The Officers elected for 1919–20 are:

President: Arthur M. .Greene, Jr., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y.

Vice-Presidents: A. A. Potter, Kansas State Agricultural College, Manhattan, Kans.; F. P. McKibben, Union College, Schenectady, N. Y.

Treasurer: W. O. Wiley, 432 Fourth Avenue, New York, N. Y.

Secretary: F. L. Bishop, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Members of the Council to serve for three years (1919– 1922): H. S. Boardman, University of Maine, Orono, Me.; F. C. Bolton, A. & M. College of Texas, College Station, Tex. ; E. F. Coddington, The Ohio State University, Columbus, O.; W. H. Kavanaugh, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.; C. C. More, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.; E. H. Rockwell, Tufts College, Tufts College, Mass.; W. S. Rodman, University of Virginia, University, Va.

REPORT OF SECRETARY.

The Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education has with other organizations had its trials and tribulations during the period of the war. The Society rendered distinct service in various ways which the Secretary will not dwell upon in this report. However, one of the features should be mentioned and that is the special meeting held at Boston, December 6 and 7, 1918. When the British Educational Mission was invited to this country by the Council of National Defense, its entertainment was turned over to the American Council on Education by the State Department and the Council of National Defense.

In connection with its entertainment, the Society was asked to hold a meeting in some suitable place preferably Boston, in connection with their meeting. The time and place of the meeting and the general topics of the program were selected by the Committee of the American Council on Education which had charge of the entertainment of the British delegation. The Program Committee of the Society arranged the program along these lines and conducted the meeting. This meeting was well attended. The papers and discussions were published in the Bulletin of the Society. These papers have brought fourth many words of commendation from educators and others.

There are 1,444 individual and 69 institutional members of the Society. During the past year 90 members were added, 4 institutional, and 91 members resigned or were dropped for non-payment of dues. This cleans up the membership list in a very satisfactory way. It will not be necessary to drop hardly any for the non-payment of dues this next year. About 75 members who were in the service took advantage of the regulation of the Society which permitted the suspension of their dues during the period of active service.

The Secretary's office conducted a campaign for new members starting in the fall of 1918 when letters were sent to members asking the names of individuals who might be inter

ested in joining the Society. About 1,500 names were received in this manner. Letters and circulars were sent to the members of the Council asking each one to secure at least one new member. By this process, 26 members have been added to the Society. The Secretary believes that during the coming year the membership should be increased by 125 to 150. Due to the increased cost of paper and labor Engineering Education, the Bulletin of the Society, has cost about $600 more during the present year than was estimated. Part of this, of course, will be credited to next year's volume of PROCEEDINGS. It was found impossible to issue either the Bulletin of the PROCEEDINGS on time up to the very last numbers, because of the New Era Printing Company being closed on account of influenza.

The Secretary's office has received numerous requests during the past year to suggest names of men for different teaching positions. A considerable list of names available is always on hand.

The coöperation between the Treasurer's and Secretary's offices has been developed and the Secretary sent out letters to delinquents with fairly satisfactory results. This work can be pushed during the coming year. It is believed that a larger per cent. of current dues has been collected this year than any previous year.

The Society has been represented on the American Council on Education by President F W. McNair, Dr. C. R. Mann and the Secretary. A Committee consisting of Presidents C. S. Howe, Dean C. Russ Richards, Professor F. P. McKibben, Dean A. E. Burton, and Dean F. L. Bishop was appointed to coöperate with the Committee on Education and Special Training of the War Department in connection with the establishment of the R. O. T. C. in engineering schools.

Dean W. E. Mott, of the Carnegie Institute of Technology, represented the Society at the conference called by the Bureau of Education on commercial education.

The committee work of the Society was taken up with renewed interest by all committees in January and almost with

out exception the committees have been doing excellent work. The Secretary believes that this is an important work of the Society since it provides continuous effort of the Society along various definite lines. Results in education can be obtained only by continuous efforts in systematic way and these standing committees of the Society provided that for various phases of engineering education.

The report of the Joint Committee on Engineering Education was during the past year, placed in the hands of all members of the Society and has been the subject of discussion at this meeting. This illustrates one phase of work in the matter of coöperation with other engineering societies. The Secretary believes that a standing joint committee should be provided to coördinate the educational activities of the engineering societies with this Society thus preventing useless duplication and at the same time bringing this Society in contact in the best possible manner with technical societies. Those of us who have been members of educational committees of technical engineering societies know how hard it is to secure results that are at all satisfactory.

The Secretary's office has received during the past year a considerable number of inquiries from foreign countries relative to engineering education and the work of this Society. These are in addition to the very large number of inquiries received from individual and educational institutions in this country. It might be interesting to note that the Secretary's office during the past year has placed something over 8,500 pieces of first- and second-class matter in the mail.