, Flint, ~uchigan Community Junior College. (2) Responsible for Family Life
Program, Savannah, Georgia public schools. (3) Co-chairman with Mrs. Carroll for Cooperative
Nursery Section at Annual Meeting, Boston; Participant, other meetings. (4) Member, American
Sociological Association, Groves Conference; Community activities: eighth-grade lectures in
human reproduction, maternity education, marriage counseling for Clara Elizabeth Fund; Series
of adult lecture-discussions on Understanding Your Teenager and Discipline that Grows with
the Child for Mott Foundation; Policy committee of Flint Youth Study; Research in measurement
of empathetic capacity of children, and measurement of attitudinal effects of group counseling
with parents.
RYDMAN, EIWARD J., H.A. (1) Executive Director and ¥...a.rriage Counselor, Planned Parenthood of
Dallas. (2) Executive Director and Marriage Counselor( Planned Parenthood of Columbus, Ohio.
(3) Participant in Annual Meetings; Texas Council. (4J American Association of Marriage
Counselors; American Sociological Association; Groves. Conference; Dallas Group Psychotherapy
Society; Southwest Area Council Youth Committee of YMCA (Chairman); YMCA National Council
Youth Program Committee and Dallas Metropolitan Program Committee; Consultant, Staff Training
Program, Dallas YMCA; Current project: Organization of Family Life Association of Dallas,
establishment of a community program of research and education for marriage and family living;
Working on raising of standards for marriage counseling in the Southwest Area.
�NATIONAL COffi:JCIL ON FJ11'1ILY RELATIONS
OFFICIAL BALlOT FOR l96J-6h OFFICEH.S
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Directors shall b<o: elected. by mail ballot of mernbs•rs, 11 Section II - "Each member is
entitled to one voteo '1 Section III -~ 111lx; orga:r..izB:tionD.l member has one vote. to be
exercised by th.e duly Gcm::tit,uted rr,;,presentative of t.hr,; organization. 11
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PRESIDENT-ELECT: (Vote fm~ ONE o:nJ.y.)
( ) Elizabeth S • F'orea
( ) Clark E. Vincent
SECRETARY: (Vote for 01~
( ) David M. Fulcomer
( ) Edward V. Pope
DIRECTORS: (Vote for FIV.t;; or.LLy.
Na.mes are :in alphabetieal order.)
( ) Ruth Albrecht
( ) John W. Havens
( ) Donald Brieland
( ') Heuben Hill
( ) Sue Bragdon
( ) Esther Ivi..iddlewood
( ) Ida Davidoff
( ) E1nily H. Mudd
( ) Vladimir de Lissovoy
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( ) Ear1 Goodman
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�SECTIONS :
EACH MEMBER MAY VOTE FOR OFFICERS OF !!lQ. SECTIONS ONLY,
COUNSELING:
Chairman-elect
( ) Gerhard Neubeck
( ) Paul Vahanian
John J. Brownf"ain was elected chairman for 1963-64 on the ballot of" a year ago.
EDUCATION:
Chairman-elect
( ) Morey L. Appell
( ) viilliam H. }f.arshall
Christine Beasley was elected chairman for 1963-64 on the ballot of a year ago.
RESEARCH:
Chairman-elect
( ) Ira L. Reiss
( ) Murray A. Straus
Howard R. Stanton was elected chairman for 1963-64 on the ballot of a year ago.
SPECIAL EMPHASES:
Chairman-elect
( ) ivilliam T. Carroll
( ) Edward J. Rydman
David M. Fulcomer was elected chairman for 1963-64 on the ballot of a year ago.
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