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Jan., 1930] OUR MONTHLY JOURNAL 9
tion, there is little doubt that the great majority of members will agree that the decision to publish a monthly journal represents a distinct step forward in the growth and evolution of our organization. It seems quite certain that a publication reaching the membership at regular monthly intervals will be more valuable and will better serve to keep alive the interests of the members of the Society in its welfare than issues of Transactions appearing at more or less irregular intervals. It should be remembered also that so long as our publications were appearing under the title Transactions, we could not logically include in these publications any papers which were not presented, or business which was not transacted at one of our semi-annual meetings. A monthly journal suffers no such limitation. The subject matter which can be brought to the attention of Society members and non-member subscribers through such a medium is at once increased in its scope. We feel, therefore, that the JOURNAL when fully developed will be of immensely greater value and interest.
There has been considerable discussion relative to the most desirable size in which to publish this new JOURNAL. The final decision to adopt the dimensions 6 inches by 9 inches was reached from a consideration of two factors. Our old Transactions were of this size and doubtless many members have preserved these in the form of bound volumes. Future volumes of the JOURNAL can therefore be bound uniformly with the Transactions and thus retain continuity of external appearance. Moreover, by far the greater number of purely technical and scientific journals appear in sizes of approximately these dimensions. It seemed to the committee, therefore, that the publication of the JOURNAL in this size will tend to identify it as a purely technical journal and to set it apart, in physical appearance, from the more commercial or trade journal type of publications.
The fourth item of the committee's recommendations is a general statement as to the type of subject matter to be published. The committee and the Board of Governors are unanimous in agreeing that every effort must be made to keep the JOURNAL on the highest possible technical plane. The Society of Motion Picture Engineers has, during the past years, earned the respect and esteem of the motion picture industry largely through the high quality of its Transactions and its freedom from any taint of commercialism. Our new JOURNAL must be in harmony with this reputation, for this