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We have some good friends at the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, just across 
from our campus, that we are going to ask to keep on preaching the same thing to them; 
so that by the time these men leave school they will realize that there is no large oppor- 
tunity for them unless they first go into practical work of some kind, either in a shipyard 
or on board ship. When it comes to graduation, I feel confident almost every one will 
either go into a shipyard or on shipboard and start right at the bottom. 
There was some criticism made by Mr. Crouch of the lack of marine engineering. 
I wish to call his attention to the fact that we have a course in steam engineering, a 
course in steam engineering laboratory and a course in machine design given by our 
department of mechanical engineering. There are also two courses, a junior and a senior 
course, in marine engineering. We do not teach marine engine design, but we teach the 
fundamentals of marine engineering and go over the field of marine engineering as a 
whole to give the students a clear understanding of present day practice. Then we take 
up the propelling engine and auxiliaries one by one in a detailed study, so that the 
student has a pretty comprehensive idea of the ship’s power plant. He will, however, 
not know much about engine design except the underlying principles. We believe, if 
we can get the men well grounded in the principles of strength of materials and mechanics, 
that any of them who want to follow marine engineering will be able to learn the details 
of design in the industry. 
Mr. Flodin, in his written discussion, offered some criticism of the fact that we had 
a pretty stiff schedule. Our hours, nineteen to twenty a week throughout the year, 
are the same as in the other engineering courses at Lehigh, and practically the same as 
in other engineering schools in this country. While the course looks heavy in outline 
form, it is no heavier, as just pointed out, than other engineering courses in this country. 
Captain J. H. Linnard, C.C., U.S.N., took the chair. 
THE CHAIRMAN:—We thank Mr. Chapman for this paper which has occasioned so 
much interesting discussion. The next business is paper No. 2, ‘‘Launching of Ships 
in Restricted Waters,” by Lieut. Commander Harold E. Saunders, Construction Corps, 
U.S. N., Member. I understand that Mr. Saunders is absent, and I ask Mr. William 
Gatewood to present the paper. 
Mr. Witiiam GatEewoop, Member:—Gentlemen, in the absence of Commander 
Saunders, I have been requested to read a synopsis of his paper, and the reading of the 
paper will be followed by the showing of the motion pictures which were taken during 
the launching. 
Mr. Gatewood then presented the paper, after which the motion pictures were shown. 
