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Transactions. It is a well-known fact that many workers, 

 particularly in engineering, do not join us for this very rea- 

 son. Every legitimate effort should be made to remedy this 

 defect at the earliest possible date. 



There are other minor adjustments that could probably be 

 made with benefit to the Academy, but the above three seem 

 to me so important that I earnestly recommend them to the 

 careful consideration of the Academy. 



With these modifications accomplished, it seems reasonable 

 that we should be in position to largely increase our member- 

 ship, and thereby the usefulness of the Academy. In three 

 more years we will celebrate our fiftieth anniversary. Would 

 it not be possible on that occasion to have our present member- 

 ship doubled? It seems entirely reasonable to me, and worth 

 trying. If accomplished, we could enter our second half -cen- 

 tury with an impetus that would insure large success in our 

 work of gathering, shaping and disseminating useful knowl- 

 edge in all lines of scientific research. 



