The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-03
TWO GREAT ART SCHOOLS
Prizes for Pupils of The Corcoran
and the League.
Fine Displays of Drawings and
Paintings by Students-The Prize
FlourishinE Condition-The Cap
ital Camera Clubs Fine Showing.

Gallery of Art. Washington. d. c.:
Dear Sir: We, the undersigned COM
mittee on award of the gold medal, the
bronze medal, and the certificates of hon.
orable mention, to be awarded to the STU
dents of the Corcoran School Of Art, do
hereby make our report as follows:
THE gold medal shall be awarded TO
the pupil whose drawings are marked N.
The bronze medal shall be awarded to
the pupil whose drawings are marked e.
First honorable mention shall be
awarded to the pupil whose drawings are
marked p
Second honorable mention shall be
awarded to the pupil whose drawings are
marked s.
THE committee begs to state that they
are very much pleased with the serious
character of the work exhibited.
Respectfully submitted
Clifford Grayson, Irving r. Wiles,
James L. Wood, Committee of
Award
The names of the prize winners CORE
spending with the Identification letters
are:
Gold medal-Margaret Foote Hawley.
Bronze medal-Daisy Jean Loomis.
Honorable mention-Sarah Henrichs.
Second honorable mention-William T.
Davis.
The following letter was included among
the reports:
May 80, 1900.
'fMr J. H. Moser:
..Sir: Your Committee of Award for the
E. F. Andrews prize to be given to the
best exhibit of drawings made by mem
Der of the class in water colors of the
Corcoran School of Art begs leave to re-
port as follows:
THE exhibit made by Miss Jackson APP
pears to take first place, all points consid-
cred, and is therefore entitled to the An
drews prize Of SIS in gold.
Your committee desires, however, to
exceed its instructions to the extent Of
making honorable mention of the exhibit
of Miss Thompson and of commencing
certain qualities in the work of other pu-
pills, first among whom stand Miss Nc
Mullen, Miss Pierson, and Miss Haney.
Congratulations of the committee are
extended to yourself, as instructor, for
the high grade of the exhibit throughout,
as well as for the excellent taste dis
played in its presentation.
VERY respectfully,
Mrs. E. F. Andrews, Miss Bertha
Perrie, W. H. Holmes, Committee
of Award
The list Of awards that were made at
the Art Students League is as follows:
New York scholarship-Miss S. !. r.
Metze. This means enc years tuition in
the New York League, and is a very dis
tinguished compliment from the great
New York school, which determines the
winner on drawings sent from the league
here to the parent organization. There Is,
however, no connection whatever between
the two organizations.
League scholarship in desiga-Miss Had
ley
Page prizes, life. N Perkins.
Honorable acknowledgements Down.
ing.
Portrait prize-Miss Downing.
Prize in advanced antique-Miss Noyes.
Honorable mention-Miss Dom.
Prize. preparatory antique-R. H. Hell
phestine
The COrcOrnn Display.
The annual exhibition of school work
Of the Corcoran Art School last week WIS
notable because the display Of drawings
and paintings by the students was larger
than ever before, showing the school 10
be in a most flourishing condition. The
atriun contained the life and cast drawings
and few miscellaneous paintings. The
competition drawings, three from life and
three from antique, were arranged on the
walls in groups representing the different
bronze medals. These drawings bore no
marks of Identification as to the names of
the students beyond some one letter OF the
alphabet.
Three distinguished artists from out of
town awarded the medal TO the letter M
and the name of the student, Miss Hawley,
was not made known until the award was
announced by Director MCGUIRE on Thurs
day evening when the closing exercises
took place at the gallery. This is made
clear, because some disloyal students have
said to the writer that the award, in some
previous years, has been known weeks
before the committee made the examina-
ton, and doubtless they have given cur
rency to this opinion. 1t may, therefore,
not be out Of place to show how such
condition of things is impossible.
The wisdom and absolute justice of the
awards in previous years is amply mani
fest in those splendid silent Witnesses
the prize drawings which adorn the school
office. Those drawings are close to the
New York League and the Julien stand
ards, and are a monument to the skill as
a teacher Of Mr.. Andrews. They alone
disarm all criticism of the Corcoran
School and its methods.
The life class work is interesting and
extensive. 1t is a remarkably large ex-
hibit. II is even doubtful IL any school
in the country has ever exhibited on ore
occasion anywhere near so large number
Of drawings and paintings from life.
While there is enough good strong life
class work in the exhibit TO have made
distinguished showing for the school, its
good effect is seriously Handicapped by the
mass Of things which are not up to stand
ard. The best schools everywhere exploit
quality and not quantity. The effort is
ever TO raise the standard Of life class
lYQu N In hot tyt,a cfa I'll
the Paris and Munich schools.
The best drawings are given plenty of
room, that the visitors may get their first
and last impression of the school from the
choicer things produced during the season.
TINS year even Miss Hawleys fine, virile
drawings. with the gold medal award card
attached, and those excellent things of Miss
Loomis Miss Henrichs, and Mr.. Davis were
hard to find In the crowded atrium. These
drawings and others like them which re-
fleet only the greatest possible credit on Mr..
Andrews and the school, should have been
brought prominently to the fore with lots
of space and plenty of margin. They de-
served IL.
The Office contained a mixed collection
OF heads, flowers, and landscapes, In oil and
water color, which good natured Mr. An
drews had permitted the pupils to select
and arrange to suit themselves. The re-
cult was a nondescript collection of I'M
framed canvases and unmounted water COL
ors, with here and there few pitiful lit
tie cheap gilt frames which were sad to
see. This collection added nothing to the
dignity and responsibility of the show
The few good things shown could not atone
for the CHEERS.
instructor of water color for his class ex-
hihit Ouf of go drawings submitted he