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Women's colleges--Georgia--Decatur
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CATALOGUE NUMBER DECATUR, GEORGIA
JANUARY, 1954
AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE BULLETIN
SERIES 51 JANUARY 1954 NUMBER 1
Published quarterly by Agnes Scott College, "Decatur ,
Georgia, entered as second-class matter at the Post
Office at Decatur, Georgia, acceptance for mailing at
the special rate of postage provided for in section 110}
of October 3, 1917, authorized on July 18, 1918.
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CATALOGUE NUMBER 1953-1954
ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR 1954-1955
. Digitized by the Internet Archive
in 2010 with funding from
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http://www.archive.org/details/agnesscott19531954agne
CONTENTS
College Calendar 5
Board of Trustees 6
Officers of Instruction and Administration 7
Agnes Scott College 17
History and Purpose, Financial Resources, Educational
Recognition, University Center
Admission of Students 19
Admission to the Freshman Class, Admission to Advanced
Standing, Admission of Special Students
Administration of the Curriculum 25
Registration, Selection of Courses, Credit Hours, Limi-
tation of Hours and Courses, Course Changes, Class At-
tendance, Examinations, Grading System, Automatic Ex-
clusion
The Bachelor of Arts Degree 30
Required Courses, Freshman Program, Major and Re-
lated Hours, Program of Independent Study, Summer
Courses
Courses of Instruction 1954-1955 35
Buildings^ Grounds^ and Equipment 100
Community Activities 103
Extra-Curricular Program, Art and Music, Religious
Life, Health Service, Counseling, Placement Service
Fees 107
Payment of Fees, Discounts, Music and Speech Fees,
Terms, Personal Accounts
Scholarship and Special Endowment Funds HI
Honors and Prizes 120
The Bachelor of Arts Degree 1953 123
Register of Students 1953-1954 126
Alumnae Association 141
CALENDAR
1954
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FEBRUARY
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25 26 27 28 29 30
MAY
5 M T W T F S
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JUNE
5 M T W T F S
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27 28 29 30
SEPTEMBER
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5 M T W T F S
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COLLEGE CALENDAR
September 15
September 15-17
September 16-17
September
17
September
20
November
6
November
24
November
29
December
10-17
December
17
1954
Dormitories open for reception of students
Registration and classification of freshmen
Registration and classification of sophomores,
juniors, and seniors
Session opens, 11 a.m.
Classes begin, 8:30 a.m.
Senior Investiture
Thanksgiving holiday, 4:40 p.m. to Novem-
ber 29
Classes resumed, 9:10 a.m.
Fall quarter examinations
Christmas vacation, 12 noon to January 4
January
4
February
22
March
10-17
March
17
March
23
May 27-June 3
June
4
June
5
June
6
1955
Winter quarter opens, 9:10 a.m.
Founder's Day; college holiday
Winter quarter examinations
Spring holidays, 12 noon to March 23
Spring quarter opens, 9:10 a.m.
Spring quarter examinations
Alumnae Day
Baccalaureate sermon
The Sixty-sixth Commencement
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
George Winship, Chairman
Miss Mary Wallace Kirk
J. R. McCain
J. J. Scott
G. Scott Candler
E. D. Brownlee
John A. Sibley
Atlanta, Georgia
Tuscumbia, Alabama
Decatur, Georgia
Scottdale, Georgia
Decatur, Georgia
Inverness, Florida
Atlanta, Georgia
Mrs. George C. Walters^ Vice Chairman Atlanta, Ga.
G. L. Westcott
C. F. Stone
D. W. HOLLINGSWORTH
S. Hugh Bradley
L. L. Gellerstedt
S. G. Stukes
M. C. Dendy
J. R. Neal
Wallace M. Alston^ ex officio
Mrs. S. E. Thatcher
George W. Woodruff
John C. Henley^ III
Mrs. Allen A. Matthews, Jr.
P. D. Miller
Hal L. Smith
Dalton, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Florence, Alabama
Nashville, Tenn.
Atlanta, Georgia
Decatur, Georgia
Richmond, Virginia
Atlanta, Georgia
Decatur, Georgia
Miami, Florida
Atlanta, Georgia
Birmingham, Alabama
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
OFFICERS OF INSTRUCTION
AND ADMINISTRATION
^ 1953-1954
Faculty
Wallace McPherson Alston President,
Professor of Philosophy
B.A., M.A. Emory University; B.D. Columbia Theological
Seminary; Th.M., Th.D. Union Theological Seminary; D.D.
Hampden-Sydney College; LL.D. Davis and Elkins College
Samuel Guerry Stukes Dean of the Faculty, Registrar,
Professor of Psychology and Education
B.A. Davidson College, MA. Princeton University, B.D. Prince-
ton Theological Seminary, Ped.D. Davidson College
Carrie Scandrett Dean of Students
BA. Agnes Scott College, M.A. Columbia University
James Ross McCain^ Ph.D., LL.D. President, Emeritus
Louise McKinney Professor of English, Emeritus
Mary F. Sweet^ M.D. Professor of Hygiene, Emeritus
Alma Willis Sydenstricker^ Ph.D. Professor of Bible, Emeritus
Catherine Torrance^ Ph.D. Professor of Classical Languages
and Literatures, Emeritus
Robert B. Holt, M.S. Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
Lucile Alexander, M.A. Professor of French, Emeritus
Christian W. Dieckmann, F.A.G.O. Professor of Music,
Emeritus
Lewis H. Johnson Associate Professor of Music, Emeritus
(Frances K. Gooch, M.A. Associate Professor of English, Emeritus
[Mary Stuart MacDougall, Ph.D., Sc.D. Professor of Biology,
Emeritus
8 Agnes Scott College
Janet Alexander College Physician,
Professor of Physical Education
BA. Erskine College, M.D. The Woman's Medical College of
Pennsylvania
Anna Josephine Bridgman Professor of Biology
BA. Agnes Scott College, MA. University of Virginia, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina
Sterling G. Brinkley^ Visiting Professor of Education
B.A. Emory University; B.D. Vanderbilt University; M.A.,
Ph.D. Columbia University
William A. Calder Professor of Physics and Astronomy
B.A., M.A. University of Wisconsin; M.A., Ph.D. Harvard
University
William Joe Frierson Professor of Chemistry
B.A. Arkansas College, M.S. Emory University, Ph.D. Cornell
University
Paul Leslie Garber Professor of Bible
B.A. The College of Wooster; B.D., Th.M. Louisville Presby-
terian Seminary; Ph.D. Duke University
Felix Bayard Gear^ Visiting Professor of Bible
B.A. Davis and Elkins College, Th.M. Princeton Theological
Seminary, Ph.D. University of Edinburgh
M. Kathryn Glick Professor of Classical
Languages and Literatures
B.A. Franklin College; M.A., Ph.D. University of Chicago
John Inkster Goodlad^ Professor of Education
B.A., M.A. University of British Columbia; Ph.D. University
of Chicago
Muriel Harn Professor of German and Spanish
B.A. Goucher College, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University
George P. Hayes Professor of English
B.A. Swarthmore College; M.A., Ph.D. Harvard University
\
1 Appointed for the fall quarter, 1953-1954
2 Appointed for the spring quarter, 1953-1954
3 On joint appointment with Emory University; director of the Agnes
Scott-Emory teacher education program
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Officers and Instructors 9
Emma May Laney Professor of English
B.A. Mississippi State College for Women, M.A. Columbia
University, Ph.D. Yale University
Michael McDowell Professor of Music
Ph.B. Emory University; M.A. Harvard University; Leipzig
Conservatory
Daniel R. McMillan ^ Professor of Physics
B.S.M.E. Georgia Institute of Technology, M.S. Emory Uni-
versity, Ph.D. University of North Carolina
Mildred Rutherford Mell Professor of Economics and
Sociology
B.A. University of Wisconsin, M.A. University of Georgia,
Ph.D. University of North Carolina
Margaret Taylor Phythian Professor of French
B.A. Agnes Scott College, M.A. University of Cincinnati, Doc-
, teur de I'Universite de Grenoble
Walter Brownlow Posey^ Professor of History and
Political Science
Ph.B. University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D. Vanderbilt Uni-
versity
Henry A. Robinson Professor of Mathematics
B.S., C.E. University of Georgia; M.A., Ph.D. Johns Hopkins
University
Ferdinand Warren Professor of Art
National Academy of Design
Elizabeth McDaniel Barineau^ Associate Professor of French
B.A. Woman's College of the University of North Carolina;
M.A., Ph.D. University of Chicago
Joseph O. Baylen^ Visiting Associate Professor of History
B.Ed. North Illinois State Teachers College, M.A. Emory Uni-
versity, Ph.D. University of New Mexico
1 On joint appointment with Emory University
2 On joint appointment with Emory University; on leave 1953-1954
3 On leave 1953-1954
4 Appointed for the fall quarter, 1953-1954
10 Agnes Scott College
Edna Hanley Byers Librarian
B.A. Bluffton College; B.A.L.S., MA.L.S. University of Michi-
gan
Annie May Christie Associate Professor of English
BA. Brenau College, MA. Columbia University, Ph.D. Uni-
versity of Chicago
Elizabeth Aylor Crigler Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.A. Goucher College, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University
Emily S. Dexter Associate Professor of Philosophy and Education
B.A. Ripon College; M.A., Ph.D. University of Wisconsin
Florene J. DuNSTAN Associate Professor of Spanish
B.A. Bessie Tift College, M.A. Southern Methodist University,
Ph.D. University of Texas
Warren E. Gauerke^ Associate Professor of Education
B.Ed. Wisconsin State Teachers College, Milwaukee; M.A.
University of Wisconsin; Ph.D. University of Chicago
RoxiE Hagopian Associate Professor of Music
B.M. Oberlin Conservatory; Fellow, Juilliard Graduate School
of Music; B.A. Rollins College; M.A. Southwestern University;
Member Dusseldorf Opera Company
Ellen Douglass Leyburn^ Associate Professor of English
BA. Agnes Scott College, M.A. Radcliffe College, Ph.D. Yale
University
Raymond Jones Martin Associate Professor of Music
B.S. Juilliard School of Music, M.S.M. Union Theological Sem-
inary (New York)
Katharine Tait Omwake Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., MA., Ph.D. George Washington University
Catherine Strateman Sims Associate Professor of History
and Political Science
B.A. Barnard College; MA., Ph.D. Columbia University
1 On appointment at Emory University for instruction at Emory and
Agnes Scott
On leave 1953-1954
Officers and Instructors 1 1
Anna Greene Smith Associate Professor of
Economics and Sociology
B.A. Cumberland University, M.A. George Peabody College
for Teachers, Ph.D. University of North Carolina
Florence E. Smith Associate Professor of History and
Political Science
B.A. Westhampton College; M.A., Ph.D. University of Chicago
Llewellyn Wilburn Associate Professor of Physical Education
B.A. Agnes Scott College, M.A. Columbia University
John Louis Adams Assistant Professor of Music
B.M. DePauw University; M.M. Eastman School of Music;
Principal Viola, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Mary Lily Boney Assistant Professor of Bible
B.A. Woman's College of the University of North Carolina,
M.A. Emory University
Melissa Annis Cilley Assistant Professor of Spanish
B.A. University of New Hampshire, M.A. University of Wis-
consin
Margaret Burr DesChamps Assistant Professor of History
B.A. Coker College, M.A. Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. Emory
I: University
Leslie Janet Gaylord Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.A. Lake Erie College, M.S. University of Chicago
Nancy Pence GrosecloseI Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., M.S. Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Marie Huper Assistant Professor of Art
B.F.A., M.A. State University of Iowa
C. Benton Kline^ Jr. Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A. The College of Wooster; B.D., Th.M. Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary
Harriette Haynes Lapp Assistant Professor of Physical Education
B.A. Randolph-Macon Woman's College, M.A. Columbia Uni-
versity
1 On leave 1953-1954
12 Agnes Scott College
Walter Edward McNair Assistant Professor of English
B.A. Davidson College, M.A. Emory University
Janef Newman Preston Assistant Professor of English
BA. Agnes Scott College, MA. Columbia University
LoRiN W. Roberts Assistant Professor of Biology
BA., MA., Ph.D. University of Missouri
Pierre Thomas . Assistant Professor of French
Baccalaureat Latin-Sciences, Faculte de Lille; Ingenieur-
docteur, Ecole Centrale de Paris
Margret Guthrie Trotter Assistant Professor of English
BA. Wellesley College, M.A. Columbia University, Ph.D. Ohio
State University
Roberta Winter Assistant Professor of Speech
B.A. Agnes Scott College; M.A., Ed.D. New York University
Elizabeth Gould Zenn Assistant Professor of
Classical Languages and Literatures
B.A. Allegheny College; M.A., Ph.D. University of Pennsyl-
vania
Lois Elizabeth Barr^ Instructor in English
B.A. The College of Wooster, M.A. Tufts College
F. Herbert Bormann^ Instructor in Biology
B.S. Rutgers University, M.A. University of Minnesota, Ph.D.
Duke University
Isabel Mawha Bryan Instructor in Piano
Graduate New England Conservatory of Music
Catherine Deriseau Chance i Instructor in French
B.A. University of Georgia; M.A. University of North Caro-
lina; Certificat d'etudes frangaises, Certificat de phonetique
frangaise, Universite de Grenoble
Frances Benbow Clark ^ Instructor in French
B.A. Agnes Scott College; M.A. Yale University; Certificat de
prononciation frangaise, Universite de Paris
1 Appointed for 1953-1954
2 On appointment at Emory University for instruction at Emory and
Agnes Scott
Officers and Instructors 13
Eugenie Louise Dozier Instructor in Physical Education
B.A. Agnes Scott College
Roy Eugene DwyerI Visiting Instructor in Education
B.S. State Teachers College, California, Pennsylvania; M.Ed.
University of Miami
Lillian Rogers Gilbreath Instructor in Piano
B.M., M.A. Chicago Musical College
Netta Elizabeth Gray Instructor in Biology
B.A. Lake Forest College, M.A. University of Illinois
Irene Leftwich Harris Instructor in Piano
Brenau Conservatory; Atlanta Conservatory; Conservatoire
Americaine, Fontainebleau, France
Helen Berry Jordan ^ Instructor in Biology
B.A. Lander College ; M.S., M.A. University of Georgia ; Ph.D.
University of California
Janet Loring Instructor in Speech
B.S. Northwestern University, M.A. University of Kansas City
Hester Poole Matthews^ Instructor in Spanish
B.A. Winthrop College, M.A. Duke University
Patricia Ann Story Instructor in Physical Education
B.S. Woman's College of the University of North Carolina
i
Mary Walker Fox Assistant in Chemistry
B.A. Agnes Scott College
DiANNE Shell Assistant in Chemistry
B.A. Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Anne Martha Salyerds Assistant in Biology
B.A. Huntingdon College
1 Appointed for the winter and spring quarters, 1953-1954, for instruc-
tion at Agnes Scott and Emory
2 Appointed for 1953-1954
14 Agnes Scott College
Officers and Staff of Administration
Wallace McPherson Alston, M.A., Th.D., LL.D. President
S. GuERRY Stukes, B.A., M.A., Ped.D. Dean of the Faculty,
Registrar
Carrie Scandrett, B.A., M.A. Dean of Students
Laura Steele, B.A., M.A. Director of Admissions,
Assistant Registrar
Eleanor Newman Hutchens, B.A., M.A. Director of Publicity
Irma Lee Shepherd, B.A., M.A. Assistant Dean of Students
Doris Sullivan, B.A. Assistant Dean of Students -
1
Lillian Smith McCracken Assistant to the Dean of Students
OCTAVIA Garlington, B.A. Assistant to the Dean of Students
Ela Burt Curry Assistant to the Dean of Students
Dona Barrett Secretary, Office of the Registrar
Ann Brooks Cooper, B.A. Alumnae- Admissions Representative
Mary Louise Winter Secretary to the President
The Library
Edna Hanley Byers, B.A., B.A.L.S., M.A.L.S. Librarian
I
Lillian Newman, B.A., B.S.L.S. Assistant Librarian
Polly Tucker Jones, B.A., M.A. Catalog Librarian
Elizabeth Lapsley, B.A. Assistant to the Librarian
Health Service
Janet Alexander, M.D. College Physician
Alice Boykin Bray, R.N. Resident Nurse
Inez Owen, R.N. Associate Resident Nurse
Standing Committees 15
Business Administration
J. C. Tart Treasurer
P. J. Rogers^ Jr. Business Manager
Ethel Johnson Hatfield, B.S.H.E. Dietitian
Helen Smith Hooper, B.A. Assistant Dietitian
Louise A. Gillespie Assistant to the Dietitian
Annie Mae F. Smith, B.A. Supervisor of Dormitories
Nada Rhodes Wynn Assistant to the Supervisor of Dormitories
Charles Dexter White Engineer
Jeanne Cook Secretary to the Treasurer
Virginia M. White Secretary to the Business Manager
Evelyn W. Garwood Manager of Bookstore
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Standing Committees of the Faculty
Curriculum: The President, chairman; the Dean of the Faculty;
the Dean of Students; Miss Harn (1954) ; Mr. Posey (1954) ;
Miss Omwake (1955); Mr. Frierson (1955); Miss Laney
(1956); Mr. McDowell (1956).
Course Schedules : The Dean of the Faculty, chairman; the Dean
of Students; the Assistant Registrar; the President, ex officio.
Courses for Freshmen: The Director of Admissions, chairman;
Miss Gaylord (1954) ; Miss Barineau (1955) ; the Dean of the
Faculty, ex officio.
Courses for Upper Classmen: Miss Christie (1955), chairman;
Miss Florence Smith (1954) ; Miss Omwake (1956) ; the Dean
of the Faculty, ex officio.
Schedule Assignments for Freshmen: The Dean of Students,
chairman; Miss DesChamps; Mrs. Dunstan; Mr. Frierson;
16 Agnes Scott College
Mrs. Gray; Mrs. Lapp; Miss Loring; Miss Phythian; Miss
Anna G. Smith; Miss Trotter; Miss Zenn.
Schedule Assignments for Upper Classmen: Miss Dexter
(1955), chairman; Miss Cilley (1954); Miss Bridgman
(1956); Mr. McNair (1956).
Independent Study: Mrs. Sims (1954), chairman; Mr. Garber
(1955); Mr. Hayes (1956); the Dean of the Faculty, ex of-
ficio.
Library: Miss Mell (1954), chairman; Miss Glick (1954) ; Miss
Crigler (1955); Mrs. Sims (1955); Mr. Warren (1955);
Miss Harn (1956); Miss Laney (1956); the Librarian, ex
officio.
Absences: The Dean of Students, chairman; Miss Boney (1955);
Miss Huper (1956) ; the Assistant Registrar.
Student Government: The Dean of Students, chairman; the
President; the Dean of the Faculty; Miss Wilburn (1954);
Miss Gaylord (1955); Miss Phythian (1956).
Public Lectures: Miss Mell (1955), chairman; Mr. Calder
(1954) ; Miss Laney (1954) ; Mrs. Sims (1954) ; Mr. Martin
(1955); Miss Gaylord (1956); the Dean of the Faculty, ex
officio.
College Entertainment: The Dean of Students, chairman; Miss
Huper (1954); Miss Wilburn (1955); Miss Winter (1956).
Religious Activities: Miss Boney (1955), chairman; Miss Pres-
ton (1954); Mr. Robinson (1954); Miss Shepherd (1955);
Miss Bridgman (1956); Mr. Frierson (1956). U
Chapel: Mr. Kline (1955), chairman; the Dean of Students; Mr.
Hayes (1954); Miss Hagopian (1956); Mrs. Story (1956).
(Presidents of Mortar Board, Student Government, and Chris-
tian Association also serve on the committee.)
Audit for Student Organizations: Mr. Robinson (1955), chair-
man; Mr. Thomas (1954) ; Mr. Roberts (1956).
AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE
History and Purpose
Agnes Scott is a privately endowed college for women
located at Decatur, Georgia, in the metropolitan Atlanta
area. It has a student body averaging five hundred and
a four-year program of study leading to the Bachelor of
Arts degree.
The College was founded in 1889 as Decatur Female
Seminary, renamed Agnes Scott Institute in 1890 in honor
of the mother of the founder. Colonel George W. Scott,
and chartered as Agnes Scott College in 1906. Its three
presidents have been Frank Henry Gaines (1889-1923);
James Ross McCain (1923-1951) ; and Wallace McPher-
son Alston (1951- ).
