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ing public interest in the value of engineering 

 services ; to strengthen and broaden the educa- 

 tional, professional, social, and economic inter- 

 ests of the engineering profession through 

 mutual aid and support, by attention to public 

 relations, through legislation, and by the main- 

 tenance of the integrity and high standards of 

 professional practice ; to promote the advance- 

 ment and protect the interest of the engineer- 

 in-training ; and to create and advance public 

 recognition of the professional status of the 

 engineer and the value of the functions, require- 

 ments, and accomplishments of engineering. 



Membership: Regular, Professional Engineer, 

 562; Engineers-in-Training, 21, person holding 

 a valid certificate of registration as an Engineer- 

 in-Training, after ten years must advance to the 

 status of Professional Engineer Member ; Life, 

 5; Introductory, 22. Total membership 610. 



Meetings: Annual; summer meeting. 



Professional activities: Sponsors State Regis- 

 tration Law for engineers and a proposed lavk' 

 for registration of Land Surveyors. Legislative 

 Committee maintains constant surveillance of 

 proposed legislation at the state and local level. 

 Ethics and Practices Committee controls un- 

 ethical practice. Adopts and publishes schedules 

 of recommended fees and salaries. Interprofes- 

 sional Relations Committee cooperates with 

 the American Institute of Architects to resolve 

 problems of mutual interest. Engineers-in- 

 Industry Committee program of service to engi- 

 neering employees of industry. Education schol- 

 arships : annual award to a third year engi- 

 neering student at Mississippi State University ; 

 annual award to a third year student at Uni- 

 versity of Mississippi ; Herbert A. Kroeze 

 Scholarship for graduate study in sanitary engi- 

 neering ; assistance in electing annual ARMCO- 

 NSPE Civil Engineering Scholarship winner. 

 Co-sponsor of annual Mississippi Highway 

 Conference and National Engineers' Week 

 activities in Mississippi. 



954. Mississippi State Medical Association. 735 



Riverside Drive, Jackson, Miss. President: 

 G. Swink Hicks, Natchez, Miss. Term ex- 

 pires May 15, 1961. Secretary: R. B. Ken- 

 nedy. Term expires 1963. 



History: Organized December 15, 1856; in- 

 corporated 1895. Sections : Sixteen component 

 county medical societies. Scientific Sections : 

 Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat ; Medicine ; Ob- 

 stetrics and Gynecology ; Pediatrics ; Preven- 

 tive Medicine ; Surgery. 



Purpose: Scientific improvement of medicine. 



Membership: Must be licensed doctors of 

 medicine in Mississippi, approved for member- 

 ship in component medical societies, and mem- 



bers, American Medical Association. Total mem- 

 bership 1,400. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Annual award for sci- 

 entific exhibits ; refresher medical courses. 



Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- 

 ume : 4, free to members. Edited by Board of 

 Trustees. 



Library: 5,000 volumes. Subject emphasis: 

 General medical, and history of medicine. 



955. Mississippi State Pharmaceutical Associa- 

 tion. P. O. Box 246, University, Miss. Presi- 

 dent: James T. Morris, 1202 North State 

 Street, Jackson, Miss. Term expires June 19, 

 1961. Secretary: Mrs. W. W. Johnson. Term 

 expires June 14, 1962. 



History: Organized 1869; incorporated 1912. 

 The Association is divided into twelve districts. 



Purpose: To improve and regulate the drug 

 market by preventing the importation of in- 

 ferior, adulterated or deteriorated drugs ; to 

 improve the science and art of pharmacy by 

 dift'using scientific knowledge among phar- 

 macists ; to regulate the system of apprentice- 

 ship and employment to prevent the evils of 

 deficient training. 



Membership: Members, 834, registered phar- 

 macists in Mississippi and/or owner/manager 

 of licensed drug stores ; Life, 2 ; Honorary, 5. 

 Total membership 841. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Loan fund for stu- 

 dents enrolled in the School of Pharmacy, Uni- 

 versity of Mississippi. 



956. Mississippi Valley Medical Society. W. C. 



U. Building, Quincy, 111. President: Arkell 

 M. Vaughn, 2015 East 79th Street, Chicago 

 49, 111. Term expires November 1960. Secre- 

 tary-Treasurer: Harold Swanberg. Term 

 expires November 1960. 



History: Organized April 8, 1935; incor- 

 porated November 1935 ; affiliate, American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science. 



Purpose: To promote the science and art of 

 medicine, and the betterment of public health 

 in Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri ; to provide a 

 yearly program of intense postgraduate instruc- 

 tion of practical work for general practitioners 

 conducted by leading clinicians. 



Membership : Requires membership in a 

 county medical society of American Medical 

 Association. Total membership approximately 

 1,100. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Endowment Fund, 

 $9,893, to help perpetuate the Society; Scholar- 



