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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 281, 22 August 1921, Page 4

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The second annual meeting of the Women’s Engineering Society was held recently in London under the presidency of Lady Parsons. The most interesting announcement made was that the works of Atalanta Limited, at Loughborough which is run wholly by women, from the management downwards, was actually engaged on commercial work. At present no ■ doubt the undertaking is small, but very largo establishments have developed in the past from quite trivial beginnings, and it is to he hoped that history may repeat itself here, states “Engineering." The women etart with the advantage that there are as yet no unwritten rules restricting butput or discouraging the earning of large wages. As regards those engaged in administrative duties, we note that women are admissible as members of the In. stitution of Mechanical Engineers, but are quite properly required to give the same proofs of professional. capacity as are the male members. Their difficulty in securing admission will lie mainly in a failure to acquire the requisite prac. tical experience. Without this a man or woman may be quite a useful computer, but is pretty certain to be a very indifference engineer. As matters stand, women have made a fair commencement, and their future standing in the profession will depend on their being able to discover amongst themselves individuals endowed with a capacity far creative thought combined with the strength of character needed to overcome the difficulties and discouragements which assail every pioneer. Hitherto in most departmonts of intellectual effort women have been more successful ns disciples titan as leaders. Like Aladame de Staol, they are commonly better at reflecting the phases of thought around them than in producing really original work. If they are to attain to any really high position in the engineering profession this precedent must be broken, and they have yet to show they are capable of doing so. “it is believed the Arabs, Saracens, or Moors introduced card playing to Europe in the fourteenth century.