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Published in November, January, April and July by the Agnes Scott Alumnae Association
Entered as second class matter under the Act of Congress, August, 1912.

Vol. XIV NOVEMBER, 193 5 No. 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Death of Mr. Murphey Candler, Trustee of Agnes Scott

Letter to Alumnae .;'. - ;." .';' 1 ,. ,)'',, a \,' *, \ . . . 3

President J. R. .McCain', !'','' ""

Annual Reports of the Alumnae Association " . .. '. ,\ '\ ' . V 4

Club News 13

Office News 16

Faculty News 19

Marriages 20

Births 22

Class News 24

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Mr. Charles Murphey Candler, trustee of Agnes Scott since his election to that board
in 1889, died at his home in Decatur, Ga., on August 7, 1935. Mr. Candler had been
ill for several months, part of which time he had spent in Charlotte, N. C, with his
son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Milton A. Candler (nee Marion Symmes, special
student at Agnes Scott College).

Mr. Candler came of distinguished parentage and was closely identified with Decatur
affairs all of his life. He was born in Decatur on March 17, 185 8, and was the son of
Milton A. Candler and Eliza Murphey Candler. Mr. Candler was educated at the Uni-
versity of Georgia, from which he held the degree of LL.D. At the early age of twenty-
eight, Mr. Candler began a long and distinguished public career by serving in the
legislature. During the active parts of his life, he played a distinguished part in the
political and civic life of the state. He served with great ability many terms in both
the house and the senate, was chairman of the Georgia State Railroad Commission, the
author of a number of important state laws and was recognized as an authority on tax-
ation and state railroad ownership.

In 1882 Mr. Candler married Miss Mary Scott, the daughter of Colonel and Mrs.
George W. Scott, founders of Agnes Scott College. Throughout his life, he served long
and faithfully as an elder in the Presbyterian Church, superintendent of the Sunday
School, and assisted in organizing Agnes Scott College and served as a member of its
Board of Trustees until his death. Mr. Candler was an ardent student of the history and
traditions of DeKalb County, and his address delivered on the one hundredth anniver-
sary of the founding of the county contains the largest collection of DeKalb historical
data in existence.

Surviving Mr. Candler are his wife, a daughter, Mrs. L. T. Wilds of Hendersonville
(Laura Eliza Candler, Agnes Sccti, 1904), three sons, and three sisters, Mrs. C. A.
Cowles of Atlanta, and Mrs. Clauae McKinney (Claude Candler, Institute), and Mrs.
Ruth C. Pope (Ruth Candler; 18 95, fiom Institute) of Decatur.

Of Mr. Candid - and Mr. Hooper Alexander (recently deceased father of Amelia
(Alexander) Greenawalt, '17. and Hallie (Alexander) Turner, '18), the DeKalb New
Era editorial of August 8 states: "Mr. Candler and Mr. Alexander both belonged to
what might be called the progressive group of Georgia Democrats and they frequently
gave their support to new measures which many old-timers regarded as revolutionary.
Both were born orators, both had clear and powerful voices and could easily make them-
selves heard by every member in the legislative hall. They usually stood together in
their support of leading measures. When they took the floor against any measure, its
fate, generally speaking, was sealed. Mr. Alexander had a remarkable gift of language,
talking indefinitely without the lack of a single suitable word. Being a man of com-
manding physique, Mr. Alexander easily gained the attention of any group which he
sought to address. He was a man of fine scholarly attainments and was one of the
best posted men in the state. With his clear, strong voice, tall lithe appearance, Murphey
Candler always readily gained close attention anywhere he wished to be heard. In the
legislature, where he served for many years, his associates from all over Georgia held him
in the highest respect even though they did not always agree with him. Mr. Candler
devoted much time and vast labor to the investigation and study of the state's railroad
property and was regarded as the best posted man in the state on the many intricate
problems connected with the handling of the W. and A. Road. Mr. Candler was not
only a gifted orator and political leader of outstanding ability, but he was a Christian
gentleman of the highest type, who, throughout his long life, regarded his home town
and county with an ardent devotion. The impress which his life made upon the citizen-
ship of Decatur and DeKalb County, will long remain as a blessing to the com-
munity which he so ardently loved."

With the passing of Mr. Candler, Agnes Scott loses the last member of the original
Board of Trustees, selected to regulate the institution which came into existence as The
Decatur Female Seminary, in 1889. It is with sincere regret that we note the passing of so
great a friend and with deep sympathy to his many relatives among our own Agnes
Scott family that we dedicate this page of the Agnes Scott Alumnae Quarterly.

LETTER TO ALUMNAE

Dear Friends:

This is an informal letter about several matters of common interest rather than an
article on any one subject.

We would like very much to have the cooperation of all our alumnae and friends
in keeping the real name of our College. There is a disposition on the part of some
people to shorten the name to "Scott College." Our Board of Trustees by formal reso-
lution have requested that this be discontinued. We feel that there is something par-
ticularly distinctive in our full name. It designates us at once as a college for women.
In addition, it puts us first on practically every important list of institutions in the
United States since alphabetically we come right at the top.

It is a pleasure to report the successful completion of our Development Fund Cam-
paign which adds to the College assets $45 0,000 at this time and which completes the
total fund of $1,600,000 for which we have been striving during the years. It was
necessary for some of our friends to put up cash to cover our outstanding subscriptions,
but we believe that our subscribers will respond loyally and thus keep these friends from
any possible loss.

After consultation between the Trustees and General Education Board it was deemed
wisest by both parties for the extra gift of $100,000 from the Board to be used for endow-
ment instead of for a Science Hall at this time. We need very much the Science
Building, but the interest rate on investments is dropping so low that it seemed prudent
just now to build up our reserve rather than to increase our overhead by the erection
of this additional building.

All our friends both on the campus and away from it agree that the Library Building
is our greatest need just now. Plans for it are already complete, and before the Quarterly
comes from the press we expect the building to be in process of erection. We are hoping
very much to have it fully completed and ready for use by the opening of College in
September.

As soon as we have the use of our new Library, we plan to remodel the present Car-
negie Hall and to use it for a student activities building. It will furnish a magnificent
recreation room with many smaller ones which can be used as headquarters for the vari-
ous student organizations, publications, and the like. We feel that it will add very
greatly to the social life of the campus.

