The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS THE COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AUSTIN 12 DEPARTMENT OF ART June 12, 1944 Carl Benton Compton Department of Fine Arts College of Arts and Sciences University Station Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana Dear Mr. Compton: Re: June 10 From time to time I have experimented with developmental projects of taste and critical attitude amongst art students and have found that facts of art values were "driven home" more quickly and emphatically when I used the contrast method. I feel certain that a criticism conducted on the basis of good and poor is a more personal one as well as a more positive one. I would show both but with the exerci- sing of great care of selection and explanation. Sincerely, Alexander Masley