Copyright 1920, by Harper & Brothers
Printed in the United States of America
Published April, 1920

CONTENTS

CHAP.PAGE
I.Engineering and the Engineer[1]
II.Engineering Opportunities[9]
III.The Engineering Type[16]
IV.The Four Major Branches[24]
V.Making a Choice[31]
VI.Qualifying for Promotion[38]
VII.The Consulting Engineer[48]
VIII.The Engineer in Civic Affairs[54]
IX.Code of Ethics[62]
X.Future of the Engineer[68]
XI.What Constitutes Engineering Success[76]
XII.The Personal Side[85]

OPPORTUNITIES IN
ENGINEERING

I

ENGINEERING AND THE ENGINEER

Several years ago, at the regular annual meeting of one of the major engineering societies, the president of the society, in the formal address with which he opened the meeting, gave expression to a thought so startling that the few laymen who were seated in the auditorium fairly gasped. What the president said in effect was that, since engineers had got the world into war, it was the duty of engineers to get the world out of war. As a thought, it probably reflected the secret opinion of every engineer present, for, however innocent of intended wrong-doing engineers assuredly are as a group in their work of scientific investigation and development, the statement that engineers were responsible for the conflict then raging in Europe was absolute truth.