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ART EDUCATION. 
The principal aim of this Institution is the training of drawing- 
teachers ahle to satisfy the demands of the present and the in- 
creasing necessities of the country; furthermore, to assist the 
development of native industry 1)}’ art-industrial instruction ; and, 
fmally, to prepare the more talented scholars for the profession 
of the artist. 
These aims the Institution seeks to reach partly by means of 
practical instruction in the three branches of the fine arts, partly 
by suitable courses of scientific lectures. 
The Institution therefore consists, — 
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Of a general preparatory dass ; 
Of a higher drawing dass, which again is divided into three 
branches:— 
Figure drawing and paintmg ; 
Architectural and ornamental drawing; 
Sculpture, both figure and Ornament. 
To this must be added the section for wood-engraving. 
The lectures on anatomy, descriptive geometry, perspective, 
shadows, history of art, and other subjects, Supplement the prac 
tical instruction. For the improvement in drawing of persons 
engaged in industrial pursuits, whose daytime is devoted to their 
calling, there is a regulär evening dass. 
The preparatory dass admits as pupils only those who have 
passed successfully through the Lower Real-School, the Lower 
Gymnasium, a Citizens’ School, or a Higher People’s School. To 
gain admission to one of the special classes, it is necessary for 
the pupil to have passed successfully either through the prepara 
tory dass of the Institution, or through the preparatory insti- 
tution for People’s School teachers, or through either of the state 
institutions above specified, and besides to have attained the 
necessary practice in freehand drawing. 
The candidates for the position of drawing-teachers, who receive 
a stipend from the state (at present thirteen, with three hundred 
florins each), after passing through the preparatory dass, must go 
through a prescribed course of instruction of three years dura- 
tion, after which they are subjected to an examination, and receive 
certificates according to their accomplishments. 
The results of instruction which were exhibited by the school