The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-19
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.


| oFs.tnhpeet thc. Hesufts OF th Q Idei
OF school Room Decoration.
OF the good result Of this work which hal
been done BY by the pioneers In tb'
IL ne OF work in school room decoration
the visitors yesterday afternoon at tn.
High School building saw ample proof.
In almost all mattsrs Of this kind 1t
seems only necessary to set this ball roll
ing with vigor and In the future 1t
takes care Of itself by Its own momentum.
Perhaps many Of the visitors yesterday
afternoon knew something OF the work
that has been accomplished before, but
the special reason for the opening of the
school yesterday was on account Of the
newly decorated room representing some
thing Of the artistic work Of the Italian
renaissance.
The money for this room had been
given by the GLASS Of 30. to Miss Caroline
Gould to spend exactly as she saw ct.
The result proves that she gave much
time and thought to her scheme Of deco
ration, for representation Is there given of
examples OF that period Of architecture,
sculpture and painting. In architecture
Miss Gould wisely chose st. Peters at
Rome MS the example and on the beauti-
fully tined green wall paper the two fine
pictures Of the exterior and interior Of
the great basilica maks an excellent
effect
In sculpture there are tho favorite spec
linens Of high relief by Luocadeila Robbia
The Trumpeters and the Choir Boys
and in low relief head OF st. Ceoelia and
Madonna and Child by Donatello.
From the wealth of artists representing
this period Miss Gould has chosen some
iine reproductions of Raphaeis'
"Sistine Madonna" Titians' "Sleeping
Venus" Palma Veccho's Barbara"
Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper"
There also hangs in the room Beckers'
picture of the "Unveiiing of the Apollo
Belvedere," as representing, the spirit Of
the renaissance, by making more real
the personalities Of Michael Angelo and
Vittoria Colonna, Raphael, Bramartre,
who worked on St Peters, and the Pope
Julius IL, as powerful personalities in
the renaissance.
As a whole IL great credit to the
members Of the class Of '99. and to Miss
Gould for her excellent taste.
OF the seventeen rooms In the High
School building four are now called fin
ished, seven have perhaps two or three
pictures and six nothing. That leaves
opportunity for still more vigorous roll
ing of the ball. The finished school rooms
besides this one Of the renaissance-are
the Greek room, the Shakespeare room
and the Imperial Roman room. The last
named was given in memory OF the late
Mr.. George Quincy, ana includes a beau
tiful relief of Victory from Trojans'
Column, and pictures Of Turner'S An.
cient Italy, the Parthenon, the Castle of
st. Angelo, Arch Of Constantine. A Ro-
man Chariot Race and Of course figure
of Caesar Augustus, as the incarnation
Of the empire The tinting of this room Is
particularly charming as well rs the
lettering, sin memoriam, George ID.
Quincy.
In Assembly hall there Is still room for
further additions In the way of casts and
pictures, but the examples already there
make goodly showing In the pleasant
hall,
Through the efforts of Miss Inez
blanchard, who has been working hard to
find the whereabouts of all the members
of the class of 90. the room occupied by
the English division OF the school will be
dedicated by that class. 1t is proposed to
make 1t represent something Of the gener-
al history of Rome, and supplement the
other Roman room. Some of the young
women enlivened the meeting by piano
selections, which were enjoyed by the
goodly number of people, who in spite of
the rain oame to see the newly decorated
room, as well as the others which have
had a somewhat longer existence.