Aids to Engineers Examinations

Excerpt from Aids to Engineers Examinations

There are three parties to an engineer's license.

First. The Applicant.

Second. The Public.

Third. The Examiners, or examining board of engineers. To the applicant the period of an examination is a season of nervous dread and the utmost fitness does not always remove the feeling of anxiety.

Men often operate steam plants satisfactorily who cannot tell how they do it, and a thoroughly practical engineer may make a very poor showing when questioned by an examiner.

It is sometimes still worse when modest applicants are required to write their experience, for in the hands of many men the pen is an awkward tool; hence a very large margin is allowed to men who can demonstrate that they have had the necessary practical experience, even though they may not be able to answer questions off-hand; and those who have become "rattled" under the unusual catechising, are frequently kindly advised by the examiner to "come and try again."

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