“PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS TO STUDENTS IN THE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY COURSE FOR THE TRAINING OF RECONSTRUCTION AIDES

IN the Hemicycle of the Albright Art Gallery,on the afternoon of September the eighteenth, an impressive although informal ceremony took place when Charles Clifton, the President of The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, presented diplomas to the first class of students in Occupational Therapy to be graduated from the Art School of the Albright Art Gallery.

The occasion was of more than ordinary significance, for it emphasized the active part that the school is taking in adapting its work to the present emergencies caused by the war. The Occupational Therapy course for the training of Reconstruction Aides was quietly introduced into the Art School last winter, and on July first a summer class was started, the members of which, on September eighteenth, received their diplomas and are now eligible for government positions as hospital aides.

Mr. Clifton was deeply impressed with the meaning of the work and the possibilities it offered to the young women who have taken the course—and his speech made in the Hemicycle of the Gallery was before an audience that nearly filled the hall. At its close he gave diplomas to the following students:

Miss Estelle C. Cummins, Buffalo; Miss Clarice H. McGargar, Buffalo; Miss Martha S. Smith, Phillipsburg,-N. J.;Miss Maribelle Lautz,Cincinnati, O.; Miss Harriet S.Baker, Buffalo, Miss Ethel M. Ware, Batavia; Miss Minnie E. Cary, Buffalo; Miss Evelyn Rumsey, Buffalo, Miss M. Lucille Avery, Buffalo; Miss Mary B. Dunham, Batavia; Miss Dorothy Powers Bloymeyer, Buffalo; Miss Carolyn L. Baker, Buffalo; Miss Alice Lydia Gardner, Buffalo. …”

Reference Data:

Academy Notes, by Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, 1918, page 133