Review of the XIX Annual Meeting

REVIEW OF THE XIX ANNUAL MEETING The nineteenth annual meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers was held on Nov. 23rd and 24th, 1964, on the campus of the University of Kentucky in Lexington. Thirty-two colleges or universities in the nine states of the division plus Illinois, Iowa, North Dakota, Indiana, and Arkansas were represented by the 112 registrants. After words of welcome by Dr. A. D. Albright, Executive Vice President, University of Kentucky, a full program of papers occupied the two days. A banquet terminated the meeting. Dr. Edward B. Espenshade, Jr., President , Association of American Geographers, addressed the banquet on the subject, "Some Reflections on Graduate Training in Geography." PROGRAM Monday, November 23, 1964 8:30- 9:15 A.M. Registration _________________ Campbell House Inn 9:15- 9:30OPENING SESSION ______________ Colonial Room Presiding: Julian J. Petty, Chairman, Southeastern Division, Association of American Geographers Welcome: Dr. A. D. Albright, Executive Vice President, University of Kentucky Announcements 9:30-10:30SOUTHERN STUDIES SYMPOSIUM ____ Colonial Room Presiding: J. Sullivan Gibson, University of North Carolina "Abandonment of Farm Land in Kentucky" J. F. Hart, Indiana University "Isolation of Variables in Analysis of Land Forms with Examples from Kentucky" Neil E. Salisbury, State University of Iowa "Some Aspects of Metropolitan Lexington's Recent Industrialization" Dietrich Zimmer, University of Kentucky 10:30-10:40Break 58The Southeastern Geographer 10:40-11:50THE SOUTHEAST _______________ Colonial Room Presiding: Doris M. Howell, Mississippi State University "Land Use Regions of the Lower Shenandoah Valley in Virginia" Samuel T. Emory, Jr., Mary Washington College "A Technique for Regional Delimitation as Applied to Housing in Georgia" James E. Lewis, University of Georgia (student) "Certain Population Characteristics and Residential Occupancy Patterns near a Large Naval Installation: The Case of the Millington, Tennessee Area" Arnold Siniard, Memphis State University "The Campus Fringe: A Research Frontier" Dennis L. Spetz, University of Louisville 1:00- 3:30 P.M. LATIN AMERICA-EUROPE-AFRICA ____ Colonial Room Presiding: Lillian W. Stimson, University of Tennessee "The Fading Forest: A Study in Man-Induced Vegetation Change" Joshua C. Dickinson, University of Florida (student) "Water Resource Problems of Mexico's Lerma-Santiago Basin" Carl R. Hill, University of Georgia "The Sulcis Basin of Southwest Sardinia" Doris M. Howell, Mississippi State University "The Netherlands Gas Discovery" George L. Anderson, Mississippi State University (student) "The Structure of the Mapping Industry in Italy" Albert S. Chapman, University of Georgia "Plantation Agriculture in Victoria Division, Western Cameroon: A Brief Historical Survey" Sandford H. Bederman, Georgia State College "Social Change in Ghana and Its Impact on Education" Ray Y. Gildea, Jr., Mississippi State College for Women 3:30- 3:45Break 3:45- 5:00HIGH SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY PROJECT ._. Colonial Room Robert B. McNee, University of Cincinnati, Project Representative 7:30- 9:30GEOGRAPHY IN LIBERAL EDUCATION PROJECT _________________________ Colonial Room John F. Lounsbury, Eastern Michigan University, Project Director Vol. V, 196559 Tuesday, November 24, 1964 9:00-10:15 A.M. ECONOMIC ______________________ Colonial Room Presiding: Sandford H. Bederman, Georgia State College "Recent Trends in the British Balance of Payments" Maurice Yeates, University of. Florida "Industrial Location in the Early Eighteenth Century: An English Example" David C. Weaver, University of Florida (student) "Aspects of the Geography of Ginning" Charles S. Aiken, Memphis State University "Specific Academic Needs of Undergraduate Geography Majors as Determined by an Opinion Survey" Robert E. Reiman, Appalachian State Teachers College 10:15-10:30Rreak 10:30-11:50PHYSICAL-TECHNIQUES _________ Colonial Room Presiding: James S. Matthews, Memphis State University "A System for the Measurement of the Length of an Irregular Line" James A. Barnes, University of Georgia "Soils Geography: A Key to a Regional Investigation of Coastal Plain Terraces" Paul W. Mausel, University of North Carolina (student) "Set-Theoretic View of Koeppen's Dry Climates" James A. Shear, University of Georgia "An Index of Land Slope: A Method of Development" Joseph R. Schwendeman, Jr., University of North Dakota "The Piedmont Peneplain" James F. Woodruff, University of Georgia 12:00 NoonFIELD TRIP 3:30 P.M.BUSINESS MEETING 7:00ANNUAL BANQUET _________ Campbell House Inn Address: "Some Reflections on Graduate Training in Geography" Dr. Edward B. Espenshade, Jr., President, Association of American Geographers ...