, 1879-06-12
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The Chicago Academy Of Arts, so recently In
corporated, stands now Oh pcrnau cnt, and, It
Is to be hoped, a broad foundation, adequate 10
the wants Of the growing city, aud opening brill
iaut prospects for thu future thAt Chicago shall
become great art centre. a glnuce orer tho
work Of other cities In tits direction may bc In
tcrrstng:
The Boston Museum, OF Fine Arts was opened
in 1870, and Boston already c1atms adTnntagesin In
art education equal tu Any EUROPEAN city. In
Elsncing over the report ot the Trustees Of the
Museum We find tue general subscriptions
amounted 10 e2Dl, ao50 %. There was ono sub-
acriptfon Ut SIS, ,0oh ono Of s150o0, ono Of *l0,-
900, thirteen OF f',000, six Of $4,000, thirty Ut
$1,000, fortv-thrcc Of $500, III Of stoo. largo
number Of $50, s25, $40, an.l 20 on down 10 IS
cents. which Is tic smallest snhsrrlotionrecoraed.
The equipment Of the Art School Was tnnEn1-
tuition feos the first year amounted % s3,7m
II h remarkable fhat Chtcago's llttlc Art
School In Pixies Building, with It's verv 1noder.
Rtr equipment, has received almost an equnl
well for the lore OF art md for the rnste OF thc
pcoplu'ot Chlcagol And docs 1t not protnse
great things foE.the future, when tlr' ACADEMY
now founded Ba!alI hare opened tts doors with
adYantaQes u thouslnd-i0ld Ereatsr1 Tlla tn-
ton fees OF tt,c Boston School rose to $4,000
the second year. We beticyu Chicago will ra-
spond more generously than ttIi, to the advsn-
tnges offered BY her nrw AraaotnT.
The Metropolitan Art Museum of New Tork
han magnificent cr,l'esttona, ait Ii dining rren.
work. helped forward BY the nunIfcense Of leF
rich tnen who thoroughly understand the worth
OF butl1 m institution To the rity.
Philadelphia u not behlnl III tie work Of art
education, aud her school has already 80 edl-
eatcl her woskmen IN design that her Inanufac-
tuserp are finding ncw markets, and the city All
ersr-erowsng prosperity.
partmcnt Of the Washington University, with q
sopasate endowment Of ttla.000.
The famous Cinctnuatf school has rooms in
the building Of the University ,;ot Cincinnati
free Of rent, und IN sndowment which ctyoa
lcss very much cratnpcd, and tIcro will be little
difficulty In establishing au eunnlly good, or
better, schonl here, lho appointments for such
= school ars VI haud, and, Il Chicago cannot taks
the West, shs had better do nothing At all md
not sabiect herself to tau sausus Of All i9.
uo,ntnuila failure.
\ properly endowed Acndsmy ot Art Will
make Chtraxo rich alnt famous, md witt pay
back into the pockets Of her merchants VII out
lnya huudrsnl'fOltl.
The Art Schools Of the South Kenslnetou Mu-
eeum, wrro 10 1851 put under thc control ot !.
hull gruinblei through his Parliament, as only
Hull cau gsuIlblo, about the mopey spent vi,
collections. ctc., Mr. Colo showed not only ts,at
tllb school had Increased tho TRluo 0f ButV4
manufactures 60 per cent Rna lined Ills pockctd
with gold, hut that the very collections nnd Oh
iccta Of art uYeF which ha grufnbled would, II
brought to-day to the hammer. setl for unnun-
bcretl thousands Of pounds tuuFe than they cost
and Bull, with h0ttl hu1ls stuffed deap tu his
pocka.a, md jlngllng the gulnaas u!trcin,
changed hts grnwa Into \ smtle.
II Chicago wishes hor AeateMy OF Arts to ba
Any thing mors thnn anal drawing class, the
taet must b4 recognized At once tint no cdura.
uoltal institution OF tile higher eIaaa In thu
world, either IN literature or art. Is supported
by the tuition fees of students alone. What
would usen Ilsrysnl College be without its mug
ntltcent endpwnsntsl In lH7U'7 tho Unlyersi-
" received from stndsnts {undesgrAiuatus)
slal ,tGU tuition fces, and e1oendsl on that de-
l,xrtsuont Of thu uniscsslty taH, ,0N or ulcrca-
houts, and President Elliot u ona Of tl!c bcat
hpsiueasmcn In tho couutrv Imagine flaIyatd
paving rent for her buildings, collecting libra
ftss, sto.t bssi1asl
This l. thu tina for Chicago to, unite al hes
RESOURCES for one gram! art-dclpool. blle has
her +" 6ucioty Ut Decorative Art for tra1uiuE
Wutieu In artstio Industries Lot tlls eodcty
throw lActr RESOURCES Into the general fund ai,l
take ooe department iu tho groat Academy. 6ba
has hor Aulenm,lnl, School OF TechuolugY,
ready-mAlu tp her huiid. Let her incoFturntt It
tuto iIqF great plun. bhe has hcr tsrrA.cottn
works, fallen tutu urglect aul adyesalty OF late.
but ofInr!us lhe uubleat OF all vehicles Tor tho
expression Ut art, ail ready to-lnulruW to ra-
ceiys 4 claus tn modelling ti1t BY aud BY ahall
make Chicago architecture famous. All this
wealth al resource il to-day Within reach. Why
should IT not bo usedt
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