Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-06-27
The place of the Engineer.

Otto J. Kowalke Of South kaukauna
spoke for the college Of engineering,
on the subject, The Place of the En-
gineer iii Society his Grafton being
in brief, as follows:
THE engineer occupies a unique
position in society. Fifty years go
the engineer was essentially a dealer
in inanimate things, but the develop
ment of our complex society has forced
him to deal not only with materials,
natural forces and natural laws, but
also with men and their motives,
For these reasons he is now called
upon to act not only as a technical
engineer. but also as an arbitrator
as a business executive, and as bust
ness promoter
The engineer as an arbitrator oc-
cupies a position peculiar to no other
profession His code of honor is
! A square deal for everybody under
all circumstances Any deviation
from this principle may produce TEN.
porary gain. but will surely cause
professional failure. The client who
employs an engineer has no right to
purchase the conscience Of the latter
when he pays him a salary It is the
engineer who decided what substitutes
! the contractor may use for materials
which are specified but cannot be oh.
tanned in the market; it is he
who decides what damages. re-
duction from or addition
to the contract price shall be awarded
either to the client or to the con
tractor The temptation to favor
the contractor is great Some en-
gineers yield to it only to find them
selves held in distrust and contemp
by both parties. The complete dis
grace of the engineer in charge o
the harbor improvements of Charles
ton. S. c., because he favored III,
contractor and was dishonest towart
the government, is only an instanc
which shows the result of a deviation
from the engineers code of honor
University and Her Young Women.
Miss Bess E. Adams of Madison
representing the college of letters ant
science. gave an Grafton on The Uni
versity and Her Young Women, II
Part as follows:
What does our university do 70
her girls? Does it pay for girl t,
spend four years in college study
These trite but important question
parents are continually asking Great
est of all is the moral development
the university brings through its chal
acter building Despite the opinio
that the University Of Wisconsin is n
place to send a girl. say there ar
no four years of a girls life that ca
do more toward raising her ideal
than those spent at onr university
Certainly, there are temptations here
temptations to neglect duties 70
pleasure; 10 obtain something b
dishones means; or to become sell
ish. Does anyone doubt that the gin
who for four years has met and oveI
come such temptations is moral
stronger? Overcome them she must
If she fail, there is for her no plac
of honor. no esteem from her class
mates, no respect from the facu .
The moral standard Of the girl STU
dent at Wisconsin is high
Then because our university re
veals girls limitations and poss
bilities to her, because 1t makes he
, Of more value 10 hersel
, because it develops and strengthen
her intellectually, physically, aesthet
cally. and morally, because it widen
her circle Of friends because 1t make
, her a better wife and mother, Il
other words, because it makes he
nobler woman, say It is wort
while for a girl to attend the UniveI
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