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AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE
QUARTERLY

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE BULLETIN

Entered as second class matter at Post Office,
Decatur, Ga.

CONTENTS

Struck Dumb.
In Memoriam.

Dr. Gaines.

Dr. Armistead.
The Agnes Scott Children's Carnival.

Report of Alumnae Delegate to S. W. E. A Frances C. Markley

Tenth Annual Conference of Alumni Secretaries General Secretary

Greetings to Dr. McCain.

Our House Ornaments.

Publicity Committee Contest.

Personals.

Minutes of the Official Business of the Association.

Minutes of the Meeting of the General Association.

Minutes of the Executive Committee.

Minutes of the Alumnae Council.

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STRUCK DUMB.

Not infrequently one knows persons with red hair and an Irish
tongue who say things that they should not say. But the species that
say nothing at all is more rare. In fact the female of the species has
been considered quite extinct! However this rara avis has been found
in large numbers among our alumnae and to that speechless group we
editorially address these few remarks.

Out of twelve hundred alumnae do you know how many were ren-
dered speechless and wordless by the appearance of an alumnae bulle-
tin? Merely eleven hundred and seventy-five! Truly we had antici-
pated surprise, but not getting back one's breath after five months is
quite a record. (The question is, was it so good, or was it so bad?)
We have discussed with individuals and with your executive commit-
tee the question of an alumnae quarterly. We're certain that you read
it and that you are very much interested in it. Then why, oh why,
don't you tell us that you would like to have it continued? Surely
your mother does not have to explain in the solemn fashion of long
ago that "Pussy has your tongue." The problem simply resolves itself
into the fact that you have put off doing it, for surely fifty cents a
year is not keeping you from having an alumnae magazine.

The executive committee has come forward with a suggestion which
is certainly worthy of your consideration, and which would necessi-
tate a change in the constitution. This matter would be voted upon at
the annual meeting in May. It would change the annual dues to one
dollar and a half which would cover the cost of the alumnae quarterly
as well as the regular dues. Certainly there is much to be said in
favor of such a change, for the time has certainly come when we
need some publication by which we may keep in touch with the college,
the association and one another. It cannot be possible that only
twenty-five of us enjoyed the little breath of Agnes Scott, which came
with that slim little bulletin. But it is quite possible that over eleven
hundred of us are procrastinators. This new plan would make it
unnecessary to send two separate amounts to the Association each
year, and would assure every member getting the quarterly.

It may be well to note that the bulletin is now called a quarterly.
To be entirely scientific and exact, a bulletin is a communication which
is sent out quite frequently, while a quarterly does not have so many
issues. All of which brings us to the fact that this issue of the quar-
terly is made possible by the unprecedented wealth which lies in our
treasury.

Because this Quarterly is necessarily full of the business of the
Association the personal notes, so loved by all our gentle readers,
must be cut out almost entirely. We promise an extra number in the
first fall issue.

IN MEMORIAM

DR. GAINES

It is not with sorrow that we remember Dr. Gaines, but with a
sense of glorious triumph for all that his life has meant. Truly there
is no more gracious gift of God than the attainment of a noble ideal,
toward which one has striven with ever-steady aim and purpose. Such
an ideal he had attained. And each of us, as alumnae of Agnes Scott,
stands as a living memorial to Dr. Gaines. He needs no other. The
ideals by which we measure our stature come from his example and
from his building. The structure is founded deep on a close compan-
ionship with our Father.

We may never realize how very eagerly Dr. Gaines followed us in
our work, our plans and our pleasures. Yet it all comes back in an
overwhelming flood with the memory of Saturday morning chapel
services. Then, as he read the familiar psalm, he would always speak
of his girls, including each of us in his prayer. And with what joy
he learned of every happiness of ours!

An unfailing sympathy and interest in our college undertakings
created a singularly close bond between him and the student body.
Added to our eager enthusiasms, his advice, tempered with maturity
and understanding, made many of our endeavors successful. This
co-operation was but another evidence of his love for us and his belief
in us. It is that spirit winch gave much sweetness to the achievements
of our college years.

Agnes Scott will never be without Dr. Gaines we have not lost
him. So long as the college lasts, the fragrance of his days among us
will remain, and the college generations to come will find in the spirit
of Agnes Scott the beauty and the ideals of its founder, and our true
friend.

DR. ARMISTEAD

To him who shapes and moulds our dreams and gives us visions
we owe a debt which can be paid in only one way. And that is the
transformation of dreams and visions into more glorious realities.
How much of our glimpses of high things and fine things we got from
Dr. Armistead! Everywhere we felt his influence, in classes, in chance
campus meetings and by his close interest in student activities. A man
of broad sympathies and keen insight, Dr. Armistead brought to Agnes
Scott a spirit which has formed part of the very fabric of the college.

THE AGNES SCOTT CHILDREN'S CARNIVAL

The whole Atlanta Agnes Scott Club put its hear* and soul into the
Children's Carnival that took place on the lawn of Mrs. Clyde King
in Druid Hills, May 18th. The idea was conceived by the Ways and
Means committee of the club as an attractive and lucrative method
of raising the $500.00 pledge to the Anna Young Alumnae House, and
since it was such a success both last year and this, it is decided that
it shall be an annual event of the club, to be "looked forward to by
all the kiddies of Atlanta.

Mrs. King's grounds, so generously offered, provided a beautiful
setting of the out-of-doors for such an affair. There are swimming
pool, a slide, a fish pond, and many other attractions that bring joy to
the heart of a child.

A general admission fee of 10 cents was charged and that all the
side shows and other attractions were none of them over 5 cents.

The first thrill came when the parade approached, headed by the
Emory and Oglethorpe bands, and thrills followed one after another as
the parade passed by. There were ponies ridden by little jockies,
there were Boy Scouts, Camp-Fire Girls, Clowns, Spielers, Gypsies
and representatives from all the side shows. Besides the parade your
dime brought you the Agnes Scott May dancers from the Indian May
Day that the college gave this year. One fond aunt, who came to
bring the children, was heard to exclaim that the dances alone were
worth a quarter. We were greatly indebted to Mrs. Campbell for the
use of her lawn for the dances.

Candy, ice-cream cones, balloons and peanuts were sold, for what
child would call a carnival a success without these, no matter how
spectacular the drawing cards otherwise; and to lend a more festive
air to the occasion the girls who sold these were dressed in fancy
costumes. There was a merry-go-round which needs no explanation,
and the grab bags were little girls dressed in bulging bags with
streamers attached. Of course the camera man had to be on hand to
take pictures of the kiddies in such an attractive background.

If we could just take you on a trip through the midway to see the
sideshows! There were fortune tellers. There were marionettes. A
doll show, the famous midget, the Dutch Doll! And there was a con-
tinuous playlet showing Mother Goose rhymes in action, not to speak
of other joys and mysteries.

The club went about the arrangements in the most systematic
manner. The Ways and Means Committee, with Mrs. Sutton at the
head, was composed of Mrs. Chas. Loridans, Mrs. Paul Potter, Mrs. Sam
Guy, Mrs. Lewis Gaines, Miss Katherine Dubose, and Mrs. L. K. Starr.
Under this general committee the club was divided into over a dozen
sub-committees and not one of these failed to do efficient and en-
thusiastic work. The publicity was absolutely effective. There were
posters in the school buildings, and large posters on the front and back
of the street cars, as well as in the windows of the stores.

