Technical Photographic Exhibition, Photographic Society of AmericaSource: The Scientific Monthly, Vol. 65, No. 1 (Jul., 1947), p. 22Published by: American Association for the Advancement of ScienceStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/19141 .

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22 THE SCIENTIFIC MONTHLY

presented to the Service by the fishing industry of the Atlantic seaboard. (The A lbatross II, it should be mentioned, was a castoff Nav-y tug used by the Bureau of Fisheries from 1926 to 1934). The Albatross [II, a standard but slightly outmoded trawler 140 feet long, required extensive alterations to lit her out for marine research. These alterations were completed early in 1942, shortly after the beginning of the war. Then the vessel was taken over by the Navy iiid reconverted for fighting purpos2s. At the end of the war, the ship was returned to "he Fish and1 Wildlife Service. However, it iow requires extensive remodeling, and, vhile there were some funds for this avail- tble, it was doubtful., at the time this went ;o press, that funds would be made available or operation and maintenance of the vessel. Aithout such funds, it is useless (See "Is the Albatross III' to be a Phantom Ship?" 7ishing Gazette, 64, (3), 53, 63, 1947). In her day, the Albatross was considered

he best deep-sea dredger extant, and duty ,board hier was almest a prerequisite for

scientific advancement. It would be difficult to name an older biologist in this country who has not served in some way cn the Alba- tross or gained distinction through working on the collections made by the ship. As a matter of fact, the work of the A lbatross is not yet completed, for many of her collec tions still remain in museums for ambitious young workers in search of problems.

The Albatross was manned by naval per- sonnel, and the dissatisfactions among the officers over the prospects of advancement while assigned to duty on her and the fric- tion between naval personnel and the civil ian staff, which arose during the Philippine cruise in particular, are valuable object lessons for future conduct in the event the present Fish and Wildlife Service should ac- quire a similar research vessel. Nevertheless, in spite of these difficulties, the Albatross holds the longest continuous record of ser- vice for a research vessel, having made more than 5,000 dredging stations and logging more miles in the service of science than a dozen other ships combined.

TECHNICAL PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION, PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA

FOR the past two years a part of the annual exhibiti3n of the Photographic Society of America has been devoted to a section showing scientific and technical photographs. More than. 200 accepted prints were hung in this section at the 1946 meeting of P.S.A. From this group, a traveling show of about 50 prints was selected and made available to technical societies, P.S.A. groups, and camera clubs.

This year the annual meeting and exhibition of the P.S.A. will be in Oklahoma City. Readers of THE SCIENTIFIC MONTHLY who wish to submit

prints for the technical section should secure com- plete information from W. F. Swann, 343 Stat e Street, Rochester 4, N. Y. The latest date for re ceiving prints is September 8, 1947.

The subject matter for the technical section may cover any phase of technical photography except pictorial photographs of technical and mechanical operations. Both black-and-white or color photo- graphs are acceptable. There is no limit to the number of prints that may be submitted by one individual.

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