The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-15 00:00:00

SCHOOL Or ART.

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The welldiglited and centrallysitztate room In Market. ;
street, formerly the Ascalon Mart, and now the local ,
habitation of the Weymouth School of Art. we. .labwatsl;
adorned on Monday last, with the sketches, drawings. an
, wster-oolour paints of the pupils, in anticipation of the
annual meeting, and the wain of art were so numerous '
that they even lined the walls of the staircase and
below, and these sketches and paintings were unO:Uebeg;
of great merit, cossidering the short time dorm( .ideb
the school hae been at work. 'This is moved be the fact
that during the 7 or 6 months of its life, the school has
gained
ddport school has erues she :rern:d in t Iment so much re
montlward t.e the
The public meeting at which the Certleceaetes and prime
, were awarded wee presided over by the Mayor (Mr.
Lundie), supported by the Rev. J. Miller, Mr. R. if. not,
; Kr. NMajor Campbell, and the worthy hoe len,
Mr. C. J. Ardan, with the talented master, Mr. Baker,
Mr. J. G. Rowe, Mr. T. B. Groves, M. and amom those
; present were the Ileyorees (Mrs. Landis). Mrs. Vineamt,
and many other ladies.
The MATOL haring allowed the "Petal quarter boar's
pace," expressed the great pleases* he had in
8=
I present at the annual distribution of prime for the
of Art It WU an additional 'ratification, became he was
I among the very drat who met at the Royal Hotel. when
; the plan of having such a school was submitted to the
town, and the result of establishing which he judged trona
the worts around the room, and the more tangible results
; of certificates and prises on which he must congratulate
them. For some years past, other towns, net more
, important than Weymeeth, had been favoured with
these schools, but it was to Kr. Baker we owe that we
; Sr. now fairly launched on • very eomiderable addition
; to the waists and requirements of such a town as %Vey-
; mouth. Looking at the present charmer and statue of
; art in the oeuoy, and comparing it with what it IVY
some few years Inc., ass must feel proud Zeeland is
; taking her proper position, not only as one of the largest
, manufacturers in the world, but as costribetting some of
the finest apecimens of art, in ceramic ware or pottery
, silver, or any other metal, and in many other countries
works of art are produced at prices that mooed
those for which they am produced Mre. That is very
substantial proof we are progreesong, and that the whole
country is lonely influenced by the Mere to excel in that
which Mods so much to the embellishments of life, its
luxury, and Its adornments A few days ago he had the
, pleasure of meth' • gentleman who had mosotly
returned from the Kahl/Pion of Paris, and his description
of the show made by our country there was each a• might
make us very proud, and it has Stowe the French we are
; second to nom, and especially in the Fine Arts is them •
r improvement on the Zthibition inaugurated by ;
meals
the Goat in 1861 By contrasting what • natio* Pro- ;
duces at one time sad another, we judge of Its proper or
otherwhe, and by comparing the productions of this
country with those of mother which previously excelled
, is, we have very distinct evidence of our propose But
this was too large a subject for him in the present The
; work intended to be carried out by the Schools of Art is
that the millions should become familiarised with the
work, of our great masters, and should copy them, or
should show the works they theneelvee have been able to
produce. A very popular' but • very serious miatithe has
been made by earthmen who do not Intend doing so—
namely that from the system of teaching in these schools.
no true progress, no true development of genius will be
brought about This he most emphatically denied. Th
School of Art does not give talent where it does not exist,
for it cannot create it, but where that talent is, then there
is the same probability of eminence being attained under
the system of teaching hero se under the individual
sptem. It had been said the syetent tends rather to fetter
than develop talent.; but he distinctly denied that, on the
best authon y. Let them visit the South Kensington
blossom, and they would roe at once what would answer
that objection, in the excellent examples shown from
different Schools of Art. if course some private interests
must suffer by the establishment of theee schools, and be
knew no irortance where public improvement of this kind
did not lead to some private interest *uttering, but that
objection he could not entertain. In these shoots are
, different grade.; many meehanics here receive such in-
struction as they could not probably obtain from any other
source, on account of want of means or time. In reference
to them was ached from thaw outside • much if=
amount of sympathy and contributions. But rising
acido he came to those who compose our very best society,
and who receive the best kind of teaching, and then he
felt the school meats the wants and requirements, not
only of the lower intelligent chow, bat of the higher, more
intellectual, and some retinesi Their early liabilities, he
was sorry to say, bad not yet been removed; in the fir 4
establithmont of the achool. there were expanaes for the
very forms and desks, and for getting models for the
Kensington Museum, and for them the voluntary
contribution had not realised the full amount required.
