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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



not meet requirements for regular membership ; 

 Non-resident, 5; Affiliate, 2, physicians not 

 specializing in psychiatry ; Honorary, 3. Total 

 membership 176. 



Meetings: Monthly, October- April. 



Professional activities: Wendell Muncie 

 Award (jointly with Maryland Association of 

 Private Practicing Psychiatrists). 



878. Maryland Society of Professional Engi- 

 neers, Inc. 6 West Fayette Street, Baltimore 

 1, Md. President: G. Philip Stout, P. O. 

 Box 4568, Baltimore 12, Md. Term expires 

 May 12, 1961. Secretary: Hugh H. Hunter, 

 1303 Northview Road, Baltimore 18, Md. 

 Term expires May 12, 1961. 



History: Founded March 1938. Operates 

 under constitution of National Society of Pro- 

 fessional Engineers. Chapters : Annapolis, 

 Baltimore, Cumberland, Frederick, Potomac, 

 Susquehanna. Four other chapters in process 

 of organization. 



Purpose: Promotion and protection of the 

 profession of engineering as a social and 

 economic influence on the affairs of men and 

 community. 



Membership: Members, 700, registered engi- 

 neers in any State, or the District of Columbia, 

 in the United States, or in any possession of the 

 United States, or in any Province of the 

 Dominion of Canada ; Junior Members, 180, 

 Engineer in Training certificates leading to 

 registration in areas as indicated above. Total 

 membership 880. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional actiz'ifies: Several fellowships 

 supported ; medals and awards presented to 

 worthy science students at chapter. State, and 

 national levels; "Engineers Week" sponsored. 



Publications: Maryland Professional Engi- 

 neer, five issues annually, current volume: 1, 

 free to members. Editor : Norman Emerick. 



879. Massachusetts Dental Society. 227 Com- 

 monwealth Avenue, Boston 16, Mass. Presi- 

 dent: Philip H. White. 80 Boylston Street, 

 Boston 16, Mass. Term expires May 1961. 

 Secretary: Harold E. Tingley, 12 Bay State 

 Road, Boston 15, Mass. Term expires May 

 1961. Executive Secretary: Miss Freda A. 

 Smith. Term indefinite. 



History: Founded 1864. 



Purpose: To encourage improvement of public 

 health and promote the art and science of 

 dentistry. 



Membership: Requires registered practice of 

 dentistry in Massachusetts, or teaching, with 

 dental degree, on staff of a dental college in 

 Massachusetts, or internship, with dental degree, 



in recognized institution in that Commonwealth, 

 or engagement in public health dentistry. Total 

 membership 3,059. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Educational and scien- 

 tific programs. 



Publication's: Journal, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume : 9, $3. Editor : Joseph A. Doherty. 



880. Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 300 



Massachusetts Avenue, Boston 15, Mass. 

 President: Oliver Wolcott, Hamilton, Mass. 

 Term expires May 1, 1961. Executive Secre- 

 tary: Arno H. Nehrling, 3 Carey Road, 

 Needham Heights, Mass. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized June 12, 1829. 



Purpose: Advancement of horticulture and 

 kindred interests. 



Membership: Requires interest in purpose 

 of society. Annual members. 9,492 ; Life, 920 ; 

 Honorary, 60 ; Corresponding, 19. Total mem- 

 bership 10,491. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Samuel Appleton 

 Fund, $1,000, interest devoted to flowers and 

 food producing trees ; John A. Lowell Fund, 

 $1,000, to perfect culture of flowers and fruits; 

 Theodore Lyman Fund No. 1, $1,000, for en- 

 couragement of growth of selected fruits ; Josiah 

 Bradlee Fund, $1,000, income awarded in pre- 

 miums for flowers and fruits ; Theodore Lyman 

 Fund No. 2, $10,000. for encouragement of 

 growth of fruits, vegetables, and other plants ; 

 Benjamin V. French Fund No. 1, $500, for 

 improvement of the apple ; H. H. Hunnewell 

 Fund No. 1, $500, for introduction and cultiva- 

 tion of new evergreen trees and shrubs ; H. H. 

 Hunnewell Fund No. 2, $2,000, for cultivation 

 and development of estates of three or more 

 acres in rare and desirable ornamental trees 

 and shrubs ; William J. Walker Fund, $2,354.43, 

 for introduction and cultivation of superior veg- 

 etables ; Levi Whitcomb Fund, $500, for superior 

 potatoes; H. H. Hunnewell Fund No. 3, $1,500, 

 for cultivation of rhododendrons and azaleas ; 

 Benjamin B. Davis Fund, $500, for superior 

 grapes; Marshall P. Wilder Fund, $1,000 half 

 for grapes of American origin, half for pears; 

 John Lewis Russell Fund, $1,000, for lectures on 

 latest discoveries of connection of fungi with 

 horticulture; Henry A. Gane Memorial Fund, 

 $1,000, for chrysanthemums; Francis Brown 

 Hayes Bequest, $189,904.54, unrestricted; 

 Francis Brown Hayes Fund, $10,000, unre- 

 stricted; John S. Farlow Fund, $2,500, for 

 binding or purchase of books for library; John 

 D. Williams French Fund, $12,222.23, for pur- 

 chase of books ; Benjamin H. Pierce Fund, $800, 

 for introduction of new fruits ; John C. Chaffin 

 Fund, $1,000, for roses of unusual merit; 



