Arizona republican., 1921-04-16

sometimes called civilized tramps, and we have therefore been at the mercy in many instances Of the com mercial employment bureau which has not done us any, good. They have collected commissions for the engi- neer while they were double crossing him with the employer, with the re- suit that some remedy became abso- lutely necessary. Fifty per cent of the engineers in this district, I un- derstand, are now out of employ ment, so that the subject must be of interest
 The employment of engineers re- siding at long distances from the work to be done is an evil which must be corrected by employing en- gineers who are in the section of the country where their prospective la bors will be carried out. The em- ployer at Chicago must take his en- gineers from that part of the coun- try and not from the border or from the Pacific coast
 During the month of March the association placed 2S2 men at an av- craze salary of S20a, which is only an indication of what can be done if the employment work is directed wisely and financed adequately"
 The next speaker was c. J. Raf- ferty of the Globe Miami district who is one of the directors of the or ganiZation in the Southwest and ice the A. A. E. Can and Should Rem der He spoke in part as follows
 Proud of Profession
 The A. A. F.. motto is Advance and o-Operate.' We are proud to wear such an emblem. and yet as members of this organization are we carrying out what the motto implies Are We in reality only button mem hers'? Do we call ourselves mem bers without assuming any of the responsibilities of membership or taking up any of the tasks which come before the organization?
 The membership of the A. A. E represents an investigative body ot men of trained minds and excep- tional technical ability. Their obli- gation is to render service-service that is not confined to the office, the factory, the mine or the field but which is to be assumed in the ranks of society at large. The engineer is better prepared. for instance. to solve many of the present problems of city, county, state and national governments than the member of any other profession, and he can solve those questions tn q big and broad minded manner to which the public official is unused.
 At the end of Mir Raffety's address Charles McE,lroy sang I'd Like tc Hear My Old Kentucky Home,'' ths diners joining in the chorus, after which he sang Arizona Toast master Conway then introduced l. M. Lawson of Fl Paso, general man ager of the Elephant Butte project He spoke in part as follows, having as his subject, Irrigation Problem: in the Southwest"
 Despite the great development O. the water resources of this section of the country the irrigation project. of the Southwest have by no mean. been developed in their entirely, al though what has been accomplished in the past had added incidentally tt the wealth of this section as well a. greatly increasing it's population.
 Big Opportunity Here
 "In this section, then, the engfnee has the opportunity of placing him self in the first line of those who ar, advancing the development of tn, country and the forwarding of it progress. But it is well to remembe that the stability of development cal be maintained only by constant vigi lance''
 The last speaker of the evenin was Judge Frank O. Smith, who's address was listened to with marke ! attention. The gist of his remark follows.
 T came to this meeting with fea and trembling. I have attended gath erings of theologians. of doctors an of lawyers, but never before has been my pleasure to meet with en gineers, and I thought that I woul not be able to understand the tech nical subjects that would be handle by the speakers or the technics terms in which their addresses woul be clothed.
 'sOn the contrary, have found ths i 1 have been attending a meeting ( men who are devoted to the idea ( social service and who have spoke ] in prose and poetry of the advance ment of high thinking and good cit l zenship.
 T came out Of law school, an I believe that never before have
 considered the place of the engineer
 ing profession in the forward journt of civilization That profession, LII
 til a very recent time, was considert , rather less than prO1eSSlon--and remember how long and carefully u
 trustees of my own college consit cred the question before they wou
 give their appreciation to a propos
 to accept a large sum for the bull i. ing of a school of engineering besi [ the buildings devoted to. the tim 2 honored studies of law, medicine al Q theology.
 Times Have Chanued e .ssslt times have changed. T e lawyer, the doctor and the theologi
 are used to tradition and precede, 7 They are guided by the past. T | world, however, is confronted q problems that are new and pressir
 and which need to be solved quicl
 and thoroughly. The old professio e are at a loss, and it is the yoang, es of the professions that is steppi l. into the breach, for this is the age Il the engineer"
 | The dinner ended with the singi | of America"
 y The convention will meet at | ssI Hotel Adams this morning at g; g o'clock for a business session k. which time officers for the Southw, n district will be elected. There a - will be an announcement made of 1 a result of a business conference wh % the members of the association h ~ with Governor Campbell last event