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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Purpose: To promote the improvement of sci- 

 ence teaching in New England. 



Membership: Total membership approximately 

 300. 



Meetings: Annual ; two regional annually. 



1304. Scientech Club, Inc. President: Dan Bab- 

 cock, R. R. 19, P. O. Box 13, Indianapolis 8, 

 Ind. Term expires December 31, 1960. Secre- 

 tary: E. S. Hildreth, 212 Electric Building, 

 Indianapolis 4, Ind. Term expires December 

 31, 1960. 



History: Organized October 1918; incor- 

 porated (Indiana) June 9, 1930. 



Purpose: To promote the interchange of tech- 

 nical and scientific knowledge and advances. 



Membership: Open to professional, scientific, 

 or technical men, and men interested in some 

 business or calling of a scientific or technical 

 character. Resident members, residing in Marion 

 County, Ind. ; Non-resident ; Emeritus, continu- 

 ous active membership for at least ten years, 

 must have been an officer or member of the 

 Board of Directors, must have retired from 

 original profession, and be not less than sixty 

 years of age. Total membership 203. 



Meetings: Weekly. 



Professional activities: Luncheon meetings 

 with speakers from the membership or from per- 

 sons of professional standing or technical back- 

 ground. 



Publications: News Letter, weekly, current 

 volume: 41, free to members. Editor: E. S. 

 Hildreth. 



1305. Scientific Research Society of America. 



President: W. J. Coppoc, Beacon Laboratories 

 of Texaco, Inc., Beacon, N. Y. Term expires 

 June 1961. Director: Donald B. Prentice, 51 

 Prospect Street, New Haven, Conn. Term 

 expires June 1961. 



History: Organized 1947; incorporated 1948. 

 Sixty-two branches in industrial, governmental, 

 and educational organizations in the United 

 States. 



Purpose: To encourage original investigation 

 in science, pure and applied. 



Membership: Members, investigators in pure 

 or applied natural science; Associates, junior 

 investigators. Total membership approximately 

 8,000. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Profesisonal activities: Proctor Memorial 

 Fund, for support of the Proctor Prize and 

 society activities, capital amount $94,091. Lecture 

 programs and grants-in-aid are shared with 

 Society of the Sigma Xi, Inc. 



Publications: American Scientist, quarterly, 

 published jointly with Society of the Sigma Xi, 

 current volume : 48, $2.50, foreign $3. 



1 306. Seattle Anthropological Society. Presi- 

 dent: Mrs. Virginia Watson, 1552 Interlaken 

 Boulevard, Seattle 2, Wash. Term expires 

 1960. Secretary: Lewis Langness, Depart- 

 ment of Anthropology, University of Wash- 

 ington, Seattle 5, Wash. Term expires 1960. 



History: Organized 1948; incorporated 1951. 



Purpose: To encourage and promote the study 

 of anthropology in all its branches, to publish 

 and circulate anthropological literature. 



Membership: Open to individuals interested 

 in anthropology, who have been approved by 

 the Council. Total membership 100. 



Meetings: Nine or ten annually. 



Professional activities: Prize of $100 awarded 

 to graduate student member for article published 

 in a major journal. 



Publications: Bulletin, annual, current vol- 

 ume : 5, free. Editor : Viola Garfield. 



1307. Seismological Society of America. Presi- 

 dent: James T. Wilson, Department of Geol- 

 ogy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 

 Mich. Term expires spring 1961. Secretary: 

 Karl V. Steinbrugge, 465 California Street, 

 San Francisco 4, Calif. Term expires spring 

 1961. 



History: Organized and incorporated in San 

 Francisco, California in fall of 1906 after earth- 

 quake of April 1906. Committee: Scientific 

 Council. Section : Eastern. 



Purpose: To promote the study of earth- 

 quakes. 



Membership: Open to amateurs and profes- 

 sional seismologists, engineers, geologists and 

 others, without distinction, with invitation or 

 sponsorship customary. Regular members, 732 ; 

 Life Members, 21 ; Corporate Members, 19. 

 Total membership 772. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: American Association 

 Fund, available for field study of earthquake 

 eflfects. 



Publications: Bulletin, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume : 50, $8. free to members. Editor : Don 

 Tochor. 



1308 Sequoia Natural History Association. Ash 



Mountain, Three Rivers, Calif. Chairvian of 

 the Board: Albert Marshall. Term expires 

 February 1961. Executive Secretary: Harry 

 B. Robinson. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1942; activities supervised 

 I)y a ten-member board of directors. 



Purpose: Promotion of scientific, historical, 

 educational, and interpretive activities of the 

 National Park Service. 



