Annual Meeting

THE NATIONAL

COUNCIL ON FAMILY R ~-. A IONS

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August ~4-~7, 1955 Uuiverail)r of Min~ueaota

· ,. , .. eapOB•, Mi·DDesola

PROGRAM

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PRE-CO CO ... . { ll

9 :00 • .. t .

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6 : 1:5 P . L Din e

f ETI G Of .C.F.R.

j ,. oJDIDi ttce ~ Board of card. Pioneer HaU

u Club. i ~ Com - i · ee,. Board of

. Pio nee Ha.l l ci n. u Pioneer Hall Lobby

:00 P. t. · nd i ssioo of o w films. ·outh Dinjn Ro m ioneer Hall Com iu ' · I urin H sen. Universi y of Min­

oesot , Ch:tir~'Jan; Dorothy Westby Gibson,. Dir nor mily Lif Education ervice, San fran i c , Di.rrur Jiott Le .. uier: Vict~or Chris· toph rson~ -ci\'~rsi ~ of Connecticut and Wil· ]jam F rgu on, innc ota Department of Health, M annc.:a.po] is, Con sultan Is

ThMrsJay, August 2)

1:30-8: 30 A.~L Br ~akf ._ t. en tennia] Ha[J1 8:30 A.);£. R istr. tion (continued) 10:00 A.M. en ral ssion ~ ~Ia ·o Auditorium

Pr sidir1g: I dys "'fD"-' , Presiden National Council on F. mtt

str;t Alders· hurch .... L l oui Park

th Fam1Jy ·• Eugeru~e ta tes ' b a.ssa or o

. f. lu <. on. C o enniaJ H ~

1;30-3:30 P.. . ection , tin .r

1. EJ t:zJi,o ~ for ,,; · t t~nd F mil' li ing in the Coll~g 1. Pione r aU, ou b Dining Room

Sectioo Ch~zirm t:: H nrr o man Chairman. Divi-ion ~,f nd F j ly and Dep:utmeot of {arri. t: duc:Hion. phen CoHege

""The Contribu,tjon ol Frecledc Le PJay to Family Re ear h;' John 1{o~cy, .:f rd University

uThe Family ln n'rmMly~·· Konrad R·ei ner Direc-tor F may rvice o iety Duluth, ~Hnnesota and 1\ Irs. R i~n r

.. How Ar~e "«' t• D jn~ ?' · (An evaluation of certain fun tiona) our~ ·s)~ erhard Neubeck, Univer-itv uf lion ta n l ·leanor Luckey, u ·niversity .

of ~·finnc: ot J, Discu 5inn of probl -m of teachin college courses

II. Pdrent Edur~::tion. ion r HalJ ortb Dining Roon1

• • vi Rauch. Director, The Adult

Ojcn1an11, Pr jc l tat Dil'ector, P1r~ent

of Clue o~ r mi e on Fa ll ice Assod ti n f

ill. R'eligion 1tJ tl; Lounge

mily. . lOll r Han,

Section .ch{,jirm n .· Rev. Fr nei G. S atrona Presb)'t rian Ch rc ,

Pennsyl "·ani a

,orth

1: 30 P.:l.L '"The Confi icts ·in Am ric n Lif Rcsultin8 from the Immigration of Am rican Indian ami­lies from the R scr ath ns. ,. "pc kcr to be an­nounced from }ffinnta pol i ~ oun i I of hurches

Discussant: Eleanor Br.aun Luc:key, U'niversity f Minnesot3 Dcprutmcnt of t!nera l tudies, Family Life ProgrL m

2:30 P.M. oThe famHy and df· rganilation on a. N cighborhood Ba.sis- The ntribution of :Re­ligious Organi2ation ~' ' Rt. Rtv. Ms r. John O 'Grady, ., ecreta ry, N.ttion. l onf r nee f Cath­olic Charities,, \Xlashin 't n~ D . .

