The policy of the College has been developed "with reference to its principal function, the education of young people. Although students come to the institution for specialized training in ceramics: it is considered the duty of the College to ensure that the education she has received: Contact with the industries of the State is maintained through the excellent cooperation afforded to the College by the Ceramic Association of New York State.
Davis, the philosophy of the school was developed and the foundation laid for further growth. During the years of World War II, enrollment declined, but the research work of the faculty increased rapidly. This committee is known as the College Advisory Council and the Pn"ident of Alfred University acts as Chainnan.
ADMISSION
The basic requirement for admission to the College is graduation from a recognized secondary school1. Physics; chemistry and general sciences. Consideration will be given to substituting biology or physics gco!:.rr.aphy for any of the above. In addition to the general scholastic ability, the adaptability can be adjusted. The ability to meet the special requirements of a ceramic education is required.
Applicants for admission to the Design Department may be invited for personal information or exhibitions of their artwork in high school, to provide sufficient evidence of adaptation to artwork.
REQUIREMENTS FOR DEGREES
A written application for admission to candidacy must be submitted by the student to the PhD school's dean no later than three months before the exam date. A grade index of lc:lst 2.00 for completed courses and is included in the student's education. Interested persons are asked to write directly to the Chair of the Design Department before submitting a formal application.
A written application for admission to candidacy must be submitted by the student to the PhD school's dean no later than 6 months before the graduation date. The degree of Doctor of Philosophy is offered and detailed information may be obtained from the Dean of the State eniversity of New York CoJIege of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, Kcw York. All students who are not legal residents of the state pay tuition of $150 per semester. semester, in addition to all other fees and expenses.
No person shall be deemed entitled to registration as a resident of the State of New York unless he has been in good faith in New York for six consecutive months preceding the date of his registration. A pre-registration fee of $50 is paid to ensure students are sincere in their college enrollment. At the end of such course, the value of the missing or broken pieces will be deducted from the breakage fee and the balance of the deposit will be refunded to the student.
If and when these increases are made) they will take effect at the beginning of the next semester. These courses are reimbursed by the University Treasurer) the amount of this fund/L.
PROGRAMS OF STUDY
The purpose of the glass technology curriculum is to prepare the candidate [or applicability in the glass industry or in related fields. In Ceramic Technology, subjects that are generally accepted as technological in nature have been replaced by the engineering subjects in the engineering education. Just as in Ceramic Engineering, a thorough grounding in: Il1athemadcsl chemistry, and physics, is given.
The curriculum of the Design Department offers opportunities for vocational training:)l in the design and manufacture of ceramic pl'Oducts. By choosing appropriate courses in the third and fourth years, nmy students specialize in the design of ceramic goods for industrial production. Others may find in the potter's craft a means of personal expression and a partial occupation, and may wish to concentrate on acquiring the skills of the individual potter.
111C list of courses offered in the last two years provides for sjx hours of electives each year which may be used in additional liberal arts study or in additional courses ·in Design courses. The study of ceramics begins in the third year with laboratory exercises and lectures on the properties of earth materials and their use in the production of glass, clay and other ceramic products. Technical studies are combined with exercises in the use of ceramic materials and processes and their application to creative design problems, rTo are.
The fine two-year programs in the cun'cnt catalog mark a new eurricuhun. Subsequent catalogs will show changes in C(iurses for third and fourth years, . History).
RESEARCH
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION
This is a course in general geology with special reference to the importance of ceramics. Engineering aspects of typical and fundamental operations in every ceramic industry. Study of the fundamental technology of all refractory materials and 1M. , ' e "'peets of their productWll in usc.
Kiln construction, firing reactions, temperature measurement and trot Ceramic production equipment: Plant design. period per week, first semester. A study of the basic vo('ahu\ary) of two·dimcJlSional design: . texture) valnc and color. Problems in visual design (book illustration, exhibition. series) will be arranged individually with the student.
1,)£ mmera!~ and their identification by chemical and physical tCBtS. Two .. lectures and one laboratory period per week) second semester, three credits. Advised W'Qt"k in the use of the petrographic microscope and accessories in the research and photography of ceramic raw materials and products. I, 'f f f dental principles to a study of the electrical and. ropetl'" of mattcr Theory of dielectrics from a atomic point.
EXTRA·C1JRRICULAR
Although religious activity is rife, a well-organized religious program forms an integral part of campus life. Z Sunday services of a non-denominational character are held under the auspices of the Union Univctity Church in the. An outstanding group of lecturers and musical artists come to campus every year to appear on the University Forum University Meetings.
Married students are usually housed in Saxon Heights, a temporary housing development located about three-quarters of a mile from the center of campus. Applications for these apartments must be Stndents who successfully complete the wrong years of instruction ALL STUDENTS are expected to register on the designated days for that Military Science win be appointed as a second lieutenant" on the CoUcgc calendar. Any student who does not register in the l{cscrve Cmps officer by the President of the United States, Appoint" days appointed therefor, at a fee of five doJlal'S per Jate rcgis-TIlcnts wiJ) to a certain branch of the Army of the United States, and shall be delivered to.
With the exception of electives, all courses are definitively pre-student. Students are supplied with study books on a loan basis, for example. The students of the Adva!1{~e Course also receive $0.90 per student from a permit (~ Jist .. but upon making their choice ~ .. subsistence allowance and $78.00 per month while attending the .. week of summer camp) totaling more than $700 per two years, it should be administered on the advice of the faculty. First-year students are not allowed to have cars or motorcycles on campus or in Alfred's Vmagc.
This registration is mandatory and documents: does not mean that the student .. drives to class ~ or parks on campus. In addition to the routine quizzes given periodically throughout the semester, there are final comprehensive exams _ in each subject at the end of the semester covering the entire semester's work.
GRADES AND INDICES
Que class period per week for one semester, lecture or laboratory) consists of Que unit of credit. The number of these credits required.:. for graduation differs between the three departments as indicated in the curricula. The class period is fifty minutes, The laoratory periods vary from two to dirty hours in length. expected of all the students.
A student whose average index at the end of each sernestcr falls_) l)kpartments who presents the best research thesis. The award is below the minimum school requirement that can enroll the following set by a committee of industry leaders; representing the SClllcster "in conditions!,Also) tlH~ academic deans may establish a New YOl'kl Ceramic Student Association founder and grantor of the Han)) condition for reasons, such as a low cumulative index: or low price C' grades in critical prerequisite courses, Student Advisor and i_.
This was found by the Dean of CoJlegc, who determined the nature of the "condition). This consists of the names of students of all Ck1.SSCS who have a scholarship for the indc.-x semester at Jeast 2.20, who do not have entrance to the college Upon approval, three classes are awarded to seniors honors based on their achievement in scholarship throughout the course, namely a) Summa cum laude or highest honors ~ those scholarship index 2.90 and no grade below D. 1vfary \Yager Fisher Litcrary Award, 'Villiam Hightcr Fisher of Philadelphia contributed 1 )000 to establish in perpetuity an award at Alfred University in memory of his old wife, lVIary Fisher, of the class of 1863.
The proceeds of this fund shall be awarded annually to one or more students as an award for excellence in composition, the Chair of the English Department being chairman of that award committee. This medal 'will be awarded to that t ll1 ('Jn- . the scniol' dass majoring in chcmistry~ ceramic engineering or Ix:-chnology, who, during his sophomore and junior years) has the average of the high in all his subjects.
REGISTER 01' STUDENTS: 1955-1956