We have spent about $3 5,000 already in putting in new steam tunnels, a new
sewer system for the College, new walks and driveways, and additional landscaping for
the rear campus. We have also moved West Lawn and the Infirmary, and have greatly
improved both of these old, but useful structures.

The Presser Foundation has given us recent assurance that they still anticipate paying
as soon as possible the $65,000 toward the erection of a music building and auditorium
to be erected on the west side of Buttrick Hall, but we cannot be sure just when this
money may be available. We are very anxious to get this auditorium because it will
furnish improved chapel facilities, and will enable us to use our present chapel room
in Rebekah Scott Hall for better dining room facilities.

The enrollment for the current session is gratifying, and every space on our campus
has been filled. It was necessary to reopen the White House in order to have enough room
for the boarding students.

Progress is being steadily made on plans for a great "university center" here in At-
lanta which would call for closer cooperation between Agnes Scott, Emory University,
Georgia School of Technology and possibly other units in the community. This is such
a big enterprise that it cannot be rushed. At every step it is important that the inter-
ests of Agnes Scott as an independent, separate college be carefully preserved and under-
stood. We are not willing to give up any of our important privileges as an independent
institution, but by cooperation we feel that we can serve our section of the country
much more effectively.

We are greatly pleased when the alumnae return to visit your Alma Mater. You
are our pride and joy, and we are always glad to see you or hear from you.

Cordially,

J. R. McCain, President.

3l?0S

The Agnes Scott Alumnae Quarterly

THE PUBLICITY COMMITTEE

The Publicity Committee during the past
year has planned and directed fifty-two
radio programs, has assisted with the spe-
cial publicity work for Alumnae Week End,
and has kept a general oversight of Agnes
Scott publicity in the newspapers, from
time to time giving suggestions and help
to the regular student agencies that report
college news to the press.

Through the courtesy of President Mc-
Cain in allowing us to use the material
from the Newspaper Clipping Bureau to
which the college subscribes, the chairman
of this committee has been able to keep a
record of Agnes Scott news as it has ap-
peared in the papers throughout the year.
A survey of these clippings shows that,
exclusive of social items, there have been
about 225 news articles relative to the col-
lege and about 25 pictures.

The most important work of the com-
mittee has been the planning and directing
of the five o'clock radio program every
Wednesday afternoon, over WSB. An ac-
count of the programs featured last sum-
mer was given in the Fall Alumnae Quar-
terly. These programs, centered around
the theme of some distinguished Georgians,
included talks by faculty members, alum-
nae, and students on such subjects as Dr.
Charles Herty, discoverer of the process
for making print paper from "old field"
pines; Crawford W. Long, discoverer of
ether as an anaesthetic; Augustus Bald-
win Longstreet, author of "Georgia
Scenes"; Alexander H. Stephens, vice-pres-
ident of the Confederacy; and Sequoyah,
the Indian who invented the famous Chero-
kee alphabet. The summer programs also
included two talks by well known Geor-
gians as guest speakers, Anderson M.
Scruggs, author of "Glory to Earth," who
gave a reading of his poems, and Bishop
H. J. Mikell, who spoke on "Spiritual Cul-
ture"; an enthusiastically received talk bv
President J. R. McCain on the FERA plan
for giving help to students; and a number
of musical programs, song, violin, piano,
and harp recitals by Frances (Gilliland)
Stukes, Agnes (Adams) Stokes, Kathleen
Bowen, Cara Hinman, Willa (Beckham)
Lowrance, and others.

Among the programs given during the
current college session have been a num-
ber of talks by members of the faculty,
such as those by Professor Alexander on
"The Purpose of the Liberal College", Pro-
fessor Torrance on "The Ideals of Phi Beta
Kappa", Professor Raper on "Why Study
Sociology?", Professor Christian on "Pop-
ular Astronomy", Professor Christie on
"Education, a Trust", Professor Davidson
on "Alexander Stephens", and Professor
Laney on "Books and Reading." These

programs brought a number of apprecia-
tive letters from alumnae and others, with
requests for copies of the talks. A number
of other programs of this year have been
presented by student organizations. Among
these may be mentioned the informal con-
versations on current affairs conducted by
the Debating Society, the plays presented
by Blackfriars, and the programs given by
the College Choir and the Glee Club, such
as the Christmas carols and the light op-
era, "The Pirates of Penzance".

Twice during the year, at the invitation
of President McCain, distinguished outside
speakers have appeared on the programs,
once during the meeting of the Southern
Association of Colleges and Secondary
Schools, in Atlanta, and again during the
meeting of the American Association of
Colleges and Universities. During the fall
months, in addition to presenting our own
weekly programs, Agnes Scott collaborated
with Emory University in several Universi-
ty Round Table discussions.

The chairman of this committee wishes
to express her especial appreciation of the
assistance of Polly Vaughan, who has an-
nounced the radio programs since last fall,
and of Martha Skeen and Ruth Moore, who
were the announcers during the summer
months.

In the Fall Alumnae Quarterly a letter
from the chairman of this committee to the
alumnae at large made an appeal to them
to listen to the Agnes Scott programs and
write their comments to station WSB, so
that the directors of the radio station
might be able to measure the audience
which our programs were reaching and
consequently be able to determine the value
to us of the fifteen minute period allowed
us without charge. For a year and a
half WSB has been generously giving us
this weekly period, which could have been
sold for $125. The gift was to be renewed
for the coming months only if WSB could
be convinced that we were reaching an
audience and that the weekly broadcast
was valuable to the college. Many alum-
nae answered this appeal; letters were re-
ceived also from strangers in several
states; and our programs were continued.
The need of keeping WSB aware of public
interest in the programs is still urgent.
The alumnae are asked to help the cause
of publicity in this way. If you write to
WSB, send a letter, not a post card; the
mail will be forwarded to us, and we, as
well as the radio station, may know what
your reaction to the programs is and how
many people we are reaching.

Respectfully submitted,

Janef Preston, Chairman.

