SHORT COURSES OF INSTRUCTION IN ART. 1. The short Courses of Art Instruction for Art Masters and Mistresses and Students of Schools of Art and Art Classes will be held at the Royal College of Art from the 8th July to the 23rd July, both dates inclusive, and will include (I.) Classes for instrnction and demonstrations in Life Drawing, Anatomy, and Figure Composition; in Architectural Measuring and Sketching; in Design and Crafts; and in Modelling from Life; (II.) A course of three lectures by the Professor of Architecture, one lecture by the Professor of Painting, and one by the Professor of Design, in the Lecture Theatre of the Victoria and Albert Museum ; and (III.) Study in the Victoria and Albert Museum. 2. Applications to attend these Courses will be entertained only from those Teachers and Students who have obtained awards in the National Competition or successes in the Advanced Art Examinations, or have had works accepted for the Art Master's Certificate, Group I. 3. Application to attend must be made on Form 234, before the 10th June. 4. Applications from Teachers and Students in Scottish Schools of Art and Art Classes must be addressed to the Secretary, Scotch Education Department, Whitehall, London, S.W. 5. Applications from Teachers and Students in Irish Schools of Art and Art Classes must be addressed to the Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction, 4, Upper Merrion Street, Dublin. 6. Applicants who are selected to attend these Courses will receive third class railway fare (see note below) for one journey to and fro between their homes and the Royal College of Art, and £3 towards their expenses while attending the courses, provided that their attendance is punctual and their work is in all respects satisfactory. In the case of Teachers or Students resident in London or its vicinity, a reduction is made in the grant. VISITS TO THE NATIONAL COMPETITION, TO THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, AND TO OTHER CENTRES OF INSTRUCTION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD. 1. Application for aid to see the Works in the National Competition, to study in the Victoria and Albert Museum and elsewhere, or to study abroad, must be made on Form 1178, not later than the 30th June. 2. Applications from Teachers and Students in Scottish Schools of Art and Art Classes must be addressed to the Secretary, Scotch Education Department, Whitehall, London, S.W. 3. Applications from Teachers and Students in Irish Schools of Art and Art Classes must be addressed to the Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction, 4, Upper Merrion Street, Dublin. 4. Applicants who are selected to see the Works in the National Competition, or to visit and study in the United Kingdom or abroad, will receive third class return railway fare (see note below) between their homes and the approved destination, and a sum not exceeding 58. a day towards their expenses, provided that a satisfactory report, together with sketches, drawings, or other work, be submitted. After examination these will be returned to the Master or Student submitting them. NOTE. All selected applicants are required to travel by the cheapest route and to use return tickets whenever a saving can be effected thereby, In all cases only the amount actually disbursed for travelling expenses, within these limits, is to be claimed. No cab or omnibus fares will be allowed. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART. The Royal College of Science, London.* 1. The Royal College of Science at South Kensington is a non-residential institution supported by the State to supply systematic instruction in the various branches of Physical Science to students of all classes. While the College is primarily intended for the instruction of teachers, and of students of the industrial classes selected by competition in the examinations of the Board of Education, South Kensington, other students are admitted so far as there may be accommodation for them on the payment of fees fixed at a scale sufficiently high to prevent undue competition with Institutions which do not receive State aid. Mines. 2. The Royal School of Mines is incorporated with the Royal College of Royal School of Science. Students entering for the Associateship of the Royal School of Mines obtain their general scientific training in the Royal College of Science. 3. The Royal College of Science is administered by a Council consisting Administration of the Professors, with a Dean as Chairman, and a Registrar. of the Royal College. 4. The instruction in the Royal College of Science is arranged in such a Course of manner as to give the students a thorough training in the general principles Instruction. of Science, followed by advanced instruction in one or more special branches of Science. 5. The Associateship is granted in certain divisions or lines of study. Associateship Students who go through any one of these divisions, taking the subjects of students. instruction in the prescribed order, and who pass the necessary Examina tions, receive a Certificate of Associateship of the Royal College of Science, or of the Royal School of Mines. 6. Students who are not candidates for the Associateship are permitted Other students. to enter as occasional students in one or more special branches of Science, and on passing the examination receive a Certificate to that effect. Certificates are not given for Model and Freehand Drawing; nor for Mathematics, except in the higher Classes, viz., C, D, and E. 7. The Associateship of the Royal College of Science is given in one or Royal College more of the following divisions : Mechanics. of Science Associateship. Division of 8. The session is divided into two Terms. The first term begins on the 4th October and ends about the middle of February. The second term Session. begins in the middle of February and ends about the middle of June. The Christmas and Easter holidays each last about a fortnight. Holidays. 9. The hours of study are from 10 a.m to 1.15 and from 2 to 4 p.m Hours of study. every day, except on Wednesday and Saturday, when the College closes at 1 p.m.; students receiving instruction in Mathematics attend till 5 p.m. on the specified days. For further particulars see Prospectus, which may be obtained as shown on p. 131. The title was changed from "Normal School of Science" on the 25th October 1890. Objects of the Royal College of Art. Admission of Times of Study and Vacations. Fees. ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART, LONDON. THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART is established for the purpose of training Art Masters and Mistresses for the United Kingdom, and for the instruction of students in Drawing, Painting, Modelling and Designing, for Architecture, Manufactures, and Decoration. Whilst the Royal College of Art is primarily intended for the instruction of Teachers and Students selected by competition in the Art Examinations of the Board of Education, other students are admitted so far as there may be accommodation for them, on the payment of fees; but the number of such students is at present limited to 150 at any one time. The Instruction in the Royal College of Art is arranged with the view of all students passing through the four sections of Ornament and Design, Drawing and Painting, Modelling and Architecture. The College is divided into an Upper and Lower School, and candidates upon their admission to the College are placed in one or other according to their proficiency. The Associateship of the Royal College of Art will be granted to students of the Upper School in accordance with conditions which are under consideration. The Associateship will also be granted to other students who, having passed satisfactorily through at least two years' training in the Royal College of Art (or National Art Training School), before October, 1900, have obtained the Art Master's Certificate, Group I., and two Certificates of other groups. Applications for the Associateslip will be considered in respect of students who fulfil some part only of the foregoing conditions. Applications for the Diploma of Associateship should be made to the Secretary, Board of Education, South Kensington, London, S.W. Free admission per term to the College is granted to (a) Students in Training, National Scholars, Royal Exhibitioners and Free Students (§XLIX. ƒ ) ; (b) upon application to Local Scholars and Local Exhibitioners who have passed the entrance tests to the College; and (c) to a few highly qualified Art students who are specially recommended by the Headmaster. The period for which free admission may be continued will depend upon the conduct of the student and his progress to the satisfaction of the Council. The number of fee-paying students may not exceed 150 at any one time; and the total number of free and fee-paying students per term in the College is limited to 350. The Annual Session consists of two terms. The first term begins on the first Wednesday of October and ends about the middle of February. The second term begins about the middle of February and ends about the first week of July. The Christmas and Easter holidays each last about a fortnight. The day classes meet from 9.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. The evening classes meet from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Students are required to attend the courses of study laid down for them. A register of students' attendance is kept and may be consulted by parents and guardians. The fee for students qualifying for admission under paragraph 8 is £12 10s. per term. The fee for students admitted to the Etching Class only is £2 28. per term. For further particulars, see Prospectus which may be obtained as shown on p. 131. An Act to facilitate the Provision of Technical Instruction. [30th August 1889.] BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1.-(1.) A local authority may from time to time out of the local rate supply or aid the supply of technical or manual instruction, to such extent and on such terms as the authority think expedient, subject to the following restrictions, namely : (a.) The local authority shall not out of the local rate supply or aid the (b.) It shall not be required, as a condition of any scholar being admitted (d.) A local authority may, on the request of the school board for its (e.) Where such other managers of a school or institution receive aid from a local authority in pursuance of this section, the local authority shall, for the purposes of this Act, be represented on the governing body of the school or institution in such proportion as will, as nearly as may oe, correspond to the proportion which the aid given by the local authority bears to the contribution made from all sources other Power for local authority to supply or aid the supply of technical instruction. Provision for entrance examination. Parliamentary grants in aid of technical instruction. Provisions as to local anthorities. $1 & 52 Vict.c.41. 45 & 46 Vict.c.50. Audit of accounts of aided schools. Audit of accounts of urban sanitary authority. than the local rate and money provided by Parliament to the cost of the technical or manual instruction given in the school or institution aided; (f) If any question arises as to the sufficiency of the provision made under this section, or as to the qualification of any school or institution to participate in any such provision, or as to the amount to be allotted to each school or institution, or as to the extent to which, or mode in which, the local authority is to be represented on the governing body of any such school or institution, the question shall be determined by the Department of Science and Art: Provided that no such provision, out of any rate raised in pursuance of this Act, shall be made in aid of technical or manual instruction in any school conducted for private profit; and (9.) The amount of the rate to be raised in any one year by a local authority for the purposes of this Act shall not exceed the sum of one penny in the pound. (2.) A local authority may for the purposes of this Act appoint a committee consisting either wholly or partly of members of the local authority, and may delegate to any such committee any powers exerciseable by the authority under this Act, except the power of raising a rate or borrowing money. (3.) Nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to interfere with any existing powers of school boards with respect to the provision of technical and manual instruction. 2. It shall be competent for any school board or local authority, should they think fit, to institute an entrance examination for persons desirous of attending technical schools or classes under their management or to which they contribute. 3. The conditions on which parliamentary grants may be made in aid of technical or manual instruction shall be those contained in the minutes of the Department of Science and Art in force for the time being 4. (1.) For the purposes of this Act the expression "local authority' shall mean the council of any county or borough, and any urban sanitary authority within the meaning of the Public Health Acts. (2.) The local rate for the purposes of this Act shall be (a.) In the case of a county council, the county fund; (6.) In the case of a borough council, the borough fund or borough rate; (c.) In the case of an urban sanitary authority not being a borough council, the district fund and general district rate, or other fund or rate applicable to the general purposes of the Public Health Acts; (3.) A county council may charge any expenses incurred by them under this Act on any part of their county for the requirements of which such expenses have been incurred. (4.) A local authority may borrow for the purposes of this Act (a.) In the case of a county council, in manner provided by the Local (b.) In the case of a borough council, as if the purposes of this Act were 5. Where the managers of a school or institution receive aid from a local authority in pursuance of this Act, they shall render to the local authority such accounts reiating to the application of the money granted in aid, and those accounts shall be verified and audited in such manner as the local authority may require, and the managers shall be personally liable to refund to the local authority any money granted under this Act, and not shown to be properly applied for the purposes for which it was granted. 6. The accounts of the receipts and expenditure of an urban sanitary authority under this Act shall be audited in like manner and with the like |
