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Calendar
Registratlun, Entrance ~~Xamill3.tlons lnsln.ctioll be~ins
li-Iecthm Day Thanksgiving Day Holiday Recl'ss begiw;
UOI.(nAY RECE~,';
instrllctioll ICS\1l!led SG"me!jtet' l!:xftmiuitli'!lIs beRin Es:arlllnatJo[Js cnd, SeHlc'S\"r t!lld~
1'ueinlay
\Vcdnesday l'uesdllY Thlll"l!day
\Vcdl,esdayeveotn:;-
Wednesday 1\llJrning M'luday
Fdday
SECOND SE\lRSTEb:., 1912-H)I.1
Instruction begill$
WashIngton's Blrtbduy Spring Rece:f<S begil:s
5P(<1110 RrcEbb
Instruct)"tl resumed Examinations begin Memorial Day Examinatio'(15 end
Degrees conrerred at University C:Oljl~
Tuesday tllorning Suturdsy Thursdayevelling
Tuesday murniuj:;"
Frida.y Fridlly Monday mellc"mem Thursday
RegishaHoll. Entrance Elfamillations In&lrucLiolt begins
Elleetiilu Day Thonksgivlng Day
REC~:S~
Holiday }{r:CC5S b(~Rins IloJ.IOAY RJ±:CF:sS
Ill5lnv:;tion restlillcd SemejjLer EXMninatiull!; b"~ll) E)f1'l111jl(utions end, SeIHc!ller ends
Instll:ction beglIls
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\Vedne,,;day 'Thursday Tuesday
TtllJrsdoy Friday Tuesday e-;enlnlr
Tuesday morning Monday
Friday
Tllesday
1912
Sept. 17 Sept, ll~
Nov. 5 Nov. :ttl Dec. tB
lyt]
Jilll.
Jiln. '.1.7 Jan, JD"
Feb. 4 Feb. u
Mar. :to
April { May 2,) rIay ,30 jmle z June 5
ISP3 Sept. !7 Sept. 13 Nov. 4 Nov, ''1 N<n'. ;:13 Dec, ;:13
11)14
Jan. 6 Jan. 06 Jah. 30
Feb, 3
Faculty
Boo'rrm COT~WI':Lf" DAV)H, A, M" Ph. D., D. Do, Pl'esident, Professor of ri~thieFi.
UHAHLEH li\ BINNS, Me, M" Dieectol', Profossor of (Jol'alIlic FJ1ochnology.
ALPHEUB I t ~KBNYON, Se. D,. Registrar.
ProfHBBol~ of 11atholT1aties.
PAOL K 'l'l'l'HWORTH, Ph. D .•
Profossor of rvfodel'n LfLnguagos.
.JAlHl'~S D. HI~NNmHOIi'F" He. M., Pt'ofossor of Nalul'al Seienco.
LINTON B. (j[UNDALL, Se.
n,)
Profossol' of Indnst,l'ial :r..fechallics.
GIWl<tlb' ADDISON BOLle, A. M.,
Assoc;ar,e Professor of Chemistry.
M YR1'A A. IJl'l''I'I .. E, A. M.,
Associute Pl'ofe.s-sor of J~ng1ish.
M. illL;,UJ BINNS,
IllsLruetor ill 11odoling and Pot,j,el'Y.
CLARA C. GRElGNWOOD.
Instructor in Drawing and Desigll.
A. R. HEUBACH,
InstrucLol' in COl'a,mic Pl'ueticc, A. L. WHrl'l"OIW.
Janitor and Machinist.
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New York State School of Clay~Work
ing and Ceramics
In the field of applind SCiOllC(: and eOllltn0rd:.tl ('ng1' nool'ing the subj(~et of CLay-\\'orldug h;; iJeeornil1g' dally more important. '1\) the l1t'chitoel and buiJder c]ay otl'f'l"S the most satiBfa.etol'Y til'D-pt'oof lBatpl'ial. to lllc~ hO\1;..,owi[e pottery is indispotl~'lblo [mel to tho Hl'liKt day and clny·
wttres afford aL Oilee u f;t,eilo tllCHns or nxpl'ossiol1 Hlld H, prominent feature of howe dOCOl'tltioH.
11'110 pl'oblom~ which confrollt tho ciay-wol'kor are unique. !-Ie must. lnarn to Will hi~ Illnlorial (lconomieally from the earth, t,o shape his Wfti'f:H with duc l'('ganl to both utility and art" to gla.zo 01' otherwiRO iluiHh them in {I,
satisfactory miJ,nnee and to burn I-ho w11OIo r.;ll(~cessflllly
upolltllu.rge sca,la. Iris education llHISt thel'ofore be emu- pl'ehensive and cOlllpleto, He must, in a word, btl a specialist. tLnd tl} this end lhe Now YOl'lc SLate School was estlLblishcd,
Chapter 383, Laws of Now York State, 1900, provided for th0 construction awl tnaintfmUlW(" of tlm 8e11001, alH.l in ordor to sunuro the IlCt)O~S:M"y fneiHLies fo1' coll~I,1.ei>a1
branches of study Atft'od University was chosen as Lhe loeation,
Fo\' th is work t.he U nh'8t>~it,y offers gToat ad van Lagos.
fl[tboratorios of chemistry and physics. libraries. IIIUS0U1l1H of geology and natul'al his Lory: workshops fot' tllanual training. and all LIH-~ dopal'LmontB of gunet'al culLnre are t1vailalJle, so that the mali,}' nml vuriEd l'equil'omonLB of a l1bol'u.t etlucatiou al'O fuily HH~L
'flw SlaW of N(lw York eonLalns vast doposi~s of da"ys awl shales at pt'(~;;;ctJt lying dormaut. It also coutains largo numbors of young men (lnd women who are seeking pl'ol1Lablc employment, The work of the sehool is to bring thesn Lognt,her. Neither 111B sejentl(l nol' the art Is lleglected. AttonLioll is givHn to the improvement of uwt.hods of lfHtlllLfaeLuro and the l'oduetiol1 of 00St so that tho t'C'fWurco;:;. of t,ho statt-) uw.y be fully devoloped Rl1(l tlu1t wilhin H,s bordors may b(~ nntnufaeLtll'ud tho clay-waros!
both eoa.rse auel fino, neCDSSa,l'Y for its OWll eOl1sump~ion.
