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

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Officers CLASS OF NINETEEN THIRTY-ONE John Leo Hendricken Kenneth W. Berry Treasurer President Eleanor Deshon Vice-President W E, the Class of 1931, are about to pass the threshold, and to look back with tear-dimmed eyes at our school days. This year has found us in our final steps of specialization with little time for adventuring and becoming acquainted with other students. In our four years, we’ve attended the football games most faithfully. Such victories they were that they left us happy and gay until the Christmas Spread — a sparkling moment giving its light until another happy date, the Senior Prom. The latter, one may easily guess, was an affair of dignity and grace, a splendid reflection of the Senior Class. The final tussle with the thesis leaves us in fitting form to deal with banquets, dances, and graduation exercises. It’s all a glorious step out into a bright new world, but with it is the regret that we know all our resolutions to continue friendships will not be kept. Yet we shall still have these glorious memories — memories to each a little different, but in the mind of all there will be the sacred and the ridiculous. Grace Scott

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MR. FRED J. THOMPSON 368 Long wood Avenue, Boston, Mass. Instructor in Elementary Drawing and Design M. S. A. welcomes Mr. Thompson as a new member of our faculty, who has already made himself known because of his friendly manner. Courteous, kindly, and always quietly helpful, Mr. Thompson soon makes everyone with whom he comes in contact his friend. MISS AMY R. WHITTIER 93 Chestnut Street, Boston, Mass. Alumnus, M. S. A.; Cowle’s Art School, Harvard, and Universities of Boston and Chicago Head of Department of Art Education A vision of purple asters and heliotrope, a person of gracious friendliness and charm. Her buoyancy of spirit, her keen and sympathetic understanding of her pupils’ difficulties, finds expression in a wise and helpful guidance. Teachers as well as pupils are always assured of a cordial welcome to her at- tractive office retreat, where a few mo- ments with her makes life seem richer and more worthwhile. MRS. EFFIE B. WHITTET 15 Chilton Rd., West Roxbury, Mass. Boston University; Simmons; M. S. A. Librarian Instructor in Library Methods As a source of information, a nurse and a trusting friend, Mrs. Whittet reigns undisputed in her fourth-story kingdom. MRS. ELIZABETH W. PERKINS 231 Perkins St., Jamaica Plain, Mass. Lecturer, Observation and Mental Training through Drawing Quite apart from the Art of Seeing, we have found Mrs. Perkins to be one of thosereally genuine, worth while people. We need not fear that her estimation of us will be biased by the fact that we do not agree with her theories, or that we are unsuccessful in teaching memory sequences! Mrs. Perkins assures us that perspective need not be nearly as difficult as we anticipate. MR. JOHN SHARMAN 80 Somerset Street, Belmont, Mass. Instructor in Painting All w’ho are privileged to know ' and study under Mr. Sharman learn to ad- mire him for his impartiality and desire to help his students. With a nicety of judgment, Mr. Sharman blends constructive criticism and slight praise upon which one builds his hopes and aspirations step by step. DR. LILAH M. VAUGHAN 400 Crescent Street, Waltham, Mass. Boston University, A.B., A.M., Ph.D. Phi Beta Kappa. Graduate work at Harvard, Civic Welfare Work, Woman’s Municipal League, Advisor of women and Professor of Economics and Soci- ology at Boston University School of Education. Instructor in Sociology A very human and entertaining instruc- tor who explains her theories by stories from actual experiences; a character made strong through constant struggle, yet benevolent and understanding; one who is to be admired.

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MADELEINE BIRCH 20 Oak Knoll Road, Natick, Mass School of Fine Arts and Crafts General Design Course If we could place a value On this merry madcap ' s worth. The least that could be said is — She ' s the truest friend on earth. VIRGINIA DUNLAP 92 Dennison Ave., Framingham, Mass. Framingham High School General Design Course Gin” is the quiet general designer who does such good layouts. Always smiling and in good humor, Gin” has very good taste, and she is one whom we feel will be very successful in her chosen field. MARY E. PERKINS 121 Union St., Franklin, Mass. Franklin High School General Design Course Mary in her gentle manner has quite won our hearts, and will be thought of in connection with a very infectious sense of humor. ’31 GRACE EDITH SCOTT Wood Street, Lexington, Mass., R. R. No. 6, Box 91 Brookline High School Advisory Board ' 30, Editor-in-Chief Year Book ' 30, Senior Editor ' 31 General Design Course A lady of judicious opinions with a very definite idea of the artistic render- ing of fried eggs in design but most particularly on textiles. Grace is ever the connoisseur of culinary concoctions. DORCAS FRY TUCKER 28 Oak Street, Middleboro, Mass. Middleboro High School General Design Course Dorcas is the dainty element of the de- sign class, but her qualifications do not end there. She charms us with gentle sarcasm. Already we are beginning to anticipate receipt of post cards from London, Berlin, or Paris next summer and are trying not to be too envious. DOROTHY R. MILLER 92 St. James Ave., Chicopee Falls, Mass. Technical High School, Springfield General Design Course Dot” is quiet and unassuming, and although she wouldn ' t tell you, is really very clever. She has a gift for writing as well as design, and we feel certain that she will be most successful in her chosen w’ork.” Dot” works very hard yet she always has time for her share of fun. HELEN JANE JACKSON 40 Orchard Street, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Practical Arts High School General Design Course Jackie emanates All the drawings she creates. Clever drawings we admire. Kindness, beauty, charm and wit. Such things all may see. Only what a pal she is. No one knows but me. LILLIAN E. TULLGREN 1200 Commonwealth Avenue, ' 1J Allston, Mass. Brighton High School General Design Course Lillian has a certain quality of cordial charm and sophisticated naivete. [She has a love of little dainty things, and we all know that something extraor- dinary will be shown in her thesis.