2 3 ▁to ▁December ▁ 1 5 . ▁Par s ons ▁gave ▁his ▁first ▁public ▁lecture ▁to ▁a ▁huge ▁mass ▁of ▁under grad u ates , ▁" The ▁Development ▁of ▁Contempor ary ▁Soci ology ". ▁Professor ▁H ide ich iro ▁Nak ano ▁served ▁as ▁an ▁interpreter . ▁ ▁On ▁November ▁ 1 7 – 1 8 , ▁when ▁the ▁S eng ari ▁Sem inar ▁House ▁was ▁opened , ▁Par s ons ▁was ▁invited ▁as ▁the ▁key ▁speaker ▁at ▁the ▁event ▁and ▁gave ▁two ▁lect ures , ▁" On ▁the ▁Cris is ▁of ▁Modern ▁Society " ▁and ▁" Mod ern ▁Society ▁and ▁Religion ". ▁Pres ent ▁were ▁Tom in aga , ▁M uts undo ▁At ar ashi , ▁K azu o ▁M uto , ▁and ▁H ide ich iro ▁Nak ano . ▁ ▁On ▁November ▁ 2 5 , ▁lect ures ▁at ▁K obe ▁University ▁were ▁organized ▁by ▁H iro sh i ▁Mann ari . ▁Par s ons ▁lect ured ▁on ▁organization ▁theory ▁to ▁the ▁fac ulty ▁and ▁the ▁gradu ate ▁students ▁from ▁the ▁Depart ments ▁of ▁Econom ics , ▁Management ▁and ▁Soci ology . ▁Also , ▁fac ulty ▁members ▁from ▁Ky oto ▁and ▁Os aka ▁univers ities ▁were ▁present . ▁A ▁text ▁was ▁published ▁the ▁next ▁year . ▁On ▁November ▁ 3 0 ▁to ▁December ▁ 1 , ▁Par s ons ▁participated ▁in ▁a ▁T su k uba ▁University ▁Conference ▁in ▁Tokyo ; ▁Par s ons ▁spoke ▁on ▁" Enter ▁the ▁New ▁Society : ▁The ▁Problem ▁of ▁the ▁Rel ations hip ▁of ▁Work