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film motion pictures ; David Sarnoff Gold Medal 

 Award, for development of new techniques or 

 equipment contributing to improvement of en- 

 gineering phases of television ; Herbert T. Kal- 

 mus Gold Medal, for development of color films, 

 processes, techniques, or equipment useful in 

 making color motion pictures for theater and 

 television use; SMPTE Journal Award, for 

 most outstanding paper published in Journal 

 during preceding calendar year ; Student Mem- 

 ber Award, for outstanding paper prepared by 

 a Student Member during the school year. Spon- 

 sorship of educational courses in universities 

 and conduct of lecture series on subjects of cur- 

 rent technological interest in motion pictures 

 and television ; of International Congress on 

 High-Speed Photography; of engineering stand- 

 ards and recommended practices including dis- 

 tribution of test films, slides, and tapes. 



Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- 

 ume : 69, $12.50. Editor : Victor H. Allen. 



1 366. Society of Natural History of Delaware. 



^Vilmington Institute Free Library, 10th and 

 Market Streets, Wilmington, Del. President: 

 Robert S. Howard, Department of Biological 

 Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, 

 Del. Term expires June 1961. Secretary: Mrs. 

 R. L. Hardy. Term expires June 1961. 



History: Established in 1891; incorporated 

 in 1919. 



Purpose: The cultivation and study of the 

 natural sciences. 



Membership : Open to those persons interested 

 in the natural sciences, Annual, Contributing, 

 and Sustaining Members. Total membership 250. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



Professional activities: Publication of papers, 

 field trips, maintenance of scientific library, and 

 museum, including herbarium. 



1 367. Society of Naval Architects and Marine 

 Engineers. President: Albert G. Mumma, 74 

 Trinity Place, New York 6, N. Y. Term ex- 

 pires December 1960. Secretary: Wilbur N. 

 Landers. Term expires December 1960. 



History: Founded and incorporated 1893. 

 Twelve Sections : Chesapeake, Eastern Cana- 

 dian, Great Lakes, Gulf, Hampton Roads, Ha- 

 waii, New England, New York Metropolitan, 

 Pacific Northwest, Philadelphia, Northern Cali- 

 fornia, and Southern California. Technical and 

 Research Committees : Steering Hydrody- 

 namics, Hull Structure, Ships' Machinery and 

 Ship Technical Operations, with appropriate 

 panels and task groups. 



Purpose: To advance the art, science, and 

 practice of naval architecture, shipbuilding and 

 marine engineering, both governmental and 



commercial, in all of their branches and of the 

 allied arts and sciences. 



Membership : Interest and competence in So- 

 ciety's field of operations. Members, 3,029 ; 

 Affiliates, 620 ; Associate Members over thirty, 

 2,592 ; Associate Members under thirty, 762 ; 

 Student Members, 285 ; Honorary Members, 21 ; 

 Honorary Vice-Presidents, 9 ; Permanent Mem- 

 bers, 4; Life, 18; Special Members, 28; Foreign 

 Affiliates, 146. Total membership 7,514. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Endowment Fund, 

 capital $1,000,000, income used for prizes, schol- 

 arship awards, publication of textbooks, and 

 other special activities. Research Fund, sup- 

 ported by industry to carry on research activities 

 of the Society. Scholarships : $9,000 allocated an- 

 nually for advanced study in naval architecture, 

 marine engineering, and allied engineering sub- 

 jects; $12,000 allocated annually for under- 

 graduate study in these speciaties. Awards : 

 David W. Taylor Medal, for notable achieve- 

 ment in naval architecture and marine engineer- 

 ing; Vice Admiral "Jerry" Land Medal, for 

 outstanding accomplishment in the marine field ; 

 Davidson Medal, for outstanding accomplish- 

 ment in scientific ship research ; Captain Joseph 

 H. Linnard Prize for the best paper contributed 

 to Proceedings of the Society; President's 

 Award for the best paper presented before a 

 Section of the Society; Student Paper Awards, 

 for the best papers by students, both graduate 

 and undergraduate. 



Publications: Journal of Ship Research, quar- 

 terly, current volume: 4, $4. SNAME News, 

 quarterly, current volume : 4, free to members. 

 Transactions, annual, current volume : 68, $10, 

 free to members. Year Book, free to members. 

 Index Pamphlet, annual, free to members. 

 Editor: L. S. Blodgett. 



1368. Society of Neurological Surgeons. Presi- 

 dent: James L. Poppen, 605 Commonwealth 

 Avenue, Boston 15, Mass. Term expires April 

 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: Guy L. Odom, 

 Duke University Medical Center, Durham, 

 N. C. Term expires April 1964. 



History: Organized 1920. 



Purpose: Development of neurological surgery 

 and the education of the medical profession, par- 

 ticularly surgeons, in the recognition that neuro- 

 logical surgery requires special training in addi- 

 tion to that of general surgery. 



Membership: Open to individuals who have 

 devoted special study to some phase of surgery 

 of the nervous system and have demonstrated 

 this by publications. Limited to 50. 



Meetings: Annual. 



