Industry, Research Ahead of Time in '06
In 1906 KU Professor Robert Kennedy Duncan had a theory that there should be cooperation between university research and industry.
It seems commonplace in this age of interlocking education and technology, but the idea was revolutionary when Duncan propounded it.
After his proposals were rejected in the east, Professor Duncan reluctantly headed inland, away from the major industrial centers of the East.
He found a warm reception at KU. Chancellor Frank Strong approved of Duncan's proposals and encouraged him to come to KU.
In 1907, his celebrated book, "The Chemistry of Commerce," was published. The book attracted wide attention.
While Duncan went to KU as a professor of industrial chemistry, his primary concern was a program to interest industries in establishing research fellowships at universities to investigate problems of processing and manufacturing.
As a result, Duncan was able to start his fellowship system at KU, and by the fall of 1909, a dozen fellows were at work on projects.
Some of the projects were begun as early as 1907, and within two years Duncan was able to make a report of progress.
Harper's Weekly reported that "... Duncan's fellowship system has given the university a reputation for energy and activity along modern lines of thought
which other institutions might properly emulate."
6 Daily Kansan Monday, January 17, 1966
With the wide publicity given the fellowships, Duncan found himself with offers from so many industries that laboratory space in KU's Bailey Hall could not be provided for all the projects.
Most of the firms supporting fellowships were located in the East, although Duncan's efforts were followed with interest in Kansas as well.
The wealthy Mellon brothers in Pittsburgh, Pa., became interested in the program, and in 1911 Duncan was invited to undertake a fellowship program at the University of Pittsburgh. For two years he attempted to work at both institutions.
In 1913 the Mellons decided to establish a research institution on a permanent basis and contributed some $500,000 for the facility and its operation.
KU Debaters Win At Two Tourneys
The KU Debate team had one of their most successful weekends, Jan. 8-9.
At a tournament at Illinois State University, Bloomington, Ill., KU's four-man team won first place out of the 96 teams entered.
THE FRESHMAN DEBATERS also went undefeated in the William Jewl College "Blizzard" tournament out of a field of 48. The two KU teams were among
five not defeated in the tournaments.
Members of the four-man varsity debate team are Ruth Hatch, Evansville, Ind., junior, Bill Sampson, Topeka sophomore, Robert Ward and William Ward both Wichita sophores.
Members of the freshman team are Patricia Baldwin, Prairie Village, Hanan Bell, Prairie Village, John Irmen, Mission, and Dwayne Tieszen, Newton.
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