Note: Individual faculty members serve on academic committees of the university faculty. During this period in the school's history, the institution became a beacon for ceramics education everywhere. The operation of the College is in the hands of the dean and his Executive Board.
The objectives of the college were stated in the legislative act which provided for its establishment. The most important of these are the Ceramic Guild for art students and the Student Branch of the American Ceramic Society for technology and engineering students. The wide scope of the earthenware department of the ceramic industry is indicated by this list of products.
Most of the rooms in Bartlett are single, while all in The Brick are double. All technology and engineering students numbering approximately 300 belong to the Student Branch of the American Ceramic Society. Patrick's Board consists of senior technologists and engineers selected by the vote of the class.
It is clearly non-sectarian in nature and places a strong emphasis on the spiritual development of the students.
ALFRED UNIVERSITY SUMMER SESSION
ADMISSION
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
SCHOLASTIC REGULATIONS
REGISTRATION
CREDIT, ATTENDANCE, EXAMINATIONS
ADMINISTRATION OF SCHOLASTIC STANDARDS
GRADES OF INDICES
A student who fails to meet these requirements for the first time, but whose cumulative grade index is within 0.5 of the specified number, will not be immediately dismissed from the college, but will be given one semester of school probation to raise his index to the required standard. If at the end of the probationary semester he fails to raise the index to the required standard, he becomes ineligible to continue his studies at the college. A student who is not on probation, but whose cumulative grade point average is more than 0.5 below the required index, is immediately ineligible to continue studying at the college.
REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION
DEGREES
EXPENSES
ESTIMATED TOTAL ANNUAL EXPENSES
TUITION
FEES AND DEPOSITS
DORMITORY EXPENSES
TERMS OF PAYMENT
REBATES
DEPARTMENTS OF INSTRUCTION
CERAMIC ENGINEERING
CERAMIC ENGINEERING CURRICULUM
GLASS TECHNOLOGY
GLASS TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM
GENERAL CERAMIC TECHNOLOGY
GENERAL CERAMIC TECHNOLOGY CURRICULM
INDUSTRIAL CERAMIC DESIGN
In the ceramic industries that were not essential for war, methods had to be developed to economize on labor or to allow the use of unskilled labor. The Experiment Station contributed its share to this work and also continued to develop new information that is now proving useful in the reconversion period. The military, federal government, state government, and private industry are convinced by wartime achievements that research yields great benefits in the form of better products, new products, and ultimately, increased employment.
Most wartime developments were the result of the application of fundamental information discovered in the pre-war years. While the Air Force program is developing ceramic parts that can withstand higher temperatures than the metal alloy parts now used in jet engines and missiles, the Office of Naval Research program is involved in basic research into the properties of mixtures of metal and ceramic oxides. at higher temperatures. A survey of New York State's natural ceramic resources in collaboration with the Science Service Division of the New York State Museum and the New York State Department of Commerce is currently underway.
This will make information available to old and new industries about the properties of ceramic materials available in the state. The way out of this dilemma will often be found in joint research between the industries and the Ceramic Experiment Station. Various industries maintain Fellowships in the Research Division to conduct research on problems specific to their industries. The financial support and work of Fellowships sponsored by industries in the Ceramic Experiment Station are very similar.
It is difficult to imagine a more economical way to investigate such problems than to arrange this study through cooperative grants such as those at the Experiment Station. The department's scope of work covers the entire field of ceramics, including heavy clay ware, refractories, enamelware, glass, metalware, abrasives, plaster, lime and cement. Although it is impossible to research all goods at once, the work is planned so that research will be carried out on all of them over a period of several years.
While space does not permit a complete picture of current activities, mention of some of the more recent studies may give a clearer picture of the station's work: (1) Jet engine refractories; (2) the mineral composition and properties of New York dates and shales; (3) improvement of white. Initial tests are performed in the laboratory; if these are promising, service tests are completed to determine the practical value of the development. Through the cooperation of the Ceramic Association of New York, whose board of directors serves as an advisory committee, the Experiment Station receives advice from the leading ceramic industrialists in the state and the active cooperation of their companies.
DESCRIPTION OF COliRSES
CERAMIC ENGINEERING AND CERAMIC TECHNOLOGY
Principles of crystal chemistry; the nature of the bonds; the sizes of atoms and ions and the organization of these units in solids. A study of the methods of production of the minerals and chemicals used in the manufacture of glass and of the chemical reactions and properties; methods of testing purity, chemical composition and functions in glass melting. Five lectures and two laboratory periods per week, first semester. two years of work in science faculty or equivalent experience.
Three credit hours per semester. Hand drawing and design in various media, from still life, landscape, figure and memory.
PETROGRAPHY AND X-RAY ANALYSIS
Individual problems in ceramics, from the drawing to the finished product, intended for different production methods and types of market, are planned and produced by each student himself.
ECONOMICS
ENGLISH
A survey of the development of English literature from the beginning to the end of the nineteenth century, with emphasis on the most significant writings of the representative authors of each period. Stud; and practice business writing and speaking, paying particular attention to the most frequently used types of letters, written and oral reports, and interviews.
CHEMISTRY
INDUSTRIAL MECHANICS
MATHEMATICS
PHYSICS
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY
DEGREES CONFERRED June 1948
Parker, Nora Utal (ga) Pearson, Joan Jockwig (ga) Pitney, William Elbridge Ploetz, George Lawrence Randall, Theodore Amasa Stepner, Bacia Righter Tiwary, Rameshwary Prasad Turnbull, Robert Charles Wilson, Roger Earl.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS
MASTER OF FINE ARTS
