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The Helminthological Society of Washington Volume 50 July 1983 Number 2 PROCEEDINGS of The Helminthological Society of Washington A semiannual 'journal of research devofed fo Helminthology and all branches of Parasifofogy Supported in part by the Brayton H. Ransom Memorial Trust Fund CONTENTS FOSTER, AURF.I O., AND GILBERT F. OTTO. Fifty Years-Fifty Volumes of the Pro- ceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 1934-1983 187 GOLDEN. A. MORGAN. The Brayton H. Ransom Memorial Trust Fund 200 GKANATH. WILLARD O., JR.. AND GERALD \V. Est n. Seasonal Dynamics of Bothrio- ccphahis achcilognathi in Ambient and Thermally Altered Areas of a North Car- olina Cooling Reservoir 205 HAYl'NGA, EUGENE G., MARY P. St,'MNER, Mi( HAI-I SlEK, JR., WlLTON E. VANNIER, AND Rv'BY Y. CHI-SIM:i. Purification of the Major Concanavalin A-Binding Surface Glycoprotcin from Adult Si-histosonia mansoni 219 BERGSTROM, ROISERT C. Aphodius Beetles as Biological Control Agents of Elk Lung- worm, DictypCOuliu hadwcni 236 S i RINGI ELLOW, FRANK. Chloride Ions in Gastric Contents from Helminth-free Calves Repel Exsheathed Larvae of Ostertagia osurtagi 240 Si XX 'K, T. M.. AND M. W. BARRETT. Helminth Parasites of the Gastrointestinal Tracts and Lungs of Moose (A Ices alecs) and Wapiti (Cen-us elaplnis) from Cypress Hills, Alberta, Canada 246 CONTI. JOSEPH A.. DONALD J. FORRPSTER, AND JAMES R. BRADY. Helminths of Black Bears in Florida 252 DYER, WILLIAM G. A Comparison of the Helminth Fauna of Two Plcthodon jordani Populations from Different Altitudes in North Carolina 257 (Continued on Outside Back Cover) Copyright © 2011, The Helminthological Society of Washington THE HELMINTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON THE SOCIETY meets once a month from October through May for the presentation and discussion of papers in any and all branches of parasitology or related sciences. All interested persons are invited to attend. Persons interested in membership in the Helminthological Society of Washington may obtain application blanks from the Recording Secretary, Raymond V. Rebois, USDA/ARS, PPI Nematology, Bldg. 011 A, BARC-WEST, Beltsville, Maryland 20705. A year's subscription to the Proceedings is included in the annual dues ($15.00). OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY FOR 1983 President: MILFORD N. LUNDE Vice President: SHERMAN S. HENDRICKS Corresponding Secretary-Treasurer: MICHAEL D. RUFF Assistant Corresponding Secretary-Treasurer: JEFFREY D. BIER Recording Secretary: RAYMOND V. REBOIS Archivist: DAVID R. LINCICOME Custodian of Back Issuer. GERHART A. SCHAD Librarian: PATRICIA A. PILITT Representative to the Washington Academy of Sciences: ROBERT S. ISENSTEIN (1976- ) Representative to the American Society of Parasitologists: HARRY HERLICH (1975- ) Executive Committee Memhers-at-Large: WILLIS A. REID, 1983 JUDITH H. SHAW, 1983 RALPH ECKERLIN, 1984 ROSAMUND W. WENDT, 1984 Immediate Past President: LOUIS S. DIAMOND THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE HELMINTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON THE PROCEEDINGS arc published semiannual!) at Lawrence, Kansas by the Helminthological Society of Washington. Papers need not be presented at a meeting to be published in the Proceedings. MANUSCRIPTS should be sent to the EDITOR, J. Ralph Lichtenfels, USDA, ARS, BARC East No. 1180. Beltsville, MD 20705 USA. Manuscripts must be typewritten, double spaced, and in finished form. The original and two copies are required. Photocopies of figures and drawings may be submitted for review purposes; originals will be requested after acceptance of the manuscript. Papers are accepted with the understanding that they will be published only in the Proceedings. REPRINTS may be ordered from the PRINTER at the same time the corrected proof is returned to the EDITOR. BACK VOLUMES of the Proceedings are available. Inquiries concerning back volumes and current subscriptions should be directed to: Helminthological Society of Washington, c/o Allen Press, Inc., 1041 New Hampshire St., Lawrence, Kansas 66044, U.S.A. BUSINESS OFFICE. The Society's business office is at Lawrence, Kansas. All inquiries concerning subscriptions or back issues and all payments for dues, subscriptions, and back issues should be addressed to: Helminthological Society of Washington, c/o Allen Press, Inc., 1041 New Hampshire St.. Lawrence. Kansas 66044, U.S.A. EDITORIAL BOARD A. JAMES HALEY, Editor J. RALPH LICHTENFELS, Editor Elect 1983 1984 1985 DANIEL R. BROOKS WILLIAM C. CAMPBELL ROY C. ANDERSON JOHN L. CRITES JOHN C. HOLMES RAYMOND M. CABLE GILBERT F. OTTO J. RALPH LICHTENFELS FRANK W. DOUVRES ROBIN M. OVERSTREET JOHN S. MACKIEWICZ RONALD PAYER HARLEY G. SHEFFIELD MARIETTA VOGE DANNY B. PENCE Copyright © 2011, The Helminthological Society of Washington Proc. Helminthol. Soc. Wash. 50(2), 1983, pp. 