The weather, so temperamental this spring, relented and smiled
on the carnival. The children came in droves. If there was anyone

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or anything that failed to enjoy it, it was the ponies and the billy-
goats. There were many of both on hand and it was ten cents a ride,
and for a block, nearly, the children lined up to await their turns.
Many of them were turned away, and no doubt the ponies, when they
get old, will relate to others, who weren't there, how once in their lives
they were the object of desire of a thousand eyes.

If gate receipts indicate the success it was colossal, for nearly
four hundred dollars was taken in, in nickels and dimes, and over
two hundred of this was clear profit. Another year there will not be
so great an outlay for equipment, and the profits should be more.

To any other club the Atlanta Club recommends a carnival as a
happy way to make money and advertise Agnes Scott.

ELOISE GAY BRAWLEY.

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REPORT OF THE ALUMNAE DELEGATE TO THE EXECUTIVE
BOARD MEETING OF THE SOUTHERN WOMAN'S EDU-
CATIONAL ALLIANCE, NEW YORK, MAY 10-11, 1923.

The chief subject of discussion at the annual board meeting of the
Southern Woman's Educational Alliance, held May 10 and 11 at the
Vanderbilt hotel, New York City, at which the Agnes Scott Alumnae
Association has a non-voting representative, was the impending cam-
paign for funds in order that the influence and aid of the Alliance
might be materially widened. The aim of the Alliance is certainly one
which should enlist the sympathy and interest of every Agnes Scott
girl, and since we as an association hold membership in it we should
certainly acquaint ourselves with its program and administration. As
the president, Dr. O. Latham Hatcher, said at this meeting, "It is not
so much the financial aid which we gain from affiliated colleges and
alumnae associations, as it is the sympathy and interest which is es-
sential to our carrying on this work." The alliance exists to help girls
in the south to find the education best fitted to them individually, and
as far as proves necessary and practicable, to help them to get this
education.

The work of the Alliance was begun in 1914. Its headquarters
have always been located in Richmond, Va. At the beginning em-
phasis was laid upon the spread of information as to fields of work in
the south into which suitably educated women might enter and upon
types of training needed for success in these fields respectively. This
emphasis grew out of the realization of the handicaps resulting to
great numbers of southern women from the lack of information, stim-
ulus and local opportunity for understanding fields of work open to
educated women; as also from the fact that each year thousands of
southern girls were trooping out from high schools and colleges,
eager for their part in the world's work and bewildered as to the best
path to follow. This was, of course, true in any section of the country
to a greater or a less degree, but it was and is still far more true of
the south than of any other section.

Within the next year a definite campaign will be undertaken in the
south for increased membership and interest in the organization.

Brief bulletin studies on such subjects as the following are available
at the executive office, Hotel Richmond, Richmond, Va.: A comparison
of teaching, nursing and business as callings for women; vocational
guidance in the colleges; what college clubs in the south are doing;
social work as a profession in the South; Alumnae associations of
Southern colleges; announcement of scholarships and fellowships.

Respectfully submitted,

FRANCES CHARLOTTE MARKLEY, '21.

Agnes Scott Alumnae Association Delegate.

May 22, 1923.

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TENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF ALUMNI SECRETARIES

In order that I may feel secure against any slurs that those who
used to sit in Latin class with me might cast in regard to the title I
give this report, I shall start it with an explanation. Until the last
hour of the sessions at Cleveland, May 12-14, the conference was
known as "The Annual Conference of Alumnae and Alumni Secre-
taries." At that time rose Mr. Allis from Amherst and most gallantly
and fluently resolved that from that time and for ever more the con-
ference should be called the "Conference of Alumni Secretaries,"
Alumni to mean what it always had, and "The Ladies" besides. This
resolution was vociferously passed by all the gentlemen present, being
accompanied by many flowery remarks about what the ladies added to
the pleasure of the occasion, while the ladies sought to look duly
gratified.

It would be hard to say just what I expected to find when I arrived
in Cleveland, the first delegate from Agnes Scott Association to the
yearly conference, but at any rate I hardly expected what I found.
Practically 100 secretaries of associations (most of which were Alumni
Associations) were there charming, capable, at home with one an-
other, and very much in earnest. If at first I felt queer and of no
importance, I was soon made to feel more at home, for during the
three days we were there we were all constantly together, at meals
as well as at work. Really eating was about all we did EXCEPT
work, for I have never seen a program more packed, and more skill-
fully fitted into an allotted space. It would be impossible for me to do
more than to outline the matter that was under discussion. The first
day was given to a discussion of Alumni magazines, cost systems,
make-up, advertising and illustrations. This was_all more or less
technical, and hardly fitted the struggles of the Agnes Scott Alumnae
Quarterly. The second day was spent in discussions of college finance
and its relation to Alumnae finance. There was also a very interesting
two hours on 'Local clubs,' led by Harvard and Wisconsin. The last day
was taken up with the business end of the organization.

I believe I should say that a great deal of what was formally pre-
sented was of little value to us for practical and immediate applica-
tion. It is readily understod that what is of interest to the highly or-
ganized and perfected associations of Columbia University, Cornell,
etc., will be beyond the reach of an organization like ours, that has but
1,300 or so potential members, and has been working under its present
constitution only four years. But I consider the conference of inestim-
able value for us in that it introduces us to a view of our needs, and
our chief points of improvement. Another year it is planned that
the smaller and weaker organizations shall have more time for. dis-
cussions among themselves, and I found much help this year from the
informal talks I had with the secretaries from other women's colleges.

I came from the conference rather vague as to what I should tell
you as a message formulated from my experience, but thoroughly con-
vinced that I wish to give one, for I consider the experience valu-
able for the association. In the first place, being present at the con-
ference was a very good means of publicity for the college. I spent
the greatest part of my time explaining where and what Agnes Scott

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was, and one of the jokes of the conference was to call me "Agnes
Scott, from Jones College." Because we saw each other so constantly,
and because I was addressed on all occasions by the name of the col-
lege, at least those 100 people will remember having heard the name
of Agnes Scott before when next they meet it.

I came home also sure of what, in my opinion, should be our
next determined steps of development. If we are ever to be a strong,
effective organization we must have an Alumnae publication. It is
indispensable in reaching and uniting the scattered members of the
organization. Second, we must have more definite time given in the
office for the purpose of strengthening and enlarging the work al-
ready started, and for the purpose of aiding the committees to func-
tion more smoothly. At the present time the entire efforts of the
secretary go to keeping us 'standing in the same place' and there is
no more time left to devote to moving the work forward. Our third
efforts must be toward the strengthening and growth of the local clubs.
We stand or fall by them, in the last analysis.

I could not end this report without an enthusiastic comment on the
hospitality of Cleveland, or rather of Western Reserve University, and
Case School of Applied Science. If there are any of us still possessed
of the ancient and time-worn idea that the SOUTH is the last re-
maining stronghold of hospitality and courtesy, we have but to go to
Cleveland to some such conference especially if Mr. Allanson of
Western Reserve be in charge of it. We were cared for every minute
we were not actually convening. An experience I shall never forget
was the great All-College dinner held in the gym at Case, at which
fully one thousand graduates from all the colleges and universities of
the United States were present. Ex-Secretary Baker was the toast-
master, Dean Bvirton of Chicago addressed the diners, and Ralph
Bingham well Ralph Bingham was just Ralph Bingham, for about
half an hour. The Western Reserve co-eds served us a beautiful lunch-
eon the second day we were there, and perhaps the best time we had
was at the dinner we had at the Winton for "Just Ourselves," at which
Mr. Pierrot, of Chicago (and he is just like his name) presided, and
Mr. Lomax from Texas University, who is the famous collector of cow-
boy songs, delighted us with some of his choicest songs and ballads.

