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Benjamin V. French Fund No. 2, $3,000, be- 

 queathed to this Society by will of Charles E. 

 French for fruit and vegetable prizes ; John 

 Allen French Fund, $5,000, by will of Charles 



E. French for prizes for selected flora ; George 

 Robert White Medal of Honor Fund, $10,000, 

 for annual award of gold medal for advance- 

 ment of horticulture in its broadest sense ; 

 John S. Farlow Xewton Horticultural Society 

 Fund, $2,900.42, received from Lewis H. Farlow, 

 for pear and foreign grape culture ; Miss Helen 

 Collamore Fund, $5,000, at discretion of trustees 

 of this Society ; Albert Cameron Burrage Fund, 

 1920, $1,200, for promotion of cranberries in 

 Massachusetts, now unrestricted ; Caroline S. 

 Freeman Fund, $10,000, unrestricted; Arthur 



F. Estabrook Legacy, $47,500, unrestricted ; 

 Jackson Dawson Fund, $3,227, raised through 

 efforts of Horticultural Club of Boston, for 

 hybridization and propagation of hardy woody 

 plants ; Thomas Roland Medal Fund, $3,000, for 

 medals, from time to time, for skill in horti- 

 culture; Ida F. Estabrook Legacy, $11,238.76, 

 unrestricted ; Albert Cameron Burrage Porch 

 Fund, $1,250, for annual award of gold medal 

 for new porch overlooking garden ; Show Fund, 

 $47,000, to cover possible losses on exhibitions ; 

 Albert Cameron Burrage Fund, 1930, $50,000, 

 for purchase of books, and for annual award 

 of gold vase for outstanding exhibit at shows 

 of this Society ; William N. Craig Fund, $2,500, 

 for culture of lilies ; Nathaniel T. Kidder Fund, 

 $5,000, for library objects; Jere A. Downs 

 Bequest, $15,000, for prizes as determined by 

 trustees of this Society ; Joseph Everett Chandler 

 Fund, $19,851.84, unrestricted; Marian Roby 

 Case Bequest, $50,000, unrestricted; Elizabeth 

 Downs Wadsworth Bequest, $19,668.19, for 

 prizes as determined by trustees of this Society ; 

 Louisa Case Bequest, $50,000, unrestricted. 



Publications : Horticulture, monthly, current 

 volume : 38, $4, free to members. Editor : H. 

 Gleason Mattoon. Yearbook, $1, free to mem- 

 bers. 



Library: 32,000 volumes. Subject emphasis: 

 Horticulture, landscaping, botany. 



881. Massachusetts Hospital Association. 14 



Somerset Street, Boston 8, Mass. President: 

 R. D. Lowry, New England Deaconess 

 Hospital, Boston 15, Mass. Term expires 

 May 14, 1961. Executive Director: Henry G. 

 Brickman. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1936. 



Purpose: Promotion of health of people of 

 Massachusetts through development of best 

 possible hospital care. 



Membership : Requires licensed hospitals meet- 

 ing Association standards. 180 member hos- 



pitals ; 120 hospital auxiliaries ; 400 personal 

 members. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Sponsorship of edu- 

 cational programs for benefit of hospitals and 

 liaison with allied health organizations. 



Publications: Newsletter. 



882. Massachusetts Medical Society. President: 

 Carl Bearse. Term expires May 1961. Secre- 

 tary: Robert W. Buck. 22 The Fenway, 

 Boston 15, Mass. Term expires May 1961. 



History: Organized November 1, 1781. Sec- 

 tions : Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Obstetrics 

 and Gynecology, Radiology, Physical Medicine, 

 Industrial Health, Psychiatry and Neurology, 

 Physiology and Pathology, Anesthesiology, 

 Opthalmalogy and Otolaryngology, Derma- 

 tology. Twenty county district societies. 



Purpose: Elevation of the standards of medi- 

 cal practice ; promotion and protection of public 

 health. 



Membership: Medical license in the United 

 States ; acceptable qualifications with respect to 

 character and ethical practice. Resident mem- 

 bers, 6,870 ; non-resident members, 925. Total 

 membership 7,795. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Shattuck Fund, for 

 annual lecture ; awards to laymen and medical 

 students ; scholarships for medical students. 



Publications: New England Journal of Medi- 

 cine, weekly, current volume : 262-263, $8, 

 foreign $10.50. Editor: Joseph Garland. 



883. Massachusetts Psychological Association, 

 Inc. 308 Bay State Road, Boston 15, Mass. 

 President: A. H. Maslow, Department of 

 Psychology. Brandeis University, Waltham 

 54, Mass. Term expires May 1962. Secretary: 

 Irving Wolf, Department of Psychology, 

 Boston LTniversity, Boston 15, Mass. Term 

 expires May 1961. 



History: Organized 1933 as Boston Society 

 for Clinical Psychologists ; incorporated 1941 

 as Massachusetts Society of Clinical Psycholo- 

 gists ; name changed to present title May 21, 

 1951, and membership extended. 



Purpose: To advance psychology as a science, 

 as a profession, and as a means of promoting 

 human welfare. 



Membership: Life members, 18, seniority in 

 age and experience in psychology ; Fellows, 237. 

 doctoral degree in psychology, four years post- 

 doctoral experience ; Associates, 226, master's 

 degree in psychology and two years' experience 

 in psychological work. Total membership 481. 



Meetings: Annual. 



