John Plant Snippet A

Electrical engineer and former President of Royal Military College, Dr. John Plant, reflects on the responsibilities of a professional engineer – "protect the public." He describes the Iron Ring "Society", where newly graduated engineering students receive an iron ring by attending a ceremony written by Rudyard Kipling. He recalls Kipling's poem, "The Sons of Martha" – "who strive to help the Sons of Mary rule", noting that Martha and Mary were the daughters of Jesus' friend Lazarus. According to the Bible, when Martha complained that Mary was flirting with Jesus, He replied "there ae many ways to serve the Lord." So Kipling called engineers "the Sons of Martha" recognizing that there ar many ways to serve the Lord.