Agnes Scott was founded by Presbyterians and has al-
ways had a close relationship to that church. The Col-
lege is not controlled or supported by the church, however,
and special care is taken not to interfere in any way with
the religious views or church preferences of students.
|. A commitment to the liberal arts program, insistence
upon quality in education, and emphasis on the develop-
ment of Christian character are foundation principles of
the college. Strengthening these purposes are small classes,
close faculty-student relationships, continuity of leadership,
and a varied program of student activities. Participation
in the University Center, a group of seven institutions of
higher learning in the Atlanta area, provides social and
educational resources beyond the limits of the college
campus.
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18 Agnes Scott College
Financial Resources
The College has a campus of fifty-six acres and forty-
seven buildings. Its assets amount to more than $7,400,000,
of which $3,025,000 is in endowment.
Educational Recognition
In 1907 Agnes Scott was admitted to membership in the
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
In 1920 the College was placed on the approved list of
the Association of American Universities and in 1926 it
was granted a charter by the United Chapters of Phi Beta
Kappa. It was a charter member of the American Associ-
ation of University Women and of the Southern Univer-
sity Conference.
University Center
While Agnes Scott is a privately controlled liberal arts
college, it is also a part of a larger group of institutions
which form the University Center in Georgia. In the group
are Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology,
the University of Georgia at Athens, Columbia Theological
Seminary, Atlanta Art Association, Oglethorpe University,
and Agnes Scott College. Chief features of this cooperative
program are reciprocity in library services, exchange of in-
structors, administration of grants for research, and the
avoidance of duplication and overlapping in certain areas
of instruction.
ADMISSION OF STUDENTS
Agnes Scott has a resident student capacity of approxi-
mately four hundred and twenty-five. Total enrollment, in-
cluding resident and non-resident students, averages five
hundred. Applicants whose homes are not in the local com-
munity must apply for admission as resident (boarding)
students. Exception may be made if they can live with
close relatives. Applicants whose homes are in the local
community may apply for admission as resident or as non-
resident (day) students.
Correspondence regarding admission should be ad-
dressed to the Director of Admissions.
Admission to the Freshman Class
In determining admission, the College considers the can-
didate's academic preparation, general ability and interests,
character, personality, and health. Criteria for judging
admission qualifications include the secondary school record
with statement of graduation and rank in class, scholastic
aptitude test results, principal's recommendation, health re-
port, and additional personal data and recommendations
which the College secures.
1. Academic Preparation, Agnes Scott believes that the
secondary school and the college share in the responsibility
for educating the individual student and that an important
part of this responsibility is the planning of a course which
will facilitate the transition from school to college and pro-
vide continuity in the total program of study. The College
does not attempt to prescribe the secondary school curric-
ulum; it does believe that the subjects listed below provide
the most adequate preparation for the liberal arts program,
and preference will be given to applicants who present evi-
dence of this preparation.
Candidates are admitted as freshmen upon the presen-
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tation of sixteen acceptable units. One unit represents a
year's study in a subject. The following are strongly recom-
mended or required:
English: four units (required)
Algebra: two units (including intermediate algebra, if possible;
this requirement is sometimes completed in less than two units.)
Plane Geometry: one unit (required)
Foreign Language: three units in one language (preferably Latin),
or two units in each of two languages. No credit for a single
unit in one language.
A student who does not meet the recommended foreign language re-
quirement will take one more year of language in college than is required
of those who enter with the recommended amount. The extra language
taken will count toward the degree.
Under no circumstances is a student admitted without a minimum of
two units in one foreign language.
Elective units may be presented in art history and appre-
ciation, Bible, biology, botany, chemistry, French, general
science, geography, German, Greek, history (including civics
and social science), Latin, mathematics (advanced algebra,
trigonometry, solid geometry), music (theory, history, ap-
preciation), physics, Spanish, zoology. Applicants desiring
entrance credit in art, Bible, or music should submit an
outline of such courses to the Office of Admissions.
Credit will not be given for more than four units in any
one subject. One vocational or semi-vocational unit (e.g.,
home economics) may be offered, or two in exceptional
cases.
2. Filing of Application. Early application is advised.
The application for admission form will be furnished on
request and may be filed on or after October 1 of the year
preceding admission. The resident student application must
be accompanied by a registration fee of $50.00 and the
non-resident application by a fee of $10.00. If the appli-
cation is accepted, the fee is credited on the September pay-
ment. The fee will be refunded on request on or before
June 30 of the year of entrance; after that date it will not
be refunded unless the preparation of the applicant is in-
Admission of Students 21
sufficient or unless the College finds it impossible to admit
her.
3. Secondary School Transcript of Record. Prior to, or
at the time of filing the application for admission, the stu-
dent should request the secondary school to submit a tran-
script of courses and grades to date. Certificate blank
provided by the College is to be used. No information
regarding admission can be given until this record has been
sent to the Office of Admissions.
The College will secure from the secondary school a
statement of first semester and final grades.
It is advisable that prospective applicants send during
the junior year, or earlier, a statement of courses taken
and grades made. A form for the purpose may be obtained
from the Admissions Office. The sending of this informa-
tion will enable the Office to evaluate credits and offer
advice on subsequent preparation. The student is under
no obligation to apply for admission.
4. Scholastic Aptitude Test. All applicants must take
a scholastic aptitude test during the senior year in secondary
school. They are expected to take the Scholastic Aptitude
Test (morning program verbal and mathematical sec-
tion) of the College Entrance Examination Board. In some
cases. Achievement Tests of the College Entrance Exam-
ination Board are also prescribed. No special preparation
is required for the tests; and scores made are only one of
several items considered in measuring the candidate's ability
and academic preparation.
Application form and bulletin of information (including
descriptions of tests and lists of examination centers) may
be secured from the applicant's school or from the College
Entrance Examination Board, Box 592, Princeton, New
Jersey (candidates who live in western states will write to
the Board at Box 9896, Los Feliz Station, Los Angeles
27, California). When ordering the application form, the
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student must indicate the month in which she plans to take
the test.
The Board has set the following examination dates for
the remainder of the academic year 1953-1954: March 13,
May 22, August 11. Dates for the 1954-1955 series are
December 4, 1954; January 8, March 12, May 21, August
10, 1955. The College prefers the December, January, or
March series. Application forms for the December, 1954,
tests will be available in the early fall; those for the January
tests about November 20; and those for the March series
about January 3. The application form should reach the
Board at least three weeks prior to the testing date. A
fee of $6.00 is charged for the Scholastic Aptitude Test
and must accompany the application.
An applicant may request the Agnes Scott aptitude and
English test in lieu of the College Entrance Examination
Board test. In general, however, applicants must take the
College Board test if they live in or near testing centers.
The Board has established centers in principal cities of each
state and will establish special centers for the convenience
of candidates who would otherwise have to travel more
than seventy-five miles. Request for a special center should
be filed at least five weeks before the testing date.
5. Acceptance of Application, Absolute promise of ac-
ceptance cannot be given until complete records are filed in
the Office of Admissions. This is usually the middle or
latter part of June. If the candidate's transcript of record
and application form are filed during the first semester of
her senior year, the Admissions Office may be able to give
rather promptly some assurance of acceptance and to re-
serve dormitory space for her. This assurance is based on
grades earned through the junior year, courses in progress,
and letters of recommendation. More definite information
regarding admission can be given after first semester grades
and scholastic aptitude test results are available. If an ap-
plicant who is given tentative acceptance at this time main-
Admission of Students 23
tains a satisfactory standard of work throughout the re^-
mainder of the term and presents a satisfactory medical
report, there should be no problem regarding final accept-
ance.
6. Medical Report. Blanks will be forwarded during
the summer preceding entrance. The report should be re-
turned promptly to the college physician. It will not be
acknowledged by the physician unless some problem is pre-
sented.
7. Assignment of Rooms and Roommates. Rooms and
roommates are assigned by the Dean of Students and her
staff in late August and early September. Information
about assignments is not available until the student arrives
in September. However, special requests regarding rooms
or roommates may be filed with the Admissions Office for
referral to the Dean of Students. Such requests will be
honored if possible. In general, assignments are made ac-
cording to the date that dormitory space is reserved. Every
effort is made to place together students who will be con-
genial.
Admission to Advanced Standing
A limited number of students from other institutions may
be admitted each year to the sophomore and junior classes.
Each applicant must fulfill the requirements for admission to
the freshman class, using her transferred credits if necessary.
She must present transcripts of her secondary school and
college records, a copy of the college catalogue with the
courses taken indicated, and a statement of honorable dis-
missal. Because admission on this basis is limited, the
College advises only those students to apply who have
made good records and who have followed a course cor-
responding to the Agnes Scott program. All credits are
tentative and dependent on satisfactory work at Agnes
Scott.
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Students considering a transfer from another college
should consult the Director of Admissions as early as pos-
sible.
Candidates for the degree must complete the work of the
junior and senior years in this college.
Admission of Special Students
A limited number of mature students who are not can-
didates for the degree may be admitted to classes for which
they are prepared. They will not be admitted as resident
students.
Applicants who have not been in school for a period of
two years or more will be classified as special students until
credits are established by the quality of their work at Agnes
Scott.
Applicants who are admitted with credits from foreign
institutions will be classified as special students until their
credits are established by satisfactory work in this college.
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ADMINISTRATION OF THE
CURRICULUM
Registration
Students reporting for admission in September go first to
the Registrar's office, where they are registered and given
matriculation cards. They then meet with the appropriate
committees for classification. Students who have not paid
fees in advance report first to the Treasurer.
A student who fails to register in time to attend her first
scheduled lecture at the beginning of the fall quarter is
charged a late registration fee of $5.00. A student returning
late from Christmas vacation is also subject to this penalty
unless her excuse is approved by the Dean of Students.
A student who fails to register before attending classes
after the Christmas vacation is subject to the penalty of an
unexcused absence in each class attended.
Selection of Courses
Students are expected to make themselves thoroughly
familiar with the plan of the curriculum and to arrange
their courses to conform with its requirements.
On or before April 15, all students in residence file with
the Registrar cards indicating tentative course selection for
the next session. These course cards are approved or revised
by the Committee on Courses for Upper Classmen. At the
time of classification in September, the cards are obtained
from the Committee and presented to instructors for signa-
ture at the first meeting of each class. They are then re-
turned to the Registrar's office.
During the summer, students entering as freshmen indi-
cate tentative course selection on forms provided by the
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College. These forms are returned to the Admissions office
and are approved or revised by the Committee on Courses
for Freshmen. At time of entrance in September, fresh-
men meet with the Committee for confirmation of course
selection.
Credit Hours
Three quarters make up the college year. Credit for
courses taken is given in terms of quarter hours. A course
scheduled for three hours a week for one quarter will give
a credit of three quarter hours toward the one hundred
eighty quarter hours of academic work required for the
degree. A course scheduled for three hours a week for the
entire college year will give a credit of nine quarter hours
toward the degree.
The quarter hour is mathematically equivalent to two-
thirds of a semester hour.
Limitation of Hours and Courses
The maximum number of lecture or recitation hours a
week for freshmen is sixteen and the minimum fourteen.
With the permission of the Committee on Courses for
Freshmen some first-year students may carry only thirteen
hours.
The maximum number of lecture or recitation hours a
week for advanced students is eighteen and the minimum
fourteen. Second and third-year students will not be permit-
ted to carry the maximum number unless they earned grades
of C or above in at least two-fifths of their work for the
preceding session. Fourth-year students will not be per-
mitted to carry the maximum number unless they earned
grades of C or above in at least one-half of their work for
the preceding session.
Administration of the Curriculum 27
Not more than two courses, or a total of ten quarter
hours, may be taken under any one instructor in any given
quarter.
Not more than twenty-five hours may be taken in one
subject in any one session, and not more than sixty-three
hours in one department may be presented for the degree.
If more than sixty-three hours are elected in one depart-
ment, they must be in excess of the one hundred eighty re-
quired for the degree.
Students will not be permitted to audit courses unless
they have written permission from the Dean of the Faculty.
Such permission is given in a limited number of cases; the
student's previous academic record, the number of credit
hours being carried, and the recommendation of the major
department are factors considered.
Course Changes
A course of study which has been approved cannot be
changed without the permission of the appropriate course
committee. No new course may be elected after the first
ten days of a quarter. No course may be dropped after
November 15 for the fall quarter, February 15 for the
winter quarter, or April 15 for the spring quarter. Excep-
tion may be made only with the permission of the appro-
priate course committee and the Dean of the Faculty.
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Class Attendance
Attendance at all academic appointments is required of
freshmen during the first and second quarters, of stu-
dents on the ineligible list, and of students who for any
reason are on probation. It is expected that other students
will keep all academic appointments and will not be absent
without just cause. The responsibility for any work missed
because of absence rests entirely upon the student.
Attendance at tests announced a week in advance is man-
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datory. Attendance is required the day before and the day
after a holiday.
Examinations
General examinations are held at the end of each quarter.
Attendance is required. A student absent from examination
because of illness may take the examination in question at
the regular time scheduled for re-examinations (see below).
A student absent without excuse from the Dean of Students
or the physician is automatically excluded from college.
Re-examinations are permitted in the case of conditional
failure. These examinations are given in the first week of
the quarter following failure. Those failing in a re-examina-
tion are required to repeat the course or forfeit the credit.
A "special" examination is given only with the permission
of the Dean of Students in response to a written request
from the student. This request must state why it is necessary
to take the examination at a time other than that announced.
If permission is granted, the student must present the Dean
of Students' receipt for $5.00 before the instructor is
authorized to give the examination.
Grading System
Grades indicating the student's standing in any course are
officially recorded as follows: A, excellent attainment; B,
good attainment; C, average attainment; D, passable at-
tainment; E, failure with privilege of re-examination; F,
failure without privilege of re-examination.
For a statement of the grade requirements for class
standing and for graduation, see section on Classification of
Students and Requirements for the Degree.
Administration of the Curriculum 29
Automatic Exclusion
A student whose work is very unsatisfactory at the
end of any quarter may be asked to withdraw from the col-
lege or by vote of the faculty may be put on probation for
the remainder of the year. If by the end of the session she
has failed to earn at least twenty-two quarter hours of
degree credit in academic work she is automatically excluded
for the next year.
A student who fails for two successive years to meet the
requirements for advancement to the next higher class is
automatically excluded.
A student whose continuance in college may involve dan-
ger to her own health or to that of others may be asked to
withdraw.
A student who is not in sympathy with the ideals and
standards of the College or who is not mature enough for
its program may be asked to withdraw. In such cases the
judgment of the administrative officers is sufficient, and it is
not necessary that specific charges be made.
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THE BACHELOR OF ARTS
DEGREE
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Agnes Scott College confers the degree of Bachelor of
Arts. A plan of distribution and concentration is followed,
with major work selected at the end of the sophomore
year. Candidates for the degree must present one hundred
eighty quarter hours of academic work of which half must
be of grade C or above. This grade (C or above) must be
made in not less than forty-eight quarter hours in the junior
and senior years, and in not less than twenty-one hours in
either of these years; summer session work may not be
used to fulfill this grade requirement.
Candidates for the degree must complete the work of the
junior and senior years in this college.
Required Courses
Certain courses are required, as listed below, and others
are elective. The program of work for each student must
be approved by the Committee on Courses for Freshmen
or the Committee on Courses for Upper Classmen and may
not be changed without the permission of the appropriate
Committee.
A. Specific requirements:
English 101 9 quarter hours
Bible 101 or 201 9 quarter hours
Physical Education, 3 periods a week during the first 6 quarters
of residence
B. Group requirements, with options:
Group 1. a. Foreign Language 9 quarter hours
Latin, Greek, French, German, Spanish. A language
based on two secondary school units may be continued for a
minimum of one year, or a new language may be taken for
a minimum of two years. (See section on admission re-
quirements for conditions under which additional language
is prescribed.)
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b. Literature 9 quarter hours
Choice of a literature course in English (English 211)
or a literature course in a foreign language. If a literature
course in foreign language is used to satisfy this require-
ment, it must be a course beyond the intermediate level
and it cannot be in the language used to satisfy requirement
a in this group.
Group 2. Science and Mathematics 21 quarter hours
Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy, Mathematics.
The equivalent of a year course must be completed in each
of two departments. One course (12 hours) must be in a
laboratory science.
Group 3. a. Choice of History 101 or 215, Classics 150,
Philosophy 201 9 quarter hours
b. Choice of Economics 201, Political Science 201-202
(unless History 215 is offered under a), Psychology 201,
Sociology 203-205 9 quarter hours
The specific and group requirements for the degree must
be completed by the end of the sophomore year with such
exceptions as the Committee on Courses for Upper Class-
men permits. No student shall be classified as a regular
freshman unless she is taking English 101 and one course
from each of Groups 1 and 2.
Additional work in English composition may be required
of any student who gives evidence of inability to write cor-
rectly, even though English 101 may have been passed.
Freshman Program
Freshmen will make a tentative selection of courses
during the summer preceding admission. Full instructions
will be sent from the Admissions Office.
The freshman course of study usually includes five aca-
demic subjects and physical education. The following
courses must be elected, with the options indicated above:
English 101; a foreign language; a science and/or mathe-
matics. Since two courses in Group 3 are required for the
degree, it is generally advisable to take one in the fresh-
man year; in this field, History 101 and Classics 150 are
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open to first-year students. Courses in art, Bible, music,
and speech are also available.
Placement tests will be given freshmen who plan to take
mathematics and/or continue their secondary school lang-
uage in college.
Major and Related Hours
The major and related hours must be planned by each
student in the spring quarter of the sophomore year and
approved by the department concerned. Work in the major
subject must be continued throughout the junior and senior
years, with such exceptions as may be permitted by the
major professor and the Committee on Courses for Upper
Classmen.
The major department shall control a minimum of fifty-
one quarter hours and a maximum of sixty. The hours
shall be distributed as follows: thirty-six to fifty-one
quarter hours in one subject, including the basic course,
and nine to twenty-four quarter hours in closely related
fields, with a minimum of nine in one department. An ex-
ception may be made in the departments of Art, Music,
History and Political Science, and Economics and Sociology,
where the major may consist of fifty-one to sixty hours with-
out related work in another department. Exception may
also be made in the department of Chemistry for students
who wish to meet the requirements of the American Chem-
ical Society.
At least twenty-seven hours in the major subject must be
taken in the junior and senior years, and at least eighteen of
the twenty-seven hours must be completed with a grade of
C or above.
While credit in the major subject is limited to fifty-one
quarter hours, courses which are not counted in the major
(Music 101, Physics 120, for example) may bring the total
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number of hours In the major department to a maximum of
sixty-three hours.
The independent study program is not included in the
above limitation.
Major work is offered in the following subjects: Art,
Bible, Biology, Chemistry, Classics, Economics, Economics
and Sociology, English, French, German, Greek, History,
History and Political Science, Latin, Mathematics, Music,
Philosophy, Physics, Psychology, Sociology, and Spanish.
Through an agreement with Emory University, major work
is offered in Business Economics.
An interdepartmental major is offered in Science. This
major is primarily for premedical students and for students
planning to teach science in secondary school. The major
for students interested in medicine or medical technology
shall consist of: Biology 101, 207, 304, 306; Chemistry
101, 201, 203, 205; Physics 101. For those who plan to
teach Science the major shall consist of approximately the
same total number of hours, but courses may be varied
with the approval of the department of primary interest.
Program of Independent Study
Seniors who are qualified on the basis of their general
college records may be invited to participate in a program
of independent study involving concentrated work in the
major field. Through such a program the College believes
that intellectual values not possible in the routine plan of
courses may be achieved.
The program may be offered for one, two, or three
quarters and for credit of three or five quarter hours, with
a maximum total credit of ten quarter hours. The course
number in each department is 490.
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Summer Courses
Students may attend accredited summer schools. Courses
and credits must be approved by the Dean of the Faculty
before the close of the regular college session.
The number of hours a student may take in one summer
session will depend upon the quality of her work at Agnes
Scott, upon the nature of the courses chosen, and upon the
length of the summer session. Under no circumstances will
more than fifteen quarter hours be approved.
Summer work will not be credited toward the degree
unless the student makes a grade higher than the passing
grade (for example, C when the passing grade is D).
A student who attends summer sessions in order to accel-
erate her academic program may present for the degree no
more than the equivalent of a year's work (forty-five quar-
ter hours) completed in residence.
