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-étftttitìgént Upon th'elaek,"-©f-¿aÍF-appro.priati-oh during the last three;
years-have abandoned the/hopé, of. -'obtaining adequate facilities and.
thé viewpoint of this article ls;C©n cerned ohily'with those ^things a1>
IgBluWly' Essential.
^Consider crystallography for example/ It must be o^ÿiouâ^ê'Ven
Wwn-e unfamiliar with the subject",thaF'a ‘sfeudy' óf crystaE-forriis
•should be illustrated- by-a proper* number ¿'of érys.tal models^-if ’tliiss
« s è n ti^ l óM miberalc^y i< ’to Me appreciated? by- the swdént.«,hÊkcep<t
for a bare lozeri | or so of th é ■»eomrfiqhejf 'forms,’-’ we are utterly
lacking in these. It ifelsjrrall ^mforF'tb<kriów that-énqu ghw thesè
could be purchased to supply the héfcdsíófthe mineralogy class for
to ^©m’e- - for the- trifling^wm of $70:©0'y if" you hàve'n’t got
the $70.00. ‘Olir collection Krai mineral specimens-is* fairly5 representa^-
‘f W y btfr this is only half thè. story?"‘/Minerals; pfe^eht ans almost
endli^p^afiety In their fq-érax, texture, and mod-e‘d'f .^ttirrence, and
-éwo'ûgh I samples ^m éaèh of the, mófe commdrt,\‘m inerals should be
available
I enable I the -StudenfMos* ?be%otne familiar with them' in
their-Varying forms, and to reeognfze them whérév'erjyheyíqcqur.
In ,;f?Je tfology; or frock study, -alnjost the'-; en-tir^eollectipn cop-
sists -of the .government' samples,-and a Small number from the
$fni"thsonian In stitu te d These <db, nO’tM'begin tdh supply the need,
■either in number or in repreSénêafion.
Fortunately for the Ghplogy*'dass&tv-'e have âhéeW<tûi the Condom
‘í^h^eum which i^-in^a^luable/^æfar ast,fossik,‘Specimens aré coni*,
'cerned; -but we' lack relief maps, fault models, and a retìectroséopb^
t^ ^ereo ptícán z slides all of which are necessary to* anything apv
proaehmg thorough pursuiHof-the study*, q.
W e are able to take miné?surveying onfly-through, the ;<©urfe:^
of1 the 'Department? of Civil Engineering to,- whom 'we are* supremely
grateful. ■ Unfortunately the instruments adapted': to ‘plane survey
ing'-are n ^ a l^ M y # adapted-tM’m lnéVsUrveying. Any surveyor. can
easily imagine g | B | uséfukthe ordinary transit-is for sighting along
O lin e - inclined' about ^seventy-five degrees to*1. the horizontal. • The
troubles-of the assaying" elWsfe-’ have already‘been alluded to : and it
is b h t fair""to add1 ’that thé m ining student who realizes ftli,at a^ hy-
ihgjUs one of the essentials* of his - profession- upon which later his
bread and butter may depend - has a. right’ to expect the exclusive
uàe^q^urnace or muffle fer the brief ’time*he may wish ttó|sé them.
One';of the most'important elements in making fusions or cupella-
tionshìs the temperature and; each student should be in a position tq
control it1 without hindrance. -