Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-03
ARTISTS DESIGN HEADS
FOR JUNIOR HONOR ROLL

N ESIGNS for the roll of honor were
~ as numerous as the falling leaves
n of autumn. Many and many of
the suggestions for the new design had
falling leaves, leafless trees and other
emblems of fall, and there We're a num-
Der of Halloween suggestions which
were very well made.
Many artists attempted novelties in
the way of lettering and color scheme,
and with generally satisfactory results.
To be sure there were the usual large
number of boys and girls who conceived
an excellent design, with we'll thought
out plan of background and letters, and
then after going so far on the road to
success spoiled all chances for the
prize by slovenly work with the pen,
or by inaccurate drawing.
Frequently, too, work which is other
wise excellent is rendered useless
simply because of it's negative quality
Alan Nichols, Monrovia, Orange Ave
nue. school, eighth grade, was one of
the offenders in this way. He designed
a clever Halloween drawing for the
roll of honor. Then after working that
out with care, even to the careful dis
tribution of the letters in his banners
he made light thin lines and left too
much white space in his picture to
make it stand out as it should for this
purpose.
1t is unfortunate that he draws so
rarely, for his work is always of con-
siderable merit, so far as composition
and originality go, but weak in the
execution. This is a condition which
more practice would improve.
Marion Henderson, 479 Fifth street,
Fifth Street school, B7 grade, San
Pedro, also submitted a praiseworthy
drawing. Her design shows a spirited
figure, evidently the victor of some
contest. The background however, is
too much like the one from which our
recent roll of honor heading was made,
and the lettering is weak and ineffec-
tive. The figure is well drawn and the
pose with upraised arms shows consid-
cradle ability upon the part of the
artist.
, Jack o. lanterns form the basis for
the design drawn by Irene Tanner, 251
East Thirtieth street, Thirtieth Street
school, BIG grade. The letters, however
were a distinctively weak point in the
design. 1t is very strange that after
the emphatic mention which was made
about the words roll of honor and the
fact that they should be conspicuous,
many of the artists tried to hide the
motto away from public view.
Rose w ilildilS, seventh BTdue, fAeTIl
school, sent picture which showed the
bare hills and trees of autumn and let
ters of unusual design, but the entire
work lacked character, and was go
monotonous in coloring, without any
clear black or white effects, that a re-
production would have been a failure.
Fred o. Reid, 521h North st. Louis
street, sent a most promising design
with good lettering in black ink, and
a glimpse of an autumn orchard. His
work is a decided improvement over
anything he has submitted before.
Mable Wing, 1543 Council street, is
another contributor who should be more
persistent in her efforts in this draw
ing contest. Her work is creditable and
shows unmistakable ability, but she
does not make systematic efforts to fol-
low the topics and fails to understand
some of the requirements of good de-
signing. Her work this week is of good
composition, although without much
originality, but the border is irregular
and detracts from the value of the pic
ture.
Among the other contributors whose
work was rather better than usual