THE ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting in New York was an unqualified success. Upwards of 100 persons attended the various sessions and 36 sat down to dinner at the Engineers’ Club. The general subject of the meeting was Scientific Management and Labor and the papers and discussions dealt with the questions of organized labor, wage payments, selection of employees and kindred topics. Abstracts of the papers are given on other pages of this bulletin, together with principal discussions thereon. Complete discussions are on file at the Secretary’s office and can be seen by any one interested.
NEXT MEETING AT NEW HAVEN
The next meeting of the society will be held at New Haven, Conn., on Feb. 12 and 13. The general subject of the meeting will be Cost Accounting and Scientific Management. Features of the meeting will include a visit to the plant of the Acme Wire Co., an informal smoker, and a dinner at the Hotel Taft. A tentative program is given below. Details will be announced to the members through the mails at least one week prior to the meeting.
PROGRAM OF NEW HAVEN MEETING
Friday, Feb. 12
8 P.M. — Address, “Cost Accounting Theory and Practice,” Yale University, Mason Laboratory.
10 P.M. — Smoker, Hotel Taft.
Saturday, Feb. 13
9 A.M. — Visit to Acme Wire Co.
12.30 A.M. — Luncheon, Hotel Taft.
2 P.M. — At Yale University, Mason Laboratory.
Address, Scientific Management as Applied to Public Service Properties with Special Reference to Cost Statistics — Charles Day.
Address, An Outline of the Scheme of Accounting as Developed by F. W. Taylor with Especial Reference to the Relation of Cost Keeping to Other Functions; Mnemonic Symbolization; Classification of Expense; Distribution of Burden. — H. K. Hathaway.
6.30 P.M. — Dinner at Hotel Taft.
8.15 P.M. — Discussion of papers of the afternoon session.
