News and Notes

• Date: 01 September 1968
• Published date: 01 September 1968
• DOI: 10.1177/106591296802100334
• Subject Matter: Articles

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NEWS

AND

NOTES

Organizations

During

the

1967-68

academic

year

the

Southern

California

Political

Science

Association

held

two

meetings.

In

the

Winter

quarter,

the

members

were

hosted

by

U.S.C.

and

heard

an

address

by

Professor

Leo

Strauss.

On

April

20,

1968,

the

Association

went

to

Santa

Barbara,

hosted

by

the

University

of

California,

Santa

Barbara.

There

was

a

luncheon

address

by

Rexford

Tugwell,

an

informal

coffee

hour

with

Professor

Hans

Kelsen,

and

an

informal

visit

to

the

Center

for

the

Study

of

Democratic

Institutions.

The

following

were

elected

officers

of

the

SCPSA

for

the

1968-69

academic

year:

president,

William

P.

Gerberding,

University

of

California

at

Los

Angeles;

vice

president,

Roy

V.

Peel,

San

Fernanco

State

College;

treasurer,

David

G.

Farrelly,

University

of

California

at

Los

Angeles;

and

secretary,

Steven

Speigel,

University

of

California

at

Los

Angeles.

-

The

following

Council

members

were

elected:

Charles

R.

Adrian,

University

of

California,

Riverside;

Charles

Bell,

California

State

College,

Fullerton;

James

Kitchen,

San

Diego

State

College;

Eugene

Lazare,

East

Los

Angeles

City

College;

John

Moore,

University

of

California,

Santa

Barbara;

Sister

Mary

Jean,

Immacu-

late

Heart

College;

John

R.

Rodman,

Pitzer

College;

and

Phillip

Schlesinger,

Los

Angeles

City

College.

The

annual

meeting

of

the

Southwestern

Political

Science

Association

was

held

in

Dallas

April

11-13,

1968,

in

conjunction

with

the

meeting

of

the

Southwestern

Social

Science

Association.

Officers

of

the

Southwestern

Political

Science

Associa-

tion

for

1968-69

are

H.

Malcolm

Macdonald,

University

of

Texas

at

Austin,

president;

Ronald

Bunn,

University

of

Houston,

vice-president

and

program

chair-

man ;

Dan

Nimmo,

University

of

Missouri

at

Columbia,

associate

editor of

the

Social

Science

Quarterly;

and

Clifton

McCleskey,

University

of

Texas

at

Austin,

secretary-treasurer.

Other

members

of

the

executive

council

are

Fred

Gantt,

North

Texas

State

University;

Max

Milam,

University

of

Arkansas;

Jewel

Prestage,

Southern

University

(ex

ouzo) ;

Harry

Stumpf,

University

of

New

Mexico;

and

Richard

Wells,

University

of

Oklahoma.

Information

on

the

program

for

the

1969

meeting

of

the

Southwestern

Politi-

cal

Science

Association,

to

be

held

at

the

Rice

Hotel

in

Houston

April

3-5,

may

be

obtained

from

the

program

chairman.

The

Northern

California

Political

Science

Association

held

its

twentieth

annual

meeting

at

the

University

of

San

Francisco

on

May

4,

1968.

Panels

discussed

&dquo;Is

Congress

Relevant?&dquo;

&dquo;Elites

in

New

Nations&dquo;

and

&dquo;The

Law

and

Civil

Disobedi-

ence.&dquo;

Officers

elected

for

1968-1969

were:

president,

Raymond

E.

Wolfinger,

Stanford

University;

vice

president,

Karl

A.

Lamb,

University

of

California

(Santa

Cruz) ;

secretary-treasurer,

John

M.

Selig,

City

College

of

San

Francisco.

The

following

were

elected

to

the

council:

Samuel

B.

Bloom,

Cabrillo

College;

Stephen

Jurika,

University

of

Santa

Clara;

Hanna

Pitkin,

University

of

California

(Berke-

ley) ;

Kern

Richmond,

College

of

San

Mateo;

James

S.

Roberts,

University

of