Simmons College - Microcosm Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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N.vI'IoN.xI. S1'up13NT fXssoeI.vIIoN: N.S.fX.-our chap- ter being one ot' the iirst 300 colleges in the United States to hold a participating membership. XVC all belong and participate under our chairman, Alcan Nettleton. Purposes and aims: l. To cooperate through association with nation wide and world wide members of N.S.fX. to better student conditions excrywhere. 2. Participation in national student projects: the hloultcr Bill passed through Congress. 3. The leadership training program. a new idea at Simmons. to train more capable and in- liormed leaders hy taking part in Leaders' lVorkshop, and gaining experience by working on various projects for the betterment ol Simmons. -l. NSA. Inembers are our representatives to other college government associations, offering our successful ideas to others and bringing back what has been learned ol: other colleges' operations. This year our delegate attended the l.l.S.N.S.zX. Conference at Iowa State College in Ames, Iowa. 5. Attention to international student altairs and on our campus, the integration of our foreign students. P. S.: NSA. includes in its many-Faceted activities the sweatshirt concession and even operates :I liood booth at Spring Spree. Social Relations and olunteer Service lrlfords and phrases from on tnnl .lieliiml tlic scenes The Social Relations Committee, open to all students and Faculty at Simmons, had this year about one hundred volun- teers leading girls' clubs, gym classes, scout troops, and dramatic groups in twenty Greater Boston Settlement Houses and serving as friendly visitors, escorts, and recreational leaders at nearby hospitals, clinics. and Inental institutions. Many students from the schools of Nursing, Physical Ther- apy, Library Science, Home Economics and Social Science planned individual volunteer programs to provide practical experience in their Held. Because Social Relations' second function is to foster an interest in psychology and sociology, leaders in these fields are frequently invited to Simmons for the purpose of ac- quainting students with their work in psychological research, mental health, racial discrimination, juvenile delinquency. penology, and related fields. STUDENT XIOLUNTEER Sisnvrce . . . X'Ve need YOU . . . register now at the front hall booth . . . setting up the Hles . . . placement . . . almost one hundred volunteers in hospitals, settlement houses, girls' and boys' clubs. Subway to the settlement houses . . . walk to the hospital . . . on with the pink smock . . . out to the wards . . . Book Lady, do I have to eat my spinach? . . . how can I teach wood- working when I hardly know a saw from a hammer? Golly, I'm tired . . . coffee on the way home . . . there's the sweetest little boy in my woodworking class . . . thereis the cutest intern in my ward . . . done your psych yet? . . . see you tomorrow . . . 'hyc. Social Relations Committee: Betty Marchant, Chairman: Dorothy Sharp, Volunteer Service Chairman: Carol Rosen- blum, Treasurer SOCIAL RELATIONS . . . next club meeting . . . need a speaker . . . a month ol correspondence . . . he says ycsl Twenty posters . . . notices on the blackboards- Please Save . . . I'equisitions for lounge, refreshments, smoking permission. XVaiting at the front door . . . will he come on time? . . . will he come at all? . . . Inaybe he'll be tall, handsome, and unmarried. Good speaker Cectoplasm? mental, telepathy?D . . good crowd Cnot enough doughnuts aainD. 25

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1 'FN as 'Z' Coorcllnatlon, rntegratron, '74 ,yr W cooperation, and now . . . X X6 T I . decentralizatron X ff'-'f' , ' wiv- -- -H SX. Tifx , QED New terms and phrases entered Student Government vernacular in 1955. Decentralization, a word heard often in Student Government circles this year has added to STU-C's meaning and definition. We saw a shifting of the planets in the campus universe and the rearrangement of legislative orbits. What was the old Dorm Council, the central satellite governing social regulations on campus, became a coordinated body of seven individual House Councils. The result was a strengthening of relations within the sphere of each house, and increased opportunity for more of us to participate in the scope of STU-C activities. News words and phrases were coined on campus. Sit Down Dinner' meant a return to 'lgracious living, well, once a month anyway, but with the extra bonus of highly attractive and efficient waitresses Cusl, and after dinner, clever, talented performers Cusj entertained. STU-C provided us with campus rules booklets which put an end to our excuses, unless we could beg pardon on the grounds that it had somehow slipped out of our purse while groping for our newly acquired house keys. Seniors readjusted their somnambulistic strolls to include a stop at the house desk at 1:30 to take Senior Check. VVe studied in relative quiet in Bartol Hall in the evening. All agreed that campus life was better with STU-C's innovations in '55. HOUSE COUNCIL: Campus executives in the exercise of college government within the individual campus dorms. Numbered seven in all, these councils rule the dormitory roosts, regulating and planning activities, and administering justice in weekly meetings within the in- dividual dormitory. HOUSE SENIORS: Members of individual houses serving multiple roles in the welfare of freshmen, e.g., 1. glad hands during Orientation Week, greeting newcomers and lifting luggage. 