Review of the XXIV Annual Meeting

REVIEW OF THE XXIV ANNUAL MEETING The twenty-fourth annual meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers was held November 23-25, 1969, at the Downtown Holiday Inn, Tallahassee, Florida. William R. Brueckheimer and Burke G. Vanderhill were in charge of local arrangements. E. E. Hegen was in charge of the program committee. A record 262 persons registered. After words of welcome by J. Stanley Marshall, President, The Florida State University, a full program of 74 papers occupied the two days. A banquet terminated the meeting. Prof. J. Ross Mackay, President, Association of American Geographers, addressed the banquet on the subject, "The Western Canadian Arctic: Some Environmental Problems in Resource Development ." In the honors competition for the best paper by a graduate student, the winner was James W. Gladden, University of Georgia. PROGRAM (Student papers indicated by asterisk ) SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1969 12:00-20:00 Registration ......................... Florentine Room 13:30-20:00 Field Trip ............. Tall Timbers Research Station 20:00-22:00 Steering Committee Meeting .............. Venetian Room MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1969 09:00-09:15 OPENING SESSION .................... Empire Room Presiding: David G. Basile, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Chairman, Southeastern Division Welcome: J. Stanley Marshall, President, (The Florida State University ) 09:15-10:30 FACETS OF THE SOUTH ................ Empire Room Presiding: William R. Brueckheimer (The Florida State University ) H. D. Hays (University of Alabama), "Camille—She Was No Lady" L. Alan Eyre (Florida Atlantic University), "Three Million New Southerners: Depopulation and Migration in Five Southeast States, 1960 to 1968" Edward A. Fernald and Robert W. Maxwell, Jr. (The Florida State University ), "Florida's Karst Prairies" 74 Southeastern Geographer 11:00-12:30 Concurrent Session A Concurrent Session B Concurrent Session C ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY: INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING ..................... Room A Presiding: P. P. Karan (University of Kentucky ) David C. Sweet (Battelle Memorial Institute), "The Systematic Approach to Industrial Development Research" Peter Lewis (University ofFlorida), "Measuring the Changing Pattern of American Paper Production, 1884 to 1966" Donald A. Blome (University ofKentucky ), "The United States Bituminous Coal Industry: AnAnalysis oÎLocational Change" 'Carl F. Ojala and Paul F. Rizzi (University of Georgia) "Industry Along Massachusetts Route 128: A Study in Location Factors" URBAN GEOGRAPHY: RANK-SIZE RULE AND CBD ................. Room B Presiding: Dennis L. Spetz (University of Louisville) James A. Barnes (University of Georgia), "A Brief Examination of the Rank-Size Rule for Cities" "David C. Weaver (University of Florida), "A Comparison of Changes in the Land Use Mix of Three American Central Business Districts, 1952-1966" William D. Lonon (University ofSouth Carolina), "Hard Core Delimitations of the Central Business District: Columbia, South Carolina" Lisle S. Mitchell (University of South Carolina), "The Central Business District of Columbia, South Carolina: Relationships Between Land Value and Building Height" PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY .................... Room C Presiding: David H. Irwin (Murray State University ) Howard H. Dennis and Richard A. Stephenson (University of Georgia), "On the Origin of the Moleña Sand in Central Georgia" Roger M. McCoy (University of Kentucky ), "Rapid Measurement of Drainage Density" James F. Woodruff and John D. Hewlett (University of Georgia), "Some Geographic Aspects of Storm Runoff in Georgia" Richard Fussell (University of Georgia), "The Rainfall Anomaly in the Southern Caribbean Area" 13:45-15:45 CHANGING GEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS: Concurrent AFRICA ................................... Room A Session A Arranged by Paul E. Lovingood, Jr. (University of South Carolina ) Presiding: Harm J. de Blij (University of Miami) S. Reza Ahsan (Western Kentucky University ), "Heartland of Ethiopia: The Amharaland" Vol. X, No. 1 75 Concurrent Session B Concurrent Session C 16:00-17:30 Concurrent Session A Stephen S. Birdsall (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), "Utilitarian Modifications to Land Rent Determination : An Example from Western Kenya" Donald L. Capone (University of Miami), "Pioneer Settlement in Machakos District, Kenya" Sanford H. Bederman (Georgia State University ), "The Demise of the Commercial Banana Industry in West Cameroon " Paul E. Lovingood, Jr. (University of South Carolina), "The Economic Structure of the Roma Valley Region of Lesotho" AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND REMOTE SENSOR IMAGERY ......................... Room B Presiding: Clark I. Cross (University of Florida) Paul M. Helbert (East Tennessee State University), "Junk Cars: An Explanation of Their Distribution" W. T. Mealor, Jr. and Merle C. Prunty, Jr. (University of...