Two young ladies are busy with projects in the corner of the art studio located in Bucknell Cottage. To the far right one young lady paints at the easel, while to her left another student is drawing at the desk.

In 1915, Miss Helena Way taught in the Art Department of the Female Institute, which offered "...two Courses leading to graduation for persons who wish to take the Art Course for culture, or for teaching, or for future work." Students completing these courses received a diploma. The Three-year Regular Course offered "...the foundation for fine arts such as found in the leading art schools of the country and serve to cultivate appreciation of art and develop definite ability to execution," while the two-year Illustration course was "...outlined especially for persons desiring to study illustration as a special line, and much time [was] devoted to original composition." The purpose of the Illustration Class was to prepare students "...that they will be able to enter the professional field of magazine and book illustrating, costumes, and decorative work."

During the 1915-1916 Academic Year, when the Regular Course had been re-named the Fine Art Course, there were also Special Courses offered in Arts and Crafts, Keramics, Household Arts, and Public School Drawing. Tuition and fees per term were $15.00 for the Fine Arts and Illustration Courses, and $12.00 for the Special Courses. In 1915, thirty-seven females were enrolled in the Art Department.

"...two Courses leading..." CAT '14-'15, p. 184

"...the foundation for..." and "outlined especially for...", ib.

"...that they will be..." CAT '15-'16, p. 191

The major source for the information on this page is the Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Bucknell University, 1882-1920 (BT '82-'20). Additional sources are the Bucknell University Bulletin (Fourteenth Series, January 1915, No. 4) Catalogue 1914-1915 (CAT '14-'15) and the Bucknell Uinversity Bulletin (Fifteenth Series, January1916, No. 4) Catalog 1915-1916 (CAT '15-'16).