New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-24

be well rsgEs:snted In museum meaning nnss By y
furniture sslpetiDs and md many Instrument. that
can be collected that viii wOrthily present many other
Of che works OF winch cannot be perhaps and Of
perfectly reproduce tho drs wings Of artists which Of
such great value to artists who studying and to
artists in producing their works. Then have fixed
upon definite policy upon definite collection OF works
me Egyptian the AssyraB, the classical, the medieval
the rooms, the size OF the
70 accommodate the special wefks that are to go INTO the
begun. ike this would accomplish very many
important onF results in our State and wori Il
remove that real reprOach which every American feels
whom foreigners arriving here ask 80 be shown the werks
has said every small city in Europe has its museum, aud
foreigner coming here expects that such great coln-
day citizen Of NewYork can take his European
Hs az ra to t the Park and he can be proud Of
Oh art Again museum Of art would promote very
population who have hours to spare every day.
VINO ride up through the Park and through the avenues
building for hour half hour and thus those
casual wits would be made upon other minds impress
effect In improving the general taste OF the community
Also, the museum could be visited formally by classes
American Institute visited BY very large numbers OF
the public schools Of and adjacent And
means OF improving those Of the rising generation.
for that large portion Of our population which
must ever be prevented from providing works OF art in
great that it can give the best Opporanites for
cntvang the taste freely and withoutcost TO the
museum by the example Of those two great museums
the Kensngton ana the Berlin: The speaker then de-
scbed the prominent Of the two museums aud OF
the influence they exert upon the masses The cost OF
such museum, he said, would be very great. but it
would not be Of proportion to the wealth OF
our city. museum would not perform its full work
however without some appendages, which t would not
which will for moment slude to. The museum,
in Bs doe should ~fs ia close
proximity to an academy OF fine arts where the students
tho Of which the lecturer has spoken There also
might be connected with the museum few rooms In
general public 1t should also be located near great
Unverstysnd IN the near future New York CITY must
and will have University that will be organized upon
school equal to that OF any University in Europe.
at the close Of Prof COnfOrs address Mr. II. NJ Hunt,
few remarks favorable to the contemplated scheme.
closing with the emphatic remark that the first thing
as far the architects were concerned, they would do
M %t up b Mr. enay e. e R
Dr. Thompson, the Hon. A c. Cole OF London connected
all OF whom argued the Importance OF the work both
an aid to education and morals; The Chairman then
read the following series OF resolutions which he said
had been prepared to be adopted by the meeting II they
saw it, more as an expression OF opinion than anything
highly desirable that efficient eous should be
Initiated with reference the establishment this city Of Aussum OF
Art scale worthy OF this metropolis aud OF great patton
Resolved That Committee Of citizens properly representing the
aud individuals directly Indirectly Interested In
object should be appointed and that TO them the shoe sab
should be referred with d ia the Committee
add 10 their numbers appoint hoeommis TO prepare
constitution and By laws apply for charter and adopt such
they deem erpssnt for the accomplishment Of the above
named object
Received That til. aPpOin,msu Of 50 E.usen. hereinafter
such Committee would be- Ia optpIon,
factory tho Whole community aud We hereby respectfully request the
named take the objects Of this meeug into their
hands and them to successful completion by all such
they deem eIpedeBt
R,so9sd ibe Secretaries Of this meeting DO requested TO nO
the gnnen thus designated aud call early meeting Of hs
yiSna Committee via william A'pusal )0ba T.yor JoSsscn
W L. AndrsS Robert LenoI ksndedy s. L. NJ Barlow John
L'tArSe, william 7. BCdEs,t. A. Los, walter brSvn,
LsnoI. Charles Butler. Ky. g. MAfqusHd. Richard
BsIsr Iegud b. Cannon Joseph II. Choste. r. Chareb.
Johs A. DIX O. r. DetaOd. VIM Dodge IT, Benjamin FIELD.
Prof o. n Rood, Marshall o. Roberts, Henry G. stebbus
AsI stewart jackson stewart L. Start p Stokes
Clifford Robert Gordon. Andrew H. Green George Grwo John
H. Hall Robert Hoe IT, WA Hoppu. Hantngsoa Richard NJ
Hunt jonathan Russell Sturg Jr Rutherford stsyyessni
Laeu. Taeean Gen Vnios, Calvert vsHK George NJ Van
dsriip. Samuel Gray Ward.
These resolutions objected TO by Col j. Fairman
the ground that the gentlemen appointed not
representatives OF aud offered another resolution
add twenty tho former resoluti0us This
motion. was, however, lost, and the meeting then ad