UNITED STATES 



275 



Publications : Journal of Geography, 9 issues 

 per year, current volume : 39, $4. Editor : 

 Thomas F. Barton. 



994. National Council of State Boards of Engi- 

 neering Examiners. P. O. Drawer 752, Clem- 

 son, S. C. President: O. B. Curtis, P. O. Box 

 3, Jackson, Miss. Term expires August 26, 

 1961. Executive Secretary: James H. Sams. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized November 8, 1920; now- 

 composed of the fifty-three legally constituted 

 licensing boards of the United States, and func- 

 tions through four zones, each under super- 

 vision of a director. 



Purpose: To promote public welfare by im- 

 proving professional engineering standards 

 through efficient administration of engineering 

 registration laws. 



Membership: Must be active members of 

 State boards of registration for professional 

 engineers in the United States. Total member- 

 ship 330. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Distinguished Serv- 

 ice Certificate, for outstanding service to this 

 Council and to the engineering profession. 



Publications : Registration Bulletin, quarterly, 

 current volume: 83, $1.50. Editor: James H. 

 Sams. Proceedings, annual, current volume : 

 38, $2. Editor : James H. Sams. 



995. National Council of Teachers of Mathe- 

 matics. President: Phillip S. Jones, Mathe- 

 matics Department, University of Michigan, 

 Ann Arbor, Mich. Term expires April 1962. 

 Executive Secretary: M. H. Ahrendt, 1201 

 16th Street, N. W., Washington 6, D. C. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1920; incorporated in 

 Illinois 1928; became department of National 

 Education Association 1950. 



Purpose: To assist in promoting interests of 

 mathematics in America, especially in elementary 

 and secondary fields, and to vitalize and co- 

 ordinate work of local organizations of teachers 

 of mathematics. 



Membership: Open to all persons interested 

 in mathematics, including teaching and related 

 problems. Total membership 21,500. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Mathematics Teacher, monthly, 

 October through May, current volume : 53, 

 individuals $5, institutions $7, free to members. 

 Arithmetic Teacher, monthly, October through 

 May, current volume : 7, individuals $5, institu- 

 tions $7, free to members. Mathematics Student 

 Journal, four annually, $1.50. Yearbook, cur- 

 rent volume: 25. 



996. National Dental Association, Inc. P. O. 



Box 197, Charlottesville, Va. President: W. 

 K. Elliott, 1609K- 8th Avenue, Huntington, 

 W. Va. Term expires August 1961. Executive 

 Secretary: E. N. Jackson. Term expires 

 August 1961. 



History: Organized 1913; incorporated 1932. 

 Six geographical sections. Committees : Public 

 Health, Research. 



Purpose: To improve public health; to pro- 

 mote knowledge of the art and science of den- 

 tistry; to promote the ideals and ethics of the 

 profession, and foster mutual improvement. 



Membership: Member, member of local or 

 State society; Junior, junior or senior of 

 Howard and MeHarry Dental College. Total 

 membership 770. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Scholarship and Den- 

 tist of the Year Award. 



Publications: Quarterly, $5. Editor: C. O. 

 Dummett. 



997. National Eclectic Medical Association. 



President: J. B. Mitchell, Lonoke, Ark. Term 

 expires June 1961. Executive Secretary: Bert 

 D. Strang, 2510 Northeast 19th Avenue, 

 Pompano Beach, Fla. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1848; chartered in Ohio. 



Purpose: To promote the practice and re- 

 search of scientific medicine. 



Membership: Requires license to practice 

 medicine. Total membership 1,000. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: National Eclectic Medical Quar- 

 terly, current volume: 52, $1.25. Editor: L. E. 

 Daugherty, 7 Washington Street, Cumber- 

 land, Md. 



998. National Federation of Science Abstracting 

 and Indexing Services. 301 East Capitol 

 Street, Washington 3, D. C. President: G. 

 Miles Conrad, Biological Abstracts, 3815 Wal- 

 nut Street, Philadelphia 4, Pa. Term expires 

 between January and March 1961. Executive 

 Secretary: Raymond A. Jensen. Term in- 

 definite. 



History: Organized January 31, 1958; incor- 

 porated in the District of Columbia April 29, 

 1958. Working Groups : Abstract Editorial, 

 Index Editorial, Management Services, Manu- 

 facture and Production, Material Procurement 

 and Assignment, Research. 



Purpose: To foster, encourage, improve, and 

 implement the documentation (abstracting, in- 

 dexing, and analyzing) of the scientific and 

 technological literature of the world; to foster 

 interchange of scientific and technological in- 



