Simmons College - Microcosm Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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The year 1958 once seemed as far removed from reality as 1984. And yet, our four years flew by so rapidly that the interval between Freshmen Orientation Tea and graduation hardly seems to exist. Many of us maintained that there was always tomorrow or next year to do those things We should do, but before there was time enough, there was no time at all. In the years to come we will be able to evaluate properly our College years - how much we learned and how much we contributed. Now, we are too close to them. Our minds are filled with the kaleidoscopic im- ages of friends, classes, achievements, endless discussions and those wonderful transcendent moments that belong to this part of our lives. It is a short span of time, but it bridges the dis- tance from childhood to maturity. The Seniors had a chance to look the part at Stu-G rally

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Amy Gordon was the winner. lass of It is in the Junior year that the Simmons girl is most firmly a part of the College. She is now an upperclassman, secure in her authority and secure in the knowledge that she will be a part of Simmons for another year. The heaviest burden of leadership and organization falls upon the Junior. She is responsible for the Freshman class as a ,lun- ior sister, and prepares the events which are designed to help the Freshman through those first weeks. Somehow, the social events of the Junior year have the most signifi- cance. This is also the time of specialization. Her doubts about the Wright school have been resolved and she has begun to formu- late definite ideas about her career. It is both the year of security and the year of looking ahead.

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n nf ll lf!!! Running the daily gauntlet. Class officers for our senior year were Betsy Ray, Presidentg Barcy H. Proctor, Vice-Presi- dentg Heather Nason Phalen, Secretaryg Mary Lou Recchia, Treasurerg and Susan Davis, Song Leader. Sun-,,x K .ts5 .,,,, I V wg., , 3'-af tg., Festive Olde English Dinner. in-'ir 1: