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

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Once again our nation has been highly instrumental in ending a World conflict. We have witnessed in this nation a material contribution and an aginations. One element of special interest to you and to me is the demonstration, during the War, of the intrinsic value of art or the use of visual methods in communicating ideas. Greater knowl- edge has been given to more people and an understanding of a more com- plete range of subjects has been made possible through techniques such as motion pictures, photography, me- chanical and exploded drawings, paintings of the fine art category and even comic strips. We are a part of a visual minded generation. Now, as never before, social eco- nomical problems are challenging American ingenuity, education, indus- try and democracy. The visual tech- niques and art stimulation growing out of our War experiences can con- tinue and be highly instrumental in solving our many problems. The Administration and the Fapulty of the Massachusetts School of Art are fully cognizant of the challenges which lie ahead. Our service to you has been and will continue to be the outgrowth of a desire to provide the best possible training. organizational unity which have far surpassed our most complete Im-