Mat 7, 1909] 



SCIENCE 



737 



In the event of any diaagreement between the ciation a trained expert upon whom they could 



donor and holder of this fellowship, it is under- afterwards rely. It yields $500 a year, together 



stood and agreed that the chancellor of the uni- with a lump sum to be settled by arbitration, if 



versity, or one whom he may appoint, shall act as necessary. 



arbiter as to all matters of fact, that his decisions 5. An Investigation into the Constituents of 



shall be binding upon the parties at issue, and Crude Petroleum. I can not with propriety state 



that they shall obtain such decision before having the precise object of this investigation. The fel- 



recourse to the courts. lowship yields $1,000 a year and 10 per cent, of 



It is also understood and agreed that during the net profits, 



the tenure of this fellowship the holder may pub- 6. An Attempt to Improve the Enamel upon the 



lish such results of his investigation as do not. Enamel-lined Steel Tanks used in all kinds of 



in the opinion of the company, injure its interests, chemical operations on a large scale. This fellovr- 



and that on the expiration of the fellowship the ship was established by the largest manufacturer 



holder thereof shall have completed a comprehen- of these tanks in the world. It yields $1,300 a 



sive monograph on the subject of his research, year, together with an additional consideration to 



containing both what he and others have been be decided upon, for the service rendered, by the 



able to discover. A copy of the monograph shall chancellor of the university or one whom he may 



be forwarded to the A. B. C. Company, and a copy appoint. 



shall be signed and placed in the archives of the 7. An Investigation into the Relation between 



university until the expiration of three years from the Optical Properties of Glass and Its Chemical 



that date, when the university shall be at liberty Constitution. This fellowship yields $1,500 a 



to publish it for the use and benefit of the people. year and 10 per cent, of the net profits. 



Signed on behalf of the University of Kansas. 8. The Discovery of New Utilities for Portland 



Cement and of Improvements in Its Manufacture. 



Date This fellowship yields $1,500 a year and a large 



Signed on behalf of the A. B. C. Glass Company. additional consideration dependent upon success. 



The fellows for FeUowships Nos. 7 and 8 



have not yet been selected. In addition to 



There have been so far accepted by the uni- the foregoing fellowships there are certain 



versity the following fellowships: others assured but not yet established: 



1. An Investigation into the Chemistry of Laun- 9. An Investigation into Certain Glands of 

 dering, having for its object an improvement Deep-sea Mammals. It yields $1,500 a year and 

 which will save in some measure laundered fab- ^n additional consideration to be decided upon by 

 rics. It yields $500 a year, together with 10 per arbitration. This fellowship is to be a benefac- 

 cent. of the net profits. tion. 



2. A Search for a New Diastase. The present jg. The Discovery of New Utilities for Ozone, 

 source of the best diastase is expensive. The j(. ^j^j^g $2,000 a year and 10 per cent, of the net 

 investigation has as a matter of fact developed profits. 



into an attempt to make a new fodder upon scien- ^ n ,. n i • • 



tific principles. It yields $500 a year and, under The tenure of all feUowships is two years, 



the original agreement, 10 per cent, of the gross It is regrettable that m accordance with the 



proceeds for three years. terms of the agreement, it is impossible to 



3. An Attempt to Utilize the Constituents of publish at this time the results so far obtained. 



Waste Buttermilk, which, at present, in butter It may be said, however, that the progress of 



factories goes down the drains. These constitu- the fellows has been gratifying. It is signifi- 



ents, which it is desirable to conserve, are pri- ^^^^ ^^ ^j^-g connection that Fellowship No. 1, 



marily caseine, and secondarily, lactic acid and ^^^j^ .^^^ ^-^^^-^^^ .^ ^^ ^^ continued at 



sugar of milk. The fellowship yields $500 a year . , , ^, i x j.i. xi. j. xi j 



, ^ , J. ., . \, double the value for three months, at the end 



and ten per cent, of the net prohis. . .,, . , 



4. An Investigation into the Chemistry of of ^'^'^''^ t™^ the donors will either take the 

 Baking. This investigation was established by fellow and his process into the factory or they 

 the National Association of Master Bakers, with will continue his fellowship through a third 

 the object not only of improving the chemistry year at the increased amount; while with Fel- 

 of bread, but, as well, of providing for the asso- lowship No. 2 the donors have already indi- 



