Abstract :
The Spring Convention held in Birmingham, Ala., April 7 to 11 was the first convention of the A. I. E. E. held in the far South and was highly successful in attracting a large delegation of visiting engineers from all parts of the country. Of the total attendance of approximately 350 members and guests, nearly 200 represented various States from New England to California. Prom both a technical and a social point of view, the Convention was very successful, and the local committee under the energetic and efficient leadership of Mr. W. E. Mitchell is to be congratulated upon the orderly functioning and satisfactory results of its well-laid plans. The weather during the last two days of the convention was the only discordant element in evidence. Rain disorganized the “old fashioned Southern barbecue” for which extensive preparations had been made for Wednesday evening, but a program of typical Southern singing by negro singers was substituted for it and was greatly enjoyed by all present.
