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

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I y WILIU-R I)I;AX ha.mii.tox T rinity Court. Dartmouth Street, lloston -Mumnus of M.X’.. ..S.: pupils at the Kcole (ies Beaux .Arts, Paris Head of the Dep.xrt.mknt of Tine .Arts .Amid the battery of colored lifthts. Air. Hamilton, with all the finesse of an artist and the ingenuity of a stage director, as- sembles his classes and poses the figure.- for the composition. Evidently man ' think that the study of composition should not be limited to the painters, for the Tuesdax ' afternoon classes are visited regularly and with satisfying results. Occasionally to us on the outside there comes a shout when someone puts up a canvas for an ' .A Mr. Hamilton has the deep respect of his stu- dents. Spottings have taken a strong h(dd. and there is a general striving for good work under his genial encouragement AXXA Al.AVHEW H.U H.WV.W 1409 Commonwealth .Ave.. .Mlston. Mass. Lowell School of Design. Boston: Harvard Summer School Instrcctor in Color H.xr.mo.nv Infinite kindness, patience, and helpful- ness. .Miss Hathaway never fails us. However poor the drawing or however despairing the student, she always finds some ray of hope to which one may cling. We fear we must sometimes prove very trying to one of her sensitiveness, but she never lets us feel it if we do. .Vnd all of us have grown to realize that no one can come in contact with Miss Hathaway with- out gaining a keener feeling f or what is truly harmonious in art and life. Tor she not only impresses one with her personal charm: she has also a subtle power of stimulating the sense of beauty in others. R.AV.MOXD PORTER .53 Harvard Street. Cambridge. Mass. Stuflied at the Chicago Art Institute. Alember of the Boston Society of Sculptors. Alember of the Copley Society Head of the Department of Sci lpture Poet, philosopher, artist and sculptor is our friend and instructor. Air. Porter. It is difficult, perhaps, to picture this delight- ful master of design, this genial, helpful advisor, an erstwhile cowpuncher. His in- formal lectures, which he ludds sometimes to crowds three tiers high before his desk, are filled with interest of other countrie- and unu ual books. To describe Air. Por- ter ' s individual techni(|ue in mode ' ing is but to indicate his breadth of mind, his geniality and his charm of personalitx . Whether it is an illustrated talk of his Tlorida work or a constructive criticism of a composition, his p ' .pil is grateful for every word. .A record of the fine memo- rials over the country done by Air. Porter, and his sculpture at the recent Boston Ex- hibition. make the -Massachusetts .‘school of .Art not a little proud that he is a mem- ber of our faculty. JO.SEPH GOSS COWELL 221 Columbus -Ave., Boston, Wrentham Student at X . A ' . .Art Students’ League, Boston Aluseum School, Julian .Acad- emy in Paris. Rome and London. Instructor in Drwvino and Painting The chance for class criticism by Air. Cowell in life drawing comes only to the fortunate Treshmen and Sophomores, but we are not entirely cut off. for through the last two years of school we are occasion- tilly favored with a bracing correction of our work when we visit his classes. But it is for the lower classmen that Air. Cowell supervises the plays and entertainments which are presented to the school. Between his modeling classes at the Xew School of Design and his good-natured advice for his students ' work here, he calls upon all his friends, singers, craftsmen and writers, to attend the assemblies under his charge. Air. Cowell is a consummate worker, and we expect soon to have the result in the church mura’s he is now painting CYRUS EDW.VRD D.ALLIX 09 Oakland . ve . .Arlington Heights. .Mass. Pupil of Truman 11. Bartlett Studied .Abroad .Advisory Head of Dept, of Sculpture • ' Good morning, young people. welL what can 1 do to help you this morning? ' ’ S-.-.ch is a greeting familiar to the modelling students, who look up and see Air. Dallin smiling in the doorway, and such is his since e wish, to he ' p us get a little c ' oser to nature each time. His boyhooil was silent in the open and he took from the grandeur of the mountains and the songs of the pines their greatest secret sin- cerity. ' Truly, he is an artist. AA ' e su-pect he would like to have another lifetime be- fore him in which to continue the never tiring fun that he might get still closer to nature. Xot to love this gracious man is not to know him. 1

