Show ANNUAL MEETING A I 1 M E NEW YORK SOME COMING TO UTAH ONCE AGAIN at the annual meeting of the american institute of mining and metallurgical engineers held in new york on the to the of this month inclusive it was decided that the coming summers meeting and outing should be held in salt lake as it was a year ago an unusual compliment to this state and its mining milling and metallurgical opportunities for study in up to the minute methods because ble cause the institute has never before selected the same place two years in succession the regular annual session just closed brought a huge attendance almost 1200 according to the engineering and mining journals account of the affair from the journals account the following excerpts are taken S A taylor retiring president of the institute at the business meeting told briefly what had been accomplished the outstanding point 0 of f his talk was that the institute must have more money and the idea was advanced by him that possibly thud the annual dues due of members might well be increased from 15 to 20 a year two out outstanding standi ng events during the ye year ar had been he said first the establishment and endowment of a gold medal to be awarded for achievement in mining this as a resu result lt 0 o of f the generosity of W L saunders past president the first award of this medal was to be made at this meeting to david W brunton of denver the other event of note was thep the p ift of the library oi of the late horace V winchell to the institute it was through the generosity of the anaconda copper mining company and mrs winchell that the volumes comprising mr Winch ells collection had been received the report of the secretary dr H U foster bain as well as the other official reports were in in the hands of those present in printed form dr bain reported that th thattie atthe the year just closed had been a prosperous and successful sti c one r the election of officers was also announced at the annual business aeeti meeting ng E I 1 L ii de e golyer ye r w was as made director and president and george otis Oti smith and F julius fohs fobs director and vice president t five other directors were I 1 elected namely frank H Cro crockard kard J 0 0 elton daniel C jackling david levinger and richard peters jr everette lee de golyer gofer the newly elected president 0 of f the institute is president of the amerada corporation and its subsidiary the amerada petroleum corporation six or seven years ago he became associated with the parent company as its vice president and ge general nf ral manager and recently succeeded to tb the presidency q helas he was born at greens burg kan and gained his is first experience with the U S geological survey anda and with that of oklahoma for nine years beginning in in 1906 he was with these organizations during this period he obtained his A B degree from the university of oklahoma he became consulting geologist for the mexican eagle oil co the oil fields oF of mexico co and S pearson son and went into general practice in the united states in 1914 demonstrated the satisfactory the treasurers treasur ers report financial condition it was pointed out however that receipts and funds available were not sufficient to permit the institute to extend itself over the full field that should be of which would greatly benefit open to it the occupation the institute as a whole and its members As a partial remedy dues was suggested these were an increase in annual of bf the three other founder societies now lower than any of those thos that in time would be effective remedy cie ties another partial was the effort proposed to be made to secure an endowment fund of 10 KOW the ille income from which was institutes institute s scope 0 of f activities the to 0 o be available for extending A surplus of about existed th is year but year there would probably be a deficit of 1100 tl unless uhles this surplus was drawn on it was shown the matter of increasing dues was again referred to when the special committee appointed at the january m meeting i beet made its report sidney J jennings spoke against the proposition that had been made to advance the dues first to 1750 and then to 20 and said that the members of the ih statute sti tute should show their capacity to pay 20 dues yer year the same as the other societies another speaker said that the report rep of the special committee on increase of dues should be printed so that the sections ec might have the benefit of it this speaker C T van winkle thought that there might be some opposition the utah section from which he came he said had instructed him lim to oppose an increase in dues likewise mr grant of the san francisco section said that a large per cent of the members of that section were mining engineers edginee rs who were not in mining and who might quit if the dues were increased the next speaker francis thomson of idaho idah 6 speaking for his section said that whereas some of the mem members i would be glad to pay the increase and more nevertheless there would be opposition from the large majority who did not appreciate the institute a as they ought |