Studio: international art (65.1915)

National Competition of Schools of Art, 1915

in 1912 they carried oft
nine of the eleven awarded
in that year. One of the
gold medallists in 1912 was
Alice Lilian Hitchcock,
who must surely hold the
record for versatility and
numbers of awards in the
National Art Competition.
Miss Hitchcock won a
silver as well as a gold
medal in 19x2, a gold
medal and three silver
medals in 1913, and three
silver medals in 1914
This year she excelled her
record of 1913 by gaining
a gold medal, three silver
medals, and two bronze

STAINED-WOOD BOX. BY LOUISE
BENJAMIN (POLYTECHNIC IN-
STITUTE SCHOOL OF ART,
MARYLEBONE)

from the schools con-
trolled by the Board of
Education receive their
final training, and their
work ought to be shown
for comparison with that
from the local centres.
The work from the Royal
College, or the National
Art Training School as it
was formerly called, was
always included in the ex-
hibition until compara-
tively recent times, and
there appears to be no
reason for its exclusion.
Certainly none has ever
been assigned.

In spite of the absence
for military reasons of
numbers of male students,
the women were less suc-
cessful in the competition
of 1915 than they have
been on several occasions
when conditions were
normal. Taking the gold
medals as the standard, the
women have taken only
three out of seven, while
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STAINED-WOOD MUSIC-CABINET. BY LUCIA B. BERGNER (POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
SCHOOL OF ART, MARYLEBONE).-See also p. 2J2