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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

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FREDERICK WALLACE Fenway Studios. 30 Ipswich Street, lioston. Mass. •Muninus iM. X. . . S. Studied at .Acadeniie Julien and the Carlarossis in Paris Instructor in Life .and Painting Mr. Wallace is one of the younger mem- bers of the faculty. He continues to pro- duce portraits which bring him praise and a well-deserved reputation from a satisfied clientele. His foibles, if reported correctly, are for a mild sort of cussing and a tendency to make queer faces at his mod- els. Since this is the year book, the cuss- ing is necessarily mild, and the latter fault we may forgive because the portraits are so successful. Mr. Wallace rapidly works to the position of one of Boston’s well- known portrait painters and he exhibits at the St. Botnlph Club. V’ose Galleries and Cassons. I.ILLIAX A. PHILLIPS 36 Robinwood . ve., Jamaica Plain, Mass. Alumnus M. X. S.: Degrees B.S., .M.A., Columbia Instructor in Crafts DAXIEL O. BREWSTER 17. Branch St., Boston. IMass. . lumnus I. X ' . .A. S.: Secretary. Copley Society; Instructor in Stage Craft at Emer- son: Teaching Experience at Hartford Art School and in Cornish and Chester, X. H. Instructor in Pageantry and D esign -Away from the tumult of the city, around the corner from the crowd, is the studio of a quiet artist. When the lowly Freshman has passed this portal and been invited to tea here among the bits of Ital- ian treasures, he is given to reflections upon his extreme good luck in knowing Mr. Brewster. But a true realization of it comes when the music of encouragement steers many a lower classman through the sulphurous blue, period when the spirit is low. He fiercely concentrates upon stage work with a contagious enthusiasm. His stage presentations border on absolute perfection in color. Air. Brewster ' s only failing, if we may call it a failing, is a liking for community poetry which is de- claimed between deep breaths and with chest expanded. ALARY AI. RUGG 62 Hamilton Street, Wollaston. Alass. .Alumnus AI.X’..A.S. and Cooper ' s Union; studied at Pratt Institute and the Chicago School of Design Instructor in Costume Illustration Airs. Rugg is actually one of the faculty in spite of the fact that her youthfulness leads visitors and half the lower classmen to mistake her for a student. .After such domestic duties and tribulations as the subduing of the incendiary tendencies of her children. Airs. Rugg has still an aston- ishing amount of energy as she conducts her classes in costume illustration. .She is first to consider the standards required in artistic illustration for advertising. We regret that she is able only to spend two period.s a week with her class. LEO O ' DOXXELL 56 Eellsway East, Alalden .Alumnus AI. X. .A. S. Illustrator Instructor in .Antique and Life Drawing. Clever, facile fingers always patiently willing to show the way and guide the awkward hands through the problems. Aliss Phillips ' course requires much time and practice but her pupils insist that it is delightful work and a solution to the prob- lem of Christmas gifts. Certainly variety of work in Crafts would prevent any bore- dom. and its usefulness has no limits, for the problems when finished are applicable or have something in common with other pieces of school work. Air. O ' Donnell one morning read poetry to his class. We have decided, in retro- spect, that we enjoyed poetry reading while we worked, but at the moment, and for a short time, we were acutely uncom- fortable from mere astonishment. We had recited for Air. Brewster but then we had done the declaiming — here we were the en- tertained. Alay he continue with his happy inspiration. Air. O ' Donnell carries on a successful illustration business besides his classes in this school. To him we owe our first profitable introduction to the modern illustrators ' and designers ' work in com- mercial advertising. His new studio, near the Aluseum, is one of the old houses of X’ew England design in Boston.