The Washington herald., 1913-11-19


genial and lucrative profession to take
up affairs of government.
Secretary Lane was called upon. He
wasted no time in accepting Mr.. Ham
mond's challenge.
II was delighted with the naive way
the last speaker advised you young
men to enter politics.. Secretary Lane
thoughtfully began, "and he spoke as
one who never had political expert
ences-or who had forgotten them.
A ripple of delighted laughter spread
over the room and the Secretarys nrst
point" was greeted with applause.
Il know of an engineer who got
into politics and then got into jail,
continued Mr.. Lane, in dispassionate,
kindly tones. There was more ap-
plause
"As you know" the Secretary went
on, 81 have spent my summer nnding
out about great engineering works.. and
hearing complaints about engineers. Still.
I have no doubt that more and more
this will become a world OF ensine4s'
in which the men of science will be lead
ers. The heroes of the future waf be
men of science, men who shall lead us In
our fight against Nature to turn her to
account
Worked without Graft.
However Notwithstanding the fact
that this country is run by lawyers,
who cannot be expected to see into the
future as others can see into the ground
applause greeted the Secretary's re-
directed attention to Mr.. Hammond-"still
these men have arranged much con-
structive work for the future, the Panama
Canal, and reclamation projects in the
West. And undoubtedly the engineers
have done this work without graft.
IF 1 had my way" Mr.. Lane ended,
II would turn many of you loose in
Alaska to build great railway system;
would build electric power plants ON
the streams of the West; I would build
more reclamation projects. and I would
send some of you down South to reclaim
lands-not from Democracy, but from
the mosquito"
Charles A. Prouty. OF the Interstate
Commerce Commission, spoke briefly
concerning the engineering features of
railroad valuation.
Other speakers were Rear Admiral
George W. Baird. Prof. George F. Swain.
president of the American Society of
Civil Engineers; John Foord. and DR..
Harvey W. Wiley. George Otis Smith,
director of the Geological Survey, was
the toastmaster. Upon the dinner pro-
gram appeared the new seal Of the Wash
ington society, a triangle, the national
eagle, and, in the background. foremost
work of engineering, the Washington
Monument.
Present mt Banquet.
Among the prominent guests of the en-
gineers were G. w. Baird, rear admiral.
U. S. N: J. S. Conway. Deputy Commits
sioner OF Lighthouses: A. P. Davis, chief
engineer, United States Reclamation
Service; John Foord, New York City;
Gov. Walter F. Frear john Hays Ham
mon. Commissioner Chester Harding, J.
A. Holmes, director, Bureau of Mines: l.
o. Howard. chief, Bureau OF Entomology;
Hennen Jennings, mining engineer; A. A.
Jones. First Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury; Franklin X. Lane, Secretary OF
the Interior; Charles A. Prouty, commits
sioner, Interstate Commerce Commission:
George Otis Smith. director. United
States Geological Survey; Frank Sutton,
president Washington Society OF Engr-
neers; George F. Swain, president Ameri-
can Society OF Engineers; Col. William
W. Harts. officer in charge of public
buildings and grounds, and DR.. Harvey
w. Wiley.
J. L. Ackerson. John W. Adams. Fred
erIck W. Albert, Walter c. Allen, F. L.
Averill.
c. c. Babb, c. C. Baden. James Baird,
A. c. Baldwin, A. L Baldwin. d. II.
Baldwin, George A. Barnes. L. A. Bauer,
John B. Beadle, z. c. Bebb, II. w. Belk-
nap. Charles G. Benson, J. Berman, Nor
ris Rien, W. H. Bixby, F. C. BOggs, w.
p. Borland, William Bowie, W. W. Bowie,
c. H. Bowker, c. p. Bradbury, ]. H.
Brickenstein, Frank H Brundage, L. A.
Brooke, Mark Brooke. William T. Brown.
J. F. Callbreath, David S. CARL, c. A.
Carlson, Roy F. Carly. G. A. Chadwick,
J. NJ. Chamberlin, r. H. Chapman, A. II.
Chase, W. ]. Clarke, NJ. S. Cooley. G. D.
Cowie, H. D. CHAMPION. NJ. Creese. Jo-
seph A. Crockett
r. H. Dalgleish, A. NJ. Daniels. David
T. Day, Maxwell W. Day, W. s. Day, W.
c. Dean, c. R. Denmark, W. F. Dennis,
Albert E. Dietrich, r. B. Dole, Leonard
S. Doten, z. NJ. Douglas, w. A. z. Doy-
ing, c. L. Dubois, A. F. Huntington, Mr. |
Dare.
F. H. Eastman. H. C. Eddy. E. p. Ed
wards; Louis NJ Evans, Richard Won
Ezdorf.
H. S. Fairchild. r. A. Farmer G. E. |
Fleming, Louis G. Freeman, Owen B. |
French, Felix Freyhold, L. F. Fuller, |
S. Garland, Thomas G. Gerdine |
John Blake Gordon, H. B. Gregory, |
Bernard r. Green, n. c. Grover.
Morris Hacker, Baird Halberstadt, B. |