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SOCIETY ANNOUNCEMENTS
FIFTIETH SEMI-ANNUAL CONVENTION
HOTEL PENNSYLVANIA, NEW YORK, N. Y.
OCTOBER 20-23, 1941
The 1941 Fall Meeting will be the Fiftieth SemiAnnual Convention of the Society commemorating the Silver Anniversary of the Society's founding. Members are urged to make every effort to be present, as the various Committees of the convention are endeavoring to make this convention an outstanding one. Details will be found in a preceding section of this JOURNAL.
PACIFIC COAST SECTION
A meeting of the Pacific Coast Section was held on Tuesday, September 23rd, at the Naval Reserve Armory at Los Angeles, Calif. The program of the meeting opened with the introduction of Capt. I. C. Johnson, Director of Naval Reserves, followed by two discussions by officers of the Unit. Lt. Comdr. John Ford, U. S. N. R., spoke on "The Organization of the U. S. Naval Reserve Photographic Unit," followed by Lt. Comdr. A. J. Bolt on, U. S. N., Retired, who discussed "Personnel and Equipment Requirements of the Photographic Unit."
Following these presentations a number of demonstration films produced by the Photographic Unit were projected, and the meeting concluded with a discussion by Mr. Emery Huse, President of the Society, on "Photographic Materials for Military Purposes."
The meeting was arranged as a joint session of the Pacific Coast Section with the U. S. Naval Reserve Photographic Unit.
MID-WEST SECTION
The meeting of the Mid-West Section was held at the meeting rooms of the Western Society of Engineers, Chicago, on September 30th, at which engineers of the DeVry Corporation described "A New and Improved Theater Sound Projector." The presentation included an interesting demonstration of the equipment.
AMENDMENTS TO THE BY-LAWS
At the meeting of the Board of Governors on July 24, 1941, several amendments to the By-Laws were proposed and approved for submission to the Society membership at the next Business Meeting, to be held during the 1941 Fall Convention. These proposed amendments are as follows: 442