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America is in a singularly fitting mood to observe the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. The great principles of progressive civilization, which he firmly upheld during the dark days of the Civil War, are strikingly analagous to those which this nation has maintained in the war just brought to a successful conclusion. When Death cut short the full but unfinished career of Lincoln, thereby bringing loss equally to friend and foe, his plans for national reconstruction were based upon the lasting principles of "malice toward none, charity to all, firmness in the right...
...technical training is necessary, or useful. The work of this school, however, covers only part of the instruction in applied science in Harvard University; for other departments of the University have for years been carrying on most important work in applied science. The newly reorganized school includes mechanical, electrical, civil, sanitary, mining and metallurgical engineering, and industrial chemistry often called 'chemical engineering' which is intended to fit men for the chemical industries...
...into numerous well-developed special fields, some of them being distinct professions. Mechanical engineering includes engines, gas and water motors, machines, automobiles, refrigeration, power plants. Electrical Engineering deals with generators, motors, lighting, telephones and telegraphs, wireless telegraphy, and in general with the electric generation, distribution and use of power. Civil Engineering includes structures of wood, masonry and metals; reinforced concrete; roads and railroads; water supply, and water power; canals, river and harbor works. Sanitary Engineering is concerned in safeguarding food and water supplies, in the disposal of community wastes, and in general with the technical side of the problems...
...undergraduate program of this school are, in conformity to the best prevailing practice, straight courses in civil, mechanical engineering, etc., intended to fit young graduates to do well such work as will be expected of them according to the best standards of their chosen professions. Expert special knowledge is a great asset to any engineer, but to be of value it must be based on sufficient sound training in the fundamentals. Therefore specialized studies are planned for graduates; and the opportunities for such work will be unusual and varied. Emphasis on fundamentals should not be mistaken to mean that...
...scale arranged according to occupational intelligence standards ranks the engineer officers first; they are followed by army chaplains, medical officers, Y. M. C. A. secretaries, civil engineers, accountants, etc. The lowest in the scale are the teamsters, general miners, cobblers, tailors, and laborers. It must be remembered that this is a ranking of such occupations in the Army and probably does not hold in general, for the most intelligent men of a certain trade may have been exempted from the draft on industrial grounds...