Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18
RECEPTION AND LUNCHEON
FOR 10Th ANNIVERSARY
BY Norwich Art Students' Association
Progress of Two Decades Is Cause
for Capitalization.

In a particularly pleasant way, the
Norwich Art Students association OBJ
served its Goth anniversary on Monday
afternoon with a reception and luncheon
at the Norwich club, attended by about
rs present and former members of the
association.
The luncheon was at 130, but was
preceded by an informal reception at
which Miss Nancy. E. Lucas, presi-
dent OF the association received. Music
was furnished by string orchestra of
nine of the Academy girls
Pink and white was the color scheme
for the luncheon decorations, which
were in charge of Mrs. Ozias Dodge
and were gracefully carried out In
pink and white dogwood, pink swamp
apple blossoms and wild honeysuckle,
with w1staria. Small bouquets of lilies
of the valley were at each place and
the hand-colored programmes were
dainty and artistic. The cover design
pupil. and the cover was a picture of
the Slater Memorial with the dates
1895-1915.
The following was the menu:
Fruit Cocktail.
Clam Bouillon Olives
Chicken Croquettes
Dreamed Potatoes Dreamed Peas
Jelly Roll Jellied Asparagus Salad
Ice Cream in Fancy Forms
LANE SOllS0
Miss Lucas presided in an able way
for the programme that followed, in
which the welcome was given by Miss
Alice Cogswen and the response by
Miss Nancy NJ. Pond.
Miss Nancy Lucas treated of the
first twelve years of the Art aSsocia-
ton, reading the paper which she gave
at the luncheon on the 18th anniver-
sary.
The last eight years were interest
ingly described by Mrs. Robert w. Per
kins who spoke Of the scholarships
which have been given and of the de-
velopment of the decent work which
has been such a notable feature Of the
present year.
Miss Alice V. v. Brown, now of
Wellesley, had for her subject Some
Thoughts Upon the Relation of Small
Communities to Art Development, tell
ing her hearers that the Norwich asSo-
citation was already at work upon two
lines which she would have suggested
but the third was that an association
of such size should enlist the commun-
ity more generally and at such gath
ering as this have the mayor and
other representative personages pres
ent
The Graphic Arts in Reproduction
was the subject discussed in an espe-
| cially instructive and interesting way
and after his address Miss Trumbul
| read letters from a number of persons
who had been invited but could moi
attend. Among these was one from
| Harry W. Kent, former curator of the
| Slater Memorial. but now of the Met
ropolitan Museum of Art in New DIRK
who wrote in admiration of what the
Norwich association was doing in the
| decent work and mentioned that Id
/ had met William A. Slater in Wash
! ington, who had spoken to him of tht
way he was keeping in touch with the
| Norwich association.
| Upon motion of Mrs. William B
| Birge, a rising expression of greeting
| was given to a former president, Mis-:
Mary MEG. Aiken, who could not b.
| present at this anniversary.
| Miss Edith R. Abbott of the Metro
poitan Museum interested all presen
in her description of decent work a.
| it is carried en- in New York. Their,
| it is along somewhat differe0t line
| than in this city, but she said that sh
| thought Boston, Providence, Worceste
and Norwich were the furthest ad
vanced in the lines which they follow
! Bookbinding was the subject for al
| entertaining talk by Mrs Charles w
| Moves, who said that she believed sh
| had one of the oldest established pri
| vate book binderies in the country, an
| she mentioned some of the high price
at which rare books are valued, one o
| $4,000 having gone down on the Titani
and another sold ten years ago a
$4,000 sold recently at $500. In on
! high school in New York she said bool
| binding was taught.
| Mrs. Guy w. Eastman'S subject wa
Ten Minutes to Mercury, in which sh
mentioned some of the work that fa,
been done in the Norwich Art school,
and she was followed by Principa
| Henry A. Tirrell who was given en-
| tlfusiastic applause as he developed il
an entertaining way his subject o
| Teaching as an Art.
The delightful observance of the an
| niVersary was concluded at 6 o'clock.
EDUCATIONAL NOTES.