Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-09-29 | Page 11 | C. E. Secretary Talks in Ogden

TALKSTNOGDEN John H. Dimlap Addresses Ogden Engineers En Route to Coast Secretary John Hi Punlap of thOi American Society of Civil Engineers.; en route from New York to San Francisco, Fran-cisco, where he will attend the fall meeting of the society which will be held October 4 to 8. was the principal 'speaker at a banquet given In his' honor at the Weber club last night by! members of the Utah organization. J . B KlelnBchmldt Of Salt Lake presided ' 10 the absence of B. W. Matteson of ! Ogden. president ol IT&6 ftf-h . io In speaking of the society of which he li bi cretary, Mr Punlai) sid "l h American Society of Civil Kn-Igineers. Kn-Igineers. which Is the oldest of the national na-tional nslneering organtsatlonB was founded in 1 8 1. 2 and has haadQUarteril In New York During the 70 y.ars 'of its existence the membership of the society hes grown to more than 10,000. The formation of local sec-lions sec-lions was brought about In an en-Ideavor en-Ideavor to meet the needs of the non-rrsldent non-rrsldent members. There are 39 local 1 sections which In number of cities have combined with other-engineering I organizations to form local engineering engineer-ing clubs Also, affiliated with the i society are, r.;j student chapters In unl-' vereltles' and colleges throughout the1 country. i "The San Francisco meeting Is one I of the four meetings held each year j by the society An annual meeting Is ' held in New York City In January an, an annual convention In the summer j A spring and a fall m..-tlnK ao- hold lin different parts of the country In j rotation. I I The water power problem described de-scribed as one of the moot Important 'that confronts the nation, will be the topic of the San Francisco meeting.'! oo