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The Education Of Engineers

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Subject Of SNAME Meeting

The New England Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers met in March at the faculty club of the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Fol- lowing a social hour and dinner, the 100 at- tending members were greeted by a special guest for the evening, Robert G. Mende, secretary of SNAME.

Shown at the New England Section, SNAME, meeting are, left to right: Dr. Ira Dyer, speaker; Dr. T. Francis

Ogilvie, speaker; Alfred Keil; and Rear Adm. C.N.

Payne, USN (ret.), speaker.

The three speakers for the evening in turn gave their views on the "Education of

Engineers for the Ocean Industry." The speakers were, in order of presentation:

Dr. T. Francis Ogilvie, University of Mich- igan, Dr. Ira Dyer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Rear Adm. C.N. Payne,

USN (ret.), Webb Institute of Naval Archi- tecture.

The papers ranged widely, from address- ing the specific needs of the industry, to discussing the philosophy of ocean engineer- ing education. A common emphasis was on the importance of teaching sound engineer- ing fundamentals, in way of preparing the

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Representatives of educational institutions from Maine to Connecticut were eager to ply the speakers with questions as well as offer views of their own.

The three papers are bound in a single volume, and are available from the Section editor, Lt. Comdr. James A. Sanial, USCG,

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Equitable Shipyards Launches

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The ferryboat Virginia Dare, being built by Equitable Shipyards, Inc. in its Madison- ville (La.) Shipyard for the State of North

Carolina Board of Transportation, was re- cently launched. The Virginia Dare will be delivered to Cedar Island Terminal Facility (Pamlico Sound), Cedar Island, N.C.

The principal characteristics of the new ferryboat are: length overall — 161 feet; beam, molded—48 feet; depth, molded—14 feet 2V2 inches, and draft, maximum—7 feet.

The ferryboat Virginia Dare is shown being launched at Equitable Shipyards' Madisonville, La., yard.

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