Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-06
ENGINEER SESSIONS
OPEN TOMORROW
Society to Hold Meetings Here
in Observance of Its so
Years of Active Service.

The Washington sessions in connec-
ton with the f1ftietn anniversary Of
the American Society Of Mechanical
Engineers, celebration of which began
yesterday in New York, will open to-
morrow morning at IL o'clock Ia the
United States Chamber of Commerce
Building.
Addresses Of welcome will be made
by the president Of the society, Charles
PieZ, and the heads Of various nation
al engineering and mining organiza-
tions, and after the conclusion OF the
afternoon session the visiting engineers
will be received at the White House by
President Hoover, who will speak at
the anniversary dinner Tuesday night.
Palmer c. Ricketts,, president of
Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute, will
speak on behalf of American engineer
ing educational institutions. Mai. Gen.
George o. Squier National Academy of
Letters, and William Butterworth, pres
ident Of the United States Chamber
OF Commerce, also will deliver ad-
dresses.
Greetings From Abroad.
The engrossed greetings of engineer
ing organizations and educational in
situations from % countries will be on
exhibition in the Chinese room at the
Mayfiower Hotel.
Addresses of welcome on behalf of
American engineering groups will be
given by John r. Coleman. president
of the American Society of Civil En-
gineerS; William H. BaSSett, president
OF the American Institute of Mining
and Metallurigical Engineers, and Harold
B. Smith, president of the American
Institute Of Electrical Engineers Ralph
E. Flanders, vice president of the
American Society Of Mechanical En-
gineers. will preside.
In the afternoon there will be a
session on THE influence of Engineer
ing Upon Civilization" when z of the
Is national papers covering the human
ist1c aspects Of engineering will be
summarized by their authors.
The second part Of this session will
be held Tuesday morning, when the
nine remaining papers will be read
Ihere Will also be an address summar-
izlng Fifty Years of Mechanical En-
cheering in the United States by
DR.. Fred r. Low. At the Founders
luncheon at 1890 o'clock at the May
flower Hotel the honorary chairman
will be Ambrose Swasey, founder, hon.
orary member and past president of the
society. John r. Freeman, past presi.
dent, will be the presiding oficer.
The roll call OF living founders in.
cludeS John w. Cloud of London, John
S. Coon Of Atlanta. Ga; Robert F.
Grimshaw Of New York, Francis H
Richards Of New York, E. H. Robbins
OF PittSfeld, Mass, and Mr. Swasey
who Is from Cleveland, Ohio.
Medals TO Be Presented.
Robert L. Daugherty. vice president Of
the society will present the specia,
medal to the living founders.
Tuesday afternoon the flftieth ami
verSary medals will be presented By
Conrad N. Lauer, vice president, to the
Is men who will read the nationa
papers, and four other medals of par
ticular interest also will be presented
The Daniel Guggenheim medal to Or.
vile Wright; the CAN'T medal to Free
J. Miller, the Society's own medal Il
William lie Roy Emmett, and the Melville
medal to Joseph Wickham Roe.
The announcement of the first aware
of the Hoover gold medal will be made
at the anniversary dinner Tuesday eve.
ming at 7 O'Clock, in the Mayf1ower
The medal will be presented by Dexter
S. Kimball on behalf of the Hoover
Medal Board. President Hoover viii
make the response and principal ad-
dress of the evening.
Besides President Hoover, othel
speakers at the anniversary dinner in.
clude DR.. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secre-
tary Of the Interior; Robert A. Millikan
past president, American Association
for the Advancement Of Science. anc
President Piez Of the society. Vice
President William F. Durand will b
the POSTMASTER.
The engineering achievements Of
President Hoover we're acknowledged by
the engineers in 1929, when he wa
awarded the John Fritz gold medal.