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Show I : History of Art j 1 In Springville . ' I "The beginning of the art collection collec-tion in the Spriniivillc schools" was ' tin' subject of a talk given by L. ( 10. Jvgcrlscn of l'rovo. formerly I I hi'ipcrinlcncicnt othe Springville ! : ' public S'-llools and under w hose I I supervision Ihe art collection was j lil.-t Marled, lo about loll guests 1 - of the Springville Ladies' club in the high school art gallery Thurs-ilav Thurs-ilav alli'inoon, April 17. Mr. Kggerlsen road the following quotalions from newspaper clip-: clip-: pings, which give an ai-counl of Ihe 1 early art programs and art contributions, con-tributions, while Ihe move was first being slurled, as follows : "The first pielure, a lithograph in ' color of the Niagria falls, was pur-1 ' chased in September 11)01, and to I oblain money to purchase additiou-J additiou-J al piclurcs Ihe Klson Traveling Art .' exhibit was secured. It was belli in ; . building now occupied by Ihe - Springville ll.ikery. The Turner " ' art exbibil was secured and cxhibit-' cxhibit-' cd in Ihe Klders and Seventies hall. , ' li'j'ulik these exhibits some money ' was made and used for the pur-, pur-, , chase of an." 1 "Library anil Art Evening." "Twelve beautiful pictures from our ,' best painters were special sifts of the evening," from the. Springville ' Independent, dated February 2, "Through the efforls of the teachers, teach-ers, seconded by Ihe pupils there are ' 1o choise art pictures at a cost of I Sill. on This is the beginning of , I what we hope lo sec encouraged," ' i from the Daily Enquirer, May 2, ' ijl'.loi!. ' f "The Dallin and Hafen Evening," 'last night gave art in our city ' schools another boost. It was a wonderful program," from Ihe JRpringville Independent, Nov. 100,1. 1 "That which is now a pride to !evcry teacher and pupil and the works of art in every schoolroom I 'in the district. The monetary value -reaches the sum of 307.70. from ' ft he Enquirer, May 3, JUH3. ' ,' "Sonielino ago the teachers dis-1 dis-1 Jcussed the advisabilit y of placing I jiictures of art from the best artists ; fin each school. Several pieces of LtfltuMry are also in place. One piece, "l'aul Revere." presented by ('. E. Dallin and two bas refief ! by the eight grade, and a bust of George- Washington by tile class of I l'.llll. A painting. "A Mountain kest," by John iiafen. Among the collection are several photographs ! of aged citizens w ho were prime movers in Ihe early educational matters of our city are in the schools namely, (l. 1!. Huntington Sr., William Mendenhall. Cyrus I Sanford, Lyman G. Wood" from the Dcseret News, Dec, 4. 1!J(I4. '. "Having a few years ago won the distinction of being the first town in Utah, outside of the cilies of the first and second class to provide high school educational facilities, Springville now lays claim to the honor of being tiie first, community in the slate to acquire a public art gallery through Ihe efforts ofj its dislrict schools. Today marked tile culmination of six years' work in securing a creditable art. collection, collec-tion, and the event was celebrated Willi appropriate ceremony. The en-lire en-lire day was a day of festivity in the schools and tile celebration was brought to a close tonight with an interesting program in tile L. D. S. meeting house. The state officials who attended the funcitons were Governor John C. Cutler and Superintendent Sup-erintendent A. C. Nelson of the public pub-lic schools. Superintendent Nelson of I lie city schools presided. John Hafen spoke in behalf of the artists of Utah. J. H. Fairbanks, refered to the movement as being the beginning begin-ning of a revolution in the public view of art in Utah. Superintendent L. E. Eggertsen of the Utah county schools, spoke on environment influence in-fluence and commended 1 he efforts of modern communities to acquire ennobling surroundings," from the Springville Independent, April 10, 1007. "Principal N. K. Nielsen with the Poard of Trustees and several citizens citi-zens pledged themselves that a prize of $130.00 would lie given the artist whose painting would be on exhibition exhibi-tion for a month and selected by the committee. To justify artists, afler two years if was made $300.00 |