Seward daily gateway., 1925-08-14
BOSTON HAS COLLEGE
 SEEKING TO MINIMIZE
 EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE

earthquake shocks of any consider able magnitude are felt in any part of the world, the public soon after reads statements of scientists con- corning the situation. In recent years statements from Engineering Econo- mics Foundation have been appear ing with increasing regularity and members have been asked maay times Just what are you trying to do?"
 The Engineering Economics Foun- dation is really a college without a campus, operating in Boston and IS engaged in gathering md dis .minat- ing information concerning national emergency of all types and methods of reducing loss of life and property in emergency. It focuses its work upon earthquakes because they in clude virtually all types of hazard.
 The headquarters of this college are in an old house on Beacon Hill, into which come reports from every section of the world that relates 10 disturbances within the earth. IL is from these reports, which scientists study constantly, that deductions are
  developed and steps taken to wag9 the fight against destruct,ot. Ade- quate evidence is show that if pro per precautions are taken in ad- vance the maximum destruction from any earth disturbance can be re- duced by per cent.
 The Foundation follows the two cardinal principles O. the college as aD institution; the Organiza tion Of knowledge by research and the trans mission of that knowledge by teach ing. It's teaching program is con- cerned first with the transmission of knowledge to the men who will ba ca,lnd uron to lead in an emergency and second to the public. Like yir- tually all colleges of is type its T. nancial resources come from citizens interested in the development of it's work.
 Explaining the fundamental Drin- ciples of this endeaY0r the Founda- tion in a statement, says all the work is directed primarily to the prevention of loss and suffering 10 men, women and children; its work is directed secondly to prevention of that destruction and loss of property which involves human loss and sui fering"
 The research program, broadly speaking, calls for two distirct stud ies; the earth, the city and proven ton and the earth and the services of the city.
 The first part of this program in wolves a series of studies of cities i'll the northeastern area of the United States. A study of Boston already has been started on the basis of the Foundations knowledge of the effect different types of earthquakes would have upon the city should they occur under present conditions.
 The study of the earth and the services of the city, the second part of the reasearch program, calls for a series of inquiries into the struc- tural conditions and readjustments of the earth with respect to the carrying on of the services, or the work of the city.
 The services of the city are con- sidered by the Foundation to include construction industries, fuel serVlces, life and fire insurance and the like. A study of the earth in it's relation to these services and the effect an earthquake of given intensity might have upon them is planned as basis upon which men can understand and use effectively the methods to pre- vent the maximum of destruction. Such a study is designed particularly to develop organized knowledge oy which loss of property can be mini mixed and thus minimize human loss and suffering.
 All this knowledge, once gained by research, must pc LduSnL' AAoo eho second function of the college IS brought into play and the Founda" ton has outlined its teaching pro- gram so that the knowledge thus gained can be put into practical use in the event of disaster.
 In it's efforts to reach the whole public with it's knowledge ot now to prevent destruction, the Foundation announces that it will issue 15 bule- tins during the coming year.
 In addition to these bulletins re- ports on methods of organization Of written sources of knowledge ot earthquake hazard and on research co11rnor nroro~od far thn American