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FILE NAME: Kohler (KOH) DATE: 1934 DOC#: KOH026 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Bulletin - American Ceramic Society jio'l) ( tifili February 10.1994 I hereby certify that the attached copies of the Bulletin of the American Ceram ic Society. Volume 13.1934. are true and accurate copies, the original of which is maintained in the normal course of business at the American Ceramic Society. 735 Ceramic Place. Westerville, Ohio 43081. Product Manager Ceramic Information Center 735 C a rcrr.c Place Westerville. Ohio 43081-8720 614-390 -.<1700 rWX: 71011C9409 THE BULLETIN of the American Ceramic Society A Monthly Publication Devoted to Proceedings of the Society, Discussions of Plant Problems, Discussions of TechnicalScientific, and A rt Questions, and Promotion of Cooperative Research Vol. 13, 1934 Edited by the Secretary of the Society, R oss C. P u r d y ( H enry H olmes Smith Assisted by i M ary J . Radclijte I E mily C. Van Sckoick Supervised by the officers of the Industrial Divisions: L. E. Barringer Chari as Harder ^rlri W . N . H a r r iso n B. J. Swso J anes Bjuuy P. C. Flint | Enamel | Glass R. C. Mssxes I Materials >ond . H. B. DcBors ) Equipment K. E. White R. E. Birch ^ Refractories J. L. Cajlrotkbri D. A. Moclton H. D, Callahan EC. E. Davis E dward Schramm T. A. XxtNTsratrsR ) Structural >Clay ) Products | Terra Cotta } White Wares Officers of the Society W. Keith McAi i x , President Universal Sanitary MI;. Co.. Mew Castle. Pa. J. M , McKjnlby, Vics-President North American Refractories Co.. Cleveland. Ohio H. B. H uhdheson. Treasurer New Britfaton. Pa. Ross C. Purdy, General Secretary and Editor Trustees: J. C, Hostbttkr, E. P. Posts. F. H. Rread, Vt. C. Ldtoexann. F. C. Flint, V. V. Krlsey. R . B. Sosuan, R. B. Ksyuncrr, R. L. Clare. 0 . P. Forty Committee on Publications: Loots Navlas. Chairman; M. F. B uschhr, L. J. Txostsl, R. M. King. Rosa C. Ptranv Editorial and AdoerUrine Offices, 2525 North High Street, Columbus. Ohio Publication Office, Easton. Pa. 1 .U A U IVI i Ibis U P T H k SU U ifcl'V its in so-cailed cultural subjects including economics, but not at the expense of science subjects- (3) We have in creased the total credits is mathematics, physics, and chemistry. (-1) We believe mathematics should be taught by mathematics specialists whether engineers or not, and our students are so taught. (5) We believe chemistry shouid be taught by chemistry specialists and our students are so taught. We are unalterably opposed to instructors in such departments as ceramics teaching anything but their own specialty and have successfully fought other departments here that attempt to da it. (6) We do not look on "Occurrence and Properties of Clays" or as we cal] it. "Ceramic Materials," because we try to broaden the field, as a geology subject. Geologists, even af the Ries type, can not teach this course because I want to make it fundamental to all other courses in tbis department. Property taught one can lay the foundation for alt other ceramic courses. We devote only three credits to it and it follows and lies in with the first course in geology. One other comment. My idea of the function of a col lege agrees with that of Roberts. My one aim is (o teach students to think and to be seif-reliant. ! work at it from the time they enter as freshmen. It's a tough job with some, probably the majority, simply because t contact them so little during their four years here and (here are too many instructors who teach on the "memory" theory who constantly tear down as f build up. f have consistently attempted to stay clear of so-caUed practical courses and from leaching "practice." I da very often attempt to show the application of theory to practice. Like you. I believe the teaching of "practical" courses lowers college instruction to a trade-school level. My experience has shown me, however, that you must teach a certain amount of "applied science" in order to make the pure science of value to an engineer. May 29. 