Simmons College - Microcosm Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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GCLDEN We flash back to 1902 . . . fifty years of Simmons College . . . 1399 - a charter is drawn and the College is incorporated . . . science, art and industry grow into our by-word . . . 1902 - Mr. Lefavaur becomes our first President and Miss Arnold, our first Dean. Two years later we are located on the Fens. The building grows . . . east and west wings are added. The dormitories grow . . . North and South Halls, the Befectory. The number of students increases yearly . . . by 1933, seven programs are developed - Library Science, Home Economics, Business, Nursing, Science, Social Work, and English. Mr. Bancroft Bentley becomes the second President

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From flickering silent movies, to talkies, to technicolor, and to lifelike cinerama the motion picture industry has grown. Industry of another kind has brought Simmons College through its first fifty years. Five decades of growth and change produced the Simmons that the Class of 1953 will remember. To preserve your memories in a more tangible form than the mind,s eye, MICROCUSM records your years at Simmons on a roll of Ncellu- loid, and the camera eye helps you to live again your four years in college. f ff 14 h M 4 , K - I 5 70 U J fm , ' 'l Q' if U f : f 1 I .- I X Md ff A f I 'f' 17' ':,-' E s 22' 5 Q 1535 5 Wiaglwweat , ff , -' f,,,Z-,,- . 43 , X 42 f af Wm, fl, - ' 9 ff 'fnqlfl X ' 'S .,., I . 11 A , Y H w x ' if 1 J: p

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JUBILEE f,,,,,ss:f Q' T9-MN 3'1?J'si ev- slsfkgsisfsiii' Ll QTY 1, -A i pei ,x , x v- k-1.3.2 'XV last' p n ,...,...-...,......,.., NA-J . of Simmons. In 19449 Miss Eleanor Clifton becomes our Dean . . . she and the Class of '53 are Freshmen together. 1952 - our Fiftieth Anniversary Celebra- tion - a mid-century jubilee . . . progress marches on with the laying of cornerstones to three new buildings . . . television and radio programs air our cause . . . the Presidents of neighboring colleges honor us at an Academic Convocation and discuss The Changing Role of Women . . . conferences on Education and Pro- fessional Opportunities for Women are led by well- lcnown speakers . . . a jubilee banquet ends a glorious celebration. Simmons survives the pains of growing . . . we are proud to be a part of her!