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April, 1930] SOCIETY NOTES 461
shall be $20.00 for Active Members, and $10.00 for Associate Members, payable on or before October 1st of each year. Current or first year's dues for new members dating from notification of acceptance into the Society shall be pro-rated on a quarterly basis, said quarters beginning October 1st, January 1st, April 1st, and July 1st. Ten dollars of these dues shall apply for annual subscription for the monthly publication. The change in this section has1)een made necessary in order to obtain second
class mailing privileges for the JOURNAL.
BY-LAW 10, Section 5, was revised to read as follows: The Board of Governors shall consist of a Section Chairman, the Section Past Chairman, the Section Secretary-Treasurer, and two Active Members, one of which last named shall be elected for a two-year term, and one for one year, and then one for two years each year thereafter. At the discretion of the Board of Governors, and with their written approval, this list of officers may be extended. This revision was made necessary by the need in the case of large sections for a
larger staff to carry on the work of the Section.
4. The chairman of the JOURNAL Committee was informed that the order of publication of papers in the JOURNAL is placed within the discretion of the editor. In case early and special publication is desired, papers will preferably be published in order of receipt of the complete manuscript for printing by the editorial office.
5. A petition was received, signed in proper form by ten Active Members of the Society in good standing, requesting authorization to organize a New York Section of the Society. A motion was made and passed that this petition be granted.
The New York Section. — An organization meeting was held on March 6th at the Engineering Societies Building, New York, N. Y. About 150 members were present. President Crabtree acted as temporary chairman and introduced the speaker, Dr. Walter Pitkin of the School of Journalism, Columbia University, New York, N. Y., who spoke on "The Psychology of the Sound Picture." He drew attention to the many shortcomings of the reproduced sounds in the theater, particularly with respect to noises. The election of officers resulted as follows: M. W. Palmer, Chairman; T. E. Shea (Long Term), M. C. Batsel (Short Term), Managers; D. E. Hyndman, Secy.-Treas.
The geographical boundaries of the New York Section have been denned by the Board of Governors as an area enclosed within a circle having a radius of 50 miles from Times Square. At this meeting, however, a motion was made that the Board of Governors reconsider this matter and recommend the boundaries as those of the Metropolitan area as denned by the authoritative body.
The Pacific Coast Section. — The second meeting of the season was held in the factory of the Mitchell Camera Company on February 27th. Mr. R. E. Farnham of the General Electric Company reviewed