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CERAMIC ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OP ILLINOIS

of the ceramic arts, high-grade brick, tile, terra cotta, cement and gypsum products being used throughout. The entire basement is given over to the fan system and storage rooms. The first floor contains the ceramic materials laboratories and an office and private laboratory. On the second floor will be found the offices of the department, offices and private laboratories for two professors, the library, lecture, class and drafting rooms, and several laboratories devoted to chemical and physical work and to high temperature investigations. For the present, the offices and laboratories of the Geological Survey occupy the third story of the building, and a portion of the first floor is also given over to the concrete testing laboratory. Space is provided on a fourth floor for the distilling apparatus which furnishes a supply of pure distilled water for the building. The walls of the main corridor on the first floor have been decorated with display panels showing different styles of face brick. These panels were donated and erected by the following firms: Western Brick Company, Danville, Illinois. Sheldon Brick Company, Urbana, Illinois. Hydraulic-Press Brick Company, St. Louis, Missouri; Indianapolis, Indiana; Aledo, Illinois. West Salem Hollow Brick and Tile Company, West Salem, Illinois. Streator Brick Company, Streator, Illinois. Decatur Brick Company, Decatur, Illinois. Acme Brick Company, Cayuga, Indiana. Thirteen