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

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freshman class President Wilfred Sheldon Vice-President Charles McGregor Secretary George Bergner Treasurer Joseph Gropper If this year ' s bumper crop of freshmen, the largest ever, appears to suffer from a severe epi- demic of megalomania, don ' t call a psychiatrist. The year had not yet begun when we were eulo- gized as the cream of the crop, the pick of a mul- titude of artistic aspirants. Such praise and op- timism on the part of the faculty was bound to produce an occasional braggadocio or at least convert a flock of uncertain freshmen into a galaxy of bombastic hopefuls. By virtue of his preponderance, the knowledge- hungry veteran has dominated this class, making it a trifle older than freshmen groups in the past, and allegedly more sophisticated. Although he is no self-professed pedant, he has taken his work seriously, and this attribute has had a wholesome effect on all concerned. The class of 1950 has enjoyed its first year at MSA and has replied with cooperation and par- ticipation in all activities. We have strived earn- estly to live up to expectations, and before the next three years have passed we may prove well- deserving of our advance notices and premature praise.