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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Membership: Members of a component medi- 

 cal society of the South Carolina Medical As- 

 sociation. Full Members, 1,294; Honorary Mem- 

 bers, 152; Honorary Fellows, 2; Service Mem- 

 bers, 5 ; Junior Members, 5. Total membership 

 1,458. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- 

 ume: 56, $3. Editor: J. I. Waring. 



1397. South Carolina Psychological Association, 

 Inc. President: Elmore Martin, South Caro- 

 lina State Hospital, Columbia, S. C. Term 

 expires March 1961. Secretary: John Zuidema, 

 South Carolina Mental Health Commission, 

 Columbia, S. C. Term expires March 1961. 



History: Organized April 1954. 



Purpose: To advance psychology as a science, 

 as a profession, and as a means of promoting 

 human welfare. 



Membership: Full Members, 40, members of 

 American Psychological Association or those 

 actively working in psychology subsequent to 

 obtaining a master's degree ; Professional Affili- 

 ates, 12, those interested in psychology ; Life, 

 2; Student Affiliates, students majoring in psy- 

 chology. Total membership 54. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Annual Awards for 

 outstanding theoretical papers or research by 

 undergraduate psychology students. Self certifi- 

 cation of members for private practice. 



Publications: Feedback, quarterly, current 

 volume : 2, free. Editors : Boris Gertz and John 

 Zuidema. 



1398. South Carolina Public Health Association. 

 Wade Hampton Office Building, Columbia, 

 S. C. President: Miss Betty Ficquett, South 

 Carolina State Board of Health, Wade Hamp- 

 ton Office Building, Columbia, S. C. Term 

 expires May 1961. Secretary: Miss Emily 

 Anne Easterling, Richland County Health 

 Department, Columbia, S. C. Term expires 

 May 1961. 



History: Organized 1921. Technical Sec- 

 tions : Medical ; Public Health Nursing ; South 

 Carolina Association of Sanitarians, Inc. ; Pub- 

 lic Health Education ; and Clerical. 



Purpose: To promote public health in South 

 Carolina through study and discussion of health 

 needs, and to plan ways and means of meeting 

 those needs. 



Membership: Open to individuals employed 

 in South Carolina in any branch of public health 

 work, either official or voluntary ; open to cor- 

 porations and organizations interested in public 

 health as organization members. Total member- 

 ship 803. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Service Awards for 

 twenty, twenty-five, or thirty years of active 

 public health service by members of the Asso- 

 ciation. 



1399. South Carolina Radiological Society. 



President: William A. Matthews, 117 Dotson 

 Street, Rock Hill, S. C. Term expires May 

 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: George W. Brun- 

 son, 1406 Gregg Street, Columbia, S. C. 

 Term expires May 1961. 



History: Organized June 1932 as the South 

 Carolina X-Ray Society ; name changed to 

 present title May 1952. 



Purpose: The advancement of the science of 

 radiology and its maintenance as a specialty in 

 medicine through a closer association of the 

 radiologists of South Carolina, and the promo- 

 tion of increasingly higher standards of radi- 

 ological service. 



Membership: Open to physicians licensed to 

 practice medicine in South Carolina who devote 

 full or part time to the specialty of radiology, 

 and who are certified (or so qualified) by the 

 American Board of Radiology, and members in 

 good standing in county and state medical 

 societies. Active, Z2> ; Associate, 2 ; Retired, 1 ; 

 Honorary, 2. Total membership 38. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Robert B. Taft Me- 

 morial Trophy, annual award donated by the So- 

 ciety, awarded by the South Carolina Society 

 of X-Ray Technicians to one of its members 

 for the best scientific paper presented at annual 

 meetings. 



1400. South Carolina Society of Engineers, Inc. 



210 Creason Building, Columbia, S. C. Presi- 

 dent: Harry O'B. Bellinger, City Hall, Co- 

 lumbia, S. C. Term expires January 1961. 

 Secretary-Treasurer : Albert E. Johnson. 

 Term expires January 1961. 



History: Organized November 1929. 

 Branches : Savannah River, Camden. 



Purpose: To maintain a high professional 

 standing among the members ; to advance the 

 arts and sciences ; and to work for the welfare 

 of the state. 



Membership: Member, thirty-three years of 

 age, in active practice of his profession at least 

 twelve years, in responsible charge of work for 

 at least five years, qualified to design, as well 

 as direct, engineering work ; Associate Member, 

 twenty-seven years of age, in active practice of 

 his profession for at least eight years, responsible 

 charge of work as principal or assistant for at 

 least one year ; Junior Member, twenty years 