DiitusJ nr: Rev. Franci ' . Curtin. Director Bu­ream of Cath ]jc Ch ritics t. Paul

I\7. The Lzw, the Couru aud lh Ftuniiy. Pioneer Hall, outh loun e

Sertion .Chairm.tn; Re\·. P I neso a e Pa.ro .Advisory c~ounci I

To i~: The a) UThe ra i n ' an

B·rca do n,.. B ~n torney

b) '"Effe o, F" mil~· r~. do ·n upon fndi ua[ l cmbers >. he.; F. mily ·· C. = ni ht richl Assod.1 t Pr fcss r of versity of finn ·sot

c) ""Effect of Brok n I I 1t'l~S on hih.lr ~n under the juri,Jiclion uF th ·~linn l'nt1 'outh Con­servati n Conlnlis~ton ~" lvf r ·. AI thta. Atwater. l egal Aid Con'\ult,tnt, a.mily ervice of St. PauJ

Discussion

V . Housing and Pa11~:1ly n~ /far . cntcnnial HaU Private Dinin Room

Set.lion Chairtn ut: Albert . Rost:nher. , E ecutive .. Secr~ ta.ry, AreJ Council Pror yton. Ohio Howwg and ~c m mun ity ·actor~ as Th Affec

Family life jn t::~ in m ri a" ( resen ation

Roam A . i"t I : rr

:00 • I or

12.00 cr aduJ . Room per night $3.00 • l. 2 : D!nn~ ' L 0: B:1.0que $3.00. R~serv tjons or ') .. m:ade u to

. ith sti es). Anatole A . Solo'vt Chief Divis.ion of Hou in an( Planning of the Pan American

ni n \\7 shington" D .·C. (To be confi rmed) 4;00 p_ ~f . T ·a .and I ocia~ Hour~ ·Lr • An cl rson,

Gu t o onor. Arranged by I finn o~ 1 Council on Famil · Li e

6 : 00~ :00 , - f . Dinner. Centennial .HaU 8:00 P.1-f. Ge11 ,. I Seis.ion., Mayo Auditorium

PreJiding~· !vlarjorie Cosgrove Vice President, Na­tional ouncll on Family Relations

nHighli hts of Family Life in Other Countries·· ''From 3. Reporter·s View)u Carl Ro"ran, Staff

rit~ r, Minneapolis Slt~r Trihrtt/6

Friday, August 16,

7: 301- , : ) 1 A. f. Bieak a st. Cent~e.nrua I Hail

91~oo A. I . IG nernl Sersion.. rayo Au itorium P'reJidi 1g.· £ ther Handwerk, ""ecrc'ta ~ati~ona1

Council on family Relation '"Of Sacr d 1·hings in a Secular Society: Th Effect

of ' ocio-Economic and Political Developments on thE: African Fami]y System ill 'the Gold Coast,'~ Thompson Peter Omari. University of W.isconsin

10 :1 S A.M . SerliotJ Meetingr

I.. F'amil;y Life Eduration. in J.he S~rho,ols. Pi ,_nee[ Hall, orl - Dining Room

Serlion ChJi,m n .. " Ruth F. Osbome I .Hins al_ (lll.i­noi i ,h School

UH ·lpin oung People Underst nd Different Cul-tur 1 , , alues ~ ~~ Ceci{ E. Newma.nj Editor Min-tie poliJ Spokesman

··T~ea rung tudents to Understand Their wn Val­ues," lviay Westbrookt Department of Home Economics, N 'orthern llHnnis State ~CraUege, D Ka1b

···p, quency of High School Marri aHfornja an rhool Policies conrJernirn ' uch . I r· r i J ud_on T. Lan is, D p r- ent of Hem Economics of C H1 ornia

· rke ey Di tr. (11111.' . ~tar·orie Ru herford~ form t mc:mber,

Bo~rd o Education, H insdnl , Illinois ; Ak.e ~ 1f:~ t ~ tra t e . Uni"~ersity of AmstcrJan\ HoHand and Universjty of Chicago; Rebn Wilson. Ford Foundation FeUowl Hardy Jr. Iligh ~oo rhoo l , Chattanooga, Tennessee

U.. Fat~zil"j LJ e EducaJion in the C anzm 11nit~"~· Pioneer H U, ou h D1ining Room

