New-York tribune., 1922-03-13
inc Arts Again
To Flourish, at
n. Y. University
Academy Of Design TO Join
With Institution for The
Rc-csiablishmcnt Of Chair
and Increase of Facilities
Altman Foundation Aids
Cooperation Means Widen
ing OF Field, Bei.cr OPP
portunities for Students

The National Academy of Design
and New York University have com
plcted plans for an affiliation which
calls for the establishment of tht
chair of fine arts at the university anC
an interchange Of facilities between
the two organizations leading to the
degree Of bachelor Of fine arts. Be
hind the project is the ambition Of
the originators for the formation il
New York City of world center for
the study Of art in its various forms
The announcement was made b,
General Charles H. Sheriff., Of the
Council Of New York University. fol.
lowing meetings of both institutions
The Altman Foundation, through Its
president, Colonel Michael Friedsam
and assisted by John H. Burke. secre-
tary Of the foundation, has arranged
TO contribute substantially' to The
support of the new department of fine
arts. This amounts, it was said. tc
the practical endowment Of this chain
at the university from the Altman
fund.
1t is proposed Immediately to OBJ.
tam the services of "one Of the lead
ing men of art experience" to assume
the newly-created chair and put into
operation the various means Of pro.
viding higher education for the ar
student. Actual instruction in paint.
ing, sculpture and allied forms Of art
expression will be taught as hereto.
fore, at the academy, according tc
the plan. The history and theory Of
the various art, as taught bv means
of lectures and recitational courses
will, on the other hand, be conducted
at the university The degree in fine
arts will be awarded by the university
under the supervision Of the regents
Of the State Of New York to students
who have successfully pursued the
prescribed courses OF study
Art Field To Be Enlarged
The cooperation of the Altman
foundation was secured through the
interests Of Colonel Friedsam in mat
ters pertaining to art, according tc
those in auth orty, and the desire oi
the trustees of the foundation to fos
ter and enlarge the study of fine art.
in New York City. The Nationa
Academy of Design was represented il
the negotiations by its president, Ed
win II: Blashfield; vice-president
Harry W. Watrous. and Francis c
Jones, treasurer; New York Univer
sity by its chancellor, Elmer E. Brown
and Mr.. Sheriff..
Speaking for New York University
General Sheriff. said that the re
sources Of either institution would b.
made available for the students Of the
other when enrolment was properl!
carried out. The details, he said. hat
bcpn n
the present purpose to provide for ;
means of contact and cooperation be
tween the institutions, leaving the gd
Justment OF courses. questions O
registration and other matters to tn.
head of the new department. He viii
De chosen and put in charge immedi
ately, the general said
1t is expected. however that stu.
dents of the academy many of whom
come there with only Fundamental
education and with limited means, will
be enabled to enroll for the university
courses at small cost. The courses ir
book knowledge' given there, coupled
with practical studies at the academy
will make them eligible for the degree
SO with the student of New York Uni
versity who is specializing in the the
ory of art, certain practical courses
viii be required at the academy to fiji
him for graduation.
Need of Curators Great
To illustrate the possibilities of this
new school plan General Sherril
pointed out the cver-increasing de-
mand throughout the country for mer
and women fitted to assume curator
ships in the various museums. "Almost
every day one reads of the death OF
some wealthy man who has assembled
works OF art and who leaves them t1
privately endowed museum" he said
'and there are scarcely any person.
available capable of operating them. Il
viii be one of the functions OF the CO
operative project between the academ,
and New York University to turn out
graduates who can fill this need"
The union re-establishes at the uni
versity the chair of fine arts, aban-
doned for many years, which was once
held by Samuel +. B. Morse, the paint
er and inventor of the telegraph. The
National Academy now located ir
10th Street, was founded by him nine
ty-six years ago, and he was its first
president. Thus is also re- established
a relationship which existed between
the two institutions under the colleges
first professor Of literature of the arts
of design.
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