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ANNUAL MEETING

• University of Connecticut

at Storrs •

August 22-24, 1962

NATIONAL COUNCIL on FAMILY RELATIONS

THE NATIONAL COUNCIL on FAMILY RELATIONS

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

DAVID R. MACE, President

WALLACE C. Fut TON, President-Eiut

HAROLD T. CHRISTENSEN Past P .d • rest ent L. FRANCES JORDAN, Secretor)'

FREDERICK BERGER, Treasurer

DONALD BRIEL.AND, Member-at-Large

WINSTON EHRMANN, Member-at-Large

JEROME D. FOLKMAN, Member-at-Large

ELEANORE B. LUCKEY, Member-at-Large F. IVAN NYE, Editor

RUTH H . JEWSON, Executive Officer

The Officers express grateful appreciation to the University of Connecticut, the Tri-State Council on Family Relations, and to our other Connecticut hosts.

ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Counseling: JOHN W. HuosoN, Merrill-Palmer Institute

Education: GERTJI.UDE z. GASS, Merrill-Palmer Institute

Research: LEE G. BuRCHINAL, Iowa State University

SpeciLJl Emphases: J. JoEL Moss, Brigham Young University . Lif

• E C FULTON Equttable e Plenary Sess,ons:. W ALLf~ United States, Chairman

Assurance Soctety o e

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ELEAJ'oiOilE LuCKE • . f Connecticut FAY MoELLEI, UniverstlY ~ t State Department of Health