The Agnes Scott Alumnae Quarterly

THE COMMITTEE ON PREPARTORY
SCHOOLS

As ex-officio Chairman of the Committee
on Preparatory Schools, the Field Secre-
tary of the Agnes Scott College Alumnae
Association wishes to make the following
report of the work for the year 1934-1935.
The three definite phases of the schedule
this year have been: (1) contact work in
the South among the public schools and a
few private schools, travel in the college
car entirely, stimulating interest in the col-
lege through talks, showing movies, and
private conferences; (2) advertising work
in the East among the private prepara-
tory schools, primarily interviewing the
headmistresses and college advisers, travel
by train (This new feature started last
year by Penelope (Brown) Barnett, our
former Field Secretary, was on trial this
year and has undoubtedly proved to be an
advisable project for the Field Office.); (3)
closer work with the Alumnae Office on the
campus in order to abolish unnecessary du-
plication of activities, involving attendance
at the Regional Conference of District III
of the American Alumni Council in Atlan-
ta, February 1 and 2, 1935, and at the
Twenty-first National Annual Convention
of the American Alumni Council held in
Washington, D. C, April 3-6, 1935.

A statistical survey of the field work is
as follows. During actual absence from
the campus on trips between October 18-
May 8 (after March in the new college
Plymouth) 84 cities and towns in 10 states
were visited. 139 schools (88 in the South,
48 in the East) were contacted. The Field
Secretary met 114 principals, made 75 talks
to groups of various sizes, showed movies
in 68 schools and many times to alumnae
and parents. 11 group meetings of the
alumnae made it possible to see about 235
alumnae outside of Atlanta and Decatur.
Dorothy Hutton, '29, Mildred Hooten, '33,
and Alberta Palmour, '35, have rendered
invaluable services as traveling compan-
ions, likewise Diana Dyer, '32, who han-
dled the College Day program in Greens-
boro, N. C, at the request of the Field
Office.

Expenses for traveling totaled $260.46.
The Field Secretary is indebted to friends
of the College and the 57 alumnae who
have made possible the nominal account
and to the many alumnae who have made
the work pleasant as intermediaries in the
schools.

The home work of the Field Office to
carry on the three phases of work in-
volves sending out in September notices
of the competitive examinations and letters
to schools which have already expressed
an interest in them. There were 101 con-
testants as a result. Follow-up work oc-

cupied the Secretary with letters to the
principals of each school visited to ac-
knowledge the welcome, with the sending
of catalogues, descriptive matter, and an-
nuals (15 sent) to schools throughout the
year, with personal correspondence with
the individual prospects, which correspond-
ence was handled by the registrar's office,
the Field Office, and Mortar Board as one
of its projects. High School Day for the
Atlanta high school seniors on March 23,
1935, demanded the cooperation of the
Alumnae Office and the Field Office, an
activity the secretaries of the two offices
hope may be continued. New pictures of
campus activities were taken during the
year. Prospective students were invited
to the campus for eventful week-ends; ac-
ceptances came from Chattanooga, Annis-
ton, and Cartersville.

Respectfully submitted,

Elinor Hamilton, Field Secretary.

THE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

Since I have been requested to make this
brief, the following outline of the year's
work of your Curriculum Committee leaves
all details to your imagination.

Function of the Curriculum Committee:
To promote the Alumnae Week-End.

Committee: Clara (Whips) Dunn, Chair-
man; Banquet, Penelope (Brown) Bar-
nett; group of lectures under "Our Chang-
ing Standards," Ellen Douglas Leyburn and
Miss Florence Smith; group of lectures un-
der "Motherhood, a Profession for the Col-
lege Woman," Allie (Candler) Guy and
Fannie G. (Mayson) Donaldson; Reading
lists, Miss Catherine Torrance, Alice Glenn,
Elizabeth Flinn; Publicity, Dorothy Hut-
ton, Frances (Craighead) Dwyer, Janef
Preston; Children's Program, Llewellyn
Wilburn, Frances (Gilliland) Stukes, Em-
ma Pope (Moss) Dieckmann, Harriette
Haynes.

How we worked out our plans: Two gen-
eral meetings of the committee, one on
October 4, the other on February 3, ap-
proved all details of general interest. Spe-
cific details were worked out by the va-
rious sub-committees.

Changes made and new features intro-
duced this year: 1. Date changed from
Thanksgiving week-end to Founder's Day
week-end. 2. Double aspect of program
two lines of interest followed increasing
number of speakers and topics for discus-
sion. 3. Reading lists submitted by our
speakers and mailed to alumnae. 4. Pro-
gram for children of alumnae from four to
twelve.

How the publicity worked to secure our
splendid attendance: 1. Letter to alumnae
from chairman in November Quarterly. 2.
Article in Agonistic of Nov. 28 sent to
alumnae. 3. Complete program and read-

The Agnes Sco tt Alumnae Quarterly

ing lists in January Quarterly. 4. Com-
plete program sent about a week before.
5. Numerous articles in Atlanta papers. 6.
Work through class chairmen by telephone.

Follow-up: 1. "Thank you" notes to all
speakers and everyone who helped from
your Alumnae Secretary. 2. In the April
Quarterly the complete copy of all the (ex-
clusive of Miss Mc Alpine's) lectures given
and radio talks made. 3. April Quarterly
to all non-members who participated.

How many came: The registration al-
though incomplete, counted up to over two
hundred on Saturday morning, as against
93 in 1933-1934.

Some general results: 1. Increase in at-
tendance. 2. Unusual interest on part of
alumnae. 3. Appreciation from all visitors
present. 4. Enthusiasm on the part of all
children present. 5. A letter from Cornell
requesting April Quarterly.

How we might do it better next time:
1. Get out our reading lists earlier. 2. In-
clude more social features. 3. Perhaps pro-
vide one or more out-of-town speakers as a
special privilege. 4. Make more use on the
program of our own successful and worth-
while alumnae. 5. Make provision for more
round-table discussions. 6. Provide in some
way for business women among our alum-
nae unable to attend our morning sessions.
7. Establish its place in Atlanta educa-
tional, literary and social circles as a per-
manent event of real importance.

