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Publications: Bulletin, monthly, current vol- 

 ume: 10, $1.50, free to members. Editor: R. P. 

 Slease. Year Book, annual, current volume: 52, 

 free. Editor : Lola Mae Gibson. 



829- Kansas Entomological Society. Department 

 of Entomology, Fairchild Hall, Kansas State 

 University, Manhattan, Kans. President: 

 Wilbur R. Enns, Department of Entomology, 

 University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo. Term 

 expires December 31, 1960. Secretary-Treas- 

 urer: Fred A. Lawson. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized under the leadership of 

 the Popenoe Entomological Club, Kansas State 

 College and the Entomological Club, University 

 of Kansas. 



Purpose: To collect and publish entomological 

 literature, chiefly of the Trans-Mississippi Valley 

 Region. 



Membership: Interest in the future of ento- 

 mology and desire to promote the same ; open to 

 amateurs and professional entomologists. Total 

 membership 450. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Journal, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume : 2)2), $3. Editor : Mary Michener, Uni- 

 versity of Kansas, Lawrence, Kans. 



830. Kansas Geological Society. 508 East Mur- 

 dock Street, Wichita, Kans. President: 

 Melvern F. Bear. Term expires December 

 31, 1960. Secretary-Treasurer: Jack Firsten- 

 berger. Term expires December 31, 1960. 



History: Organized 1920 as Wichita Geo- 

 logical Society ; name changed to present title 

 1924; chartered April 15, 1925. Sections: 

 Society sponsors Kansas Well Log Bureau and 

 Kansas W^ell Sample Bureau, through which 

 it handles collection and distribution of all 

 well samples, drillers' logs, and electric logs for 

 all oil tests drilled in the State of Kansas. 



Purpose: Promotion of science of geology 

 among men engaged in geology of petroleum 

 and gas in Kansas and surrounding territory. 



Membership: Active members, those engaged 

 in geology, or those eligible for membership 

 in American Association of Petroleum Geolo- 

 gists. Total membership 725. 



Meetings: Biweekly; monthly. 



831- Kansas Medical Society. 315 West 4th 

 Street, Topeka, Kans. President: F. E. 

 Wrightman, 1022 Main Street, Sabetha, Kans. 

 Term expires May 3, 1961. Executive Secre- 

 tary: Oliver E. Ebel. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized and chartered February 

 10, 1859. Committees : Allied Groups ; Anes- 

 thesiology ; Auxiliary ; Blue Shield Relations ; 



Child Welfare ; Conservation of Eyesight ; 

 Conservation of Hearing and Speech ; Constitu- 

 tion and Rules ; Control of Cancer ; Control of 

 Tuberculosis ; Emergency Medical Care ; 

 Endowment ; Fee Schedule ; General Practice 

 Award; Gerontology; History; Hospitals; 

 Industrial Medicine ; Legislation ; Maternal 

 W'elfare ; Medical Assistants ; Medical Eco- 

 nomics ; Medical Schools ; Medicare ; Membership 

 Orientation ; Mental Health ; Necrology ; Path- 

 ology ; Prenatal Welfare ; Postgraduate Study ; 

 Public Policy ; Public Relations ; Relations 

 with Bar Association ; Rural Health ; Safety ; 

 School Health ; Stormont Medical Library ; 

 Study of Heart Disease. 



Purpose: To federate and bring into one 

 compact organization the medical profession 

 of Kansas ; to extend medical knowledge and 

 advance medical science. 



Membership: Requires United States citizen- 

 ship, degree of M. D. from approved school, 

 and favorable vote of component society in 

 Kansas. Active members 1,448, Honorary 168, 

 Leave-of-Absence 43, In-Service 5, others, 169. 

 Total membership 1,833. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Graduate education for 

 members; public service projects to improve 

 health and extend health facilities for people 

 of Kansas. 



Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- 

 ume : 61, $4. Editor : Orville R. Clark. 



Library: In cooperation with Stormont Medi- 

 cal Library. 5,000 volumes. Subject emphasis: 

 Medical Hterature. 



832. Kansas Optometric Association, Inc. 201 



Garlinghouse Building, Topeka, Kans. Presi- 

 dent: L. L. McCormick, 704 Wolcott Build- 

 ing, Hutchinson, Kans. Term expires April 

 1961. Administrative Director: James W. 

 Clark, Jr. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized January 1901 as Kansas 

 Association of Optometrists ; name changed to 

 present title 1929. Six geographical zones. Com- 

 mittees : Contact Lens ; Subnormal Visual Aids ; 

 Visual Training. 



Purpose: To preserve and improve eyesight, 

 promote science and profession of optometry and 

 elevate its standards, and encourage scientific 

 research. 



Membership: Members must be registered 

 optometrists. Total membership 250. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Annual scholarship 

 to a Kansas student for tuition and fees to 

 school of optometry ; Vision Service Award, 

 annual, to layman for contribution to vision 

 welfare of the public. 



