Rochester Institute of Technology - Techmila / Ramikin Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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Mr. CLIFFORD M. ULP, counselor» graduated from the institute and later studied at the Art Students League in New York City. He has done advertising and illustration in New York and Rochester, Ralph Avery graduated From the Institute and studied painting under Charles Woodbury and Leith Ross, He was commercial artist for the Hickok Manufacturing Company and later director of the Rundel Art Gallery, Roch- ester Public Library'. Milton Bond, a graduate of the Institute and the University of Rochester, was at one time art director of the Mun elL Research Laboratory. He has also been connected with Eastman Kodak Company and The Theatre. Alling Clements, a graduate of the Institute, studied in the Art League and in Europe. He then did free-lance art in New York and worked at the Summer School of Landscape Painting. Vine Valley, N. Y. Charles Horn attended Pratt Institute and the New York School of Fine and Applied Art. He studied painting under Charles Woodbury and Herbert Barnett. After a period of research in France and England, he was connected with the L idtaw Co. Inc. in New York, Arthur Sinclair was a graduate of the Institute and the Winona School of Professional Photography. He was a member of the art staff at the Cortland Line Company and at the Rundel Library', Rochester Fred Wells has been the instructor of lettering for the past two years and is proprietor of the DcMallie Sign Shop of this city. Minnie Wyman studied at the Boston Normal School, the Corcoran Art School, and the New York School of Fine and Applied Art. She was a pupil of Robert Henri and Hugh Breckenridge. 21

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APPLIED ART Mr. Clifford M. Ulp Art for art's sake, Thus, the masters have spoken. Now it's left up to us To feme tradition unbroken. But what a job! Most of us walk in as fresh- men with little or no idea of how to recognize, let alone manipulate, the tools which are to make it possible for us to be creative. Our study begins with all the fundamentals of the pro- fession. One of the characteristic things about us that first year is the sketch books we tote around most of the time. These are chucked full of our personal impressions of the place and the people in it. In our next two years we struggle with the phase of art we have decided to specialize in. During this time comes the first life drawings (this is the day), the first attempts with oils and water colors, and day moldings. We had a taste of clay work in our first year, but our third year taste is the one that counts. From here on in we each work at our par- ticular likes. Illustration, design, and composi- tion are the basic studies for our illustrators; doing the little things that make the big things different and desirable, such as creating unique borders and letters is the aim of the designers; and balancing furnishings and studying archi- tectural composition is the speciality of the in terior decorators. Ours is a profession of self-expression and a favorable one we trust twill be. 20

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PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY Mr. C B Nt BLiim- See your seif as others see you Is not what we pro jess, We d rather make you beautiful With photo-tech finesse. But what a struggle! Oh, don’t go away— we didn't mean to insinuate that mother nature didn't pul! all the strings she could for you. You see the camera makes the most of diose lit- tle things of which the human eye just isn't conscious so our lament is to the camera—not to you. Pinhole cameras are the highlight of our freshmen year. Although these uncanny card- board contraptions are the joke of the class at first, we find out ironically enough as we ad- vance to using better cameras, that some of our best shots were taken with a pinhole. Most of our junior year is spent beating a path in and out of little white blocks wondering where our next shot is coming from, good com- position and perspective being our aim in life. We’re seniors and the practice house is ours. Its studios and laboratories are fully equipped for all types of photography. Ma- trices don’t register, camera club dues must be paid, and four pictures seem too much for the salon. In general life is plenty nerve-wracking. Patience is a thing to be rationed, And we be- gin to hope that the old boys were right when they quote, Perseverance generates success”. 22