Massachusetts College of Art and Design - Palette and Pen Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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■KI»IXiniXI»IKI»INI£BIKIS(IKI»INISXIlCIKIKa XIXIXIXIUIXISIXJX RAYMOND AVERILL PORTER 331 Harvard Street. Cambridge. Mr. Porter was born at Herinon. X. V.. but spent his childhood out in the western frontier. His many rem- iniscent tales of the prairies are always pleasant to hear. He is practically self-taught, but has attended the Chi- cago . rt Institute. He has been a member of the faculty of this art school, and is connected with the Boston So- ciety of Sculptors and the Copley Society. He is admired by each pupil who is under his guidance, for his kind help and instruction and also for his sincere personality and sterling character. JAMES MACE ANDRESS 67 Clyde Street. N’ewtonville. Teacher Training. Born in Chesaning, Michigan. Dr. Andress has taught psychology here since 1915. He is at the head of the Department of Psychology and Social Hygiene at the State Normal School. Worcester. He has received BPd. and , .B. degrees from the Mich- gan State Normal College; Ph.M. from the University of Chicago; , .M. from Harvard, and Ph D. from Clark University. IMany of us have not had the pleasure of studying under the supervision of this man. or of even meeting him. but we see him as he passes along with his kindly smile and genial manner. RICHARD ANDREW Fenway Studios. 50 Ipswich Street. Boston; 173 Strat- ford Street. West Roxbury. Mr. . ndrew is the exponent of free expression, the analyist of human beings, the teacher who injects vivid comments and dissertations into an ordinarily dull anatomy course, who secures amazingly faithful attend- ances to life classes and who kindly and sincerely helps us grow. But beware of the twinkle in his eyes! It precludes an argument, for Mr. .Andrew talks of many things. Not only is Air. .Andrew a successful teacher but as well, a fine artist, as any Boston art gallery exhibitions can prove. Air. .Andrew has studied abroad and was a pupil of Laurens and Gerome. ETHEL G. BARTLETT Longfellow Court. 1200 Alassachusetts .Avenue. Cambridge. Aliss Bartlett makes the study of values of light and shade and watercolors pleasant and agreeable. She is the essence of gentleness, the personification of gracious- ness. and the em.bodiment of true kindliness, kindly ex- pressed. The watercolors Aliss Bartlett herself executes are exquisite and lovely. They inspire us to attempt to paint likewi.se. Aliss Bartlett has a niche all her own in our hearts, for she always is willing to advise us when we come to her with the perplexities and problems of our tasks. DANIEL O. BREWSTER 1 7.A Branch Street, Boston. Air. Brewster was burn in New A ' ork but his home is in Sandown. New Hampshire. He graduated from AI. N .A. S. and has taught at the Hartford .Art School as well as at schools tn Cornish. Chester and Derry. New Hampshire. For him. life is one lovely pageant after another. He is interested in the Little Theatre move- ment and is an expert teacher of pageantry, dyeing, design and decoration. Flis famous collection of antique bottles is one of the charms of his fascinating studio on Beacon Hill, where the latch string is always out for the pupils of our school. THERON I. CAIN R. F. D. 101 South Biaintree. It is difficult for the student not to associate Air. Cain entirely with angles and bewildering lines, but to be in the same school with him for any length of time means to know him personally, to be assured of a friend at any time and to be pleasurably and profitably escorted through many rough subjects. While it is impossible to absorb perspective in one year we know that we are given the most possible and this, flavored with Air. Cain ' s refreshing sense of humor, makes the course quite interesting. ' Ve wish him a continued success and happiness in his erge into matrimony and the trip abroad that follows this summer. 16

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ROYAL BAILFA ' FARXUM 10 Prospect Terrace, Xewtonville Somerville is the natal city of Mr. Farnum, and after he was graduated from the M. X. A. S. he had the advantage of e.xhaustive studies in ' Fngland, Italy, Ger- many and Belgium. Like many Xew Fnglanders, the West called him, and he won laurels as Director of the Xormal Department of the Cleveland School of .Art: director of .Art Education m the Xormal Schools of Xew York, where he was also State specialist in Indus- trial Training. Air. Farnum returned to his native state as Director of .Art Education, and is the Iteloved prin- cipal of our school, where his lectures inspire interest rivalled by those seeking him in the lecture field out of school hours. FREDERICK AIASOX WILDER Willard Street. Braintree Dean — Lecturer on General History Air. Wilder was born in Bangor. Ale., and at Har- vard he received the degrees of B.S. and AI.S. Before coming to the AI. X. A. S. he taught in Cleveland. He is an example of the round peg in the round role or the square peg in the square hole, for he fits into any angle of his work, to our profit, if not always to our pleasure. Few are they who complete their course without trembling in the official presence and no one, however brief his experience, fails to have a happy mem- ory of his personal cordiality. CYRUS EDWIX DALLI.X 69 Oakland .Avenue. .Arlington Heights. Air. Dallin was born in L’tah. The Indians were his friends and his first ideas of beauty came from their beads, baskets and pottery. His first works, two life- sized heads, were exhibited at a fair in Salt Lake City. He came to Boston to study with Truman H. Bartlett. In a few years he went to Paris, attracting the attention of many able sculptors and artists. Fame and