Industry's Changing Emphasis. By Fred. H. Rindge, Jr.. Tulane University Camp of Survey Practice. By Donald Der- MEMBERSHIP LIST FOR 1916. 85 MINUTES OF MEETINGS AND BUSINESS OF THE SOCIETY: 59 Address of the Retiring -President. By Samuel Young EDITORIAL NOTES AND COMMENT Annual Reports. Do you read the annual reports of offi- cers and of the Board of Direction, which are published in the first issue of the year under the head of Business of the Society? They make interesting reading, and a perusal of them for this year will show that the Louisiana Engineering Society under the efficient leadership of President Young has upheld the high standard of activity which was established during the year An active campaign for new members had been carried on with the result that during the year forty-six new names were sixty-six members. This is a gratifying showing, but there are still a number of engineers in the city and in the state who should be members of the society, and the committee is not going to stop its campaign until a majority of these are brought within the fold. Those of us who had the pleasure of listening to the inspiring words of the President of the American Society of Mechanical Enginers at our anual meeting will recall that he said he considered it the bounden duty of every engineer to contribute to the general welfare and upbuilding of the profession by joining the local society and taking part in its activities. Reports of the Secretary and of the Treasurer show that the finances are in excellent condition. The General Reserve Fund shows a balance of $732.20, while the balance in the Reserve Fund of the Proceedings is $658.33. The Treasurer's balance is $937.18. The Library Fund comes up with the interesting balance of $0.01, which is evidence to the effect that the Library Committee has been up and doing, more striking evidence of which is furnished by the statement that they have expended the sum of $1,262.73 during the year 1916. Some eight hundred dollars of this was paid out for the improvements to the library room, while the balance was expended for new books, binding of journals and subscriptions to publications. The well known enthusiasm and efficiency of our new President is a guarantee that the year 1917 will show equally fine results. The Smoker. Again the activities of the year were brought to a close with a social function in the form of a smoker. We had the honor and pleasure of having with us as guests of the Society two distinguished representatives of the profession, in the persons of Dr. Ira N. Hollis, President of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and President of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Mr. Spencer Miller, one of the Managers of the American Society. At the annual meeting, held just preliminary to the smoker, Dr. Hollis made a brief address in which he set forth in a most interesting and inspiring |