Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-26
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING.
Pertinent Suggestions to Young Men
Who Are Looking That Way.

From the Electrical World.
The inducements offered by the profession Of
electrical engineering are drawing each year
an increasing number of young men into tech
meal study Of the subject. A word to such may
not be out of place. You must remember that
the great electrical industries in which you
hope to see active service are the growth of
hardly more than q single decade; yet while
this gives high promise for the future, it is
clear that the pioneering period is for the most
part gone. While each year will see an extern
sion and strengthening of electrical interests,
they are steadily settling into more conserva-
tive and business-iike shape. Do not. there
fore, look for the sudden and brilliant success
that came to reward some Of the early workers
in the electrical field, but rather for the steady
labor and well-earned prizes that pertain to
serious and faithful professional work.
Electrical industry has two widely different
phases-business and technical In the former
an electrical education may or may not be Of
marked service-one of the most active and
successful electrical business men we know
was, until quite recently, the manager of
brswery-in the latter it is no longer con-
venience but necessity. Fifteen years ago so
little was known of the practical applications
of electricity that quick inventive mind with
no more technical training than might be
gained by the experience Of o telegraph Office
could strike out in new lines Of progress with
every prospect OF success. Today, while the
field is very, very far from being fully ex-
plored, good work cannot be done without
studying and profting by the results of that
fifteen years Of marvellous development
He who starts today with the training that
would have meant success then will probably
meet dismal failure now. Therefore. in taking
up the study Of electrical engineering remem-
Der that the more careful and thorough work
you do the better the chance in the future.
And do not be deiuded into the idea that you
should hurry through your training and 'lesrn
practical electricity in the work shop" You
can learn more that will be of service to you
by q years careful work in . good laboratory
than in five years In an electrical manufactory
Do not expect to leave the laboratory with an
intimate knowledge Of any electrical system
you will not have 1t, but you will have acquired
what is Of vastly greater value, that firm grasp
of the general principles that will enable YOU
TO seize the details OF any system with rapid
ity that will surprise you.
Study. then, the broad principles involved
In applied electricity and the theoretical basis
on which they rest This IL the electrical side
of your education. But there il another.
every whit as important. Electrical engineer.
ing Is mechanical engineering, plus electricity;
and while, perhaps, Sir William Thomson's
statement that q mechanical engineer can ac-
quire all the necessary electrical training in SIX
months or 90 II rather strongly put, there is q
deal Of truth in it A sound idea of mechanical
principles In very necessary to success in prao-
teal electricity, and the ideal training, then,
would build firm superstructure Of electricity
ON foundation Of mechanical engineering.
Pint slfthe time you can spare, therefore, on .
thorough training In some one Of the excellent
schools that are available and when you have
completed it make up your mind to work for
all you are worth.
Conclave Of Catholic Bishops.
The conclave Of Catholic bishops Of the
United States, which has been In session at
Boston closed Thursday afternoon. Thursday
morning 9 remarkable sight was Witnessed at
the cathedral, three gradations Of the priest
hood celebrating mass at the same hour In one
church, the cardinal being the celebrant