THE STUDENTS’ CLUB REPORT

O the members of the Art Students’ Club:

Fellow Students:

In submitting the Third Annual Report it is very encour-

aging to note the development and expansion of our programme
during the past year.
The Paint Box Annual was a great advance over those of former
years—artistically, financially, and in literary content. The Editor,
Sybil Hill; the Art Editor, Peter Meilleur; and the Business Man-
ager, K. Harrison, are all to be congratulated on their success. The
magazine was illustrated entirely by woodcuts designed and cut by
the students, which materially lessened the cost of illustrations, and
a profit of $92.93 was made after the sale of nearly 500 copies.

A new departure was the holding of an exhibition of students’ sum-
mer work. We hope this will be an annual event and become an
exhibition of importance. An interesting feature of the affair was
a sweepstake, the holder of the winning number could chose any
picture in the exhibition—the money going to the painter of the
picture.

The Christmas Play this year was a much greater undertaking than
that of last year. It was a modern rendering of a play of the Middle
Ages, called ‘‘A Pageant of the Holy Grail.’’ An extra perform-
ance was given at the request of Mr. Scott, our Director, for the
Arts and Letters Club, of which he is President. At both perform-
ances a collection was taken, and $45.25 was realized, which was
donated to the Sun and Province Santa Claus Funds. In connec-
tion with this I might mention that The Arts Students’ Club par-
ticipated in three tag days, namely: Poppy Day, Grace Hospital,
and Crippled Children.

As a Social supplement to our Closing Exercises in June, the stu-
dents again held a Tea in the Community Room which was attended
by nearly three hundred students and their friends. The tea tables
were presided over by the wives of the donors of Scholarships, and
music for the occasion was supplied through the kindness of Hilda
Rigby. In the evening Mr. Vanderpant very generously lent his
gallery for a closing dance, which made a delightful finish to our
school year.

Other entertainments taking place during the year were: An ‘‘Out
of Date Fashion Show,” by the Second Year Class, which proved
to be a riot of fun; a playlet called ‘‘Wanted a Wife,” by the First
Year Class; and, at the beginning of the Fall Session, a Party in
honour of the new students. Two Musical Evenings, by the kind-

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