By EDNA MAE BROWN

New- Periodicals of 1949-Part I Miss Brown is head~ serials section, Des­

criptive Cataloging Division~ Library of Congress.

H UNDREDS OF periodicals new to the col­lections of the Library of Congress

have been examined since Jan. I, I 949· In all this quantity of material few titles were found which had begun publication in I 949, and of these, few were found which pos­sessed reference value or promise of lon­gevity. Hence, if this list can claim to represent the output of the press, then the conclusion must be drawn that few schol­arly journals have been launched during the

first six months of I 949·

Art

A new art magazine from Munich, Glanz~ covers art, the theater, films, archi­tecture and literature. It is well illustrated, part in color, and includes portraits. Al­dous Huxley was among the contributors to the first issue, with an article entitled "Das Schicksal verschenkt Nichts."

CU7·rent A /fairs

The Reporter~ a Fortnightly of Facts and I

Ideas aims to gather, select and interpret in-ternational and national facts in such a way that the American people will know what these facts mean and what they can do about them. Each issue will be devoted to a single, timely theme. The first article will state the political or ecopomic problem on which the issue is centered and will define The Reporter~s policy on it. Other articles will follow, each throwing a different light

on the major topic. The theme of volume one, number one is "Arithmetic and Higher Mathematics," or more specifically, the financial policy of the United States.

Government

Two new periodical publications from the Pan American Union, Annals of the Organ­ization of American States and Americas are replacing the former Bulletin of the union. The Annals will publish in Spanish, English, Portuguese and French all the official documents of the organization. These include official results of conferences, texts of treaties, resolutions of the Council, conventions and resolutions of the special­ized conferences and the reports on the ac­tivities of the Pan American Union, of the Council and of the specialized organiza­tions. The first issue presents the official documents of the conference at Bogota. Americas~ published in English, Spanish and Portuguese, is popular in style with reada­ble articles on subjects of interest to mem­bers of the Pan American Union. Included in the first issue were articles on the role of the Council of the Organization of American States in · the settlement of the Costa Rican-Nicaraguan problem of De­cember I948, another on Jaime Torres Bodet and another on Guatamala, traveler's paradise.

British colonial government is the field of two British official publications. Corona~

the 1 ournal of His Majesty's Colonial Of­/ice is a professional journal for all British colonial officers. The contributors are to be officers in the field who it is hoped will write

452 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES

about their work in a manner to stimulate discussion and criticism from their col­leagues. Such subjects as the disorders in Malaya, inflation in Bornu (Nigerian Prov­ince), recent Parliamentary action relating to colonial affairs and book reviews were in­cluded in the first issue. The Journal of African Administration, primarily designed for the practical administrator in Africa is hoped to be of interest and value to serious students of African affairs. As in the case of Corona, it is expected that the Journal will provide a forum for the working out of riew ideas by the exchange of views on the basis of practical experience. "The Future of Native Courts," "Local Government Re­organization in the Eastern Provinces of Nigeria and Kenya," and "African Urban Advisory Councils in the Northern Rho­desia .Copperbelt" were among the subjects treated in the first issue.

Hobbies

Inventor and Gadgeteer "is a national publication for professionals, beginners and basement workshop inventors and gadge­teers, as well as a guide to inventing, manu­facturing, marketing, advertising, financing and developing new improvements, devices and discoveries." The National Association of Gardeners is issuing a new official organ, The Professional Gardener. Included in an early issue were nontechnical discussions on varieties and care of bougainvilleas and dahlias, treatment of Dutch elm disease, keeping evergreens ever green, and others. Ship Models is intended for beginners as well as the skilled. It is well illustrated, has some rather detailed diagrams and care­ful instructions.

Home Economics

Western Home Economics, published in San Francisco, will be of especial interest

OCTOBER, 1949

to western home economists since the em­phasis is on persons and activities in that area. Among the articles included in the first issue are "Home Economics at Mills Colleges," "Mile-High Cakes," and "Cor­porate Personalities."

