The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-09
FINE ARTS.

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ACADEMY OF DE-
sIGN-ELrcTIoN OF oFFICERsArwo NEW
ACADEMIcIANs AND THREE ASSOCIATES
ELECTED.
The annual meeting OF the National Academy OF De-
sign took place In tho council room Of the Academy
building yesterday afternoon. Tho academicians
present were Nessrs. George A. Bnkcr, J. II. Beard
William II. Beard John b. Bristol, ;. G. brown,
Charles Calveroy, Frederic H. Church. Sam ucl Colo
man, Jasper T. Cropscy John Evcrs, George w. Fagg.
Jared d. Flagg, Edward d. f. Greene Seymour J.
Guy, N. +. H. Do Hass, George Henry Ham, William
Hart, James NJ Hart. +. l. Henry, Thomas Hicks.
Wipsow Homer, Daniel Huntington, David johnson,
Alfred Jones, Thomas LcCear, Henry A. Loop W -
lam Magrath, Homer D. Martin, Jcrvs McEntee,
Charles H. Miller, T. Addison Richards. alexander II.
istchio. l. G. sclis.adt, Henry 9. ssumway, Jamcs
ID. smillic, William l.. Sonntag, Juhus B. sicarns,
Arthur 4. TAFT, A. Wordsworth Thompson, John +.
woir, james whitcthorno. worthing,on whittrcugo
Lsmuci T. Wiimarth aud Thomas Waterman Wood,
forty-four In ALL Aftcr tho o'clock lunch tho
meeting called to order. thu President OF tho
Academy Daniel Huutington) In tho chair.
Tho reports OF tho president and treasurer wcro
road and listened to with much interest," important
point learned from being that tho Academy was
entirely out OF debt
Tho election Of oT1cors for tho ensuing year was
thon in order and Mcssrs John b. Bristol aud /. G.
Sellstadt appointed tcors. Daniel Huntington
reelected president by SO votes tho election
being aftcrward madc unanimous on the first ballot
for Woo president Frederic f. Church elected by
20 votes This gentleman, however, declined, ana
William Page thcn minated, receiving ~
votes This was. however, also mado unanimous, aud
Mr. Page was reelected. $: Addison Richards
80 votes. and Alfred Jones recording sccre.
tary by tho full vote a. This
Greene as treasurer SIX members OF the Connc,l
then balIocd for IN place OF Msssrs T. w. Wood,
c- WOOD merry W,,'a IAN !. sonnag Onsrss Cal
a result Mcssrs. Wood. Hall and Calvcrcy
elected. with Mcssrs. Jcrvs McEn,oe. w. whittrcdge
and Henry A. Loop rs tho now members Ncssrs. J.
G. Brown, j. q. SeIlstadt aud u. n. H. dc Haas
then elected members OF tho Hanging Committee in
place OF Mcssrs. Casilcsr, Loop and Shattucg.
The baiioting for new iemicnns tho next
proceeding. two-th,rds is required 10 elect,
day was 30 votes. Messrs. H. W. Robbins snd r.
swain Oxford were elected, the former by 81 and tho
latter by 80 votes We give tho names otthc remain
ing gentlemen not elected who were the list OF
nominations aud the number oil votes they received:
Louis Tiffany, IS failing by two votes Of election;
II. story, Il George H. Smillio, Is j. n. Doph. II;
John L. Fiicn. IL: Edward Gay ~; Arthur Parton
81 john A. Parker. 10; ]. J.. Smith, !. and Clinton
ogilvi., o.
Tue list OF candidates for tho ttlc-tor but that
OF associate large. comprising as ~ did twonty.
three namos, among which inrco we're elected. Tho
fortunate ones we're Benjamin. Porter, with 80 votes;
IL
with 5o--all wcIi-dcscrvcd rccognitons Tho names
Of tho rejected candidates are gwen with the number
OF votes est Tor each :-Gcorrc Hetzel, %; Walter
Stttcrcc, 70: Frank Walter, 90 Arthur Quartey 20,
William NJ Chase, 70; J. Alden Weir. ~; II. NJ Saur-
len, 25 D. sHartlcy, 81 Walter L. Palmer %; Daniel
KNIGHT 81: Ernest Parton, 20 Jennie Brownscombc
2o j. &. Ncol, 10; Herbert McCord, ~; wyatt Eaton
Is; William sariain, IL; Robert q Minor, IL George
Iuncss, Jr 0; Abbott H. 1haycr, 4 ana Rufus Wright,
4 Tho election finished and the meeting ovcr
shortly alter SIX j. NJ and at about balip the
members PRESENT sat down TO their annual dinner
Y IN ggul
this years election OF Acadcmi and associates is
50 mach 70 DO grateful Tor. Only think, Two now
proposed Acadcmcians, u was rather weak, because
on wcrc, among tho fourteen names, those OF
cra gentlemen whom the Academy IN an evil hour
elected as associates, and whose Damcs nj intervals
regularly WILL ike weird myers OF late. rise before
tho vision Of tho modern Venetian tribunal year after
year on tho list OF candidates McsSrs. Tiffany and
krasoman van Etcn should certainly nave been
elected
The most interesting list Is that Of the candidates
Tor election 1ssociaics AMI wonders reading
,nd comparing tho names OF the Academiciiu
electors snd the candidates how forty-tour men,
among whom we count decidedly respectable num-
her Of mcdocritics. have the courage to odium
and the fispcasurc OF the public by refusing TO elect
MS associates men like Mcssrs Chasc Eaton, Minor,
Hartley, iictzci shurticn, Quartley Knigut, Ernest
Parton, Thsycr ana Sartaip.
wo tnink the placing % tho names OF Messrs.
Palmer, Wcr nnd George lines, Jr.. on the Inst OF
candidates to be premature though all three arc
rsins men u decided talent, ami the proposing OF
Miss Brownsconbc absurd. AZ any Acadcin cian nas
rnt to nominate tho body on mot he made rcspop.
bic Tor these faults. An acndcincisn made deed
cdiy true remark after tho election that there
too much oi personal feeling IN the affair. M n.
OF this ~ shown by the fact that while Mss
Brownscombc rcccved 20 votes Robert Z. Minor was
only accorded H.
Inc Acndcmiciaus iiko Messrs Bicrstadt s. H. CT.
ford, Eastman johnson, Jebn bafargc, j. q, n Ward
aud Wysni, who were not on hand yesterday, should
have been present. where they could have tone so
much good. We are glad TO the names OF Messrs.
Brown and DO Haas the Hanging Committee, os
they earnest men and Will ito their dnty, hope
aud think, honestly, icaricssy and Justly.
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THE UNION LEAGUE CLUD ART EXHIBITION.
Tho isp1y OF water color drawings which viii 10
made ii the Union League CilD art reception this
evening Is u special exhibition Of the American Water
Color society OF tho ~urk OF It's members. held under
the auspices OF the club. IL viii oIcn Tor Two
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