Arizona republican., 1921-04-16
WORLD WAR NAS ABILITY TEST IF
 AM. ENGINEERS
Proved They Could Quickly Solve Emergency Prob lens, Declares Speaker At Phoenix Convention

More than so civil engineers, sev- eral of national reputation, registered at the Hotel Adams yesterday morn : ing immediately before Dean G. M. Butler of Tucson called the second convention of the southwest district of the American Association of En- gineers to order in the general meet ing room of the hotel.
 After a brief business session. Dean Butler delved into the worlIability of the new Engineers registration bill. Using as the subject of his address, Some Comments Upon the Arizona Engineers Registration Bill the speaker dissected the law passed by the Fifth Arizona legislature, show ing to his audience the many good points and picking out the flaws.
 The terms engineer and engineer ing have taken on a new significance in the past eight years as a result of the greatest conflict the earth has ever known" was the introductory assertion of Dean R. W. Goddard ot the state college of New Mexico, who opened the afternoon session of the convention with an address on The Engineers, Past, Present and Future
 Too Enqrossed in Work
 Dean Goddard recalled how the en- gfneer of the past was so engrosse6 in the technical details of his work that he allowed himself to become suhservient to those of keen wit or capital who used his training and ability as a stepping stone to theii own greater triumpas- AS a conse- quence,n he said, true engineering was seldom brought to the attention of the public and the engineer and his work were little understood or appre- ciated"
 But the war focused attention upor the rapidity and thoroughness witt wh0th the modern American engineer solved difficult emergency problems the speaker declared.
 In recommending future activities for the American Association of En- gineers, Dean Goddard suggested thai the following excerpt from the 'Prin ciples of Medical Etilicss well might be applied: A profession has for its prime object the service it can render 10 humanity; reward or financia gain should be a subordinate consid- eration."
 W o. Witherspoon of Bisbee ad- dressed the convention on ''Initia Wear and Adjustment presenting ably many technical problems witt which an engineer must contend.
 Having devoted themselves to 8 series of intensive business sessions since early in the morning, the mem bers of the American Association o1 Engineers of the Southwest district concluded the first day of their sec ond annual convention yesterday with a dinner at the Hotel Adams which was attended by about 125, in cluding the wives of many of the en glneers.
 Dinner Last Night
 The meeting, which was preside1 over by Col E. Power Conway, wa not the technical affair which migh have been supposed the case whe engineers get together, but prove an interesting and informative op l portunity for stressing the part tha | the engineer plays in the work 0 the world at large and the plac 1 which he is taking in the advance ! ment of civilization and .',e solvin of the problems which are facing mankind.
 i After a brief address of welcome l Postmaster Conway introduced c. I Drayer of Chicago, secretary of tn national organization, who spoke i part as follows:
 Two years ago it was my pleasur to attend a convention of the engi neers of the Southwest district z Fl Paso. Since then there has bee a tremendous growth in the org aniza | ton in this section of the countr | and it is only just to say that tn | growth has not been due to the ns | ton organization, but to the effor 1 of you men of the Southwest. l "One of the chief problems wi 1 which the American Association Enginers must solve is that of wi 1 and just legislation, especially tn 1 which concerns the licensing or regi | tration of members of this professio | 1 Bills were introduced during the ye before about 23 legislatures, and II these three were passed, includil II one by Arizona In Indiana, whe l the licensing bill also passed, seve
 al other measures of benefit to t
 engineer also were placed upon t
 statute books
 Here Secretary Drayer read a h
 morous poem concerning the icer
 ing of engineers, and then continu
 as follows:
 Ii Keep Engineers at Work II Another important activity of
 association is that which invoi' ] employment and the work of its q l ployment department. We are | interested in the question of co
 tinuous employment-as are our b
 ter haIves-and for this reason I m ! with perfect appropriateness discl
 the labors of this organization alo
 the line of keeping engineers at wo - I've are a wandering race of m
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