Land and building fund

At a social reunion of the past-presidents of the Institute, held at the Engineers´ Club November 20, 1907, in the course of a general discussion of the affairs which interest the membership of the Institute, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That as only a small amount now remains to be subscribed, the past-presidents recommend earnestly to the membership, their participation in the Land and building fund to the extent of their ability, with the object of lifting from the Institute the burden of indebtedness incurred in connection with the occupancy and complete ownership of the Engineers´ Building, given by Mr. Carnegie to the three national engineering societies in common, for the headquarters of American engineering.