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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. LIII. No. 1359 



tised in the arts of definmg, classifying and the 



detection of faUaeies and inconsistencies. 



, The principle of causation is to be taught as a 



process occurring in nature, and applicable to ma- 



iterial thingSj and not as a notion in the minds of 



philosophers. 



Subject to these requirements, a wide discretion 

 is to be allowed to the lecturer. 



COURSE ON SCIENCE AS APPLIED TO 

 INDUSTRY 



The Sheffeld Scientific Sctool at Yale Uni- 

 versity announces a new general course, to be 

 given during sophomore and senior years on 

 " Science as Applied to Industry " to be given 

 next fall for the first time. The official 

 pamphlet says: 



The object of this course is to give students a 

 broad training, based upon a knowledge of certain 

 >of the fundamental sciences and of scientific meth- 

 ^ods, for executive and managerial positions in the 

 "business world. The course is not designed for 

 ^students seeking preparation for a professional 

 ■career in some particular branch of science, such 

 as chemistry, geology, or metallurgy, where prob- 

 iems of production are likely to occupy their at- 

 tention. 



In accordance with the theory of the fresh- 

 man year, this course may be chosen by any 

 member of the first-year class. The best ap- 

 proach, however, is said to be by Group II. 

 of that year, comprising English, history, 

 mathematics, chemistry or physics, and 

 Trenoh, German or Spanish. The electives 

 <jome only in junior and senior years; and the 

 student will find his work closely laid out for 

 iim until then. The sophomore will take 

 calculus, physics, his chosen modern language, 

 a course in contemparary English, qualitative 

 analysis, and mineralogy and crystallography. 



In junior year the student will take phys- 

 ical chemistry, physical and historical geology, 

 elementary metallurgy, drawing, industrial 

 mineralogy, business finance, elementary eco- 

 nomics, and more of the same sort of English. 

 He may also elect from elementary botany, 

 biology, or modem language, sufficient hours 

 to fulfill the required number. When he be- 

 comes a senior, he will take general chemistry, 

 economic geologyr statistics and reports, in- 



dustrial management, principles of accotint- 

 ing, elementary petrology and applied struc- 

 tural geology, metals and alloys, industrial 

 management, and cost analysis. For electives, 

 he may choose from elementary organic chem- 

 istry, industrial chemistry, economic and 

 regional geology, business law, insurance, 

 metallurgy of iron and steel, transportation 

 and economic problems. The total of recita- 

 tion, lecture, laboratory work and preparation 

 comes to forty-six hours in sophomore year, 

 forty-five and one half hours in junior year, 

 and forty-five hours in senior year. 



The pamphlet explains that "while no at- 

 tempt is made to cover the entire field of 

 natural and physical science as a foimdation 

 for the more practical business studies which 

 form in the last two years an integral part of 

 the coirrse, attention is centered upon three 

 branches of science, those of chemistry, geol- 

 ogy, and metallurgy, the work in these sci- 

 ences being so arranged that the natural and 

 logical order of development is followed, 

 covering in some cases four years of work 

 in a single field. The scientific studies are 

 supplemented in each of the years by general 

 or cultural studies in English or modem lan- 

 guage, and in jimior and senior years by the 

 study of economics, and of selected subjects 

 within the general field of business adminis- 

 tration." 



STANDARDIZATION OF INDUSTRIAL LABORA- 

 TORY APPARATUS 



The Journal of Industrial and Engineering 

 Chemistry states that through the efforts of 

 certain apparatus manufacturers, there met 

 informally at the Chemists' Club, New York 

 City, representatives of the following compan- 

 ies to discuss the advisability of drawing up 

 standard specifications for laboratory appa- 

 ratus to be used in their industrial research 

 and works control laboratories: Barrett Com- 

 pany, General Chemical Company, Atmos- 

 pheric Nitrogen Corporation, Grasselli Chem- 

 ical Company, National Aniline & Chemical 

 Company, New Jersey Zinc Company, Solvay 

 Process Company, Standard Oil Company of 

 New Jersey, and E. I. du Pont de Nemours & 

 Company. 



