Excerpt from The Archon, Vol. 20: April 29, 1933
The introduction of Sketching into the curriculum of Governor Dummer Academy this year is a most unusual step for a boys’ private preparatory school to take. The de mand for the course came from the boys them selves, and it makes an interesting story.
Norris Morey Eames, brother of the Head master, was added to the faculty last fall to teach mechanical drawing. His hobby is painting, and he hung the walls of his room with his own work. It was not long before these paintings attracted the attention of the boys, and numerous questions were put to him daily. When he called an informal meeting one day of those interested in sketching, forty-five boys-nearly half the school gathered in the kitchen of the Mansion House.
When the group met informally with the instructor on the following day, equipped with sketch pads and drawing pencils, Mr. Eames asked them to draw from memory in two min utes a picture of a giraffe. At the end of the time he surprised them by darkening the room and flashing a short movie on the screen which pictured a giraffe in action. Lights were switched on and another attempt at the draw ing was made. The boys repeated this pro cedure several times, studied the good points of each sketch, and then made a finished drawing of the animal from memory. In an effort to arouse self-criticism, Mr. Eames as sembled the work before the group and asked such questions as, Is the giraffe alive? Is he walking fast or slow? Does the picture tell the story which the boy had in mind?
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