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In the 1930s, Miss Bouvé and the YWCA made a school in Japan incorporating Bouvé-like practices. Click here to learn more.

In 1930, the Boston School of Physical Education was in dire financial straits. The Great Depression made it difficult or impossible for many girls to go to school, and the board of the School could not raise sufficient funds to offset the drop in enrollment and tuition revenues. In response, the trustees proposed a merger with the Bouvé School - the same school that had split away from B.S.P.E. five years before.

Marjorie Bouvé became the director of the new Bouvé-Boston School of Physical Education, and coordinated an affliation with nearby Simmons College. Students could take a three-year course for the diploma, or elect a fourth year in order to receive a Bachelor of Science in Education from Simmons as.

BBSPE school patch, 1930s, BBC, Box 97