Cooper Union College - Cable Yearbook (New York, NY)

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THE DAY AND NIGHT ART SCHOOLS INSTRUCTORS Deco rafive Desiq n ArchiIecIuraI Design a nd Consfru cfion Archiiecfu ral Pradice Archifecfu ral Technics ArchiIecI'uraI I-Iisfory Drawing and Painfing Plasfic Design ScuIp+ure Graphic Design IIIus+raIIon Hand-Lefferinq Cosfurne Desiq n Fashion IIIus+ra'rion Cuffing and Draping Adverfisinq Design The Office CAROL HARRISON ADDISON LAMAR HENRIETTA SCHUTZ ANNA W. FRANKE ESMOND SHAW WILLIAM T. PRIESTLEY, Jr. CLARENCE W. DUNHAM C. DALE BADGELEY MICHAEL L. RADOSLOVICH BRUCE RABENOLD RICHARD G. BELCHER SAMUEL ENTWISTLE CORNELIUS M. FLYNN PAUL ZUCKER ERNEST FIENE STUART ELDREDGE BYRON THOMAS ALAN TOMPKINS SIDNEY DELAVANTE TULLY FILMUS PAUL FEELEY LILA ULRICH DIKRAN DINGILIAN CHARLES RUDY HOWARD WILLARD GEORG SALTER ESMOND SHAW JOHN PAUL TURNER CHARLES BRACKETT EDMUND MAREIN RUTH H UTTON ELIZABETH BONNER WALTER WESTERVELT RAYMOND DOWDEN ISABEL MCNEELEY VIRGINIA RIBLET RUZA MAGLOFF

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MR. ESMOND SHAW Nighl supervisor During The lasT years The arT world has made sTrides Tor The expression of Treedom and liberalism. IT is noT only righT ThaT This has carried inTo The meThod oT Teaching of The arT TaculTy, buT was a necessiTy Tor The ever- demanding sTudenT. To Those who Take This field as Their profession, only The besT musT exisT and only The besT will survive. ThereTore The insTrucTors are direcTly responsible Tor The welfare oT These sTudenTs and Tor Their success in The Tielcl. Our insTrucTors are capable and Their sTudenTs have proven Themselves The same in This presenT-day world. THE ADVISORY COUNCIL Mrs. Ludlow S. Bull Mr. Thomas Craven Mr. J. Andre Fouilhoux Mrs. Sherman P. l-laighT Mrs. John Kean Mrs. WalTer S. Maclc Mrs. D. Percy Morgan, Jr. Mrs. l'larTord W. Powel Mrs. JohnsTon L. Redmond Mrs. Schuyler SchieTlelin Mrs. Cornelius Sullivan Miss EdiTh WeTmore Mr. John F. WharTon Mrs. Lucius Wilmerding, Jr.

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EHYST LLIZATIU N November of l859 abouf 2000 pupils were enrolled in Cooper Union. Then, as now, fhe demand far exceeded fhe possible number of vacancies. The school was divided info fhe fol- lowing deparfmenfs: School of Design for Wo- men, or in fhe language of fhe founder, a school for fhe insfrucfion of respecfable females in fhe a rfs of design , lvlafhemafics, Chemisfry, Mechanical Philosophy, Archifecfural Drawing, and Vocal Music and Vocal Physiology. All in- sfrucfion, wifh fhe excepfion of fhe School of Design for Women, began af 7:30 p.m. and ended af 9 p.m. The courses were nof foo rigorous: no fesfs were given and cerfificafes denofing proficiency were awarded mainly on fhe basis of affend- ance. Af fhe close of fhe firsf year over l000 pupils remained, and Il67 enrolled af fhe beginning of fhe second year. If was nof unfil I866 fhaf insfrucfion was sysfemafized and examinafions were required. The easy-going fhree year fechnological course developed info a five year course which de- manded more of fhe sfudenfs. Early in I860, fhere appeared in fhe Greaf Hall of Cooper Union a man whose name was fasf making ifself known fo fhe people of fhe counfry, Abraham Lincoln. Presenf af fhaf Cooper Union meefing were William Cullen Bryanf, l-lorace Greeley, Pefer Cooper, and Abram S. l-lewiff. ln fhaf crowded hall Abraham Lincoln spoke fo fhe mosf disfinguished body of men as yef assembled in New York. And fhroughouf fhe Civil War, during which fhe firm of Cooper and l-lewiff acfively supplied fhe governmenf wifh maferials, fhe Greaf Hall was used for meefings and discussion purposes. The reporf of fhe U.S. Com- missioner of Educafion in l87l fo fhe Forfy-second Unifed Sfafes Congress sfafed fhaf The Greaf Hall was a gafhering place in fhe lasf greaf crisis in our hisforyf' The reporf also said of fhe school fhaf fhe insfifufion was highly popular-fhe demands always in excess of fhe resources. If was a good school of science from ifs very incepfion, according fo fhe Commissioner. The meefings af Cooper Union were nof wifhouf fheir lighfer side. ln April, l863, D. Colfon gave an exhibifion of 'ilaughing gas, which was pre- ceded by a brillianf concerf in fhe Greaf l-lall. The free Safurday evening lecfures which shorfly became a feafure of 2 I