Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.: 862 Scarsdale Avenue, Scarsdale, New York 10583 Notice of Special Meeting of Voting Members to Be Held 29 April 1983

A special meeting of the Executive Board was held at the Palmer House, Sunday, February 8, 1948, with the President, Dr. John A. Toomey, presiding. There were present Drs. Toomey, Sisson, Stringfield, Beaven, Barba, London, Jr., Munns, McElhenney, Spickard, Hurtado, Grulee, Martmer, Wall, member of the Committee on Legislation—former Chairman of Committee, Wilson, Chairman of the Committee for Improvement of Child Health, Hubbard, Director of the Committee on Study of Child Health Services, Johnston, Chairman of the Committee on Medical Education and Conklin, Chairman of the Committee on Legislation. A recommendation for Federal support for pediatric education was discussed thoroughly. Changes were made in the original recommendations and the final action of the Executive Board is to be reported to the members of the Academy from the I.C.H. Committee. The Executive Board voted to give its official endorsement to the First International Poliomyelitis Conference to be held in New York. A financial report from Dr. Donovan J. McCune, treasurer of the Fifth International Congress of Pediatrics, was read. It was voted that should a member not pay his dues within the first six months of the Academy fiscal year, that his subscription to PEDIATRICS shall be discontinued until settlement is made. Dues for Latin-American members were raised from $10.00 to $15.00 a year beginning July 1, 1948. Dr. Hurtado was authorized to solicit funds from Latin-American branches of United States corporations for the purpose of obtaining money to publish the transactions of the First Pan-American Congress of Pediatrics. The resignation of Dr. Elmer C. Jackson, Blairstown, NJ., was accepted. Dr. Martmer discussed at length the matter of the Program for the coming meeting. It was suggested that the Seminars be increased both as to number of seminars and registrants. This was approved heartily. The question of Round Table Discussions was discussed also and in spite of the difficulties involved the present method of conducting them was approved. It was decided to conduct the Presentation of Awards at one session and the Business Meeting at another, the committee reports to be given at the Business Meeting. Dr. Martmer's report was accepted. An evening session for the Latin-American group was approved. Discussion of School Health Service Bill was then undertaken and the following report from the Committee on Legislation regarding this Bill was presented by Dr. Wall:

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Porter, Edwin S. (1870–1941)

Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism ◽

10.4324/9781135000356-rem1686-1 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Vito Adriaensens

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Motion Picture ◽

Driving Force ◽

Full Potential ◽

American Film ◽

Continuous Action ◽

Narrative Structures ◽

Short Films ◽

The Creation ◽

Narrative Film

Edwin Stanton Porter was an American film exhibitor, producer, and director. He started his career in cinema in 1896 as a traveling exhibitor and moved on to become the motion picture operator of the New York Eden Musee wax museum. He also built motion picture machinery, which he continued doing until well after his retirement in 1925. As an operator and programmer, Porter edited short films into programs with narrative structures, effectively acting as producer and director. When the Edison Company was reorganized in 1900 he was hired to improve their cameras and projectors, but quickly became a cameraman, producer, and director. He produced over a hundred short films for Edison by collaborating with theater-trained directors, and became an important driving force behind the creation of modern, elaborate multishot films, the most famous of which is undoubtedly The Great Train Robbery (1903). Musser and Everson see Porter as a technician at heart—an editor who did not fully grasp the possibilities and principles of editing or acting, but who had an instinctive understanding of "continuity," or the safeguarding of smooth, continuous action through the combination of fragmented shots. Though Porter had been instrumental in lifting cinema out of what Tom Gunning has dubbed the "cinema of attractions" era, he arguably never realized his full potential as he was unwilling to invest himself in narrative film. When his methods had become antiquated in 1909, Edison fired him.

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