110th Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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110th Annual Report for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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1916-AR.pdf
Date
1916
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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exhibition
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts' Dorothy and Kenneth Woodcock Archives
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts' Dorothy and Kenneth Woodcock Archives
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Philadelphia. Pa.", February 7,
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, :l.rhe Directors sf' the Aeademy hel"'ewl th subIni t a "
•
report , for the p~st year.
The one
huud:red
and e.l 'e"'enth
.t__
~
.............
an!1ual~xhibi t10n o't~_
oil :painting and sculpture opened to the public,
/;....-:
......"";..-
................
We believe1t
Febl"uary 6tl;l. and clases March 26th ..
to be
well up to th-ehigh standard of tlle annual
exhi 'hi ti,ons of the
Ac _ad~my"
if indeed: it do es no t "
' exceed that stand-ard.
"/~'~'
.
~ , arti'S'\\ ~vening,.
in cOl1t~et
a;rt~~:ts
which is int-e nded to bring
~
?-
r
with students of the ' school
,
"
and
w~tll.
the:publ.:i..~. will behe:l;.d:saturda;t; February :t2th, at
a ~30 '
0'
cloek, t())vh~Ch the s"tockhalciers are invited
..
'.,
~......
,
'
"
just as' cordially as they are to tn.e"' annual ,private , '
view.
The jury of s-election for theeXh1bition co.ns~$ts
~"
"'ll,'
of 'Daniel Garber, Chair.rnan;
.
GiflQrQBe~l:et
'
William M.:
P.lC~O:~'~ e!ia1;1 as .Bos e'1lf!; ~ Ri cha;:.d jUossom Farl ey:, Edwal'd
w.
Redf'i-e1 d",
. Ro~ert Voml01~~iohn McLure Hamil to~
'
Edward F. fioo~~ry
w.
Frederiek ,: J. IW13,ugh., ' all
'J!he
patiiw.
.
... .
'Wat~ou.J
-o:rw~Gm
,Richard E. l!iller, and
paill"te~£?.
.ar-e
fol"lowin~ $e~iptors ~r'e ' a{~Q ~u,PO'rt " the
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\ .~
,.:,:
' . '
,
.
jurY:if
~
~
Ba.lIf't-let,t-~ ehp.rl~esGrafl.Y, ,_ ~d Hermatl A. 1J!ac.1'feil'.,
" " ,,~
'.,. ,~....
.
.
'(
"
,
W$ are grati;f\-'i ed ,tp 'be
... "
ab~e
.
,;
,
~
to 1'"eport to you that
in add:!. tion to ' 'the ' usual. prizes .referred to in ~f¥~
c:j.rcular ,issued to
a~tists,
through the gen'e"r osity of
2.
L~.' i,
Stotesbu~y,
Edward T.
one of your Directors. a '
priz'e of , $1; ooo~. J:las been provided for award
('
by ' the
Committee on Exhibition to the artist whose painting
' or group of paintings never publicly exhibited is in the
opinion of the Coromi ttee the most cont'r i'butive to the
, success of
,"
theexhibit~on.
~
"'
,
During the yea.r 1915, the galleries of the
Academy were visited by 176,481 p,e rsons.
Inaddi.tion to the Aeademy t s, permal1entexhibi tion
f,011owin~
of , painting and sculpture the
exhibi tions
were held during the year: If
The 110th' annual exhibition of oil pai.rtting and
~
. "' "
~i.i'
....' __ ,. . :. . . ._. . ___
scu.lpturel compQsed of" 420 paintin~s' and 219 sculptures,
repJ.'"es~nting362 -
~
~
~J_~
~~
exhibiting artists;
The a.nnual water cGle-r exhibi tion, composed of
"_
"":
1"'-;..-'
'::~
':i"",,:
9''1'1 paintings and drawings, representing 238 ' exhi bi ting'
artists;
The _ann~al exhibition of miniatures, eomp~~~dof
~
1-'
...-___
..-:;.,.. •
1'7:1 examples. representin~ '78 exhi bi ting arti sts;
An important ,exhibition
Wood-cl;lts and
Ch~arOsbl.lrOs
of 90 examples of Early
from the Phillips Cellectisr:t
'_ shown in GalleriesG and H.
