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Stated Monthly Meeting, April 18, 1934
May, 1934.]
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OP ENI N G AND DEDICATION OF LIBRARY.
humbler tablet made which shall be put in, which is expressive of our devoted appreciation of all that he did for us. And so, ladies and gentlemen, from this time on this hall, the reading room of the library of The Franklin Institute, made possible through the generous efforts of the Benjamin Franklin Memorial Inc., sponsored by The Poor Richard Club, and The Franklin Institute, shall be known as "Pepper Hall." We appreciate your friendliness in coming here tonight. We ask you to look around, go into the stacks, and make yourselves at home. STATED MONTHLY MEETING, APRIL 18, 1934.
The regular monthly meeting of the Institute was called to order by the President, Mr. Nathan Hayward. He called upon the Secretary for the business of the meeting. The Secretary reported that the full minutes of the March meeting had been printed in the JOURNALof the Institute for April and moved that the minutes be approved as printed. Upon motion this action was taken. The Secretary reported that it was customary for the Institute to elect to Honorary Membership the recipients of the Franklin Medals in each year. He, therefore, moved upon the recommendation of the Board of Managers that Professor Henry Norris Russell of Princeton University and Dr. Irving Langmuir of the General Electric Company of Schenectady be elected to Honorary Membership. This motion was adopted unanimously. There being no further business, the President presented as the speaker of the evening Dr. W. F. G. Swann, Director of the Bartol Research Foundation of The Franklin Institute. Dr. Swann spoke delightfully and illustrated his talk with many very striking experiments. His talk was followed by many interesting questions from members of the audience. The meeting adjourned at ten-five i'.M. I-[OWARD MCCLENAHAN,
Secretary.
645
OP ENI N G AND DEDICATION OF LIBRARY.
humbler tablet made which shall be put in, which is expressive of our devoted appreciation of all that he did for us. And so, ladies and gentlemen, from this time on this hall, the reading room of the library of The Franklin Institute, made possible through the generous efforts of the Benjamin Franklin Memorial Inc., sponsored by The Poor Richard Club, and The Franklin Institute, shall be known as "Pepper Hall." We appreciate your friendliness in coming here tonight. We ask you to look around, go into the stacks, and make yourselves at home. STATED MONTHLY MEETING, APRIL 18, 1934.
The regular monthly meeting of the Institute was called to order by the President, Mr. Nathan Hayward. He called upon the Secretary for the business of the meeting. The Secretary reported that the full minutes of the March meeting had been printed in the JOURNALof the Institute for April and moved that the minutes be approved as printed. Upon motion this action was taken. The Secretary reported that it was customary for the Institute to elect to Honorary Membership the recipients of the Franklin Medals in each year. He, therefore, moved upon the recommendation of the Board of Managers that Professor Henry Norris Russell of Princeton University and Dr. Irving Langmuir of the General Electric Company of Schenectady be elected to Honorary Membership. This motion was adopted unanimously. There being no further business, the President presented as the speaker of the evening Dr. W. F. G. Swann, Director of the Bartol Research Foundation of The Franklin Institute. Dr. Swann spoke delightfully and illustrated his talk with many very striking experiments. His talk was followed by many interesting questions from members of the audience. The meeting adjourned at ten-five i'.M. I-[OWARD MCCLENAHAN,
Secretary.