May 8, 1914] 



SCIENCE 



677 



Mellon Institute of the University of Pittsburgh, 

 of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, hereinafter 



called the ' ' Institute ' ' and the , 



of , hereinafter 



called the ' ' Company, ' ' 



WITNESSETH : that for the purpose of promoting 

 the increase of useful knowledge, the parties hereto 

 agree as follows: 



1. The Company shall pay to the Institute an- 

 nually in advance for a period of years, 



beginning , 1913, the sum of 



dollars ( 



) for the foundation of a 



Multiple Industrial Fellowship to be known as 



the exclusive purpose of which is 



2. The Institute shall accept the sums so to be 

 furnished by the Company and shall devote them 

 to the furtherance of the problems of this Fellow- 

 ship; and to this end all money received from the 

 Company under this Agreement shall be paid over 

 by the Institute in monthly installments to the 

 holders of this Fellowship in such amounts as may 

 be agreed upon by the Institute and the FeUowg 

 concerned, or expended for such apparatus and 

 supplies related to this research as the Director of 

 the Institute may deem it advisable to purchase 

 and for traveling expenses related to the elucida- 

 tion of the problems concerned. The Fellows shall 

 be provided, at the expense of the Institute, with 

 a separate laboratory and with such apparatus, 

 supplies and reagents as in the opinion of the Di- 

 rector constitute a reasonable provision. The 

 Company, on its part, shall cooperate with the In- 

 stitute in this research by providing the Director 

 thereof and the Fellows of this Fellowship with 

 its sympathy and with whatever knowledge of the 

 subjects of research it may possess, and, on ap- 

 proval of the Company, with its factory facilities 

 for large-scale experimentation. 



3. The holders of the Fellowships provided 

 hereunder shall be appointed by the Committee 

 of Management of the Institute upon the nom- 

 ination of the Director in accordance with the 

 terms of their formal letters of application 

 to and as approved by the Director, and they 

 shall give their whole time and attention to 

 the object of the Fellowship, with the exception, 

 if the Director so elect, of three hours a week which 

 each shall give to instructional work in the Uni- 

 versity of Pittsburgh. The Fellows shall work 

 under the advice and direction of the Director and 

 shall from time to time through the Director for- 



ward to the Company reports of the progress of 

 their work. During the existence of the Fellow- 

 ships provided hereunder the Company shall have 

 the right, through and with the acquiescence of the 

 Director, to employ and take into its regular serv- 

 ice any or all of the Fellows of this Fellowship, 

 upon terms to be agreed upon between the Fellow 

 or Fellows and the Company, and the Institute 

 shall appoint a successor to the Fellowship vacated 

 by reason of the regular employment of one or 

 more of the Fellows by the Company, provided the 

 condition of the research work shall in the opinion 

 of the Director make necessary or advisable the 

 appointment of such successor. 



4. The Institute, at the expiration of the Fel- 

 lowship, shall return to the Company any money 

 paid to it by the Fellow, in case any thereof shall 

 remain unexpended for the purpose of this Fel- 

 lowship. 



5. Any and all discoveries made by the Fellows, 

 or any of them, during the term of this Fellowship 

 as well as aU information obtained by them ger- 

 mane to the subjects of their investigation shall 

 become the property of the Company, subject to 

 the terms and provisions of this Agreement, and 

 any Fellow making such discovery or obtaining 

 such information shall promptly and without de- 

 mand make revelations of all such information and 

 discoveries. Such revelations shall be made to the 

 duly designated representatives of the Company 

 directly, or through the Director, as the Director 

 may determine. 



6. Any Fellow or Fellows making a discovery or 

 invention germane to the subject of their investi- 

 gation shall, at any time, at the option and ex- 

 pense of the Company, apply for letters patent, and 

 shall upon demand assign such letters patent and 

 any and all right to such invention to the Com- 

 pany \mder the conditions of this Agreement. In 

 case the Company desires to keep secret such dis- 

 covery or invention, or for any reason desires that 

 letters patent shall not be applied for, the Fellow 

 or Fellows shall not at any time apply for patent 

 or patents in their own name, and shall not disclose 

 such discovery or invention to others except as 

 herein provided. 



7. The Company shall, in addition to the sums 

 paid to the Institute as foundation for the Fel- 

 lowships, pay to the Fellows collectively a maxi- 

 mum cash bonus of dollars 



( ) or any part thereof which in the opin- 



ion of the Board of Arbitration (hereinafter pro- 

 vided for) is deserved by the Fellows of this Fel- 

 lowship, and the amount of this payment and the 