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION
1954-1955
Courses numbered 101 to 199 are open primarily to fresh-
men and sophomores; Courses 201 to 299 to sophomores
and juniors; Courses 301 to 399 to juniors and seniors; and
Courses 401 to 499 to seniors only. Courses open to lower
classes are also open to upper classes unless stated to the
contrary.
Fall quarter courses are designated by a^ winter quarter
courses by b, spring quarter courses by c. Numbers with
hyphenated letters indicate courses extending through two
quarters. Numbers without letters indicate courses extend-
ing throughout the year. No credit is given for a course
until the entire course is completed.
Program of Independent Study
In each department offering a program of independent
study, the course number 490 is used. The program may be
offered for three or five hours per quarter, with a maximum
total credit of 10 quarter hours. Seniors may elect this pro-
gram on invitation.
Emory University Courses
Under a cooperative agreement, upperclassmen may
take courses at Emory University. Permission for such
courses must be secured from the Chairman of the Course
Committee and is generally limited to courses not offered
at Agnes Scott.
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Art
Professor Warren Assistant Professor Huper
The objective of the Department of Art is to give train-
ing in appreciation, to help students form standards of
taste, and to promote culture In the entire community. The
Department offers a balanced program of practice, theory,
and history, so integrated as to bring effectively into a
liberal education the essential values of the visual arts.
No previous art experience Is necessary for admission
to applied art courses on the 100 level.
Basic Courses
101a. Introduction to the Fine Arts. An introduction to the
pictorial, structural, and plastic arts and crafts. A course in the
theory of art. A brief discussion of art criticism, aesthetics, the
social and psychological functions of art, and the philosophy of
art. Practical experiments in various media. Miss Huper
Fall quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:10
Credit: Three quarter hours
102b. Introduction to the Fine Arts. Continuation of 101a.
A non-technical analysis and criticism of prehistoric art, the art
of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, the Americas,
and Medieval art. Practical experiments in various media. Miss
Huper
Winter quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:10
Credit: Three quarter hours
103c. Introduction to the Fine Arts. Continuation of 102b.
A non-technical analysis and criticism of the art of the Renais-
sance and the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Practical experiments in various media. Mis^ Huper
Spring quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:10
Credit: Three quarter hours
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199a, b, c. Art Structure. Fundamentals of Design. Organiza-
tion of the visual elements line, color, texture, volume, and
space. Experience in manipulation of various three-dimensional
materials. Study of the masters. Mr. Warren, Miss Huper
a. Drawing. An introductory drawing course: landscape, still
life, and figure. Experience in several media.
b. Design. Organization of the visual elements: line, color,
texture, volume, and space.
c. Color. A study of color and the structural use of color in
creative problems. Problems in three-dimensional design.
Offered each quarter: Thursday 12:10 (subject to change)
Studio: Tuesday, Thursday 1:40-4:40
Credit: Three, six, or nine quarter hours
Studio Courses
250a. Drawing and Composition. Fundamentals of drawing and
composition. Figure, still life, and landscape. Experimental
work in various media. Mr. Warren
Fall quarter: One hour to be arranged
Studio: Monday, Wednesday 1:40-4:40
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Art 199 (minimum of six hours), or permission
of instructor
251b. Drawing and Painting. Continuation of 250 with atten-
tion to problems of color. Watercolor and tempera. Introduc-
tion to oil painting. Mr. Warren
Winter quarter: One hour to be arranged
Studio: Monday, Wednesday 1:40-4:40
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Art 250 or permission of instructor
252c. Painting. Picture structure, problems in still life, landscape,
and figure composition. Study of grounds, mediums, and pig-
ments. Mr. Warren
Spring quarter: One hour to be arranged
Studio: Monday, Wednesday 1:40-4:40
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Art 251 or permission of instructor
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310a, b, c. Sculpture and Three-dimensional Design. An
introduction to the concepts of three-dimensional form through
the use of clay, plaster, wire, and other materials. Miss Huper
Offered each quarter: Monday 1:40-4:40; six additional hours
to be arranged
Credit: Three, six, or nine quarter hours
Prerequisite: Art 199 (minimum of three hours), or permis-
sion of instructor
350a, b, c. Advanced Drawing and Painting. Creative work in
various media oil, gouache, encaustic, and transparent water-
color. Emphasis on aesthetic considerations of picture structure.
Mr. Warren
Offered each quarter: Hours to be arranged
Credit: Two, three, or five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Art 252 or permission of instructor
History and Criticism of Art
207a. Modern Art: Painting and Sculpture. The history and
criticism of painting and sculpture from 1785 to 1900. Main
emphasis on French and American art, but special attention given
to the art of Germany, Italy, England, and Latin America. Miss
Huper
Fall quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
208b. Modern Art : Painting and Sculpture. The history and
criticism of painting and sculpture from 1900 to the present.
Main emphasis on French and American art, but special atten-
tion given to the art of Germany, Italy, England, and Latin
America. Miss Huper
Winter quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
209c. Modern Art: Architecture and Interior Design. De-
velopment of architecture, furniture, and industrial arts from
1800 to the present. Main emphasis on these arts in the United
States, but special attention given to the arts of Germany, Italy,
France, England, the Scandinavian countries, and Latin America.
Miss Huper
Spring quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
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307a. Art of the Middle Ages. Development of art and archi-
tecture from about 300 to 1400 A.D. The character of the early
Christian, Byzantine, Carolingian, Romanesque, and Gothic per-
iods analyzed by means of the art they produced. Miss Huper
Fall quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Given in alternate years with 317a; not offered in 1954-1955
308b. Art of the Northern Renaissance. Painting, sculpture,
and architecture from 1400 to 1700 in the Netherlands, Ger-
many, Spain, France, and England. Miss Huper
Winter quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Given in alternate years with 318b; not offered in 1954-1955
309c. Art of the Italian Renaissance. Painting, sculpture, and
architecture in Italy from 1400 to 1700, with particular emphasis
on such great artists as Donatello, Botticelli, Michelangelo,
Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, etc. Miss Huper
Spring quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Given in alternate years with 319c; not offered in 1954-1955
317a. Prehistoric and Ancient Art and Architecture. Art
and architecture of prehistorical times and of ancient Egypt,
Babylonia, Assyria, Persia and the Latin American Indian Civ-
ilizations (Maya, Aztec, and Inca). Miss Huper
Fall quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Given in alternate years with 307a; offered in 1954-1955
318b. Prehistoric and Ancient Art and Architecture. Art
and architecture of ancient India, China, Japan. Miss Huper
Winter quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Given in alternate years with 308b; offered in 1954-1955
319c. Prehistoric and Ancient Art and Architecture. Art
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and architecture of the Minoan-Mycenaean civilization, Greece,
the Hellenistic world, and Rome. Miss Huper
Spring quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Given in alternate years with 309c; offered in 1954-1955
410a, b, c. Special Study. Supervised study in studio work or
in art history and criticism. Special problems adjusted to the
needs and interests of the individual students. In studio work
the aim is to develop further the creative imagination of the
student and to help her become more sensitive to color relation-
ships, composition, and three-dimensional form. In art history
and criticism, the aim is to introduce the student to scholarly
research. Mr. Warren, Miss Huper
Offered each quarter: Hours to be arranged
Credit: Two or three quarter hours
Requirements for the Major
Theory, History, and Criticism:
(a) 101, 102, 103
(b) Two of the following: 207, 208, 209
(c) Two of the following: 307, 308, 309
(d) One of the following: 317, 318, 319
Art Structure and Studio: 199a, b, c; 250, 251, 252
Six quarter hours chosen from 310, 350 or 410
Twelve additional hours in art are recommended, to be divided between
studio art and the history and criticism of art.
Bible
Professor Garber Professor Cartledge^
Assistant Professor Boney Assistant Professor Kline^
101 or 201. Introduction to the Study of the Bible.
The history, literature, and religious teachings of the Old and
New Testaments in the various English translations. Considera-
tion given to history and literature contemporary with the Bibli-
cal writings, including selections from the Apocrypha.
Throughout the year:
101 Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30. Mr. Garber
1 Appointed for 1954-1955
2 On leave 1954-1955
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201 Section A: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:30.
Miss Boney
Section B: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:10.
Mr. Cartledge
Section C: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 8:30.
Mr. Garber
Section D: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 11:10.
Miss Boney
Section E: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 12:10.
Mr. Cartledge
Credit: Nine quarter hours
Required for graduation. The basic course.
Bible 101 is limited to freshmen. Bible 201 C is primarily for
H juniors and seniors.
203a-b. The Hebrew Prophets. A study of the prophetic move-
ment in Israel to show the distinctive attitudes and concepts of
prophetic religion. Miss Boney
Fall and winter quarters: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30
Credit: Six quarter hours
L Prerequisite: The basic course
205b. The Teachings of Jesus. The principal teachings of Jesus
I given in the Synoptic Gospels in the light of contemporary Pal-
! estinian Judaism. Mr, Garber
Winter quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
! Prerequisite : The basic course
Given in alternate years ; offered in 1954-1955
206a. Studies in the Apostolic Church. The establishment and
expansion of the Christian church during the Apostolic age; its
policy, life, and opposing forces. The Acts of the Apostles and
other portions of the New Testament are used. Miss Boney
Fall quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 8:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: The basic course
207b-c. The Letters of Paul. An historical and literary study
I relating the characteristic religious thought of Paul to social,
i moral, and religious questions of twentieth century Christendom.
Miss Boney
Winter and spring quarters: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 8:30
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Credit: Six quarter hours
Prerequisite: Bible 206
Given in alternate years; offered in 1954-1955
208b. Poetry and Wisdom Literature. A study of the poetry
and wisdom literature of the Old Testament, as found in the
books of Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, and
Lamentations. Comparison made with writings of contemporary
peoples in the ancient Near East. Miss Boney
Winter quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 8:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Fall quarter of the basic course
Given in alternate years; not offered in 1954-1955
210c. Religious Ideas of the Bible. A topical study of the major
religious concepts of the Old and New Testaments. Miss Boney
Spring quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: The basic course
Given in alternate years; offered in 1954-1955
2l5c. The Johannine Literature. The general themes of the
Fourth Gospel and the Epistles of John. Acquaintance with
the teachings of Jesus in the Synoptic Gospels, the history of
the Apostolic Age, and the letters of Paul is desirable back-
ground. Mr. Garber
Spring quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Fall and winter quarters of the basic course
Given in alternate years; not offered in 1954-1955
225c. The Bible as Literature. Literary forms of the English
Bible, with careful study of typical examples. Mr. Garber
Spring quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:10
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Fall and winter quarters of the basic course
Given in alternate years; not offered in 1954-1955
303a. The Ancient Middle East. The development of pre-classi-
cal civilizations in the Fertile Crescent including ancient Mesopo-
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tamia and Egypt as known archaeologically and from extra-
biblical literature, with particular attention to Palestine during
Old Testament times. Mr. Garber
Fall quarter: Monday through Friday 11:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: The basic course or permission of instructor
Given in alternate years; not offered in 1954-1955
304c. The World of the New Testament. The Graeco-Roman
world known by its literature and by archaeology as background
for understanding dispersion Judaism and the beginnings of the
Christian movement. Mr. Garber
Spring quarter: Monday through Friday 11:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: The basic course or permission of instructor
Given in alternate years; offered in 1954-1955
307a. American Religious Thought. A general survey of the
characteristic phases of religious thinking in the United States
from the colonial period to the present. Special consideration
given to typical thinkers, to religion as a factor in a developing
culture, and to religious thought in the South. Arrangements
made for students to attend difEerent types of religious services.
Mr. Garber
Fall quarter: Monday through Friday 11:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
Given in alternate years; offered in 1954-1955
308c. World Religions. An introduction to significant historical
and contemporary non-Christian world religions. Arrangements
made for students to attend different types of religious services.
Miss Boney
Spring quarter: Monday through Friday 12:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
Given in alternate years; not offered in 1954-1955
317b. Types of Biblical Thought. Characteristic viewpoints
of the prophet, the psalmist, the priest, the historian, the wisdom
teacher, the apocalyptist, the evangelist, and the leading New
Testament writers. Mr. Garber
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Winter quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:10
Credit: Three quarter hours
Note: Beginning with the 1955-1956 session, 317b will be a
five-hour course offered in alternate years Monday through
Friday 11:10
318b. Contemporary American Religions. Beliefs and prac-
tices of the main religious groups in the United States with some
study of smaller distinctive sects and cults. Arrangements made
for students to attend different types of religious services. Mr.
Garber
Winter quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:10
Credit: Three quarter hours
Not offered in 1954-1955
Requirements for the Major
Basic course: Bible 101 or 201
Required Bible courses: 203, 205, 206, 317
Required language course: Greek 203
Elective courses to complete the major and to meet the requirement of
related hours must be approved by the department.
The department advises for the Bible major the election of courses in
classical literatures, philosophy, psychology, and sociology.
Biology
Professor Bridgman Assistant Professor Roberts
Assistant Professor Groseclose Mrs. Gray
Miss Salyerds Mr. Bormann
General Biology
101. General Biology. The fundamental principles of biology as
exemplified by a study of elementary botany, zoology, physiology
and the important theories of heredity. The w^ork of the three
quarters is coordinated and forms a course in general introduc-
tory biology. The Staff
Throughout the year:
Section A-1 : Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:30
Section A-2: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:10
Section B: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:10
Laboratory: Section A-1 or A-2: Tuesday, Wednesday or
Thursday 1:40-4:40
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Section B: Monday or Wednesday 1:40-4:40
Credit: Twelve quarter hours
302c. Evolution. The theory and evidence of organic evolution.
Miss Bridgman
Spring quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Biology 101
303a-b. Genetics. The principles of heredity and variation. Miss
Bridgman, Miss Salyerds
Fall and winter quarters: Tuesday, Thursday 9:30
Conference: Saturday 9:30
Laboratory: Two hours to be arranged
Credit: Without laboratory, four quarter hours; with labora-
tory, six quarter hours
Prerequisite: Biology 101
The laboratory work is required of students majoring in biology.
Botany
202c. Plant Taxonomy. The principles of plant classification and
a taxonomic study of the higher plants native to this locality.
Mr. Roberts
Spring quarter: Wednesday, Friday 8:30
Laboratory: Friday 1:40-4:40
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Biology 101
203a. Economic Botany. A course designed to show the relations
of botany to human society. Studies from historical developments
to modern applications of plant products. Mr. Roberts
Fall quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Biology 101
Given in alternate years; not offered in 1954-1955
204b. Anatomy and Morphology of Vascular Plants. A
basic course in plant anatomy dealing with the structure, repro-
duction, and development of higher plants. Mr. Roberts
Winter quarter: Wednesday, Friday 8:30
Laboratory: Wednesday 1:40-4:40
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Biology 101
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301b. General Bacteriology. A basic course in the principles
and techniques of microbiology with emphasis on the relationship
of microorganisms to man. Mr. Bormann
Winter quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 11:10
Laboratory: Tuesday 1 :40-4:40; three hours to be arranged
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Biology 101, Chemistry 101
308c. Thallophytes. A study emphasizing the morphology and
physiology of the algae and fungi. The importance of fungi
as plant pathogens is also considered. Mr. Roberts
Spring quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 11:10
Laboratory or field: Monday, Wednesday 1:40-4:40
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Biology 101
311a. Plant Physiology. Some aspects of experimental studies
devoted to the nutrition, metabolism, and grow^th of higher
plants. Mr. Roberts
Fall quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30
Laboratory: Wednesday 1 :40-4:40; three hours to be arranged
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Biology 101, Chemistry 101
Given in alternate years ; offered in 1954-1955
Zoology
207a-b. Invertebrate Zoology. The development, structure, re-
lationships and distribution of the major invertebrate phyla.
Miss Br id g man
a. Protozoa and Acoelomate Invertebrates
b. Coelomate Invertebrates
Fall and winter quarters: Wednesday, Friday 8:30
Laboratory: Monday 1:40-4:40
Credit: Six quarter hours.
Prerequisite: Biology 101
304b. Comparative Chordate Anatomy. A study of the major
organ systems of selected chordate types. Laboratory work in-
cludes dissections of amphioxus, dogfish, necturus, turtle, bird,
and cat. Miss Groseclose
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Winter quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:30
Laboratory: Monday, Wednesday 1:40-4:40
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Biology 101, 207
305c. Histology and Microtechnique. Primarily a laboratory
course with practical work in the more usual methods of his-
tological and cytological technique. Miss Groseclose
Spring quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 11:10
Laboratory: Wednesday 1 :40-4:40; three hours to be arranged
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Biology 101
306c. Embryology. The fundamental facts of embryology, with
especial reference to mammalian development. Miss Groseclose
Spring quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:30
Laboratory: Tuesday, Thursday 1:40-4:40
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Biology 101
310a. General Physiology. The fundamental activities of living
matter with some emphasis on human applications. Miss Grose-
close
Fall quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:30
Laboratory: Tuesday, Thursday 1:40-4:40
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Biology 101; prerequisite or corequisite: Chem-
istry 101
Requirements for the Major
Basic course: Biology 101. This course counts nine hours on the require-
ments for majors.
Required courses when zoology is the subject of primary interest: 207,
302, 303, 306
Required courses when botany is the subject of primary interest: 202,
204, 301, 303, 308, 311
Elective courses to complete the major and to meet the requirement of
related hours must be approved by the department.
A reading knowledge of French or German and courses in elementary
and organic chemistry and biochemistry are recommended.
Students planning an interdepartmental major in science must consult the
department of primary interest.
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Chemistry
Professor Frierson Associate Professor Crigler
Mrs. Fox Miss Shell
101. General Chemistry. The more important nonmetallic and
metallic elements with special emphasis given to the fundamental
laws and theories of chemistry. Mr. Frierson
Throughout the year:
Section A: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:30
Section B: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:10
Laboratory : Section A : Tuesday 1 :40-4 :40
Section B : Wednesday 1 :40-4 :40
Section C: Thursday 1:40-4:40
Credit: Twelve quarter hours
201a. Qualitative Analysis. Chemical equilibrium and related
topics. Mr. Frierson
Fall quarter: Tuesday, Thursday 8:30
Laboratory: Monday, Tuesday or Monday, Wednesday
1 :40-4 :40
Credit: Four quarter hours _
Prerequisite: Chemistry 101 I
203b-c. Quantitative Analysis. Gravimetric and volumetric
methods of analysis. Mr. Frierson
Winter and spring quarters: Tuesday, Thursday 8:30
Laboratory: Monday, Wednesday 1:40-4:40
Credit: Eight quarter hours
Prerequisite: Chemistry 201
205a-b. Organic Chemistry. A study of the compounds of car-
bon. Miss Crigler
Fall and winter quarters: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30
Laboratory: Monday, Wednesday 1:40-4:40
Credit: Ten quarter hours
Prerequisite: Chemistry 101
207c. Biochemistry. A study of the compounds related to meta-
bolism; the chemistry of tissues. This course is designed pri-
marily for premedical students and biology majors. Miss Crigler
Spring quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30
Laboratory: Monday, Wednesday 1:40-4:40
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Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Chemistry 205
209c. Organic Preparations. This course will include the study
of specific organic mechanisms. Miss Crigler
Spring quarter: Wednesday 11:10
Laboratory: Tuesday, Thursday 1:40-4:40
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Chemistry 205
302a, b, c. Advanced Quantitative Analysis. Advanced analyti-
cal methods and modern instrumental methods of analysis. Any
quarter may be taken independently. Mr. Frierson
Offered each quarter: Hour to be arranged
Laboratory: Tuesday, Thursday 1:40-4:40
Credit: Three, six, or nine quarter hours
Prerequisite: Chemistry 203
303a-b. Qualitative Organic Analysis. Miss Ciigler
Fall and winter quarters: Wednesday 11:10
Laboratory: Tuesday, Thursday 1:40-4:40
Credit: Six quarter hours
Prerequisite: Chemistry 203, 205
305. Physical Chemistry. Theoretical principles and their appli-
cation. Miss Crigler
Throughout the year: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 8:30
Laboratory: Friday 1:40-4:40
Credit: Twelve quarter hours
Prerequisite or corequisite: Physics 101, Mathematics 204,
Chemistry 203 and 205
Requirements for the Major
Basic course: Chemistry 101
Required chemistry courses: Chemistry 201, 203, 205, and twelve addi-
tional hours
Foreign language: German or French
Elective courses to meet the requirement of related hours must be
approved by the department.
