Simmons College - Microcosm Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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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

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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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short order cooks ACK IN 1904 Simmons College moved from No. 739 to the cooperative plan. Shoeshines could be had for ten Boylston Street and established residence at 300 cents, and the shining was done by enthusiastic Freshmen. the Fenway. The building was wing-less, with the base- Well, look at us today! The lunchroom, under the eye ment containing a cloak-room, rest-room, laboratories, of Miss Louisa Tate is waging battle against points and and a temporary lunchroom-rather crowded quarters. shortages. No one would ever call it normal, because Up on the fourth floor was a room full of shelves and our cokes are gone, butter is scarce, and that pre-war tables called the library, and another room, equal in delicacy, meat, appears only two or three times a week. size, for devotional services. In time these grew into But no one seems to be passing out from anemia! This Libraries A and B. The Bookstore was among the unborn. year the bookstore has increased its lure so that it is now By 1910 a west wing had been built and it harbored a a haven for stray dollars as well as stray pennies. Mrs. regular lunchroom run just as it is today. One single rule Bradstreet has added linens and blankets and crystal to governed behavior in thelunchroom thenzagirl who was her stock, because so many students are either already unruly in line, pushed, shoved her neighbor, or cut in married, or will be at the first possible furlough. What a ahead of anyone, was taken out of the line and made to lovely way to spend the hour you're cutting-browsing stand beside a monitor for fifteen minutes of infamy. around and deciding what you'll buy with next month's Then the offender was delegated to the end of the line. allowance. Library A was still adding books to its shelves, and the The rising birthrate was felt even in Simmons this empty spaces were diminishing, and students even then year when Library C was born. Supposedly for Freshmen, were allowed to try their luck at the B.P.L. it is inhabited by Juniors and Seniors who can't seem to By 1917, the books had been moved into Library B, recall that it is no longer the Study Hall. Mrs. Mutch and the Assembly Hall was in the east wing. The set-up presides. Upstairs in Libraries A and B everything is in the libraries was the same as that of today, with the about the same as always, with Miss Alice M. Hopkins, exception that the students could bring pound-boxes of and Miss Jennie C. Frost, trying to manage the mad candy to munch while they gossiped. By this time the throng grabbing for the Herald comic section. Margaret bookstore had been born, under the auspices of Miss Davis and Mrs. Dorothy Bloom are reinforcements. MacLachlan, and books, stationery, and so forth could Info has been a part of Simmons ever since the first be purchased at the lowest market prices. Not until door was opened. This year it is run by Miss Marie La- 1928 did it move to the east wing from its original posi- Porte. If you wish to know anything, from the correct tion at the far end of the lunchroom. At the end of the amount of postage for that letter to HIM, to whether or year the profits were distributed to the students according not a girl with hair went by two days ago, just ask her. NI-nl-nl-nl-That was good This is NOT a passagess ay .., 'ni-a.,.Q X .-- xx. xt-s.. ll5l