Investigations in Progress
1. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE SYSTEM
OF VIRGINIA, by Frank Bane, Associate Professor of Applied Sociology,
and F. W. Hoffer, Associate Research Professor of Public Welfare.—
A constructively critical approach to the whole public welfare situation in
Virginia, the aim being to suggest needed improvements in the existing machinery,
and particularly to formulate plans at the University of Virginia
for the training of public welfare workers.
2. THE REVENUE SYSTEM AND TAX LAWS OF VIRGINIA, by
Tipton R. Snavely, Professor of Economics, and W. H. Stouffer, Research
Associate in Economics.—Including a study of The Burden of Taxation on
Agriculture and The Taxation of Industrial Enterprises. The purpose of
these investigations is to determine the relative effects of the existing tax
laws on the particular groups of people concerned.
3. A SURVEY OF THE LITERATURE AND SOURCES OF SOUTHERN
POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL
HISTORY SINCE RECONSTRUCTION, by Dumas Malone, Professor
of History and Lester J. Cappon, Research Associate in History.—A critical
bibliography of the literature of southern history since reconstruction which
includes a survey chiefly of monographic materials, biographies, official publications
of federal and state governments, learned societies and religious organizations,
and southern newspapers and periodicals.
4. A STATISTICAL STUDY OF THE RANK OF VIRGINIA
AMONG THE SEVERAL STATES OF THE NATION, by Wilson Gee,
Professor of Rural Economics and Rural Sociology, and John J. Corson, 3rd,
Research Assistant in Economics.—A comprehensive study made from all
possible statistical sources, determining the rank of the state in education,
wealth, manufacturing, agriculture, vital statistics, etc.
5. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COUNTY IN VIRGINIA, by a
Research Professor of Government on the staff of the Institute.—Including
a brief survey of the historical aspects of the subject, a comparison of the
existing situations in Virginia with the best examples of modern county government,
the fee system, and the formulation of a comprehensive program of
reform for county government in Virginia.
6. COMMUNITY STUDIES, by Floyd N. House, Professor of Sociology
in cooperation with the Co-operative Education Association of Virginia.—An
intensive survey of several typical communities which is expected
to develop later into a regional study of the State.