EMMA JONES, General Secty.

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A GREETING TO DR. McCAIN
(A Toast Given at the Alumnae Luncheon.)

I am sure that, if we could have some message today from those
dear ones who have so recently left us, their first words would be
"Look to the future!" They would tell us that Agnes Scott was not
built for a lifetime, but for all ages to come a precious heritage to
be carried on for future generations; that their dearest wish was for
her continued growth in strength and in influence. To us who mourn
their loss, they would say that from our sorrow in their going, we
must draw renewed courage and inspiration.

This, I am sure, is the way that they would have us feel faces
forward and eyes to the front, ready to carry on.

It is inevitable that our feeling today be one of sorrow. Yet
through it all there is a glorious gleam of confidence of faith in the
future and great things in store.

Yesterday the Board of Trustees had the most difficult task ever
imposed upon it the selection of a successor for the place of leader-
ship, so recently left vacant. They performed this duty nobly. I be-
lieve the Alumnae feel unanimously that they made the wisest possible
choice.

A man of deep Christian faith and great character, of highest per-
sonal ideals, whose own great aims for Agnes Scott have been mingled
with those of her beloved founder through constant association; a man
of courage and judgment, of initiative and ability, who undoubtedly
would have been Dr. Gaines' own choice for the place this and much
more is the new president of Agnes Scott.

It is my very great privilege, Dr. McCain, in behalf of the Alumnae
today, to welcome you to your new position. We face the future happy
and confident in your leadership, looking for greater things, ready to
work for them, back of you, every one of us, individually and as a body
an army at your command.

May we all stand for a moment to welcome Dr. McCain.

ESSIE ROBERTS.
May 26, 1923.

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YE ORNAMENTS OF YE HOUSE ARE YE GUESTS THEREOF

The Anna Young Alumnae House was built that the Alumnae might
have a place on the campus in which they might feel at home, and to
which they might come when they may come freely. This year more
of them have come than came last year, but we have not yet realized
that it is really ours for the taking, and that it is all that a home
ought to be. We wish you might see extracts from the letters we get
from those who come. Here's one from Martha Brenner Shryock.

"My trip south was ideal in every way, and the 'grand ending' was
more wonderful than the loveliest dream. I have talked 'Alumnae
House' so much since my return that Jimmie is getting curious . I
am counting on you to express to the Executive Committee my appre-
ciation of the Alumnae House."

The following is a list of the Alumnae who have been in the
house this year:

Althea Stevens
Louise Abney
Sally Carrere
Sarah Till
Elizabeth Wilson
Mary Wallace Kirk
Martha Dennison
Elizabeth Floding
Cama Burgess
Ora Glenn Roberts
Ruth Keiser
Elizabeth Perry
Anna Gambrill
Margaret Saunders
Martha Lee Talliafero
Lilburn Ivey
Eunice Dean
Marion McPhail
Gena Calloway
Marion Hull
Mary Floding
Lucy Durr
Laura Oliver
Janef Preston

Alice Cooper
Mary Louise Green
Martha Brenner Shryock
Mary Kelly Coleman
Nell Buchanan
Ruth Pirkle

Blanche Copeland Gifford
Adelaide Cunningham
Eclythe Davis
Dorothy Havis
Laura Belle Stubbs
Elizabeth Pruden
Ethal Rea
Clara Whips
Trueheart Nicolassen
Fannie McCaa
Margaret Bell
Florinne Brown
Elizabeth Marsh
Sarah Stansell
Anna May Strickland
Roberta Love
Ruth Virden
Grace Harris

The house has also entertained many guests, not alumnae, and we
point with great pride to the fact that some of these names are names
of very famous people:

Hamilton Holt Former Editor New Republic

Fesil Hess Czecho-Slovakia

G. Campbell Morgan

Howard Morgan Athens, Ga.

Lois MacDonald Y. W. C. A., N. C. C. W.

Burt W. Johnson Sculptor

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Miss Emily Morrison _ N. Y. C.

Miss Pauline Wherry Girl Scout Training Secretary

David E. Smith

A. Maude Royden London

Margaret Bailey Speer Secretary to Miss Royden

R. P. Lane Washington, D C.

Mrs. J. T. Kirk Tuscumbia, Ala.

Henry Higgs London

Miss Lydia Frotcher _ - Chaperon Newcomb Debaters

Beatrice Ford _ Newcomb Debater

Virginia Butler Newcomb Debater

Ula Milner Newcomb Debater

Cicily Warner....... English Hockey Coach

Mrs. Martha E. Williams St. Louis, Mo.

Carolyn Essig

Dr. Voorhees National Sec. Phi Beta Kappa

Miss Tucker Y. W. C. A.

Miss Harriet Cox Greenville College for Women

Mrs. Gibbons

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PUBLICITY COMMITTEE CONTEST

Believing that many brains are better than three and knowing
that there are many effective and useful ways in which alumnae pub-
licity might be employed, the publicity committee of the Alumnae
Association announces that a prize of a five years paid membership in
the association will be offered for the most valuable publicity sugges-
tions. The following conditions are made:

1. The contest is open to all Alumnae.

2. Letters containing the suggestions must be in the hands of the
publicity chairman or the general secretary by Thanksgiving, 1923.

3. The suggestions must be those which can be adapted to work
in the Agnes Scott Alumnae Association. Remember that much pub-
licity must be handled through the mails.

4. The committee reserves the right to use any suggestion which
does not receive the prize. In such case recognition will be given in
the Alumnae Quarterly and the annual report.

5. The winner will be announced in the Alumnae Quarterly fol-
lowing the award.

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PERSONALS

You must admit yourself that these are the sort of things
you are interested to hear. You'd like to see every copy of the
Quarterly contain many of them. Very well it depends on you, for
it is impossible for the office to collect such facts without your
help. Won't you write vis in all the news you know about anyone
who has ever been to Agnes Scott?

Announcements from China carry the news of the marriage of
Agnes White to Rev. Edgar Lewis Sanford. They will be at home
in Changshu, Ku, China.

May 26th, 1923.

Married, Evelyn Byrd (ex '24) to Samuel S. Hoge, Jr., of Vir-
ginia.

Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Watts, of Decatur, Ga., announce the mar-
riage of their daughter, Jessie, to Mr. John Wallace Rustin, of Dan-
ville, Va.

Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Smith of Athens, Ala., announce the mar-
riage of their daughter, Margaret, to Mr. Joseph Edward Lyon.

The wedding of Miss Ruth Elizabeth Laughon to Mr. David
A. Dyer is announced.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. William Linton in Korea (Charlotte Bell, '21),
a son, William, Junior. And on April Fool's day!

Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Preston, in Korea, a son. Mrs.
Preston was Annie Wiley ('95).

Married Antoinette Blackburn ('12) to Mr. Ernest Rust of
Atlanta.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Newton (Maryellen Harvey, '16), a
daughter, Maryellen, Jr.

The following babies won the prizes in the Agnes Scott baby
show, held on the campus May 24th:

Prettiest Baby Fan Pitman (Fan Oliver, '18).

Class I: Finest Baby Under Three Boy, Eldridge Brown (Bessie
Young, ex '97); girl, Francis Hendee (Eva Towers, ex '10).

Class II: Finest Child, Three to Six Boy, Charles Aronstam
(Rita Swartz, '17); girl, Ruth Slack (Julia Pratt Smith, ex 12).

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Minutes of General Association

May 26, 1923.

The regular meeting of the General Alumnae Association for 1923
was held at the East Lake Country club immediately after the annual
luncheon, which was held at that place.

