The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-31
AMERICAN CERAMIC
SOCIETY IN SESSION
The Discussions Are of a Tech
nicaI Character
OFFICERS DULY ELECTED
w. D. Gates of Chicago, President.
Seventh Annual Convention At
tended BY Many Men Prom
inent Manufacturers.

Two score men representing almost ev-
cry section of the union met yesterday
morning at o'clock in the Hillman par
lors and except for an intermisslon of
two hours at noon continued in session
till o'clock last night. They were men,
bers Of the American Ceramic society.
whose seventh annual convention is being
held this year in Birmingham.
After an executive committee session
had been held at o'clock, the doors were
thrown open to the public and the regu-
lar work of the convention began. In
his opening address. F. w. Walker. the
retiring president of the society said he
was glad the convention had met this
year in Birmingham and glad also that
1t had attracted SO many members to
this city.
Technical Study.
Public interest In the technical study of
ceramics, said President Walker, was
steadily increasing. In speaking of the
progress Of the society he took occasion
to praise highly the pioneer work done
by Prof. Edward Orion, Jr., of the Ohio
State university of Columbus. o. New
organizations. sad he, had been formed
throughout the country and the study
Of ceramics was being introduced into the
universities.
Proceeding to the transaction of busi-
ness, the society admitted fifteen appl-
cants to membership. The scrutneers
charged with counting the electoral votes,
announced that the officers chosen for
the ensuing year are:
Officers Elected.
w. d. Gates, Of Chicago. president; FL
lis Lovejoy, of Columbus, Ohio, vice.
president; Prof. Edward Daton, Of Column
bus, Ohio, secretary; Stanley G. Smith,
treasurer, and Walter M Ficks, manager.
In taking the chair, President Gates
alluded to his deep personal interest in
the growth of the society, and to the re-
markable development that had marked
its seven years of existence. He spoke
In detail of the various new theories that
had recently been advanced by promi-
nent members of the society. President
Gates felt sure that these theories would
be OF great practical value in the art of
clay making.
Last Years Work.
Secretary Orton then read the report of
the society's work of the last year. No
definite plan, said he, had yet been formu-
lated regarding an international conven-
ton. The present membership of the So
ciety, said he, was LOG. Three members.
he said, had resigned.
S. Geijsbeek of st. Louis, spoke of the
value of the exhibits made at the st.
Louis exposition by the American and
foreign ceramic societies. He advocated
that closer relations with the National
Brickmakers' association be cultivated.
Theodore A. Randall, secretary of the
National Brickmakers' association, said
that the body he represented desired to
cooperate with the American Ceramic
society
Afternoon Session.
At the afternoon session technical dis
sertations on these subjects were read:
Report of the committee on ceramic
literature, by Prof. Charles f. Binns,
NJ &C., chairman. director New York
State school of clayworking and &C.
Fanatics, Alfred, N. I.
Some Evidences of Bodies High In ST.
lica Glazing From Over-Fire," by
Charles Wheelans Monument Pottery
company, Trenton N. ].
Some Experiments In Fluctuating
Body Compositions and There Effects on
the Glaze" by r. C. Pudy, assistant in
ceramics, Ohio State university Column
bus, o.
lessons From st. Louis" by Prof.
Charles r. Binns, NJ. Sc.
Today's Programme.
THE Ceramics of he Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition" by S. Geijsbeek, Win
kle Terra Gotta company, st. Louis,
Mo.
Notes on Standards" by e. C. Slower
Trenton Potteries company, Trenton,
N. ].
The convention will continue with a
third session at o'clock this morn
ing. Here is the programme for today:
Bone China Bodies" by A. s. Watts.
Locke Insulator company, Victor, N. Y.
"The Action of Grog in Ceramic
Bodies" by S. cieijsbeek, st. Louis Mo.
General Confederation on Floor Tile
Bodies" by r. C. Purdy, Columbus, o.
"some of the Problems of Roofing Tile
Manufacture" by Wolsey w. Worcester,
general manager Central Ohio Roofing
Tile company, Groveport, o.
Heat" by e. C. Slower, Trenton, N. j.
Questions for Discussion-Dunting (pro-
posed by E. C. Stover) Shall the Tariff
on Pottery and China Wares be Abolish
Afternoon Session.
Call to order at 2 p. m.
Matt Glazes at High Temperatures. :"
by Prof. Charles F. Binns, M. &c., Alfred,
N. Y.
''Feldspar VS.. Cornwall Stone as a
Glaze Constituent" by Leonard b. Coul-
ter, e. NJ Qn Ceramics), Columbus, o.
''Iridescent Stains on Glass" by Har-
ri on Everett Ashley, B. &C., Homer
Laughlin Pottery company. East Liver
pool, o.
cause of Body-Crazing Of Sewer Pipe"
by Walter A. Hull, r. M. lin Ceramics).
manager Shawmut Clay Manufacturing
company, Shawmut, Pa.
elevation of Standards" by w. F.
Keates Owensboro, KY, Kentucky De-
velopment association.
Questions-Does fine ground glaze on a
coarse ground body cause Grazing
Cray.
Does cooling a kiln rapidly produce Bills
tered war? Gray