Simmons College - Microcosm Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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-- Valzing to fhe coun+erpoin+ of type harmonies. ou clonit have to speali tlle language A Strange group of people attend Simmons Col- lege. Distinguished from the rest of the students Ivy their red-riminecl eyes and pencil-blackened hands and faves and general worldly appearance, these creatures inhahit Room 352 and 351, only naming out for air or food when it is absolutely necessary. All they do for hours on enfl is pick up English 26

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Yours very fruly, the Scribunal Officers. comma, or tried to discipline a stubborn income statement that refused to 'l!ill21lll,'?. To this. add a sprinkling of Shakespeare, and some assorted Historys. and you've just about got it. Students in the School of Business study vocational courses against a broad back- ground in liberal arts. They may specialize in the field of advertising, personnel, account- ing, office management, inter-American rela- tions, or secretarial work-medical. scientific. or general. But-they also have a general knowledge an-d a lot of good judgment. a combination that enables them to advance quickly into responsible jobs. And donat think for a minute that the stu- dentis knowledge of business is all bookish Besides becoming familiar with the various trade publications, they acquire technical skills under conditions that approximate as nearly as possible those in actual oflices. In the Spring of their senior year, they spend two weeks in field study in their chosen iield. This year ML Salsgiver's Schoolu intro- duced a new course in Business Policies and Management designed to acquaint the student M an of Distinction. with management's problems by the case study method and by interviewing executives of Greater Boston firms. The Business School? Oh. thats a snap! If youire still not in the know, talk to any Business School girl and she'll set you straight. ,.t , P iitk If cs . I i a i I! ,. . ZA , i it N 5 l ij il il i l fl i ,, l ,-

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Proofreading is Bliss. Sleepless nights with commas and periods going through our heads. commas which some careless individual has dropped and insert them into the proper places. This group is also unique in that they never reall literary masterpieces, they merely measure themg the only characters they are concerned with are 11, li, 1-. etc. These students have a strange and wonderful language all their own. A signature is not only u scribble at the bottom of a check. but a sheet of paper folded in a way similar to an Esso road map: only an M.l.T. background could figure out which crease comes first. The term inches is considered at bourgeois inifiltrationg pica is the authorized meas- uring unit. And when you hear these creatures talking in the corridors lbetween 352 and 351, of coursel about Bleed cuts not running into the gutterf, donit be alarmedg this is the one situation which Scotch Tape and Kleenex cannot remedy. ln case you ever want to enter the sacred confines of Room 351, remember the pass word is, Have you done your Valz? It works every time. If by chance you happen to find yourself in the same room with a member of this cult. you may discuss the merits of Bodoni as opposed to Chelten- ham type or argue about the Cliicago Manual of Style's case on hyphenation or show her why Fez accused her of committing libel in her last jour- nalism paper. These are good safe subjects. This group of girls is unique in another senseg the majority of them are English majors who donit i I i Boz upholds the pica rule. plan to teach or write. ln the School of English, the technical side of the language is stressed. so that a girl can go into publishing. journalism, advertising or any other field that deals with the printed word, the Black Art. She will emerge from the English School with enough know-how to publish her own magazine from cover to cover. But meanwhile, until the dream of lane Smith, Editorw materializes, typing and' shorthand, her favorite subjects now, should keep her in pencils and crackers later.