Building and Equipment
'Phe buil(llng of ,he New Yo!'\r State School of Clay-
\Yorlcing amI Ceramics has beon especially designed for Lho {HtI'pOSes of the school, alid is located on la,n£1 v,rhich wae deeded by Alfred University to tile pp.ople of tho Slato 01 New YorlL It is built of rod brielr and Lm'rn.·eoUa with gTU,y trimmings and roofod wilh bi'own tile. It has
(.t. nOOl" spaee of about thirteOll (.hollsand squar~ feet, and
a feolltage of sevollLy-fivG feot.
III the lower story nre located the heavy maehillory for the munulactn eo of brick tile, hollow blocks and roof- ing tile, the Rlip"ll111h::ing plant, cylinders Tal' glaze p1'opa- )·atioll. and lL workshop fiL~od with lllmlorll l1}Jplinnces for pottcl'yaw::l poreelaiu ma.nulaetu)'o. 'rhorc uro also r-ooms for mold muJdng and lirying, ltnd a dmnp cellar,
'rhe
mot.ive powor is snpplied by nan
horse power OtLO ga,s C~tlgjHe> and a H horse powor IJ1u.il'banlrs gus en- gine, natul'a.l g'as boing available.On the prineipttl floor arc locat.ed the cxecutivo offices, rooms fOt· directorr bt.bOl'atorios. aml u tcchnicu,1Hbl'ary.
'11he tochnicuJ In.boraLories cOlltain all the apparatus and applianees nOt~essa1'y fOl' testing ciu,ys and pro paring ceramic mixtures.
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1'ho 1'('citation room on tho third fioor is ~quipped
wit.h a stol'oopticon and cOllLuins llumorous GXam11les of cora.m ie wi:tl'us. both aneicllt and mod~rn"
Tho art dopurt.mont, of tbe school is placed on the second 11001'. Studio::; nro tl,1'l'Rllgeel, provided wHh the fudHties nocBssiU'j! for the practice oJ: mcchanical (h'-aw- ing, £roQ·lmnd dl'Hwing and apl)liecl d(·Hign. l\d,ioining Lhcsc is the lllodeliug )'oom ,,,hore, in addiLiou to orna- mCllLal work in clay, tbo prod uclion of pnro 1'01'01 is
"tudied.
Adjacont to ~ho maiu building is the kiln houf.lo. wil,h- in which are two Idlns; one fot' !iring com mOll wares at, u low temperature, tho oLhor for high t:mnpoYatul'c work
rrhe New York State Legislature ill tho session of 1912 appropriated the sum of $25~OOO to be expenued ill providod u.dditiollal !rHus and tiring equip!rH-~l1t. tog:etlwr with 1:1 urclwoof annex to coutJain the sarno, rf1l1js ex·
tension is ~xpected to be ready for the oponitlg of tho school ill 1913,
Courses Offered
'rhe coursos of study which lead LO 1-1 degT80 extend
OV81' it period of four yea.rs HiHl embraco, togethor with the SCiOllC8t iocllllology and art spocinJ to clay"worldng.
such subjects as n1'8 tho equivalent. of tho usuj],l collego
C0111'SO. Oort,aill subjects al'e l'equired, but. tho ceramic wOl'li: is clnctivt:\ as to the partjcuInl' bral1ch of cluy worlr, iug ~o be followed.
rrbe toohnienl conrse is designed tv qualify men Lo occupy pOhiiLions as superintendents, scienLitle: exporLs and cerumie uhelllisls.
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course )n coramie art is intended to tit the student loe the dOBigning and producing of artistic pOLtory" 'l'he eonrHe covel's. u. witIa field 01 art and lotters in the belief that a sueeess-ful artist must possess a liberal oQuoation.Ji\>1' the accumrnodrt-tion of those du~d1"iHg to qualify as tcu.eh('l's it is pcnnittod to e1eet psychology, history of odncation a.nd pedagogy in place of othOl' college subjects, All opportunity for prfLetice teaching is affordHd in Lho public schools ot Alfred.
Stndcmtj,j haviug a praetical knowledge of dRy work·
ing will he roceived lor short tOl'lIlS, and cel,tifleaL8s \vlll be given nccordiug to the \vork donn.
Benefits of the School
'Plw dr:mand for trained clay-worlH:~rs haR grown to conBid(>l'u,blo proportions during tbe lastfaw years. Cap·
ital is bU('.'Hltillg more Hnd more int.erested in the (leveJop- mDnt of eJ;ty lands unt! shaIn banlts; nor 1S tbere any like- lihood t,)utt this interest ·will decrease.
On Lho other hrlnd I,}w Humber of mon who have studied in schools is very Hll1ftll compared with tho OP(?l1-
to be tilled. flit-herto, no student who has passed through tho school sueccssfnlly has remainod ullemployed, anG the dil'octor is cOlltinually ill recoipt of applications
1'01' persolls qualified to filll'osponsiblo positions. Every effort is made by tho Iltcul\y Lo place the stIldonLs in commnllication with I03.Uu.facturors dosiring to oiTc-rthem -employment.
rrhe studont sucee,ssl:nlly pursuing t,he technical
COUl'se \vil1 be ablo, pl'e~nming t,ha.t his persona,l eapaclty is good, to talw up tho practical w(}rlr of IIlnn.ufacturing (-'.lay wal'es. He. will harn Inl.(1 expcrionc(; with overy de- scription of day. and with the mi [lentls and oxides nsed in preparing' bodies and giazos. Ho will have aequired .1
lrrw\\'lodgo of machinery a.nd ldlHl; whieh he will fj ud of the gi"eatest vHlll(-}~ in short, ho will be a tru,in0'd nwn as regards tho probloms of clav~wot'ldng,
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SLnuonLs who consdeuLjonsly purstlO Uw eonrso in ceramic tU'L will be nble tu design tmd I1HLh:e arlistic potLery, preparing Lheir own Cill/YH and corn pounding their own glazos, if necesstLry. 'Phoso whoolBCt.1101'1Wl.l sludies will be thoroughly equippod to i.<laeh not only elay-wOl'l,·
iug, but d rawlng und design itl fichools, Physical Training
'rho Him 01 the wodr in physieal training is to bring lhe wholo body to its norma.l eonditioll, to ::Lequire 01lSH
and pl'o(:isiol1 in movement. u,IHl to devulop tho hen.lth aud strength of the studunt.