Students planning to take graduate work in chemistry should elect Chem-
istry 305 in addition to the above outlined major.
Students planning an interdepartmental major in science must consult
the department of primary interest.
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Classical Languages and
Literatures
Professor Glick Assistant Professor Zenn
Greek
101. Elementary. The essentials of forms and syntax; reading of
selections from Xenophon and Plato; writing Greek. Aliss
Zenn
Throughout the year: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:30
Credit: Nine quarter hours if taken as a fourth language, or if
followed by Greek 201 and 202 or 203, or if a major in
Latin is completed
201a. Intermediate. Review of forms and syntax. Plato: Apology
or Crito, with selections from other writings of Plato. Miss
Glick
Fall quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 12:10
Credit: Three quarter hours if followed by Greek 202 or 203
Prerequisite: Greek 101
202b-c. Homer: Iliad, Books I-VI. Dialect and content; sight
translation ; metrical reading. The Staff
Winter and spring quarters: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
12:10
Credit: Six quarter hours
Prerequisite: Greek 201
203b-c. New Testament Greek. A study of Luke and other
writers. Miss Glick
Winter and spring quarters: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 3:00
Credit: Six quarter hours
Prerequisite: Greek 201
301a. Greek Tragedy. Euripides: selected plays. Miss Glick
Fall quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 11:10
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Greek 202
Given in alternate years with 305a; not offered in 1954-1955
302b. Greek Lyric Poetry. Miss Zenn
Winter quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 11:10
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Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Greek 202
Given in alternate years with 308b; not offered in 1954-1955
303c. Plato: Selected dialogues. Miss Click
Spring quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 11:10
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Greek 202
Given in alternate years with 307c; not offered in 1954-1955
305a. Greek Tragedies. Sophocles: selected plays. Miss Click
Fall quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 11:10
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Greek 202
Given in alternate years with 301a; offered in 1954-1955
307c. Greek History. Selections from Herodotus or Thucydides.
Miss Zenn
Spring quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 11:10
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Greek 202
Given in alternate years with 303c; offered in 1954-1955
308b. Aristophanes : Selected plays. Miss Zenn
Winter quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday llrlO
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Greek 202
Given in alternate years with 302b; offered in 1^54-1955
350 a or b or c. Advanced Reading Course. Selections from
Greek prose and poetry, not covered in other courses, chosen to
meet the needs of individual students.
Offered each quarter. Hours to be arranged
Credit: Three or five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Greek 202
415a, b, c. Directed Study. With the permission of the depart-
ment seniors who are majoring in Greek and who have demon-
strated their ability to do independent work may arrange a course
of readings in certain fields of Greek literature. The Staff
Offered each quarter
Credit: Three or five quarter hours
Not offered in 1954-1955
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Latin
101. Latin Fundamentals. An introduction to the fundamentals
of Latin grammar and to the reading of Latin authors.
Throughout the year: Hours to be arranged
Credit: Nine quarter hours if taken as a fourth language, or if
followed by Latin 104
104. Intermediate. First quarter: systematic review of principles
of syntax ; second and third quarters : Virgil, Aeneid I-VL Miss
Zenn
Throughout the year: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 8:30
Credit: Nine quarter hours
Prerequisite: Two entrance units in Latin, or Latin 101
105. Latin Literature of the First Century B.C. Reading
from writers of prose and poetry, including one of Cicero's
philosophical essays and Horace's Odes and Epodes. Miss Glick
Throughout the year: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:10
Credit: Nine quarter hours
Prerequisite: Three or four entrance units in Latin, or Latin
104
In exceptional circumstances, the last two quarters can, with
the permission of the department, be taken for six hours
credit. j
201a. Roman Comedy. Selected plays from Plautus and Terence.
Miss Zenn
Fall quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 12:10
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Latin 105, or 104 with permission of the instructor
202b. Roman Satire. Selections from Horace. The Staff
Winter quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 12:10
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Latin 105
203c. Colloquial Latin. Petronius, Cena Trimalchionis. The
Staff
Spring quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 12:10
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Latin 201 or 202
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302b. Catullus and the Elegiac Poets. Miss Click
Winter quarter: Hours to be arranged
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Six quarter hours of 200 grade
Given in alternate years with 306b; not offered in 1954-1955
303c. Lucretius: De Rerum Natura. Miss Click
Spring quarter: Hours to be arranged
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: One course of 300 grade
Given in alternate years with 307c; offered in 1954-1955
304a. Livy: Selections from Bks. I-X. Miss Click
Fall quarter: Hours to be arranged
Credit: Three or five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Six quarter hours of 200 grade
A student whose major subject is Latin will be required to take
304 or 305 as a five-hour course, two hours of which will
be devoted to Latin writing.
Given in alternate years with 305a; not offered in 1954-1955
305a. Tacitus : Agricola or selections from the Annals. Miss Zenn
Fall quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30
Credit: Three or five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Six quarter hours of 200 grade
A student whose major subject is Latin will be required to take
304 or 305 as a five-hour course, two hours of which will
be devoted to Latin writing.
Given in alternate years with 304a; offered in 1954-1955
306b. Virgil : Eclogues and selections from the Georgics. Miss Click
Winter quarter: Hours to be arranged
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Six quarter hours of 200 grade
Given in alternate years with 302b; offered in 1954-1955
307c. Roman Philosophy. Selected reading from the philosophical
writings of Cicero and Seneca. Miss Click
Spring quarter: Hours to be arranged
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Two courses of 300 grade
Given in alternate years with 303c; not offered in 1954-1955
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320a, b, c. Juvenal^ Martial^ Pliny. Exact content of course
will depend upon needs of students. The Staff
Offered each quarter. Hours to be arranged
Credit: Three or five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Six quarter hours of 200 grade " I
415a, b, c. Directed Study. With the permission of the depart-
ment seniors who are majoring in Latin and who have demon- |
strated their ability to do independent work may arrange a
course of readings in certain fields of Latin literature. The Staff
Offered each quarter
Credit: Three or five quarter hours
Not offered in 1954-1955
Classical Courses in English m
150. Classical Civilization. The development of Greek and
Roman civilization. Indebtedness of the modern world to
Greece and Rome in the fields of language and literature, re-
ligion and philosophy, art and architecture, government and law.
Miss Zenn
Throughout the year: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9:30
Credit: Nine quarter hours
250a. Classical Mythology. Miss Click
Fall quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 2:00
Credit: Three quarter hours
310b. Classical Drama. The origins and development of classical
drama. Representative plays of the Greek and Roman dramatists.
Miss Click
Winter quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 2:00
Credit: Three quarter hours
Open to sophomores with permission of instructor
314c. Greek Thought. A consideration of certain basically Greek
ideas and attitudes with special emphasis on the Republic of
Plato. Miss Click
Spring quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 2:00
Credit: Three quarter hours
Open to sophomores with permission of instructor
318a. Greek History. Political history of Greece from the bronze
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age through the Hellenistic period, with emphasis upon the
development of Athenian democracy; consideration of Greek
political theory of the fifth and fourth centuries, including the
reading in translation of selections from Thucydides, Plato,
and Aristotle. Miss Zenn
Fall quarter: Hours to be arranged
Credit: Five quarter hours
Given in alternate years with 319a; not offered in 1954-1955
319a. Roman History. Political, economic, and cultural history
of Rome to the fall of the Western Empire. Miss Glick
Fall quarter: Hours to be arranged
Credit: Five quarter hours
Given in alternate years with 318a; offered in 1954-1955
Requirements for the Major
Greek
Basic course: Greek 101
Required courses: Greek 201, 202, and 301 or 305
Elective courses to complete the major and to meet the requirement of
related hours must be approved by the department.
Classics 314 or three hours of college Latin from any course accepted by
the department in fulfillment of requirements for the Latin major
will be accepted in the Greek major. Latin in college is advised for
all Greek majors.
Latin
Basic course: Latin 104 or 105
Required courses: Latin 105, if 104 is the basic course; two quarter
courses of 200 grade ; 304 or 305 taken as a five-hour course
Elective courses to complete the major and to meet the requirement of
related hours must be approved by the department.
Greek in college is advised for all students doing their major work in
Latin. As an exception to the general regulation these students will
be allowed to count elementary Greek toward the degree.
Classics
A major in Classics, consisting of courses in both Greek and Latin, can
also be arranged.
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Economics and Sociology
Professor Mell Associate Professor Smith
Economics
201. Principles of Economics. The organization of modern in-
dustrial society, and the application of fundamental principles
of economic theory to it. Miss Mell
Throughout the year: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 8:30
Credit: Nine quarter hours
301a. Introduction to Economics. The organization of modern
economic life and the principles which underlie it. Miss Mell
Fall quarter: Monday through Friday 11:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
Not open to students who have had Economics 201
This course may not be used to meet a group requirement.
303c. The Labor Problem. An analysis of the modern labor prob-
lem, and a study of the various solutions offered by unionism,
management, and labor legislation. Miss Smith
Spring quarter: Monday through Friday 12:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite or corequisite: Economics 201 or 301, or Sociology
203
Given in alternate years; offered in 1954-1955
308c. Government Finance. The financial problems of gov-
ernment, forms of expenditure, sources of revenue, public debts,
and the interrelationships between public and private finance.
Miss Mell
Spring quarter: Monday through Friday 12:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Economics 201 or 301, or Political Science 201, or
History 215
Given in alternate years; not offered in 1954-1955
309b. Money and Banking. The economics of money, credit,
and banking, their nature and characteristics, their forms and
functions. Special attention given to the American banking and
monetary system. Miss Mell
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Winter quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 2:00-3:30
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Economics 201 or 301
Given in alternate years; not offered in 1954-1955
314c. Economics of Consumption. A study of the forces under-
lying and governing consumption. Levels and standards of
living studied in the light of data made available through re-
search. Miss Smith
Spring quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 2:00
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Economics 201 or 301, or Sociology 203
Given in alternate years; not offered in 1954-1955
315a. Economic and Social Systems. A comparative study of the
organization of economic life under capitalism, socialism, com-
munism, fascism. Miss Mell
Fall quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 2:00
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite or corequisite: Economics 201 or 301
Given in alternate years; not offered in 1954-1955
320a. Agriculture in the American Economy. The place of
agriculture in the national economy and basic economic prin-
ciples underlying it, together with an analysis of its relationship
to rural social institutions. Miss Mell
Fall quarter: Monday through Friday 12:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Economics 201 or 301
Given in alternate years; offered in 1954-1955
325b. Business and Government. The role of government in
American economic life. The development of government con-
trol of monopoly, unfair competition, and competitive practices
in general. Miss Mell
Winter quarter: Monday through Friday 12:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Economics 201 or 301, or History 215
Given in alternate years; offered in 1954-1955
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Sociology
203a-b. Introduction to Sociology. Curreiu sociological theory as
it relates to social origins, social processes, social institutions, and
social control; integration of theory with social problems and
social direction. Miss Smith
Fall and winter quarters:
Section A: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30
Section B : Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 8 :30
Credit: Six quarter hours
To meet the group requirement, this course must be followed by
Sociology 205.
205c. Problems of Contemporary American Society. Analysis
of American society in terms of the need for mastery of the
physical, technical, and societal forces that challenge contempo-
rary society. A continuation of 203. Miss Smith
Spring quarter:
Section A: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30
Section B : Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 8 :30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Sociology 203
311b. The Family. The family as a social and educational institu-
tion. The historical background of present-day family organiza-
tion; factors in the modern community which tend to alter and
disrupt family life; analysis of the significance of the family in
social organization. Miss Mell
Winter quarter: Monday through Friday 9:30
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite or corequisite: Economics 201 or 301, or Sociology
203, or Psychology 201, or permission of instructor
312c. Racial and Other Minority Groups. A study of adjust-
ments in society growing out of race contacts and the presence of
minority groups. As a background for this study concepts of
race and culture are examined. Miss Mell
Spring quarter: Monday through Friday 11:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite or corequisite: Economics 201 or 301, or Sociology
203, or Psychology 201, or permission of instructor
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313c. Social Theory. Contemporary social theory, with some con-
sideration of its historical background. Miss Mell
Spring quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 2:00
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Sociology 203
Given in alternate years; offered in 1954-1955
316a. Population. The causes and significance of population trends
and movements. Problems growing out of both quality and
quantity of population are considered. Miss Smith
Fall quarter: Monday through Friday 12:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite or corequisite: Economics 201 or 301, or Sociology
203, or Psychology 201
Given in alternate years; not offered in 1954-1955
317a. Rural and Urban Communities. Community organization,
with particular reference to the southern community as it has
met the impact of increasing urbanization. Miss Smith
Fall quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 2:00-3:30
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Sociology 203
Given in alternate years; offered in 1954-1955
318b. Regional Sociology of the South. The folk-regional so-
ciety of the Southeast with special emphasis upon the geographic
and historical factors which have influenced its development,
and upon certain aspects of social organization and disorganiza-
tion significant for its welfare. Miss Smith
Winter quarter: Monday through Friday 11:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite or corequisite: Economics 201 or 301, or Sociology
203, or History 215
319c. Introduction to Social Work. The origin and develop-
ment of social work and a comprehensive view of services and
resources available to meet needs in the community. Supervised
participation in the activities of community agencies. Miss Smith
Spring quarter: Tuesday, Thursday 2:00; hours with agencies
to be arranged
Credit: Three quarter hours
Open to students who are majoring in economics and sociology
and to others with permission of the instructor
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321a. Social Psychology. (Psychology 305a.) A study of human
relations and social movements from the psychological point of
view. Mr, Stukes
Fall quarter: Monday through Friday 12:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Psychology 201
Requirements for the Major
Basic courses: Economics 201 and Sociology 203 and 205
Required courses when Economics is the subject of primary interest:
Economics 201 or 301, 308, 309, 320, 325
Required courses when Sociology is the subject of primary interest:
Sociology 203, 205, 313, 316; Economics 201 or 301
Elective courses to complete the major and to meet the requirement of
related hours must be approved by the department.
Business Economics
It is possible for students to complete a major in business economics
through a combination of courses at Emory University and Agnes
Scott.
English
Professor Hayes Professor Laney
Associate Professor Leyburn Associate Professor Christie
Assistant Professor Preston Assistant Professor Trotter
Assistant Professor Winter Assistant Professor McNair
Miss LORING
Composition
101. Approach to Literature and Composition. Appreciation
and practice of clear and effective writing. Reading of essays,
novels, poetry, drama, and short stories. Development of skill
in self-expression, awareness of literary values, and ease in the
world of ideas. Class instruction is supplemented by individual
conferences. The basic course for all other work in the de-
partment. The Staff
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Throughout the year:
Section A: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30
Section B: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:10
Section C: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 8:30
Section D: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 8:30
Section E: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9:30
Section F: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 11:10
Section G: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 11:10
Section H: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 12:10
Credit: Nine quarter hours
Required of all freshmen
An additional section of English 101, which will meet five days a
week, is begun in the winter quarter and completed in the
spring quarter. Hours to be arranged.
104. Practice Prose. For students needing further training in
writing clear and forceful prose. Miss Preston
Throughout the year: One hour to be arranged
Credit: Three quarter hours
Students who make a grade of C or above may be excused from
the third quarter.
201a. Narrative Writing. Principles and forms of narrative writ-
ing. Constant writing and illustrative readings required. Miss
Preston
Fall quarter: Hours to be arranged
Credit: Three quarter hours
237a. Argumentation. A practical study of the subject. Analysis
of questions, brief-drawing, oral discussions, class debates. Mr.
Hayes
Fall quarter: Hours to be arranged
Credit: Three quarter hours
238a,b. Debate Problems. Directed reading in an intercollegiate
debate topic. Since the topics debated vary from quarter to
quarter, a student may elect this course more than once. Mr.
Hayes
Fall and winter quarters: Hours to be arranged
. Credit: Three or six quarter hours
j Prerequisite: English 237
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301b. Playwriting. An introduction to the study and writing of
one-act plays, with opportunity for production of promising
scripts. Miss Winter
Winter quarter: Hours to be arranged
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: English 211
315a,b,c. Directed Writing. Properly qualified students may
apply to the department for individual guidance in imaginative
or expository writing. Application must be made at the time
of course selection in April. The Staff
Offered each quarter
Credit: Three or five quarter hours
Literature
211. Introduction to English Literature. A survey of the his-
tory of English literature, stressing masterpieces.
Throughout the year:
Section A: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:30.
Miss Ley burn
Section B,: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:10.
Mr. Hayes
Section C: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 8:30.
Miss Laney
Section D: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9:30.
Miss Trotter
Section E: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 11:10.
Miss Laney
Credit: Nine quarter hours
Prerequisite: English 101
Prerequisite to other courses in literature
305b. Chaucer. Troilus and Creseyde and the minor poems studied
in relation to the development of Chaucer's literary art. Miss
Laney
Winter quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 2:00
Credit: Three quarter hours
Given in alternate years; offered in 1954-1955
306a. Chaucer. The Canterbury Tales. Miss Laney
Fall quarter: Tuesday through Saturday 9:30
Credit: Five quarter hours
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313b. Shakespeare. A study of one of the tragedies and of some
of the comedies and chronicle plays. Mr. Hayes
Winter quarter: Monday through Friday 9:30
Credit: Five quarter hours
314c. Shakespeare. A study of most of the great tragedies.
Mr, Hayes
Spring quarter: Monday through Friday 9:30
Credit: Five quarter hours
320c. Modern Poetry. Twentieth Century English and American
poetry as represented by Hardy, Yeats, Robinson, Frost, Masters,
and Eliot. Miss Laney
Spring quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:10
Credit: Three quarter hours
321b. Poets of the Romantic Movement. The Romantic move-
Iment as exemplified in the works of Wordsworth, Coleridge,
Shelley, Keats, and Byron. Miss Preston
t Winter quarter: Monday through Friday 12:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
322c. Victorian Poets. Tennyson, Browning, and Arnold, with
brief readings from the Pre-Raphaelite poets. Miss Preston
Spring quarter: Monday through Friday 12:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
323c. Modern Drama. Selected plays of modern dramatists from
Ibsen to Christopher Fry. Miss Leyburn
Spring quarter: Monday through Friday 11:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
326c. Nineteenth Century Prose. Nineteenth century prose
writers, including Coleridge, Lamb, Hazlitt, Landor, DeQuin-
cey, Carlyle, Ruskin, Arnold, and Newman. Miss Christie
Spring quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 8:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Given in alternate years; offered in 1954-1955
327a. Eighteenth Century Prose. A study of the satirists (em-
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phasis on Swift), philosophers, periodical essayists, and letter
writers of the first half of the century. Miss Leyburn
Fall quarter: Tuesday through Saturday 11:10
Credit: Three or five quarter hours. Students taking the course
for three hours* credit will meet Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday only.
Given in alternate years with English 328a; not offered in 1954-
1955
328a. Eighteenth Century Prose. A study of Dr. Johnson and
his circle. Miss Leyburn
Fall quarter: Tuesday through Saturday 11:10
Credit: Three or five quarter hours. Students taking the course
for three hours' credit will meet Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday only.
Given in alternate years with English 327a; offered in 1954-1955
331a. American Literature. Major writers from Irving through
Whitman. Miss Christie
Fall quarter: Tuesday through Saturday 8:30
Credit: Five quarter hours
332b. American Literature. Major writers from Howells to
the present. Miss Christie
Winter quarter: Tuesday through Saturday 8:30
Credit: Five quarter hours
335b. The Novel. Great English novels from Fielding to Conrad. I
Miss Laney
Winter quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:10; Thursday
3 :30-5 :00
Credit: Five quarter hours
Given in alternate years; not offered in 1954-1955
352a. Russian Fiction. Selected works of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky.
and Chekhov. Mr, Hayes
Fall quarter: Monday through Friday 12:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
This course may not be counted toward the English major.
Given in alternate years ; not offered in 1954-1955
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353a. Dante. A reading, in translations, of The Divine Comedy
and The New Life, Mr. Hayes
Fall quarter: Monday through Friday 12:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
Given in alternate years; offered in 1954-1955
360c. Milton and Donne. A reading of selected poems of Milton
and Donne. Mr. Hayes
Spring quarter: Monday through Friday 8:30
Credit: Five quarter hours
Requirements for the Major
Basic course: English 211. (English 101 is previously required of all
freshmen.)
Required English courses:
(a) Two of the following: 305, 306, 313, 314
(b) One of the following: 327, 328, 360
(c) One of the following: 321, 322, 326, 335
Required foreign language courses: Three full college years of a foreign
language or equivalent (two high school years count as one college
year).
Elective courses to complete the major and to meet the requirement of
related hours must be approved by the department. Courses offered
for the English major must be chosen from among those previously
listed under Composition and Literature.
Students expecting to teach English are advised to take American
literature. The department urges English majors to study Greek
through Homer and Latin through Horace. Other subjects closely
related to English are history, music, philosophy, and art.
Students planning to do graduate work in English are reminded
that some of the graduate schools require Latin, French, and Ger-
man (to be tested by examination) for the master of arts degree.
Attention is particularly called to the importance for English ma-
jors of work in speech.
Speech
105. Fundamentals of Speech. Theory and practice to develop
a responsive body, a well used voice, and acceptable diction.
Problems in informal speaking and reading. Phonetic study of
the sounds of English.
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Throughout the year:
Section A: Tuesday, Thursday 12:10. Miss Winter
Section B: Tuesday, Thursday 2:00. Miss Winter
Section C: Wednesday, Friday 8:30. Miss Loring
Section D: Wednesday, Friday 9:30. Miss Loring
Winter and spring quarters:
Section E: Hours to be arranged. Miss Loring
Credit: Six quarter hours
201 a or b or c. Speech Improvement. Similar in content to
Speech 105 but less comprehensive. Not open to students who
have had Speech 105. Miss Winter
Offered each quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 8:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
201 b or c open to freshmen
207. Play Production. An introduction to the theory and prac-
tice of staging plays. Problems in acting, make-up, costume,
lighting, and scenery. The class works with Blackfriars, the
student dramatic organization, and application of theory is made
in the production of full-length or one-act plays. Miss Loring
Throughout the year: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 2:00
A laboratory period will be arranged as a substitute for one
class preparation
Credit: Nine quarter hours
Prerequisite or corequisite: English 211, Speech 105
209c. Public Speaking and Discussion. A study of speeches of
various types. Practice in preparation and delivery of speeches
for formal or informal occasions. Practice in group discussion.
Attention is paid to the problems and needs of individual stu-
dents. Miss Loring
Spring quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:10
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Speech 105 or permission of instructor
217a or a-b. Advanced Reading and Speaking. Study of thought,
feeling, and imagination in their application to oral interpreta-
tion of prose and poetry, drama and radio. Miss Winter
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Fall and winter quarters: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:10
Credit: Three or six quarter hours
Prerequisite: Speech 105 or permission of instructor
308c. Speech Correction. An introductory study of types, causes,
and characteristics of speech and voice disorders, their functional
and organic analysis and treatment. Miss Winter
Spring quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9:30
Laboratory: To be arranged
Credit: Four quarter hours
311a. Interpretation of Drama. An analysis of one-act plays
or scenes from longer plays, with practice in stage action, pan-
tomime, and reading of lines for creation of character in acting.
Miss Loring
Fall quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Six quarter hours of speech
No extra tuition is charged for class work in any course In speech.
Two private lessons a week taken along with a course in speech will
give a credit of one additional hour for each quarter. In such cases
these courses will be designated 105-A, 217-A, 311-A, etc.
Attention is called to courses listed under English Composition,
particularly In Argumentation, Debate, and Plaj^wrltlng.
French
Professor Phythian Associate Professor Barineau
Assistant Professor Thomas
01. Elementary. For students who begin French in college.
Equivalent of two years secondary school preparation.
Throughout the year:
Section A: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30
Section B: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:10
Section C: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9:30
Section D: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 11:10
Section E: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 12:10
Credit: Nine quarter hours if taken as a fourth language, or if
followed by French 101
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101. Intermediate. Practice in the aural, oral, and written use of
the language; training in the essentials of grammar and in
translation ; study of some representative types of French litera-
ture.
Throughout the year:
Section A: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:30
Section Ax: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:30; Thursday
2:00
Section B: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 8:30
Section Bx: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 8:30; Monday
3:00
Section C: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9:30
Section Cx: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9:30; Wednes-
day 3:00
Credit: Nine quarter hours
Prerequisite: Two entrance units in French, or French 01
French lOlAx, lOlBx, and lOlCx are offered for students whose
preparation is inadequate, or who failed to make a grade
of C or above in French 01.
103. Survey of French Literature. Literary masterpieces from
the Middle Ages through the nineteenth century. A review
of granunar. Miss Phythian
Throughout the year: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 8:30
Credit: Nine quarter hours
Prerequisite: Three entrance units in French, or French lOlx
206a. Pronunciation. Study of phonetics to develop an acceptable
pronunciation. Study of intonation and its practical application
in readings from French poetry and prose. Mr. Thomas
Fall quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 2:00
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: French 101
207b. Conversation. Practical application of French 206 to de-
velop fluency. Mr. Thomas
Winter quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 2:00
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: French 206 or permission of instructor
208c. Advanced Composition and Stylistics. Mr. Thomas
Spring quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 2:00
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Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: French 103 or 257
257. French Classicism. The classic ideal: its foundation in the
sixteenth century, development in the seventeenth century. A
review of grammar introductory to oral and written discussion
of texts read.
Throughout the year:
Section A: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30.
Miss Phythian
Section B: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 11:10.
Miss Barineau
Credit: Nine quarter hours
Prerequisite: French 101 with grade C or above, or four en-
trance units in French
259. Selected Masterpieces of the Classic^ the Roman-
tic AND the Realistic Periods. The historical setting and the
literary ideals which these masterpieces exemplify. More ad-
vanced study in idiomatic expression. Miss Barineau
Throughout the year: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9:30
Credit: Nine quarter hours
Prerequisite: French 103
Not offered in 1954-1955
355a. The Novel. From La Princesse de Cleves through novels of
the early romantic period. Miss Phythian
Fall quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:10
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: French 257 or 259
356b. The Novel. Great novels of the romantic and realistic pe-
riods. Miss Phythian
Winter quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:10
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: French 257 or 259
357c. The Novel. The naturalistic novel and the revolt against
naturalism. Miss Phythian
Spring quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:10
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: French 257 or 259
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358a. Development of the Drama. Origins through the classic
period. Miss Barineau
Fall quarter: Monday through Friday 12:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: French 257 or 259
359b. Development of the Drama. Drama of the romantic and
realistic periods. Miss Barineau
Winter quarter: Monday through Friday 12:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: French 257 or 259
360c. French Poetry. Lyric poetry of the nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries: Romanticism, Parnassianism, Symbolism.
Miss Barineau
Spring quarter: Monday through Friday 12:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: French 257 or 259 ^
455a. Geography of France. The physical environment of the
French and life in the provinces as it is found in certain regional
novelists (Barres, Bazin, Bordeaux, Giono). Miss Phythian
Fall quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: At least five hours at the 300 level
458b. Contemporary French Novel. Emphasis on the period
between 1918 and 1940. Miss Phythian
Winter quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: At least five hours at the 300 level
459c. Contemporary French Drama. Miss Phythian
Spring quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: At least five hours at the 300 level
Requirements for the Major
Basic course: French 101 or 103 or 257
Required courses: French 257 or 259; 208; at least five hours at the 300
level; at least six hours at the 400 level.
Elective courses to complete the major and to meet the requirement of
related hours must be approved by the department.
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A major student who lacks aural proficiency or whose pronunciation is
poor will be required to take French 206 in addition to the hours
required for the major.
Junior year abroad: Qualified students who are interested in taking
the junior year in France should consult the department chairman.
German
Professor Harn
01. Elementary. Grammar, composition, translation, sight read-
ing, conversation based on texts read.
Throughout the year:
Section A: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:10
Section B: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 8:30
Credit: Nine quarter hours if taken as a fourth language, or if
followed by German 101
101. Intermediate. Representative German prose and poetry, re-
view of grammar, training in the use of the language in conver-
sation and composition.
Throughout the year:
Section A: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:30
Section B: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 12:10
Credit: Nine quarter hours
Prerequisite: German 01, or two entrance units in German
201. Eighteenth Century Classics. Lessing, Goethe, and
Schiller, with special emphasis on their contributions to German
drama.
Throughout the year: Hours to be arranged
Credit: Nine quarter hours
Prerequisite: German 101 or equivalent
Given in alternate years with 251; not offered in 1954-1955
251. History of German Civilization. The historical, political,
social, literary, and artistic forces in German civilization as the
background for an adequate understanding of German literature.
Throughout the year: Hours to be arranged
Credit: Nine quarter hours
Prerequisite: German 101 or equivalent
Given in alternate years with 201; offered in 1954-1955
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302a. German Lyric Poetry. Origins and development, with em-
phasis on the poetry of Goethe and Schiller, the romantic school,
and the contemporary lyrists.
Fall quarter: Tuesday through Saturday 11:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
303b. German Prose of the Nineteenth Century. The short
prose forms of the nineteenth century with special emphasis on
the Novella.
Winter quarter: Tuesday through Saturday 11:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
304c. German Drama of the Nineteenth Century. Repre-
sentative works of Kleist, Hebbel, Grillparzer, Ludwig, and
others; criticism; reports.
Spring quarter: Hours to be arranged
Credit: Five quarter hours
351a. Goethe's Faust. Parts I and II. The growth of the Faust
legend in German literature and the Faust motive in other lit-
eratures. Interpretation of Goethe's Faust with the study of its
growth in relation to the facts of his life.
Fall quarter: Hours to be arranged
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: German 201 or equivalent
Requirements for the Major
Basic course: German 101
Required courses: German 201 or 251; 351
Elective courses to complete the major and to meet the requirement of
related hours must be approved by the department.
History and Political Science
Professor Posey Associate Professor Smith
Associate Professor Sims Assistant Professor DesChamps
History
101. Western Europe Since 1500. A survey of European history
with emphasis on historical forces and movements.
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Throughout the year:
Section A: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:10.
Mrs. Sims
Section B: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:10.
Miss DesChamps
Section C: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 8:30.
Miss Smith
Section D: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9:30.
Miss Smith
Section E: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 11:10.
Miss DesChamps
Credit: Nine quarter hours
lOlb-c. Western Europe Since 1648. With the permission of
the department a limited number of students will be admitted
to sections of History 101 at the beginning of the winter quarter.
Winter and spring quarters: See 101 for sections
Credit: Six quarter hours
If a student receives a grade of C or above, this course will be
accepted as prerequisite for other courses in history and
political science. To meet the group requirement, this
course must be followed by the fall quarter of History 101.
203a-b. History of England, 1066-1901. The political, social, and
economic history of England. Mrs. Sims
Fall and winter quarters : Tuesday, Thursday 2 :00-3 :30
Credit: Six quarter hours
215. History of the United States. A general survey of the
history of the United States from 1783 to the present. Mr. Posey
Throughout the year: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:30
Credit: Nine quarter hours
232a. The French Revolution and Napoleon. The political,
social, and economic background of the French Revolution; its
development and influence upon Europe; Napoleon's rise and
fall. Miss Smith
Fall quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:10
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: History 101
Given in alternate years with 233a; not offered in 1954-1955
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233a. Europe, 1815-1870. The reorganization of Europe by the
Congress of Vienna and the chief problems of the period with
special emphasis on the development of nationalism and liberal-
ism. Miss Smith
Fall quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:10
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: History 101
Given in alternate years with 232a; offered in 1954-1955
301. Modern Europe, 1870-1945. A study of political, economic,
social, and cultural developments in the major European coun-
tries. Miss DesChamps
Throughout the year: Tuesday, Thursday 12:10
Credit: Six quarter hours
Prerequisite: History 101
Given in alternate years; offered in 1954-1955
314c. Renaissance Civilization. The political and economic
background of Europe from the fourteenth to the sixteenth
centuries. The intellectual interests of the age. Miss Smith
Spring quarter: Monday through Friday 11:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: History 101
Given in alternate years with Political Science 308c; offered in
1954-1955
315a. American Frontier. The frontier in the development of
American institutions with special attention given to the land
system, Indian troubles, democracy, religion, finance, and state-
building. Mr. Posey
Fall quarter: Monday, Wednesday 2:00-4:00
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: History 215
Given in alternate years with 319a; not offered in 1954-1955
316b. The Old South to 1850. The Old South in colonial times
and its part in the formation of the Union ; the social, economic,
and religious development; the sectional controversies prior to
1850. Miss DesChamps
Winter quarter: Monday, Wednesday 2:00-4:00
Credit: Five quarter hours
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Prerequisite: History 215 or permission of instructor
Given in alternate years; not offered in 1954-1955
317c. Twentieth Century United States. A study of the
recent history of the United States as a background to present-
day problems; emphasis on economic, social, political, and con-
stitutional development; isolation and intervention in World
War I and H; domestic and foreign problems since 1945. Mrs.
Sims
Spring quarter : Monday 2 :00-4 :00 ; Wednesday, 3 :00-5 :00
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: History 215
Given in alternate years with 321c; not offered in 1954-1955
318b. American Political Leaders. Biographies of the most im-
portant leaders from Benjamin Franklin to Abraham Lincoln.
Mr. Posey
Winter quarter: Monday, Wednesday 2:00-3:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: History 215
Given in alternate years; offered in 1954-1955
319a. Diplomatic History of the United States. Diplomatic
history from colonial times to 1918 w^ith special attention to the
political, social, and economic forces that have affected diplo-
macy. Mr. Posey
Fall quarter: Monday, Wednesday 2:00-4:00
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: History 215
Given in alternate years with 315a; offered in 1954-1955
321c. American Colonial History. The history of the Thirteen
Colonies from their foundation to the close of the American
Revolution, vrith particular emphasis on their political and eco-
nomic development. Mrs. Sims
Spring quarter: Monday 2:00-4:00; Wednesday 3:00-5:00
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: History 215 or permission of instructor
Given in alternate years with 317 c; offered in 1954-1955
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Political Science
201a-b. American Government. A survey of federal, state, and
local government with emphasis upon problems of the day.
Miss Smith
Fall and winter quarters: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30
Credit: Six quarter hours
202c. American Political Parties. The origin, development, and
function of the party system in a democracy with emphasis on
organization and leadership, machine control, pressure politics,
patronage, and bureaucracy. Mr. Posey
Spring quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Political Science 201 or History 215
213. Current Problems. A weekly survey of current national
and international problems. Mrs, Sims
Throughout the year: Wednesday 2:00
Credit: Three quarter hours
217b. Comparative Government. An analytical study of the
organization and present operation of the chief governments
of Europe and a comparison of these governments with that of
the United States. Miss Smith
Winter quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:10
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: History 101
221a. International Relations. A study of the problems of in-
ternational affairs with particular reference to the period since
1918. Mrs. Sims
Fall quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:10
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: History 101 or 215
222b. United States and Latin America. A survey of the politi-
cal, economic, and social background of contemporary Latin
America and of the Latin American policy of the United States
since 1823. Mrs. Sims
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Winter quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:10
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: History 101 or 215
Given in alternate years with 332b; not offered in 1954-1955
223c. United States and the Far East. The political and eco-
nomic relations of the United States with the Far East, with
particular reference to China and Japan; a brief survey of the
geography, ethnography, resources, and culture of the Far East.
Mrs. Sims
Spring quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:10
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: History 101 or 215
Given in alternate years with 331c; not offered in 1954-1955
308c. Political Geography. A survey of the elements of political
geography with special studies in the geographical and historical
aspects of the contemporary problems of European states. Miss
Smith
Spring quarter: Monday through Friday 11:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: History 101
Given in alternate years with History 314c; not offered in
1954-1955
331c. Twentieth Century Britain. A study of contemporary
Britain with particular emphasis on the status of Britain as a
world power. Mrs. Sims
Spring quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:10
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: History 101
Given in alternate years with 223c; offered in 1954-1955
332b. The Commonwealth of Nations. A study of Canada,
South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, and
Ceylon; their government, economic development, and social
progress; the structure of the Commonwealth. Mrs. Sims
Winter quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:10
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: History 101
Given in alternate years with 222b; offered in 1954-1955
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Requirements for the Major
Basic course: History 101
Required courses: History 215 and two 300 courses in history or political
science
Elective courses to complete the major and to meet the requirement of
related hours must be approved by the department.
H more than fifteen hours of political science are included in the major,
it will be designated as a major in history and political science.
LiBRARI ANSHIP
The following courses offered at Emory University provide a
foundation for graduate study in librarianship and are prerequisite
for entrance to the Emory graduate programs in this field. The
courses are not open to students who take the 400 level professional
courses in education unless the courses represent hours in excess of the
one hundred eighty academic hours required for the degree.
201a. Library Administration.
Fall quarter: Monday through Friday 11:00
Credit: Five quarter hours
211a. The Selection and Use of Books and Related Ma-
terials.
Fall quarter: Monday through Friday 9:00
Credit: Five quarter hours
221a. Cataloging and Classification.
Fall quarter: Monday through Friday 10:00
Credit: Five quarter hours
The above courses are also offered in the summer quarter and may
be offered in the winter or spring quarters if there is sufficient de-
mand. Fall quarter hours are subject to change if necessary.
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Mathematics
Professor Robinson Assistant Professor Gaylord
101. College Algebra and Trigonometry.
Throughout the year:
Section A: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30.
Miss Gaylord
Section B: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:10.
Mr. Robinson
Section C: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 8:30.
Miss Gaylord
Section D: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 11:10.
Mr. Robinson
Credit: Nine quarter hours
202a. Analytic Geometry. Miss Gaylord
Fall quarter: Monday through Friday 9:30
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Mathematics 101
Not open to students who have had Mathematics 201
(Analytic Geometry and Introduction to Calculus)
203a or b. Differential Calculus. (Formerly 301.)
*Fall quarter: Monday through Friday 9:30. Mr. Robinson
Winter quarter: Monday through Friday 9:30. Miss Gaylord
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite to 203a: Mathematics 201
Prerequisite to 203b: Mathematics 202
204b or c. Integral Calculus. (Formerly 302.)
*Winter quarter: Monday through Friday 9:30, Mr. Robinson
Spring quarter: Monday through Friday 9:30. Miss Gaylord
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite to 204b: Mathematics 203a
Prerequisite to 204c: Mathematics 203b
205c. Financial Mathematics. Mr. Robinson
Spring quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 2:00
Credit: Three quarter hours
305a. Intermediate Calculus. Mr. Robinson
Fall quarter: Monday through Friday 9:30
^203a and 204b not offered after 1954-1955
^.
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Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Mathematics 204
Not offered in 1954-1955
306c. Curve Tracing. Plane algebraic curves. Miss Gaylord
Spring quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:10
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Mathematics 201 or 203
Given in alternate years; offered in 1954-1955
307a. Theory of Equations and Determinants. Miss Gaylord
Fall quarter: Monday through Friday 11:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Mathematics 201 or 203
308b. Analytic Geometry of Space. (Formerly 404.) Miss
Gaylord
Winter quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:10
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Mathematics 201 or 203
Given in alternate years; offered in 1954-1955
309b or c. Differential Equations. (Formerly 304.) Mr. Rob-
inson
*Winter quarter: Monday through Friday 9:30
**Spring quarter: Monday through Friday 9:30
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite to 309b: Mathematics 305
Prerequisite to 309c: Mathematics 204b
310c. Advanced Calculus. (Formerly 303.) Mr. Robinson
Spring quarter: Monday through Friday 9:30
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Mathematics 305
Given in alternate years; not offered in 1954-1955
328a-b. Statistics. Mr. Robinson
Fall and winter quarters: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30
Credit: Six quarter hours ^
Prerequisite: Mathematics 204 ^
* 309b not offered in 1954-1955
** 309c not offered after 1954-1955
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401b-c. Projective Geometry. Miss Gaylord
Winter and spring quarters: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:10
Credit: Six quarter hours
Prerequisite: Mathematics 203
Given in alternate years; not offered in 1954-1955
402c. College Geometry. Mr. Robinson
Spring quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Mathematics 201 or 202
Given in alternate years; offered in 1954-1955
403b-c. Theory of Functions of a Complex Variable. Miss
Gaylord
Winter and spring quarters: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:10
Credit: Six quarter hours
Prerequisite: Mathematics 204, 307
May be offered in lieu of Mathematics 401
Requirements for the Major
Basic course: Mathematics 101
Required courses: Mathematics 202, 203, 204, 305, 309
Elective courses to complete the major and to meet the requirement of
related hours must be approved by the department.
