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.

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FREDERICK MASON ' WILDER Willard Street, Braintree, Mass. De.srees of B.S. and M.S. from Harvard Dean of Our School Our dean is the first to take care of the much confused Freshman after registration. The precedent holds, it would seem, for Mr. Wilder, aside from his duties as Dean of the school, continues to be the authority on all matters which the classmen put be- fore him. He is never so busy that he cannot advise or listen attentively to our story, never so dignified that he cannot appreciate real humor, . nd yet he prac- tices his arguments for efficiency so well that there can be no doubt that the inter- ests of the school and his work receive the best of his abilities. VESPER LINCOLN GEORGE 20 Commonwealth . ve.. Boston Pupil of Constant. Doucet and Lefebre Head of Department of Design It is impossible to place Mr. George in any one definite profession, for he has an aptitude for many things. He is not only a designer, a lecturer, traveller, decorator, and instructor of design but the founder of a new art school in Boston. This year the Seniors and the Juniors, by some un- precedented stroke of luck, are fortunate to hear his lectures which have such a wide range of subject and are made doubly- interesting by Mr. George ' s keen sense of humor. .Any student who has been in his classes cannot have helped being influenced by his clever criticisms and earnest ar- guments for original experiment. His motto, proved by the example he sets, is, ‘ Keep Moving.’ ' ELLA MCNSTERBERG 36 Claflin Road. Brookline, Mass. .Art Museum School, Radcliffe College Instructor— History of .Art She wears remembrance softly, and a trace — Dusk-violet, rose-ivory — of slim Warm-eyed madonnas in a cloistered place Lingers about her, beautiful and dim. foday she spoke . . . and I saw Dante pass. Deep-shadowed were the gardens where he trod, Sweet-petaled with spent roses lay the grass, .And it was dawn . . . and Giotto walked with God. There has been singing on the hills today. .And Botticelli walked with me apart. Speaking of things we knew . . . and on the way To Florence, like a lily at her heart. We saw the tower of Sante Croce, far. Dream-lifted to the sky. Then evening spread .A whitened road beneath a wistful star . . . .And I was glad . . . and followed where it led. MISS AMY RACHEL WHITTIER 99 Chestnut St., Boston, Alass. RICHARD ANDREW F ' enway Studios, 30 Ipswich St., Boston, Mass. Studied with Laurens and Gerome. Instructor of .Anatomy and Life Drawing Air. .Andrew explains that he leaves to us our own methods of stating what we see. He tells us frankly whether we are on the right road, or whether we are not grasping the significance of the pose. He realizes and makes consideration for the limitations and characteristics of his pupils and thus enables each to progress and achieve individual ends with the utmost of clearness and celerity. We are fortunate to have an instructor in anatomy who is thoroughly and comprehensively equipped with the subject and able to impart it to his students so successfully. Mr. .Andrew ' s distinction as one of the finest is strength- ened as his murals for the State House in Boston near completion. I think I had been beauty-starved before I heard her voice, and in a tone ' s caress Came suddenly upon the open door Of a too long-forgotten loveliness.” Cowle ' s .Art School. Harvard, L’niversities of Boston and Chicago Head of Department of .Art Education We almost pass over Aliss Whittier with sighs of resignation, convinced that she verges toward the irreproachable. Even in our most scatching moments we find it difficult to regret anything of her. Oh for the wings of a dove!” we might sing of Miss Whittier’s fluttering elbows, and of her surplus energy. We have become confirmed addicts to her charms. Her in- genious oratory and heliotrope harmonies have attracted us to her. Fancy being the receiver of so many tribulations and glories, yet retaining a sense of freedom and good will. .As we toil to the outposts we carry with us Miss Whittier’s creed of loveliness. o o