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472 INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS [j. s. M. p. E.
such paper is not published in the JOURNAL within six months after its presentation, the author is free to use it in whatever manner he sees fit." This action definitely establishes the prior claim of the Society to any paper which a contributor may present at the Society's semi-annual meetings. This position which has been adopted by the Society of Motion Picture Engineers is the same as that taken by many other similar technical organizations. It seems only reasonable that, if the Society grants the privilege of the floor to any contributor for the presentation of a paper on the program of its meeting, it is only fair that the Society shall have a prior right to the publication of that material. It is recognized, of course, that in asking this privilege the Society should assure the contributor reasonably prompt publication. While we were publishing our convention programs in the form of transactions it was not possible to assure prompt publication, but now that the JOURNAL is operating successfully we should have little difficulty in meeting reasonable demands of contributors for promptness of publication.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
The material presented at one of our semi-annual conventions is obviously much more voluminous than can be published in one of the monthly issues of the JOURNAL. In fact, the material from one convention, assuming an average number of papers, should be adequate to fill at least four monthly issues. We are faced, therefore, with the problem of order of publication and it is obvious that some papers will appear at a materially earlier date than others. A consideration of the general types of papers which are read at conventions indicates that there are some which should be published very promptly, while others may reasonably be held up for two or three months without any serious depreciation in value. Of the latter type are those which may be referred to as tutorial and those which aim to summarize the status of some particular phase of technology. Papers dealing with new developments and things of vital interest, of course, should be published as promptly as possible. Authors desiring immediate publication should notify the editor of the JOURNAL to this effect. Such requests will be given every possible consideration. It is possible, of course, that the attempt to take care of this order of publication by granting requests of authors may lead the editorial office into difficulty. For instance, all authors may request prompt publication. Obviously under such conditions some mechanism