Newark School of Fine and Industrial Art - Fawcett Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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MODELLING Day student modelling from life Evening school architectural modelling problem AD o: Animals modelled in Saturday classes of children Figures modelled from life by day students

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Overglaze Decoration of Tableware—Day and Evening Classes

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A BUST OF BEETHOVEN SAT there on my high stool, and gazed—with wide-opened eyes at the bust of Beethoven. It was turned a little away from the window, but the rays of the dying afternoon sunlight fell clearly on the profile. There it was—the beauty of that noble high forehead—the strength of the closely knit eyebrows—the wan and weary lines of the sunken furrowed cheeks—the delicacy of the drooping lips, the firm set of the chin, and the everlasting unconscious youth which permeated the whole— till, although there was supreme agony in every part of the face, a strange beauty shone through—a beauty showing supremacy over physical pain—and mental anguish, over many disappointments and disillusions. I was almost moved to tears for Beethoven, the master of music, who was so misunderstood by the court, by his friends, by the ladies, but who was so full of human kindness that he could easily be won over to sympathize with his fellow-man's thoughts through his sensitiveness as an artist and his generosity as a man. And as I gazed, the sun began to disappear and the shadows gathered more thickly about the head of Beethoven, and seemed to say—“I suffer—but such is my fate!” Through art a great spirit has been made real. May the splendid work of Seumas O'Brien inspire us to greater artistic accomplishment. WE THANK MR. KRESGE It is the eve of our graduation, after which we shall face the world at large and endeavor to show our worth; when the world shall say to each one of us, “Just what can you do? Mr. Kresge has given us just that kind of opportunity during the year, in offering prizes for posters and modelling for real advertising purposes. These live problems have inspired our students mightily. МА few months ago, Mr. Kresge presented to the city one of the finest and largest architectural master pieces in Newark, in the form of Kresge Department Store. We feel complimented at his interest in our work. We hope to find in future years other philanthropists who will appreciate our ability as well as he. We take this opportunity of thanking Mr. Kresge for his generous patronage. Gladys Black. The great architect, Mr. Ralph Cram, said, “Architectural schools should also teach all the Arts and Crafts, and the Allied Arts, thus placing them at the service of constructural design. He claims the resulting course would be a well-rounded and essentially professional one. This and other telling points were stressed in his very brilliant lecture given under the auspices of the Newark Art Club in the Newark Museum. Fawcett students were given the privilege of attending this lecture. А large group, many of them from the Architectural Department, attended, thus proving their intense interest in all things “Art-full”.