Simmons College - Microcosm Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Q in a Gilded Caffe. It was the first ' D ee- - bright year of a new endeavor, and MU ll J . .. TWH,-nik-I Q I she found life exciting, however f -s l I I T,r,u,E if,. V earnest. Sally worked hard, and l L l H. r,-V l '52--- . Emi , iq Q she made history. A-i K- .i'.?+-- 9' f s V ' - ' - , ,F-Emu L . gf When the school s enrollment in C '. J' ' creased at the end of that year, Rug classes at Tech had to be discontin- ued. Simmons moved, book and bustle, to a new home at 739 Boylston Street. Here Sally invaded the three top Hoors for her science and typewriting classes. The library and college oflices were also moved to Boylston Chambers. And so a new experiment in feminine education began. Because it Hlled a need, the venture prospered, and soon Simmons was again bursting its rented seams. A search began for land on which to build permanent quarters. After much dis- B ,lt I Chambers cussion, the Corporation decided on a swampy, duck-inhabited section of the Back Bay. And here it was that pi a resplendent new Simmons arose iM! from the marshland. Sally packed up once more and moved into the build- ing at goo the Fenway that we know as the Simmons of today. 91193

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in when the Stanley Steamer first alarmed the Gibson Girl as it puffed up Beacon Hill, Simmons College opened its doors to the first students. That the doors belonged to Tech only increased the enthu- siasm of those early Sally's. They dashed to chem lab in Walker Building, and crowded into Rogers for English, lan- l H g guages, and history. Besides Tech's loan of these classrooms on Boylston Street, the college had quarters rented at go Huntington Avenue. Here Sally studied short- hand, typewriting, and accounting. just a buggy-ride away, on St. Botolph Street, her library classes met, ,,,..g.,-----ag, and a few doors down stood the dorm, Simmons Hall. Many a Har- vard beau came to call on Sally in the parlor of a Sunday afternoon. Her social evenings featured taffy- pulls, charades, and chaperones. John Steele was her Frank Sinatra, and her favorite song, 'Tm Only a Bird

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171 A'.. ,1A, 5 CC H he time has come, the Walrus said, :I if 3 4 Hto speak of many things. And we're t 1-' ' . speaking, not of cabbages and kings, lg .-4 522 22215 . . . -Q, ,g.L,f,l but of many new buildings. To us, New Library these buildings represent the pioneer spirit that is part of our fifty-year tradition, and has kept our college ahead in professional education. enrich the Simmons life we have known, and which we picture here in our yearbook. EDUCATION-some day soon, our new library will go up on the corner next to our Simmons. It will mean more reading and reference rooms, We see in them, too, an opportunity to , ,f-'fig N ,X X 5. iii amen ,mfg ,mil -- , gli as- S gm li: iii I E' iii ml llll ssl' s Q y un sg gi i 525 Illl 3 V gs III! Ill ul n gg t- 1 355! ll c I.. II lu, ll 25253 Ill Q ,.. - Z.,-.II P. ,iN '5351,. W' A, ,5 T.1'l-9 H : -2 ' f - f MY Q -ff .sl.s3s ,'zz4 swwgay!-, 2-,f,,f-ffrwgsyp,swqfc , .4 3, .Wm M.. 'Vg ., J. ,Mzfr l14.Q'J. wmv, ,,.,f ,2a,,z:,,, Social and Health Center and better-than-ever training for student librarians. But best of all, the library represents a step forward in the education of all Simmons students. ,,,, COOPERATIGN-we'll have a real Fenway campus, too, when the is l r il-' S Social and Health Center is erected. l l i All clubs and classes will meet there ' I in their own rooms. We hope for a ,, iig - -.,f.. ,,, , A -- -.mgusgq mains iiufff.-sikmeiiei-:i e -,.,..w..,, ,. Refectory swimming pool and a dance studio