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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



ciated with the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, the American Institute 

 of Physics, and the Association of College Honor 

 Societies. 



Purpose: To serve as a means of awarding 

 distinction to students having high scholarship 

 and promise of achievement in physics ; to pro- 

 mote student interest in research and the ad- 

 vanced study of that subject; to encourage a 

 professional spirit and friendship among those 

 who have displayed marked ability in physics ; 

 and to popularize interest in physics in the 

 general collegiate public. 



Membership: Candidates selected from ad- 

 vanced course students and from faculty mem- 

 bers. Primary qualifications include exceptionally 

 high scholarship, a manifested interest in 

 physics, and promise of achievement in extending 

 the boundaries of human knowledge. Members 

 classed as Active, 2,600, Alumni, Associate, 

 Sustaining, and Honorary. Total membership 

 18,000. 



Meetings: A national convention is held 

 approximately every three years. 



Professional activities: Loans to advanced 

 active student members to enable them to com- 

 plete their education ; assistance to local chapters 

 by arranging for and financially assisting in 

 lecture tours by noted speakers. 



Publications: Radiations, six times yearly, 

 current volume : 25, free to members. Editor : 

 Marsh W. White. 



Sigmund Freud Archives, Inc. See Addenda, 

 No. 1594 



1314. Sioux Valley Medical Association. Presi- 

 dent: E. A. Kilbride, Worthington, Minn. 

 Term expires February 1961. Secretary: E. 

 H, Silbey, 622 4th Street, Sioux City, Iowa. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1895. 



Purpose: To conduct postgraduate work for 

 physicians and surgeons, and to present a 

 medium through which new ideas may be ex- 

 pressed. 



Membership: Open to ethical physicians who 

 are members of their county medical societies 

 and who reside in the states of South Dakota, 

 Minnesota, Iowa, or Nebraska. Total member 

 ship 500. 



Meetings: Annual 



1315. Soaring Society of America, Inc. Presi- 

 dent: Harner Selvidge, c/o Meteorology 

 Research, Inc., 2420 North Lake Avenue, 

 Altadena, Calif. Term expires December 1960. 

 Executive Secretary: Lloyd M. Licher, P. O. 

 Box 66071, Los Angeles 66, Calif. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: A non-profit organization governed 

 by a board of directors elected by the member- 

 ship ; organized and incorporated in 1932 ; with 

 11 regions in the United States defined for 

 purpose of electing directors. Committees : 

 Research and Technical. 



Purpose: To foster and promote all phases 

 of gliding and soaring on a national and inter- 

 national basis. 



Membership: Consists of charter members and 

 all individuals whose applications have been 

 accepted by the Society. Types of membership : 

 Member, Associate, Student Member, Family 

 Member, Sponsoring Member, Industrial Mem- 

 ber, Life Member, Honorary Member. Total 

 membership 2,752. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Paul E. Tuntland 

 Memorial Award to the pilot who, during the 

 preceding year, is deemed to have made a 

 soaring flight yielding the most scientific infor- 

 mation. 



Publications: Soaring, monthly, current vol- 

 ume : 24, free to members, $4, available only to 

 libraries and institutions. Editor: Lloyd M. 

 Licher. 



1316. Societe de Chimie Industrielle, Inc., 

 American Section. President: O. B. J. Fraser, 

 The International Nickel Company, 67 Wall 

 Street, New York 5, N. Y. Term expires 

 December 1960. Executive Secretary: Pierre 

 Bouillette, The Givaudan Corporation, 321 

 West 44th Street, New York 36, N. Y. Term 

 expires December 1960. 



History: Organized 1917, incorporated April 

 1951. 



Purpose: To establish, foster, and maintain 

 cordial personal and professional relations 

 among French speaking scientists and other 

 persons and organizations interested in pure 

 and applied science, and the application of science 

 to industry ; to conduct scientific meetings, and 

 to assist scientists and industrialists visiting the 

 United States. 



Membership: Applicant must give scholastic 

 degree, industrial or university affiliation, and 

 have sponsorship by two persons, including one 

 member ; individual members ; corporate mem- 

 bers. Total membership 149. 



Meetings: Six to eight meetings annually. 



Professional activities: The International 

 Palladium Medal. 



1317. Society for American Archaeology. Presi- 

 dent: Erik K. Reed, 238 Griffin Street, Santa 

 Fe, N. Mex. Term expires May 1961. Secre- 

 tary: Joe Ben Wheat, University of Colorado 

 Museum, Boulder, Colo. Term expires May 

 1964. 



