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The motion was duly seconded, put to vote and carried. 



The President : — Gentlemen, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and 

 By-laws the following officers were elected at a meeting of the Council held yesterday 

 afternoon : 



For Vice-Presidents, tenn expiring December '-M, 1922: — -A. P. Niblack, R. M. Watt, 

 H. D. Goulder, C. P. Wetherbee. 



For Members of Council, term expiring (December 31, 1922 : — -J. H. Linnard, C. A. 

 McAllister, W. L. R. Emmet. J. H. Gardner, W. J. Davidson, H. P. Frear. 



For Associate Members of Council, term expiring December 31, 1922: — R. A. C. Smith, 

 A. W. Goodrich. 



For Executive Committee : — Stevenson Taylor, Andrew Fletcher, W. M. McFarland, F. 

 L. DuBosque, J. W. Powell. 



For Secretary-Treasurer: — D. H. Cox. 



For Committee on Papers: — W. M. McFarland, F. L. DuBosque, H. L. Aldrich. 



At this stage of the proceedings, it has been customary for the president to make a few 

 remarks. 



President Capps then read the following address : — 



PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS 



It has been customary in the past for the president of this Society to make some in- 

 troductory remarks before proceeding to the reading of technical papers presented for your 

 consideration. These remarks have most frequently taken the form of a brief review of 

 progress in shipbuilding and marine engineering during the preceding year. 



These addresses have been in great part rich in statistical data and general information 

 concerning the progress of the art whose development is the primary reason for our exist- 

 ence as a Society. 



In preparation for this part of his duties, your president has collected from time to time 

 some interesting professional data. Much of it, however, was obtained in a form which up 

 to the present time has not permitted its release for publication. Under the circumstances, 

 therefore, there will be no attempt to present to you at this time any comprehensive review 

 of conditions in the shipbuilding world. 



Although it is not my purpose to do more than merely touch upon our shipbuilding de- 

 velopment, it may be of interest to compare briefly conditions of today with those noted in 

 three previous presidential addresses. In November, 1900, President Griscom made the fol- 

 lowing statement: — 



"The most prosperous year shipbuilding in the United States has known since the out- 

 break of the Civil War nears its end. 



"The new year and the century about toi begin bid fair to witness a development of 

 the industry responsive to our high hopes at the time the Society of Naval Architects and 

 Marine Engineers was fomided. 



"During the fiscal year of the Government, which ended in June, eighty steel steam ves- 

 sels of 167,948 gross tons were built in the United States. These figures are modest com- 

 pared with Great Britain's output of 567 steel steam vessels of 1,341,425 gross tons during 



