Vocations in chemistry

The importance of technical writing in chemical education

“…For their future welfare this is most unfortunate; for if it is only taught properly in high school, the study of English can be happily correlated with progress in science classes. Under such a mutually beneficial arrangement, both oral and written exercises in narration, description, and especially exposition, can be worth double credit if they are based on topics or experiments in the science classes and-most important-marked by both teachers (1,12).…”

Training in chemistry for the cosmetic industry

“…The field covered by the cosmetic industry logically divides itself into three parts: (1) manufacturing and merchandising; (2) research in pure and applied science; (3) education and professional practice.…”

“…The literature covering the vast field of cosmetics is almost appalling in its magnitude, but relatively little of it is of definite value. It can be divided into three groups, corresponding to the divisions in the industry: (1) trade publications, largely subsidized by manufacturers and advertisers, which, although many of them are of a much higher level now than formerly, are viewed with suspicion by the scientific investigators; (2) publications by medical authorities, textbooks on pharmacology, hygiene, etc., which, being based largely on "trouble cases," magnify the unfavorable aspects of the industry; (3) textbooks on cosmetology (for trade and industrial schools), bulletins of State or City Boards of Health or Education, in districts where beauty culture education and practice are controlled by law.…”