Projection engineering (Sept 1929-Nov 1930)

Page 16 Projection Engineering, May, 1930 S. M. P. E., Washington Meetin May 5-8 1930 Spring Meeting to Be Notable Event. Many Important Technical Papers to Be Presented. THE most extensive and diversified program of papers and entertainment ever given in the history of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers will be offered at the Society's Spring Meeting to be held in Washington, D. C, May 5 to 8, at the Wardman Park Hotel. The program of 52 papers covers practically every branch of the motionpicture industry. Among the many subjects covered are television, color, home radio movies, acoustics, medical cinemicrophotography, and many phases of sound recording and reproduction. Hostess to Convention Mrs. Walter E. Prosser assisted by Mrs. C. F. Jenkins, Mrs. Raymond Evans Mrs. N. D. Golden, Mrs. C. J. North Banquet Arrangements William C. Hubbard Banquet Speaker of the Evening Hon. W. P. Connery, Jr. Congressman, 7th Dist., Massachusetts members of the society an authoritative source of reasearch and a solution for many a knotty problem. Through the standards and nomenclature committee particularly the industry is being brought from a condition of unstandardized chaos, to one including well organized and uniform equipment, methods, and technique resulting in a saving to the industry, better pictures, and improved theatre conditions for the public. These committees co-operate closely with the American Engineering Standards Committee as well as with foreign motion-picture organi W. C. KUNZMANN Chairman, Convention Committee H. T. COWLING Chairman, Publicity and Membership Committee M. W. PALMER Chairman, New York Section, S. M. P. E. PETER MOLE Chairman, Pacific Coast Section The list of speakers includes such notables as C. Francis Jenkins, famous for his developments in motion pictures and television; Will Hays, who will be the principal speaker at the banquet ; Irving G. Thalberg and Harold B. Franklin. There will also be sound film speeches by a number of prominent men on the West Coast. Of special interest will be a visit to the Bureau of Standards. Among the entertainment features will be a visit to the White House, a sight-seeing trip to Mount Vernon, Virginia, a pre-release showing of motion pictures and a banquet on Wednesday night, May 7, with entertainment furnished by Washington theatres. Committees in Charge of Arrangements Reception W. C. Hubbard J. W. Coffman N. D. Golden W. Whitmore C. Francis Jenkins H. T. Cowling Raymond Evans W. C. Kunzmann M. W. Palmer C. J. North Lieut. Col. Walter E. Prosser Convention Registrars W. C. Kunzmann 8. Renwick E. R. Geib K. C. D. Hickman Floor Show Entertainment Hardie Meakin, Washington Representative, Variety The Society of Motion Picture Engineers was founded in 1916, its purpose as expressed in its constitution being, "advancement in the theory and practice of motion-picture engineering and the allied arts and sciences, the standardization of the mechanisms and practices employed therein, and the maintenance of a high professional standing among its members." The Society is composed of the best technical experts in the various research laboratories and other engineering branches of the industry in the country, as well as executives in the manufacturing and producing ends of the business. The commercial interests also are represented by associate membership in the society. The affairs of the society are conducted by its officers, which include the president, past president, secretary, treasurer, and board of governors composed of the above mentioned officers and five other Active members of the. society. Various committees collect and present to the society at the conventions the latest data along the lines of their various endeavors. They offer to the zations for the purpose of securing universal interchangeability and standardization of methods and material, and ultimately making for bigger and better business for all concerned. Any industry, to grow to large proportions and maintain its position at the top, must standardize. Think, for example, in what chaos the electric lighting industry would be if each socket or lamp manufacturer used a different base ; or, if you will, what a mess transportation would be if each railroad used a different width track. Neither of these industries under such conditions could have expanded to the proportions they now enjoy. Likewise, the motion-picture industry cannot take full advantage of the enormous possibilities lying before it unless it standardizes on equipment and methods. ▲ THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA This society was formed on December 27, 1928, for the purpose of associating together workers in the various branches of pure and applied acoustics. The first officers elected were Harvey Fletcher, president : V. O. Knudson, vice-president ; Wallace Waterfall, secretary, and C. F. Stoddard, treasurer.