Sec:tion Ch. i rn1 1 : Donald F. chro der f l i ~ ~ Life D r to ~ oc ia~ rvice Dep, _ ~ r m nt, D'el it ~Counc11 of Churches

~'Thr- Cities Examine Their F3mi1)' ife E uca­tion:· Re,f. Richard E. Lentz, D'irec or Joint Depar ment of Family Life, Nation~] Council of · hurches, Chicago, Chairnl 4UI . -·\.htt Rapids, Io\va; Dayton, Ohio; and G~rancl Rapids, 1\.fichi-

atl " 'i ll be the cities examined. peakers to be announced.

III. Marr-iage and Pu111il\l Research Pio H u N.

1 , . neer a.J J .. orth ounge

f ,ection Chair marl w· ~tlee L. Suoup, Chairman, D _ M par1tm~n o tology~ College of . ooster Recreahon P t -rns in Puet o ruco: 'am' l

( d" • l , Y Orr . .n J. J · u • Ho\var an on, Ass is ant D~L , .. tor,, · mily Lif 'reject, University of Puerto Rico

uUnique Functions of Inter-Dating and Ioter~Court· ship . mong Chine e Students in Amerka .. Lucy Huang, Lake Erie Colh~·ge, Painesviu'e, Qhjo

*'Family Solidarityj," Carol Stone" Junior Rura! So .. ciolo ist:. t:lt C~olle'ge of Washington

Diicusiion L d r.~ Theodore B. Jo.bannist Depart-men 10 f ociol~ I ' I n[versity of Oregon

IV. The Law. l'he I 0 11 11 and the FamiiJ. Pion! er H n ·outh LOUD'

Section· Chairm'aR .~~ Rev. Pau~ Engstrom, Minnesota State Parol C.~ommissiorr

Topic.· "Guide Posts toward Solutions, of the Ptob-­[ems··

a) ''Needed cgi .lation on F.amily Courts and Djvorcc Pro l ms,. '" Paui Carroll, Judge~ Hen­ncpjn ounty Di trict Court

b) ~~·A ew ]\f hod of Referra] of Court Ca Resu~tin 1 ron1 famil ' Breakdown,n Eug n~ Burns, o ervi or of Intake~ RanlSe County Proba ion ce

c) · ~Rep rt on .. tnd valuation of. the e Fun-. ily · entere Pro,ject" Alice O~ver on Con~ sultant~ Pamily Centered Project, St. Paul

Discussion 12:00-1:00 P,M,. Lunch. CentenniaL Hall

Special Lun~hr:on. Section on Pa,·ent EdtJcatiotr, Cen .. tenni ~l l lalt Private Dining Roon1

uca n Parent I uca tion 1vleet the Cha Benge? ... re~ker ' o be announced

Sped a I tun( hcun or P nel {embers, of both meet .. ~n (,f t: i n on F.1rni ty D~e-veJo,pmenl lhrough CuotJ"e-•,alll e _ "": Je Srhoolr .

:30 P .• ~. Se 1i0 1J 1 .f eetitJgs

I ., Pamity Det,elop,-,e,t rl ro11gh Coopermi e · urr '' S thooiJ. Pion er Hal1, N orth Loun -

Se,cti~otl Cb tirtJNUt : K tth c.uine Whiteside. Taylor~ Divi· sion of Adult Education., Department of Educa .. t ion, Halt irn ,.

Tbe~ru! : Coopcr~Hive Nur ~ery Schools as Centers of F Jnl! h' l c:a rnin ' • • •

' ·Tr in in ~ ·• hers antl Parents for Cno · crauve . ur 1t:r , h l u H~en.ry Brwd't, ~C~ar~ Eliz .. ·e h 'U ) for j ~~ rna' Heal h Fl~ntl fk hi n

.. He~ pin ~ h - { thes -~ Ro~e Con I ic '... lor n~e U son. [n ti_u e of Chit We1farel l1nne ol

uHelpm E !u ar All he Fan1ity~· ~ Frances L. John .. sonl upervl nr., Parent ~duration . Chi1d tud In t itute. l Jniversity of Toronto _

