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SCIENCE 



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Dr. J. Frank Daniel, late at Jolins Hopkins 

 University, now working- at the Pasteur Insti- 

 tute at Lille, France, has been appointed in- 

 structor in zoology at the University of Michi- 

 gan, to succeed Dr. Dana B. Oasteel. 



Dr. Emil Bose, of Danzig, has been ap- 

 pointed professor of physics in the University 

 of La Plata. 



Professor J. Bauschinger has been ap- 

 pointed to succeed Professor E. Becker as 

 professor of astronomy and director of the 

 ■university observatory at Strassburg. 



Dr. Einar Hertzsprung, of Copenhagen, has 

 been appointed associate professor of astron- 

 omy and astrophysics at Gottingen. 



DISCUSSION AND OOBRESPONDENOE 

 rNDUSTRIAL FELLOWSHIPS 



The incidental reference made by Professor 

 Kipping in his address before the British 

 Association to a scheme of industrial fellow- 

 ships which I have initiated in this univer- 

 sity has led to so many inquiries from indxis- 

 trial chemists and to such general interest 

 that I am compelled to present now its main 

 outlines and present status rather than to 

 wait, as I had intended, until its material 

 results had determined fully its practicability. 

 The scheme was initiated through an article 

 entitled " Temporary Industrial Fellowships " 

 which was published in the North American 

 Review for May, 1907. This article was sub- 

 sequently included as the last chapter in a 

 book called " The Chemistry of Commerce " 

 (Harper's). The scheme as then evolved has 

 developed as I gained experience into some- 

 thing somewhat different; while it is essen- 

 tially the same, I have foimd it practicable to 

 claim on behalf of the university more advan- 

 tages than I at first thought possible. Per- 

 haps the present nature of the scheme is better 

 exemplified in one of the later fellowship 

 agreements, for example in Fellowship No. 1 : 



For the purpose of promoting the increase of 

 useful knowledge, the University of Kansas ac- 

 cepts from the A. B. C. Glass Company, having 

 head offices at New York, the foundation of a 

 temporary industrial fellowship to be known as 

 the A. B. C. Fellowship. 



It is mutually understood and agreed that the 

 conditions governing this fellowship shall be as 

 follows : 



The exclusive purpose of this fellowship is an 

 investigation into the optical properties of glass 

 in relation to its chemical constitution, to the 

 furtherance of which the holder shall give his 

 whole time and attention, with the exception of 

 three hours a week, which he shall give to work 

 of instruction in the chemical department. 



The fellow shall be appointed by the chancellor 

 of the university, the director of the chemical 

 department and the professor of industrial chem- 

 istry; he shall have made previously a reputation 

 in research; he shall be a member of the univer- 

 sity, and shall pay all regular fees with the excep- 

 tion of fees for laboratory and supplies, for which 

 his instruction shall be taken in lieu, unless in 

 the opinion of the appointers his demands become 

 excessive, in which case the donor shall be ex- 

 pected to reimburse the university; he shall work 

 under the advice and direction of the professor 

 of industrial chemistry; and he shall forward, 

 periodically, through the professor of industrial 

 chemistry, reports of the progress of his work to 

 the A. B. C. Company. 



For the support of this fellowship, which shall 

 extend through a period of two years from the 

 date of appointment of the fellow, the A. B. C. 

 Glass Company agrees to pay fifteen hundred 

 dollars ($1500) per year, payable annually to th« 

 university on the date on which the fellow begins 

 work at the university. This sum shall be paid 

 by the university in monthly installments to the 

 holder of the fellowship. 



Any and all discoveries made by the fellow 

 during the tenure of this fellowship shall become 

 the property of the A. B. C. Glass Company, sub- 

 ject, however, to the payment by them to the 

 fellow of ten (10) per cent, of the net profits, to 

 be commuted at the desire of either party through 

 the arbitration provided for herein, arising from 

 such discoveries, it being understood that the 

 fellow shall be regarded as the inventor. At any 

 time during the tenure of his fellowship the holder 

 shall, at the option of the donor, take out patents 

 at the expense of the donor on condition that at 

 the time of making application therefor he shall 

 assign his right to the donor under the conditions 

 of this agreement. At or before the expiration of 

 the fellowship, the business services of the fellow 

 may be secured by the A. B. C. Glass Company 

 for a term of three years on condition that the 

 terms of such services are satisfactory to both 

 parties at interest. 



