SOCIOLOGISTS TO CONFER TODAY AND TOMORROW

Eminent sociologists representing colleges all along the eastern seaboard will gather this morning at 9 o'clock in the Ballroom of the Continental Hotel, for the fifth annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Conference.

A two-day program, including speeches by such prominent men in the field of Sociology as Edward Heinmann, Niles Carpenter, Robert S. Lynd, the author of "Middletown," R. M. McIver, Pitirim A. Sorokin, Chairman of the Department of Sociology at Harvard and Carle C. Zimmerman, associate professor of Sociology has been arranged for the delegates. The sociologists have chosen for the main theme of the meeting, "The part of Sociology in the Reconstruction Program," and the speeches will deal in the main with this subject.

The conference will open with a general meeting in the Ballroom, during which the speakers will be Edward Heinmann, Niles Carpenter and Robert S. Lynd. At 11 o'clock, following the speeches, the members will break up into Round Table groups to discuss aspects of the main topic. Professor Zimmerman will lead a seminar on "Research Policies Relevant to Reconstruction Programs." Other seminars will be conducted by Frank H. Hankins of Smith, M. C. Elmer of the University of Pittsburgh, William C. Casey of Columbia, and Albert Morris of Boston University.

Additional Round Table discussion will follow the luncheon and last throughout the afternoon. Thomas Nixon Carver, David A. Wells Professor of Political Ec- onomy, Emeritus, will be the chairman of the Annual Dinner Meeting to be held in the Ballroom at 6.30 o'clock at which the speakers will be R. M. MacIver and Professor Sorokin. MacIver and Professor Sorokin. MacIver, author of many sociological works used in courses here will present some reflections of a sociologist on present-day affairs. Professor Sorokin has elected to talk on "The Movement of Important Internal Disturbances in History." He is expected to introduce his extensive data on the prevalence of war throughout the centuries.

A shorter program has been planned for Sunday when the delegates will hear the reports of the Round Table discussions