University branches

At the present time practically all of the technical colleges in this country recognize the importance of affiliation with the Institute through local Section and Branch work. The Institute is such an integral part of the educational plan of these colleges that students graduate well informed as to its objects and organization. A reasonable proportion are enrolled as Institute Students, and a few have already achieved the grade of Associate. All of this has come about within a very few years; that is, during and since the presidency of Mr. Charles F. Scott. If the departments of electrical engineering in the technical schools are to do their best for the students, the latter must be encouraged to affiliate with the Institute, preferably through student enrolment at the start. In canvassing this matter with his own students the writer placed before them the following arguments: