A Delayed "Matriculation"

A man who was admitted to Dartmouth in 1950 but was unable to come because he lacked the funds has finally arrived at the College as counselor to undergraduates—and as a special student. He is Charles Simmons, a native of New Haven, who has had a promising career in urban affairs in New Haven and New York City.

In addition to his full-time counseling job he is also attending classes as a special student. "I've always wanted to do some serious studying," he said, "and without that opportunity at Dartmouth I wouldn't have taken this new job."

Simmons has come to Hanover from Coalition Jobs, the manpower arm of the Urban Coalition in New York, where he was a program developer. He was also a consultant for Manpower Assistance Projects, a non-profit consuiting firm supported by the U. S. Department of Labor and the Ford Foundation. Instead of coming to Dartmouth in the fall of 1950, Simmons worked in New Haven factories for four years and then served another four years in the U. S. Air Force. After working six more years in New Haven, he began his urban affairs and community action career in that city in 1964. During the course of it he has been housing consultant to Harvard University and planning associate for the Yale-New Haven Medical Center Housing and Community Development Corporation.