Morning journal and courier., 1893-06-02
YALE SCHOOL OF FINE Arts.

inent Men PreSent-The Stuoents
and Their Work-Brilliant Recep-
tion Last Evening.
The twenty-fourth anniversary OF the
Yale School of Fine Arts was held at the
rkschool yesterday afternoon. There are
no gradus.ion exercises or awarding OF
diplomas. An elaborate lunch at l:SO
O'Clock. the lecture by w. Lswis Frazer of
the art department of the Century maya
zine, and the reception from to II O'Clock |
were the events which marked the closing |
of the school for the year. The luncheon
was served in the carving room, which was
decorated with smilsx and other flowers.
The students of the school and few OF
their friends were those present.
Just before the lecture at 8 O'Clock Pro-
fessor Weir announced the prizes as fol-
lows: Special prizs in drawing from the
antique to Robert 81. Bonner of New Ha-
ven; special prize in composition to Miss
Mabel Mcintosh of New Haven; the Ethel
Childs Walker prize for general excellence
in work in the school was awarded to Harry
Lee Barker of Hartford. Honorable men
ton was made of William N. Burgher Of
Bridgeport.
Mr.. Fraser, the speaker of the afternoon,
was then introduced and he spoke In part
as follows on 1.-THE Pencil and Graver in
American Books for Two Hundred Years.:
Elm 1859 the first printing press in Amer
lea was set up by the Rev. Henry Dunster
in Cambridge, Mass. 1t had been origin
ally purchased by Rev. Joseph Glover in
London, where 1t had drifted across the
channel from Holland. Mr.. Glover died
in the passage out, however, and so the
press became the property of Mrs. Glover.
But in those times women were rather
scarce in the colonies, and as Mr.. Dunster
was deeply interested in the subject of
printing and was president of the infant
Harvard college, and moreover owned the
types and other appliances for running the
press, Mrs Glover and he thought 1t would
be well to unite matrimonially as we'll as
otherwise. What, to be sure, could be
mors ftting3 And the second pamphlet
printed on this press was an almanack and
seventy-fve years later an slmanack was
issued in Boston bearing a picture on the
title page. To me it is not really won
derful thing that seventy-five years should
elspse and eleven hundred books should be
printed before pictorial establishment sug-
gested itself to our forefsthers.
The subjects treated of by the various
| books printed in those days would hardly
| admit of it. They were for the most Fart
| religious, controversial and theological
Take for instance euoh books as Cotton
| Mather's "Treacle Fetched Out of a Viper"
and ga Funeral Discourse Occasioned by
| the Dsath of New Relatives" But I sup
tors had too much to do with fighting and
converting the Indians to think much
about pictures should have thought
that the art would have suggested itself
more to the powdered and wigged gentle.
men of Virginia. But they neither seem
to have taken any interest in it.
| "From the date of the first diagram in
Tulley's almanack In 1893, prints of vari
GUS kinds are found in American books
Catalogues have been accustomed 10 as
cribe them to English origin. I do moi
however, for on critical examination they
appear to be Of home production. CUT
for Esop's Fables were mN2e by Turner
who was said to have been the best en-
graver in Boston. One great drawback Il
engraving was the poverty of the Amsri
can printer. But it seems to have beer
customary for the printer to do engraving
Benjamin Franklin in his autobiography
said he could engrave things and that h
carved out of copper the ornaments for thu
early New Jersey money"
Mr.. Fraser then threw upon the screen
number Of pictures of the early American
books, among which are "Poor Richard
Almanack. Benjamin Franklin. Philadel
phis, 1887; s'Kalendarium Pennsylvania
or the American Messenger, being an alma
mack for the year of Christ 1886
The almanac appears to have been tn
only book that was sold by the early ped
;. dlers, or chopmen as they were the1
known. The colonial almanack contain
much that is interesting to the student O
: American illustration. Other cuts shown
were: The New England Primer improved
John Hancock; Martyrdom of John Rog
ers, containing the figures of two guards
the wife and nine small children and Rog
ers at the stake burning.
He gave also brief sketch of the man
ner in which the illustrated monthly mag
aztne had been developed, also the piotoria
, editions of the Bible; and spoke a few
words concerning the art of photogravure
He said, in closing, that engravers wer
now rather resting on their laurels, how
ever, as the Christmas books for the las
three years were about as sorry lot a
Fslstaffs ragged regiment, and were, TO
the most part, half tone reproductions @
photographs.
The following were among those presen
at the lecture: Ernest Ingersoll, formerl
of New Haven; Francis Drake of the Cen
fury; W. D. Linton, the engraver; j. Will
Hanson Palmer, formerly editor of "Foll
) Songs"; Donald G. Mitchell, Miss Mitchell
Mrs. Chase, Miss Bacon, Mrs. Ely, Mis-
tombstone, Miss Allis, Mrs. Judson, Mrs
Wooding, President Timothy Dwight, Pro
ger, Rev. Cornelius W. Kttchell, Dean an,
Mrs. q. P. Wright.
After the lecture the guests went through
, the rooms where the best specimens of tn
| work that has been done by the pupil
throughout the past year were exhibited
The students whose work is exhibite,
here are: W. N. Burger, George Lsngzet
tel, 8. A. Thompson, Miss Florence c
Trowbridge, J. E. Hurlburt. Robert Bon
ner, Mrs. J. O. Lindsey: Miss E. B. Rich
ards, Miss Mary Evans, Miss Stella Jud
son, Miss Grace Bronson, Miss N. G. Dowd
Miss R. T. Porter, j. I. 81. Downes, Mis-
Annie 8. johnson, Mrs. E. R. Chase, Mis-
Mary Thompson, Mrs. Rogers, Miss Mar
North, Ralph BirdsalI and J. A. Thomp
son. These are sketches in pen and I'M
work, drawings, heads. figures, landscsp
and still-life studies in oil, water-color
pastel and charcoal. A, water-coler b.
Miss Annie 8. johnson, representing
culvert railroad bridge, is considered on
of the best OF the exhibits.
There is composition in water colo
| ooAioA OpAAdS ~ Aisn JObcpulu
Lewis, the daug hter of the late ex-Mayo
Lewis, which took the prize here a few
years ago. Miss Lewis is now in Pari
and word has just been received that sh,
has had picture received at the exhibit
ton in the Salon. Miss Lewis received he,
art education at Yale and was the first stu
dent on whom the degree of Bachelor O.
Fine Arts was conferred.
Besides these there are studies by Mis-
R. T. Porter, Miss Constance Blake, Mrs
Lindsley, g. A. Thompson, the late Fred
erick Langezettel, the late Miss Ethe
Walker and others who have attained
remarkable degree of excellence.
Messrs. Birdsall and Thompson's pen an6
oil sketches are also considered exceeding
ly well executed.
Miss Mabel Mcintosh, who was awarded
the special prize for composition in the
Yale Art school Is the daughter of W. G.
Mcintosh, the art publisher of this city
Although only in the art school since the
month of January of this year, she ha:
received the highest praise, especially fol
her cemposit1on pictures. The many
specimens of her work which were on ex
hibition received great deal of attention
during the day and evening and elected
the admiration of all who saw them.
THE EVENING RECEPTION.
The reception was held last evening and
was a great success. The entire building
was thrown open and flowers were placed