As to the working of the school, he helloed it was not only
self-sustaining, but had • balance in its favour; yet out
standing was the obligation incurred when the school was
commenced ; still there is no difficulty but what can be
got over it we do cur test lit, Worship, after a few
other remarks, called on the hon. secretary, Mr. Arden, to
read the annual report
Mr. C. Atom read as follow.:—" The committee have ;
much pleasure in submitting to the subscribers and those:
Interested in the sumer of rie Weymouth School of Art
their first Anna.' report, together with • statement of the :
incense and expenditure for the year ended 314 July, '
1578 The Read-master's report on the condo...a and
working of the school, which is appended, will In reed
with satisf anis& se it alf ord s abundant evidence of success ;
In the past, with promise of continued usefulness in the 1
future Considering that this la the first year of the ;
school's existence, the .110011841 of the students at the
Government examinations has been very gratifying, quit*
an unexpected number of prizes having been awarded to
them. The Committee would however gamest that the
public of Weymouth should provide • further stiniulus to
exertion by presenting prises for local competition. The
Committee recommend that the accounts of this school
should be kept under two distinct heads, vi.., the
listabliehment account and the Working account In
this way we shall be able to see that the annual
expenditure does not exceed the income. The debt
shading against the Zetabliabruent account I. felt to be a
great hindrance to the successful working of the school ; it
Is therefore intended at an early period to make en appeal
to the general public, with • hope that a generous
response thereto may enable your committee to &scheme
the debt at once. The Committee have, after great
deliberation, and influenced by • desire te place the school
on • satisfactory financial basis, and thereby 'insure its
permanence, decided on recommending the adoption of
the following amended schema of class arrangement, :
The year e immencing January Ist. 1679. will be divided
into three term, instead of four, as hereto' ore. —Fee for
the morning clam per term, Cl 16a hi,; fee for the
afternoon clam per term, ,C 1 Is. Sd. : fee for the evening
classes per term, 15. Od. Artizans' fees reduced on
application. The payment of an entrance IN, at 7e, ea,
for the morning, fo, for the afternoon, and 5. tid. for the
evening clam, will be required of all present and festive
student,. Students who either by themeless or their
parents have already voluntarily contributed to the fonds
of the school an amount not lase than the entrance Ise,
will he moused this payment We also recommend that •
Library of Reference should, as soon as possible be formed
for the use of the school. The want of this has been much
felt, seporially by the advanced student'. As the
committee is privileged to purchase books for the use of
students at a considerable reduction men the published
price, sad a• the Department at South Kensington grants
66 per cent of the oast of all books purchaesd, • very
considerable saving is effected. and • good library at •
small coot might soon
bt.s d d Special contributions
(either in moose or towerds thie object will be
thankfully received by the m. "Secretary."
The Rev. J. Maus moved the adoption of the report;
no words of his were needed to press it on their acceptance,
for it told its own tale of great MOMS during the pert
year. Those present would be very well pleased with
what they have heard, and also whet they had seen, the
walls being embellished with the works of the students
; during the past yew. and he hoped the public would come
forward sad asset them to pay off the debt.
' school
CkIIIILLI. wowed. During the Jeri time the
had been In existence it had gone on very saes-
; factorilLand had proved itself • valuable scheme for
• . the study of art among the various classes of
;
. R. if. IWO!, treasurer, read the financial report,
,I and was sorry to have to sound • discordant sots
; this evening; but his port was not quite as successful
as ; he would have been to preaent One aide is very
satisfactory, and now school is fairly started, the it&
)1 come he believed would be suZcient for the expenditure.
