Interesting Paper Delivered by Mr. C.D. Pearson Although he himself had been pupilled to a waterworks engineer and had been engaged in the design. construction and operation of waler-works for practically the Whole of his professional life, Mr. C, D. Pearson, engineer-in-chiot and' manager of the Shanghai Waterworks Ca. said on Nov. 10 that he was of the opinion that it was desirable that a Soung engineer should receive ay all-round training, including experience engineering shops and under a contractor, This was in the course of an address which he delivered as chaltman of the Shanghai Branch of the Institu-ton of Civil Engineers, at the fourth ordinary meeting of the society, held at 530 pin. in the Lester Institute, 505 East Seward Road, the meeting being augmented by the presence of members of other kindred societies.
Introduced by the outgoing ehairman, Dr. Lil, Chatley, Mr. Pearson referred to his predecessor's scientific knowledge and engineering sell, not only os shown in his work, but' also in the numerous papers hehad read before the local branch and the 98s0- clated engineering societies of Chino. He drew attention to the change in the prospects of foreign engineers abroad, pointing out that the develop~ ment of technical education in equntries which hitherto had had to Import engineers enabled them now 10 Undertake the routine work, at least, In consequence, the only engineers now required from abroad were the specialists
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