"lnternatir n.ll Persp tive on Cooperative N~':~~ School ,·· oro~1y Kaufman, De:tr~orn, ~ JC ' L gan Pu bHc ~ hoo] • form~er Fulbnght cholat

to Dennuuk

11., Mars M1dia. Pion er Hall, outh Lounge Serlio-n Chairmdn .. · Victor A. ~Christopherson, Depart­

ment of Child D v lopm nt and Family Rela· tions, University of , nn ticu

UWhat Is 't You - anr to Say ?Ill .Bee B~a.xter, KSTP-TV cO P3ul

··~e · e\l s aper as a ~ edium for Family .Life Edu­cation, · .Richard P~ K1 ~m n, · ews E'ditor, lU,inneafJolis Trihune

ill. f rri ge 11J Fn , i/ , ~Co,unseling. Ptoneer H · l~ ' outb Dmin Ro m

,Seaion Ch irm 11 .. • • kidmore~ D'eparlmen.t ~of ociology n ivt?r i ~of ~ tah

Co-Ch.t~irma ... 4:ar . r t R . . i zsimmons, Assis an·t Di-rector"' Family n, u·ru ted Charities of ~Cbica o

• "Ps}'chjatiic Consult t.ioa in Family Counseting,u Arthur !\~in r, M.D.. P ychiatric ~Consultant for the ssociation fot Family Living, Chicago

·o iscussant 'to be: an noun ced

IV.. Housing and Family IP elf are. P'ioaeer HaU~ North Dinin Room

Settiotz Chairman.· Alb r't G. Ros nbe~rg, Dayton~ 0 'hlo 1:30-2:30, P.M. a) ··Th,e Pres-ent tate of AfJa.irs; of

the Housin an Re eve[opmen t P !cture in tbe United trues at This Time·· and b) HHousing and Community Fa tor as They Affect Family Life in Afric ~ ~ d Some Europem Countries/· Rt Rev. - Is r. John O"Grady, Washjngton~ D.C.

2 ; 30jp3: 30 P. - £. Bu in~ s tun 3: '0 P.M. S ~tton rf,eelingJ

I. Ed11c; t ion f or f _,ri .. z · __ ,,d Family li ing in 1he tColl g .r. p[, n~er uth Dinin ~ Room

SetliotJ ~C h~,.irrn;n / Henry ·man . ~ 1tephens CoUese nThe Famj l in D m r' II - ra ro v.ro., Uoiver ity

of W es ir ·inia; In, · r- ari Pe ers n, 'Den-mar ,

llThe Famil~ io Pa ·s an~ · · Don3ld Brir:~and ., Director, Elizabeth ~cCormi · {emori.i 1 Fund Chi .. ca o; Mary Elit b th Bordt r~ K nsas State C~l~e .

•A Comparison f th Attirud Toward Mate ~elec~ tion Held by a · ·1 t d amp[e of Pak1stan1. and American Und r _ raduate • ·· Aquila B. Ber1a.s~ F~ orida tat lJ n ivcrsity

Discu sion ,of problem .. of teaching coiJege courses

D. Pa·renJ Edutt~Jion~ Plion . r Hall1 North Dining Room SeC'Jion Chairman .· ·oavid Rauch. Great .Neck Public

Schools UWho Is Qualifie - ·a Parent Educ. torr· David

Levine chool of i I W lla.re~ Florida State Univer it

'~Is Grou PareD due ion orth While: A Re-search Re: ~rt, u lrvm,g in1 Direc ~or of H e 1th Educa ion. -ealtb ln urance· Plan of Great r 1 ~ Y 1 11

' _,or C1 .~ DiJC:UIJ~nl on J.h Ju/a /1 p r J: Gerh rd eubec~

ttivers "' ry of linn mn - polis

III .. Religion atuJ the Pa"sily. Pioneer Han. North Lounge

S e&:tion Chair,-,an.. Rev. Francis G. St _ w~ Bracken­ridge Pennsylvania

;.:;o P'.ltf~ t'Are There Di tin u.i hin· Pactors in Je , -ish Family Life,·· Rabbi · ~ Ull' h 'f l nt, _ fount Zion Temp~e, ~ l):~ ul

