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16 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Sunday, Feb. 28, 1960 EngSneers Consiider 1960s TheSr (Greatest ChaDDenge ' ' (Editor's note National 'Engineers Wk was ob ' served throughout tho country last week. In con nection with the week. Larry S. Horton. a register - ed electrical engineer em ployed by the California . Oregon Power company, re viewed the past decade, ' what is in store in the 1960s, and reviewed the local chapter of the Pro fessional Engineers of Ore rgon. Horton is program chairman of the Rogue Val ; ley Section of the stale or ganization.) By L. S. HORTON . . Professional Engineer The 10th annual observance of National Engineers Week -was held from Feb. 21 to 27 by the Rogue Valley Section of the Professional Engineers of Oregon, as well as other engineering groups through out the nation, according to R. L. Adams, of Myrtle Creek, president of the local section . The observance this year hes the theme "Engineers Greatest Challenge - The 1960'i," and emphasizes the unlimited possibilities for en gineering achievements for -the coming decade. - A review of the past dec ade, the 1950's, indicates the following accomplishments in the scientific and engineering field: ' The first man-made ther monuclear explosions; the nu clear power submarine and the first voyage under the North Pole; space satellites around the earth and the sun; 'the intercontinental ballistic missile; a rocket impact on the moon, and a rocket sent around the moon; electric power from atomic reactors; supersonic aircraft flight; jet powered air transports; the discovery of radio emmission from hydrogen in space; the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts around the earth; the overthrow of the party principle in basic phy sics; the bevatron; the de velopments and utilization of the transistor; the maser; the discovery and use of the tranquilizers and the Salk polio vaccine; the whole fami ly of acrylic and polyester synthetic fibers; coast to coast TV broadcasting, and a defi nite start on the problem of controlled thermonuclear fu sion. Engineering Challenges The major engineering challenges of the 1960's, at least as far as can be seen as the decade opens, will most likely be in such areas as the control and use of nuclear fission and thermonuclear fusion to produce electric power; the automating of production and assembly lines and processes in indus try; the design, testing, opera tion, and production of ve hicles capable of carrying man safely through space and returning him to earth, and the design and utilization of electronic computers with the ability to "think" on a level with our best human brains. Hard on the heels of these major challenges will be a long list of other problems in electronics, structures, chem istry, radioactive waste dis posal and the use of radio iso- K-Day Chairman Named for City Mrs. Gordon T. Elliott, 1951 West Main st, Medford, has been named chairman of the 1960 K-Day canister cam paign for Kidney Disease, Ed ward R. Fay Jr., executive director of the National Kid ney Disease Foundation, has announced. . . The community-wide cam paign will include placing canisters at locations through out Medford under Mrs. Elli ott's direction. Mrs. Elliott noted that kid ney diseases remain the na tion's fourth-ranking death cause, and there is a need for improved patient services improved patient services and crash research programs in many other kidney diseases as well as nephrosis. "Ten years ago," she noted, "most of the childhood vic tims of nephrosis, one of the serious kidney diseases, did not survive. Today, through medical research, most of these children can live normal lives." She noted, however, that j kidney diseases still cause many deaths, and the national foundation's campaign will seek funds for research into the causes and cures, and for patient care. Sawdust S&H GREEN STAMPS Medford Fuel Go. Tel. SP 2-2111 Court & McAed I 1 topes in industry and the life sciences, transportation ar teries, air pollution, and land, sea, and air vehicles. Paul Christerson, secretary to the State Board of Engi neering Examiners introduced Engineers Week Jan. 15 in Medford with a talk on the new Oregon registration law, some of the problems which the board faces in administer ing the law, engineering eth ics, engineering unity and public relations. Major Change The first major change in the law was to provide for an Engineer-In-Training Certifi cate, and he stated that dur ing 1959, 13,000 EIT exams were given in the United States. The first EIT exam in Ore gon will be given March 18, and the board has processed 120 applications for EIT exams and 120 applications for total registration. Another EIT exam will be given at OSC in June covering