New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-30
TO CARRY THE WORK ABROAD
MRS. DUNLOP HOPKINS TO ESTABLISH
NEW SCHOOL FOR WOMEN.
IT WILL BE IN ENGLAND AND UNDER THE PAT
RoNAGE OF PRINCESS CHRIsTIAN-To BE
MANAGED on THE EXCELLENT PLAN
OF THE SCHOOL OF APPLIED

DESIGN IN THIS CITY.
The New-York School OF Applied Design for
Women was incorporated in 1892. The school is at
No 200 West Twen;y-third-st and Its circulars an
nounce that the school has been organized for the
purpose of afforling 10 women instruction which
may enable them TO earn a livelihood by the en-
ployment of their and manual dexterty In the
application of ornamental design TO manufacture
and the arts.
When Its doors were opened for the first time, and
after Its founder. Mrs. Dunlop Hopkins had ex-
planned its plan and scope to men and women IN
terested in the enterprise forty-fve students reg
tstered. These were women who were determined to
study in order compete with men In the arts ana
whose endeayor IL was make places for them
selves the branches of their choice, not by asking
sympathy and not by taking less pay than men, out
by the excellence of their work To-day the school
has nearly 400 students. is self-supporting and the
work OF its students is so constantly In demand that
the supply Is inadequate.
SOME OF THE METHODS.
Mr., HOPKINS has devoted herself 10 the school
from the beginning. and its development Is due
greatly TO her perseverance; she is one of the d.
rectons of whom Elihu Root Is the president. the
rest Of the board being composed OF the following
The Rev Dr. John Wesley Brown, Justice George
!. Ingraham BENJAMIN c. Porter, j. Carroll Beck
with, Thomas b. Clark. Frederick Crowninshield
Mrs James Hartman and Mrs. George Kemp The
course of instruction is somewhat different from
that of most schools nasmuch there are no class
lines. There is elementary department where the
student is taught the first steps, and when she
leaves that department and enters the advanced
class she is left work out her own artistic saivd
ton The tuition fees so for the year and there
f. no fixed period for the course OF instruction. ana
the student is allowed pass from the elementary
department 10 that of applied design whenever her
attachments justify the promotion AS soon as she
begins work in the higher department she has
the opportunity to sell her designs. and when she
does so has the satisfaction of knowing that the
purchase not prompted by sentimental nor
phi,anthropic motives
FINE FIELD FOR WOMEN.
The published plan and scope of the school says:
sTbe object Of the school is TO furnish such In
rtruction as will qualify women for work. and to
Law a thorough foundation upon which to base In
s;ruction Of the most practical character.
Further on 1t says: IAN extensive field lies open
for the employment of women who qualify them
selves TO enter upon it, in making designs for car
nets walpapers oilcoths silks cretonnes, chintzes
furniture book covers illustrations and for many
other branches Of manufacture involving the use
Of ornamental designs. This gives the manufac'-
urers what they have long desired a greater op-
portunity for securing good designs from pracu-
cal training school, and thereby widening the va
riety of their lines. Manufacturing estaDnsninen,ts
obtained their designs from abroad are anxious to
obtain them here. Trade demands constant sue
cesson OF novelties and the occupation OF ca
pable designer is continuous and permanent ana IL
Is work for which women are especially adaptea -,
Last year the students realized 2il9 81 from tne
sale OF designs but the most important work stands
70 the credit Of the deparmeht ms
new Florence Hospital at San FTancsco is now
taning to the plans and designs of the building Is
the work OF women students OF this school. me
J. Monroe Hewlett and the illustrating depart
ment which Mrs Hopkins hopes to make max, a. feature
Carroll Beckwith and II. Siddons Mowbray will give
instruction in antique ana ne classes: ST., mere ere
partment is one OF the schools main features. and
Is under the management of Paul de Longpre.
EXCELLENCE OF THE EXHIBIT.
Three months after the school WAS opened and long
before all the plans laid for II by Mrs Hopkins could
be carried into execution. collection OF designs OF
wallpaper carpets. silks rugs book-covers archi-
tectursl plans and designs and water coors all me
work OF the new students was exhiShea nerei ,,n
there IL forwarded by request to the Mlowlhter
Fair in San Francisco and has airea1y osen 1pHei
the coming Canadian exhibition. The exhibit re-
Seived four gold medals In Chicago ana three III Dan
Francisco.
TO FOLLOW AMERICAN METHODS.
And now. having placed the school on solid basis
IN this city, having secured for 1t the cooperation
OF good citizens and the practical aid OF such houses
as w. j. Sloane Nevins Haviland, Mckim
Mead White. and the Tiffany Glass Company.
Mrs Hopkins is going to England to found similar
Scnool tnere unuer the patronage or frlnceSs
tan Of Schleswig Holstein. woman interested In
the movement said THE Princess Christian was
the founder OF the Art Neeilework School OF South
Kensington. which is now under the patronage or
the Queen and the Princess OF Wales. and when she
the necessity for institution similar 10 the
New-York School Of Applied Design she looked to
Mrs. Hopkins for aid In the matter. Mrs. Hopkins
went 10 England. explained the workings OF her
school here. showed the results OF few years work
in that direction. and made known the fact that
well fitted men to do the work.
and that manufacturers are always ready to pay
good prices for It, The several conferences between
Mrs Hopkins and the Princess Christian resulted In
the plans for the establishment OF the English
school which, when completed will be a monument
to American womanhood."
Mrs. Hopkins will remain abroad several months
and will then again resume the management Of the
school here. which,. in the mean time Will be in
charge OF q corps OF competent women. This Is the
faculty for the year Miss Charlotte Overbury
Miss Grace Dean Miss Clara Wilson. Miss Sara
Darrach, Miss Luise Stevenson, Miss Darrach, John
s. Macnab. Robert W. Macintosh. Austin w. Lord
Henry l. Parkhur,5 G II. Bentley. Paul de