Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-25
WHAT ON'TSHE Do
New School TO Be Started in
New York
TO BROADEN woMAN's SPHERE
There She Win Be Taught to Design
Carpets and Plan Houses
Bnght Woman's scheme

Ell IN New York. It's corner stone 10 to
De practical instruction; is object, To
broaden the held 4 woman's work. /,
Is called the New York school OF Ap-
oiled Design for Women, 2nd may
es,ast OF being the iirsG OF lts kind IN
the world. That much DISCUSSED sub
lsct. the sphere OF womAa's work, will
receive a marked impetus by the found
Ing of Inls school. AT the completion
OF the course Of its instruction tie
young women will be ready "a enter 4
new held OF work. They will Do quail
fed 10 he designers OF carpets. wall pa
pers. oil cloths, ETC., aud the man who
nas reignsd supreme and alone IN ma
position Of architects draughtsman
will need TO he ware. as the graduates
OF tins school. though unassumIng and
de lclolsly femlnine, will nave tucked
away IN the cells or their brains sucn
knowledge of tree hand, linear and Den
and pencil drawing. sucn clear ideas of
architectural construction and details
and plans. that rs . rival draugntsman
she becomes dangerous.
The school building - situated At the
corner of Twenty-third street and Sew
enth avenue and Will be opened Sep
temDer 10. 1891. The specla: feature
OF the school, and where it-diifers from
any other in existence, Is the fact that
its instructors are practical men and
women. who are actually employed In
manufactures or architects oftlces.
They have not been graduated from
their special line OF study ten or fitteen
years ago, but they are IN constant
touch with the manufacturer; they
grasp Just his needs and are IN friction
with the whole business world In the
speciality which they are aired to give
instruction in.
The Trouble with Young Women.
The trouble with the work of the
majority of young women who pretend
to De deslgners 10 That they do not
understand the practical side Of the
work. They are capable of making q
pretty picture, but when the manu-
facturer comes TO apply the design 10
mathematical figures he is very apt To
ind IL all wrong. The New York
school of Applied Design for Women
Work intends TO remedy just this error.
A correct practical design must not
only combine beauty of thought and
originality of idea, bat il must be made
according to mathematical figures.
Every ordinary design repeats itself al
Is inches. IL mas to match 1t the sides
And another rule to know 10 that after
numerous experiments 1t has been
found possible to let two wet prints fall
at :he same time, on account OF the
distance between the rollers. 1t 10 this
practical side Of designing which the
school will endeav0r To teach.
The course Of instruction 10 divided
into two departments The elemen-
tary department. comprises course in
geometrical design, convcntionaliza-
ton of natural forms, . course IN col
ors, q course in historic ornament ex-
tending through the entire period COW
cred by the foregoing courses. The ad.
vanced department covers the applica.
ton OF design to the manufacture of
wall papers, the application Of design
10 the manufacture of carpets and the
application of the elementary instruc-
drAughtsman. No fixed period for the
course of instruction will be estab-
hsaed. No young woman naturally
adapted for and Jealous IN the work
will be Obliged TO wait for her dull OF
indifferent SISTER. Her rate of progress
will depend largely ON her own ability.
The school rooms are at the service OF
each pupil, yet IL she so desires .
greater part OF her work may be done
o. home. The tuition fees will be $50
per year. payable in advance, or 1T the
rate of so per term. payable in adj
vance. for students who prefer 10 pay
for less than year.
IL - believed that the young woman
taking this course Of instruction will
have little difficulty in procuring regu-
lar employment in the manufacturing
establishments, to the use OF which such
designs are adapted.
Designing IL Remunerative.
Every facility will be given 10 the
advanced students TO bring their de-
signs tn the notice of the manufac-
turer. As compared with other
woman's work, designing is remunera-
tive. Near The close OF the year san
ford 4 Co., will offer 800 gold prize
and a $50 gold prize for the best carpe,
design. The wall paper dealers and
the architects will do the same thing.
The prizes are To be awarded by specl-
silsts IA the different branches of the
work and by artists. There will be ten
different instructors, and later on night
classes will be formed and later still the
work will extend and include course
OF instruction m ornamental designs,
sucn "a the manufacture of cretonnes,
embroidery, tapestry and stained glass,
etc.
Lectures accompanying the regular
course Of study will be given. The
scauol nss been started by a guarantee
font. rslsed tor the purpose; bit 10 "a
e. > seif-supportlng, the entire income
g. iie devoted to tie purposes of the
school. The course in training 10 be-
come All architects drsughtsmau IL 20
be treated a. special feature. It's
novelty and the opposition which 10 At
frss received gives it = elslm 60 prom
ineace.
OF course the founding Of this school
and All the work u involves has not
been accomplished by magic. The
force ~ scti n behind the throne has
been guided aud planned by Q woman
"a gracious Sonsn-who has gwen
ner heart add thought to the work
fhi- - the chairman OF the executive
comnalttee. Mrs.. Dunlap Hopkins In
her dessre 20 broaden the field Il
woman work-to help women 20 help
thenasslves-tn- ldes OF thru school tirst
suggested itseif ~ her. snd she nas