New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-11
COOPER UNION CLASSES.
THE THIRTY-FIRsT YEAR FOR THE WON
ANS ART DEPARTMENT.
FREE INSTRUCTION IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LENT LIBRARY AND STUDY RooMs-sTAFr
OF INSTRUCTORS.

FREE INSTRUCTION IN srExoGRAPHY-ExcEtr
LENT LIBRARY AND STUDY RooMs-srAFr
OF INSTRUCTORS.
The Woman's Art School at Cooper Union enc
tered upon its thirty-hrst year last week with
about the usual number Of pupils. something over
TWO hundred. About thirty whose names on
me roll have been detained. for one cause or
other. and will be coming In during the next few
weeks good many Of these are old pupils who
have been employed during the summer and who
do not find 1t convenient to give up the work Just
now Those In attendance came, usual from
all over our country. and from several other coun.
tries as well. though the jorty are residents Of
the city or came from the nearby towns Of Long
Island and New-Jersey.
STAFF OF INSTRUCTORS.
The present staff OF instructors In the school
consists OF r. Swain Clifford ~ A. art director:
MISS Mary A. Vinton. principal: r. Swain Clifford
teacher OF the morning class in oil painting: Fred
erck Dlelman N. A., teacher OF the afternoon
class In oil painting: Douglas Volk a pupil Of
Jerome teacher OF the morning class in portrait
painting; Willard l.. Metcalf. s. A. A.. a pupil Of
Jules I.efebvre. Boulanger Fleury and Bouguereau
teacher or the morning class I'm life and cast draw.
ing; Miss Elizabeth A. Talbot a pupil of Lewis p
Day and C. Howard Walker teacher OF the morn
ing class In design; J. II. Twachtman g. A. A. q
pupil or Boulanger and Lefebvre, teacher Of the
morning class In cast drawing; Howard c. Christy
teacher or the class In pen-a Ink Illustrations
FREDERICK Dieiman. teacher OF the afternoon class
IN lie and cast drawing; Mrs. NJ c. b. Ellis.
teacher OF photo-crayon and photo-color; Miss
Mary A. sheldon. teacher OF the afternoon class IN
design; Miss Mary White teacher of the afternoon
class in pen-and-ink Illustration: William IT C,ood.
year. NJ. A, lecturer art and Thomas Eakins
lecturer anatomy
Miss Vinton has occupied her present place 10,
ten years and was clerk OF the school and a stu
dent In 1t before that.
Pupils generally remain from three to five vears
but occasionally shorten the course to two wears
or lengthen II to six Most Of them become de-
signers or Illustrators but some have done well
az portrait and miniature painters and a good
many nave become teachers Several supervisors OF
drawing In public schools have been educated here
me latest appointment Of the kind being that OF
MISS Alice {. Morse to supervise the study of art
IN the public schools Of Scranton Penn Three
talented sisters who studied in tho school IN.
Misses Goodwin. now OF Paris are we'll known an
Illustrators -
Inc scnooI has the advantage Of an excellent
library OF books on all artistic subjects The class
rooms are lined with beautiful casts and the .tu.
dehts nave free access to the Museum of Art and
Decoration.
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT.
me school is managed by Board Of Trustees. Of
which Edward Cooper is president and Abram g
women. consisting Of Mrs William Tilden Blodoett
Miss Bodgett. Mrs. Lloyd S. Bryce Mrs Joseph r.
Choate. Mrs. Charles ". Cooper Miss Julia Coonev
Mrs. hichard Watson Glider. Mrs j. O. Green Mrs
burton Harrison, Mrs Abram s. Hewitt Miss
sarah C. Hewitt, Miss Eleanor Hewitt. Mrs Ed.
"ard hewitt. Miss Elizabeth Marbury, Mrs. Henry
Marquand. Miss Constance Parsons Mrs. F. a
Ihuroer and Mrs. Thomas NJ Wheeler
THE sTENOGRAPHY CLASS
an
Is famous for having been started by Eliza Burnx
the pioneer woman stenographer Mrs Rurnz n
may ne remembered. had some difficulty in persuad.
Ing refer cooper that steDography was a suitable
occupation for women. and only Induced him "a
allow class to he formed by promising to teach II
for nothing. Assuredly We have changed sor,s
things In the last few years
The present class opened on the same day A
the Womans Art School. with forty pupils chosen
out OF some two three hundred applicants
The majority of these applicants were nice-look.
ing young women bright ladylike. well dressed,
and apparently intelligent Eight out of ten haA
been educated In the public schools and some had
passed the entrance examination to the Normal
College. But their OF the English language
was something amazing. and afforded the exam.
ihers much amusement. One Of them thought
tna )osiie meant iaughable. and spelled # jocile
another defined heinous as antique jewelry" and
squalor was defined terrible" "a dispute" "A
Bird "a Storm" "a disease OF the skim and "a
small kind of boat"
The evening classes at Cooper Union. which also
opened last week. are attended mostly by men,
women are admitted 70 most OF them. but are al
ways greatly In the minority. Last year. out OF 537
IN the scientific department. only Il were women.
In order to stand any chance Of being admitted
10 any or the aforementioned classes 1t is neces-
sary TO apply I'm the spring and early summer
as hupdreds or applicants turned AWAY each
year Tor lack OF room This is because Of the in.
suncency or the endowment fund which makes
IL necessary to rent large part OF the build.
ing ing otherwise accommodations could probably be