The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-12
STUDYING ART FOR THE ARMY.
WEST POINT CADETS AT Ut. ~
SISTED ny THE Fam.
They've Got to Keep Up I'm culture with
the Nav, Wen and They 60 to the
Metropolitan Museum 10 See the Pict-
ureS and statues Girls Happened In.

llreS ana statues hhVpcsVu III
Many pretty girls developed general
interest Yesterday afternoon in the Metro
politan Museum Of Art, So also did the
second class of the West Point Military
Academy. numbering l25, which came TO
town yesterday 10 learn as much as IT could
about the museum. The girls happened
to be there at the same time.
Il was the first time the West Pointers
have studied art in this way. They got
to the museum at about 10 O'Clock in the
morning. Col I.arned, head of the draw
Ing department. and Capts. Hagadorn,
Hammond and Humphrey had them in tow.
The officers first supplied each cadet will
a list of the features that were to be looked
I'D particularly and then told them what
they we're expected to do.
They were to examine each painting on
the list, select each two portraits one OF
q man and one OF a woman, which pleased
them most and the military paintings and
landscape scenes and historical pieces
which they admired. In the architectural
department they were to make careful
inspection of each model. noting It's gem
eral features, proportions and decorations.
In sculpture also they were to pick out I he
pieces that appealed most to them. Then
when they got back to West Point they
were told that they would be expected TO
give thorough reasons for their preferences
and write each thesis.
They were turned loose first in the gal
leres containing the paintings. Each cadet
had big yellow notebook and conspicuous
yellow pencil They went to work with
earnestness and spirit. At that time
there weren't any girls around. A good
many of the cadets liked De Neuville's
r. for a military better
than any other. Many also picked out
Leutzes Washington Crossing the Della
ware" For portraits, Rembrandts Man
and Galnesborough Girl were favored
by many.
Several OF the statues in the department
Of Greek sculpture had been moved recently
and that made the work of the cadets con.
fuing. Besides, the girls had arrived
and the missing statues had to be hunted
for In shadowy corners.
@I've been looking half an hour for that
bunch Of young gods and haven't found
them yet" said one cadet.
well, I've been hunting just as long
said another, "for Diana"
@But DIANA" one Of the crowd informed
him, sis just the same as Artemis. and that
fellow Artemis is over there in that corner.
Apoxyomenos, who had lost his tag,
also occasioned some trouble. When he
was found, most of the cadets thought he
was the best going in the statuary line,
although some said that Heracles had him
beaten by a mile. Hermes. i was the
general opinion. didn't look like a very
swift guy and must have needed his wings.
One cadet. who had been buster than the
rest taking notes. ventured the information
that -Galatian and his Dying Wife and
expression on their faces. -oh, suppress
It," was all the encouragement that the
speaker got. Then somebody else tried
to explain that i, was double tragedy
as the headlines say-that Mr.. Callahan
killed his wife first and himself afterward,
but this scholarly attempt also wasn't
In the Egyptian and Assvrian galleries.
the cadets examined casts Of the King Fra
and of Psamthik. sepulchral stella OF Polyx-
Of Moab. and other things comprising. ao-
cordng to the note which one cadet made.
"a pleasing medley of human figures, drag
ons and other monst rous combinations.
Holy smoker" asked one. "have we got
to copy all this jingo?"
"Yes, said another. land you want to be
careful and spell the words right, for we
haven't got any way Of correcting it up
at the Point" And say he added to a
girl who was taking notes with him was 1t
forget what B. NJ, stands for remind me.
please, that it, the British Museum;
Three o'clock was the time set for leaving
the museum. few were late in getting
out. The most OF those VINO were behind
time were trying to finish up their list with
the assistance OF one or more young persons
who were interested in them.
"Quick," yelled the last to start for the
door "tell me something about Palas
Athene."
"Oh. she-she-she" said his com
panion; and then it was too late
Col. Larned said speaking Of the trip:
at is the first time we ever tried this,
and am confident il will have good results
We want our cadets these days to learn
more about the humanities than they did
formerly. The old technical drill in mat he
MATES and military things alone, was all
right when we were fighting the Indians
on the frontier. But now that our country
IL world power and our men are called
on to meet cultivated officers of foreign
countries more and more, we want them
to be able to meet on an equal footing.
Generally, this hasn't been so in the past.
In the navy il Is different, for there the men
have a chance to see and hear many things
that an army man cannot, and, naturally,
navy men attain a higher plane OF culture.
The trip which We have made to the museum
will. we hope, stimulate the young men to
further study on their own part. and will,
II it does nothing else, emphasize the in
structipn in art which they get at the
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