Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-18
We Haven't j o in e d
This Class for the Evil
We Can Get Out of
It," They Say
I'VE Don't Object to
Women in Glass, but
Conditions Should Be
Accepted" Signers of
Petition Assert
BY M,I.ISS

Give us the nude or our money back
Away with ig leaves and muslin draperies
We Joined nude class. not a costume
class We wish to study the anatomy. We
are artists. not prurient-mlnded young men
who have Joined this class for the evil we
can get out OF IT,"
This cry clamored In the cars Of Howard
Fremont Stratton. director OF the art de-
partment Of the Pennsylvania School OF
Industrial Art, by q dozen irate young
men voices the latest development in the
nudity vs. prudery controversy that is shak-
ing the night life class to its very depths
The simultaneous appearance OF a man
model with two yards OF muslin draped
about him. and two young women students.
the first Of the feminine sex 20 Join this
class. IL responsible for n seething spirit
which threatens TO split the class and end
In n waik-out
The Misses woodruff and Jones the
young women In the case, are indignant
at the attitude taken by the men When
art comes In the door chivalry flies out the
window, they say. This is as Il shouldn't
be.
;'Ths figure was almost nude" Miss
Woodruff sa d in heated tones this morn.
ing. "the drapery that was used was so
slight that the study OF anatomy would not
have been hlndered at ALL"
''our coming into the class did not affect
the custom in any way and we are not re-
sponslbie for the decision OF the faculty To
an artist IL makes no difference whether n
figure is draped or not but all Of the stu
dents there do not view the figure from a
purely artistic standpoint ! have heard Il
remarked that some are evil-minded."
But up in the studios OF Arnold Anderson
and Josef Cisar. instigators OF the secession
movement. In the Logan Building. thepe Is
much pipe-pulling and hectic discussion.
Two yards OF muslin have never before
produced so much heat.
"A petition has been circulated" Mr.. An
derson said, "and the signers of II will
either have n nude model or so some place
where they can get one,
I'VE do not object to the women in the
class. II is their province to be there. but
conditions should be accepted. a mixed
class should be treated just the same.
understand that the women have not pro-
tested that the action OF draping the
model was taken by the faculty AS far as
| can be ascertained Herman Deigendesch
| the teacher Is neutral We do not hold him
| responsible.
"rhe catalogue says specifically, Mems
Nude Life Class We don't mind II read
ing. Mixed Nude Life Class but II they
eliminate the nude. they'll have to give us
our money back. We shall then go some
place else"
Mr.. Clsar agreed with him emphatlcally
| There are about thirty men In the class
and only two women. The majority should
rule in cases like this. We found. however
that the married men would not sign our
petition. but we do not care. There are nj
least a dozen OF us who are determined C
have the nude We won't have drapery."
Those who have attended the classes say
that ordinarily no bushes are blushed. and
that the only person at all embarrassed by
| the controversy was the model. In his two
yards OF muslin he was as shy as a donkey
| in petticoat.
| At the next meeting there is to be Q
woman model. The class ls wondering.