The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-08
BY KATHERINE L. SMITH.

Following close upon the heels of the
travelling library movement came the
circulating picture gallery, which has
now attained the dignity of an active,
vital power in rural communities.
The pioneer in this movement was the
keenest competitor is to be found in
the state of Wisconsin.
Early in 1898 the New York UNIVERSE
ty sent out a list of pictures, mainly
carbon prints and photographers, ready
for loan to all institutions connected
with the university. These pictures in
cluded photographs of architectural
monuments, great paintings and his
torical portraits. They were framed in
quarter-oak and were in two sizes. The
rent varied from 81 to SO, Transportation
paid by the university. The frames re-
manned at the institution which Dor
roWed the pictures, and the latter were
replaced from time to time, as the
schools requested, by new prints.
Fully thirty-five schools in New York
state aVailed themselves of the travel
ing art gallery, and as soon as the
movement was on a self-sunportino,
basis, the university broadened its pIans
and enlarged the collection. The first
move was to purchase a complete SET Of
carbons which a certain noted ART f1rm
mad been exhibiting in various states
ana TINS made it possible for the out
lying schools to retain pictures for =.
nominal sum.
The university collection now includes
over 1000 photographs and a dozen Ian
terms with over 700 slides, appropriate
10 many lines of study. All of these
can De borrowed by schools and clubs
ana are a helpful factor to any one
preparing to enter the university
The Woman's Educational Assoc,a-
tlon OF Boston has taken up the work
ana mas ambitious plans for CARRYING
the movement into New England. C1u6
Women IN the midwest have appointed
' UoiIIililttees whose duty is to direct the
work IN the local public schools but
the most important movement IN 49,
ruraI communities was started by =
Wisconsin woman and is spreading lilo
a Veritable art epidemic.
MISS Mary e. Turner, connected with
me state Normal School in Stevens
Point, Wis, is responsible for arousina
among the farmers of her vicipit,,
genuine interest in good pictures. When
H It Arst heard OF the travelling art GAL
lery' she gathered together the most
appealing pictures of her own coIIecN
e eIoh ana all she could beg or borrow
IToIn Irlends in and out of her schoor
w luh these she started out to the conn
Wy school houses, invited the children
" prlhg their parents for informal "a lI,s
ABOUT the photographs, and began -
loan all the pictures that she 800 ~
spare. Sne could
The country school houses aro 80,
y, .IicipaLy as distributing points for
living workers, though teachers o.
o.ssIonally give art talks to which ner-
ems as we'll as children. gladly od.e,o
i1tch lamlly understands that the -.
heee 10 borrow the picture is its ~,
wneh the Photograph has heep a,;o anu
LOT a week 1t is returned IN h. ''yeu
Pldceu by something new. Sor,e+i,,le-
So reluctance is manifested AZ az
,,-'. VI giving up pictures. and IT,
iIuily d hard-fsted farmer has haa,s a..
eucgu oy MS family to purchase a 49,.
Sitililar 10 the one returned To the -.
tIls gallery. In such an event ~
e svaSher acts as purchasing agent e
curing the best possible ferns 7,s.s, Sc
lections. case nome coll
The Wisconsin work is aA,.,
~ -, sus ihatlzed Landscapes. n,s 10y
Tvs movers and home-Ilke snhi lii.s
a are gwen the preference. Both 49, JJe.ts
S so ana colored lithogrsnbs '''Dto-
usea, neatly framed with 4 horde ar, are
stay ana With 1870 pockets fastensd