Simmons College - Microcosm Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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ADMINISTRATION

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The whole is a sum of its parts, each part an expression of the whole. The design itself as a whole and as a chain of parts is strong and purposeful. The line is fluid, the color is pure. Each form speaks simplicity, yet in the same breath, intricacy. The de- sign reads of nature--a star in night, a blazing sun, wind, and earthly revolutions. The design is an expression of time-of eternity, perhaps, but for now it is the cul- mination of four years' time. Each year in four has added a new di- mension, another earth, another path of rev- olution, another sphere of reality in ourselves -a dimension within us that we never knew existed. Simmons has given us our ground plan to build on-the black silhouette of beginning. We accepted the purpose and ideal of our education. Our learning in and outside lec- ture halls has added to the basic pattern that was shaped and spun by those around us. There were times when we questioned purpose and plan. But now four years have revolved and the design is complete. Per- spective gives our design its intricacy. Color, form, mass, and space give our design unity and diversity. In years hence the design will have greater perspective, its complexity will have mean- ing, its unity will spell beauty. Then we shall realize that the design we spun and the design Simmons helped us spin is within us.

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Those who taught us made us think and question, and wonder. They gave us ideas, and we in turn gave them respect. Now the design symbolizes an infinite wonder. What they gave us we have made into a sphere. We united our ejjforts to a school in whose goals we believed. With many long hours' work we acquired not only that which was taught, we gained insight, understanding and a wordless respect for the educated woman whose knowledge reflects her life's work. 10