Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-31
CORCORAN ART SCHOOL.
Awards of the Medals and HOnors-The Ex-
hibition of Work.

Awards of the Medals and Honors-The Ex-
hfbitiOn of Work.
The annual award of medals and honors to
the competing pupils of the Corcoran School Of
Art occurred at the studio yesterday afternoon
There was a large attendance of the pupils and
their friends. who were anxious to learn the
outcome of the work of the committee on
award.
In order to compete for the handsome prizes
offered pupil must submit six charcoal full
length drawings, three from the plaster cast or
antique and three from life. Upon these the
judges make the award without knowing the
artists name. The committee this year was
composed IF the following well-known artists:
John r. Iait and Alexander Cazarin Of Balti-
more and L. W. Miller, the principal Of the
School Of Industrial Art. Philadelphia.
MIR. ANDREWS REMARKS.
Mr. E. F. Andrews, the instructor at the Cor
coran School, opened the exercises in a we'll
chosen speech. He said in effect:
1 have the honor of calling your attention
to the work Of the Corcoran school of Art in
its fifth public exhibition. The first was held
by the courtesy of the Cosmos Club IN their
commodious and hospitable halls in 1889 and
exhibited the work of the very limited number
of pupils at that time admitted to draw and
study in the sculpture halls CT the gallery two
days per week for the most advanced and one
day per week for the beginners, the whole num-
Der limited to thirty, fifteen in each class.
On the 9th of January. 1890, the school was
opened in this new structure with some seventy;
five pupils, and throughout the year the aver
age monthly attendance was over sixty. At the
meetings of the committee of award during
subsequent years there has been an apprecia-
tive increase in the number Of competitors for
honors. greater i'll proportion than the increase
of students, which latter increase has been most
satisfactory as the record shows today 12i active
members. 1t is with especial pride that 1 call
your attention to the general evenness and eX-
cellence OF the work before you in all classes
and with all sympathy for the kindly gentlemen
who form the committee OF award / must
call your attention also to the annually in
creased difficulties imposed upon such commit
tees.
The general evenness of drawings and the
uniform and rapid progress of the lower classes
is essentially due to a principle laid down by
good Thomas lavender. He asked that he be
given half dozen good scholars to begin with.
We inherited III this new school building
small corps Of earnest, faithful and talented
pupils, whose work was serious and whose in
terest In the school was great, and it is to them
and to others whom they have helped and en-
couraged to follow in their footsteps, to their
kindly assistance to the newcomers, to them
must be ascribed in great measure that gen.
eral excellence for which the Corcoran School
is accredited. To mention them by name now
would be impossible on account Of their num-
Der, but rejoice in having this opportunity to
get them together and to publicly thank them
for their kindly and beneficial influence.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE.
He then delivered to DIR. yelling. the presi-
dent OF the school, the sealed report of the
committee, which read as follows:
The committee on award of the gold and
bronze medals has great pleasure in being able
to offer its congratulations on the character
and excellence of the work submitted to its in
spection. At time when the recognized prn-
ciples of art are being too frequently sighted.
or even held in contempt, and the ambitions of
our youthful students often seduced into de-
vious paths, it is especially encouraging to
recognize so much sincere and earnest effort on
lines in accord with the example of the great
masters and of the greatest OF all-nature.
After full and careful consideration your COM
mittee has decided that exhibit marked c is de-
serving of the first prize and the one marked
G. of the second, and recommend that the gold
and the bronze medal be respectively thus
awarded.
1t also finds that the exhibits marked II and
/ are worthy Of honor able mention for the
work from life and the antique. and the one
marked ID for the drawings from the antique.
In conclusion the committee tenders its sin
cere Fluctuations to Mr.. f. F. Andrews and to
the entire class. whose work is the instructors
best commeudation.
SUCCESSFUL CONTESTANTS.
From this it was learned that the gold medal
was won by Miss Daisy King, the bronze medal
by Miss Annie Schoenborn. while honorable
mention was made of the work of Miss Bessie
Newport, Miss Maud Lightfoot and Miss Mar
gle Baker.
The competitors were Misses Halle Ramsay.
NJ. 2. Mckee. Daisy King, Margie Baker, Helen
Smith, Minnie Snyder. Annie Schoenborn,
Bessie Newport, Maud Lightfoot, Virginia
Keech. Ella Haney, Annie Hunt and Daisy
Loughborough
DR.. yelling. in awarding the medals and
diplomas for honorable mention, spoke in
few words of the excellence of the work of
the pupils. ard extended to them his heart
lest congratulations.
The works OF the students will be on exhi-
bition ut the Corcoran School of Art today and
tomorrow from am. to 6 pm.