Simmons College - Microcosm Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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t takes a heap ' One ol' the busiest oflices at Simmons is that of Comptroller Richmond K. Bachelder, chief active financial officer ofthe College, through whose hands go all bills, checks, scholarships, and loans. His staff supervise all the College buildings and grounds, including the residence halls and the downtown schools. Student organizational accounts are checked monthly by Mr. Bachelder and Stu-G Treasurer Jean Thompson, and the Comptroller has a veto power over club contracts ofany consider- able amount. This year the war added to comptrollency difli- culties, lor everything relating to government rationing was hand- led through this office. During Midyears, Mr. Bachelder proudly announced that the main building and all the residence halls had been converted to coal heating. The Health Oflice, under the supervision of Dr. Anne Mc- Henry Hopkins and Dr. XNinnilred Chase, is a clearing house for . Q M all complaints from broken toenails to the measles. Nurse Carolyn Q5 r'14:tgff ,a f- G ' Robinson is always in attendance, cheering patients with her quiet manner and the efiicient swish ofher uniform. This year the Anne McHenry Hopkins, xl.D. customary individual conferences with the Freshmen were omit- ted, but not the routine physical exams given Freshmen and Seniors, nor the Seniors' conferences. Associated with the Health Office is the Laboratory in which Mrs. Mary Hill makes blood tests and analyses and develops X-rays. I This year saw the creation ofthe new Admission and Guidance Ofiice, exclusively lor the use ofFreshmen, under the direction of Miss Doris M. Sutherland. This office came into being during lndoclrinalion Information Computation A pl 44, 4 A' ! I 0 I llgl

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N - ,' V . . ,, . g,f',. -1 V. ru ff' 'rw ,ff ,ff 'it ii lfgtertita M travis t P my tr f LL.B.g William Emerson, A.B., Art.D.g Francis Prescott, A.B.: John Stanley Ames, A.B., M.F., William Brooks Baker, A.B., LL.B.g Bancroft Beatley, A.M., Ed.D., Litt.D.g Erwin Haskell Schell, S.B., Edward Frost, Rosamond Lamb, Richard Mason Smith, A.B., M.D., S.D.g Ruth Hornblower Greenough, A.B.g Charles Belcher Rugg, A.M., LL.B.g Elisabeth McArthur Shep- ard, S.B.g Robert Fiske Bradford, A.B., LL.B.g Ada Louise Com- stock, A.M., LL.D., Litt.D., L.H.D.g Abbie Edith Dunks, S.B., Arthur Perry, A.B.g Eleanor Cassidy Keegan, S.B.g Eleanor Hayward, S.B., M.B.A. For the students, the Corporation is symbolized by President Bancroft Beatley, Dr. Beatley enters into student affairs at dances QMICI, this yearj, suppers, and, most popular of all, at the annual Faculty-Student Baseball Game. Active in education circles and in the civilian war effort, he still finds some time for his stamps and for the huge miniature train set he has in his Belmont home. President Beatley's jurisdiction is over administration, instruc- tion, college policy. The Dean's is over student welfare, scholar- ships, and residence. Dean Jane Louise Mesick is friendly, un- affected, and very busy-busy not only with all the student prob- lems, but with Red Cross work, aid to an English prisoner in Germany, and the job of Executive Secretary ofthe Medical Division of Civilian Defense in the Boston area. Dean ofthe Graduate Division since 194.0 is Dr. James Mead Hyatt, physicist and lecturer extraordinary, who combines administrative ability with proficiency in the laboratory. Jane Louise Mesick, Ph.D., Lill.D A modern college, the first of its kind in the country llll

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Christmas vacationg February lound prospective students being' interviewed in the attractive new conierence room. XN'ork oi' this department is connected with that ol' the Registrars Ollice, which was taken over, at the resignation ol' Miss Dora B. Sher- burne tnow Mrs. Arthur Seubcrtl by Mrs. Margaret K. Cionyea. This ollice is kept busy with publication ofcatalogues and various school and departmental bulletins, with registrations in Septem- ber,January, and May, with hour plans and with arrangement of programs. Miss Barrett, Missjennings, and Miss Grant patiently change and rechange student courses, keep catalogue mailing lists up-to-date, and .juggle professors' and students' hours till they coincide. This work goes on all summer as well as during the school year. In October, the Recorder's Ollice was moved lrom one end ol' the wing to the other. This ollice is supervised by Miss Marjorie Burbank, whose motto is check and double-check, take no chances. Her stall' keeps a record of all vital inlormation about students fincluding their marksl, makes out exam schedules, and determines each students accumulation ofpoints. VVav off on the first floor are the Office ol' the Department oil Public Relations, directed by Mr. YN'ilh'id H. Playlair, and the Ofhce of Inlbrmation. Miss .lane Helseth ran this ollice till Mid- years, when it was taken over by Miss Marie C. l,aPorte, who now attends to the switchboard, sorts mail, directs strangers, and answers questions. This is our smallest oflice, but the one best known to students, whose watchword is still Meet you at Inlof' Examination f, 1' Richmond Knowlton Baeheltler, B.H.A Docunlentalion Higor Nlorlis 1131