Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-04-02
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Men In Clay Industry
Honor Designers ofNelO
Ceramic Building; Rutgers


al a dinper in the New Packer House
at which time the prize winners in
the contest for a design in terra
Gotta for the new ceramics building
to be built at Rutgers college in New
Brunswick, were made known.
The prize winners were +. w
! Noel of Rocky Hill. an employe oi
the Atlantic Terra Gotta company at
their Rocky Hill plant and S. r.
Audslcy, an employe of the Atlantic
Terra Gotta Company at the firms
Perth Amboy plant. The first prize
consisted of 5000 and the second.
$100.
Although the plans for the build
ing had been prepared by +. II. Bent.
state architect at Trenton, the cerI-
mic people, and especially the terra
Gotta manufacturers were interest
ed in having the facade of the build
ing show up to date development and
merit of their products so that 1t
will stand forth as a monument to
their industry and be an inspiration
to the future students of ceramics
and for .lis purpose they joined in
setting aside two prizes for the two
best designs submitted for a brick
facade with terra Gotta trimmings.
Fourteen persons submitted plans
for the building and these plans
were passed on by committee of
six, consisting of f. II. Bent, state
architect; DR.. John c. Van Dyke.
Rutgers College; Abel Hansen. Fords
Porcelain Works; Professor George
II. Brown, Rutgers College: Il. ".
Eskesen. president New Jersey Terra
Gotta Company, and o. Speir of the
New Jersey Terra Gotta Company.
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were also submitted by Leonard
Stanford, 2392 Valentine avenue,
New York; James Heseldin. Rocky
Hill; Louis Quaglino, New York
Architectural Terra Gotta Company:
James w. C. Nicholson, IA Jefferson
street, this city; H. M. Germs and
Sofus Knudsen, New Jersey Terra
Gotta Company, this city; w. Butler,
Conking Armstrong Terra Gotta
Company, Philadelphia; Randolph
Bowman, 374 Washington street.
Perth Amboy; Herbert B. Brush.
Princeton; Z. B. Bowen, Jr.. Federal
Terra Gotta Company, 101 Park ave-
nue., New York; William Grover,
Madison avenue, this city, and Mar
tin Ostergaard, 636 Franklin street,
Elizabeth.
Charles Fl. Cook, of the Cook Pot
teries, Trenton, acted as toastmaster
of the evening. He called upon Abel
Hansen, president of the New Jer-
sey Clay Workers association as the
first speaker. Mr.. Hansen's address
follows:
1t gives me the greatest pleasure
this evening to extend to one and all
most hearty and cordial welcome.
There have been very few occasions
when so many groups of superior ex-
cellence have gathered together.
First we have the National Terra
Gotta company of America through
whose cooperation we have been en-
a abled to complete the plans for
most splendid ceramic school to be
erected at Rutgers college, New
Brunswick. No matter how much
we had hoped to do-nothing could
have been accomplished without the
architects whose many splendid
plans were presented to us; this was
the most difficult part of our work
to select the most suitable plan when
all showed such superior ability.
Just here, gentlemen, let me in
very few words outline for you the
history of our project from its very
simple beginning to the realization
of our dream today.
The New Jersey Clay Workers
association is really a child of the
American Ceramic Society of Amerl-
ca. II was born about three years
ago and in this short time it has
grown and progressed until 1t has
reached a wonderful maturity. 1t
soon became apparent that there was
great need for an up-to-date GER
annie school in the state of New Jer-
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in the manufacture of ceramic ware
in the United States. Our associa-
ton realized that to obtain an ap-
proprfation from the state for clay
testing station a great deal of mis-
sionary work would be necessary.
Through the untiring efforts of Sem
ator Brown of Middlesex county and
Senator Heath of Mercer county,
this appropriation was obtained and
we are now ready to start erection
of the building.
We sincerely thank our friends in
the senate and assembly for their
ready cooperation in this great pro-
ject. 1t has been my privilege to
visit the three testing stations in the
United States; our school which will
be the fourth, with an equipment
second to none and under the leader
snip O1 f'TOI. bIONIi, VI uliIuSSLici-
ed ability. will, am sure. stand first
among the testing stations in this
great country of ours.
We cannot omit our deepest ap-
probation to DIR. Demerest and the
trustees of Rutgers College for their
cooperation in obtaining the appro-
priation and also in deciding to us
the ground for the erection of our
building. plot most appropriate
in every way.
To you, gentlemen of the execu-
tive board who have untiringly at
tended meetings month in and
month out, travelling to New Bruns-
wick, Trenton, New York and Hotel
de Blum when ecessary-speaking
from experience, know it was very
difficult at times. and you have given
up business to attend meetings.
Gentlemen, you have your first re-
ward in your work we'll done.