The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-24
AN ERA OF ART TO BEGIN.
FIFTY STUDENTS TO ENTER MIR.
BRADLEY's CLASSES.

He VIII Examine Specimens of Their
Work To-day, and the Instruction
VIII Begin at Once-The Classes
Open to All Who Come Up to the
Standard Nonresident Artists
Have "A Chance to Enter-The Art
League Has All the Money 1t Needs
and is Going TO Push its Work For
ward to Success.
Mr.. Horace Bradley, who is to take
charge of the class of the Students Art
League, viii arrive in the city from At
lanta this morning, and will meet the
class at the Telfair Academy this after
noon.
The numbers in the league appear to
be increasing every day There will be
fifty pupils to meet Mr.. Bradley this af-
ternOOn. and it is likely that others will
join the class within a day or two. The
officers of the art league say that while
this is a Savannah institution, they win
be glad to have join the classes any non
residents who have artistic talent and
who are sufficiently progressed to enter
Mr.. Bradley's classes, provided it does not
interfere with Savannahians who
have right to membership.
In other words the numbers in the classes
under Mr.. Bradley's instruction must ne
cessarily be limited to that which one man
can successfully deal with, and if there
are not more Savannahians than can be
accommodated any non-residents, as stat
ed will be welcomed.
These classes will be open to the public
and anyone who can fulfill the require
ments for any grade established by the
instructor can secure membership. The
students who have joined the league will
this afternoon submit specimens of their
work, in drawing and painting to Mr..
Bradley, and he will be the judge of the
classes and grades they must enter. Each
class will no doubt be assigned certain
work at once, so that there will be no de-
lay in the instruction. The members of
this league will begin their three months
course under very favorable auspices as
they not only have an able and capable
teacher, but in the academy, which Will
be their school room, as they will be the
pupils of the academy, they Will be sur
rounded by many excellent and famous
works of art which will furnish them mod
els and give them points in their work.
Mr.. Bradley will meet the executive
board of the league tonight at the resi-
dence of Mrs. w w. Gordon, its presi-
dent. There the work in hand will be dis
cussed and gone over thoroughly and
plans laid out for the course. The whole
plan of the league has been carefully stud
led, and Will undoubtedly be carried out
in a thorough manner. Success for the
work this year means that it Will be re-
peated next year, and in future years, as
long as those who have the interest of
art at heart maintain that interest.
Financially, the Art League is now on
a splendid footing. Mrs. Gordon, as pres
ident, has received from Director Carl
l.. Brandt of the academy a check for the
$500, which was the amount turned over
to him through Gen. Henry r. Jackson,
by Mrs. j. G.. Thomas, treasurer of the
Telfair Art Union. This was the amount
raised by the ladies of that union through
various sources for the purposes in hand
at that time. Some interest on that
amount has accumulated since it was de-
posted and Mr.. Brandt stated in his let
ter as soon as he receives information as
to how much that is he will send a check
for ii also In addition to this, the ladies
of the Art League have raised between
800 and $500, so that they have more than
the amount they originally started out to
secure. The surplus will be used in the
purchase of materials for members of the
class, and the amounts received from the
classes for such materials as are fur
nished will be turned back into the treas
ury of the league. There is nothing but
bright prospects now before the league,
and Savannah is promised an era of art
such as has not been known since the
Telfair Academy was founded.