1934. A. F. Greaves-Walker* 1 Professor of Ceramic Engineering. North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering of the Uni versity of North Carolina, Raleigh, N. C. 158 CORPORATIONS RECEIVE THE TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE AMERICAN . CERAMIC SOCIETY FOR THE MINIMUM FEE OF ONLY S25.00 An a 4 E n g in e e r in g Co. A C Spark Pluc Co. A kron Porcelain Co. American Encaustic T iling Co. American G as Association American Lava Coup. American Potash & Chemical Coup. American Rollino M ill Co. American S tove Co. Amsler-M orton Co Atlantic T erra Cotta Co. Babcock & Wilcox Co. Bau. B rothers Co. Baltimore Enamel 4 N ovelty Co. Bausch de Lomb Optical Co. B each E nam eling Co. Benjamin Electric, L td. Bonnot Co. B uck C lass Co. B uttalo Pottery Canton Stampino & Enameling Co. Carborundum Co. CaRR-Lowrey Glass Co. Ceramic Color & Chemical M fc. Co. Champion Spark Plug Co. Car caco Hardwarb F oundry Co. Clay P roducts Association Clay P roducts Co., Inc., op Indiana Columbian Enameling & Stamping Co. Coors P orcelain Co. Cosh art Refractories Co.. Inc. Corning C lass Worms Cortland G rinding Wheels Co. Crane E namelware Co. CaoorsvtLLR China Co. Crossman Co. Crown P otteribs Co. D etroit E lectric Furnace Co. Dbvilbiss Manufacturing Co. J oseph D ixon Crucible Co. B. F ..Drajcsnteld & Co, E dgar P lastic K aolin Co. E mpire Steel Corp. English China Clays Sales Corf. ; E ureka Flint fie Spar Co. Federal Seaboard T erra Cotta Corp. F erro Enamel Corp. F ostoria Glass Co. G eneral Alloys Co. C eneral Ceramics Co. W. S. G eorge Pottery Co. Gillinder Brothers. I nc. G ladding. M c B eam de C o. Gleason-? ; EBo u r C u t ss Co. C lenwood Range Co. Golding Sons Co. Great Lakes Steel Corp. A. P. G reen F ire Brick Co. H aecer Potteries. Inc. H all China Co. Hanovta Chemical 3c Mpc. Co. H ardince Co.. I nc. H arshaw Chemical Co. Hartpord-Empirs Co. H azel-Atlas G lass Co. O..Hommel Co. L. J. H ouie Convex C lass Co. I ndustrial P ublications. I nc. Inceam-Richardson M pg. Co. Lnternational Lead Repining Co. Irish G lass Bottle Co.. Ltd. Isolantite, I nc. J ova Brick Works Kentucky-T ennessee Clay Co. E dwin M. K nowles China Co; K ohler Co. Laclsde-Christy Clay P roducts Co. Lapp Insulator Co,, I nc. H omer Laughlin China Co. NOTES AND NEWS 171 Le s Clay P roducts Co. I_;m b v G lass Manufacturing Co W. A R iddell Co. X. J. Lindemann & Hoverso.m Co. Locxe Insulator Corp. London Br io ; Co. Sc Forcers. Ltd. Ludowici-Celadok Co. Macteth-E vans C lass Co. Maryland G lass Corf.' MataWak T ils Co. McLa in Fire Brick Co. JriRT.U. & T hermit Corf. Mississippi C lass CoMrrcHELL Clay Mfc- Co. Moore * M onger Co. M osaic T ile Co. M ount Clemens Pottery Co- National Alumnate Corf. National F ireproofing Co. Nbw Castle Refractories Co. N ew J ersey Porcelain Co. N ippon Gaisih K waisha Nippon Toki K waisha. Ltd. North American Refractories Co. North State F eldspar Co. Norton Co. Omo I nsulator Co. Qhondaca P o tt er y Co. Owens-Illinois Glass Co. Pacific Clay Products Co. Paper M akers Importing Co., Pass 3c Seymour. I nc. Pennsylvania P ulverizing Co. Pennsylvania Salt Mfc. Co. Pfacdler Co. Pittsburgh Plate C lass Co. Porcelain Enamel 3c Mfc. Co. Potters S upply Co. I nc. Republic Steel Comp. Roberts 3c Mander Stove Co. K. * H. Chemicals Department, E. I. du Pont de N emours & Co.. Inc. Rtcxm aNN Sc R a p p e V . A. Riddell Co. Rosrvtlle Pottery Co. Ross-Tacony Crucible Co. Rundlf Manufacturing Co. Salbm China Co. Shknango Pottery Co. Simonds Worden White Co. Simplex E ngineering Co. Smith 4 Stone, Ltd. Southern California G as Co H. C. Spinks Clay Co. . Square D Co. S tandard Pyrometric Cone Co . Standard S a n ita jiy M a n u f a c t u r in g Star Porcelain Co. Stark Brick Co. J. C. Steele 4 Sons Sur E nameling C o. Swindell-D ressler Corp. Co- T aylor, Smith 4 T aylor Co. T renton Potteries Co. W. S. T yler Co. United Clav Mines Co rp. Universal Clay P roducts Co. Universal D ental Co . Universal S anitary M anufacturing Co. Verreries Soucuon N euvesel Vesuvius Crucible C o. Vitreous E nameling Co. Vitro M anufacturing Co. Vollaath Co. W altham G rindin-c W heel Co. Weber Electric Co. West G as I mprovement Co . Western Electric Co. Westinghouse E lectric Sc M fc. Co. Wheelinc Steel Corp. Wkitall-T atum Co. NECROLOGY ARTHUR D. FORST Founder and, for forty years, president of the Robertson Art Tile Co., Trenton, X. J., Arthur D. Forst passed away on April Mr. Forst received his early education in Trenton, and at the axe of eleven went lo New York to attend the Columbia Grammar School. He later entered Princeton University and was graduated with the class of 1S83. In 1S90 he became associated with the Robertson Art TUe Co. and later became its president. For some years he was president of the New Jersey State Hospital. Trenton, a director of the Y.M.C.A., a member of the board of managers of McKinley Hospital, and treasurer of the State Board of Park Commissioners. NOTES AND NEW S 2DWARD ORT-QM, JR., CERAMIC FOUNDATION INAUGURATES RESEARCH With the available facilities