UNITED STATES 



399 



Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- 

 ume: 32, $10 non-members, $8 members, $11.50 

 foreign non-members. Editor : Ralph E. Fuhr- 

 man. 



Library: Editorial Reference Library of 1,200 

 volumes. 



1528. Weed Society of America, c/o W. C. 



Jacob, Business Manager, Agronomy Depart- 

 ment, University of Illinois, Urbana, 111. Pres- 

 ident: K. P. Buchholtz, Agronomy Depart- 

 ment, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. 

 Term expires December 1961. Secretary: 

 Fred W. Slife. Term expires December 1961. 



History: Organized January 1956. 



Purpose: To encourage and promote the de- 

 velopment of knowledge concerning weeds and 

 their control. 



Membership: Interest in objectives of Society 

 as an individual or organization. Conference 

 Members, 5 ; Sustaining, 36 ; Active, 650. 



Meetings: Biennial. 



Publications: Weeds, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume : 8, $6, $10 beginning with volume 9. 

 EditorrC. J. Willard. 



1529. West Texas Geological Society. P. O. 



Box 1595, Midland, Tex. President: Theodore 

 S. Jones, Union Oil Building, Midland, Tex. 

 Term expires January 1, 1961. Secretary: 

 Edd Riddle, Jr., P. O. Box 4067, Midland, 

 Tex. Term expires January 1, 1961. 



History: Organized 1926. Committees: Field 

 Trip, Highway Logging, Historical and Film 

 Record, Oil Fields of West Texas, Statistics 

 of Exploratory Drilling, Stratigraphic Problems. 



Purpose: To promote the science of geology 

 as related to West Texas and the surrounding 

 regions. 



Membership: Any person engaged in geologi- 

 cal or allied professions, or who is a member 

 of the American Association of Petroleum 

 Geology, or who is eligible for membership in 

 that Association. Total membership 957. 



Meetings: Three meetings a month, September 

 through May. 



Professional activities: Annual field trip. 

 Ground water study. Highway Logging of 

 Geology. Cosponsor of Southwestern Federa- 

 tion of Geological Societies. 



Library: 10,000 volumes, with Midland Public 

 Library. 



1530. West Texas Historical and Scientific 

 Society. President: Benjamin F. Berkeley, 

 301 East Avenue, East Alpine, Tex. Term 

 expires April 1962. Secretary-Treasurer: 

 Miss Anna D. Linn, P. O. Box 87, Alpine, 

 Tex. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized December 7, 1925 in 

 Alpine, Texas. 



Purpose: To further the study of scientific 

 and historical matters in this Trans-Pecos Area. 



Membership: Persons interested in scientific 

 and historical matters to help promote the in- 

 terest of the Big Bend Memorial Museum. Total 

 membership approximately 125. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Publications: Bulletins, every other year, 

 free to members. Editor : Anna D. Linn. 



Library : 2,600 volumes. 



1531. West Virginia Academy of Science. Pres- 

 ident: James Hall, West Virginia University, 

 Morgantown, W. Va. Term expires June 30, 

 1961. Secretary: John Daniel Draper, Beth- 

 any College, Bethany, W. Va. Term expires 

 June 30, 1961. 



History: Organized 1924; incorporated 1959. 

 Sections : Biology, Chemistry, Geology and 

 Mining, Psychology and Education, Mathe- 

 matics and Physics, Social Sciences, Collegiate 

 Academy, Junior Academy. 



Purpose: To stimulate interest in the advance- 

 ment of science within the State of West 

 Virginia. 



Membership: Regular, 354, persons interested 

 in or engaged in any field of science ; Life, 8, 

 regular members of academy paying tee of $50; 

 Institutional, 3; Emeritus, 18, members retired 

 from service and elected by Executive Commit- 

 tee. Total membership 383. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Awards to Junior 

 Academy members for scientific papers, ex- 

 hibits, at annual meeting, about $685. Five 

 Science Talent Search Awards, total of $1,250. 

 American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science grant to schools applying and qualifying. 



Publications: Proceedings, annual, 1960, free 

 to members. Newsletter, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume : 12, free to members. Editor: A. M. Reese. 



1532. West Virginia Archeological Society. 



President: Sigfus Olafson, 81 Chatsworth 

 Avenue, Larchmont, N. Y. Term expires 

 December 1960. Executive Secretary: Charles 

 R. Lally, 314 Garfield Street, McMechen, W. 

 Va. Term expires December 1960. 



History: Organized December 1948. 



Purpose: To further the study of archeology 

 and the preservation of archeological sites in 

 West Virginia. 



Membership: Open to any individual inter- 

 ested in society's objectives. Total membership 

 139. 



Meetings: Annual. 



