DEPARTMENT CONGRESS 
OF TECHNOLOGICAL INSTRUCTION. 
SECRETARY'S REPORT. 
FIRST SESSION WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1893. 
TrE Department Congress of Technological Instruction was held in Hall 24 of Memo- 
«ial Art Palace. The first session was called to order by General Francis A. Walker, 
Chairman-of the department, at 9.80 A.M., Wednesday, July 26. The business of the 
Congress was begun with an opening address by the Chairman. 
Professor Robert H. Thurston, Director Sibley College of Mechanical Engineering, 
Jornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., followed with a paper on ‘‘ Technological Schools : 
Their Purpose and its Accomplishment.” 
This paper was followed by a discussion in which the following persons took part : 
Professor R. H. Richards, Boston; President Henry T. Eddy, Terre Haute, Ind.; Mrs. 
Charles Henrotin, of Chicago ; Professor Waterman, of the University of Chicago ; also 
oy Professors Allen, Thurston, Woodbury, and F. O. Marvin, Lawrence. Kan. ; and 
Ir. Boos-Jecher. from Switzerland. 
SECOND SESSION—WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1893. 
The department assembled at 9.30 A.M. 
Professor John M. Ordway, Tulane University, New Orleans, presented a paper on 
the “Training for Seientific Professions,” which was read by Professor George F. Swain. 
President D. C. Gilman, of Johns Hopkins University, on being called upon by the 
Chairman, gave a brief historical account of the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale 
Jniversity. 
The next paper, ‘ Educational Value of Exact Measurement,” was by Professor Alfred 
M. Mayer, of Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N. J. 
A paper was presented on ‘* The Educational Value of Applied Mathematics, includ- 
ng Engineering,” by F. R. Hutton, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, School of 
Mines, Columbia College, New York. 
This subject was discussed by Professor Robert H. Thurston, of Sibley College, Cor- 
nell University. 
United States Commissioner Hon. W. T. Harris followed, speaking upon the import- 
ance of the discussions upon the educational values of subiects taught in the techno- 
logical schools. 
THIRD SESSION—FRripAy, JuLy 28, 1893. 
The meeting of this department was called to order by the Chairman at 9.30 A.M, 
friday morning. 
The first paper was by Professor R. I. Richards, of Boston, Mass., on ¢Shop-Work 
and Drawing as Means of Developing Slow Pupils.”