Simmons College - Microcosm Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Septemb er 15...Dec1r Diary: llflzen I see tlze freshmen. in all their brare Z-71,71-OFGIICE, I feel like Goodbye lWr. Chips in my cap and gown. September 17 5' ...Some people ,eem to draw sclzolarvlzzps as the rest PRESIDENT L , ag easily He'd rather be rightg thatls Why l16,S President - of ll-5' deposit our Slim- Every Simmons girl is proud of him, his sincerity 'f ,'9 f 1 1!l-5' M116 f'0 lPff0Hf i'q- and his tolerance. He stands for the ideals which 'ullsybg the OM Wfffff f 'f1'1 'ff1f are a part of Simmons, and for practicality and gggitggiiger 18- i .IIZfkeP'S..yC1llTlle conscientious effort. Wle admire him as a model professor tells good stories. for all presidents.

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-if VW DEAR BIABY FEBRUARY: Midyears being over, we made sure we were stih here and started out with a earioad ot good resolutions tor the new semester. hiore work, better marks, that Red Cross certificate. And February is such a short month that by the time we'd made them it was . . NXARCHZ Th at tine oid New Rngiand weather is at its peak season in hiarchfrnore weather in a shorter time than you'd think possibie. You hike to ciasses through snow one day, and swim through a cioudburst the next. There is aiso haii. sieet. coid, wind, and often sun. Oh, yes, and the air raid aiarms are ioud enough to hear now. Dont. forget News Dance. That was this month too. APRIL! Spring vacation over, hte with our books is brightened up by a series ot ctass dances. Spring parties are being ptanned. MAY: We have May Breakfast. Freshman Froiic and great preparations tor Commencement. We aiso have finai exams, but to get back to Commencement. . .Juniors had better bring scissorsfdaisy stems are tougher than they took. And tor Seniorsfa comtortabie pair ot waiking shoes. Are you stih atong the way? with us or did we icaye you 'way back NN'e must have iett that part out. . .but you can fiii it in. , 45- i ?'-

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Administration uides the ollege... ,lane Louise Dlesick . . .helps . .from marks lo marriage CORPORATION The Simmons College Corporation is a phrase familiar to each of us. But who are the corpora- tion? The college charter contains the official answer to this question. Simmons College was established by the will of the late John Simmons of Boston, as an institu- tion in which instruction might be given to Women in such branches of art, science and industry as would best enable the scholar to acquire an inde- pendent livelihoodf' In 1899 the Legislature of iNIassachusetts granted the college its charter in the form of an act of incorporation. Remember Economics 1? If so, you will remem- ber that the corporation represents Simmons College, not in its individual members, but in its status as a group personality. VVhat does the corporation do for us? Read on in the charter: . . .to receive, hold and manage the property and funds devised or bequeathed by the will of John Simmons, late of Boston, deceased, for the foundation and endowing of an institution to be called Simmons Collegeg and generally to conduct the affairs of said collegef, The twenty-five members of the present Sim- mons Corporation are the embodiment of our college and personify the principles of fairness and honesty which mean so much to us all. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS Miss .lane Louise lNIesick, Dean of Simmons. is as important a part of college life as classes them- selves. Her able advice and sympathy have helped students through all kinds of difliculties!from marks to marriage. Charming and gracious, she is always ready to discuss anything which concerns their welfare. lkliss hlesick was graduated from hiount Holy- oke College in 1909, took her ANI. degree at Co- lumbia University in 1913, and her Ph.D. at Columbia in 1921. In 1930 the degree of I,itt.D. was conferred upon her at hIount Holyoke. As Instructor in English, and later as Assistant Dean, Miss lilesick learned to know Simmons girls and to understand the Simmons system of education and honor, both of which she has since expounded in her office with unfailing courtesy--and firmness. A question each girl at Simmons has her chance to answer before graduation is the quiet W'hat would you like to see changed here?,' This con- siderate inquiry has made clear to many of us the interest of the collegegand of our Dean-in each individual. In the friendly smiles and greetings which she meets each day, the Dean has her tribute from her girlsf' Richmond K. Bachelder UNO checks cashed after two p.m.