Music
Professor McDowell Associate Professor Hagopian
Associate Professor Martin Assistant Professor Adams
Mrs. Bryan Mrs. Harris
Mrs. GiLBREATH
101. An Introduction to Music. A course designed to guide the
student toward more intelligent listening and to provide an op-
portunity for acquiring some familiarity with the masterpieces
of musical literature. Mr. McDowell
Throughout the year: Tuesday, Thursday 11:10
Credit: Six quarter hours
This course may not be counted toward the music major.
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Theory
111. Elementary Theory. Notation, sight singing, dictation,
recognition of intervals and simple rhythms, chord construction.
Throughout the year:
Section A: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30. Mr. Adams
Section B : Monday, Wednesday, Friday 2 :00. Mr. Adams
Credit: Nine quarter hours
211. Harmony. Diatonic and chromatic harmony as applied to
harmonization of melodies. Written and keyboard work. Mr.
Adams
Throughout the year: Monday Wednesday, Friday 9:30
Credit: Nine quarter hours
Prerequisite: Music 111 or equivalent
311. Counterpoint and Composition. Analysis of contrapuntal
technique of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Original
work for instruments and for voice. Mr. McDowell
Throughout the year: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:30
Credit: Nine quarter hours
Prerequisite: Music 111 and 211
History and Literature
213. History of Music. The history and literature of music from
early Christian times to the present. Mr. McDowell
Throughout the year: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:10
Credit: Nine quarter hours
315. The Symphony. The symphony from the eighteenth to the
twentieth century, with emphasis on historical and aesthetic
background, formal structure, and stylistic features. Mr. Mc-
Dowell
Throughout the year: Tuesday, Thursday 12:10
Credit: Six quarter hours
Open to sophomores with permission of instructor
Given in alternate years with 316; offered in 1954-1955
316. Opera. The development of the lyric drama from the seven-
teenth century to the present. Representative works played and
discussed in class. Mr. McDowell
Music 83
Throughout the year: Tuesday, Thursday 12:10
Credit: Six quarter hours
Open to sophomores with permission of instructor
Given in alternate years with 315; not offered in 1954-1955
Church Music
330a. Choral Conducting. Fundamentals of the technique of
choral conducting for the church choir director. Mr, Martin
Fall quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Permission of instructor required
331b. Repertory for the Church Musician. Music for the
church service. Included in this repertory will be anthems, solos,
duets, cantatas, and oratorios, as well as organ works. Mr.
Martin
Winter quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Permission of instructor required
332c. Church Service Playing. Playing a Protestant church
service. Hymn playing, accompanying, modulation, improvisa-
tion. Conducting the choir from the organ console. Mr. Martin
Spring quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Music 330 and 331, or equivalent
Permission of instructor required
Given in alternate years with 333c; not offered in 1954-1955
333c. Music of the Great Liturgies. A survey of music used
in Jewish, Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Protestant litur-
gical and Protestant non-liturgical worship services. Mr. Martin
Spring quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Music 330 and 331
Permission of instructor required
Given in alternate years with 332c; offered in 1954-1955
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Music Education
340a. Music Education (Elementary). A study of the methods
of teaching applicable to the elementary grades and a survey of
literature suitable for use with this age group. Miss Hagopian
Fall quarter: Monday through Friday 2:00
Credit: Five quarter hours
341b. Music Education (Secondary). A survey of the methods
and literature suitable for use in teaching secondary school stu-
dents. Miss Hagopian
Winter quarter: Monday through Friday 2:00
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Music 211
Applied Music
Credit tov^^ard the degree is given for courses in piano, organ,
violin, and voice. This credit in applied music is limited to eighteen
quarter hours, representing three years of w^ork. Each course must
be accompanied by a course in theory.
250, 350, 450. Piano. Mr. McDowell Mrs. Bryan, Mrs. Gilbreath,
Mrs. Harris
260, 360, 460. Organ. Mr. Martin
270, 370, 470. Violin. Mr. Adams
The above courses in applied music (piano, organ, violin) are
offered throughout the year as follows:
Two lessons weekly of half an hour each
One hour and a half of practice daily for six days each week
Credit: Six quarter hours
Prerequisite: Written permission of the department chairman
Corequisite: Nine quarter hours of theoretical work. (Music
213 may be substituted for a course in theory upon the
consent of the department chairman.)
280, 380, 480. Voice. Miss Hagopian
Throughout the year:
Two lessons weekly of half an hour each
Five hours of practice each week
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Written permission of the department chairman
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Corequisite: Nine quarter hours of theoretical work. (Music
213 may be substituted for a course in theory upon the
consent of the department chairman.)
Candidates for admission to any of the above courses will be ex-
amined on performance and quality of music presented. They will
also be examined in theory and must have the approval of the depart-
ment in this field. Students receiving degree credit must perform for
the music faculty at the end of each quarter.
Ordinarily freshmien are not permitted to take applied music for
credit. With the permission of the department chairman, second-year
students m.ay receive degree credit in applied music without an accom-
panying course in theory. Such students must have taken Music 111
and applied music without credit during the preceding session, and
must secure the department chairman's permission for degree credit
prior to the beginning of the course.
Admission to degree credit courses in organ will be granted only
after the candidate has completed satisfactorily one year of piano
study at the college, unless special permission is given by the depart-
ment chairman.
Students may take one or two lessons a week in applied music
without degree credit. In such cases, no course numbers are given.
Ensemble
College Choir^ College Glee Club, and Chorus. Open to all
students of the college without fee. Membership by try-out.
Study and performance of sacred and secular choral music.
Concerts are given several times during the year. Miss Hagopian
College Orchestra and Ensemble. Open to all students of the
college, the faculty, and members of the community. Sufficient
technical training to perform adequately is the only requirement
of the ensem.ble. Admission by consent of the director. Mr.
Adams
Requirements for the Major
Basic course: Music 111
Required courses: Music 211, 213, and 311. Two years of applied
music of degree credit grade, one year of which must be taken in
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the junior or senior year. The applied music may be in piano, organ,
violin, or voice, but cannot be divided betw^een any two of these.
Required literature and language courses: English 211; two full college
years of French or German (two high school years count as one
college year).
Philosophy
Professor Alston Professor Gear^
Associate Professor Dexter Assistant Professor Kline^
201. History of Philosophy. A survey of Western thought from
the early Greeks to the present. Mr. Gear
Throughout the year: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:30
Credit: Nine quarter hours
302a. Ethics. Ethical theories, historical and contemporary, with
their applications to current problems. Miss Dexter
Fall quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 8:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
304b. Aesthetics. A study of the nature and values of beauty,
and of its expression. Miss Dexter
Winter quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 8:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
312b. Ways of Thinking. A survey of traditional logic, deduc-
tive and inductive, and of other systems of logic. Mr. Kline
Winter quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:10
Credit: Three quarter hours
Not offered in 1954-1955
313a. Problems of Philosophy. A study of some of the persist-
ing problems of philosophy with particular attention to the
systems of thought that have been developed in the effort to
deal with these problems. Mr. Kline
Fall quarter: Monday through Friday 12:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
Not offered in 1954-1955
1 Appointed for 1954-1955
2 On leave 1954-1955
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314c. American Philosophy. The development of philosophic
thought as exemplified by such men as Edwards, Franklin, Emer-
son, James, and others. Miss Dexter
Spring quarter: Monday through Friday 11:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite or corequisite: Philosophy 201, or English 331 or
332
315c. Philosophy of the Christian Religion. A study of the
fundamental convictions of Christian people, together with an
interpretation of modern scientific and philosophical theories
in their bearing upon Christian faith. Mr. Alston
Spring quarter: Tuesday, Thursday 2:00-3:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Not offered in 1954-1955
316 or 316a-b. History of Christian Thought. A survey of
the development of Christian thought from its beginnings to the
present. Mr. Gear
Throughout the year: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9:30
Credit: Six or nine quarter hours
Given in alternate years; offered in 1954-1955
317c. Classics of Christian Thought. A study of selected
works of Christian thinkers of the past and present. Mr. Alston
Spring quarter: Tuesday, Thursday 2:00-3:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
318c. Political Philosophy. A survey of thinking about the
structure and function of society and the state. Mr. Kline
Spring quarter : Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9 :30 ; Wednesday
2:00-4:00
Credit: Five quarter hours
Not offered in 1954-1955
320a. Plato and Augustine. An intensive study of these thinkers
and their relationship. Mr. Kline
Fall quarter: Monday, Wednesday 2:00-4:00
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Philosophy 201 or permission of instructor
Given in alternate years; not offered in 1954-1955 j
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321b. Kant and His Influence. The philosophy of Kant and
its influence upon the philosophers who followed. Mr. Kline
Winter quarter: Monday, Wednesday 2:00-4:00
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Philosophy 201
Given in alternate years; not offered in 1954-1955
322c. Contemporary Philosophers. A study of some contem-
porary representatives of existentialism, logical positivism, neo-
Thomism, and other schools. Mr. Kline
Spring quarter: Monday, Wednesday 2:00-4:00
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Philosophy 201
Given in alternate years; not offered in 1954-1955
325c. Pragmatism. A critical study based on the writings of Wil-
liam James, John Dewey, and others. Miss Dexter
Spring quarter: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 8:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Philosophy 201 or 313 or 314
Requirements for the Major
Basic course: Philosophy 201
Required courses: Philosophy 312, Psychology 201
Elective courses to complete the major and to m.eet the requirement of
related hours must be approved by the department.
The department calls attention to the following five-hour courses offered
at Emory University: Philosophy 271 (Philosophy of History);
Philosophy 283 (History of Oriental Thought).
Physical Education
Professor Alexander Associate Professor Wilburn
Assistant Professor Lapp Miss Dozier
Mrs. Story
Physical education is required of all students three hours a week
during the first two years. Students entering with advanced standing
credits, but with additional credit to earn in physical education, are
required to take physical education in their first quarter or quarters
Physical Education 89
of residence. The requirement includes the passing of a college swim-
ming test, a team sport, an individual sport, and dancing.
101. Courses for First-year Students.
Fall quarter: Orientation in health and physical education.
Personal and social hygiene; body mechanics: one hour a
week
Dancing, hockey, beginner's swimming (instruction in one) ;
two hours a week
Winter quarter: Continuation of orientation in health and
physical education: one hour a week
Dancing, badminton, intermediate swimming (instruction
in one) : two hours a week
Spring quarter: Instruction in one of the activities listed under
201
201. Courses for Second-year Students. Instruction in one of
the following activities.
Fall quarter: Archery, dancing, hockey, swimming, tennis
Winter quarter: Badminton, basketball, body mechanics, danc-
ing. Red Cross course in senior life saving and water safety,
swim-ming, volley ball
Spring quarter: Archery, diving, golf (special fee charged),
Red Cross instructor's course in life saving and water
safety, recreational leadership, Softball, swimming, tennis,
volley ball
Dance Group. The aim of the Dance Group is to create greater
dance appreciation through study in all the broad phases of the
art. Admission is by tryout. A classical or contemporary ballet
is presented each year during the winter quarter.
Intramural Sports. Sponsored by the athletic association and the
department of physical education. Tournaments are scheduled
in archery, badminton, basketball, golf, hockey, ping-pong, soft-
ball. Meets and water shows are scheduled in swimming.
May Day. A traditional festival under the direction of the May
Day committee and the department of physical education.
The required pre-admission physical examinations are carefully
screened by the college physician. Students who have abnormalities
disclosed confer with the physician immediately. Recommendations
of the family physician are given consideration, and close super-
vision is provided when needed.
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The physical education program includes instruction in both
physical and mental hygiene.
Physics and Astronomy
Professor Calder Professor McMillan
Physics
101. General Physics. Properties of matter, mechanics, sound,
heat, electricity, magnetism, and light. Lectures illustrated by
experiments, supplemented by problems and individual labora-
tory work. Mr. McMillan
Throughout the year: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:10
Laboratory: Thursday 1:40-4:40
Credit: Twelve quarter hours
Prerequisite or corequisite: Mathematics 101
120c. Elementary Photography. Mr, Calder
Spring quarter: Laboratory hours to be arranged
Credit: Two quarter hours
This course may not be counted on the physics major.
201a. Light. Geometrical optics. Mr. Calder
Fall quarter: Tuesday, Thursday 12:10
Laboratory: Tuesday 1:40-4:40
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Physics 101
Given in alternate years; not offered in 1954-1955
202b. Light. Physical optics. Mr. Calder
Winter quarter: Tuesday, Thursday 12:10
Laboratory: Tuesday 1:40-4:40
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Physics 101
Given in alternate years; not offered in 1954-1955
203c. Selected Topics. A course to meet the needs of the individual
student. Opportunity is given for independent study or experi-
ment in some field of interest. Mr. Calder
Spring quarter: Tuesday, Thursday 12:10
Laboratory: Tuesday 1:40-4:40
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Physics 101
Given in alternate years; not offered in 1954-1955
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301a or a-b. Heat^ Thermodynamics^ and Kinetic Theory of
Gases. Mr. Calder
Fall and winter quarters: Monday, Wednesday 8:30
Laboratory: Monday 1:40-4:40
Credit: Three or six quarter hours
Prerequisite: Physics 101
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors
Given in alternate years; offered in 1954-1955
302a or a-b. Electricity and Magnetism. Mr. Calder
Fall and winter quarters: Tuesday, Thursday 12:10
Laboratory : Tuesday 1 :40-4 :40
Credit: Three or six quarter hours
Prerequisite: Physics 101
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors
Given in alternate years; offered in 1954-1955
303c. Mechanics. Mr. Calder
Spring quarter: Monday, Wednesday 8:30
Laboratory: Monday 1:40-4:40
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Physics 101
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors
Given in alternate years; offered in 1954-1955
306c. Electronics. Mr. Calder
Spring quarter: Tuesday, Thursday 12:10
Laboratory: Tuesday 1:40-4:40
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Physics 101
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors
Given in alternate years; offered in 1954-1955
350. Atomic Physics. Mr. Calder
Throughout the year: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30
Credit: Nine quarter hours
Prerequisite: Physics 101; prerequisite or corequisite:
Mathematics 203, 204
Given in alternate years; not offered in 1954-1955
Requirements for the Major
Basic course: Physics 101
Required courses: Twenty-four additional hours in Physics. Physics 350
is recommended.
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Required mathematics courses: Mathematics 101, 202, 203, 204
Elective courses to meet the requirement of related hours must be ap-
proved by the department.
Students planning an interdepartmental major in science must consult the
department of primary interest.
Astronomy
15 la. Descriptive Astronomy. Historical introduction, constella-
tion study, celestial sphere, moon, instruments, and telescopic
observation. Mr. Calder
Fall quarter:
Section A: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:10
Section B: Tuesday, Thursday 2:00-3:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
I52b. Sun and Its Family. Mr. Calder
Winter quarter:
Section A: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:10
Section B: Tuesday, Thursday 2:00-3:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Astronomy 151 or permission of instructor
I53c. Our Galaxy and the External Stellar Systems. Mr.
Calder
Spring quarter:
Section A: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:10
Section B: Tuesday, Thursday 2:00-3:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Astronomy 151, 152, or permission of instructor
220a, b, c. Advanced Astronomy. Mr. Calder
Offered each quarter: Hours to be arranged
Credit: Three, six, or nine quarter hours
Prerequisite: Astronomy 151, 152, 153
Psychology and Education 93
Psychology and Education
Professor Stukes Professor Goodlad
Associate Professor Dexter Associate Professor Omwake
Associate Professor Gauerke
Psychology
201. General Psychology. A scientific description of facts and
principles of psychology. Emphasis on method and results of
experimental investigation.
Throughout the year:
Section A: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:10.
Mr. Stukes
Section B: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:10.
Miss Dexter
Section C: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 8:30.
Miss Omwake
Credit: Nine quarter hours
Prerequisite to other courses in psychology
305a. Social Psychology. A study of human relations and social
movements from the psychological point of view. Mr. Stukes
Fall quarter: Monday through Friday 12:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
306b. Applied Psychology. Principles, techniques, and methods
of applied psychology; application of psychological principles and
methods in vocational selection, business, law, medicine, and
other fields. Miss Omwake
Winter quarter: Monday through Friday 12:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
307a-b. Experimental Psychology. Major problems, methods,
and results of the experimental study of behavior and conscious-
ness, including statistical procedures necessary for their interpre-
tation. Miss Omwake
Fall and winter quarters: Wednesday, Friday 8:30
Laboratory: Monday 1:40-4:40
Credit: Six quarter hours
310c. Mental Measurement. Fundamentals and principles of
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mental tests; administering, evaluating, and using results ob-
tained. Miss Dexter
Spring quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30
Credit: Three or five quarter hours
Additional hours of instruction and training for students who
register for five hours' credit. Permission of instructor
must be secured.
311a or b. Child Development. The mental development of the
child through the period of adolescence.
Fall quarter: Monday through Friday 9:30. Miss Omwake
Winter quarter: Monday through Friday 11:10. Miss Dexter
Credit: Five quarter hours
312c. Abnormal Psychology. Abnormal mental processes, includ-
ing the more common types of psychoses and psychoneuroses,
with emphasis on prevention. Miss Omwake
Spring quarter: Monday through Friday 12:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
315c. Psychological Problems and Points of View. Present-
day problems and recent developments in psychology. An his-
torical and developmental approach to the modern points of
view. Miss Omwake
Spring quarter: Monday through Friday 11:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
Not offered in 1954-1955
316c. Personality. The description, dynamics, and determinants
of personality. Miss Omwake
Spring quarter: Monday through Friday 11:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
317b. Psychology of Adjustment. The factors involved in the
achievement of mental health, with their applications in various
normal types of activities. Special attention is given to problems
in the school. Miss Dexter
Winter quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Psychology and Education 95
Requirements for the Major
Basic course: Psychology 201
Required psychology courses: 307 and 310
Required science courses: Biology 101 and another year of laboratory
science or mathematics
Elective courses to complete the major and to meet the requirement of
related hours must be approved by the department.
Students planning to do graduate study must have work in French or
German.
Education
301 a or b. Child Development. (Psychology 311.) The mental
development of the child through the period of adolescence.
Fall quarter: Monday through Friday 9:30. Miss Omwake
Winter quarter: Monday through Friday 11:10. Miss Dexter
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Psychology 201
303a. American Education. The historical development of edu-
cation in the United States, including its present philosophy,
organization, and practice. Miss Dexter
Fall quarter: Monday through Friday 11:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
304c. The Teaching of Reading. Designed to develop technical
skill in the teaching of reading to groups of children.
Spring quarter: Hours to be arranged
Credit: Three or five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Education 301, 303
Open to students planning to complete the teacher education
program
401Ea or 401 Sa. The Teaching Process. (40 IE for students
interested in elementary education; 40 IS for students inter-
ested in secondary education.) The methods of working in a
learning environment with children and young people. Labora-
tory type procedures are employed and students will be ex-
pected to spend time in addition to class time in observing
children and learning situations in nearby public schools.
Fall quarter: Monday through Friday 8:30
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite or corequisite: Education 301 and 303
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4-02a or b or c. Apprentice Teaching. Carefully guided experi-
ence as an assistant teacher in a public school. Open with
permission of the director of teacher education to students who
have shown appropriate scholastic aptitude and personality traits.
The evaluation of the students' major professors and instructors
in prerequisite courses will weigh heavily in selections.
Offered each quarter: Monday through Friday for full school
day
Credit: Ten quarter hours
Prerequisite: Education 401 or equivalent
Corequisite: Education 404
404a or b or c. Problems Seminar. Individual and group study of
children and youth and of the curriculum based on experiences in
course 402.
Offered each quarter: Hours to be arranged
Credit: Five quarter hours
Corequisite: Education 402
Through a cooperative program with Emory University it is pos-
sible to meet various state certification requirements. Students pre-
paring for teaching positions should take Psychology 201 in the sopho-
more year, Education 301 and 303 in the junior year, and the 400
courses in the senior year. Students planning to teach in elementary
school need, in addition, several courses in subject fields such as art,
music education, speech. United States history or government, recre-
ational leadership (an elective in physical education), biology, chil-
dren's literature (offered at Emory), teaching of reading.
Mr. Goodlad will advise students in regard to requirements and
assist in planning for necessary courses.
Spanish
Professor Harn Associate Professor Dunstan
Assistant Professor Cilley
01. Elementary. Grammar, dictation, translation, development of
natural conversation, discussion in Spanish of texts read in class.