GYMNASiUM, 'rhe gymnasium is 011 t,ho ](IW01' 110m' of I3abcoelr Ha11. It is eq Ixlpped with ehest "\yoights. d 11m b bells, wands, Indian duhs, horizontal ,end pnl'allol b,u's, rings, poles and Hoor mats. Ad rossing'-room with lndivhl~
uallockors, a. wen oqulpped baLh roorn wILh siu)\ve-l' hn{,hSj and two handball courts are provideu. 1''1)')0 g.YlilHti.sinm is in chargo of the physical directol". All slutifmtsj uHle~s
excusod by Lhe instructtn' on the ad vice of a phyBiciall, are requirHd to do two- somest,er hours of work during t,ht' froshman yea.r f6l1d one dUeillg thn sop11omor0 ycar, ulHhw
Lho dinH.:Lion of: the instructor in physienl training.
A'rHLJt,'rIC FIhix .. n. rl']l0 athletic field embra~P8 over thl'oO aero::; of Jovot land. All intercollegiato (',onteBts In fooLball, b!Lsob1tll, und tract athletics are held on t.his iield.
'lth(~ field nlTorus a j*unning track (one-sixth of a. milu), ApPj'oprjato apparatns for tickt sports is provided,
OO'I'UOOR SPOWTS, including tonnis, aro in the im·
mediate charge; of tlto nUlletit': association, whicb has 11
football te;1Ul playing \JnclBr inLereollegiale rules. H base ball nine, and a baslwt ImH Lcatn. For tenniS thero arc exeollollL courts and flll (tYlllnal tuurnament is maintained.
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A thlotics, however, UI'O not cfu'l'ieu to extremos. 'rho
CQlllHILttBo 011 ttthlotics J)'om tho faculty, a.nd t,ho graduate manager exorcise gCHOt~(tl supervision, for it is Lhe pur~
pose of the university togiveduH aitcmtioll tothc physicrtl ,v6lfaro of its ::;tudOll Ls, and at the same ti mB h:nep tho physical ill proper l'eitLtion to tho intellectual and moral devo[oprl1Cllt.
Fees per Semester
'l'UlTW::-1 and INGmE~TAL FEE) ( except to rcsi(}cmts
ATHLE1'lC I<'nrii REAIHNG ROO.M FNE
of New York SLate)
TI:X'fflAS. for use of instruments and laboratory uHtter!als:
qyf1)na~ium fee (all !"rcshmL'l))
Surve)'lHg - ~ ~ - - ~
ChclHlSLry Breakage Deposit, per year, Chern. 1 - Chemi;;try Break.lge Deposit, per year Chem. 2, 3 4, 5,
Elementary Chemistry ~ , 1
Blowpip.o Analysis and Mineralogy
Quxlitativc AnalyslR - . ~ -
Quantitative Analysts, Advanced Quantitative Analysis
or Clay Analysis - - - - -
Physh~ 1, Laboratory - Advanced Physics. Laboratory Botany or Zoology
Entomology - Physiology Shop 'B'eo GRADUATION FEE
$25 00 2 00 30 1 00
.j 00 2 00 1) 00 4 00 4 00 G 00 G 00 1 GO 250 4 00 2 00 1 00 4 00 500 Stlldellts not registered in regular COlll'SGS ill ceramics may be permitted to cuter tho sdwol for special wor1{
{md, if Hot residonts of the state, will be charged three dollnrB tor each sonH'stCl' hour. Student rosident,s of tho sinto for one your preoeding tho date
or
thoil' nd-mis~iOll are entitled to fre'3 tuitio1l provided tllOi l' l'og18~
tratioll is for Hot less than thr00 seUH:'stpT hours, but such studeu is are not ontiLlnu to freH Lnitioll ill any col1ogc class nor aro students registered in tho college ontitJcu to free tuition in tho School of Ceramics ill respect of any subject 1'01' which college crodit IS given.
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Bills will be pres(mtod by the third I<'t'i<lay of the somol1tol', a.nd must be paid at the office of the tl'ea;;'Urcl' hy the fifth Fd<lay 01 the "<)tuester.
Rooms and Board
Rooms and board for women Cttll ho had !.l,t [,il,diof;
Hull, and rooms IOt' mOll a.t Burdick Trall. at the following rates:
Rooms, furnished! per semester Board) per week
~lO 00 to $2·1 00 400 All rooms are fitted with gas fixtures for hDating and lightning.
Gas is paid for according to amount used at 32c per thousand.
Boar<l is fUl'llishe<l to ,non at TIm'die], Han OIl the eo·
operative plan.
I{,ooms and board, including fue1. eal1 be obtained in private ramilies at from :1'0.00 to $5.00 pOI' wonk. TIoard in elubs, ol'glLui7.0;J tLnu m(111(tgpd by tbo students them- selves, varies froiH 82.90 to ~3,50 pOl' won1\, according to tho means and inellnatiolls of the mombors.
Estimated Annual Expenses
Excludiug cost of clothing and travel, OlW eUH go through a college year by close ecollomy upon 8175,00 and by eXGl'eising C:tl'C, upon $200.00. A 11 allo'~vDJwe ofS250,OO is comfortl>ble, am! $300.00 is liboml.
Bmn'd, $2 90 to $4 -00 pel' week Rooms, $10 00 to $24 00 per semester Gasl $3 00 to $6 00 pel' year
Laundry, per year - Books
Lycenm dues, etc. - Incidentals and exh'us
Total f01' year 9
$104 00 to $144 00 20 00 to 48 00 8 00 to 6 00
10 00 to 15 00 lO 00 to 25 00 2 00 to 10 00 25 00 to 35 00
$174 00 to $283 00
Self-Support
Many of the graduates havo beHn persons of very limited moans who worked their way through co1)ege.
