The morning call., 1894-10-26
HOW HE MEANS TO TEACH.
Moving Into the Fine Building on
Pine Street.
SECRETARY MARTINS CASTS.
On Monday the School Will AS
Sembie in the EX-
Stable.

the throes of moving, this time into the
new classrooms on Pine street. Yester-
day afternoon Secretary Martin and his
assistants only wanted more neglige cos
tunes to look like Italian art peddlers as
they stood before large table in the yard
that was laden down with plaster casts of
half the gods and goddesses in the Greek
mythology, with a lot of modern heads
thrown in.
so, have you rubbed down that
Apollo?" asked the secretary. who was
bard at work himself brushing the plastic
locks of ''La Femme Inconnue." Then,
glancing round with a critical eye. he
added: THAT Mercury is covered with
dust. Haul him over and carry him up to
the antique-room."
The anique-room is on the main floor
of the modelled stable, and it looks
artistic enough to charge for admission 10
see it. The casts of the Elgin marbles,
that have been stored away since the in
stitute left its old quarters on Pine street,
hang on the walls facing the fine northern
light. Great rolling screens divide the
large apartment up into classrooms, and
the screens are provided with desks as
well as commodious hooks, so that begin
ners who are studying detached parts of
the human anatomy can hang up within
yard of their noses the plaster member
that they may happen to be copying.
ut cost as much to make all these
changes as to put up a new building"
said Secretary Martin. cautiously plotting
his way over the polished wood floor.
1.-The stairs, for instance, have had to be
torn down and wider ones put iD," added
the energetic secretary as he assembled to
the third floor to give an eye 10 how things
were going on up there.
The still-life room proved TO be beauti-
fully large and airy, with the same roll
ing screens as downstairs, and the same
lockers for the pupils goods and chattels.
1--WE shall call this the nude room; the
name is less misleading than the figure
room,'" said MIR. Martin, opening the
door of the other large room on the top
floor. "The girls will study from mod ell
in the forenoon and the boys in the after
noon. You see, there Is a comfortable
little dressing-room for the model. and the
room can be heated when necessary by the
furnace on the first floor"
Down in the story opening on Pine
street, which is known as the first floor,
the worknen were busy making little
modelling tables. An ntelligent-lo King
young man, who was faultiessly dressed,
from the crown of his shiny hat to the tips
Of his patent-leather shoes, stood watch
ing them with great interest. THAT is
Douglas TildeD. the professor of our new
modelling class" said the secretary. mo;
he cannot hear what we say about him.
You know he is the deat-mute sculptor,
who modelled The Baseball Player in
Golden Gate Park"
Douglas Tilden carried a pencil and
small notebook with him, and when asked
to chat little about the class which he
will begin next Monday, willingly CON-
piled. The word chat is quite appropri-
ate in describing the way the California
sculptor communicated his ideas. He
wrote down lis thoughts with extraordi-
nary rapidity. and seemed to grasp a cues.
ton almost before ii was written down.
II shall take all corners. but if they want
to join the advanced class they certainly
must show proficiency. Do 1 expect to
find much talent? l am hunting for that,
ana whenever it is discovered l certainly
shall do my best to help and foster it,"
In answer TO the question whether he
was satisfied with the way the studio was
fitted up. the sculptor looked round with a
comIcal air of dismay, ana replied: "The
furniture is too good for me. 1t is finer
than at the Ecole des Beax Arts in Paris.
This school is as we'll fitted up as ny that
can be found for teaching the routine. II
does not pretend to furnish recipe for
talent if the pupil has no such thing"
How shall you teach your pupils ?''
was asked. Il can talk to them in three
languages" replied the sculptor, laughing
but what l mean to do is &c make them
work."
When asked about himself Mr.. Tilden
replied that he was born at Chico. and th at
it was his present intention to remain in
California. "Shall model here? | have
so many ideas in my head that l want TO
work upon, but the difficulty is to find a
studio fitted up as one wants a studio for
modelling" The sculptor added that in
the autumn he intends to exhibit his Bear
Hunters" large group in bronze about
nine feet high, consisting of five figures.
The work was exhibited at the Colum bian
Exposition. and is now at the Chicago Art
Palace.