Motion was made and carried that a summary of the minutes
should be given instead of the reading of the whole.

All reports were read and adopted. Special commendation was
voted for the work of the curriculum committee, of which Miss Mar-
garet Bland is chairman.

Annual Report of The President

The closing sentence of your president's report last year was that,
as the Red Queen said to Alice, it takes a great deal of running to
stay in the same place, and truly I have found this to be so. It has
taken a great deal of running on the part of all your officers this
year to maintain the standard set bv the last administration and
to try to advance it even a bit. We have felt somewhat handi-
capped by the lack of the close touch with the college and college
affairs that was enjoyed by the past president through her office as
trustee. This lack was made up in so far as possible by most generous
co-operation on the part of Miss Hopkins, Dr. Gaines and Dr. McCain,
for which we thank them. The same need has apparently been felt to
some extent by the college as the Board of Trustees yesterday voted
to make the Alumnae President a member of the board, subject to your
ratification. We consider this a decided step forward in the much-
to be desired closer relations between the college and the Alumnae,
and are very appreciative of their action.

The most important recommendation carried over from the work
of last year was that we should have an Alumnae publication of some
kind to disseminate knowledge about ourselves and the college; this
recommendation we have endeavored to carry out. We are convinced
from our own experience that this Association can never take the
active part in college affairs and exert the infhience which it is our
right to exert, unless all our members are constantly kept informed
as to college and alumnae activities. Judging by the enthusiastic
letters received in reply to the first issue of the Bulletin, which was
published through the generosity of the college, this need is widely
felt and we hope that the four issues which we plan to publish in
June, September, January and April may be so welcomed that a
monthly publication, such as most flourishing Alumnae Associations
foster, may be the next step. We are convinced that only by this
means can the interest of this Association be maintained and increased
to a point at which we may become a valuable organization in the de-
velopment of Agnes Scott College.

The year's work has brought out a very definite need of increased
time in the office if we are to do the work we hope to do next year.
The amount of correspondence handled by the president and the Gen-
eral Secretary has been prodigious, still many things of importance
have been neglected because time was not available. It is only because

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a great amount of extra time has been given by our General Secretary
that we have accomplished what we have, and I do hereby, personally
and officially thank her from the bottom of my heart! For next year,
the college has offered us a definite share, possibly one or two days a
week, in the services of a competent stenographer to be employed by
them. With her help and with more time on the part of the General
Secretary, which recommendation from the executive committee we
hope you will accept, a closer touch may be kept between the office
and the committee chairmen than has been possible this year, and
more research work may be done on the files, in addition to the routine
work. Of the approximately five thousand girls who have at some
time attended Agnes Scott, we have on file only about twelve hundred
names. This is a large field to be cultivated.

We have followed our budget very closely and carefully this year
and on most of the items have stayed well within our appropriations.
The Finance Committee will present to you a little later the budget
for 1923-'24, somewhat more ambitious than this year's, but so it will
always have to be we can't wear out-grown clothes.

We have carried out your instructions from the last annual meeting
and have joined the Association of Affiliated Alumnae, an organization
allied with the American Association of University Women, and are
sending Miss Florence Smith, her expenses to be paid by the College,
to its convention in Portland, Oregon, in July. We have also joined
the Association of Alumnae Secretaries and sent Miss Emma Jones as
our delegate to their convention in Cleveland in April. Miss Frances
Markley was sent to represent us at the annual meeting of the Execu-
tive Committee of the Southern Woman's Educational Alliance, held in
New York City on May 11th. We are pursuing a policy of appearing
at every organization meeting at which we are entitled to appear, be-
lieving that to be one of the best means of making the name of Agnes
Scott known in the land!

The Anna Young Alumnae House has been the joy and satisfaction
both to us and to the college community which we had hoped that it
might be. The 1923 payment of $1,000 was met promptly on March
1st, and we are happy to announce that we are entirely out of debt on
the house furnishings, beside having screened the entire upstairs, and
having made other small permanent additions. We should like to take
this opportunity publicly to express our thanks to the Decatur Club for
the beautiful panel of Miss Young which hangs in the Alumnae House
living room, and to the 1923 Senior Class for the charming bedroom
which they have furnished for us.

The two meetings of the Alumnae Council have been held during
the year. These have been most profitable as a clearing house of
ideas and suggestions from the different bodies forming parts of the
college as a whole.

Our committees have worked faithfully and well this year, on the
whole, and with very little of the assistance and encouragement that
they should have had from Association headquarters. I wish that I
might impress upon you all the realization that we are gradually get-
ting an efficient and smoothly working organization, and that it only
remains for us all to realize it and to use it to its fullest extent so
that we may as quickly as possible become the effective organization
that we hope to become, and have our share in the development of the
greater Agnes Scott with its traditions and ideals that was Dr. Gaines'
legacy to his girls.

Eespectfully submitted,

CAROL STEARNS WEY, President.

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REPORT OF TREASURER

RECEIPTS

Balance on hand, September, 1922 $ 120.14

Rent from Tea Room 400.00

Net Income Tea Room 625.37

Dues 239.50

Life Memberships 75.00

Gifts and Pledges 1,105.49

Savings Account, 192 1-'22 Gifts to House Fund 225.56

Receipts from Tea Room Committee, 1921-'22 _ 88.33

Sale of Pictures and Books 34.60

Dramatic Prize 250.00

Miscellaneous 28.50

Total Receipts $3,244.49

DISBURSEMENTS

Secretary _ $ 270.00

Printing and Stationery 122.50

Postage 17.86

Office Supplies and Help 25.00

Payment of Pledge Anna Young Alumnae House 1,000.00

Furnishings and Upkeep 166.50

Maid. 178.92

Transfers to Savings Account

Life Memberships - 75.00

House Fund 331.05

Entertainment 126.10

Dramatic Prize 250.00

Miscellaneous _ 397.01

On Hand 284.55

Total . $3,244.49

Respectfully Submitted
EMMAPOPE M. DIECKMANN, Treasurer.

REPORT OF THE GENERAL SECRETARY

The outstanding feature of the year for the General Secretary was
her attendance at the annual conference of the Association of Alumnae
Secretaries, which was held in Cleveland, Ohio. A full report of the
conference will be made in the issue of the Alumnae Bulletin that is
to come out within the next few weeks, and a detailed report, compiled
by the Association, will be sent our Association and will be in the
office for your inspection by next fall.

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I should like to express my appreciation of the trip to Cleveland,
because of the personal pleasure it was to me, and to say that one
of the things I enjoyed most was telling about our Alumnae House,
which none of them can duplicate.

There have gone out from the office this year a total of approxi-
mately 3,850 letters, or communications

Registers and due slips 550

Bulletin 1,250

Letters for Alumnae House Funds 1,000

Invitations to Commencement 750

Personal letters 200

Those do not include the bulletin which wil go out some time this
June.

Seven hundred ninety-three dollars and twenty-five cents has gone
through this office and been turned in to the Treasurer, this being for
dues, room rent, Alumnae House Fund, sale of pictures, life member-
ships.

During the jear the Korean Club sent a collection of baskets to
be sold, from which the proceeds were to go to the House Fund. This
sale was conducted by this office and the Tea Room, and netted $23.90
for the club's pledge of $100.

Approximately 100 guests have enjoyed the house this year, and
all reservations are made through this office.

All files have been kept up-to-date as far as possible, and we would
like to request those who are here to give us any changes of address
they may know, since we find it difficult to keep up with these.

The Alumnae Bulletin was edited through this office, and a sum-
mary made of the results of the questionnaire sent out by the college
last year.