While the school call not guarant,ec- work 1.0 all applicants,
Hntcrpl~isillg studnnts {:an usually fiud employment in the town with satisfa.ctory compensation fot'
an
the time t,hey can profitably spare frmn their studies. SmIle earn enough to mo{:t the greaLCl~ part of thoir oxpenses. Stu- dents should distinctly ulldcl'sLauiJ that wheu they at, tempt outire self-suppOl't thoy should lengthon their tel'l]]of study.
Terms and Vacations
'11ho sehool yem~ consists of two terms, or semesters, of (!.uout (.c;ighteml "\1i'cclrs each. 'l'hcl'c is a vaca.tion at the Holi(la.ys of about t\VO ,,,",ooks; fl short reCOsS at Eastel' timo; and 1), summor va.cation of about 'fifteen weeks.
Class Exercises
ffhe class nxerCIso period is one hour in length; iu laboratory work. however, the cJass oxercise continuos through two or morn hours, as Lho case may be. There are no c]ass exorcises on Saturduy (}t' Snnday. 'rhc
sched ulo of recitation is fixed by the faculty, Each stu- dent is ox pee ted to havc at lGa.st fifteon exerCiscs pEn'
\\'"eok. Studonts who talro more tha.n seventeen exorcises weekly must maintain au average standing of ninety pOl'
cent and obtahl the consent of t,lw dircClOl'. Any student who flLiis to attain a standing of at least sixty per cont in a given subject willllot receive credit in that subject.
No student will be pOl'miLtod to remain in tho school unless he has I'eceived credit fol' ten hOlll'S of wOl'k in t,rle preceding semest~r.
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Unit or Measme of Credit
One class exercise pel' week tm· one tOl'lll OJ' .sem(~ster.
is taken as the unit of measure of credit, and is termod a semester hOUI', In each cour5iO ouo hunured and tW()uty semoster h0111'8 are required,
Absences and Excmes
It is expected tht1t 110 student will be absent fl'otH any collego exorcise except ill easo of necessity. Iexcnses for H,bs(-meas from class exorcises arc made to a committee of the faculty known as the committee on "bsoneos. All excusos are granted wit,b tho uudel'stauding trmL tho work missed will be made np to the satisfaction of the instrnCLOl'. Euch unexcused absence deducts ono liB1' cent from the final standing for the HCBH"!sler, 01' two per cent if occluri..ng wil,hl11 throe days immediately pl'ucuding or following a rOCi.)SS 0\' vacation.
Examinations
Final examina.tions nrc hold at the close of eaeh SOIJ1OS·
ten' in addition to occasional written tests during tlw semestm·. Fees will be ehal'g'cd for all exawinations tal{en by those not rogular mum bors of classos. 01' nt other times than thoso appointed for Lhe e1n.ss llXatHIUtl-
tions.
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Admission
Ctwdidatcs for admisshm to Lho freshman ciass must
b(~ nt least tifteeu yoars of ago and must, pl'csont uCl'tifi~
eu,tes uf good moral ehartLetcr. '1'110 particular require- monts f01" ellteu,ncc are nxpluined below. Preparatory
wOl'li: may bo estimated riLhor 111 .. units" or in New Yorl{
State rogents H connts." 'rho "unit," l"3111'osents u course oJ flvo l'BdtaLions wCH~kl'y throughout un acadomic year of the pl'eptLl'uLory school. Tho rogents >I count H reprosents one l'l'citatioll weold,Y fOl' 011e year. FUtccm" u'nits " 01' sevenLy-five H counts" must be offored.
Entrance Reqnirements laI To the Technical Course
mNGLJSn. a units 01'15 uounts. r.rhp, candidato must bo f~lmililLr v,1ith olementary rhetoric, both as a science and au aet, and mnst be pl'ofieieut in spelling, puncf,mL- tion, idiom and division into paragraphs, Propal't'Ltion mnst inulude the wOl'li: in English proscribed by the
\Tarions eollogc tLsRocinLioIls.
reach student must be able to IniSS an exnmimttion upon ten hooks selected from tho lis\; prcscl'ibccl by the eo1l0go ontranco associutions. 'l'he following ten nrc recommended: Sha!{eRpearo~s .Julius Cmsn!', and 'rho hicl'challt, of Venieoj 'rho Sir Hoger do COV('rly Papers;
Goldsmith'::; Tho Dosprted Villago; Scott's Ivanhoe;
Hawthorne's 'rho Hc'use of t,hH Sevon Gablos; Irving's Skoteh Book; Ruskin's Sesamo and Lilies; Lowoll's rrhe Vision of Sir Launfal; Lougl'ol1ow's Courtship of Milos Standish.
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In addHion to the above a. thorough study of oach 01 the workd narned beluw is required. rehe oxn.mination will bo upon subjoet rnattol'. form and structure,
Shalrespoaro's Macbeth; Miltou's L'Allegro, II Pen, serosa and Comus: or Tennyson's Idylls 01 t.lw King;
Burke's Speech on Conciliation wHh America, or 'ViL~b·
ingl:on's Il-"arewoll Addl'of;s H,nd \'v~ebstcr's Bunker Hill OritLion; Maeallla.y)s I .. ife of .Tohnson, or Carlyle's };-:!SStty
on Burns.
lVIATHEMATICS. U unIts mol;') connt,s, viz: Elolllontary AlgcbnL inc!uding fuudameniJal oIH1nLtiollS, [aetoring.
fractions, rutio, proportion, radicHls, quud l'utieS, PJane Geometry, 'mcluding the straight line) angle~ circle, pro- portion. similarity, and areas. Solid Ooom(~try and Plane rprigonomotl'Y·
FOHE1GN LANGUAGES. 2 uuits or 10 counLs, Any ono language may be offored.
