Florida Agricultural College - Pinakidia Yearbook (Lake City, FL)

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X if Here, then is No. 1. a study from the old masters, entitled -'fbiiieff The Pearl of Great Price It was imported some years affo at a 1 D 72513 - 5 . s ,-- rr q M lfiiw-1 large expenditure of time, labor and money. XVhen this was first Pj- fy? 1' unpacked ,by the '.'exainin- V '.1f- X W ag fl-gl mg committee, disappoint- ... f -'fm - Li- i I ' '.E!?il:. ' ,fjijjj 111ent marked tl1E1T counte- .-.-f:. , 11,71 ,.4-i If L-Y, 7, ggi If 1 H nances, for these experts ' up ffl agreed that the salt air .:- qw -. Y---1 I . X -'fi' X must have drscolored and in 5. is if lr . W h f ' - D -J WMI ,-'Tl-1 ot er ways detracted from lts ' 'Lic' ' 7. beauty, that the Price of the ff: 1 , l ' 41.77 . . -33 ,N ' , etching far exceeded its real k ., K X -5 value, since to them, the Pearl ,,,.,g.Zf,: ' Ll -til was notvisible : but wonderful ,,-,ffz-'i- I ' ....- 'A . ---A .. ,,,,,,-- to relate, by mere accident, the 'Y - - -my ... ,, , -bl: ' A A- l true worth of the picture was D-f AJ noticed by the son of the Ice 1Il2.ll,U3.H1EI'S boy l Olliebeing such a child, of course did not recognize the Genuine merit of his 6 End, and as his father was ignorant of the case, he did not take charge of it, so the College is its fortunate possessor. So beautifully and uniquely have the colors been restored that this picture is without doubt the favorite. 26

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he alace of Art. F At. 1, HE Full of '97 was an epoch in the history of the Institution, for the present Junior Class N entered at that time. 0' if Though the College had been famed for its well equipped laboratories, complete '1 , museum, extensive library, the art gallery had in some way been neglected. VVell, for the I . College that '97 contributed so much in artistic equipment! We feel that friends of the 'X J Institution have been ignorant the past three years of the development of the F.A.C. in A5 aesthetics. VVe have known and studied each of the pictures in detail, we are blessed with 'f Vl- r'.J rare collection-indeed, a Palace of Art,- Full of great rooms and small the palace stood, All various, each a perfect whole, From living nature, fit for every mood X And change of my still soul. The present pictures are kept for their real merit, for, from time to time the collection has been examined and only master-pieces have been retainedgtruly this is the survival of the flttestf' Of the original number, twenty have been omitted, and in place of them ten new pictures have been added. The sixteen that remain have almost all been retouched and altered, so that very few stand to-clay in the same shape which they had at the beginning. Even some of our most valuable treasures. worthy of Millet or Dore, have been somewhat scarred and scratched by more or less rough treatment at the hands of the Faculty, though they are still worthy specimens of a valuable collection. 25

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N T 7 tg. , i Y j...-Y , j js V i ' f f I A 'JQLL5'- 'f '- V f f ' 'V i . 'Cl . fy ,iz X ll J l -i ly if If yipfff - ff H , T ,lf-45' A ai ..,. :-, ' ,- ,. 4 , 1 Tlgri 21 Z-Q , the Spring, and required a skillful hand to mould its growth and bring it to its present high state of development, but so faithful has been the work of tl1e artists in retouching this specimen that we can say now he has not a match in College-he always BORROXVS them fro.n his next door neighbor. Another much coveted piece of art, in the possession of 19o1, is No. 2, entitled, The Evolution of Man. This treasure was fished up from the crystal depths of Foridals boast, the renowned Silver Springs. The picture is believed to have been one of Ponce De Leon's valuables, and to have been lost during his famous, but fruitless search. As fortune would have it, though, one of our naturalists, prying into the wonders of nature, discovered this pre cious relic, and, with pride, entrusted it to his Alma Mater. Of course, like the diamonds of South Africa, this piece of sculpture was somewhat rusted and degenerated by its long sojourn 'neath the waters of 27