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GENERAL MEE11NG INFORMATION

• University of Connecticut

at Storrs •

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' r HOUSING When you arrive o~ the University campus in Storrs, . come to the/ Annual Meeting INFORMATION CENTER, l~n. South Campus Dormitory, Crawford-3A.,There you will be able to get your dormitory room a~

~~~~ If you want informatiotron nearby hotels, motels·, or camping grounds, write as early as possible to: Dr. Eleanore Luckey, Box U-58, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.

IN FORMA TlON CENTER will be maintained throughout the meeting in South Campus Dormi­tory, Crawford 3A. The CENTER will handle all mail and messages and will operate from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

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LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS ure bein E g managed by

Dr. lcanorc B. Luckey and Fa M 1 Ch. · .... h Y oe ler, Co-.urmcn, POl of the University f C .

F . o onnectJcut or assistance, ca ll GArfield 9_9321 E ·

f 8 ·00 • xt. 311, rom . . a .m. to 5:00 p.m. After 5:00 m

call cJthcr GArfield 9-9895 or GArfield 9-:729:

REGISTRATION will be m anaged at the INFOR­MATION CENTER beginning at 12.00 T d · p.m., on . ues ay, August 21 , 1962. Your personal Meet-mg P acket will be ready for all pre-registered delegates. Registration will be open all day We~nesday, August 22, and on a day-session basts Thursday and Friday.

HEALTH EMERGENCIES will be cared for at the University's Health Services, available around the clock. Call GArfield 9-9321, Ext. 284.

TRANSPORTATION FROM HARTFORD will be pro­vided for you by your Connecticut hosts. Cars will leave from the Parking Area at the Hartford Railroad Station. Schedules of trips to Storrs (and back to Hartford) will be based on Registration Form information. Make sure you fill out care­fully and return the form as soon as possible.

BOOK EXHIBIT will be located in South Campus Dormitory, Crawford 3A. Its "browsing hours", Wednesday through Friday, will be 8:30 a.m. to 4:30p.m.

Hot weather refreshments available at the Dairy Bar, North Campus, 9:00 a.m. to 5 :30 p.m. Coffee will be served in the lobbies of the Humanities and Social Science Buildings each mid-morning of the Annual Meeting.

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PROGRAM

ANNUAL MEETING THEME:

E e on the Family . .. new perspectives on ~~r­i!an families and new directions for famtly hfe workers

Tuesday, August 2J 2:00-5:00 P.M •

Special Seminar on Affiliated Groups- .. NCFR Relationships Room 215, Humamtzes Bldg.

A review of the activities of local, state. and regional councils affiliated with the. National Council. Discussion of ways affihates and NCFR can work together more effectively.

Wednesday, August 22 8 :30- J 0: J 5 A.M.

Special Seminar on Affiliated Groups-NCFR Relationships Room 215, Humanities Bldg.

Continuation of program begun on Tuesday.

J 0:30-12:00 Noon

Annual NCFR Business Meeting Von der Mehden Hall Auditorium

Chairman: DAVID MACE, President, NCFR

J :30-2:45 P.M.

Opening Plenary Session Von der M ehden Hall Auditorium

Chairman: DAVID MACE

Greetings: NATHAN L. WHETTEN, Dean, University of Connecticut

Keynote Address: "The American Family and World Affairs," HoN. CARL T . RowAN, J '­Deputy Assistant Secretary of State 1\ U/Y for Public Affairs tf'

Response: GERHARD NEUBECK, University of Minnesota

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Wednesday, August 22 CONTINUED

2:45-5:00 p .M.

SECTION MEETINGS

Counseling-New Approaches In Counaelin and Psychotherapy 9

Room 143, Social Sciences BuildinR

Pre.,·c•11fotion: "Application of Game Theory to Marriage Counseling," JESSIE BERNARD Pennsylvania State University ' () 1 . . l<~cCl. 4l.""- t\2 NOt..t J11 · C: . 'i. {- h: b

01.\·cus.,·wn: Gt!ftX t.JJ LJ..Stn~. -Pttrtlue Uui t'e&y • JACK Y. BUERKLE, Temple University

Education Room 105, Humanities Building

Chairman: RKUCE GARDNER, Iowa State University

Pres£•ntation: "Parent Education and Socio­Economic Status," IRVING SIGEL, Merrill-Palmer Institute

Discussion: A. D . BucHMUELLER, Child Study Association of America L.-J. BoKSTELMANN, Durham Child Guidance Clinic

