The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-09
ENGINEERS CLOSE
STATE CONVENTION
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ton. l.. w. Payne of Raleigh, who
was president in 1915, was chair
man of the nominating group.
Nominations for other offices
in the organization included R. P.
Reece, of Winston-Salem, and T.
C. Hayward, of Charlotte, for vice
president.
For board of directors, n from
each of four districts: First dis
trict, H. E. Hicks, of Wilmington
and Martin SWartz, of Greenville;
Second, w. H. Hall and H. w.
Kueffner; Third, T. A. Burton, W.
A. Bradley, N. j. Cromer and W.
S. Humbert, and Fourth, J. R. Gill
and A. H. V~anderhoff.
The secretary-treasurer is elect
ed by the board of directors. The
present secretary-treasurer is l..
M. Keever, N. c. State College pro-
fessor, who maintains the organiza-
TONS headquarters at the college.
"House of Future"
On the letters side Of the con-
vention, delegates were told yes
terday that the house of the future
will be a Solar House" with the
rays of the SUI through glass win
dows contributing towards the
health of the residents, R. F. Sny-
der of the Libbey-Owns-Ford Glass
company of Toledo, Ohio, told dele
gates to the convention yesterday
morning in one of the final ses-
sions.
Snyder, who is a daylight engi-
neer for the Ohio company, showed
his listeners samples of glass
made by his company and explain
ed the uses to which they a be
put in the construction of houses
of the future.
Windows have magic and mean
ing, he declared as he traced the
open windows of early man to the
windows of today which allow two
way sight and at the same time
permit to pass the health-giving
rays of the sun.
'It is practical to extend glass
areas he told the assembled
engineers. THE trend is towards
large unbroken window expenses
unbroken by small panes,' he said.
Friday night, Gen. Wheeler also
looked into the future as he told
delegates to the conference that
North Carolina has unlimited water
power resources which should be
put into working use tina the future
of water power in the state might
be assured.
He told the Tar Heel engineers
that the country is on the threshold
of the greatest engineering con-
struction program in national his
tory. Therefore, he declared, the
engineer of today must begin to
assume a more active part into the
future civic life and planning of
their respective communities.
Greater participation in civic
life and civic planning a and will
aid the nation to higher standards
of economic and physical comfort,
he said.
"Clean Waters
An address entitled Clean
Waters" by H. v. Edwards, in
dustrial engineering department of
the General Electric company of
Schenectady, N. Y, ended the con-
vention yesterday morning.
Declaring that life and civiliza-
ton exist on natures foundation
of air, land, and water, Edwards
pointed OUT that it would be IL
possible for life to last very long
with the loss of any one of the
three.
Pollution Of the streams of the
nation is fast e%ndangering at least
one-third of the foundation OF the
country, he declared. Pollution
of the drinking supply of the ma
ton is becoming one of the most
serious offenses against the living
OF the future, he pointed out.
Publication methods have today
given the country a $100, 00O, 0Go a
year business, he said as he point
ed out that a city, state or
nation is only as clean as its
dlrtiest spot.
Solution to the pollution problem
is n of education, he averred as
he pointed out that sewage dis
posal plants should assume the
job of the disposal of the end pro
ducts of tie nation instead OF theli,
being directed into the streams o.
the communities where they mlgia'
constitute a nuisance.
While the convention was pelhs
brought to a close by the 1lnal ao.
| dresses of the day the Wo1nel
visitors to the resort were enteI'
| tanned with a luncheon bridge 1roir