Train universal/specific approach

Universities did not follow up. In his September 1947 column he bemoaned the fact that industry had taken the lead in training and developing instrumentation research. At an AAAS instrumentation conference, universities were not well represented— they were only 15% of total attendance "This situation emphasizes the fact that the initiative and intelligent prosecution of instrumental research have long since passed to industrial research laboratories and a few instrument companies" (1947c, p. 26A). General approaches to instrumentation are fostered in the university setting. The alternative was that only specific, commercially viable, instruments would be developed. 

Kruyf s endeavours started to bear some real fhiit, perhaps because his approach to the industrial sector had been unusually direct, especially for a university professor. Note for example how he bluntly passed over the polytechnicians and their possible contribution to the new industries, unlike his predecessors who had often tried to deal with, or defeat, the competition from Delft. Kruyt s approach was also reflected in the image of the relation between science and technology, which he chose to project to his audience. The central point in his presentation was that there existed no conflict between pure science and practical utility. As Kruyt repeatedly argued, the more fundamental that research became, the broader the significance of its outcomes would be. The same was true for education. A student thoroughly trained in the fundamentals of his field was much more employable than one who only knew of a few specific... 

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