UNITED STATES 



365 



Purpose: To promote development and dis- 

 semination of the knowledge of the art, science, 

 and technology of soft drink production and 

 utilization, on a non-profit professional basis ; 

 to afford opportunity for the discussion of mat- 

 ters of interest, and to establish organized, spe- 

 cial study of problems; to promote, assist, and 

 encourage research in any technological prob- 

 lems. 



Membership: Open to any person actively en- 

 gaged in the scientific or technical phases of 

 production, research, or quality control in the 

 soft drink industry. Total membership 260. 



Meetings: Annual. 



1379- Society of State Directors of Health, 

 Physical Education and Recreation. Presi- 

 dent: George H. Grover, State Department 

 of Education, Albany 1, N. Y. Term expires 

 May 1961. Secretary: Simon A. McNeely, 

 Office of Education, Department of Health, 

 Education and Welfare, Washington 25, D. C. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1926. Constitution adopt- 

 ed 1944. 



Purpose: To promote sound programs of 

 health, physical education, recreation, safety, and 

 athletics throughout the United States ; to study 

 problems in these areas ; to provide a basis 

 for exchange of ideas and programs among 

 members ; to cooperate with other professional 

 organizations in furthering the development of 

 programs in the above fields. 



Membership: Active, state directors of de- 

 partments of health, physical education, and 

 recreation ; Associate, staff members of state 

 departments ; Affiliate, former staff members of 

 state departments, and national personnel. Total 

 membership 108. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Annual Honor Awards 

 for outstanding service, publications directed 

 toward improving state leadership, study proj- 

 ects in the related fields, cooperative action 

 with other disciplines. 



Publications: Newsletter, quarterly, free. 



with the Technical Publishing Society to be- 

 come the present society in July 1960. 



Purpose: To further the advancement of the 

 profession of technical writing and editing by 

 developing and establishing standards and a 

 code of ethics, by stimulating exchange of ideas, 

 knowledge, philosophy, and techniques, by en- 

 couraging professional development and train- 

 ing, and by acquainting others with the pro- 

 fession. 



Membership: Voting membership extended 

 to persons having or having had a major con- 

 cern with technical writing or editing, with 

 publication of technical material, or with related 

 activities. Fellow : any person who because of 

 his outstanding contribution to the profession or 

 to the advancement of the Society, is selected 

 by the Society to receive honorary recognition. 

 Senior Member, any person qualified as a voting 

 member and who has had six years of experi- 

 ence, of which three years have been spent in a 

 responsible position. A baccalaureate degree 

 from a school of recognized standing counts as 

 one year of experience, but such education must 

 include a major in science or technology, or a 

 major in English or journalism with a minor in 

 science. Member : any person qualified as a vot- 

 ing member. Affiliate Member : any person in- 

 terested in the aims of the Society, and not 

 eligible for voting membership. Student Mem- 

 ber : any person enrolled at a school of recog- 

 nized standing who is interested in the aims of 

 the Society and not eligible for voting member- 

 ship. Sustaining Member : any company, organi- 

 zation, or agency interested in the aims of the 

 Society. Total membership 3,000 in the United 

 States, Canada, and Great Britain. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Pittsburgh Chapter 

 sponsors scholarship at Carnegie Institute of 

 Technology; and Fort Wayne Chapter offers 

 the Brockman award for the best paper from a 

 student at Indiana Technical College. 



Publications: Review, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume : 7, $4. Editor : Allan Lytel. Newsletter, bi- 

 monthly, current volume : 6, $1. Editor : Paul 

 S. Kennedy. 



Society of Systematic Zoology. See Addenda, 

 No. 1596. 



1380. Society of Technical Writers and Pub- 

 lishers, Inc. P. O. Box 3706, Beechwold Sta- 

 tion, Columbus 14, Ohio. Contact: Mrs. Nor- 

 ma Kennedy, Office Manager. Term indefinite. 



History: Society of Technical Writers and 

 the Association of Technical Writers and Edi- 

 tors were each organized in 1953, and merged 

 in November 1957 into the Society of Technical 

 Writers and Editors, Inc. That Society merged 



1381. Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. 250 



Park Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. President: 

 R. C. Weigel, Polychemicals Department, E. I. 

 duPont de Nemours & Company, Inc., Wil- 

 mington 98, Del. Term expires May 1961. Ex- 

 ecutive Vice-President: William T. Cruse. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1927; chartered in the 

 State of New York 1937. Sections and Chap- 

 ters : Mid-West : Chicago, Detroit, Ohio ; New 

 England; Philadelphia; Western: Northern 

 California, Southern California ; Canadian : 



