Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-22

culture they are being encouraged to
leave their work occasionally and
get time off t. improve themselves.
The theory that education is never
completed is being put into practice.
This school was started only last
year, but it has already come to the
notice of scientists in different parts
of the country. DR.. K. D. Ball, as
sistant secretary of the department.,
says that because of these classes
and also because of the higher san
airy scale now obtaining, the Depart
ment now has less trouble in getting
the kind of men that it needs.
I'VE use 4,00U scientists, the lars-
est scientific force of any depart
ment of the Federal Government,
outside of the War Department.
says DIR. Ball. But of late years
we have had difficulty in getting
young men from the universities to
take the civil service examinations.
Now, l am getting letters from col
lege students asking how they
to enter the department and have
the advantage of our post graduate
classes.
1--WE should have the biggest SCI
entific men in America to do the
Governments work, and if we al
get the big men for leaders the
young men will gladly come for the
privilege of working and studying
, with them"
That the classes are worth while
to the trained scientist is obvious
from the kind of teachers engaged.
About one-third of the courses are
taught by men of international repu-
tation who come to Washington
each week from universities in New
York and Baltimore. Other courses
are conducted by outstanding ex-
perts from the Department of Agri-
culture, or from other scientific
Government bureaus, or institutions
such as the National Research Coun-
Gil.
Post Graduates and Review Work
There + two kinds of courses il
this school of science: those that
represent post graduate work. ano
review courses. Credit for the for
mer is being given by a number Of
standard universities.
The review courses are mainly
elementary. A Government scientis,
is apt to be one of the most up-to-
date men in the country SO far as
his particular speciality is concern
ed, but he may not be so we'll post
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branches of his science.
One Government employee, an
expert in his line. is taking a re
view purse because he says that
when he vas in college, 80 years
ago, chemistry was entirely differ
emit from what 1t is today with new
theories and new laboratory equip
ment. Besides SCIENTISTS some cleri-
cal workers in the department are
admitted to the elementary classes.
Courses in technical agriculture.
writing and in elementary writing
are attracting large numbers OF
students. Writing reports and bull.
letfns on his work is one of the
Government scientists regular tasks
Library science and elementary sta.
~tistics are also popular.
Among the highly technica,
courses are such subjects as the
chemistry of colloids and advanced
crystallography. OF the latter class
it is said that not 80 men in the de.
partment would be qualified to en-.
ter. This course deals with crystal:
in vegetable substances and in fats
and oils.
DR.. Ball says that these science
classes r not a pioneer attempt al
education in the Government ser.
vice. west Point and Annapolis
represent the earliest official at.
tempts at education by the United
States Government. There is the
Army War College to which Army
officers are detailed for study Of
problems in tactics and strategy, anc
there is the Army Medical School.
The Army and scientific bureau!
such as the Coast and Geodetic Sur.
vey detail men to graduate institu'
tions to increase their professional
efficiency. The War and Navy De
partments had 81 men studying a
one school, the Massachusetts, In,
stitute of Technology, a year ago.
The Bureau of Standards has hat
for some years a school similar II
that now organized at the Depart
ment of Agriculture. Courses II
technical subjects held after work
ing hours are taught by experts o.
the Bureau, and the students finane'
the classes.
The agricultural school is also Fl
nanced by the students. It is in n
way supported by the Government
TIE project is not intended to com
pete with established schools 9
| Washington, though the Nationa
! Capital has few post gradual