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Publications: New Jersey Psychologist, quar- 

 terly, current volume: 11, $2, free to members. 

 Editor : John Cogger. 



1073. New Jersey Public Health Association. 



118 West State Street, Trenton 8, N. J. 

 President: Francis Elder. Term expires 

 October 1961. Secretary: Waldo R. McNutt. 

 Term expires October 1961. 



History: Formed October 2, 1959, by a merger 

 of the eighty-five year old New Jersey Health 

 and Sanitary Association and the Council for 

 Local Public Health Services; admitted as 46th 

 State affiliate, American Public Health Associa- 

 tion. 



Purpose: To promote, local, State, and Na- 

 tional health programs. 



Membership : Both professional and lay indi- 

 viduals and organizations interested in public 

 health. Total membership 1,200. 



Meetings: Quarterly. 



Publications: Newsletter, quarterly, free to 

 members. 



1074. New Jersey Science Teachers Association. 



P. O. Box 201, Montclair State College, 

 Upper Montclair, N. J. President: Hugh 

 Allen, Jr. Term expires May 1961. Cor- 

 responding Secretary: Miss Monica A. 

 Richvalsky, Jonathan Dayton Regional High 

 School, Springfield, N. J. Term expires May 

 1961. 



History: Founded 1905. Affiliated with the 

 New Jersey Educational Association ; later 

 affiliated with the National Science Teachers 

 Association. Affiliated with New Jersey Asso- 

 ciation are : New Jersey Chapter, Catholic 

 Round Table of Science; South Jersey Science 

 Teachers Association ; Science and Mathematics 

 Society of North Jersey. 



Purpose: To promote certain improvements 

 of teaching at all educational levels insofar as 

 such teaching involves the subject matter, the 

 methods and the attitudes of science ; to conduct 

 meetings whereby friendly and professional 

 relationships may be maintained and established 

 among members ; to conduct cooperative activ- 

 ities with New Jersey industries for mutual 

 benefit. 



Membership: Open to any person who lives 

 or teaches in New Jersey and who is interested 

 in teaching which employs the subject matter, 

 the methods and the attitudes of science. Sus- 

 taining ; Regular; Student; Honorary free 

 membership for retired members of five years 

 good standing. Total membership 800. 



Meetings: Two Annual General Meetings 

 constitutionally required : May, and Convention 

 in November ; March Meeting has been added as 



a General Meeting ; Executive Board meets 

 monthly during academic year. 



Professional activities: Co-sponsorship with 

 Rutgers University of four full four-year 

 scholarships, one each in physics, biology, chem- 

 istry, and engineering, by competitive examina- 

 tions open to all secondary school students of 

 New Jersey ; sponsorship and regulation of 

 student science fairs throughout the state ; 

 sponsorship of regional, sectional, and dinner 

 meetings as well as industrial forums ; Annual 

 Scroll, illuminated, to the outstanding contribu- 

 tion within the state in either science or science 

 teaching; Division of Fellows, established 1959- 

 60, for outstanding professional accomplishment 

 and contribution to the field of science teaching 

 by a member in New Jersey ; Atkins Award, to 

 New Jersey industries who have made outstand- 

 ing contributions to the improvement of class- 

 room science teaching in New Jersey ; Certifi- 

 cates of Merit to the highest academic award 

 achieved by a student in all subject areas of 

 science in each school in New Jersey which 

 has membership representation on staff. 



Publications: Bulletin, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume: 9, $1, free to members. Editor: Rev. 

 Lucien R. Donnelly, O.S.B., Delbarton School, 

 Morristown, N. J. 



1075. New Mexico Academy of Science. P. O. 



Box 546, Mesilla Park, N. Mex. President: 

 Joseph A. Schufle, New Mexico Institute of 

 Mining and Technology, Campus Station, 

 Socorro, N. Mex. Term expires November 

 1, 1960. Secretary: Kennett G. Melgaard, New 

 Mexico State University, University Park, N. 

 Mex. Term expires November 1, 1962. 



History: Organized 1915, as New Mexico 

 Association for Science ; name changed to New 

 Mexico Association for the Advancement of 

 Science, 1928, and to present title, 1941. 



Purpose: To stimulate presentation of new 

 discoveries in science. 



Membership: Open to any person engaged in 

 any department of scientific work or active in 

 the advancement of science. Total membership 

 232. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Publications: Bulletin. 



1076. New Mexico Association of Nurse An- 

 esthetists. President: Mrs. Vernie Bushman, 

 Roswell, N. Mex. Term expires August 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: Mrs. Ellen Heusinger, 

 2116 Bryn Mawr, Albuquerque, N. Mex. Term 

 expires August 1961. 



History: Organized 1956 in conjunction with 

 the American Association of Nurse Anesthe- 

 tists ; affiliated with the New Mexico Hospital 



