New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-07
Evening Industrial Classes
Develop Athenian Spirit
of Beauty.
GIRL GRADUATES
DESIGN FASHIONS
Superintendent McAndreWs Made
Member Of High School
Committee.
By HENRIETTA RODMAN.

found the most interesting ar,
school in the country yesterday in the
Office of the Washington Irving High
School, but it is not the Washington
Irving.
went there TO ask Mr.. Edward Ia
briskie, the new principal OF the Wash
ington Irving. what he thinks Of the
school and what ne expects to do with
this little city of 5000 girls.
ave only been here for three weeks"
he said. "I'm still studying the school
1t is a great work of genius. shall
be very careful not to undo the re-
markable work that Mr.. McAndrew has
done here.
Much OF the management OF the
school is done by the teachers and the
pupils. l shall. of course, work with
them for its development"
Then Mr.. Zabriskie told me OF the
New York Evening School Of Indus
trial Art, Of which he is also principal.
"
art school in New York, where the
teachers are men and women Of ma
tional reputation as experts in their
fields? Stained glass design, for ex-
ample. is taught by Rene de Quelin,
who was for years the head designer
at Tffany's Costume design is taught
by Ethel Traphagen and sculpture By
Carl Tefrt.
at is the finest kind OF civic spirit
that brings these artists into the pub
lie schools said Mr. Zabriskie, "the
spirit that leads the great surgeons 70
give their time in the hospitals and
other artists to the academy.
an the School of Industrial Art the
application of art to our everyday sur
roundings is taught-mural decoration,
for example. The students are now
making mural designs for Public School
( No. 81. They are working with the
greatest enthusiasm. feeling that they
are helping to beautify the city. Some
/ of the spirit Of the Athenians OF max
ing beautiful the city inspires them.
; "And you may be interested to know
Mr.. Zabriskie added, "that many Ameri-
can fashions are being made to-day By
the graduates Of public school. They
are designing for some of the largest
fashion magazines and manufacturers
of patterns in the country.
John II. Walsh, the acting City Su-
perintendent of Schools, has rescued
Superintendent McAndrew from the
oblivion into which he fell when he was
elected a superintendent.
Mr.. McAnGrew is one Of the greatest
experts on high schools in the United
States. His place is obviously on the
high school committee Of the Board OF
Superintendents, where Mr.. Walsh has
placed him.
At the closing exercises of the Cen
trail Evening High School for Women.
Nostrand Avenue and Halsey Street,
Brooklyn this evening, Miss Elizabeth
butcher of the Consumers League,
will speak on "A Living Wage" j..
Miss Alice Higgins, the principal OK
the school, has made "A rather aston
ishing departure from the established
convention of commencement speeches.
| have never heard one which dealt
honestly and frankly with the facts OF
industry which every child should
know.
IL will be an ordeal, but propose to
attend many commencement exercises
to report the quality OF advice about
life that our leading citizens viii de-
liver 10 the coming generation as IL
steps out Of the public schools into our
world next month.