The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-22
YEARS WORK.
Annual Report of Public
School Art League.

The annual report of the secretary of
the Worcester Public School Art
League, which has just been made npb
lie, is as follows:
With the close of this year, the league
finishes its fourth year of existence
There have been held during the year
besides its annual meeting, ten regular
meetings and one special meeting
There was held in the art rooms of the
public library, in February, a free ex-
hibition of the pictures and casts
which were purchased with the money
raised for the league by Subscription
Included in this exhibition were tha
pictures and casts purchased with the
money subscribed by the friends II 9
Mrs. Frances H. Darrah these to he
placed in the Providence street kindepJs
garten in her memory. There was also !
a cast of part of the Parthenon Friese-
given by Mrs. Merriman for the Sails
bury street school; also Is photographs
given by Mrs. Helen A b. Morse, And
four framed photographs, given by Mr..
L. n. Kinnicutt. Altogether, there
We're of photographs and reproductions
~. colofed Autographs 13, and cast IS.
The exhibition, which was open daily
for two weeks or more, attracted much
attention, as it was the first of the
kind ever held in Worcester, and it
was visited by hundreds of children. as
Well as by their parents and the CONS
munity generally. az ~ III
The effects of this exhibition were i'm
mediately apparent in the efforts of
both pupils, teachers and their friends
to raise further funds for a similar
purpose. In addition to the money
raised by Mrs. L. A. Ely and Mrs NJ
?. Higgins for the Salisbury street
building, the teachers and pupils raised
among themselves $10.15, which is to
be expended for large picture or cast
for the hall. - ee.
The teachers and pupils have raised
money with which casts and q photo
graphs have been purchased at Provi-
dence, Lamartine, Adams square, Bel
mont and Winslow street buildings.
The league received a very valuable
present Of six large portfolios of pic
lures, to be used in the grammar and
high schools, from Mrs. Abbie Bigelow.
Several of these portfolios were arrang-
ed and left at the Office of the superin-
| tendent of schools, to be loaned ito
| whatever schools desired them. Pic
lures have also been contributed as fol-
lows: Mr.. j. NJ. Russell, picture franz
ed for Lee street; Miss, Frances N.
| Lincoln, unframed photographer Mrs.
| Nellie Weber Lincoln, an unframed pic
| ture for a suburban school: Rev. A. S.
| Carver, an unframed Photograph; Mr..
| George W. EameS, an unframed pict-
ure.
| In September, the league, being prae-
tically without funds arranged with
! the HelmanTaylor Company of Cleve-
| land for an exhibition of pictures suit
able for school, To this exhibition an
! admission fee of ten cents was charg
| ed. The net proceeds, amounting to
| SCOOPS, the committee is now preparing
to expend. At a meeting of the league
| in November it was voted that the
money raised by the schools for this
exhibition be spent in the buildings
raising it, A committee, of which
| Rev. A. S. Carver is chairman, is en-
! deaVoring now to raise money by sub
| scriptions, to be used specially in the
| high schools. The tinting of the walls
of the school houses has continued, and
the results, in genral, have been very
| satisfactory.
This is list of the buildings where
| tinting was done in the summer vaca-
| tom: Adams square, Blithewood,
North Worcester, Cambridge, Dix,
Dartmouth, Elizabeth, Lamartine (old),
| Malvern road, Upsala, Ward, Wood
land (old), Providence (old). The club
sent for its4-delegate to- the Civic
| Club, Mr.. George /. Alden.
Mrs. Clara l.. Lowell has been very
acceptable delegate from the Woman S
Club for the past year. t.-.(
| Jeanie Lea Southwick,
| Secretary