Mind and hand (May 1896) . ded, rather than criticised, fortheir judgment in location. Foster V. Smith. IT. S. students hardly appreciate the, beauty of some of the corners of thebuilding. In all probability the reason isthat they are so used to the pleasant roomsand corridors that but half a sense of thebeauty of any particular spot strikes drawing room has been very kind andgenerous in its loans of busts and stat-uettes, and the teachers and pupils haveeagerly united as to the renting of pianosand the buying of plants and pictures. A white plaster cast of a famous statue,a piano wit
Mind and hand (May 1896) . ded, rather than criticised, fortheir judgment in location. Foster V. Smith. IT. S. students hardly appreciate the, beauty of some of the corners of thebuilding. In all probability the reason isthat they are so used to the pleasant roomsand corridors that but half a sense of thebeauty of any particular spot strikes drawing room has been very kind andgenerous in its loans of busts and stat-uettes, and the teachers and pupils haveeagerly united as to the renting of pianosand the buying of plants and pictures. A white plaster cast of a famous statue,a piano with a vase or two of bright flow-ers upon it, a few well chosen copies offamous masterpieces, and some palms orother pot plants, all artistically arranged,form a pleasant prospect for the eye tolook upon. Such corners are to be foundin most of the rooms. The casts are scat-tered prodigally through the building,Room C having one of Angelos Hercules,Room G the Venus de Milo and a bust ofan Aral) woman ; the waiting room a bust. .MIND AND HAND. of the Belvedere Apollo, and other roomsas well supplied. One corner of the build-ing is the delight of all the pupils who re-cite there. It is the German room. Sincethe windows are south and west, it is avery bright room. Begonias, umbrellaplants, primroses, geraniums—all sorts ofbright flowers fill the windows. A copy of Beatrice Cenci stands on a light easel,near which is a small table, on which restsa magnificent palm in a pretty T. S. students have a right to be proudof the beauty of the school, for though theSchool Board deserves the credit of having; first provided us with a pleasant buildingand many art treasures, the plants, flowers,pictures and pianos have generally beenobtained by a hearty co-operation ofteacher and pupil. Valencia Euan. THE editors would call special attentionto the article by Dr. George EmoryFellows, of Chicago Uuiversity, which ap-pears in another column. Dr. Fellows wasfor several years a profes
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