The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-11-06 00:00:00

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES AT THE BCHOOL OF
ART.

The general annual meeting and dlatribution of
prizes took place on Monday in the school, when
there wee an overflowing assembly of friends of the
institution. The Mayor (R. N. Howard, Req.),
presided, and was supported by Mr. C. F. Arden, the
hon. sec. • Mr. Raker, the headmaster; Captain
Obiaimn, Asc. J. Miller Dr. Moorhead, Dr. Childs,
Colonel -Penny, Mr. Flenry Naugle, Mr. Zillwood
ldilledge, Mr. J. Landis, jun., Mr. T. Stook, Mr. J.
Robertson, Mr. Howard Bowen, Mr. Bragg., etc.
The Mann, in opening the prooesdier, said it was
a pleasure to him again to meet them at that annual
meeting of the School of Art. As their Chairman that
evening be should like to know what they were met
for, and he should like their hon. see. to give his
report first of all, therefore he would call upon him to
seed It.
Mr. C. F. AIIIOIIX then read the report as follow.:—
The committee In Introducing their Ito annual report of
the Weymouth School of Art tsi the Inhabilanth of the town.
ant.t refer to the mother's resort, as this appe VI to be the
beet criterion of the program of the school. The stele of the
sch .1 rhows this year only a slirht Inman in the number of
students, whilst the treasurer's r port is eneouraglog, I.
showing that the school Is now established on a Inn end
ssusfactory bask. The sympathy and encouragemsot of our
•1•11 14 • II mese-wry to monocle it in • healthy state.
an • we must ii t suppose no hsve In. ever)thing that
net. wary when ire htee carted the school, ite It always
requires lb. lubriething aid of public opinion to keep the
machinery going on ial • 311100•11 •,d e tiefeeory meaner.
It ap;l am that we hove this year about paid our way, but
although, by the trmsurses account, we are supposed to
htte • Wane, of £2 12. lo hand, yet 1.. teality we bam
outatandinr bite to meet. which will really brine us in
dtbt from £2O to £25. It Is hoped the whole town will do
Its utmost to get pupils to alien I the classes end thus
Increase the ussfulnees and proeperity of the school. The
eim nattee an sorry to find that during the Pan Pea the
stoning classes hare not been so well attended es they could
hate wl,he I. Th fees have hen 15 ~l low and we within
dm reach of all clue.' and it is hoped that those who
can of attend the more °cranny. clones will avail themselves
of this oppartunity for improvement."
The Mains raid they would now like to hear the
treasurer's rep irt, and in the ab.ence of the treaaurer,
who wet unable to attend that night, he would asked
Mr. Arden t t r •a I it.
Mr. Alrigir then read the following:—
100 n,,. ;-13alsiic• In hand, £4 Ith bd. ; subemtptions
eme red, ing ;rent of wore. th; noveniment grant, £l6 16..;
fee, received, SO 21 91.—total, £149 lii. 2.1. Expenolture
—Rent, £35; rates. £7 b. 2.1.; use and costs, SA 111.. 91. ;
Oovanunent grmit,f,6s 11.. ; c caning, 11l 191. 10.1. ;printing,
£215.. 6d.; repairs, Xi 5.. 01.; c imosieslun I r collecting,
dl ; local pram, £2 Os. ; Wheeler, .119 145.; balance
In LI lb.—total, £149 Its.
The MAToa said they had heard two very laths-
fastoey reports, and he wan now going to call upon Mr.
Belzer, their o orthe bead master, to read his report
•• Mr. Mayor, let es, mid Othtlecase,—ln p emoting to
you my nth annual report of the Weymotaih :School of Art
a the year ending August gist. 15119, 7 Mg to st.to that
the sell oil has been attended during the past year by the
following at abets :—ln the morning clown. It ; afternoon.
U; evening. 40—swal 97, Ming en increase of three upon
the peon on ythr. In the Ind genie as exhibition in May
the m ults were :-11182 passe—Freehand. I; models. ;
gannet y. Si perspective I ; ...Rent., 6. 11183—Frethend,
IS; m del., 7; geometry. 2; perepeative. 1; excell nth, 5.
In wiener, sun. I. practical lane and wild rometry, 4
p.m.* In foil else, huh. 111., bltlng othearnetion, 1 pus
o gn,i rt,utpone student.. int to to. Son h Retailed-
too Museum 117 works in adv., set4,o„ and gig
elementary sectl iv. one dra•lng by Miss Florence Oundry
obtmarel • th rd arid. or.se, and was retained for ton
National eminent.... ibis wa • water-colour drawing of
the tattle. The two distriip, hy She Deals, winch obtained
a braise mobl log you in the Piet, ci compecti n s,n no,
O• new wiih the other works, outlays cobta and wail-
fl were. The e, Jot will to mullein', were retained by the
Science and Art Deparancnt lest year for exhibition at the
National Competition at thuth Keneinitath Museum. and
efterwar is sent with the en.: NW drawings to some other
towns In the prorition.
Captain Cimino Raid he roes with very great
pleasure to m ire the adoption of those reports.
When they lo bed mood and saw the art and talent
displayed on thaw, wade, he thought it woe their duty
to do eveirbing in their power to help forward the
school.
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Dr. Mootairotn, in necooding(theireport, tSey
goat g, t hot th it the school was somewhat
in debt. bait th.y holm ci it ts.oil.l now go on increasing
both in ills nomher f -lit lents nod oni,Porti and
that in time it wail I ts,..me gaelf-ptipvirting
tion. A school ak.. ti t wan no g iod without • first-
rote mast a, al by hat such a toaster in Ma.
Raker ; in him they poeseassd an artist of first-
rate ability, said, injtakiag tin podtloa is (wapiti-