in making the suggestion, the matter of confining it to one subject that could only be written on by one or two or three men. I said the subjects chosen should be of such a general character that any of the junior members would be able to compete without reference to his special training; that with ordinary intelligence he would be able to get the facts and give the facts to this society. I believe that the suggestion was a good one, and I think if members here will consider it carefully they will agree with me, and it does not involve a lot of work on the part of our council. The invitation is sent out to those juniors and to any that will come in before September next, the papers to be ready for the coming January meeting. The council have to go over the other papers presented for the January meeting, and the reading of three or four or five more papers will not entail very much additional labor. Mr. Wolfe:-I believe that the best papers that have ever been presented to the different societies of the world have been papers that have been thrown open to the whole world; that the authors of the papers were not necessarily members of any particular society. They were open to one and all who were competent. Now, we have a right to make the restriction that the author of a paper to be submitted shall be eligible to membership as a junior member of this society, and I believe, aside from any frivolous remarks about getting as much as we can for our money, etc., that it is better for the interests of this society to throw it open to all who are eligible to junior membership rather than to confine it to the few that we have, and I would amend the motion that it should not be confined to the present members but thrown open to all who are eligible to junior membership. (Seconded.) The President:-The amendment is supported that the competition be thown open to all who are eligible to junior membership. Mr. Cary:-If this is thrown open to the world, as you might say, we may have a great many papers coming in and they may run up into the hundreds. It is putting a deal of work on the council, a reasonable amount of which they would be very glad to assume. But if it is to be thrown open to the world, if there are to be 200 or 300 papers coming in, there is a great deal of work ahead, and I would like to hear the opinion of others as to what would be the best method of handling them. I do not know that we would have a rush of papers, but it will probably bring a good many in and in that case I think the council will have their hands full. Secretary Hart:-I do not think this ought to be thrown open to the general public at all. I think that is all a great mistake. What we want is to offer a prize simply for the juniors in this so ciety, and we will have a number of them in before that time. I think Mr. Wolfe has either misunderstood this or else what he offers now is certainly a great mistake. I hope the members will not vote for that proposition under any consideration. Mr. Wolfe: I know what I am talking about. Now we have nine junior members. That is the fact and facts are pretty good things to figure on. We know that we have nine. You may think that you may have 99 a year from now, but you have not got them yet. That is problematical entirely. Now, out of your nine it is very safe to say that there won't be over 333 per cent that will submit a paper-that is three. For the sake of paying one man $25 to secure his interest, etc., you are certain to lose the good will of two men, and that doesn't pay. (Laughter), A man does not mind being beaten by two or three hundred in matters of this kind—that is all right-but it will make a feeling just as sure as can be, if it comes down to a decision between two or three. Regarding Mr. Cary's suggestions as to the work before the council, I do not believe that there is a gentleman here who ever had a man working for him at a dollar a day who could not give him a pointer on something; he knew something that the man who paid him did not know, and just so soon as we get so far advanced as engineers that our practical men who are making the connections and putting the work up cannot tell us anything, then we know too much. I appreciate the fact that it would be quite a little job to run over properly a hundred papers. I do not anticipate any such number; possibly it might be so, but I believe that they would get pay enough from it in the information that they would get-possibly not directly, but their attention might be called into a line that they had not thought of before, and summing it up, they would get enough information to make them glad that they had done it; 333 per cent would be a pretty large percentage to figure; and then we are bound to make ill feeling, and that is something we do not want to do, if I understand the sentiment. Mr. Barron:-As a substitute motion, I move you that the consideration of this matter be turned over to the council with power to act in any way they choose. Mr. Wolfe:-I withdraw my motion and accept that. The President:- The motion is to refer this to the council with power. The motion is now before you. Mr. Dean:-I desire to read a part of the original motion. It says, "The number of subjects, manner of providing them, selection of judges, etc., shall be left entirely to the council. What I meant to convey by the "etc." was that the council had it in their power to ask some of the members of the society to assist them with these papers. They certainly have the power to select judges. Mr. Barron:-I understood Mr. Dean's motion to be that way. But we now leave the expediency of the whole thing to the good judgment of the council. The President:--That is what I understand the motion to be. Those in favor of the motion will signify by saying aye-opposed, no. (Motion carried.) The President:-The original motion is referred to the council with power. Mr. Wolfe:-I desire to make a motion which I think has been overlooked in the rush of business and might possibly be overlooked before we adjourn. I should like to move that a vote of thanks of this society be extended to Mr. Jellett for his able management as president of this society during the past year, for his careful attention to the duties of the office, for the time and thought that he has given, and for the information that he has collected and imparted to us, and that we express as fully as possible our sincere thanks and fullest appreciation of his labors in our behalf and the interests of this society. The motion was seconded and unanimously carried by a rising vote. The President:-The motion is unanimous, Mr. Secretary, and you will please convey the thanks of the society to our retiring president. Is there any new business to come before the meeting? Mr. Barron:—I move you sir, that we proceed with the topics. The President:--Our secretary has a notice. The secretary read a letter inviting the members to inspect a household garbage destroying device in the sub-basement of the building. The remaining topics were then considered. The President:-Is there any further discussion on these topics? If not we will consider the subject closed. I believe that constitutes the last thing regularly on our programme. Is there any further business to come before this society? Mr. Barron:-I would like to ask if there is any gentleman here who would like to further discuss Mr. Prather's paper on church heating. Mr Connolly:-I would like to, Mr. President. The President:-We will be very glad to hear from you. Mr. Connolly then made a few remarks upon the previous discussion of this paper. The President:-Is there any further discussion on that topic? What is the pleasure of the society? Mr. Cary: As nobody seems to speak I make the motion to adjourn. (Motion carried.) The President:-The meeting stands adjourned until the call of the board of managers and until our next annual meeting. XIII. PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. BY STEWART A. JELLETT, PHILADELPHIA, PA. (President of the Society, 1895 to 1896.) Fellow members of the American Society Heating and Ventilating Engineers: It becomes my pleasant duty to welcome you to the second annual meeting of our society, which I do most heartily. The transactions thus inaugurated will, I trust, forward the objects for which we were organized, namely, "The promotion of the arts. and sciences connected with heating and ventilation, and the encouragement of good fellowship among our members." Those of you who attended the first meeting for organization, Sept. 10th, 1894, will recollect the interest taken in the preparation of our constitution and by-laws which were formulated at that time, and the unanimous opinion among those present that the time had come for and that there was a real need of such a society as ours. The correctness of this judgment will be quite evident to any one who will examine to-day our list of members, among whom will be found heating and ventilating engineers of extended experience, professors of engineering in our leading technical colleges; others, successful designers and constructors of heating and ventilating apparatus. It will not be necessary to review the work of our first annual meeting in January last. The published proceedings give you the complete details. Suffice it to say that the interest and enthusiasm of that meeting have lasted throughout the entire year, resulting in a more friendly feeling and better acquaintanceship among us, in addition to the information gained. That meeting also opened. our eyes to the possibilities for usefulness that such a society as ours possesses. The concensus of opinion among those I have talked with regarding our first meeting is that we acquitted ourselves well, as the published proceedings will show. Our membership has grown during the past year; we have at present something over 100, and we expect to largely increase this during the coming year. It is to |