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.
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. 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. Completed
July 1, 1927.
5. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COUNTY IN VIRGINIA, by
Wylie Kilpatrick, Research Professor of Government.—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 co-operation 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.
7. BREAKDOWN OF RURAL LIFE IN TIDEWATER VIRGINIA,
by Wilson Gee, Professor of Rural Economics and Rural Sociology,
and John J. Corson, 3rd, Research Assistant in Economics.—A research
into the causes and manifestations of the breakdown of rural life in
certain sections of Virginia, which have decreased in population since the
first census.