success came rapidly. The .Appeal to the Great Spirit ’ is uni- versally known. He is kindly and sincere and is held in the highest respect by his pupils. WILBUR DEAX HAAIILTOX Trinity Court, Dartmouth Street, Boston. Born Soincrfield, Ohio. Graduate oj Xormal .Art School. Pupil oj the Ecolc Des Beaux .Arts, Paris. The school is indeed fortunate in having as an instructor this man who has long since proved his ability as a portrait painter, decorator and teacher. From his first entrance into the school as an instructor in drawing, to his present position of head of the Drawing and Paint- ing Department, he has ever worked for higher stand- ards. Air. Hamilton ' s personal interest in the student is characteristic. He is admired and respected by his pupils. YESPER LLXCOLX GEORGE 20 Commonwealth .Avenue. Boston: West Gloucester Head oj the Design Department Air. George was born in Boston and studied in Paris under Constant Doucet and Lefebre. He is not only a designer but also a lecturer and a noted mural painter, and the student who can say he studied under Yesper George holds the key to artistic heavens. I ' or many years the students at the AI. X. .A. S. have been able to enjoy his keen interest in them, his many-sided cul- ture and his terse comments on the world and its ways, especially ihe ways of Spain and Paris. AAIY R.VCKEL WHITTIER 90 Chestnut Street. Boston. In the summer time in her mountain seclusion. Aliss Whittier writes words of counsel and charm to her eager horde of teachers and pupils. Fired by her en- thusiasm, encouraged by her sympathy and understand- ing. strengthened by the friendliness she has for all who approach her, Aliss Whittier, yearly, sends out her group of teachers. .A glance at her charming picture is ade- quate to express all the lovely and fine thoughts we cherish of her as friend and teacher. Aliss Whittier has studied here, at the Cowles -Art School, Harvard, and at the universities of Boston and Chicago. 14 1 ,

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HELEN CLEAVES Waban She was born in Rockland, Illinois, and studied under Charles Woodbury and Denman Ross. Her late Friday afternoon class is a fiitins: end to a busy week, for there we always find a bit of humor, a bit of interest, and no dearth of ideas in the lectures. Her assignments are e.xcellent calling caids to the .-Vrt Museum. Those of us who are to be teachers may never fail to gain en- thusiasm for new devices and ideas, for Miss Cleaves seems to have such necessities ever at her finger tips. IRMA COFREX 1334 Commonwealth .Avenue, Boston Costume Design Instructor Miss Cofren was born and brought up in Boston and studied for four years at the Xormal , rt School and was for a time part of the staff of Hickson ' s in Xew York. She also worked with the Connick studio, designers in stained glass windows. In spite of her two years ' teaching experiencs here, it is difficult to take this ■ ' dainty rogue in porcelain for what she really is. a serious member of a serious faculty. Her teaching has the delightful qualities of enthusiasm and encouraging comment rathei than discouraging. She gets the best work out of her pupils by expecting it of them. She can talk authoritatively on most any subject, and to be with her is a liberal education. JOSEI ' H GOSS COWELL 221 Columbus venue. Boston; Wrentham. Mr. Cowell was born in Peoria. Illinois. He was a pupil of Laurens in Paris. Much of his work is in Peoria: the murals and stained glass windows in Saint Mary ' s Cathedral, murals in the Universalist Church and in the V. M. C. A. building there, but he has also decorated theatres in Boston and Holyoke. He is an elusive personality but a brilliant instructor, who com- bines enthusiasm and interest with illuminating direc- tion. He teaches oil painting, cast and figure drawing and his generous advice is not limited to the hours of class, but is always at the disposal of the truly earnest workers. MARTHA M. FLINT 267 High Street. Xewburyport Costume Design Instructor Miss Flint ' s address is also that of her birthplace. She studied in Cincinnati. New York and Boston, and before coming here she taught for ten years in the S. D, Taylor School, and for four years in the Everett evening school. The Gloucester School of the Little Theatre elected her as a member of its summer staff, and she is always in demand to costume pageants. Miss Flint is lenient with the dumb, but never with the dodgers. In following the changing lines of fashion she has never altered her line of constant attendance at class, of helpful suggestion and of unflagging interest. ANNA MAYHEW HATHAWAY 1409 Commonwealth . venue, . llston Miss Hathaway is a representative daughter of the Old Bay State. Born in Brockton, she was graduated from the Lowell School of Design of Boston, and pursued her studies at the Rindge Technical School and at Harvard Summer .School. Her exquisite characteristics find ex- pression in the teachings of the delicate niceties of color harmony. Miss Hathaway ' s qualifications as a teacher are demonstrated in the individual sketches of Xew England scenes, always objects of interest and delight when exhibited in Boston ' s best galleries. WALTER JAMISON 51 Walker Street, Cambridge. If only we had more time to prepare to enter each of Mr. Jamison ' s classes. Tm sure our minds would be ready to absorb his interesting and all important lec- tures. From the writer ' s personal point of view not one of us is big enough or fertile enough to appreciate the wealth of knowledge that is so freely given. e get so much from hearing Mr. .(amison read to us. He has a tonal quality that charms and vivifies the beauty of literature and it is an undeserved privilege to hear his personal views on current events.