Telegram-herald., 1890-08-30
sLecTacAl ENGINEERING.


Pertinent Suggestions TO Young Men
Who Are Leo&Ias Iaat Way.
The Inducements offered by the pro-
fession Il electrical engine 1-ing are
drawing each year an Increasing mum
ber OF young men into technical study
OF the subject. A word 70 such may not
BE out Of place. You mCst remember
that the great electrical industries in
which You hope 20 see active service are
the growth OF hardly more than : single
decade; yet, while this gives high prom
ise for the future. IL is clear that thepio-
neering period Is fo- the most part gone.
While each year VIII see an extension
and strengthening OF electrical interests,
they are steadily settling into more con
servative and business Ike shape DO
not, therefore, look for the sudden and
brilliant success that cane 10 reward
some Of the early workers il the elec-
trical field, but rather for the steady
labor and well earned prizes that pertain
10 serious and faithful professional work.
Electrical industry has two widely
different phGses-business ard technical
In the former an electrical education may
or may not bc Of marked service-One Of
the most active and successful electrical
business -cn we know was. until quite
recently, the manager Of b-ewery-in
tho latter i is no longer convenience,
bat a necessity. Fifteen j., ears ago so
httle was known Of the practical appli-
cation of electricity that quick invent
i've mind, vi n no more technical train
ing than might be gained By the expert
ence Of q telegraph Office, could strike
ous in new lines of progress with every
prospect Of success. Today, while the
field is very, very far from being fully
explored, good work canrot be done
without studying and p-ohting by the
results of that fifteen years Of marvel
ous development.
He who starts today with the training
that would have meant success then will
probably meet dismal failure now. There
fore. IN taking Gp the study Of electrical
engineering remember that the more
careful and thorough work you do the
better the chance in the future. And d
net be 6eluded into the idea that you
should hurry through your training AID
learn practical electricity in the work
shop You can learn mora that VIII be
of service 20 you by a years careful work
in good laboratory than IN Ave years
in an electrical mandatory. Do not
expect 20 leave tie laboratory VITA an
intimate knowledge Of any electrical sys-
tem--you viii not have It, but you win
have acquired what is of vastly greater
value, that drm gTasp of the general
principles that viii enable yoa 10 seize
the details of any system with a TGpidity
that viii surprise you.
Study then the broad principles IN
volve1 in applied electricity and the the
oretical bszis on which they rest. This
is the electrical SIDE Of your education.
But tdere is another, every whit as i'm
portalt Electrical engineering is me
chsnical engineering, plus electricity;
AID while, perhaps. Sir William Thom-
sons statement that . mechanical en-
Einesc can acquire all ths necessary
electrical training in six months or so ia
rather strongly put, there is a deal of
truth in f. IS sound idea OF 3cecha1
principles i1 very neccss1ry 70 success in
practical electricity. and tho ideal train
ing then would huild q firm superstruct-
uTe Of electricity on q fof,u lation Of me
chanicsl engineering. Put aN tho time
you can snare, therefore. on q thorough
training in some one of tre excellent
schools t1et are available. and when yo1
have completed it make up your mind 60
work for al you are worth. Electrical
World.