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ally put at the disposal of responsible
investigators all over the United States.
Each bureau of the Government Is
equipped with a technical library con-
sonant with its particular work. The
most important of these libraries, in
public use as we'll as in number OF
books, is that of the surgeon generals
office This library deals with all
branches of medicine, surgery and the
allied sciences. Great use of the facili-
ties here offered is made by the medical
profession of the country and by in
vestigatorS from abroad.
The Interior Department. with its
Geological Survey. Bureau of Reclama-
ton, General Land Office. Bureau of
Pensions and Bureau of Education, car
ries on research work in chemistry and
mineralogy, engineering, irrigation and
| hydraulic engineering, geological for-
nations, cartography, history, anthro-
| pology, genealogy. education, ETC., that
is of great value to the student in pure
| and applied science.
The General Land ONCE Of the In
| terror Department is rich in records
| dating back to the beginning of the
| Republic. The entire story of the pio-
neer movement to the West, which
comprises a fascinating and epochal
chapter in the making of the Nation, Is
available to students of history in the
| files of the land office. In 1907 the
General Land Office published a map
of the United States, showing the
routes of principal explorers and early
roads and highways that is of particu-
| lar interest to schools and students of
history in general.
For records of the Revolutionary
War, the War of 1912, the Mexican
I JVaF tho Civil UyoP the CY1ar1fcI-
lean War and the various Indian wars,
the Bureau of Pensions of the Interior
Department is mine Of information
for the history student.
ST. Elizabeth's Hospital, which is
recognized by the American Medical
| Association as a class A institution,
/ gives instruction to students of the
| Army Medical School, George Washing
ton. Georgetown and Howard Univer-
stiles and to various medical officers
detailed from the Navy and the United
States Veterans Bureau.
Cites Education Bureau.
The Bureau of Education was estab-
! l1Shed originally as an independent de-
| partment of the Government by an act
OF Congress, approved March 2, 1867,
and continued as such until July 1,
| 1869, when 1t was constituted an Office
| or bureau in the Department of the
| Interior
The subject of education is not spe-
| cif1cally mentioned in the Constitution
| of the United States. The establish
ment of schools was left to the individ-
| ual States as an unmentioned power by
| the tenth amendment, ratified in 1891.
But from the inception of the Republic
| the Federal Government has encour-
| aged education in the several States
| and made provision for schools in its
| Territories. In the District of Colum-
| bia 1t helps to maintain Howard Uni
| versity, the largest university for the
| negro race in the world; it supports
| laboratories for the study of compara-
tive psychology and psychiatry in con-
nection with st. Elizabeth's Hospital,
and it conducts experimental scientific
| work OF great value to the Nation ct
large in its Bureau of Standards, etc.
The necessity of some central agency
| for the collection and study of educa-
tional statistics and data was early
seen and appreciated by school men,
In response to this need the United
States Bureau of Education was insti-
| tuted for the purpose of collecting such
statistics in the several States and Ter
ritories, and of diffusing such informa-
| tion respecting the organization and
TENS, and methods of teaching as shall
aid the people of the United States in
the establishment and maintenance of
efficient school systems, and otherwise
promote the cause of education
throughout the country"
The library of the bureau contains
the largest collection of books on edu-
cation in this country and is open
for study and research to students and
if1VnCfiOQfnrc IN the fold rf nIV1ofiaSa
1t has available photographers on
large numbers of subjects. The mem
bers of the bureaus staff are avail
able at all time for consultation.
Military Students Aided.
To those interested in military and
naval affairs the War and Navy De-
partments offer facilities that are un-
surpassed. The War Department MAIN
tainS the Army War College at WASH
lngton for the training of selected Of
flcerS for duty in the War Department
general staff, ETC., and this college
possesses a unique collection of books
appertaining to military science.
The Department of Labor, with its
Bureau of immigration, Bureau of
Labor Statistics, Children'S Bureau,
Bureau of Naturalization and women's
Bureau, affords the student of eco
nomics and labor conditions most val
liable data.
The Department of Commerce, un-
der which are bureaus devoted to aero
nautics, radio the census, fisheries,
Coast and Geodetic Survey. mines, pat
ents and standards, represents many
fields of pure and applied science. The
Bureau of Standards aids industry "di-
rectly or through cooperating COM
mittees TO determine the best standards
of dimension. quality. performance and
practice. Its unique research and test
ing facilities are used to discover and
evaluate material standards and to
solve basic technical problems ,of in
dustry"
In the laboratories of the Depart
ment of Agriculture and of the Naval
Hospital and Public Health Service
all kinds of meteorological and chem
ical investigations are continuously
carried on, together with studies in
biochemistry, comparative pathology
and parasitology.
Law Study Also Promoted.
Special advantages are afforded in
Washington to students Of law and
diplomacy. The Supreme Court Is in
session from october to May, and on
each Monday morning delivers opinions
orally. The Department of State,
which possesses a library rich In the
study of diplomacy and international
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