Lecturers for the Institute

The experiences of the past year, in visiting practically all Sections of the Institute, lead to the following suggestions in the hope they may be of service in establishing such a plan and possibly placing it in operation promptly. (a) As soon as possible after the election of new Section and District officers, any Section desiring to be scheduled for an Institute Lecture should make application to Head?? quarters through its District Vice-President. (b) Information should be forwarded as promptly as possible from Headquarters to the Section making application, this information to give scheduled date, name of speaker, subject, etc., in order that printing of yearly program of the Section may not be delayed. (c) The financing of each schedule,??possibly two or three the first year and as many as five or six later,??may be carried out as follows: All travel expenses to be borne by the Institute; all local expenses to be borne by the Section; a committee of the Section to meet the lecturer at the train and care for his comfort as its guest until his departure??the lecturer to contribute his time and effort in the interests of the Institute and his profession. (d) It is hoped that each year some of the smaller Sections will be placed on the schedules of the President and of each of the lecturers. The small Sections need the stimu?? lus, and the speakers will find great satisfaction in their reactions. (e) With not more than ten or fifteen Sections on any one schedule, and at the rate of five meetings per week, it will require three weeks (more or less) of the time of a lecturer to complete his schedule. (f) To be selected to serve as an Institute lecturer should be recognized as a distinct honor.