Review of the XXV Annual Meeting

REVIEW OF THE XXV ANNUAL MEETING The twenty-fifth annual meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers was held November 22-24, 1970, at the Sheraton Columbia Inn, Columbia, South Carolina. The host institution was the University of South Carolina. E. E. Hegen was in charge of the program committee. A near-record 255 persons registered. After words of welcome by William C. Ouzts, Mayor of Columbia, and William H. Patterson, Provost of the University of South Carolina, a full program of 70 papers occupied two days. Norton S. Ginsburg, President of the Association of American Geographers, addressed the banquet on the subject, "The Lure of Tidewater." In the honors competition for the best papers by graduate students, the winners were Douglas C. Wilms, University of Georgia; and David A. Howard, Jr., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. _____________________________PROGRAM______________________________ SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1970 08:00-18:00 Field Trip ........................... Charleston, S.C. 12:00-20:00 Registration .................................. Lobby 20:00-22:00 Steering Committee Meeting ....... D. Bushman's residence MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1970 09:00-09:15 OPENING SESSION ..................... Crown Room Presiding: Richard G. Silvernail (Univ. South Carolina), Chairman, Southeastern Division Welcome: William C. Ouzts, Mayor pro tern (Columbia, S.C. ); and William H. Patterson, Provost (Univ. South Carolina) 09:15-11:00 TEACHING STRATEGIES AND THE INTRODUCTORY COLLEGE GEOGRAPHY COURSE ........ Crown Room Arranged by, and presiding: John M. Ball (Georgia State Univ. ) Richard G. Silvernail (Univ. South Carolina), "Introductory College Geography Course, the White Elephant in College Geography: Or, 'Do I have to teach it?' " Dixie Ann Pemberton (Virginia Polytechnic Institute),"Feelings and Learnings in Geographic Instruction" James B. Lindberg (Univ. Iowa), "Report on the Bromwoods and Hueston Woods Conferences" Discussants: Charles F. Gritzner and Lisle S. Mitchell Vol. XI, No. 1, 197179 11:15-12:30 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY ..................... Room A Presiding: Edwin H. Hammond (Univ. Tennessee) James A. Shear (Univ. Georgia), "A Deficit-Duration Assessment of Drought" Frank N. Himmler (Georgia State Univ.), "Temperature Trends in Atlanta, 1879-1970" J. F. Woodruff (Univ. Georgia), "Debris Avalanches as an Erosional Agent in the Appalachian Mountains" Discussants: David H. Irwin and Richard E. Witmer ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY: SOCIO-ECONOMIC PATTERNS ................................. Room B Presiding: Neal G. Lineback (Univ. Alabama) Richard A. Stephenson (Univ. Georgia) and Truman A. Hartshorn (Georgia State Univ.), "An Intra-Regionalization of the Atlantic Coastal Plain" David A. Howard, Jr. (Univ. North Carolina at Chapel Hill), "A Spatial Analysis of the County Per Capita Income Distribution in North Carolina: The Trend Toward Equality" Gary L. Thompson (Univ. Miami), "A Geography of Welfare in Oklahoma" Discussants: Wayne Hoffman and James R. Fussell GEOGRAPHY OF LEISURE .................. Room C Presiding: Robert C. Mings (Univ. Miami) Robert L. S. Cole and David J. Cowen (Univ. South Carolina), "An Analysis of Camper Categories, The Great Smokv Mountain National Park" Lisle S. Mitchell (Univ. South Carolina), "Analysis of Some Spatial Aspects of Playgrounds in Three Urban Areas" William R. Brueckheimer (Florida State Univ.), "Some Notes on the Tourist and Recreation Industry of Florida" Discussants: Joel R. Lancaster and R. James Heyl 13:45-15:30 AFRICAN STUDIES: THE CASE OF KENYA ____ Room A Arranged by, and presiding: Paul E. Lovingood, Jr. (Univ. South Carolina) Donald L. Capone (Univ. Miami), "Wildlife and Human Settlement in Kenya: A Case Study in Land Use Conflict and Resource Destruction" Stephen S. Birdsall (Univ. North Carolina at Chapel Hill), "Agricultural Profitability Potential and Population Pressure in Western Kenya" Bob J. Walter (Univ. Florida), "Environmental Perception: A Geographic Frontier for African Research" Discussants: Sanford H. Bederman and Byron E. Logan POPULATION AND SETTLEMENT GEOGRAPHY .............................. Room B Presiding: Gary L. Fowler (Univ. Kentucky) Paul H. Siseo (Memphis State Univ.), "Population Changes in Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1960's" 80Southeastern Geographer Malcolm A. Murray (Georgia State Univ.), David T. Allen (Tennessee Department of Public Health), Roger W. Rochat and Carl W. Tyler (Centerfor Disease Control PHS Atlanta), "Spatial Aspect of Public Family Planning Services Among Indigents in Georgia" Ennis L. Chestang (East Carolina Univ. ), "Mobile Homes and Settlement Geography in the Middle East of North Carolina " Cecil E. Palmer (Univ. South Florida), "Abandoned Mining Towns in Colorado: A Vanishing Element of the Cultural Landscape" Discussants: R. Paul...