Seven Months of Defense Training in Chemistry

Abstract

DURING the first seven months of the Engineering, Science, and Management Defense Training program—July 1, 1941, to February 1, 1942—112 courses for training chemists were approved, with an authorized enrollment of 4,213 (this figure will shrink a few per cent when the final reports arrive). These courses represent only about one third of the total chemical training, the rest being classed under engineering. Chemical engineering shows an enrollment for the seven months of 7,329, and basic chemistry for an enrollment of 1,159, making a total authorized enrollment of 12,701 in 336 chemical courses. Up to July 1, 1941, all the courses of college-grade defense training sponsored by the U. S. Office of Education were for engineers, and the program was called Engineering Defense Training (EDT). The program for the present fiscal year is for chemists, physicists, and production supervisors as well as engineers and is called Engineering, Science, and Management Defense Training (ESMDT). N. ...