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and the evening students 400, the largest number of art students per popu-
lation of any city in Canada.

And the little germ of dissatisfaction with things as they are con- —
tinues to exist.

It is apparent that if this school is to live up to its principles and to —
| give its students a proper Art education, something more than the present —
temporary accommodation will require to be found.

The Vancouver Board of School Trustees, under whose wing the —
School has been housed and encouraged, is aware of the difficulties under
which the School now works, and it is hoped that in the very near future ,
the citizens of Vancouver will have an opportunity of voting the necessary
money for the building of an Art School.

The necessity of an Art School building in Vancouver is evident —
Hh from the large number of Day and Evening students attending, many of ©

whom are already in business where Drawing and Design, Modelling and ~
| Architecture play a big part. j
The demand for the Artist and Designer will increase as Vancouver
1 HET | becomes more of a manufacturing city and as its wealth increases. AL
tI! bi School of Art is therefore part of the legitimate growth of this city, a
aan worthwhile outcome of dissatisfaction with things as they are and a /
|| source of hope for the things to be.

Let Vancouver flourish by the building of an Art School.

Petty i

an Commercial Art By Roger B. Priestman”
Some artists earn a living illustrating magazines,
Making photographs or sketches of the latest “Movie Queens,”
it HHT There are men who write advertisements in verse and also prose,
| That’s art—Commercial art.

There are men who write advertisements in verse and also prose,
| Anent some special brand of coup that everybody knows,

{|| Pu And people painting posters recommending theatre “shows,”

‘aa That’s art—Commercial art.

But the most convincing artists of them all, upon the whole,
Are the enterprising fellows who, with true aesthetic soul,

iH | Make a very handsome living painting slate to look like coal!
eit | That’s ART—COMMERCIAL ART.

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