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BARKER : 



than surface markings and subtleties of form, and if we find 

 that facility with the tool has not outstripped truth of state- 

 ment, then we shall have nothing to undo. Let us look at 

 the facts.. The illustration shows a group of such drawings 

 and the cast from which they were made. It includes the 

 best, but not the worst, none for which the entering student 

 was conditioned or rejected. The execution is quite ahead of 



the draughtsmanship. The natural sense- of i)rop()rti()n of 

 these students was not at fault, but their training, foi under 

 question they answered with almost invariable correctness as 

 to their own errors. That this result is not the fault of 

 the student is further shown by the fact that these same 

 students were in three or four weeks drawing in good general 

 proportion, were members in good standing of a strong class. 



