DECEMBER 13, 1918] 
Chemistry.” The offices of the institute will 
be for the present at the Salters’ Hall, and the 
scheme will be administered by a director, who 
will be selected on the ground of qualifications 
based on a distinguished academic career in 
chemistry coupled with extensive technical ex- 
perience. An Advisory Board composed of 
representatives of the Salters’ Company, the 
universities, and the Association of British 
Chemical Manufacturers is also under consid- 
eration. 
The Company proposes to establish two types 
of fellowship, for which post-graduate students 
of British nationality will be eligible whether 
graduates of a British university or of a uni- 
versity in the United States or elsewhere. 
They are to be (1) fellowships to enable post- 
graduate students to continue their studies at 
an approved university or other institution 
under the general supervision of the director 
of the institute, and (2) industrial fellowships 
to enable suitably equipped chemists to carry 
on research for any manufacturer under an 
agreement entered into jointly by the institute, 
the manufacturer, and the fellow. 
It will be observed that the Company does 
not at present contemplate the erection of any 
building or the equipment of any laboratory. 
Its aim is, therefore, somewhat different from 
that of the founders of such estalishments as 
the Davy-Faraday Laboratory attached to the 
Royal Institution in London, or the Kaiser 
Wilhelm Institute opened in 1912 near Berlin. 
The intention is to add to the number of first- 
rate chemical technologists available for the 
service of industry in this country, a class of 
men which at present scarcely exists and is 
sorely needed. It is hoped to offer such at- 
tractions to some of the best students that on 
completing their university course they will 
seek to apply their knowledge to manufacture 
and industry generally, and that employers 
will recognize promptly the necessity for such 
assistance so that openings for such men with 
suitable remuneration will be provided con- 
currently with the supply. Hitherto almost 
the only career available for the honors gradu- 
ate in chemistry has been in connection with 
the teaching profession. Probably in future 
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such men will be divided into two classes ac- 
cording to their personal predilections, some 
going to the works, while others will prefer 
teaching. In both directions the opportuni- 
ties provided have been insufficient in number 
and inadequate in remuneration, so that many 
cases have occurred in which a man with dis- 
tinet scientific gifts has been forced by cir- 
cumstances to seek employment in other diree- 
tions, and science has been consequently the 
poorer. 
The fundamental idea which has inspired 
the Salters’ Company may be illustrated by one 
or two examples. Suppose a man to have taken 
his degree with distinction in chemistry, and 
in physiology as a second subject. Elected to 
a Salters’ fellowship, he may undertake a re- 
search on some subject of a biochemical na- 
ture. This may be carried on at his own uni- 
versity or at any other possessing a special 
school for this class of work in England or 
some other country. In due time arrange- 
ments may be made by the director for the 
fellow to take a course of chemical engi- 
neering, perhaps in America, and afterwards 
to obtain technical and industrial experience. 
In a very short time a man so trained and ex- 
perienced will be in a position to demand, and 
will certainly be worth, a very high salary. It 
would be easy to provide a similar course with 
the necessary modifications adapted to the case 
of a man whose original bent is in the diree- 
tion of physical chemistry or pure organic or 
metallurgical chemistry. The printed scheme 
issued by the Salters’ Company gives no in- 
formation as to the pecuniary value of the 
proposed fellowships. In estimating the an- 
nual amount which should be assigned to each 
fellowship, it must be remembered that the 
holder, while required to live simply and care- 
fully, must be free from difficulties about 
books, traveling expenses and laboratory out- 
lay. Probably £300 a year under present con- 
ditions and for some time to come will not be 
found too much, though perhaps expenses will 
depend to some extent on whether the student 
remains at home or is required to reside at a 
foreign university or center. When operations 
are to commence at the institute will depend 
