The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-08-30
u ENGINEERING.

unanimous in urging young men. es
pecially high school graduates. to be
Gin at once on a technical education
because of the Worldwide scarcity o.
engineers brought about by war con
ditions. state college has received
many letters from such men sayine
that they can see no better way foi
young men below military age or no.
drafted to render themselves valuable
to their country's interests than by
taking training in the direction OF
applied sciences, which means tech
nology. The foregoing statement was
made almost verbatim by ElihI
Thompson of the General Electric
company, West Lynn, Mass.
c. X. Dooley, educational manager
of the WESTINGHOUSE Electric and
Manufacturing company, asserts that
'the high school graduate of mechan-
zeal talents can serve his country
most ~valiantly by securing a thorough
training in engineering or general sci
ence, and even though called to the
trenches VIII find his training of in
cStiinable value for leadership. The
matter is indeed serious, for if the
war continues several years, the al
lies may fail for lack of scientific men
to plan and construct and direct the
efforts Of our fighters"
C.. T.. skinner, research engineer
with the Westinghouse company
spent sometime in England in 1915
when the technical schools of that
country were practically without stu
dents, due to their enlistment for war.
He also learned from a French scien-
tihc commission which visited Amer
lea that the technical schools Of that
country also We're almost at a stand
still. Therefore, declares Mr.. Skin
ner. the crying need today is for en-
gincers, and yet more engineers, both
during the war and after it's close;
and that every effort should be made
to get increased numbers of men Sc
curing an intensive training.
J. A. l.. Waddell. consulting engi-
neer of New York City, says: LET
me, therefore, most urgently implore
all youths who are ready for college
this fall and who are not in any way
untitled for technical careers to take
UP some branch Of engineering or
technology. Remember: 1t is not
only for the good of the country that
| make this appeal, but also for the
ultimate benefit of the young men
themselves"
Carl Herring. consulting engineer OF
Philadelphia, says that there Is ne
question that technical training is OF
even greater Importance in modern
warfare than in times of peace. 1t Is
stated that for every man actually
engaged on the fighting lines five are
necessary elsewhere to supply hin
with his needs: and that a very large
part of the work Of these five mer
is Of an engineering character"
A. L. Rohrer, electrical superinten
dent OF the General Electric company
Schenectady, N. Y, writes: ut Is
usually understood that in times o.
peace the supply of engineers ant
technically trained men is neve
equal to the demand. With the add
tional demands nov in wartime, wha'
is to be done? High school pupils o
ability should be advised to enter col
lege for they certainly cannot find any
real reason for delaying. No matter
how long or how short the war Is Il
be, We must expect the demands TO
technically trained men to continue o
increase, because buildings, bridges
railways and highways, that have
been destroyed, must be rebuilt an'
all industrial plants rehabilitated."
Gano Dunn. president Of the j. G
White corporation Of engineering cor
tractors. New York City. gives nj
opinion that our country will b.
faced after the war with the mos
serious industrial competition 1t ha
ever had. when we shall need all tn
technically trained men we a pos
sibly muster. also believe tina
technical training will then be at
premium and men possessing 1t Wi
have more than the usual advantag
over men who do not, and unless tn
high school graduates start immed
ately, they as we'll as the country wi
not be equipped for success"
South Dakota young men shout
heed this appeal. "If America is t
do her full part in this great struggl
we must have a large number Q