2. and later becoming listening ears and helping hands in house problems, particularly those cone cerning the freshmen. HOUSE PRESIDENTSy COUNcrL: The next step up in going to the top of the governmental tree. 1. Brookline Avenue prototype of the 300 The Fenway Student Cov- ernment Council, 2. Traflic managers at many student legislative intersections. 3. Chief coordinators between the all-college administrative bodies abd those on campus. FRESHIYIAN REPRESENTATIVES' CouNerL: Freshmen elected from individual dorms, this yearuresponsible for the success of the Coke Charades and freshman elections. POLICY COhIlX'1ITTEEI This year marked the institution of a new facet in STU-C organization-that of a com- mittee whose purpose is to investigate past reports of STU-C activities and to formulate written statements of policy to be presented for acceptance by vote of the Council. Where no all-college policy existed on academic rules and regulations, Policy Committee systematized those pertaining to paper deadlines, exams, cutting, and other matters within the various departments. Honor Boardz, Sealed cenlerg Pris Trayers, Chairman: lefl fo righlg Jane? Gebauer, Peggy D'Anjou, and Sue Sltelfon. Senior Reps. l'1ONOR BOARD: STU-G judicial powers that be. 1. Chief contractors and superintendents behind the struc- ture and maintenance of the honor system, to whose careful consideration come matters pertaining to our standards of honor-the unproctored exam, major issues on campus regulations - all elements concerning the honor system on which the stability and high quality -if the Simmons community depend are referred to the judgment and consideration of these eleven judicial dig- n.rarres. STUDENT COvERNMEN'r XVORKSIIOPZ During a three day session in September before the 'opening of classes, student olheers participated in discussions and lecture programs, hoping to prolit by tliistincreased understand- ing and ability in preparation to meet the challenging responsibility of their offices. .un v

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Gus Means . . Angus Bailey . Student-Faculty Discussions . United ations Week. Frank Rounds . Forum present . . . Familiar words on the bulletin hoard reminded us From time to time of the Fun, food and intel- lectual stimulation olfered at the Forum teas. As Simmons girls we were delightfully stimulated hy Gus hleans who delved deeply into the meaning of Massachusetts politics. Viihile we sipped tea and munched cooliies with Angus Bailey from the Fall River llerald News, we discussed the American theater. Mr. Bailey's incisive comments constituted one of the highlights ol' the Forum Discussion Group series this year. Under the direction of Isa Cohen the Executive Board of Forum carried out an extensive program during United Nations weelg. Each day a new event greeted us. The liaeulty discussed United Nations accomplishments. and at the International Tea songs from foreign lands were sung. The dis- cussion of the United Nations role in Korea and the International hlusic Ilour were held in the last days of the weeli during which the cultural dider- enees lietween the United States and Russia were 1 We gathered new insight into ihe situation behind the iron curtain from the sneak peel: through The Window on Red Square , by guest speaker Franlc Rounds. Forum. Lei? fo right: Judy Bennett, Class Representative-'56p Betty Keizer, Treasurer: Isa Cohen, Secretary, and Janet Shapiro, Class Repre- seniaiive-'55. demonstrated through music. Wie congratulate Forum for having so satisliactorily aeliieved its aim ol' stimulating and integrating the political and cultural interests of the student hotly. Although it usually eonhnes its activities to the college campus. Forum this year toola time out to aeeept an invitation to visit the l larvard Law School Forum Group, where our members met the princi- pal speakers and had a ehance to see how organiza- tions from other colleges with the same purposes carried out their policies. This year Forum undertook the task of reorgani- zation. The chairmen from the United Nations group, the Legislative Group and the Discussion group worked closely with the Executive Board in an effort to eentralize the organization of Forum. This year all posters and new items concerning any of the three groups were headed Forum presents. The Executive Board together with the chairmen worked long hours to arrange programs that would interest the entire student body. The reorganization enahled Forum to hring to Simmons the many outstanding spealiers who pleased us so much. ,-