[
'''I .
'
During the 110th annual exhibi ti,o n, 63,601 people
'1-..1;'
v;i.si ted the galle:r1,es, the largest attendlince on any
, one day being 5,149, V11f~;p~ was on 'S llnday, the '14 thGtay
, o. f -March" 19.1 5.
m~inga
@ha~':tings wer~S()~qalfa
total of 40 wo-rks which
wer / ~old
in
22
$~J.til,Pt~res,
thi ~'
..
.
) ----------~------~~~~------
. 3 •. .
·· ·
0
.
. :;7/-'-
single exhibi t .io'n.
.
I " We
afegratified at being able to f6por .t the .
following ' acquisi ti.o ns: it
Under ' the Vliil of Thomas .B.i ddle" the Academy '
received the following wo,rl<:,s of art:f
Womaf' ,by
; l' The Fellah
Charles ' Lah.d elle;
"TheCa1fali,er Playing "with a Gui ta
t3 bYT;i.
tOlo,~ti
Lotti~ . both Qil. .:paint.ings;and the following water colors: "
·
·0
'.
"TheTern:pl~ . ofPhila ~ by
. "The
.;.",",.
Fortun~ Teller<;;f an~
.
t
.' .
"The Whispering Meirulones
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~llis;
,
00
the Jlla±n ofThebe ~.:>
both by the same artist.
'.'
~
Tristram
;'will of the lat$Z Susan ':Ii' .~ Wh8JZ;ton.
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.
The following were
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.
"
'
~~~e. '--·~ '."!
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'''''''· o~___~.
:present~d: i
.
-,'
. pres.ented by Herman
~
~igendesch;
.
Pr,Jnts, lithographs and ll.ne engravings, presented
by
hI' ~ . c.
H. Vinton~ in memory of h .i .!=, wife;
A book on lEtad wQrk, ' Fre~en~edby J ~ Bunford .·
Samuel"
.
,
An oil paintillg (landscape) 'tV A. B. Durand,
prese:nted by Charles Henry Hart;
V&lume Qnearly :G erman, Dutch and 'Flemish paint.ings
contain~d in th'e colleotionof P. A. J;3~ Widener, pre-
sented through Jo sepi:). ' l,i:., 'Widener, one Qf the .BDard of
4.
,
, .,
..J
.Three volumes of Drintsentitled "Japanese
Temples 'and ' their Treasure ~ presented by the
.
"
JB:panes,e ' Imperial J\;t't 'C'o mmission, , through the Panama.
.
Pacific Exposition;
A volume anti tied: IfEss.aye on
.Al't" . by John Burnett,
)
F.R..S., pre;sented by Frank B • . Chru;nbers;
'\
A portfolio of rep:r!'0du~tiens from his private
Mort~mer
collection, , presen,ted: 'by
Schiff.
The following port.raits · were acquired from the
,_ Peale i'amily, all oil pairitinga: !jf
"J.ameS'· Pea'l
~-: . by J"am'e s Pe.a.1e;
.
.
;";
.~.
~;,...,
"Wife of James pe·~l.e<; , by the artist.;
"James elaypqoi gt~b~ Charles Willsbn Peale;
"Wife of Jam.e-s Olay;PQol eJ~ by Oharles Willson Fe·a le.
"',
' 'lhe i'ollowit.ig' pictures were purehased loy the
,
Ac~demy
".~
from the Gilpjn Fund: ~
..
.
. _ .' .
.
~
John .
.
"Portrait of'David Hi tterfhous~elf~ by . ~ Trumbull;
,.
.and
.
"St:j.ll
The
~ife",
foJ.:~ewing
.
purcha.ses were made from the Lambert
"
Fund: ~
"An Actres.s as
'j
pyJames Pea"le.
'.
Cieopatr~)f.Y
A.r·thur B. Carles;
"The Yellow still Lif'~ by AIie.e Riddle; am
"A Rocky Beac
~)
by Marianna S108.n;
"Snow Shadow U' ) by Henry A. Rand;
"Basque. Landscap ~) by: Leon !Cpoll.
~..
. .
5.
