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History: Founded December 1934. Prepara- 

 tion of a constitution and other preliminary 

 work accomplished by the Committee on State 

 Archaeological Surveys of the National Acad- 

 emy of Sciences-National Research Council. 



Purpose: To promote and to stimulate interest 

 and research in the archaeology of the American 

 continents ; to encourage a more rational public 

 appreciation of the aims and limitations of arch- 

 aeological research ; to serve as a bond among 

 those persons interested in American archaeol- 

 ogy, both professionals and non-professionals ; 

 to publish and to encourage publication of their 

 results. 



Membership: Open to individuals who sub- 

 scribe to the ideals of the Society. Total mem- 

 bership 1,584. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Viking Fund Medalist 

 in archaeology, designated annually by the 

 Society. 



Publications: American Antiquity, quarterly, 

 current volume : 26, $8. Memoirs, irregular, 

 current volume: 16, varying price. Editor: 

 Raymond H. Thompson. Abstracts of New 

 World Archaeology, annual, free to subscribers 

 of American Antiquity. Editor : Richard B. 

 Woodbury. Archives of Archaeology, irregular, 

 current volume : 9, varying price. Editor : David 

 A. Baerreis. 



1318. Society for Applied Anthropology. New 



York State School of Industrial and Labor 

 Relations, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 

 President: John Bennett, University of Pitts- 

 burgh, Pittsburgh 13, Pa. Term expires May 

 1961. Managing Editor: Marian D. ToUes. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Incorporated April 1941, in Mas- 

 sachusetts. Chapters: Boston; Chapel Hill, N. 

 C. In 1951, the Society instituted the Clearing- 

 house for Research in Human Organization for 

 the purpose of collecting and disseminating 

 information on current research in all the fields 

 of human organization. Wilton S. Dillon, Di- 

 rector. 



Purpose: To promote scientific investigation 

 of the principles controlling the relations of 

 human beings to one another, and to encourage 

 the wide application of these principles to 

 practical problems. 



Membership: Active Members, Ph. D. or 

 equivalent in publications and experience ; Sub- 

 scribing Members, persons interested in field; 

 Student, those enrolled in recognized institu- 

 tions ; Honorary, founding members ; Exchange, 

 institutions and publishers. Total membership 

 1,750. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Human Organization, quarterly, 

 current volume : 19, $8. Editor : William F. 

 Whyte. 



1319. Society for Applied Spectroscopy. Presi- 

 dent: Mrs. Sarah H. Degenkolb, American 

 Steel and Wire Division, United States Steel 

 Corporation, Wire Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. 

 Term expires January 1961. Executive Secre- 

 tary: Rev. James J. Devlin, Boston College, 

 Chestnut Hill, Mass. Term expires January 

 1962. 



History: Founded November 1958 in New 

 York with 16 local sections, formerly united in 

 a federation. Now has 21 local sections : Balti- 

 more-Washington Spectroscopy Society; Ameri- 

 can Association of Spectrographers, Chicago ; 

 Cincinnati Society for Applied Spectroscopy; 

 Cleveland Society of Spectroscopy; Society for 

 Applied Spectroscopy, Delaware Valley; 

 Rocky Mountain Spectroscopy Society, Den- 

 ver; Optical Society of America, Detroit; 

 Indiana Spectrographers Society ; Intermountain 

 Society for Applied Spectroscopy, Idaho Falls ; 

 Southern California Society of Applied Spec- 

 troscopy, Los Angeles ;Milwaukee Society for 

 Applied Spectroscopy ; New England Spectro- 

 scopic Society; Society for Applied Spectroscopy 

 of New York ; Optical Society of America, 

 Niagara Frontier Section ; Northern California 

 Spectroscopy Society, San Francisco ; Society 

 for Applied Spectroscopy, Ohio Valley Section ; 

 Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh ; San Diego 

 Society for Spectroscopy; Southeastern Associa- 

 tion of Spectrographers ; St. Louis Society for 

 Applied Spectroscopy ; North Texas Society for 

 Applied Spectroscopy. 



Purpose: To advance and disseminate knowl- 

 edge of spectroscopy in its widest sense ; to 

 advance the professional standing of its mem- 

 bers ; and to coordinate the eflforts of its members 

 individually, and in sections. 



Membership: Open to those individuals with 

 an interest in the knowledge and advancement 

 of spectroscopy. Total membership 1,600. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Publications : Applied Spectroscopy, six times 

 yearly, current volume: 14, $3.50. Editor: 

 Frederick Strong III. 



1320. Society for Clinical and Experimental 

 Hypnosis (United States Division of the 

 International Society for Clinical and Ex- 

 perimental Hypnosis). President: Jacob H. 

 Conn, Suite 812, Medical Arts Building, Balti- 

 more 1, Md. Term expires October 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: Milton J. Marmer, 507 

 North Arden Drive, Beverly Hills, Calif. 

 Term expires October 1961. 