Throughout the year:
Section A: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:10
Miss Cilley
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Section B: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 8:30
Credit: Nine quarter hours if taken as a fourth language, or if
followed by Spanish 101
101. Intermediate. Representative Spanish novels and plays; re-
view of grammar ; training in the use of the language in conver-
sation and in composition; brief study of the historical and
literary epochs in Spain.
Throughout the year:
Section A: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30. Mrs. Dun-
stan
Section Ax: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30; Tuesday
3:00
Section B: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9:30. Miss Cilley
Section Bx: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9:30; Monday
3:00. Miss Ham
Section C: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 12:10
Credit: Nine quarter hours
Prerequisite: Two entrance units in Spanish, or Spanish 01
Spanish 101 Ax and 101 Bx are offered for students whose prep-
aration is inadequate, or who failed to make a grade of C
or above in Spanish 01.
201. Modern Literary Trends in Spain. Discussion of repre-
sentative vrorks. More advanced prose composition; practice in
speaking and v^riting.
Throughout the year:
Section A: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:30. Mrs. Dun-
stan
Section B: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 8:30. Miss
Cilley
Credit: Nine quarter hours
Prerequisite: Spanish 101 or equivalent
204b. Oral Spanish. A practical course in spoken Spanish designed
to give greater accuracy and fluency in the use of the language
and to cultivate careful habits of speech. Miss Cilley
Winter quarter: Hours to be arranged
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite: Spanish 101, or lOlx with grade of C or above
205c. Advanced Composition. Mrs. Dunstan
Spring quarter: Hours to be arranged
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Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite or corequisite: Spanish 201
301a. Spanish Civilization to the Golden Age. Historical, lit-
erary, and artistic trends which have definite bearing on national
life and thought. Designed to serve as a background for the
adequate understanding of Spanish literature. Miss Harn
Fall quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite or corequisite: Spanish 201
302b. Spanish Civilization in the Golden Age. The historical,
literary, artistic, and economic trends which have definite bear-
ings on national life and thought in Spain, Portugal, and the
New World. Reading from representative authors. Miss Harn
Winter quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite or corequisite: Spanish 201
303c. Spanish Civilization since the Golden Age. Historical
and literary background ; modern trends in culture and literature.
Reading from representative authors. Miss Cilley
Spring quarter: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30
Credit: Three quarter hours
Prerequisite or corequisite: Spanish 201
351a. Modern Spanish Literature. Nineteenth century: novel,
drama, prose; reading and discussion. Miss Cilley
Fall quarter: Monday through Friday 11 :10 (subject to change)
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Spanish 201
Given in alternate years with 359a; offered in 1954-1955
353c. Contemporary Spanish Prose and Poetry. Miss Harn
Spring quarter: Monday through Friday 11:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Spanish 201
Given in alternate years with 354c; offered in 1954-1955
354c. Contemporary Spanish American Literature. A study
of the fields of South American literature as the expression of
certain permanent qualities of Spanish civilization. Miss Harn
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Spring quarter: Monday through Friday 11:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Spanish 201
Given in alternate years with 353c; not offered in 1954-1955
355b. Spanish Civilization in the New World. Historical and
literary background ; outstanding figures in political and cultural
life; reading from representative authors. Mrs. Dunstan
Winter quarter: Monday through Friday 11:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Spanish 201
Given in alternate years with 358b; not offered in 1954-1955
358b. Cervantes: Don Quijote. Reading of the entire master-
piece; study of the period; lectures; discussion. Mrs. Dunstan
Winter quarter: Monday through Friday 11:10
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Spanish 201
Given in alternate years with 355b; offered in 1954-1955
359a. The Golden Age. Literary background of the Golden Age.
Reading of representative masterpieces in the short novel and
the drama. Miss Cilley
Fall quarter: Monday through Friday 11:10 (subject to change)
Credit: Five quarter hours
Prerequisite: Spanish 201
Given in alternate years with 351a; not offered in 1954-1955
Requirements for the Major
Basic course: Spanish 101
Required courses: Spanish 201, 301, 302, 303, and two courses to be
chosen, one from each of the following groups: Spanish 351, 353,
354, or 355; 358 or 359. Additional hours are recommended.
Elective courses to meet the requirement of related hours must be
approved by the department.
BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND
EQUIPMENT
The College has a campus of fifty-six acres. The main
buildings are brick and stone and those of more recent
construction are modern Gothic in design. Dormitories are
completely equipped with sprinkler systems and fire escapes.
BuTTRiCK Hall, the classroom-administration building,
was erected in 1930 through the support of the General
Education Board of New York and is named in honor of
Dr. Wallace Buttrick, former president of the Board. It
contains administrative and faculty offices, classrooms, the
art studios and gallery, day student rooms, and the college
post office, bookstore, and bank.
The McCain Library, erected in 1936, was named in
honor of President Emeritus James Ross McCain by action
of the Board of Trustees June 1, 1951.
The Agnes Scott collection numbers about 65,000 vol-
umes, and 275 periodicals are received currently. The two
main reading rooms seat 250 students, and an additional
250 can be accommodated in the carrels, the seminar and
lecture rooms, and the outdoor reading terrace. There are
six floors of open stacks.
Supplementing the bibliographical resources of the Agnes
Scott library are Union Catalogues at Emory University j|
and the University of Georgia of the holdings of thirty j
libraries in the Atlanta-Athens area. About one million j
and a half volumes are represented. Reciprocity in the
libraries of this area, particularly between Agnes Scott and
Emory, is a feature of the University Center program.
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Presser Hall, completed in 1940, bears the name of
Theodore Presser, Philadelphia music publisher whose
Foundation contributed toward its erection. The building
contains facilities for the teaching of music, including sound-
proof studios and practice rooms, and is featured by Gaines
Chapel and Maclean Auditorium.
L The Frances Winship Walters Infirmary, com-
pleted in 1949, has capacity for thirty patients. Besides
quarters for the college physician and two resident nurses,
it contains offices, treatment rooms, and laboratory equip-
ment. The building is named in honor of the donor, an
alumna and trustee of the College.
* The Winship Garden connects the infirmary with the
main driveway.
The Letitia Pate Evans Dining Hall, completed in
1950, is named in honor of its principal donor, Mrs. Letitia
Pate Evans of Hot Springs, Virginia. The building has
four separate dining rooms, with the main hall large enough
to accommodate the entire student body.
The John Bulow Campbell Science Hall, completed
in 1951, is named in honor of a former trustee of the Col-
lege. The building contains a total of seventy-seven rooms,
including twenty laboratories, five lecture rooms, a large
assembly room, a library, a museum, and departmental of-
fices.
The Bradley Observatory, erected in 1949, houses
the 30-inch Beck Telescope, a planetarium, lecture room,
photographic dark room, optical shop for making tele-
scopes, laboratory space, and a library.
Ten Dormitories are located on the campus. The
oldest of these is Agnes Scott Hall, which provides head-
quarters for campus social activities. It contains the office
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of the Dean of Students, reception rooms, and three floors
devoted to dormitory space. A colonnade connects this
building with Rebekah Scott dormitory. Two large dormi-
tories especially for freshmen are the Jennie D. Inman Hall
and Hopkins Hall; additional dormitory quarters are pro-
vided by Ansley, Boyd, Cunningham, Gaines, Lupton, and
Mary Sweet houses.
BucHER Scott Gymnasium-Auditorium is the center
of athletic activities. Basketball and badminton courts,
an auditorium, swimming pool, and offices of the physical
education directors are located here. Adjacent to the gym-
nasium are an athletic field for hockey, archery, and soft-
ball; four all-weather Laykold tennis courts; a volley ball
court; and the May Day Dell.
Other buildings on the campus include the President's
Home, the Murphey Candler Student Activities Building,
and the Anna Young Alumnae House.
Rooms
All rooms are at the same rate, whether double or single.
Each room is furnished with single beds, mattresses and
pillows, dressers, chairs, study table, student lamp, book-
case, and waste basket. Students will supply their own bed
linen, blankets, curtains, rugs, and towels. Radios are per-
mitted.
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Extra-C urricular Program
The Student Organizations and publications occupy an
important place in the life of the college community. They
are supported in part by a comprehensive fee charged each
student. This appropriation is distributed among the fol-
lowing: Student Government Association, Athletic Associ-
ation, the Student Handbook, Mortar Board, Pi Alpha
Phi, Lecture Association, Blackfriars, May Day Committee
and Dance Group, Social Committee, National Student As-
sociation, Glee Club, the literary magazine, the annual, and
the weekly newspaper.
The Student Government Association is based upon a
charter granted by the faculty and has for its purpose the
ordering and control of the dormitory life and of most other
matters not strictly academic. Its membership includes all
students.
Agnes Scott Christian Association is organized to develop
the spiritual life of the students and to cooperate with
other student associations in general Christian work. Most
of the student body are members.
Athletic Association cooperates with the department of
physical education in the management of sports and spon-
sors inter-class games, tournaments, swimming meets,
and general recreational activities. Individual interests
and skills are developed through various sports clubs.
Public Lecture Association, an organization of students
and faculty, brings lecturers to the college community.
Publications include the "Aurora," a quarterly literary
magazine; the "Silhouette," the student annual; the "Agnes
Scott News," the campus weekly; and "The Student Hand-
book," a manual of information issued annually by the
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student associations and mailed to new students during the
summer preceding admission.
Clubs directed by students or by students and faculty
together provide opportunity for development of special
interests and talents. Membership in most of these is open
by try-out. They include language and Bible clubs, Pi Alpha
Phi debating society, Blackfriars dramatic club, the Dance
Group, Glee Club, Guild Student Group (chartered by the
American Guild of Organists and sponsored by the Georgia
chapter), International Relations Club, Music Club (affil-
iated with the Georgia Federated Music clubs). Art Stu-
dents* League, Cotillion Club, and several creative writing
groups. National honor societies include Mortar Board
(service and leadership) ; Eta Sigma Phi (classics) ; and
Chi Beta Phi (science).
Art and Music
One of Agnes Scott's major responsibilities in the Uni-
versity Center is the development of the Fine Arts. This
the College seeks to do through its program of instruction
and through general contributions to the cultural life of
the community. Exhibitions of paintings, prints, crafts, and
other objects of art are held periodically in the College
Art Gallery; and throughout the year concerts are pre-
sented by the faculty of the music department and by artists
from the Atlanta area. All of these events are open to
the public without charge.
Religious Life
Every effort is made to promote the students' religious
life. They are asked to select the church they desire to make
their church home and are encouraged to attend this church
on Sunday morning.
Devotional exercises are held in chapel every morning
except Monday. The Wednesday service is a College Con-
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vocation which all students are expected to attend. Al-
though attendance at other chapel services is voluntary,
students are urged to be present regularly. Other rehgious
programs include Sunday evening vespers conducted by
Christian Association and the tri-weekly vesper services led
by members of the faculty.
Health Service
The student health service is under the direction of a
resident physician and her staff.
Each new student is required to submit a certificate of
examination by her private physician, a certificate of success-
ful vaccination within six years, and a medical history report.
Blanks for this information are forwarded during the
summer and must be returned to the college physician by
September 1.
Each new student is urged to have ophthalmological and
dental examinations during the summer preceding admis-
sion.
Each student has a 35 mm X-ray of chest made during
the year. If anything abnormal is noted on the small
film, a regular size X-ray is made. The making of the
X-rays and the expense involved are taken care of by the
state. The reports on the X-rays are sent to the student's
physician, and the family is advised of any abnormality.
Typhoid inoculations are given if desired, and other
personal needs are met as far as possible by the medical
department.
Resident students who are ill must report to the physician
for infirmary care. Hospitalization is used as a means of
preventing illness as well as of restoring health to those
who are ill.
The comprehensive fee charged all students includes
ordinary infirmary and office treatment for resident stu-
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dents, and emergency treatment for non-resident students.
If there is need for repeated or special medication, the
expense is met by the individual. Resident students should
consult the college physician before seeking medical or
dental care in Atlanta. Consultants are called in at any
time upon request.
The College reserves the right, if the parents or guard-
ians cannot be reached, to make decisions concerning emer-
gency health problems.
Counseling
While each student is encouraged to be increasingly self-
reliant in college and community life, the College realizes
the value of advisory assistance in developing individual
interests and ability. Academic counseling is done by the
Dean of the Faculty, the major professors, and designated
members of the faculty.
General counseling of students, particularly in relation
to non-academic matters and social and extra-curricular
activities, is centered in the office of the Dean of Students.
Placement Service
The College operates a placement service through the
office of the Dean of the Faculty. Confidential reference
files are maintained for all graduates and are sent to pros-
pective employers on request. There is no charge for the
service.
Seniors are urged to consult the Dean of the Faculty
for vocational information.
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FEES
1954-1955
Non-Resident Students
Tuition in all subjects except Music and Speech $ 500.00
Comprehensive fee for laboratory and art studio work, physical
education, student activities 25.00
$ 525.00
Payable: At time of registration (new students only) $ 10.00
On entrance in September (new students) 315.00
On entrance in September (returning students) . 325.00
January 1 200.00
May 1 (diploma fee; seniors only) 5.00
Resident Students
Tuition in all subjects except Music and Speech $ 500.00
Room and Board 700.00
Comprehensive fee for laboratory and art studio work, physical
education, student activities, infirmary service, laundry . . 75.00
$1,275.00
Payable: At time of registration (not refundable after
June 30) $ 50.00
On or before August 5 (not refundable) 125.00
On entrance in September 650.00
January 1 450.00
May 1 (diploma fee; seniors only) 5.00
Payment of Fees
Checks covering items listed above are not to include
funds for any other fees or for the student's personal ac-
count. Payments are to be made direct to the Treasurer on
the specified dates. Registration in September will be facil-
itated if check is sent prior to the student's arrival.
A patron who finds it necessary to request deferred pay-
ment of his account is asked to make special arrangements
with the Treasurer in advance of the due date. In all such
cases notes are to be signed in advance. They bear interest
at six per cent from date payment was due. Notes are ac-
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cepted with the understanding that the account is not con-
sidered settled unless the notes are met promptly on due
date.
Notes cannot be accepted for the payment for resident
students due August 5.
Discounts
A discount on tuition of $50.00 each is made when two
or more sisters are resident students.
A discount on tuition of $100.00 is made to resident
students whose fathers are ministers; a discount of $50.00
is made to non-resident students whose fathers are ministers.
Half of all discounts will be credited on the September
payment and half on the January payment.
Music and Speech Fees
Because students must secure permission from the course
committees in order to take private lessons in music and
speech, payment for these items is not to be included in
checks for general college fees. However, these special
fees are to be paid after permission has been secured from
the appropriate committee. Treasurer's receipt for pay-
ment must be presented to the instructor before admission
to class can be granted.
Piano (two lessons weekly of half an hour each) . . . $150.00
Organ (two lessons weekly of half an hour each) . . . 150.00
Voice (two lessons weekly of half an hour each) . . . 150.00
Violin (two lessons weekly of half an hour each) . . . 150.00
Speech (two lessons weekly of half an hour each) . . . 105.00
Organ practice (for Music 260, 360, 460) 30.00
Organ practice (one hour daily) 21.00
Piano practice (for Music 250, 350, 450) 15.00
Piano practice (one hour daily) 12.00
The above fees are payable in full in September, or half
in September and half on January 1. If one lesson weekly
is permitted in applied music or in speech, the charge will
be half of the regular fee.
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Terms
No student will be admitted for less than a full quarter.
No refunds of any nature are made because of the with-
drawal of a student. No adjustment in fees can be made
when a student changes from boarding to day student status,
or when she attends only one or two quarters of the session,
unless arrangements are made in advance of the opening
of the session in September.
A student may not attend classes or take examinations
until accounts have been satisfactorily adjusted with the
Treasurer.
All financial obligations to this college must be met before
a student can be granted a diploma, or before a transcript
of record can be issued to another institution. Transcripts
are sent direct to institutions except in unusual cases.
There is no charge for the first transcript, but a charge of
$1.00 is made for each additional copy unless the record is
being sent to a state department of education.
The College does not provide room and board for resi-
dent students during the Christmas vacation. The dining
hall and dormitories are closed at this time.
The College exercises every precaution to protect prop-
erty of students, but will not be responsible for any losses
that may occur.
It is understood that upon the entrance of a student her
parent or guardian accepts as final and binding the terms
and regulations outlined in the catalogue.
Personal Accounts
Money may be deposited in the college bank to the
account of a student and is payable on her checks. No
account other than the cancelled checks is kept.
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Funds for books or for a student's personal account are
not to be included in checks covering college fees.
Books and supplies may be purchased for cash in the book-
store. The College suggests that about $60.00 be brought
for this purpose.
In cases of prolonged illness or contagious diseases, stu-
dents must provide a nurse at their expense and must pay
for medicines and for consultations.
SCHOLARSHIP AND SPECIAL
ENDOWMENT FUNDS
Scholarship and Loan Program
1. Honor Scholarships. The College awards the fol-
lowing scholarships to high school seniors: three of $1,200
each, divided over a four-year period; one of $600, for
one year; several ranging from $100 to $300, for one
year. Students from all sections of the United States may
apply for these awards. In addition, a maximum of five
one-year scholarships of $300 each are available for high
school seniors from the local area (the cities of Atlanta
and Decatur and the counties of Fulton and DeKalb).
All of the above scholarships are awarded on a competi-
tive basis. Applications may be secured after November 1
from the Director of Admissions and must be completed
by March 1. Announcements are made in April.
A limited number of scholarships are awarded at Com-
mencement to students already in residence who have
achieved distinction in general academic work or in music
and speech. Such scholarships are given by vote of the
faculty and are not applied for by the students themselves.
2. Student Work Program. Income from endowed funds
is available for students of ability who need financial as-
sistance in order to attend Agnes Scott. Applications for
such aid may be secured in the spring from the President's
office or, in the case of new students, from the Director of
Admissions. All recipients of aid on this basis are expected
to render some service in return. The amount of time re-
quired varies from three to ten hours per week, depending
upon the amount of aid received.
3. Loan Program. Income from a few special funds is
available for small loans which bear no interest while the
student is in residence.
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Scholarship and Loan Endowment Funds
(Unless otherwise indicated, the income only is available)
The Lucile Alexander Scholarship Fund of $1,995. Es-
tablished by friends of Miss Alexander, professor emeritus of French.
Alumnae Loan Fund of $1,530. Preference is given to stu-
dents vv^ho need aid for graduate study. The fund is administered
through the office of the President of the college.
The Armstrong Memorial Training Fund of $2,000. Es-
tablished by the late Mr. and Mrs. George F. Armstrong of Savan-
nah, Georgia.
Employees of Atlantic Ice and Coal Corporation Schol-
arship Fund of $2,500. Established by employees of the Corpo-
ration.
The Nelson T. Beach Scholarship Fund of $1,000. Es-
tablished by Mrs. Louise Abney Beach of Birmingham, Alabama, in
memory of her husband.
The Mary Livingston Beatie Scholarship Fund of $5,400.
Established in memory of their mother by the late Mr. W. D. Beatie
and Miss Nellie Beatie of Atlanta.
The Anne V. and John Bergstrom Scholarship Fund of
$1,000. Established by the late Martha Wynunee Bergstrom of At-
lanta.
The Bowen Press Scholarship Fund of $4,000. Established
by Messrs. J. O. Bowen and J. O. Bowen, Jr. of Decatur.
Martha Bowen Scholarship Fund of $1,000. Given by the
classmates and friends of Miss Martha Bowen of Monroe, Georgia.
The John A. and Sallie Burgess Scholarship Fund of
$1,000. Established by Mr. and Mrs. John A. Burgess of Atlanta.
The Caldwell Memorial Scholarship Fund of $400.
Awarded annually in honor of the late Dr. and Mrs. John L. Cald-
well by their son and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. George E. Wilson,
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Jr., of Charlotte, N. C. Preference is given to students from North
Carolina and Arkansas who are daughters of ministers serving in
small churches.
The Annie Ludlow Cannon Fund of $1,000. Given by Mrs.
Joseph F. Cannon of Blowing Rock, North Carolina. The income is
used to assist students interested in missionary work or other forms
of Christian service.
The Captain James Cecil Scholarship Fund of $3,000.
Established by his daughter. Preference is given to descendants of
those who served the Confederacy.
Dr. and Mrs. T. F. Cheek Scholarship Fund of $1,500.
Established by the late Mrs. T. F. Cheek of Birmingham, Alabama.