Respectfully submitted

EMMA JONES, General Secretary.

REPORT OF THE PUBLICITY COMMITTEE.

The committee feels that it has just made a beginning in the pub-
licity work which seems to lie very definitely in its field. It was soon
discovered that there was no program of work remaining over from
preceding committees which had to be followed. This point doubtless
has its good points, for we were certainly not bound by precedent, but
at the same time we feel that much of our work has proceeded by the
trial and error method. It has been difficult to get the proper co-
operation, chiefly because it is not sufficiently understood that we are
at the service of every committee and every member of the association.
We are also open to suggestions and in truth we would give them a
hearty welcome.

The most important work which has come within the province of
our committee is the formulation of the Alumnae Quarterly. Through
the generosity of the college the first issue was made possible. It is
hoped that the next issues will show great improvement, as we come to
know the various points of a good alumnae publication. Much credit
is due the general secretary, Emma Jones, for in the last analysis the
burden of the work of this must fall upon her, at least for the present.

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A most artistic exhibit of the work of the Alumnae Association was
presented to the student body last fall in the bulletin board display
prepared by the Bulletin Board Committee of the Y. W. C. A., of
which Martha Macintosh was chairman. The Agonistic has gener-
ously given news space throughout the entire year. A suggestion
offered by the committee has been under consideration by Hoasc, that
interesting news items concerning the college and its activities be sent
to High School papers and magazines throughout the South. A unique
collection of photographs of the campus and the college life has been
put on sale. Though the association realizes a small profit from the
sale of these pictures, their main interest is to disseminate some at-
tractive views of the college. We are eager to have some satisfactory
postcards of the college made, but since the initial investment is rather
heavy, it has not yet been found practicable. At present we are
working out plans for a permanent college exhibit which may be used
at College Days and at various school exhibitions.

In another place an announcement will be made concerning the
publicity contest which will be open to all Alumnae. The prize is to
be a five years' paid membership in the Alumnae Association.

More than forty letters have been sent out by the committee in
carrying on their work. We feel that the Association as a whole must
become more expressive correspondents, since it is frequently im-
possible for the distant chairmen to attend the various meetings, or
to see many members of the association personally.

Eespectfully submitted,

FRANCES CHARLOTTE MARKLEY, '21, Chairman.

May 22, 1923.

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REPORT OF PREPARATORY SCHOOLS COMMITTEE.

The Committee on Preparatory Schools has had so little to work
with this year, in the way of finances, that its report is brief. Agnes
Scott has been represented in three places this year. In Norfolk, Ruth
Hall represented us at the annual Colege Day there, and we furnished
her with posters, bulletins and attractive pictures of the college life.
The Memphis Club, under the leadership of Margaret Rowe, presented
an attractive Agnes Scott booth at the college night held there :n
April. At this bazaar, given by the A. A. U. W., to raise money for
a scholarship the Agnes Scott booth raised $40.00 and certainly intro-
duced the thought of Agnes Scott to many high school girls. In
Montgomery the chairman had the high school juniors and sophomores
come out to see her in groups, when she showed them pictures of
the college and the college life, and told them tales of college; the
kind of tales girls love to hear.

For next year Hoasc has prepared two bulletin boards on which are
an attractive Agnes Scott display pictures, posters, literature of all
kinds. These are to be sent to the High Schools where we wish to
be better known. If there are Alumnae in places where they would
like to have such a display, they are urged to write to the Preparatory
Schools Committee, in care of the office of the General Secretary.

Respectfully submitted,

LUCY DURR, Chairman.

REPORT OF CURRICULUM COMMITTEE.

In contrasting the curriculum of Agnes Scott with that of other
colleges and universities, the committee has chosen colleges and uni-
versities, representative of the East, of the West, and of the South.
These have been studied with respect to method of admission, degree
requirements and courses of study.

The greatest difference seems to occur in the colleges of the East
Bryn Mawr, Mt. Holyoke, Smith, Vassar and Wellesley all require en-
trance examinations of all students, the number of examinations dif-
fering at the different schools. None employ the psychological tests
as at Agnes Scott. Vassar has a special plan of reserving 100 places
for special honor students and Agnes Scott holds open a few places
for special honor students. A great variety of subjects are offered at
these colleges that are not offered at Agnes Scott, as all the colleges
except Bryn Mawr, have a much larger enrollment. Smith offers a
Scandinavian language course, Bryn Mawr, Sankrist, Semitic languages
and social economy, and all the colleges offer archaeology, Italian and
geology. Bryn Mawr offers more Biblical literature and the other col-
leges more of an application of Christianity to present-day problems.
The degree requirements are very similar though there are differences
in number of merit hours and subjects required and in major and minor
groups. Two especial things of note are the use of ^he seminar system
at many of the eastern colleges and the method at Smith, of giving
individual work to special honor students.

In all the western group of colleges and universities only one wom-
an's college was found, Mills College in California. However, the
large co-educational universities have much the same courses and re-
quirements for an A. B. degree as at Agnes Scott. The method of en-
trance in these western colleges are more similar to that of Agnes

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Scott than the eastern. Mills College admits pupils upon a certificate
of recommendations from high school instructors as well as by exami-
nation. At the University of Texas, admission is by high school diploma,
examinations or by individual approval in the case of rather mature
students who have not attended school in some years. The degree re-
quirements for an A. B. seem similar to those at Agnes Scott. Mills
College is unique in offering a four-year course which leads to an A.
B. degree and a certificate in art, one leading to an A. B. degree and
a certificate in music, and a combined course of three years work at
Mills College and two years in a hospital which leads to an A. B.
degree and a nurse's certificate. Here, too, there are courses offered
that are not offered at Agnes Scott. At the University of California,
there are offered courses in Anthropology, Sanskrit, Semitic, and Slavic
languages. At the University of Texas, there is a course given in
nursery and, in the physical education department, a course in archery.
At Mills, there is a large Home Economics department, a department
of clerical methods, dramatic composition, library science, eurythmics
and fencing.

In the group of representative Southern colleges there are few
differences in the curricula, Agnes Scott and Sophie Newcomb require
more hours of work toward a degree than the others. The Language,
Science and English departments are practically the same at Agnes
Scott and at Sophie Newcomb, University of North Carolina, and
the University of Virginia. The outstanding differences occur in Bible,
Art and Music. Agnes Scott offers nine Bible courses, more than any
other of the colleges. Sophie Newcomb gives more courses in Art
and gives credit toward degree in studio work where Agnes Scott gives
credit only in the lecture courses. In music, the University of Virginia
gives no credit for practical work. Sophie Newcomb gives credit to
practical work only toward degree in music and Agnes Scott allows
two hours credit in practical work. Recommendations of Curriculum
Committee:

1. That a commission be created to study the lack of scholarly
attitude on the part of college students and to discuss possible rem-
edies.

2. That the work of this committee should encourage the fearless
approach by college students to world problems, international and
racial.

REPORT OF HOUSE AND TEA ROOM COMMITTEE.

The House and Tea Room Committee is composed of Mrs. Eliza
Candler Earthman, chairman; Miss Fannie McCaa, Treasurer; Mrs.
Fannie G. Mayson Donaldson, Mrs. Julia Pratt Smith Slack and Mrs.
Maryellen Harvy Newton, Emma Jones, Genl. Sec. of the Asso., and
Martha Bishop, House Mistress.

The Anna Yonug Alumnae House has had three very special gifts
which you should all hear about and see.

