Simmons College - Microcosm Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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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

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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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,S'ZLq,' ei if in I msn: ww' e 135 MW 5' ,gg ,M-no A XGA, f 6 .et ii' ueries, books and Mr. Lefaoour left Williamf College, where he had heen dean ' ' ' , to affect in planning the new college and hecame ite jirxt head. The jirft dean of S immonf wax Sarah Louice Arnold lj . 3 w o refigned df Juperoifor of Becton Jchoolf to lend her aid in launching the novel enterprife in the education of women Both feroed the college for many yeare and Jaw the dream of the founderf fuljilled. There were 149 fret-year Jtudentf enrolled when the colle e 5 opened for inrtruction in modeft rented quarterf at 739 Boylfton Street. A total of 1636 Jtudentf, including thofe enrolled in graduate and .rummer programf, regiftered at Simmons in 1943-44. Canada, Chile, China, Colomhia, Cuha, England, Hawaii, Peru, Puerto Rico, and the Wext 1ndie.r ae well af twenty-fix .rtatef of the Union were repreyented. Today the college ojerf inytruction in nine different .rchoolss English, Lihraiy Science, Social Work, Bufinen, Retailing, Science, Home Economics, Nurfing, and Preprofeffional Studiex. The main college huilding on the Fenway wax jirft u.red in 1904, and .rznce that time, the addition of two large wingf haf almoft douhled ttf capacity. South Hall and the Refectory were completed in 1905, North Hall in 1907, and through the yearf the refidence hall area on Brookline Avenue and Pilgrim Road wax gradually enlarged and improved. Eoanf Hall, the lateft addition to the group, wax completed in 1938. In 1914-15 the ojjlicial name, Simmonf Female College, hecame, Simmonc College, the change heing in accord with modern ufage of Zl.'01 dJ.H Q That will be five cents Q They're all so pretty Q I wonder if she-ls free now? 4