xxxii INTRODUCTORY PROCEEDINGS. 



Mr. Stevenson Taylor : — Mr. President and gentlemen, I am deeply touched by the 

 confidence shown in me, first by the members of the Council, and now by the members of the 

 Society. I have only to say further that I will endeavor to do in the future what I have 

 endeavored to do in the past — the best I can for the good of the Society. I thank you all 

 very much for your confidence. (Applause.) 



The President : — The Secretary will read the list of applicants for membership rec- 

 ommended by the Council. 



The Secretary: — At the meeting of the Council held yesterday afternoon, the follow- 

 ing applications for members of various grades cind transfers from one grade to another 

 were considered and favorably passed upon. The names are therefore submitted to the Soci- 

 ety-at-large, with a recommendation by the Council that they be elected to the following 

 grades : — 



Life Associate Member. 



Robert M. Thompson, 43 Exchange Place, New York, N. Y. 



Members (22). 



Cornelius A. Binks, Superintending Engineer, N. Y. & Cuba Mail S. S. Company, New 

 York, N. Y. P. O. address, Mattawan, N. J. 



Frederick H. Chase, Naval Architect, Tarns, Lemoine & Crane, 52 Pine Street, New 

 York, N. Y. 



Andrew W. Christian, Assistant to President, Harlan & Hollingsworth Corporation, 526 

 Bourse Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Niels Christiansen, Superintendent of Machinery, Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry 

 Dock Company, Newport News, Va. 



Albert C. A. Holzapfels, Vice-President, Holzapfels, Ltd., 18 Broadway, New York, 

 N. Y. 



Russell C. Jones, Manager, Marine Department, Griscom-Russell Company, 90 West 

 Street, New York, N. Y. 



George F. Lawley, President, George F. Lawley & Son Corporation, Neponsett, Mass. 



Johan H. Lindroos, Draughtsman, Cox & Stevens, 15 William Street, New York, N. Y. 

 P. O. address, 4124 8th Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



John S. Leitch, General Manager, Collingwood Shipbuilding Company, Collingwood, 

 Ont. 



David Millar, Surveyor, Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1119 Munsey Building, Calvert 

 Street, Baltimore, Md. 



Joseph F. Moran, Vice-President, Atlantic Basin Iron Works, 11 Imlay Street, Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y. 



Kurt A. W. Orbanowski, Naval Architect, 140 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 



Evangelos D. Papayannis, Naval Constructor, Royal Hellenic Navy, care of Ministry 

 of Marine, Athens, Greece. 



William W. Smith, Engineer, Westinghouse Machine Company, East Pittsburgh, Pa. 



John F. Wentworth, Draughtsman, Navy Yard, Boston, Mass. 



