Simmons College - Microcosm Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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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

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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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? - M 1 vv The growth of the college has been steady rather than spectacu- lar. Its administrators have preferred to build soundly on a solid foundation. Proof that they had the pioneering spirit is found in the fact that the School of Social Work was the first of its kind in the country, and that for many years, the Prince School of Retailing was a unique institution. On the other hand, programs have been abandoned when they no longer seemed to be justified. At various times in its history, Simmons ojfered pro- grams in horticulture, landscape architecture, and physical education. It is noteworthy that in its forty-two years the college has had but two presidents, Mr. Lefavour and President Bancroft Beatley. Under both it has remained true to the original ideal. Mr. Beatley is carrying on the tradition with enlightened vision, planning policies in line with new developments in education. In his inaugural address in 1933 President Beatley set forth his views in these words: The college has not been content solely to prepare women for earning their livelihood, it has directed much of its effort toward the liberal phases of education to the end that its graduates may participate more richly in the life of the home and commun- ity. Bed and Board and Graduates OUNDED IN JUNE, 1908, the Simmons College Alumnae Asso ciation now has over 1800 members in all parts of the world In October of this year, Miss Helena V. O'Brien, who served as presi dent from 1941-43, was recalled to that ofhce when Ensign Eleanor McCofi'yn resigned upon receiving her commission in the WAVES As president, Miss O'Brien is in charge of all association and execu tive board meetings and also supervises the election of new board members. Miss Marjorie L. Shea, executive secretary of the association directs the alumnae office here in the college. She sends numerous letters annually to alumnae members, records all information re ceived about Simmons graduates, and edits and distributes the Simmons Review, the alumnae publication. When class reunions are held, Miss Shea arranges accommodations at the dorms or at down town hotels and attends to many other details. ln many parts of the country, there are Simmons clubs that offer scholarship grants to prospective Simmons students. The association also makes two awards annually to outstanding members of the senior class in recognition of their scholastic records and their par ticipation in college activities. It might seem impossible, even with the patience of job and the wisdom of Solomon to keep things running smoothly when several hundred girls are living together, but Miss Ruth Danielson, Director of Residence on the main campus at Simmons, and Mrs. Frank C Cooper, Director of Residence on Freshman campus, achieve this apparent impossibility with ease. Under Miss Danielson's capable guidance, the various problems of management in the eleven houses and halls of upper class campus are readily solved. The war, of course, has created many new d1H'i culties, but Miss Danielson has met these with ingenuity and re l16l I wonder what's new today