Things we could not improve on: 1.
The good time Llewellyn Wilburn, Harri-
ette Haynes and their helpers gave the
children. They will never forget it. 2.
Frances Dwyer and her work on the pub-
licity. 3. The spirit of cooperation and
helpfulness with which the lectures, com-
mittee chairmen and all concerned worked
to make our week-end a success.

Clara (Whips) Dunn, Chairman.

THE HOUSE AND TEA ROOM
COMMITTEE

Since the Tea Room has been leased, the
duties of this committee have been con-
siderably lightened.

The Committee for 1934-1935 have been:
Maryellen (Harvey) Newton, Chairman;
Imogene Allen, Julia Pratt (Smith) Slack,
Hilda (McConnell) Adams, Rosa Miller,
boarding student representative; Alice
Chamlee, day student representative; and
Harriette Haynes, faculty representative.

Only two meetings were called during
the session, one in November and one in
April. The members of the committee met
another time in November to do some bad-
ly needed mending for the House.

The chairman and the office cooperated
with the manager in advertising the Tea
Room the early part of the year. The stu-

dents were appealed to at a regular Chapel
time, well attended. This was followed
up by articles about the Tea Room in The
Agonistic and by the awarding of a $2.50
meal ticket to the student who wrote the
best letter on the Tea Room. The Deca-
tur and Atlanta Clubs were asked to give
support at the time of their joint meeting
in November. The management had dis-
tributed advertisements among the stu-
dents in early September. These were fol-
lowed up by letters from the office to the
heeds of student organizations. A tea to
this last mentioned group was given in the
fall.

It is suggested that Miss Barnett's ap-
plication be considered by the Executive
Committee.

The following gifts have been given dur-
ing the session: 1. A lamp for the down-
stairs sitting room from a balance from
the Tuscumbia, Sheffield and Florence Ala-
bama Club's former gift. 2. Two pairs of
bathroom curtains from Imogene Allen. 3.
Five dozen cups and saucers and forty tea-
spoons by the group of the Atlanta Club
under the chairmanship of Cora (Morton)
Durrett. 4. Luncheon cloths from the New
Orleans Club. 5. Linen hand towels from
the Marietta alumnae. 6. $21.00 from the
Decatur Club to repaint furniture in two
guest bedrooms. 7. Improvements in the
College guest room a slip cover for the
chair, three genuine Godey prints, drape-
ries, a bed-spread, two hand crocheted rugs
from the group of the Atlanta Club un-
der the chairmanship of Mary (Crenshaw)
McCullough. 8. A dinner cloth from Miss
Leslie Gaylord. 9. A gift of linens from
AUie (Candler) Guy's group of the Atlanta
Club a tea cloth, two luncheon sets, two
sandwich tray covers, ten sheets. 10. Cup
towels from the Knoxville Club. 11. Three
hand woven hand towels from Daisy and
Cora Strong.

Approximately 70 guests have been en-
tertained during the session. One guest
stayed for the months of March and
April.

It is suggested that the broken pieces of
the private dining room china service be
replaced. A price list from Harry F. Dobbs,
Inc., is in the office files. This indicated
that we would have to order our china out
of the country, allowing several months
for the order to be filled and the cost will
be approximately $7.77.

Respectfully submitted,

Maryellen (Harvey) Newton, Chairman.

The Agnes Scott Alumnae Quarterly

THE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL CLUBS

The work of the Local Clubs Committee
is necessarily carried on almost entirely
through the Alumnae Office and the great-
er part of the activities reported herein
for the year 1934-1935 are to the credit of
the General Secretary and the Field Secre-
tary, who, with Emily (Spivey) Simmons
and Mary N. Barton, form the membership
of the Committee.

A club bulletin has been sent from time
to time to organized groups from the Gen-
eral Secretary, and the Committee Chair-
man has endeavored to keep in touch with
the 26 clubs now in existence by corre-
spondence. Early in October an individual
long hand letter was sent to each of the
Local Club presidents, in the fond hope that
the personal touch might produce replies.
Apparently, however, the controlling qual-
ity of the long hand was not its personal
appeal but its illegibility, for only two
presidents responded. They wei'e: Helen
(Hendricks) Martin of Sheffield, Ala.; and
Helen Lane (Comfort) Sanders of New
Orleans, La. This was followed by a no-
tice in February of the time and station of
the Founder's Day broadcast and various
letters to different groups were written
throughout the year.

The Committee met during the Founder's
Day reunion on the campus, there being
three members present Dorothy Hutton,
Elinor Hamilton, and Mary Waller Shep-
herd. Frances (Craighead) Dwyer, Presi-
dent of the Alumnae Association, and Pe-
nelope (Brown) Barnett, the former Field
Secretary, met with us. The Committee
agreed on the following:

To endeavor to found local clubs in every
city now lacking an Agnes Scott Club, in
which we have twenty-five or more alum-
nae and in which there is a possibility for
good organization working toward this
goal in Tampa, Fla., this year. To urge
each club to send in a membership to the
Quarterly for its group. This suggestion
was made by Penelope (Brown) Barnett.
To make a Quarterly club page more com-
plete and attractive. To suggest meetings
on a schedule comparable to the Quarter-
ly's publication.

Two new clubs were organized and held
their first meetings on Founder's Day.
These are: The Chattanooga, Tenn., Club,
with Rosemary May as president and a
well-'planned! program for work in the
schools through a special committee in
each of the accredited high schools; The
Chicago, 111., Club, with Martha (Eakes)
Matthews as president, and a proposed
program of three meetings a year.

A list of other local clubs meeting on
Founder's Day follows: Atlanta, Decatur,
Atlanta Business Girls', Hendersonville, N.

O, Montgomery, Ala., Charlotte, N. C,
Knoxville, Tenn., Mississippi at Jackson,
Birmingham, Ala., Baltimore, Md., and
New York City.

The following local clubs have made
gifts: The Atlanta Club donations to the
House and Garden, mentioned in other re-
ports; the Decatur Club a donation to the
House and the sponsoring of the annual
Children's Party at Commencement; the
Atlanta Business Girls' Group donations of
linens and rugs to the day student rooms
in Inman Hall; the Knoxville Club dona-
tions to the House; and the New Orleans
Club donations to the House.

