The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, April 1884, No. 7Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle
Religion
The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, April 1884, No. 7
Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle
Chautauqua Institution -- Periodicals; Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle -- Periodicals
The term begins in the free Night Schools for Science and Art on the 1st
of October, and closes term work in April. Applications for admission
must be made during the month of September on Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday evenings, and on Thursday evenings afterward.
Each applicant must be at least fifteen years old, and bring a letter
of recommendation from his employer. Ladies are admitted to any of the
classes in the School of Science for which they are fitted, but not to
the School of Art. The regular course of study requires five terms, and
to those who successfully complete it the Cooper medal and diploma are
awarded.
The annual term in the Woman’s Art School begins October 1st and ends May
30th. Ladies desiring admission must apply in person or writing, and give
a written responsible reference as to character, fitness, and inability
to pay for instruction. The ages are from sixteen to thirty-five years.
Pupils who do not exhibit proficiency after two months’ trial will be
dropped. The morning classes are reserved for those who do not pay.
But to meet the wants of those who wish to study as an accomplishment,
“paying classes” are organized for the afternoon. Lessons are given
in elementary drawing from objects, cast drawing, life drawing, oil
painting, engraving. Lessons of two hours in length are given three times
a week. Terms, $15 for thirty lessons.
The rules of admission to the Free School in Telegraphy for Women are
that the candidates shall present themselves for examination on the first
Tuesday in October. They will be examined in reading poor manuscript,
writing from dictation, penmanship and spelling. They must be at least
sixteen years old, and _positively_ not over _twenty-four_.
In the report for 1882, published in May, 1883, Mrs. Carter the Principal
of the Woman’s Art School, says: “One hundred and twenty-six present
pupils are learning. Of these fifty-four are in the photograph classes,
and eighteen in the engraving class. Twenty-six now in the school are
teaching drawing, and three of these are in nineteen public schools in
this city. One young woman who left the art school in the winter teaches
twenty-five hours a week in eight public schools here at two dollars an
hour.”
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