Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-30
ARTISTS WIN PRIZES
AWARD TO STUDENTS OF COR
CoRAN SCHOOL OF ART.
Director Andrews Delivers Address at
Closing Exercises - Large
Crowd in Attendance.


The annual exhibition Of the work of the
opened last evening with a reception and
private view, at which time the closing ex-
ercises took place and the names of the
winners of the several awards were an
nounced. The entire gallery was thrown
open to the pupils and their guests; music
was furnished by Green's orchestra, and
palms and plants were artistically arranged
on the staircase lending an air of unusual
festivity. Over LOO persons were present
during the evening, and for three hours the
hemicycle, atrium and school room, in
which the students work was displayed
were literally thronged with interested Wis
itors. The picturesque summer gowns, soft
lights, music and spirit of hearty good will
evinced on all sides combined in making an
attractive scene and a memorable occa sion
The exhibition as a whole was regarded as
most creditable, and by many considered to
be one of the best in the history of the
school. The hemicycle was entirely given
over to the life and cast drawings entered
In competition for the Corcoran medals. In
the opposite school room the work of the
pen and ink and still life classes were dis
played. and in the upper atrium of the gal
lery proper the water color and sculpture
classes made notable exhibits.
AT o clock a bugle was sounded calling
al 10 the great main stairway, on the land
ing OF which the instructors of the school
the director of the gallery and members of
the board of trustees had already. taken
their places, and as Professor W. E. An
dreWs, director of the school, stepped for
ward to deliver an address, he looked. both
above and below, into a veritable sea of
eager faces.
Mr.. Andrews Address.
Ladies, gentlemen and friends" he said,
this is the twelfth anniversary of the
award Of prizes since the organization of
the pupils In the Corcoran Gallery of Art
into permanent school, having a separate
oulidlnS, separate sets of casts and rooms
LOT NODES; since, in fact. it was launched
as the Corcoran School of Art with the
Csua! fuil equipment. In the beginning we
had but the life and antique day classes:
tocay we have life and antique day and
night classes besides water color, portrait
still life, sculpture and pen and ink We
commenced with some 20 pupils; today we
number over 250 upon the rolls, with
falr proportion Of the enrolment as daily
attendants. The increase of all classes over
last year has been somewhat over 10 per
cent. The greater proportion is to be as
cribed to the night and water color classes,
the improvement in the work of which has
hibition.
The work of the year is represented by
selections from an enormous mass Of
studies, and is upon the walls of the school
and gallery for your inspection. The events
OF the year pertaining to the work and
standing of the school have been most
gratifying. One of the most select private
schools of the land has, out Of large COM
petition. in which only two were admitted
chosen our Mr.. Allen True from his draw
ing made While student here, and at
competition open to and participated in by
nearly all Of the prominent art schools of
nf ha biol ~,
generally offered by the Art Students
League of New York, one of our former
gold medalists, Miss Daisy Brown, re-
ceived the second nomination.
In this connection cannot refrain from
mentioning that Mr.. Siddons Mowbray, than
whom none is better qualified to judge and
who was member of our jury yesterday,
as well as upon the jury of the New York
Art League awarding the scholarships, re-
marked to me in remembrance of Miss
Browns drawings. that they possessed all
Of the most valuable qualities looked for
and desired by teachers in their pupils
'One other event pertaining to the Cor
coran School 1 would be very remiss were
to omit mentioning; that is the establish
ment by Miss De Land of a class in pen and
ink illustration. 1t has filled a long-felt
void. For years / have been compelled to
turn applicants away from our doors who
asked for this particular method. Miss De
Land commenced with two or three and
has now over twenty-five students enrolled
and the work Of very few weeks is in the
exhibition. I can most heartily recon-
mend that the class be made permanent by
the trustees.
And now 1t remains for me- after relat-
Ing the various successes of the past year,
only to render to the pupils my heartfelt
thanks for their cooperation in the work;
for their patience with what at times must
have appeared as harShneSS on my part,
but was intended for their good; for the
prompt assistance whenever called upon
rendered, by the employees Of the building,
and more than all to the continued support
and the holding-up of my hands by the
trustees and especially by the trustee direc-
never meet again as pupils and school di-
rector, and SO, with a heart full of love
and gratitude to all, let me say with Tiny
Tim, God bless us ALL !"
The Jury's Awards.
At the conclusion of Mr. Andrews re-
marks, Mr. Mcguire, the director of the
gallery, representing the president of the
board of trustees, stepped forward and
read the letter of the jury of awards ac-
companying the decision, which ran as fol-
lows:
"Gentlemen: We, the members of the
jury of award. having carefully examined
the school exhibit beg to certify to the
general excellence of the work. and to eX-
press our approval of the method of in
struction as exemplified by the exhibit as
a whole; and the individuality of the work
IN detail. In unanimously naming the fol-
lowing awards, we congratulate the insti-
tuition on its excellent showing of school
work for 1901-02''
The letter was signed: H. Siddons Now
bray, Arthur w. Dow, George w. Breck
Amid breathless silence the winners of
the honors were made known. The gold
medal was awarded to Mr.. William T. Da-
Wis, for his group of drawings marked S;
the bronze medal to Miss Rachel Thomp-
son for the group marked U, and first, sec
ond and third honorable mention to those
designated by the letters w, F and NJ,
cfo n1i Co.
Martin c. Hoff, Henrietta F. Dunlap and
Marian Page. The prize of twenty five
collars in gold for the best water color was
awarded to Miss Elsie George for her still