_ First. The Decatur club has given a beautiful bronze tablet of
Miss Anna. The Artist had very imperfect pictures to work from,
however, the likeness is very good. Artistically it is perfect and I
am sure the more you look at it the better you will like it.

Second. Mrs. Young sent us a check on Miss Anna's birthday with
which the committee bought a silver sugar bowl and cream jug for
the dining room.

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And last but by no means least our class of 1923 has beautifully
furnished our last bedroom. We thank them each and all for the
lovely gifts.

There have been 100 guests entertained different lengths of time
from which we received $96.50. There are seventeen members of the
faculty, all enjoying the privileges of the house.

Miss Bishop is due much praise for her management of the house
and her tact in handling the many problems which arise.

We want to thank Miss Emma Jones for her time and willingness
to help during the many times we have called on her.

The Tea Room Committee has recommended to the Executive Board
certain resolutions that will be discussed later.

The report cf tr.e Treasurer of the Tea Room follows:

Receipts - $7,513.85

Disbursements (salaries, groceries, rent, etc.) 6,669.01

Proft (on entire operation) 833.85

Balance paid to Manager, 20 per cent of monthly profits 166.80

Paid to General Association, 75 per cent of profits 625.37

Retained in Tea Room Treasury, 5 per cent monthly profit 32.67

REPORT OF LOCAL CLUBS COMMITTEE.

The effort of the Local Clubs Committee this year was twofold'

(1) to establish new clubs, (2) to do all it could to keep up the en-
thusiasm and life of the clubs already in existence. To this end
letters were written to all cities having ten or more Alumnae urging
them to establish Agnes Scott Clubs. In a few cases personal visits by
members of the committee were made. The response was discourag-
ing. Very few of the girls written to answered the letters, and those
who did reply reported unsatisfactory results. The most general
reason, however, io?" failure to establish a club, was the fact tnat *ms
on the list had moved away. In one town the Alumnae had such dif-
ferent; social interests that they did not care to gee together, even in
an Agnes Scott Club. (It occurs to the chairman that the Alumnae
in this city are almost all girls who have graduated a good many years
ago. It therefore shows the great importance of trying to get clubs
established wherever there are several seniors who graduate together
from the same town. In this way, the college club would get its hold
before other interests intervene.) In another town this failure is due
to the great difference in age, between the Alumnae.

Two clubs, however, have been established this year one in New
York, and one in Memphis. The New York club has concentrated its
efforts on getting firmly established and getting in touch with Alum-
nae throughout the city. The Memphis club (which can not be regis-
tered since it has only five members) is concentrating its endeavors on
making Agnes Scott better known in Memphis. The club had an at-
tractive booth at the intercollegiate festival held in the city during
the winter, and it also gave a tea to high school graduates during the
spring.

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The Marietta club has been inactive during the winter, due to the
absence from the town of its president and several members. The
club, however, is still organized, and intends to became active as soon
as possible.

The Atlanta and Decatur clubs are sending in their reports sepa-
l'ately to the Alumnae Secretary.

Respectfully submitted

MARGARET ROWE, Chairman Local Clubs Committee.

REPORT OF VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE COMMITTEE

The work of the Vocational Guidance Committee, which should
have been begun this spring, will be ready for the fall term.

The plans include a series of articles for the Agonistic, from lead-
ing women in different professions, telling of the opportunities for
women in their fields; a rotating bulletin exhibit giving concrete facts
as to the training requirements and opportunities, salaries and open-
ings in different fields; also a seminar vocational conference in the
spring of 1924, led by women who have succeeded in their particular
fields.

At some time in the summer the chairman will submit to the presi-
dent a detailed outline of the work.

Respectfully submitted,

INDIA HUNT, M. D., Chairman.

COMMITTEE ON BEAUTIFYING GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS.

This Committee has planned much and accomplished little during
the past year. The Chairman went over the campus with Dr. Gaines
and talked over the great need of shrubbery, but, the college having no
funds for such an expenditure, we could only talk.

The Committee would like to suggest that a gift of evergreen
shrubbery would be an acceptable and appropriate one for re-union
classes or any organization to make, and this committee will be glad
to confer with anyone interested in this work.

Respectfully submitted,

ALLIE (Candler) GUY.

REPORT OF THE ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE.

The Entertainment Committee is composed of three members
Mrs. S. E. Thatcher, chairman, Mrs. Fred M. Sutton and Mrs. William
Armstrong, and two members ex-officio Miss Martha Bishop and
Miss Emma Jones.

The committee has made and executed plans for the Senior Tea,
on February 23rd, and the Alumnae Luncheon on May 26th.

On February 23rd the Alumnae Association entertained the senior
class at a Martha Washington Tea. Owing to the limited space of
the Alumnae House, where the tea was given, only the Executive
Committee and Councillors of the Association were asked to be present.

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Decorations were appropriate to the occasion and those receiving and
serving were dressed in Martha Washington costumes. When the
guests had assembled Mrs. Lois Maclntyre Beall, dressed as a real
old-fashioned little girl and representing the Alumnae Association in
its beginning, told of its organization and early history. Then Mrs.
Wey, dressed as the modern woman and representing the Association
today, told of its present problems, aims and plans, and urged the
seniors to join immediately after graduating to help and co-operate in
the accomplishment of those ambitions. Following this Mrs. Lewis
Gaines poured tea at the table in the private dining room, and mem-
bers of the committee passed sandwiches, mints and nuts.

The luncheon in honor of the senior class was held at East Lake
club on May 26th. A color scheme of pink and lavendar was carried
out. Dorothy Perkins roses were used in large quantities, and the
baskets holding them were tied with lavender tulle. Small pink crepe
paper baskets at each plate, held the almonds, and in the center of the
table larger baskets in lavender contained the pink and lavender mints.
The place cards were silhouettes of old-fashioned girls, whose bou-
quets and ribbons were hand-colored. About 160 guests were present
to enjoy the luncheon and the interesting talks and toasts.

In order to avoid the confusion arising from last-minute reserva-
tions and collections, the committee this year adopted the plan of sell-
ing tickets for the luncheon. This plan has worked very successfully,
and the committee would like to recommend that this plan be pursued
each year.

Respectfully submitted,

MRS. S. E. THATCHER, Chairman.

REPORT OF SHAMPOO SHOP COMMITTEE

The Shampoo Shop Committee spent the fall looking for a location
on the campus for the shampoo shop, but after consultation with the
Dean it was decided that the enterprise would be impossible to carry
on this year. The Dean and the President of Student Government
both feel that the shop is very necessary and that it would be patro-
nized extensively. There are to be certain improvements and addi-
tions on the campus this year and it is promised us that one thing
that will certainly find a place in the additional space will be our
Shampoo Shop. We expect to be able to have it by next year.

Respectfully submitted,

MARIE (Mclntyre) SCOTT, Acting Chairman.

REPORT OF SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE.

With the Aid League Committee, this committee decided to waive
any drive for funds to increase our Shepherd Memorial Scholarship
Fund until the payments on the Alumnae House have been completed
and consequently has been inactive.

An application has been received from Miss Elizabeth Askew, who
has held this scholarship for three years for its use during her Senior
year and will probably be granted.

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EEPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLASS ORGANIZATION AND
RECORDS.

No written report was presented from this committee but all its
members have been at work during the year and have carried on cor-
respondence with representatives of all the 1923 reuning classes. Con-
siderable effort has also been made in organizing those classes which
have not as yet elected life presidents and secretaries.

REPORT OF THE DECATUR CLUB.

