Peace College - Lotus Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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[rs. Ruth Huntino;,ton Moore A J ' KS. Kiith ]Iuiitiiii;fciii MiKii ' c «iis ljin-ii in a luvcly old brown-stniii. honso in Xi-w York ( ' itv. As ii i-liild slir i civcd an unusually good cduratidii i ' i-(ini the best of scbonls and fnmi Iht li ' ;ir 1 nHillnr an exijuisitr lady of the old rcijiinr. As a young wouuin, Mrs. Moorc ' , who was then Miss Jiuth Lewis, studiecl at the Xational Academy of Design and at the Art Li ague in Xew York City. She next studied at Pennsylvania Araihiny of line Arts in Philadelphia. During this period she was considered hy all who knew her to he a pmniising young artist. She married Mr. John Moon-, and for a time diseontinue(l her studies in art. At the death of her hushand. .Mrs. .Mooiv went abroad to take uii art again. She studied with Max liohni, Henry Saloni HublHll, and Harlow Myron wiiile in the north of France, and from Frcdoiick Ma. ' Monni. s and Rapha(d Collin while in Paris. While abroad : Irs. Moore took ailvantage of her splendid opportunities, and, through her love feu- her work and her intense study, achieved tmusual recogni- tion and success. Mrs. il ■(• exhibited in the Grand Salon des Artistes Francaises a wonderful picture whicdi now hangs in our president ' s office. On her return to America, Mrs. Moore came to the South to teach art at Peace. While here Mrs. Moore has painted many notable portraits. Among these are the portraits of Mrs. .Vilclaide Worth Bagley, the Hon. Josephus Daniels, Governor Jonathan Worth, ( ' liief Justice Shepherd, and the Earl of Craven, her latest. Mrs. Moore has been at Peiico for eighteen years, and each year our appreciation of her splendid work and (nir atVrction for her have increased. ITer inheritance from her distingiiishcd ancestor, Jonathan Edwards, the elegance of old New Y ' ork, and the richness of hi ' r travels ami experiences have combined to make Mrs. Moore the outstanding and inti ' resting ]ierson that she is.

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Mils. RlTll HU-XTlXliTd.N MoiiliE

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9 Though wr an- imiud cf .Mrs. ir.«.iv, wi. .|u not love her for her fame and glory, hut for licr gi ' iierous charactrr and love for all nature. It i.s no uncommon sight to .see hrr ivalkinn ' huri-i.dly to the studio garden. If the dew has fallen heavily, she i Iods tdiout tli ' garden in In avy overshoes. Her lavender snioek Hapinng in the 1,1 zi ' , sh, ' l.poks through two |iairs of glasses at her deep Idue morning glories, and her ro.s,.s and lilies. Her |iet rooster and liens serat.di an,l ehnd; as she f.e.ls th.iii. from a hlue J, an, f I earefidly i.re],ared l.y foml hands. All the wiiile she is working in her Houvr l.e.ls, she talks tn her .■lii. ' ks in soft, eoa.xing tones, and lliey follow li.i- from on,- hed to the nrxf. One has hut to know Mr.s. Moore to know that she loves ami understands liunnin nature as nnndi as .she does the heaiiteons nature out of dooi-s. For this understanding, far seeing, and lovely part of Mrs. iloore, we appreciate her. ElIS.IIIKTH WooTO.V. ' ■27.