Annual report, 1913 (1913) (14777035674)

Cement pentagonal pedestal with mosaic inlay by Leon William Corson, a student of the school (Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
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Title: Annual report, 1913
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art
Subjects: Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art--Annual reports Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art--Annual reports Philadelphia Museum School of Art--Annual reports Philadelphia Museum College of Art--Annual reports Philadelphia College of Art--Annual reports Philadelphia Colleges of the Arts--Annual reports University of the Arts--Annual reports
Publisher: Philadelphia, PA: Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art
Contributing Library: University of the Arts (Philadelphia), University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation



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of them will be found in the list of donationsappended to this report. Books, objects of industrial art, furniture and costumes ofartistic or historical interest, as well as machinery and materialsfor use in the Textile School, are continually being received to anextent that not only adds greatly to our facilities for impartinginstruction, but also increases the already very serious problemof finding room for their proper installation. TEACHING STAFF By the death of Mr. Ludwig E. Faber, which occurred sud-denly on May 17th, the school lost an instructor who had servedit faithfully and well for fifteen years. He was an accomplished artist, whose example was a con-tinual inspiration to his pupils, while the sterling integrity ofhis character and the charm of his genial and gracious personalityexerted a beneficent influence on the lives of all who came incontact with him. The place made vacant by his death has notbeen filled. With this exception the list of instructors remainsunchanged.
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CEMENT PENTAGONAL PEDESTAL with mosaic inlay By Leon William Corson, a Student of the School 29 STUDENTS CLUBS In addition to the fraternities, which play a prominent partin the social life of most schools and colleges nowadays, and ofwhich the School of Industrial Art has its fair share, the twoclubs, one for girls and one for boys, which have rooms in theschool building and do excellent work in connection with theathletic and recreational activities of the student body, have con-tinued to deserve the commendation that has previously been giventhem in these reports. All students are welcomed to member-ship without distinction of class or condition, and a cordialcooperation between the two clubs does much to encourage theschool spirit and to harmonize divergent interests. THE ALUMNI The activities of the two Alumni Associations have also con-tinued unabated. They have rendered an increasingly helpfulservice in promoting pleasant social relations not only betweenthe graduates themselve