and personnel of Ohio State University, the trustees have inaugurated studies On January l, 19.14. the Standard Pyromctric Cone Co. and the Orion Memorial Laboratories were turned over to the 3oard of Trustees of the Edward Orton, Jr., Ceramic Foundation, but on request 0f the Probate Court, manage ment was not assumed until May 1. The Board of Trustees intends to maintain the high quality product associated with the Orton name far thirty-live years and to improve the product in keeping with recent theory and practice. On May 1 the Trusters ippointed G. A. Bole, ceramic research professor o f Ohio State University, as manager and research director, with Vtyrii C. Shaw as his assistant. with a view to improving the pyromctric cones and main taining their quality. The personnel of the Board of Trustees and the ap pointment of Dr. Bole and Dr. Shaw guarantee a thorough search for all passible improvements in the quality of the Orton Standard Pyromtrie Cones. George W. Rightmirc, President of Ohio State Uni versity. is president of the Board. Other members are E. A. Hitchcock. Dean of the College of Engineering and Director of the Engineering Experiment Station of Ohio State University; A rthur S. W atts, Chairman of theDepartment of Ceramic Engineering of Ohio State Uni* 1/4 NOTES AND NEWS (13] "EiTcci of Dc-Airin; Sti:T-Mud ami Dry-Press Bodies for C!av Products Manufacture." by \V. C Rucckol. Ohio State University, and R. B. Kcplinger. Metropolitan Paving Brick Co.-- A summary or the laboratory development and findings on de-airmg oi clay products and data relative to the improvement in properties of ciay products obtained in commercial operation :s presented. The authors describe the laboratory tests, placing particular emphasis on the im provement in nred properties (porosity. absorp tion. transverse and crushing strength, and modulus of elasticity]. (H ) Report of Coromittec C-4 on Clay Pipe, by O. T. Hammond, Chairman. glasses, quart: glass, water gisss, glassmelting furnaces). (20) Enamels (technology, firing, etc.). (21] rz;in> (examination al raw materials and products: piaa; cor.* troi). (`-'2) Plans Equipment (machinery, transportation, plant erection, and * exploitation). (23) Ed (congresses, societies, exhibitions, etc.). (24) Pulite Economy (statistics, labor, trade, duties, taxes, (.-eight, etc-). (33) Miscellaneous (historical, normalization, bib liography. etc.). A few cards obtained from the editor indicate that the are of a standard size, 29.7 x 21 cm. The size oi the abstract is not standardized and fluctuates from a quarter ol a page to a page and a half. Subscription, R o 27. Foreign. Rra 27.50. The cards are seat out at nearly regular monthly intervals- S. I. pi axA4. CURRENT CERAMIC LITERATURE Here Abstracts of Silicate Literature (Refenitlcanei der Silllratliteratur i According to information from Cermany, the journal. Fcucrftst, has ceased publication beginning with 1034. Ftutrftii has' been one of the few periodicals in the world devoted entirely to the subject of refractories. To replace this publication, the Technical Bureau of L. Litinslcy of Leipzig, Germany, is issuing a new journal, Referatkartei Jer Silikatliteratur. These silicate abstracts are devoted to white-ware, structural clay products, refractories, cement and lime, glass, enamel, and allied fields, including raw materials, tests, standardization, etc. They will represent a review or the current world periodical literature devoted to sili cates. I-/., embracing about 100 periodicals containing yearly about 1200 to 1500 articles. (The number of cards for one year will apparently correspond to this figure.) The silicate field will be divided into 25 groups as follows: (1) Central (ceramics and the silicate industry in general; silicate systems and silicate melts, chemicopbvsical and mineral-chemical works). (2) Silica Raw Materials (quartz, quartzite, sand, sandstone, kieselguhr, etc.; geology, chcmicophysical and thermal properties, etc.). (3) .1luminosuicatei (day. kaolin, diaspore, andalusite, corundum, bauxite, cyanitc, etc,; geology and winning methods, chcmicophysical properties, thermal behavior, etc.). (4) Other Silicates (feldspar, mica, pegmatite, asbestos, etc.). (5) Dirferent Raw Material! (magnesite, dolomite, '.me. fiuorspar. chromite, zircon, graphite, rare earths, etc.), ffi) Preparation (crushing, elutriation. sieving, grinding, etc.), (7) Matt Preparatton (nonplastics. duxjng agents: mixing, dosage, weather ing, kneading, etc.). (8) Molding (pressing, molding, models, etc.). (0) Drying. (10) Firing iheai economy, firing technique, gas producer, periodic and continuous firing furnaces, etc.). (11) porcelain, Earthenware. and PaUery (utensils, insulators, sanitary ware, fired clayware, faience Dutch tile, wall tile, majolica, etc.). (13) Stone ware and Structural Clay Produett (sewer pipe, clinker, door tile, apparatus tor the chemical industry, common red building brick, tile, drain pipe, paving bnek. building terra cotta, etc.