Latin America

From the Biblioteca Municipal "Maris­cal Andres de Santa Cruz" in La Paz, Bolivia, comes a Revista dealing with the literature and literary history of Bolivia. From Merida, Revista de Estudios Yuca­tecos comes to interpret Yucatan. Included in the first issue were not only poems, literary criticism and book reviews, but also articles on such subjects as "Panorama de la Cultura Yucateca, Afio de I 846" and "Don Us Escalante, Precursor de la In­dustria Henequenera." E.S ., an English­Spanish review published in San Antonio, is a little magazine, popular in style, with the lofty ideal of being a "symbol of what is best of the two cultures ordained by God to share in the new world." Some contribu­tions are in Spanish, some in English . Among the articles of the first issue is "A New American Sociology," a review in English of an article in Revista M exicana de Sociolog£a, "Oportunistas y Hombres de Lucha," a review of an article from the San Antonio La Prensa and a few brief re­views of English books.

Law

University of Illinois Law Forum "will be devoted primarily to legal subjects that are of current and pressing interest to the members of the bar." The aim is "to keep the discussions close to the urgent problems of the profession, and to shape the materials of the periodical so that they will offer the highest attainable measure of help for the members of the bar in the solution of their problems and in the advancement

453

of law improvement." An advisory com­mittee of lawyers is assisting in choosing topics for the Forum and finding individ­uals qualified to write on them. Each issue of the publication will be devoted to a single topic with various phases of it pre­sented in a symposium. There will be a board of student editors who will assist in publication and who will be responsible for a section dealing with notes and comments. Number one covers "Estate Planning."

Literature

American Quarterly, published for the Program in American Studies at the U ni­versity of Minnesota, "will attempt to find the common area of interest in which spe­cialists of varim.ls kinds and the aware reader may meet. It will publish articles of a speculative, critical, and informative nature, which will assist in giving a sense of direc­tion to studies in the culture of America, past and present." The first issue presents various aspects of American world influ­ences. Included are such articles as "American Influences on Contemporary Italian Literature," by Elio Vittorini, "The Projection of America Abroad," by Max Beloff and "The Reputation of America Overseas ( I 7 76- I 86o) " by Merle Curti. Comparative Literature is published by the University of Oregon, with the cooperation of the Comparative Literature Section of the Modern Language Association of America. "Founded at a time when the strengthening of good international relations is of para­mount importance, Comparative Literature provides a forum for those scholars and crit-

. ics who are engaged in the study of litera­ture from an international point of view." Volume one, number one includes articles in English, German and Italian and dis­cusses such subjects as "The Concept of 'Romanticism' in Literary History," "Dante Through the Ages," and "Kafka, Lessing, and Vigny." MSS will be "published sev-

eral times each academic year by a club of Princeton University undergraduates in­terested in encouraging and rewarding crea­tive writing and presenting the most pleas­ant circumstances for free discussion of literature and artistic media among under­graduates." The Review of Contemporary Poetry, edited by James 0. Jordan, Myron Bates, Clement Cockrel, and others, in Lex­ington, Ky., "is intended primarily to create an interest in and a desire for the work of promising young writers of poetry."

Me.dicine

The Cancer Bulletin which began publi- · cation with the March-April I949 issue supersedes the Texas Cancer Bulletin. Like its predecessor it aims to bring to the physi­cian techniques, ideas and results of re­search. Each issue will offer practical sug­gestions for the diagnosis and treatme.nt of many types of cancer. Short, terse ab­stracts will indicate the whereabouts of pertinent articles. Dr. Morris Fishbein is the editor-in-chief of the Bulletin of the World Medical Association. This journal will be devoted to the work of the associa­tion, namely the raising of standards of medical education through the world and correlated with this, the delivery of a high quality of medical service. The Bulletin will record the results of such surveys as those concerned with the supply of physi­cians in all the great nations throughout the world, medical education, the laws reg­ulating medical practice, the manufacture of drugs and medical products and the laws regulating such manufacture and distribu­tion, the problems related to social security and similar subjects. Articles in the first issue were in German, Spanish and English.

Music

Music Forum~ which began publication in January I949 and with the July issue changed title to Music Forum and Digest,

454 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES

has brief, popularly written articles such as one on rrOpera Can Pay" and sketches of Milton Cross and Robert Merrill, a section of book reviews and a "Cantorial Section."

