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that this use will rapidly increase. The resources of the state in clay are inexhaustible, but in order to manufacture this material profitably specialized technical knowledge is indis- pensable. Every few days an inquiry is received as to the pos- sible uses of a deposit of clay or shale, samples are received and carefully examined, the qualities of the material are as- certained and tests made on a practical scale. Upon receipt of the report from the school the owner of the clay can pro- ceed to the manufacture with confidence or can be content to save his capital, knowing that no profitable use can be made of the raw material.
It is much to be regretted that the desired appropriation for extension was denied this year. Under the present con- ditions the work becomes increasingly difficult especially in the matter of furnace work. The modern use of high temper- atures in industry has caused a brisk demand for refractory materials and it has been impossible, for lack of high power furnaces, to meet some of the demands. This should be rem- edied without delay and therefore it is earnestly hoped that the legislature will see fit to grant the special appropriation of
$25,000 which is again asked for.
Your Director keeps in close touch with the advances made in clay working science throughout the world and es- pecially in the United States. The interest in this work is growing throughout the country and the other schools are be- ing liberally supported by State legislatures. Dr. J. A. Holmes, the recently appointed head of the Bureau of Mines, has said:
"Continue to encourage investigation of clays and clay products by the national government, by each of the states, by the technical schools and by the individuals. Carry on the educational work to the fullest extent possible until you know that everybody in the country realizes the importance of build- ing houses of brick and other clay products instead of wood."
Miss Haydock who has had charge of the work of the Art Department for three years has found it necessary to tender her resignation owing to ill-health. She has served the school with great devotion under considerable difficulty.
The financial statement is appended.
(Signed) CHAS. F. BINNS, Director.
F i n a n c i a l S t a t e m e n t Property Owned by Institution
Grounds $ 1,000 00 Buildings 13,830 00 Furniture 1,135 00 Apparatus 8,000 00 Library 340 00 Museum 4 0 0 00
Receipts During Year
Balance from 1909 $ 2,893 79 Tuition Fees 175 00 Other receipts from students 17 67 Materials sold 24 00 Clay examinations 20 00 State Appropriation 7,500 00
$10,630 46 Expenditures During Year
Improvements $ 633 15 Salaries 5,500 00 Fuel and lights 632 40 All other purposes 2,658 24 Balance forward August 1, 1910 1,206 67
$10,630 46 (Signed) D. S. B U R D I C K ,
Treasurer and Accountant.
Examined and found correct.
(Signed) E. E. H A M I L T O N , Auditor.
(Report of 1 9 1 1 )
To the President of Alfred University: —
Sir:—I have the honor of submitting to you the Eleventh Annual Report of the New York State School of Clay-Working and Ceramics.
The story of the school as written from year to year is
one of steady and healthy progress. The registration of stu-
dents is maintained at as large a number as can well be ac-
commodated, as the equipment is necessarily limited by the
available funds. So much of the instruction is of an individual
nature that larger classes cannot be taught without additional
space and facilities. You will recall that at the time the
school was erected and equipped scarcely the barest neces-
saries could be afforded. One kiln was built in a temporary
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wooden shed outside the main building, and no fund has since been appropriated for either additional kilns or better housing.
In the nature of the case a good deal of time is spent with the kiln and it is impossible to expect students to do efficient work under the present conditions, especially in very cold weather.
The school has never been properly heated. At the first a number of discarded coal stoves were borrowed from the University and made over for gas. These same stoves have sufficed for eleven years because no money for efficient heat- ing could be obtained. The session of the school, of course, is held in the winter, and at the time when the students should be doing their best work they are seriously handicapped by the impossibility of providing sufficient warmth in the class rooms and laboratories.
The needs of the school on these two matters are vigor- ously supported by the manufacturers of clay wares located in the state, and your Director is in possession of copies of many urgent letters written by them in which the sympathetic aid of the legislators is invoked.
By strict economy the school was enabled to secure an assistant on the teaching-force. Mr. Herbert K. Cummings, a graduate of the Polytechnic Institute at Worcester, Mass..
was appointed as instructor in Chemistry and Physics and As- sistant to the Director. Mr. Cummings proved himself a cap- able man, but at the close of the year he resigned in order to fill a position in his Alma Mater at a salary higher than this school could afford to pay. The legislature this year has granted a small increase in the appropriation to become available in October, and your Board of Managers has ap- pointed Dr. G. K. Daghlian of Columbia University to fill the position of assistant. Dr. Daghlian is a specialist in Chemistry and Physics and will add greatly to the efficiency of the teach- ing force.
Miss Haydock having a year ago signified her intention
of resigning, your Board of Managers appointed Miss Elsie
Binns, the eldest daughter of the Director, as Instructor in Art
and Design. Miss Binns took her early work in this school,
but for the past five years has been teaching in the Ethical
Culture School of New York City. She brings to the work a
rare enthusiasm and a fund of experience in teaching which will be of great value to the school.
At the invitation of the Commissioner of Agriculture, the school is preparing an exhibit of the clay wares of the state for the State Fair to be held at Syracuse in September.
An application has been made to your Director by the Committee of the International Congress of Applied Chemistry to contribute to the program of the Congress which will meet in Washington, D. C, and New York in 1912. Research work is being already undertaken with the view of complying with this request.
Manufacturers of clay wares in the state are making con- tinual use of the school in the solution of their technical problems. Every request is complied with so far as the facili- ties of the school will permit and your Director is constantly in receipt of letters appreciating the services rendered.
The students who graduate from the school are making good in their positions. That their employers are satisfied is shown by the fact that frequent changes are not made. The young women who are prepared as designers and teachers are found to give satisfaction also.
The movement in the direction of technical education is world-wide, and in no field is specialized knowledge more needed than in the industry of clay-working. In addition to this it is evident that clay as an economic material is the one resource which is inexhaustible. As timber disappears, build- ings will yet more extensively be erected of clay products with the added advantage that they are indestructible by fire.
The school, therefore, has abundant justification.
The faculty of Alfred University has afforded invaluable assistance in the instruction of students in general subjects;
in fact, if it were not for this, the school would be compelled to retain a large faculty and to increase greatly its demands upon the state for maintenance appropriations.
The financial statement is appended.
CHARLES F. BINNS, Director.
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Ending September 30, 1911 M A I N T E N A N C E F U N D
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Balance Chap . 432, Laws 1909, on hand beginning of
year $ 44 58 State Appropriation 56 55
State Appropriation Chap. 433 $ 287 10
State Appropriation Chap. 512 Laws 1 9 1 0 . . 10,000 0 0 — $ 1 0 , 3 4 3 65 Tuition Fees 106 00 Materials sold 28 85 Clay examinations 35 00 Clay Analysis 18 00
$10,576 08 Cr,
Remitted to State Treasurer, Receipts $ 185 35 R. E. Maintenance, Per vouchers approved by Comptroller 169 53 Office Equipment, Per vouchers approved by Comptroller 31 56 Office Maintenance, Per vouchers approved by Comptroller 158 25 School Equipment, Per vouchers approved by Comptroller 5 2 2 74 School Maintenance, Per vouchers approved; by Comptroller 1,664 83 Publications 197 50 Salaries 7,360 00 Traveling Expenses 138 44 Balance on hand Chap. 5 1 2 , Laws 1910 $ 1 4 5 38
Receipts from Materials sold 2 5 0 — $ 147 88
$10,576 08 C U R T I S F. R A N D O L P H , Treasurer.
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