Personal observations in the industry: President's address

IF, in the selection of a subject upon which to address you, I have gone further afield than the profession of electrical engineering, or, indeed, have seemed to go even beyond the domain of the engineer, I trust that you will not lose sight of the fact that whatever benefits industry as a whole benefits the engineer; and again, if I seem to doubt the possibility of the engineer being competent in himself to solve all of the problems of our complicated civilization, I trust you will not consider me as holding him to be without function.