Simmons College - Microcosm Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Miss Robbs formula 'For successful home management. Take a handful of spotless uniforms, mix vig- orously with a pound of pins and a dash of liberal arts, add a taste of field Work, live for four years on the third floor at a moderate temperature LTOOJ and voila! l, approximately thirty-two parchment diplo-mas! No, it isn't magicg this process is known as Dr. Elda Ro'bb's own, tested recipe for four-year Blutterl Slcotchl Delights, for the Home Eco- lfiem, Carbohydrates an icar ICCIPC OI' ood .l1V111 nomics School teaches its students to plan a well- balanced academic program as well as a Well- balanced meal. The Home Economics girls are the ones who get college credits for cooking meals and making their own clothes. They operate the Simmons Delicatessenu on the third floor. Here, working in new labs completely equipped with modern kitchen facilities, the students conjure up those tantalizing odors of bacon and eggs that are disas- trous to the morals of any non-Home Ee-er who happens to miss 'breakfast and has a first hour class near the kitchen lab. In these f-ood courses, the students really get something tangible out of their college education-and if their envious friends are good, sometimes they are given a crumb or two of an old pot roast or pastry. Preparations for what may be a grande fete.

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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.

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Putting some light on the subject of Teaching the Home Ec girls how to cut a Home Ec. rug. A They are the only students at Simmons who are actually encouraged to knit in classg their creative talents are not stilledg instead they learn to design and make their own clothes in sewing classes. They also have courses in clothing selection, home man- agement and child development. However, their schedule isn't all play: they have to learn the science behind these skills and so biology and chemistry are added to their curriculum with lila- eral arts electives rounding out their education. With all this training. the Home EC students HOXIIC COI1OI11lCS can specialize in general home ec for teaching jobs or in institutional management. or in textiles. but whatever branch they choose, they will know more than just how to boil water when they set up house- keeping on their own. ln the Home Economics School, Dr. Robb offers a sure-fire recipe for a tasty college education.