106 SESSION OF THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 17, 1921. 



a prohibition amendment, and that poor fellow finds himself obliged to turn entirely to 

 some other field of activity. Meanwhile we are on an even keel, and not likely to go off it. 

 That is a common experience we have all had, and the way to overcome such interruptions 

 is to direct our energies towards the overcoming of them. 



Today we have two very interesting papers, and I am, going to call first, according to 

 the program, for the paper by Mr. W. E. Thau, a member of the American Institute of Elec- 

 trical Engineers, on "Electric Propulsion of Ships." Before doing so, however, I will remind 

 you that, under the rules of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, twenty 

 minutes are allowed for the presentation of a paper in abstract, including lantern slides. Those 

 who discuss the paper will have ten minutes for discussion, including lantern slides, and I 

 ask each member who wishes to discuss the paper, when he starts to do so, to come forward 

 so that he can face the audience, and his discussion will be much more attractive, more easily 

 heard, and therefore much more effective. I have great pleasure in presenting Mr. W. E. 

 Thau. Mr. Thau is connected with the Marine Department of the Westinghouse Company. 



Mr. Thau presented an abstract of the paper. 



