/'r(i(( rtii ii(/s of 1 11(1 Id 11(1 Acddcini/ af SciciK 





■m-jHlnatcs will 

 r;iivli and will 



■r pursue 

 lie that a 



then iicv.T have any tiaiiiiii- at all in 

 ii.'Ncr .'liter this lield. since a (■(inipara lively small 

 iira.liiale studies. W.^ll. we iiii-hl. with e.iually ,;;nnd 

 lar;,'e iir(i|«H-| ieii of these uiiderm-ailiiales will ne\-er he ]ihysieiaiis nv \>vo- 

 I'essi.iiial actors, nr will -o li. China .u- he hank invshlenls. We de net 

 expect lar.^e iiumhers to de aii.\- nne of ihese tliini;s, (111 the cuiitrary we 

 know that i>\\\y a cniiipa ra t i\'ely small numher c(nild he ellicienl and suc- 

 cessful if their work were .-enliiied t,. chemical research, rather than to 

 the Imnilred ether lines .d' eiideaver in pure i,v applied chemistry. I'.ut 

 we d(. desire that a certain respectahle miiierit.N of the men and women who 

 leave us shall (list in.icuish themsehcs. in at least a niode-t wa.w h.\- cirryin-' 

 nil successful work in scieiitilic invesliuat ion and that, heini; effective in 

 ihis work, they shall continue it tliroui,di Iheir hest years and thus aid 



in the de\-elopiiient of science and hriiii; some rewar.l of Ik ■ to themsehcs 



and to (heir colle-e. How this can hest he done is the (pieslion hefcu'e us. 



If we leave .Mit of cousidera t loll a comparatively small mliioi-ily <if c(dle.i;v 

 men who develop notahle research ahility in their technical work after 



to he strictl.\ accurate, hy Lrradnate students or industrial fellows work- 

 ing under the direction of such men. ( )ne is not to sup|iose that the end of 

 Ihe M'liior year in colleye marks a sharp division hetweeii c<pmpleted mastery 



of the science, on th e hand, and de\-eloiuiieut of research ahility. on 



\]\c othei'. I'.iit the recent i;ra<liiate has at least had fair scieiitilic t raiiiin.ii 



iiiU other studies. Also he should have an attitude of more com]ilete devo- 

 tion t<i the one ahsorhini; siihjecl of chemical investigation. (;i\-en the 

 proper research atmosphere, an inspirim;- and ahle director and the will to 

 work, he can now het;iii to know somethiii,:; of the meaniiiLC of research. 



\(itJoii to the work of scieiitilic iincsl ii,^a lion under ]n-oper direction, there 

 is to he considered the reaction (d' this upon the underm-adiia tes of the same 

 school. For the iinderirraduate to he denied the opportuiiit.v to carry on 

 research is not then in the nature of a disc(Mira:iemeid. Rather, it should 

 he a coiistaiit source of inspiration to him to see a relativel.x small hut 

 eiitliusiasti<- hody of iiraduate students doiui; effecti\i' research W(n-k and 

 proNidiiii,' material suitahle for i.reseiitatioii hefore critical scieiitilic hodies 



is kept hefore llie iinderu'radua te as a ]iossihle and <lesirahle future activity 



for a tlioroui;li preparation in the necessary foundation for such W(n-k. 



When we imiuire what Indiana is doinu to pro\ ide facilities for i;raduate 

 W(M-k in chemistry, we are led to see why it is that our Indiana colleu'es 

 are li'rnini;- out so few chemists who are jn-epared to ilo independent re- 

 M'arch work of an eiidui-iiii: character. Apparently neither of the two 

 ma.ior State collesies is jtrepared. in e(piipiiient. huihliiiiJis or iirofessorial 

 staff, to uivc t'xteusivo or serious ;j,radiiate courses in chemistry, leadinu' 

 he\.iii(l the do.siree of Master of Science. At rurdue we are. candidly, not 

 atlemiilin^' to do it. We have no or,Lcaiii/,ed i^raduate school and we have 