Research-Review and Evaluation of Family Research Methodology

Room 143, Humanities Bldg.

CIICiirnwn: LEE G. BVRCHINAL, Iowa State University

Presentations: "The Range of Problems in Re­search Design," F. IVAN NYE, Florida State University

"Critique and Further Proposals,". MA.RVIN B. SussMAN, Western Reserve Umverstty

"Problems of Measurement in Family Research," MURRAY A. STRAUS, ;{\ University of Minesota ' t JJ "Critique and Further Proposals" RoBERT DENTLER, Dartmouth University

Wednesday, August 22 ~:45-5:00 P.M.

CONTINUED

Special Emphases-Family and Leisure . 'ld ' Room 123, Home Economccs Buc eng

Chairman: WILLIAM GENNE

Presentation: "Leisure an_d ~obility : Family Trailering and Campmg WILLIAM _AND ELIZABETH GENNE, National Council of Churches of Christ . . VANCE AND RuTH JEwsoN, Umverstty of Minnesota and NCFR Arthur and Thelma McArthur, Kathryn McArthur, Stephens College

6:30-B:OO P.M.

Informal Dinner Student Commons Dining Room Annual Meeting warmup

8 :00-JO:JO P.M.

Family Night .. . . , Entertainment and Gettmg Acquamted

Lobby, Student Union

Thursday, August 23 9:00-J 0:45 A.M.

SECTION MEETINGS

Counseling Room 143, Social Sciences Bldg.

Presentation: "Rational Emotive Psychother­apy," ALBERT ELLIS, New York marriage counsellor

Discussion: PAUL YAHANIAN, Columbia University REv. JoHN C. KNorr, National Catholic Welfare Council

Education Room 105, Humanities Bldg.

Chairman: LEo M. McCRANN, Hartford Board of Education

Presentation: ''Teen-Age Marriages," J. JoEL Moss, KENNETH CANNON, Brigham Young University

Research Room 143, Humanities Bldg.

Chairman: EDWARD Z. DAGER, Purdue University

Presentation: "Evaluation of Theory Pertaining to Family Research," EDWARD C. DEVEREUX, JR., Cornell University

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Thursday, August 23 9:00-10:45 A.M.

CONTINUED

Special Emphases

Room/23, Home Economics Bid g.

Family and .Health: "Independent Living in Homcmukmg for the Handicapped and Older Age Group"

Chairman: ELIZABETH ECKHARDT MAY University of Connecticut '

Film: "The Best Things in Life"-a film show­ing creat.ive activities which handicapped mothers may share with young children. Pro­duced in connection with the research project on Child Care Problems of Physically Handi­capped Mothers conducted by the School of Home Economics, the University of Con­necticut.

Di.\·cussions: "Independent Living In Home­making for the Handicapped and the Older Age Group," ELIZABETH EcKHARDT MAY

"Work Simplification as the Basis for Inde­pendent Living in Homema king," BETTY JANE JOHNSTON, Southern Illinois University

"Progress Report on Legislation ~ocused on Independent Living in Homema~~ng for the Older Age Group and Opportunltte.s for Research," DoNALD P. KENT, Special A ssistant for Aging, U .S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare

SECOND PLENARY SESSION 7 0:45 A.M.-72:00 Noon

Von der Melulen Hall Auditorium

Chairman: MARGARET G. BENZ, President, Tri-State Council on Family Relations

Presentation: "The American Family and Mass Communication," Louis HAUSMAN, Director, Television Information Office, New York

Response: CHRISTINE H. HILLMAN, Ohio State University

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Thursday, August 23 CONTINUED

THURSDAY EXCURSIONS (See Registration Form)

t tside Crawford 3A, Buses assemble on dstree tu 12:45-5:30 P.M. South Campus Qua rang e

'd V'll Massachusetts Trip to Old S~ur~d bgu~ t~a~~;~rtation provi?ed for

Bo:ri~u~~ro~gh Colonial village restoratiOn.

J:30-6:00 P.M.

. M t' s port Connecticut . Tr•p to ys •c ea . , Vl·ded for trip to Manne Bus transportatron pro . Museum and seacoast commuOtty.

4:00-12:00 Midnight

Trip to American Shakespeare Festival Theater, Stratford Connecticut · ·

Ticket~ reserved, transportation and dmner In-

dividually arranged.

5:30-7:30 P.M.

Chicken Barbecue .1.

On campus affair for delegates and famt 1es.

Friday, August 24 9 :00-7 0:45 A .M.

SECTION MEETINGS

Counseling Room 143, Social Sciences Building

Presentation: "Healing Hands,",ELEANOR /3 . HAMILTON, New York marriage counselor GX...-!.-<.~

Discussion: BLAINE PoRTER, Brigham Young University WILLIAM SMITH, Pennsylvania State University

Education Room 105, Humanities Building

Chairman: RUTH CAVAN, Rockford College

