THE FIRST CONGRESS
OF THE CZECHOSLOVAK SOCIETY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES IN AMERICA

HOTEL STATLER, 16th and K Streets, N. W., WASHINGTON, D. C.

PROGRAM

FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1962 South American Room

Morning 8:00 Registration
9:25 Opening ceremonies:
National Anthems (Choral Society "Antonin Dvorak"; Jan Klimes, Conductor)
Invocation
Greetings from the Society - Vaclav Hlavaty, President

10:15-12:00 Business Meeting of the Society

Afternoon 2:00- 5:00 Business Meeting of the Society

Evening 8:00 Reception - Society Smoker. Special lecture: Prof. Vaclav Hlavaty:
"Around the World with Abacus"


ACADEMIC PROGRAM IN BRIEF

SATURDAY. APRIL 21, 1962 South American and Small California Rooms

CZECHOSILOVAK ARTS AND SCIENCE IN RETROSPECT

Morning 9:00 Session A Science, Medicine, Technology - Chairman: V. Hlavaty
9:00 Session B Linguistics, Slavistics - Chairman: H. Kucera
Afternoon 2:00 Session A Czechs and Slovaks Abroad - Chairman: V. E. Andic
2:00 Session B Sociology, Theology, Philosophy - Chairman: 0. Machotka

Evening 8:00 Official Banquet of the Society.
Master of Ceremonies: Frantisek Schwarzenberg, Loyola University

Rudolf Firkusny's Private Concert for the Participants of the Congress

Bohuslav Martinu Jullieta
Leos Janacek: V mlhach (In the Mist):

Karel B. Jirak: Pet miniatur (Five Miniatures)
Bedrich Smetana: Detske tance (Czech Dances)

Acceptance speech of the new President

SUNDAY. APRIL 22. 1962 South American and Small California Rooms

CZECHOSLOVAK ARTS AND SCIENCE IN RETROSPECT

Morning 9:00 Session A Literature, Literary Criticism - Chairman" R. Wellek.
9:00 Session B Law, Economics - Chairman: V. Busek    Afternoon 2:00 Session A Fine Arts - Chairman: K. B. Jirak    2:00 Session B History, Political Science - Chairman F. Schwarzenberg


PROGRAM IN DETAIL

CZECHOSLOVAK ARTS AND SCIENCES IN RETROSPECT

Saturday Morning, April 21 Session A South American Room        
SCIENCE; MEDICINE; TECHNOLOGY

Vaclav Hlavaty, Chairman
Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.

9:00    JIRI MATIEGKA AND THE ANTHROPOMETRIC APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF BODY COMPOSITION. Josef Brozek, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Penna.
9:25    PURKINJE EFFECT IN THE EVOLUTION OF SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT. Karel Hujer, University of Chattanooga, Tenn.
9:50    FIVE CENTURIES OF CZECH GEOGRAPHY, EXPLORATIONS, AND CARTOGRAPHY - COMMENTS ON MAJOR TRENDS AND PRESENT STATUS. Mi1os Sebor, Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, Cookeville, Tenn.
10:15    THE CHANGE IN CONCEPT OF CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD. Walter Redisch, New York University, New York, N. Y.
10:40    A REVIEW OF CONTEMPORARY KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 0. J. Pollak, Dover Medical Research Center, Dover, Del.
11:05    SPEECH COMMUNICATION: PRESENT STATUS AND SALIENT PROBLEMS. Ladislav Dolansky, North Eastern University, Boston, Mass.

11:30    ON A METHOD OF STATISTICAL ESTIMATION OF A THERMOCHEMICAL RELATIONSHIP. Jaroslav Tuzar, Niles, Ill.
11:55    THE SYMMETRIC METHOD, NATURAL COMPUTATIONAL METHOD OF FINITE METRIX GAMES. Josef V. Talacko, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis.


Saturday Morning, April 21 Session B Small California Room        
LINGUISTICS; SLAVISTICS

Henry Kucera, Chairman
Brown University, Providence, R .1.

