Show TOUNG MECHANICS mr thomas hawksley president of the british institution ot of civil engineers has just delivered his bis first address from t the h e presidential chair youn young engineers among your readers may appreciate the following nine maxims ending with an epigram which hab has a wholesome point mr hawks ley remarks to the students then I 1 would say lor lof 1 or of all things dont attempt too much a 2 keep up and augment your knowledge of mathematics and the applied sciences especially of those sciences which are most seeded in that walk of the profession which you have selected for your own path ath but again I 1 say do not attempt too elgh high a flight for if you yon do you will never become a practical man 3 do not let your french grow rusty and acquire german if your mawr mama and anil aptitude are sufficient for the purpose because your future avocations maybe in count which these languages are either habitually spoken or in considerable use 4 acquire in the office and by the study of esteemed works a knowledge of form and design 5 but bearing in mind that you will never become a practical engineer on theory alone take every opportunity which presents itself of becoming bec oming apt in surveying and le velling and in the methods employed in the setting out of work learn me the uses and application of tools make yourselves able to distinguish a good material froma from a bad material good workmanship from bad workmanship sound ground from treacherous ground good puddle from bad pud puddle paddie d ae good mortar from bad mortar and a good workman from a bad workman this knowledge is ii not to be obtained in a school a college or an office and cannot be learned from bocks 6 make ma make yourselves acqua acquainted with every description of plant aud all the appliances and contri contrives vs ances auces which an experienced contractor employs for the purpose of rendering a paper papon design into a substantial construction 7 keep brief treatises on geology and chemistry always on hand for some acquaintance with these sciences cognate to engineering is in the present day dayo almost essential 8 practice as much as possible the art of mental computation i for this will give you the means of almost intuits ively arriving arrivi uc at determinations on questions of cost andoe it at once seizing on the best of several alternate plans or methods 9 be not afraid of soiling hands or dirtying your boots bul buts bulbe buthe ue be in every other respect la in thought feeling and conduct a gentleman 11 |