University of Oregon monthly., March 01, 1908, Image 10

U N IV E R SIT Y GE OREGON MONTHLY
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smoked cigarette and a fondness for spahgetti and beer. It is not
usually fatal and can often be cured* by a good piece of advice.
There is ^a jfixed course of study for the morning work, but
in the afternoon the student- may work' at any branch of art he
chooses.--'- j
The beginner wOrksfrom the head and fragments of statuary.
At the end of t the month a“\(concouf)yor examination is held and '
the ÿtuidenfs'work is judged4^ a jury,-selected from the instruc­
tors at the institute and outside artists,; and if the work comes up
to th^Jstandurd the student is passed inip:the ^Intermediate 8389
where he may begin completing his drawings instead of just block­
ing them in as in the elementary, From .here h e ‘goes into the
Antique class'and begins to work from the .-full figure and is pro­
moted from that into the Gallery and works, from single figures
oh groups of statuary in the main gallery.; When this work isxom- '
pleted he goes into the Fife class and works from the nude figure.
Three months is the longest time required in any one'department,
so that the student .will reach a life elass in twelve months at the
most and many of them'„much sooner.
The afternoon classes are »devoted- to painting, modeling, il-,
lustration,Composition, sketched sand anatomy, -the student, going
in to,’I any branch he may choose. 8 ', "
Alâ classes are conducted in the basement, while the first and
second floors contain the galleries for painting, sculpturing, arts and
crafts, ¿library and assembly halFF The Institute contains -the finest
collection -af-.'Sculpture in America, both in the original and casts.
Here one can follow the advancement in sculpture from early.
Egyptian and Assyrian days „down to the latest production of
St. Gaudens. and Taft.
The galleries on the second' floor contain a great number <g>f
paintings both ancient and modern. The collection of old Dutch
paintings cannot be surpassed. Besides the permanent paintings
there are exhibitions continually ,in progress, where in the course
of a year the students may see the .art treasures of the World.
The library is always open to the use of the students and ip
i'g may be found numerous volumes on any subject,pertaining to
art besides great collections of reproduction'sipf paintings, sculptur­
ing, and architecturing.
Once a week some well known artist lectures to the students
on his branch of work. These lectures are much better attended
than the assemblies in our own institution, probably because the