The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-08-17 00:00:00

RZPORT.

Your committee review the tenth year of the School of Art
with much satisfaction: When the school was opened, 111
some doubt was felt as to its stability It was attended by a
largo ',umber of amateurs, some of whom have continual as
student. to the priaent time, and hive ilistinguished themselves
in national anupetitlone ; hut the industrial clam, which the
(Sot emote:id has in olew 115 its Stliport of these schools, was
ontiparativedy snail. They ~we touch to their put toaster, Mr ,
Campbell, whow ability has been rev %misled by the lelartment ,
at South Kensington, by his resent appointment there as Pro-
fessional Assistant Esaminer for Art. Their "truent master,
Mr Baker, found the morning class considerably tainted; but
he gate a great impetus to the students, not only In their
Welk", but in ...yielding their work. for examinatlint. Your
committee noti:ed this in their Lost report ; they have now to
reeord a further advance. In the local examinations, ia April,
30 students wets suesessful, whilst 5; was the highest ever
reached before ;513 works wore sent up for inspection to South
liensitigtoo, while, till last year, 530 was the average ; on these
11l industrial students earned grants, and it students were
awarded prism, while the works of eight students were selected
for national competition. Two ladies in former pines have
obtained the national book ; hut this year, for the first
timeonedals have been gained a silver medal by Mr J. It.
Dunham, and a boat., medal by Mr F. 11. Nesrbery ; both
these students are making art their profession, and their success
which reflects le 11111 l ir int the school and its master, must be a
well: me encouragement to themselves
Oil slime previous 3 ears the examiners have sent down a
ruistrt, not wholly complimentary, which made sugganions for
tile impinventent of the ales.] : your Committee applied for •
report this year, but the reoly was the Eialuitieff Made
to, separate report upon the works sent from Heidi/tot." They
prolably eons:demi that the prizes earned by the school were
iii thetuselvai a good report !
With regard to the number of stuikints, that of the mornerl
class is greatly reduced. Fie the put seven years it averaged
30, Loot year there were lust 10. on the other hand the conning
elves has become almost inismvettiently large (over 2',M. The
aftermooo cIaSS Inc Itemilucreasot. tiwilig to the wish id Miss
tisk, of the Lana: C.,llvge, that her art students should no
Inter have a separate chao, but be taught at our .chool : and
the teem class, tor lis-zinto es (which was instituted when Mr.
Itesnl undertook the net class at the general lieh0,01) has ham
well attended.. . .

Your committee have ideasun: in recognising the instruction
iiunarted by Mt thard at the general school, in freehand and
geometry : le, * were successful, and 711 allowed good
uvi lence of instruction the grant was £7 90. It is very ilmi•
rahle that children should hove this taste cultlvatial, and it is
satisfactory to find, at the last local examination, that four
pupil teachers, including vile from Syinondsbury, obtained
certificates. It is to be hopel thst the number ..1 schsils in
this neighbmirbood, in which net is taught, will Menage.
Tlindighiut the kinighim there were, last year, 2,37 such
hod., and about 2151,050 scholats, in connection with this

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department.
With reganl to the pecuniary coalition of the school, the
Trea.urer feeble to report a snail balance in hand. The foul,
preoayments carried on Inini last year, amount to ,
1111 7s. 11. which in V2Zi Inon than at the conitilencement of
the seh.s.l, when the Minting clans Midi oi4 70. On the other
band, by the present arrangements, the committee
retain one thir,l .1 the liovernment payment for results
aml the report (this year C.. 10 7s. td.), while the remainder
allotted ti thu Ittatnta, is I.lnntri using ttt Mit stlencesini
' than Ow ulnae amount ever ;and to his pre.locemor :
th.• o.llll{lliteCC awardotl to him the whole of the extra
grant of n 7 Ins., on the completion of his third grade certificate
In Mr. Jefbinl, their former student and pupil-teacher.
lliough not in dein, the school aimed he .41 to be aelfaupport-
Ills larstely nobbled to the liberality of the members of
the Institute, who co,,ti,luc to allow them the WC if three
ruins free of eharze sometimes it is Is. it f...arci, at, a sacrifice
14 their own con,iiienee. Without the zealous help of the
edinnittee laly- students, the school would not have been in
its preanit onelition. 'Me ladies liehl an attractive basiar,
Lit liecemlier th,, at which an a.ldress wag delivered by Mr.
Rurkmaster, from South limmingtoo : the profits amounted to
al, nut 00, to which were added i:10 from the Into Mr. T. A.
Mitchell, M.P., ale., since he presided at the annual meeting
in Iva, Nvlntancously offered an annual 4,lllriblltloll ZS for
'risen tool free sel4.laraliiim Your committee have received a
similar offer front the preamit nwml.er for Itridport : mai they
now feel confident, that when hello is needed, they have ahemo
goal reason for hoping fur the liberality of their fellowdowns-
men if requinsi. The only grant from the Ladies Committee
which appairs in thq report is a:10, which meets the sun,
awarded to Mr. Ilaker, I. raise hie first year's wilary from 190
to 000; but they have made payincuts to the advantage of
the school, which do not appear in the Tamsurer's retort: e.g.,
they have Mippleinelitel the Itnnrnallinit traot (girt) to the
pupil-le.-her, Mr. Newhery, with another gib bur the great
...me mot ..f estra service which has been require:l from hit.,.
Your rotnniittee co-operates lOt, the department at South
Kensington for tai.inneu.nn welt an all ntanalCtion.; bill they
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frt.: al yet talnd fir adult 'clew" diesel. In
IltrUCtiu 1.1 been :rirot by Mr Marl in the C.ll..ring subjects.
In OM, he haat obtaille.l rertillestes 7--Physkul ernorzniphi,

