-'^ IjN'augural address. 



In the first place, since I am speaking in a State in Avhich the^ 

 univei'sity movement has not yet reached its goal, I wonld break down 

 the 'few ]jarriers that still stand in the way. You must have a 

 university in this State with a staff of men Avhose first quality shall 

 be that glowing enthusiasm from wliich the students catch fire, and 

 the second, a profound knowledge and the power to use and impart it. 

 You need the final court of appeal in scientific matters: the example 

 of research ; tlie training ground of the young and eager minds whose 

 services will be of more and move value to you as thought and know- 

 ledge are brought to bear on j^our industries. I speak only of the 

 scientific side of university work because it is directly related to my 

 subject. I must be silent in respect to other sides about which I 

 could gladly speak with equal earnestness. 



Having provided the means of training, let us keep our best 

 students for a Avhile from the need to go out immediately into the 

 commercial world. A moderate number of research scholarships would 

 involve no great expense, and the couutiy would be amply rep3,id if 

 only in tlie greater effectiveness of the professional men under whom 

 the research students would work. In our own country the Govern- 

 ment of Victoria has already shown the way, in the provision of 

 scholarships at the University of Melbourne. If we look abroad we 

 can find other examples from which we can learn ; for some countries 

 have already realised the position which I am trying to explain, and 

 made provision to meet its requirements. When I was trying to 

 decide a few months ago as to what I should say to you on this subject, 

 the scientific papers brought the text of Professor Kipping's address to 

 tlie Chemistry Section of the British Association meeting in Dublin. 

 Professor Kipping discusses with great ability the need to encourage 

 young i-esearch students in England, in order to meet the tendency of 

 certain branches of chemical industry to leave English for Gennan 

 soil, and he had found in the preparation of his address that he was 

 able to diaw lessons from American experience. In the University of 

 Kansas it is a practice for manufacturers, who require the solution of 

 some problem of importance to their work, to maintain a special and 

 temporary research fellowship at the State University. The results of 

 the fellow's investigations are the propertj- of the manufacturer, but 

 are also connntmicated to the university, which may publish them for 

 the benefit of the world after three years have expired. Fuller details 

 of the scheme may now be found in a new book by Professor Duncan,, 

 of the University of Kansas, "The Komance of Chemical Industiy." 



This is a very interesting and useful illustration, drawn from a 

 scheme already in operation. You will see that it shows the vmiversity 



