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Caption: Dedication - Transportation Building Dedication Addresses
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fruit of this modern railroad school* Our experiences of the past teaoh us that there are yet many short outs, not to perfection, perhaps, but to more economic methods of both supervision and practice, and that these improvements are essential to our progress and the prosperity of the nation, through the efficient and economical operation of our great railroads* We fully realize that in many particulars the operation of our railroads is far short of that to be desired. As we grope into the mysteries of unworlced problems, we learn of our deficiencies and are appalled at our shortcomings, - We have gone so fast in the formative periods of construction that we have lost sight of the refinements of the service. The magnitude and ingenuity of the great progressive achievement of our railroads has been so wonderful, and the results so beneficial and far reaching, that we have, to a great extent, lost sight of the necessity of economizing; we must now take cognizance of the terrific waste and crude methods, and begin to apply scientific methods. We must bring about a better system of activities before we have wasted our birthright of natural resources. This power of efficiency must come out of in- stitutions of this oharaoter - with their equipment for experimentation and ability to explore the world for knowledge and to make it available to the student.
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