Rhode Island School of Design - Portfolio Yearbook (Providence, RI)

Page 10 text:

mente uaa “y of J 4 we 4 res = . a! y ‘ i 4 way y rr we ’ } : , - ‘ ' ) - 7 | 7 ’ ‘ P 7 r + + ve + P + i] « et , “5 - ve — e . ? i“ ’ y . | sf : wh . i q . 2 . ' ' ‘ x - -+ ¢ ' ' e - ‘ 4 ' » ba a “ ' . ae A .- Ba : | Tash elpane | ks hc bey: eta eT , hee 4 ee at a

Page 9 text:

A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN Courtesy of the Providence Sunday Journal TO THE CLASS OF 1948 I have been asked to write a message of farewell to the graduation Class of 1948. This is, of course, an impossible assignment for when you receive a degree it does not mean that your connection with the School of Design is severed. The School has become a part of you and you a part of the School. A marriage has been consummated, a marriage where-in divorce is inconceivable. A bond has been established, a bond of the spirit best described and understood in name to which this Institution is dedicated—Design, the miraculous talisman which we all share. It would be foolhardy to predict that after graduation countless, munificent oppor- tunities will suddenly be available for your selection. The realist knows all too well that the world is restless and wary. Today opportunities must be made and not found, but is not creation the prime attribute of all designers? The harried world has perhaps never been in more desperate need of those, who like you, now possess the pdwer to create and to build rather than to destroy. Our destiny is to join and not to separate—to serve together by evoking that mutual magic—Design.

Page 11 text:

DOPE ALEC? TAG ALEGYOIN A beginning — four years of work — a degree. But most important of all, this book proclaims that we have made a happy start on the work we most want to do. With sincere gratitude, we dedicate this record to every one of the many instructors who have helped us. ©) ©) ©) oO) e GS BS @ FB 5