nutthernatics, siimot 141)siolint), aciithiticv, and irc„oliary. At
l'idtelre he has livl classes in physical geography,
acoustics, light, and heat • and Mint F. Reid ha. given instruc-
tioo there in botany. Their suave' was satisfactory ; tinny
obtained queen's prizes. and the (lot-liniment grant to Mr
Ilvard wav eq....1 to Iliss Mehl gll. The prism to those who
were succusehil lam year were ilistritAtted by the Mayor, at a
ineetiiii,•• hell iti the Institute, iii November, at alibi. a vain.
star Addivaaaat "Education in Science" WAS delivered by the
honorary serretary, Mr 11. Evans. Ti.., chief duty the
counitittee has I itherto had to fulfil to the science chows has
, beets the att.:oda:ice at (lie examinations, which are of cur,
letrob ; this lets involved the increase of the l',1111•
. ; but a gr.:-at aftimint of the lalmur has hitherto fallen
!en. the science secretary. Ti their great moil Mr Evans has
I intimated that lie can no longer conUtilic tat liold this office.
Your committee are glad Pi lie enabled to tiropose Mr C. O.
'Sautes as his successor
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Your Committee 0,11C111.10 their report with the hint: that
there will be a groWill:: !mire for that sound knowledge of the
!awe .4 nature widen may lead to iniportarit praetical malts,
me well as for tint artiehe perception of beauty mid taste and
skin which thin school has been swassednily cultimtiag "
Mr. J. M. P. MUllTxue moved " That the reports now
read be %weaved and adopted." Ile WM Watt MIN the
statements made in the exhaustive report would I/0 very
gratifiring to them all. When they iiok.l around and
saw the works of art which had been executml by the
working classes, they must admit that those students had
thereby instructed themselves in their various trades.
Knowledge was power, and many hail turned that power
into a means of elevating their social position. With
reganl to scielice, it was very gratifying to lint that many
had taken an interest hi it, and he hoped more would be
induced to join the illitZllCU classeax Although they %nicht
not all of them bee ~,,, e great artist,, yet the more ilwl
studied the greater would be their reasoning powers, and
therefore was it that they should do all in their power to
In, their reasoning faculties. Ile Mel .li pleasure
an moving that the report Inc received and adopted—
(anpLause).
The Rev. Prebendary Iteotno:v nail he had either
propowsl -econdedl a lar resolution miii many pre.
vbets occasions, yet hat Inc never done so with so much
pleasisre as at present ; and lie desired to join with their
ered.lent in c aamtalating them on the high noeltion tin
which the school had attained. Whether they looked at
the amount of work done, or the laurel.: won, there was
equal cause for satisfaction. In prexiout years they had
thought tilt:twelves fortunate to get a queen's prize, but
this year they heal a bronze medal and a silver imolai, and
before Mug it WOO sx•esilde they :night have a golden one
—(ap,olausa). Ong thing in the report however, there
was for regret, and that woe, the dininnition in the
inoreiug class which had fallen oil (ruin :10 to Pk the
reagion he could not ; frounm this sourew the chief sinews
of war wire nhnirivoni, oral he honed Mu clay, WOUI.I be
lIMIT numerously attended. The system of South
Kensington was looked upon and spoken of by many all a
slow syeteni. "Oh," said a lade to hini the other day,
" The Schwil of Art i: very well. bet there iii a Port of
keeielswk about South Kensington." Art, re.inired long
and patient staily ; there were many young and ardent
spirite who wished to run before they could walk ; but
they must Ira content with a slow progrwei ; there wail a
grammar in art ae well ae in languazo, and they must be
eontent to pereevere, arid ultimate tuecees would attend
their effort., lapplawick
Mr. I'. WILSUN Ore:wirer/ then read the Financial report
of the year as frnit.nw,: -
The. Tr.•a.o.n.r ,Cofh mine &Awl .t 1 Art.

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Wavis.• I td• In.n.Studoda

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11tl 01. Wilmot) t...k ti. .4.l..rtunity of slalom the
.to.l.tts to hear in nnwl that thy Inuit lit once apply for
rt1icw...1.4 tie..eta, awl if tlwy woublidir.me Pay the ift.n.:
adsaure, it noutl .31iv iuuch

resplutien -tied the reports he reeeived and
adeptoh was then put te the I:loetring by the Chidrintn.
and carried unaninieuly.
'rhe Rev. H. 11. FRANOIS said he was connected with a
Scheel ef Science ant Art at Chatham, and althoufgh he
thought they could I wet their Bridpert friends at on,
he wag sure they could net rOftle up to them in Art. esui