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Show ' j ENGINEERS CHANGE DAY OF LUNCHEONS Luncheons for the Ogden chapter of1 tin? American Association of Engln-' eers which have been hold on Thurs- days for the past several months, will I bo held on Friday each week, begin-! iiiti;,' January 13. according to an announcement an-nouncement made by President li. W. I Matteson today. I The Invitation extended to Gover-:i"i Gover-:i"i ''b.irli-s i; Ma bey to attend the' I .Minn. 1 1 meeting of the organiaat'lon at I which time officers tor the 191':; cmn-Paign cmn-Paign will be elected was accepted by the state executive, but due t.o a conflict con-flict In dates the governor will not be able to attend. I Prominence of tho engineering pro- I foaslon is noted in the following article art-icle from the Engineering. News Rec-ord Rec-ord in which Senator King, of Utah, praises (he work of the engineers: "It would reflect more favorablv on the progress of our civilization If there! wen- more statues to engineers and fewer tovol&lers This thought was expressed by Linl I: iddell in the course i of remarks at the annual dinner De cember 7 of the Washington society! of Pnsineers. SenAtbr King, another of the speakers, said that the country would be benefited if the existing United Unit-ed States senate were dismissed and each place filled with an engineer. Col. E. Lester Jones, director of he Coast and Gcodedlc Survey, served as toast- i master. i ' Herbert Quick, Introduced as a llt-lerary llt-lerary engineer, cited instances to show' I that engineer representation on the I governing bodies ,f great munlclpal-liies munlclpal-liies had reenltdd in such efficiencies that he believes county government should make use of Its engineering rather ra-ther than Its professional talent. While the railroads have utilized engineering talent very extensively in subordinate I Capacities, ono roaon why the railroads, rail-roads, In his opinion, arc Che most in-' efficiently managed great properties in the country is due to the fact that! i engineers have not Bad a voice In the broader qucetionsof their conduct." J -OO ! |