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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



THE PROGEESS OF SCIENCE 



THE MELLON INSTITUTE OF IN- 

 DUSTRIAL BESEASCH 



Eight years ago Eobert Kennedy 

 Duncan, then of the University of Kan- 

 sas, proposed, and later carried into ef- 

 fect, a plan for industrial fellowships 

 in chemistry which embodies a new 

 method of education and research. Ac- 

 cording to this plan, an industrial firm 

 established temporary research fellow- 

 ships at a university, and the students 

 appointed to them by the university 

 carry on work, which may be of value 

 to the firm, under the auspices of the 

 professors. Patents or improvements 

 which result belong to the firm, but the 

 scientific work may later be published 

 for the benefit of science, and the stu- 

 dents may have some share in profits 

 that result and an opportunity of reg- 



ular employment by the company. 

 This plan was continued by Dr. Dun- 

 can at the University of Pittsburgh, 

 and resulted in the Mellon Institute of 

 Industrial Eesearch recently dedicated. 

 Dr. Duncan died while the building 

 was in course of construction, but had 

 the satisfaction of seeing this method 

 of cooperation between the university 

 and research, on the one side, and in- 

 dustrial establishments and practical 

 utility, on the other, placed on a perm- 

 anent basis. It has been extended be- 

 yond the institution and the science for 

 which it was inaugurated. Thus there 

 is just announced an extensive plan in- 

 augurating business fellowships at New 

 York University with the cooperation 

 of a number of leading commercial 

 houses. 



The New Uiii.i.j.nu oi- the Mellox Institute of Ixdustriai. Research and School 

 OF Specific Industries of the University of Tittsburgh. 



