Simmons College - Microcosm Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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- 3S ? M iCR(|)COS M s - Jane Louise Mesick, Dean, A.B., Mount Holyoke Col- lege, 1909; A.M., Columbia University, 1913; Ph.D., Columbia University, 1911. Also: Assistant Professor of English. 19

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M »CR©COSM S5 Henry Lefavour, President, A.B., Williams College, 1886; LL.D., Williams College, 1902.; Tufts College, 1905; Additional Course, University of Berlin. Formerly: Instructor in Williston Seminary; Professor and Dean, Williams College; President of Simmons College from 1901. Societies: Phi Beta Kappa; Trustee, Williams College; Trustee, Boston State Hospital; Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Colonial Society of Massachusetts; American Political Science Asso- ciation; New England Historic Genealogical Society; Chairman of Trustees, Women ' s Educational and Industrial Union; St. Botolph Club; Union Club; University Club of New York; Massachusetts Historical Society. Sarah Louise Arnold, Dean Emerita. A.M., Tufts College. Formerly: Principal of Schools, St. Johnsbury, Vt. ; Director of Train- ■ ing School for Teachers, Saratoga, N. Y.; Supervisor of Primary Schools, Minneapolis, Minn.; Supervisor of Schools, Boston, Mass.; Member of the Massachusetts State Board of Education; Dean of Simmons College, 1902.-192.0. Societies: The Mayflower Club; Executive Committee of Women ' s Edu- cational Association; American Home Economics Association; American Sociological Association. Publications: Waymarks for Teachers; Reading, How to Teach It; Stepping Stone to Literature Series (with C. D. Gilbert); The Mother Tongue, Lessons in Composition and Rhetoric (with George L. Kittredge and John H. Gardiner); With Pencil and Pen; See and Say Series. 18

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-=53S ? iciudcosm (Technical Courses S = Household, Economics Department The most interesting thing about teaching at Simmons College is to watch the change of attitude in students. Many students begin by doing their lessons because they are assigned or because they want to get a good grade. Then suddenly for most students some course comes alive and the subject seems worth working at for its own sake. Teacher smiles and says, Miss is arriving, isn ' t she? Alice Frances Blood Alice Frances Blood, Professor of Dietetics and Director of the School of Household Economics. B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1903; Ph.D., Yale University, 1910. Formerly: Private Assistant to Dr. S. P. Mulligan, 1 903-1904; Instruc- tor in Simmons College, 1 904-1908; Assistant Professor of Chemistry in Simmons College, 1910-1914; President, American Home Eco- nomics Association, 192.2.-192.4. Societies: Sigma Xi; Association of University Women; Association of the Women of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; American Home Economics Association; New England Association of Second- ary Schools and Colleges; American Child Health Association; American Public Health Association; National Vocational Educa- tional Association. Publications: Some Peculiarities of the Proteolytic Activity of the Pappain (with L. B. Mendel); The Erespiii of the Cabbage; Editor, Riverside Home Economics Texts. Ula M. Dow, Professor of Household Economics, in charge of the Division of Foods. B. S., Kansas State Agricultural College, 1905; M.S., Columbia University, 1913; Addi- tional Courses at the Framingham Normal School, 1905-1906. Formerly: Instructor at Kansas State Agricultural College, 1906-1914; Head of the Department of Domestic Science at Kansas State Agricultural College, 1914; Assistant Professor of Cookery, 1914-192.0. Societies: Phi Kappa Phi Chapter in Kansas State Agricultural College; American Home Economics Asso- ciation; National Educational Association; American Child Hygiene Association; New England Home Economics Association. Margia B. Haugh, Associate Professor of Clothing, in charge of the Division of Clothing. Ph.B., Chicago University. Formerly: Instructor at Munroe, Michigan, High School; In charge of Advanced Clothing, Lewis and Clark High School, Spokane, Washington; Clothing Specialist in Home Economics Extension at University of Illinois; Junior Club Leader. Societies: American Home Economics Association; New England Home Economics Association; National Educational Association; Alumna: Council of Chicago University. Publications: A Revision of the Junior Club Bulletin, The Organization and Direction of Clothing Clubs; for University of Illinois Extension Service; Adapting Clothing Design to the Individual; The Adolescent Figure; Comparison of Commercial Patterns. 20