Rhode Island School of Design - Portfolio Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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Trustees oi the Rhode Island School of Design, 1903- 1904. ,.,-1.11-1- For One Year. CHARLES FLETCHER, THEODORE F. GREEN. 1fiowARIi M. RICE, 1-low.-uni I-Iorvlx, For Two Years. C. Os'rm', ROYAL C. TAFT, 15,,M- C, BATES, Mrs. GUSTAV RADEKE. For Three Yeats. SIEMIEN O. NIETCALF, JOHN R. FREEMAN, EDWARD I. NICKERSON, Miss LOUISA D. SHARPE Ex Officiiso His Excellency Governor LUCIUS F. C. GARVIN, His Honor Mayor AUGUSTUS F. MILLER, Commissioner of Public Schools THOMAS B. STOCKWELL, Superintendent of City Schools WALTER H. SMALL, President of Brown University WILLIAM H. P. FAUNCE, Professor WILLIAM CARY POLAND, Rev. CHARLES J. WHITE, FRANK HILL, - Librarian of Providence Public Library WILLIAM E. FOSTER. 6

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Rhode Island School of Design. HE Rhode Island School of Designwas incorporated April 5, 1877, and was formally opened the following year. The broad principles stated in its constitution well express the character of the work undertaken by the Corporation and Instructors. These purposes are: Fzbavt, The instruction of artisans in drawing, painting, modeling, and designing, that they may successfully apply the principles of art to the requirements of trade and manufactures. Second, The systematic training of students in the practice of art, that they may understand its principles, give instruction to others, or become artists. Third, The general advancement of art education by the exhi- bition of works of art and art studies, and by lectures on art. The gradual and healthy development of the School to its present -position in connection with the artistic and industrial development of the State, is evidence of the sound basis upon which it was founded. During its twenty-five years' existence, no essential change has been found necessary in the aims originally proposed by the founders of the School, although various courses of study have been extended or broadened, and new courses have been added to meet the require- ments of industrial advancement, or to strengthen the quality of students' work. The School awards its diploma for the satisfactory completion of its regular courses in freehand drawing, painting, modeling. architec- ture, decorative, textile, and mechanical design, and in addition affords opportunity for the special study of drawing and design by any person competent to enter its day or evening classes. The Museum of the School is practically the only public art museum in the city, and its galleries are opened daily throughout the year, free to all. 5 -x

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ALMA C. FIELD . . REBECCA R. GREENE ETHEL PIERCE . . Chi1dren'S Class DAISY RICHARDSON . JAMES WILMOT . . - i SYBIL A- FOWLER ' - - - - . Museum Attendant MARY E. GARTLAND . . Stenographer THOMAS A. SHELDON . . , , , , Janitor - Visiting Committees for 1903. Department of Freehand Drawing and Painting. GEORGE W. WHITAKER, H. ANTHONY DYER, Miss EMMA L. SWAN. Department of Decorative Design. WM. C. CODMAN, W.ALLACE E. HOWE, J. E. STRAKER. Department of Modeling. WM. C. CODMAN. Department of Architecture. EDMUND R. WILLSON, PRESCOTT O. CLARKE, NORMAN M. ISHAM. Mechanical Department. MILTON H. BRONSON, E. B. WHIPPLE, L. D. BURLINGAME. ChiIdren's Department. FRANK C. MATHEWSON, Miss HARRIET L. RICE, Miss EDITH MACOMB. Advisory Committee on Textile Department. JESSE H. MEIXCALF, HENRY F. LIPPITT, THOMAS B, ONVEN, WALTER BURGES SMITH. 9