~
The Treasurerts ~epo::rt is herewith submitted,
which .s hows' in detail the flnatlces o·f the
Ac~deniy,
and needs no specia.l referenc·e h.ere except to- repea-t
" what ,h as before 'been said that the Aaadem;r is in need o.t
funds with which to buy pictures" especially a f 'und to
purchase pictures by e~rly American artists.
~
THE ACADE]llY BUnDING •
. ./
,
- Much work has , 'been, aone. to the bllilding during
the
~ast
\
year..!J
.
1·-
'Tp;e elevator has been complete1y overhaUI~d'\;and ·'
put
::" ...,---<-
~nto
first class
~ondi tion.
practically as goo.d as new.. .
in fact, it is now .-
' The elevator fE>r.nlerly
,r"
served the ' school and gallery floors ,only,
:'1"',
now
it· serves the 'basement, thereby enabling us to do
away with, ·the supplemental elevator which was always
necceasary to be used in moving the
gallery fleor
t~
paiD:;~:~p:g~~
, , , '!?"
,"~,.
;from the
the store f oom, and requiring
double ha.ndling of
paintin~s"
.~nd wa~
always . a constant
source of danger to QUr employees.
In the basement
~
So
.
"'t.,
d-oorway J:las been cut through
t.he east waLl Of one of the ' rooms . used as a lunch
I
by a brick wall buil t across
it~
, has been eq.u.ipped.as a
ki tchen for th&- sole use of the male stUdents •..
:'·':,:.i~· . :;,·:'
The rough walls of the basement haV'e
i~ ' alarge
part been ~lastered, thereby ' eliminating reqeptacles
for dust to accumula:te •.
I
.( ~
The kitchen tind lunch rooms
en ,the SQuth side of the basement have heen
,thoroughly renovate.d .
A fire door has been placed
between the 'e ngine room and the large corridor leading
over on the east side.
The heating plant has had some more work done
-
"-
. upon it, simplifying and reducing pipe, thereby obtaining
better resulta.
. The room in the southwest corner of the 'building,
.
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known as the composition room, has been thoroughly
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fireproofed, by removing th.e , door cmd window fi'ames , and
sashes, wa.inscoting and floQr, all of wh:i,ch were of
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....- - "':::;::-WOOd, and supplyf,ng a fireprOof do.er, steel window frames
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and sash carrying wired glass.
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The walls
'
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'
wee " ~,eplastered
!
/9-nd the floors laid in cement.
The doorway from the Life Modeling room opening
,
!
'
into the la.ge
mode~ing ~~OOm
was
~edJced
in size and
furnished with a firepr'oof- door and screen, and the
west end of the sehool eorridor was extended with steel
and cement 'construction over the spa'c e ', formerly occupied
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,;.',
",
-
by the supplemental elevator, thereby, permi tting an
unobstructed passageway from the emergency exit.
These. changes hav-,e been made in pursuanceaf the
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\
policy Qf making the building as absolut~~y f~reproof
I
as it is passi bl~ to make
The walls of
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varidus---school rooms have
~been
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calcimined and . the woog.work shell·aced.
The fire extinguishers have all been emptied and
the contents renewed •.
'T he rooms used. as a
dwelling house for the
engineer, an.d · whic.h aJ;e on the northwest e,o rner ' .
of
t~e
building, have been. calcimined and painted
!he ·"Wood·e n 'floorof the: ba's ement has
been removed and the wooden shields on the grills of
the Cherry street entrance have been replaced with
metal shields, aad an opening which exi·s ted in the
basement of the dwelling int.o the supply room has been
.
\
bricked up.
,'
sO
that a fire i ,n the dwelling cannot
extend t·~· ' the main buil.ding.
The ··thanks of the managemen.t of the Academy are
extended to the Honorable the May,o r of Philadelphia,
to the IVIayor' s Cabinet
and to .the Se'l ect and Common
Councils for their continued sympathy and support, and
.
to ' the Fresi.dent · and members of the, Board of Education
in sending to our schools
stu~ents
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desiring to study art.
We also acknowledge our great debt to the Press
of J?hiladelphi!a, which :j,s giving to the Academy ant" to
the cause ~f a;rt il1t~lligent crt ti6isIns of 13.1,1 the
~exhibi tiona
which we have •.