Presentation: "New W ays in Family Life Education," OWEN MoRGAN, Merrill-Palmer Institute

Discussion: CARL BRODERICK, Pennsylvania State University DALE WoMBLE, University of Kansas City

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Friday, August .24 P:OO.. l 0:45 A.M.

CONTINUED

Research Room 143 Hum .. ' anmes Building

Chair'!'an: WILLIAM F. KENKEL I Umversity • owa State

Presentations: "The Marital Ad' Marital Role Definitions of H Jbstmd ent and Working and Non-Working w ·s an, s of LELAND 1. AXELSON Florida S~~~s,U · .

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"Famil~ Influences on Selected Attitudes and P~rcep~!ons of Some Institutionalized G•.fte~, EJ?ITH ~· GROTBERG, Northern IllinOis Umvers1ty

:·Factors Related to Family Disorganization m Low Income Families," LUDWIG L. GEISMAN, Rutgers University, and MICHAEL A. LASORTE, Neighborhood Improvement Project, New Haven Connecticut '

"Experimental Family Organization in the United States," WILLIAM KEPHART, University of Pennsylvania

Special Emphases-Family and Community Room 123, Home Economics Building

Chairman: J . JoEL Moss, Brigham Young University

Presentations: "Community Participation and Parenthood," JANE BERRY, University of Kansas City "The Family: Its Presentation to the Com­munity in Everyday Life" ANNABELLE BENDER MOTZ, University of Maryland

Discussion: IRVIN DoRESS, Family Life Education, Toledo Public Schools

THIRD PLENARY SESSION 10:45 A.NJ.-l2:00 Noon

Von de Mehden Hall Auditorium

Chairman: President-Elect, National Council on Family Relations

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Friday, August 24 10:45 A.M.•l2 Noon

CONTINUED

c.,. Prerenlation: "The American Family ~nd Con­p~ :.,....,s~mer Economics," MILDRED ~DIE: RADY,_ . L (!.r"~ Editorial Director, Consumers Umon ~

~ !.f.Y-'- Response: DONALD BRIELAND, Illinois Depart­ment of Mental Health

SECTION MEETINGS J :30-4:30 P.Nl.

Counseling Room 143, Social Sciences Building

Presentation: "Marriage Counseling : Joint Husband and Wife Sessions," GERHARD NEUBECK, University of Minnesota

Discussion: ELEANORE B. LucKEY, University of Connecticut CLARK VINCENT, National Institute of Mental Health

Education Room 105, Humanities Bldg.

Chairman: BARBARA OsBORN, University of Connecticut

Presentation: "Classroom Consideration of an 'Ideal' Interracial Marriage," ROBERT RUSSELL, Stanford University

Discussion: GoRDON SHIPMAN, University of Wisconsin

Research Room 143, Humanities Building

Chairman: JAMES WALTERS, Florida State University

Presentations: "Sex Differences in Dissatisfac­tion with Marriage Communication in Work­ing Class Families," MIRRA KOMAROVSKY Barnard College '

"Seven Styles of Family Life: How They Differ and Why They Occur," HoWARD R. STANTON, Department of Health, Puerto Rico

'The Personal Relations of Primiparous Couples," HAROLD FELDMAN and JosEPH H. MEYEROWITZ, Cornell University

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Friday A ' ugust 24

r :30-4:3o P.~ CONTINUE~

"Life Cycle and the K. . Empirical T est" M tnsh•p Network· A s • ARVIN B Su · n

HERWOOD B. SLATER W · SSMAN and University ' estern Reserve

"J t I n ra-cu tural Comparis f . Toward Marital Jnfidelityo~s o Attitudes HAROLD T. CHRISTENSEN' Purdu U . . "A . . ' e mversuy

Socaolog•cal Study of Sexual Standard , IRA L. REISS, State University of Iowa s,

Special Emphases-The Family and the law Room 123, Home Economics Bldg.

Chairman: THOMAs P. MONAHAN County Court of Phliadelphia '

Presentations: "The Rights of Children in Modern American Family Law," RoBERT F. DRINAN, Boston College Law School

"The Handling of Domestic Relations Matters in the Connecticut Circuit Court," DAVID H. JACOBs, Judge, State of Connecticut Circuit Court, Meriden

Discussion: WILLIAM KEPHART, University of Pennsylvania JACOB T . ZuKERMAN, Family Location Service, New York

8:30-J J:OO P.llt.

Room I 22, School of Business Bldg.

Annual Meeting, Board of Diredors an~ Executive Committee of the National Counc1l on

family Relations

Saturday, August 25 8:30 A.M.-12:00 NOON

Room 122, School of Business Bldg.

Annual Meeting, Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the National Council on

Family Relations

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