dren's hospitals and orphanges in Russia. Maintains a bureau for placing interested young people in short-term service as officers in prisons, reform schools, and in social work in America. Issues bulletins and pamphlets, free upon application. Has lantern slides descriptive of work in various European countries, obtainable free of charge by persons who guarantee to put them to profitable use. Members of the Committee are representatives of all branches of the Religious Society of Friends in America. Supported by contributions.

American Gymnastic Union (org. 1850), Pres., Theo. Stempfel, Fletcher American National Bank, Indianapolis, Ind. To further physical education and to disseminate ideas. Union is the coordinating office for the district offices and local branches of the association. Local branches are known as Turnverein (gymnastic and athletic societies). Members carry on athletic exercises and work for physical education in the public schools and other community agencies. Maintains at the Anthenæum in Indianapolis a normal school for the training of teachers of physical education. Publishes an Annual Report, free to members, available to non-members upon request. Local branches are supported by membership dues ranging from $6 to $18 a year; national office is supported by per capita tax paid by members.

American Home Economics Association (org. 1908, inc. 1909), 1211 Cathedral St., Baltimore, Md. To improve conditions of living in the home, the institutional home, the school, and the community. Cen-tral office acts as a bureau of information, answering questions on household problems or directing inquirers to other sources of information. Association, both as a national body and through its local groups, fosters the establishment and maintenance, in the elementary grades, of home economics teaching for girls and of appropriate instruction for boys as well as girls in matters relative to the welfare of the individual and the home; the founding of departments of home economics and of courses dealing with public health, the latter open to men as well as women, in normal schools and colleges; the extension of home economics instruction to housewives desiring it; the furtherance of child welfare and community health campaigns and the promotion of educational research and investigation. National organization assists local groups in extending their work. Supports legislation, both State and Federal, which would further ends for which the Association is working. Administers the Ellen H. Richards Memorial Fund, the income of which is devoted to investigations, research, and publications related

to home economics problems. Holds an annual conference, open to the public, the Proceedings of which are published in its Journal and Bulletin. Publishes numerous pamphlets, a few plays and pageants for home economics students, "A Syllabus of Home Economics", and a household account book, each for sale at small cost; reprints from its monthly magazine, 10 and 15 cents each. Issues The Bulletin of the American Home Economics Association, quarterly, free to members, and The Journal of Home Economics, monthly, 30 cents a copy, $2.50 a year. Supported by sale of literature, contributions, and by membership dues, $2 a year.

American Hospital Association (org. 1898), 22 East Ontario St., Chicago, Ill. To promote the efficiency of hospitals through the study of hospital management. Endeavors to advance the education of hospital workers through discussion of hospital problems. Aims to promote public welfare by standardization of methods of establishment, management and care of hospitals and dispensaries. Gives free information and advice on general problems to anyone applying, and on specific problems when requested by individuals stating their connection with hospitals. Cooperates with the Hospital Library and Service Bureau of the American Conference on Hospital Service (for description of which bureau see elsewhere in the Handbook). Conducts service bureaus on dispensaries and community relations and on social service. Holds an annual meeting, open to members and invited guests. Publishes Proceedings and occasional bulletins. Institutional membership open to corporations and associations organized for the promotion of public health or for the care of sick or injured; individual membership (active) open to officials of such organizations and members of hospital medical staffs, and (as associate members) heads of departments in hospitals. Supported by annual dues: for hospitals, $10 and up, according to capacity; $10 for other institutional members; $2 and up for individual members.

American Humane Education Society (org. and inc. 1889), 180 Longwood Ave., Boston, Mass. To promote humane education in schools and elsewhere. Works for the enactment and enforcement of humane legislation. Field workers address audiences of all kinds. throughout the country; prepare articles for the press; assist local groups and distribute free literature. Central press committee issues articles for the press, circular letters, and leaflets. The Society has prepared study outlines, stereopticon slides, and a film which may be bor

rowed; free upon request. Serves as a clearing house for information and literature on humane education. The Band of Mercy organizes local groups among school children throughout the country. The Jack London Club seeks to create public sentiment against the trained animal performance. Society publishes books and pamphlets; its official organ is Our Dumb Animals, monthly, $1 a year. Membership open to all. Supported by contributions, subscriptions, and membership fees, $1 and up.

American Indians' Society. See Society of American Indians.