We also
m~e
gxateful
acknowledgement to the employees of·· the Acade,my f-er
,
their faithful performance of duty.
Respectfu·lly"· ':su'bm'i t-t-e'd:
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Philadelphia. Pa.", February 7,
},
7i"" " -
t
(
, :l.rhe Directors sf' the Aeademy hel"'ewl th subIni t a "
•
report , for the p~st year.
The one
huud:red
and e.l 'e"'enth
.t__
~
.............
an!1ual~xhibi t10n o't~_
oil :painting and sculpture opened to the public,
/;....-:
......"";..-
................
We believe1t
Febl"uary 6tl;l. and clases March 26th ..
to be
well up to th-ehigh standard of tlle annual
exhi 'hi ti,ons of the
Ac _ad~my"
if indeed: it do es no t "
' exceed that stand-ard.
"/~'~'
.
~ , arti'S'\\ ~vening,.
in cOl1t~et
a;rt~~:ts
which is int-e nded to bring
~
?-
r
with students of the ' school
,
"
and
w~tll.
the:publ.:i..~. will behe:l;.d:saturda;t; February :t2th, at
a ~30 '
0'
cloek, t())vh~Ch the s"tockhalciers are invited
..
'.,
~......
,
'
"
just as' cordially as they are to tn.e"' annual ,private , '
view.
The jury of s-election for theeXh1bition co.ns~$ts
~"
"'ll,'
of 'Daniel Garber, Chair.rnan;
.
GiflQrQBe~l:et
'
William M.:
P.lC~O:~'~ e!ia1;1 as .Bos e'1lf!; ~ Ri cha;:.d jUossom Farl ey:, Edwal'd
w.
Redf'i-e1 d",
. Ro~ert Voml01~~iohn McLure Hamil to~
'
Edward F. fioo~~ry
w.
Frederiek ,: J. IW13,ugh., ' all
'J!he
patiiw.
.
... .
'Wat~ou.J
-o:rw~Gm
,Richard E. l!iller, and
paill"te~£?.
.ar-e
fol"lowin~ $e~iptors ~r'e ' a{~Q ~u,PO'rt " the
..,..
\ .~
,.:,:
' . '
,
.
jurY:if
~
~
Ba.lIf't-let,t-~ ehp.rl~esGrafl.Y, ,_ ~d Hermatl A. 1J!ac.1'feil'.,
" " ,,~
'.,. ,~....
.
.
'(
"
,
W$ are grati;f\-'i ed ,tp 'be
... "
ab~e
.
,;
,
~
to 1'"eport to you that
in add:!. tion to ' 'the ' usual. prizes .referred to in ~f¥~
c:j.rcular ,issued to
a~tists,
through the gen'e"r osity of
2.
L~.' i,
Stotesbu~y,
Edward T.
one of your Directors. a '
priz'e of , $1; ooo~. J:las been provided for award
('
by ' the
Committee on Exhibition to the artist whose painting
' or group of paintings never publicly exhibited is in the
opinion of the Coromi ttee the most cont'r i'butive to the
, success of
,"
theexhibit~on.
~
"'
,
During the yea.r 1915, the galleries of the
Academy were visited by 176,481 p,e rsons.
Inaddi.tion to the Aeademy t s, permal1entexhibi tion
f,011owin~
of , painting and sculpture the
exhibi tions
were held during the year: If
The 110th' annual exhibition of oil pai.rtting and
~
. "' "
~i.i'
....' __ ,. . :. . . ._. . ___
scu.lpturel compQsed of" 420 paintin~s' and 219 sculptures,
repJ.'"es~nting362 -
~
~
~J_~
~~
exhibiting artists;
The a.nnual water cGle-r exhibi tion, composed of
"_
"":
1"'-;..-'
'::~
':i"",,:
9''1'1 paintings and drawings, representing 238 ' exhi bi ting'
artists;
The _ann~al exhibition of miniatures, eomp~~~dof
~
1-'
...-___
..-:;.,.. •
1'7:1 examples. representin~ '78 exhi bi ting arti sts;
An important ,exhibition
Wood-cl;lts and
Ch~arOsbl.lrOs
of 90 examples of Early
from the Phillips Cellectisr:t
'_ shown in GalleriesG and H.
