The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-25
RESEMBLANCE OF .
RUSSIANS AND
J. AMERICANS.
Tho Liberality Of the Wealthy To-
ward Institutions Of
Charity.
RUSSIA CAN GIVE LESSONS.
In Some Matters-The sheglitz
School Of Applied
Arts.

Special Correspondence. Associated Press.
ST. PETBRsBURG,D Dec. A.-Reflec-
tive observers discover numerous re-
cemblances between Russia and Amer
lea, which are not accidental nor mere
Condolences. One such resemblance Is
the literally of people of wealth to-
ward public institutions. This LIBERAL
!ty, almost foreign to the nations from
which Russia has borrowed most. Is the
product, In part. OF the came conditions
which have lnvished private wealth
upon the American universities and
technical and art schools
Although Russia is in some respects
going to school In America, she is able,
through the generosity OF private ctti-
gems to give lessons In some matters.
An instance is afforded by. the Baron
Stieglitz school of applied arts In this
city. It could easily be taken as a
model by the patrons OF the Industrial
arts In the United States, who are try.
Ing to reunite the beautiful and the
useful. Competent judges who have
seen the Kensington schools and the
"Ecole des Arts Decoratifs" at Paris
award the palm Of merit, completeness
OF equipment and excellence OF design
alone considered, to the Baron Sueglitz
school.
. Sketch Of the School.
This school was established in 1875
with an endowment Of 1O.OOO.0 O0 roubles
or more than 5000. 900. which was given
by the will of Baron Alexander Stieg-
litz. The ministry Of finance assumed
the administration OF this fund. the
supervision. the active management
having been entrusted to friends OF arl
and to artists. The state gave q site
for the school and museum.
The school was opened with small
attendance, and few classes, in 1851. I,
has been steadily growing and enlars-
ing It's field ever since. The museum
was opened In 1886.
The buildings. which cost over anil.
lion roubles, are admirably adapted tc
the purpose for which they were design.
ed. Tho school and the museum art
practically under the same roof. Stu.
dents have only to step out OF the class
rooms to find themselves in the excel.
lcntly arranged special collections II.
Illustrating the artistic taste OF every
age and country. The buildings are II
themselves q. delight to artists, every
hall Illustrating q different style o.
decoration. -
The school has thirty-three teachers
and 800 students. An annual exhibition
OF the,work Of the school is given every
January.
Plan Of instruction.
The plan OF the instruction is liberal
There is a four years source in scierce
and languages, including religious In
struction, literature, elementary georo.
etry. the theory Of shades and perspec.
tives, Russian history. general his.
tory. and the history Of the fine arts
and applied arts elementary anatomy
chemistry and technology, the meth
odics OF drawing, practical aesthetics
and the French and German languages
The school is under the general :di.
rectlon of N. Kotoff, and the museum
is under the charge OF n. Carbonier. !:
Pupils are OF both sexes. They mus
stand an entrance examination, and
must be over II years o. age. There
are regular pupils. who receive dlpIo.
ma Us skilled draughtsmen" upor
their. completion OF the course
and pupils in elective branches. The
fees are moderate and applied e1clu.
siyely 10 thc uses OF the school proper
The result OF this investment Is that
instead or procuring ell OF their furni.
ture and articles OF vertu and bric-a-
brac from France and England. rs
used to be the case, the wealthy Rus.
clans are now patronizing home talent
10 a large extent. Side by side with
the shops with imported goods may bt
found large ateliers for every sort Of
decoration