I n rcvicwitig. tItc pnst year's progress i n w h t , Iion.ercr incorrect.ly, it IS populnr to style n young ~)rofession, i t inny bc npproprintc first to rcfcr to tlic acntlcmic position. Ccrtainly thcrc is no nspcct froin \-Iiich wc cnli derive a briglitcr vicw of its future. l'lierens, n few years ago, it was impossible to tliscovcr a scnt of learning offering nn nrowcd mid adcqitnte coiirsc of clieiuicnl ciigiriccriiig training, we now possess cstablislictl scliools providing n coursc of truly fundnmcntwl chnrncter, nininly of a post-graduatc nnture, but clcvclopiiig fast t.o\-nrtls thc day whcn stutlcnts will mnt.riculnte into their University ns dcclnrcd cheiiiicnl engitieering unc~ergratluatcs.
Professorial clinirs nrc ndcquntcly fillccl tit tiuivcrsity College, Lodoll, nut1 :It. tlic Itnpcrinl College of Scicncc, wliilst a siniilar 1iosit.ion scciiis itiminent n t Livcrpool, Glnsgow, King's Collcgc, London, ntid other univerfii ties.
Who: nniong tltc coinlimy that witncsscil t~lint briglit young star, Prof. \'illintiis, filclted froin intlustry only tllrcc or four ycnrs ago, inducted as tlw first Hniiis:ry Professor of Clteiiticnl Engiti~~ring, coulcl visunlisc, as itiorc thnti n happy drcani, tlic dcninutl, ttoir issucd, for fJS0,000, to found m c l ciitlo\v n Scliool of Clietiiicnl Engineering in tltc Univcrsity of T~ottdo~t, still less tlic instnut respotisc froin thc lenders of itidustry in this country wliiclt, in n few months, Itns inadc its nclticvciuetit n ccrtniuty. Tltis indicntcs, i n thc riiost 1)ositive SCIJSC, tlie truc tqq)rcciiition of tdic \wluc of tlie clictnicnl cngincer, nctitig in his proper cnpncity, to itidustry ns n wholc, niitl in n rcvicw of progrcss it is iitipossiiblc to cniphnsisc this stage too strongly.
Tltc Institution of Clietiiicnl Ihgiticcrs uinintains its stencly growth in spitc of it inost rigid ntlltcrcticc to tlic high niins set forth in its clinrter. I t is nttrnctitig Inrgcr numbers of student and gratluntc mctiibcrs, duc, ittidoubtcdly, to tlic cncourngcntcnt offcrctl. Tltc csnininutiotis for the Associntc tliplomri arc bringing forwnrtl nn carncst body of cnndidntcs, iincl tlicsc estiiitirintions, morc tlinii any (letnil of tltc work, provitlc tltc C'ouacil with tlic ncccssnry \vca~~otts t h y nrc rc:idy o d y too yigorously to wicltl in tlicir riglit for tltc provision of nc\cqu~itc coimcs for crcnitig stnilctits in iiiorc \viilcly dist.ributctl localities.
The 'i'riuisnctions, bot,h of t.hc Institutiott, rititl of that cvcr-vigorous scct.ioii of this Socict,y-tlic Clicnticnl Eiigiticcring Oroul)-ctli~titiitc fully to tn;tiritain tlic high stnnclnrtl tlicy Iinvc nlrciitly cstablislictl. I t is not iusignificntit to tptc that they reapl)cur in tlic p g e s of foreign jouriials. l~itrt~licrtiiorc, tlic sub-clivision of single subjects into iuultiph pipers inilicntcs t,lic rciilisutioti aiiiong tlicise coticcrtictl of tlic brendtli of tlicir science.
The iiiovctiictit towards groiuditig in renlly practical pltysicnl scieticc :it tlic public scliools, originntiiig nt sitch scliools as Outtdlc, Grcsham's I-Iolt, tlllcti Cllcn's, iiot oirly progrcsscs a t thcsc cstnblislinicuts, but is finding follo\vers throughout tlic country, 1Iarrow bcitig t,ltc latest scliool to build rcnlly prnctical \vorkslioii Itiborntorics. 'I!his cnnnot fnil to Itnvc n ~narltccl effect on tlic calilJrc of caiididntcs for Intcr dcvelopmctit~.
Thc cilucnt,ionnl nspcct, it. is Iiolied, lins not bccti uiiduly