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trained researcher and the American industrialist into mu- 

 tually advantageous correlation for the solution of important 

 manufacturing problems and the attainment of increased effi- 

 ciency. This culminated in the birth of a new idea in educa- 

 tion — the Industrial Fellowship — which was conceived while 

 he was attending the Sixth International Congress of Applied 

 Chemistry, held in Rome, in 1906, and was put into actual 

 operation in the University of Kansas in January, 1907. The 

 experiment soon attracted the attention of industrialists 

 throughout the country, and in 1910 the University of Kansas 

 authorized Professor Duncan, while retaining his full position 

 as Director of the Department of Industrial Research in Kan- 

 sas, to accept as well a similar position at the University of 

 Pittsburg, in order that these Fellowships might be established 

 in the East as well as in the West. 



At the time of Doctor Duncan's death a new granite struc- 

 ture was being erected to be the home of the Mellon Institute 

 of Industrial Research and School of Specific Industries. Its 

 completion has been amply provided for and it will be a monu- 

 ment to his unselfish devotion to a glorious vision. 



What was it that enabled this man, genius though he was, 

 to accomplish such extraordinary results in so short a time? 

 Two very simple words fully answer this question : faith and 

 love — faith in God — faith in humanity — faith in "his boys" — 

 love for God — love for humanity — love for "his boys." He was 

 a father to those who were privileged to work under his guid- 

 ance and inspiration. Their joys and sorrows were his — and 

 his were theirs. Whenever one of them made a discovery his 

 first expression was, "How fine for the boy!" From the very 

 beginning he impressed upon them the importance of main- 

 taining the "spirit of the laboratory," which was expressed 

 in the motto on its walls : 



"Quaecunque igitur volueritis ut faciant vobis homines, ita 

 et vos facite eis, ita enim est lex et prophetie." (Matt, vii, 12.) 



