. ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁school ' s ▁initial ▁students ▁were ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁veter ans ▁and ▁Hog arth ▁fans ▁who ▁worked ▁during ▁the ▁day ▁and ▁en rolled ▁in ▁night ▁courses . ▁Many ▁of ▁his ▁students ▁had ▁goals ▁of ▁breaking ▁into ▁advert ising ▁or ▁publishing . ▁The ▁school ▁was ▁largely ▁fin anced ▁by ▁the ▁G . I . ▁Bill ▁and ▁started ▁with ▁three ▁fac ulty , ▁including ▁Rh odes , ▁and ▁ 3 5 ▁students . ▁Rh odes ▁helped ▁to ▁craft ▁a ▁curr icul um ▁that ▁emphas ized ▁a ▁liberal ▁arts ▁education ▁with ▁human ities ▁courses , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁traditional ▁studio ▁arts ▁classes . ▁ ▁Rh odes ▁and ▁Hog arth ▁changed ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁trade ▁school ▁to ▁the ▁School ▁of ▁Visual ▁Arts ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 5 . ▁ ▁Mc Car thy ▁era ▁Both ▁Rh odes ▁and ▁Hog arth ▁were ▁sum mon ed ▁to ▁Washington ▁D . C . ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 6 ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁United ▁States ▁Senate ▁sub comm ittee ▁investigation ▁of ▁sus pected ▁Commun ists . ▁The ▁Senate ▁sub comm ittee ▁was ▁specifically ▁trying ▁to ▁investigate ▁whether ▁Commun ist ▁ide ology ▁had ▁in fil tr ated ▁voc ational ▁schools ▁which ▁were ▁fin anced ▁by ▁the ▁federal ▁government , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁School ▁of ▁Visual ▁Arts . ▁ ▁Rh odes ▁and ▁Hog arth ▁were ▁asked ▁whether ▁they ▁were ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Commun ist ▁Party . ▁Both ▁stated ▁to ▁the ▁Senate ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Commun ist ▁Party ▁since ▁the ▁found ing