~ellO -candjdate will bo expectud to havo :l pnlctieal lrnow]odgc of pl'ouunciation, as wuH tiS u thorougb mmjtel',Y of granllnfltical f01'ms }wd syllt,ax, und to P08808$ it
fu.miliarity ~:vith the literature in propol'!,ion to the allwLUlt
of work offored.
DHAvVJNG. 1 unit Ot' 5 ('ounts. A year IS COUl'BC ill
Dnt.wing,
SCI11!::-iCli:, B units 01' 15 couut$, UhetlJistry and allY two of Lhe following; Biology. Physical Gcogl'l1phy, Physics,
BJL1<~CT1YM. 3 units or 15 counts.
SUMMARY English
Mathematics ForeIgn Language Drawing
Science (including ehelniatry) Elective
~l'otal
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3 unitH or 15 counts 3 " " 1 5 "
2 H H 10 "
1 H
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j j3 .. a 15 3 " ,. 15 "
15 H 75 "
[b] To the Art COUfGC
For antra-nee to tho course in ceramic wet aud normal study tho requirements ar<l those admitting to either of
the courses in Alfred University.
" NO'('R-Candidate~ for admisSIon to ally (if the nbove courses, may. in ex~ep.
tlOllal cases, oIfe~ eqlHvnJ.:nts as SUblltitules for the required studies $ub;ect to the
approval of the dln~ctor, ~
Admission is gained either on certificates or on ox.
amination. fiS follows:
Admission Oil Certificate
I~EGENTS' OREDl~NTIALS. 'fhe credentials of the University of the State of Now York are accepted inste!1d of an oxamination ill the subjects roquire(l for admission.
so far as they covel' those l'cq uirements. [F'or description of subjocts, see Entrance lIeqll'i,·ements.]
PRINClPAL'S CEUTUi'lCATE. Oertificates aro also re- ceived from principa1s of prcparl1tol'Y 01' high schools out- side of New YoI"lr StaLe, provided such schools are known to tho faculty for thoroughness of inst,ruction. Such cOl'tifieate must specify, in connection with each subjcet, the extent to which it has hoon pursued, by hYiving the text-bool< used, the method of instruetion, the amollnt of time given to it, the date of the final exnmination, the de- gree of the applicant's proficiency, ,md must clearly show that the student has met I,ho 1'0(1 uiremonts in overy detail.
The school furnishes blank forms for such cGrtificates upon application of pl'ineipals of approved schools.
Principals of preparatory s(;hools who desire to have their students admitted on certifiCltLc are invited to correspond with the director.
Admission on Examinations
C!1ndidates who f"it to present satisf(wtory certificates must pass a written examination in t.he required subjects.
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held at Alfred at tho bf!gitming of the yea.'. O,mdidates must report at tho directol"S office and obtain pOl'mits for examination. '.rhe result of the examination may be obtainod from tlte director.
Conditioned Students
No student can elItel' the freshman class conditionod in moro than two n.eademic subjects. rrhose conditions
must be removed within one year.
Admission to Advancerl Standing
Students iI'om other schools. having a course c{luiva·
lent to that of tho New York Sl;ate School, may entel' at tho point from which they take dismissal, upon I"'oseIl- tation of satifactory certificates of standing and character, including all honorablo dismissal.
Senior Thesis
There is req u"ired of each candidate for a. dog roe a thesis! for which credit is given, two hours ill the first semester a.nd three in tho seeond semester of UH~ Senior year. The tillo of the thesis must he chosen in the field of Cel'amies not later than November 1. and must bo ap- proved by tho dit'ector. 'rho thesis shall embody the ro- sults of actual indeperHlent research, and must be sub~
mitted for approval not lat~r than MtLy 1. A type-written copy must be deposited with tho director.
Graduation
While no sl,udent will he permitted to g"aduato with a smaller crcdit thlLn onC hundred and twonty semester hours, four lull yet"'s of l'osidcnt wOl'k will bo required in either course. Upon sliudenLs who satisfactorily com- pleto tho technimj course Alfred University will confer the degr~~ of Bachelor of Science, and upon students who satisfactorily complete the course ill Oeramic Art the degrce of Bachelor of Philosophy.
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Course of Study
All Lhe studie8 in the Freshmall and Sophomore years arc l'cquired. 'I'hose of tho Junior amI Sonior yeal's fll'O elect.ive ill part, hut. every student is oxpeetcu to covor as far as possiblo tile subjects indica.ted,
Required Studies
Arabic lluUlcl'uls indicate the uumLet: of chtss exer- cisos pot' week
f rcshman Year 'fF..cHNICAL COURSE
History (1) 3
English ( 1) 2 l'~ol'Cihrrl tanguag<: 3
Chemistry 2 3
lIrhlthematics (4) ~3
Laboratory 1
Physical Training 1 Ceramic Theory 1 1 17
ART COURSE
English (1) Foreign flanguage Chemistry 1 Matllematiea (1) Design
Drawing Modoling Physical Training Ceramic Theory 1
2 3 3 3 VAl 1 1 1 1 If%
In au clition to the abovo. all Freshmen arc required to attend a course oX lectul'es on Ethics giVOll by the President, counting one semoster hour for the yeuI'.
Sophomore Y car
TECHNICAL COURSI~i AUT COURSE
English (2) 2
Mathomatics (5) 3
Chemistry 3 3
Foreign Language :3 Ceramic Theory 2 2 Industrial Mechanics 5 1
Laboratory 1711
Physical Training
Yz
English (2) 2
Foreign Langnage 3 Logic lJ.l1d Psychology 2
Sociology 2
Ce.ramic Theory 2 2
De.qign J 1f
Drawing 1%
Modeling 1
Laboratory 1:<;
Physlcal Traininp; H
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TECHNICAL counSE
Physics 1 3
Industl'ialMechanics 8 Ilh
Laboratory 2
Ceramic Theory 3 2
Elective 8
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Junior Year
ART COURSFJ
History (1) History 0 f Art Design Drawing Modeling liaective
3 2 114
2 2 6
Studeuts in the tochnical COllrse will take ceramic teohnology as' major subject und '\\'111 olect as minot"
chemistry, m~Lt,llemaLics or' foreign language.
