Show IMPORTANT IMPORT ANT MEETING I I OF MINING ENGINEERS Director Merrill Returns From Fron Convention and Talks of Results Director Joseph F. F Merrill of th tue tho State School o of Mines Unes has returned from Atlantic City and Detroit where he went to attend the annual meetings meeting o of the tho American Institute Institutes of Electrical En Engineers and anti of the Society for th the tho Promo Promotion lion of Engineering Education Some of or the meetings 8 of or both so societies so- so were devoted to La an n earnest con con- of ot the conservation of or ou our natural reserves Cs he said last nl night ht And J It was tho the general sentiment that tha the thc responsibility for or these resources rests more heavily upon th the cn engineering fraternity than upon an another any other class of or citizens A tion to La assume this responsibility and to act acl In the premises was strongly evinced Indeed something has already been done one for fot the tho presidents of tile four our great rent national engineering socio- socio acting as a committee formulated the thc resolutions that served as aN n a basis basiN of those o adopted opte by b the conference o of governors go at tho While Ilou House c In InIa May Ia Methods of or further urther procedure Ure were considered It was pointed tell ou out t that tha the country must do O an Important war wor work In the thc conservation atlon of or resources fo for for forthe the they are aro training the future engineers wiio vho arc are to deal cal with them Engineering education was a topic that also received much thoughtful consideration at nt both conventions con In order to meet new conditions and re responsibilities responsibilities re- re Imposed upon engineers b by our Industrial developments It was the general view that both the curricula la Ia an and the thc methods of or instruction prevailing pre pre- railing at our engineering colleges are arc arcin ill in need of radical reform Somehow a closer relationship between the col- col arid and tho time Industrial world must be established for or the good of or eachIn each cacho cachIn In this connection Interesting re reports reports reports re- re ports were ere made malle of or the working of or a co operative plan of e educating cn engineers engi engl- l- l entered Into between the University University Uni Uni- of Cincinnati and about CO GG manufacturing companies of the elt city B By fly this plan the thc boys bOs enter upon a sl year six course courso spending part of the thc time at college and part at the factory fac sic sic- tory torr the periods of alternation being one week The rime plan pints is IN working very satisfactorily sl A similar plan Is bein being be be- in lug ing arron arranged c b by one of or our largest engineering colleges and b by one of or the bl biggest blest est manufacturing companies of or orthe the time cotin country try |