The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-09-01
AMERICAN ASSN OF ARCHITECTS
STATE MEETING HERE SEPT. 5

&: +. Drayer Of Chicago, Secretary
of the American Association of Engi-
neers, who will be present at the
meeting of the North Dakota Chapter
Of that organization to be held at
Minot on Monday, Sept. 5th, will, at
the afternoon session of the meeting
to be held at the Association of Com
merce rooms, discuss various matters
in connection with Chapter activities
and will try to stimulate interest in
the formation of several A. A. E.
Clubs in the state. Several interest
ing talks and reports will be given
by members of the North Dakota
Chapter, including report of the Ma
tional Convention at Buffalo by J. E.
Kaulfuss of Bismarck to which con-
vention Mr.. Kauifuss was a delegate
from the State Chapter. w. G..
Black, of Mandan, President of the
State Chapter, who will preside, says
that all professional engineers and
scientific men are cordially invited to
attend this session and to hear Mr..
Drayer.
At the banquet to be given at the
Episcopal church dining room at
address on on the subject "The Broader r
Field for Engineering Service. Mr..
Drayer will be a guest at the Rotary
Club at their luncheon on Monday
noon, and it is expected that he will
talk for a few minutes to the Rotar-
ians at that time.
Mr.. Drayer has been actively en-
gagged in engineering society work for
the past nine years. He was former
ly secretary of the Cleveland Engi-
neering Society and organized the as
sociation of Ohio Technical Societies.
He was one of the pioneers in the
awakening of the profession to the
need of its taking part in the solu-
tion of political and business prob
lens as contrasted with the technical
field. "An engineer who has not a
business consciousness and is not act
i've in public affairs today" said Mr..
Drayer, "falls short of the larger
vision of engineering" He is CO.
editor of Engineering as a Career,
q book designed to tell the young man
what qualifications of character and
education are necessary for success in
the. engineering profession and what
are the rewards. He is chairman Of
the Administrative Board of Profess
sional Engineers, the business maga-
zine for engineers, published in Chi
cago, and having national circula-
tion Of $4,000 copies. The honorary
degree Of Doctor of Science was re-
Gently conferred upon Mr.. Drayer by
the Ohio Northern University for his
service to the profession.
In his address to the Engineers at
the Banquet on Monday evening, Mr..
Drayer will tell about the aims of
the Association and its accomplish
ments in its various lines of activity.
This Association has grown to be the
largest association of technical men
with $4,000 members and it is con-
structive force in national and local
welfare of professional engineers.
The State Chapter was organized
about two years ago. It now has
over 100 members and its membership
includes about 95 per cent Of the
professional engineers of the state.
Five of the local engineers are men,
bers of the State Chapter. E. j.
Thomas of Minot, who is one Of the
past presidents and is now one Of the
Board of Directors of the State or
ganization, was the first engineer in
the state to take up the matter of the
formation of a State Chapter with
the other engineers in the state and
with National Headquarters at Chi
cago. The Engineers of Minot, while
few in number, have the local ar
rangements for the meeting we'll in
hand.