}. (13) Decoration (glazing, esgobe. color ing. and decoration). (14) Refractories: Properties (strength, chemical, thermal and electric resistance, porosity, gas permeability, thermal conductivity, struc ture. molding of chamotte, silica, sillimanite. magnesite, zirconia, chromite, and carbon refractories, special methods of manufacture). (13) Refractories: Application (re quirements. behavior, and use oi different refractories in the metallurgical, gas. glass, chemical, and ceramic in dustries. for boilers, etc.). (16) Special Masses (steatite, grinding materials, heat-insulating materials, molding sand for foundries, etc.). (17) Cement and Lime (Portland cement, blast-furnace cement, fused cement, limes, mor tars. etc.). (IS) Gypsum and Artificial Slones (Alabaster, sandstone, rhyolite. Sorel cement; manufacture, proper ties, and uses). (19) Glass (physicochemical foundations, preparation of batches, melting, molding, annealing, opti cal glass, hallow and pressed glass, plate glass, etc.; special Silicosis Bibliography Issued June 10 Pneumonokoniosis (Silicosis)--Bibliography and Laws, compiled by George C. Davis, chief surgeon, Illinois Steel Co., Chicago: Ella M. Salmansen. medical refer ence librarian. The John Crerar Library; and Joseph L Earlywine, of the Illinois Bar, Chicago, will be o3 the press about June 10 according to the announcement cf A. D. Cloud, of the Industrial Medicine Publishing Co, The price will be 10.00. The bibliography covers the literature of the world Iron the first modern reference in 1336 to January 1, 1*334. It is intended to serve as an exhaustive and compre hensive summary of all the references in the world's literature on "pneumonokoniosis (silicosis).'* n A section of the book is devoted to laws concerning the Occupational disease, the workmen's compensation, and the common law in the United States. The state laws are carefully and plainly abstracted, and in every case the abstract is followed by citations to ail adjudicated cases. Doctors, lawyers, industrial executives, insurance men. industrial boards, state commission officials, research workers, and others connected with *n industry in which the inhalation ol dust is an occupational risk will had the book valuable. The 2768 references in the bibliography will be supple mented by further material in 1933. Inquires should be addressed to Industrial Medicine Publishing Co . S44 Rush St., Chicago. IU. The Potter's Art Issued In De Luxe Edition The Potter's Art by Cipriano Piccolpasso (1334-1579), published by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, ia an Imperial Quarto S10.00 edition Is sow available In this -country. ERRATA On page 61 of The Bulletin for March. 1934. in the Report of the White Wares Division Standards Com mittee the authorship of the treatise, "Standardization of a Silicate Terminology" should have been credited to S. I. PerkaJ, Kharkov. (J.S.S.R. The chart of Official Personnel lot 1934-1935 published in The Bulletin for May, page 134, should have lined N. W. Taylor as third member of the Refractories Division Papers and Program Committee. D. W. Ross is chairman of the Rules Committee of this division. C. J. Bair has resigned as chairman of the Data Committee; his vacancy is not yet filled. j>. H- Bales advised lhal very little could te done at this me in all probability so far as increase in funds was coneenjed. there being every indication that the Administra tion did not contemplate the increase of such funds. Cooperation with Ceramic Schools The Chairman questioned whether the Committee dertd to support cooperation with (he schools. It ap peared Shat the leading Ceramic schools had been ap proached by the Chairman, with (he result that Profes sor parmelee of Illinois advised they had sufficient prob lems for one year. Professor Norton of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology did not reply, and the others ap proached were desirous of cooperation. E. H. Fritz ap peared to express the opinion of the Committee by stating that the idea of cooperation with the schools was correct, hot that the proper way of furthering such cooperation would necessitate having representatives of the schools meet with the Committee. Investigations Mr. Geiler next reported on the investigations under bis direction. It was stated that the determinations of phase equilibria in the system PbO-SiO were practically completed with the establishment of the compounds 4PbO-SiO:. 