Pratt Institute - Prattonia Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Many of our instructors are not on speaking terms. They hate each other! Mg Perhaps this is the most satisfying thing about the architectural school at Pratt. A student may pick and choose his own route by sampling from scores of different viewpoints and emerge a uniquely individual architect. There can be no right philosophy in designing things. What is important is that the designing is done skillfully. In a world of architectural schools that preach their single-minded ideologies like world-saving doctrines, Pratt stands out as a working alternative. One that | continues to draw dissatisfied students from the most — prestigious of other architectural schools. Pratt is the Sony Trinitron in a world of black and white Zeniths. We've been given a choice here that does not exist anywhere else in an American educational system that preaches uniformity. Freedom of choice is still a must for the modern American and school was never as much fun.

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eS = 2 : 5 = Many of our instructors are not on speaking terms. They hate each other! Perhaps this is the most satisfying thing about the architectural school at Pratt. A student may pick and choose his own route by sampling from scores of different viewpoints and emerge a uniquely individual architect. There can be no right philosophy in designing things. What is important is that the designing is done skillfully. In a world of architectural schools that preach their single-minded ideologies like world-saving doctrines, © Pratt stands out as a working alternative. One that continues to draw dissatisfied students from the most prestigious of other architectural schools. Pratt is the Sony Trinitron in a world of black and white Zeniths. We’ve been given a choice here that does not exist anywhere else in an American educational system that preaches uniformity. Freedom of choice is still a must for the modern American and school was never as much fun. xe