ID# 1684:
American Eugenics Society, program for "Round Table Conferences and Annual Meeting," New York, 1936
Date:
Circa 1936
Pages: (1|2)
Source:
Cold Spring Harbor, ERO, American Eugenics Society

American Eugenics Society, program for  &quote;Round Table Conferences and Annual Meeting,&quote; New York, 1936

[left side] PROGRAM Morning Conference - 10:00 A. M. Clarence C. Little, Director of American Society for Control of Cancer, presiding. 10:00 Eugenics and Social Work. Discussion led by E. C. Lindeman, Professor of Philosophy, New York School of Social Work. 10:50 Civilization and Eugenics. Discussion led by Will Durant, author of [italics]The Story of Civilization[end italics]. 11:40 The Relation of Religion to Eugenics. Discussion led by Francis J. McConnell, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Luncheon - 1:00 P. M. Afternoon Conference - 2:30 P. M. Henry P. Fairchild, Professor of Sociology, New York University, presiding. 2:30 Birth Control and Eugenics. Discussion led by Sidney Goldstein, Chairman of the Social Justice Commission of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. 2:45 The Modern Family as a Factor in Eugenics. Discussion led by Joseph K. Folsum, Professor of Sociology at Vassar College. Public Health Aspects of Eugenics. Leader omitted because of death of Edgar Sydenstricker, Scientific Director of the Milbank Memorial Fund. 3:00 General Discussion. Annual Meeting of the American Eugenics Society. - 5:00 P. M. [right side] PROGRAM Annual Dinner of the American Eugenics Society - 7:00 P. M. Address by E. C. Lindeman, Professor of Philosophy, New York School of Social Work; Eugenic vs. Dysgenic Philanthropy. Address by Arthur E. Morgan, President of Antioch College and Director of the Tennessee Valley Authority; Eugenics and Social Inheritance. Participation in the two Round Table Conferences will be strictly limited to persons who have been specially invited. The Conferences will not be open to reporters, as such, but special newspaper summaries will be released. Members of The American Eugenics Society will have the privilege of being auditors at the Conferences. Non-members will be admitted on the payment of a fee of one dollar. Admission will be by ticket only. Tickets will be sent you upon receipt of reservations. Please use the enclosed card to make reservations. The Conferences will endeavor to adhere strictly to the schedule here printed. The main speakers will be limited to 15 minutes in their introductory remarks and to 5 minutes for a summary. The price of the dinner will be $2.00 for members of The American Eugenics Society and $2.50 for non-members. Tables for six, eight, ten or twelve people may be reserved. Luncheon will be $1.00 per plate for all. Please address your communication to the Executive Secretary, George Reid Andrews, 420 Lexington Avenue, Room 2737, New York, N. Y. Telephone Mohawk 4-7211. Only 400 guests can be accommodated. Make your reservations at once. [end]

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