Socialism

Leo Huberman and Paul M. Sweezy, editors and publishers of Monthly Review J an Independent Socialist MagazineJ define socialism as "a system of society with two fundamental characteristics: first, public ownership of the decisive sectors of the economy; and second, comprehensive plan­ning of production for the benefit of the producers themselves." Monthly Review is being founded to analyze from a socialist point of view the most significant trends in domestic and foreign affairs. A working agreement with Cahiers InternationauxJ a new socialist magazine published in Paris, permits exchange of manuscripts from time to time, and the right of translation. By this means American readers will be kept in direct touch with leading socialist writers of Europe and closer relations between American and European socialists will be

· established.

Soviet Press

Current Digest of the Soviet Press is pub­lished weekly by the 1 oint Committee on Slavic Studies appointed by the American Council of Learned Societies and the Social Science Research Council. It will present a selection of the contents of the Soviet press, carefully translated into English, ob­jectively condensed by competent editors, arranged by subject matter, and indexed quarterly. The contents of Pravda and Izvestia will be thoroughly covered, more important items will be given in full, others will be condensed or summarized, and to make coverage complete, even the smallest items will be represented, possibly by no more than a translation of their headlines.

OCTOBERJ 1949

The Current Digest also will contain selec­tions from approximately forty other Soviet newspapers and magazines.

Technology

Journal of Petroleum TechnologyJ which began publication in 1 anuary I 949, super­sedes Petroleum 'Technology and Mining and Metallurgy. It is the official publica­tion of the Petroleum Branch, American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical En­gineers and will publish technical papers in addition to the official notices of the branch. Water PowerJ a Technical I ournal D e-· voted to the Study of All Aspects of Hydro­Electric Developments began publication in London with the issue for 1 anuary-Febru­ary 1949. Well-illustrated articles dealing with hydro-electric establishments in Eu­rope, Egypt, Scotland, Canada and elsewhere appeared in the first issue. The I ournal of

Industrial Engineering is published by the recently organized American Institute of Industrial Engineering. It will include in addition to institute news and announce-. ments, studies on various phases of indus­Vial engineering.

Theology

Cross and CrownJ a Thomistic Review of Spiritual Theology is edited by the Domini­can Fathers of the Province of St. Albert the Great, and edited at the Dominican House of Studies, River Forest, Ill. "Its aim will be the presentation of the princi­ples, conclusions, and applications of spiri­tual theology according to the traditions of the Thomist school in a manner that will have appeal and interest to all who value the interior life." The first issue included such discussions as "Man's Response to the Trin­ity," "Psychological Aspects of the Struggle for Perfection'' and "The Flowering of Span ish Mysticism." Also included is a section of book reviews.

455

Periodicals American Qtwrterly. University of Minnesota Press,

Minneapolis 14- v . r., no. I, Spring I949· $3.50. Americas. General Secretariat of the Organization of

American States, Pan American Union, Washing­ton 6, D .C. v. I, no. I, March I949- Monthly. $3.

Annals of the Organization of American States. Dept. of Public Information, Pan American Union, Wash­ington 6, D.C. v. I, no. I, I949· Quarterly. $2.00.

The Cancer Bulletin. Medical Arts Publishing Com- . pany, Houston. v. I, no. I, March-April 1949. Bi­monthly. $4.00.

Comparative Literature. University of Oregon, Eugene. v . I, no. I, Winter I949· Quarterly. $3.50.

Corona; the Journal of H is Majesty's Colonial Service. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London. v. I, no. I, February I949· Monthly. I4S.

Cross and Crown. Dominican House of Studies, River Forest, Ill. v. I, no. 1, March I949· Frequency not given. $4.00.

Cttrrent Digest of the Soviet Press. I2I9 Sixteenth St., N.W., Washington 6, D.C. v. I, no. I, February

• 1, I949· Weekly. $I5o.oo. E. S. Gonzalez Enterprises, San Antonio. v. I, no. I,

February I949· Monthly. $2.50. Glanz. Verlag Kurt Desch, Romanstrasse 7, Munich.

no. I, J anuary I949· Monthly. Mk. 2.50 per issue. Inventor and Gadgeteer. Inventor and Gadgeteer Pub­

li shing__ Company, 524 S. Spring St., Los Angeles I3. v. I, no. I, March I949· Monthly. $2.50.

fottrnal of African Administration. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London. v. I, no. I, January I946. Quarterly. 6s.6d.

The Journal of Industrial Engineering. American In­stitute of Industrial Engineering, Inc., 2I4 Industrial Engineering Building, Ohio State University, Co­lumbus 10. v. I, no. I, June I949· Quarterly. $2.

fot~rnal of Pet1'oleum Technology. 6oi Continental Building, Dallas r. v. 1, no. I, January I949· Monthly. $8.oo.

