Dr. A. R. Baker: ' First of all, I should like to congratulate the authors on what I think is a very sound, competent and directly useful paper. '
In introducing his paptr Mr. Severn emphasized that although it contained many references to Institution policy it was essentially an expression of his own views. He also drew attention to an error in Figure 1 on page 430 of the paper where the bridge to full-time courses from ONC is shown to the HND only, whereas it should also be shown to an engineering degree course. The correct version is Figure Dl below.
The article that appeared in the May issue of the Journal (p. 153) has served its purpose by drawing the attention of members generally to some of the problems associated with the change to metric.
The Debtors Prison nowadays forms part of York’s Castle Museum, possibly the foremost folk museum in the Country and visited each year by over half a million people. It was built in 1701 on the south-eastem side of the old castle yard as a replacement for earlier ruinous buildings. It is a fine Vanburgh building having two projecting wings with an octagonal turret, containing a clock and bell, surmounting the centre. J.R. Nursey
This was the opening papcr at the International Conference on Structural Computing held in Newcastle-on-Tyne in July 1966. It is a review of the general pattern of development of computer techniques and their effect on structural engineering during the last twenty years. R.K. Livesley