The sun., 1918-08-18
r N response to many letters received
last spring, Cornell University In
n pamphlot rivea answers to the


of the Government or in industry What
opportunities does Cornell University
pffer to the young man DESTROYS Of an
sverins the call of his country and OF
peaceful society hereafter?
II 10 difYicult to formulate any general
plan for the guidance of these unset
isfiy ambitious students In the choice
Of useful college studies Even brief
Information, however. may be helpful
when taken in connection with the stu
dents natural inclinations and with his
esnse Of responsibility to himself and to
the Government.
The following paragraphs set forth
some Of the more important forms Of
Government and industrial service In
which there Is now a pressing need OF
college trained men. 1t Is certain that
On most cases there will be an equally
urgent need after the war and that the
opportunities for useful and successful
careers in these professions will be nu-
snerous and constant Put BADLY. the
man with the best training will have
che best chance. He will be best able
% appreciate. to realize, and therefore
20 perform the duty OF the hour. The
world will need. will recognize and will
nay for scientific knowledge. construe-
Give thought and the application of both
as never before The demand for men
trained in agricultural science and
scientific methods 10 steadily increasing.
Horticulture in all it, branches is COM
lng to its proper place among the pro-
4essions. 1t IL as professional men that
The Government In various departments
calls more and more agriculturists into
Ats service: It is upon professional men
that the Government now and the world
later must depend for increased pro-
duction and for the experimental re-
search that will help to that end. The
requirement Is not for numbers-though
many are needed; nor for experience
Rlone-though that IL indispensable but
for fundamental training in science and
In the application of scientific knowledge.
During the past year graduates in
chemistry have entered each of several
branches of Government work-the Gas
Defence Service, the Sanitary Corps. the
chemical Service Section, the Ordnance
Department, the Bureau Of Mines. the
Bureau of Standards. Some of these
snen, in the first two branches, are in
active service overseas; others have re-
smained In chemical work in America
The work in the recently organized
Chemical Service Section Is of a miscel-
aaneous character both here and abroad.
Chemists In the Ordnance Department
are often inspectors OF munitions or OF
equipment. or they may be employed in
arpenals or Government plants. Only in
April there went out q call for 200 chem
fists for work in connection with the
1ixstion Of nitrogen at the new plant In
Alabama. The scope Of the work in
chemistry at the Government bureaus 10
widening greatly, so that many trained
men are needed. in purely civilian ca
pacities, for routine duties nd for re-
search. At present, Of COT ~ hundreds
of chemists are employed y companies
filling Government orders. The need OF
such men after the war is likely to be
no less, because of the stimulus to man
ufacture in other directions.
Engineering practice was enlarging
even before America entered the war
Now practising engineers have entered
the United States service in such num-
bers that young men must take their
places. The war has forced the post
ponement of active construction reQuir-
lag steel and timber. since the Govern
ment has first claim on these materials.
Tho erection of buildings and bridges
will therefore be increased after the war
10 meet accommodating Industrial needs
The railroads will likewise require en-
laryed facilities. The development Of
municipal water works. power plants
and sanitation systems. work which can
not now 30 on at normal rate. must
b taken up on a large scale as soon as
usual conditions are restored Hence
IN all branches OF engineering-civil
mechanical. electrical. bridge. railroad.
mining-the demand for young men
scompetently trained will continue for
years after the war. not only for devel-
opment In this country. but in the work
Of reconstruction in Europe. Though
tho immediate purposes Of the engineers
work may change. the period following
thu war win be one Of extreme activity
In which technically trained men will
b leaders
Tho Government needs men who have
made . special study OF physics. Men
thus trained In the methods Of scientific
investigation and research find positions
from time to time In the Bureau Of
Standards, in the Patent Office and In
other Government bureaus. There is a
larger field for physicists In Industrial
companies that maintain their own re-
search laboratories. Even before the
war tho demand for specially trained
workers was growing rapidly. The
growth will be greater still after the
war. Indeed. II has bssn predicted that
colleges will, in the not distant future.
provide special courses In physics sim
liar to those already existing In chem
istry.
To no profession is the world more
tndoDtcu tnAH 10 inc pTOicsSicu Oh Hleu-
icine. Tho Government needs physicians
and surgeons scarcely less than II needs
soldiers; II has accordingly already
drawn largo numbers of practitioners
into its service and II Is asking for more
II will be difficult, even II peace should
como soon. to Ali the vacancies. The
call will continue for men and women
OF high standards and of thorough train
ing both In medicine proper and In the
related fundamental sciences.
The increasing number OF veterinary
colleges during the past two decades
sufficiently attests the Importance of the
veterinary profession. The opportuni-
ties for the graduate are numerous and
varied Many veterinarians are en-
ployed In the Federal Bureau of Animal
Industry. many in the army. many more
in State and municipal positions and
With corporations: the call for veter-
inafians In sanitary work is steadily In
creasing; there is a growing number Of
private practitioners. In all OF these
activities the demand Is for educated
efficient, thoroughly competent men. The
mere magnitude OF the animal industry
makes apparent the necessity of care
full technical study.
An enumeration OF professional oppor-
tunities. however. while II may suggest
means of immediate service to the ma
tion, or of mere livelihood. must not
cause us to forget other things needful
As there 10 hardly a department of hui
man knowledge that has not contributed
It's peculiar service in the war, 80 there
ia no department of human knowledge
that VIII not make Its proper and In