The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-04
KANSAS LEADS AGAIN.

Quite the finest bit of testimony OF
the worth of one of the activities of
the University of Kansas, is contained
in wonderfully interesting article in
the current Issue of the Saturday
Evening Post. Henry M Hyde is the
author and he calls his story 'Educa-
tons New Gift to Business" 1t shows
that scientific research department of
the cate university, under the direc-
ton of Professor Robert Kennedy
Duncan, is the pioneer among institu
lions of learning in this country of
applying science to aid the business
man and the manufacturer. Remark
able results have been accomplished so
far, and only beginning has been
made The possibilities are limitless.
In an introduction, Mr.. Hyde dis
cusses briefly the history of the busi-
ness man, particularly the manufac-
turer in this country. In the first
place he had almost unlimited raw
material to deal with. The only thing
was to find markets to sell his wares.
Then when the more efficient manu-
facturers in Europe. especially Ger
many, began to invade the American
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sought refuge behind a higher tariff.
and continued to keep the home field
to himself. But the inevitable changes
in the conditions surrounding manu-
features began to show themselves.
Raw materials began to get scarce
The only door open was for the manu-
facturer to increase the efficiency CT
his manufacturing plant. Heretofore,
he had rather turned the cold shoulder
to those strange fellows of science. .
But the manufacturer had to go to
them at last, and when the start was
made Professor Duncan of the Univer-
sity of Kansas happened to be stand
ing at the cross roads to point the way.
He suggested that these manufactur-
ers who desired to apply little science
to their business should endow fellow
ships of industrial research at the uni
versity. He would pick out the col
lege students or assistant professors
who should work under these fellow
ships. The proposition was acceptable
to a couple of manufacturers who had
taken the matter up. And Professor
Duncan drove hard and fast bargains
with them which saw to it that in the
event the researches were successful,
the men who prosecuted them were to
be fittingly rewarded.
About the first research that was
made under this plan was for a cream
cry company. 1t wanted to find il
casein, an ingredient of mills which is
largely used in the printing of calico
in paper making. in the making of glue
and in many other processes of manu-
facture. could not be developed from
the buttermilk which the big cream
cries had been throwing away by tho
thousands of gallons every day. The
great source of the supply of caseir
had come from skinned milk. but the
advent of cream separators- soon shut
off the larger portion of this supply
Professor Duncan started an investiga.
tor to work under the fellowship pro-
vided by the creamery company, and i
was hardly any time at all before h
developed a process to create caseiT
out CT buttermilk
And so the story is continued by Mr.
Hyde. It reads like a romance. In
vestigations at the state university un
der other fe1lowships provided by othel