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SCIENCE 



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places and act as a stimulus for the whole. 

 Withal it is better to have a man two years 

 whom other people want, than to have a 

 man twenty years whom nobody wants. 



TIME FOE EESEAECH 



It does not follow that the investigator 

 is the best teacher, but a man of research 

 at least has had a taste of the sweets of 

 discovering the unknown, and consequent- 

 ly, with rare exceptions, is more capable of 

 imparting some of that spirit to students 

 than he who knows nothing of such experi- 

 ence. Research must be the prime means 

 by which the young teacher can hope to 

 attract such attention as may bring him 

 preferment elsewhere. Yet he may not be 

 wanted elsewhere, if he neglects the work 

 at hand, namely, his teaching. 



The controlling powers are often unfair 

 to the young men who occupy the inferior 

 positions in placing heavy teaching bur- 

 dens upon them. Time for research, for 

 by it advancement is hoped, is secured 

 often only at the sacrifice of hours of need- 

 ed rest and recreation, or by neglect of the 

 little but important things of their teach- 

 ing. I regard it really better business, if 

 I may assume to speak from that point of 

 view, to require less teaching hours for 

 these young men, and to assign them cer- 

 tain times to be used for research, which 

 may or may not be in cooperation with a 

 colleague.^ The freshness and vigor of his 

 instruction will be improved and the re- 

 sponsibility for advancement will in a 

 greater degree rest upon the man himself. 

 A staff of ambitious young men secured 

 under the same title and compensation 

 gives an opportunity for competition for 

 preference. 



' We have provided one room where twelve 

 tutors may have each a private place. Ten pri- 

 vate laboratories are provided for those of higher 



STAFF ASSIGNMENTS 



When a staff, or a nucleus of a staff, has 

 been secured, it is advisable to organize the 

 department into divisions. The extent of 

 the subdivision and the duties assigned to 

 the chief of each division will depend upon 

 the number of men available and their 

 qualifications. We have found it conveni- 

 ent so far to divide our department into 

 divisions of general, analytical, organic and 

 physical chemistry, and supplies. Bach 

 chief is held responsible not only for the 

 instruction in his division, all details of 

 equipment, etc., going first to him also, but 

 for certain other matters, for example, the 

 chief of the analytical division has general 

 superintendence of the upkeep of the de- 

 partment; the chief of the physical divi- 

 sion supervises the electrical equipment; 

 the chief of the organic division oversees 

 the museum and library, etc. A weekly 

 conference of the whole staff gives an op- 

 portunity for suggestions and their dis- 

 cussion. 



CONTROL OF NUMBERS 



In a separate building given to any one 

 subject in the curriculum of a college, there 

 must be a fciirly large assemblage of stu- 

 dents at some time or other, particularly 

 when a portion of the instruction is given 

 by lectures to several hundred at once. 

 Not only must the building be so con- 

 structed, but the organization so effected, 

 that there may be rapid assembly and quick 

 dispersion of people. Counter currents of 

 the throng are avoided by having one stair- 

 way for going up and another for descend- 

 ing. Inevitable friction in the passages 

 caused by discharging several groups of 

 students into the corridors at once is avoid- 

 ed by a little foresight in arranging the 

 schedule of recitations and laboratory prac- 

 tise. After three o'clock in the afternoon, 

 after which hour no new class now begins, 

 or in times of emergency, all means of exit 



