UNITED STATES 



213 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Northwest Medicine, monthly, 

 current volume : 59, $3. Editor : H. L. Hartley. 



746. Idaho State Pharmaceutical Association, 



Inc. 303 McCarty Building, Boise, Idaho. 

 President: John B. Storrs, 308 Main Street, 

 Filer, Idaho. Term expires June 30, 1961. 

 Secretary: J. J. Lynch. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1906. 



Purpose: To promote the general welfare of 

 professional pharmacy. 



Membership : Retail druggists, 224 ; Associate 

 wholesale members, 12. Total membership 236. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Awards of: Plaque to 

 outstanding pharmacist of year ; plaque to out- 

 standing pharmacy student. College of Phar- 

 macy, Idaho State College, Pocatello, Idaho. 



Publications: Bulletin, monthly. 



747. Illinois Association for Mental Health, 

 Inc. 709y2 East Adams Street, Springfield, 

 111. President: Gerald M. O'Connor, 1135 

 Jefferson Building, Peoria, 111. Term expires 

 October, 1960. Executive Director: Donald 

 G. Wideman, 2007 Hood Street, Springfield, 

 111. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized in 1909 as Illinois Society 

 for Mental Hygiene; incorporated 1910; name 

 changed to Illinois Society for Mental Health 

 1952 ; present name taken in 1959. Affiliated with 

 National Association for Mental Health 1958. 

 Thirteen county and multi-county units are 

 presently affiliated. 



Purpose: To help meet the problems of the 

 mentally ill and to promote prevention of serious 

 mental illness in the community. 



Membership: Members, lay or professional 

 persons interested in mental health ; Delegate 

 members, elected by the county chapters' boards 

 of directors ; At-large members, must meet 

 geographic location, occupation, interests, and 

 similar qualifications. Total membership 90. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Fellowships and re- 

 search within State. 



Publications: Newsette, monthly, current 

 volume: 1, free to members. Editor: Mrs. C. 

 Albrecht. 



748. Illinois Association of Chemistry Teachers. 



President: A. J. Hoffman, Department of 

 Chemistry, Eastern Illinois University, 

 Charleston, 111. Term expires October 1960. 

 Secretary-Treasurer : D. H. Dalluge, Depart- 

 ment of Physical Science, University High 

 School, Normal, 111. Term expires October 

 1960. 



History: Organized 1932. 



Purpose: To keep members informed on re- 

 cent advances in chemistry and related sciences ; 

 to foster fellowship and professional ethics ; to 

 promote better methods and techniques in teach- 

 ing chemistry. 



Membership: Teachers of chemistry and oth- 

 ers interested in that field; Honorary members, 

 persons who have rendered meritorious service 

 as members of this Association and have retired 

 from active teaching. Total membership 200. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



749. Illinois Geological Society. President: 

 Charles Bauer, P. O. Box 568, Mattoon, 111. 

 Term expires June 1961. Secretary-Treas- 

 urer: Wilson G. Harris, Jr., P. O. Box 389, 

 Mt. Vernon, 111. Term expires June 1961. 



History: Organized 1937, as affiliate of Ameri- 

 can Association of Petroleum Geologists. 



Purpose: To promulgate petroleum geology 

 and emphasize professional ethics and ideals. 



Membership: Active members must be col- 

 lege graduates with majors in geology and must 

 have three years' experience in petroleum geol- 

 ogy or in application of geology to exploration, 

 development, research, or other phases of petro- 

 leum technology ; Associate, college graduates 

 in sciences allied to petroleum geology with 

 three years' experience ; Junior, must have 

 bachelor's degree plus one year's experience 

 and be engaged in graduate studies, teaching, 

 or petroleum exploration or research, or must 

 have one half year of graduate study in geology 

 as regularly enrolled student. Total member- 

 ship 128. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



750. Illinois Mining Institute. 102 Natural Re- 

 sources Building, Urbana, 111. President: H. 

 C. McCollum, Peabody Plaza, 301 Olive 

 Street, St. Louis 8, Mo. Term expires Octo- 

 ber 21, 1960. Executive Secretary: George 

 M. Wilson. Term expires October 21, 1960. 



History: Organized 1892; inactive 1895-1911; 

 again active from 1912. 



Purpose: Advancement of the mining indus- 

 try by encouragement and promotion of the 

 study and investigation of mining problems, by 

 encouraging education in practical and scientific 

 mining, and by diffusion of information that 

 would benefit members. 



Membership: Regular, open to persons di- 

 rectly engaged or interested in any branch of 

 mining, mining supplies, mining appliances, or 

 machinery; Honorary, persons of distinction in 

 mining ; Life. Regular members, 726 ; Honorary, 

 4; Life, 85. Total membership 815. 



Meetings: Annual. 



