was addressed en November 15 by its new president, Mr. Hans Berents, who is the first Scandinavian to achieve this honour.
Mx, Berents made an extremely interesting address and after speak. ing of engineering progress through the world in 1928, said in part:
It will undoubtedly be of great importance to all engineers and architects, as well as to the publ generally, if the question of registration be brought up vigorously and some method adopted, whereby 'a practitioner should fulfill cert essential qualifications, which are not required in Shanghai to-day, except by the authorities of Greater Shanghai.
This society has assisted from time to time in the very good work fof registration of architects, and that some fixing of responsibility is possible has been shown now and again where such registration has been in force.
Personally I consider it necessary that any registration be carried much further and to include the different parties employed in the construction of a building ur any structure, where the safety of the public is involved,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.