1940-1941 Academic Catalog

DESCRIPTION OF COURSES 39 9-10. GENERAL BOTANY A study of anatomy, methods of reproduction, and evolu– tion of plants, with the study of the local flora and the technique of plant identification. Four hours credit, throughout the year. Certain courses in hygiene and anatomy offered in the De– partment of Health and Physical Education may be counted for credit in the Department of Biology. CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR GIBSON 1-2. GENERAL CHEMISTRY A study of the various elements and their compounds as to occurrence, properties, and use. An introduction to chemical principles and laboratory technique. Latter half of year devoted to the principles of metallurgy and their qualitative determination in the laboratory. Elective. Lecture two hours, laboratory two three-hour periods per week through– out of the year. 3-4. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY A general introductory course of the carbon compounds including ·both the aliphatic and aromatic series. Elective. Two hours lecture and two three-hour laboratory periods per week thToughout the year. Prerequisite Chemistry 1-2. Offered in 1940-41. 5-6. QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS The principles of gravimetric and volumetric analysis with the solution of practical laboratory problems. Elective. Two three-hour laboratory periods and one class per week. Prerequisite 1-2. DRAWING ~ROFESSOR MILLER 7-8. MECHANICAL DRAWING Mechanical drawing and descriptive geometry. Instruction is largely individual. Elective. Two hours a week through– out the year. Not given every year. 9-10. ISOMETRIC-ASSEMBLY-DETAIL Architectura:l blue prints and maps. Elective. Two hours a week throughout the year. Not given every year. ECONOMICS PROFESSOR STEELE 1. PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS Production, exchange, distribution and consumption, labor, capital, association, money, credit, commerce, collectivism, co-operation, wages, interest, and profits. Elective. Three