News of Institute and related activities: Winter convention marked by good attendance

THE official registration of the Institute's 1934 winter convention recently held in New York, N. Y., Jan. 23–26, totaled 1,227 persons. This attendance was particularly gratifying to all who had worked to make the convention a success, as it is an appreciable increase over last year's registration. Also, there was a notable increase in out-of-town attendance. This, and other information, is revealed by a study of Tables I and II. The nominal registration fee charged all nonmembers except enrolled students and wives and children of members, and applied this year for the first time in recent winter conventions, apparently did not act to hold down the registration. Several innovations were introduced into this year's convention, as may be noted in the following paragraphs.