Mechanical engineers plan big program

The program of the coining Annual Meeting, Dec. 6–7 inclusive, as planned by The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, will include five speakers of international repute. William L. Abbott, the retiring president, will deliver his president´s address the evening of December 7th, and will introduce as the presidentelect, Charles M. Schwab. Upon Mr. Elmer A. Sperry, a member of the A. I. E. E., will be bestowed the John Fritz Medal. The Robert Henry Thurston Lecture will be delivered at 4:30 on the afternoon of December 7th by Dr. Cecil H. Lander, English civil and mechanical engineer, Director of Fuels Research, Dept. of Science and Industrial Research, London and, during the World War, Lieutenant R. N. V. R. in charge of the Electrical Section of Explosive Paravanes. The technical sessions have been arranged with great care and there also will be special features of interest to the visiting ladies. No inconsiderable attention will be devoted also to the student activities; in fact, the meeting will close Friday night with the college reunions.