Abstract :
At the annual meeting of the New York Electrical Society held on the afternoon of June 14,1926 at Institute headquarters, 33 West 39th Street, the retiring President of the Society, H. A. Kidder, Superintendent of Motor Power, Interborough Rapid Transit Company, called attention to the much broadened aim and scope of the New York Electrical Society as instanced in its work during the past year. He outlined the new policy, as follows: “To interpret to thinking people the newest things in discovery and science; to present in its meetings the latest achievements in the art and in industry; to acquaint the public with the proper status of teachers, scientific workers and engineers, and with the social value of their work.” The determined attempt to shape the work of the Society in the direction indicated has been marked with rapid and increasing success. Attendance at meetings has jumped to an average of approximately 850. Through popularization, the meetings have evidently gained greatly in favor with those within the industry. It is felt that such work as the New York Electrical Society is trying to do, should be done nationally, for if accomplished it would constitute an important and valuable public service. The better people understand the nature of scientific and industrial research and the nature and social value of the work of the engineer, the greater will be the resources at the command of such workers.
