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each other that you wonder whether these men are talking about the same thing or not. That is to say in this field of engineering pedagogics, so to speak, there is the widest variation and difference of opinion, first, as to what elements ought to enter into an engineering course, second, what emphasis ought to be laid upon the respective elements that go into it. And third, what method ought to be adopted to train the students in utilizing this curriculum. But in spite of this uncertainty of professional opinion as to what is desirable, and in spite of the criticism made upon our curricula and our methods of handling them, the young men are still crowding into these schools in such numbers as to keep them always on the strain to provide even meager opportunities for their full development. How greatly this stream would be increased if we could find out really what is the desirable thing, what is the best thing to do, and were then equipped with money and with men so that we could properly do the thing which we should ascertain to be the best I Now I am of course a non-expert in this field of engineering education. I suppose if there is any one thing

I know less about than another, it is subjects whioh fall within this general field. Indeed I have in ray own case

a striking illustration of how possible it is for a man to have his hands and head and heart full of work and find,

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