The following clubs have been visited by
some member of the Committee during the
year: Birmingham, Charlotte, Chattanooga,
Greeenville, Knoxville, New Orleans, Shef-
field, Washington, Winston-Salem. In ad-
dition to these, the General Secretary has
regularly attended the monthly meetings
of the three local groups Atlanta, Busi-
ness Girls', and Decatur.

Respectfully submitted,
Mary Waller Shepherd, Chairman.

THE GROUNDS COMMITTEE

The Grounds Committee feels that a
great deal has been accomplished this year,
both by us and for us. In June, 1934, there
was a debt of $114.67 to H. G. Hastings
Company. The Executive Committee felt
that this account should be closed, so the
amount was borrowed from the Savings'
Account of the Association. During the
summer, $39.25 was received from the
Charlotte Club, to complete its pledge of
$100 to the pergola, $10 from the Atlanta
Club, and $5 from Augusta (Skeen) Coo-
per, thus reducing the debt to $60.42. In
January this was paid, thanks to a most
generous gift of $55 from the Atlanta Club
and a personal gift of $5 from Cora (Mor-
ton) Durrett.

During the winter it was decided that,
owing to the luxuriant growth of the roses,
it was best to complete the pergola even
though another debt would be incurred.
With the consent of the Executive Commit-
tee and the help of Mr. Cunningham, we
got estimates from four different con-
tractors. Three groups in the Atlanta
Club pledged themselves to pay for this
work. The lowest bid, $145, was accepted
and the pergola was completed in March,
adding a great deal to the appearance of
the garden. The $145 for the immediate
payment for the work was borrowed from
Eloise (Gay) Brawley and to date the
groups headed by Mary Elizabeth (War-
ren) Read, Sara (Berry) West, Louise
(Brown) Hastings, and Edythe (Coleman)
Paris have reduced this debt to $51.15. It
should be stated that $2.17 was paid Eloise

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(Gay) Brawley as interest on the loan and
an additional amount of $4.70 for the dedi-
cation block placed in the right column.

As to the personal work of the commit-
tee, we have not left the garden to the
disinterested care of the campus workmen,
but have spent many hot hours digging,
planting and weeding. We have rooted
twelve hundred boxwood plants. Of these
we set out about eight hundred for borders
in the garden and the rest are in reserve
in our rooting bed. According to nursery
prices, this is over $200 worth of boxwood,
so that those of us who did this work are
very proud of our contribution to the gar-
den. We intend to root more boxwood
this year to be used in beautifying other
places on the campus and we suggest that
future garden committees make this a part
of their work, so that in the years to come
the Agnes Scott campus may be known
for its beautiful boxwood.

We are grateful for several donations of
plants Mue phlox from Augusta (Skeen)
Cooper, chrysanthemums from Mrs. A. S.
King, ascension lily bulbs from Annie (Wi-
ley) Preston in Korea, memorial daisies
from Mrs. William Nichols, candytuft from
Mrs. Charles DuVall, iris bulbs from Mary
Waller Shepherd, not to mention plants
from the private gardens of the members
of the committee.

The General Association allows the gar-
den $25 a year. Of this amount we have
spent about $5 for seeds and plants and
$2 for extra labor. The rest has gone for
fertilizer and peat moss. Although, con-
sidering the paying of the debt and the
building of the pergola, it may seem that
a great deal of money has gone into the
garden this year, we have been handi-
capped for lack of funds in carrying on the
ordinary routine of gardening. There have
been plants and shrubs that we needed
but didn't have the money to buy. Now
that the debt on the building of the garden
has been wiped out and the money for the
pergola pledged by certain groups in the
Atlanta Club we beg for your continued fi-
nancial support and interest in this lovely
spot for which the students and visitors
to the campus never fail to express their
appreciation.

Respectfully submitted,
Frances (Gilliland) Stukes, Chairman.
Committee: Eloise (Gay) Brawley,

Louise (Brown) Hastings,
Mrs. R. B. Holt.

THE ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE

The Entertainment Committee for the
year 1934-1935 begs to make the following
report of its activities:

As this Committee entered upon its du-
ties it was informed that it should be re-
sponsible for planning and carrying
through all the undertakings of a social
nature which the Alumnae Association
might sponsor. Fifty dollars were allotted
the Committee according to the budget.
The Committee was told that certain defi-
nite entertainments were scheduled, accord-
ing to custom, and that the fifty dollars
would have to provide for them. These
were as follows: a party for the new stu-
dents, one for the Granddaughters' Club,
one for the Seniors, one for the alumnae
and faculty on Commencement Sunday. In
addition to the above responsibilities the
Committee was to plan, secure, and arrange
the flowers on the tables for the Trustees'
Luncheon in Rebekah Scott Hall in May.

The Committee feels that it has met
each of these obligations and calls atten-
tion to the fact that a detailed description
of all the parties may be found in the files
of the Alumnae Office. It has been the
very certain purpose of this Committee to
have the greatest possible number of the
paid Alumnae Association members to par-
ticipate in these affairs.

In the way of a summary:

A tea for the new students was given on
September 14th at 4:30 P. M. in the Alum-
nae House and Garden. 250 guests were
invited 216 attended. Total expense to
the Association, $25.00. A seated tea was
given for the Granddaughters on Wednes-
day, October 17th, at 4:30 o'clock in the
Alumnae House. 61 guests were invited
50 accepted. Total expense to the Associa-
tion, $7.50. A flower tea was sponsored by
several groups of the Atlanta Club at the
home of Mrs. Hastings on Saturday after-
noon May 11th, at 4:30 o'clock. For this
tea the Alumnae Association provided tick-
ets and transportation for the members of
the senior class and all alumnae who as-
sisted. There were 107 invited guests 75
attended. Total expense to the Association,
$17.50. The flowers for the Trustees'
Luncheon on Saturday, May 25th, will be
procured and placed on the tables by the
Entertainment Committee. The Committee
had expected to plan a tea to be given on
Sunday afternoon for alumnae and faculty,
following Vesper Services. At the re-
quest of Miss Hutton, however, the Com-
mittee has relinquished this pleasure in fa-
vor of a newly formed, temporary com-
mittee chosen by Miss Hutton. An expla-
nation may be found in the detailed report
in the Alumnae Office.

