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ARTISTIC, LITEEAEY, AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS.
THE GLASGOW ATHEN^UM (Limited),
St. George's Place and Buchanan Street.
President, Sir John Stirling Maxwell, Bart ,
M.P. ; chairman, James Provan ; vice-chairman,
Eobt. Leggat ; treasurer, Jas. Henderson ; secretary,
Jas. Lauder, F.E.S.L. Eegistered office — St. George's
Place.
The object of the institution is to place within the
reach of the public the fullest and most recent infor-
mation on all subjects of general interest, whether
commercial, literary, or scientific ; to provide an
agreeable place of resort in the intervals of business ;
to excite, especially among young men, a taste for
intellectual and elevating pursuits ; and to secure
the means of its gratification by affording the utmost
facilities for systematic study, in various branches of
useful knowledge. The newsroom is abundantly
supplied with the earliest telegraphic intelligence,
newspapers, and periodicals ; and the library contains
upwards of 20,000 volumes. Eestaurant, recreation
rooms, and gymnasium for the use of menabers only.
Magazine and writing rooms for the use of ladies and
gentlemen. Private letter boxes, and many other
conveniences are provided for the members. Terms
of subscription : —
Life subscriber's ticket, gentlemen, transferable,
£21, not transferable, £15 15s.; ladies, not trans-
ferable, £7 7s.; for gentlemen above 21 years of
age, 25s. annually, 7s. 6d. quarterly; for gentlemen
under 21 years of age, 15s. annually, 5s. quarterly ;
ladies, 15s. annually; country subscribers, 15s.
annually. Entrance fees. — All new subscribers re-
quire to pay the following entrance fees in addition
to the first subscription: — Gentlemen, 5s.; ladies,
country subscribers, young men under 21 years of
age, and quarterly subscribers, 2s. 6d. each.
COMMERCIAL COLLEGE.
Morning and Evening Classes (open to both sexes)
are conducted by experienced Masters, the following
subjects being included in the Curriculum: — Arith-
metic, Mathematics, Elocution, English, Logic, French,
German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Latin, Greek,
Shorthand, Type-writing, Writing, Book-keeping,
Commercial Geography and History, Mercantile Law,
Political Economy, and Ambulance or First Aid to
the injured. The Winter Term extends from September
till February, and the Spring Term from March till
May.
Special Afternoon Classes for Ladies.
SCHOOL OF MUSIC.
Hon. president, James Campbell Esq., of Tulli-
chewan ; principal, Mr. Allan Macbeth.
The Athena3um School of Music has been established
for the purpose of providing a thorough high-class
musical education on moderate terms, combined with
all the advantages which have proved so successful
and so beneficial in the promotion of musical culture
in the Continental Conservatoires and the Music
Schools in London and elsewhere.
SCHOOL OF AET.
Principal, Mr. Charles G. Kennaway (formerly
of the National Art Training School, South Kensing-
ton, and L'Academie Julian, Paris).
The course of instruction is intended to admit of
the student obtaining a thorough knowledge of Draw-
ing and Painting, leading up through the Preliminary
Class to the Antique and Life Classes. Instruction
is also given in Modelling, Wood Carving, Stone
Carving, &c. Evening classes are formed for Free-
hand, Model Drawing, Perspective, Architectural
Drawing, Building Construction, Machine Drawing,
and Solid Geometry.
Telephone No. 3324.
GLASGOW ARCH^OLOGICAL SOCIETY.
Instituted 1856.
D. Murray, LL.D.,F.S. A. Lond. and Scot., president;
Archbishop Eyre, D.D., J. 0. Mitchell, LL.D., and
Prof. Story, D.D., vice-presidents; John Honeyman,
K.S.A., Professor Young, M.D., J. T. T. Brown, P.
Macgregor Chalmers, F.S.A. Scot., Robert Guy, Prof.
Ferguson, LL.D., F. T. Barrett, Prof. Lindsay, D.D.,
James M. Mackinlay, F.S.A. Scot., Prof. G. G. A.
Murray, M. A., Sir John Stirling Maxwell, Bart., M.P.,
George Neilson, F.S.A. Scot., J. B. Murdoch, F.S.A,
Scot., Jas. Macdonald, LL.D., council; J. Dalrymple
Duncan, F.S.A. Lond. & Scot., F.E.S.E., 211 Hope
Street, and W. G. Black, F.S.A. Scot, 88 West Regent.
Street, hon. secretaries; George J. Walker, C.A., 150
St. Vincent Street, hon. treasurer.
The object of this Society is the promotion and
study of Archaeology, particularly in Glasgow and
the West of Scotland. Meetings are held in the
Society's rooms, 207 Bath Street, on the third Thurs-
day of November, December, January, February,
March, and April. The annual excursion takes place
in August or September, and visits to places of anti-
quarian interest in the neighbourhood of Glasgow
are arranged from time to lime. Annual subscrip-
tion, 12s. 6d.
THE MICEOSCOPICAL SOCIETY OF
GLASGOW.
President, Jas. Rankin, B.Sc, Glasgow University.
For the purpose of popularising the use of the
microscope as a recreation, of affording incentives
to students of nature to engage in original research,
and to give opportunities for mutual aid by means
of meetings at which papers are read, demonstrations
given, and objects of interest exhibited. Annual sub-
scription, 6s.
The Society meets in the rooms of the Philosophical
Society, 207 Bath street. Further particulars as to
meetings, rules, &c. from hon. secretaries, Walter
Dixon, F.R.M.S., 164 St. Vincent Street, and Arthur
Briggs, 357 Springburn Eoad.
THE EOYAL SCOTTISH SOCIETY OF
PAINTEES IN WATER COLOURS.
OfSce of the Society, 49 West George Street,
Secretary, J. Wright Robb.
Founded in 1878, holding an annual exhibition
of the works of its members. The president is Sir
Francis Powell, E.W.S., and the vice-president, Wm.
M'Taggart, E.S.A. ; elections take place about Janu-
ary. The council require candidates to submit two
water colours for inspection of members. Entrance
fee, £10, 10s. Annual subscription, £1, Is.