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ships under ARMCO-N.S.P.E. Scholarship 

 Program. 



Publications: The Pennsylvania Professional 

 Engineer, bimonthly, current volume: 2, $1. 

 Editor : Clifton T. Kent. The Pennsylvania 

 Society Year Book, current volume : 9, free to 

 members, $10 to others. Editor : Clifton T. Kent. 



1225. Petrologists' Club. Secretary: Sydney P. 

 Clark, Jr., Geophysical Laboratory, 2801 

 Upton Street, N. W., Washington 8, D. C. 

 Term expires 1962. 



History: Organized January 1910 as Petro- 

 graphic Club of Washington ; name changed to 

 present title March 1910. 



Purpose: To provide a forum for informal 

 discussion of petrological problems and to foster 

 study of petrology. 



Membership: Professional interest in petrol- 

 ogy. Total membership 100. 



Meetings: Eight annually. 



1226. Pharmaceutical Association of the State 

 of South Carolina. President: Lake E. Ellis, 

 3210 White Horse Road, Greenville, S. C. 

 Term expires August 1, 1961. Secretary- 

 Treasurer: George S. Inman, 3303 Augusta 

 Road, Greenville, S. C. Term expires August 

 1, 1964. 



History: Chartered December 17, 1817; incor- 

 porated March 10, 1876. 



Purpose: To promote the advancement of 

 pharmacy and to encourage a more thorough 

 education in the practical and theoretical knowl- 

 edge of the profession ; to protect the public from 

 dangers of ignorance in sale of poisons and 

 adulterated medicines. 



Membership: Active, 466, Registered Phar- 

 macists ; Associate, 52, others interested in 

 pharmacy; Complimentary, 34. Total member- 

 ship 552. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Southeastern Drug Journal, 

 monthly, current volume: 34, $2. Editor: Max 

 Ginsberg. 



1227. Pharmaceutical Society of the State of 

 New York. 117-119 East 69th Street, New 

 York 21, N. Y. President: Nicholas S. 

 Dardano, 918 Albany Street, Utica, N. Y. 

 Term expires June 1961. Secretary: Nicholas 

 S. Gesoalde, 117 East 69th Street, New York 

 21, N. Y. Term expires June 1961. 



History: Organized May 21, 1879. 



Purpose: To disseminate information con- 

 cerning scientific, professional, and business 

 activities to members of the Society. 



Membership: Full membership open to 

 licensed pharmacists or pharmacy owners. 

 Associate membership open to individuals con- 

 nected with the pharmaceutical industry. Full 

 members 6,029; Associate members 1,221. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: New York State Pharmacist, 

 monthly. Editor : David Frolich. 



1228. Phi Lambda Upsilon Honorary Chemical 

 Society. President: Thomas B. Cameron, 

 Department of Chemistry, University of Cin- 

 cinnati, Cincinnati 21, Ohio. Term expires 

 June 30, 1963. Secretary: Alfred A. Schilt, 

 Department of Chemistry, University of Mich- 

 igan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Term expires June 

 30, 1963. 



History: Organized March 1899 at the Uni- 

 versity of Illinois. 



Purpose: The promotion of high scholarship 

 and original investigation in all branches of 

 pure and applied chemistry. 



Membership: Election based primarily upon 

 scholarship, scholastic average of 80% or better. 

 Total membership 29,000. 



Meetings: Triennial. 



Professional activities: A loan fund is main- 

 tained for worthy students in need of help to 

 complete their college education. Individual 

 chapters often give awards, usually to outstand- 

 ing senior students in chemistry. 



Publications: The Register, biennial, current 

 volume: 44, $1. Editor: Robert G. Johnson. 



1229. Phi Sigma Society. Department of Biol- 

 ogy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1305 

 Hillcrest Drive, Blacksburg, Va. President: 

 Henry van der Schalie, Professor of Zoology, 

 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 

 Term expires September 1, 1964. Executive 

 Secretary: Fred S. Orcutt. Term expires 

 July 1, 1965. 



History: Organized March 17, 1915, as Phi 

 Sigma Honorary Biological Society; name 

 changed to present title April 1925. 



Purpose: To promote interest in research in 

 the biological sciences. 



Membership: Active members, outstanding 

 graduates and upper class undergraduates who 

 have shown research interest in biological 

 sciences ; Faculty, members of faculties in bio- 

 logical sciences in institutions supporting chap- 

 ters ; Honorary. Total membership 25,318. 



Meetings: Biennial. 



Professional activities: Scholarships estab- 

 lished by some individual chapters, as well as 

 local campus awards ; national award certificates 

 for one outstanding graduate and one outstand- 



