The labor standard., 1919-10-01
SHIPBUIL IN
 COLLEGE COURSES
Many Institutions Will Include Naval Architecture in
 CurriCuIums.
TO BE DEMAND FOR EXPERTS
United States Shipping Board Is En. couraging and Fostering Plans for Development of Marine Archi-
 tects and Engineers.

New YOrk.-SchOols of naval archi- lecture and ship construction may soon become important branches of educa- tional institutions of the United States if this nation continues its headway in maritime strength. Fourteen univer- sities and technical colleges have sig nified their interest in a line of in- struction that was decadent almost to the point of extinction when the needs of war presented demand for ships that could not be denied, and some of them have already estab- lished courses in naval architecture, marine engineering and ship construc- ton, while others are planning similar action.
 The United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet corporation, which felt so keenly the lack of technicians in carrying out its shipbuilding pro- gram, and had to establish emergency schools for intensive training, is en- couraging and fostering plans for the new schools in all institutions capable of expanding their fields of learning. It is assumed by men in closest touch with the situation that the need for marine architects and engineers will grow as the yards expand and enter the open field of competition in construction for home and foreign ac- count. On this assumption P. J. Me 1liffe, manager of the division of ship construction, recently sent letters to universities and technical and prepar- atory schools which read as follows:
 Does your curriculum include a naval architecture course, and if so, would you be interested in receiving a copy of the following information per taining to ships, aud ship construc- ton?
 "1-Technical order Towering change and alteration for vessels).
 '-Proposed standardization of rolled steel ships.
 "3+Trial, trip data.
 -Reference data book of various steel vessels. -...:
 "5-Structural steel for ships.
 't6-Charts showing total rivets driven at various shipyards. ..
 T-Machinery drawings of govern ment harbor tug.
 Aawings of standard machine enzlg @sss ,,
 s-Blueprints showing the eftici- ency of shipyards. based upon their tonnage deliveries for six months period. .l....
 '1O-Employment bulletins.
 '11-Material list for wood ships.
 '12-Book of standard designs.
 ''13-Charts showing the number of rivets driven and the tonnage of steel for various designs.
 '14Blueprints showing particulars of designs of various ships.
 t'15-Standard form of E. R. c. con- tract for ship construction.
 "Upon receipt of your request we will forward you copies as desired by you"
 Many Colleges Respond.
 The University of Pennsylvania, Columbia university, Harvard univer- sity, Cornell university, University of Michigan, Boston Institute of Technol- ogy, Princeton university, Yale univer- sity, Drexel Institute, Philadelphia Webb academy, New York city; La fayette university, Bethlehem, Pa.; Pratt institute, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Le- high university, Easton, Pa.; Stevens institute, Hoboken, N. J., and the Car negie Institute of Technology, Pitts burgh, Pa, sent in requests for the data.
 Herbert L. Seward, assistant pro- lessor of mechanical engineering at Sheffield Scientific School, Yale uni- versity, wrote:
 sT would be very glad indeed to re- ceive the 15 items you mention. We are planning and developing courses in marine engineering, and this ma- terial seems very appropriate"