This statement bv Dr. H.M.Ullmann is but a modest
GRADUATE WORK
summary of one of- the factors chiefly responsible for
Lehigh University has for many years encouraged a small group of graduate students to pursue work for the Master's degree. In f a d the doctorate was established as far back a6 I892 when Joseph W. Richards attained it. Dr. Richards' distinguished career as a metallurgist and eledrochemist p v e d that he merited this distinction of being Lehigh's first Ph.D. Another doctorate was granted in 1898 to Dr. H. E. Kiefer. Then for many years only the Master's degree was given until in 1937 the doctorate was re-established. The resent number of m d u a t e students total 25-9 s t u d h g toward the dGtorate and 24 toward the FELLOWSHIPS Master's degree. Of this number 25 go forward in Various industrial fellowships have been established chemistry, while 4 are in chemical engineering. This is to foster research and provide funds for graduate stu- in contrast to the undergraduate students which numdents. These have included researches on silk, leather, ber 315, of which 261 are in the curriculum of chemical drying oils, resins, carbon black, chromium compounds, engineering and 54 in the chemistry mrirulum. paint, etc. GRADUA~S Unique among research fellowships is a plan inaugurated in 1927 by the Class of 1930 (freshmen) to doAn industrial org-ation is known by its nate refunds of laboratory deposits toward the establish- Similarly a University is known by its g r a d ~ w . AS merit of research fellowships for Lehigh graduates. the college president is reported to have said, "We This fund has grown to well over $20,000 and is a last- gumntee the or we will return the student." ing tribute to the spirit of Lehigh students. Recipi~ ~ hgradU&h i ~ h are to be foundin many ents of these fellowships have done research in P ~ Y S - positions. A roster of these is impossible here, but ical chemistry, organic chemistry, and X-ray studies. such a list would include men prominent in the production of steel, coal, oil, paint, linoleum, drugs, arms PUBLICATIONS and ammunition, fertilizers, and many allied chemical From the very first year of its establishment the fields as well as in academicpositions. department has encouraged faculty publications of ACKNOWLEDDMENT texts and contributions to the technical literature. Approximately 330 publications have been produced This paper is but part of a longer report being precovering a wide range of subjects. Nationally known pared by the author in counectiou with the seventytexts have been published in the fields of chemical Bth anniversary of the University. The author is calculations, qualitative analysis, and general chemis- indebted to many alumni and members of the Univertry experiments. For years also the English transla- sity staff for information. To Professor Emeritus, tion (by Professors Schober and Babasinian) of Gatter- Dr. H. M. Ullmann, he is indebted for important deman's textbook for the organic chemistry laboratory tails of the long period from 1894 to 1938, during which w'as widely used. Well known have become the re- time Dr. Ullmann was actively enengaged on the campus. To another person belongs much credit for inspiring searches of Dr. J. S. Long on the drying oils, the work of Dr. E. R. Theis in tanning technology, the vapor an interest in the early activities of the department. pressure studies of hydrates by Dr. W. W. Ewing, and This was Mr. Henry C. Huettig who for 57 years was olloid and plastic researches of Dr. H. A. Neville. a member of the department as faithful stockroom known, though equally important studies of other keeper and lecture assistant. No Lehigh man since members have resulted in important contributions 1878 failed to know Henry. To him books and poems analytical, physical, and organic chemistry, X-ray were dedicated in spite of the f a d that he often "ruled alysis, chemical engineering, chemical education, the roost" with a stern hand. He died on September history of chemistry. 2,1941. the esprit de corps in the department. It is one of the pioneer student chemical societies in America. Besides fostering the scientiiic spirit by bringing distinguished scientists to speak a t meetings, and in the earlier years by financing trips to distant points for the collection of museum specimens, the Society has served an important social function for students and staff. Its annual Christmas party assembles some three hundred members and guests to a grand banquet. Chief sponsor for this event is Professor A. A. Diefenderfer.
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SALT THIS TO TASTE It seems that an experimentally minded gentleman, several hours of unsuccessful fishing in the upper ches of the Powder River, finally came to a point stream formed a sharp hairpin bend. Staassistant with a bushel b e e t on the bank, up the creek to a point where the stream was paratively narrow and there dumped a quantity of
sodium silicate into the water. The results, so the story goes, were exactly as had been anticipated. The fish swam through the silicate which stiffened their tails so that they were unable to make the turn in the stream and they accordingly piled up in the basket until the men had more than enough to satisfy their needs. -From Silicate P's & Q's
