Institute activities: Largest Winter general meeting ever held draws record attendance in New York

A total of 88 sessions during which 168 papers and 232 conference papers were presented comprised the technical program of the AIEE Winter General Meeting held in New York, N. Y., January 19–23, 1953. Meeting headquarters was in the Hotel Statler and the overflow of sessions beyond the capacity of the Statler were held in the Engineering Societies Building. The smoker was held at the Hotel Commodore on Tuesday evening, and the dinner-dance in the ballroom of the Hotel Statler on Thursday evening. Inspection trips to places of interest in the city and the vicinity were arranged during the days and theater tickets to the popular shows were made available to out-of-town members during the week of the meeting. The total registered attendance was 4,676 members and guests. This represents a 19.2-per-cent increase over the record attendance of 3,925 for the previous year.