ART STU'DENTS' LEAGUE. The Art Students' League, of New York, the most promi nent school of design in America, was founded in 1875 by certain students from the National .:\cademy of Design, who felt the need of study from life and a broader field of work than that more conservative institute could give them. It was incorporated in 1878, and has since then risen steadily in importance. The annual mem bership is now more than 1000, and the daily attendance in its classes averages 400 pupils, of whom three-fourths are women. The quarters of the League is the Fine Arts Build ing, on Fifty-kcventh Street. The League is self supporting: the students' fee of from $30 to $70 maintains it in a state of independence. Only artists are allowed on the board of control, though these may be elected from among the students. The requirements of entry to the life, artistic anatomy, and antique classes, which are under the control of well-known artists, are the drawing of a full-length figure from life or a cast; and to the portrait class, a portrait from life. In addition to these there are classes in
still-life, illustration, composition, and architec ture, in connection with mural painting and deco rative design. Those wishing to enter the illus tration and composition class must submit an original design. The school year includes night classes for men, and a summer term with sketch and summer classes. Besides scholarships from some of the smaller art schools in other cities, there are prize scholarships of free tuition in all important classes. The following prizes are distributed during the year: A prize of $50 for work done in portrait class; the Evans prize of $50 for encouragement of the practical side of art; the AliBlau prize for composition and illus tration; and the Saltus prize for drawing. At the Paris Exposition of 1900, the League ob tained a gold medal in the Department of Deco rative Arts.