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rett, Ind. Term expires September 20, 1961. 

 Secretary: Mrs. Ruth Weggeberg. Term ex- 

 pires September 20, 1961. 



History: Organized 1891 as Association of 

 Railway Superintendents of Bridges and Build- 

 ings ; name changed to present title 1908. 



Purpose: To bring together railroad men in- 

 terested in construction and maintenance of 

 railroad bridges and buildings, and to advance 

 their interests by increasing knowledge in this 

 branch of engineering. 



Membership: Members, persons in positions 

 above rank of gang foremen in connection with 

 roadway, bridge, building, and water service 

 work, or in employ of public regulatory bodies, 

 professors of engineering in colleges, engineer- 

 ing editors, or government or private timber 

 experts ; Associate, responsible persons not 

 eligible as members, but qualified to cooperate 

 with members in study and development of 

 improved practices in construction and mainte- 

 nance of bridges, buildings, and water facilities ; 

 Junior, graduates of recognized engineering 

 schools, or employed at least two years in design, 

 maintenance, or construction of railway bridges, 

 buildings, or structures; Life; Honorary. Total 

 membership approximately 900. 



Meetings: Annual. 



276. American Railway Engineering Associa- 

 tion, 59 East Van Buren Street, Chicago, 111. 

 President: E. J. Brown, Burlington Lines, 

 Chicago, 111. Term expires March 1961. 

 Secretary: N. D. Howard. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized March 30, 1899 as the 

 American Railway Engineering and Mainte- 

 nance of Way Association ; incorporated 

 (Illinois) 1899; name changed to present title 

 1912. 



Purpose: Advancement and dissemination of 

 knowledge pertaining to the scientific and eco- 

 nomic location, construction, maintenance, and 

 operation of American railroads. 



Membership: Engineer or officer in the serv- 

 ice of a railway corporation that is a common 

 carrier, who has had not less than five years' 

 experience in the location, construction, opera- 

 tion, or maintenance of railways ; dean, profes- 

 sor, assistant professor, or equivalent in engi- 

 neering in a university or college of recog- 

 nized standing, or an instructor or equivalent 

 in such university or college, who, with an 

 engineering degree, has had at least two years' 

 experience in teaching engineering ; engineer or 

 member of a public board, commission, or other 

 official agency who, in the discharge of his 

 regular duties, deals with railway problems ; 

 editor of a trade or technical magazine who in 



the discharge of his regular duties deals with 

 railway problems and who has had the equiva- 

 lent of five years' engineering or railway ex- 

 perience ; consulting engineer, engaged in pri- 

 vate practice, or an engineer in his employ or 

 in the employ of a consulting engineering organi- 

 zation, who has had the equivalent of five years' 

 engineering experience. Members and Asso- 

 ciates, 2,791; Life, 481; Junior, 101. Total 

 membership i,?)72). 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Funds for various re- 

 search projects are defrayed from voluntary 

 contributions by railroads and others. 



Publications: Bulletin, seven time per year, 

 current volume : 62, $12 to nonmembers, free 

 to members. Proceedings, annual, current vol- 

 ume : 60, $10-$12. 



277. American Registry of Medical Assistants. 



2 Nevins Avenue, Thompsonville, Conn. 

 Chancellor: Mrs. Irene Talk. Term expires 

 June 1961. Executive Secretary: C. W. True- 

 hart, P. O. Box 507, Norwich, N. Y. Term 

 expires June 1965. 



History: Organized and chartered in Massa- 

 chusetts October 1950 ; registered in Washing- 

 ton, D. C. December 1950. Chartered State 

 affiliating societies, all operating under the 

 Xational Charter. 



Purpose: To qualify all medical office help, 

 both in clinical and in secretarial duties ; to es- 

 tablish standards of training. 



Membership: Citizen of the L'nited States, 

 Canada, or Pan-America, and of good moral 

 character ; graduate of an approved high school 

 or its equivalent ; graduate of an accredited 

 school for medical assistants or medical secre- 

 taries whose curriculum shall be approved by 

 the Registry, or shall have had not less than 

 twelve consecutive calendar months of train- 

 ing and experience in a physician's office or hos- 

 pital under the supervision of a competent and 

 approved physician, or shall provide evidence 

 of Hcense as a licensed practical nurse. Total 

 membership 5,000. 



Meetings: Annual National Seminar. 



Professional activities: Outstanding Medical 

 Assistant Award, annual ; conduction of Semi- 

 nars at such times and places as the best inter- 

 ests of the Registrants may seem to require. 



Publication: ARMA, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume: 10, $3.50 to nonmembers. Editor: C. W. 

 Truehart. 



278. American Rheumatism Association, Inc. 10 



Columbus Circle, New York 19, N. Y. Pres- 

 ident: Edward F. Hartung, 580 Park Avenue, 



