:

THE PENNSYLVANIA MUSEUM

AND

SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ART,

PHILADELPHIA.

CIRCULAR

COMMITTEE ON INSTRUCTION

1879-SO.

PHILADELPHIA
Review Printing House, N. W.
cor.

Fourth and Walnut

Streets.

1879.

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OFFICERS FOR

1879.

PRESIDENT

COLEMAN SELLERS.
VICE-PRESIDENTS
:

STEEL, WILLIAM PLATT PEPPER.

T.

EDWARD

MANAGING DIRECTOR

WILLIAM W. JUSTICE.
TREASURER

CLARENCE

H.

CLARK.

SECRETARY

DALTON DORR.

COMMITTEE ON INSTRUCTION:
F. O.

HORSTMANN,

Chairman,

WILLIAM

H.

MERRICK,

FREDERIC
F. R.

G3JAFF,

WILLIAM PLATT PEPPER,

SHELTON.

INSTRUCTORS:
CHAS.

MARQUEDANT BURNS,
PHILIP PISTOR, M.
E.,

Jr.,

Theory and Practice of Free-hand Drawing and Design.

Geometry, Plane and Descriptive.

Perspective.

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THE PENNSYLVANIA MUSEUM

AND

SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL

ART.

CIRCULAR OF THE COMMITTEE ON INSTRUCTION,

1S79--SO.

established b the Trustees of the Pennsylvania 7y School of Industrial Art, as a preliminary step towards providing this City and 'State with a thorough system of industrial art training, have, in the two years of their

The Schools

Museum and

existence, fully demonstrated their usefulness.

The attendance

Night School has been prompt and regular, and characterized by an application on the part of the students indicative of their earnestness of purpose and desire to learn. Among the scholars have been teachers in the public schools/, craftsmen and artisans, and young men and women 'studying with the view to ah immediate application of the knowledge acquired as a means of livelihood. On this account, and in th/e absence of any provision by the State for the development/' of the system proposed, the aim of the Trustees has been to give the students such instruction in
both
at the at the

Day School and

drawing

in its /industrial application, as

diately useful in the industries

can be made immeand occupations of life.

For the

present, the purpose of the Schools will be to conit,

tinue this course, extending

as opportunity offers, over such

/
technical branches as the progress of the students
quire.
It will

may

re-

give the student such thorough and systematic

instruction in geometrical

the hand and eye, and exercise the

those scientific

and free-hand drawing as will train mind in the acquirement of principles on which the art of design is based.

Location.
Although there would be many obvious advantages in conducting the Schools at Memorial Hall,* where the Museum
collections of art-objects are arranged, yet,

on account of the
it is

distance of the Hall from the centre of the city,

not deemed

advisable to undertake this until the Institution has attained a

larger growth.

Meanwhile, arrangements

for the

School Year
will

of 1879-80, have been

15

made with

the Franklin Institute, Xo.

South Seventh

street,

by which the students

in the

have the

use of the drawing-rooms and lecture-room of that Institution during the hours

named

accompanying schedule.

The Course of
The
es,

Instruction.

students in each School will be divided into three class-

Junior, Middle

and Senior.

The course
Nisht School

of instruction in the
will

Day School and

:

in

the

be same throughout, as follows

JUNIOR CLASSES.
First Term.

Plane Geometry
Geometrical

Geometrical Designs.
;

DrawOutline

ing

in

Outline

Solids

Drawing

in

Geometrical Frames.

Geometry; Orthographic Projection. Drawing in Outline Geometrical Shapes combined with Simple Plant Forms and Drapery.
Second Term.
* The
Park.
It

Plane

Musuem

of

the Institution

is

located at Memoiial Hall,

in

Fairmount
art

contains collections aggregating Several thousand examples of

in the various

workmanship

branches of industry, valued

at

upwards of 5300.000.

The Art

Library,

now

forming, already numbers some 400 volumes.

MIDDLE CLASSES.
First

Term.

Descriptive

Geometry, including the Projec-

tion of

Shadows; Exercises in the Detail of Building ConDrawing in Outline combined with Outlining of struction. Shades and Shadows, and Tinting in Monotone.
Second Term.

Descriptive

Geometry continued, including

Outline

Isometric Projection and Free Linear Perspective.

Drapery and other objects in Groups; Study of Shade, Shadow aud Reflected Light in Wash and Line Rendering.

