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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XXVIII. No. 707 



Ralph Modjeski, consulting engineer, Chi- 

 cago, 111. ; J. A. L. Waddell, consulting 

 bridge engineer, Kansas City, Mo. ; Gard- 

 ner S. Williams, professor of civil, hy- 

 draulic, and sanitary engineering, Univer- 

 sity of Michigan; Arthur N. Talbot, pro- 

 fessor of municipal and sanitary engineer- 

 ing. University of Illinois; George F. 

 Swain, professor of civil engineering, 

 Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 

 Charles S. Slichter, consulting engineer, 

 U. S. Reclamation Service, and professor 

 of applied mathematics. University of Wis- 

 consin; Frederick S. Woods, professor of 

 mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of 

 Technology; and Fred W. McNair, presi- 

 dent of the Michigan College of Mines. 



Following the presentation of the four 

 formal papers, and of the eight prepared 

 discussions above recorded, a general dis- 

 cussion was held on the entire subject. 

 The following persons took part in this 

 general discussion: Calvin M. Woodward, 

 professor of mathematics and applied me- 

 chanics, Washington University; Ben- 

 jamin F. Groat, professor of mechanics 

 and mathematics, School of Mines, Uni- 

 versity of Minnesota; Charles S. Howe, 

 president, Case School of Applied Science; 

 Clarence A. Waldo, professor of mathe- 

 Miatics, Purdue University; Clarke B. 

 Williams, professor of mathematics, Kala- 

 mazoo College; J. Burkitt Webb, late 

 professor of mathematics and mechanics, 

 Stevens Institute; Henry T. Eddy, pro- 

 fessor of mathematics and mechanics. Col- 

 lege of Engineering, University of Min- 

 nesota; Arthur E. Haynes, professor of 

 engineering-mathematics, University of 

 Minnesota ; Arthur S. Hathaway, professor 

 of mathematics. Rose Polytechnic Institute ; 

 Edward V. Huntington, assistant professor 

 of mathematics, Harvard University; and 

 Donald F. Campbell, professor of mathe- 

 matics. Armour Institute of Technology. 



On motion of Professor Campbell, the 



chairman was authorized to appoint a com- 

 mittee of three persons, they to increase 

 their number to fifteen, to be chosen from 

 among teachers of mathematics and engi- 

 neering and from the practising engineers 

 of the country, and this committee of 

 fifteen was authorized by the meeting to 

 take into consideration the whole subject 

 of the mathematical curriculum in the 

 engineering and technical departments of 

 colleges and universities, and to report to 

 the Chicago Section of the American 

 Mathematical Society. On motion of Wm. 

 T. Magruder, ex-secretary of the Society 

 for the Promotion of Engineering Educa- 

 tion and professor of mechanical engineer- 

 ing, Ohio State University, the motion was 

 amended that the committee of fifteen shall 

 submit its report to the Society for the 

 Promotion of Engineering Education at 

 its annual meeting in the summer of 1909. 

 The motion as amended was unanimously 

 adopted by those present. It is hoped 

 that at the meeting of the society in 1909, 

 a second engineering-mathematics sym- 

 posium may be held. 



The selection of this important com- 

 mittee was entrusted to Professor Edward 

 V. Huntington, Harvard University, Pro- 

 fessor Gardner S. Williams, University of 

 Michigan, and Professor Edgar J. R. 

 Townsend, University of Illinois. They 

 will select the remaining members of the 

 committee, choose a chairman and secre- 

 tary, and determine the scope of the in- 

 vestigation that they will make. 



The papers will be printed in Science in 

 the next few weeks. They will prove to be 

 interesting reading to those engaged in 

 either mathematical or engineering work 

 and will show the tendencies of the thought 

 of the meeting. The key-note of all the 

 discussions was that we need more sym- 

 pathy and knowledge of the ideals, aims 

 and work of the other fellow. 



The meeting was without doubt the best 



