Simmons College - Microcosm Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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; problem Thing, the original Valz project down to the last specification had been handed in after the spring practice-work. But what had happened to all the free hours the once-a-week double periods allowed? Slide side- ways into the clutter of 351 and see the extra hours which lay behind the harmless Catalogue listing, English 75. The Simmons Review began its third year as a college publication providing an unique laboratory for befogged English seniors. Out of the busy hours of rewrite, galleys, page proofs and, at last, four issues a year, came the wail, Lunch? — who ' s got time for lunch! It had by then even replaced the perennial groans concerning typing and shorthand. But the dream of future days took shape. The School of Publication senior finds herself knowing a whale of a lot she never even considered learning, and lucrative days lie ahead in magazine publishing, advertising, and every other world where a pica rule is a working tool. Raymond F. Bosworth, Director ' ' I dreamt I was a lady edito r in the Review Office . . . Publicity class and prof demonstrate the old AID 1 formula. The G in Graphic and D GV. {23

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Picas, publicity, and pix pose no Some students at Simmons are worried about en- gagement rings or bread and butter; there are thirty others, e ven late in May, who see more in overlay and rubber cement. The world of the School of Publication student is made up of picas and points, chiseled pencil edges and tint blocks; and, hope- fully, has an unlimited horizon. The metamorphosis from the English School to the School of Publication was a change in name only — the school by any other name spells the same curricular program, only with a more accurate de- scriptive title. From the first week of Graphic Arts (supple- mented by gentle hints that a look at a Production Yearbook might be worthwhile) the path is set. After sophomore year of background has gone by, a relaxing ninth hour with Fez or Quarrington helps quell the cries of who in their right mind reads the Boston papers? She learns that straight news means very straight, comtrary to Time mag reporting. By the beginning of senior year, she begins to see that those junior year first hours (with one hand stifling a yawn and the other leafing the Chicago Manual of Style) gave her a good consistent look at the world of copy and proofreading. A term or two in classes in Newswriting, Advance Comp, Indus- trial Editing, and the ever-popular Publicity settled the School of Publication senior in her field. This year, Mrs. Ruth Viguers, a new member of the fac- ulty, ably instructed the group whose interests, but not necessarily IQs, lay in children ' s books. Mean- while volunteers for Edit, the publication of the Massachusetts Industrial Editors Association, were always solicited, always welcome. With a T-square and all the materials the Book- store could possibly ferret out, the senior ventured into Layout and Design. For some natural talent in design resulted in rhythmic, harmonious A ' s. For others it meant gradually learning where clut- tered stops, and unity begins. The chalk still flew thick and fast in Editing and Publishing — in September memories of folios, saddlebindings, and reverse plates were jarred. But by June copyfitting only took a second, a character count was more than a re -check on the number of your unengaged friends, and air- brushing expenses on full-page bleed cuts reached a new high. Best of all that nemesis, The ■Mi ■KB- Jm y JM L mmmmmms- m a mm mm i fi . ■ i m me 1 3 ■ F ■P c i ' i ' 1 ' i ! fe» iiatfm h - 1 4 22 }

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The kitchen is mecca Those girls in rhe neat white uniforms who whip up tasty dishes in the foods laboratory on the third floor have a very practical purpose in life, and their college education promises to be an asset to them for either marriage or a career. A preparation for homemaking is the basis of all their courses: home management, child develop- ment, foods and nutrition, clothing and design. Then they also have a good foundation in funda- mental courses, such as the social, physical, and biological sciences. The students interested mainly in foods and nutrition may direct their programs toward dietetics, institutional management, public health nutrition, or research. Girls who choose to specialize in textiles, rather than foods, have job opportunities galore in the textile labs of stores and manufacturing plants, teaching, research, and the educational departments of industries. The Home Ec ' ers, who have an artistic flair and enjoy designing clothes, may elect courses in dress design and tailoring with the field of fashion and design as their goal. During her junior year each girl hibernates for a happy eight weeks in Home Management House on campus, and there she gains on-the-job experi- ence in the art of family living. At this time she also joins in as a member of the College Nursery School, and gets a good picture of the problems involved in child guidance. Affiliations with the Merrill- Palmer School in Detroit and the Nursery Training School of Boston enable well-qualified students to spend one semester of the senior year in concentrated study of child development. With their training, these students also obtain profitable employment in business in the fields of sales promotion, advertising, or home service, inter- preting to businessmen what women want and stimulating feminine interest for the merchandise a company has to sell to consumers. Whether the girls marry right after commencement or go to work, the Home Ec recipe will be put to immediate use and kept simmering indefinitely. Elda Robb, Director