The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-18

governments work, and il N =.
Get the big men for leadsr' e
young men will gladly come for -
privilege of working and stns,;ss
with them" s
That the classes are worth -.
to the trained scientist IA chs.....
from the kind of teachers en.s.
About one-third Of the coursss ~
taught by men Of interuafio,s,
reputation who come TO WssAis.
ton each week from uniyer.iti.s y
New York and Baltimore ~.
courses are conducted BY outsss, ~,
Ing Experts from the departures, )
agriculture. or from other scisrs,ss
government bureaus, or ins,I,.
tons such as the National +.
search council.
Post Graduate and Reylev VA.
There are two kinds Of cou,s..
| ~ this school Of science: ~.
that represent post graduate vo,s
and review courses. Credit for n.
former is being given BY a nm.
Der Of standard universities
The review courses are MANI,
elementary. A government sciss
tist IL apt to be one of the mou
up-to-date men in the country ~
far as his particular specially i,
concerned. but he may not Ne "A
we'll posted on the work hsirs
done in other branches Of HI.
science.
One government employe. an ~.
pert in his line, is taking a rey,er
course because he says that vh.,
he was in college, 80 years ~
chemistry was entirely difereNt
from what it is today With nev
theories and new laboratory eouin.
ment Besides scientists, some
clerical workers In the department
are admitted to the elementary
classes.
Courses in technical agricp.
tural writing and in elementary
writing are attracting large mum.
bers Of students. Writing reports
and bulletins on his work is ops
of the government scientists rex.
ular tasks. Library science ana
elementary statistics are also pop.
ular.
Among the highly technical
courses are such subjects as the
chemistry Of colloids and advanced
crystallography OF the latter
CLASSY is said that not 80 men in
the department would be asali-
fed to enter. This course deals
with crystals in vegetable sub.
stances and in fats and oils.
DR.. Ball says that these science
classes are not pioneer attempt
at education in the government
service. West Point and Annap.
oils represent the earliest ofhcial
attempts at education by the
United States government. Shsrs
:, is the army war college to which
army officers are detailed for study
of problems in tactics and strategy,
and there is the army medical
school.
/ The army and scientific bureaus
such as the coast and geodetic sur
vey detail men to graduate inst.
tutions to increase their protss.
sional efficiency. The war and nag
departments had 81 >men studying
at one school, the Massachusetu
institute Of technology, a year -.
! The bureau Of standards has had
for some years a school similar to
that now organized at the depart
ment of agriculture. Courses IN
technical subjects held after work.
ing hours are taught by experts Of
! the bureau, and the students D.
nance the classes.
| The agricultural school Is also
financed by the students. 1t is In
no way supported by the govern.
ment. The project is not INTENDED
to compete with established
schools Of Washington, though the
,nationtl capital has few post grad
national capital has few post gcsd'
cultural scientists. The aim in or
ganiz!ng the school was to stfnu'
late the scientists to greater inter
est in continuing their education
II the department of agriculture
had a motto it might be, "NevG
too wise to learn"