Convention general session evokes wide interest

Marking an innovation in winter-convention programs, the “general” session held the morning of January 26 aroused wide interest, as was evidenced by the 450 members and guests who attended. The principal feature of the session was an address “Technological Development in Relation to Economics,” delivered by H. G. Moulton, president of the Brookings Institution, Washington, D. C., and eminent economist. The great interest in this address was further evidenced by the many questions asked at its conclusion, which Doctor Moulton had previously agreed to answer, and the wide publicity given it by the press. An article embracing the essential substance of the address was published in the February issue, pages 51–6. Preceding Doctor Moulton on the program were brief addresses by President W. H. Harrison and T. F. Barton, chairman of the winter convention committee, and the presentation of the 1937 Alfred Noble prize to G. M. L. Sommerman (A'31, M'37) research engineer of the American Steel and Wire Company, Worcester, Mass.