Muncie Normal Institute - Arbor Vitae Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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Editorial ' llli Art Department ol' the Muncie Normal Institute though perhaps not known as the largest department in our school, ranks very high in importance and is rapidly coming to he one ot' the large depart- ments as is shown hy the tact that an additional Art Instructor is necessary during the summer term ol' the present year. The work is carried on under the ellicicnt direction ot' Nliss Iiva Sinclair, who is a graduate ol' Pratt lnstitutc, Brooklyn, N. Y., and her allle assistant. Miss Magdalene Butcher, a graduate ol' the Chicago School ol' Applied and Normal Art. The Art Department is assuredly the husicsl and most congenial depart- ment tlial we have in school. 'l'hc standard ol' work is the very highest and we lll'L' sure that all the students make a noticeahle etl'orl to maintain this high standard ol' work. Une has only to look at the arl work ol'ten on exhi- hition in the art room, on the walls and in the cases, to know that this is true. 'l'he lines ot' cratt work are leather, tooling, hasketry, pottery, stenciling, weaving, and hookhinding, and include drawing, painting and clay modeling. Nor was this high degree ot' excellence ohtaincd al one stride. It repre- sents the 1'esults ol' a slow hut steady growth toward the high ideals patiently held hefore the students. 'l'he aim is to present the study ot' al't in high governing principles which can he developed in such a way to equip the student at the end ot' his Art Course not only with a knowledge ol' the under- lying principles ol' ai'l and heauty lound in all material things in the world ahout him hut to give him a hetter appreciation ol' the good work ol' past ages and a fuller understanding ot' art in its relation to his own lite. Art is a universal language. lt is more torcihlc than any ot' the higher arts cultivated hy nations with the exception ol' music. The two, arl and musie, walk hand in hand, heing the deepest expressions ot' the nohler and higher ideals that touch and move human hearts. Those who renieinher the work in Art which was lirst done in the BI. N. l. tell you that the Art Department was very small at the beginning, having a very few students and only a small room in which to work, however, under the guidance and perservance ol' our splendid teacher, the Art Department grew, hoth in numhers and interest, hecamc too large for its room and moved twice into a still larger room and now occupies a la1'ge, well-lighted room on the second lloor at the east end ot' the building. The numher ot' students has increased at a rapid rate. During the past school year there has heen a total enrollment ot' four hnnd1'ed and titty-two in the Art Classes. NVQ' hope that in the future our department will still contimle its good work and show as much advancement as previously. Lucille Brunner, Associate Iidilor. 113

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