The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-04
YEAR WAS MOST
SUCCESSFUL
R. l. School Of Design Holds
Annual Graduating Exercises.
THE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED.
Miss Florence N. Eaton the First Bene.
fIcIsry Of the Otter OF the ProYl-
denCe Art Club.
THE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED.

school. graduates and art connoisseurs,
was present at the graduating exercises
OF the Rhode Island School of Design
last evening. the 25th. annual exhibition
OF the students work also being held at
the same time.
Director Homer spoke OF the year past
as being an eventful one in the history
Of the school, and most suceessful one,
referring to the enlargement or scope.
the increase of the total number OF
students registered TO GIL the recent
celebration of the 50th. anniversary OF
the school and the recently acquired
property on Benefit street He also an
nounced the action OF the Art club by
reading the following communication;
AT the meeting OF the board OF man.
ayers OF Providence Art club, June i,
1903. Il was voted that the sum or 800
be paid 60 the Rhode Island School OF
Design annually in October to establish
and maintain the Providence Art club
scholarship, sa5i amount TO be used for
payment OF ..e tuition OF one student at
the Rhode Island School of Design.
Such student shall be selected annually
by the president. and such student shall
at the close of the school year for which
such scholarship Is awarded furnish the
Providence Art club with at least one
example OF his or her work. to be select
property of the club"
Messrs. Dyer. Greenough, Calender
Briggs and Tolman were appointed by
the president. and the committee se-
lected Miss Florence M. Eaton as be-
neficIary OF the scholarship for the year
and for honorable mention Carl j. Nor
dell
Professor Poland then distributed the
diplomas as follows:
DIPLOMAS AWARDED.
Postgraduate certihcates-Rebecca Rus
sell Greene. Robert Hogg Nisbet. Di-
piomas: department OF drawing n ana
Lee Blanchard, Ella Carpenter Bowen.
Ethel Pierce, Florence Meade Traver.
Department OF decorative design-Abigail
Whipple Cooke. Department of mechani-
cal design-Herbert Elton Burlngame.
Albert Jorden Cole. Edward William
O'Brien. .Jr., Robert Lewis Palmer. An
thony Schmidt. Certificates I'm modelling
Paul l.. Hansen and Edward ID. Healey.
Certificate In fourth year design and one
year metal work-Margarita Thompson.
ability. day class"Edgar Lee I % blanchard: M
Ethel Pierce: honorable mention; Flor
ence Sterry Bennett. mention. Evening
Burlingame. honorable mention. Scholar
ship in the evening life class-Charles }.
Martin: Andre w; Thompson. honorable
mention. The scholarships in the chill
dren's class were awarded as follows:
Division A--Helen 8. Arnold, first men
ton, Constance Lake; second mention.
Arthur W.. Heintzleman. Division B.
Mary +. crosby; first mention. Louise
Homer; second mention. Edith Bowen
Division C-Midred Ghody: first mention.
Matilda Vieweg; second mention. joseph
mention, Arthur Garst; second mention.
James Readip Division E-Charles Rick
er; first mention. Jack Miller: second
mention. Anthony DAILY. Division F--F.
" urnl1 frat IAk
second mention. Norman r. Earle
The annual exhibition OF the school
was held with the pictures and exhibits |
displayed In the various rooms and com
prised work in black and white, I'm oils
and. water colors, modelling and wood
carving and metal work. decorative de- |
sign and examples OF the work In the
architectural and mechanical depart
ments.
In the large assembly hall on the up
per floor the work Of the advanced |
X. Burleigh. OF decorative designing under !
Mr.. Clarke and of the architectural work |
by Prof. L. b. Homer's classes was dis
played
Mr. Burlegh's pupils made an excel !
lent showing and a group OF studies OF
l0-minutc poses for action were striking
~ good. group OF pen and ink drawings
by the night classes under Mr. Frank w
Marshall showed much progress
"A large proportion OF the wal! space
was occupied with the work I'm decora-
tive designing mechanical and architec-
tural drawing by Mr.. Clark's classes.
+. The work displayed by the pupiIs was
all original as they are allowed TO copy
nothing. The work of Miss Sturdy Miss
Gladding and Miss Eaton In the elemen-
tary class was most distinctive; while I'm
the more advanced work Miss Dyer Miss
Thompson. Miss Cooke and Miss Patter-
son showed admirable designs for stained
glass windows and screens and en-
broidery.
The work Of the day and evening
classes and OF the Brown university stu
dents class under Prof. II. Y. Homer
occupied the wall at the end OF the hall.
The set OF working drawings and plans
for quarter section 20 house and full
size details. by Messrs. Stevenson and
Pierce OF the evening class. and work
of tho day students. q. +. Rice. r. +.
Arnold and G. T.. Spencer. was specially
worthy of note.
AN EXCELLENT DISPLAY.
The Brown university class made an
excellent display and tho drawing OF the
Parthenon and Of the Erectheirim by f.
:. Goodwin was admirable. whiie the
house plans by W. e. Haskell. were also
worthy OF mention. I'm the night class
the drawing OF Tho Pallazzo Albergati"
Bologna, by ~. r. Ncstcott. was best
worthy Of note.
The exhibit OF the night students was
very Interesting problem in brick work
ny Michael Lough, mirror frame carved
In wood by Miss Katherine Heck heing
much admired.
In metal working the class Of Mr. Au-
gustus r. Rose of the Manual Training
high school made fine display Of articles
made OF copper. some Of them with glazed
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