Abstract :
The following significant statistics of the Pittsfield-Schenectady Mid-Year Convention show that the younger members of the Institute are capable of providing a great part of the useful contributions to the Proceedings and Transactions in the form of papers and discussions. Readers of the papers and discussions presented at this convention cannot help but be impressed by the admirable character of the contributions there brought forth. A total of 15 papers and two briefs were read at the convention. Of these 15 papers, 14 were contributed by the members of the two Sections which coöperated in organizing and in carrying out the plans for the Mid-Year Convention. Of these 14 papers, nine were first papers, that is, they were written by men who had not before contributed papers to the Institute Proceedings or Transactions. Fifty-seven members participated in the discussions. Of these 18 spoke more than once, four speaking four times, two speaking three times, and 12 speaking twice. Of these 57 contributors to the discussions, 29, or about half, were members of the two Sections, and the remainder were registered members from a distance. Twelve of the 29 spoke for the first time in a national meeting of the Institute. These statistics show that the Pittsfield-Schenectady Mid-Year Convention has added to the weight of the intellectual force which is active in the work of the Institute as judged by the Transactions, to the extent of nine new authors of papers and 12 new participants in the discussions.
