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 25th January, 1921. 



Professor GreoPx Wilson, President of the Society, in the Chair. 

 In Museum, College Square North. 



"AET AND WORKMANSHIP." 



By Ivor Beaumont, A.R.C.A., M.S.A., F.R.S.A., F.I.B.D. 



Head Master, School of Art, Municipal College of 



Technology, Belfast. 



(Abstract.) 



Mr. Beaumont said, broadly speaking, art was connected 

 with all the works of man which were primarily meant to satisfy 

 the aesthetic instinct. The craving for beauty and harmony was 

 inherent in all human beings. By Works of Art he did not 

 mean only those things which appeal to the eye and touch ; in 

 the term " Art " he included all manifestations which arose out 

 of and tended towards the satisfying of man's desire for beauty 

 and harmony. Art was therefore rarely divorced from industry ; 

 art was indispensable in life, and it should have an important 

 place in the course of general education. In conclusion, Mr. 

 Beaumont said it should never be forgotten that Schools of Art 

 were provided for the industries and not the industries for the 

 Schools of Art. Once they got that fact fixed in their minds, 

 they would take care that the training given in the Schools of 

 Art was thoroughly practical, and that students were properly 

 fitted to take their place in the industries which they intended 

 to enter. 



The lecture was illustrated with a beautiful series of lantern 

 slides, and at the close a hearty vote of thanks was passed to the 

 lecturer. 



