Manhattanville College - Tower Yearbook (Purchase, NY)

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[ Page sixteen ] “SANCTUS” by Mother Woollett, made for the chapel corridor at Manhattanville.

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[ Page seventeen J 3n Jflemortam MOTHER ANNA PELL WOOLLETT Mother Woollett, whose death on September 9, 1931, was such a shock to all of us at the College, was born in 1884, the daughter of the late Sidney Woollett of Boston, and of Julia Dwindle of Brooklyn. She attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Elmhurst, and after graduating entered the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where she studied under the late Bela Pratt. Later she was Assistant-Instructor and Assistant-Sculptor to Mr. Pratt. Methods in Art Composition,” a book by Mother Woollett, pub¬ lished just before her death, embodies her theories on the teaching of art to young children, a work in which she was particularly interested. As Professor of History and Theory of Art at Manhattanville, Mother Woollett was an integral part of the spirit and life of the College which she loved so much and to which she gave the energy and individuality which were hers in such abundance. We can never appreciate fully the untiring devotedness with which Mother Woollett sought our progress, our develop¬ ment, not counting the cost to her own personal strength and interests. To those who had as students the privilege of intimate personal contact with Mother Woollett, her life is an inspiring example of talents nobly used, of self-sacrifice and devotedness. Mother Woollett was an artist, but above all a Christian, a follower of Christ, in the most exalted sense of those words. To follow in her footsteps in some small way, to carry on her work as best we can, will be the highest ambition of the art students of Manhattanville.