Abstract :
During the week of January 18–22, 1954, the largest Winter General Meeting program in the history of the Institute took place with headquarters in the Hotel Statler. Altogether 183 Transactions papers and 230 conference papers were presented in 95 technical sessions. Over 100 committee meetings were also held during the week. Overflow sessions were in the Hotel McAlpin. 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. A number of inspection trips to places of interest in the city and vicinity were arranged during the days and theatre tickets to popular shows were made available to out-of-town members. The total registered attendance was 4,958, which represents a 6 per cent increase in the record attendance of 4,676 for the previous year. The attendance at the Winter General Meetings over the past five years is shown in Table I together with the membership growth and the number of papers presented each year. Excellent arrangements were made by the Winter General Meeting Committee under the chairmanship of C. T. Hatcher.
