- Email: [email protected]
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting held Wednesday, January 21, 1914
THE
FRANKLIN
INSTITUTE
(Proceedings of the Annual Meeting held Wednesday, January 2~, I9r4.) HALL OF THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE,
PHILADELPHIA,January 2I, I914. PRESIDENT WALTON"CLARKin the Chair. Additions to membership since last report, i2. The tellers, Messrs. Colvin, Jennings, and Williams, submitted the report of the ballots cast for President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and members of the Board of Managers, and the following gentlemen were declared duly elected to the respective offices: Walton Clark, President (to serve one year). Coleman Sellers, Jr., Vice-President (to serve three years). Cyrus Borgner, Treasurer (to serve one year). John Birkinbine, Walton Forstall, E. Goldsmith, Harry F. Keller, Louis E. Levy, Richard Waln Meirs, Alexander P. Robinson, George D. Rosengarten, Managers (to serve three years), and Marshall S. Morgan, Manager (to serve two years). The following proposed amendment to the By-laws, presented at the December meeting, was submitted for final action and adopted: Article III, Section io of the By-laws to be amended as follows : After " Philadelphia" in the second line add: "except that members of the Army and the Navy shall be considered as non-resident members, irrespective of residence," so that the section, as amended, shall read: " Non-resident members shall be those who reside permanently at a distance not less than twenty-five miles from Philadelphia, except that members of the Army and the Navy shall be considered as non-resldent members, irrespective of residence. Transfers of membership from the resident to non-resident class may be granted by the Board of Managers at its discretion in eases of temporary absence of a member from the city for a period of not less than one year." The President then presented a statement of the work of the Institute during the past year, and submitted the reports of the various standing committees. The paper of the evening, on "The Heat Received by the Earth from Stars and Planets," was presented by Dr. Ernest F. Nichols, President of Dartmouth College, Hanover, N . H . The speaker gave an interesting account of the experiments carried on at the Yerkes Observatory in the summer months of 1898 and 19oo, directed toward detecting and, if possible, measuring the heat reeelved from the two stars Arcturus and Vega and the planets 229
230
ANNUAL
REPORT OF BOARD OF MANAGERS.
[J.F. I.
Jupiter and Saturn. The apparatus and experimental methods used, as well as the numerous obstacles which were encountered in the conduct of the work, were fully described; The numerous data recorded during the course of experiments were presented. The subject was illustrated by lantern slides. In the brief discussion which followed the presentation of the paper, Messrs. Levy, Henderson, and Bond participated. A rising vote of thanks was extended to the speaker. Adjourned. R. B. Owv-i~s,
Secretary.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS FOR THE Y E A R E N D I N G S E P T E M B E R 30, xgx3, W I T H A P P E N DICES EMBRACING THE ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND SECTIONS. To the Members of The Franklin Institute: Your Board of Managers formally present herewith the reports of the standing committees upon the operations of the past year. These reports have been printed, and a copy will be sent to each member of the Institute. The Board hope that you will come from the reading of these reports satisfied that the work of the Institute has" been conducted with industry and intelligence by those to whom you have entrusted it. The Committee on Instruction, Mr. Paul, Chairman, report an increase in the enrolment of students and in the number of graduates for this, the ninetieth consecutive year of the school's activity. The Institute has recently greatly improved its school facilities, and is rewarded therefor by a most gratifying increase in the student roll. The registration of students for the winter term has steadily increased from 173, in 19o9, to 306, in 1913, and the number of graduates has increased in practically the same proportion. W e have now as many students on our rolls as we can properly care for in the space that we are able to devote to this purpose. Our effort of late has not been to increase the attendance at our schools, but to improve the quality of the service that we render to the individuals and to the community through that branch of our work. The report of the Committee on Elections and Resignations of Members, Mr. Eglin, Chairman, shows a gratifying increase in the membership--now numbering 1395. We have elected, during the past year, 292 members, which is the largest enrolment for any year since the present rate of dues was established. W e have increased nearly 50 per cent. in membership in the past five years. The record of resignation of members shows that the resignations are much less, in proportion to the total enrolment, than we had, unfortunately, become accustomed to expect. This is one of the most convincing and gratifying evidences of an increased interest in the work the Institute is doing for the public good, as well as an increased appreciation of what the Institute does for the individual member.