2PbO-SiO,. and PbO-SiO, The 4PbO-SiO, melts incongraomly. The melting points of the com pounds. of the end members, and of (he eutectic composi tions were reported also. No progress was reported on the investigation of effect of talc in whiteware bodies. In selecting the necessary talcs. Dr. Navias spoke ol "slipperiness." which varies considerably among different talcs and which may be an important factor determining work ability. He said also that American talcs give more color to the body, possibly because of (he presence of TIO,. No detailed report of progress in the investigations un der Mr. Klinefelter was necessary because, as he stated to the Committee, the warlc of Dr. Shelton on the glass phase in Ohio heavy elays and the work of Mr. Meyer on American kaolins and the nature of colloids in clays had been reported in the technical sessions. R. F. Cat.lex . .-feting Secretary SILICOSIS* Bullstin No. 3-B. of Associated Industries of New York State. Inc., explaining "The Dust Hazard Racket in Manufacturing Operations" goes into some detail regard ing the history of the subject since 1923 when -the As sociation pioneered in an attempt to pass a law which would have prevented the brioging of the hundreds of suits at common law which now are pending and (he loss of the hundreds of thousands of dollars (to date about >350.000. including casts) in those suits which already have been settled out of court or tried. The hill drafted in 1923 passed both houses of the L egislature b u t w as vetoed by Governor Smith. Lass Suit Epidemic Normally it might be issumed that the plants affected would include only those io the ceramic industries, the foundry industry, mining that encounters silica rock. Kune cutting and polishing, sandblasting, tunneling, quarrying, and trade groups of that character. The "racket." however, has broadened out considerably and now includes every plant io which any sort of a dust hazard casts, ail included under the general term pneumoconiosis, and vtuc -epidemic of common Jaw.suits..has.reached .unto plants which ordinarily would be considered immune. The dust hazard has really reestablished the old Spanish cmtom of ambulance chasing in the legal profession, with "the manufacturing industry the chief point of attack, jtalher than the public utilities. In justice to the legal profession, however, it may be said that there are comparativejy few lawyers who now are specializing in these caves. This may be due to lack of knowledge of the possi- >* > * Excerpt from the annual report of Mark A. Daly, peneral Secretary of Associated Industries of New York p u tt. Inc. bitities or an adherence to a code of ethics. The assump tion Is that the business wilt grow, unless--and until-- the more prevalent and serious of these diseases are written in under the workmen's compensation law, And of all the various ramifications of pneumoconiosis the most serious and costly is silicosis, which is caused by breathing into the respiratory tract and lungs the dust of silica. Silicosis Compensation The reason silicosis is not yet written into the workmen's compensation law is the well-grounded fear that the liberal administration would make silicosis the vehicle for com pensating every case of tuberculosis that appeared in a compensation court, notwithstanding the fact that the tuberculosis was in no sense due to the fault of industrv. The medical profession readily admits its genera] inability to diagnose silicosis so as to differentiate it from tuber culosis. In the whole United States there are less than a dozen medical authorities on the subject. For the past ten years the Association has been seeking a method which would permit writing silicosis into (be compensation taw and yet avert (be danger of obvious abuses. The bill .evolved.ibis year-is.thought .m have came -closer .to.a.fair and reasonable solution of the problem than anything yet done. It was a grave error not to have pressed tbac bill to passage. The full text of the bill was printed in the April, 1934, issue of The Monitor.1 Division of Opinion There probably arc good and sufficient reasons for ob jecting to the passage of this bit! this year. There still exists a division of opinion