Pratt Institute - Prattonia Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Pde BS ee te eS ee HE 1942 graduating class is the first group of war time graduates since June 1918. While all signs pointed to a change in our national status from peace time and defense activities to active participation in World War Number Two, its actual inception on December seventh came as an extreme shock. The Art School has been on the alert for the last two years adjusting itself first to defense needs and later to “all out” war effort. In that short period we have established ourselves as a national influence in the fields of Structural Air Raid Pre- caution, Industrial Camouflage, and Military Tactical Camou- flage as well as Graphic Propaganda. The seriousness and thoroughness of our contributions have received high com- mendation from the Army, the Navy and the Office of Civilian Defense. This is a profoundly important period in American history calling upon all of us to give of our best. To the young men of the graduating group the assignment will be almost entirely in the uniformed branches of the war effort. The young women will be called upon not only to take the places ordin- arily held by men in the professional art field, but, in addition, will have war service assignments that will call for as much contribution and sacrifice as the fighting men. The years ahead will not be easy yet it is possible for all of us to make them very worthy. JAMES C. BOUDREAU