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To you, our boys and girls now serving our cause and our country at home and on foreign soil, we dedicate this book of the year 1944. As friends and classmates at M. S. A. we have shared our laughter, our experiences, and our dreams . . . and it is to the realization of these dreams that we lay our hopes for tomorrow. You have been called upon to right a wrong — not of your making . . . in order that we may all retain our dreams for our futures. There will be a better world of your making, — and we pray for your quick and safe return when your mission is fulfilled. ELNA NELSON In deep appreciation of the sacrifice those students are making in interrupting their formal educations in order to preserve for all of us the privilege of education and the freedom of art expression, the Administration and Faculty are glad to second the resolve to dedicate this book to the men and women of the Massachusetts School of Art who are in the service of our Country. PHILIP O. PALMSTROM Acting President
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The fall of 1940 held the brightest hopes for those of us who formed the class of ’44. Eagerness for achievement in our chosen field seemed more important than the oppressing threat of war. Those were the glorious days of clay fights, frequent rest periods, sketching in the Fenway on bright mornings, and the hearty laughter of male students. Remember? We held lengthy and heated discussions on the election and the draft situation, — and we received formal introduction to the mysteries of plumb lines and vanishing points. We were typical freshmen, — enthusiastic, eager, and . . . green as they grow. We were sophomores when the shadow of December seventh marked a change in the pattern of our school careers. We turned toward our work with a more serious attitude. We found time to give our service in Red Cross work and air raid duty, as well as participating in war activity at school. The armed forces and the opportunity for war jobs drained our class of a third of its membership. The rest of us met many new and exciting experiences that year . . . there were life classes and structural design, ceramics and block printing. With hammer and chisel, we attacked huge blocks of plaster, and Lo and Behold! ... a three dimensional abstract representing “Melancholy” or the “Song of the Thrush at Sunrise”. We struggled with coil-built dishes and conte crayon techniques . . . and were even progressing a little in our perpetual struggle to apply a flat wash. Our junior year confronted us with the task of carrying out our choice of a course. That was the year we specialized. Some of us learned the
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