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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



($500) ; section activities : Science Fair Awards, 

 local scholarships and prizes, career days. 



Publications: Newsletter, monthly, current 

 volume : 6, $3. Editor : Jeanne Aitchison. 



1387. Society of Wood Science and Technology. 



President: James S. Bethel, National Science 

 Foundation, Washington 25, D. C. Term ex- 

 pires June 1961. Secretary: John Zerbe, 

 National Lumber Manufacturers Association, 

 Washington, D. C. Term expires June 1961. 



History: Organized as American Institute of 

 Wood Engineering, June 1958 at Madison, Wis- 

 consin ; name changed to present title 1959. 

 Committees : Education, Visiting Scientist. 



Purpose: To establish a professional basis for 

 the pursuit of wood science and technology ; to 

 foster improvements in education in wood sci- 

 ence and technology ; to promote research in 

 this field ; and to provide a medium of exchange 

 of ideas and technical information relating to 

 wood science and technology. 



Membership: Member, a graduate of a col- 

 lege or university accredited by one of the six 

 regional associations of colleges and secondary 

 schools, or of a curriculum in a foreign school 

 judged by the admissions committee to be 

 equivalent to one offered by accredited U. S. 

 schools, Junior Member, a college graduate who 

 does not meet all of the educational require- 

 ments for membership ; Student Member, a 

 junior, senior, or graduate student following a 

 course of study leading to qualification for jun- 

 ior membership or regular membership. Total 

 membership 200. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional actiz'itics: Visiting Scientist Pro- 

 gram ; course and curriculum study of univer- 

 sity-level education. 



1388. Soil and Crop Science Society of Florida. 



Everglades Experiment Station, Belle Glade, 

 Fla. President: J. R. Henderson, Agricultural 

 Extension Service, Gainesville, Fla. Term 

 expires November 1960. Secretary-Treasurer : 

 R. V. Allison. Term expires November 1960. 



History: Organized 1939. 



Purpose: The development and application of 

 soil and crop sciences to Florida agriculture. 



Membership: Open to any individual or organ- 

 ization interested in the objectives of the Society. 

 Annual Members, 842 ; Sustaining Members, 

 132 ; Honorary Lifetime Members, 10 ; Li- 

 braries, 87. Total membership 1,000. 



Meetings: .Annual. 



Publications: Proceedings, annual, current 

 volume: 19, $1. Editor: R.V. Allison. 



1389. Soil Conservation Society of America, 

 Inc. President: E. L. Sauer, 207 Davenport, 

 Hall, University of Illinois, Urbana, 111. Term 

 expires December 1960. Executive Secretary: 

 H. Wayne Pritchard, 838 5th Avenue, Des 

 Moines, Iowa. Term indefinite. 



History: Founded 1941, incorporated 1949. 

 107 local chapters. 



Purpose: To advance the science and art of 

 good land use. 



Membership: Open to individuals with a spe- 

 cial interest in soil and water conservation. Total 

 membership 11,141. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Merit Award to out- 

 standing conservation projects. 



Publications: Journals of Soil and Water 

 Conservation, bi-monthly, current volume: 15, 

 $7.50. Editor: Walter E. Jeske. 



1390. Soil Science Society of America. Secre- 

 tary: L. G. Monthey, 2702 Monroe Street, 

 Madison, Wis. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1936; incorporated in 

 Wisconsin 1952; member, American Society of 

 Agronomy. Sections : Western Society of Soil 

 Science ; Soil Science Society of Florida. Di- 

 visions : Soil Chemistry ; Soil Conservation. 

 Drainage, Irrigation, and Tillage ; Soil Fertility ; 

 Soil Genesis, Morphology, and Cartography ; 

 Soil Physics. 



Purpose: To foster all phases of fundamental 

 and applied soil science. 



Membership: Active members, 1,250; .Asso- 

 ciate, 300. Total membership 1,550. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Proceedings, quarterly, current 

 volume; 24, $12, free to members. Editor: H. E. 

 Myers. 



1391. South-Atlantic Association of Obstetri- 

 cians and Gynecologists. President: John B. 

 Cross, Emory University Ginic, P. O. Box 

 459, Atlanta, Ga. Term expires 1961. Execu- 

 tive Secretary: Lawrence L. Hester, Jr., Medi- 

 cal College Hospital, 55 Doughty Street, 

 Charleston, S. C. Term expires 1963. 



History: Organized February, 1958; includes 

 Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ge- 

 orgia, and Florida. 



Purpose: To encourage the study, improve 

 the practice, and advance the cause of obstetrics 

 and gynecology ; to promote the development 

 of professional interest, and to encourage friend- 

 ship among such specialists in this area; and 

 through invitation to its membership, to grant 

 recognition of special knowledge in obstetrics 



