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position to formulate a single set of amendments drawing upon both of 

 the proposals previously submitted which will meet the views of a 

 majority of the members and be adopted by a substantial vote. These 

 amendments should provide for the grade of Fellow, primarily an 

 honorary grade without exclusive prerogatives, the election to this 

 grade retaining the requirement of recognized accomplishment in 

 responsible directive positions or distinctive individual work and to be 

 confirmed by the vote of the entire Society. There shoiild be, secondly, 

 a grade of Member, retaining full prerogatives as to holding office, 

 elections to which will be made by the Executive Council upon largely 

 prescribed and mechanical qualifications. A third grade, of Junior 

 member, will permit broadening the membership of the Society to 

 include younger and less experienced men and men without technical 

 training, along the lines advocated in one form or another by a large 

 majority of those who participated in the recent dicussion. A set of 

 amendments along these lines will be submitted to the incoming Execu- 

 tive Council in the near future, for its consideration as the basis for 

 preparing a further ballot on the subject. 



The outgoing Executive Committee will also recommend to the 

 Executive Council that it determine how the wearing of the insignia 

 of the Society or the adoption of special badges for certain classes of 

 members shall be adjusted, upon the completion of the final ballot. 

 This point came up during the discussion, and, it is felt, can be properly 

 handled by the Executive Council. 



During the year, the Executive Committee has approved requests 

 for the establishment • of four local Sections of the Society: at San 

 Francisco, Cal., Denver, Colo., Washington, D. C, and Ogden, Utah. 

 The creation of a Section at Washington was carried out in accordance 

 with a suggestion made at the meeting of the Society in San Francisco, 

 at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, with a view to putting the members 

 of the Society at Washington upon exactly the same footing as those 

 in other portions of the country in regard to their relations to the 

 parent organization. The Executive Committee is very much gratified 

 to report the establishment of the three additional Sections in the 

 Western States. The Society now contains eight local Sections, with 

 branches at Albuquerque, N. Mex., Portland, Oreg., Missoula, Mont., 

 and St. Paul, Minn., in addition to the four above named. There can 

 be no question as to the desirability of these local organizations. They 

 have already proved their value as a medium for discussion and crys- 

 taUizing of ideas in connection with the consideration of the recent 

 constitutional amendments, as well as in their current local meetings 



