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EDITORIALS The American Society of Dental Radiographers HE American Soci ety of Dental Radiographer s held a meeting in the T Drake Hotel, Chicag o, on January 19 at whi ch t ime the Constitution and By-laws were adopted . After con siderable discussion it was decided to limit t he membership to th ose who were members of th e National Dental Associati on and engaged in th e practi ce of radiography or actively interested in it. The Cons titution and By-law s provided fo r a Board of Director s composed of six men, two of whom would be electe d every year to serve for t hre e years . As no elect ion f or t he Board of Dir ect ors could be held befor e t he meeting in Lo s An geles, Dr. McKittrick, Presid en t , was given authority by t he Constit ut ion and By-law s t o appoint t he Board of Directors to serve until the Los An geles meeting: He appointed th e f ollowing: Dr. J. H. Proth ero , of Chicag o, Ill. ; Dr. B. Frank Gra y, of San Francisco, Cal. ; Dr. Wm. II. Th waites, of Grand Rapids, Mich. , Dr. Clarenc e O. Simpson, of St. Louis, 114
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Mo.; Dr. Arnott A. Moore, of Buffalo, N. Y.; Dr. Chas. F. Chandler, of Montgomery, Ala. It was decided to hold the next meeting at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, beginning Wednesday, July 19. It was decided to leave the charter membership open until the Los Angeles meeting and the Secretary "Was instructed to notify all men who had made application for membership to that effect. 'I'he membership fee also included a subscription to the official organ of publication of the Society of Dental Radiographers, the subscription of the Journal to begin January, 1923. Dr. C. O. Simpson, of St. Louis, read a paper on the "Benefits to be Derived of an Organization of Dental Radiographers," and Dr. Martin Dewey read a paper on "Radiographic Interpretation of Bone Changes as Demonstrated by the Microscope and Microscopic Specimens." These papers "Will be published at an early date and a copy of the Journal will be sent to all the members of the American Society of Dental Radiographers who have taken up their charter membership by that time. It was voted by the members present to make THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ORTHODONTIA AND ORAL SURGERY the official organ of the Society. It is our belief that nothing has ever been done which will be of greater benefit to the profession than the organization of The American Society of Dental Radiographers.
The International Journal of Orthodontia, Oral Surgery and Radiography At the organization meeting of the American Society of Dental Radiographers held in Chicago, January 19, THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ORTHODONTIA AND ORAL SURGERY was made the official organ of the Society. In the future the Journal will be known as THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OR'l'HODONTIA, ORAL SURGERY AND RADIOGRAPHY. While the Department of Oral Radiography is not a new feature of the Journal, its value will be increased by the publication of the proceedings of the new Society. We take this opportunity to extend our best wishes for the success of the American Society of Dental Radiographers.