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

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‘[extie engineers never seem to be fully understood by the artist. The awesome clut- ter of machinery, the thrashing of shuttles, the maze of warp threads give a visitor a feeling of being in a complex and bewilder- ing factory. Seen only by the manufacturing students are their classrooms where technol- ogy run high and ink runs low. These are the men who will clothe the backs of the future.

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: i : i q ; ; i : i Dee ee oe ‘Tne fate of the chemist is to test and to analyze. Aesthetics are sup- planted by the precision of scientific formulas. Cheinists live in a school of their own. Their subjects appall most students — organic chemistry, thermodynamics, kenetics, spectropho- tometry! The rewards are great, how- ever. Real opportunities await the chemists. a

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24 apparel design As YE SOW, so shall ye rip” is the motto of the Ap- parel design students. A mouth full of pins, a dress form, and a sewing machine, then a creation in cloth. The peak of the year is the fashion show when to the tune of “A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody”, Mrs. Link’s best is displayed.