[
'''I .
'
During the 110th annual exhibi ti,o n, 63,601 people
'1-..1;'
v;i.si ted the galle:r1,es, the largest attendlince on any
, one day being 5,149, V11f~;p~ was on 'S llnday, the '14 thGtay
, o. f -March" 19.1 5.
m~inga
@ha~':tings wer~S()~qalfa
total of 40 wo-rks which
wer / ~old
in
22
$~J.til,Pt~res,
thi ~'
..
.
) ----------~------~~~~------
. 3 •. .
·· ·
0
.
. :;7/-'-
single exhibi t .io'n.
.
I " We
afegratified at being able to f6por .t the .
following ' acquisi ti.o ns: it
Under ' the Vliil of Thomas .B.i ddle" the Academy '
received the following wo,rl<:,s of art:f
Womaf' ,by
; l' The Fellah
Charles ' Lah.d elle;
"TheCa1fali,er Playing "with a Gui ta
t3 bYT;i.
tOlo,~ti
Lotti~ . both Qil. .:paint.ings;and the following water colors: "
·
·0
'.
"TheTern:pl~ . ofPhila ~ by
. "The
.;.",",.
Fortun~ Teller<;;f an~
.
t
.' .
"The Whispering Meirulones
~
~llis;
,
00
the Jlla±n ofThebe ~.:>
both by the same artist.
'.'
~
Tristram
;'will of the lat$Z Susan ':Ii' .~ Wh8JZ;ton.
~
", "..
.
The following were
.
.
"
'
~~~e. '--·~ '."!
__
..
~-<...._ ....;-.t.;.'~~~""""
'''''''· o~___~.
:present~d: i
.
-,'
. pres.ented by Herman
~
~igendesch;
.
Pr,Jnts, lithographs and ll.ne engravings, presented
by
hI' ~ . c.
H. Vinton~ in memory of h .i .!=, wife;
A book on lEtad wQrk, ' Fre~en~edby J ~ Bunford .·
Samuel"
.
,
An oil paintillg (landscape) 'tV A. B. Durand,
prese:nted by Charles Henry Hart;
V&lume Qnearly :G erman, Dutch and 'Flemish paint.ings
contain~d in th'e colleotionof P. A. J;3~ Widener, pre-
sented through Jo sepi:). ' l,i:., 'Widener, one Qf the .BDard of
4.
,
, .,
..J
.Three volumes of Drintsentitled "Japanese
Temples 'and ' their Treasure ~ presented by the
.
"
JB:panes,e ' Imperial J\;t't 'C'o mmission, , through the Panama.
.
Pacific Exposition;
A volume anti tied: IfEss.aye on
.Al't" . by John Burnett,
)
F.R..S., pre;sented by Frank B • . Chru;nbers;
'\
A portfolio of rep:r!'0du~tiens from his private
Mort~mer
collection, , presen,ted: 'by
Schiff.
The following port.raits · were acquired from the
,_ Peale i'amily, all oil pairitinga: !jf
"J.ameS'· Pea'l
~-: . by J"am'e s Pe.a.1e;
.
.
;";
.~.
~;,...,
"Wife of James pe·~l.e<; , by the artist.;
"James elaypqoi gt~b~ Charles Willsbn Peale;
"Wife of Jam.e-s Olay;PQol eJ~ by Oharles Willson Fe·a le.
"',
' 'lhe i'ollowit.ig' pictures were purehased loy the
,
Ac~demy
".~
from the Gilpjn Fund: ~
..
.
. _ .' .
.
~
John .
.
"Portrait of'David Hi tterfhous~elf~ by . ~ Trumbull;
,.
.and
.
"St:j.ll
The
~ife",
foJ.:~ewing
.
purcha.ses were made from the Lambert
"
Fund: ~
"An Actres.s as
'j
pyJames Pea"le.
'.
Cieopatr~)f.Y
A.r·thur B. Carles;
"The Yellow still Lif'~ by AIie.e Riddle; am
"A Rocky Beac
~)
by Marianna S108.n;
"Snow Shadow U' ) by Henry A. Rand;
"Basque. Landscap ~) by: Leon !Cpoll.
