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

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Dear Students: We live in a day and age far surpassing anj ' of the great periods in history. With our marvelous scientific inventions, our wonderful strides in medicine, our unusual freedom of thought, our rapid means of communication, and. particularly in this country, our great wealth, we are in a new and great renaissance. This is especially true of the field in which we are peculiarly interested. Evidences are on every hand of the growing awakening of the value and interest being taken hy the public generally in the art problem — new demands for better homes, keener interest in the style problem of costume, and more attention to the aesthetic side of machine production from machine tools to automobiles, and Irom the beautifully advertised tloormnp to radios — all evidences of a growing interest and appreciation of beauty. You are fortunate in being alive today. Su ch an awakening inevitably must produce a greater love for and appreciation of the Fine . rts and. with . merica in the van. each of you is faced with the wonderful opportunity of being a leader in your chosen field. iMay you arrive at that height and soon. Royal Bailey Farnum.