American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology (org. 1909), 1028 Land Title Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa. To further the study of criminal law and criminology and modern penology. Formulates and promotes measures for solving problems of crime and punishment. Special studies are made by committees which report at the annual meeting on the following subjects: insanity and criminal responsibility, crime and immigration, criminal procedure, indeterminate sentence, release on parole and pardon, narcotic drugs and crime, criminal statistics, criminal law and procedure, and the like. Holds an annual meeting, open to the public. Services free to anyone requesting them. Publishes with the American Prison Association (for description of which see elsewhere in the Handbook) and the American Society of Military Law, the Journal of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology, quarterly, 75 cents a copy, $3 a year. Occasionally issues special bulletins and leaflets on pertinent subjects; available to members and subscribers. Institute is composed of national and State organizations whose individual membership is by application. Supported by contributions, subscriptions, and membership dues, $5 a year.

American Institute of International Law. See Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

American Jewish Committee (org. 1906, inc. 1911), 171 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. To prevent the infraction of the civil and religious rights of Jews in any part of the world. Aims to render all lawful assistance and to take appropriate remedial action in the event of threatened or actual invasion or restriction of such rights or of unfavorable discrimination with respect thereto. Seeks to secure for Jews equality of economic, social, and educational opportunities. Works to alleviate the consequences of persecution, and to afford relief from calamities affecting Jews wherever they may occur. Compiles up-todate information as to the condition of the Jewish people of the world.

Holds an annual meeting for members. Publishes an Annual Report, which, with its other literature, is sent free to members and to others applying. Membership open to interested persons. Supported by voluntary contributions.

American Judicature Society. See National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.

American Legion (org. and inc. 1919), Meridian Life Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind. A patriotic society organized to promote the welfare of all ex-service men of the World War and to cooperate in rendering service to the community, State, and Nation. Has State departments composed of local Posts which must have membership of at least 15. Holds an annual convention. Is pledged to uphold the Constitution of the U. S.; to maintain law and order; to foster and perpetuate Americanism; to preserve the memories and incidents of the War. Advocates patriotic exercises and courses in citizenship in public and private schools. Urges adequate Government compensation for disabled men; strict immigration laws; punishment of "slackers"; exclusion of Japanese immigrants; land grants and farm credit for service men and women; preference in Civil Service employment to disabled men, ex-service men, and the widows of those who died in service. Has a commission to plan, establish, and conduct an educational system to combat anti-Americanism tendencies; to work for the education of immigrants and to foster the teaching of citizenship in the schools. Cooperates with other agencies seeking to eliminate illiteracy throughout the U. S. National Executive Committee plans to organize a movement to raise a subscription fund for the erection of a memorial in France; to cooperate with other agencies in memorial service; and to arrange with the people of France to maintain as a permanent memorial the cemeteries where American soldiers are buried. Legion publishes The American Legion Weekly; 10 cents a copy, $2 a year, free to members. Membership is open to all persons who were in the military or naval service of the U. S. during the period between April 6, 1917 and November 11, 1918, both dates inclusive, and to U. S. citizens who served in the forces of the allied countries during the World War. National organization supported by annual membership fees of 25 cents per capita from local Posts in which dues vary.

Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion admits to membership mothers, wives, daughters, and sisters of members of the American

Legion and of men who died in the War or from the effects of the War.

American Library Association (org. 1876, inc. 1879), Secy., Carl H. Milam, 78 East Washington St., Chicago, Ill. An organization of librarians, library trustees, and other persons interested in libraries. To foster the development of libraries and promote the use of books; to raise the professional standards, dignify library service, and improve library salaries; to assist in making books a vital, working, educational force in American life, and in making libraries easily accessible to all the people; to give through its headquarters and committees advisory assistance to all who are interested in library establishment, extension, and development; to attract to library work as a profession young men and women who have the necessary personal and educational qualifications. Maintains a free Employment Bureau to serve librarians seeking positions, and libraries which need librarians and assistants. Association holds an annual conference, open to the public, for the discussion of library topics. Publishes Conference Papers and Proceedings; available to members. Association publishes books, periodicals, and pamphlets to aid in the establishment of libraries and help trustees and librarians in rendering library service. Publications include pamphlets and books ranging in price from 5 cents to $6 each: book-selection and book-buying aids; lists of children's books and books on special subjects; lists of books in foreign languages; various indexes, as, for example, an index to kindergarten songs and an index to plays for children; an A. L. A. Manual of Library Economy; pamphlets on library establishment, on library buildings and equipment, on library training, cataloging, children's libraries, school libraries, mending and binding, and other related topics. Active committees, including those on Civil Service Relations, Federal and State Relations, Institutional Libraries, International Relations, Library Cooperation with other Countries, Work with the Blind, and Work with the Foreign Born, carry on special work. Maintains library service for disabled ex-service men in U. S. Public Health Service and county hospitals. Membership is open to any person or institution engaged in or interested in library work; annual dues, $2 for individuals, $5 for libraries and institutions. Individual members also pay an initiation fee of $1. Supported by membership fees, contributions, and a small endowment fund.