Students in tho art course will tnlw ceramic art as majol', and \vill elect as minor. history, Vhilosophy, natural science (}l' mathematics,
The- following 8ubjects fihonld be pursued <1S fnl' as possible ill the .Junior and Sonior yours, euough work boing elected 1,0 COlUJllote at least one lUllldl'(,u a.nd hventy scmest431' hours.
TECHN1CAI4 COUItSE Che~~istI:'Y :
6 Physics 2 Geology (1)
Economic GeoJogy (3) German
Drafting Mathematics (6)
" (7)
ART counHE
Biology (1)
H (2)
Chemistry 2 Education (4)
H (5)
Design Drawing Modeling
T'he numbers in parenthesis refer to the courSes described in the college cata]()t,rue of Alfred University to which reference should be made.
For detailed information as to the courses in Ma.tho- mat·jcs. Pilodern L:tnguages, English nnd N:l1,uraJ Sciences soe the C()Jh~gc OntnJogl1c o£ Alfred University.
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Departments of Instruction
Technology
Prolcssor fiinns Mr. Hcubach
1. A course of loctures with reading! occasional essays; and problems, on the foundation princip!es of the
C81'Ullll.e industries. 11'l'cshman year, one !tOUT.
2, A course of loctlll'BSt with recitations. on the prin~
oipIes of calelllation involved in ceramic. composition.
followctl by lectures. with recitations, on the methods of man!lfacturo of clay wtU'BS. ancient and mOdeI'll. Sopho- more year, iwo lWU1''<J.
3, A C011rS8 of locturos. with recitations, on clays and othor ceramic materials. tbHl.r properties and prepar- ation. followed by lectures, with recitations. on tho tech, nology of clay wares for special purposes. White wares.
faience, ou,rthen wure, sanittLl'y wnre! onCH fired ware, fireproof and reIractoty W.l;1re, hartl and soft porcelain.
electrical insulgting waro, .J unioi' yetu\ t100 haU1'S.
4, A course of elementary workshop Prlcet]CC with eXBreises in simple com position. If1roshman yea,,, one h0111'.
5, A course o[ laboratOl'Y domonstration and practice mixing clay boclles and glazes, ElcuWlltm'Y kiln work.
Sophomore yeur, O1W a.ncl one·lta{f k01t.rS,
6, A course of laboratory demonstration and prac, tice, Technical and industrial problems. Chemical u,ud
mineral analysis of clays. Jun10r year, two ltmjii's.
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7. Laboratory and ·wor!<"shop lwacLicc in cOlltinua.tion of cour$C 6. Productioll 01 fino and special WH.rcs. Kiln cunstruction (tnd pYl'01netl'y. Sonior YOlU', j(nl-1' hOUTS.
Bloudents ]n tho short course WIll be ,,,lmitted to any of the foregoing lectures Hnd laboratory "\vork at tho dis- crotion o[ Llw faculty.
Chemistry
Profess!}r Bole Professor W. A. Titsworth
CHmM1S'2RY T. A tlltH'oug!> course iu the theOl'yand principlos of tho scicHlce of chemistry. covoring Alex- antler Smith!s Colloge Chomistry. It Is supposeu that students ontol'ing this COUl'SO shall hrtvo llflli high school IJhys]cs. and preferably high school chemistry, Lecture and rBeitu..tions Cwo hour.')'. laboratory ont; luncr.
2, QUALrl'ATIVE ANALYSIS. rI'he dot·ai1ed sepnr·,
aMon of the motals, non~ulGtals and acid l'ftliieu,ls. 'rhe student is required to apply tho thool'Y learued in conrsel
ttlHl to explain the reason fot' oaell reaction, 11'ho ionic thcol'Y, solubility Ill'oduct, law of cOllcontmtioll, by(ll'Ol~
ysis. amphoteeic hydroxides. etc'j are sLudiod a.ud appli·
c"tion made ill tbe soparations, A labom\ory course consisting of fOUL' honr~ of laborato1'Y work t"t weolr.
Ul1'OUgl1011t j,he yeat', with oue hour lectur~, Rpquired of major stlHlcn1s. Text-book, Stieglitz, Prerequisite.
course 1 or its equivalent. '17tTce h01.t'J'lf.
3, QUANTITA~'IVg iL'fALYHLS. A laboratory COUl'SO
of foul' hours with a woekly lecture thl'ougbout tho yo,,-!', The worl<:: (~mbraccs the principal methods of gravimetric, voh.lmotll'ic i.Lnd (::lect1'0-ellOrnieal ftoalysls, a.ud the use of t,he rofcreneo works a1Hl tho clwrnical journals. This eourse gives qnantitatIve apl)1icaLion of tho Jaws which
al'O studiod qualitatively hl eonrse 2, Preroqulsites, cou rses 1 and 2, ~P't1'ec lW1//f8.
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4, r~t:'ECHNICAL ANALYSIS. Lectures aud laboratory work, r:t'lw amllysis o~f silicate and ctLrbonate rocks, and of iron and steel:is eal'Tiod out in detail. (rho student is given lihe opportnnity to compare different mothods of a1H1lysis rathol' than 1,0 follow any spocified method. Pre- reqnisites, course}; 1, 2 and 3. '17t'J'ce /to'U?'S, 1.
5. GAS AND PUgI .. ANALYSIS, QUG houl' lccturu and foul' hours laboratory. The completo l1lmlysis of flue,
in
U III inati ng and lHttu 1'(1,1 gases is ctU'rioel ou t in iol18 laboratory. The sto(ly of tbe various fuels is takou up and different samples [Leo analyzed hy the student. 'rho studellt is taught to use the 01'8"t & Hemphill appal'ati and the Parr Calorimeter. Pn~rcquisHes. courses I, 2,3, 4. rph1'P,c hourN, II.6. PHY8JOAL CHlDMIS~'UY. Introduction to tho con, ceptE of modoJ'll pbysical chmnistl'Y. The first -semestm' is LalWllll]1 with a detail"" sLllely of tho qnantitative laws
g()vet'nin~ gasBs, liquids) solid,:;, and substances in solution.
