PHOTO CAPTION: Officers of the New Orleans Academy of Sciences elected at the 86th annual meeting Friday at Tulane university are, from left, Dr. Harold Cummins, professor of anatomy at Tulane, president; Dr. Richard Ashman, professor of physiology at Louisiana State university medical center, treasurer, and Dr. W. H. Perkins, professor of preventive medicine at Tulane, secretary. BODY: Incorporated under a new charter, the New Orleans Academy of Sciences widened its scope of scientific program, elected officers, organized a junior academy to encourage scientific research in the high school ages, and presented outstanding speakers at five technical sections at the 86th annual meeting of the academy at Tulane university Friday.
