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CORNELL UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL PUBLICATION Volume XXVIII Number 15 Announcement of The Graduate School for 1937-38 Ithaca, New York Published by the University March 15, 1937 THE GRADUATE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION Livingston Farrand, A.B., M.D., L.H.D., LL.D., President of the University. Edmund Ezra Day, S.B., A.M., Ph.D., LL.D., President-elect of the University. Albert Russell Mann, A.M., D.Sc, D.Agr. LL.D., Provost of the University. Floyd Karker Richtmyer, A.B., Ph.D., Dean of the Graduate School. SECRETARY OF THE FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL Professor Benton Sullivan Monroe, Ph.D. GENERAL COMMITTEE OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL 1936-37 Professor G. H. Sabine, at large, term expires 1038, Professor J. R. Johnson, at large, 1938. Professor W. A. Hurwitz, at large, 1937. Professor O. F. Curtis, at large, 1939. Professor C. L. Durham, Group A (Languages and Literatures), 1939. Professor J. P. Bretz, Group B (History, Political Science, Philosophy, Psychol Farm Rural 1938. ogy, Agricultural Economics, Management, Sociology) , Professor C. C. Murdock, Group C (Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, Geology, Physical Geography, Geodesy), 1938. Professor L. M. Massey, Group D (Biological Sciences), 1937. Professor G. B. Upton, Group E (Engineering, Architecture, Applied Physical Sciences, Rural Engineering, Landscape Design), 1939. Professor C. V. Morrill, Group F (Science Departments of the Cornell University Medical College in New York City), 1937. Professor P. F. Sharp, Group G (Agricultural Sciences), 1937. Professor G. J. Thompson, Group H (Law), 1938. Professor T. H. Eaton, Group I (Education), 1939. The Secretary of the Faculty. The Dean, Chairman ex officio. 2] CALENDAR OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL FOR 1937-38 FIRST TERM 1937 Sept. 27 Registration of new students. Sept. 28 Registration of old students. Sept. 30 Instruction begins. Oct. 14 Last day for filing candidacy blanks in order to receive residence credit for the term. Oct. 21 Last day for payment of tuition for the first term. ends . Nov. 24 Instruction at 6 P.M. / , , Thanksgiving Recess Nov. 29 Instruction resumed at 8 A.M. \ Dec. 15 Last day for announcing titles of thesis by candidates for advanced degrees to be conferred in June, 1938. Dec. 18 Instruction ends at 1 P. M. "\ 1938 > Christmas Recess ' Jan. 3 Instruction resumed at 8 A. M.) Jan. 25 Last day for filing applications for admission to the Graduate School for the second term. Feb. 8 Last day for completing requirements for advanced degrees to be conferred in February. Feb. 9 Term ends. Feb. 10 A holiday. SECOND TERM Feb. 11 Registration. Feb. 12 Feb. J4 Instruction begins. Feb. 26 Last day for filing candidacy blanks in order to receive residence credit for the term. March 1 Last day for filing applications for fellowships and scholarships for r938-39- , .. , , March 7 Last dav for payment of tuition for the second term. April 2 Instruction ends at 1 P.M. ) Springl Recess April 11 Instruction resumed at 8 A. M. \ May 1 Last day for making application for June, 1938, degrees. May 23 [ Examination period for June degrees. June H requirements for advanced degrees to be June H Last day for completing conferred at Commencement. June 20 Commencement . summer session, 1938 applications for admission to the Graduate .School June 25 Last day for filing for the summer session. July 1 1 Summer Session Registration. tuition. July 15 Last day for payment of blanks in order to receive residence July 16 Last day for filing candidacy credit for the summer session. August 19 Summer Session ends. applications for admission to the Graduate August 10 Last day for filing of 1938-39- first term , School for , , , A requirements for advanced degrees to be Sept. 25 Last day for completing conferred in September. [3 CONTENTS The Faculty of the Graduate School 8 The Purpose of the Graduate School ; Degrees 8 Admission 9 Requirements for Degrees 11 Application for Degrees 17 Registration 17 Vaccination 17 Tuition and other Fees 17 Living Expenses in Ithaca 20 Loans 20 Fellowships, Scholarships, Prizes 21 The University Libraries 27 Fields of Instruction 29 Architecture and Fine Arts 30 Aesthetics 30 Architecture 30 History and Practice of Fine Arts 31 Landscape Architecture 31 Music 31 Drama and the Theatre 32 Poetry 33 Languages and Literatures 34 Classics 34 Greek 34 Archaeology and Ancient Art 35 Latin 35 Comparative Study of Literature 36 English Language and Literature 37 Germanic Languages and Literatures 40 German 40 Scandinavian 42 and Rhetoric Public Speaking; Drama and Theatre. 