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ests of the Entertainment Committee
those which together completely absorbed
the budgeted $50.00 two other small gath-
erings have been arranged and given in the
name of the Alumnae Association during
the year. The expenses totaling $15.30
were met by a fund which Miss Hutton
found was unexpectedly available for ex-
tra entertaining. They were:

An after-luncheon coffee on January
19th in the Alumnae House for American
Association of University Women who were
in conference at Agnes Scott. There is no
accurate record of the number invited or
attending. Expenses, $7.05. Afternoon tea
was served on Saturday, February 2nd at
four o'cock to the Alumnae Secretaries at-
tending the Regional meeting being held
at Emory University and Agnes Scott. No
accurate record of the number invited or
present could be kept. Total expense,
$8.25.

In completing the year's work of the
Committee your chairman would like to
say that those who were guests or assist-
ing at these entertainments must realize
that though of a simple nature and little
more than merely adequate for their pur-
pose, these parties could not have en-
joyed even the small success which was
theirs unless there had been a sweet and
sympathetic spirit of cooperation and gen-
erosity among the members of the Enter-
tainment Committee, especially, and also
those of the Executive Board. Small gifts
of flowers, nuts, extra cookies and sand-
wiches, place cards and checks were do-
nated from time to time as needed. For
the interest, unselfishness, and considera-
tion which each co-worker has shown her
in her efforts to preside over the function-
ing of the Entertainment Committee the
Chairman is grateful.

Respectfully submitted,
Augusta (Skeen) Cooper, Chairman.
Committee:

Margaret (McDow) MacDougall

Julia Pratt (Smith) Slack

Margaret Phythian

Louisa (White) Gosnell

Cora (Morton) Durrett.

THE STUDENT LOAN COMMITTEE

Receipts

Balance from June, 1934 $ 50.36

Interest .68

Returned loan and interest 107.59

Interest - .17

11 Returned loans 120.00

Total receipts $278.80

Disbursements
4 Loans $170.00

Balance $108.80

Thirteen letters have been written to
girls who borrowed before 1934, requesting
that they pay their loans as soon as possi-
ble, and to three girls who borrowed money
this term, requesting them to return these
loans by June 1.

Since 1916 there have been about 20
loans for an ag'gregate of $1,665.00 made
and collected in full. $13.17 in interest was
collected.

There were 13 loans made prior to 1934,
on which all or part is still due 6 of these
partially paid.

Aggregate loans made $1,130.00

Amount paid 245.00

Amount due $885.00

The loans made during 1934-1935, due
June 1, 1935, are as follows:
1 of $75.00 $40.00 paid.
1 of $15.00 $15.00 paid.
1 of $50.00 nothing repaid.
1 of $30.00 $5.00 paid.

Respectfully submitted,
Ladie Sue (Wallace) Nolan, Chairman.

COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTION AND
BY-LAWS

Certain desirable changes in the Consti-
tution and By-Laws of the Alumnae Asso-
ciation have been brought to the attention
of your Committee on Constitution and
By-Laws, and after consideration as to the
advisability of the same, the Committee
begs leave to submit the following report
incorporating recommendations for the
changes suggested.

1. Article VI, Section 1, of the Constitu-
tion entitled Amendment reads as follows:

"Amendments to the Constitution shall
require two thirds of the votes cast, and
may be made at any meeting, provided no-
tice of such proposed amendment shall have
been sent to each member of the Associa-
tion."

In view of the fact that experience has
demonstrated this proviso to be impracti-
cal and useless for the purpose for which
it was intended, it is recommended that
said section be changed, omitting the pro-
viso, so that it will read as follows:

Amendments to the Constitution shall
require two thirds of the votes cast, and
may be made at any meeting when the re-
quired quorum is present.

Because of the growth of the Association,
various administrative alterations have
been found necessary and in order to meet
the growing needs, the following recom-
mendations regarding substitution for some
outworn by-laws are made:

2. Article IV of the By-Laws:

a. That Article IV, Section 2 of the By-
Laws be properly altered so that the Exec-

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utive Committee shall include in its mem-
bership as ex-officio members, the local
club presidents, to-wit: the presidents of
the Atlanta Agnes Scott Club, the Decatur
Agnes Scott Club, and the Atlanta Agnes
Scott Business Girls' Club, so that the sec-
tion will thereafter read thus:

Article IV, Section 2, Executive Commit-
tee: The Executive Committee shall consist
of the standing committees, the officers of
the Association, the outgoing president, and
the presidents of the local clubs, to-wit:
the presidents of the Atanta Agnes Scott
Club, the Decatur Agnes Scott Club, and
the Atlanta Agnes Scott Business Girls'
Club.

b. That Article IV, Section 5, d. be
amended so as to read as follows:

Article IV, Section 5, d. The Executive
Committee: This committee shall appoint a
general secretary and a tea room manager;
the salary of the general secretary shall
be fixed by the Executive Committee to
whom she shall be responsible; the salary
of the tea room manager shall be deter-
mined as the Executive Committee shall
authorize depending upon the contract en-
tered into between the tea room manager
and the Association.

c. That Article IV, Section 5, n, be
amended to read as follows:

Article IV, Section 5, n. The Student
Loan Committee: No loan shall be made
to any student below the junior class ex-
cept upon the express recommendation of
the President of the College.

d. That Article IV, Section 5-1 be amend-
ed to read as follows:

Article IV, Section 5-1. The House and
Tea Room Committee shall have charge of
maintaining and operating the Anna Young
Alumnae House and the Silhouette Tea
Room (except in the matter of redecora-
tion, which shall be the specific duty of
the House Decorations Committee), subject
to the approval of the Executive Commit-
tee.

e. That Article IV, Section 5 include p.,
The House Decorations Committee. This
committee shall consist of five members,
four of whom will be old members and one
of whom will be a new member each term.
This committee shall be self-sustaining and
shall elect from its membership one mem-
ber to represent this committee on the Ex-
ecutive Board. The specific duty of this
committee shall be the selection of furn-
ishings for the Anna Young Alumnae
House, whenever funds shall be designated
for this purpose.

