Weekly journal-miner., 1915-07-14
NEW ERA DAWNS IN MININ |
 EDUCATION
COLLEGE OF MINES OF UNIV RSITY ARIZONA IS TO PROVIDE FOR PRACTICAL TRAINING.
(By Chas. F. Willis, Director Ari- zona Bureau of Mines, and Mem of Arizona Chapter, Ameri-
 can Mining Congress.)
(FIom Fridays Daily.(

served that there was something lack ing in the methods of mining educa- ton, only a few were being served and men were not being trained for other than leadership. Even at that, the training has been faulty for they lacked the distinct training in ad- ministration. They also lacked the practical training necessary for the positions in the middle of an organ ization.
 Various schools in the country have foreseen a part of the faults and have corrected them. Boston Tech, put in the course in engineer ing administration thus tending to correct the lack of training in ad- ministrative work Columbia School of Mines then made mining solely a graduate subject with the same end in view, but at no place in the coun- try have they endeavorcd to train men for the middle of the organiza- ton or three quarters way up or down.
 It has remained for the College of Mines of the University of Arizona to put forward plan which is the result of several years of observa- ton on the needs of the mining in dustry and it is believed that this plan is the solution of the problem which has become vital question.
 Workers in the mines, mills and smelters may be divided into three district classes, first, the young man having only a common school educa- ton. These are the men to fit for shift bosses, for floor foremen in the mills, for furnace foremen and the many men on the third to the sixth rung of the ladder of progress. Sec ond, the young men having an ad- vanced grammar or high school training. These are the men that should be trained for mine foremen, mill foremen, and the many positions requiring partial technical training coupled with sound practical expert ence and finally, the 3rd class, the men or scientific institutions being trained expressly for the admins istrative offices.
 The work designed by the Arizona College of Mines for the first class is, of course, for the man that is un- able to attend school for any great length of time for financial reasons or otherwise. It is short course in mining but applied totally different than heretofore given.
 Many schools of mines have given short course but these courses do lit tie more than give thirst for furth CT knowledge, which of course, is desirable objective. The usual two weeks to three months short course cndeavors to cover the whole field of mining within that tiHe. It Is, therefore, a group of lectures cover ing a bare outline of the whole industry with not complete knowl edge of any one subject or any one branch of the industry. It is extensive training and usually given to men whose minds are prepared on ly for intensive training. It is un- usual to find men that are interested in all branches of mining being in terested possibly in prospecting but caring nothing about the vagaries of rock drilling, being interested in un- derground work but not in milling practice
 With the idea of correcting this fault there is to be given at the Ari- zona College of Mines eighteen two weeks short courses, each subject to be given alone and intensively for two weeks with the theory and prac- tice. lecture and laboratory and with work in the necessary affiliated sub jects follow each other in regular or der and the student may spend two, four, six, eight or any number of weeks each course being distinctly related to the course both before and after it. Instruction will be given in the following order; Elementary mineralogy and blowpipe analysis, Elementary surveying, Elementary Geology and Photography, Field Geology, Prospecting, Assaying, Cyanidation, Concentration, Mine Blacksmithing, Mine Timbering, Practical Mining other than under ground, Practical underground min ing. Use and care of rock drills, 7, Electricity applied to Mining, Me chanics applied to mining, Gas engine, Cost accounting and management and Copper Smelling practice.
 The arrangement is so designed