42 Romance Languages and Literatures '45 French 45 Italian 46 Spanish 46 Philosophy 47 and Social History the Sciences 49 Economics 40. Economic and Theory its History 49 Money, Banking and International Finance 49 Economic History 40 Labor and Industrial Relations 50 Organization and Control of Industry 50 Public Finance 50 Government e2 History 53 American History 55 Ancient History 55 [4] CONTENTS 5 English History ,, Medieval History '^5 Modern European History 56 Renaissance and Reformation History 56 Animal Sciences -7 Anatomy -7 Animal Breeding co Animal Nutrition 5o Aquiculture 61 Bacteriology 61 Biological Chemistry 62 Entomology , 6, Histology and Embryology 66 Ornithology 68 Physiology 68 Psychology 69 Vertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology 71 Zoology 72 Plant Sciences 73 Botany and Plant Physiology 73 Plant Physiology 74 Plant Anatomy 74 Cytology 74 Morphology 75 Taxonomy 75 Paleobotany 75 Economic Botany 75 General Botany 76 Plant Breeding 76 Plant Pathology 77 Physical Sciences 80 Astronomy and Geodesy 80 Chemistry 81 Inorganic Chemistry 82 Analytical Chemistry 83 Organic Chemistry 84 Physical Chemistry 85 Chemical Microscopy and Metallography 86 Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry. 87 Agricultural Chemistry. 87 Geology 89 Sedimentation and Structural Geology 89 Geomorphology and Glacial Geology 90 Mineralogy, Crystallography and Petrography . 90 Paleontology and Stratigraphic Geology 91 Economic Geology 92 Mathematics 93 Algebra 94 Analysis 94 Geometry 95 Applied Mathematics 95 CONTENTS Meteorology 95 Physics 96 Agriculture, including Forestry 101 Agricultural Economics and Farm Management 101 Business Management 101 Farm Management 101 History of Agriculture 102 Marketing 102 Prices and Statistics 103 Public Finance 104 Rural Economy 104 Agricultural Engineering 104 Agronomy 106 Animal Husbandry 107 Dairy Science 108 Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture 109 Forestry no Pomology in Poultry Husbandry 112 Rural Social Organization 113 Vegetable Crops 115 Education and Rural Education (Graduate School of Education) 117 General Courses 119 Psychology 119 Method 120 Preparation of Teachers for Normal Schools and Colleges 121 Measurements and Statistics 121 Administration and Supervision 122 History of Education 123 Educational Theory 123 Nature Study 124 Engineering 125 Administrative Engineering 129 Aeronautical Engineering 130 Automotive Engineering 130 Descriptive Geometry and Drawing 130 Electrical Engineering 13 1 Electric Circuit Theory 131 Electrical Machinery 132 Electrical Communication 133 Measurements Electrical 133 Power Generation, Distribution, and Rate Making 133 Applications of Electric Power 134 Materials of Electrical Engineering 134 Mechanical Experimental Engineering 135 Heat-Power Engineering 136 Highway Engineering 138 Hydraulics and Hydraulic Engineering 139 CONTENTS 7 Hydraulics 140 Hydraulic Engineering ; 140 Industrial Engineering 141 Machine Design and Drawing 141 Management Engineering 142 Materials of Engineering 143 Mechanic Arts 144 Mechanics 144 Railroad Engineering 146 Sanitary Engineering 146 Soil Mechanics 147 Structural Engineering 148 Topographic and Geodetic Engineering 149 Home Economics 150 Economics of the Household and Household Manage ment 150 Family Life 150 Foods and Nutrition 152 Textiles, Clothing, and Household Art 154 Hotel Administration 155 Law 157 Veterinary Medicine 159 Veterinary Anatomy 159 Veterinary Physiology 159 Animal Pathology, Bacteriology and Immunology. 160 Diseases of Breeding Cattle 161 Veterinary Pharmacologyand Diseases ofSmallAnimals 161 Veterinary Medicine, Ambulatory Clinic and Obstet rics, including Diseases of the Genital Organs. 161 Veterinary Surgery 161 Medical Sciences as presented in the Medical College in New York City 162 Anatomy 162 Bacteriology and Immunology 163 Biochemistry and Chemical Pathology 163 Pathology 163 Pharmacology 164 Physiology 164 Public Health and Preventive Medicine 164 New York State Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva 166 Bacteriology 166 Chemistry 166 Dairying J^7 Entomology * 67 Plant Pathology 167 Pomology I(58 Seed Investigation I68 Vegetable Crops *68 Fellows and Scholars: Roster of Degrees 169 Index of Members of the Staff 187 Index J92 GENERAL INFORMATION THE FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL The Faculty of the Graduate School has exclusive jurisdiction over all graduate work and advanced degrees and consists of three groups : (i) an ex-officio group, including the President of the University who is the presiding officer; the Provost of the University, who in the ab sence of the President is the presiding officer ; the Deans of the several Faculties of the University ; and the Directors of the New York State Experiment Stations; (2) a variable academic group consisting of those professors, assistant professors, and instructors who, as mem bers of special committees, are actively engaged in supervising the work of graduate students; (3) a permanent academic group including those members of the University Faculty who, during