October, 1933
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STUDENT COURSES AT THE EXPOSITION OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES W. T. READ, Dean of the School of Chemistry, of Rutgers University, will direct the program of student courses a t the Fourteenth Exposition of Chemical Industries, which will take place in Grand Central Palace, New York, December 4th to 9th, 1933. To insure that the student courses he thoroughly practical, in line with the most advanced professional standards, a group of distinguished chemists and chemical engineers has been appointed to advise with the management of the Exposition, and to assist Dean Read in his planning of the student program. This group, known as the Educational Committee of the Fourteenth Exposition, is constituted as follows: B. T. Brooks, C. R. Downs, P. C. Kingsbury--representing the American Institute of Chemical Engineers: Gerald L. Wendt, Ross A. Baker, and Neil E. Gordon-representing the American Chemical Society; M. L. Crossley-representing The American Institute of Chemists; and Reston Stevenson--representing the Electrochemical Society. Beginning in 1915, these expositions constitute a record of progress and achievement in the fields of chemistry and chemical engineering in relation to industrial advance. Thousands of business executives, engineers, and chemists attend these expositions. The expositions are not open to the general public and every detail is arranged so that those who wish to study the exhibits may have favorable surroundings in which to examine them with care. For some years now, it has been realized that this great gathering of material resources, accompanied by specialists authoritative on the various exhibits, constitutes a vast educational resource which can be of profit not only to the students in college, but to those in industry who wish to make a study of specific industrial fields, or the chemical engineering equipment which they utilize. This year's program of student courses will be divided into sessions dealing with elementary chemical engineering, advanced chemical engineering, and industrial chemistry. Responsive to many requests it is believed that there will be instituted, also, a session on chemical economics or the business side of chemistry and chemical engineering. Attendance records of the student courses held a t the last exposition reveal several striking facts: 2300 students were enrolled, and of this number, 2000 were enrolled in colleges or universities; 200 were highschool students representing a class not ordinarily admitted, but received by special permission when accompanied by their own school instructors; 100 "students" were men from industry, anxious to "brush up" on advanced technology so seldom presented in condensed form by experts of the caliber who lecture at the exposition. All the lectures a t the exposition courses are given without compensation, and there is no charge for attendance by the students.
