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By CAROLYN F. ULRICH 

New .Periodicals of 1945 "Part I 
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Miss Ulrich here offers the first section of 
her annual review~ the second half of which 
is scheduled for publication in the April 
1946 number of College and Research Li-. 
braries. 

O
UT OF THE PAST momentous · months, 

when the country's war efforts have 
been centered on scientific research and ex-
perimentation, has come the realization of 
some peacetime developments. In this con-
nection, it is pleasant and encouraging to 
report five new perio.dicais in the field of 
literature which, in addition to other merits, 
are an interesting contribution to the art 
of the format of periodicals. 

From the library of Indiana University 
comes a distinguished publication, the 
Indiana Quarterly for Bookmen~ which 
"reviews and describes the interests of In-
diana collectors and which provides for an 
exchange of news" of important and un-
usual collections. · While the policy for the 
future is broad-the pages being open for 
scholarly papers, lighter efforts, descrip-
tions of libraries, matters of opinion, col-
lecting adventures, and bibliographical 
interest-the introduction states that ' the 
early issues will contain articles "by persons 
at the university, to describe collections in 
which they have a collectors' pride." Full-
page reproductions of special items are a 
desirable feature. The Arizona Quarterly~ 
published by the University of Arizona, is 
similar to the New Mexico Quarterly~ 
emphasizing creative writing and includ-
ing some Southwestern folklore tradition. 
The first issue includes critical essays by 
Yvor Winters, M. R. Schneck, and Des-

mond Powell, and poetry by Wallace 
Stevens, Randall Jarrell, and Genevieve 
Taggard. Pharos is also dedicated to crea-
tive wntmg. "The magazine will be 
published intermittently, each number be-
ing devoted to an important piece of writ-
ing too long for inclusion in the other 
literary magazines, or to the work of a 
single writer." The play, Battle of Angels~ 
by Tennessee Williams, with a note on 
the play by Margaret Webster and an 
account of its production in Boston by the 
author, co'ostitutes the first issue. The 
Emory University Quarterly aims to ex-
press the intellectual and cultural life of 
its university and to stimulate this interest 
both on the campus and in the wider com-
munity. In the issue of the first quarter 
the articles are by members of the faculty 
and are accompanied by full-page illustra-
tions. The Alberta Folklore Quarterly~ a 
modest magazine published by the U niver-
sity of Alberta, Canada, states that it 
"aims to print authentic firsthand accounts 
interpretative of the region and its people; 
to encourage the collection and preserva-
tion of the traditional materials of Alberta; 
and to help foster a literature indigenQus to 
this part of the Canadian West." 

Inland Seas~ a delightful and well-illus-
trated quarterly bulletin published by the 
Great Lakes Historical Society, offers, be-
sides historical events, much of interest re-
garding the early steamboat days. 

On the postwar horizon plastics rise 
prominently, and there is so much valuable 
material appearing in various publications 
that the Plastics Index, which gives brief 
summaries of articles, is a timely reference 

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tool. In the initial issue 102 magazines 
and newspapers are indexed. Foreign pub-
lications are represented, the entries are by 
subject, and an annual accumulation is in-
cluded for the subscription price. Modern 
Metals, a light metals journal, states as its 
primary purpose wartime cooperation. Be-
yon·d that the journal will promote new 
uses for the light metals, through which 
increased employment will be created in · 
peacetime. The general policy is toward 
free exchange of information among com-
petitive industries. The content is similar 
to that of Aluminum and Magnesium, 
mentioned in the summary of new periodi-
cals in the March 1945 number of College 
and Research Libraries. 

Through the expansion of scientific in-
vestigation during the war . years, Wash-
ington, D.C., has become a center for 
scientific research, and the aim of the 
Washington Scientist is to give to scientists 
a wider knowledge and understanding of 
the advancement in scientific research in 
vastly different fields of endeavor. The 
Journal of Aeronautical Meteorology will 
make available to meteorologists, pilots, 
and others .interested in the subject, in-
formation vital to the safe operation of 
aircraft. W or/d's Poultry Science, inter-
national in. scope, "will deal with practical, 
semitechnical, and technical problems per-
taining to every branch of the poultry in-
dustry, including production, marketing, 
and consumption problems" within each 
country. An interesting feature which the 
industry presents is a world-wide rehabili-
tation phtn to emphasize the importance of 
eggs and paul try in diets. 

