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January 19, 191 5 (postponed from January 12) 



Mr. K. M. Turner, president of the General Acoustic Company, gave a 

 demonstration of the uses of the dictograph, aviaphone and acousticon 

 and their practical application to a system of intercommunication, by 

 means of instruments specially installed in the assembly hall and adjoin- 

 ing rooms, supplemented by lantern sHdes. 



February 9, 1915 



Mr. Chester H. Aldrich read a paper, illustrated by lantern slides, on 

 The Development of Architectural Styles. 



!March 9, 1915 



Mr. George L. Mitchill read a paper on Zinc Coatings for Rustproofing 

 Iron and Steel. 



April 18, 1915 (held in conjunction with the Association) 



Mr. Louis L. Tribus, former commissioner of public works, borough 

 of Richmond, read a paper, illustrated by lantern slides, on Travel Notes 

 on Water Supply, Ancient and Modern. 



May II, 1915 



Mr. George Hammond, assistant chief engineer, bureau of sewers, bor- 

 ough of Brooklyn, read a paper, illustrated by lantern slides, on Sewage 

 Treatment. 



This lecture was introduced by an excursion, on May 8, to the twenty- 

 sixth ward sewage experimental station of Brooklyn. 



George L. Mitchill, 

 Recorder. 



Report of the Section of Historical Research 



The section held one meeting, on February 3, 1915. 



Present : William T. Davis, Edward C. Delavan, Jr., Arthur Hollick, S. 

 McKee Smith, Edward M. Stothers, and George W. Tuttle. 



Doctor Hollick suggested that inasmuch as a meeting had not been held 

 for several years a reorganization of the section would be advisable. 



On motion of Mr. Davis, Mr. Delavan was reelected chairman and Mr. 

 Smith recorder. 



The minutes of the last meeting, May 18, 1910, were read and approved. 



The by-laws proposed by the committee appointed May 18, 1910, were 

 read and adopted, with the following amendment : 



IV, The Section shall hold an annual meeting for the election of officers 

 on the second Saturday in January [April] of each year. A report of the 

 proceedings of the Section for the fiscal year of the Association shall be 

 sent by the recorder to the secretary of the Association in advance of the 

 annual meeting of the latter. 