The chief activities of the Decatur Club for this year have been
centered around the Anna Young Memorial Panel, which was unveiled,
after several postponements, on May 3rd. The chief concerns of the
club have been the raising of funds for the payments due on the
panel, and the fostering of the social side of the club.

Our meetings have been held this year in the Alumnae House, some
member of the club acting each time as hostess. Out of a possible
membership of about twenty, we have had an average attendance
of ten, and we can truly say that all of those who have attended the
meetings have been active and loyal members.

The chief financial venture of the club is always its yearly play,
which we made several attempts to give this year. The play was
finally postponed until the fall because of a crisis that arose in the
Blackfriars which caused them to have to call on some of the cast
of our play to be in theirs. There were, however, three efforts on our
part to raise money: a Chtristmas basket sale, a rummage sale, and
the Annual Baby show. These three netted $46.39.

The Baby show will be an annual event of the Decatur Club. It
is not primarily a money-making, but a fun-making enterprise. Those
who have ever attended will testify to its effectiveness. Those who
won the prizes this year were Fan Pitman (daughter of Fan Oliver
Pitman), Frances Hendee (daughter of Eva Towers Hendee), Eldridge
Brown (son of Bessie Young Brown), Ruth Slack (daughter of Julia
Pratt Smith Slack), and Charles Aronstam (son of Rita Schwartz
Aronstam).

Respectfully submitted,

EMMA JONES, President,
FLORINNE BROWN, Secretary-Treasurer.
The above reports were adopted, with especial commendation for
the report of the Curriculum Committee.

The following budget, presented by the Finance Committee, was
adopted after discussion:

REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE BUDGET 1923-'24.

RECEIPTS

Rent from Tea-Room $ 400.00

Income from Tea Room _ 500.00

Rent from Rooms Anna Young Alumnae House 100.00

Dues ; 500.00

Life Memberships 375.00

Gifts and Pledges 1,000.00

Miscellaneous 25.00

New Investment _ 300.00

Total Receipts .. $3,200.00

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DISBURSEMENTS.

Secretary's Salary $450.00

Printing and Stationery 400.00

Postage 75.00

Office Supplies and Help 10.00

Building Pledge 1,000.00

Furnishings and Upkeep Anna Young Alumnae House 250.00

Entertainment - 125.00

Maid 200.00

Life Memberships - - 375.00

Traveling Expenses 100.00

Affiliation Dues - 27.50

New Investments 125.00

Miscellaneous _ 62.50

Total , $3,200.00

The following recommendations of the Executive Committee were
accepted.

1. That the Constitution be amended so as to raise the dues from
$1.00 to $1.50. This extra amount is to take care of the publication
of Alumnae Bulletins in the future.

2. Changes in regulations for Anna Young Alumnae House.
Article 2

a. In section (1) the second sentence: "For the first FIVE
days" shall be changed to "For the first THREE days."

b. The following note is to be added to section (2): "The
privilege of extending periods of time mentioned above is given
to Alumnae and to guests in case space is not needed for other
returning Alumnae."

c. Section (4) is to be added: "The House Hostess shall
have the privilege of entertaining guests in her own room for so
long a time as she wishes. In using other rooms of the house, she
is subject to rules governing use by Alumnae."

The resolutions on the death of Dr. Gaines, which were prepared by
Allie Candler Guy for the Atlanta Club, were read to the Association
and adopted. It was moved that they be included in the minutes of
the meeting.

"Whereas God in his providence has removed from our midst one
whom we all loved, honored and respected, and through this act there
has been created a great loss to Agnes Scott, her Alumnae, and to
the cause of Christian Education;

"Whereas, he gave his life freely and completely to the noble work
which has blessed and enriched the lives of all thote he touched. He
was a man with a lofty purpose and Christlike ideals, living always true
to his vision unassuming, modest, conservative and dignified, without
a trace of sham, he labored always for the uplift of others. He was
a great educator, a builder, a leader, a benefactor, 'a man strong in
the strength that comes from a lofty purpose and a valiant faith a
doer of a noble, and immortal work.'

"Whereas, he unhesitatingly 'spent all of his talents in a realm
whose glory is service, whose wisdom is humility, whose values are
eternal, whose riches are unsearchable.

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"Be it resolved that we, the members of the Agnes Scott Alumnae
Association, feel a deep personal loss of a true friend, and of a great
throbbing soul whose memory will ever live in our hearts and we
extend our heartfelt sympathy to his family;

"Further, be is resolved that a copy of these resolutions be spread
on the minutes of the Association and that one be sent to his family."

The Association adopted the tribute to Dr. Armistead read by
Miss Preston.

The following report of the Alumnae Aid League was read and
adopted:

REPORT OF AID LEAGUE YEAR ENDING MAY, 20, 1923

After consultation with the president it was thought wise not to
solicit gifts for the Aid League during the year 1922-'23, but give way
to the claims of the Alumnae Association in its plans to raise the
funds necessary to meet the additional payment on the Alumnae
House pledge. The League has therefor concentrated on the collec-
tion of outstanding loans with the following effect:

FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

Received, October 1st, from Isabel Dew $ 50.00

Received, November 16th, Mary Barker 10.00

Received, March 27th, Myrtle Blackmon 150.00

Received, March 27th, balance from former treasurer 19.99

Total $229.99

MARY WALLACE KIRK, Treasurer.

The play Contest Committee, which is a special committee of the
Association, presented the following report:

REPORT OF LOUISE McKINNEY PLAY CONTEST COMMITTEE-
YEAR ENDING MAY 24TH, 1923

During the year the members of the committee wrote to all the
Alumnae whom they knew had dramatic or near-dramatic ability, urg-
ing them to enter the contest. As a result of these letters two plays
were submitted. As an additional result the following convictions were
formed in the mind of the committee:

That a letter-irresistible, persuasive and eminating prestige
signed by the committee and the president of the Association be
sent out in May to all Alumnae who, during their college course, had
shown any writing ability; the names of these to be secured from
the English Department.

That during the year effective publicity be given the contest through
the pages of the AGONISTIC, thus directing the attention of the
undergraduates to the opportunity offered and enabling them to pre-
pare for entrance into the contest.

That the spring issue of the ALUMNAE BULLETIN carry a
strong article giving the regulations of the contest and appealing to
our loyalty and pride in taking part.

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That the conditions of the contest be changed so as to make the
award of the prize conditioned upon at least three contestants, and
upon the real merit of the play submitted this to be determined by
the judges.

An effort has been made this spring to begin the publicity in the
AGONISTIC and the BULLETIN. We trust it will become more and
more effective, and that another year will bring a large increase in
the number of contestants.

The committee cannot refrain from expressing here a word of
appreciation of the donor of the prize, her loyalty to her Alma Mater,
and her interest in stimulating creative work on the part of the
Alumnae.

Respectfully submitted,

MARY LOUISE McKINNEY,
FRANCES CHARLOTTE MARKLEY,
MARY WALLACE KIRK, Chairman.

Adjournment.

Respectfully submitted,

LIZZABEL SAXON, Secretary.

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Minutes of Executive Committee

Feb. 5, 1923

The first meeting of the Executive Committee for 1923, was held at
the Alumnae House on February 5. Those present were: Carol
Stearns Wey, Lucile Alexander, Emma Moss Dieckmann, Allie Candler
Guy, Mary West Thatcher, Lizzabel Saxon, Emma Jones (General
Secretary).

After the minutes were read, the president reported the follow-
ing appointments of chairmen of Standing Committees, involving
changes due to resignation of chairmen appointed in May:

Chairman of Preparatory Schools Lucy Durr.
Chairman of Vocational Guidance India Hunt.
Chairman of Entertainment Mary West Thatcher.
Chairman of Tea Room Eliza C. Earthman.

