Simmons College - Microcosm Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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icikdcosm Prince School of Education for Store Service In 1905 Mrs. Lucinda V. Prince founded a school to provide adequate training for sales- people in department stores. This was the pioneer work done in educational lines in stores and proved beyond question its need and value. Today, the chief work of the school is to train col- lege graduates for executive and personnel positions in stores or for positions as teachers and supervisors of Retail Selling courses in the public schools. Lucinda Wyman Prince (Mrs.), Professor of Store Service Education and Director of the Prince School of Education for Store Service. A.B., Mills College, California, 1910; Graduate of Framingham Normal School; Three Years at Wellesley College; Three Months ' Study of Voca- tional Schools in Germany, France, Belgium, and England. Formerly: Teacher in the Gilman School, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Teacher in the Haverhill Training School for Teachers. Societies: Shakespeare Society, Wellesley College; 47 Workshop, Har- vard University; Women ' s City Club, Boston; Life Member of the Women ' s Educational and Industrial Union; Life Member of the Appalachian Mountain Club of Boston; Gamma Epsilon Pi. Sherred Wilcox Adams, Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology. B. S., Columbia University, 1911. Formerly: Acting Principal of The Oak Lane County Day School, Philadelphia; Principal of The Prospect Hill School, Trenton, New Jersey, 1918. Tyna Helm an Jacobson (Mrs.), Assistant Professor of Store Service Education. A.B., Mount Holyoke College, 1908. Formerly: Assistant in the Latin Department, Mount Holyoke College; Teacher of Latin in the East Providence High School; Teacher of Latin in the New Bedford High School; Instructor in Prince School of Education for Store Service; Director of Service Department of the Lamson Company, Boston. Societies: Women ' s City Club of Boston; Mount Holyoke Alumna; Association. Jessie Mildred Stuart, Instructor in Store Service Education. Certificate Wheaton Col- lege, 1916-1918; Prince School, 1910-192.1. Formerly: Salesmanship Instructor, Birmingham Board of Education, Birmingham, Alabama, 1911-1913; Educational Department, R. H. White Company, Boston, 1913-1915. Ruth Eloise Bachelder, Instructor in Store Service Education. A.B., Vassar College, 1913; M.S., Simmons College, 1914. Formerly: Supervisor of System Training, Jordan Marsh Company, Boston, 1 914-1916. Alice Hall Carlisle, Assistant Professor of Store Service Education and Assistant to the Director of the Prince School of Store Service Education. A.B., Wellesley, 1906; M.S., Simmons College, 192.7. 25

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Alice Lucile Hopkins, Assistant Professor of Library Science and Librarian. A.B., Smith College; B.S., Simmons College. Formerly: Assistant Librarian at Radcliffe College Library; Assistant Librarian at Smith College Library. Societies: American Library Association; Massachusetts Library Club; Special Libraries Association of Boston; American Association of University Women; College Club, Boston; Alumna; of Smith College; Cambridge Smith College Club; Alumna; Association of Simmons College; Boston Simmons Club; Inter- collegiate Community Service Association. Mary Elvira Kaufpmann, Inslruclor in Library Science. A.B., Radcliffe College, 192.0; B.S., Simmons College, 1916. Formerly: Instructor of Latin at Emma Willard School; Cataloguer of Princeton University Library. Societies: American Library Association; Radcliffe Club of Boston. Alice Therese Rowe, Inslruclor in Library Science. A.B., Wellesley College, 1900; B.S., Simmons College, 1916. Formerly: Reference Librarian, Public Library, East Portland Branch, Portland, Oregon; Reference Librarian, Public Library, Bridgeport, Connecticut; Librarian, Public Library, Nashua, New Hampshire; Field Worker, Massachusetts Division of Public Libraries. Societies: Merrimack Valley Wellesley Club; Nashua College Club. Margaret Elizabeth Davis, Inslruclor in Library Science. A.B., Wheaton College, 192.5; B.S., Simmons College, 1916. Formerly: Assistant in Charge of Simmons College Library, Summer, 1917. Societies: American Library Association; Wheaton Alumna: Association; College Club, Haverhill; Boston Group of Cataloguers and Classifiers. Ruth Shaw Leonard, Assistant in Library Science. B.S., Simmons College, 1918. Societies: Simmons College Academy; American Library Association. Zoltan Haraszti, Leclurer in Library Science. (Head of Barton Ticknor Division, Bos- ton Public Library.) J. D. Francis Joseph University (Hungary). Formerly: Engaged in Editorial Work on Various Hungarian Newspapers and Magazines. Society: American Library Association. Florence Tolman Blunt, Assistant Professor of Library Science. A.B., Mount Holyoke College; B.L.S., New York State Library School. Formerly: Reference Librarian and Classifier, Haverhill Public Library, 1903-1915; Instructor in Simmons College Summer School, 1910-1915. Societies: Sigma Theta Chi; American Library Association; Association of American Library Schools; Massachusetts Library Club; Special Libraries Association of Boston; Mount Holyoke Alumna: Asso- ciation; New York State Library School Association; College Club, Boston. On leave of absence. 24

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Secretarial Studies Today the candidate who applies for a position in a business office must demonstrate first of all her technical ability. Before she is promoted to an executive position she must show in ad- dition, general knowledge, initiative, and willingness to assume responsibility. The courses in the School of Secretarial Studies are designed with these two main objects in view — to provide a sound equipment along technical lines and a basic education in cultural subjects. Edward Eldridge Edward Henry Eldridge, Professor of Secretarial Studies and Director of the School of Secretarial Studies. A.M., Temple University, 1903; Ph.D., Temple University, 1907; Special work in Psychology at University of Chi- | cago, University of Pennsylvania, Clark University; I two years at Amherst College. R B fl Formerly: Stenographer in a business house; Secretary to President I W k ' B i Conwell, Temple University; Professor of Psychology, Temple Uni- I . j versity; Director of School of Business, Temple University. j V LJ i Publications: Hypnotism, 1901; Shorthand Dictation Exercises, 1909; Ex- I • j pert Typewriting (co-author with Miss Rose L. Fritz), 1911; Business I I - 1 . f . | Speller, 1913; Essentials of Expert Typewriting (co-author with Miss I . -i H I Fritz and Miss Craig), 1919; New Shorthand Dictation Exercises (assisted | ' HI ! by Robert M. Gay), 1912.. Societies: Delta Upsilon; formerly President of the Eastern Commercial Teachers ' Association; formerly Vice-president of the National Shorthand Reporters ' Association, Honorary Member of Pennsylvania Shorthand Reporters ' Association, New York State Shorthand Reporters ' Association, Massachusetts Chapter National Shorthand Reporters ' Association. Wallace Manah an Turner, Professor of Accountancy. A.B., Harvard University, 1891; A.M., Harvard University, 1896. Formerly: Teacher in Worcester High School, 1891-1896; Volkmann School, Boston, 1896-1909; English High, Providence, Rhode Island, 1909-1918. Helen Goller Adams (Mrs.), Assistant Professor of Secretarial Studies. A.B., Wellesley College; B.S., Simmons College. Society: Eastern Commercial Teachers ' Association. Jennie Blakeney Wilkinson, Assistant Professor of Secretarial Studies. B.S., Simmons College. Society: Simmons College Academy. Eula Gertrude Ferguson, Assistant Professor of Secretarial Studies. A.B., Wellesley College; B.S., Simmons College. Society: Eastern Commercial Teachers ' Association. 26