PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



Scotmit Jnstitttte of (Science. 



SESSION OF 1907-1908. 



ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING. 



Assembly Room, Province Building, Halifax, llth 

 * November, 1907. 



THE PRESIDENT, F. W. W. DOANE, C. E., in tlie chair. 

 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: (1) Deceased Members; (2) Tech- 

 nical Education. By F. W. W. DOANE, 0. E., City 

 Engineer, Halifax. 



GENTLEMEN, In laying before you a brief review of the 

 events of the past year, one must face the unpleasant duty of 

 recording the losses, with especial reference to those who have 

 answered the last summons. 



Since the opening of the last session the Institute has lost 

 some of its oldest members. The death-roll includes Dr. 

 Edwin Gilpin, Hon. D. McN. Parker, Professor George T. 

 Kennedy and Commander E. B. Tinling, R. N. 



DR. EDWIN GILPIN, M. A., D. Sc., LL. D., F. G. S., F. E. 

 S. C., C. I. S. 0., who died at Halifax, July 10th, 190T, was 

 the son of the Rev. Dean Gilpin. His mother was a daughter 

 of the late Hon. T. C. Haliburton, the inimitable Nova Scotia 

 humorist, " Sam Slick. " Dr. Gilpin was born at Halifax on 

 the 28th day of October, 1850. He attended the Halifax 

 Grammar School, where he was prepared for entrance to 



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