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CHEMISTRY.

Instruction in chemistry is offered to high school teachers and such
others as are indicated below. The ample facilities of the School of
Chemistry of the University are available and its laboratory and
library will be used.

1. General Chemistry for High School Teachers.—This course is
designed to meet the needs of those who may have to give instruction
in chemistry in high schools. A daily discussion of the elementary
principles of the science will be held and simple lecture table
demonstrations made.

Daily, from 10:30 to 11:30. Professor Bird. West Range Laboratory.

2. Laboratory Course for High School Teachers.—The sole object
of this course is to train each member of the class to give laboratory
instruction in secondary schools; the situation that is likely to confront
each one will be considered individually. The following topics
will be discussed: the particular branches of the subject which should
be taught high school students; the apparatus and chemicals necessary
and their cost; how to equip a laboratory and how to make the
best use of facilities likely to be found in a high school. It is
planned to have the teacher perform, under the eye of the instructor,
all experiments that the pupils should perform and such demonstration
experiments as seem desirable. Special attention will be given to
the fitting up of apparatus at a nominal cost, and the apparatus thus
assembled may be taken away for future use. The essential pedagogic
points of the experiments will be discussed fully and an effort
made to show the teacher how to instill life into the laboratory work
of the pupil, by pointing out its practical bearing. The chief emphasis
will be laid upon the essential phenomena and laws of matter
changes, especially those of daily occurrence.

Daily, 2 hours before 2 P. M. Professor Edgar. West Range
Laboratory.

3. The Principles of General Chemistry.—This course is offered
especially for those who desire University credit in general chemistry,
or who are preparing to enter some medical school requiring
chemistry for entrance. It will not be given unless as many as five
apply. Course I (or its equivalent) prerequisite. It will deal mainly
with the more important phenomena of inorganic chemistry and the
fundamental laws of chemical science.

Daily, hours to be arranged. Professor Bird.

4. Laboratory Course.—The facilities of the laboratory and library
are offered to those who wish to do special work in general or
analytical chemistry. The instruction in this course will be such as
to meet the needs of the following groups of students: those who desire
experience in the analytical methods used in a particular line
they may seek to enter; those who contemplate taking a civil service
examination in chemistry and who wish additional laboratory instruction;
those who need additional laboratory experience in order to
meet the entrance requirements of professional schools; those who
desire to apply for University credit.

Daily, hours to be arranged. Professor Bird and Professor Edgar.
West Range Laboratory.

5. Household Chemistry.—This course is to be given in connection
with the work in domestic science. The lectures will consider the
chemistry of air, water, food, and sanitation, with reference to the
processes that go on in the home. So far as their previous training
will permit, students will be expected to study experimentally the
composition of pure and impure air; the chemistry of combustion;
the composition of cleansing agents, their reactions with "hard"
water, their effects on fabrics, etc.; the chemistry of disinfectants;
the composition of foods and the changes they undergo when cooked;
the chemistry of fermentation and decay; the adulteration and preservation
of food. The laboratory work will consume about two
hours a day.

Daily, lectures 8:30 to 9:30, laboratory hours to suit, before 2 P. M.
Professor Bird and Professor Edgar. West Range Laboratory.

Note.—In addition to the regular fee for Courses 2 and 5, all
except high school teachers will be charged a laboratory fee of three
dollars, and everyone must deposit two dollars to cover breakage.
Such portion as is not consumed will be refunded. In Course 4 a
laboratory fee of ten dollars and a breakage deposit of five dollars
will be required.

University Credit.—Credit for Course 1 B of the regular session
in general chemistry will be given to any one who complies with the
following requirements: The conditions set forth on page 16 must
be fulfilled; Courses 3 and 4 above must be completed satisfactorily
and not less than one hundred and fifty hours devoted to these two
courses; an examination equivalent to that of the regular session
must be passed. Credit for one or two terms of Chemistry 1 B outlined
in the University catalogue may be attained. The entrance requirements
in chemistry of the Medical School may be fulfilled.

Certificate Credit.—Summer School Professional Certificate—Chemistry
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5; Special Certificate—Chemistry 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.