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

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FRESHMAN CLASS President . . . Vice-President Secretary . . . Treasurer Faculty Advisors . Donald Moss Elizabeth Balcom Claire Wells Lou Glassman ( Miss Munsterberg ) Mr. Hoadley The mystifying, inspiringly new materials on which we so promiscuously squandered our substance in September are worn, broken, lost, or quite used up. Only the strong fundamentals remain intact — drawing board, folio, brushes, and palette. Our impressions, formed hastily in the bewilderment and confusion of the first dazzling week, hove undergone a like change. To some extent, we have realized that beneath the superficial gayety lie permanent qualities and a worth-while purpose. Three years lie before us. Equipped with more definite objectives and ideals, and the knowledge of how little we know, we set out with courage — and much whistling. The number of Freshman honors, to date, is exceedingly small. No deed of import looms large upon the almost spotless expanse of the Freshman ledger. We endured in undistinguished stoicism the traditional ordeal of Freshman Week and retaliated in some measure with the exquisite agony of a blushing and quite unprepared assembly which consisted largely of a barrage of brilliant repartee — artists and audience alike participating. Then came Smock Day, Initiation, speeches, a trembling rendition of the Song, and the smocks — they shall be green in our memory forever ! Upon the first Tuesday in November we held our election. The dubious honors were awarded to: Donald Moss, President; Elizabeth Balcom, Vice-President; Claire Wells, Secretary; and Lou Glassman, Treasurer. We say dubious because, sad to relate, these august officials hove never yet succeeded in taming the playful ardor of the Persian colts to the extent that they will sit calmly during fifteen minutes of formal meeting. Jerry Paul, Virginia Major, and Donald Moss took part in the first Mascort production this year, The Sire de Maletroit ' s Door . We all took part in the Christmas spread and enjoyed it to the hilt. On February 6 the freshman Nightmares of ' 38 was produced in honor of Mrs. Whiffet ' s birthday. The show was written and directed by Joan Drew and Donald Moss. The prologue was by Constance Lambert. The class of ' 38 feels a deep and sincere gratitude to the whole school for the welcome accorded us. We particularly appreciate the comradely fashion in which the Senior advisors have taken us in hand, offering advice and companionship. One year is too short a time to enjoy their friendship, for graduation looms very near; but we hope to prove to the faculty our appreciation for their friendly guidance, inspiration, and encouragement. ELIZABETH BALCOM ' 38.

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SOPHOMORE CLASS President DOMINICK SEVERINO Vice-President HARRIETTE SMITH Secretary DOROTHEA DAY Treasurer STUART HODGE Faculty Advisors ... MISS BARTLETT I MR. THOMPSON The Sophomores, in the role of Inquisitors, decreed garters for male socks, hair ribbons for male heads, and umbrellas for everyone in the Freshman Class. Smock Day, however, terminated the initiation and incorporated the new class in the student body. The dividing of the Bunnies into various departments was both pleasurable and sad. The latter, because old friends were separated; the former, because those whose interests were the same, were united. The Teacher Trainers progressed under the stimulus of fragrant moist glue, settlement classes, and pink-ribboned notebooks; the Designers often worked until sun-rise under the spell of block prints, historic motifs, and textile patterns; the Drawers and Painters, it is sufficient to say, were learning to Major. The programs of all divisions included the tu-whit and tu-whoo of introverts and extroverts; furniture notebooks and the necessary journeys to the Museum of Fine Arts; Cimabue, Giotto, Fra Lippo Lippi, Fra Angelico, and Andrea del Sarto; Stoicism, Epicureanism, and Idealism; Epipsychidion, The Sensitive Plant, Caliban on Setebos, the Pot of Basil and why it grew so well; and conventional shades and shadows. G. STUART HODGE ' 37.

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STUDENT ASSOCIATION President Vice-President . . . . Secretaries Treasurer Faculty Advisors . . JOSEPHINE BLATT RICHARD BRIGGS ( VIOLA CROUCH } RUTH COBB JAMES GREEN ( MISS WHITTIER ) MR. PORTER The Student Association reports a successful year in promoting the social unity of the student body by extra-curricular activities. The Association tried to make its assembly meetings more interesting than ever before by the introduction of as much school talent as possible. It claims the humble distinction of having discovered for posterity Max Singer and his remarkable company of entertainers, and of having exposed talents number seventy-eight and seventy-nine of Michel Gariepy. (We have to admit that the first seventy-seven talents had been discovered before we came along.) At another meeting we arranged to hove the famous actor of the Group Theatre, Morris Carnovsky, interpret a scene from Shakespeare ' s Richard the Third, a treat which was received with much enthusiasm by the school. Still more unusual programs ore being planned as this statement is offered.