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SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY.

Students taking Laboratory courses in Chemistry are required to pay for
each course a fee of $20.00 and make a special deposit of $5.00 to cover breakage
of apparatus.

Chemistry B1: General Chemistry: The fundamental principles and phenomena
of inorganic, organic and physical chemistry, and the foundations of analytical
chemistry. Most of the time is devoted to inorganic phenomena. 3 hours
lecture and 6 hours laboratory work per week.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 6 session-hours.)
Two lecture sections: Section I, for premedical and college students.
Section II, for engineering students. Associate Professor Carter, Mr. Black
and Assistants.

Chemistry B2: Qualitative Analysis: Chemistry B1 prerequisite.—Fall
and winter terms, 3 hours of lecture and 6 hours of laboratory work per week,
devoted to the study of systematic qualitative analysis. Spring term, 2 hours
of lecture and 9 hours of laboratory work per week, devoted to elementary
quantitative analysis. In the lectures and recitation work special emphasis is

given to the theoretical foundations of analytical chemistry.—(B.A. or B.S.
credit, 6 session-hours.) Assistant Professor Yoe and Assistants.

Chemistry B3: Organic Chemistry: Chemistry B1 prerequisite.—An introduction
to the study of the compounds of carbon, including the application of
modern chemical theory to such compounds and their reactions. 3 hours of lecture
and 6 hours of laboratory work per week.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 6 session-hours.)
Professor Bird and Assistants.

Chemistry B4: Quantitative Analysis: Chemistry B2 prerequisite.—A
course in the principles of quantitative analysis. The laboratory work will include
a study of characteristic procedures, illustrating gravimetric and volumetric
analysis. 1 hour of lecture and 6 hours of laboratory work per week.—(B.A.
or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Assistant Professor Yoe and Assistant.

Chemistry C1: Technical Analysis: Chemistry B4 prerequisite.—This
course will consist of a study of the application of the principles of quantitative
analysis to technical materials. The work will be selected from such subjects
as Rock, Ore, Steel, Gas, Coal, and Water Analysis. 1 hour of lecture and six
hours of laboratory work per week. Assistant Professor Yoe.

Chemistry C2: Organic Chemistry: Chemistry B3 and B4 prerequisite.—
The lectures deal with selected topics in organic chemistry. Reading from the
scientific journals, advanced texts, and the history of chemistry will be assigned.
The laboratory work involves a study of typical problems, designed to teach
methods of investigation which are widely applicable. Twelve or more hours a
week. Professor Bird.

Chemistry C3: Physical Chemistry: Chemistry B1 and B2 prerequisite.—
Some knowledge of the calculus is required and previous training in physics is
desirable. This course treats such topics as the gas laws, kinetic theory of
gases, the properties of dilute solutions, molecular weights, mass action, reaction
velocities, electrolysis and electromotive force, the phase rule, etc. Emphasis is
placed upon the application of physico-chemical laws in the solution of chemical
problems. The laboratory work consists of a course in physico-chemical measurements.
3 hours of lecture and 6 hours of laboratory work per week. Professor
Edgar and Assistant.

Chemistry C4: Applied Chemistry: Chemistry B3 and C3 prerequisite.—
The lectures and recitations in this course will be devoted to the study of fundamental
principles underlying the more important phases of industrial chemistry,
including both theoretical and economic problems. A considerable amount of
reading in descriptive industrial chemistry will be assigned, and written reports
upon special subjects will be required. 3 hours of lecture per week. Professor
Edgar.

Chemistry C5: Advanced Inorganic Laboratory: Chemistry B3 and B4
prerequisite; Chemistry C3 prerequisite or must be taken concurrently.

This course is designed to offer special training to the student in particular
lines in which he may be interested, and for which he may be prepared. It will

consist of an experimental study of special problems in inorganic, physical or
analytical chemistry, supplemented by assigned reading, and by conferences with
the instructor. A minimum of nine hours a week will be required; hours by appointment.
Professor Edgar, Associate Professor Carter, Assistant Professor
Yoe.

Advanced courses: Seminars will be offered in the different branches of
Chemistry to students applying for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. The
courses will be offered only as occasion demands, and the subjects treated will
vary. These courses will be designated as "D" courses, but owing to the flexibility
which it is desired to secure in the subject matter, no definite statement of
them will be made except that special phases of physical, organic, inorganic, and
analytical chemistry will be treated, including such subjects as radio-chemistry,
the chemistry of the rare elements, thermodynamics, colloid and surface chemistry,
etc. Research work looking toward a thesis will accompany these courses.

The Chemical Journal Club will meet once a week (hour to be arranged)
for the critical review and discussion of various topics of interest in current
chemical literature and of such chemical researches as are in progress in the
University. All members of the teaching staff 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 members of the University
and others who are interested in the progress of Chemistry.

The Chemical Laboratory, recently completed, is of brick, fire-proof construction,
and the three floors afford 30,000 square feet of space. The seven
larger laboratories will accommodate 625 students, and, in addition to these, there
are smaller laboratories for the use of instructors and advanced students. There
are also rooms for assay furnaces, gas and water analysis, photography, etc.
The equipment is satisfactory for purposes of both instruction and research. The
laboratory maintains a working library containing about 4,000 volumes directly
relating to chemistry, as well as complete files of the more important periodicals.

Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy: In addition to
fulfilling the regular University requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy,
candidates for this degree who select chemistry as their Major Subject
must give evidence of thorough training in the general principles of chemistry,
in organic chemistry, and in analytical chemistry, by passing written qualifying
examinations in these subjects; these examinations to be passed not later than
the close of the session preceding that in which it is expected that the degree
will be conferred.