Founder, and plant a free scholarship beside the Vassar Auxiliary Fund. There is nothing to discourage in this fact. Time is necessary to complete the demonstration and work conviction in the public mind, and time will surely vindicate all that is true and provide for all that is precious in the idea of liberal education for woman. OF THE Philadelphia School of Design for Momen CONTAINING A PROGRAMME OF THE COURSES OF STUDY, THE RULES AND REGULATIONS, CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS, AND A CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF MATERIALS FOR ART STUDY IN THE POSSESSION OF THE INSTITUTION, N. W. CORNER OF PENN SQUARE AND FILBERT STREET, PHILADELPHIA; ALSO THE NAMES AND RESIDENCES OF THE STUDENTS THAT ATTENDED DURING THE YEAR TERMINATING JUNE 26, 1875. Founded, 1847. Incorporated, 1853. PHILADELPHIA: SEPTEMBER, 1875. PRINCIPAL, MISS E. CROASDALE, Graduate of the Government Art Training School, S. Kensington, London. CHARLES PAGE, Teacher of Designing, Modelling, and Lithography. PETER MORAN, Teacher of Landscape Painting in Oil and Water Colors. Teacher of Drawing the Human Figure and, Painting from the Antique and from Life. JOHN DALZIEL, Teacher of Wood Engraving. REBECCA N. TRUMP, Teacher of Free-hand Drawing and Flower Painting from Nature. SOPHIA FREEDLEY, Object Drawing with Practical Perspective. (JOHN SARTAIN,, Examining Committee, F. ODEN HORSTMANN, Wм. B. BEMENT. Collins, Printer. TERMS. The fee is twenty dollars per session of five months, payable in advance. Applicants for admission should be at least thirteen years of age. Printed blank forms of application can be obtained from the Principal. MEANS OF SUPPORT. The attempt has never been made to render the school selfsustaining, because that would necessitate raising the tuition fee to an amount that would impair the usefulness of the Institution. Therefore aid is solicited, particularly in behalf of its free department. Any person giving to the school the sum of three thousand dollars to be held by the Directors, will have the privilege of sending a succession of free students during his or her lifetime, who when approved shall be admitted, subject, however, to the rules and regulations of the Institution. When one student's attendance ceases, another may be nominated. No free scholarship to continue longer than four years, and liable to forfeiture by irregular attendance, inefficiency, or want of application. In order to facilitate a Devise or Bequest for the benefit of the school, the following legal forms are inserted for guidance: OF PERSONAL PROPERTY. I do give and bequeath to the "Philadelphia School of Design for Women," at Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, the sum of etc. etc. OF REAL ESTATE. I do give and devise unto the "Philadelphia School of Design for Women," at Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, their successors and assigns forever, all that certain-(here describe the real estate)—with the appurtenances thereunto belonging, etc. etc. N. B. Perhaps it may not be deemed a superfluous reminder, to say that by an Act of Assembly, approved April 26th, 1855, it is made obligatory that such a Will should be signed "at least one calendar month before the decease of the testator or alienor." THE IMPORTANCE OF SCHOOLS OF DESIGN. In the lively competition of skilled labor which is now observable in the operations of Art manufactures among rival nations, it is obvious, that the community which presents objects of utility the most graceful in form and the most beautifully adorned, will be the most successful. Hence, the establishment of schools of design in those countries the most advanced in civilization, with the view of educating their artisans in a knowledge of the harmonies of form, color, and arrangement, and thereby improving the taste and style of the diverse products of their industry. And we maintain that the practice of the Arts of Design is one peculiarly adapted to the female mind and hand, and it is desirable that an avenue to this tasteful employment should be open to the sex whose range of occupations has been heretofore so needlessly and injuriously circumscribed. It is at the same time an attractive study and an elegant accomplishment for those whose present station in life would appear to render them secure from the need of ever deriving pecuniary advantage from it. But experience admonishes us as to the uncertainties of the future, and that the revolutions of the wheel of fortune are ceaseless. OBJECTS OF THE SCHOOL. The aim, then, is the systematic training of young WOMEN in a knowledge of the principles and practice of the art of design, to develop and exercise their talents therein, and to qualify them for the practical application of art to the common uses of daily life, and in the tasteful shaping and adornment of our manufactures. The several branches of industry to which the skill acquired in our school may be applied, are so numerous and varied, that an attempt to particularize would expand far beyond our limits. Some are obvious, but it would be difficult to indicate a direction in which it is not in some way available and useful. One important way in which a sound art education may be turned to profitable account, is that of imparting instruction. Here is open a broad field of appropriate and useful occupation to women. RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1. There are two terms in the year, of nearly five months each, the one commencing on the first Monday of September, and ending |