870 WILLIAM ROBERT WARE. 



into being his advice was eagerly sought and always generously given. 

 There thus came to exist the pleasantest personal relations between 

 Professor Ware, the Dean of architectural education in this country, 

 and those in charge of other schools, several of whom had been his 

 pupils. Constantly they went to him for advice, and he seemed to 

 take as much interest in their schools as in his own, and was always 

 eager to exchange experiences and to discuss plans. The generous 

 devotion of his time to the interests of his friends and especially of his 

 pupils, in whom his interest always continued, and with many of whom 

 he kept in personal touch throughout their later careers, his ready 

 sympathy, and his high character made him greatly beloved by all 

 those who were privileged to come under his influence. His keen wit, 

 a peculiar and very individual humor, and brilliant powers of con- 

 versation gave great charm to his companionship. His influence on 

 his pupils was perhaps even more valuable in the upbuilding of char- 

 acter than in directly professional instruction. 



Busy as Mr. Ware was both as teacher and practitioner, he still 

 found time for a wide interest and activity in educational matters, 

 especially where the Fine Arts were concerned. From 1875 until he 

 went to New York in 1887 he was one of the trustees of the Museum 

 of Fine Arts in Boston and was on the managing committee of the 

 School of Drawing and Painting. He was similarly active at the 

 Metropolitan Museum after he went to New York, and, for several 

 years acted as Secretary of the Trustees of the American Academy of 

 Fine Arts in Rome founded by Mr. McKim. The vacations nearly 

 always found him at the old home in Milton with his sisters, and here 

 he found time to write his exhaustive treatise on Perspective, and 

 another on the theory of Shades and Shadows. Both of these were 

 first published in " The American Ai'chitect." After his retirement in 

 1903, the latter was rewritten and enlarged for the Scranton corre- 

 spondence schools. He also wrote and compiled an illustrated treatise 

 on the orders for the use of schools of architecture, which he entitled 

 "The American Vignola." The breadth of his interests is shown by 

 his devising after his retirement an ingenious and entertaining method 

 of Teaching Latin, which he conceived might be more directly taught 

 than through the grammar. This he put into book form, but it was 

 never published. 



In 1883 he made a journey to Italy with his friend Mr. Wilder 

 Bancroft, and in the year 1889 to 1890, with his sister Harriet, he 

 visited Egypt stopping on the way at Gibraltar, Naples, Sicily and 

 Malta. In the spring of 1890, the brother and sister spent some time 



