Bisbee daily review., 1910-04-09

eer S profession OF course IS pIlnlaIy
and deserving of full concentration OF
time and thought. but as a rest or
side recreation these studies often Il.
in well and contribute to that we'll
rounded character which we under
stand by a literally educated man.
The knowledge of languages other
than English or American is of
great importance in the liberal edu-
cation OF an engineer He will not
regret his grounding a, school in Lat
in whenhe comes 10 take up Spanish.
because that language is founded on
Latin. II he also knows French il
will make Spanish all the easier. II
called 10 Mexico on mining business
he will find himself handicapped in
dealing with the natives if he does
not know their language. whilst the
knowledge Of It is an open sesame.
With a good knowledge of Lain and
French and an aptitude for acquir-
ing a language he will soon attain a
fair degree of fluency A knowledge
of German as well as French Is also
an advantage, although we do not
meet with so manyof these national
tiles as we do MeXicans and Italians
in the western mining field; but many
valuable scientific works on mining
are in these languages and well
worth a mining engineers perusal.
Besides language being an open
sesame" a knowledge of music Is
always welcome. and often he even
ings of the mining camp, after the
days work is over may be enlivened
by the violin or photograph. Some
training in and knowledge of medi-
cine and plain surgery are indispen-
sable A mining engineer is sure 20
| be thrown into circumstances where
there is no doctor. and when an &C
cident occurs in his mine or even
sickness in the neighbOring village,
he should k.ow something of the
first aid to the wounded. "or have
some knowledge of medicine MANY
q life has been saved by this
II is being recognized by some
school of technical education how all
around a training a training IS nee
essary for a full blown engineer,
and besides the ordinary technical
curriculum some are insisting on ex-
tending the educational course from
/ four to six years, the first four years
in the ordinary technical course TO
/ entitle the candidate 20 q bachelor
degree. then two years TO be required
q Of him in the field. after which he
may return and take an engineering
degree.
A mining engineer is a frontiers
man; he is an apostle from a higher
! civilization into a lower one. and on
/ account Of his position is looked mp
| to as an example IL his example is
! low and bad he cannot expect effic-
| iency from those under him. 4 cui-
] tivation Of the fine arts. keeping up
/ the study Of good literature and of
things that are good and true. are
| stimulants to hold him where be be-
longs, TO make life worth living. and
| 10 cause him to remember that he
is white man and an American.
We are ali human, with human in
| stincts, and not mere machines II
| is for us to do our utmost to keep 10
cur own standards as high as posi-
| bic as well as to influence in the
! right direction those around US II
is far easier to sink down to a level
than to rise above it, Therefore as
a successful mining engineer conclu-
| ded his address TO the graduates OF
a school % mines: "Whatsoever
they are the bulwarks of a liberal
education.