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History: The Minnesota Valley Medical Asso- 

 ciation, organized 1880, and the Southern Min- 

 nesota Medical Association, organized 1892, 

 combined in 1911 to form the present Association. 



Purpose: The interchange of ideas, the dis- 

 cussion of medical problems, and the dissemina- 

 tion of medical knowledge among physicians of 

 southern Minnesota. 



Membership: Must be licensed to practice 

 medicine and be members in good standing of a 

 local county medical society. Active ; Non- 

 resident ; Emeritus ; Honorary. Total member- 

 ship 350. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: A silver medal and 

 $100 is awarded to the senior student at the 

 University of Minnesota who has shown the 

 greatest proficiency in the fields of medicine and 

 surgery. At the annual meeting, awards are 

 given for the best exhibit, best case presenta- 

 tion, and best medical paper. Scholarship funds 

 for worthy medical students are given annually. 



Publications: Minnesota Medicine, monthly, 

 $5. Editor : A. H. Wells. 



1421. Southern Psychiatric Association. Presi- 

 dent: Conrad Wall, 1520 Louisiana Avenue, 

 New Orleans, La. Term expires October 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: Richard C. Proctor, 

 Bowman Gray School of Medicine, \\'inston- 

 Salem, N. C. Term expires October 1961. 



History: Organized 1935. Sections: Sixteen 

 southern States and the District of Columbia. 



Purpose: To further study of the nature, treat- 

 ment, and prevention of mental disorders, the 

 interests, maintenance, and advancement of 

 standards of hospitals, out-patient clinics, and 

 all other agencies concerned with medical, social, 

 and legal aspects of these disorders ; to advance 

 psychiatric education and research ; to apply 

 psychiatric knowledge to other branches of 

 medicine, to other sciences, and to public wel- 

 fare. 



Membership: Requires residence and medical 

 practice in Albama, Arkansas, District of Co- 

 lumbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, 

 Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Caro- 

 lina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Tex- 

 as, Virginia, or West Virginia. Active members, 

 230 ; Honorary members ; Inactive members ; 

 Corresponding members ; Life Fellows. 



Meetings: Annual. 



1422. Southern Society for Clinical Research. 



President: Laurence H. Kyle, Georgetown 

 University Hospital, 3800 Reservoir Road, 

 N. W., Washington, D. C. Term expires Jan- 

 uary 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : G. Watson 

 James IH, Medical College of Virginia, Rich- 

 mond, Va. Term expires January 1961. 



History: Organized January, 1947. Sections: 

 The 16 southern states and the District of 

 Columbia. 



Purpose: To stimulate interest in clinical re- 

 search in the southern states. 



Membership: Open to any doctor of medicine, 

 doctor of philosophy, or doctor of science who 

 has accomplished meritorious research in a 

 branch of the medical sciences related to clinical 

 medicine, who resides within the territorial 

 limits of the Society, and who enjoys an un- 

 impeachable reputation in his profession, pro- 

 vided he is not more than forty-five years of 

 age. Active, 177, under forty-five and active in 

 research ; Emeritus, 97 ; Honorary, 5. Total 

 membership 279. 



Meetings : Annual. 



1423. Southern Society for Philosophy and 

 Psychology. President: Rubin Gotesky, North- 

 ern lUinois University, DeKalb, 111. Term ex- 

 pires April 1961. Secretary: Dan R. Kenshalo, 

 Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla. 

 Term expires April 1962. 



History: Founded 1904 with 36 charter mem- 

 bers; during the 1920s and 1930s committees 

 worked effectively to advance the academic 

 status of psychology and philosophy in southern 

 colleges and universities. 



Purpose: To promote philosophy and psy- 

 chology in the southern section of the United 

 States by facilitating the exchange of ideas 

 among those engaged in these fields of inquiry, 

 by encouraging investigation, by fostering the 

 educational function of philosophy and psy- 

 chology, and by improving the academic status 

 of these subjects. 



Membership: Candidates must be engaged pro- 

 fessionally in one or both of the fields of phi- 

 losophy and psychology, give evidence of a sub- 

 stantially equivalent interest and competence, 

 have pursued for two academic years a program 

 of graduate study, be proposed by not fewer than 

 two members of the Society and be recom- 

 mended by the Council for election. Candidate 

 normally should have a Ph. D. degree and be 

 working professionally in a teaching and/or 

 research capacity. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Junior Award for best 

 paper of psychological and philosophical interest 

 by members who have had their Ph. D. degree 

 for less than five years. 



1424. Southern Society of Anesthesiologists. 



President: Arthur S. Keats, Jefferson Davis 

 Hospital, Houston, Tex. Term expires March 

 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : Ray T. Parmley, 

 St. Francis Hospital, Wichita, Kans. Term 

 expires March 1961. 



