Simmons College - Microcosm Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Anne lNIcHenry Hopkins, A.B., BLD. Director of Health What is a colle e made of? HE PROBLEMS of Wall Street seem petty after looking over the duties that the Comptroller's Office handles every day. Mr. Richmond K. Bachelder has the main responsibility of taking care of the college's day-by-day finances. With his staff, he must also super- vise the issuing and payment of term bills, the upkeep of the college buildings and property, and, greatest headache of all, the rationing problems of the school. This year the oflice took over the distribu- tion of ration books to resident students who go home in vacation periods. Class accounts, publication expenses, and sizable club contracts are another side of the duties of the office. With members of the staff doing everything from signing commuters' special rate blanks to acting as notaries public, it is easy to see why the office is one of the busiest every day in the year. The Health Ofiice is where girls take their sniffles, headaches, and such accidents as result from hitting a thumb instead of the curtain rod nail with a hammer. Dr. Anne McHenry Hopkins, assisted by Dr. Elsie Brown, supervises all the routine cases and, in addition, conducts the yearly physical examinations of Freshmen and Seniors. Nurse Gilson is the unofficial morale booster who gives out sound advice with prescriptions and pills. In the Health Labora- tory, Mrs. Mary Hill takes blood tests, makes analyses, and gives lamp treatments. X-rays made by Mr. Stearns in his laboratory are sent here to be read and studied. The personal interest which every- one takes in each girl is typified by her complete health record kept on file in the office. The Recorder's Oflice, under the care of Miss Marjorie Burbank, Doris M. Sutherland. Miss Barrett., Adniission and Guidance lllargaret K. Gonyea, S.B., Registrar illl

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college policy to a changing world ough, A.B.g Charles Belcher Rugg, A.M., LLB., Elisabeth Mc- Arthur Shepard, SB., Robert Fiske Bradford, A.B., LLB., Ada Louise Comstock, 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 and Eleanor Hayward, S.B., M.B.A. Go-between for Corporation and student body is affable President Bancroft Beatley, who participates at length in student activities. A familiar ligure at M1c and Neuu dances, he also wields a mighty ping-pong paddle, and is star batter at the annual Faculty-Student Baseball Game. Active in the educational field Mr. Beatley also helps out in the civilian war effort, and manages to devote some time to his hobby, a miniature model railroad. Past-master of the neatly- turned phrase, Mr. Beatley combines tact with a keen sense of humor. His particular domain is administration, instruction, and college policy. Benign and understanding, Dean Jane Louise Mesick presides over student welfare, scholarships, and residence. A good sport, she is always ready to lend a sympathetic ear to student projects, prob- lems, or complaints. Miss Mesick also participates actively in civilian war work, via the Red Cross, aid to war-prisoners, and her job as Executive Secretary of the Medical Division of Civilian De- fense in the Boston area. Since 1940, Dr. james Mead Hyatt, Professor of Physics, has been Dean of the Graduate Division. A favorite of the students, Dr. Hyatt is known for the extreme lucidity with which he lectures and a knack for making science meaningful to his classes, Dr. Hyatt recently made Ellen Richards Club history by his vocal rendition of Sweet Adeline, followed by an encore on an air column device, recruited from the laboratory for this special purpose. Jane Louise hlesick, l'h.D., l,itl.ll., Dean The Dean dallies with Miss Woodill ,IHIIICS Rlead llyall, Ph.lJ., Dean of the Graduate Division llll

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Health and Wealth and is the place in which students' vital statistics are kept. From the time she enters as a Freshman until she is graduated, a careful check is kept on each student's marks and point accumulation. Miss Burbank and her staff make out examination schedules with a con- siderate eye to preventing conflicts. The office also has transcripts of students' marks to send out to prospective employers or girls about to enter the armed services. The Registrars Ollice is one of three which work in coordina- tion. Under the charge of Mrs. Margaret Gonyea, the office deals with arranging each student's program of classes and issuing bulle- tins of information about the college which tell of classes, personnel, and program objectives. This year besides the regular issuing of bulletins and booklets, the ofhce is publishing the annual catalogue with a brighter, more attractive format. In order to establish pro- grams for Juniors which will be satisfactory for each student, indi- vidual conferences were held throughout the winter. ln the Main Ofhce, conflicting classes are straightened out by Miss Jennings, Miss Grant, Miss Barrett, and Miss Belding. The third connected office is the attractive Ofhce of Admission and Guidance presided over by Miss Doris M. Sutherland and her assistant, Miss Wry. Besides interviewing prospective Sallies, Miss Sutherland is in charge of the College Opportunities program which seeks to keep Freshmen happy during Orientation Week and to educate them in the idiosyncrasies of the various schools through paper work . . the weekly Wednesday classes. hliss Jennings and lVIiss Barrett conipare notes RiChnl0lld K. Bachelder, B.B.A., Conlptroller Mr. .Yiinnionr died in 1870 and a dirarter two yearf later prevented the college he enifirioned froin heconzing one of the oldeft woinenfr college! in the country. The great Bofton fire of 1872 wiped out inore than half of the huildingf in the downtown area which he had hequeathed to the college. There roar a lag of nearly thirtyvyearr until the trurt accuinulated to the 7tEC6J'.fcl7fj! proportionr. The college war fnally incorporated in 1899 and forinally opened in 1902. The careerr expreffly nanzed hy the founder were no longer thore which wonien would choore in large nuinherr, or had heen preeinpted hy unirerritier, conferziatorief, or Jpecialiqed rchoolr. The trurteef of the new college decided that the need of the hour war for a technical college for woinen. In conrequence, they laid out plant for four great progranirs in hurinefr, hourehold eco- noniicf, lihrarianfhip, and rcience, and required of graduater a four-year college education. It war at thir point that the USTIIIIIIUIIJ plan of education canie into heing. It envtrioned a thorough educational hack- ground for the .ftudent with direct preparation for a definite vocation on graduation. ltr end producte-the word if Nlr. Lefazfourfr-wa.r to he not a inere Jpecialirt in a liinited field, hut a well-rounded, well-developed perronality, capable and independent. 13