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...schoolchildren are much more religious than their parents, said Sociologist Carson McGuire of the University of Texas to the Southern Regional Conference on Human Relations Education at the University of Oklahoma. Eighty-five percent of them "have some sort of religious affiliation, a proportion significantly greater than the 59.5% of adults in the U.S. claimed as church members...
Does rock-'n'-roll music itself encourage any form of juvenile delinquency? Illinois' Cook County Sheriff Joseph D. Lohman, who was a professional sociologist and criminologist before becoming sheriff, says: "I don't think there's any correlation between juvenile delinquency and rock 'n' roll, but rock 'n' roll is a symptom of a condition that can produce delinquency." Even Boston's fired-up anti-r. & r. campaigners concede that "it is a fad that has been adopted by the hoodium element, and that's where the trouble starts...
...apparent delight of the alumni and their wives who had returned for their 25th reunion, noted sociologist David Riesman, described the results of a series of interviews conducted by Time magazine last year with 180 college seniors from the Class of 1955, ten of whom were from Harvard...
...afternoon, the Class of 1931 will hold a Symposium in New Lecture Hall at 2:30 on "Harvard and Thereafter." Six members of '31, including C. Douglas Dillon, the United States Ambassador to France, and David Reisman, noted sociologist and writer, will speak...
...Elderly people do not go to church as often as young people because they cannot afford the collection plate, reported Long Beach (Calif.) Sociologist George M. Logan after querying 30,000 elderly persons. "More than half reported attending church less frequently than they did ten years ago. Transportation difficulties and low income combined with social pressure for financial support of the churches have offset attendance...