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British Columbian, and has, we think, finally imbued the class with the
realization of what this country means to them as a source of inspiration.

On the other hand, Mr. MacDonald has perpetual visions of fabric
designs, designs for wall-paper, carpets, pottery and other forms of applied
art, which his classes should produce, all with our beautiful native Indian
designs as inspiration. We have made a promising start in this branch
of work; we must certainly carry on.

Therefore, we face the next few years in this School with a cheerful
optimism and unbounded enthusiasm for our work, and look forward
to the time when our province shall develop artists to do it full justice.

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For several reasons, the publishing of this, our second number of
our Annual, has been a pleasant task.

With nearly twice the number of last year’s students at work, there
has been no lack of contributions, the majority of surprisingly high
quality. For art students, we seem to harbor a good deal of literary
ability. ;

With a little urging and prompting here and there, this ability has
produced the effusions which grace the following pages, and which we
hope will be read with as much pleasure as we have experienced.

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