The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-07
GIVEN AN ART SCHOLARSHIP.
MIR. BRADLEY's EFFORTS FOR THE
SAVANNAH ART LEAGUE.

The Fortunate Student TO Receive "A
Years Free Instruction With the
Students Art League of New York.
The Three Months Course at the
TeIfair Academy TO End Next
Week-There VIII BE an ExhIbi-
ton of the Drawings and Paint
ings, TO which All VIII BE In
vited-An Unusually Successful
Course.
Through 1Ir. Horace Bradley. art instruc-
tor. the Savannah Art League has Sc
cured a scholarship in the Students Art
League Of New York. by which one Of the
students OF the Savannah school. TO be Sc
lected according TO ability shown, win
be given free tuition and instruction in
the Students Art League for one year.
Mr. Bradley was for two years the pres
ident Of the Students Art League in New
York, and when he came TO Savannah,
about three months ago, he wrote at once
to New York with regard to this matter.
and the result Of the correspondence was
that the scholarship was given to the Sa-
vannah Art League. It's value to the
student securing it is about 500. and it
win be an excellent opportunity for some
progressive young artist to take advant-
age Of.
The three months course Of the art
school here, which has been in charge Ct
MT Bradley at the Teifair Academy, viii
be concluded with next weeks work and
ABOUT Wednesday or Thursday there win
be a public exhibition of the drawings and
paintings made by the class within thai
time. II is the desire of the executive
committee 10 ind some centrally located
ana convenient place, easy Of access to
an Where TINS exhibition can take place,
and an invitation viii be extended TO all
70 come and see what has been accom-
When this exhibition takes place there
VIII be committee, selected by the ex-
ecutive committee in charge Of the league
Wnlch VIII examine the work, and will
decide TO whom the scholarship in the
students Art League of New York should
De awarded. Mr.. Bradley's classes at
present consist of forty students, three
young ladies. All but about twelve on
ntteen of these are in the elementary
classes, which do drawing and sketch
work. The others are in the painting
classes, and from the latter will come
Will be awarded.
The work Of the school has been most
SATISFACTORY IN every respect. The aver
age talent has been unusual. The pupils
nave been very faithful in their attend
ance, ana the progress made has been
The three months session." Mr.. Brad
ley said, mas been highly successful. Per-
soHdlly as the teacher i feel very much
pleased and gratified, and l know that a
majority of the pupils feel that they have
been benefited. The chief feature of my
method Of instruction is to teach the
pupil to work alone, to have them work
every day, and then the teacher comes
IN at certain times and criticises This
makes the pupils more Independent, and
they do better work. I have been agreea-
bly astonished to see the way in which
some of them have picked up"
The ladies' who by their personal efforts
organized the art league and made all ar
ranSements for the three months course
winch Is now nearing its successful com
pleuon, are very much gratifed with what
mas been accomplished and they feel
Justly proud of the recognition from the
students Art League of New York. They
are more than encouraged to continue
their work from year to year, even with
out taking into account the steps that art
being taken to establish a permanent are
SCHOOL, but with what has been accom-
phshed in that line there is no doubt the
WORK Will grow and prosper more and more
from year to year.
1t is understood steps are now being TAX
en- 70 carry out the plans as set forth in the
resolutions passed at the last meeting of
the Georgia Historical Society, and there
Is no doubt that another year will see the
art school permanently and regularly es-
tablished. Lovers of art work will await
with interest the exhibition next week as
all have desire to see what has been ac-
comphshed by the school.