Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-14

for the purpose of culture or in
~teliectual drill. Thus the benevolent
fiction OF ceramic chemistry. eco
nomic geology. engineering English.
ETC.. helps to caJole the youngster
along until later on he sees that
chemistry and geology and English
are quite worth while in themselves,
without any pre1xes.
in these two ways. then. the
movement for ceramic education has
made a zeal contribution to knowl-
edge-First by supplying al for
progress, and second by attracting
into the study of this old art, youth
of brains and ambition. who would
otherwise never have thought of
seeking this field.
1T would not be fair p say that it
has made great ana material ad-
vances in the fundamental sciences
or brought forth many new laws OK
wide application. Its claims to re-
spect lies much more for interpret
Ing and applying already discovered
laws and making them operative.
ut has created a large and rapid
ly growing literature. by recording
facts and practices long well known
Al lAlt AluuSAig Dul hOW e dNdll-
able except al the workman's bench.
1T has cleared up the paradox
made reasonable the mystery-ban-
ished the old high fence of trade
secrecy. 1t has added a new world
of facts and extended the fields OF
economic possibility.
Man instinctively pays homage to
those rare brains who can think
creatively-who can penetrate the
unknown with unerring logic and
wrest new secrets from natures in
ner vaults. But, it should be recog-
nized that one such genius out in
the front-line trenches OF an INTEL
lectual no-man's land, may some
times take territory faster than the
united application of battalions of
less creative thinkers al CONSOLE
date 1t and make 1t useful to man.
kind. In the end, the value of
knowledge lies in its use and en-
Joyment, and who shall say that the
labor of him who renders knowl-
edge-useful is less honorable than
that of one who creates but does not
utilize.
Has ceramic engineering made a
permanent place for itself in the field
of technical education? That ques-
ton may be answered by another
What is permanent? Nothing is
permanent in nature-all Is in a
state of fiux. But, with the constant
~ increasing substitution of the pro-
ducts OF the forests, by the great
group OF silicate products, minister
ing increasingly to the needs of man.
and requiring with the passing of the
decades and centuries always a more
critical conservation OF thermal en-
ergy. and greater economy of hu-
man labor, we can be sure that they
will require trained direction in in
creasing proportion. Courses of
study and names OF subjects will
change, but that technical schools
will TO produce that kind of
educated leadership which we now
know as the ceramic engineer, is not
thinkable.
THE best evidence of the sound
ness of this view is this very occa-
sion which we are gathered here to-
gether to celebrate. Almost thirty
years nave passed since the first cer-
annie engineering department opened
its doors in an English speaking
country. That this beautiful and
commodious structure today replaces
another, already outgrown and in
adequate. is but a symbol of the vir-
ility of the idea. 1 congratulate you
upon your success here-your ma
terial resources, your interested and
loyal supporters, your keen and care
full faculty, your fine outstanding
young manhood, and most of all
upon your vision of the future and
your preparations for new and in
~creasing service, of which all this
Is the visible expression"