The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-12
Annual Meeting Of Corporation
Of the School Of Design.
REPORTS MOST ENCOURAGING.
Balance 10 Treasury Even With Increase 10
NumhM Of Students Officers for
Year Ensuing.

Professor w. c. Poland OF Brown uni
versity presided at the annual meeting
Of the corporation OF the Rhode Island
School OF Design, held yesterday after
noon.
The report OF the treasurer, s. o. Met
calf showed receipts TO the amount OF
Sis,s7s; expenditures, si6,6o6.7e; cash on
hand 1924 excess OF expenses over re-
ceipts for school year estimated at
S24ol.07.
Howard Hoppin, secretary OF the ex-
scutive committee, rendered the report
Of that body. and in conclusion called
upon f. w. Homer, director OF the
school. for more specific report as to
the work ofthe classes, as a part OF the
report OF the committee.
The report calls attention TO the fact
Of an increase OF 95 students over the
Registry OF last year. the total number
DOW being $685.
RELATIONS OF THE SCHOOL.
Continuing. the report says: THE re-
lations OF the school with the state of
Rhode Island remain unchanged from
1ast year. A new contract with the city
o6 Providence has been made, by which
the students supported by the city are al
lowed 10 enter any class In the school
past. instead OF being restricted, as I'm
the past 10 the evening classes.
During the year the school has en-
tered into a contract with Brown uni
versity whereby the students from each
institution may avail themselves of the
courses of instruction offered by the
other, under approval of the respective
faculties, and your board hopes that this
cooperation between the university and
ehe School OF Design may be a step to-
ward the thorough unifcation of educa-
conal opportunities in the state that shall
lead to their greater efficiency and eco
uomical development.
The establishment of a faculty board.
composed of the head of the six de-
partments of the school. with the adolf
ton OF some of the instructors, has add
ed greatly TO the better ordering of the
work. On May q your board voted to
extend the sessions of the school more
into the afternoon hours. This Is gradu-
ally being done. and IL is expected to
greatly increase the interest OF the schol-
ars In their work and add to the quality
OF IT,
1T has also been thought best to grad
ually Increase the tuition fees for the
regular scholars I'm the day classes, the
fees now charged being much lower than
In other Institutions OF this character.
On May your board voted TO abolish
the money prizes heretofore given for
work I'm the different departments and to
substitute scholarships instead, in ac-
cordance with the recommendation of the
faculty. and this opportunity for aiding
the school is cordially commended to It's
friends
THANKS TO GENEROUS DONORS.
Your board cannot close it's report
without referring TO the most important
and far-reaching advance In the welfare
of the school--the successful completion
of the endowment fund within the speci-
fed time-June !.
THE expenses of the school have nat
urally increased with the larger number
OF scholars and the consequent increase
I'm the stan of teachers. The income of
this fund will materially aid to maintain
the work and enlarge its scope. The
board desires 10 heartily thank all those
who have so generously subscribed to this
most needed and timely endowment fund.
The most important change in the ad-
minlstration Of the school was the ap-
pointment during the past year of Mr.. K.
b. Homer as director, and under his
efficient management the work OF the
school has been systematized and de-
veloped I'm many directions"
OFFICERS CHOSEN
The principals and museum reports
were slight enlargement on the report
above and at the conclusion OF the cor
poration meeting the board OF trustees
was called To order and the following
officers and committees were elected
Trustees (for three years.. r. c. Ostby,
Royal G. Taft. Isaac c. Bates and Mrs.
Gustav Radeke: officers of the corpora
tion--William Carey Poland. president;
lsaac c. Bates. vice PRECEDENT; Howard
M Rice, secretary: stephen O. Metcalf,
treasurer: executive committee. Mrs.
Gustav Radeke, Thomas II. Stockwell,
Howard Hoppin. William c. Poland. The
odore +. Green; finance committee, Royal
G. Taft stephen O. Metcalf. Charles
Fletcher; museum committee, William G.
Baker, Isaac c. Bates, Edward r. Ely.
Mrs. Gustav Radeke. Howard l.. Clark
The executive committee was author
tied TO arrange the contract with Brown
university. whereby the students OF either
institution may attend classes OF the
other.
The meeting then adjourned