Medical Science 

Two interesting phases of medical science 
are represented by two new publications 
which are both timely and important. 
Epidemiological In formation Bulletin pre-
sents official information regarding health 

SEPTEMBER, 1945 

committees, commissions, conventions, and 
their functioning. The purpose is to bring 
together important information for the 
prevention of diseases likely to become epi-
demic. The Journal of Clinical Psychology 
is dedicated to the advancement of the 
clinical method in psychology and aims to 
foster its promotion as an applied science. 
The journal is scientific and contains illus-
trative charts and book reviews. In a 
'similar field of science is the Biometrics 
Bulletin, appearing six times a year and 
published by the American Statistical Asso-
ciatiOn. It is designed primarily for biolo-
gists who see in statistics a potent tool for 
their work, and, in addition to stimulating 
research, it encourages contacts among bi-
ologists concerned with problems of statisti-
cal information. 

Studies of statistical analysis of securi-
ties · and industries, grouped under seven 
headings and including techniques, data, 
market averages, annual · reports, termin-
ology, professional standards, and govern-
ment regulations, are given as the scope 
of the Analysts' Journal published by the 
New York Society of Security Analysts. 

Higher Education, a semimonthly publi-
cation of the U.S. Office of Education, 
states in the first issue that the plan is a 
medium of communication with American 
colieges and universities. "The new pub-
lication will include information concerning 
federal activities related to higher educa-
tion, reports of statistical and other studies 
of education made by staff members of the 
office, and materials from the colleges and 
universities and from educational organiza-
tions and associations." 

New foreign periodicals from Europe, 
Mexico, and South America deserve men-. 
tion. The War and the Working Class.~ 
a fortnightly journal, is published by the 
newspaper Trud, Moscow, in two editions, 
one printed in English and one in Russian. 
Students· of labor will find in this journal, 

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"devoted to questions of foreign policies of 
the U.S.S.R. and other countries and to 
current events in intetnational life," signed 
articles expressing the viewpoint of Soviet 
labor. From Spain there has arrived 
Cuadernos de A rquitectura., published by 
the Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Cata-
1 uiia y Baleareo. Folio in size and fully 
illustrated, it ranks with our leading archi-
tectural magazines and will find a place 
wherever architecture is studied. An out-
standing scientific publication from Mexico 
is A nales del I nstituto de Investigaciones 
Cientificas of the U niversidad de Nuevo 
Leon, which presents articles on scientific 
research in many fields-medicine, geology, 
and chemistry, among others. Desirable 
illustrations, charts, diagrams, and compre-
hensive bibliographies are included. El 
Cafe de Nicaragua is the organ of a co-
operative as.sociation of leading coffee grow-
ers and merchants which, looking toward 
the re-establishment of prewar stat11:s, 

covers the interests and promotion of the 
industry. A ntologia., from Argentina, is 
an interesting, illustrated monthly review 
of literature, art, and science. Music and 
drama are also represented and book re-
VIews are included. Ciencia e I nvestiga-
cion., also published in Argentina, covers 
the general development of the sciences, 
and Gaceta del Libro is a monthly useful 
in book selection. Reviews and discussion 
are given of books, both recent and stand-
ard, from Argentina and the Americas 
generally. U nivt?rsidad N acional de Co-
lombia., a quarterly review of modern cul-
ture representative of the academic world, 
is scholarly and impressive, publishing 
articles in the humanities, pure and social 
sciences, and, m fact, practically every 
field of human endeavor. In the field of 
chemistry is the Revista Colombiana de 
Quimica.~ which adds another periodical to 
the rapidly growing list of scientific JOur-
nals coming from South America. 

Periodicals 
Alberta Folklore Quarterly. University of Alberta, 

Edmonton, Alta., Canada. v. I, no. I, March 
I945· Quarterly. $1. 

Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Cienti/icas. 
Universidad de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, N.L., 
Mexico. v. I, no. I, I944· Frequency and price 
not given. 

The Analysts' Journal. New York Society of Security 
Analysts, Inc., 44 Wall St., New York City. v. I, 
no. I, January I 945. Quarterly. $3. 

Antologia; Revista Mensual de Literatura, Artes y 
Ciencias. Librerias Martin Fierro, Avenida Cor-
rientes 465, Buenos Aires, Argentina. v. I, no. I, 
November I944· Monthly. $4. 

Biometrics Bulletin. Biometrics Section, American 
Statistical Association, I 603 K St. N. W .• Washing-
ton 6, D.C. v. I, no. I, February I945· Six 
times a year. $3. 

El CalC de Nicaragua. Sociedad Cooperativa An6-
nima de Cafeteros de Nicaragua, Managua, Nica-
ragua, C.A. Afiol, no. I, November I944· Monthly. 
$10. . 

Ciencia e Investigacion. Asociacion Argentina el 
Progreso de las Ciencias. Apartado Especial I 7 5, 
Buenos Aires, Argentina. v. I, no. I, January 
I945· Monthly. $Is. 

Cuadernos de Arquitectura. Colegio Oficial de Arqui-
tectos de Catalufia· y Baleares, Avda. Jose Antonio 
563, Barcelona, Spain. v. I, no, I, January I944· 
Frequency and price not given. 

The Emory University Quarterly. Emory University, 
Ga. v. I, no. I, March I945· Quarterly, $1.50. 

Epidemiological Information Bulletin. United Nations 
,Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, Health 
Division, Washington, D.C. v. I, no. I, Jan. IS, 
I94S.. Semimonthly. Price not given. 

Gaceta del Libro. Canning 739, Buen~i. Aires, Ar-
g'entina. Aiio I, no. I, March I945· Monthly. $s. 

H~gher Educatio ·n. Higher Education Division, U.S. 

Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 
Washington 25, D.C. v. I, no. I, Jan. I, I945· 
Semimonthly. 75¢. , 

The Indiana Quarterly for Bookmen. Indiana Uni-
versity Library, Bloomington. v. I, no. I, Janu-
ary 1945, Quarterly. Price not given. 

Inland Seas. Great Lakes Historical Society, Inc., 
c/o Cleveland Public Library, 325 E. Superior Ave., 
Cleveland I4. v. I, no. I, January I945· Quarterly. 
$s. 

Journal of Aeronautical Meteorology. Air Transport 
Association, IO Richards Rd., Kan$aS City 6, Mo. 
v. I, no. I, October I944· Quarterly. $2. 

Journal of Clinical Psychology, Medical College Bldg., 
University of Vermont, Burlington. Quarterly. $4. 

Modern Metals. Modern Metals Publishing Co., 
Burnham Bldg., Chica·go 1. v. I, no. I, February 
I945· Monthly. $3. 

Pharos; a Magazine Dedicated to Creative Writing. 
Box 2I 5, Murray, Utah. no. I-2, spring I945· 
Irregular. $2. 

Plastics Index. Publications Publishing Co., 52'I 
Fifth Ave., New York City I7. v. I, no. I, Oc· 
tober I944· Monthly. $25. 

Revista Colombiana de Quimica. Sociedad Colombiana 
de Quimicos, Apartado 3I8, Bogota, Colombia. 
v. I, no. I, December I944· Quarterly. $I. 

Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Apartado Nacional 
25, Bogota, Colombia. no. I, October I944· Quar-
terly. Price not given. 

The War and the Working Class. Trud, 12 Kalashny 
Pereulok, Arhat. Moscow, U.S.S.R. no. I, Jan. I, 
I945· Fortnightly. $2.50. 

Washington Scientist. Science Press, Washington, 
D.C. v. I, no. I, February, I945· Monthly. $3. 

World's Poultry Science. World's Poultry Science 
Association, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y • . v. I, 
no. I, spring I945· Quarterly. Price not given. 

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