THAYER SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS.

The annual meeting and dinner of the Thayer Society of Engineers was held at the Hotel Pennsylvania, New York city, on Tuesday evening, January 20.

President A. B. Clark, T. S. '90, presided, and reports were pesented by the secretary, George C. Stoddard, D. C. '81, and the treasurer, T. T. Whittier, T. S. '00. They reported the largest addition to the membership of the Society which had taken place in any year since it was founded. The following officers were elected by ballot: for the executive committee, O. E. Hovey, T. S. '89, G. C. Stoddard, D. C. '81, T. T. Whittier, T. S. '00, A. B. Clark, T. S. '90, P. L. Thompson, T. S. '09; for the advisory board, E. D. Hardy, T. S. '91, A. A. Adams, D. C. '94, M. O. Withey, T. S. 'OS.

After the business meeting addresses were given by Director-Emeritus Robert Fletcher, Major General William M. Black, chief of engineers, U. S. A., retired, Director Charles A. Holden, Overseer Otis E. Hovey, and A. C. Tozzer, T. S. '03.

The following announcements were made of gifts to the Thayer School and additions to its equipment:

Mr. Allen Hazen, consulting engineer, of New York city, has given a Ventum meter for use in the accurate measurement of water in connection with work in the hydraulic laboratory.

The class of 1919 presented the first annual contribution of the class fund which it has established. The fund is to be applied to increasing the Thayer School endowment.

For the more effective presentation of the series of lectures' 'given annually by outside lecturers, as well as for use in the regular courses, there has been added a projection lantern, a large reflectoscope, and a motion picture apparatus.