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PIONEERING AND PROGRESSING ‘Tue First DOZEN STUDENTS IN THE DRAWING Class were not consciously ‘“‘art students” in deliberate preparation for artistic callings, but, rather, were setting in motion the Founder’s conviction that to co-ordinate the hand and eye was fundamental in all expressions of manual skill. The Art Department was the natural and immediate outgrowth of Drawing, and numer- ous and varied Departments made their quick appearance as the conception of the Institute and its range took shape. The initial groups
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beginning with Art included Women’s Depart- ment, Mechanic Art, Kindergarten, Commerce, High School, Music, Museums, Library. The Art Department now deliberately as- sumed character as devoted to the artistic im- pulses and manifestations of the day. It was the period of the Arts and Crafts movement, and the minor arts came into their own. Drawing became more serious, as freehand, architectural, mechanical, but pleasant diversions were of- fered in clay-modeling, wood-carving, art needlework, jewelry, metal-chasing, enameling, medal-work. The unmet want of teacher train- ing in the arts urged the creation of the Nor- mal Art Course of two to four years duration. Architectural Drawing led to Architectural Design, and later into professional Architecture. Thus grew up by natural transition the Depart- ment of Fine and Applied Arts. The Art Gallery, in the new Library Building opened in 1896, was a province of the Depart- ment, and many, varied and notable were the exhibits shown there in the earlier years. It was said of the Gallery that “‘it took its place among
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