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

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1949 volume:

The individual is besieged from an early age by multiple demands that render his environment complex. The inquisitive person, aware of the vacuous existence such a society might generate, seeks the knowledge that. will clarify his surroundings and designate his responsibilities. As he acquires knowledge, perplexities diminish until he is no longer an aimless organism in an intricate maze, but an integral part of a coordinated society which benefits from his understanding. The addition of one individual with knowledge lessens the complexity of the society to which he belongs. i we have been beginning since we were born President Walter Benedict Vice-President Carol Soso Secretary Ruth Kendall Treasurer Albert Vachon The demands of tomorrow deny us retrospective satis- faction or complacency. As this, our inceptive year, comes to a close, a considera- tion of yesterday avails us nothing. Only tomorrow will add to our knowledge. Through the influence of our learning, vagueness becomes clarified, and, as our ideas become coordinated, a firm foundation is laid for our future work. This year has been one of introduction to the vast interior of the art world. The next three years will define even more the trend of our lives. David Young Frashman III Frajfiman IV Nancy Larkin Marie Parelli . r - . George Pappas The Sophomore year has given us some degree of self-confidence and assur- ance. The recessions we experienced occasionally were arrested bv the suc- cesses that resulted from our gradual assimilation of knowledge. Through this learning, we became aware of the pos- sible channels, one of which we chose to follow, and as this direction is determined, we begin a preparation for tomorrow. Robert Gersin Sophomore I Sophomore 11 analysis of growth President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Harry Coyle Roderick Mackenzie Marion Luinis Arthur O ' Neil President Donald Webber Vice-President Richard Ramsdell Secretary Robert Glorleux Treasurer Jean Hunter Junior I Junior lA Junior II It Is with a sense of accomplishment that we conclude another year of progress. As we consider this progress, we find that our profuse experi- ments of yesterday have become deliberate and purpfisive; the necessity for making important decisions has developed conviction in our thinking; and we have formed a more definite interpretation of our relationship to our surroundings. This growth has enacte 4 a transition from doubt and uncertaint y to varying degrees of understanding and assurance. The degree to which we have advanced has been determined by our individual reaction to the activities of the past three years. Whether our accomplishments are great or small, and whether we continue to progress or not, will be decided only by our personal adjustment to the guidance, experimenta- tion, and opportunity to learn. George Burditt Arthur MacCabe Catherine Stennes Milton Sullivan Mary King Lois Palmer President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Alden Dolan Joyce Graves Joan Littlehaie Urho R. Mark Since it is education that elevates society above the level of mere existence, it is obvious that the responsibilities of the teacher are greater than ever before. The infusion into the edu- cational systems of new methods that contradict the weary con- cepts of the past, indicates an awareness of conternporary social weaknesses that can be alleviated only by the adoption of a more cooperative way of life. It is the teacher who is in the position to create such a cooperative spirit. It is the teacher who can stimulate and promote individual community cultures. And as this civic-mindedness is placed on a magnified scale by the coordinated efforts of all educators, the importance of mutual dependence is made clear, and a richer, fuller life is made attainable to all the members of a stronger, revitalized society. t - ' mj Carl Lindgren Dolores BreVeglieri Nancy Cornelius Angelo Chick Richard Rourke Gladys Foundas V Marie Warnock John Levitsky Mary Lawton Walter Coffin Donald Smith Ruth Dowcett Louise Fowler Joan Littlehale Robert Andrews teacher education Rose-Marie Piccolo Richard Hermann Alden Dolan Auberie Boulais John Martin Francis DownI Charles Khirallah Vincent Tringale Jeanne Kilday Frances Herman general design Josephine Segal William Hayton Mary Cooper Wesley French Beverly Fell Margaret Donovan We have been beginning since we were born. All that life contains is a beginning, for that which seems to end is only the beginning of something else, and we are again facing a beginning. These four years have been the preparation for this beginning, and the way in which we have faced our preparation will determine the way we face our world. Whether what we say in the world is great or small, we shall say it with the tool we know best, the language of design. For design, like the whole dynamic concept of life itself, is a series of beginnings, and in design there is no end. Marcia Nyren Richard Kushner Barbara Bergeman John Gookin drawing and painting A phase of our preparation has come to a close. Four years of learning have clarified our relationship with all that which lies about us. The confusion and incertitude of yesterday has given way to the under- standing of our responsibilities. From now on, our particular interaction with our en- vironment should be our manipulation of its materials to intensify and interpret its events and conditions, and in so doing, to reflect the prevailing culture and attitude of its people. Anita Tassinari Dorothy Morse Erline Chick Gertrude Jocknowitz Claire Kiley Edna Dilwor+h Marjorie Wigley Edward Sweet Martha Ziegler Daphine Glassman Francoise Zighera Yolanda Rossi Jan DeVolder Henry Dziezic Ruth Powell Horenee Cochrane Elizabeth Kinney Barbara Johnson Shirley Grady Virginia Slieson Beulah Sommerstein Elizabeth Drew Judith Faber As in Its music, literature, and visual arts, so also in its costuming does society reflect its attitude. It is for us to design and prescribe and thus assist in shaping the attitude of society rather than to cater to its whims. We must be visionary not only to predict the needs and desires of the people, but also to create those desires and to fulfill them adequately. We must keep in mind that it is possible to elevate the people ' s taste and still not neglect the commercial aspects of fashion designing. Jacqueline Shepard Barbara Hogan Joyce Graves V ' The purpose of this organization shall be to represent and further the interests of the student body — to encourage self-govern- ' nt _ to promote ' ■esponsibility, Royalty, school spirit, and cooperation between student and faculty. Mr. Edwin Hoadley Mr. Fred Thompson Mr. Arthur Copplesfone Mr. Theron Cain Miss Ella Munsterberg Mrs. Mildred Sylvester Mrs. Effie Whittet President Mr. Gordon L. 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