Stated Monthly Meeting, April, 16, 1930

THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE. STATED MONTHLY MEETING, APRIL, x6, x93o. The regular monthly meeting of the Institute was called to order by the l'resident, Mr. N a t h a n Hayward, at eight-twenty-one P.M. The President called upon the Secretary for a report of the business to be considered. Tile Secretary stated t h a t the minutes of the last regular meeting of the Institute had been published in full in the JOURNAL for April and moved t h a t these minutes be approved as printed. The motion was seconded and was unanimously adopted. The President declared the minutes approved as printed. The Secretary announced t h a t there had been an addition of four Resident members to the rolls of the Institute since the last regular meeting and then proceeded to describe in considerable detail the progress which has been made in the organization for the prosecution of the campaign for funds for the Benjamin Frauklin Memorial and Franklin Institute Museum to be built upon the Parkway. tie announced t h a t m a n y of the outstanding leaders of Philadelphia life were manifesting a pleasing interest in the campaign and were co6perating in the organization of it. He stated t h a t those in charge of the plans would feel themselves at lioerty t o call upon the nmmbers of the Institute and the friends of it, for any service which they might be thought able to render, and t h a t this call for service would probably be made in the very early future. He bespoke as active support of the movement as the members could possibly give, in addition to whatever in the way of generous giving they might feel able to do. , T h e President then introduced as the speaker of the evening Dr. W. F. (/. Swann, Director of the BartoJ Research Fmmdation, who reported interestingly upon the work of the Bartol I.aboratories during tile last twelve months. Dr. Swann presented a very pleasing picture of the activities of the Laboratory and of the fruitful labors carried on there. The paper of the evening was followed by it short discussion, after which the meeting adjourned with a vote of thanks to I)r. Swarm, at nine-forty-three p.xl. [IoWARD McCLENAHAN, Secretary.

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(. 1bstra.c! of Proceedings of Stated Meetin~ held Wednesday, April 9, 193 o. ) I [ALL OF THE Q'OMMITTEE~ PHILADELPHIA,April 9, I93O. MR. HENRY B. ALLEN in the Chair. The following reports were presented for final action: No. 2809: Method a n d Apparatus for Dry Cleaning Coal. This report recommended the award of the John Price Wetherill Medal to Messrs. t t e n r y M. Sutton, Walter L. Steele and Edwin G. Steele, of Dallas, Texas, 697