The Constitution Committee calls to your
attention the following: Since this last
created committee cannot function accord-
ing to the Constitution until voted on in
May of 1936, a motion from the floor is
necessary to give legality to its function-
ing prior to that date.

It is the sincere wish of your committee
that the foregoing changes will assist in
making the work of the Association more
useful as the privileges authorized are
utilized by the Association and its mem-
bers.

Respectfully submitted,
Patricia H. Collins, Chairman.

The Atlanta Agnes Scott Club's activi-
ties may be summed up as follows: An ac-
tive membership of about one hundred; an
average attendance of fifty; group system
used and found very effective, there being
nine groups, each of which was responsible
for one general meeting during the year
and for the raising of whatever money
they could raise. The financial report
shows that the total of all group monies,
together with general treasury funds,
amounted to $411.00. This was spent on the
Alumnae House and Garden, including lin-
ens, silver, refurbishing of the College
Guest Room, new furniture for the living
room and a quite considerable amount in
the Garden. Each meeting consists of a
business session, guest speaker and tea
hour. Plans for the new year are similar,
but we are running wild with enthusiasm.
The group system continues, but the club
will seek to raise money by concerted ef-
fort this year. Fall activities opened on
October the twenty-fifth when we began a
series of lectures centered on the home
and open to the public at a nominal price
(50c for individual lectures, $2.00 for the
series). The lectures are: October 25, Mr.
Harold Bush-Brown on Architecture; Oc-
tober 30, Mary Miller on Furniture; No-
vember 8, Mary Miller on Furniture; No-
vember 13, Mr. S. Y. Tupper on Old Sil-
ver; November 22, Mrs. Samuel C. Porter
on Porcelain. These are good subjects, we
think, and we know that our lecturers are
at the "top" of their respective fields. We
seek to uphold the high standards of Ag-
nes Scott curriculum and at the same time
make more money for the Alumnae House.
Sarah Belle (Brodnax) Hansell, '23,
President.

The Decatur Club, during the period of
1933-1934 and 1934-1935, has held sixteen
meetings, ten of which were our regular
monthly meetings held at the Alumnae
House or at the homes of members, with
an average attendance of thirty. We were
fortunate to have such outstanding speak-
ers as Dr. J. R. McCain, Dr. Philip David-
son, Mrs. Alma Sydenstricker, Miss Car-
rie Scandrett, Dr. Cullen Gosnell of Emory
University, Dr. S. M. Christian, and Mrs.

Lamar Lipscomb. Six of our meetings con-
sisted of special activities in cooperation
with the College, or in furthering the ad-
vancement of the Club, such as Founder's
Day, the Alumnae Week-End, two parties
for the children of alumnae, a musical by
Mr. Dieckmann, and two benefit luncheons.
During these two years, we placed four
lovely pairs of rust chintz draperies in the
Tea Room and redecorated two suites of
bedroom furniture in the Alumnae House,
sponsored two parties for the children of
alumnae, and co-sponsored a tea in honor
of the Agnes Scott Faculty, made a dona-
tion to the Garden Committee of the Gen-
eral Alumnae Association, and paid a debt
incurred by the Decatur Club in former
years. We were able to accomplish this
through the following ways: two benefit
luncheons at Sears Roebuck & Company, a
manufacturers' and distributors' dinner,
two aluminum demonstration dinners, the
sale of floor wax, and dues from member-
ship. The above is a brief resume of what
the Decatur Club has been doing for the
past two years. The Club has made good
progress and has accomplished many
things. It is my hope and belief that the
Club will make, during the next year, a
more outstanding record under the leader-
ship of the new officers. Susan (Shad-
burn) Watkins, '27, President.
* * * *

The Charlotte Agnes Scott Alumnae
Club met last February at a downtown tea
room to listen in on the Founder's Day
broadcast, and came to certain conclusions
in regard to the handling of the local or-
ganization which have resulted in an al-
most complete reorganization of the club.
It happened like this. Pernette (Adams)
Carter, '29, had been thinking, and it had
occurred to her that no plan of organiza-
tion appropriate for a small club, with a
membership of twenty or thirty, would be
equally appropriate for a large club, with
a membership of seventy or eighty; that,
therefore, the policies and procedures our
club has followed for the last ten years
needed careful revision. So, when Pernette
was elected at the February meeting to
supersede Marion (Symmes) Candler as
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immediately began to translate her ideas
into action by provoking a discussion which
led to definite plans for reorganization.
The most important changes are concerned
with means of securing attendance, with
the number and kinds of meetings, and
with the financial responsibilities. Mem-
bers are divided into seven groups, aver-
aging ten or twelve members each, accord-
ing to the years during which they were
at college; those attending during Insti-
tute days, for instance, form one group;
those at Agnes Scott from 1914-1919 form
another group; those from 1920-1923 a
third, and so on. From each group one "key
person" is chosen to be responsible for the
attendance of the entire group, even to
the extent of transporting each one to
and from meetings, if desirable. By this
method, every one will be invited to the
meetings by someone she knows personally
and will feel assured that others of her
own group will be present. For this year
"key people" were appointed by the presi-
dent; but, hereafter, each member of the
group will assume the leadership in turn,
for a year at a time, according to the order
in which she is listed in her group. About
two weeks before each meeting the "key
people" and the president, vice-president,
secretary-treasurer and committee chair-
men, together forming the Executive Coun-
cil, hold a supper meeting for the especial
purpose of discussing details of the coming
club meeting. The chairman in charge of
the next meeting explains her plans en-
thusiastically to the Council; the enthusi-
asm becomes contagious and is later spread
by the "key people" to the members of
their groups when the latter are contacted
about the attendance at the next meeting.
Another improvement has been to change
the monthly or sporadic meetings to three
carefully planned annual events, the at-
tractiveness of which no one can contest.
The fall meeting centers about contribut-
ing to the upkeep and beautifying of the
Alumnae House; the February meeting,
about celebrating Founder's Day and in-
teresting high school girls in Agnes Scott;
the spring meeting, about renewing friend-
ships and memories of college days. For
handling the three meetings, three differ-
ent committees are appointed the spring
beforehand, with the sole responsibility of
formulating attractive programs. For the
time being, at least, all dues have been
abolished. The fifty or seventy dollars
necessary to support the annual activities
of the club is to be raised by one stupen-
dous effort on the part of the Project Com-
mittee, with the cooperation of all club
members, no one being asked to serve on
that committee more than once in a life
time. This plan is still in the realms of
the theoretical, as it is being tried this
year for the first time. Whether or not it

