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

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DEAN KATHRYN A. COGHLAN At the root of many of the intellectual and emotional problems of modern man lies what the existentialist philosopher calls alienation of estrangement, an alienation not only from other people but also from one ' s own true self. The philosopher sees a solution to this estrangement in a freely-made commitment with the aim of overcoming the loss of identity and of establishing avenues of communication. By means of this Annual, you, the students of Massachusetts College of Art, have committed yourselves to a reappraisal of a year of work. Viewing yourselves in the perspective of time, re-examining your goals, and assessing your achievements, you have helped to define the outlook of contemporary young artists and have thereby made an effective communication to the reader. Moreover, in the process, you have moved nearer to a realization of your own identity. The significance of this book, therefore, lies in the fact that here memories take shape and form, here the focus of ideas and dreams is sharpened to provide a new self- awareness, and here the values of the students of Massachusetts College of Art are presented.

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DEAN HENRY A.STEEGER Familiar faces, events, and scenes fill the following pages and capture the pleasures as well as the rigors of a year of study. For now, the memories of little incidents crowd forward: the incisive comment of an instructor, the pressures of multiple assignments, the comparison of solutions to a problem of design, the demanding concentration of a precise drawing, the rapport of a friendly classmate, the sometimes hectic chase after materials, the struggles of transportation. In other times, however, perhaps more penetrating recollections will be generated; the exhilaration of increasing ease in the use of color and line and form to depict the perceptions and feelings that pervaded the mind, the satisfaction of studies that provided a focus and a stimulus to your intellectual curiosity, and the gratification gained through well-met challenges to your awareness of the complexity that characterizes imaginative thought. I trust that you have found these pleasures in the past year and will realize them in increasing measure in the years to come.

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GRADUATING CLASS Graduating Class Seen standing alone. Here. Seen thinking. Seen sometimes laughing openly. The times unseen were just as many, likely meaning more. The paths number one hundred and one. The time considered stretches back and forward, meeting now for one moment. The ideas are magnified by the pronoun I one hundred and one times. ' We is no longer the right word, for we” means that nothing stands alone. Seen going. Away.