slightest difficulty in getting a "rise" out of the student in the study of this group. To this end I believe that a course in qualitative analysis should not be predominately laboratory work but should be accompanied by a liberal number of lectures and recitations, not less than two or three recitations per week. It is well for a student to know definitely the object of his work before he begins it. Therefore, laboratory work should consist of definite experiments arranged to illustrate definite principles and fundamentals and not a hodge-podge of schemes memorized and unknowns solved.
Dexbose Candy Helps Fat Nurses Reduce. Small doses of dextrose candy taken between meals have helped a group of nurses a t Jefferson Hospital of Philadelphia to remove surplus pound- of too, too solid flesh. The experimental work leading t o these much desired results was undertaken under the direction of Dr. Burgess Gordon and E. von Stanley. I n studying the question of obesity Dr. Gordon operated on the hypothesis that the craving of fat persons for sugar may be a symptom of sugar deficiency. I n such people it may be that the fat-forming food may be misdirected to channels from which energy is not readily derived. Consequently, he decided to find out if weight would he lost when the class of foods comprising the sugars and starches were supplied in very readily available form, during actual exercise,so that its immediate utilization would permit only a minimum storage of fat. A group of over-weigot nurses were accordingly selected far subjects and examined to rule out those with glandular disturbances or other physical drawbacks that might be aggravated by the diet tests. The diets, covering from 1800 to 3000 calories a day, were then armneed so that fat and protein were taken a t meal times while carbohydrate was taken between meals in the readily digested form of dextrose candy. "The total intake of candy was between 3.5 to 6.2 ounces," Dr. Gordon explained. "The patients were advised to walk twelve blocks both in the morning and afternoon, and to consume the largest portion of candy during exercise. A fairly constant loss of weipht . occurred in sin individuals during a period of three weeks. The greatest loss was 23 pounds!' Six of the eleven nurses who stayed in the test lost an average of three pounds a week and suffered practically no discomfort from the regimc. Among those who did nor lose, two took insufficient exercise, one was unable to follow the diet sarisfactorily, while the question of endocrine disfunction was raised in the remaining two.-Science Service Yankee Ingenuity to Win Scholarship. Worcester Polytechic Institute has received from Henry J. Fuller, '05, a liberally endowed scholarship for award to the boy who in -erammar school and high . school has exhibited the greatest amount of "Yankee ingenuity." But the particular ability specified is not one of the qualities listed in the conventional examinations and school grades. So the college oficeis are now seeking a suitable definition of "Yankee ingenuity" and a standard by which this trait may bc measured in selecting the most suitable candidate for the scholarship.-Science Service