187-198 Fifty Years-Fifty Volumes of the Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 1934-19831 The Society started the Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Wash- ington as its own Society-owned publication in 1934. The Society's earlier pro- ceedings were published in Science (1911-1913) and the Journal of Parasitology (1914-1933). Now, after 50 years of this Society-owned Proceedings, a review of its evolution would appear to be of historical interest to the members and sub- scribers. During the 50 years of publishing the Proceedings, it has had the developmental influence of only six successive Editors2: Jesse R. Christie (1934-1947; 14 yr), Edward G. Reinhard (1948-1951; 4 yr), Gilbert F. Otto (1952-1965; 14 yr), Francis G. Tromba (1966-1970; 5 yr), Harley G. Sheffield (1971-1975; 5 yr), A. James Haley (1976-1983; 8 yr). These six are the men who shaped the Proceedings, all facing special problems organizationally, editorially, financially, and otherwise, yet who are the architects of what seems today to be a highly disciplined, respected, international scientific journal. When free publication was available to members only, the Society gained many members from all parts of the United States and from all over the world. The result, in retrospect, seems to have been good for all concerned. We shall look further into people who have handled the Proceedings, but cir- cumstances seem to require that we preface these and other historical data with brief reference to the aforementioned precursors of the Proceedings of the Hel- minthological Society of Washington. It is evident that the Society had already matured considerably when the Pro- ceedings was inaugurated. Minutes of the first fifteen meetings had been published in eleven issues of Science. Minutes or notes on the 16th through the 156th meetings were published in 32 issues of the Journal of Parasitology, Volumes 1 through 20. These reports were true proceedings of the meetings, including ref- erence to and gist of papers presented. They were prepared and submitted by the Secretary, for meetings 1 through 148 (1911 — 1932). These were essentially infor- mal notes, unreviewed and unedited. They were digests of what was said or, more accurately, what the secretary thought the various speakers had said. It is worthy of note that the succession of secretaries included Maurice C. Hall, Jesse R. Christie, and Willard H. Wright—a very creditable trio. The only change in 1933 (meetings 149-156) was the formal listing of speakers and titles with formal abstracts. These abstracts were notes usually, but not always, prepared by the 1 Published with the support of the Brayton H. Ransom Memorial Trust Fund. Editor-Elect (1984-1988) is J. Ralph Lichtenfels. 187 Copyright © 2011, The Helminthological Society of Washington 188 Christie (1889-1978), first Editor (1934-1947). Reinhard (1899-1958), second Editor (1948 Photo by George F. Weber. 1951). speaker at the request of the secretary (L. A. Spindler). Thus these continued to be true, and perhaps more authentic, records of the proceedings of the meetings prior to the publication of the Society-owned Proceedings. Both for the record and for the immediate use of the interested reader, references to the published record of these earlier meetings are provided (Table 1). This table was prepared some years ago by Miss Edna M. Buhrer, who served diligently as the Society's Secretary-Treasurer for 38 busy years (1934-1971) (i.e., beginning the year that the Proceedings was born). This informative tabulation was distributed to a few early members of the Society, but not heretofore published. Meanwhile, the ownership of the Journal of Parasitology passed from the ven- erable Henry Baldwin Ward to the American Society of Parasitologists and the editorship from Ward to William Walter Cort, an exceptionally respected active member of the Helminthological Society of Washington, the American Society of Parasitologists, and other scientific societies. Details of considerable interest and pertinency are given in the Special Fiftieth Anniversary Number of the Pro- ceedings of the Society (Historical Resume 27:242-260, 1960). Both Ward and Cort complained about the HelmSoc proceedings as submitted on grounds of content (e.g., articles on "nemas," obituary information, cost of printing, lack of editorial review, and other matters). In a nutshell, both Ward and Cort, with great pride and dedication, acted predictably as conscientious editors. Ward was ada- mant and apparently ready to give up the Journal of Parasitology rather than compromise. Cort apparently felt that the Journal would be a good official organ for the American Society of Parasitologists, which was by then well established, and that the HelmSoc proceedings, because of their variety, could be an asset to Copyright © 2011, The
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