Evening star., 1915-05-13
To Play Much Larger Part in
Education of Future, Dr..
PIP. CIaxton Declares.
J. P. HANEY TELLS HOW
TO INTEREST CHILDREN
A. W. Dow. Mrs. H. H. Osgood and
Louise Connolly Also Address
American Federation of Arts.

art Education in the Public Schools
was the keynote of the opening ses-
sion of the second day of the sixth an
uuaI convention of the American Fed
Grafton Of Arts. at the New Willard
Hotel TODAY pr. l.. +. Claxton, United
states commissioner of education. pre-
sided at the meeting. and speakers toid
what was being done i'll both the north
eru and southern states to develop tne
artistic sense of the school children.
Commissioner Claxton described brief
IN the growth of the teaching of draw
ing and the artistic in the pubic
schools. telling of the small begin
ming that was made along this line haif
a century ago and the gradual increase
through the Years He said IT had re
ceived its greatest impetus about the
time of the Louisiana purchase eNposi-
tion in St Louis. decade ago. Since
that time the cultural side of drawing
and coIoriug and manner IN Whlcn the
artistic may be utilized III mahua l
training had developed greatly in the
public schools.
at first il was believed that IN a
democratic system of educ' tlon the ea
ucation should be the same lof an Tue
children" said Commissioner 1laAtoh-
..lf drawing was put into an elementary
school IL was believed that drawing
must he taught all the children. IRE
spective of their tastes ana abiilties
But democratic education does not
mean sameness. but it does mean dtner-
entistlon 1t means giving a child an
education adapted To his individual ma :
ture and also adapted to the calling ne
Will follow in the future
.. Art to Be Greater Factor.
II believe that we have come TO the
time when We shall be bic to make
the best possible use in the pubic
schools of drawing and art Art must
play much larger part in the educa-
tion of the future. The people of this
country has been pioneer people up
TO now The people have had to open
fields. build roads, develop Industries,
They have not had time to think of
the esthetic and the beautiful Art
must at all times be democratic. 1t
must not be separate and apart from
the life of the people. II must come
out of the mass of the people.
Talks were made on the subject of
art education of the public school chill
dren by James p. Haney, director of
art. New York high schools. Arthur W.
Dow. director of the fine arts depart
ment. Teachers College Columbia Uni
versity; Mrs. Fl. H. Osgood, supervisor
of art. Atlanta, Ga, and Louise Con-
molly of the Newark Public Library
The topic of MIR. Haney's address was
The TeachinG ( Art to Museum Audi
ences of ChilGl y" In graphic man
ner Mr.. Haney ,o'd his audience how
the attention of the hundreds of school
children gathered together in one of
the big museums of New York or
Brooklyn was captured and turned to
thoughts and objects OF art He said
that an effort was being made to ere
ate museum ha Bit among these
wOlltd fire.
ouently TO the meetings and listen to
discussions of things which interested
them and ar the same time taught
them something OF the beauties of art
Must Be Taught When Young.
THE only way to implant artistic
ideas in the people is TO catch them