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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



to that status by the House of Delegates in 

 annual meeting. Total membership 249. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Two $500 Peter 

 Frandsen Scholarships are awarded annually to 

 students on the basis of scholastic ability and 

 need, the scholarships to be considered as loans 

 to be repaid if practice not established in Nevada 

 after graduation ; if practice is established in 

 Nevada, the scholarships considered as grants. 



Publications: Newsletter, monthly, current 

 volume : 5, free. Editor : Nelson B. Neff. 



1042. Nevada State PharmaceuticaJ Association. 



P. O. Box 2307, Reno, Nev. President: Hugh 

 H. Densmore, 552 Richmond Avenue, Carson 

 City, Nev. Term expires September 1960. 

 Executive Secretary: Peter Codner. Term 

 expires September 1962. 



History: Organized September 1950; incor- 

 porated 1954. Main office in Reno with southern 

 branch in Las Vegas. 



Purpose: To bring together pharmacists, to 

 advance pharmacy within the profession and the 

 laity, and to increase the prestige of pharmacy. 



Membership: Open to registered pharmacists 

 actively engaged in the practice of pharmacy, 

 and to drug firm representatives as non-voting 

 members. Total membership 421. 



Meetings: Monthly meetings; annual conven- 

 tion. 



Publications: Monthly bulletins. 



1043. New England Association of Chemistry 

 Teachers. President: Carl P. Swinnerton, 

 Pomfret School, Pomfret, Conn. Term ex- 

 pires June 30, 1961. Financial Secretary: Rev. 

 Joseph A. Martus, S. J., College of the Holy 

 Cross, Worcester 10, Mass. Term expires 

 June 30, 1961. 



History: Organized 1898; incorporated 1910. 

 Divisions : Northern, Southern, VVestern, Cen- 

 tral. 



Purpose: To promote efficiency in the teaching 

 of chemistry. 



Membership: Open to any person interested in 

 the teaching of chemistry. Active, 824 ; Student, 

 6 ; Honorary, 10. Total membership 840. 



Meetings: Five per year; annual summer con- 

 ference. 



Publications: Report, monthly, current vol- 

 ume: 61. Editor: Robert D. Eddy. Newsletter, 

 quarterly, current volume : 14. Editor : Howard 

 I. Wagner. 



1044. New England Biological Association. 



President: Miss Wilma Schields, North 

 Quincy High School, North Quincy, Mass. 



Term expires May 1962. Secretary: Mrs. 

 Jean Smart, Quincy High School, Quincy, 

 Mass. Term expires May 1962. 



History: Organized May 1929. 



Purpose: To promote efficiency in teaching 

 of biology, health, and hygiene. 



Membership: Open to anyone interested in 

 biology, particularly biology teachers. Total 

 membership 250. 



Meetings: Four annually. 



1045. New England Botanical Club, Inc. Botani- 

 cal Museum, Oxford Street, Cambridge 38, 

 Mass. President: Richard Evans Schultes, 

 46 Hewlett Street, Roslindale 31, Mass. Term 

 expires February 1963. Corresponding Secre- 

 tary: Charles Schweinfurth, 11 Boulder Road, 

 Wellesley Hills 81, Mass. Term expires 

 February 1961. 



History: Organized 1895, incorporated De- 

 cember 1920. 



Purpose: To promote social intercourse and 

 to disseminate local and general information 

 concerning the flora of New England. 



Membership: Sponsorship by two active mem- 

 bers, recommendation by the council and elec- 

 tion at a regular meeting. Active, 66; sustain- 

 ing, 136; associate, 134. 



Meetings: Monthly, October to June inclusive. 

 Annual meeting in February. 



Professional activities: Maintenance of her- 

 barium of New England plants. 



Publications: Rhodora, monthly, current vol- 

 ume : 66, $6. Editor : R. C. Rollins. 



1046. New England Council of Optometrists. 



President: Richard C. Dexter, 338 Main 

 Street, Keene, N. H. Term expires March 

 1961. Executive Secretary: Stanley E. Smith, 

 101 Tremont Street, Boston 8, Mass. Term 

 expires March 1961. 



History: Organized 1921 and incorporated 

 1949. Comprises all optometrists in the six 

 New England states who are members of their 

 respective state societies. 



Purpose: To disseminate information to the 

 public regarding eye care, and to promote post- 

 graduate education. 



Membership: Open to members of the six 

 New England state professional societies ; must 

 conform to a rigid code of ethics of practice. 

 Total membership 1,000. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Scholarships to op- 

 tometric students ; annual Award of Merit to 

 selected layman ; annual educational courses ; 

 one, two, and three-day courses in postgraduate 

 work. 



