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As Admiral Capps has very well said, now that the term of office of the president 

 is about to expire, we want to have him understand how greatly we feel our indebt- 

 edness to him for the able manner in which he has presided over our deliberations. 

 I think you will all agree with me when I say that he has been a model presiding 

 officer. He has conducted our affairs with decorum, with the best of taste, and 

 in some unfortunate cases where there has been a tendency for hard feelings to 

 come about, he has shown the utmost tact in smoothing things over. In one case 

 that some of us know of particularly, by his rare tact he avoided a very serious 

 complication. In other words, he has been all that a presiding officer could possibly 

 be. His work in the interests of the Society from the very start has been of the 

 very highest character. He has been one of our cornerstones, one of our pillars, 

 and I do not know what I might say, if I had a sufficient command of language 

 and metaphor, to show all that he has done for the advancement of the Society. 



But above all — and I know I voice the sentiment of those who have the honor 

 of counting themselves as his personal friends, and I am sure you will all echo 

 what I am about to say: I repeat that above his ability as a presiding officer, and 

 above his ability as a marine engineer, he is at the head of the profession — come 

 his magnificent character and his splendid, lovable qualities as a man. Every one 

 of us who has had the privilege of his friendship for many years has grown to love 

 him more and more as the years have gone by, and I can say for myself that I 

 know of no higher type of American manhood than Stevenson Taylor, President 

 of our Society. (Prolonged applause and cheering.) 



I now ask you to join me in the formal presentation, as I voice your unanimous 

 sentiment, of a resolution for a vote of thanks to President Stevenson Taylor, for 

 the admirable way in which he has conducted the affairs of the Society of Naval 

 Architects and Marine Engineers during his term of office, and that we wish him 

 long life and prosperity. (Applause.) 



Chief Constructor R. M. Watt, Vice-President: — I take great pleasure in 

 seconding the motion. It was my privilege to be a delegate of this Society as 

 well as a representative of the Navy Department at the International Jubilee 

 Congress held in London in the summer of 191 1. Nothing could possibly have 

 raised this Society to a higher level in the opinion of our British and Continental 

 colleagues than the dignified, able and intelligent manner in which our beloved 

 president represented us. It is, therefore, my special privilege to second this 

 motion of thanks. 



Engineer-in-Chiep Hutchison I. Cone, Vice-President: — Mr. Chairman 

 and gentlemen of the Society, while it is not my habit to indulge in public 

 speaking, yet I feel so strongly, personally as well as a member of this Society, on 

 this occasion, that I feel that I must support Mr. McFarland's motion. I also had 

 the honor of representing this Society abroad under the leadership of our president 

 at the Jubilee Meeting, and since that time it has been my pleasure, which I have 



