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Entry to profession, minimum educational standards for, 33-36, 111, 210, 261-64; see also Pre-requisite education. Examinations. See under Associate membership ; Bachelor of Engineering ; Common Preliminary ; Diploma in Professional Engineering ; Engineers Registration Board ; School Certificate, Section A, Section B, Section C ; University Entrance ; University Entrance Scholarship. Financial assistance to students. See Bursaries. Graduates, output of, 84 ff., 180 ; proportion of, 72, 94, 126 ; reputation of, 52. Hutt Valley Technical School, 10, 48, 224, 266. Institution members and membership, courses leading to, Sec. 11 ; output of, 85 if. ; see also under Associate membership. Loans to students, 248. Local bodies, 78, 243. Locomotive engineering, 184. Mathematics, 161, 196, 241. Mechanical engineers and engineering, 131, 132, 145-47, 176, 177 ; see also under British Institutions. Metropolitan Vickers, Ltd., quoted, 149. National Certificates and Diplomas of Ministry of Education, Great Britain, 202. National School of Engineering, Sec. 10, 10, 27, 28, 56, 154-57 ; courses at, A. 3; distribution of students at, 173, 178, 179 ; rebuilding and future location of, 169-72 ; recognition of, 28. New Zealand Institution of Engineers, 5, 45, 49-53, 62, 78, 125, 200, 202, 254. New Zealand Secondary Schools Association, 6, 34, 254. New Zealand Technical School Teachers' Association, 6, 254. Non-University training, need for continuance of, 124. Otago School of Mines, 26, 29, 192, 193. Post-graduate courses, 177 ; scholarships, 246. Post-primary schools, courses in, 259 ; output from, 81 ; Sixth Form work at, 111, 241 ; specialization at, 108-11, 159-61, 259. Practical experience and training : for B.E. courses, 133 ff., 187 ; for diploma courses, 133 ff.; for Section C, 45 ; need to continue, 274. Pre-requisite education, 106-11, 158-61, 210, 212, 259, 260. Professional engineer, definition of, Sec. 2 ; number of students to maintain supply of, 94-97 ; number per million of population, 75, 76, 80, 81, 93, 103 ; optimum annual output, 91-93 ; output, 84 ff. ; practical training of, 133 ff., 187, 274 ; qualities required in, 274 ; registration of, Sec. 4 ; supply and demand of, Sec. 8. Professional Engineers' Association, 49, 78. Pupilage. See Apprenticeship. Questionnaire, Sec. 8 and A. 8 ; analysis of replies to, 71 ff. ; distribution of, 67. -Refresher courses, 186. Refrigeration, 184. . Registration of professional engineer, 2, Sec. 4. Rehabilitation bursaries and Rehabilitation Department, 56, 61, 232. Release of employees for study, 222, 225, 244. Research, 191. Scholarships, Sec. 13. School Certificate, 109, 259, 260. Scientific Man-power Committee, 79, 261. Section A, 34, 37-40, 213, 217, 244. Section B, 41, 42. Sectioh C, 44-46. Senate. See University of New Zealand. Specialization at post-primary schools, 108-10, 111, 159-61, 259. Standard of entrants to profession, 159, 196, 261-64. Summer schools, 186. Supplementary examinations for 8.E., 180. Supply and demand, Sec. 8.

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