.Discussant to be nno Jnce 4:30 P~).I. u1Christhu1 f amiiD in

and Latin Amedc ith h J~ D. fontgomer , ow d 1 ~f partment of Fan-1ily ife, 'Chu ches

ntine Republic n ~ ed t es,

_ rs~ Join De­ional Council o

Chap!ain Dona]d . t rlin • ·_ rvi cboo~ Com­nter Great mand, . ~ - val Tr inin

Lakes ~ IUino~s ~6:00-7 : 00 .P.A-L D~inne r. C nt nnial HaU 8:00 P .M. Ge11eraJ Sesi ion. I . a Au "t rium1

Presiding~· Rex A. kiJmore. Univ t ity of Utah uFam ily Counseling ,in ngl'and.u M. ry Fish r Lang­

muir, Associate staff me.mb r.~ T~avistock ]nsti .. tute of Human Relations; n ]and

SaJttrday, August 27

1: 30-8 ~ 30 A.~!. Breakfa t. Centennial HaJJ 9!00 A.M. General Sesrion. M~1yo Au ,itorium

Presiding: Harold T. 1 hri ten en -~ urive C-om-mittee National ouncH on F. mily R J tions

.,.Teaching farriage co4 ducati n our e ia Anoth.er Culture-.Puer o Rico,~ R' u n iH, Resear~ch Professor .in ;F, mHy Lif , rsi y of or Carolina

10 ;OO A.M. SecJion il1e tling1

1.. Familylije &J'utdtioo i11 the chtJDI'r .. _ i~oneer Hill, ~~orth Dining, oo~m

S,ection Chairman .· Ru F. borne. Hinsdal ( DU-nois Hj ·h clho l

uEducatinn for E ·eotive P en -' oo . , · ~ v l o Deno. IDstitu'te- of ChiJd . . elf I I Univ~ersity or in-nesota

Dis,cuiJatur .· K herin~ Co,m[ , Roos ve[t Higb Schoo], Minneapolis ; Ann M. K.rn t, Consu.ltant in Adult l-Iom,em kin , Afinneapoli P'ublic SchooJs; Dale mble, HjJ] 'borou .h County Schools, Tampa, Fl rid

Discussion and Demon tr:~ti~t n of the s of Role Playing jn FamHy Livin Clas..,e , M.ark a.od Dor?thy Flapant Pamdy ,rudy Center, 'Uni .. vers1ty of Chicago

11 .. Family Life ,Ed11cation in tht Co~m1nunity. P'ioneer Hall. South Dining Room

Section Chirman: Donal P. Schroeder, D ttoit Coun­cil of Ch u rche

··eammunirtie D ,iscoverin Wa. s of · tter· ervios, Their FamiH . · S .lk -r o - an,noun,ced

Ill .. M Triage and' ~ ·mily 1. o~rth Loung

s ch. Pion· er HaH

Seaio·n ChttitmQn : A Jec L. s~_roup, ~eou of - oo ter

"Husband-Wife Disagreements in City and Farm Families," Robert Blood, Department of Soci­ology, University of Michigan

"Divorce in Three Generations," Judson T . La.nd.is, Uni,·ersity of California, Berkeley

"The Rejected Parent and Delinquency," Ivan Nye, Director, Sociological Research Laboratory, State College of Washington

DiscuSJion Leader: Harold T. Christensen, Clair· man, Department of Sociology, Purdue Uni­versity

12 :00·1 :00 P.M. Lunch. Centennial Hall Special Luncheon for all members of Section on

"Cooperative Nurseries Educate Families,'' Cen­tenn.ial Hall, Private Dining Room

t :00 P .M. Business Meetings of Each Sect.ion

Election of Officers for 1956

2:00 P .M. Section Meetings

I. Family Development through Cooperative Nurury Schools. Pioneer Hall, North Lounge

Section Chairman: Katharine Whiteside-Taylor, De­partment of Education, Baltimore

