Simmons College - Microcosm Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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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

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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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i 0 . f the sciences every YN'ednesday of the second semester i11 putting the theories they learned in class into actual operation. Graduates ol' this school fill various positions in all parts ol' the country. An1o11g the Zlllllllllllf' can be lound directors olipersonnel, supervisors ofcorrespondence, court reporters, advertising writers, filing experts, and depart1ne11tal heads. The number oil graduates employed by the government, state and federal, is now greater than ever before. NN'ashington, crowded and busy, offers new opportunities daily. Today, Simmons girls hnd it easy to step right i11to a position, a11d what is more, a well-paying one, im- mediately upon receiving their degree. This year tl1ey were given added preparation for work after graduation through a special new course dealing with tl1e eH'ects ofthe war upon employers. Faculty and students meet iniormally and becon1e better ac- quainted at Scribunal Club meeti11gs. This year's club president was Dorothy Cooper. Her assista11ts were Mary Jane lVIcGrath, Vice-Presidentg June Wittfield, Secretary, and Carol Hartiord, Treasurer. The School is the largest undergraduate school at Simmons C163 undergraduate studentsl a11d Scribunal is the largest school club. All the members ofthe group did volunteer work in some war agency during the year. At the annual Christ- mas tea, one of tl1e main events of the year, the girls wrapped cookies and sent them to camps and military centers. Qther club programs were the annual Nlother-Daughter Tea held in April, and a tea at wl1ich a representative of the VVAAC addressed the members. What happened to that other fifty cents? 1 4 I I mpx t23l xi V 1 ' 14425 X, , n.. J , -f 2 f si' I, f I v w. 1 . .vm 4 nf:.f N -gag., ' i . I :fa n ' . fi V I Hfgfgi 5 K'-.-m 'L 1- ' ' 1 ' ' lg 1 1 g Y TT1ff:.4: j 1 aku g,5y,'W f , .fffiigf q ' . 55523512555 Mi'-' wa - -::,ff.31f1fgf ,.... . I -' , ' 0L,g:a45.vY . -Qeggilisg-,'-'i,,,..2s1i .1 ,-' ,f 1-T 4'11if':h .-y.L:e'f:i'-' mix -1 7-: 1 -'ffm 5 -- 4 fm- ','..x, 'bffg ,, l , , ' 5 kg' , . 'A '- 4-Hz: . 1 .-.-'f ,'.11-f'1fz'1r1ff':-f'3f fir -- If 1. ' A-f : A 'T I 2, ' H i f ' ' . 3 l . ft--sf' ss.. ., -.1 , N- ,-1. - . . , .H ,E 15 I: . T '25 .- me-' fu . 5 ' a,-IW. 1' I .Ftiti -'- A 'Fir P3 2 - 825 z'Sf L':1tl.,'L: - ,iii , -f j'c1257'j,1g,..1Qt.. I ff 'WZ -F 1' 1 . 2 'L,-- , wp? ,gg ,--,ff,f:,'-:-3112,57 -.,,2QM,a,gjk, y ' I 1 . ,J ga. 355- .7 ' -- 1 ,xg riser' .iQP2'vf,sHziif.-',.f.:?i:3, f I ' 'T 0 - e 3'1ffYT ' ,Le-faemiizffi-11, Ip A wi:-211 -tu?-gf 3gf5,gfz:4f'.2j3g':'1',353335 I ml- -.,, . mf Samuel jesse Lukens, Ph.D. SiIlll'll0llS Faculty tC30I1ti11uCd9 lCLIzABu'1'1I E1'N1t:1c BIss1s1.I.,A.B. Special IlIA'fl'Ilf'I'IIl' in Cflliflll llY6?Zft1I'6 AI,LEN TJOUGLASS Buss, Ph.D. ,A155z'5fa1zl 1JI'QfFA.SUI' rj' CYIFIIII-Jfllj' 9FRAYMoND FRANCIS BoswoRTH, S.B., A.M. A5.s11'.1'l1111l I'1'je.f.1'o1' 1jE11glz',vlz lVTARION EDNA Bowrun, A.M. .'1.Y.YflfTIlf6' P1'ry'2fx.w1r f?fiRfJIII0lIl'F Imzzzlgzlzlgm A1IG1Is'I'A Fox BRUNNER,lJl1.lD. f'Mrs. VYilliam Healyh Siberia! 1,ef'f111'e1' 1:11 Illeniaf H1 .Ql.Fl1F NINA ClAROLINE BRoTHER'1'oN, A.lNII. 1JI'Qfl'.S'.Y0T Qf1.I'f1l'f1lL'1' Srie11z'e', and 1-elcfizzg lJ1iI'6t'fflIA ff llze Srhnnl :gf ljbrzzrj' .S'rz'e11re l'iI,OSSII'1 CI. BUDI'lNN'IG,S.lXl. I11.slr11z'lnr in Hume Emzzrazzzizu' TXYLE KENNETH BI'sII, ABI. A11s'1J1'l'fIle IJl'Qf?.X.SllI' rjirlrf P1IIL1I'I'Ia SIDNEY C.-xI1o'1', l'h.lJ. pl.vcI'ixI1l11I 1Jl'Q!?.N.WIl' fgj'1J.g1'f'!1f1lf1lg-1' IRENIQ Mc:A1.I.Is'I'1eR CH.txM1s11Rs, Ph.B., 1 SB. .Al.1.ssi.xIz111f P1'Qf2f.s.m1' fgf1ff'lr11'!1'11lg AI,If,IE CIIIANNING, l'l1.D. A.xpmr1'a!f' 1Jl'Qf?.X.YIlI' qf .S'nr1'f1f lfmzznzzn' losEPIIINI2 M. ClII,Xl'IXI.-XN, Sb., l2d.M. theirs. lloyd P. Clhapinan Ll-ii.NI'.lfflN, l,I'Qf2'x,1flI' fgfl'ln'.11'z'r1l Ifllllllt 11117111 it U11 fl'IIZ'6' qfz1fm'11rz'jif1' it 111' 1e'1'f'i1'f'. XIX