THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE.

STATED MONTHLY MEETING, MAY 21, 1930.

The stated monthly meeting of the Institute was called to order at three- thirty P.M., by the President of the Institute, Mr. Nathan Hayward. The celebration of Medal Day was held in connection with this meeting.

The Chairman stated that the minutes of the April meeting had been printed in full in the May number of the JOURNAL of the Institute and that unless there were objection they would be approved as printed. No objection was offered so the President declared the minutes approved.

The Chairman then called upon the Secretary of the Institute, who reported concerning the affairs of the Institute since May I~ZO. He referred particularly to the bequest of Dr. William Henry Trueman of $28,300, which had been receixetl during the year. The following portion of the \\?I1 was read: “Item: I give and bequeath unto the library of The Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, all my photographic works, periodicals and pamphlets, bound and unbound; also any of my scientific works they may select.” Then after reciting various bequests, the LX’ill reads: “All the rest, residue and remainder of my said principal In Trust, I give and bequeath unto The Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, in appreciation of the educational value its lectures and library have been to me from the beginning of my professional career, November 1857 to date” (rg~z).

The Secretary referred to the helpful magnitude of the bequest and with an especial gratification to the reason which Dr. Trucman gave for making the bequest.

The Secretary further stated that during the year RIr. Samuel Insull of Chicago, founder of the Franklin Medal, had made a handsome addition to that fund in order to give to the Institute the ability to have the Franklin Medalists present at the Medal Day Exercises and to receive their medals in person. He made grateful acknowledgment of the value of this additional benefaction, not only to The Franklin Institute but to the interest of science in general and international good feeling among scientists.

The meeting of the day was made notable by the presence of nlr. Samuel Insull, the founder of the medal, and of the Franklin Medalists of the day, Dr. John F. Stevens and Sir LVilliam II. Bragg.

The Secretary made brief references to the progress of the movement for the establishment on the Parkway of the Benjamin Franklin Memorial and The Franklin Institute Museum. He stated that rapid progress was being made and that the outlook for a completely successful issue of the movement was bright. He announced further that it was expected to break ground on June IX, and that the actual work of the erection of the building would be started in the autumn. It is hoped that Medal Day exercises two years hence may be held in the new home of the Institute.

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The President then announced that the award of Certificates of Honorary Membership, Certificates of Merit, and Medals, was the next order of business, and stated that all the medals which had been recommended during the year by the Committee on Science and the Arts, and which had been awarded by the Board of Managers, would be presented. The exercises in connection with these awards were then held.

PROGRAMME. sponsors

Honorary Membership MOKTIMER ELWYN COOLEY, I,L.D., ENG.D.,

Sc.D. Dr. Howard McClenahan Dean Emeritus-College of Engineering University of Michigan

HENRY LEFFMANN, M.D. The Franklin Institute

Presentation of Certificate of Merit to HEYMAN ROSENBERG

Parker-Kalong Corporation New York City

Dr. Howard McClenahan

Mr. Henry B. Allen

Presentation of Longstreth Medals to ERVIN GEORGE BAILEY

Fuller-Lehigh Company, Fullerton, Pa. Bailey Meter Company, Cleveland, Ohio

CHARLES WEYL, MS. IN E.E. Assistant Professor Electrical Engineering University of Pennsylvania

Presentation of Wetherill Medals to CHARLES SUMNER CHRISMAN

West Chester, Pennsylvania WILLIAM NICHOLSON JENNINGS

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Presentation of the Levy Medal to

FLOYD KARKER RICHTMYER, PH.D. Professor of Physics Cornell University

Presentation of Henderson Medals to GEORGE HANNAUER (posthumous award)

Represented by George Hannauer, Jr. Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

EDGAR MARVIN WILCOX Hannauer Car Retarder Company Gibson, Indiana

Mr. Coleman Sellers, 3d

Dr. H. Jermain Creighton

Mr. Harold Calvert

Mr. Lionel F. Levy

Dr. Frederic Palmer, Jr.

Mr. Walter C. Wagner

Mr. Walter C. Wagner

Presentation of the Clark Medal to HENRY LATHAM DOHERTY

Cities Service Company New York City

Mr. J. M. Rusby

Presentation of Cresson Medals to NORMAN ROTHWELL GIBSON Mr. Frank H. Rogers

The Niagara Falls Company Niagara Falls, New York

IKVING EDWIN MOULTROP 1lr. M. M. Price The Edison Electric Illuminating Company Boston, Massachusetts

Presentation of the Franklin Medal and Certificate of Honorary Membership to

JOHN FRANK STEVENS, 1,L.D. Dr. James Barnes f;ormer Chief Engineer-The Panama

Canal Baltimore, Maryland

Presentation of the Franklin Medal and Certificate of Honorary Membership to

%a WILLIAM HENRY BRAGG, K.B.E., C.B.E., F.R.S., D.C.L., LL.D., D.Sc. Dr. James Barnes

Director-Royal Institution of Great Britain

I~ontlon, England PAPERS.

“A Momentous Hour at Panama,” by DR. JOHN FRANK STEVENS. “The Meaning of the Crystal,” by SIR WILLIAM HENRY BRAGG.

HOWARD MCCLENAHAN, Secretnry.

(An extended account of the proceedings of this Medal Day meeting will appear in the July number of the JOURNAL.)

COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND THE ARTS.

(A &tract of Proceedings of Stated Meeting held Wednesday, May 14~ 1930.)

HALL OF THE COMMITTEE, PHILADELPHIA, May 14, 1930.

MR. HENRY B. ALLEN in the Chair.

The following reports were presented for final act ion : No. 2908: Scattering and Diffraction of Electrons by Crystals.

This report recommended the award of the Elliott Cresson Medal both to Doctor C. J. Davisson and to Doctor I,. H. Germer of the Bell Telephone Labora- tories, Inc., New York City,

” In consideration of their pioneer work on the scattering and diffraction of electrons by crystals.”

No. 291 I : Work of Doctor Kotaro Honda in Magnetism and Metallurgy.

This report recommended the award of the Elliott Cresson Medal to Doctor Kotaro Honda, Director of the Research Institute for Iron, Steel and Other Metals, of the Imperial University of Sendai, Japan,