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SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY.

Professor Bird.

Adjunct Professor Edgar.

Mr. Watson.

Mr. Carter.

Mr. Church.

Mr. Gantt.

Required for Admission to the Work of the School: The General
Entrance Examination.

In this School the following courses are offered:

For Undergraduates.

Course B1: General Chemistry.—The fundamental principles
and phenomena, of inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry are
discussed, and the foundations of analytical chemistry are dealt
with at appropriate places. Most of the time is devoted to inorganic
phenomena. No previous study of chemistry is demanded.
(B. A. or B. S. credit, 6 session-hours.) Section I, Monday, Wednesday,
Friday, 11-12; Section II, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 10-11.
Laboratory, 6 hours a week. West Range Chemical Laboratory.
Professor Bird, Mr. Watson, and assistants.

Students entering in January, with adequate preparation, will
be admitted to Chemistry B1, above, and will receive full credit for
the course on completing the work of the first term at some subsequent
time.

Course B2: Organic Chemistry: Course B1 or its equivalent prerequisite.—This
course is intended to serve as an introduction to the
general subject of Organic Chemistry, including chemical synthesis
and the theories of molecular structure, as applied to the compounds
of Carbon. In the laboratory standard methods of synthesis, as
well as the preparation from natural sources, of important organic
substances will be studied experimentally. (B. A. or B. S. credit, 6
session-hours.) Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9-10. Laboratory,
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 2-4. Adjunct Professor Edgar, Mr.
Brown, and assistants.

For Graduates and Undergraduates.

Course C1: Physical Chemistry: (Course B1 and B1 Anal., or
their equivalents prerequisite.—Some knowledge of the Calculus required,
and previous work in Physics desirable. This course will
include work upon such topics as the gas laws, kinetic theory of
gases, the properties of dilute solutions, osmotic pressure the determination
of molecular weights, mass action, reaction velocity and
equilibrium, electrolysis and electrolytic dissociation, the phase rule,
etc. The laboratory work will consist of a thorough course in
physico-chemical methods, including the measurement of electrolytic
conductivity, electromotive force, etc. Toward the end of the course
the student will be required to do a limited amount of research on
some chemical problem suggested by the instructor. Hours by appointment.
Adjunct Professor Edgar.

Course C2: Advanced Organic Chemistry (Courses B1 and B2.
or their equivalent, prerequisite).—The work of the first term consists
of lectures and recitations on the History of Chemical Development
and Theory, with laboratory work illustrative of fundamental Chemical
laws.

The second and third terms consist of lectures, laboratory work,
etc., on advanced organic chemistry, making use of the most recent
and comprehensive treatises on this subject. During the third term
the student will be required to do a limited amount of research on
some subject suggested by the instructor. Hours by appointment.
Adjunct Professor Edgar.

Primarily for Graduates.

Course D1: Advanced Inorganic Chemistry: Courses B1 and B2,
or their equivalent are prerequisite.—The lectures deal with the fundamental
theories and laws of chemical action. Parallel reading in
the history of Chemistry is required. In the laboratory the study
of chemical reactions is taken up in an advanced way, and when the
student has shown proper fitness he undertakes work upon some
special problem in inorganic Chemistry. Hours by appointment.
Professor Bird.

The Chemical Journal Club.

The Chemical Journal Club meets once a week, on Thursdays
from 11-12 a. m., in Dr. Edgar's lecture-room, for the critical review
and discussion of various topics of interest in current chemical
literature, and of such chemical researches as may be in progress
in the university.

All instructors and advanced students in chemistry are expected
to participate in these meetings and to take part in the discussions

The privileges of the club are extended to all persons in the
university or in the vicinity of Charlottesville who are interested
in the progress of chemistry.

For summer-school courses in Chemistry, on which college-credit
will be allowed, see p. 258.