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sciences, and how engineers of all branches and the pure scientists 

 can best be brought into more intimate relations, in order to 

 advance the development of the pure sciences, and thus benefit 

 the entire world by increasing the knowledge and efficiency of its 

 engineers. 



One of the most effective means is to encourage the creation of 

 such congresses as the one that is now being held, and to organize 

 them and arrange their various meetings so as to secure the great- 

 est possible beneficial results. 



Another is for such societies as the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science and the Society for the Promotion of 

 Engineering Education to take into their membership engineers 

 of good standing, and induce them to share the labors and respon- 

 sibilities of the other members. 



Conversely, the various technical societies should associate with 

 them by admission to some dignified grade (other, perhaps, than 

 that of full member) pure scientists of high rank and specialists in 

 other branches of constructive science, and should do their best 

 to interest such gentlemen in the societies' objects and develop- 

 ment. 



A self-evident and most effective method of accomplishing the 

 desired result is to improve the courses of study in the technical 

 schools in every possible way; for instance, by bringing promi- 

 nent scientists and engineers to lecture to the students and to tell 

 them just how scientific and professional work of importance is 

 being done throughout the world, by stimulating their ambition 

 to rise in their chosen professions, by teaching them to love their 

 work instead of looking upon it as a necessary evil, and by offer- 

 ing prizes and distinctions for the evidence of superior and effect- 

 ive mental effort on the part of both students and practicing en- 

 gineers. 



There has lately been advanced an idea which, if followed out, 

 would aid the development of engineering more effectually than 

 any other possible method, and incidentally it would bring into 

 close contact scientists in all branches related directly or indirectly 

 to engineering. It is the establishment of a great post-graduate 

 school of engineering in which should be taught in every branch 

 of the profession the most advanced subjects of all existing know- 

 ledge that is of real, practical value, the instructors being chosen 

 mainly from the leading engineers in each specialty, regardless of 

 the cost of their services. Such specialists would, of course, be ex- 

 pected to give to this teaching only a few weeks per annum, and 

 a corps of regular professors and instructors, who would devote 

 their entire time and energies to the interests of the school, would 

 be required. These professors and instructors should be the best 



