Jefferson High School - Nautilus Yearbook (Lafayette, IN)

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W9 one Qaoclros WI There is one reproduction of Sir Galahad by the English artist, Watts, and two sections from the Frieze of the Prophets by John Singer Sargent. The engraving of Washington is by Joseph S. King, an early Amer- ican artist. In the art room is a large reproduction of The Student by Rem- brandt, the famous Dutch painter. Besides these are several other reproductions and prints such as The Meeting of Burns and Scott in the Science House at Edinburgh , Lady XVashington,s Reception , and Lincoln's Cabinet. It is valuable for a school to own pictures, but it is even more valuable for them to own original paintings, for real art never depreciates in value, a good painting or a piece of fine hand-wrought silver becomes more valuable with age. Thus art productions are not only a source of emotional satisfaction to those who make them, and a source of inspir- ation to those who possess them, but they are a splendid investment. HISTORIC DOCUMENTS Did you ever notice that small case, near room 201, resembling a switchboard? It is not a switchboard at all, but a couple of framed documents instead. One is a land grant from Crawfordsville fthen the largest city in this territoryj to Jacob Knapper for the city of Lafayette. It is signed by our former President, Andrew Jackson. The other is a land grant from Cincinnati, Ohio, the city which had charge of granting lands northwest of the Ohio River. It, too, was signed by a former President, James Madison, granting the section of the northeast quarter, section fourteen, of Township Hfteen, in Range twelve, lying in the second principal meridian. J XJ X2 N., H ts f l Q E PAGE 100