Theme: Cooperative Nursery Schools as Centers of Family Development

Presiding: Evelyn Deno, Institute of Child Welfare, University of Minnesota

"Personal Growth of Participating Fathers and Mothers," Norma ]. Perry, Director, Village Creek Cooperative Nursery School, South Nor· walk, Connecticut

"How Parents and Teachers Grow Together," Dan Overlade, Institute of Child Welfare, Minne­apolis

"How Graduate Parents Carry on," Kay Calder, Montreal Society for Mental Hygiene

"Laboratories for Family Life Education,'' Harriet Nash, President, National Association for Nur­sery Education

"A New Folk Movement," David B. Treat, Director, Clara Elizabeth Fund for Maternal Health, Flint, Michigan

II. Mass Media. Pioneer Hall, South Lounge

Section Chairman: Victor A. Christopherson, Univer­sity of Connecticut

"Production Aspects of Educational Films for Fam­ily Life Education,'' Henry Bowman, Stephens College

''The College Sponsored Educational TV Program." Not definite

Ill. Marriage and Family Counseling. Pioneer Hall, South Dining Room

Section Chairman: Rex A. Skidmore, University of Utah

Co-Chairman: Margaret R. Fitzsimmons, United Chari­ties of Chicago

"Counseling and Parent Education-Methods and Goals," Robert L. Fausett, M.D., Section on Psychiatry, Mayo Clinic

Discussants to be announced 4:00 P.M. Membership Business Meeting. North Din­

ing Room 6: 1~ P.M. PreJidemial Banquet. Junior Ball Room,

Coffman Memorial Building Presiding: Judson T . l andis, President Elect, Na­

tional Council on Family Relations Speaker: Gladys Groves, President, National Coun­

cil oo Family Relations

.P'r~J·.idl'nl' I

co~ FERE. ICE coM · ITTEE ,

:oo~ oTuv· DYER, Ch:t~irtnan ALLACE f LTON, Co-Chaiftn'e~n

H 'ICTO CHRI.STOP N P. R50

p WL ENG 0 (

_{AJtG.\RET frrzst .,fO "S

R TH SO .. 'E.

ALBERT R OSEND!RG

D oNAlD' ScHROEDl&

REX SKHH..(QR£

FRA CIS TEWAR.T

ATLEE ST ROU P

D A\riD RAUCK KATHARINE WHIT.ESIDI-TAYLO&

R.O'B.I!.IT SWAN~ Chairman G .LADrYS B!LLfN~GEI. EVELYN DENO Wll .. tlAM FERGUSO M AURJNB H AN E

ANNA .KROST GR.ACJ! MAYBBRG

G ERHA RD' NEUBICK "'fAYO NEWHOUSE ELLA OLSON

The IJJionaJ Co11nciJ on Family Re/ation.t

Exe~eMtive Committee

~O#e,ws

II • II .. .. .. II Ill ,. • IG ,LADVS H . G ·ROVJBS Y irt~-.l':,e s·iJ'tfn'l I • II .. .. .. .. MARJORIE C-OSG·RJOVB s~.,,., .I.J,1 • • ,. ,. .. "

,. "' "' • EsTHER. HANDwe·R..K

T't~tiJMrttr • "' "' ,. iii • • ,., • iii • • • • • • .. NBI.SON FOOTJ::

p,.~ s 1J 11 nJ ·'EI et"l . .. .. • ~ ,. JUDSON T. LANDJS .

]A £5 H .. S,. B ARD DoROTHY T. DYER H AROLD T .. CHRIST£ • EN ALFRED KADUSHIN

FRANCIS T. STEWAB.T

N omlsating Committee

RIUBEN H ZL.L, Chai'rt~unl JOHN T. IGUBN ,B jUil ON T. L\NDJ.S

STBPHE~ .MAM'·CHUR B R.UCB THOMASON

1n~ Conference Committ~e would like to express its appreciation to our hosts: The nivenity of }\..finn~ota

The Minnesota Council on Family Life