Abstract :
“Engineering Progress and World Civilization” will be the general subject for the Fiftieth Anniversary celebration of the Engineers Club of Philadelphia to open the evening of Friday, December 16, at 8:00 o´clock, when John R. Freeman, pastpresident of the American Society of Civil Engineers and Ambrose Swasey, past-president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers will address the meeting on “The Past in Engineering Fifty Years ago — 1877.” This will be followed by an entertainment and smoker. A buffet supper will also be served.