Abstract :
WITH a total registration of 1,438 members and their families and guests, attendance at the Institute´s 1938 winter convention held in New York, N. Y., January 24–28, was the best since 1931 when a total of 1,589 registered. New attendance records were set for both the smoker and the dinner-dance, 1,201 for the former and 651 for the latter. Details concerning registration and attendance at technical sessions and other features of the program are given in accompanying tabulations.