THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE.

STATED MONTHLY MEETING, FEBRUARY 17, 1932.

The regular monthly meeting of the Institute was called to order at eight- fifteen F.M., with Mr. W. C. Wetherill, Vice-President, presiding. He immedi- ately called upon the Secretary for a statement of the business of the evening.

The Secretary stated that the minutes of the January meeting of the In- stitute had been published in full in the JOORNAL of the Institute for February, and suggested.that the minutes be approved as printed. The Chairman asked if there were any objection and upon hearing none, announced that they were approved as printed.

The Secretary reported, concerning membership, that there had been the following additions: six Resident members; seven Non-Resident members; and one Student member. He reported, also, with extreme regret, the death of two highly honored and long time members of the Institute---Dr. George F. Stradling, Principal of the Northeast High School, and Mr. Stephen H. Noyes, a member of the Pennsylvania Railroad organization. He stated that both of these gentle- men had been active in the affairs of the Institute for years, that their services would be greatly missed and their deaths deeply mourned.

The Secretary announced that, upon the recommendation of the Committee on Science and the Arts, the Board of Managers of The Franklin Institute had awarded Franklin Medals to Professor Dr. Philipp/renard, Professor of Physics in Heidelberg, Germany, and to Dr. Ambrose Swasey of Cleveland, Ohio, and that it is customary for the Institute to elect to Honorary Membership those to whom Franklin Medals are awarded. The Board of Managers therefore recom- mends to the Institute Professor Dr. Philipp Lenard and Dr. Ambrose Swasey for election to Honorary Membership.

The Secretary stated further that the Board of Managers wished to recom- mend one additional person to Honorary Membership--a gentleman who had been an inspiring teacher of physics for forty years, who had written a popular and successful text book on physics, and who for many years had been the Executive Secretary and the mainspring of action of the Committee on Science and the Arts, thereby promoting greatly the purposes of the Institute; namely: Dr. George A. Hoadley.

He therefore suggested that some member of the Institute move the election of the three gentlemen named to Honorary Membership in The Franklin Institute. This motion was ot:fered and seconded and adopted unanimously.

Announcement was then made by the Secretary of the appointment by the President of the following two committees of the Institute:

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Committee on Library Committee on !IIeetings

C. W. Bates James Barnes H. J. Creighton George S. Crampton W. G. Ellis T . G . Delbridge F. Lynwood Garrison W . H . Fulweiler C. A. Hall A . W . Goodspeed J. S. Hepburn Howard McClenahan G. A. Hoadley Charles Penrose L. F. Levy G . D . Rosengarten T. S. Rowland James G. Vail W. T. Taggart W . C . Wagner

He further announced that at the Organization meeting of the Board of Managers, the following twenty gentlemen had been either elected or re-elected for a term of three years to membership in the Committee on Science and the Arts, and that, at a meeting of that Committee held last week, Mr. Edward L. Clark had been elected Chairman of the Committee for the year 1932:

Henry Butler Allen C. W. Bates Hugo Bilgram William L. Brown, 3rd Edward L. Clark Theobald F. Clark Theodore K. Cleveland Thomas D. Cope William G. Ellis William H. Kavanaugh

W. Laurence LePage Charles H. Masland, 2nd Frederic Palmer, Jr. M. M. Price James S. Rogers Samuel Shoemaker Warren P. Valentine Francis R. \Vadleigh Robert L. Wood Winthrop R. Wright

The Secretary finally announced that on the programme of meetings which had been sent to the membership, March third had been listed as an open date. This date has now been filled by a lecture to be given by Dr. E. Newton Harvey, Professor of Physiology in Princeton University, who will talk on the subject, " T h e Microscope-Centrifuge and Some of Its Applications." Professor Harvey will describe the action of this type of microscope, will demonstrate it, and will outline some of the striking results which have been obtained by its use.

There was no further business, therefore the Chairman at once introduced Mr. Harden F. Taylor, President of the Atlantic Coast Fisheries Company, who lectured delightfully on "Resources of the Ocean." As illustrative of the mass of materials held in suspension in ocean waters, the speaker used figures which seemed almost astronomical in magnitude. The lecture was very gratefully received and was followed by some questions and discussion.

The meeting adjourned at nine-forty-five P.M., with an expression of appre- ciation to Mr. Taylor by the Chairman of the evening, Mr. Wetherill.

HOWARD McCLENAHAN~

Secretary.