Abstract This article presents report of the 1958 annual convention of the American Accounting Association which offered an ideal opportunity to combine a first-class vacation trip with the meeting of friends and members of the Association. Special activities of the ladies' program included tours of the Onondaga Pottery Co., the Television Receiver Division of General Electric Company, the campus of Syracuse University, and the Oneida Community Silver plant, with luncheons and entertainment at the Sims Dining Hall and Drumlins Country Club. At the luncheon and business meeting on Wednesday, with President C.R. Niswonger presiding, brief reports were given by the Editor regarding "The Accounting Review," by the Secretary-Treasurer regarding finances and membership statistics, and by the Director of Research concerning the Association's activity in this area. A motion was made from the floor and carried accepting the report of the Committee on Nominations and instructing the Secretary-Treasurer to cast a unanimous ballot for election of the above-named persons.

Abstract The article reports on the annual meeting of the American Accounting Association (AAA) that was held on August 26-28 at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. Major subjects covered at the sessions of the convention were accounting in industry, accounting theory and training for an accounting career. The round table topics discussed were techniques for handling increased enrollments, relationships and responsibilities of teaching staffs to executive department programs and short courses, reconsideration of the report of the Commission on Standards of Education and Experience, role of AAA to further the development of accounting theory, problems of students internships in public accounting, concepts and standards of income for taxation, the ideal course in elementary cost accounting and graduate programs in accounting. Special activities for the ladies included tours of the Cave of the Mounds, Little Norway, Oscar Mayer Packing Co. and a luncheon at the Nakoma Country Club. Activities for children consisted of a visit to Vilas Park Zoo, a fish hatchery and the Golden G. Ranch of the Bowman Dairy Co.

Abstract Reviews the book "Cost Accounting," by James H. March.

Reviews the book "Common Carrier Pipe Line Operations and Accounting," by Paul J. Graber.