They Go Wild, Simply Wild, Over Freud, 1918
Bertha Capen Reynolds recorded the songs they sung in 1918 in her diary. Try to imagine the women with serious expressions and lovely modest white dresses singing about sex, libido and repression!
Songs and Skits
Hymnal of Psychic Snatches, 1923
This delightful “hymnal” from 1923 unfortunately does not contain authorship information. Enjoy, nonetheless!
“Dear Miss Garrett” Skit, 1953
Here is a skit from 1953 tracing students’ complicated relationship to Associate Director Annette Garrett, who was also in charge of field placements for most of her term, which often earned her student frustration when she sent them somewhere they hadn’t expected to go.
“Do you Remember?” Songs, 1953
“A Musical Revue of 65 Years at Smith,” 1983
A collection of songs lyrics they from the early days of the school to celebrate its 65th Anniversary in 1983.
“I am the Dean” Katherine Gabel skit, 1985
‘I am the Dean’ starts out with a tribute to Dean Katherine Gabel in her final year as dean. Dean Gable comes into the skit part way through. She looks back and captures a lot of the spirit of student life in the 1980s through humorous (and fictional) statistics.
Therapy Hotline Skit, 1987
In this 1987 skit, a student parodies therapeutic language with skillful wit.
Day in the Life of a Plan B Student, 1989
The 1989 B program skit gives a sense of a day in the life of a student. The B program was a one year MSW for people who had had at least three years of supervised clinical experience prior to coming to Smith. The days at Smith for A and B students were very busy, but the B programs surely packed a lot in 15 months of study.
AIDS Quilt, 1989
This 1989 Smith College School for Social Work skit was a tribute to the national AIDS Quilt effort to remember and show love for those who died of AIDS and to raise awareness of the need for services for persons with HIV+ and AIDs.
“Human Sexuality Course” skit, 1992
This 1992 skit shared an arc of students’ interest and comfort in their “human sexuality” course. Sexuality in all its forms can still be a difficult conversation for beginning social workers.
Blue Slip and the Joy of Finishing a Thesis, 1992
The 1992 Blue Slip skit marks a tradition at Smith College School for Social Work. Students who turned in a completed thesis were give a ‘blue slip’ as a receipt for turning in their work. The blue slip was the invention of Joyce Leamy – who was the person to whom slips were turned in for many years. (Joyce Leamy writes her signature on the big blue slip at the start of the skit.) The enthusiasm of finishing the thesis was evident annually at Smith!
Fred and Jerry Sing to Bridge the Divide between Policy and Practice, 1999
Dr. Jerry Sachs, a member of the resident faculty, and Fred Newdom published a book in 1999 on Activism and Clinical Work. This Smith College School for Social Work 1999 skit addresses the false dichotomy between practice and policy in a humorous way.
