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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



tional projects among schools, organizations, 

 and agencies ; Annual Conservation Award, in 

 recognition of leadership ; Foresters Forest, to 

 honor leadership in forest conservation in Penn- 

 sylvania. 



Publications: Pennsylvania Forests, quarterly, 

 current volume : 49, $3. Editor : Arthur C. 

 Mclntyre. 



1215. Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. 389 



Suburban Station Building, Philadelphia 3, 

 Pa. President: Henry D. Mirick. Term ex- 

 pires December 31, 1962. 



History: Organized November 24, 1827. 



Purpose: To promote horticulture and create 

 interest in plants and flowers. 



Membership: Open to persons interested in 

 horticultural science. Total membership 6,000. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Medals, certificates, 

 and cash prizes given at flower shows, and 

 for special work in horticulture. 



Publications: Newsletter, monthly, and Year 

 Book, both free to members. 



Library: 7,000 volumes. Subject emphasis: 

 Horticulture. 



twenty-five years continuous membership, re- 

 tired or illness or physical disability which pre- 

 vents practicing medicine. Total membership 

 11,734. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Science Fair Scholar- 

 ships, four $500 scholarships to winners of area 

 science fairs. Benjamin Rush Award to the 

 individual contributing most to the health wel- 

 fare of the community. Benjamin Rush Award 

 to the group contributing most to the health 

 welfare of the community. General Practitioner 

 of the Year, annual award to an outstanding gen- 

 eral practitioner. Centenarian Award, plaques 

 presented to all centenarians in Pennsylvania. 

 Fifty-year Awards, recognition of fifty years 

 practice. Medical Defense Fund, for expenses 

 involved in suits for alleged mal-practice. Med- 

 ical Benevolence Pund, for relief of pecuniary 

 distress. Education Fund for worthy students. 



Publications: Pennsylvania Medical Journal, 

 monthly, current volume : 63, $5, free to mem- 

 bers. Editor : Sam C. Price. Newsletter, monthly 

 except July and August, current volume : 3. 

 Editor : Leroy C. Erickson. The Physician and 

 Public Health, quarterly, current volume : 14- 

 15-16-17. Editor: Leroy Elwell. 



1216. Pennsylvania Medical Society. 230 State 

 Street, Harrisburg, Pa. President: Allen W. 

 Cowley, 1919 North Front Street, Harrisburg, 

 Pa. Term expires October 1960. Executive 

 Director: Lester H. Perry. Term indefinite. 



History: Founded April 11, 1848. Governed 

 by a House of Delegates which establishes 

 policies and a Board of Trustees and Councilors 

 which carries out policies. The state is divided 

 into twelve councilor districts with a trustee 

 from each district making up the Board. Sixty 

 county medical societies make up the twelve 

 districts. 



Purpose: To extend medical knowledge and 

 advance medical science; to elevate and main- 

 tain the standards of medical education ; to up- 

 hold the ethics and dignity of the medical pro- 

 fession; to advocate and support the enactment 

 of such legislation as will accrue to the health 

 and well being of the public, and to enlighten 

 and direct public opinion in regard to health 

 and hygiene. 



Membership: Active, 10,776, fully licensed to 

 practice medicine in Pennsylvania, member of 

 one of the component county societies ; Aflfiliate, 

 8, member of one of the county societies and 

 citizen of the United States, not fully licensed 

 to practice medicine in Pennsylvania, engaged in 

 Pennsylvania in teaching, public health, re- 

 search or holding a position in Federal Service, 

 administrative medicine, residency, or retired; 

 Associate, 950, over sixty-five years of age with 



1217. Pennsylvania Optometric Association, 

 Inc. President: Melvin D. Wolfberg, 105 

 West Pine Street, Selinsgrove, Pa. Term 

 expires May 1961. Administrative Director: 

 E. Payson Smith, P. O. Box 1201, Harrisburg, 

 Pa. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1896, incorporated 1934. 

 Fourteen affiliated societies covering Penn- 

 sylvania. Four General Departments : Organ- 

 ization, Education, Public Information, and State 

 Affairs ; with twenty-six standing committees 

 in every phase of the profession, both educational 

 and technical. 



Purpose: To affiliate into one organization 

 all of the local optometric societies in the state 

 for the purpose of fostering the growth and 

 disseminating optometric knowledge ; to promote 

 friendly intercourse; to safeguard the material 

 interests of the optometric profession ; to elevate 

 the standard of optometric education and direct 

 public opinion in regard to the importance and 

 value of optometric science and service ; to foster 

 friendly relations between recognized profes- 

 sions in order that the citizens of the Common- 

 wealth may secure the most accurate and com- 

 plete eye care known to science. 



Membership: Open to professional optome- 

 trists who are members of affiliated societies 

 in Pennsylvania. Total membership over 700. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Two scholarships of 

 $3,000 each ; various honorary awards. 



