Review of the XX Annual Meeting

Vol. VI, 196659 REVIEW OF THE XX ANNUAL MEETING The twentieth annual meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers was held on Nov. 22nd and 23rd, 1965, at the Institute of Government on the campus of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. A record 157 persons registered. After words of welcome by Dr. Paul F. Sharp, Chancellor, University of North Carolina, a full program of papers occupied the two days. A banquet terminated the meeting. Dr. Meredith F. Burrill, President, Association of American Geographers, addressed the banquet on the subject, "Old Problems—New Tools." PROGRAM Monday, November 22, 1965 8:15- 9:00 A.M. Registration _______________ Knapp Building Lobby 9:00- 9:15Opening Session _________ Knapp Building Auditorium Presiding: Julian J. Petty, Chairman, Southeastern Division Association of American Geographers Welcome: Dr. Paul F. Sharp, Chancellor, University of North Carolina Announcements 9:15-10:35 GEOMORPHOLOGY ________ Knapp Building Auditorium Presiding: Julian C. Yoder, Appalachian State Teachers College "Using Stream Gravels as Geomorphic Indicators" Richard E. Witmer, Florida Atlantic University "An Investigation of Gullying in the Fall Line of the Georgia Coastal Plain" Howard Schretter, University of Georgia "Relationships Between the Hydrographie Shape of Tidal Basins and the Relative Velocities of Tidal Currents" Carl Hill, Western Carolina College "On the Origin and Headward Extension of First Order Channels" James F. Woodruff, University of Georgia 10:35-10:45Break 10:45-12:00REGIONAL AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY _________ Knapp Building Auditorium Presiding: David Monroe, University of North Carolina "Surinam—Some Notes" H. Donald Hays, University of Alabama "Regional Systems: The Example of Sumatra, Indonesia" William A. Withington, University of Kentucky 60The Southeastern Geographer "The Axis and Allied Island Strategy in the Mediterranean Theater During the Second World War" Anthony Sas, University of South Carolina "The Nepal-China Boundary" Harry F. Brubaker, Florida State University 12:00- 1:00 P.M. Luncheon Break 1:00- 2:45SOUTHERN STUDIES SYMPOSIUM __________ Knapp Building Auditorium Presiding: J. Sullivan Gibson, University of North Carolina "Mapping in the British Colonial Period" L. De Vorsey, University of North Carolina "Mapping in the Period of Exploration and Early Settlement" W. P. Cumming, Davidson College "Early Federal Mapping in the Southeast" H. R. Friis, National Archives "State Maps in the Southeast Before 1830" Walter Ristow, Library of Congress "A Map of Kentucky and the Southwest Territory—1794" Thomas P. Field, University of Kentucky 2:45- 2:55Break 2:55- 5:00AGRICULTURAL GEOGRAPHY ___ Knapp Building Auditorium Presiding: James R. Anderson, University of Florida "Locational Aspects of the Commercial Mixed Fertilizer Industry in Georgia" James E. Lewis, University of Georgia (Student) "America's Dairyland and It's Supplementary Agriculture" Paul F. Ries, University of Georgia (Student) "The Decline of Sharecropping in the Lower Mississippi Valley" Charles S. Aiken, University of Georgia (Student) "Techniques for Analysis of Recent and Historical Patterns of Land Use in North Florida" Raymond A. Peterson, University of Florida (Student) "The Canadian Fringe Settlement Zone" Kirk H. Stone, University of Georgia 5:00- 7:30Dinner Break 7:30- 8:35THE STATUS OF GEOGRAPHY _________ Knapp Building Auditorium "The High School Geography Project" Donald J. Patton, Carnegie Institution "Geography in the Small Liberal Arts College: A View From the Inside" Edgar Bingham, Emory and Henry College "Geography in Liberal Education Project" John F. Lounsbury, Eastern Michigan University Vol. VI, 196661 8:35- 8:45Break 8:45- 9:40URBAN STUDIES _____ Knapp Building Auditorium Presiding: P. P. Karan, University of Kentucky "Spatial Aspects of the Retail Core—The Case of Greensboro, North Carolina" Norman E. Schul and Charles Hayes, University of North Carolina at Greensboro "Some Observations on Commuting Patterns in Eastern North Carolina" Richard E. Lonsdale, University of North Carolina "Relations Between Interstate 75 and Land Use in Tifton, Georgia" Philip D. Koos, Jr., University of Georgia (Student) Tuesday, November 23, 1965 9:00-10:25 A.M. METHODS AND IDEAS ________________ Knapp Building Auditorium Concurrent Session Presiding: James A. Shear, University of Georgia "Simulation of Diffusion: A Diagnostic and Predictive Tool for Geographers" Richard G. Silvernail, University of South Carolina "Scale and Conformability on Map Projections" James A. Barnes, University of Georgia "The Use of Reilly's Law for Delimiting Nodal Areas...