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Meetings: Semiannual. 



Publications: Transactions, annual, current 

 volume : 30, free to members and medical li- 

 braries. Editor : Bentley P. Colcock. 



1057. New England Water Works Association. 



President: Kenneth W. Robie, 20 Copley 

 Street, Brookline, Mass. Term expires Sep- 

 tember 1961. Secretary: Joseph C. Knox, 7Z 

 Tremont Street, Boston 8, Mass. Term in- 

 definite. 



History: Organized June 21, 1822 in Boston. 



Purpose: Advancement of knowledge relat- 

 ing to water works and water supply; encour- 

 agement of social intercouse among water works 

 men. 



Membership: Members, officers or employees 

 of a public or private water works, engineers, 

 chemists, or other persons qualified to aid or 

 interested in the advancement of knowledge re- 

 lating to water works ; Associates, persons, 

 firms, or corporations engaged in manufactur- 

 ing or furnishing materials or supplies for the 

 construction and maintenance of water works ; 

 Corporate members, water boards, commissions, 

 company or municipal corporations ; Junior, not 

 less than eighteen nor more than twenty-five 

 years of age, students in engineering schools, 

 or in active practice in some branch of engineer- 

 ing or water supply works ; Honorary ; Life. 

 Members, 952; Associates, 154; Corporate 

 members, 43; Junior, 2; Honorary, 13. Total 

 membership 1,164. 



Meetings: Annual convention, September or 

 October; monthly, November to March, in 

 Boston ; spring, April and May, one in northern 

 and one in southern New England; June Con- 

 ference. 



Professional activities: Dexter Brackett Me- 

 morial Medal, for the most meritorious paper, 

 bearing in mind its applicability to the general 

 water works program, which has been pub- 

 lished in the Journal for the calendar year of 

 the award, provided that such a paper, or an 

 important part thereof, shall not have been pre- 

 viously contributed to any other society, nor 

 have appeared in print prior to its presentation 

 to the Association; Commemorative Award, for 

 the paper which shall be judged as next most 

 meritorious to the one recommended and ap- 

 proved for the award of the Dexter Brackett 

 Memorial Medal ; Scholarships, awarded on the 

 basis of merit, character, and need to members 

 and junior members of the Association, with 

 preference given to applicants whose programs 

 are considered as beneficial to water works 

 practice in New England. 



Publications: Journal, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume : 74, $4, free to members. Editor : George 

 C. Houser, 220 Clyde Street, Brookline 67, Mass. 



1058. New Hampshire Academy of Science. 



Durham, N. H. President: Allen L. King, 

 Department of Physics, Dartmouth College, 

 Hanover, N. H. Term expires May 1961. 

 Secretary-Treasurer: Glenn W. Stewart, De- 

 partment of Geology, University of New 

 Hampshire, Durham, N. H. Term expires 

 May 1961. 



History: Organized 1919. 



Purpose: To advance the cause of pure and 

 applied science and of scientific research ; to 

 cooperate with educational institutions of the 

 State of New Hampshire for the improvement 

 of scientific education ; to encourage a closer 

 union between science and industry. 



Membership: Candidates for membership 

 must have attained a degree of proficiency in 

 one branch of science which will meet with the 

 approval of the Committee on Membership. 

 Total membership 110. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: The American Associ- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science grant is 

 made annually through the Academy, and is 

 matched by Academy funds when used by high 

 school teachers ; co-sponsorship of the New 

 Hampshire Science Fair; The New Hampshire 

 Academy of Science Award, a Lamp of Klnowl- 

 edge trophy awarded to the high school in the 

 state with the best pair of exhibits at the Sci- 

 ence Fair; sponsorship of a Visiting Scientists 

 Program for secondary schools in New Hamp- 

 shire, supported by the National Science Founda- 

 tion. 



Ptiblications: Bulletin, semi-annually, current 

 volumes unnumbered, price varies. Editor : Clay- 

 ton E. Fisher, Colby Junior College, New Lon- 

 don, N. H. 



1059. New Hampshire Dental Society. 517 



Milton Street, Manchester, N. H. President: 

 John E. Story, 113 Locust Street, Dover, 

 N. H. Term expires June 1961. Secretary: 

 Floyd E. Williams. Term indefinite. 



History: Founded 1877. 



Purpose: To promote the best interests of the 

 dental profession. 



Membership: Ethical dentists practicing in 

 New Hampshire. Regular, 242; Corresponding, 

 32; Honorary, 19; Life, 7. Total membership 

 300. 



Meetings: Annual, in June. 



Professional activities: Smith-Holden Schol- 

 arship, annual, $300; Dr. Winchester Loan 

 Fund, $5,000. 



Publications: Newsletter, quarterly, free to 

 members. Editor: Floyd E. Williams. 



