Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-19
HANSEN HEADS CLAY WORKERS
OFFERS Three SCHOLARSHIPS
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After luncheon, the paper, "a Mu-
of Ceramic Products" was read
by Helen c.. Perry of the State Museum
of Trenton and a discussion on this
subject proved very interesting. r. l..
Clare of the Federal Terra Gotta Co.
of Woodbridge, spoke on the Dis
cussion Of Oil Burning in a Ceramic
Plant" A. c. Fielder. of the Bureau Of
Mines Experiment Station, Pittsburg,
read q paper on Fuel Analysis" and
r.. H.. Minton of the Genera Ceramics
Co, Metuchen. read the Discussion of
a New Type Of a Produced Gas Fire
Box" All of these subjects were
thoroughly explained and fully dis
cussed after the reading of zach paper.
In his tai at the convention yes
terday, President Hansen offered three
scholarships to young men interested
In ceramic engineering providing his
new department is added at the state
college,. Mr.. Hansen made an earnest
plea for the cooperation of the entire
state In promoting this industry which
has attained such high place In the in
dustries of the country.
In his talk Mr.. Hansen gave a num-
Der of staggering statistics of the ac-
complishmentS OF the ceramic works
during the a He sail that in 1914.
no optical glass was manufactured in
this country, all being imported from
the continent. All the chemical glass
ware was imported from Germany; all
high grade spark plugs most of the
clays used in the manufacture of glass
pots, clay used in the manufacture of
lead pencils and graphite crucible
were all imported from Germany.
| With the outbreak of the war, ceramic
products ceased being imported from
European countries and when the
available supply was exhausted, the
country was faced with q serious
shortage of these products especially
those which were essential to the
equipment of our armies and the.
manufacture of the machine of war.
Through the intensive cooperation of
our government, college and %univers-.
ity research laboratories, the urgent
need for many ceramic products for
war materials was met and nan
ceramic products which were former
ly Imported from Germany are now
being manufactured on a more or less
commercial scale in the United States
now, but the production of these
wares however, was only made pos
sible by the application OF technical
methods and principles existing In
oermaic plants.
Mr.. Hansen said that the three lead
ing states in the union In ceramic in
dustry are New Jersey, Ohio and H.
inois and there are only four ceramic
schools in the country.
There was no doubt that this conven-
tor was the most successful and en-
thuisastio ever held in this state and
under the presidency of Mr.. Hansen. 1t
Is certain that great strides in this In
dustry will be made.
A resolution was passed requesting
every member of the New Jersey Clay
Workers Association to call upon
their senators and representative to
do all they could to pass a law which
will give an appropriation to the
state college sufficient to erect and
equip a building to promote the study
of the ceramic industry in this state.
Some months ago the association
took up this subject of a new build
ing at Rutgers at a meeting in the
governors room at Trenton, at which
sixty members were present and at
which Senator Thomas Brown made an
eloquent speech in its behalf. Be-
cause 1t Is necessary to get special
leg station to accomplish the erection
OF the new building much Is expect
ed of the senator and thus far he has
put forth every effort to further this
new project.