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Journal of the Franklin institute
THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE
MINUTES OF THE STATED MEETING March 16, 1955
The Stated Monthly Meeting of The Franklin Institute was held on March 16, 1955, ill the Lecture Hall. S. Wyman Rolph, President, called the meeting to order at 8:15 P.M. In the absence of the Secretary, H. V. Bail, Assistant Secretary, kept the Minutes of the meeting. Approximately 415 members and guests were in attendance. The President stated that the Minutes of the Annual Meeting in January were printed in the February JOURNAL and asked for additions, corrections, or changes. There being none, they were, on motion duly made and seconded, approved as submitted. He advised that Minutes of the February Stated Meeting will be printed in the March JOURNAL and will be submitted for approval at the next Stated Meeting. He reported that elections to membership, recorded since January 31st, resulted in a net gain of 3 Student Members, with a total membership as of February 28th of 6,817. The President then welcomed the officers and members of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture to their fifteenth joint meeting with The Franklin Institute and introduced J. Gordon Fetterman, President of the Society, who took the chair. Following a warm welcome extended to the speaker by Walter M. Phillips, City Representative, Mr. Fetterman introduced the speaker for the evening--The Honorable Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary's talk on "American Agriculture--A Great Past, A Greater Future" received a spontaneous and prolonged ovation from the audience. He was then awarded the Society's annual medal for outstanding work in the science of agriculture. Mr. Benson's address will be published in the July issue of the JOURNAL. After a question period, the meeting adjourned at 9:40 e.M. with a rising vote of thanks to Mr. Benson. H. V. BAIL
Assistant Secretary
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The following papers will appear in this JOURNAL within the next few months : SWANN, ~,V. F. G. : The Known and the Unknown FAUPEL, J. H. : Residual Stresses in Heavy-Wall Cylinders FALES, ELISHA N.: A New Laboratory Technique for Investigation of the Origin of Fluid Turbulence RYDER, FREDERICK: Linear Algebraic Computation by Multi-Winding Transformers 35r
MINUTES OF THE STATED MEETING March 16, 1955
The Stated Monthly Meeting of The Franklin Institute was held on March 16, 1955, ill the Lecture Hall. S. Wyman Rolph, President, called the meeting to order at 8:15 P.M. In the absence of the Secretary, H. V. Bail, Assistant Secretary, kept the Minutes of the meeting. Approximately 415 members and guests were in attendance. The President stated that the Minutes of the Annual Meeting in January were printed in the February JOURNAL and asked for additions, corrections, or changes. There being none, they were, on motion duly made and seconded, approved as submitted. He advised that Minutes of the February Stated Meeting will be printed in the March JOURNAL and will be submitted for approval at the next Stated Meeting. He reported that elections to membership, recorded since January 31st, resulted in a net gain of 3 Student Members, with a total membership as of February 28th of 6,817. The President then welcomed the officers and members of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture to their fifteenth joint meeting with The Franklin Institute and introduced J. Gordon Fetterman, President of the Society, who took the chair. Following a warm welcome extended to the speaker by Walter M. Phillips, City Representative, Mr. Fetterman introduced the speaker for the evening--The Honorable Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary's talk on "American Agriculture--A Great Past, A Greater Future" received a spontaneous and prolonged ovation from the audience. He was then awarded the Society's annual medal for outstanding work in the science of agriculture. Mr. Benson's address will be published in the July issue of the JOURNAL. After a question period, the meeting adjourned at 9:40 e.M. with a rising vote of thanks to Mr. Benson. H. V. BAIL
Assistant Secretary
JOURNAL
OF
THE
FRANKLIN
INSTITUTE
The following papers will appear in this JOURNAL within the next few months : SWANN, ~,V. F. G. : The Known and the Unknown FAUPEL, J. H. : Residual Stresses in Heavy-Wall Cylinders FALES, ELISHA N.: A New Laboratory Technique for Investigation of the Origin of Fluid Turbulence RYDER, FREDERICK: Linear Algebraic Computation by Multi-Winding Transformers 35r