Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-03
TECHNICAL CLUB IS NEXT
Graduate Engineers and Architects
Plan to Form One in Omaha.
BOOSTING SPIRIT IS LAUDED
PrOfessiODal. Men Seek TO stick
Together and Work as One for
Matter OF Interest 60
whole Community.

engineers, architects and chemists at the
University club last night resolved itself
into one of the biggest and livest good
Fellowship conventions OF men OF this
technical professions ever neid in Omaha
Preceding the banquet. Scott King was
chosen temporary chairman and called on
representatives from all of the professions
for opinions and suggestions tending to-
ward the formation of technical club.
committee of ten was selected to
draw up articles Of organization and sub
init them at the beginning of the new
year. The committee consists of George
w. Craig, George l.. Fisher, r. II. Find
ley, II. A. Holdrese, J. w. Towie. ].
Jeffrey Davey. w. L. Brayton. Father
william f. Rigge. waldemar Michael
sen.
Craig Explains the Call.
City Engineer Craig explained the pur-
pose OF the meetings-to get together and
become acquainted and form permanent
organization IL II was thought best--and
then called for a general discussion,
which was responded TO by practically
every one present. An expressed the
belief that Omaha was behind the times
in not having a technical club and vowed
allegiance to such an association IL ef-
fected.
Among those who lauded the idea of
such an organization composed of all
engineers regardless Of their specialized
professions, were: Father w. Il. Rigge of
Creighton university, George Mcbride, H.
A. Holdrege, George L. Fisher, John w.
Towle John A. Bruce, p. A. Edquist,
Henry NJ. Milburn, Lloyd d. Willis. p. II.
Patton, r. II. Findley, II. Bortin, A. X.
Gault, W. Michaelsen. ]. H. Craddock,
c., i. Ransom. George l.. Camper.
w, l. Brayton, w. r. Adams,
John A. Bruce, A. C. Arends. ]. A. Perry,
q. NJ Rohrbough, and George w. Rob-
erts.
Must Boost for Omaha.
John p. Wagner, sales manager for
the Consolidated Expanded Metal COM
panies Of Pittsburgh, was. a guest o the
engineers and called upon them to boost
for Omaha, for Omaha men and for
Omaha businesses. You win never have
the best Omaha until you cooperate to
the best advantage" he said land for a
time cease your Individual fighting for
goodfelowship meetings like this.
Get the Omaha spirit. Believe It is
wrong for Omaha contracts to be let to
eastern contractors. for Omaha buildings
to be designed by outside architects.
From what have seen of the men of
NQmaha, and have o large acquaintance
Mere, you can handle any job that comes
up here.
Spend Money at Home.
Insist that money made In Omaha be
spent here. Insist that Omaha business
men buy their material of Omaha firms.
let contracts to Omaha contractors have
their buildings designed by Omaha aFchT-
tects and the work elk done by Omaha
labor. 1t win pay In the end and 1t is
the best way. Wherever-there is cooper
alton at home there win be a pro-
gressive place and the more cooperative
you are the more progressive will be
your town. Unity will make Omaha the
best place and it is the only thing that
will build up the best city here"
Plugging for Each other.
The sentiment expressed by Mr.. Wag-
ner, who is a resident of New York.
struck the keynote of the meeting and
was enlarged upon by every speaker.
John w. Towle declared that If tho engi-
neers kept plugging for more absolute
home patronage they would succeed and
advocated as q means to this success q
better understanding and q wider ac-
quaintance of the technical men and tho
work they are doing. A good-natured.
spirited discussion occurred on the rela-
1.-Two status OF architects and engineers
, but was blown away in wave OF good
fellowship and all united in declaring that
one profession needed the other. The
unity of the two professions, as we'll as
the chemists, physicians, psychologists
and other scientific men, was declared
necessary for the accomplishment of the
best purposes of all.
None of the engineers dissented when
Jim Craddock announced that the organ
ization ought to enter and mix in the
political game. you see," he said, I'VE
will need a good legislative committee,
!. for one of the most important bills 20
Nome before the next Legislature is one
TO provide for a board OF control. We
want to influence that legislation, Also,
we have commissioners to elect and we
ought OF be represented in the city gov
eminent by a commissioner or two"
John w. Towle pointed out that present
at the meeting were two or three men
who would make mighty good commits
sioners aud intimated that the $50 or 900
engineers in the city may demand recog-
with this line of action and plans were
launched for making the association a
political weapon as we'll as an educational
instrument.
DIR. Millard Langfeld. city bacteriologist,
took a fall out OF all professions present,
accusing them OF neglecting the medical
men In not using them more" You
think you know It ALL" he said. 'but we
ought to be consulted about few things.
find houses built without any modern
idea of sanitation and too often we are
called in after the damage Is done"
He cited instances where evidence of
the medical men had won cases In the
courts or defeated them when nearly won
The French" he asserted. could have
'~Duilt the Panama canal IL they had called
IN the physicians. our bugologists have
killed the mosquitoes down there, elimin-
ated yellow fever and malaria and made
the completion OF the project possible"
He facetiously and in high raillery called
them all 70 task and drew a fire of
repartee that even Chairman King could
not suppress.
At the close Of the meeting it was up.
decided when the next dinner would be
given hut those who were present v,,oro