~..
. .
5.
~
The Treasurerts ~epo::rt is herewith submitted,
which .s hows' in detail the flnatlces o·f the
Ac~deniy,
and needs no specia.l referenc·e h.ere except to- repea-t
" what ,h as before 'been said that the Aaadem;r is in need o.t
funds with which to buy pictures" especially a f 'und to
purchase pictures by e~rly American artists.
~
THE ACADE]llY BUnDING •
. ./
,
- Much work has , 'been, aone. to the bllilding during
the
~ast
\
year..!J
.
1·-
'Tp;e elevator has been complete1y overhaUI~d'\;and ·'
put
::" ...,---<-
~nto
first class
~ondi tion.
practically as goo.d as new.. .
in fact, it is now .-
' The elevator fE>r.nlerly
,r"
served the ' school and gallery floors ,only,
:'1"',
now
it· serves the 'basement, thereby enabling us to do
away with, ·the supplemental elevator which was always
necceasary to be used in moving the
gallery fleor
t~
paiD:;~:~p:g~~
, , , '!?"
,"~,.
;from the
the store f oom, and requiring
double ha.ndling of
paintin~s"
.~nd wa~
always . a constant
source of danger to QUr employees.
In the basement
~
So
.
"'t.,
d-oorway J:las been cut through
t.he east waLl Of one of the ' rooms . used as a lunch
I
by a brick wall buil t across
it~
, has been eq.u.ipped.as a
ki tchen for th&- sole use of the male stUdents •..
:'·':,:.i~· . :;,·:'
The rough walls of the basement haV'e
i~ ' alarge
part been ~lastered, thereby ' eliminating reqeptacles
for dust to accumula:te •.
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The kitchen tind lunch rooms
en ,the SQuth side of the basement have heen
,thoroughly renovate.d .
A fire door has been placed
between the 'e ngine room and the large corridor leading
over on the east side.
The heating plant has had some more work done
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better resulta.
. The room in the southwest corner of the 'building,
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known as the composition room, has been thoroughly
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fireproofed, by removing th.e , door cmd window fi'ames , and
sashes, wa.inscoting and floQr, all of wh:i,ch were of
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and sash carrying wired glass.
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The walls
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/9-nd the floors laid in cement.
The doorway from the Life Modeling room opening
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into the la.ge
mode~ing ~~OOm
was
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in size and
furnished with a firepr'oof- door and screen, and the
west end of the sehool eorridor was extended with steel
and cement 'construction over the spa'c e ', formerly occupied
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by the supplemental elevator, thereby, permi tting an
unobstructed passageway from the emergency exit.
These. changes hav-,e been made in pursuanceaf the
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policy Qf making the building as absolut~~y f~reproof
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as it is passi bl~ to make
The walls of
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varidus---school rooms have
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calcimined and . the woog.work shell·aced.
The fire extinguishers have all been emptied and
the contents renewed •.
'T he rooms used. as a
dwelling house for the
engineer, an.d · whic.h aJ;e on the northwest e,o rner ' .
of
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building, have been. calcimined and painted
!he ·"Wood·e n 'floorof the: ba's ement has
been removed and the wooden shields on the grills of
the Cherry street entrance have been replaced with
metal shields, aad an opening which exi·s ted in the
basement of the dwelling int.o the supply room has been
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bricked up.
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that a fire i ,n the dwelling cannot
extend t·~· ' the main buil.ding.
The ··thanks of the managemen.t of the Academy are
extended to the Honorable the May,o r of Philadelphia,
to the IVIayor' s Cabinet
and to .the Se'l ect and Common
Councils for their continued sympathy and support, and
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to ' the Fresi.dent · and members of the, Board of Education
in sending to our schools
stu~ents
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desiring to study art.
We also acknowledge our great debt to the Press
of J?hiladelphi!a, which :j,s giving to the Academy ant" to
the cause ~f a;rt il1t~lligent crt ti6isIns of 13.1,1 the
~exhibi tiona
which we have •.
We also
m~e
gxateful
acknowledgement to the employees of·· the Acade,my f-er
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their faithful performance of duty.
Respectfu·lly"· ':su'bm'i t-t-e'd: