School Catalog 18700 Penn

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THE PENNSYLVANIA MUSEUMANDSCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ART,

PHILADELPHIA.

CIRCULAR

COMMITTEE ON INSTRUCTION

1879-SO.

PHILADELPHIAReview Printing House, N. W. cor. Fourth and Walnut Streets.

1879.


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OFFICERS FOR 1879.

PRESIDENT :COLEMAN SELLERS.VICE-PRESIDENTS :EDWARD T. STEEL,

WILLIAM PLATT PEPPER.MANAGING DIRECTOR

WILLIAM W. JUSTICE.TREASURERCLARENCE H. CLARK.SECRETARY

DALTON DORR.

COMMITTEE ON INSTRUCTION:F. O. HORSTMANN, Chairman,

WILLIAM H. MERRICK, FREDERIC G3JAFF,WILLIAM PLATT PEPPER, F. R. SHELTON.

INSTRUCTORS:CHAS. MARQUEDANT BURNS, Jr.,

Theory and Practice of Free-hand Drawing and Design.PHILIP PISTOR, M. E.,

Geometry, Plane and Descriptive. Perspective.


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THE PENNSYLVANIA MUSEUMAND

SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ART.CIRCULAR OF THE COMMITTEE ON INSTRUCTION,

1S79--SO.

The Schools established b7y the Trustees of the PennsylvaniaMuseum and School of Industrial Art, as a preliminary steptowards providing this City and 'State with a thorough systemof industrial art training, have, in the two years of theirexistence, fully demonstrated their usefulness. The attendanceboth at the Day School and at the Night School has beenprompt and regular, and characterized by an application on thepart of the students indicative of their earnestness of purposeand desire to learn. Among the scholars have been teachersin the public schools/, craftsmen and artisans, and young menand women 'studying with the view to ah immediate applicationof the knowledge acquired as a means of livelihood. On thisaccount, and in th/e absence of any provision by the State forthe development/' of the system proposed, the aim of theTrustees has been to give the students such instruction indrawing in its /industrial application, as can be made imme-diately useful in the industries and occupations of life.For the present, the purpose of the Schools will be to con-

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/technical branches as the progress of the students may re-quire. It will give the student such thorough and systematicinstruction in geometrical and free-hand drawing as will trainthe hand and eye, and exercise the mind in the acquirement ofthose scientific principles on which the art of design is based. 9

Location.Although there would be many obvious advantages in con-

ducting the Schools at Memorial Hall,* where the Museumcollections of art-objects are arranged, yet, on account of thedistance of the Hall from the centre of the city, it is not deemedadvisable to undertake this until the Institution has attained alarger growth. Meanwhile, arrangements for the School Yearof 1879-80, have been made with the Franklin Institute, Xo.15 South Seventh street, by which the students will have theuse of the drawing-rooms and lecture-room of that Institu-tion during the hours named in the accompanying schedule.

The Course of Instruction.The students in each School will be divided into three class-

es, Junior, Middle and Senior.The course of instruction in the Day School and in the

Nisht School will be same throughout, as follows :

JUNIOR CLASSES.First Term.Plane Geometry ; Geometrical Designs. Draw-

ing in Outline Geometrical Solids ; Drawing in OutlineGeometrical Frames.

Second Term.Plane Geometry; Orthographic Projection.Drawing in Outline Geometrical Shapes combined with Sim-ple Plant Forms and Drapery.

* The Musuem of the Institution is located at Memoiial Hall, in FairmountPark. It contains collections aggregating Several thousand examples of artworkmanship in the various branches of industry, valued at upwards of 5300.000.The Art Library, now forming, already numbers some 400 volumes.


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MIDDLE CLASSES.First Term.Descriptive Geometry, including the Projec-

tion of Shadows; Exercises in the Detail of Building Con-struction. Drawing in Outline combined with Outlining ofShades and Shadows, and Tinting in Monotone.

Second Term.Descriptive Geometry continued, includingIsometric Projection and Free Linear Perspective. OutlineDrawing of Plants, Drapery and other objects in Groups;Study of Shade, Shadow aud Reflected Light in Wash andLine Rendering.

SENIOR CLASSES.First Term.Exercises in Linear Perspective; Exercises in

Building Construction. Memory and Time Drawing; Model-ing in Clay or Wax; Elements of Color Study.

Second Term.Study of Effect of Light and Shade in Flatand Round Modelings; Further Study of Color Effect andPrinciples of the use of Color.

Class instruction will be reinforced by weekly evening lec-tures, which lectures are recommended to students in the Ju-nior classes, although the attendance of the Middle and Seniorclasses only is required.The course of instruction herein arranged will be given sep-

arate and apart from the Franklin Institute classes, but theclasses of both Institutions will have the privilege of attendingthe lectures delivered under the auspices of either.

Objects for study will be brought from the Museum to theClass-rooms as required. Students will be admitted to Mem-orial Hall without charge, and those wishing to work therewill be furnished facilities for that purpose.

The School Year.The School Year will be divided into two terms of sixteen-- ^

weeks each. The First Term will commence on Monday,September 29, and the Second Term on Monday, January 28.


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Class instruction will be given as follows:Day School, Night School,9 to ii A. M. 7H to 9^ P- M.

Monday, Junior Class, Junior Class, Geometrical Drawing.Middle " Free-hand "

Tuesday. Middle Class, "Wednesday, Senior " Senioi Class, Geometrical "

Junior " Junior " Free-hand "Thursday, Middle " Middle " Geometrical "

Senior " Senior " Freediand CiOn class-day mornings the school-rooms will be kept open

from 1 1 A. M. to 3 P. M. for the use of the students.Admission.

Blank forms of application for admission can be had atMemorial Hall and of the Actuary of the Franklin Institute.

Applicants for admission, of either sex, must be at least fif-teen years of age, and must submit some proof of their profi-ciency in the rudiments of drawing. They will be furtherexamined at the class-rooms.A recommendation as to character from some responsibleperson will be required, and before being enrolled, studentsmust agree in writing to abide by the rules and regulations ofthe Schools.The drawing material and instruments required by the stu-

dents must be provided by them at their own expense.Admissions to the Junior classes will be limited to Thirty-

five, but on account of the number of students at present en-rolled, this limit will not be enforced in the Middle and SeniorClasses. If, at any time, the number of students in any classfalls below Thirty-five, this number may be made up by theadmission of properly qualified applicants.

Examinations for admission will be held at the Franklin In-stitute during the week preceding the beginning of the FirstTerm.


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Terms.Night School, per term of 16 weeks, . . $5.00Day School, " " " " . $10.00

Special Instruction.A Special Class in Free-hand Drawing and Decorative Art

will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 1 1 A. M. to 1 P.M. during the School Year. * The instruction will be adapted,as far as possible, to the individual needs of the members.Students in this class will be subject to the same rules (exceptas regards attendance), and entitled to the same privileges, asthe regular students. The tuition fee will be $20 per term.To those entering after the beginning of the term a pro ratadeduction will be made.

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U j < 4 ^f < 1* The Trustees reserve the right to change thebe hours to from 9 to 1 1 A. M,,

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RULES AND REGULATIONS.I. No student will receive any certificate or diploma unless the

full course is taken.II. The hours of attendance for students of the Day School

are from 9 to 1 1 o'clock A. m., and for students of the NightSchool from yy^ to g}4, o'clock p. m.

III. Students not present at the opening of a class will ..aolf'beadmitted till the""close of the first hour.""*'

IV. Students must not absent themselves from any class with-out the consent of the Instructor; and three absences, not excusedby hh#; will forfeit the place of the absentee.

V. All students who at the end of any term do not show suffi-cient application in the pursuit of their studies will be dropped fromthe School.

VI. No examples for instruction can be removed from the class-rooms by the students ; and any damage done to the property ofthe Schools will have to be made good by the student causing it.

VII. Every student will be required to give at least one draw-ing to the School at the end of every term.

VIII. A certain amount of work will be required to be done bythe students out of the hours of instruction, and must be regardedas part of the school workas much so as that done during school-hours.

IX. Every student will be provided with a receptacle, in whichboards and drawing materials are to be placed before leaving theclass-room. On receiving the key the student must depositfifty cents, as a guarantee that the key will be returned. TheTrustees will not be responsible for any articles lost by the studentsin the class-rooms.

X. For any breach of good behavior, or violation of the regula-tions of the Schools, the student will be immediately suspendedand reported to the Committee on Instruction for action.


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