Septesibee 4, 1896.] 



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' A Quarter Century of Progress in En- 

 gineering Education,' by Prof. Eobert 

 Fletcher, of the Thayer School of Civil 

 Engineering, was a historical paper which 

 ■especially set forth the influence of engi- 

 neering education upon other education, 

 upon the pi'ofession of engineering and upon 

 the technical press. 



'The Study of Modern Languages in 

 Engineering Courses,' by Dr. T. M. Drown, 

 President of Lehigh University, recom- 

 mended that after one year of study in- 

 struction in technical reading should be 

 given by teachers of engineering, the aim be- 

 ing to accomplish an important practical end 

 in the shortest possible time. Alter one year 

 of such instruction the author had found 

 that students could read technical books 

 and journals with ease and confidence. 



' Biology for Civil Engineers,' by G. C. 

 Whipple, of the Boston Water Works, set 

 forth the advantages of instruction in biol- 

 ogy to sanitary engineers. It was thought 

 that this is not less an age of electricity than 

 it is an age of bacteria, and itw as main- 

 tained that better sanitation would result 

 from thorough fundamental instruction of 

 the laws governing matter in the living state. 



The following are the titles of the other 

 papers read at the meeting : 



' Agreement on Definitions of Engineer- 

 ing Terms,' by Thomas Grey, of Eose Poly- 

 technic Institute. 



' Seminar Methods as Applied to Engi- 

 neering Subjects,' by F. P. Spalding, of 

 "Cornell University. 



' An Experiment in the Conduct of Field 

 Practice,' by F. O. Marvin, of University of 

 Kansas. 



' Methods of Teaching Perspective to En- 

 gineering Students,' by H. S. Jacoby, of 

 •Cornell University. 



' A Course of Study in Naval Architec- 

 ture,' by C. H. Peabody, of Massachusetts 

 Institute of Technology. 



' The Elective System in Engineering 



Colleges,' by M. E. Wadsworth, Director of 

 the Michigan Mining School. 



' The Desirability of Lectures to Under- 

 graduates on the Ethics of Engineering,' by 

 C. C. Brown, Civil Engineer. 



' Quantity versus Quality in Smaller Col- 

 leges,' by Albert Kingsbury, of New Hamp- 

 shire College of Agriculture and Mechanic 

 Arts. 



' The Conservation of Government En- 

 ergy in Promoting Education and Research,' 

 by C. W. Hall, of University of Minnesota. 



'The Hale Engineering Experiment Sta- 

 tion Bill,' by W. S. Aldrich, of University 

 of West Virginia. 



' Uniformity of Symbols for Engineering 

 Text-Books,' by I. 0. Baker, of University 

 of Illinois, being a report of progress of a 

 committee on this subject. 



' Is not Too Much Time Given to Merely 

 Manual Work in the Shops?' by W. H. 

 Schuerman, of Vanderbilt University. 



' How to Divide Subjects for Original In- 

 vestigation among Diflerent Colleges,' by 

 C. H. Benjamin, of Case School of Applied 

 Science. 



' Credit for Shop Experience in Entrance 

 Examinations,' by W. T. Magruder, of 

 "Vanderbilt University. 



' A Course of Study in Municipal and 

 Sanitary Engineering,' by A. N". Talbot, of 

 University of Illinois. 



' Engineering Education in Japan,' by J. 

 A. L. Waddell, Civil Engineer. 



' Modelling as an Aid to Teaching Ma- 

 chine Design,' by G. W. Bissell, of Iowa 

 Agricultural College. 



About 25 new members were elected, thus 

 making the total membership over 200, 

 about 85 engineering colleges being repre- 

 sented. Among the guests present was 

 Mr, Surijo Mine, Electrical Engineer to the 

 Japanese government. The number of 

 members in attendance was about 50, and 

 many interesting discussions upon the 

 papers were held. On the motion of Dr. 



