SECTION E. 



FINE ARTS. 



REPORTS OF MEETINGS. 



During the winter Mr. William E. Burbank and Mr. J. War- 

 ren Tliyng continued their art classes that were begun in the 

 fall of 1899. Mr. Burbank met his class on each Thursday 

 evening and directed their work in drawing from the antique ; 

 Mr. Thyng, his class on Frida}^ evenings, and lectured to them 

 on perspective and the art of composition. Both classes were 

 well attended, and to both gentlemen the Institute owes much 

 for their interest in and efforts for the success of the organiza- 

 tion. Both classes were discontinued in the early summer. 



In the fall Mr. Burbank resumed his instruction on Thursday 

 evenings ; Mrs. Maud Briggs Knowlton began instruction to a 

 class in wash drawing from still life, on Saturday evenings, and 

 Mrs. Melusina H. Varick organized a class in wood carving to 

 meet on Friday evenings. So many applied for admission to 

 Mrs. Varick's class that a second class was formed for work on 

 Saturday mornings. Through these classes the Section has 

 been doing more practical work than for years before it united 

 with the Institute. 



On November 20, Rev. Charles J. Staples began a course of 

 lectures on "Studies in Literature," under the auspices of this 

 Section, His subject on that date was " Elements of the Best 

 Literature, " His dates and subjects for the remainder of the 

 course were : December 18, 1900, Charlotte Bronte ; January 15, 

 1 90 1, William M. Thackeray; February 11, 1901, William 

 Wordsworth; March 12, 1901, Robert Browning. 



At the annual meeting of the Section, held at the rooms of 



