The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-11
NOTED MEN GIVE THEIR AID

improve public and private architect
ure and elevate the public taste.
The convention has been called
land will be inaugurated by the Ma
tional Academy of Art. which was
organized in 1892. and has its head
quarters in Washington. In the abb
Isence of J. Pierpont Morgan, the
president. Charles l.. Hutchinson, of
Chicago. first vice president, will pre-
side. James Schoolcraft Sherman.
vice president of the United States.
will deliver the address OF welcome,
and Elihu Root, United States sena-
tor from the state of New York, will
explain the objects for which the con-
vention has been called. President
land Mrs. Taft. who have taken great
interest in the movement, will re-
Iceiye the delegates on Tuesday after
noon, May IL. at 1880 O'Clock. in the
east room of the white house. On
Wednesday evening, May ~, at 3
O'clock, the trustees of the Corcoran
Gallery of Art will give reception
in honor of the delegates and their
families; on Tuesday evening Han
nan Jennings. vice president of the
National Society of Fine Arts. and
Mrs. Jennings will give reception
at their residence, 1921 Massachu-
sets avenue. and other social events
will be a part Of the weeks program.
Two Meetings.
Two meetings to which the public
are invited will be held daily at 10
O'Clock a. m. and 3:30 p. m. in the
red parlor OF the New Willard hotel,
and various subjects of interest viii
be discussed by ladies and gentlemen
who are eminent In science, art and
kindred subjects. and who have taken
an active part in such movements as
the proposed federation Is Intended
to promote. The first speech upon
the program will be by the Hon.
Francis G. Newlands. United States
senator from Nevada. who will dis
cuss the proposed new governments
bureau of fine arts, for which he has
introduced a bill in the United States
senate. The object is to transform
the Office of the supervising architect
OF the treasury into an organization
of much wider jurisdiction than at
present and give II control over all
buildings. monuments and other
structures erected by the government
of the United States with an advisoryl
council 10 be authorized by congress.
and to be composed OF gentlemen
who are eminent for their Judgment
in such matters.
Miss Leila Mechhn. art editor Of
the Washington Evening Star, will
follow with an address upon The
Relation OF the Government to Fine
Arts" and at its conclusion an oppor-
tunity viii be given for a general
of the subject. This will
be one of the features OF the program
The delegates will be allowed TO ex-
press their views at the close of each
address.
william Woodward, professor of
drawing and painting at Tulane Uni
versity. New Orleans, will discuss the
progress OF art in the gulf states;
t. Hartman, secretary Of the
Civic League. will
speak on "Some Aspects of Munich
pal Art Development" and Jo.l
Quincy Adams, secretary OF the art
of the City OF New York,
will give an account OF the work OF
that board. which is a part OF the
government and performs
a function similar to that which Isl
expected of the proposed bureau Of
fine arts, proposed by the bill of
Newlands. now pending in
congress.
Reception.
After the reception at the white
house on Tuesday afternoon the con
vention will reassemble at 3: 30, and
Miss Florence n. Levy, editor OF the
Art Annual, New York City, will de-
liver an address upon THE Cultiva-
ton of the Public Taste" and Elmer
Ellsworth Brown, United States COM
missioner Of education, will talk
about the art instruction in the
Public Schools" for that Is one of
inc HObl iuipol udhl ltdtui<o VI nv
federation. 1t is intended
TO encourage the organizations of art
societies. the establishment OF art
schools and art galleries, particularly
In the small towns and villages, to
boards of education. school
and the faculties OF
Summaries, academies, colleges and
to pay more attention to
the cultivation of the taste OF their
students; to induce owners of cOllec-
tons to exhibit them more frequently
for the benefit of the people who can
not afford to buy pictures, and to
cultivate public opinion as well as
public taste for the improvement Of
pubic architecture as well as private
II is proposed to do what can be :
done to encourage local societies that
are organized for such purposes and
particularly the village improvement