AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS

Abstract

THE January issue of the Review of Scientific Instruments contains an important announcement concerning the reorganisation of the American Institute of Physics. The five societies, the American Physical Society, the Optical Society of America, the Acoustical Society of America, the Society of Rheo-logy and the American Association of Physics Teachers, which are members of the Institute, have unanimously ratified a change in the constitution under which members of the societies automatically become individual members, without additional subscriptions, of the Institute, thus creating a large unified professional body of physicists. The amended constitution and the new rules are printed in full. No change is made in the organisation, functions or activities of the member societies ; but the way is opened for all persons interested in physics to play, individually, a greater part in the affairs and interests of physics, where these are of common concern and can prosper best by the combined active support of all. Provision is made under the new constitution for others, not members of the participating societies, to become associate members of the Institute.