Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-01
ART SCHOOL GRADUATES.

The Graduating Exercises of the ATS
 School Held Yesterday - Young
 Ladies and Gentlemen Exhibit Their
 Work, Some Winning Prizes. and
 Dine With Prof. HoPp1n - Annual
 Reception In she Evening.
 Yesterday was joyful day for the young ladies and gentlemen who have been study ing the elegancies of art at the Yale Art school for the past year or more.
 Especially was it interesting to the mem bers of the graduating class, for the end of their course had arrived and they were given certificates of graduation by President Tim othy Dwight.
 It was generally day of great interest at the school, increasing in usefulness. impor- tance and value. The graduates this year are: Irving E. Hurlburt of New Haven, Miss Etta A. Osborne of Wallingford, Robert F. Brainard of West Chester, Miss Clara E. Smith of Northford, Miss Fannie L. Wise- man of New Haven, Miss Clara R. Durgy of New Haven and G. Albert Thompson ot Fair Haven.
 The exercises were held in the forenoon and brief addresses were made by the 1n- structors of the school, Professors Hoppin, Weir and Niemeyer, Dr. Foster and MT. Honey. They were much pleased by the work done during the year and by the en- thusiasm and high degree of excellence man- ifested by the students.
 The Etta ChiIde Walker prize was award ed to Miss Constance H. Blake, of New Ha- ven. Robert F. Brainard of West Chester, was given a prize for general merit in his studies, and Miss Susan J. Candee of this city one for excellence in landscape work. A prize vas awarded to Miss Grace Dagget of this city, graduate of the High school in fo-. So Thn fO1In ing pupils received honorary mention: Irv- ing E. Hurlburt, G. Albert Thompson, for painting, and Miss Elnora D. Rogers for drawing.
 The school enjoyed their annual dinner at Prof. Hoppin's residence on Hillhouse ave- nue, as has been the custom, and 0 most happy social gathering 1t was.
 The most interesting part of the graduat ing pleasures to visitors was the elaborate exhibition of sketches, paintings and studies finished during the year by the students. These were hung about the walls of the three rooms on the west side of the first floor of the building and presented very beautiful spec tacle. There were about two hundred more pieces than last year, and the total number exhibited was nearly ,27O.
 Among the most excellent copper plate etehings which were observed were those of Miss Wooding of Stratford, daughter of the late Le Grand Wooding, and formerly of New Haven, and Miss Josephine Lewis, . daughter of ex-Mayor Henry G. Lewis of this city. Messrs. Brainard and HuIlburt and Misses Lewis and Blake exhibited fine portraits and Misses Dsggett and Blake many fine perspective drawings. These were among the most noticeable in the display:
 Several handsome sketches in oil and water colors and drawings from life were from the brush of Miss Fannie l.. Wiseman of this city, daughter of R. R. Wiseman, the &C., eomplishsd artist. and gave evidence of rare promise. Miss Mary E. Thompson of Pough- keepsie, N. Y., had several pretty studies upon exhibition, as did also Miss Elizabeth Newberry, Miss Susan s. White, Miss E. 0. Cooper, Miss Helen Dwight, Martha J. Pot- ter, Miss M. B. Street of Milford, Miss Miles of Milford, Miss Elizabeth Griswold, Miss Annie Fl. Williston and Orrit c. Whitman. The instructors of the school aud other com- potent judges consider the past years work as of exceptional merit.
 A brilliantly lighted and happy scene was that which greeted the eyes of the many friends and students of the Art school as they drove up before the ivy-hung vestibule of the big stone building in theearly hours of the evening. From the open windows came the joyful sounds of orchestral melody and within the long, spacious halls, filled with statues and antique masterpieces at every niche and corner, was taken possession of by the gay throng and turned into the happiest kind of a happy reception hall. The
 
 masterpieces from the apt pencils of the students, and decorated with many cherished trophies.
 Upon the second floor of the building the lively hours of the reception were quickly passing. Here President Dwight, with members of the society and graduating class were carrying on the most picturesque part of the evening, and the wide hall, with it's two big rooms at either end, was filled within continually moving throng of young people. The visitors, coming and going, had fine view of the brilliantly illuminated atelier of Bowman, the photographer, oppo- site the Art school, the mammoth window richly adorned with beautiful artistic work. Amone those who enjoyed the evening with the graduates and students of the school were: President and Miss Dwight, Profs. Wier and Hoppin, Prof. and Mrs. Nie- meyer, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Munger, Miss Mun- ger, General K. E. Bradley, MT. and Mrs. s. L. Penfeld, MT. Louis Pierson, ex-Mayor Henry G. Lewis and Miss Josephine Lewis, MT. John B. Adriance, MT. J. Mason Hoppin, Mr. Wm. Newberry and Mics E. s. New berry, the Misses Arlie and Louise Morse, the Misses Law, MT. James E. English, jr., Misss Nellie Cooper Misses Marshal and Fitch of Miss Kate Trowbridge, Mrs. Holcomb and Miss Anna Holeomb, Rev. P. s. Evans, Miss Clara. Parmalee, MT. James B. Smith, MT. James Hem ingway, Mir. Bradner, Rev. Dr. Twitchell, and Mrs. Twitchell, the Misses Morris, MT. and Mrs. Clarence Deming. Miss Anna Rich- ards, the Misses Ethel and Mabel Wilcox, Miss Alice Clark, Dr. Leighton, MT. Hutch inson, Prof. and Mrs. Verrill and Mics Ver- Till, Miss Todd, Prof. W.P. Trowbridge, Prof. and Mrs, Honey, Miss Harwood, Prof. Du- bois, Miss Dubois, MT. c. and Miss Boltwood, MT. William T. Rockwell, MT. Charles Sher Till, MT. Edward Brooks, MT. Henry J. Sage, Miss Lila Wells, MT. William c. Wurtem- berg, Mrs. and Miss Bowers. Miss Blake, MT. Owen Holt, Prof. Mark Bailey, Miss Celeste Horpar and the Misses Irene and Grace Nor ton of New York city.
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