TRAINING ENGINEERS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 32, 7 February 1908, Page 4

TRAINING ENGINEERS.

Quietly, but very thoroughly, the Canterbury College School of Engineering is increasing the world's supply of highly skilled men. The Government has recognised tho importance of having an institution at which young men may bo trained in any department of engineering without tho necessity oi having to worship at the foreign altar. Therefore the^ St^te has assisted tho Board of Governors to equip the school wilh ap•itrntus necessary to 'make it realise the hopes of its founders. There is provision now for the training of engineers for all .branch,^ of the profession, including ateam and gas engine design, the design of hydraulic machinery and turbines, the strength of material^ and bridge and roof design, and construction, railway engineering, also building construction, road and railway location, surveying and engineering ; marine engineering and electrical engineering, including the design of dynamos, and tho transmission of power, lighting, and &o on. Thero are complete courses Qualifying for the degree of tho University of Xew Zealand, and courses of less difficulty for tho Associateship of the school, which arc- eminently suitable for young men intending to take up engineering Work in tho Dominion. "I may mention," states Professor Scott, "that the university courres in engineering hero , are amongst the very limited number recognised by the Institution of Civil •^Engineers as exempting from examination for af.?ocistp mem-

bership, and further, that thero is at present in New Zealand a very considerable demand for tho young qualified engineers turned out by tho school, and also that those holding.degrees and certificates obtained here appear to readily find avenues of employment both in and out of New Zealand.''