The record-union., 1899-07-14

Schools and Professor Henry I. Ard
ley of the University of California
spoke in part as follows on Art In
Struction in the University:
Courses in art should be given in
every university as part of a liberal
education as well as for the sake of it's
practical relation to other university
subjects. Its educational value is ap-
preciated in our leading universities,
but meets with hard struggle for it's
Just rights in our secondary and
smaller ones, where it's short-sighted
and narrow minded opponents jealously
guard the fossilized traditions of in
animate education.
''The study of art in the university
should be both historical and technical
embracing a thorough training in the
chief characteristics of the great art
periods, such as the Egyptian, Assy
rian. Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Ro-
manesque, Moresque, Gothic and Re-
naissance in relation to purpose, place
and material, and technical skill in rep
resenting facts of form and power to
conventionalize, and adapt them to his
toric styles of art for all purposes. The
foundation work in drawing should be
strong in outline and correct in detail,
tending more to its application in the
industrial arts and their history than
to pictorial effect, impressionsm or
fads of technique, and all art depart
ments in the universities should con-
slider their relation to other depart
ments and be prepared to give the
n ar cd dra Wi,
by students in botany, biology, engi-
neering, ETC., where the study of pic
torial composition and effect are almost
superfluous.
Work for pictorial effect only
should be left to art studios, who are
already turning out enough picture
paintings but this nation needs more
educated artist citizens to place it upon
high plane of prosperity and enable it
to compete with the rest of the world
in lifting our raw material to it's high
est market value instead of spending
millions abroad annually for art goods
that should be made at home
Art work of the secondary schools
in preparation for university work
should embrace the study of light and
shade and linear perspective from the
object, giving a thorough foundation in
elementary work rather than a vague
| striving after less serious work for
pictorial effect and show"
| discussion followed, in which many
of the educators present participated.
| The Chicago Teachers Federation
and the Chicago Teachers Club, 2Ctl
strong, intended to have presented a
memorial at the annual meeting of the
Board of Directors of the National
! Educational Association on Tuesday.
but owing to their train being delayed
| the memorial was not presented. It
embodied a request that the National
Educational Association would recog-
nize the Federated Teachers and as
sign them particular place. A meet
ing was held to-day, and teachers from
every section of the country were in
vited to attend, in order that national
organization of teachers may be
formed, and that an agitation NAV be
carried on during the coming year, and
recognition be obtained at the next an
nual meeting of the association.
At a meeting of the Board of Direc-
tors of the National Educational Asso-
citation held this evening, Charleston
S. c., was decided upon as the place
| for holding the next annual session OF
the association.
The recommendation of the board
will come before the Executive Com
mittee for action tomorrow. Should
! that body decide that the inducements
offered by the Southern city are salts
factory. the next convention will be
| held there