Simmons College - Microcosm Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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1902. Secretarial School . . . years of evolu- tion and constant reshaping of program . . . 194-2, School of Business . . . From Penmanship A to advertising, accounting, personnel, scientific secretarial, medical secretarial, general business, medical records administration, and bilingual sec- retarial studies . . . From the Huntington Cham- bers to 300 The Fenway. Exaeting standards . . . I An academic background spiced with practical skills producing a proficient graduate with her feet on the ground and her eyes on expanding horizons .... One plus one equals shorthand and typing .... L'Don't pay any attention to how fast your neigh- bor transcrihes-just go as fast as you canf' those sweaty lingers . . . no erasing . . . be accurate . . . margins . . . HA1n l reading too fast?', . . . uPlease read your transcription, Miss Simmons. ul got behind. Mr. Byers, so I made up my own letterf' onion skin . . . the red and the black-ribbons of of Pm 75955500511 PVQVU typewriter equals transcription.

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A business letter, copy for REVIEW, or anollzer term paper? The lest lube treatment for nurses and future scientists. Fashions and fabrics in focus for Prince and Home EC. Books and notes-the basis of preprofessional and li- brary training. 1 E

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course . . . ez-erase or corrasahle liond . . . carbons hy the score .... Secretarial procedures . . . filing . . . good grooming . . . telegrams-word count . . . checks- made out to the order of whom? . . . graphs-it makes a difference which side is up .... Mimeograph . . . duplicator-that smelly fluid . . ediphone-round and round the turntable goes . . . dictapllone-better' than dictation . . . electric typewriters- and how do you set the margins? . . . calculators-no more columns of illegible figures and counting on fingers and toes . . . This must be the Oliice Machines class . . . Miss Sweeney wielding a small crowbar .... The advertising courses with Mrs. Coulter . . . girls waving scissors wildly in the air with one hand and flipping through magazines with the other . . . judge the copy . . . projects and more projects . . . visual appeal . . . eye catchers. . . . Personnel . . . a smile-always . , . guidance! t -'Wh-rs' - -bi ff, a s your pro em. . . . any talents or spe- cial skills . . . the work in the Admissions or Place- ment ollices-other peopfc have academic and em- ployment prolnlems too. . . . Accounting . . . net worth . . . liquidation . . . addition . . . subtraction . . . posting . . . Your Federal lncome Tax . . . lt7s three oiclock in the morning and l still have four accounting proh- lems, hut this one just won't come out rightfl Business Policies and Problems . . . interviews with Vlys. oFHce managers, ad men, personnel di- rectors . . . New England Mutual or John Hancock . . . Reports range from 30 to 120 typewritten pages . . . operating techniques. . . . The Business School Party . . . professors staged a modern dance class . . . Mr. Byers in a leotard, Miss Engler, Miss Sweeney, Mrs. Coulter, Miss 0'Brien, Mrs. Dickinson, Our Mr. Salsgiver . . . always there when we need him . . . guide, and of course, supreme Business Managerw. . earring procedure cmd proficiency Research, reading, and reporting occupy B. Olsson anfl P. Montal. K if fr 'W .vt- , , Business gals' pens take off like jet planes in dictation 'tflightsfi