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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



and Recreation, Committee on Irrigation and 

 Reclamation. 



Purpose: To collect and prepare all obtain- 

 able data regarding the improvement, develop- 

 ment, and uses of the rivers, harbors, and water- 

 ways of the United States and other countries ; 

 to disseminate among as many of the people 

 of the United States as possible the knowledge 

 so collected and prepared, through the publica- 

 tion of the Association, its news bureau and its 

 field representatives, to the end that the people 

 may be educated to the importance of waterway 

 development and informed of the benefits result- 

 ing therefrom ; to seek the enactment of all laws 

 and regulations needed to promote the mainte- 

 nance and improvement of waterways, the de- 

 velopment and protection of water transporta- 

 tion and its coordination with transportation by 

 railways and highways. 



Membership: Active, 675, those who believe 

 in the purposes and contribute to the support and 

 prosecution of the objects of this association; 

 Associate, 680, all members of the Senate and 

 House of Representatives, the Secretary of the 

 Army, the Chief of Army Engineers, all mem- 

 bers of the Army Corps of Engineers engaged 

 in rivers and harbors work ; Honorary, approxi- 

 mately 6,000, those whose distinction in public 

 affairs shall confer eligibility; Life, 6, elected 

 by the Board of Directors, or upon the payment 

 of dues fixed by the Board. Total membership 

 7,361. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Annual Award for 

 Outstanding Service to the Cause of Water 

 Resources Development in the United States. 



Publications: The Monthly Reporter, month- 

 ly, current volume: 3, $12. Editor: William H. 

 Webb. 



Library: 3,000 volumes. 



1016. National Science Teachers Association. 



1201 16th Street, N. W., Washington 6, D. C. 

 President: Robert A. Rice, Berkeley High 

 School, Berkeley, Calif. Term expires July 

 1961. Exectitive Secretary: Robert H. Carle- 

 ton. Term indefinite. 



History: Established in 1895 as the Depart- 

 ment of Science Instruction of the National 

 Education Association ; in 1944 merged with the 

 American Science Teachers Association of the 

 American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science and reorganized as the National Science 

 Teachers Association. The Association has con- 

 tinued as a department of the National Educa- 

 tion Association and an affiliate of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science. 



Purpose: To advance and strengthen science 

 teaching at all educational levels and in all 

 fields of science. 



Membership: Regular, Student, Sustaining, 

 and Life members. Total membership 14,000. 



Meetings: Three per year. 



Professional activities: Future Scientists of 

 x\merica Awards and Club Program. Confer- 

 ence, convention and publications program for 

 students and teachers. 



Publications : The Science Teacher, 8 times 

 a year, free to members. Editor : Robert H. 

 Carleton. Elementary School Science Bulletin, 

 8 times a year, $1. 



1017. National Shade Tree Conference. De- 

 partment of Horticulture, Ohio State Uni- 

 versity, 1827 Neil Avenue, Columbus 10, Ohio. 

 President: J. C. Carter, 325 Natural Resources 

 Building, Urbana, 111. Term expires August 

 24, 1961. Executive Secretary: L. C. Chad- 

 wick. Term expires August 24, 1961. 



History: Founded 1924. Five chapters; seven 

 geographic divisions. 



Purpose: To improve the practice of tree 

 preservation ; to cooperate in conservation of 

 trees and beautification of the countryside. 



Membership: Active membership confined to 

 individuals actively engaged in commercial 

 arboriculture or employed in fields, govern- 

 mental or non-governmental, concerned with 

 trees, parks, and forests ; Honorary, for mate- 

 rial contribution to advancement of arboricul- 

 ture. Total membership 1,500. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Research fund ; awards 

 of fellowships for advanced degree study. 



Publications: Arborists News, monthly, cur- 

 rent volume: 25, $3. Editor: Paul E. Tilford. 

 Proceedings, annual, current volume : 35, $3. 

 Editor: Paul E. Tilford. 



1018. National Shellfisheries Association. Presi- 

 dent: L. Eugene Cronin, Director, Maryland 

 Department of Research and Education, Solo- 

 mons, Md. Term expires August 1961. 

 Secretary-Treasurer : John B. Glude, Chief, 

 Branch of Shellfisheries, Bureau of Com- 

 mercial Fisheries, Department of the Interior, 

 Washington 25, D. C. Term expires August 

 1961. 



History: Organized 1908 as an association of 

 the state commissioners and members of the 

 Rureau of Fisheries and Public Health Service ; 

 the membership has been broadened to include 

 those interested in shellfish from a scientific 

 standpoint or otherwise. The original name was 

 the National Association of Shellfish Commis- 

 sioners ; changed to National Association of 

 Fisheries Commissioners 1915, and to present 

 title 1930. 



