to an article discussing the growth and diversity of optics and the Society, "Women in Optics" provides some insight into the experiences of four women in the field of optics. This feature is in honor of 1975 as United Nations' International Women's Year. T h e four women covered represent women a t various stages of their career: a student, Mary Citron, pursuing a P h D in optics at the University of Rochester; working women Gloria Chisum and Bertha Henvis associated with the Naval Air Development Center, Warminster, Pa., and the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., respectively; and well-known Mary Warga, who although formally retired, is finding much activity as a consultant in various capacities in the field of optics. All women and many men in science and engineering will be interested in some of the experiences and comments of these women. European Spectroscopy News (ESN) is an outgrowth of a publications committee of the Association of British Spectroscopists which sought to improve and extend the circulation of the British Bulletin of Spectroscopy. T h e ESN publication is designed to be a new communications medium for the whole of European spectroscopy. Although claimed not to be profitoriented, the new publication is sup-
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