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and gynecology to those who show themselves 

 to be duly qualified. 



Membership: Active Fellows must reside 

 within territorial limits of Association and be 

 diplomates of the American Board of Obstetrics 

 and Gynecology, 174; Senior Fellows, 66; 

 Emeritus Fellows ; and Honorary Fellows. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Foundation Prize, 

 awarded annually, to encourage and promote re- 

 search in problems connected with obstetrics and 

 gynecology. 



1392. South Bay Radiological Society, Northern 

 Section. Secretary: George A. Hoeffler, 109 

 St. Matthews Avenue, San Mateo, Calif. Term 

 expires January 1961. 



History: Organized 1947. In December 1959, 

 split into Northern and Southern Sections. 



Purpose: To promote the science of radiology ; 

 to review problem cases studied by members in 

 their respective activities ; to discuss problems 

 of public relationship ; to keep members in- 

 formed of all latest developments. 



Membership: Open to certified radiologists 

 resident in the area. Total membership approxi- 

 mately 60. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



1393. South Bay Radiological Society, Southern 

 Section. Secretary: H. K. Darling, 630 East 

 Santa Clara Street, San Jose, Calif. Term ex- 

 pires December 1960. 



History: Organized 1947. In December 1959 

 split into Northern and Southern Sections. 



Purpose: To promote the science of radiology ; 

 to review problem cases studied by members in 

 their respective activities ; to discuss problems 

 of public relationship ; to keep members in- 

 formed of all latest developments. 



Membership: Open to certified radiologists 

 resident in the area. Total membership 27. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



1394. South Carolina Academy of Science. 

 President: J. Gray Dinwiddle, Clemson Col- 

 lege. Clemson, S. C. Term expires June 1961. 

 Secretary-Treasurer : C. Stuart Patterson, 

 Furman University, Greenville, S. C. Term 

 expires June 1962. 



History: Founded 1924. 



Purpose: To encourage scientific research, 

 to promote the diffusion of useful knowledge, to 

 unify the scientific interest of the state, to keep 

 the standards of teaching science high. 



Membership: Open to individuals interested 

 in science, upon recommendation by two regular 



members. Organizations or individuals may be- 

 come patron members. Regular and Student, 

 445; Patron, 25. Total membership 470. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional actizJitics: Junior Academy of 

 Science, for the promotion and encouragement of 

 science in the high schools, $175; American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science 

 Grant, to promote the research of one of the 

 members, $50. matched by the -Academy ; Jeffer- 

 son Award, for an outstanding paper presented 

 at the annual meeting. $50 ; State-wide program 

 of high school science fairs. 



Publications: Bulletin, annual, current volume: 

 21, free to members. Editor: Frank Tutwiler, 

 Winthrop College, Rock Hill, S. C. 



1395. South Carolina District Branch of the 

 American Psychiatric Association. President: 

 William P. Beckman, 2214 Bull Street. Co- 

 lumbia. S. C. Term expires March 1961. Ex- 

 ecutive Secretary: Joseph J. Nannarello, 1610 

 Pendleton Street, Greenville, S. C. Term ex- 

 pires March 1961. 



History: Organized October 1957. 



Purpose: To foster the progress of psychiatry, 

 to improve psychiatry in the South Carolina 

 area, and to assist the American Psychiatric 

 Association in promoting its aims and objec- 

 tives. 



Membership: For associate membership appli- 

 cant must have one year's experience in a mental 

 hospital or its equivalent (by May 1st pre- 

 ceding an annual meeting") ; for full member- 

 ship applicant must have fulfilled requirements 

 for associate status plus two years' experience 

 in full-time psychiatry. In both cases, references 

 are required from at least two full members or 

 fellows of the American Psychiatric Association. 

 Total membership 23. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Cooperates with the 

 Academy of General Practice for conferences, 

 clinics, seminars, relative to emotional and 

 mental problems which occur in general practice 

 and non-psychiatric specialties. 



1 396. South Carolina Medical Association. 



President: Joseph P. Cain, Jr., Mullins, S. C. 

 Term expires May 1961. Executive Secretary: 

 M. L. Meadors, 309 West Evans Street, Flor- 

 ence, S. C. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1848. 



Purpose: To unite the medical profession of 

 the state for social, material, and scientific bet- 

 terment ; to protect the interests of its members ; 

 and to enlighten and direct public opinion in re- 

 gard to medical problems. 



