Simmons College - Microcosm Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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You'll never know so much again! ture is aiding in national defense. iPRESIDENT BANCROFT BEATLEY The only woman ever to be Chief Chemist of the Port of Boston is a graduate of the School of Science. The Director of the Massachusetts Com- mittee of Public Safety owes his sec- retary to the Simmons School of Business. The Head Dietitian at the Wlalter Reed General Hospital in Wlashington is a. graduate of the School of Home Economics, The Simmons School of Nursing trained the chief Superintendent of the V ic- torian Order of Nurses for Canada. And, when the Boston Herald wanted the right person to start their new feature department, they found her in the Simmons School of English. These are only a few of the Simmons girls who are carrying on successful and useful careers. SECRETARIES LEARN THE HARD WAY Apprentices to a machine world l Those efficient-looking people seen behind the weird gadgets in the office machines room are the business school seniors. Soon they will become trim secretaries out on their own in the business World. Ten years from now the brains behind priv- ate concerns Will be these graduates. Some of the more fortunate souls may reach executive positions, running their own private stenographic bureaus, and advertising agencies, and others who have taken a special course will be leading the account- ing world. l22l lYhile in Simmons their schedules are packed with the courses which will prepare them to be- come the most efficient of secretaries. Ask any member of the business school her opin- ion and she can sum it up in this is no snapf' The day is filled with rushing from typing to shorthand Blrs. Agnes Quinlan-Say it again 0 en lhfferent Simmons College by its verv na-

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Are Seldom, if ever, Ilepes . . . . .l , Img I Panda Raggedy Andy and Ann Little Lulu '43 MASCOT MASCOTS OF THE SENIOR CLASS '44 IWASCOT SOPHONIORE OFFICERS FRESHMAN OFFICERS Tripp, Blodgett, Field, Bears Borgeson, Taylor, Hendrickson, Reynolds le i211

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Schools Compose to economics, then to marketing and business law with a brief respite for a hurried lunch. Schedules include academic subjects to prevent future secre- taries from becoming so efficient. and business-like Interim for instructions in typing class they resemble machines more than people. The sophomores spend their Waking moments cutting up the New York Tffmes for Ec,' when they are not furiously filling a notebook with the curly lines called shorthand. However, all of these hard- students will get their reward as their training is ranked high in its field. working Simmons Those secretaries and business women of to- morrow who today are plugging along in the Business School, are the members of Scribunal. In this club business and pleasure are combined to make a Well-rounded program. These lively meet- ings help to counteract the monotony of business subjects and full schedules which business students inevitably have. The students are also able to make closer contact with their instructors and on less formal friendlier terms than in the classroom. Whatever the students' reasons for joining, Scrib- unal has not disappointed them, as the club boasts a large membership of diligent business-school Simmonsites. SCRIBUNAL OFFICERS Funk, Ciccolo, Young, Guillow., Geddes SCIENCE TELLS YOU SECRETS! If solving geometry problems is a pleasure for you-if you enjoy dissecting animals or measuring electronic charges, join the Science School. Y ou'll October 14. . .Dear Diary: Yesterday was beautiful. Today crrrived with a terrzfc din -the alarm stuck. My bed has magnetic force. Colu-rnbm disco-vered .-lmericag I discovered how to cut classes without a guilty eonsez'enee.' October 15. . .Dear Diary: rl, .sudden blow has wrecked my world. Fm cl1's1'I- I usioned for a week. All yesterclay's lectures were very importavzt and there are rumors of hour e.rams--ah me! Dr. Gorhanl W. Harris explains quantitative analysis lQ3l