Evening star., 1915-05-15
Havoc Wrought in Europe Wv
idly Described by Charles
R. AShbee.
BANQUET FEATURES CLOSE
OF FEDERATION'S Meeting
Other Speakers Tell Of the Work in
American Institutions-Final
Business Session.

The war in Europe and the Ina, oc
which IL has wrought on art and life
in Great Britain and other nations was
vividly described by Charles r. Ashbee.
architect and director OF large art in
dustries in London, at the banquet
which brought to a close the sixth an
nual convention OF the American Fed
GRAFTON of Arts last night at Rausch-
er's.
He declared that the war was the
final expression of the brutality OF Eu-
ropes Industrial art. which for tho last
quarter OF a century has focused the
attention Of the people upon the manu-
| facture OF armaments.
ut saddens us he said, ito think
that all is now at standstiIl in art
in Europe because Of the war which
the undirected art of industry has PRO-
duced.
Europe Shooting Away Millions.
Just before the war broke out ]
was at work on plans for improved
housing. I found l could design and
build a laborers cottage for $1,000 II
costs $1,000. too. 10 fire sixteen-ineh
gun. No cottages are being built. but
We are shooting away millions.
My work shops are all closed, per.
haps not to reopen. Three of my
workers are at the front. a fourth is
drilling cavalry. another is learning to
still another-the best enamel in all
England-is making cartridges. II is
all waste. and waste for brutality.
We in England feel that you in
generosity, do not appreciate the
moral significance of what we are up
against; that you do not realize we
are fighting essentially the battle of
democracy. We think sometimes that
amid your wealth and in your splendid
isolation you have grown SO contented
and happy that you cannot fully un
derstand. We don't want you to go
to war. but we do want you to realise
the moral value of our struggle"
P. W. Bartlett Tells Stories.
Paul W. Bartlett preceded Mr.. Ashbes
and told story of a French woman
| who criticised the attitude of Amer
leans toward art. He concluded with
another story, about three brothers
one of whom was vitality interested in
the artistic and things of beauty
When he was away the other two
brothers were disconsolate. He said
that this exemplified the fact that life
without art was desolate.
Another of the speakers was Arthur
A. Hamerschlag, director of the Car
negie Institute of Technology in Pitts
burgh. He discussed the work being
done by the institute and particularly
of the work of correlation of the vari-
GUS arts. A student at the institute.
he said, could not devote himself ex-
. clusively to the study of one art sub
1ect, but must give attention to all.
This is the first time such a plan of
. education has ever been attempted at
! similar institution. he said. Painting.
sculpture, music. literature. the drama
all are different courses at the insti-
tute and students must give study to
them all, though, of course. they spe-
cialize upon that subject In which their
chief interest lies. The students have
| a theater Of their own in which those
drama present plays before the rest of
the students.
Predicts Greater Impetus After War.
P. P. Claxton. commissioner of edu-
cation. was on the program to speak.
but he was called out of the city and
was unable to be present. DR.. Edward
Robinson also was not present to speak.
as had been expected. In the absence
ers listed. his address was read to the
| assembled guests by Francis C Jones.
Mr.. Cram declared that when the war
was over there would be a greater i'm
/
history of the world.
Robert Underwood Johnson. formerly
editor of the Century. was one of the
| speakers. He addressed the members
of the liberation as the representative
of the American Academy of Arts and
Letters and said that this was the first
time that the academy had ever APP
pointed delegate to meet with
other organization. He congratulated
| the federation upon the work it is do
ing In conclusion he read a part of his
nda 10 Il. he
emphasizing the need of living and
creating the beautiful
so-Called Industrial Art.
All of the speakers dwelt upon the
value of so-called industrial art. Her.
bert Adams. vice president OF the fed
Grafton. presided.
At the final business meeting of the
convention in the New Willard Hotel
| yesterday afternoon, seven of the
| twenty-one members of the board OF
directors of the federation were elected.
They are: Charles L. Hutchinson, H. w.
Kent, Florence \. Levy and Marvin T.
Elihu Root, a retiring vice president;
Andrew Wright Crawford and Martin
A. Ryerson.
| The new board of directors will in
the course of the next few weeks
elect the president. the secretary, the
treasurer and the thirteen vice prest-
dents of the organization for the en-
suing year. In addition to electinG Of
f1cers, the board will select the place
for the next annual convention of the
federation. Invitations have been re-
ceived from Buffalo. St. Louis, Balti-
more, Chicago. New York. Columbus.
Detroit and Savannah.
ASK Art Education inquiry.
The federation adopted resolution
setting forth that of the million stu
dents in the colleges and universities