Young, Sofia Isabel

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Young, Sofia Isabel

Sofia Young attended The Glasgow School of Art sporadically from 1907 to 1930. Her date of birth is recorded twice, in 1910 and 1911 only, as 16 November 1865. And in one other entry in the Student Register (1911-12) her age is listed as Adult.

She first attended day classes in Design in 1907-8 when she lived in Montgomerie Street, when she would have been 41 years old.

She then came back in 1910-11 for day classes when her occupation is listed as teacher. In an entry in the student register in 1911 her occupation is Domestic Science Teacher. She is also listed as a teacher in 1917 and 1919.

The next year (1911-12) she originally signed up to take Saturday classes in Design with Miss MacBeth but this is scored out and marked as cancelled. However she must have returned because she is re-listed in 1911-12, taking evening Design classes with Mr Ogilvie.

In the 1912-13 prospectus she is listed as one of the previous year's successes: she was awarded the Public School Teachers Certificate in Drawing ("satisfactory" grade) by the Glasgow Provincial Committee and was awarded an "excellent" grade in the Certificate for Art Needlework course. These courses were Article 55 classes intended to provide "further instruction for school teachers."

In the 1912-13 Annual Report a Miss Sofia Young is listed under art teacher appointments as Needlecraft Mistress, School of Art and Queen's Park C.C. (Continuation Classes).

In 1913-14 session her address was Doune Terrace. She took afternoon and evening design classes with Miss Macbeth and Mr Gray. She took afternoon pottery classes in 1914-15. Possibly she left to contribute to the war effort as in the Register is a note next to her name saying 'Canteen work'.

In the 1914-15 Annual Report a Miss S Y Young is listed as an Art Teacher doing evening classes at Queen's Park School.

She then didn't return to the Glasgow Art School until 1917-18 when she did a variety of classes over the following years:

• 1917-18: Evening, design classes, specifically needlework with Miss MacBeth
• 1919-20: Afternoon and evening classes in Modelling with Miss Macbeth
• 1920-21: Evening, embroidery
• 1921-22: Evening, pottery, specifically china-painting
• 1922-23: Afternoon, pottery
• 1923-24: Evening, pottery
• 1924-25: Evening, pottery
• 1925-26: Pottery
• 1926-27: Evening, leatherwork
• 1929-30: Evening, drawing and painting

In 1922 she achieved the Certificate for Pottery, having satisfactorily completed the 847G course. This was a course offered by The Glasgow School of Art for school teachers to develop their skills.

In 1925 her address changed to Lacrosse Terrace.

Her last year of attendance was 1929-30 when she would have been in her early to mid-sixties.

The following year an Edith Young, from the same address as Sofia, came to The Glasgow School of Art for evening needlework classes but does not seem to have returned in any subsequent years.

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