9:00     THE CZECH CONTRIBUTION TO MODERN LINGUISTICS. Henry Kucera, Brown University, Providence, R. I.
9:40     LINGUISTIC CONTRIBUTION OF GREAT MORAVIA. Ladislav Matejka, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
10:05   INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCE OF CZECH ORTHOGRAPHY. J. M. Halek, Washington, D. C.
10:80   THE INFLUENCE OF THE CIRCLE OF JOHANNES VON NEUMARKT (JAN ZE STREDY). Angelika K. Cardew, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Mich.
10:55   SUBSTRATA AS A MAJOR FACTOR IN LINGUISTIC CHANGE. A. M. Gessman, University of South Florida, Tampa, Fla.
11:20   SOME PROBLEMS OF TRANSLATING CZECH INTO ENGLISH. Fern Long, Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, Ohio.
11:45   THE IMAGE OF AMERICA IN THE MINDS OF THE CZECHS IN THE MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY. Rudolf ~turm, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, N. V.
12:10   JOSEF DOBROVSKY - FOUNDER OF SLAVISTICS. Milada Lejkova, Immaculata Seminary, Washington, D. C.

Saturday Afternoon, April 21 Session A South American Room

CZECHS AND SLOVAKS ABROAD

V. E. Andic, Chairman
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Penna.

2:00 CZECHS AND SLOVAKS ABROAD. V. E. Andic, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Penna.

3:10    AUGUSTINE HERMAN, BOHEMIAN. M. Norma Svejda, Augustine Herman Czech American Historical Society, Baltimore, Md.
3:35    ALES HRDLICKA, PIONEER AMERICAN PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGIST. T. Dale Stewart, Department of Anthropology, U. S. National Museum, Washington D. C.
4:00    THE CZECHS IN TEXAS. J. M. Skrivanek, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, College Station, Texas.
4:25    EARLY DAYS OF CZECH JOURNALISM IN THE UNITED STATES. Vlasta A. Vraz, Berwyn, Ill.
4:50    CZECHS AND SLOVAKS IN LATIN AMERICA. Milic Kybal, Washington, P. C.
5:15    CZECHOSLOVAK PEOPLE IN CANADA. Mario Hikl, Downsview, Ont., Canada.


Saturday Afternoon, April 21 Session B Small California Room        
SOCIOLOGY; THEOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY

Otakar Machotka, Chairman
Harpur College, Binghamton, N. Y.

2:00 THE CHARACTER OF CZECH SCIENCE. A CONTRIBUTION TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE. Otakar Machotka, State University of New York, Harpur College, Binghamton, N. Y.
2:45 THE ROLE OF THE INTELLIGENTSIA IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CZECHOSLOVAK SOCIETY. Jan Hajda, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
8:10 CONTRIBUTION OF CZECH JEWS TO CZECH CULTURAL AND POLITICAL LIFE. Kamil Neuman, Schenectady, N. Y.
8:85 SOME ASPECTS OF SOCIAL MOBILITY IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA AFTER WORLD WAR II. Daniel Kubat, Clarkson College of Technology, Potsdam, N. Y.
4:00 AN ANALYSIS OF THE COLD WAR. Jiri Nehnevajsa, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Penna.
4:25 THEOLOGY OF MAN THE PILGRIM. Erazim V. Kohak, Boston University, Boston, Mass.
4:50 POWER OF GEOGRAPHICAL IDEAS. Felix Mikula, Munich, Germany.


Sunday Morning, April 22 Session A South American Room

LITERATURE; LITERARY CRITICISM

René Wellek, Chairman

Yale University, New Haven, Conn.

