Ohio Revised Code Title XXXIII. Education Libraries § 3335.23

To conduct the department of ceramics, the board of trustees of the Ohio state university shall employ a competent expert, who shall unite with the necessary education and scientific acquirements, a thorough practical knowledge of clay working, and not less than two years actual experience in some branch of the art. He shall teach the theoretical part of the subject, conduct the laboratory for the instruction of students, prosecute such scientific investigations into the technology of the various clay industries as may be practicable, and from time to time may, with the consent of the board, publish the results of his investigation in such form that such results will be accessible to the clay workers of the state for the advancement of the art.