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TECHNICAL TRAINING IN THE SERVICE OF THE STATE Henry K. Benson, Director of the Bureau of Industrial Re ch. 1 UBLIC interest has been greatly aroused by the tremendous results accruing from the application of science to the problems of industry and to the well being of nations. A recent editorial in the Independent ascribes to A Mistake in Chemistry the loss of thousands of lives. More frequently our failure to apply the discoveries of science or our neglect to make use of technical training has meant a great loss in trade and con- sequent dependence upon other and distant lands for the satisfaction of our daily needs. It is of interest, therefore, to briefly review the possibilities that lie in store for the tech- nically trained men and women of this state in the part that must be taken in the awakened response to a larger responsibility. We have in the past been chief ly engaged in the construction of the state ' s industrial framework — settlement, transportation, and the discovery of resources. Now it remains for us to fill in this framework with the more highly fabricated products of the manufac- turing and agricultural industries. An inventory of the resources of the state shows a great wealth of forest products — enough timber to last another century at the present rate of cutting. Each year, however, twice as much timber is cut as the lumber produced. In other words, half of it may be described as waste wood in the form of sawdust, slabs and logging waste. In other countries and in certain portions of this country this waste constitutes the raw material for the manufacture of other commodities, such as ethyl alcohol, paper, gas, and distillation products. The utilization of wood waste is a highly technical problem and calls for technically trained men whenever attempted. Great quantities of waste result from the operations of the fisheries industry and some progress has already been made in utilizing it for fertilizer and oil production, but the field is largely unoccupied. In the waters of Puget Sound and the North Pacific are immense beds of kelp from which more potash can be extracted than is imported from Germany in normal times. The process of commercial extraction is not only tech- nical but problematical. Great quantities of fuel in the beds of coal and mountain streams and lakes for water power constitute sources of power. It is doubtful if any better location can be found in the United States for the fixation of nitrogen than the Pacific Northwest. The initiation of this industry and its operation are dependent upon technical skill. The catalogue of technical possibilities might be greatly extended. In the conquest of great areas of logged-off lands and of arid deserts ; in the products of the mines, and in the utilization of natural resources lie great opportunities for the upbuilding of a great and diversified manufacturing industry. Its possibilities are greatly amplified when we consider that here also are certain gateways through which the products of Alaska and of the Orient enter for distribution throughout the country. To intercept many of the raw materials for use in manufacturing is not a commercial impossibility. The University of Washington is not only willing but eager to cooperate with the industries in the study of their problems. By this contact with the industries it is believed that not only can service be rendered to the industries themselves, but our University men can be trained to enter upon their technical careers more directly and more efficiently. 27
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m BACK AT MICHIGAN Frank G. Kane. NE HUNDRED THIRT Y-SEVEN rules, with many a footnote and a super- imposed glossary, frequently serve to remind me of my days in college — in a univer- sity which tried to enforce only one specific regulation. That was: You must not go away early on vacation, nor come back late. Outside that, we Michiganders lived under the sreat, wholesome rule of good citizenship. The university did not see us in any other lichl than ordinary young men and women, with a full share of the good things of opportunity. If one of us bulged from the beauties of discipline, and, for inciting a riot or removing a red lantern from a street excavation, suffered conviction and fine in police court, the university merely fired him. There was no uprising of democracy or downbearing of crushing tyranny about it. Once my roommate stood in line for some time to present an oral petition to the dean. No, no; we don ' t do that here, said the dean. Next! Strangely enough, my roommate, who was a splendid student of philosophy and the most radical thinker I ever knew, started no recall movement against the dean. In our relations with each other, we were simple and straightforward, we students at Michigan. If I wanted to go visit Duke Neville, I went over to Duke ' s rooming house, went right in and up to his room. It might be I o ' the clock in the morning, and Duke badly in need of sleep. But the good soul got right up, ready for any adven- ture, from a discussion of Calhoun ' s doctrine of nullification to a raid on Bill Kelsey ' s trousers pockets for the wherewithal to have rice, tea and chop suey extra fine at George Yee Bow ' s. George was the most heavenly of Celestials — but this is not about cooks and places to eat. At luncheon or dinner time, one was as like to be at another fraternity house as his own, to the great discomfit of the steward, who that night had thoughtfully scheduled a slab of corned beef and a single boiled potato for the body of the meal. One stayed there, and helped sing the songs of that fraternity, and when the house rules came on went up to the room of someone in one of his classes and got to work. A surveying crew, running an imaginary line in a most imaginary study of engineering, would stack instruments at the corner of the nearest place where a meal was being served, and have at the chow, as plainly welcome as the doormat. Running for office was a great joy among us. I don ' t believe even the candidates took it seriously, though when they were in office they worked seriously to develop the activity beyond what it had been. The only time Deac Ellis ever visited the Daily, as a member of the board of control of student publications, he pied a form. The only time I stood in the hustings, Don Sterling, my manager, now Sunday editor of the Oregon Journal, overslept and didn ' t get out nearly as many votes as were polled for Octy Graham. We gradually got to know oui teachers unusually well. We began, of course, with the benefit of a whole body of tradition transmitted about them ; they had no such initial advantage with us, but must learn about us through a process of experimentation. We didn ' t bother them much either before or after class; their attitude toward us, even in the biggest lecture classes, was such that we came to feel their personalities strongly. Now and then one of us was privileged to help Lloyd of philosophy do a bit of amateur plumbing in his basement, or play with Van Tyne and his boys at Prussian soldier.
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