Simmons College - Microcosm Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Tiieri .-...L BARBARA HALEY Acting Director of Prince. and Associate Professor of Retailing Now 27 A.-3 xy.,

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Prince School oi Retoiling JESSIE MILDRED STUART Professor of Retailing There will be changes at Prince next year: it will become part of the School of Business Administration, and move from 49 Commonwealth Avenue to 300 The Fenway. The courses will remain the same, offering highly specialized training in the Held of retailing and fash- ion. Prince has a unique field work pro- gram in the senior year, in which the stu- dents teach in the training courses of commercial stores. The annual fashion show is a highlight of the students' four years at Prince. They write, produce, and model in the show. When the girls end their training, they are ready to meet the need and demands of the world of fashion. fn.,

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School ol Publicotion VIRGINIA BRATTON Assistant Professor of Graphic Arts, and Director of the Simmons College Press Depression demands for specialization in 1933 transformed the School of Eng- lish to the future School of Publication. Under the direction of the late Robert M. Gay, students combined English studies with journalism and book publishing courses. In 1951 the program oilicially became th'e School of Publication-one of the first of its kind. Additional courses in industrial magazines, children's litera- ture, writing courses, and graphic design have been added. Simmons College Press, the newest ad- dition to the School, is a product of ex- pansion to the hfth floor of Beatley Li- brary. if RAYMOND F. BOSWORTH Director of the School of Publication , and Professor of English ,X X FTI5'5.l7fT-'CTTPZITT-7'v r-- I .N DINO VALZ Lecturer on Book and Magazine Publishing f'