stated monthly meeting, wednesday, may 19, 1948

THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE.

STATED MONTHLY MEETING, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1948.

The Stated Monthly Meeting of The Franklin Inst i tute was held on May 19, 1948 in the Lecture Hall of the Insti tute. The President, Mr. Richard T. Nalle, called the meeting to order a t 8:15 p.m. There were approximately 225 persons in attendance.

The President stated tha t the minutes of the monthly meeting for March had been printed in full in the April issue of the JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, and if there were no corrections or additions the minutes would stand approved as printed. There was no dissent.

The President then presented an abst ract of the annual report of the Board of Managers. He gave a brief resumd of the outstanding events and the progress made by The Franklin Inst i tute in the year 1947. He further stated tha t the complete annual report would be printed in full in a subsequent issue of the JOURNAL for the benefit of the members of The Franklin Insti tute.

The report of, membership for The Franklin Inst i tute for the month of April was pre- sented as:

Active . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

The total Inst i tute membership as of April 30, 1948 was 5329. Our President then spoke of the Charles Day Lecture Foundation, which he said was

established as a memorial to Mr. Charles Day, who was an outstanding industrialist and a distinguished mechanical engineer. He was a lecturer and author of many technical papers on industrial problems of scientific management , and a good friend of The Franklin Insti tute. Mr. Day was a valued member of the Board of Managers from 1908-1931, and a Vice President from 1920-1923.

The speaker of the evening, Mr. William J. Meinel, President of Helntz Manufacturing Company was then called upon to speak. Mr. Meinel chose for his topic "The Full Responsi- bility of Management ." This paper will be printed in full in the July issue of the JOURNAL. After Mr. Meinel 's talk, a very edifying and enlightening session was held, wherein members of the audience questioned Mr. Melnel on various aspects of management. Mr. Meinel 's answers were most helpful to everyone.

The meeting was adjourned a t 9:45 p.m., with a rising vote of thanks to the speaker of the evening.

HENRY B. ALLEN, Secretary.

COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND THE ARTS.

(Abstract of Proceedings of Stated Meeting held Wednesday, May 12, 1948.)

HALL OF THE COMMITTEE, PHILADELPHIA, MAY 12, 1948.

DR. JULIAN W. HILL in the Chair.

The following report was presented for final action: No. 3194: Ballantine Medal.

This report recommended the award of the S tuar t Ballantine Medal to Ray Davis Kell, of Princeton, New Jersey, " I n consideration of his outstanding pioneer work in Television;

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