The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-11-02
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Mechanical Engineers Hold
Good Session.

Nearly 100 engineers h"li nm all
Ay meeting Thursday uf IN" MA
continent section Of the American
Society of Engineers in lhr"r sessions
At the assembly room In the Masonic
Empire building
Out of town engineers hnd Np''h
,rs started coming into bht li"F''i''
Tuesday night ana continued '"m!hh
lntil ycEtrrdHy mon
Al 1890 in Ih" morning the "u p
tlncers met IN Their regular humn'7~
,eSsion ana disposed ol1 th' t"ulln"
work Of the ASA JC,HtIun. Luncheon
was then served at The NUrc hnirl
md the engineers adjourned lu Va"
Masonic building for the at'fpu""
session.
At the afternoon session hold IA
he assembly room in the Masonic
Empire building at % clock a mos
interesting program was given IN"
IbO engineers present were deeply ~
crested In the paper OF IA" 'fiph-
lens Confronting tn" !auGln"rllhE
Colleges by Prot \. A. Potter dean
II the engineering Nchoul khnsIN
state agricultural college, Manhhl
an. Kan Dcnu Potter put form a
plea In his paper that IN" engineers
BE given more Intensive genera
courses No aH 10 give them greater
executive ability and hen In the
,cnlor years give the engineers theif
ipeciaI branches. lie stated th"t
What was needed most was nrHt tr
make an engineer ana th"n m"
,hanlcal, chemical or electrical en-
yjncer He also stated ihdi he uld
not favor adding special hrhneh"H
featuring aer"nanricai engineering M
[ was too short course and attnct-
"a a, less desirable cfHss ~ students
o the schools 49,,
C E, BROCK. superintendent or tho
Empire companies gas pipe lines
cad an interesting paper on "The
Construction and Operation or l1pe
Lines for tho Transportalio or
Natural GAS" MlmeoR nphed copies
q his paper, illustrated with blue
prints, we're distributed 10 those
present. ~
The feature Of the afternoons pro
gram was the paper on "A seDndaro
for Gasoline, Kerosene and Motof
Fuel on by Dr. Edwin OF the OKLA
noma state university. Doctor De
Barr stated that he favored law
hat would force every fillkiS sta
tion 10 post chemical analysis OF
the gasoline sold at tina; particular
place This, Doctor Debnrr argued
would do away with the common
prnctice OF some filling stations d.
mting their high grade gasoline with
n lower grade and selling at the same
standard price,
The. ia per elicited much comment
and debate by the members present
in the session. one bf the engineers.
thinking 10 diaconcert Doctor De-
Barr, asked lust what his definition
Of gasoline was. Doctor DeBarr arose
and sale, "Sir, | have no definition
for II and II even the Supreme hcinS
has one he has failed 10 communl
GA Ia II TO me" and retired his ques'
toner In confusion.
At the suggestion OF DR.. Ira y.
Hollis. president or the Polyteohnic
Institute, WorcheHter, Macs ana
past president % the American SO
ciety OF Mechanical EngiDeers. the
Oklahoma members OF tho society
referred the question OF tho bill for
the licensing OF operating engineers
that In to come before the state legiS
lature In the next session to the com
mIttee on public relations for debate
and decision.
Thursday night at $50 o'clock n
banquet for 100 guests was laid AZ
tho Marie hotel At : O'Clock the
members again repaired TO the Ma
sonic building for the concluding
meeting.
The feature OF the night session
was the address by Dr. Ira N.'Hollis,
president OF the Polytechnic lnsti-
lute. Worchester Mass, and past
president of the American Society or
Mechanical Engineers. Doctor llol-
lis spoke on the subject OF New
Problems for Engineers" The talk
was most interesting and he made
an eloquent plea for conscrNatiHn~"f
fuels. Doctor Hollis scored tn" en-
rlneers for the lack OF interest they
had taken IN the past In tn" human
element and nrged added imretn~
tor labor saving Inventions u ct1r
Hollis scored the employers FOR th"
present labor unrest and conditions,
claiming that the employer was
really the basic cause OF II nU al
wavs assuming a too-comna'iNc az
titudc and always too ready to m""i
iha .unnlnyc i'm COmha but urtC" on