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As a profession here in the Western Hemisphere we are indebted to those 
of the continent for their help and encouragement; we shall continue to depend 
upon them for full cooperation; we must, however, establish our own 
professional educational system here in this hemisphere fitted to our own 
needs, to develop our workers and teachers for the present and future. In 
doing this we will need the help, encouragement and cooperation of those 
academic training centers, institutes and photogrammetric organizations who 
have established training programs abroad, as well as the American govern- 
mental and commercial agencies who have pioneered in this effort in order 
that we may more rapidly become an effective component in international 
academic training for our profession. 
Announcements for the Institute of Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Car- 
tography of the Ohio State University have been available to you here at this 
meeting. This represents the effort of the Ohio State University to meet this 
challenge. We request your comments, suggestions and criticisms of the 
program offered. 
The Institute itself operates under the Graduate School of the University, 
cutting across all college jurisdictional lines. It offers advanced work leading 
to both the Master’s and Doctor’s degree in any of the three fields of speciali- 
zation. In addition, the Institute has sponsored a four-year undergraduate 
preparatory curriculum for students entering college who intend to enroll in 
the Institute. This undergraduate curriculum is not in the engineering college, 
but in the college of Arts and Science where the bulk of the required courses 
are given. 
The specialized or professional courses are listed under the departments 
of Geology and Geography for purposes of administration; these are two of 
a number of cooperating departments of the University whose combined efforts 
and facilities, together with those of the Mapping and Charting Research 
Laboratory make the Institute possible. 
It is quite appropriate that we express our recognition of the encourage- 
ment both material and moral which has been given the profession by the 
pioneers of this profession in America. In this the governmental agencies and 
commercial organizations have made significant and continuous contributions. 
To each of these organizations well known to all of us here, the profession 
Owes sincere appreciation. 
We are entering one of the last phases in the establishment of a profession. 
We have our new professional societies of which the American Society of Pho- 
togrammetry is the oldest; we have established the need for, and demonstrated 
the usefulness of, individuals with training and background in this profession. 
We must now establish the academic procedures by means of which additions 
and replacements can be added to the profession, and of such calibre as to 
insure its continuity and expanding effectiveness. We at the Institute of Geo- 
desy, Photogrammetry and Cartography pledge you our best efforts to that 
end.