Amendment to by-law providing for student enrolment

Acting upon the recommendation of the Board of Examiners and the Sections Committee, the Board of Directors at its meeting held on July 1, 1915, at the Deer Park convention, amended Section 61 of the Institute by-laws providing for the enrolment of students. The by-law was amended so that the privilege of student enrolment may be extended to the students of all educational institutions giving courses of instruction in electrical engineering subjects. The former by-law provided that “any person pursuing a regular course of study in electrical subjects and registered as a student in any university or technical school of recognized standing,” might be enrolled, and under a ruling by the Board of Directors a few years ago, the term “technical school of recognized standing” was interpreted to apply to schools of college grade giving a course of not less than three years in electrical engineering and granting degrees. Therefore, electrical engineering students in schools not of college grade were not able to avail themselves of the privileges of enrolment in the Institute, which include the regular receipt of the Institute Proceedings. The question was discussed at the meeting of the Board of Examiners held on May 17, and a resolution was passed recommending to the Board of Directors that the restriction be removed so far as it applied to student enrolment.