another 300 applications. EIT exams will cover engineering funda mentals science, math, eco nomics, materials, fluids, thermodynamics, and others. The second major change in the Engineering law was to raise the required experience from six to eight years to con form with other states. The third major change was the so called "eminence clause" which provides that a person 45 years of age or more who has had twelve years experience as a prin cipal engineer may be regis tered at the discretion -of the board on an oral exam. Administrative Problem Some of the administrative problems which the board must handle are: Non - registered engineers practicing engineering; en couraging all engineers to in dividually police the profes sion since the board cannot act as investigator, prosecutor and jury; checking classified directories for violation of law; urging engineering cor porations to have one of the corporate officers a registered professional engineer; inter pretating of engineering - ar chitect relations; the problem of Oregon registered profes sional engineers residing out side of the state who are also non-residents; the relation of land surveying and profession al engineers; and, the relation of the Oregon state board to the National Bureau of En gineering Registration. In regard to ethics, Chris terson states that the board's only authority was for ad ministering the engineering law and, since ethics was not part of the law, the board had no right to interfere with ethical questions which should be administered by the professional societies. APR. II I MAY II eL6371-76 STAR GAZER MAR. 22 APR. 30: MAY 22 JUNE 22 CANCK JUNE 23 JULY 23 ITV 4-21-30441 fy7-62-74 no JULY 24 AUG. 23 Oil ITi- ' I C757-65-79-87 VMOO AU& 24 SEPT. 22 i- 6-13-ia 33-34-54 -By CLAY R. POLLAN- JH Your Daily Activity Guide JK T According to (fie Start. To develop message for Sunday, read words corresponding to numbers of your Zodiac birth sign. 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The Rogue Valley Section of the Professional Engineers of Oregon, which is com posed of approximately 70 en gineers from the fields of electrical, mechanical, civil, agricultural, logging, mining, chemical, structural, hydraul ics from Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and a portion of Douglas county meet monthly to keep its members informed on up to date accomplish ments in the engineering fields. Its other purposes are: Improve Standards 1. To promote and improve the standard of professional engineering by keeping in close touch with school cur riculum, and practices of en gineers and those in the en gineering profession. 2. To promote and work with local high school stu dents to help them in choos ing engineering as a profession. 3. To help promote and formulate new legislation pertaining to engineering for the improvement and status of engineers. 4. To bring to the attention of the general public, through various newspaper, radio and other media, achievements of engineers in their particular localities and to present the benefits of such achievements to the general public. 5. To promote better pro fessional and social relations among its members and with the public. Education Committee The groups education com mittee headed by professional engineer Frank Ross, recently screened four high school senior boys to select Jack Hoffbuhr of Phoenix High school to compete for a civil engineering scholarship. In 1959 six students from Klamath High were sponsor ed by the Rogue valley en gineers to the JESSI program which is the Junior Engineers and Scientists Summer In stitute held at OSC each sum mer. Each year members appear at the high schools and junior highs in this area to present talks about the engineering profession for vocational studies. Present registered profes sional engineers who are of ficers of the Rogue Valley Section of the Professional Engineers of Oregon are presi dent, R. L. Adams, Myrtle Creek; vice president, L. M. Stinson, Medford; secretary treasurer, W. L. Warren, Med ford; trustees, H. P. Bosworth, Jr., and Robert A. Johnson, Medford, and Allen A. Alsing, Ashland. Committee chairmen are professional improvement and education, F. E. Ross, Med ford; program, L. S. Horton, Medford; practice and wel fare, Harry Olson, Medford; membership, C. C. Colvin, Klamath Falls; publicity and engineer week, D. Dale Cob leigh, Medford; and legisla tive, Jim Hoey, Medford. SPECIAL PURCHASE! LAV-AWAY SALE chaise longue & matching chair CHAISE LONGUE 9.BB MATCHING CHAIR .. AS 8 save now during this great advance sale . Lawn furniture to lay-away now for summer at these special low prices. Light weight aluminum. All nylon webbing ... in assorted colors. Chaise has five comfort tested positions. 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