One book, copyright 1942, entitled Art Education Alert: Aids America to Meet Wartime Needs, published by the Pratt Institute, New York. This booklet is 48 pages in length, and contains black and white illustrations. The front cover is decorated in bold blue and red graphics, with the phrase "Four Freedoms: religion, want, speech, fear" along the left-hand side. The insides of the front and back covers are illustrated with a black and white visual representation of the wartime program for art. Franklin Delano Roosevelt is quoted on the title page. He cites the school as a significant factor in preserving American government. The introduction makes clear the way art can be instrumental for this purpose: "Art today is selling the prosecution of the war to our people: it is selling the need for conservation, for enlisting in the services, for stamping out rumor, for cooperating with civilian agencies, for financially supporting the government and the Red Cross." The book is organized according to age level-appropriate activities. "Introduction, A Plan for Art Education; The Elementary School Level; The Junior High Level; The Senior High Level; The Adult Education Level; The Supplement; Art in the War Today; Materials, Sources." "Mabel Spofford" is written in ms. at the top of the front cover.
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