Drawing of

Plants,

SENIOR CLASSES.
First

Term.

Exercises

in

Linear Perspective; Exercises

of Color Study.

in

Building Construction.
ing in Clay or

Memory and Time Drawing; Model-

Wax; Elements

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

tures,

by weekly evening lecwhich lectures are recommended to students in the Junior classes, although the attendance of the Middle and Senior
Class instruction will be reinforced
is

classes only

required.

The course
arate

of instruction herein arranged will be given sepInstitute classes, but the

and apart from the Franklin

classes of both Institutions will have the privilege of attending

the lectures delivered under the auspices of either.

Objects for study will be brought from the

Museum

to the

Class-rooms as required.

Students will be admitted to

that purpose.

Mem-

orial Hall without charge, and those wishing to work there

will

be furnished

facilities for

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.
^

Class instruction will be given as follows:

Day School,
9 to ii

Night School,
7H
to

A. M.

9^

P-

M.

Monday,

Junior Class,

Junior Class,

Middle
Tuesday.

"

Geometrical Drawing. " Free-hand

Middle

Class,

"
Senioi Class,

Wednesday, Senior
Junior

"

Geometrical

" " "

Ci

"
" "

Junior

" " "

Free-hand
Geometrical

Thursday,

Middle
Senior

Middle
Senior

Freediand

On
from

class-day mornings the school-rooms will be kept open

1 1

A. M. to

3 P.

M.

for the use of the students.

Admission.
Blank forms of application for admission can be had at Memorial Hall and of the Actuary of the Franklin Institute. Applicants for admission, of either sex, must be at least fifteen years of age, and must submit some proof of their proficiency in the rudiments of drawing. They will be further

examined at the class-rooms. A recommendation as to character from some responsible person will be required, and before being enrolled, students must agree in writing to abide by the rules and regulations of
the Schools.

The drawing
Admissions
five,

material and instruments required

by the

stu-

dents must be provided by them at their

own

expense.

to the Junior classes will be limited to Thirtyat present en-

but on account of the number of students

not be enforced
in

rolled, this limit will

the Middle and Senior

in

Classes.
falls

If,

at

any time, the number of students

any

class

below

Thirty-five, this

number may be made up by the

will

admission of properly qualified applicants.

Examinations
stitute

for

admission

be held

at the

Franklin In-

during the week preceding the beginning of the First

Term.

Terms.
Night School, per term of 16 weeks,
.

$5.00

Day

School,

"

"

"

"

$10.00

Special Instruction.
Special Class in Free-hand Drawing and Decorative Art 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 (except as regards attendance), and entitled to the same privileges, as
will

the regular students.

The

To

those entering after

be $20 per term. the beginning of the term a pro rata

tuition fee will

deduction will be made.

/-

<

4 ^f

<
1

The

Trustees reserve the right to change thebe hours to from 9 to

1 1

A. M,,

in case of necessity.

RULES AND REGULATIONS.

I.

No

student will receive any certificate or diploma unless the

is

full

course

taken.

II.

The hours
1 1

of attendance for students of the

o'clock
A.

Day School

are from 9 to

m.,

and

for

students of the Night

School from yy^ to

III.

g}4, o'clock p. m.
..aolf'be

Students not present at the opening of a class will

"*'

admitted
IV.

till

the""close of the first hour."

Students must not absent themselves from any class withwill forfeit the place of the absentee.

out the consent of the Instructor; and three absences, not excused

by hh#;
V.

All students

cient application in

end of any term do not show suffithe pursuit of their studies will be dropped from
at the

who

the School.

No examples for instruction can be removed from the classVI. rooms by the students and any damage done to the property of the 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.

certain

amount of work

will

be required to be done by

the students out of the hours of instruction, and must be regarded

as part of the school

work

as

much

so as that done during school-

hours.

IX.

Every student

will

be provided with a receptacle,

the

in

which

boards and drawing materials are to be placed before leaving the

class-room.
fifty

On

receiving

key the student must deposit

returned.

cents, as a

guarantee that the key will be

The

Trustees will not be responsible for any articles lost by the students in the class-rooms.

X.

For any breach of good behavior, or

violation of the regula-

tions of the Schools, the student will be immediately

suspended

and reported to the Committee on Instruction

for action.

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