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THE German Chemical Society has recently published a “warning” directing attention to the very large numbers of young chemists now coming from the universities, many of whom are unable to find suitable employment. Figures are given showing the extraordinary increase in graduates from the chemical faculty, as compared with those from other departments of the universities. It is anticipated that the number of chemical graduates this year will be about 1100, whereas it is computed that German industry is only able to absorb about one-third of that number, that is to say, about 350 per annum. op portunities abroad for German chemists are now con siderably less than they were before the War, partly for political or sentimental reasons, and partly because of the growing tendency in most countries having industrial aspirations to develop their chemical in dustry by employing their own chemists to the almost total exclusion of the foreigner.
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Current Topics and Events. Nature 116, 217–219 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/116217a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/116217a0