that she must have a college degree, such as is furnished by Teachers College, Columbia University, or a normal training course of equal standing. This will represent at least two years' work in what is known as a normal art and manual training course, in addition to the regular, high school course of four years. The two years' normal work will cost, including living expenses and tuition, about one thousand dollars. If she intends to become a teacher in the graded schools, a normal course, added to the regulation high school course, with specialization in drawing, will be sufficient.
Special teachers of drawing are paid from seven hundred dollars a year up, the teacher of drawing in a high school never receives less than one thousand dollars per year, and a supervisor is paid from twelve hundred a year up, according to the size of the city and the scale of teachers' salaries.
In conclusion, a few words to the girl who cannot take a comprehensive course, either as a practical art worker or as a teacher, and who must earn money in her home town, perhaps in her own parlor. Only one girl in a thousand can study at home, remain at home and still market her wares in a distant art or manufacturing center. The thousandth girl is a born illustrator, whose work compels the attention of art editors. Even then, eventually, she must
