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...Parsons, in an interesting and entertaining stereopticon lecture in the Union, yesterday evening, on "Civil Engineering as a Career," emphasized imagination and enthusiasm as the two qualities most necessary in a man who would take up the profession of a civil engineer...
...impractical ideas of his predecessors in a useful form. And he deserves the credit he is given; for, according to Lord Telford, who said, "Engineering is the art of directing the great sources and powers of nature for the use and convenience of man," he was a true civil engineer...
...professions, but on the contrary are immediately sought after and comparatively well paid. It is not so easy for the newly graduated student to secure the necessary means of living, that this point is to be neglected in the choice of a profession. But aside from the remuneration, the civil engineer sees his works grow under his hand and finds in his profession constantly new incentives for original and enduring achievement. When a practical engineer of national reputation who has been actively connected with the construction of the greatest engineering project of our day--the Panama Canal--speaks...
...William Barclay Parsons, C.E., LL.D., will deliver the last in the series of six Union lectures on professions, in the Living Room of the Union this evening at 8 o'clock. The lecture will be on "Civil Engineering as a Career," and will be illustrated with stereopticon views. An exception to the usual Union rule is being made for this series on professions and, in consequence, tonight's lecture will be open to all members of the University...
...member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and of the Institution of Civil Engineers in Great Britain...