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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



ship Awards, two-year membership in Society 

 to five graduates of medical schools in Illinois, 

 Iowa, and Missouri, approved by medical school 

 deans ; Scientific Exhibit Award, for best ex- 

 hibit at annual meeting, medal and certificate ; 

 Essay Award, for best unpublished essay of 

 practicable and applicable value to the general 

 practitioner of medicine, $100 and gold medal; 

 Distinguished Service Award, annual, to a 

 member who has rendered unusual and distin- 

 guished service to the medical profession, gold 

 medal ; Honor Award, annual, to a non-member 

 who has made distinguished contributions to 

 clinical medicine ; Certificates of Attendance, to 

 active members who attend ten annual meetings. 

 Publications: Mississippi Valley Medical 

 Journal, bimonthly, current volume: 81, $6. 

 Editor : Harold Swanberg. 



957. Missouri Archaeological Society, Inc., 15 



Switzler Hall, University of Missouri, Colum- 

 bia, Mo. President: Henry W. Hamilton, 537 

 Eastwood Street, Marshall, Mo. Term ex- 

 pires January 1961. Executive Secretary: 

 Carl H. Chapman, 211 Edgewood Street, Co- 

 lumbia, Mo. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1934; incorporated 1955. 

 Chapters : Marion-Ralls, Hannibal ; Greater 

 St. Louis ; Kansas City ; Northwest, Maryville ; 

 Ozarks, Springfield ; Osage, Nevada ; Grand 

 River, Trenton ; Big Bend, Marshall ; Maramec 

 Springs, St. James. Committee: Preservation 

 of Archaeological Sites. 



Purpose: To preserve the remains of pre- 

 historic peoples of Missouri ; to study these re- 

 mains scientifically ; to publish information about 

 them ; to provide amateurs and professional 

 archaeologists with opportunities to discuss their 

 common interests ; to stimulate public opinion 

 to the appreciation of Missouri's antiquities. 



Membership: Open to individuals with a 

 genuine interest in archaeology and in the pur- 

 pose of the Society. Active ; Supporting ; Con- 

 tributing ; Associate, under eighteen years of 

 age; Institutional, museum, library or other 

 organization ; Life ; Sustaining ; Benefactor. 

 Total membership 1,351, predominantly Active 

 members. 



Meetings: Twice a year. 



Professional activities: Archaeological Sur- 

 vey of Missouri, conducted in cooperation with 

 the Division of Archaeological Research, Uni- 

 versity of Missouri ; training in archaeological 

 techniques in cooperation with the University 

 of Missouri ; annual Achievement Award, to 

 outstanding amateur archaeologist ; Jesse E. 

 Wrench Scholarship Fund; Memoir Fund, for 

 publication of outstanding monographs on arch- 

 aeology ; Research Fund, to aid in archaeological 

 research in Missouri ; Scholarship Fund, to aid 



a student in anthropology at the University of 

 Missouri. 



Publications: Missouri Archaeologist, yearly, 

 current volume : 22, $2. Editor : Robert T. 

 Bray. Memoir, occasionally, current volume : 

 3, $1. Editor: Carl H. Chapman. Newsletter, 

 ten times per year, current volume : 142, mem- 

 bers only. Editor : Dale R. Henning. 



958. Missouri Association of Osteopathic Phy- 

 sicians and Surgeons. 325 East McCarty 

 Street, Jefferson City, Mo. President: George 

 W. Ringland, 46 North Main Street, Cape 

 Girardeau, Mo. Term expires October 1960. 

 Executive Secretary-Treasurer: Paul D. 

 Adams, Route 5, Jefferson City, Mo. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Organized 1897. Geographic Dis- 

 tricts : Northwest, North Central, Northeast, 

 Central, Jackson County, West Central, South- 

 west, Ozark, Southeast, St. Louis, Osage, Cen- 

 tral Ozark, Mineral Area, and West. Depart- 

 ments : Public Afifairs, Professional Affairs, 

 Business Affairs, Twenty-eight committees. 

 Affiliated with Missouri Osteopathic Surgical 

 Society, Missouri Osteopathic Obstetrical and 

 Gynecological Society, Missouri Society of 

 Radiology, Missouri Society of General Practi- 

 tioners in Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery, 

 and Missouri Osteopathic Hospital Association. 



Purpose: To promote health services through 

 organized osteopathy. 



Membership: Active, must be a graduate of 

 an approved osteopathic college and licensed to 

 practice osteopathy in the State of Missouri, and 

 shall be engaged in practice in the State of 

 Missouri ; Associate, those teaching, research, 

 administrative or executive employees of ap- 

 proved osteopathic colleges or of osteopathic 

 hospitals approved by the American Osteopathic 

 Association for intern teaching, and adminis- 

 trative employees of this association, or of 

 affiliated organizations, or divisional societies ; 

 Honorary Life, granted as an award for meri- 

 torious service in the interest of osteopathy ; 

 Life, a member who has reached the age of 

 seventy years, or who has completed forty-five 

 years of osteopathic practice, and who is in good 

 standing in the State Association for twenty-five 

 years. Total membership 1,100. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Nursing scholarships, 

 fellowships, college support through member- 

 ship dues ; intern and residency training pro- 

 grams in affiliated hospitals. 



Publications: Co-Operation, monthly, current 

 volume : 35. Editor : Paul D. Adams. 



