Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

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7- ptUcdL yti. Alt T • • • former art instructor at Bridgewater, we dedicate our Yearbook in sincere appreciation of many duties cheerfully performed. B

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ust as the writers of the Declaration of Independence and the authors of the Constitution wrote the guarantee of the political liberties which they left as our heritage, so too must the teachers and students in our American schools and colleges realize that the new frontiers must be established by cooperation through the democratic processes. As teachers we must open the doors that common man may enter into his full inheritance. The youth of today must be given the best possible educa- tion that he may think and do the things so necessary to the life of our free institutions. As you, the members of the class of 1942, go forth from your Alma Mater to meet the challenge, I have faith that you will not meet it in the cowardly complaint of Hamlet, The time is out of joint. O cursed spite, that ever I was born to set it right, but rather in the ringing words of Rupert Brooke who gave his life in the last World War: Now God be thanked who has matched us with this hour.

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J- ike z en.i ei4.wc£ Keep up the good work. Because our ideal is vital living, as living changes so must our school problems, but never this ideal. Education, as you know, is development and enrichment. Therefore if you expect to be an educator, you must not cling to static forms, but by intelligent experimentation, keep on. In many cases the immediate need is obvious, and the solution near at hand. At times both teacher and pupils should come face to face with a substance only partially understood and through individual and group effort discover its real possibilities. When I meet you in your classrooms, I hope to find you teaching with understanding and vision. We members of the faculty have helped you lay a firm foundation, and we look to you to build each elevation slowly, soundly, and unpretentiously. Remember that nature or the imitation of it is not art. Visual art is the expression of the feeling of an individual, and upon the emotional reaction set up within the observer depends the greatness of the work. Creative ability is natural for us all, and, as we foster its development, we must be sure to recognize fundamental truth and sincerity in the contribution of each to the ultimate ad- vantage of the group. Xr sc aw Vy W JZLi B