Pratt Institute - Prattonia Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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ART EDUCATION Ten smiling faces represent the survivors of the class of '48; a class which began four years ago with all thirty seats occupied. What happened to the others? We know; either they found that Art Education wasn't what they wanted or their little batteries ran out of energy too soon. The Art Education creatures were not vision in motion, we were body in motion—continual motion. The spiral was our path of direction, the world and the people in it our concern. During our four years we had a wide range of experiences, received a comprehensive view of many phases of art, and an understanding of various other fields of learning. You name it—we've had it. Looging back to our freshman year we can give a hearty laugh when we think of the hours spent in the physiology laboratory. Those poor frogs; what we didn't do to them! Then there was the Conference—Arts and Crafts in the Rehabilitation of Veterans, which we held at the Brooklyn Museum. For months we did research work, made charts, gathered material and obtained speakers for our panel. Then came the big day. To our surprise all went well. Looking Glass Land! ' and all the trouble we had about the paper scenery not being fire proof. After all our efforts of painting yards and yards of paper with decorative trees, a sun and a gate, and then we were not able to use it anyway. Remember what happened, though? Our activities in the physics laboratory were enough to continually disrupt the quiet routine of the engineer- ing students and almost drive the engineering instructor out of his mind (had he not been a person endowed with an UNUSUAL amount of patience). If it wasn't the blow- ing of a fuse, it was the crashing of a giant electric bulb. How well we can recall the morning spent in the dark room developing. No more dark rooms for us. The doors are open. The light is beckoning. Beware world, here we come. Art Education of '48 is bound to make its mark. Joan Barbiere Phyllis Blank Jack Bloom Bertram Blumberg Alex Danin Eleanor Diehm Dorothea Gerjovich Zelmira Ondrejcek Martha Sadowsky Betty Toppin

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INDUSTRIAL DESIGN Allan McCroskery Howard Palmer Allan Phillips Charles Reuss Arthur Sessa Charles Smith Louis Taney Walter Menn Angelina Perrone Robert Piantholt Francis Riggs Samuel Shapiro Marian Spaulding Joseph Troisi Richard Neagle Elizabeth Pepke William Porten William Ritch Bernard Sheppard Hervey Stockman Richard Williams

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In September of 1946 the seedlings of Textile Design 1948 first took root in room 355, full of anticipation and TEXTILE DESIGN with great hopes and ambitions for their two years ahead. These hopes and ambitions were not thwarted. De- spite the scant quarters, we managed to master our quills and tame our temperas into wallpapers, draperies wrappings that were masterpieces of color and design. Under the expert guidance of Mr. Probert, our de- partmental head, and Miss Joubert, we became tech- nically proficient and at the same time authorities on design, color and the fundamentals of the textile busi- ness. Part of our curriculum was the combining of pro- fessional work with academic problems. This enabled many of us to sell our designs. Although we had our lighter moments, there were times when Paisleys danced before morning, noon and night, and a bleary-eyed textile designer upon looking up from her board would be greeted with Mr. Probert's jovia Why don't you go out for a cigar? We will never forget those days, the many happy and wonderful hours we spent working together and the strong friendships and good times that were so much a part of our lives and educations in Textile Design. i Bri Sylvia Ehm Audrey Frick Kral Hildur Isabelle Nielson Lillian Poliakowsky Carolyn Van Schoick Berbaroealaciine Joana Ehn Rita Giardino Marilyn Klaess Angelina Perrone Lenore Thielitz George Waaner Dorothy Demirjian Adali Feingersch Rhoda Hess Barbara Lambson Dorothy Phillips Dorothy Tichner Mimi Zinghini