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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Purpose: Promotion of science, advancement 

 of learning, and free exchange of views. 



Membership: Open to all persons interested 

 in the purpose of this Society. Active members, 

 including Life members, 772). 



Meetings: Biweekly, October through May. 



Professional activities: Annual Joseph Henry 

 Lectures, in honor of first president of this So- 

 ciety; Annual Christmas Lectures, primarily for 

 high school and advanced junior high school 

 students. 



Publications : Bulletin. 



1240. Philosophy of Science Association. De- 

 partment of Philosophy, Michigan State Uni- 

 versity, East Lansing, Mich. Executive Secre- 

 tary: Lewis K. Zerby. Term expires 1961. 



History: Organized 1934; affiliate, American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science. 



Purpose: To promote philosophy of science, 

 its study and understanding; to further ideas 

 concerned with methods of science in the most 

 general sense and in ways in which scientific 

 activities are integrated with other human 

 endeavors. 



Membership: Open to persons in sympathy 

 with objects of this Association. Total member- 

 ship 2,000. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Philosophy of Science, quarterly, 

 current volume : 27, domestic $6, foreign $6.75. 

 Editor : Richard S. Rudner. 



1241. Phoenix Observatory Association. Phoe- 

 nix College, 1202 West Thomas Road, 

 Phoenix, Ariz. President: Brian Stapleton. 

 Term expires January 1, 1961. Faculty 

 Representative: Amos H. Hoff, Phoenix Col- 

 lege, Phoenix, Ariz. Term expires January 1, 

 1961. 



History: Organized 1948. 



Purpose: To encourage interest in amateur 

 astronomy, particularly in construction and use 

 of reflecting and refracting telescopes. 



Membership: Open to persons interested in 

 the purpose of this Association. Total member- 

 ship 60. 



Meetings: Bimonthly during school year; 

 twice during summer. 



Publications: Newsletter, bimonthly, free to 

 members. Editor : Ken Walko, 342 West Butler 

 Street, Phoenix, Ariz. 



1242. Phycological Society of America. Presi- 

 dent: Jack Myers, Department of Zoology, 

 University of Texas, Austin, Tex. Term ex- 

 pires September 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: 



William A. Daily, Department of Botany, 

 Butler University, Indianapolis 7, Ind. Term 

 expires September 1961. 



History: Organized 1946. 



Purpose: The advancement of phycology. 



Membership: Individuals, 290, persons inter- 

 ested in phycology ; Organizations, 14, organiza- 

 tions desiring to promote research in phycology. 

 Total membership 304. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: New Bulletin, irregular, current 

 volume : 13, $2. Editor : P. C. Silva, University 

 of Illinois, Urbana, 111. 



1243. Physical Society of Pittsburgh. President: 

 Philip M. Stehle, University of Pittsburgh, 

 Pittsburgh 13, Pa. Term expires August 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: Charles Church, West- 

 inghouse Research Laboratory, Beulah Road, 

 Churchill Borough, Pa. Term expires August 

 1961. 



History: Organized 1923. 



Purpose: To provide a common meeting 

 ground for Pittsburgh physicists, industrial and 

 academic. 



Membership: Student of physics or a practic- 

 ing physicist. 



Meetings: Monthly except June, July, and 

 August. 



Professional activities: Medal for service to 

 Pittsburgh physics. Award to winner of local 

 Science Fair. 



1244. Physics Club of Chicago. President: C. E. 

 Barthel, Armour Research Foundation, Chi- 

 cago, 111. Term expires May 1961. Secretary: 

 Dwight L. Barr, 708 South Princeton Street, 

 Villa Park, 111. Term expires May 1961. 



History: Founded 1931 ; incorporated April 

 1940; affiliate, American Institute of Physics 

 and Chicago Technical Society. 



Purpose: To disseminate educational and sci- 

 entific information among physicists, research 

 workers, and others with interest in physics, in 

 the Chicago area. 



Membership: Open to persons with interest in 

 the purpose of this Club. Regular members, 

 225 ; Student, 7 ; Honorary, 3 ; Life, 13. Total 

 membership 248. 



Meetings: Monthly, September through May. 



Professional activities: Certificates to winners 

 of physics section of Chicago Student Science 

 Fair. 



1245. Physics Club of New York. President: 

 Sam Troik, 80 Strong Street, Bronx 68, N. Y, 



