The Washington herald., 1919-06-01
AUT0MOTIVEMEN
SOON WILL MEET
Summer Lessons to Be Held
at Ottawa Beach, Mich,
June q to 27.

Plans are rapidly being completed
Tor holding the summer meeting OF
the Society of Automotive Engineers
at Ottawa Beach. Michigan, June q
10 2. The meeting promises to be
the best attended and most interest
ing in the history Of the society.
Reservations for the meeting are be-
ing received In large numbers at the
ofhees Of the society. y West Thirty
ninth street, New York City, and IL
Is expected that all available facili-
ties at the summer resort chosen for
the meeting will be sold oGI prior
TO the opening date.
Ottawa Beach has been chosen be-
cause of the ideal facilities it affords
for q meeting combining professional
sessions with social features and rec
reation- One of the greatest advan-
tageS OF the S. A. E. summer gather
ing Is the opportunity for the en8i-
neers in the automotive field to be-
come better acquainted and to eX-
change ideas and information The
greater part of the week of June %
viii 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 will be lectures o.
informal talks on scientific but semi
popular topics of interest not alone
To engineers. but also to members Of
their families and guests.
Beach Readily Accessible.
Ottawa Beach is readily accessible
from all automotive centers and is
so located as to require a minimum
amount of travelling for large per-
esntase of the membership. II is sep
TO OIL al Af ~ fAE
and thus an ideal place for the MEM
bers to assemble In much the same
way as they did in the very success
full meetings he'd in the past on board
ship on the Great Lakes. Many IA
yored lake trip this year but the
rapid growth of the society in recent
years makes IL impossible to secure
any steamer affordinG sufficient ac-
commodations for all who desire to
attend.
II is planned to have the meeting
include papers on all important au-
tomotive subjects of the day which
are of sufficient general interest to
warrant their presentation at a meet
ing of the society. One subject which
Is to be discussed at length is the
Passenger car OF the future. Many
prominent engineers will contribute
to this discussion. including one or
more British engineers who will at
tend the meeting. There will be
paper dealing with the relation OF
farm tractors to other implements.
Efforts are being made to secure a
paper by a prominent authority on
factory production methods. Aero
pputic subjects will he treated nv a~-
SINGERS Who have made a Ing and
intensive strdy of various phases OF
seronautic work 4 paper on engine
wees of the future Is in contempla-
d1n. and - f. possiD that there
will be papers on mctorcyCle design
and on motor boat SUI jects.
Recreation -
Representative exhibits on auto
motive apparatus such as ssapia mes
and hvdropIanes used for navy work.
and hish speed motor-hoats used in
the international cup race. may be
arranged. The recreation features
will include athletic contests of va
rious character such as baseball
games between sections of the soci-
ETY.. tennis and golf tournaments.
foot races and aquatic sports OF every
kind. Many of these events will be
open to both men and women.
The social aspect OF the meeting
will include dancing each evening
and a grand ball on the evening OF
Thursday. June 2sth. Special enter
tainment and social features will be
arranged for ladies.
The meeting promises to be one of
great interest and profit to all who
shall find it possible to attend. Mem
bers are urged to make reservations
ir,Tfoadfately