This Modern Age

New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 124, 7 November 1941, Page 5

This Modern Age

| WILL briefly indicate how the work of engineers impinges on the work and life of the community. Let us consider a business man’s day. In the bathroom he turns on the water without thinking of the water-supply engineer. Next he probably uses electrically heated water, and may use an electrically operated razor. His clothes are made from fabrics manufactured by machinery. He eats his breakfast, frequently electrically prepared; goes to business in a motor car, the work of various types of engineers; mounts to his office in an electric elevator, On his desk he finds his mail, letters, cables and telegrams transported there by land, sea or air; uses his telephone, answers his communications by the same means he received them, In fact, throughout the day he relies on the work of various types of engineer to get through in a few hours what would have taken weeks, a century ago. At \the end of the day he returns*home on roads designed and constructed by engineers. His reliance on the engineer does not stop at this point, for he often has him to thank for many added amenities in his home, as well as others which provide for his entertainment, ‘whether it be at the theatre, or from the radio itself. In fact, every man, woman and c'iild, benefits to some extent from the plans, work and products, of things done, convenience and amenities provided for the well-being and advantage of the community.-(" The. Popular Professions in the Choice of Careers." Irwin Crookes, sen., 1YA, October 16.)