During tho secon(l term a study of the phaso rule tlnd electrocchcmistl'Y is ta.ken Dp and n, detailed study of the hLws uf chomical eq ujljbrium and applications of tho same arc carded ou t. Pl~ereq uisites, COUl'S(~S 1 and 2. Piau hmo's.
Physics
Professor W. A. Titsworl h
l. GENTURAr .. PHYSIC,'3, A course ill general physics for those who have had high school ph,ysics. Tho stu~
clemt, should have studied algebra,. gCOlllot.I'Y, alld plane tl'igonomet,ry, 'l'hl'ee honl's a, ".:celi. lectures and reclM Lations; and one twO·hOU1~ pol'iod
or
laboratory work Spocial emphasis is laid upon tho application of tho prineiples studied ill the conrse to uature naG to daily life. In thelaboratol'Y typie[lj expol'iments 'HopedOl'mod by tho studellt, Tho lectUl'es (l,l'e illustr"tcd by experi-20
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lmcuLs as ffLr as possiblo. Jlil'st. somestm\ moehn.uics, SOUlHl and heiLt. Second semester, elBcLdcity and light.
'l'oxt·book. KimhulPs College Physics. Fonr !toUT,'L 2. PHACTlCAL PHYSICS. rphis is t~ In,bol'atol'Y course intendou foJ' those who have had t1: course in Uollego Physics wiLhout the COl'l'8Spundiug' laboratory ,York. It will cOll'sist of two doublo lab01'a.tory hOln's a woel{ auu will cover t.lw samo Gxperiments a~ pursued by oourse 1.
Oceasional1y a. lecture, or a l'ecitation to w(Jl'l{ pruhlems and diseuss tho pl'ludplGs. will bo snbsLit,lltou for tho lubol'atot'y. During the sQconcl semester some advanced oxperiments will bo given.
311. LIGH'£ AN» lc1J,'AT.
'1'100 l£Owrs,
An ad vanced eom'Re in those subjects follo,ving some standn.rd texts such as IlJelscr's, Open to i,hose who ha:ve had course 1. TJt;j'ce llO~1"1'R, I.
ilb. MAGNI!1'l'1SM ANn ELECrl'lUC'l'lY. An ad v-anced
COlU'fH:: in those suhjncts open to students who havo had COUfse l. rl'bo worl{ will be .s.omewhut technical bofore tho close oE tbe semester" l'krec llOUTS. JI.
Industrial Mechanics
Pf(lfessor Crandall
1. EL1<!MENTAHY DRAFTING. Ope11 toa1l regular and special student.s of the eolleg(~. Elomenta.ry priuciph:s, goornetrie prohlems. projoctions) ote. :Pwo lwvA's, cou,nt~
'ing one and O1w-lwlf llO'u/fs.
2. ADVANCED Dn-AI"TING, Open to those;) who have complHted the first yOUl'!s work ana solid gcom_etry.
DeseriptivD geometry, shades. slHtdows, ull(l perspectivo, with their applicatiolls, :i"wv hours, (jOif/nti1l(J one and one~
half',m,,1'S,
3. DESCRIPTIVE. G-I~O,METnY< 'l\Lught both by ClaSA
exercises. in which the stndcmt demonstrates the val'ions problems, and by instrnmenta.l solutifJll ill the drafting'
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room. in which he makes accurate drawings illl1strat,il1g these problems. Tbis courso incluLlos the principles of shailos, sha.dows, and porspective, all devclop(1d according to maLhollHLLicuJ principles. 'J'wo lUHf/til.
4, :NIACHINTI: OR AH.CB.11~lW'1'UH.AL DIL-\FTING. Pre.
requisitns , courses 1, 2, and 1:L fJ1bis conrso dovelopcs COIll})]ute setR of l,.voridng drawings, inc]uuing billB of nuttorials aull estimates of either nUl,chinc. firchHecturaJ
01' manual trfl,itJing' subjocls as the stud'ellt may elect,:
'l'W(} llOu'r;;, emtntinu (JnG rl1ld o1u-:-ltalf 7((171..')'8.
5. vVOOI)·VVORKfNG. 'rilis is <tn elementary course opon to all sLudellts of the univcl'sity. 'l'hc purpose is to teach the students the illtelligent uso of tho more common hand tools usoa in tho shop. the care Hnd the proper methods of sharponiug them, nnd tho correct lllBthod of maldng the principal joints used in carpolltl'y and cabinet- maIdng. As soon as each Idud of joint is thoroughly understood, the student is taught, iLs prtlcticnJ 11se in HHLldug a picce of furnituef:! or apparatus. Spocinl stJ'ess is pIa,cod on aCCn tney nnd neatnoss of ,\ynrlnnnuship, so that Lhe studont nuty en,rly learn the necessity of ettreJ'uIj
pa.instah:ing effort iu order to t1CCOml)lish good results.
Two h011:1'81 connttna one ltOu"/',
6. PA'r'l'EH.N·1VIAIGNG. Pl'Ol'equisitc. cOurse 5 or its equivulent. 'l'his courSo aims to give 1)he studuut the elements of practica.l wood Il<-tttel'u-nmking. J;1ach artIcle made is to bo u. pl'actical pattern which mny" bu Success~
fully castirtltlly foundry. Tho wol'1r is made very techni- cal so that the student, may bccorne acquainted with uutunl shop methods so hI' as it is \lossihl" in" school shop. Ac- Cllrttey aud first-class worh:nw;llship are essontial for suc()ess in this COUI'SQ, 'l'u;o konr8, counting one anrl one~
half !tours.
