Thursday 6 September 1923

CORK MUNICIPAL SCHOOL OF COMMERCE

[source: Cork Examiner, 4 September 1923, p4]

THE FUNCTION OF EDUCTION
‘The sixteenth session of the Cork Municipal School of Commerce opened last evening in the Lecture Theatre, School of Art when Mr. D.J. Coakley, F.A.A, Principal of the School of Commerce, delivered an interesting address on the important subject “The Function of Education”. There was a large audience, and the lecture was followed with the closest attention…’

‘…In the course of his lecture …Coakley said the objects of education, with which he was immediately concerned, might be briefly stated as follows:-

1. To train the individual to become a decent, self-disciplined member of society.
2. To develop his faculties and powers, so that he can earn his living by using them.
3. To train him to use his spare time to the best advantage.
4. To instil in him the desire to fit him for the discharge of his duties and responsibilities to the general community in which he lives.

The individual, the lecturer said, was self-educated with the assistance of the home, the school and the world.  The parent, the teacher, everyone who influences the training of young people, should realise that the object of training is to produce a self-reliant, decent member of society….’

[Extract from Cork Examiner, 7 September 1923]

Tuesday 18 September 1923

FREE STUDENTSHIPS

‘An Examination will be held at the School of Art on Tuesday Evening, September 18^th at 7p.m., for the purpose of Awarding Thirty Free Studentships at present attending any of the Primary Schools in the City of Cork.

Candidates are confined to those who are placed in the Sixth Standard Class. Pupil Teachers in receipt of Salary are not allowed to compete.

Full particulars on application

F.B. Giltinan, Secretary

[Source: Cork Examiner, 15 September 1923]

Tuesday 18 September 1923

FREE STUDENTSHIPS

‘An Examination will be held at the School of Art on Tuesday Evening, September 18^th at 7p.m., for the purpose of Awarding Thirty Free Studentships at present attending any of the Primary Schools in the City of Cork.

Candidates are confined to those who are placed in the Sixth Standard Class. Pupil Teachers in receipt of Salary are not allowed to compete.

Full particulars on application

F.B. Giltinan, Secretary

[Source: Cork Examiner, 15 September 1923]

Monday 24 September

DEATH OF WILLIAM SHEEHAN
On Monday 24 September, William Sheehan died in Corbally, Glanmire, Co. Cork. His death was registered on 4 October, by his sister Louise, who was also by his side when he died. The certified cause of death was Pulmonary Tuberculosis which he had suffered for six months. He was 29 years old and his ‘Rank, Profession or Occupation’ was listed as ‘Artist’. This timeline of his illness may suggest that he was ill during his unhappy Gibson Bequest Scholarship in Madrid.

A native of Cork, artist William Sheehan (1894-1923) studied at both the Crawford Municipal School of Art and the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art (now National College of Art and Design). In 1923, he became the first recipient of the Gibson Scholarship, which recognised the ‘unusual talent and good habits’ of an artist. At the time, expert advisor George Atkinson (1880-1941) noted that Sheehan was ‘the most talented young man in Ireland, with the exception of [Seán] Keating.’ 

IRISH CATTLE TRADE ASSOCIATION MEETING
‘Mr Nagle said he regretted to have to refer to the death of Mr. William Sheehan, a young man of great artistic abilities, and son of Mr. Michael Sheehan, a respected member of the association. He proposed that under the sad circumstances the meeting should stand adjourned, and a vote of condolence be conveyed to the bereaved parents and relatives of the deceased. …The Chairman, in declaring the motion passed, said he greatly regretted the sad occasion. The meeting then adjourned.’

[Extract from Cork Examiner, 1 October 1923 p8]

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