La Paz, Bolivia. Biblioteca Municipal "Mariscal Andres de Santa Cruz." Revista. v. I, no. I, January I949· Frequency not given. Price not given.

Monthly Review. 66 Barrow St., New York I4. v. I, no. I, May I949· $3.00.

MSS. 74 Blair Hall, Princeton, .J. v. I, no. I, January I949· Irregular. I5¢ per copy.

Music For1tm and Digest. 55 vVest 42nd St., ew York I8. v . I, no. I, January I949· Monthly. $2.50-

The Professional Gardener. National Association of Gardeners, I83 Madison Ave., ew York I6. v. I, no. I, January I949· Monthly. Membership.

Tite Reporter. Fortnightly Publishing Company, 220 E. 42nd St., ew York I 7- v. I, no. I, April 26, 1949. Biweekly. $5.00.

The Review of Contemporary Poetry. P.O. Box 6os, Lexington, Ky. v. I, no. I, March 1949. Bi­monthly. $r.so.

Revista de Estttdios Yucatecos. Victor M. Suarez, Director, Calle 57, no. 5I3, Apartado Postal 38, Merida, Yucatan. no. I, February I949· Quarterly. $2.00.

Ship Models . Robert A. Na h, 2"2 S. Baldwin Ave., Sierra Madre, Calif. v. I, no. 1, I949· 6 nos. a year. $2.oo.

University of Illinois Law Forum. College of Law, University of Illinois, Urbana. no. r, Spring I949· Quarterly. $3.50.

Water Power. 33 Tothill St., London, S.W.r. v. I, no. 1, January-February I949· Bimonthly. 20s.

Western Home Economics. Shore Publishing Com-pany, Russ Building-, San Francisco 4· v. I, no. I, May I949· Monthly. $3 .00.

World Medica l Association. Bulletin. 535 N. Dear­born St., Chicago Io. v. I, no. I, April I949· Frequency not given. $Io.oo (annual fellowship dues, including subscription) .

New Institutional Members Who Joined A.C.R.L. 1n 1948 Up to and Including the Month of August

Abrahams Magazine Service, New York City America Press Library, New York City American Dental Association Arizona Department of Library and Archives Boston College Library Briar Cliff College Library Brigham Young University Library The Abraham A. Brill Library, N.Y.C. Brooklyn College Library Brown University Library Buffalo Museum of Science Library Business Reference Library, N.Y.C. California Academy of Science Library California Library Association University of California Library at Los Angeles University of California, College of Agriculture Li·

brary, Davis Canterbury College Library Carleton College Library Catawba College Library Chicago Medical School Library Clarke College Library Colorado School of Mines Library Columbia College Library (S.C.) Concordia College Library University of Connecticut Library Cornell niversity Library Thomas Y. Crowell Co. Library D.A.R. Library, Washington, D.C. Davidson College Library Dayton (Ohio) Public Library Bowen Branch, Detroit Public Library Burton Dept., Detroit Public Library Butzel Branch, Detroit Public Librar y

Campbell Branch, Detroit Public Library Conely Branch, Detroit Public Library Downtown Library, Detroit Public Library Duffield Branch, Detroit Public Library E. vVarren Branch, Detroit Public Library Extension Dept., Detroit Public Library Fine Arts Dept., Detroit Public Library Foreign Language Dept., Detroit Public Library Gray Branch, Detroit Public Library Home Reading Dept., Detroit Public Library Lothro.IJ. Reading Dept., Detroit Public Library Mark Twain Branch, Detroit Public Library Medical Science Dept., Detroit Public Library Monnier Branch, Detroit Public Library Monteith Branch, Detroit Public Library Municipal Reference Library, Detroit Public Library Music and Drama Dept., Detroit Public Library

orth \Voodward Branch, Detroit Public Library Outer Gratiot Branch, Detroit Public Library Parkman Branch, Detroit Public Library Reference Dept., Detroit Public Library Redford Branch, D etroit Public Library Richard Branch, Detroit Public Library Roger Williams Branch, Detroit Public Library Schools Dept ., Detroit Public Library Sherwood Forest Branch, Detroit Public Library

ocial Science Dept., Detroit Public Library Technology Dept., Detroit Public Library Utley Branch, Detroit Public Library Walker Branch, Detroit Public Library Don Bosco College· Library

niversity of Dubuque Library Duke University Law Library Dunbarton College of Holy Cross Library

