The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-11
NO MIXED LIFE CLASS NOW.
soULPToR ST eAUDENS'S PUPILS ISSUE
A RT<TEMRNT AND DISBdND.
A Defence OF Their Instructor and OF Their
own Judgment That Men and Women
MAY study Together From tho Nude.

A Defence OF Their Instructor and OF Their
own Judgment That Men and Women
May study Together From tho Nude.
The members Of the modelling class Of the
Art Students League met yesterday morning
and discussed the situation resulting from the
controversy over the question OF having mixed
classos study from the nude. In view Of the
fact that the opponents OF the modelling class
had made q statement they decided to make
one too. Justice to Augustus St Gaudens, as
vol as to themselves, demanded 1t. they
thought 1t will be observed that the class has
disbanded. Mr.. St Gaudens having refused to
have anything more to do with tho matter.
This is the statement:
Tue affair concerning the modelling class under IA.
gust - Gsudens having been put before the public,
SS:t papers ths tcioxins aud many q Ne ia:;.
SsSa OSsp h t G to
put Anew OF them in their trte light The attitude OF
aTs, az HftaiS and some sosfd made as
he Wo 4sen oshsf ssf Il had oes
stoPped By the Board Of Control The idea Of cen.
Board o. Control or the member. o: ths League
@ BY NJ g. aud.ns ana II at e any tima Was un
known TO any of the members or to the hoard OF Con
to Inquire Another social cd ra,t, which was entirely
The BosFa of SSnio to-
ai,oon!ing. tGs mixed GlsS for nn'sdIA;s upon re
HRl the loss Of s.y wGTE at ysIy
from bitter antagonist Of the modifying Elasswno was
n. ~s me a r"s rs S ss Of S in this
Affair and the action has been entirely on one SIDE
EorkinR together Of shs modenS class as mi1 Cd one
T me cue nde of M e~SSe one H he
dents All ME asses aud their and major
opposed 70 the e9nnusce q the NAKED modelling class
tines any they may choose TO adopt aHl their
S0nduC. in THIS matter to Mr. - %anaens ana me mod
iouS This conduct was entirely uncallod Tor The
IN The league Of beng most serious dSned and isr
ssS o Ss BEING 1PS .o OF the
merit We have ever had IN AmeTic3 is man of
Sy AZ him
Ieasae and 1t an nsIit1t5n Of the sa,es
merit The ideas Of }. Carroll Beckwith and William
freely Vonti%,eIi in Tux s1> and tho Ca both these
nude under any using their strong
IN that + a So S0 pa ana
GhaSs in Of "nS residence AoT9aa are
people have long considered themselves superior in
G.son ss msn aS HGsn sdS
We surely DO not wan. to haze W. prensh M and
standing A y 2hsn 10 sOsSaSea1ioh N Whatever de-
aanSs as BY ids S on
subject Inc argument that the mixed class has proved
Voting from the nude Tor nearly Two entire ssasoss
Ss and q as pIoysa hOr6 Ssactoy IN every
respect and BON Mr. $ Gsadsns and the moasiIins
sympathy Of large majority Of Students and major
@ tho asd P from
SS head a'n the oS nd then b tho sns
Try hsSe wSTEod sSsIy ny Iii. reason from
Of no serious use to the student Of cap,ur
' tho sus
casts Of antique heads then proceeded TO torso before
frid.ys paper was that the medeinT olass %as COM
s al h twenty
N The SHa, ~ THIS winter and among he,s only one
Of me women many 81 them being over so and nun
that they capable of Judging to the prOprety OF
% she snIhS, Of the elias. and their exalted
Sops sRs. Al mos: ssSavins AT
are The aesqs Of inSarins fsans%snt feeling
r. f 3: 96 that
whose ideaS are suaicsnty exalted work in this
srss ssd opy sool
De s s on Ee ~ S
an hut NOT That s dnS S SR
any msSss a Se.tsr rsasOn TIA. both The and
them both under existing circumstances and have thor
Ks foF any matter Of composition that is merely
same modsl a. &c same time WAS merely cOpsleTsd IS
which is really moro lie lie student when the work
aaR bI s sseT ETs and fs sU m
1HG a5 M %pE b O s. e Ts
ia false a. il arranrement made by Tho League
ss Win aye laa IS % e n n s
DO found this statement Modelling clas'-Morning
Light" without distinction the OF tho BtudentA
CLASSES Tho occasion OF this recent disturbance
was IN at about three months ago Mr. Gaudens
SEIZED that the class should work from female model
which they had been sufficiently advanced to do
before which the existing state Of proficiency
had become necessary for their studies Since then
they have working almost entirely in this way.
Tho Withdrawal of the student from the class was
caused by this arrangement before II was put into
practice and all the present disagreement dates from
that time The modelling ass has now dis6anded Mr..
St GAudons having refused to have anything moro to
do in ths matter.