Simmons College - Microcosm Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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count words instead eep F611 llvzuxv is under their direction, as a practical lab ex- Jeriinent 'Tl1P Qeniors take eha , r0'e olithe first three issues I - 'Y 1 each year, the Juniors take the tourth. A system ol' partially elianging' stafls witl1 eaeh issue 111ea11s that every girl i11 the sehool, by the time she graduates, will have held a11 editorial position o11 at least one issue and have worked o11 two or three. F flsh m 1.0I'S are: Shake- diaeval Lit, Seventeenth Century Lit, Ad- Some favorite Courses ol' ,ng it LJ speare, Me vaneed Composition, Journalism. Bugbear is the re- al Studiesea bitter dose, but very, very llSCllll. Praetiee work during part ofthe second semester of the Senior year supplements Class work. ' l 0 to radio stations, newspapers, niaga- zines ttrom the Allanfir Alonflzty to .S'kalz'11gj, bookstores, publishers, and advertisers. They enjoy this work, partly because they like putting what they've learned to actual use, partly because they can pretty well Choose where quired Course i11 Seeretari Every year gn' s 50 they'll go. The English Club is op novel-readers, joke-lovers, a11d schools, but most of its members are Gertrude Case t Sally Simmons Saysuj headed the group this year. Une of the hit progranis of tl1e year lnlorniatioii Please quizg l ' e11 to ''poetry-seribblers, idea-disCussers from all from this o11e. was the laeulty-student at another tea, Theodore Nlorrison, Harvard professor and poet, spoke on modern poetry. Assistant otlicers ol the Club w Edith Antunes. vere Jean-Marie Jenson, Camille West, a11d In Publishing: We used dynan You lllighl have nienlionetl al liC sylnnietry. l

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T e oldest of the arts, the youngest The lwaehine Age Today's important war executive demands a secretary who can do more than take rapid dictation and transcribe notes accurate- ly. He wants a Girl Friday. Graduates ol' the Simmons School ot' Business are trained to be expert stenographers with the know- ledge and poise olibusiness leaders. The Director ofthe School of Business, Dr. Samuel Lukens, prepares his students for execu- tive work. Two out of three Business School majors will tell you that their schedule is tough. They have tew free hours. Their program consists oftechnical subjects as well as culturalwa Business School girl is just as lamiliar with the critical theories of Matthew Arnold as with the rules ofaccountingg she spends as many hours pound- ing oflice machines as she does frowning over Spengler,s Decline cj' Ihr lfexl. The course which really keeps Business students on their toes is liHicie11cy, Business 40 in the catalogue. VVhenever you see a group oli them talking excitedly, you can be sure that the topic oliconversation is Elliciency. It is a stimulating course, which initiates students into the art otanswering the telephone, opening ten envelopes, signing a telegram, licking a stamp, and filing a bill all in thirty seconds flat without losing an iota of poise. In spite of all the worrying they do about typing, accounting and personnel, the Business School girls always look forward eagerly to the second halliol' the Senior year. At this time, each girl does practise work in some business office in or near Boston. This year Seniors went to hospitals, psychiatric clinics, lawyers' otlices, insurance firms, and general business concerns, they spent Cooper and club lll0lllbl'l'S ' .3 lf'-Ik 4151 g., jh,asdfgglkjh --4 , 'A .. Wav.. 4 Y,-c I, .' g l22l LK .WL LANE? fi I 'il 5 i !01 T T! l 'V !i'Y 5F!'!'V f U'l'! l 'burlnuzlthisLul'1ivTiIKP!l'lT.7'IYZU2!JYIl5ZYI!I'd