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Eve Drewelowe's journals, volumes II-III, 1950s

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[note in pencil: Insert - opposite page] with a wrong hypothesis. Not even marriage can extinguish the painting flame. Little did he know that there is no such thing as long as there is a breath of life. Then there was Dr Walter, the head of the History of Art Department, with him I did special supervised work. One of the research problems I did under his direction was on the subject "The History of Greek Dress, during the Classical Period". This is illustrated with drawings and photographs of dresses designed from vase painting so this was rather a fascinating problem. Not last of all but prominently important came Dean Carl Seashore - the internationally known psychologist. He it is who is the inventor of some of the intelligence tests, tests for measuring musical ability, and in later years has been working on tests to determine artistic ability. This man, as dean of the graduate school, was not only interested in me but willing for me to go on for a Masters degree. He was quite agreeable to taking a chance on me - in fact he chose to do so. He couldn't quite make the complete transition, the swing to the left on the thesis, however. Hitherto it had been customary to have a written thesis. It was quite proper that I should be permitted to paint a thesis, but this was to be supplemented by a written portion which might be filed in the library. Even this was quite a step in advance of the times; quite a departure from conventional academic customs. So through the combined efforts of and interest of Prof. Cumming, Dr Walter and Dean Seashore I was not only permitted to go on but was encouraged to do so. And thus I blazed the trail for a new graduate school - one of the first in the Fine Arts in the country.

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[note in pencil: Insert - opposite page] with a wrong hypothesis. Not even marriage can extinguish the painting flame. Little did he know that there is no such thing as long as there is a breath of life. Then there was Dr Walter, the head of the History of Art Department, with him I did special supervised work. One of the research problems I did under his direction was on the subject "The History of Greek Dress, during the Classical Period". This is illustrated with drawings and photographs of dresses designed from vase painting so this was rather a fascinating problem. Not last of all but prominently important came Dean Carl Seashore - the internationally known psychologist. He it is who is the inventor of some of the intelligence tests, tests for measuring musical ability, and in later years has been working on tests to determine artistic ability. This man, as dean of the graduate school, was not only interested in me but willing for me to go on for a Masters degree. He was quite agreeable to taking a chance on me - in fact he chose to do so. He couldn't quite make the complete transition, the swing to the left on the thesis, however. Hitherto it had been customary to have a written thesis. It was quite proper that I should be permitted to paint a thesis, but this was to be supplemented by a written portion which might be filed in the library. Even this was quite a step in advance of the times; quite a departure from conventional academic customs. So through the combined efforts of and interest of Prof. Cumming, Dr Walter and Dean Seashore I was not only permitted to go on but was encouraged to do so. And thus I blazed the trail for a new graduate school - one of the first in the Fine Arts in the country.