Simmons College - Microcosm Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Student overnment JANET WINTERS President of'Sludent Government THE SIMMONS STUDENT GOVERNMENT Every year the thirteen girls on Student Government Council man- age to bring one pet project to coin- pletion. This year. top billing goes to the council's drive for national defense aid. A plan was needed which would organize all the Sinnnons girls inter- ested in defense work into a group large enough and cooperative enough to be useful. Stu G produced this plan, submitted it to students and faculty for approval, and then put it into action. hlore than this, the Council has taken over the duties of Junior Shush C onnnittee in Study Hall, and has appointed a Curriculum Commit- tee to bring about a better under- standing between students and fac- ulty concerning both new and old courses. Snuth Whitehead Ixeefe, Sweatt, Sturtevant, Hess, Winters, Overton, ltlannel, Olson, Nolte, O'Hearn I October 1. . .Dear Diary: So he nzarriecl the pretty little recl-lzeazl from. the village .sclzoolf Just following a silly romantzfc song. Wlzy L'l0'll.,If men hare a fnziml of tlzeir own? I'm a bloml. October Q. . .Dear Diary: How many tlzozzylztx could a T111-Ill-171,071.9 Tlzenior tlzink, lf a Tl1z'nz,man.s Tlzezzior could tlzinlf tlzmlylzts? Said the Harrarcl man. . I xay, what does .wha mean, what is .she .s'ayz ny? l18l Dorm Council

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The highlights of this year? The events we'll remember longest? They'd fill a book! This year's Seniors are the first class to graduate from Simmons in the present Warfwar declared on December 7 affected our lives as it did those of all Americans. lllithin ten days after the procla- mation a Simmons National Defense Committee was organized to concentrate the Work of girls who Wanted to help into a usable Whole. Knitting was the most. popular of all activities. materials being given out to volunteers as fast as they were received. Knitting instructors were provided both in the lounge, for the commuters. and in the dorms. The First. Aid classes were sup- ported almost as enthusiastically. Miss Ruth Danielson, director of dormitories. who came to Simmons this year from the Univer- sity of Michigan, a highly likeable person in her- self, made herself instantly popular on campus by the changes she instituted to make life more pleasant. The privilege of smoking at table on Sunday night-our new hour-later sign-out privi- lege-are small matters in themselves, but what a difference they can make! We appreciate too her cheerful and effectual dealing with the small crises which .arise from time to time. Here in Boston, Miss Danielson is studying for her doc- tor's degree in Philosophy. 7 f Y '4-1-'42 in review. lhis was our year. Knitting today for the victory of tomorrow Bliss Danielsonh'5Come in, girls, I'm only readingv Wars step out of the classroom

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ffieers Share Administrative urden Social Activities. Dorm Council and Honor Board work to extend fellowship between dorm students and commuters and to supervise every aspect of our student organizations. We like to think about the Thurs- day afternoon teas on campus. about those Town Meetings in the Lounge where we tried to settle the affairs of the world. and about the House Dances, where. according to an an- onymous reporter. we danced in yummy dresses. Dorm Council makes a Simmons dorm truly our home away from home by supplying a few reasonable rules and seeing that We obey them. Honor Board-a proof of our re- sponsibility-asks the same thing of each of us: complete honesty. The distinction of proctorless exams and a completely adult feeling are its re- Wards. Assembly Committee selects Friday afternoon programs to suit everyone. Wlith the help of Stu G, balancing the academic with the social is easier fo1' all of us. Honor Board Assigns a Trust Assembly Conxmitteenien-Gately, Stephenson and Lublin iarren, Gandette, Thompson, Heald, Gaudette, Zettlenleyer, Hendrickson, Weber, Collins, Bartlett, Wing, Langley, iverton, Wmters, Rlannel, Langley Burnett, Warren, Heald, Olson, Miller, Overton, Winters, hlannel, Thonmpson l19l