, But an awkward debt existed; it was incurred in fitting
up the room, and in starting there were • good many
; little expeness which could not be foreseen—incidental
ones, aeoeseary to make the room comfortable and fit for
. the students The debt was about SI9O, and it that sum
; were raised, they could pay off all their debts, and go on
; well, became the income seems to be quite 'vele:hint for
; the future. Although this was the newest school of art
; in point of time in the county, they were better housed
, than any other; but their comfortable house must be paid
for. The statement showed :—Voluntary subscriptions,
Me fis. 6d.; Government allowances, Llii Ito. 54. • eue.
I third of UN fees. £l6 6e. Td. ; balance due tic the
treasurerttt 9. 3cl. On the other hood were :—Cost of
; getting domn casts and models, £96 Be. ; three-
, Ilinotr..2;:i.r's rent X 96 fw. desk, and and forma,
; 1100 Os. Pl' n• wee othes krarrup...m6d ijh,t,td °Lt."). to
5.36. cleaning, texas. and wares made the annual recent
lA, and with their progortion of the fees and • few
subscriptions, they could easily meet that But there was
I the debt, and though they had got on very comfortably
In many respects, • little more must be done to the room
In boating, for it we, very cold hat winter. If they pat
their shoulder to the wheel, they would clear off the debt,
and have the satisfaction of starting this institution so
useful to the town. Some people objected—" Way should
I be eked to
_pay for the edocatiori of Mr. Somebody •
daughters r But they were not asked on that account,
the fees for the morning claws were quite soMcieet to
pay for the inatructioa they received but for the evening
Velwhich require aseastence. me school could not
avtis benefit of these model, unless it ere • co -
bitted institution like thm, for artisans as well as for other
grades. The institution, be repeated, is a very valuable
sue, and he hoped they should no longer have the debt
hanging over them
The Headmaster Mr. Baum. presented hie "'Pert,
which showed the state end progress of the school from
the date of its opening on August 90th, 1877, to the 31st
of July, NM In the first term 16 pupils entered their
names, in the, Sod, 61 ; 3rd, 96 ; 105. Of these 62
attended the day dames and 43 the evening classes.
Seventy-one students sent 687 works to South
for examination ; one of thee obtained a third grad* prim
and was selected for the national competition- it was
"mended by lies Florence Gundry, being a mould steady
of dower and foliage without background. The works
done in the school during the past year (September to
Alwil) have been chiedy of an intary character, so
that but little could Ite,:zs to expected record to pd..
Another year Mr. Baker give • more satisfactory
account. In the Ind examination, of whom 31
were snocemful in obtaining Xpases and l " excellent',"
and 10 sae malted to prima Miss Alice Bravo Cotter,
sad Mr. Allred Beene**, haring peeled in the four
sobJecte—freehead, modish, ceoriastro, and, peospetiVll, are
each entitled to a full carmen* and a third grade prim
During the year the Department has lent to the school one
complete sot of drawings sod paintings, itinerating th
cosine of study pursued in Art Sohooh throoehout the
United Kingdom, together with 12 mitereoleur drawingu
and oil-paintings for the purpose of collier' Mr. Baker
recommended to the committee the dime's of the school
year into Wes tonna instead of four, commencing after
the Christmas vacation_ A library of reference i an
=ble want, particularly for the artiaaas, and
sive Immediate attention. During the present
rear Mr. Baker proposed to teach, in addition to the art,
if, tow etion=oese:....
sca=e su for 'kick be
pensft.holds this
0110M111117 Wino and 'cad

" Ooestruetioa."
The Munn thought the statement given by the muter
wm meet makiikelerf ; the thing had beim • success
oxeslit for the little matter of debt; but as the note of
discord, that woe very necesug part, anti without
discord they would hare no music. He thra proposed the
' reelection of the committee, with the exception of two or
three names of gentlemen who wished I. withdraw. •
Very lone urn of committee men Wei then read. also of
vice preddents. Mr. It. Eliot is hon. treasurer, Mr. U. F.
Arden, hoe. sec., Mr. Thomas Baker muter, and Mr. H.
Gal. assistant muter. The committee and officers having
beea re-elected, except thou with drawings.
The Moron next had the very pleasing duty of distribu-
ting the certificates and prizes ; he was eery glad to see so
many were eligible, he congmtalated their friends, nod
was sure the awards would be • source of gratification to
the recipient..
The itillowing lithe list. " p." standing for "pass." and
"e." for "