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1125. Newark Museum Association. 43-49 

 Washington Street, Newark 1, N. J. Presi- 

 dent: Franklin Conklin, Jr. Term indefinite. 

 Secretary-Director: Katherine Coflfey. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Organized 1909. 



Purpose: To recieve and exhibit objects of 

 art, science, history, and technology, and to 

 encourage study of arts and sciences. 



Membership: Annual members, 2,056; Sub- 

 scribing, 243 ; Chapter, 20 ; Patrons, 51 ; Sus- 

 taining, 16; Corporate and Business, 27; En- 

 dowment, 6; Endowment Fellows, 9; Life, 11; 

 Perpetuity, 9 ; Benefactors, 3 ; Ex Officio, 3 ; 

 Honorary, 1. Total membership 2,465. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: News Notes, ten annually, cur- 

 rent volume : 17, $0.75, free to members. Mu- 

 seum, quarterly, current volume : 12, $2.50, free 

 to members. Editor : Mildred Baker. 



Library: 11,000 books and periodicals, 15,000 

 photographs, 8,000 negatives, 12,000 pamphlets, 

 1,500 lantern slides, and approximately 2,000 

 recordings. Subject emphasis: Art, science, 

 history, and technology. 



Newell Entomological Society. 



See Addenda, No. 1592. 



1126. Noah Worcester Dermatological Society. 



President: H. Jerry Lavender, 717 Provident 

 Bank Building, Cincinnati 2, Ohio. Term 

 expires March 25, 1961. Secretary: Edwin 

 L. Higgins, 802 Scott Street, Covington, Ky. 

 Term expires March 25, 1961. 



History: Founded April 1958. 



Purpose: To bring together dermatologists 

 and those in allied fields in order to stimulate 

 interest and disseminate scientific knowledge. 



Membership: Board members in dermatology 

 or allied fields, members of local or county 

 medical organizations. Total membership ap- 

 proximately 100. 



Meetings: Two annually. 



1127. North American Gladiolus Council. 2514 

 East 25th Street, Des Moines 17, Iowa. Presi- 

 dent: Henry A. Eliefif, 4009 Park Avenue, 

 Minneapolis 7, Minn. Term expires January 

 1961. Secretary: J. Elton Carter. Term ex- 

 pires January 1961. 



History: Organized 1945 at Detroit, Mich.; 

 incorporated 1947. Seventy participating soci- 

 eties in the United States, Canada, England, 

 and New Zealand. 



Purpose: To coordinate efforts of gladiolus 

 societies ; to promote research in elimination of 

 diseases and insect pests ; to develop an inter- 

 national classification ; to hold international 



exhibitions of the flower, and to improve its 

 health and beauty. 



Membership: Individual members, approx- 

 imately 3,500, with interest in gladiolus cultiva- 

 tion and research ; participating societies, 70. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Achievement Award, 

 annual ; gold medals for services rendered ; sil- 

 ver and bronze medals to shows. 



Publications: Council Bulletin, quarterly, cur- 

 rent volume: 15, $2. Editor: Arthur M. Reeves, 

 Route 2, Aberdeen, Md. 



1128. North American Wildlife Foundation, 

 Inc. 709 Wire Building, Washington 5, D. C. 

 President: Max McGraw. Term indefinite. 

 Secretary: C. R. Gutermuth. Term expires 

 January 1962. 



History: Organized, under a charter granted 

 by the District of Columbia, July 22, 1935, as 

 American Wildlife Institute ; renamed American 

 Wildlife Foundation, Inc., 1946; present name 

 adopted February 1951. 



Purpose: To attain better management of 

 natural resources ; to encourage and perpetuate 

 training of technicians and administrators ; to 

 advance public education and knowledge, pro- 

 mote necessary research and its application, and 

 effect better use of funds in fields of restoration 

 and conservation. 



Membership: Voting members, thirty elected 

 trustees ; Non-voting members, contributing 

 supporters. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Sponsorship of wild- 

 life research, demonstration, and sound manage- 

 ment, through cooperating agencies ; ownership 

 of property and facilities of Delta Waterfowl 

 Research Station, Manitoba, Canada, operated 

 by Wildlife Management Institute. 



1129. North Carolina Academy of Science. 



President: Henry W. Jensen, W'arren Wilson 

 College. Swannanoa, N. C. Term expires 

 May 1961. Secretary: John A. Yarbrough, 

 Meredith College, Raleigh, N. C. Term ex- 

 pires May 1961. 



History: Founded March 1902; reorganized 

 May 1903. Sections : Biochemistry- Physiology, 

 Botany, Chemistry, Geology, High School 

 Teaching, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology, 

 Zoology, Collegiate Academy, Junior Academy. 



Purpose: To promote study and research, and 

 to furnish means of publication of worthwhile 

 papers. 



Membership: Open to any person interested 

 in science. Members, Life Members. Total 

 membership 500. 



