The layout of this booklet is difficult to understand. The reason is we have never explained to the public that the poetry page is folded over when the booklet is closed. So here we took the liberty of demonstrating the page folded over merely to give some perspective. You will also note that the poetry page is wider than the booklet covers and corresponding pages.
  The artwork on the left is a much earlier inkwash style drawing. It is signed and dated R. Strong Woodward '03. Inkwash is primarily an Asian art form that originated durung the Tang Dynasty (618-907). It is associated with the Chán or Zen sect of Buddhism and arrived in Japan roughly in the 14th century where it took its own evolution that is distinctly Japanese. Woodward studied this particular aesthetic of art while at Bradley and took a keen interest that remained with him throughout his life. The emphasis of the art form is, "...put upon the paper the fewest possible lines and tones; just   enough   to   cause   form,   texture    and   effect   to  be  felt.

Every brush-touch must be full-charged with meaning, and useless detail eliminated." [Arthur Wesley Dow]
  The artwork itself is of what we believed to be the Manhah River in Easthampton, MA. Woodward explains to Helen, "It's a bit of the stream running thru Easthampton. Mother and father used to row on it, gathering lillies, during their courting days." [see the 1920s postcard below] The romantic nature of the artwork raises some curiosity as to the intent of Woodward's gift, in that he is sending it to her with such undertones.
  It is unclear if this is an overture to Helen with who he may have had an on and off again long-distance relationship. They were clearly friends first but given the circumstances, made courtship difficult. We wonder, in the emotional state of the time and still processing the sudden changes in his life, if this was an overture made out of mourning the loss of an opportunity he now regretted.