New-York tribune., 1909-11-07
TO SOLVE RIDDLES
STUDENTS SEEK USES
FOR HASTE.
Manufacturers Support Fei-
Io5cships and Haze First
Right to Discoveries.

a departure which promises 10 be OF
worldwide benefit has been started at the
University Of Kansas, where a student
who has completed his regular course and
proven his efficiency in the field of chem
istry may receive an industrial fellowship
which entities him to spend two years OF
his time solving a problem of practical
utility for some one OF the waste products
ia manufacturing circles. or 10 discover
other articles which they hope 10 make.
The fellowships. Of which there are nine,
with two others pending, are eventually
and essentially philsnthropic. though they
are supported from commercial sources by
great corporations. II the investigator
achieves successful results and discovery
is made which will tend to better the
product of the manufacturer, the latter is
20 have the sole use Of the discovery for
three years. after which time the formula
is TO be given 70 the world. But in the
mean time the investigator is supported by
the scholarship fund given to cover his
expenses ny the manufacturer ranging
from 500 70 s2.OcO annually. and IL he is
successful he is to receive "A percentage
Of all the profits accruing from his dis
covery.
II success does crown the efforts of
the investigator he will have not only a
substantial sum with which 20 begin his
life course in the worlds wide university.
but no will also have something of repu-
tation to help him 10 achieve success-a
complete reversal Of the conditions which
the average college graduate has 10 face
to-day. And Il is here interesting to note
that nearly all Of the young men who are
assigned 70 rhis work are graduates who
through straitened circumstances have
been forced 20 depend wholly on them
selves during their course through college.
MANY ere sturdy sons OF pioneers" ID
quote "Harper's Weekly" which tells the
story of this new place for the university
I'm commerce, "who went to Kansas in their
early days. and these sons know tull well
the value OF time, money and hard work
They have. moreover. been selected because
Oi their integrity and ability TO be trusted
with the secrets of the firms for whom they
are indirectly working. for T. is obvious
that in order 10 improve present processes
of large corporations a knowledge OF many
carefully guarded forrnuls Is necessary"
The tasks on which they are now at
work include the utilization of the constit-
uents OF waste buttermilk. the properties
Of crude petroleum. the improvement OF
enamel for steel tanks the discovery of a
which will not harm fabrics. the making
of a new fodder on scientific principles.
improving the chemistry OF baking the
discovery OF new utilities in Portland cem-
ent and for ozone. the relation between
the optical properties of glass and its
chemical constitution. and an investigation
into the ductless glands Of animal organ
isms
In this work one holder Of fellowship
frequently makes a chemical discovery
which. while IL does not directly aId him.
may be Of lnestimable help To the man
working across the hall. and IN such a
case he offers this tO hts nelghbor. who. In
turn. makes use OF Il. The fellows work
under the advice and direction OF the pro-
fessor OF Industrial chemistry. Robert Ken.
nedy Duncan. the founder OF the industrial,
scholarship idea. To him they forward
periodical reports OF tha progress of their
work. which reports, after being carefully.
gone over by the instructor. are forwarded
10 the founders OF the rellowship- an
the expiration CT the fellowship the holder