Simmons College - Microcosm Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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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

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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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Flora Mackenzie Jacobs, Assistant Professor of Secretarial Studies. Simmons College, 1909-1911. Formerly: Private Secretary, 1911-1914. Societies: Simmons College Academy; New England Penmanship Association; Eastern Commercial Teachers ' Association. Kathleen Berger (Mrs.), Assistant Professor of Secretarial Studies. Bowling Green University, 191 6; Ohio State University, Summer School, 1915. Formerly: Sharon (Pennsylvania) College of Commerce, 1917-1910; State Teachers ' College, Fredericks- burg, Virginia, 1 911-1915; Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, 1915-192.6. Frederick George Nichols, Lecturer on Commercial haw. (Associate Professor of Education, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University.) Genesee Wes- leyan Seminary, Lima, New York; Rochester Business Institute, Teacher-Training Department, Rochester, New York; Special Law Courses, University of Michigan. Formerly: Head of Commercial Department, Montpelier Seminary, Montpelier, Vermont, 1899-1901; Principal of Commercial Department, The Martin School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1901-1903; Head of Commercial Department, High School, Schenectady, New York, 1903-1904; Director of Commercial Education, Rochester, New York, 1905-1910 and 1911-1918; Director of Commercial Education, New York State Educational Department, Albany, New York, 1910-1911; Chief Commercial Education Serv- ice, Federal Board of Vocational Education, Washington, D. C, 1918-1911; Director of Commercial Education, State Department of Public Instruction, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 19x1-1911. Societies: National Commercial Teachers ' Federation; Eastern Commercial Teachers ' Association (President, 1911); National Society for Vocational Education (Vice-President for Commercial Education, 1910-1911); National Education Association. Publications: Elementary Bookkeeping Exercises for Class Drill (co-author); Brief Course in Commercial Law; Principles of Bookkeeping and Firm Accounts; First Lessons in Business; Editor Commercial Department, National Vocational Education Magazine. Viola Grace Engler, Instructor in Secretarial Studies. B.S., Simmons College, 1911. Formerly: Assistant in Secretarial Studies, Simmons College, 1911-1913; Instructor in Secretarial Studies, Simmons College, 1913-1914; Instructor in Secretarial Science, Skidmore College, 1914-1915. Society: Pi Gamma Mu. Isabella Margaret Kellock, Instructor in Secretarial Studies. A.B., Radcliffe College, 192.1; B.S., Simmons College, 192.5. Emily Sampson Shepard (Mrs.), Instructor in Secretarial Studies. B.S., Simmons College, 192.3. Janet Smith, Instructor in Secretarial Studies. A.B., Smith College, 192.4. Formerly: Assistant Instructor in Secretarial Studies, Simmons College. On leave of absence. 27