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 .
Dir
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