The J. J. Clack Scholarship Fund of $1,500. Established
by the late J. J. Clack of Starrsville, Georgia.
The Augusta Skeen Cooper Scholarship Fund of $5,050.
Established by Mr. and Mrs. S. I. Cooper of Atlanta. Preference is
given to chemistry students.
The Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Cunningham Scholarship Fund
of $1,660. Established in recognition of the long service rendered
the college by Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham. Preference is given to
students from missionary families, or from foreign countries, or to
students interested in mission work.
Mary C. Davenport Scholarship Fund of $2,000. Estab-
lished by the late Mary C. Davenport of Marietta, Georgia.
Marie Wilkins Davis Fund of $4,000. Established by Mrs.
Wilkins in memory of her daughter, a student in Agnes Scott In-
stitute.
Georgia Wood Durham Scholarship Fund of $6,500. Es-
tablished in honor of her mother by the late Jennie D. Finley. '
The James Ballard Dyer Scholarship Fund of $5,055.
Established in memory of her father by Diana Dyer Wilson of the
class of 1932. Preference is given to applicants from Virginia or
North Carolina.
The Kate Durr Elmore Fund of $25,000. Given in memory
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of his wife by Mr. Stanhope E. Elmore of Montgomery, Alabama.
Preference is given to Presbyterian applicants from East Alabama
Presbytery or from the Synod of Alabama.
Jennie Durham Finley Scholarship Fund of $5,000. Es-
tablished by Mrs. Jennie D. Finley.
The Gallant-Belk Scholarship Fund of $1,000. Estab-
lished by the Gallant-Belk Company.
Lucy Durham Goss Fund of $3,000. Given by Mrs. Jennie
D. Finley in honor of her niece, Mrs. John H. Goss.
Sarah Frances Reid Grant Scholarship Fund of $6,000.
Given in honor of her mother by the late Mrs. John M. Slaton.
The Louise Hale Scholarship Fund of $1,737. Established
by friends of the late Louise Hale, associate professor of French at
Agnes Scott. Preference is given to students interested in French.
The Harry T. Hall Memorial Scholarship Fund of
$5,000. Established by Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Bradley of Columbus,
Georgia, in memory of Mrs. Bradley's brother. Preference is given
to applicants from Muscogee County, Georgia.
The Weenona White Hanson Piano Scholarship Fund
of $2,500. Established by Mr. and Mrs. Victor H. Hanson of Bir-
mingham, Alabama.
The Lucy Hayden Harrison Memorial Loan Fund of
$1,461. Established by her parents and brother.
Quenelle Harrold Foundation of $10,520. Established by
Mrs. Thomas Harrold of Americus, Georgia in hoHor of her
daughter, a graduate in the class of 1923. The income is used to
provide a fellowship for an alumna who is well qualified for grad-
uate work.
Margaret McKinnon Hawley Scholarship Fund of
$5,063. Established through a bequest of the late Dr. F. O. Hawley
of Charlotte, North Carolina.
LouDiE AND Lottie Hendrick Scholarship Fund of $5,000.
Established by the late Miss C. N. Hendrick of Covington, Georgia.
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The Gussie Parkhurst Hill Scholarship Fund of $1,000.
Established by Mrs. DeLos L. Hill of Atlanta. The income is used
to assist daughters of ministers.
Betty Hollis Scholarship Fund of $1,224. Established in
memory of the late Betty Hollis of the class of 1937.
The Jennie Sentelle Houghton Fund of $10,000. Estab-
lished by the late M. E. Sentelle of Davidson, North Carolina. The
income is awarded each year by a committee of the Administration
to a student of outstanding character, personality, intellectual ability
and scholarship.
The Jenkins Loan Fund of $1,000. Given by Mrs. Pearl
C. Jenkins of Crystal Springs, Mississippi.
The Kontz Scholarship Fund of $1,000. Established by the
late Judge Ernest C. Kontz of Atlanta.
The Ted and Ethel Lanier Scholarship Fund of $1,000.
Established by Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Lanier of Atlanta.
Kate Stratton Leedy Memorial Scholarship Fund of
$1,000. Established by the late W. B. Leedy of Birmingham, Ala-
bama.
LiNDSEY Scholarship Fund of $7,000. Established by Mrs.
Dennis Lindsey of Decatur and the late Mr. Lindsey.
Captain and Mrs. J. D. Malloy Scholarship Fund of
$3,500. Established by Messrs. D. G. and J. H. Malloy of Quitman,
Georgia, in honor of their parents.
The Maplewood Institute Memorial Scholarship Fund
OF $2,500. Established in 1919 by the Maplewood Institute Asso-
ciation of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
The Nannie R. Massie Memorial Scholarship Fund of
$2,000. Established by Mrs. E. L. Bell of Lewisburg, West Vir-
ginia, in memory of her sister, a former instructor at the college.
Hugh L. and Jessie Moore McKee Loan Fund of $5,500.
Established by the late Jessie Moore McKee of Atlanta.
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The McKowen Scholarship Fund of $1,390. Given in mem-
ory of her mother by Mrs. B. B. Taylor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
The Lawrence McNeill Scholarship Fund of $1,000. Es-
tablished by Mrs. Florence McNeill of Savannah, Georgia, in mem-
ory of her husband.
The Mills Memorial Scholarship Fund of $1,000. Estab-
lished by the late George J. Mills of Savannah, Georgia.
The William A. Moore Scholarship Fund of $5,000. Es-
tablished by the late William A. Moore.
The John Morrison Memorial Scholarship Fund of
$3,000. Established by Mrs. Tola B. Morrison of Moultrie, Georgia.
The Elkan Naumburg Music Scholarship Fund of
$2,000. Established by the late Elkan Naumburg of New York.
The Pauley Scholarship Fund of $1,000. Established by
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Pauley of Decatur.
The Virginia Peeler Loan Fund of $1,000. Given by Miss
Mary Virginia McCormick of Huntsville, Alabama, in honor of Miss
Virginia Peeler of the class of 1926.
Joseph B. Preston Scholarship Fund of $1,000. Established
by the late Clara J. Preston of Augusta, Georgia.
The George A. and Margaret Ramspeck Scholarship
Fund of $2,000. Established by Mrs. Jean Ramspeck Harper in
honor of her parents.
William Scott Scholarship Fund of $10,000. Established
by the late Mrs. William Scott of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Mary Scott Scully Scholarship Fund of $10,522. Estab-
lished by Mr. C. Alison Scully of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in
memory of his mother, a granddaughter of Mrs. Agnes Scott, for
whom the college was named.
The Mary D. Sheppard Memorial Scholarship Fund of
$2,500. Established in memory of Miss Mary Sheppard, an instruc-
tor at the college.
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The Slack Fund of $3,920. Established by Searcy B. and
Julia Pratt Smith Slack in recognition of their three daughters : Ruth
of the class of 1940, Eugenia of the class of 1941, and Julia of the
class of 1945.
The Jodele Tanner Scholarship Fund of $1,638. Estab-
lished by friends of the late Jodele Tanner of the class of 1945. Pref-
erence is given to students interested in science.
The Martha Merrill Thompson Scholarship Fund of
$2,000. Established in memory of the late Martha Merrill of Thom-
asville, Georgia.
The Samuel P. Thompson Scholarship Fund of $5,000.
Established by the late Mrs. S. P. Thompson of Covington, Georgia.
The H. C. Townsend Memorial Scholarship Fund of
$5,000. Established by the late Nell T. Townsend.
Agnes Lee Chapter^ U. D. C, Loan Fund of $1,042. Estab-
lished by the Agnes Lee Chapter of Decatur.
Wachendorff Scholarship Fund of $1,000. Established by
the late C. J. and E. W. Wachendorff.
The George C. Walters Scholarship Fund of $5,000.
Given by Mrs. Frances Winship Walters of Atlanta as a memorial
to her husband.
The Eugenia Mandeville Watkins Scholarship Fund
OF $6,250. Established in memory of the late Mrs. Homer Watkins
of Carrollton, Georgia.
Lulu Smith Westcott Fund of $4,600. Given by Mr. G. L.
Westcott of Dalton, Georgia, in honor of his wife, a graduate of
Agnes Scott. The income is at present used to help students interested
in missionary work.
The Josiah J. Willard Scholarship Fund of $5,000. Es-
tablished by Samuel L. Willard as a memorial to his father. The
income is used for scholarship aid for daughters of Presbyterian min-
isters.
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Nell Hodgson Woodruff Scholarship Fund of $1,000.
Given in honor of his wife by Mr. Robert W. Woodruff of Atlanta,
Georgia.
Special Endowment Funds
John Bulow Campbell Fund of $100,000. Given by the late
John Bulovi^ Campbell of Atlanta. The income is at present used
for scholarship aid.
Asa G. Candler Library Fund of $47,000. Named in honor
of the late Asa Griggs Candler of Atlanta.
The Andrew Carnegie Library Fund of $25,000. Estab-
lished by the Board of Trustees June 1, 1951, in recognition of Mr.
Carnegie's generosity to the college. The income is used for the pur-
chase of books.
Cooper Foundation of $12,511. Established by the late Thomas
L. and Annie Scott Cooper, Decatur, Georgia. The income is at
present used for scholarship aid.
Agnes Raoul Glenn Fund of $14,775. Established by the
late Thomas K. Glenn of Atlanta as a memorial to his wife. The
income is at present used for scholarship aid.
George W. Harrison^ Jr., Foundation of $18,000. The in-
come is at present used for scholarship aid.
The Louise and Frank Inman Fund of $6,000. Used at
present for scholarship aid.
The Samuel Martin Inman Endowment Fund of $194,953.
Established by Miss Jane Walker Inman in memory of her brother,
a former chairman of the Board of Trustees.
The Jackson Fund of $50,000. Established in memory of
Charles S., Lilian F., and Elizabeth Fuller Jackson. The income
at present is used for scholarship assistance.
The William Markham Lowry Foundation of $25,000.
The income is applied toward the maintenance of the natural sciences.
Endowment Funds 119
The Mary Stuart MacDougall Museum Fund of $1,070.
Established by alumnae and friends of Miss MacDougall, professor
emeritus of biology.
The McCain Library Fund of $14,402. Established April
9, 1951 in honor of President Emeritus James Ross McCain by fac-
ulty, students, alumnae, and other friends. The income is used for
the purchase of books.
Louise McKinney Book Fund of $1,000. Established in
honor of Miss Louise McKinney, professor emeritus of English.
Joseph Kyle Orr Foundation of $21,000. Established by
trustees and friends of the late J. K. Orr, former chairman of the
Board.
The Frank P. Phillips Fund of $50,000. The use of the
income is unrestricted.
The George W. Scott Foundation of $29,000. Established
in honor of the founder of Agnes Scott.
Frances Winship Walters Foundation of $50,000. Estab-
lished by Mrs. Walters, a trustee and alumna of the college. The
income is at present used for scholarship aid.
The Annie Louise Harrison Waterman Fund of $100,000.
Established for the endowment of a chair of Speech by the late Annie
Louise Waterman, alumna and trustee of the college.
Anna Irwin Young Fund of $6,600. Established by Mrs.
Susan Young Eagan of Atlanta in memory of her sister, a for-
mer instructor at the college. At present the income is used for the
Anna Young Alumnae House.
HONORS AND PRIZES
(For Students in Residence)
Phi Beta Kappa
The Beta of Georgia Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa was established
at Agnes Scott College in 1926. Elections are based primarily on
academic achievement, in accordance with the regulations of the
National Society.
The following were elected from the class of 1953: Anne DeWitt
George, Carol Lou Jacob, Ellen Earle Hunter, Barbara Ann John-
ston, Rosalyn Kenneday, Sarah Ann Leathers, Margaret Redfearn
McRae, Belle Neel Miller, Charline Tritton Shanks, Priscilla Shep-
pard, Margaret Thomason.
Class Honor List
1952-1953
Freshman Class
Margaret Ann Alvis
Paula Margaret Ball
Mary Emmye Curtis
June Gaissert
Guerry Graham
Frances Duke Green
Ann Lee Gregory
Mary Carol Huffaker
Peggy Jean Jordan Mayfield
Mary Ann Pearlstine
Mary Elizabeth Richardson
Sally Shippey
Mary Jane Stanley
Jane Stubbs
Nancy Thomas
Virginia Vickery
Sophomore Class
Ann Allred
Julia Beeman
Georgia Bell Christopher
Constance Curry
Caroline Cutts
Ann Hemperley Dobbs
Sara Dudney
Leah Fine
Bettie Forte
Letitia Grafton
Patricia Hale
Ann Hanson
Helen Jo Hinchey
Mary Hood
Elizabeth Ann Jacks
Mary Land
Genevieve Lucchese
Sara Mclntyre
Alice Nunnally
Patricia Paden
Sarah Petty
Betty Jane Reiney
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Honors and Prizes
121
Louise Robinson
Agnes Milton Scott
Harriet Stovall
Clara Adams
Sue Born
Anne Rosselot Clayton
Elizabeth Craig
Joen Fagan
Dorothy Fincher
Florence Fleming
Genevieve Guardia
Nancy McLaurine Lee
Allardyce Armstrong
Mary Frances Evans
Catherine Emery Goff
Sarah Crewe Hamilton
Honorine Jane Hook
Ellen Earle Hunter
Carol Lou Jacob
Barbara Ann Johnston
Annie Wortley Jones
Sue Walker
Pauline Waller
Margaret Williamson
Junior Class
Carol Macauley
Mary Louise McKee
Joyce Munger
Judith Promnitz
Sue Purdom
Caroline Reinero
Betty Stein
Jane Zuber
Senior Class
Florence Rosalyn Kenneday
Sarah Ann Leathers
Nancy Sargeant Loemker
Margaret Redfearn McRae
Belle Neel Miller
Charline Tritton Shanks
Priscilla Mary Sheppard
Margaret Elizabeth Thomason
C ommencement Awards
Collegiate Scholarship. A tuition scholarship for the student
attaining the highest general proficiency in academic work. Awarded
for 1953-1954 to Elizabeth Ann Jacks; honorable mention to Pauline
Waller.
Jennie Sentelle Houghton Scholarship of $400. Awarded
for the 1953-1954 session to Judith Promnitz.
Presser Scholarships in Music. Two scholarships, given by
the Presser Foundation of Philadelphia. Awarded for the 1953-1954
session to Sue Walker and Betty Jo Kelley.
Speech Scholarship. Awarded to a student making a distinc-
tive record in this subject. No award made for the 1953-1954 session.
The Hopkins Jewel Award. Made to the senior most nearly
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meeting the ideals of Miss Nannette Hopkins, first dean of Agnes
Scott. Given at Commencement, 1953, to Mary Beth Robinson.
The Louise McKinney Book Prize. Awarded for discrim-
inating collection of books made during the current year. Given at
Commencement, 1953, to Belle Neel Miller.
The Laura Candler Prize in Mathematics. Given by Mrs.
Nellie Scott Candler of Decatur to the upperclassman making the
highest average for the session in mathematics. Awarded at Com-
mencement, 1953, to Barbara Johnston.
The Rich Prize of $50. Given by Rich's, Inc. for distinctive
academic work in the freshman class. Awarded at Commencement,
1953, to Ann Gregory.
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ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION
Eleanor N. Hutchens^ B.A., M.A. . . Director of Alumnae Affairs
Mary Chapman, B.A Secretary to the Director
Ann Cooper, B.A. Alumnae -Admissions Representative
Eloise Hardeman Ketchin Hostess
Organized In 1895, the Alumnae Association of Agnes
Scott College has as its purpose the promotion of its mem-
bers' interest In the College and In liberal education. Its
work Is done under the authority of an Executive Board
composed of officers, committee chairmen, and the presi-
dents of the three nearest alumnae clubs. Branches of the
Association, In the form of Agnes Scott alumnae clubs, are
active In thirty-five cities.
The Alumnae Association owns and operates the Anna
Young Alumnae House, which comprises the Association
offices, reception rooms, and guest rooms for alumnae
revisiting the campus. The Alumnae Office publishes The
Agnes Scott Alumnae Quarterly, conducts the Alumnae
Fund, and maintains files of information on more than
8,000 individual alumnae. Volunteer committees, under
the governance of the Executive Board, carry on services
Including house and grounds Improvement, planning of
special events and entertainments, presentation of an annual
career conference for students, correspondence with class
and club officers, and a continuing program to make alum-
nae an active force in American education.
Officers for 1954 are Mrs. Edward W. Owen, president;
Dr. Florence Brinkley, Mrs. Joseph C. Read and Mrs. W.
H. Trimble, vice-presidents; Mrs. Scott Candler, Jr., sec-
retary; and Miss Sarah Hancock, treasurer.
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INDEX
Administration^ Officers of, 7, 14
Admission of Students, 19
Advanced Standing, 23
Freshman Class, 19
Special Students, 24
Alumnae Association, 141
Art, Courses in, 36
Exhibitions, 104
Astronomy, Courses in, 92
Athletic Association, 103
Attendance, 27
Bachelor of Arts Degree, 30
Bank, 100, 109
Bible, Courses in, 40
Biology, Courses in, 44
Bookstore, 100, 110
Botany, see Biology
Buildings, Grounds, and Equip-
ment, 18, 100
Business Economics, Courses in, 60
Calendar^ 5
Chapel Services, 104
Chemistry, Courses in, 48
Christian Association, 103
Class Attendance, 27
Classical Languages and Litera-
tures, Courses in, 50
Classification of Students, 126
Clubs, 104
College Entrance Examination
Board, 21
Commencement Aw^ards 1953, 121,
123
Committees of the Faculty, 15
Community Activities, 103
Counseling, 106
Courses, Auditing of, 27
Changes in, 27
Limitation of, 26
of Instruction, 35
Required, 30
Selection of, 25, 30
Credit Hours, 26
Curriculum, Administration of, 25
Degree^ Requirements for, 30
Dining Hall, 101, 109
Dormitory Accommodations, 23,
101, 102
Economics^ Courses in, 56
Education, Courses in, 95
Educational Recognition, 18
Emory University, Cooperation
with, 18, 35, 60, 78, 96, 100
Endowment, 18
Endowment Funds, 111
English, Courses in, 60
Enrollment, 19
Entrance Requirements, see Ad-
mission
Subjects, 19
Examinations, 28
Entrance, 21
Exclusion, 28, 29
Expenses, see Fees
Extra-Curricular Program, 103
Faculty^ 7
Committees of, 15
Fees, 107
Financial Assistance, 111
Financial Resources, 18
Freshman Program, 31
French, Courses in, 67
Geographical Distribution, 140
German, Courses in, 71
Glee Club, 103, 104
Grading System, 28
Greek, Courses in, 50
Gymnasium, 102
Health Service, 14, 105
Historical Sketch, 17
History, Courses in, 72
Honor List, Class, 120
Societies, 18, 104, 120
Honors and Prizes, 120
Hours, Limitation of, 26
Hygiene, 89
142
Index
143
Independent Study, 33, 35
Infirmary, 101, 105
Instruction, Courses of, 35
Officers of, 7
Latin^ Courses in, 52
Lecture Association, 103
Librarianship, Courses in, 78
Library, 14, 100
Limitation of Courses, 26
Limitation of Hours, 26
Loan Funds, 111
Location of College, 17
Major and Related Hours, 32
Mathematics, Courses in, 79
Medical Service, see Health Service
Technology, 33
Music, Courses in, 81
Programs, 85, 104
Organizations^ see Extra-Curric-
ular Program
Phi Beta Kappa, 18, 120
Philosophy, Courses in, 86
Physical Education, Courses in, 88
Physics, Courses in, 90
Placement Service, 106
Tests, 32
Play Production, Course in, 66
Political Science, Courses in, 76
Premedical Program, 33
Prizes, 121
Psychology, Courses in, 93
Publications, 103
Register of Students, 126
Registration, 25
See also Admission of Students
Related Hours, 32
Religious Life, 104
Residence, Required, 24, 30
Rooms, 23, 102
Scholarships, 111, 121
Sociology, Courses in, 58
Spanish, Courses in, 96
Speech, Courses in, 65
Student Activities, see Extra-Cur-
ricular Program
Student Government Association,
103
Student Work Program, 111
Students, Classification of, 126
Register of, 126
Summer Courses, 34
Teacher Education, 96
Transcripts of Record, 109
Trustees, Board of, 6
Tuition, 107
University Center, 17, 18, 35, 100,
104
Vocational Information, see
Placement Service
Zoology, see Biology