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858 BANQUET SPEECHES [J. S. M. P. E.
and fluently in that cause. At our last Board meeting, Sunday night, the Board finally moved to remove the names from the stationery. Our Board has, therefore, prepared some resolutions for President Crabtree, and in order that he may have a fitting souvenir of his victory, we have prepared those resolutions on the last sheets of stationery having the officers' names at the top.
Swampscott, Mass. October 7, 1931 President Crabtree:
We, the undersigned members of the Board of Governors of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers on this the fifteenth anniversary of the founding of our Society, wish to express our sincere appreciation of our retiring President, John I. Crabtree.
We feel that the recent administration, due largely to the courage and foresight of President Crabtree in initiating many original activities to promote the progress and welfare of the Society and in carrying to successful conclusion various things for which solid foundations had already been laid, has firmly established our Society as the foremost technical organization in the world.
Among the major events which have occurred under President Crabtree's leadership we are proud to record:
(1) The delegation of the Society's administrative details to a professional
editor-manager .
(2) The establishment of headquarter offices in New York City.
(3) The expansion of our Transactions into a flourishing JOURNAL.
(4) The foundation of three additional sections of the Society.
(5) Revision of our Constitution and By-Laws.
(6) The establishment of sustaining memberships.
(7) The initiation of a research fellowship in motion picture engineering at one
of the nation's foremost seats of learning.
(8) The inauguration of an honor roll to commemorate the work of the great
pioneers who have passed on.
We are further proud and glad to assert that President Crabtree has proved a sympathetic leader, patient and strong in his conduct of both our general sessions and the Board meetings.
We take this occasion to confess our regret that it becomes necessary for him to relinquish the reins of office. We assure him of our loyal friendship and continued support and we wish him success and prosperity in whatever endeavor he may undertake. (Signed)
F. C. BADGLEY W. C. KUNZMANN
HERFORD "TvNES COWLING J. H. KURLANDER
K. C. D. HICKMAN M. W. PALMER
WILLIAM C. HUBBARD L. C. PORTER
J. ELLIOTT JENKINS E. I. SPONABLE
PRESIDENT CRABTREE: Fellow members of the Society, I assure