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

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So when the Anqel of the darker Drink At last shall find yon hy the riuer brink, And, offering his Cap, inrite yoar Soul f orth to your Lips to (juaff you shall not shrink.” Elizabeth Balcom Rubaiyat

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f HERE is an old saying that failure is tKe only high road to success. If it is a true one, then we are all destined to triumph. Eor in the happy rooms of the drawing and painting department we have suffered the most glorious defeats, and bedizened the very walls with magnificent ruin. And we are strangely hopeful and light-hearted. Beauty will surely appear on our next canvas or in the bitten lines of the burnished plate that now gleams before us. We are busy with our wood blocks and pen drawings, our illustra- tions which are more apt to catch the spirit than the letter of the text, our sensitive drypoints, and gay pastels. And though we understand that we may never fully realize our dreams of greatness, we know, too, that this is our element from which we cannot be exiled lest we perish. So we are resolved as long as we live to hold fast to the qualities we have discovered here: the bright enthusiasm and creative courage, the intense and sincere labor so difficult to maintain, the delight in well-kept materials, and the pure joy in seeking out Beauty and learning her ways. 3 ' Joan Drew. ’38

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John Ananis Steady, conscientious, and tliorougli. Witli liis fine sensibilities and quiet patience, Jolin lias kept bis work to tbe bigb professional standard that Kas become a letjend around school, and will no doubt soon gain for biin a noteworthy reputation in tbe field of ]jainting. Elizabeth Balcom Peeping around doors and slipping noiselessly into class, Mascart’s Greek goddess comes in and does good ones with enviable ease and facility. Modestly disclaims tbe evident merit of her work. She often goes dreamy-eyed on us and we know her thoughts are not in New England clouds. Guido Carbone A genuine craftsman, Guido turns out ingeniously designed and beautifully executed sketch boxes, not to mention innumerable little knick knacks indispens- able to an artist. His canvases look better and better each week, and we all admire his consistent progress, not only in painting but in jjhotography ' as well.