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COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

Apparatus.—A detailed description of apparatus will be found under each department of instruction. THE CHEMICAL GROUP AIMS The purposes of the chemical group may be stated under three heads: 1, General; 2, Technological ; and 3, Pharmaceutical. 1. Provision is made for such students as desire to direct their attention to the purely scientific side of the subject, either as part of a general education or with the view of preparing themselves to become teachers of the physical sciences or investigators in the various branches of pure chemistry. 2. The constantly growing demand for chemical knowledge and skill in the industrial world is here recognized and provided for. Ample opportunities are offered to those who wish to follow work along technological lines, special attention being given to the underlying chemical principles and their applications in the various industries. 3. Courses in pharmacy provide on the one hand for those who expect to engage in the ordinary practice of the pharmacist and druggist, and on the other, for such as wish to prepare in a more thoroughly scientific manner for the work of the investigating and manufacturing pharmacist. EQUIPMENT Laboratories.—The chemical building is 75 by 12$ feet and four stories high, including basement and mansard. The basement contains the water survey laboratory and rooms for storage, dispensing, and for work in assaying and metallurgical chemistry. The first floor has a lecture room which seats 150; a laboratory for general chemistry and qualitative analysis, which accommodates 150 students ; and a large private laboratory, and a store room. The second floor has laboratories for quantitative analysis, organic chemistry, a balance and reading room, a room for the special operations of physical chemistry, two private laboratories, a store room, and a small lecture room. The third floor has a laboratory for gas analysis, pharmacy and prescription rooms, a chemical museum, apartments for photography, a small lecture room, and the chemical laboratory of the Agricultural Experiment Station,