Simmons College - Microcosm Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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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

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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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SCIENCE SECRETS Ccont.J have real fun-along with all the Work. Ivith larger numbers of Sophomores entering each year, the Simmons Science School is growing rapidly. Dr. John A. Timm became head of the School this year. His first change in the program was the introduction of a new course, physical chemistry, which he substituted for advanced inorganic chemistry. Students in the Science School prepare for posi- tions as hospital or industrial laboratory tech- nicians, research assistants, bacteriologists, tech- nical secretaries and teachers. College graduates interested in diagnostic laboratory science enroll in the one-year course, which emphasizes public health or hospital laboratory work. ELLEN RICHARDS ELLEN RICHARDS OFFICERS Blziyo, Blanchard, Paul, Gearin, Siegfried To the students of the Science School, the Ellen Richards Club stands not only for pleasure but as a reminder of what women have done and are doing in the field of science. The purpose of the club is to provide relaxation for students in the Science School, and at teas held once a month with the science faculty in the lounge, there are no signs of smocks, test tubes or scalpels. Throughout the year joint teas were held with Tech, at which interesting speakers enter- tained. In early October a tea and reception Was held for the new head of the General Science School, Dr. John A. Timm. November brought the initiation of the sopho- more members, with blood-curdling rites in the first-floor labs. The initiated were rewarded with beakers of cider and doughnuts. Like the initiation, the birthday celebration of the Ellen Richards club had a scientific setting- the biology lab with Bunsen burner flames pro- viding light. Ellen Richards, the first woman to be graduated from the lllassachusetts Institute, was feted in high style-with birthday cake and can- dles. In the spring came the annual picnic-a hike to a suitable spot, a blazing fire and roasted wienies-, to end a club program as active as any in the College. In spite of a heavy schedule and strict standa.rds of work girls in the Science School know the dangers of the all-work, no play v theory. LIBRARIANS ARE BOUND UP IN BOOKS The safety of our American democratic institu- tions depends upon the intelligent comprehension of our citizens. In the development of civilian morale the service of American libraries is not to be under-estimated. Through their collections is made available basic knowledge of the past and an awareness of current trends, possible dangers and needful precautions. Libraries are of many sorts, scholarly and popu- lar, scientific, educational, professional, for young and for old, in cities and in rural districts. They do effective work only when well organized and skill- fully administered. The aim of the School of Library Science is to educate its students to give expert service in these various fields, and to en- courage them to become leaders in new and con- structive ways. l24l Heavy reading in the reference section