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MONDAY, JUNE ~, 1921.


BotspienI society of washington,
special open meeting. Cosmos
Club. this evening. o'clock. Prof.
J. F. Rock. formerly professor
Of systematic botany at the Col
lege Of Hawaii. who has recently
returned from a trip through
North Siam. Burmah and Assam.
for the once OF foreign seed ana
plant Introduction Of the Depart
pent Of Agriculture, will give an
illustrated talk on his trip.
AMERICAN ENGINEERS AWARD
MEDAL TO ENGLISH ENGINEER
Engineers from all over the Brit
ish empire will Join with engineers
from America in London next We'd
nesday when the John Fritz gold
medal. the highest honor bestowed
by American engineers. will be
awarded TO Sir Robert Hadheld for
his achievements in the development
Of manganese steel.
A mission Of thirteen prominent
engineers from the American En-
gineering Societies is now in Eu-
rope and will formally present the
medal TO Sir Robert in the hall OF
the British institution previous TO
the annual conference Of the in
stitution. The presentation will be
made by the chairman Of the depu-
tation. Ambrose swssey. Of Cleve-
land. founder Of Engineering Foun-
dation and past president OF the
American Society Of Mechanical En-
gineers. Greetings from the Anerf-
can Engineering Council Of the Fed
Grated American Engineering Socie-
ties will be extended by Col. Arthur
5. Dwight. vice chairman. repre-
sentative of the American Institute
OF Mining and MeUallurgicaI En-
gineers.
An address conveying the appre-
citation Of American engineers 20
their British associates for the na-t
they played in winning the WAY AID
urging closer union Of the engf-
neerinE forces Of the English
speaking world will be delivered nv
DR.. Ira y. Hollis. president of wo--
cester. Mass. Polytechnic Institute.
representing the American Society
Of Mechanical Engineers
In Paris on July the Americans
Will take part in another INTERIM
tional ceremony when they VIII
present the John Fritz gold medal
to Eugene Schneider. head Of rhe
famous Creusot works. FOR achiye-
ments in metsllurgy Of iron and
tsteel; for development Of ordnance
especially the 75 nm. gun. ana fa-
notable patriotic contribution 70
the winning Of the war" The
Schneider award rs for 1922 and TIE
Hadheld award. made abroad for-Is
hrst time because OF Sir obert
inability to come to America. is for
1881
The secretary Of the American
deputation is Charles F Ram.
chairman of the executive board n
Engineering Foundation and repre-
sentative Of the American Institute
Of Mining and Metsllurgicsl Engr-
neers. Other members are: Charles
T Main, Of Boston. chairman n rhe
delegation from the American So
ciety NJ Civil Engineers: Robert 4.
Cummings. Of Pittsburgh. and D.
Henny. Of Portland. Greg. repre-
Kelly Of Vulcan. Mich. mining en-
gineers; Maj. George O. Squier. L.
:. A; Prof. A. f. Kennedy. Of Har-
ward. and Frank B. Jcwett. Of New
York, representing the American n
Institute Of Electrical Engineers:
Jesse Merrick Smith. Of New York.
representing the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers, and John
r. Freeman. Of New York. a mem
Der of the delegation from the So
.ciety OF Civil Engineers
. The John Fritz Gold Medal is
awarded annually for achievement
in applied science. Previous re-
cipients have been John Fritz.
George Westinghouse. Lord Kelvin.
Alexander Graham Bell. Thomas A
Edison. Sir William White Robert
W. Hunt. DR.. James Douglas. Eliku
Thomson. Prof. II NJ Howe, Cen.
George w. GoethalS and Orvills
Wright. NJ. Schneider is the first
engineer outside Of the Briti-l-
speaking world to receive the
medal. which takes its name from
John Fritz. famous engineer and
metallurEist. one OF the founders n
, the Bethlehem Works Among his
achievements were the erection v;
an enormous loo-ton steam hammer
which, in its time. was one Of tn1
marvels OF the engineering word