regarding legislation on this 1Official publication of Associated Industries of New York State. Inc, -- -- X ' nVi subject among employers' representatives, and in a matter of such importance representatives of industry can not af ford to be put in the position of fighting among themselves. This legislation can not be made retroactive and work men's compensation can not become an exclusive remedy which would shut out suits at common law until silicosis is under workmen's compensation. Those members of the legal profession wbo are special izing in these suits will not let the grass grow under their feet and before the next legislature meets there may be hundreds, perhaps thousands, added to the common law suits which already have been brought. These suits must be met, cither tried or settled out of court, and when it is considered that the actual cost of preparation of a case for trial runs to three thousand dollars or more, the attorneys will probably do a thriving business in settlements out of court. Insurance Costs It is in bo sense a loose statement to say that if silicosis, unqualified, is included as an occupational disease in the New York State law it will cost every concern In which this dust hazard exists, anywhere from five to ten per cent of the total payroll to properly cover by insurance the liability of the employer. Is Massachusetts where they have had some experience, a supplementary rate of 12.00 pc; SI00 of payroll has recently been added to the manual rate ol 12.TO per lids of payroll (14.70 in all) to cover the occupational disease hazard in foundries. In the Stone Cutting and Polishicg Industry, in Massachusetts, a rate of 15.00, with a cueimum of 1500 00 together with a provision for a per capita charge of 5300 in extreme cases, has been charged. Compared on a common level of benefits, stone cutting in Wisconsin has a race of 13.04 as against 13.54 in New York State. In the event of the inclusion of silicosis in the New York law, the liberal administration policy practiced in New York state, together with the possibility of benefit* ma cing into large amounts, will mean the application of rates is New York to those industries having dust hazards which conceivably might be double (he rales in any of these other states. The actual application of the law in Vis. coruin and Massachusetts has brought about a condition so acute that both states now are trying to find a measur: of relief, and in Massachusetts, particularly. Governor Ely has appointed the members of his own cabinet as s commission to study the tremendous cost possibilities bt relation to occupational disease. MANY ADVOCATE OLD DOCTRINE OF THE SOCIETY Ceramic Research Men Must Engage in Product Development and Promotion Five practical ways in which any research department should be able to justify itself were recently stated by Foster Dee Snell. They are (I) reduced cost of prod uct to consumer, (2) increased margin of profit to manu facturer, (3) increased appeal to consumer. (4) increased field for utilization of product, and (5) increased business through introduction of profitable new products. Business Outlook Good Pointing out that the business situation and outlook is increasingly iavorable, Coetor Snell has also given evi dence to show that such an optimistic statement is predi cated not on theory but on statistics of business covering the past five years. "In considering Our own economic outlook.'' be concluded, "we have the advantage as chemists and engineers engaged in analysis, investiga tion, and management, to know the outlook of executive* in industries which range from soap to cement and free: fabrics to wines and liquors." Great Advance Promised in Next Half Century I t has also been stated recently that our present ad vance involving complex human relations requires new methods, generally different from those which have been taught for the manipulation of materials and machines. The greatest advance in the next fifty years will be a discoveries in the realm of the mind and its working. Tie casting at Corning Glass Works of the world's largest telescope mirror disk is cited as a good example of com* Iated service, involving chemistry, physics, and mechanical and electrical engineering. ORTON MEMORIAL PLANT TO SPEND P R O F IT S EN R E S E A R C H In pursuance of the plan of the Board of Trustees of the Orton Memorial Foundation, a closer hookup between the plant and Ohio State University has been made, to bring about a more accurate technical control of the prod uct and (o help improve