ment is simple. The moral to be drawn from the second statement is that if the engineering educators of one of our eastern states are not sufficiently interested in the promotion of engineering education to become members of this Society, we must not expect the citizen-practitioners to take the lead. 2. Inability to attend meetings on account of present location.

3. Financial inability. This is especially true of the younger instructors. It raises the question if annual dues of $2.00, for teachers of the rank of assistant, or instructor, and for those who have not yet reached the title of Assistant Professor, would not be advisable.

4. The temporary employment of so many of our younger men in the trade of teaching until they can get into the active practice of the profession in the line desired.

5. Competition due to the prevalence of the "joining habit," and which is fostered by the present mania for forming new societies.

6. Lack of interest in engineering and technical education. This is both surprising and appalling. We doubt if the writers appreciated how their words would look when in cold type. Have outside and professional interests been allowed to so usurp the first place in the life of the professional educator, that he should be willing to write that he is "more deeply interested in other subjects," or that he "does not feel the need of a Society" having for its sole purpose the promotion of engineering education?

Your secretary has held that we have no desire to add to our list of members the names of either "dead timber" or "silent partners." It is a fact that only from 10 to 25 per cent. of the membership of any society ever attends any one meeting. All we ask of a member is that he will attend the meetings as often as possible and whenever convenient, that he will prepare and present papers whenever the spirit moves him to give to the Society the benefit of his experience, observations, judgment and suggestions, that he will take part in the discussions either in writing or orally whenever he can

add to their value, and finally, that he will show his interest in engineering education by remaining a member of the Society. Even in the case of the presidents of institutions having prominent engineering colleges, it is not much to ask of them that they shall show their interest in engineering education, and the work of a large number of their faculty, by becoming and remaining members of this Society. They would be benefited by attending our meetings, and we might be benefited by the discussions they would present. It is to be assumed that the chief business of most engineering professors is the work of engineering education, and that membership in our Society should appeal to them and have as high a claim on their support as membership in the national society of their special branch of the profession.

The work of the office of the secretary can be best pointed out by the statement that four letter files have been filled this year. Card catalogs have been begun of the engineering teachers of each of the engineering and technical schools, and also of those engineering practitioners who are thought to be most favorably inclined to consider membership. This first list has been reclassified by the subjects taught. It is thought that lists of the teachers of civil engineering, drawing, chemistry, etc., in the engineering schools with their present titles may be of value to some of our members. The secretary is fully aware that unfortunately the lists are badly in error, being no more correct than the catalogs which were available last winter and from which the information was drawn. However, the card catalog and lists have been started, and it is only a question of competent labor to keep them fairly correct and up-to-date.

It has also been suggested that it might be well to send to the members in April or May a list of engineering positions vacant, or desired, for the next college year, or immediately in practice. An employment exchange might be of service to many, and especially to the younger members.

By such helps as these, membership in the Society can be made of still greater value.

Unless one has dug into the treasure mine of the Society's membership, one is not likely to appreciate the value of the precious metals and jewels hidden below the surface of a title. It may be necessary to use a transit to get the bearings, and to turn on the juice to electrify it into action, and then to see that all parts are efficiently lubricated. It may be even necessary to borrow the "jolly" of our ceramic engineering friends to keep things running smoothly; but the result will be a largely increased output of high grade ore. Notwithstanding the length of the program of this meeting, it is a real pleasure to state that the present secretary is able to turn over to his successor promises of quite a number of papers for the next meeting, and a still larger number of possibilities.

June 29, 1907.

WM. T. MAGRUDER,
Secretary.

The report of the Treasurer, Anson Marston, was read and referred by the President to an Auditing Committee consisting of Professors A. J. Wood, Joseph A. Thaler and George R. Chatburn.

TREASURER'S REPORT, 1906–7.

To the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education: The treasurer would respectfully report to the Society the condition of its finances as follows:

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES.

Proceedings, insurance and freight.

Expenses of Ithaca meeting.
Secretary's expenditures

Treasurer's expenditures

Secretary's honorarium

Balance, July 1, 1907..

At date of writing this report the bill for printing and distributing the Proceedings, which always constitutes more than one half of the total expenses of the Society, has not been rendered to the treasurer.

However, it seems certain that the real cash balance of the Society is materially increased over July 1, 1906, owing mainly to an increase of $134.75 in the amount of current and future dues, of $96.00 in the back dues collected during the year.

It may be of interest to note that the total amount of back dues still on the books of the treasurer is $258.00. There are in all, 49 delinquents, of whom 27 owe $3.00 each, 10, $6.00 each, 9, $9.00 each, and 3, $12.00 each.

Respectfully submitted,

A. MARSTON,

Treasurer.

June 29, 1907.

The applications of certain persons having been approved by the council, on motion they were duly elected members of the Society. (See page 22.)

No business coming before the general session, the first paper of the meeting was presented. It was entitled "The Relation of Philosophy to Science," and was read by the author, Mr. Bassett Jones, Jr., Consulting Engineer, New York City, and was dis-. cussed by Dean Kent and the author.

The next paper was on "Engineering Education before and after the War," by J. Burkitt Webb, Professor of Mathematics and Mechanics, Stevens Institute of Technology. It was followed by one entitled "Engineering Chemistry or Chemical Engineering," by Charles F. Mabery, Professor of Chemistry, Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland.

The next paper read described "An Educational Experiment," and was by William G. Raymond, Dean of the College of Applied Science, and Professor of Civil Engineering, State University of Iowa. It was followed by one on "Pedagogic Methods in Engineering Colleges," by William Kent, Dean of the College of Applied Science, Syracuse University. These papers were discussed by Professors C. M. Woodward, Williston, Higbee, F. C. Caldwell, Turneaure, Chatburn, W. Kent, Magruder, C. S. Howe, Webb, Emory, Boyd, White, Jacoby, Constant, Leete, Wiley, Henry T. Eddy, D. C. Jackson, A. N. Talbot, Raymond, Kent and Mabery.

A paper on "The Relative Efficiency of Instruction in Engineering Subjects" was then read by James M. White, Professor of Architectural Engineering and Dean of the Engineering College, University of Illinois. (For discussion see report of evening session.)

EVENING SESSION, 7:30 O'CLOCK.

The first business of the evening session was the discussion of Professor White's paper, in which the following gentlemen took part: Professors Wood, Williston, W. G. Raymond, A. N. Talbot and Webb.

In the absence of the authors, the paper on "The