Excerpt from Proceedings of a Conference on the Economics of Highway Transport: Called by the Highway and Highway Transport Education Committee, Held at the University of Maryland, College Park, July 27, 1921 The Conference was called to order by Professor C. J. Tilden, Director of the Committee, who said: The Highway and Highway Transport Education Committee has called this conference for the purpose of getting your advice and help. The rapid development of motor transport, with increased production of motor vehicles and consequent stimulation of public interest in highways, has raised economic questions difficult to answer. Many of these have not as yet even been clearly formulated. Technical schools have surprisingly few courses bearing on the subject, although it is of vital concern to every citizen. We have asked you, therefore, to come together as representatives of various interests - industrial, governmental, municipal and university - to exchange views and, through discussion, indicate the direction in which educational activity may be started. In the letter of invitation it was suggested that the conference was not to be controversial in any way. It is hoped that suggestions may be made regarding the topics of undergraduate and graduate courses, questions for research, etc. We are particularly fortunate in being guests of the University of Maryland on this occasion. President Woods and Dean Johnson have been especially active in arranging for our comfort here, and I am going to ask President Woods if he will give us a word of greeting. President Woods: I am very glad indeed for the opportunity of welcoming you here, because highway engineering has for many years been a subject of very great interest in Maryland, especially the work that is being done in the state in the practical application of engineering research to highway construction and use. The University of Maryland is intensely interested in this work and desires to promote it in every way. The old idea that an engineering department could teach what it wanted to, in the way it wanted to, regardless of the application to the problems to be solved in the industries, has been done away with. To study these problems in the way you are attacking them today has evidently established a new viewpoint in relation to industrial, education. We must analyze our problems, find out what our engineers need to know in order to solve them, and see that the necessary training is given. This will not be too narrow and specialized. We are trying to find out just what this training should be. We are going to take the recommendations and suggestions you make and put them in operation as far as our finances will permit. We want to assure you that not only are you welcome here but your suggestions are welcome in our curriculum. We will try to carry out in our educational processes the things you determine are necessary to train men in the way you want them trained. Please make yourselves at home. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.