Edison medal presentation ceremonies

The ceremonies attending the presentation of the Edison Medal to Mr. Frank Julian Sprague will be held in the auditorium of the Engineers´ Building, 33 West 39th Street, New York, City on Tuesday evening, May 16, 1911. The program as arranged will include the presentation of the medal and diploma to Mr. Sprague by Professor Dugald C. Jackson, President of the Institute, and a number of addresses will be made indicating the result of Mr. Sprague´s work along the lines of electric railway development and the use of electricity in the navy. Among the speakers and subjects will be: “The Development of the Electric Railway”, by W. B. Potter, of the General Electric Company; “Social Results of the Introduction of the Electric Railway”, by F. H. Giddings, professor of sociology at Columbia University; “The Relation of Governmental Control to the Development of Electric Railways and the Electrification of Steam Lines”, by George F. Swain, LL.D., professor of civil engineering at Harvard University. There will also be an address on the subject, “The Results of the Use of Electricity in the Navy”, the speaker to be announced later. The ceremonies will commence promptly at 8:30 p.m. Representatives of the government, state, municipality, national engineering societies and civic organizations will be invited to participate in the presentation. Ladies may be invited to attend this meeting.