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

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n D Foreword This book Is for remembrance. Time alone will prove Its qualities. Years from now some of you will be turning these pages, seeking to revive mem- ories which the Intervening years have somehow made more and more dear. Of course you will be wiser then but no one should try to wish that wis- dom upon you now. You are sending this book out with a flourish of trumpets — Art World, here we come! You are entitled to that Impetuousness and confidence for you are going to need them to sustain you until experience gives you sober judgment to take their places. But this Is no time for fine words and glittering promises. It Is exhilarating, no doubt, to state that art Is essential to the cultural advance- ment of the world, but right now you are faced with the necessity of making art furnish you with the essentials of living. That In Itself Is no small thing, nor does It mean losing sight of the goal — In fact. It helps to justify It. Be not Impatient with us, your teachers, be- cause we seem not to have equipped you with the final word for each future situation. Remember that you never will quite succeed In cutting your- self away from this school and this faculty. Some portion of their presence goes along with you and words, situations, and demonstrations, perhaps not clearly understood as students at the time, will find a way of blossoming forth to meet the situa- tion as It arises. You will recognize and acknowl- edge these fulfilments as they occur, and In later years as you wonder what power lies behind the poignancy of Art School memories and by what token the sense of nostalgia Is made keen, you will realize that It Is because some means of com- munication between the school and you was never completely severed.