The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-11-22
NEED ENGINEERS
AT PUBLIC HELM
Secretary OF Interior Gives
Views at Dinner.
HIS IDEAL OF GOOD CITIZEN
Washington Society of Engineers,
in Annual Banquet, Hears from
Cabinet Ohicer-ShOuId Not Run
Away from Nor Run for Public
ONCE, Says Fisher.

More engineers in public life and in
the legislative halls IL a representative
democracy is to prevail"
This statement was made by Secretary
Fisher, of the Interior Department, while
addressing the Washington Society of
Engineers at its annual dinner at
Rauscher's last night. Brig. Gen. WILL
lam II. Bixby, chief OF engineers, u s.
A, was POSTMASTER.
THE most important enterprises in the
world to-day" said Mr.. Fisher, ARE in
the hands of IL" engineers. The only
fault l have to 4. I'd with them Is that
they are too much inclined to withdraw
from their duties as ordinary citizens
and from public life like most profession
al men. My conception of an ideal clti-
zen is he who neither runs for nor runs
away from public Office. but does his
duty to his country as 1t calls him."
Praise for Profession.
NJ o. Leighton. president of the Wash
ington Society OF Engineers. spoke Of the
competence of engineers as a profession
and said that there are certain members
who are almost daily showered with praise
for performing their duty in con-
nection with some spectacular job THE
man who IS reconstructing the world is
no more entitled to praise said Mr..
Leighton, than the man who has recon-
structed toy to the best OF his ability.
Both are merely doing their duty to the
best of their ability"
Among the other speakers were DR..
r. S. Woodward, president OF the Car
negie Institution; Rear Admiral NJ. T.
Endicott, president of the American So
ciety of Civil Engineers; Herr Franz
Quedefeld, commissioner of waterways
OF the royal Prussian department Of pub
lie works, and George r. Putnam, Com
missioner of the Bureau Of Lighthouses.
Break Into Verse.
c. r. Duvan, one OF the members Of
the society. had dedicated a six verse
poem to the occasion, the first stanzs
being:
Engineers are gay tonight;
Tables tempt the appetite:
Liquids in supply galore,
Whet up thirsts that call for NOR.
Listen to the merry sDund.
As our head wheels buzz around.
VIII II seem 80 yery queer
II our feet get out Of scar?
Guests and Members.
The following Is a list OF the members
and guests at the-dinner: John W.
Adams, Milton Z. Allies, Frederick w.
Albert, Walter c. Allen, F. L. Averin, c.
c. Baden, J. Baird, A. L. Baldwin, Asa
{. Baldwin, d. II. Baldwin, E c. Bar
nard. c. c. Bassett, Paul Bausch, E. c.
Bebb, H. A. Belden. Victor Benavides,
James Berrall, Morris Bien, C. c. Billings,
Gen. ". II. Bixby, F. C. Boggs. r. viii
mer Boiling, S. HaZen Bond, W. p. Bor-
land, Robert A. Boswell, William Bowie,
G. R. Bradbury, Mark Brooke, A H.
Brooks, Paul G. Burton, R. A. Carrie,
David S. CARL, c. F. Carpenter, r. F.
Carly, J. A. Chamberlain, R. H. Chap
pell, Frank Chew, Charles Z. Cooke,
Howard A. Coombs, II. I. Cone, J. II.
Crawford, Percy Crawford, T. w. Cridler,
William Crozier, r. II. Dalgleish, A. NJ.
Daniels, ]. w Dare, 4. P. Davis. G. r.
Davis, E. w. Deakin, William I. Deming,
w. F. Dennis, c. B. Des Jardins, Albert
4. Dieterich. John Distler, r. B. Dole, L.
S. Doten, +. NJ. Douglas, W. A. Z. Doy-
ing. c. L. Dubois. Z. J. Duties. G. Dunn,
L. V. Dunstan, c. r. Duvall, F. H. East
man, II. c. Eddy. Carleton L. Ed
wards, NJ. T. EndIcott, John F. En-
W. B. Fairfield, c. J. Faulkner, Albert A.
Henderson, Hon. w. L. Fisher, Robert
Follansbee. Louis G. Freeman, Owen B.
French, Henry Gannett, William S. Gar
and, J. J. Gilbert, II. A. ellis, c. P.
Gliem, Albert T. Goldbeck, John Blake
Gordon, Bernard R. Green, H. B. Greg
Dry. n. c. Grover, ]. H Hanna, Willis Z.
Hall, Frank w. Hart, John F. Hayford,
Daniel L. Hazard, E. c. Head, M. B.
F. C. Hilder, Jesse Hill, ]. S.
Hill, M. l. Hiltbeitel. H. L Hodgkins, |
]. A. Holmes, L. NJ. Holt, D. W. Holton, |
Beaudric l.. Howell, d. ]. Howell John |
:. Hoyt. c. B. Hunt, T. H. HUMPHREYS, |
Horace P. Hunting, George r. Ide, F. |
Il. lden, Howard ]. Jackson, Ernest |
Janson, Carl. F. Jeansen, Z. John |
son, E. N. Johnston. Dwight Jones, |
William V. Judson, Abner B. Kelly, |
Charles S. Kimball, ]. E. Lawton, |
" o. leighton. o. NJ. Leland, Nor
on +. Leopold, Marcus W. Lewis, Aurelia |
Leyva, S. d. Lincoln, G. w. Littlehales, !
:. II. Livingston. A. F. Lucas, NJ E. |
McChristie, w. A. Mcfarland, John z. |
c. A. McKenney, Alexander |
hall, Thomas w. Marshall, z. r. Mar
in, ]. NJ. MarzoIf, A. NJ. p. Maschmeyer.
John G. Mathers, o. A. NechIin, w. C. |
A. B. lie P. Mesny, w. r. |
Metz, R. L. Middleton, E. Vance Miller, |
= B. Mirick, Hugh c. Mitchell, II. T. |
Julian Morton, c. A. Mour--
less, F. H. Newell. Harold P. Norton.
:. D. Owen, H. D. Padgett, E. w.
Parker Frank X. Patterson, Paul N. |
Peck, F. w. Perkins. Fred c. Perry.
Tohn J. Phelan, Asa Phillips, r. H. Phil
Ups, George S. Pope, E. A. Porter, Minott
9. Porter, T. NJ. Post, Arthur NJ. Poyn-
on, Ord Preston, G. r. Putnam, F. B.
Pyle, Franz Quedfeld, F. A. Richardson,
Z. w. Rittenour, W. e. Schoenborn, A. ].
schwartz, w. S. Sheets, C. H. Sinclair,
)elos II. Smith, II. Clinton Smith, Layton
,. Smith, Philip Smith, William z. Spier,
:. F. Sponsler, II. B. StableT, Herman
Itabler. g. c. Stevens, II. Stidham, l.. B.
;tilweIl. H G. Scott, G. b. Strickler,
frank Sutton, Walter /. Swanton, Dean
witt, T. H. Taliaferro, Fred A. Tenant,
:. K. Thomas, c. r. Thomas, Henry
'hurtell, o. H. Tittman. C. Townley, e.
}. Townsend, Clement s. Ticker, William
;. Upton, J. n. Van Wagenen, s. s.
George z. Walton, J. A. Wat
on, F. R. Weller. William F. Wells. F. B.