Discussion on “a suggestion for the engineering profession” (McClellan), Cooperstown, New York, June 24, 1913. (see proceedings for June, 1913)

C. O. Mailloux: Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, I regard this paper as one of the most interesting papers that has been presented to the Institute for some time. The President has said that this is the method of raising the social status of engineers. I look upon it as a method, because I think there are many methods. I have looked forward for many years to greater cooperation among engineers. It has been one of my hobbies. There has been a tendency among engineers to segregation; the different bodies have tended to undergo a process of evolution in different directions, in many respects, in regard to their points of view, and their attitude towards public questions, and also even in regard to their ethics and their methods of professional discipline and conduct. Many engineers in the different branches of engineering realize this, and they also realize the importance of doing something to improve conditions; and various remedies to overcome the conditions that now exist have been proposed.