The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-22
Local Engineers Club Joins
In Observing Special Week

The Key West Engineers Club il
joining this week with the more
than 5000 members Of the Ma
tional Society Of Professional En-
gineers in their efforts to call ma.
tionwide attention to the important
contributions made by their pro
lesson to the world today. Nation,
al Engineers Week, February II.
n, is being celebrated from coas1
to coast, with the motto. "Engi.
neering - Builder of a Strong Am.
erica" as its primary theme.
T. Carr Forrest, Jr., a promin'
ent engineer Of the firm Of For.
rest and Cotton who is president
Of the sponsoring National Society,
has urged engineers everywhere to
take time during the observance to
rededicate themselves 10 the prin'
ciples OF service to humanity that
are the inspiration and guide Of
every professional man.
Writing in the February issue Of
the American Engineer, the Soc
iety's monthly magazine, Mr.. For
rest has called attention 10 the
aptness of the Engineers Week
theme because "that succinct
phrase encompasses not only the
physical accomplishments of engi.
neering -- the building OF bridges,
the manufacture Of airplanes, the
design and production of the count
less items that bring ease and com
fort to daily living - but also the
enlightened practice Of good citi.
zenship and the consideration Of
the needs Of ones fellow men with
out which there cannot be com
plete and enduring national
strength"
There Is no better prototype Of
the ideal engineer, combining tech
nieal skill with true professional
stature, then the country's first
President, George Washington. Il
Is In recognition OF this fact that
NSPE has chosen the week during
which is birthday is celebrated fol
the annual tribute to engineer!
throughout the nation.
Concern with the professional
status of the engineer has Away:
been the primary interest of the
National Society, all of whose
members are registered profession
al engineers. TO insure effective
give-and-take Of ideas and to al
ford every member an opportunity
to contribute to and benefit from
society programs and activities
the NSPE has been set up as ;
three.level organization with loca
chapters, state societies, and, o
course, the National Society as thu
coordinating body.
Foremost among the program
that the Society sponsors is its con
tauing study and research into tn
ohlems Of engineers in industry
turther facilitate this program
ISL the Society established tn
.1iessional Engineers Conferenc
1o2rd for Industry, a group of ouI
Standing engineers, whose worl
has already resulted in the pub
lication of three widely-heraldet
and frequently-quoted reports
They are: How to Improve En-
cheering Management Communi
cations" ''How to Improve tn
Utilization of Engineering Man
power" and How to Attract AM
Hold Engineering Talent"
The Importance of such studio
Is constantly highlighted by tn
daily reports of the continue,
strong demand for engineers of al
clasSifications in the major an
minor industries of the country.
The chronological prominence Q
the United States would not be pos
sible without the engineers VIII
translates the discoveries and fun
damental principles of science int
the realm Of the useful and prac
teal. Behind the current defens
program stand many engineer
who have bent all their efforts +
the development of new safeguard
to the might Of America.
President Eisenhower sum
med up the situation in a r.
cent letter to Mr.. Forrest. writin
that The Nation has long relic,
on the skill of its engineers. Tia
skill has contributed to our com
forts. our welfare. and our securi
~ against potential enemies. Tn