South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-18
ENGINEERS WILL
HOLD NEXT MEET
At OTTAWA BEACH
Combine Professional and
ReCreatiOnaI Features For
Session at Michigan.

Plans are rapidly being completed
for holding the summer meeting of
the Society OF Automotive Engineers
at ottawa Beach. Mich. June % 10
81 The meeting promises TO be the
best attended and most interesting in
the history Of the society Reserva-
lions for the meeting are being re-
ceived in large mum hers at the Offices
OF the society. % w. 29th ST. New
York City. and IL is expected that all
available facilities at the summer re-
sort chosen for the meeting VIII be
sold out prior 20 the opening date.
Ottawa Beach has been chosen Ire
cause OF the ideal facilities TT affords
for "a meeting combining professional
sessions with social features and rec
reatiOn One Of the greatest ad-
vantages or the s. A. r. summer
gathering is the opportunity for the
engineers i'm the automOtive field to
become better acquainted and TO ex-
change ideas and information
Location Easily Reached.
The greater part OF the week Of
June % will be given over to the
meeting All professional sessions
will be held in the morning. with
afternoons free for recreation and
diversion. During the evenings
there viii be features Of informal
talks on scientific but semi-popular
topics OF interest not alone to engi-
neers but also 10 members of their
faIpilies and guests.
Ottawa Beach Is readily accessi-
BILE from all automotive Centers and
is so located as to require a mini
mum amount Of travelling for a large
percentage Of the memb ership. 1t
is separate from other points Of at
traction and thus an ideal place for
the members TO assemble in much
the same way as they did I'm the very
successful meetings held I'm the past
on board ship on the Great Lakes.
Many favored a lake trip this year
but the rapid growth Of the society
in recent years makes il impossible
to secure any steamer affording suf-
icient accommodations for all who
desire TO attend.
Professional Features.
include papers on all important au-
tomotive subjects of the day which
are Of SUFFICIENT general interest 90
warrant their presentation at a meet
ing OF the society. One subject
whic his TO he discussed at length is
tie passenger car Of the future
Many prominent engineers Will con-
tribute to this discussion. including
one or more British engineers who
viii attend the meeting There will
he a paper dealing with the relation
OF farm tractors 10 their imple-
ments Efforts are being made to
secure a paper by a prominent au-
thority on factory production meth
DDS. AeronautiC subjects will be
treated by engineers who have made
"a long and intensive study OF var
fuos phases OF aerOnautic work. A
paper on engine cycles Of the future
is in contemplation. and it is posi-
hIe that there Will be papers on mo-
torcycle design and on motor boat
subjects
Educational and Recreation.
Representative exhibits Of auto
motive apparatus such as seaplanes
and hydropIanes used for navy
work. and high speed motor boats
used IN the international cup race.
may be arranged. The recreation
features viii include athletic con-
tests OF various characters such as
baseball games between sections of