The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-23
SPLENDID ADDRESS HEARD BY
Mining COLLEGE GRADUATES
DR.. A. A. Hamerschlag Tells the
Young Men How to Increase
Dignity of Calling.
EXERCISES WELL ATTENDED

Inc class uay exercises At tue MICH
igan College of Mines in Houghtor
last night were the most successful OF
any that the college has ever expert
enced. In spite of the storm OF The
night. which was i'm the nature of q
blizzard. good sized audience was
present in addition to the large class
of young men who are finishing theii
long course OF studies and preparing
TO go out into the world and put their
newly gained knowledge into practice
The ceremonies, which are the only Of
fetal exercises connected with the
turning out OF the class of 1910, were
held i'm the big gymnasium of the instl-
tuition and this was nearly filled with
the crowd.
At one end of the large room had
been arranged a platform and upon
this sat the members of the faculty and
the trustees of the college, as well as
the speaker OF the evening and Rev. FIR
Rezek. pastor of St. Ignatius' church,
who rendered the invocation. At the
right of the platform was the orches-
ira which rendered several musical
selections as n part of the program of
the evening. and directly i'm front of
this platform was massed the members
OF the graduating class. on either side
of the room were arranged the seats
for those who came to witness the
ceremonies. Here were to be seen
faces from all parts of the copper
country.
Or. HamersehIag's Address.
DIR. Hammerschlag, who is director
of the Carnegie Technical schools in
Pittsburg. and who appears to be a
man very much younger than one
would look for as the speaker i'm such
an occasion. at the start OF his talk
thanked the members of the class and
the president and faculty of the Mich
igan College of Mines for hpn\ing
him by extending to him the privilege
of addressing them on the occasion of
the graduation of such n fine large
class as was seated before him. lie
explained to the men whom he was to
address that he wished to talk to them
as one young man To another and that
he had chosen the opportunity to make
some remarks as to the professional
aspects of the engineering craft.
Engineering as Profession.
Engineering is not classed today
among the dignified professions" said
DIR. Hammerschlag, because for some
thing over a hundred years the engin-
GERS have been working only for them
done very little in giving to the world
the benefit of their knowledge. In old
en- times the only members of the dig
nified professions were the theologists
am physicists. who suffered personal
privations and worked and studied
that the world might have the benefits
of their labors. Then came the other
professions of law and medicine. The
law did not attain to the dignity of a
profession until lawyers ceased to
work for their own selfish ends and
gave to the world freely of their store
OF knowledge. So with the profession
Of medicine.
"A hundred years or so ago the en-
gineers were only glorifled mechanics
working only for their own gain but
in later years the calling has attained
to greater dignity because the en-
gineers have given to the Industrial
world the labor saving machines and
have added to the riches of the land
by extracting the hidden wealth. En-
will never attain to the full
dignity of learned profession until
the engineers give to the world more
generously of the knowledge they pos
sess in order that the world may be n
better place i'm which to live.
Gives Rules for Success.
There are n great many things es-
sential to being a successful engineer.
as I'm being a success in any other
line, but ! would like to emphasize for
you young men here tonight a few of
the more essential qualities for sue
cess I'm our chosen profession. The
first OF these Is what is probably the
most uncommon thing in the world
common sense. The second is a mans
attitude toward his employer. If you
your employer with the feel J
ng that the world owes you n living. /
you are very likely to find that you J
viii not progress as rapidly as you |
hought you would but If you assume |
IN attitude of thankfulness I'm being |
given an opportunity to work and to
work in an organization of workers Won
will doubtless find that you are meet
ng with some measure of success.
The third requisite is the ability of a
nan who fails to realize or admit this
act is sure To fall short of great sue
ess in this world. The men who make
he greatest success are those who,
When placed i'm an executive position
uch as you men are all trained To
lold, make the most profitable use OF
he men and machinery at their COM
nand.
"A man should not be considered an
ngineer II he orders the installation
II machine to save the work of two
nborers If 1t takes the services of two
rained machinists to keep that ma
hine going. Engineers to be SUCCESS
nj must make profits for their en-
'loyers. The engineer must see
market at a reasonable profit for the
hing that he is going to produce be-
ore he produces It,
In closing his address the sneaker