ontaining examples of questions in a topical examination in an
electrical engineering subject. Discussed at length by several others.
_Proceedings of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering
Education._ Vol. XV, pages 605-618.
6. "Limitations of Efficiency in Engineering Education." Professor
George F. Swain, Harvard University. An address at the opening of the
General Engineering Building of Union University, 1910. A discussion
of various limitations and defects in engineering education. Pamphlet
published by Union University; 28 small 8vo pages. Reprinted in
_Addresses of Engineering Students_, edited by Waddell and Harrington,
pages 231-252.
7. "The Good Engineering Teacher: His Personality and Training."
Professor William T. Magruder, Ohio State University. An inspiring
and instructive presidential address. _Proceedings of the Society for
the Promotion of Engineering Education_, Vol. XXI, pages 27-38.
8. "Hydraulic Engineering Education." D. W. Mead, University of
Wisconsin. An interesting discussion of the elements an engineer
should acquire in his education. The article is instructive, and is
broader than its title; but it contains nothing directly on methods of
teaching engineering subjects. _Bulletin of the Society for the
Promotion of Engineering Education_, Vol. IV, No. 5, 1914, pages
185-198.
9. "Some Considerations Regarding Engineering Education in America."
Professor G. F. Swain, Harvard University. A paper presented at the
International Engineering Congress in 1915 in San Francisco,
California. A brief presentation of the early history of engineering
education in America, and an inquiry as to the effectiveness of
present methods. _Transactions of International Engineering Congress_,
Miscellany, San Francisco, 1915, pages 324-330; discussion, pages
340-348.
10. "Technical Education for the Professions of Applied Science,"
President Ira N. Hollis, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. A discussion
of the methods and scope of engineering education, and of the contents
of a few representative engineering curricula. _Transactions
International Engineering Congress_, San Francisco, 1915, Miscellany,
pages 306-325.
11. "What is Best in Engineering Education." Professor H. H. Higbie,
president Tau Beta Pi Association. An elaborate inquiry among graduate
members of that association as to the value and relative importance of
the different subjects pursued in college, of the time given to each,
and of
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