456 COL LEGE AND R ESEAR CH L IBRARIES

Eggers & Higgins, New York City Fairleigh Dickinson Junior College Library Florida Southern College Library Flor ida State University Library Benjamin Foster Co., Philadelphia Fournier Institute of Technology Library Franklin College Library Gannon College Library Geneva College Library The George Wa hington University Library Georgia State College Library, Albany

orth Georgia College Library, Dahlonega University of Georgia Libraries Georgetown Visitation Convent Gonzaga University ' Library Grand Forks Public L ibrary ( .D.) Haverford College Library Heidelberg College Library Hillsdale College Library Hollins College Library Illinois Institute of Technology Library University of Illinois Library Illinois vVesleyan University Library Incarnate Word College Library Ball State Teachers ' College Library, Muncie, Indiana Indiana University Libraries Iona College Library Kansas State Teachers College Libra ry, Pittsburg Kenyon College Library Kir ksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery Library Latin American Village, El Monte, Calif. Lawrence College Library Lehigh University Library Lesley College Library Lewis and Clark Coll ege Library Lincoln University L ibrary, Jefferson City, Mo. Long Island University Library Louisburg College Library Loyola University Library, Los Angeles Loyola University Library, Chicago Loyola University Downtown College Library, Chicago

. Manchester College Library Marlboro College Library Marqu ette University Library Maryland State Teachers College Library, Towson Morgan State College Library, Baltimore, Md. Maryville College Library Marywood College Library University of Miami Library, Coral Gables, Fla. Michigan College of Mining and Technology Library Mississippi College Library, Clinton Mississippi State College Library, State College Mississippi Woman's College Library, Hattiesburg Motion Picture Research Council, Inc., Hollywood Mount Mercy Coll ege Library Mount St. Mary's College Library Mount St. Scholastica College Library College of Mount St. Vincent Library National College for Christian Workers Library University of Nevada Library Newark Public Library (N.J.) University of New Ramp hire Library New Jersey tate Teachers College Library, Upper

Montclair Eastern New Mexico College Library, Portales

OCTOBER .. 1949

New York Library Association North Carolina Library Association

orth Dakota Nor mal and Industrial School Library, Ellendale

North Dakota State T eachers College, Dickinson Southern Oregon College of Education, Ashland Our Lady of the Lake College Library Pan American Union Library Washington, D.C. Panhandle A and M College Library, Goodwell, Okla. Pennsylvania State College Library, State College Pennsylvania State Library Perkins Institu tion for the Blind Library Phill ips University Library University of Portland College of Nursing Library Princeton University Library Queens College Library Regis College Library University of Richmond Library Ripon College Library Rockhurst College Library Rockville Center Public Library (N .Y.) Rosemont College Library St. Elizabeth Teacher Training Institute Library St. John's College Library, Annapolis, Md. St. Lawrence University Library St. Mary's College . Library, Winona, Minn. St. Mary-of-the-Woods College Library St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore Md . St. Mary's University Library, San Antonio, Tex. St. Procopius College Library Carl Schurz Memorial Fou ndation, Philadelphia University of Scranton Library Siena College Library University of Sou th Carolina Library Southern Methodist University Library East Te..xas State Teachers College Library, Commerce Texas Library Association North Texas State Teachers College Library, Denton Texas Technological College Library, Lubbock Texas Wesleyan College Library Trinity College Library, Sioux City, Iowa Trinity University Library, San Antonio, Tex. Tulane University Library Union University Library, Jackson, Tenn. Universal Bookbindery, San Antonio, Tex. Upsala College Library University of Utah Library Virginia Library Association Virginia Union University Library Wartburg Theological Seminary Library West Hartford Public Library (Conn.) College of Wooster Library Xavier University Library, New Orleans Yiddish Scientific Institute L ibrary University of Western Australia Library University of British Columbia Library Hamilton Public Library (Ontario) Library of the Schools of Engineering and Architec-

ture, University of Havana, Cuba Helsinki University Library, Finland University of London Library, England London Public Library and Art Museum, Ontario University of Western Ontario Library Uppsala University Library, Uppsala, Sweden

457