Simmons College - Microcosm Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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You need a magnifying glass for this kind of worlr. Here's the answer! I've found the one we were hunting for! Library Science didn't sound very intriguing to many of you when you were freshmen, because of the typical librarian picture we all carry in our minds. Sometime during that lirst year, however, you began to be attracted by the really impressive job opportunities Cand salariesl which were being exploited by the Schools graduates. You had a little chat with Mr. Shaffer and by the end of the year you had quietly decided that this was the school for you. By now you had discovered that the be-spectacled old maid in that typical librarian picture was untrue. Library training required hard and sometimes monotonous work, yes, but most of the courses weren't at all mono- tonous. Library Science requires such a general back- ground that you had two full years in which to develop and broaden your intellectual and cultural background. You had a free Held, and you took advantage of it: art, music.lit, economics, languages, psych, philosophy . . . you dipped into most of these. With the beginning of junior year came the begin- ning of your professional courses. You took Introduction to Librarianship with lX'lr. Boudreau, in which you studied book history all the 'way back to clay tablets and papyrus rolls. You also had the distinction of bei-ng the first class to have professional sources during your junior year. You took Library Science 47-2-Reference, in which you developed the microscopic vision necessary for Finding answers to the questions given in class. About now, too, you began spending a good deal of your time at the shelves on the left side of Library A. . X, A vii X lt was wonderful coming back for senior year to what seemed like an entirely different school, for the depart- ment on the third Hoor had been completely renovated. Bright walls, pleasant study areas . . . cataloging was madeipleasantl Library Science 55-l-Cataloging and Classification-met you when you walked in the door that September. Cataloging and more cataloging . . . you carried punched cards everywhere you went. In Library Science 53-l you acquired an aesthetic appreciation of books under the guidance of Mr. Silver . . . Childrens Lit-remember telling those stories? . . . Technical Serv- ices-Miss Leonard was always so patient . . . You could go on and on, remembering little things that make up your memory of the School. But you have more than a memory-you're going to get that tantalizing job in administration, education, or research that lured you in your freshman year. Librar Science Mr. Kenneth R. Shaffer, Professor of Library Science, and Director of the School of Li- brary Science.

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4 CI 1 School had nothinv on voul Home Economies at .S ,- V7 ga - .4'1,,. !'s.. After the party, you've got To clean up. Miss Elda Robb, Professor of Nuiririnn and Director of the School of Home Economics. XYCYC CE11'1'ViI'1U fVVCI1tV'SiX l'l0Ul'S 21 VVSGl'i-fl1C SCICTILL You probably found, when you decided to enter the School of Home Ee, that there was more to it than met the eye-11111011 more. You found-or already knew-that it wasn't just the sweet, quiet, retiring homebody type of girl who was attracted to the third floor in the left wing by the smell of 'hot hiscuits. No, you found-or already knew-that a Home Ee girl had to combine all the talents of a scientist, a businesswoman, and an artist-plus, of course, those of a housewife. It is more than likely. however, that during your freshman year you didn't fully realize this. You went blithely into Foods and Nutrition, and Clothingg you didnt mind Home Ec Lecturesg Psych was interest- ing g and you tolerated Bio because you had to. But in sophomore year you really got down to business. Design, Textiles, Organic Chem, Biochemistry, and electives-thats what the catalogue said. The other girls passing in the hall envied you in that nice-smelling kitchen-they didn't know the half of it. By this time you I need some help, Mrs. Fncltforff . . . i- , Then came junior year, and with it, incyitably, Home Management and Family Relations-Home Ee 34. Re- member how glad you were to find that your best friend wouldbe at Pilgrim llousc at the same, time you were there, how awful it was when it came your turn to do the dishes, how anxious you were the first time you had to serve an oh-so-proper dinner to important guests? You did a slow bu1'n every time someone jokingly referred to you as the one getting her MBS. degree the easy way-A ha ha ha. Field work in a nursery school, as an integral part of the Child Development course, was trying at times but fun most of the time. In this course you really learned what practical application meant. Psychology is wonder- ful, but you found that working with a roomful of children was quite different from reading about them in a book! Senior year-at last. You buckled down for your hardest courses-and surprisingly enough found them comparatively easy to do. Your two weeks of field work were wonderful-whether you worked in textiles, educa- tion, or institutional management, you realized that now you were able to more easily pinpoint your own goalg and you were confident that, after graduation, you could start toward it purposefully and proudly. My new spring suit is going +o be stunning.

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Miss Evangeline H. Morris, Pro- fessor of Nursing, and Direclor of fhe School of Nursing. ur ing As a student in the School of Nursing, you were dedi- cated from the beginning to a life of helping others. You were prepared for a training period of five years, what would be to most of us an ordeal, you welcomed with open arms. Your first year was much like that of a Science or Home Ee student. but after that your life was entirely different. You now followed a specific plan of work to prepare yourself for your professional objective. You took General Chem, Anatomy, Psych, Bacteriology. Foods and Nutrition. and Introduction to Nursing. You took daily trips to Mas- sachusetts General flospital, where you got your first taste of what life would be when you finally graduated. But bedpans and autopsics couldn't dim your ardor-you still wanted to be a nurse. You started your junior year earlier than the rest of us- in fact it was only two weeks after rthe end of sophomore year that you came back to school to begin your eight-week summer session at Mass. General. You all lived at Arnold Hall for the eight weeks--and you enjoyed every minute of the time you were there, even though the campus seemed strange at first because it was so empty. In August you had your real summer vacation-eight long weeks to enjoy freedom before coming back in September with thc rest of us. Those eight weeks didn't last long, how- ever, and before you knew it you were back again. At 300 The Fenway you had Physics, Philosophy, Sociology, and the Control of Communicable Diseases. Later on, at Mass. General, you studied Physiology, Child Development, Prin- ciples and Methods of Teaching, and Professional Adjust- ments. . -Can'+ lef those lweezers slip. This gauze has io be sfarile. 'f Q n ' X a lv l f .9 Q -S -60+ 'fo malre sure everyihing is clean. That was the year you had all those injections, too. Pub and Business students, seeing your red, swollen arms in the cafeteria at lunchtime, regarded you with mingled pity and awe. Little did they know-those needles really hurt some- times! At least, you told yourself, 'Tm safe if they ever decide to have germ warfare. During your fourth year, 300 The Fenway saw you very seldom. You were busy at Mass. General, soaking up hospital life through every pore. Wlhen we graduated in June you weren't with us, but you said.good-by without too much regret. You still had one more year to go, but it was going to be worth it in the end. .rx - : lc v I - X Y V- -' ' N f l.4:1-14. . V N .45 .- Before 'ihe first operahon ihere are always some 'lense momenfs. ff--