Abstract This article discusses various developments related to the field of accounting. In Great Britain, the Association of University Teachers of Accounting held its 1950 conference at Manchester University in September. The secretary of the Association is David Solomons of the London School of Economics. In the George Washington University, Ralph Dale Kennedy, currently head of the department of business administration, has been named head of the newly created department of accounting. In Catholic University of America, District of Columbia, Richard J. Bannon has been appointed instructor in accounting. In University of Alabama, Alabama, Richard Brewer is on leave for the current year teaching at the University of Hawaii. Lee Glover from Hawaii is teaching here on an exchange basis. At University of San Francisco, California, A. D. McNeil, director of CPA training, addressed the California Society of CPA's on the impact of accounting on government and business, at their annual meeting in San Francisco in June.

Abstract The article presents information about the accounting faculty of several universities in the U.S. Walter Meigs of University of Southern California, has served recently as chairman of the accounting section at the meeting of the Pacific Coast Economic Association. From the same university. George T. Altman has given addresses on tax matters to the Pomona Valley Bar Association, the American Society of Women Accountants, the California Society of Certified Public Accountant's, the Life Insurance and Trust Council of Los Angeles, and the National Tax Association. H. T. Scovil of the University of Illinois, was selected for the annual award for "outstanding service to the accounting profession" by the American Institute of Accountants at the annual meeting in Los Angeles, Illinois, on November 1, 1949. This is the first time an educator has been given this award. Scovil has been head of the Department of Business Organization and Operation at the University of Illinois since 1917, was the first educator on the Board of Examiners for the National Certified Public Accountant examination.

Abstract The article presents various developments related to professional accounting and accountants in the U.S. Edward J. Kelley has been appointed to succeed the late Myron M. Strain as Dean of the School of Accountancy. Dean Kelley practiced as a Certified Public Accountant in San Jose prior to 1936, during which time and until 1941, he was Dean of the College of Business Administration of Santa Clara University. He has been serving until this appointment as Controller of Hastings Clothing Company in San Francisco. Howard W. Wright has been granted a leave of absence for the academic year 1950-51. Wright has been appointed Assistant to the Controller of Economic Cooperation Administration. The University of Tulsa, together with seven other sponsoring agencies, was host in April to the fourth annual Conference of Accountants. The two-day program was devoted to the general topic "Humanizing Accounts and Accountants." Noted speakers participated from all parts of the United States and representing many specialties related to accounting.