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Other administrative divii mi tl Comptroller's oflSce, in charge of accounts purchases, etc., with a staff of 80; and the Registrar's office, with a staff of 14. The University has museums of Classical Art, Archaeology, Europ in Culture, Natural History, and Oriental His v. It has also large collections of specimens of material outside of these. However, ^ it does not have a museum building in which these things can be collected, displayed, and utilized by the students and the public. It lacks even a room in which to put the objects of art, such as sculpture and engravings, which have been donated ^ to it from time to time, altho the collection is an excellent one. The University as a Public Service Institution: Research As on the teaching side the University imparls known truths and facts like any other teaching institution, on the side of research it produces new truth. For the public welfare, the latter part of its work is, in the long run, as important as the former. It is through its research activities that the University adds directly to the economic and social well-being of the people. The three organizations whose special work is to promote research are the Graduate School, the Engineering Experiment Station, and the Agricultural Experiment Station. The Graduate School is an organization of all departments of the University irrespective of colleges, for the purpose of training investigators or "researchers" and directly promoting departmental research. The Agricultural Experiment Station and its great work are matters of < mmon knowledge. The Engineering Experiment Station was the first of its kind in the country. Among its researches are investigations of the viscosity of glass; the drain; of land; construction of highways; riveted steel structures; various properties of coal; reinforced concrete and other materials of construction; twist drills and the drilling oi* metals; coal mining; and many others. Some corD lions spend annually for research in O their own laboratories thr or four times 8

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