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The Structural Engineer, Volume 15, Issue 1, 1937
I HAVE always held the strong conviction that a member's duty towards an Institution or Association or Society or even Club does not begin and end with the punctual payment of his subscription. What benefit he receives from the Institution is in no small measure determined by the service he renders to the Institution as a member. In that spirit I have accepted office, relying on your assistance and even more on your forbearance. J. Dunlop Anderson
BEFORE the year 1900 many skyscrapers had been erected in the United States of America and steel-frame buildings were quite usual there. Cast-iron bases and columns were much in use, while buildings of thirty storeys were considered high. S. Bylander
Soil mechanics or, in other words, the science of soil action, is now receiving a considerable amount of publicity from civil engineering journals; in fact, scarcely a week passes without some reference being made to the subject in those of American and Continental origin. Judging from the accounts given, there can be little doubt that this subject has, certainly in some countries, become the leading topic of interest among all those concerned with, and responsible for the safety of foundations, and has evidently so far advanced as to be considered of practical utility. The widespread interest taken in the development and progress of the subject, was further manifested by the enthusiasm which marked the inauguration of the First International Conference of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering at Harvard University last June. During the sessions Reports were presented from all over the world, these displaying remarkable activity in certain quarters to place the new science on a practical footing. M.J.C. McCarthy