UNITED STATES 



Z77 



North Texas, South Texas, West Texas, and 

 Roswell, New Mexico. 



Purpose: To provide a regional cooperative 

 arrangement among the American Association 

 of Petroleum Geologists' affiliated geological 

 societies of the Southwest, for the advancement 

 of the profession of geology, with particular em- 

 phasis on the economic geology of the south- 

 western region of the United States. 



Membership: Nine geological societies in the 

 Southwest affiliated with American Association 

 of Petroleum Geologists, with a total of approxi- 

 mately 3,400 members. 



Meetings: Annual. 



1431. Southwestern Psychological Association. 



President: Fillmore Sanford, Department of 

 Psychology,- University of Texas, Austin 12, 

 Tex. Term expires April 15, 1961. Secretary: 

 Gordon Anderson, Testing and Counseling 

 Bureau, University of Texas, Austin 12, Tex. 

 Term expires April 15, 1962. 



History: Organized in 1954 at the initiative 

 of Texas Psychological Association. Members 

 of American Psychological Association in the 

 states of Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, 

 Oklahoma, and Texas were invited to form a 

 regional association. 



Purpose: To advance psychology as a science, 

 as a profession, and as a means of promoting 

 human welfare. 



Membership: Fellows, Members, Associates 

 or Life Members of the American Psychological 

 Association. Total membership approximately 

 400. 



Meetings: Annual. 



1432. Southwestern Society of Orthodontists. 



President: Bibb Ballard, 7713 Inwood Road, 

 Dallas, Tex. Term expires October 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: Thomas Matthews, 8215 

 Westchester Street, Dallas, Tex. Term expires 

 October 1961. 



History: Organized in Dallas, Texas in 1920. 

 Purpose: To improve the professional ability 

 of the members. 



Membership: Limited to individuals who have 

 had five years in exclusive practice as orthodont- 

 ists. Total membership 212. 



Meetings: Annual. 



1433. Southwestern Surgical Congress. 301 

 Pasteur Building, Oklahoma City 3, Okla. 

 President: Howard D. Cogswell, 1602 North 

 Norton Avenue, Tucson, Ariz. Term expires 

 April 1961. Executive Secretary: Mary 

 O'Leary. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1948 in Oklahoma City, 

 Okla. ; includes ten states in the Southwest. 



Purpose: To stimulate progress of medical 

 science, particularly surgery, in the states com- 

 prising the organization. 



Membership: Reputable and legally qualified 

 surgeons and allied specialists, residing in the 

 territory, who graduated from Class A medical 

 colleges. Total membership 1,100. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Essay Award Contest. 



Publications: The American Surgeon, month- 

 ly, $12. Editor: George H. Yeager. 



Special Libraries Association. See Addenda, 



No. 1597. 



1434. Speech Association of America. Louisiana 

 State University, Baton Rouge 3, La. Presi- 

 dent: Kenneth G. Hance, Michigan State Uni- 

 versity, East Lansing, Mich. Term expires 

 December 31, 1960. Secretary: Robert C. 

 Jeffrey, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. 

 Term expires July 1, 1963. 



History: Organized 1914; incorporated 1950. 



Purpose: To serve as a professional organiza- 

 tion for individuals interested in speech. In- 

 cluded in its membership are teachers of public 

 speaking, interpretation, drama, speech path- 

 ology, speech science, audiology, radio, and 

 television. 



Membership: Anyone with an interest in 

 speech as an instrument of thought and social 

 cooperation. Total membership 7,700. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Quarterly Journal of Speech, 

 $5.50. Editor: Richard Murphy. The Speech 

 Teacher, quarterly, $5.50. Editor: Karl 

 Robinson. Speech Monographs, quarterly, $7. 

 Editor : Douglas Ehninger. 



1435. Standards Engineers Society. 170 Livings- 

 ton Avenue, New Providence, N. J. President: 

 R. G. Munroe, Raytheon Company, Wayland, 

 Mass. Term expires December 31, 1960. Sec- 

 retary: J. A. Caffiaux, Electronic Industries 

 Association, 11 West 42nd Street, New York, 

 N. Y. Term expires December 31, 1960. 



History: Organized in 1947; incorporated in 

 1956. 



Purpose: To provide a means by which stand- 

 ards engineers and others interested in standard- 

 ization may, in meetings and in publications of 

 the Society, discuss the principles, techniques, 

 effects, and other professional aspects of stand- 

 ardization ; to further standardization as a means 

 of enhancing general welfare and to promote 

 knowledge and use of approved standards issued 



