MAY 1, 1919.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Basis Of All Invention Marking Advancement Is Work of Physicist
Primary Discoveries in Laboratories and Application by Engineers is Rule
"Most of the discoveries and new methods devised in many branches of activity which make possible the rapid action and marked progress of the world today were fundamentally the work and study of physicists," said Prof. T. T. Smith of the department of physics today.
"The physicists have worked in the laboratory, discovered phenomena and worked out its application and then the engineer has taken his findings, made them practical and put the device on the market."
The physicist rarely shares in any of the profits of the project, according to Prof. Smith, but has the joy of discovery and the satisfaction of knowing he has accomplished something worth while.
The telephone, telegraph, and wireless telegram and telephony systems are the results of experiments in electricity carried on by physicists. Maxwell and Hertz discovered the primary principles of wireless but it was left to Marconi to make them practical for commercial use. One of the most recent advancements in wireless, the application of the vacuum tube in receiving apparatus, was accomplished by J. A Fleming.
The perfection of the telephone so that conversation can be carried on at distance hundreds and almost thousands of miles apart, has been the result of Pupin's introduction of the inductive loading coil which holds both high frequency and low frequency vibrations to about the same speed and thus make the words audible. All applications of electricity have resulted from the primary discovery of physicists and their practical application by engineers. This includes all electric lighting, telephone, telegraph, wireless, dynamoes, electric motors, electric cars and many others.
The use of some sort of glass lens to secure better vision probably dates back as far as the Greek and Roman civilization, but their perfection and further development into telescopes, microscopes, field glasses and similar instruments, has been the endeavor of modern physicists. In the seventeenth century someone discovered that the combination of two lenses made long distance sighting possible. However, one of the warring nations of Europe tried to keep this secret to be used as a war device.
"Many opportunities are open for graduate students in Physics," said Prof. F. E. Kester, head of the department of physics, today. "There are a number of scientific laboratories, engaged entirely in testing and investigating, which are in constant need of men who have had a thorough general training in physics. Many large manufacturers of engineering equipment maintain research and development facilities, which are men of high physics training. Companies that do not maintain laboratories, employ trained physicists for consulting work. The salaries for all the positions are good and there is much chance for rapid advancement on merit."
Grad Work in English Brings Double Reward
Teachers With Extra Training Receive Higher Pay as Well as Cultural Advantages
Each year's work in the Graduate School, according to Prof.W. H. Johnson, raises the probable salary of the prospective teacher of English approximately $25 a month.
Practically every graduate student who majors in English does so in preparation for teaching. The demand for graduates in this department is larger every year. Every college now requires that its instructors have at least one year of graduate work and many of them demand a doctor's degree. Even high schools often ask for teachers who have had graduate work.
Of the five graduate students who are majoring in English this year four are fellows.
"The department of physiology has no graduate students this year," said Dr. Ida H. Hyde. "The crying need for doctors and medical assistants brought about by the war has made students anxious to go straight on with their studies." They should spend a year in research. The scarcity of workers, teachers, and office help of various kinds has taken students from the department.
Engineering is Becoming Specialized Field—Sibley
Oil products, power transmission, laws of gasses, effect of water and moisture on gas engine cylinders, laws of combustion—these are only a few of the lines of investigation which graduate students can choose in the department of mechanical engineering, and which will lead after one year's work to the degree of Master of Science in mechanical engineering.
"Within the last five years two great branches of mechanical engineering have developed—automotive engineering and safety engineering. So great is the demand for engineers experienced in these branches that those who are qualified can almost name their own salaries."
"The different branches of engineering are becoming more distinct," said Prof. F. H. Sibley, head of the mechanical engineering department. "The work of civil engineering is tending toward building and operating public utilities like water works and railroads. The electrical engineer is taking over power development and rate making.
The mechanical engineer is tending toward manufacturing and industrial management.
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Many Fields Are Open To Botany Specialists
Landscape Gardeniing, Forestry,
and Greenhouse Work
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"Botany teachers in high schools, normal schools and universities are always in demand," said Prof. W. C. Stevens concerning openings for the advanced students of botany. "The demand is great in pharmical schools where plants are studied to discover their medicinal value.
"Besides this, positions are offered in pure food and drug laboratories, forestry, and landscape design. The plant pathologist studies the disas-
sion of the plant. Botany is preparation for gardening and green house work.
Women have a comparatively new field opened in landscape design according to Prof. Stevens, but work along this line must be done in special schools. Special courses are offered in landscape at Harvard and the University of Illinois.
Offer Opportunities
McCarty is looking fine and said he would come to Lawrence just as soon as he was discharged from the service which he expected before next Saturday. He plans to immediately return to his coaching duties here.
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Graduates Get No Credit for Public Speaking Work
No courses in graduate work are offered in the department of public speaking. A graduate student may take work in the department but no credit is given. Graduate students are not allowed to take advanced courses unless they have had the elementary courses which are prerequisite.
Prof. Arthur MacMurray, head of the department of public speaking said "The study of the proper delivery of the knowledge obtained at the University is neglected. Proper delivery is considered unimportant when it is really very necessary for a good practical education."
Public speaking is especially beneficial to teachers.
Three Write Entomology Theses
P. B. Lawson, who published his Master's thesis on groups of insect parasites on Kansas plant life, is now at work on his Doctor's thesis the biology and taxonomy of the grass flies of Kansas. These are little green insects so numerous around the lights at night. William Hoffman has for his thesis the biology of
a group of beetles common in the waters of Kansas. He is studying their food habits and working out in detail the life history of several small forms which have never been investigated. The material for this work is prepared in the insectary, located just below the power plant. J. H. Gohr is conducting investigations on the life histories of insects of economic importance in Kansas.
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