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tion? Should it be considered as a function of the public-school sys- 

 tem? Should it be given in a separate system under separate control? 

 How and to what extent may industrial schools cooperate with em- 

 ployers of labor? 



How can a nation prepare in the most effective manner its young 

 men for a business career that is to be pursued at home or in a foreign 

 country ? 



(a) In schools that are a part of the public-school system. 



(b) In schools of private endowment. 



(c) In special business schools of private ownership. 



Outline a course of study that will best prepare young men to engage 

 in such a business career. Each suggested outline should consider not 

 only the character of the educational system of the country for which 

 the course of study is intended, but the desirability and practicability 

 of a uniform course of business education for all Pan American countries. 



SECTION V. 



Desirability and practicability of establishing a uniform railroad 

 gauge in Pan America, and especially in Central and South America. 



SECTION VI. 



Are there specific American problems of international law? 



SECTION vn. 



A. Mining. The mining law of each country and the changes that 

 may be made to aid the development of mineral resources. History of 

 the mining industry in each country with reference to the beginnings 

 of that industry. The development of the Patio process. Bibliography 

 of mining. 



B. Metallurgy. Present methods of concentrating ores and the 

 development of concentration methods. International relations in the 

 exchange of ores and metals. Bibliography of metallurgy. 



A. and B. Mining and Metallurgy. Development of hydroelectric 

 power for mining and metallurgy, the amount probably available, and 

 specific benefits from its utilization. 



C. Economic Geology. The relation of geological work to the devel- 

 opment of the country. A bibliography of economic geology. 



D. Applied Chemistry. Natural and artificial nitrates; the present 

 status and the outlook for these industries. 



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