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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



trial Radium and X-Ray Society ; name later 

 changed to present title. Sections : Boston, 

 New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Con- 

 necticut Valley (Hartford), Chicago, Central 

 New York, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Oak Ridge, 

 Montreal, Toronto, Los Alamos, Los Angeles, 

 San Francisco, Houston. 



Purpose: To promote the art and science of 

 nondestructive testing and to assist industry in 

 supplying better quality products at less cost 

 through the efficient use of nondestructive test- 

 ing ; and to publish material of benefit for mem- 

 bers of the Society. 



Membership: Open to individuals who have a 

 sincere interest in the work of the Society. 

 Individual, 3,550 ; Corporate, 25 ; Sustaining, 25. 

 Total membership 3,600. 



Meetings: Annual, held simultaneously with 

 that of American Society for Metals. Also semi- 

 annual regional meetings. 



Professional activities: Annual awards : Les- 

 ter Lecture Award, Mehl Lecture Award, 

 Coolidge Award, DeForest Award, and DuPont 

 Award. 



Publications: Nondestructive Testing, bi- 

 monthly, current volume : 18, $6. Editor : 

 Philip D. Johnson. 



Library: 1,000 volumes on radiography, mag- 

 netic testing, ultrasonics, etc. 



1328. Society for Pediatric Research. President: 

 Gilbert B. Forbes, University of Rochester 

 School of Medicine, 260 Crittenden Boulevard, 

 Rochester 20, N. Y. Term expires May 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: Clark D. West, Chil- 

 dren's Hospital Research Foundation, Cin- 

 cinnati 29, Ohio. Term expires May 1961. 



History: Founded 1928 as the Eastern Society 

 for Pediatric Research ; name changed to present 

 title in 1932. 



Purpose: To provide a meeting place where 

 research workers in pediatrics can present and 

 discuss their work ; to stimulate research in 

 pediatrics. 



Membership: Open to individuals actively 

 engaged in pediatric investigation. Members 

 automatically become emeritus after age 45. 

 Active Members, 198; Emeritus Members, 212. 



Meetings: Annual. 



1329. Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology. 



State Museum Building, Harrisburg, Pa. 

 President: John A. Zakucia, 55 Highland 

 Avenue, Struthers, Ohio. Term expires May 

 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : Vincent R. 

 Mrozoski, 407 Phillips Street, Aliquippa, 

 Pa. Term expires May 1961. 



History: Organized 1929. Member of Eastern 

 States Archaeological Federation and Pennsyl- 



vania Federation of Historical Societies. Twelve 

 regional chapters with independent membership 

 and programs. 



Purpose: To promote the study of the arch- 

 aeology of Pennsylvania and neighboring States, 

 to encourage scientific research and excavation, 

 to discourage careless digging without records, 

 to promote the conservation of important arch- 

 aeological sites and artifacts, to favor the pass- 

 age of laws prescribing such, to oppose the 

 manufacture and sale of fraudulent antiquities, to 

 encourage the establishment of local archaeo- 

 logical museums and societies, to prevent traffic 

 in archaeological objects for the sole purpose 

 of financial profit, and the collecting of artifacts 

 without proper record keeping and cataloguing, 

 to promote the spread of archaeological knowl- 

 edge by means of publications and meetings, 

 and to serve as a bond between the individual 

 archaeologists in the State, both non-profes- 

 sional and professional. 



Membership: Open to any person or institu- 

 tion sympathetic with the ideals and objectives 

 of the Society. Classes of membership — Active, 

 Active Husband and Wife, Institutional, Sus- 

 taining, Life. Total membership 1,024. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Archey Awards, given 

 annually to members who have contributed 

 toward archaeology and for the betterment of 

 the Society. 



Publications: Pennsylvania Archaeologist, 

 three times yearly, current volume : 30, free to 

 members, $3 to institutions. Editor : Vernon E. 

 Leslie. 



1330. Society for Projective Techniques, Inc. 



Adelphi College, Garden City, Long Island, 

 N. Y. President: Bertram Forer, 2170 Live 

 Oak Drive, East, Los Angeles 28, Calif. Term 

 expires September 1961. Executive Secretary: 

 Walter G. Klopfer, Department of Psychology, 

 University of Portland, Portland 3, Oreg. 

 Term expires September 1962. 



History: Organized and incorporated 1936. 

 Former name : Society for Projective Tech- 

 niques and Rorschach Institute, Inc. 



Purpose: To promote the study, research, 

 development and application of projective meth- 

 ods of personality diagnosis. 



Membership: Fellows, 184, limited to persons 

 with a degree of doctor of philosophy or doctor 

 of medicine and five years clinical experience ; 

 Associates, 570, limited to those with a master's 

 degree and two years of clinical experience ; 

 Student Affiliates, 25, open to those with grad- 

 uate standing in psychology ; Affiliates, 6, per- 

 sons who are qualified in their own profession 

 and have a legitimate interest in projective 

 techniques. Total membership 785. 



