Journal of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (1950-1954)

Awards In accordance with the provisions of the (Administrative Practices of the Society Award and the David Sarnoff Gold Medal Award, a list of names of previous re land the regulations for granting the cipients and the reasons for the awards [journal Award, the Progress Medal are published annually in the Journal as [Award, the Samuel L. Warner Memorial follows: Journal Award The Journal Award Committee shall consist of five Fellows or Active members of the Society, appointed by the President and confirmed by the Board of Governors. The Chairman of the Committee shall be designated by the President. At the fall convention of the Society la Journal Award Certificate shall be presented to the author or to each of the authors of the most outstanding paper originally published in the Journal of the Society during the preceding calendar year. Other papers published in the Journal of the Society may be cited for Honorable Mention at the option of the Committee, , but in any case should not exceed five in number. The Journal Award shall be made on j the basis of the following qualifications: (1) The paper must deal with some I technical phase of motion picture engi• peering. (2) No paper given in connection 'with the receipt of any other Award of the Society shall be eligible. (3) In judging of the merits of the I paper, three qualities shall be considered, with the weights here indicated : (a) tech[nical merit and importance of material, f|45%; (b) originality and breadth of inUterest, 35%; and (c) excellence of presenI tation of the material, 20%. A majority vote of the entire ComBmittee shall be required for the election I to the Award. Absent members may | vote in writing. The report of the Committee shall be presented to the Board of Governors at their July meeting for ratification. These regulations, a list of the names I of those who have previously 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 papers selected for Honorable Mention shall be published in the Journal of the Society during the year current with the Award. The recipients are listed below by year, with the date of Journal publication given after the title. 1934, P. A. Snell, "An introduction to the experimental study of visual fatigue," May 1933. 1935, L. A. Jones and J. H. Webb, "Reciprocity law failure in photographic exposure," Sept. 1934. 1936, E. W. Kellogg, "A comparison of variable-density and variable-width systems," Sept. 1935. 1937, D. B. Judd, "Color blindness and anomalies of vision," June 1936. 1938, K. S. Gibson, "The analysis and specification of color," Apr. 1937. 1939, H. T. Kalmus, "Technicolor adventures in cinemaland," Dec. 1938. 1940, R. R. McNath, "The surface of the nearest star," Mar. 1939. 1941, J. G. Frayne and Vincent Pagliarulo, "The effects of ultraviolet light on variable-density recording and printing, June 1940. 1942, W. J. Albersheim and Donald MacKenzie, "Analysis of soundfilm drives," July 1941. 1943, R. R. Scoville and W. L. Bell, "Design and use of noise-reduction bias systems," Feb. 1942 (Award made Apr. 1944). 1944, J. I. Crabtree, G. T. Eaton and M. E. Muehler, "Removal of hypo and silver salts from photographic materials as affected by the composition of the processing solutions," July 1943. 435