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

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Massachusetts College of Art

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To Miss Leunofi The class of 1962 dedicates its yearbook to Emma Lennon, wh o in private life is Mrs. Cecil A. Prest. Mi ' EmniaLefinonPrest is a oradnate of Rhode Island School of Design and received a B.S. in Education from BostoJi University and a Master of Arts from the Graduate School of Boston University. Among the world-wide places she has visited extensively are the European countries, Central and South America, the Near East, Hawaii and the Philippines. Much of her philoso- phy atid enthusiasm for art has come from these travels. She joined the Staff of Mass. Art in 1927. During the first years she founded a variety of clubs such as riding and swimming clubs. Her interest in swimming is natural for her prowess in this sport has iron for her many honors at the championship level. She has been advisor to several classes and is present advisor to the Ereshmen class. She serves on the Art Aptitude Committee and was at one time President of the E aculty Club. In private life she lives in the comfortable atmosphere of a Prench provincial home which she and her husband have built themselves. These surroundings are a compliment to her aesthetic personality and a reflection of her ideals, of taste and charm, a definite part of her artistic life. One cannot know Miss Lennon without being aware of her vitality and spontaneous attitude towards life. Her dedi- cation to high aesthetic principles in her teaching has resulted in her demanding and receiving high quality work from her students. Her selflessness, her giving without wish for return is the basis of her relationship with her students. This has resulted in the finest testimonial to Miss Lennon which is the gratitude of hundreds of students whose lives are better, sometimes vastly better, because of her.