9:00     CZECH CRITICISM AND LITERARY SCHOLARSHIP SINCE THE WAR. René Wellek, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
9:45     HUMANISTIC AND DEMOCRATIC THOUGHT IN CZECH LITERATURE. Jiri Skvor, L'Université de Montréal, Que., Canada.
10:10   THE REAL LEGACY OF KAREL CAPEK. William E. Harkins, Columbia University, N. Y.
10:35   THE PARNASSIAN JAROSLAV VRCHLICKY. Milada Souckova, Cambridge, Mass.
11:00   THE ART OF JAN CEP. Peter Demetz, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
11:25   THE CZECH WRITER IN EXILE. Jan Tumnlit, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
11:50    THE POETRY OF MODERN SLOVAKIA- LIGHTS AND SHADOWS. Miloslav Zlamal, Toronto, Ont., Canada.
12:15    SOME CZECH MOTIFS IN FRENCH LITERATURE OF THE 20th CENTURY. George Pistcrius. Lafayette College, Easton, Penna.


Sunday Morning, April 22 Session B Small California Room

LAW, ECONOMICS

Vratislav Busek, Chairman
New York, N. Y.

9:45      THE BRNO SCHOOL OF JURISPRUDENCE. Adolf Procházka, Washington, D. C.
10:10    ELECTION LAWS AND DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT - A COMPARATIVE STUDY. John G. Lexa, Richmond Hill, N. V.
10:85    SOME CRIMINOLOGICAL AND SOCIO-POLITICAL ASPECTS OF COMMUNIST LEGISLATION ON ABORTION. Jaroslav Jira, Washington, D C
1.1:00    HISTORY OF CZECH FISCAL IDEAS. Jan M. Novotnt Utica College of Syracuse University, Utica, N.Y.
11:25    KAREL ENGLIS' CONTRIBUTION TO ECONOMIC THOUGHT. Jaroslav G. Polach, Resources for the Future, Inc., Washington, D. C.
11:50    TOMAS BATA - PIONEER OF SELF-GOVERNMENT IN INDUSTRY. Anthony Cekota, Bata Limited, Batawa, Ont., Canada.
12:15    PROBLEMS OF MEASURING INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Jan M. Michal, Western Maryland College, Westminster, Md.
12:40    CZECHOSLOVAK GRAIN MONOPOLY. Ladislav K. Feierabend, Washington, D. C.

Sunday Afternoon, April 22 Session A South American RoomFINE ARTS
Karel B. Jirak, Chairman
Roosevelt University, Chicago, Ill.

2:00    CZECHOSLOVAK MUSIC. Karel B. Jirak, Roosevelt University, Chicago, Ill.
2:45    THE INFLUENCE OF 17th CENTURY CZECH COMPOSERS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF CLASSICAL MUSIC. Edith Vogl Garrett, Boston University, Boston, Mass.

3:10    FROM LEOS JANACEK TO THE MORAVIAN AND SILEZIAN FOLK MUSIC. Svatava Pirkova Jakobsonova, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
3:35    AN ARTIST TRAVELS THRU CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Helmut Krommer, Boston, Mass.
4:00    THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE SCULPTURE OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA TO THE WORLD OF ART. Jan Zach, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oreg.
4:25    ILLUMINATOR EGREGIUS TEMPORIBUS WENCESLAI IV. IN REGNO BOHEMIAE FLORENS. Mojmir S. Frinta, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, N. V.
4:50    FRANK KUPKA 1871-1957. Jaroslav Sejnoha, Toronto, Ont., Canada.

Sunday Afternoon, April 22 Session B Small California Room

HISTORY; POLITICAL SCIENCE

Frantisek Schwarzenberg, Chairman
Loyola University, Chicago, Ill.

2:00    THE SUCCESS OF PROFESSOR DVORNIK'S RESEARCH IN THE VINDICATION OF THE PATRIARCH PHOTIUS. Ludvik Nčmec, Braddock, Penna.
2:25    CZECH HISTORIOGRAPHY AFTER F. PALACKY. Theodor Prochazka, Washington, 0. C.
2:50    THE RELIGION OF HUSSITE TABOR. Howard Kaminsky, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.
3:15    PROKOP WALDFOGEL OF PRAGUE AND THE XVth CENTURY PRINTERS IN THE KINGDOM OF BOHEMIA. Jaroslav Nemec, National Library of Medicine, Washington, D. C.
8:40    CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN HISTORIOGRAPHY OF WEST AND EAST. Jozef Lettrich, Washington, D.C.

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