FRANKLIN
INSTITUTE
(Proceedings of the Annual Meeting held Wednesday, January 2~, I9r4.) HALL OF THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE,
PHILADELPHIA,January 2I, I914. PRESIDENT WALTON"CLARKin the Chair. Additions to membership since last report, i2. The tellers, Messrs. Colvin, Jennings, and Williams, submitted the report of the ballots cast for President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and members of the Board of Managers, and the following gentlemen were declared duly elected to the respective offices: Walton Clark, President (to serve one year). Coleman Sellers, Jr., Vice-President (to serve three years). Cyrus Borgner, Treasurer (to serve one year). John Birkinbine, Walton Forstall, E. Goldsmith, Harry F. Keller, Louis E. Levy, Richard Waln Meirs, Alexander P. Robinson, George D. Rosengarten, Managers (to serve three years), and Marshall S. Morgan, Manager (to serve two years). The following proposed amendment to the By-laws, presented at the December meeting, was submitted for final action and adopted: Article III, Section io of the By-laws to be amended as follows : After " Philadelphia" in the second line add: "except that members of the Army and the Navy shall be considered as non-resident members, irrespective of residence," so that the section, as amended, shall read: " Non-resident members shall be those who reside permanently at a distance not less than twenty-five miles from Philadelphia, except that members of the Army and the Navy shall be considered as non-resldent members, irrespective of residence. Transfers of membership from the resident to non-resident class may be granted by the Board of Managers at its discretion in eases of temporary absence of a member from the city for a period of not less than one year." The President then presented a statement of the work of the Institute during the past year, and submitted the reports of the various standing committees. The paper of the evening, on "The Heat Received by the Earth from Stars and Planets," was presented by Dr. Ernest F. Nichols, President of Dartmouth College, Hanover, N . H . The speaker gave an interesting account of the experiments carried on at the Yerkes Observatory in the summer months of 1898 and 19oo, directed toward detecting and, if possible, measuring the heat reeelved from the two stars Arcturus and Vega and the planets 229
230
ANNUAL
REPORT OF BOARD OF MANAGERS.
[J.F. I.
Jupiter and Saturn. The apparatus and experimental methods used, as well as the numerous obstacles which were encountered in the conduct of the work, were fully described; The numerous data recorded during the course of experiments were presented. The subject was illustrated by lantern slides. In the brief discussion which followed the presentation of the paper, Messrs. Levy, Henderson, and Bond participated. A rising vote of thanks was extended to the speaker. Adjourned. R. B. Owv-i~s,
Secretary.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS FOR THE Y E A R E N D I N G S E P T E M B E R 30, xgx3, W I T H A P P E N DICES EMBRACING THE ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND SECTIONS. To the Members of The Franklin Institute: Your Board of Managers formally present herewith the reports of the standing committees upon the operations of the past year. These reports have been printed, and a copy will be sent to each member of the Institute. The Board hope that you will come from the reading of these reports satisfied that the work of the Institute has" been conducted with industry and intelligence by those to whom you have entrusted it. The Committee on Instruction, Mr. Paul, Chairman, report an increase in the enrolment of students and in the number of graduates for this, the ninetieth consecutive year of the school's activity. The Institute has recently greatly improved its school facilities, and is rewarded therefor by a most gratifying increase in the student roll. The registration of students for the winter term has steadily increased from 173, in 19o9, to 306, in 1913, and the number of graduates has increased in practically the same proportion. W e have now as many students on our rolls as we can properly care for in the space that we are able to devote to this purpose. Our effort of late has not been to increase the attendance at our schools, but to improve the quality of the service that we render to the individuals and to the community through that branch of our work. The report of the Committee on Elections and Resignations of Members, Mr. Eglin, Chairman, shows a gratifying increase in the membership--now numbering 1395. We have elected, during the past year, 292 members, which is the largest enrolment for any year since the present rate of dues was established. W e have increased nearly 50 per cent. in membership in the past five years. The record of resignation of members shows that the resignations are much less, in proportion to the total enrolment, than we had, unfortunately, become accustomed to expect. This is one of the most convincing and gratifying evidences of an increased interest in the work the Institute is doing for the public good, as well as an increased appreciation of what the Institute does for the individual member.