the quality of the cone service. The entire profits of the plant are to be spent in research in the interests of ceramics. To start the program, two fellowships in the Ohio State University Engineering Experiment Station have been established for the purpose of studying improvement in cone body manufacture. The fellowship awards are to be announced next month. CERAMIC SOCIETY (ENGLAND) PUB LISHES BOOK OF HUMOR. "Uncle Joe's Nonsense'* by J. W. Mellor, Gened Secretary of the Ceramic Society (England), a collect of material from letters written to inlimatea in varied parts of the world during the last thirty years, has n cently been published by the Council of the Society. The book contains 129 drawings and two phatognpl in its 230 pages. Dr. Mellor's opinions on a wide range t subjects, are also included. The price is 54.25. Inquiries of those in the United States interested in curing copies of this book should be addressed to Loo man's Green and Co., 114 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. 1 JUS EDITORIAL; tioa of ceramic welfare for thirty-five years has benefited and will continue to benefit all who are engaged in producing ceramic ware, ceramic ma terials. and ceramic equipment. The Society should be supported by each ceramic person and corporation. It is a well-rounded, going concern, devoted to a single purpose. It is the only such cooperative activity in this country. The So ciety covers the arts and sciences that are common to all ceramic manufacturing, clay, glass, and enameled ware. The virility of the American Ceramic Society is of vital concern to ever.- ce ramic person and corporation. WESTMAN SHOWS HOW AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY BENEFITS CORPORATIONS The following classic story, told by A. E. R. Westman, applies to those corporations who in sist that the American Ceramic Society contrib utes nothing to their progress. A research man once visited a long-established plant where much advanced research work was done. In talking with the president concerning some of the recent findings of their laboratories he suddenly asked, "Why don't you tell some of the other plants what you've found out?" The president of the corporation was shocked. "We do all our own research," be boasted, "we don't owe any one anything for a single idea! Why should we give other plants our ideas? Let them work them out for themselves. It would be different if we hadn't reached the place we are today by our own research!" Together they leit the president's office and went on a tour through the plant. They came to the drying room. " How do you run those fans?" asked the re search man. "With motors, of course," laughed the president amused at such a simple question from a sci entist. They went into the mixing room. "Do motors run those mixers too?" asked the research man. "Certainly," said the president, a little puzzled. Throughout the plant they saw example after example of motorized operations. When they reached the exit, the scientist turned to the presi dent of the "corporation that did all its own re search." "Congratulations!" said the scientist, "for having had Michael Faraday in your laboratories. Just what year did he work for you ?" OFFER TO THOSE WHO JOIN THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY AFTER AUGUST FIRST The Board of Trustees voted unanimously to prorate the membership fees of those who join as members and who subscribe to the Society's pub lications after August 1, 1934, if they elect so to do. New members and subscribers received after August 1 and who elect to receive only the current monthly issues of the Journal, the Ceramic Abstracts, and The Bulletin will be re corded as 1934 members or subscribers on pay ment in full of their respective annual fees, of $10.00 personal, $25.00 (minimum) corporation, and $12.00 subscriber, the understanding being that the following amounts will be subtracted for the 1934 publications and the remainder applied to their 1935 annual fees: M ooch in w hich luhtcnpiioQ o rrc tiv n l August PcrwAi! t 4 . in Corporation i ((mmmu in ! j R I i Subscriber Silt 42 ! n u o ; September 'October November 3 :i3 2 -5(1 t an A 33 ; fi 25 , 4 .1 7 j 4 oo ; 3 t ; 2.00 ! December .83 2 .DR I 1.00 Annual Fees in 1935 is .a t 25 l)( i 'M inim um '1 15.00 ! ! Those who elect to receive all of the 1934 publications will be expected to pay the annual fees for 1934 in full--$10.00. $25.00 (minimum), and $12.00, respectively, and will pay in full their 1935 fees when bills for the same are rendered next December.