The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-18
THE ARTISTIC ON DISPLAY.
Barre Evening Drawing School Exhibi-
tion Opened Saturday.


drawing school, which was established
in the basement Of the Mathewson school
building last fall opened Saturday aft
ernoon, From until 5 o'clock and
during the evening from until o'clock,
tho instructors were present at the build
iBe 10 conduct visitors about the draw
ing and modelling rooms. A large num-
bel OF persons interested in the work
visited the school during these hours,
but for the benefit Of those who were
unable to attend Saturday. it has been
decided TO open the building for an eX-
hihit this evening from o'clock until O..
Work among the students is carried
on in two rooms especially arranged for
instruction, one for the school in draw
ilig and the other for modelling purposes
Tn the room where the drawing stu
dents assemble, many excellent speei-
mems of elementary work are exhibit
ed Drawings from plates, colored and
shaded drawings, designs and lettering
exhibits are shown here. Many OF the
students have started elementary draft
imp and that much commendable progress
has been made in this direction is indi-
Gated by the specimens shown. Although
the bulk OF the students are mostly
young workingmen employed in the city,
several high school students attend the
sessions and have prepared fine speci-
mems of their talent for the exhibit.
To mention any specific instances where
students have shown artistic ability
would be an Injustice to many others,
for scarcely anv OF the specimens ar
ranged along the walls would reveal in
difference or lack of application. Indeed.
il many cases the degree Of progress
which students have made since enrolling
is almost remarkable.
In the room devoted to modelling and
advance drawing, many unfinished
studies in clay are shown, along with
others already cast in plaster. Advanced
work in drawing is shown in a number
of charcoal crayon and pencil drawings.
Students who have emerged from the
course in drafting here ex-
hibit specimens of working drawings for
and mausoleums. with the
Not a few of the students
have prepared estimates on the work.
Samples of drawings from plaster casts.
plates and ornamental subjects are also
shown in numbers. Students have been
instructed in the principles of perspee-
tive drawing and their adaptiveness in
tEis line is readily displayed in splen-
did specimens of this work.
Although mechanical drawing is some
what without the scope of the school,
Ave students are rapidly acquiring abil-
ty in making machine drawings and
have samples of their work on exhibi.
tion. Specimens of animal drawings
from small cuts are shown in one cor
ner of the room, while in another archi-
tectural drawings of the five orders,
Tuscan. Doric, Ionic, Roman and Greek
Horinthian, and the composite order, are
exhibited to the visitor.
Owing to the lack of space. only a lit |
tie over half of the drawings which
Students have performed since enrolling (
lave been placed on exhibition. Some |
)f the plaster cast models and speci- |
mems of clay work were ruined during |
he cold weather. But all in all there /
ire enough indications to assure the
las already been made TO justify the 1
schools existence.
Credit for the effective manner in |
which the work of the students has |
,een shown to such good advantage is /
lue largely to the efforts of the instruct
RS who labored nights before the ex. /
libition to make the different speci-
mems appear in the most presentable
,laces. All of the drawings are ar
anged in alphabetical order
The school u conducted under the d.
ection of the school commissioners.
while the instruction is in charge of
7harles Pamperl The work among the
modelling students is'in charge of Charles
Abbati, local sculptor of recognized
alent. Alex. Youngson and w. L.
bishop are the other instructors. whose
aluable assistance has been an impor-
ant factor in the school work. At the
resent time. around 80 students are
nrolled in the various departments and
his number is on the increase. The
FORK outlined is closely identified with
he prescribed courses at the Pratt in
titute in Brooklyn. n. Y, and the state
crmal school in Boston. According to
hose who have frst-hand knowledge of
he work, some of the specimens which
he students exhibit, compare favorably
18th the best samples sent out from
european schools.
Rev. Daniel J. O'Sullivan, pastor of