New-York tribune., 1899-12-30
EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS.
NEWS OF THE COLLEGEs-NoTEs OF
INTEREST.
THE DEPARTMENT OF ART AND ARCHHoL-
oGY AT BRYN MAWR- SCOPE OF
COURSES AND VALUE OF
EQUIPMENT.


r, uavr Penn Dec Gas to the question OF
giving technical instruction of any kind. Bryn
9Mawr College has always taken the most decided
stand refusing 10 consider IT part OF an aca-
demic education. But this does not eXciude inc
teaching OF the theory Of the arts ana In reopen
ing the department OF art and archaeology the
trustees feel that they adding courses OF great
,,aIro n the college curriculum. This department
,,as onened in 1895 under Richard Norton. but the
,eave Of absence Of Mr.. Norton in 1SS-'9S inter
rupted the work. and on his appointment as
director of the American School OF Classical StuoeS
,n Rome IL became necessary TO seek LOT Il ne"
nrofossor in this branch At first the trustees had
attempted TO combine the chair or casslca art anu
archaeology with that OF Renaissance ana nouei"
ar, hut when this was finally thought TO be I'M
practicable they decided to create two separate
associateships Only one Of these was hlleo 'Nis
year-that Of classical art and arch@oiosy' now
held by Dr. Joseph Clark Hoppin; the other will be
filed as soon possible.
DR.. Hoppin's training has been that OF very Few
American students He studied art at Munich and
at the American School at Athens held lecture
shin I'm the latter institution and was superm-
tendent OF excavations at Athens. Inc courses
offered this year include three hour course on the
history Of Greek sculpture. two hours on Greek
vase paintings and two hours on mythology and
the priyae life OF the Greeks all free electives
tn these a post major course in Pausanias IL
added the requirements including a good knowi-
edge of Greek An undergraduate course IN fau
sanias has been added, in which Frazers transia-
tion IS used
The success Of the work so far has been sufi-
ciently great justify the decision that In l''V VI
work leading TO a Phi D. degree shall be onered IN
this department. The requirements for the admis-
sion Of graduate students to this course VIII IN
clude a good reading knowledge of Greek. Of French
and Of German. and preliminary work IN arch-
geology For the undergraduate work there VIII
henceforth he given each year course in the his
tory of Greek art and in the elements Of arch
zoology These two courses will prepare students
for more advanced work. The latter will be very
wide in it's scope. including the study or gems
vases coins terra cottas. bronzes and the toreutlc
arts geography being left 10 the Greek depart
ment.
Two courses in Greek and Roman mythology will
he given The first, to be continued every year'
will consist in the study Of the twelve greater
gods Of the classical world while the second given
IN alternate years viii take up the demi-gods ana
'The mythology courses Will undoubtedly ,.,dn he
those I'm this especial me II Is eNTeeuIISy tt I;,
dificult TO the entanged threads or the many
god and hero stories of Greece and Rome lhey /
have been 50 twisted and so variously USED ior /
literary purposes that only n careful STUDY can
the religious value Of the development Of myths. |
The alternative course, with the last one men,
The Romans. studied from existing monuments.
and especially paintings. The value or tns
as-dust study of Greek and Roman history and |
the great masterpieces In literature OF the TWO
II viii easily be seen that undergraduate
Who has taken these four five courses Will De
excellently prepared on to serious archeoiog-
cal study. -,
The Pausanias course W @ repeated unless
the students electng It shou prefer 70 substitute
a course in Plny which DIR. Hoppn oners ior this
year. 1870
All this work requires of course, books, photo
praphs and slides. In this respect Bryn MaWr Is
most fortunate Although obliged TO refuse ue
rift of the magnificent collection Of Greek casts
shown at the Columbian EXhibition-a gift, II is
still available II only the much hoped
for library building can be got with It's promise
Of extra room-the college mas aside from thls
very good working library. and capital colleciloh
OF photographs and slides. Three thousand dolIars
was expended for these on the opening or the de-
and number of special funds ana slIts
have been added to this -
The Greek and Latin departments subscribe reg
llarly 10 many archaeological journals. and the
)ther important ones are taken by the HDraIy'
There are altogether some thirteen hundred Vol
lmes on art and archaeology in the library. Inc
lumber OF photographs Is not known exactly as
10 far Only a rough list has been made, but there
collection on Renaissance and modern art. There
are three hundred slides. many of them made IN
Greece especially for the college. This NUMBER
will OF course. be increased as new courses are
planned and new needs arise An excellent work,
ng library, a good collection Of photographs ana
20 direct the department. the hope OF coadjutor
n the department Of Renaissance ana modeIn arr
! body OF students much interested In the Work
here seems TO those the ground no reason 10
doubt the value and success or the STUDY OF art
and archaeology at Bryn Mawr.