The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-18
city ENGINEERS
ORGANIZE SOCIETY
FIRST FORMAL STEPS TAKEN
AND OFFICERS
ELECTED
MONTHLY MEETINGS
TECHNICAL PROGRAM WILL BE
BEGUN AT THE NOVEMBER
sEssIoN--FIFTY-TH
MEMBERS


The Richmond Society OF En-
gineers which has been perfecting
it's Organization for several weeks,
held its first general me citing on
Thursday night in the Virginia Me-
chanics' Institute building. when or
ganization was effected.
Prior 10 this time there have been
held a series of comm.-t - gatherings
which have worked cut and presenter
the constitution and bylaws which
have been acceptei by the society.
On Thursday night the first formal
steps regarding the scone OF the work
and other like matters were detor-
mined unon. Meetings. VIII be held
once a month, and at the November
meeting the technical program "iil be
commenc ID.
started In summer.
In the early summer a movement
was started by several engineers to
mold the professional engineers or
Richmond into a permanent body. The
initial steps embraced mere particu-
larly the civil branch of the pro-
fession: but later 1t was decided to
make the membership general, and
to have @ broad engineering society
composed OF civil. mechanical. cleo
tricai mining and chemical engineers.
Not only practicing engineers nut ALSO
engineers associated With Industrial
for membership.
The objects of the society as laid
down In the constitution, arc TO af-
ford opportunities to engineers 10
meet one another. to bring the sew
eral branches of the profession into
touch with one another. the holding
of meetings for the reading and DIS
cussion of professional papers. Tor the
discussion OF topics Of general inter
est, and for the maintenance OF an
engineering library.
Read Industrious Papers.
Members OF the society and visiting
engineers will, from time 10 time, pre-
sent papers Of professional ana also
of general interest. II Is proposed IRE
uuently 10 extend invitations TO the
general public TO hear the papers and
discussions on problems OF local IN
terest
The present membership list is com
posed entirely Of active members: bal
nrovfston is made for three other
grades-~honorary members, associates
and juniors the last two making Il
possible for men engaged In the alliec
sciences. and also for young techniea
men. to attend and take part In the
membership az u
STANDS NUMBERS SfbbuA aidts TN tIE S*A%
in this number the different branches
Of the profession are fairly well dis
tributed.
The Officers and Members.
The officers chosen Ia serve unit
the next annual meeting are as fol
lows. President. Arthur ScrivanoT
vice-president, James Bolton. treas
urer. p. Parsons Pitcher, secretary
Edwin Workman
These, with Joseph f. LaPrade
Alien !. SavllIe. John r.. Price am
Hermann C. Schmidt, compose th'
council, by which the business OF tn
society owili be handled
TIE following is the list OF thos'
who have already joined the society
CAPTAIN r. r. Archer, Decatur Axtell
c. Sims Bailey, Colonel c. T. +: Bur
gwyu. James Bolton, Lucien Bass, "
d. Bates. William c. Bell, Frank Z
nccorselski, G. r Brothers, II. I
Berkeley. j. Lyell Clarke. A
Downes, Ernest w Farley. Harr
Frazier. DR. Henry FroehlinR, Henri
Froehling. Jr., o, L. Grover, Edga
NJ. Hastings. Louis Hankins. f. +
rseacx, c. Catesby Jonesti Joseph Z
INprade. w. W. LePrade. n. F. lie
prade. y. w. LePrade, Burton Marye
Richard Nesser, p. Parsons Pitcher
Roy q. Pratt. John Il. Price. Hermann
&. Reams. r, Crawford Redd. f, Z
Redd, j. A. Redd. DR. Andrew Robert
son. Samuel y. Rice, Charles l. Ruff
fin. r. W. Scarborough. Hermann {
Schmidt, Allen ]. Savlie. Arthn
Scrivenor, Willard r. Sullivan. J. Y
Snyder. J. II. stribling, Cary Sheppard
r. p. Taliaferro, Colonel T. NJ. r. Tai
colt. Il. j Willis, Edwin Workman,
Travers Wood, 8. Fl. Yonge.