The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-21
MISS PRICE TALKS
OF STUDENTS ART LEAGUE
Social Affair- and Per.
ronAl Itemr.
BY MRS. J. M. DE coTTEs.

Miss Willie Price Of Mobile, who is
now In Montgomery, spent last winter in
New York as student at the Art League
and she converses most Interestingly on
the subject of the life Of a student In
that unique school Of art in the great
| metropolis. To this school OF federated
students, aspiring art students from oil
over the United States are drawn, as II
by loadstone and there fond hopes ave
sometimes realized-oftener crushed for
ever.
Abe Art Students League" said Miss
Price to some friends who called tha
other day, was founded in 1875. The
membership now numbers AS fedeS7teL
students who feel that they cannot afford
to go to an expensive art school. Thes
are called the Leaguers and enjoy the
privileges of the club room which those
who are simply students have only at
certain times. The members of the
League retain their membership after
they cease being students, and many be-
come instructors. Beside the members
near a thousand students now take adj
vantage Of this school which holds po
sition among the first American Acad-
the League as composed of students who
intend to make art a profession, blu:
the classes are open to all who have at
tained a required standard.
after three months in the life class
student is eligible to membership
which gives the eligibility to be on the
Board of Control. The price Of lesso rs
is less to tn, Lacquer but the dues bring
the expense to about the same as 10
one who is simply a student
The classes are in session from in
the morning until IL in the evening and a
student may study as much or as lit lie
of that time as he or she sees Mt. There
Is no compulsion. One simply pays the
ittuion and takes what ever advantage
they. Sc, tit Ct the opportunities afforded.
In the large hall where classes are held
any thing go@s. A student may havs a
spread which, of course, consists of all
manner of indigestible picnic things. or
one cen give ball. In fact do anything
so long as the noise Is not so great as
to disturb those who are at work. when
the monitor who is selected from the
classes will call the offender down.
Don't Wipe Paint on Walls.
There is no order. all is artistic.
confusion and disorder. The stools anj
Kind ,rgarten chairs which form the fur
niture are so slammed about that at the
end of the term there is no piece of fur
nitufc that fas not lest leg in the bat
tie. A student sits on a stool and turns
chair upside down to form an easle on
which to place the work. All about ar :
signs Don't wipe paint on the walls but
| all et-at-able srace Is daubed with pal 1T
| and the sign needs to be renewed fire.
quently as 1t is the mschievous pleasure
OF the students to paint out the word
Don't and then proceed to follow re
| manning instructions. The walls are lined
| with lockers on tn, doors of which the
students paint vivid wild impressonistic
| pictures. They mount on stepladders and
paint weird crono-like scenes, or demon
| faces. as border. They are even as
piring enough TO paint footprints on the
| ceiling as IL some one had hy-lika
| walked up there. These freakish art stud.
| les are done while the models are rest.
| ing, or on Saturday when no new worl
Is taken up and 1t is the general rule tc
visit the metropolitan museum.