4 The Years 1923-1929

The second annual meeting was held at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia, on March 10, 1923. The Section inaugurated the custom of having a speaker of national prominence be the guest speaker. The first national speaker was M.A.A. Past-president David Eugene Smith of Columbia University, who gave two major addresses, ``Teaching the History of Mathematics in College'' and ``Present Reforms in College Entrance Requirements in Mathematics'', as well as a talk at the banquet on Friday night on the topic ``Ten Great Epochs in the Human Development of Mathematics''. There were 85 persons registered at the meeting, including 24 members.

The third annual meeting was held at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, on March 7 and 8, 1924. The invited speaker was M.A.A. Past-president H.E. Slaught of the University of Chicago, who also gave two addresses at the meeting in addition to a talk at the banquet. There were 50 persons registered at the meeting, including 17 members. The program also included 4 contributed papers and a group discussion led by Tomlinson Fort.

The fourth annual meeting was held at Phillips High School in Birmingham, Alabama, on March 20 and 21, 1925. The invited speaker was M.A.A. Past Vice-president Oswald Veblen of Princeton University. The banquet on Friday night honored the invited speaker as well as Archibald Henderson of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A total of 7 contributed papers were shown on the program. There were 49 persons registered at the meeting, including 16 members.

The fifth annual meeting was held at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 19 and 20, 1926. The invited speaker was L.E. Dickson of the University of Chicago, who spoke at the banquet at the Henry Grady Hotel in Atlanta. There were 70 persons registered at the meeting, including 20 members, and a total of 6 contributed papers was shown on the program.

The sixth annual meeting was held on April 15 and 16, 1927, at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina. The invited speaker was W.B. Fite of Columbia University, who spoke at the Friday evening banquet. There were 40 people registered at the meeting, including 19 members, and a total of 7 contributed papers was delivered.

The seventh annual meeting was held on April 13 and 14, 1928, at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. The invited speaker was G.C. Evans of Rice Institute in Houston, Texas, who spoke on ``Functions of a Physical Character'' at the meeting, and on ``Mathematics, Practical and Aesthetic'' at the Friday evening banquet. About 100 persons were registered at the meeting.

The eighth annual meeting was held at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, on April 19 and 20, 1929. The invited speaker was E.P. Lane of the University of Chicago, who gave the banquet talk on Friday night as well as two addresses on Saturday morning. There were 4 contributed papers given at the meeting. No attendance records could be located.