During that period of time, he started with drawing and later, when he was to go on to the next level, he told his instructor, Philip Hale, that he was not ready to go on, but would rather learn more from the live drawing class. As a result, he  spent more time at the school than any other student. He went through all the different aspects of art offered at the school, including painting in watercolour, oil, design and, later on, in sculpturing. His main sculpture teacher was Charles Grafly who spent a lot of time between Boston and Philadelphia, where he was instructor, as well. Charles Grafly was instrumental, also, in introducing Dad to an artist group in Rockport where, ultimately, he acquired a small house on Bear Skin Neck. He would go up by boat to Rockport from Boston in the spring from March onwards, even though the weather was quite cold at that time and is known to have conducted, later in his student years, courses in sculpturing at his studio in Rockport. The house is named Gull's Perch. Mr. and Mrs. Galen J. Perrett and her sister poetess, architect Elsa Rehmann were father's patrons. Galen Perrett was a well-known seascape painter and had also illustrated some of Edger Allen Poe's books.

While in the school, he made many friends and some life long ones, among whom was Miss Amelia Peabody. They were about the same age, They maintained a life long friendship. Also, at the school, but in later years, he was an instructor to Franz Denghausen, with whom I had the pleasure of corresponding  and meeting when I did my residency here in Boston in the late 1960's. I also, corresponded with Miss Peabody, from the age of 14 until the time I met her in Boston and had many a pleasant visit to her home at 120 Commonwealth Ave and at Mill's farm in Dover, where she had a large estate. This included a "pig's palace", the name given by her workers to the area where the pigs were. It was kept so clean and organized that it was like a palace. Miss Peabody visited us in Vancouver in 1970.

Our father was known for his persistence and perseverance in search of perfection, and did not seem ever to be totally satisfied with a piece of work. He would feel that  there was still some more improvement that he could acquire to make the next work even better. He was awarded 7 consecutive scholarships for sculpture.