Reports from Standing Committees show that they are at work,
though there has hardly been time for some to realize results.

The Committee on Vocational Guidance is in communication with
college officials; the Committee on Curriculum is at work comparing
college courses of study by reference to catalogues of other Class A
Colleges; the Committee on Preparatory Schools has a program for
interesting High School students in Agnes Scott; under the direction
of the Committee on Class Organization each class is being organized;
the Committee on Beautifying Grounds has plans for soring work; a
tea for the seniors is to be given in February under the auspices of
the Committee on Entertainment; the Publicity Committee reported
the preparation of a Bulletin of Alumnae Information; also, this
committee sponsored the purchase of college post cards to the amount
of $36.00, of which $20.00 worth have already been sold.

The Treasurer made the following report:

In treasury $360.87

House fund 438.76

Total $799.63

As the $1,000.00 pledge to Trustees is due on March 1st, motion
was carried to pay this before attempting other appropriations on
the 1923 budget. The balance due is to be secured first by private
subscription. As a last resort the Association will borrow from the
Life Membership Fund the amount to be paid back with interest.

Recommendation from Chairman of Publicity Committee that a
member of a committee be allowed to represent chairman at Executive
meeting was lost.

Mary Wallace Kirk was appointed chairman of the Louise Mc-
Kinney Play Committee.

The following were appointed Councellors at large :
Mrs. Martha Brenner Shyrock, Chicago, 111.
Mrs. Julia Ingram Hazzard Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. Frances Dukes Wynn Gjuitman, Ga.

Mrs. Mary Brown Florence , Okla.

The committee voted that the General Secretary should have office
help when necessary.

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ALUMNAE COUNCIL FEBRUARY 13, 1923.

At the meeting of the Alumnae Council on February 13, there were
present the President, Second Vice-President, Secretary, Chairman of
Entertainment Committee, General Secretary and the following Coun-
cillors: Mrs. Bessie Scott Harmon from the Trustees; Miss Hopkins,
from the Faculty; Miss Hilda McConnel, from the Boarding Students;
Miss Daisy F. Smith, from the Day Students; Mrs. Ethel Alexander
Gaines, from the Atlanta Club; Mrs. Gussie O'Neal Johnson, from the
Decatur Club.

After discussion it was decided that for the present each club might
appoint one councillor for every ten members.

Miss Hopkins spoke of the pleasure derived from the Alumnae
House by the entire college community. It has become the center of
the social life and is a matter of interest to the college visitors.

Greetings came to the meeting by special delivery letter from
Frances Charlotte Markley, Chairman of Publicity Committee. She
suggested that the council take up the matter of advertising Agnes
Scott in the high schools of the country. The General Secretary was
requested to refer her suggestion to the Committee on Preparatory
Schools. Miss McConnell offered the aid of Hoasc to this committee.

Miss Daisy Frances Smith told of the effort of the day pupils to
raise money for the Day Pupils House. She reported that $1,370.00
had been raised toward the required $3,000.00.

Mrs. Thatcher, chairman of the Entertainment Committee, in-
vited the members of the council to a tea to be given for the seniors
during the George Washington season.

Mrs. Gaines reported from the Atlanta Club a number of social
meetings and a plan for an Annual Children's Carnival.

Mrs. Johnson reported that the Decatur Club would soon be ready
to present to the Alumnae Association the memorial panel of Miss
Anna Young. She told of the plans for an unveiling ceremony.

The president made a statement in regard to finance and empha-
sized the necessity of securing the House Fund by subscription.

Adjournment.

Respectfully submitted,

LIZZABEL SAXON, Secretary.

EXECUTIVE COMMITEE APRIL 24, 1923.

A meeting of the Executive Committee was called for April 24 to
consider arrangements for Commencement.

The general secretary was requested to send notices of the luncheon
to the local Alumnae, members of the General Association, classes
present for reunion and to the newspapers. It was agreed to issue
tickets for the luncheon which would be presented at the door.

The committee directed the Chairman of the Publicity Committee
to prepare material for a second Alumnae Bulletin to be published as
soon as possible. Also, the committee will recommend to the General
Association meeting in May that the Constitution be amended so as
to raise the dues from $1.00 to $1.50. This extra amount is to take
care of the publication of Alumnae Bulletin in the future.

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It was the sentiment of the Committee that the Alumnae should
be able in some way to give to the Board of Trustees an expression
of opinion concerning the choice of the next president of the college.
Details for arranging this are to be worked out in the Alumnae office.

The committee desires that the Alumnae Association be repre-
sented by delegates at the meeting of Affiliated Alumnae Associations
in Portland, Oregon, during the month of July and also at the South-
ern Women's Educational Alliance meeting in New York, May 10 and
11. The president will appoint delegates who are available for these
meetings.

At the request of the Tea Room Committee, the Executive Com-
mittee ruled on the following matters: The Tea Room will bear the
expense of waxing floors and laundering curtains; the House Com-
mittee will bear that of repairing floors.

The advisability of incorporating the Alumnae Association was
discussed and left for decision at some later meeting.

The General Secretary gave a report from the Annual Meeting of
Alumnae Secretaries, which was held in Cleveland, Ohio, April . She
noted that our Association, in comparison with others, is weak in
system of publicity, in number of local clubs and in small amount of
dues. This report will be repeated at the General Association Meeting
in May.

This finished the business and the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,

LIZZABEL SAXQN^Se,dri?tary. '!,

MINUTES OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MAY 25TH,,19^3. ; -

The Executive Committee met at 2:30 Friday, My > 2$tf% ,at: ,th$.
Alumnae House with Mrs. Wey, Mrs. Dieckmann, Mrs. Guy, Miss
Alexander, Mrs. Earthman and the General secretary pres'mt.J ']Tb&
meeting was taken up with the business of the General Meeting ,'t,6
be held May 26th.

It was decided that the chief business of the meeting should be the
reports of the chairmen of the committees, the recommendations of
the Alumnae House Committee with regard to the use of the Alumnae
House (see minutes of the meeting of the General Association for
wording of changes) the proposed change in the constitution involving
the raise in the dues necessary to defray the expenses of the Alumnae
Quarterly, and the proposed budget for the coming year. The budget
was presented by Mrs. Dieckmann and adopted by the committee for
presentation the next day (see budget in minutes of General Meeting).
Respectfully submitted,

LIZZABEL SAXON, Secretary.

MINUTES OF THE ALUMNAE COUNCIL MAY 25, 1923.

The second meeting of the Alumnae Council for the year 1922-1923,
was held at the Alumnae House, May 25, with eleven members present.

The representatives from the college and student body reported
that a student memorial to Dr. Gaines and one to Dr. Armistead were
under discussion. Plans for these memorials will be entered upon
during the next school year.

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The council heard with interest the program of the work for the
Day Student's Home. The Alumnae Association sympathizes with this
movement and will aid it in any way possible.

The members of the Council were gratified by the report of the
work done by Hoasc towards advertising Agnes Scott. Portable slides
have been made by this organization and are ready to be shipped to
different high schools.

The Committee on Buildings and Grounds reported that a beginning
had been made in interesting the college in beautifying the Campus,
especially in the matter of shrubbery.

There was a discussion of the unsatisfactory appearance of the
College parlors. The last named committee was asked to take up
the matter with the College.

After reports from the Atlanta and Decatur Clubs (see minutes of
General Meeting, May 26) the Council was adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,

LIZZABEL SAXON, Secretary.

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