Branch papers

IT is the earnest desire of the committees and of the officers of the Institute to encourage in every legitimate way the careful presentation of engineering topics by the younger members of the Institute. We will not always have with us the Thomsons, Steinmetzs and Scotts, to mention no others, who have done so much to give the Institute its standing and reputation; nor is it fair to expect the same distinguished (but exceedingly busy) Members to give so much of their highly specialized training and intelligence and very valuable time to the younger members without reward. Obviously their places must eventually be taken by those who are now doing the bulk of the engineering work; that is the younger members, who owe this duty to the Institute, to their profession and to themselves. It is only by practice that accurate and facile expression and orderly presentation can be attained.