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SOCIETY ANNOUNCEMENTS 707
or authors of the most outstanding paper which is originally published in the JOURNAL of the Society during the preceding calendar year. This Award shall be known as the Journal Award. An appropriate certificate shall be presented to the author or to each of the authors, as the case may be.
A list of five other papers shall also be recommended for honorable mention by the Committee.
A majority vote of the entire Committee shall be required for the election to the Award. Absent members may vote in writing.
The Committee shall be required to make its report to the Board of Governors for ratification at least one month prior to the Fall Meeting of the Society.
These regulations, a list of the names of those who have received the Journal Award, the year of each award, and the titles of the papers shall be published annually in the JOURNAL of the Society. In addition, the list of five papers selected for honorable mention shall be published in the JOURNAL of the Society during the year current with the Award. The chairman of the Committee is H. G. Tasker.
The Awards in previous years have been as follows :
1934 — Peter Andrew Snell, for his paper entitled "An Introduction to the Experimental Study of Visual Fatigue." (Published May, 1933}
1935 — Loyd Ancile Jones and Julian Hale Webb, for their paper entitled "Reciprocity Law Failure in Photographic Exposure." (Published September, 1934)
1936 — E. W. Kellogg, for his paper entitled "A Comparison of VariableDensity and VariableWidth Systems." (Published September, 1935)
1937 — D. B. Judd, for his paper entitled "Color Blindness and Anomalies of Vision." (Published June, 1936)
PROGRESS MEDAL
The Progress Award Committee shall consist of five Fellows or Active members of the Society, who shall be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Board of Governors. The Chairman of the Committee shall be designated by the President.
The Progress Medal shall be awarded each year to an individual in recognition of any invention, research, or development which in the opinion of the Committee, shall have resulted in a significant advance in the development of motion picture technology.
Any member of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers may recommend persons deemed worthy of the award. The recommendation in each case shall be in writing and in detail as to the accomplishments which are thought to justify consideration. The recommendation shall be seconded in writing by any two Fellows or Active members of the Society, who shall set forth their knowledge of the accomplishments of the candidate which, in their opinion justify consideration.
The Committee shall meet during the month of July. Notice of the meeting of the Committee held for the purpose of considering the award of the Progress Medal shall appear in the June issue of the JOURNAL. All proposals shall reach the Chairman not later than June 20th.
A majority vote of the entire Committee shall be required to constitute an award of the Progress Medal. Absent members may vote in writing.