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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Mr. J. W. WRIGHT, Ceramic Engineer, Owens-Illinois Glass Company, Alton, Illinois. Mr. E. H. V A N SCHOICK, President, Chicago Retort & Fire Brick Company, Ottawa, Illinois. Engineering Staff Dean M. L. ENGER, Dean of the College of Engineering. Dean H. H. JORDAN, Associate Dean of the College of Engineering. Professor C. W. PARMELEE, Head of the Department of Ceramic Engineering. Professor R. K. H U R S H , Department of Ceramic Engineering. Professor A. I. ANDREWS, Department of Ceramic Engineering. President Karraker explained the purpose of the meeting and asked Dean Enger to take charge of the hearing. Dean Enger in turn introduced Mr. Butterworth and asked him to act as master of ceremonies. Mr. Butterworth introduced the representatives of the industry and presented the following resolution, as well as a brief and other resolutions and letters on the matter of the scholarships in Ceramics and Ceramic Engineering.

At a meeting of the Advisory Committee of the Department of Ceramic Engineering with representatives from the Enamelers Club of Chicago, the Porcelain Enamel Institute, the Illinois Clay Manufacturers' Association, the Chicago Section of the American Ceramic Society, the American Ceramic Society, the Illinois Paving Brick Manufacturers' Association, and representatives of Clay Products, Enamel Products, Glass Industries, Dealers in Ceramic Materials, and the Ceramic Press of the state, the brief on Ceramic Scholarships, was fully discussed and was approved in its entirety by a unanimous vote including especially- the recommendations of the College of Engineering. Advisory Committee F. W . BUTTERWORTH, President, W e s t e r n Brick Company. FRANK E. HODEK, JR., Vice-President, Porcelain Enamel Institute; Secretary, Chicago Dist. Enamelers Club; President, General Porcelain Enameling & Mfg. Company. FRED L. STEINHOFF, Vice-President, Industrial Publications, I n c . ; Editor, Brick and Clay Record. J. W. WRIGHT, Ceramic Engineer, Owens-Illinois Glass Co. E. H . V A N SCHOICK, President, Chicago Retort & Fire Brick Company. Ross C. PURDY, General Secretary, American Ceramic Society. G. G. HANSON, President, Chicago Section of the American Ceramic Society; Vice-President, Colorado Feldspar Company, Chicago, Illinois. GEORGE P. MACKNIGHT, Managing Director, Porcelain Enamel Institute. E. F. PLUMB, President, Streator Brick Company. DOUGLAS STEVENS, President, Illinois Clay Manufacturers' Association; President, Acme Brick Company. JOHN W. STIPES, Member of original Legislative Committee for the organization of the Department of Ceramic Engineering. V. H . CARTWRIGHT, Manager, Hydraulic Pressed Brick Company.

The resolution and brief were supported by several of the friends of the Department present, including Mr. Stevens, Mr. Hodek, Mr. Wright, Dr. Purdy, and Dean Enger. Mr. Karraker thanked these gentlemen for their interest, and they retired.