7. FORGING, Prerequisites, COlll'sns {) aud 6, 01' their equivalent. A practical course ill tlte drawing, welding, ttnd bending o[ irou £01' nny purpose. The lIH!.uagomcnt
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of the fire anLl tho forge is eonslderod of lirst importance in this course A large val'ieLy of articles in both irOll and stool is made dUI'ing Lhe year. the wodt in steel com~
in~ the laUor part,uf tbo yeal" Such tools arc mettle from steel as cold chisels, lathe and planoI' tools, and special tools fOl' spocial PUl'POSDS. At froqnent intervals dILring the ymu" lectures and demonstrations al'O givell on sHcll subjeets HS the stl'uctnro and U1;tllu[acLnre of stoal and iron. wolding compounds, commel'cinl shop methods, tempering. annealing, etc, :fwo luYIJ/i's, count-inu one lto'WI'.
8. l\1ACHINESHOP PHAC'l'ICE. Pl'el'eq uisit,os, courseS 5 and 6, or their oq uivak\llt. This COUl'se conSIsts of oxercises in chipping, filing. and fitting, lathe and planer works, and operations on Lhe drill press. Sh:ill ill manipu·
latiou is not sought 80 much u.s u working kno\vledge of methods, a fami1iarity with the Ihl1ibLtions rmd possi.
bllities of the tools, and H greater insIght into tho practical, productive, and commercial sido of shop mel!hods a.nd mn.na.gcmcnt. rro this end, necasiuwL] lectures are given throughout the year Oll such subjects as COI1lIllGl'elal machilleHhop methods, time keeping systoms, pioeo-wot'l<
and pt'omium plans, cost ltcel1ing, and stock room manage- ment, 'J!wo lwtt'J'sj countiny one and, onc-]w{t hour8.
Ceramic Art
Miss Binns Miss Greenwood
This course is intended 10 give the student, an appre, ciation of the prineiplos uudcrlying al1 art oxpression;
especially through the cralts and pottory in pal'ticull1l·.
For this purpost:: CUUl'ses are givon in lho history of Art as woll as in the sludy of Ilatllre. the possihilities !Iud limitatiolls of mntel'ials and priueiplcs of trllo decoraLion.
Thf} eoursc is lJ1a.nned to extend progrcssivoly over UlC fonr yea.rs.
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rrho following outlinos tho course:
1. DRAWING In poncil, charcoa1 and wator~color from nature. animals, stiH*IHo und casts. 1\1omory dru\ying amI emnposition. Fenn' hours studio work. J.ilreslnnan year, One lWiti',
2. DHA\VINO. in continuation of 1. Sophomore yetil', one a1ul one-half hOllr,'1.
B. DUAWING. Advanced work in drawing andl)aillt~
ing. Juniol' and Sonior years. 1~w() hmt1's.
·1. :r\'fODli~LING IN OLAY from cas1js, nat11re and ttn~
imals. Memory modeling nnd composition. Ii'our hours studio work li'reslnuau ymtl', One lW'l('r.
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D, Pm'TEHY BUILDING, Elemon tary pottery forms, methods of dncorat..ion. If')'t~shman your. One lw'u'r. 11.
t;, MOf)],LJNG, III continuu.tioll of 4, Sophomore ycar. One hOUT. I.
7, PO'rTTCIlY BTllLDlN(J, In cOlltinuuti[Hl of 5, Sopho·
more yeal·. One Iwwr. II,
B. MOngLING. Advanced work from the cast and from the POSD, original compositions. J'ullior and Senior yoars. :Pwo hOU1"S. 1.
9, PO'r1'I~RY DUII,D1NG, Advanced worl, in form an,i decoration. J unio!' and ~ouior years. One holtt'. II.
10. DESIGN, Study of I,he principles of design, color, historic ornament, aaaptioD of pla.nt form. the possibilities and limitations of decoration as rtpplied to the crans, considorution of aU~ovel' pattm'ns anti space-filling in general. Hequired of an studonts. One o,jul one"half hour.
11. HISTORY OF' ART, A comso of lectures with reading and rocitations on the history of art from earliest periods dOWll to tho present dtl.Y. T"wo lto-'u'('s.
12. NOHMAt. 'l'HAINING. dr:.nviug, design and clay- work as applied ill public scbools with opportunity for practice-teaching. Ironr hours studio work and O1H3 lec·
ture a week. Twa hO'H1"~,
Department of Investigation and Research
Clay Testing
Professor Iliona
'rhe State 8cl1001 of Ceramics is fitted aud the exports in charge aro qualifiod, for t,ho l)roIossiolltLl exa.mination Hml Lesting of clays fot oconomic purposes. Such clays
may be. elassified under ilw following lwads:
(a) Ktwlill, white hurning rositiunl clay,
(b) [(aolin, white lJurniugj wasbed for market, used ill the manufa.cl,uro uf pottor.Y. porcelain and l)UPOl~-
(c) llall clay, white 01' cream burning', SC(limeHtary c]a,Y of high plasticity. used ill poU-cry mauufaetuf'o.
Cd) StOlUl wa.l'O clay. gra,y 01' ermllU burilhlg, moro or loss sandy in churaeLer, used in st01l0 ware. manufacture.
(e) ll'iro clay, buff OJ' white btH'nitlg, refractory. llsod for HHHlufa.ctllre of 1lre brkk
(f) Brick ola,y, i"duding colored cla,Y' and 8hlllos, l1sod Ior the l11HtlufacLuYe of brick aud tHe of various qnnlil:ios ttnc1 descdptions.
1.'01' each of t.he above eiassc.') special tests arc neeul}' sury, amI thr,\ charges mado (.tl'O propol'Mol1l1t,o to the work requiTed,
A report upon ea.ch sample will be furuished amI mus1!
be understood to refer ouly to tho samples submitted unlefis the experts are iURtl'ueted to examine the dc})oslt
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and pl'opare theil' own surnples. in which case speeial charges will b(~ nmde. rrho t'cport includos physiealt,ests, and ehemical annlysi"s whore necof:)s~u'y.
Ad \'i('.o as to washing or other preparation of the eJay is a.lso give}), tog-othor with an opinion as to tho industry to which the materhLl may be applit~d.
Industrial
ProblemsProfessor Binns Mr. Heubach
'l'he problems incidentaJ to the manufacture of clay wares tue regularly in vesLigated at the school. Manu- facturers are invited to present questions for study.
Persons rosident within the state are entitled to reason·
able services without cha,rge.
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