is practicable remains to be seen. Several
interesting devices are arranged for ac-
quainting all Charlotte Agnes Scott alum-
nae with one another. In the first place,
"key people" are asked to call on all mem-
bers of their groups once a year. In the
second place, a "names contest," with a
subscription to the Alumnae Quarterly as
the tempting prize, is conducted each year
at two of the three meetings. Everybody
is asked to name those present as they
stand for inspection, or, harder, to put the
proper names under nameless pictures of
all club members. Incidentally, the admin-
istration is determined to obtain four com-
plete sets of small pictures of members,
one for the scrapbook, one for the secre-
tary's book, one for poster display, and
one nameless set for use in contests. After
the reorganization last February, one
meeting was held in April. This was a
very lovely tea given at the home of Sen-
ator J. A. Bell, uncle of Ethel (Rea) Rone,
'19. The Executive Council invited all Char-
lotte alumnae to meet Dorothy Hutton,
'29, Alumnae Secretary, whom we invited
here for the occasion. A purple and white
color scheme was followed in the spring
flowers, in the dining room decorations,
and in most attractive open-faced white
sandwiches, bearing purple iris or A. S.
C.'s, made, you might know, by Clyde (Mc-
Daniel) Jackson, '10. About forty Char-
lotte alumnae called. We were especially
proud of the attendance of six out-of-town
alumnae, Susan Glenn, '32, Isabella Wil-
son, '34, Miriam Anderson, '28, Virginia
Carrier, '28, Mary An (Phelps) Bridges,
ex '30, and Charlotte Hunter, '29. This fall
about fifty alumnae are being urged by
Charlotte Hunter of Davidson, Chairman
of the Out-of-Town Committee, to drive
from nearby towns for all three meetings.
On October the fourteenth the Alumnae
House meeting was held. Frances (Craig-
head) Dwyer, '28, President of the Asso-
ciation, talked about the general Alumnae
Association and the history, development
and contributions of the Alumnae House.
Also, Alberta Palmour, '35, Field Alumnae
Secretary, showed the campus moving pic-
tures while in Charlotte to take the pic-
tures to the high school. Officers for this
year are: President, Pernette (Adams)
Carter, '29; Vice-President, Irene Low-
rance, '28; Secretary-Treasurer, Ethel
(Rea) Rone, '19. "Key People" are: Alice
(Cowles) Barringer, Institute; Mabel (Ar-
drey) Stewart, Institute; Maude (Shute)
Squires, ex '17; Julia (Hagood) Cuthbert-
son, '20; Mary (Keesler) Dalton, '25; Mil-
dred Greenleaf, '30; Jane McLaughlin, '31.
Committee chairmen are: Anne (Kyle) Mc-
Laughlin, '17, Alumnae House Chairman;
Irene Lowrance, '28, Founder's Day Chair-
man; Alice (Quarles) Henderson, ex '32,
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'29, Out-of-Town Chairman; Louisa Duls,
'26, Publicity Chairman. Louisa Duls, '26,
Publicity Chairman.

The Chicago Club was formally organ-
ized at a luncheon on February the twenty-
second, with the following officers elected:
Martha (Eakes) Matthews, '24, President;
Lillian (Beatty) Schuhman, Academy-'13,
Secretary. Fifteen alumnae were present
for the luncheon given by Reba Vinnedge,
ex '24. It was decided to have at least three
meetings a year, one in the fall, one at
Founder's Day, and one in the spring. On
June the eighth eleven alumnae met for
lunch with Charis (Hood) Barwick, '16,
Councillor-at-Large for the Association.
Charis (Hood) Barwick, '16.

The New Orleans Club had two meetings
last year, one in the fall (October) and
one in the spring, with twelve members
present. Violet Weeks, '29, has been elected
President for the 1935-1936 year. The Club
made a donation of linen table cloths and
napkins to the Tea Room. A visit from
Frances (Craighead) Dwyer, '28, Associa-
tion President, was made in the spring.

The Washington Club was entertained at
tea by Marguerite Kennedy, ex '34, and
Eleanore Williams, ex '35, at Marguerite's
home on February the sixteenth. On April
the third an informal dinner was given in
honor of the Field Alumnae Secretary, Eli-
nor Hamilton, '34, in Washington for the
National Alumni Council, at Smorgrasbord,
with eight alumnae present.

The New York Club plans a regular
schedule of three meetings a year. A din-
ner was given on Founder's Day, with six-
teen members present. A tea was given in
the spring. Sara (Townsend) Pittman, '30,
is President of the group.
* * * *

The Knoxville Alumnae Club met for a

luncheon in April with the newly-elected
president, Bess (Grimm) Sisk, ex '21. The
club sent tea towels for use in the Tea
Room. Jean (Powel) McCroskey, ex '09, as
secretary, reported news on all the club
members for this issue of the Quarterly.
iSeveral of the members entertained at
luncheon for Dorothy Hutton, '29, Alumnae
Secretary, and Elinor Hamilton, '34, Field
Alumnae Secretary, at the time of their
visit to Knoxville in March.

The Chattanooga Club was organized on
Founder's Day, with about forty guests
present for an enjoyable tea. The officers
elected are as follows: General Chairman,

Rosemary May, '33; Secretary, Anne Mc-
Callie, '31; Chairman of Student Contacts,
Marion Chapman, '30. Marion's committee
is composed of one representative from
each of the accredited schools: Girls' Pre-
paratory School, Anne McCallie, '31; Chat-
tanooga High School, Lillian Patton, '20,
and Sarah Stansell, '21; Central High
School, Sallie Mai King, '15. The President
of the group was visited by the General
Executive Secretary and by the Field
Alumnae Secretary in March. In May the
club was instrumental in bringing inter-
ested Chattanooga high school seniors to
the campus for May Day and Senior Opera.

* * * #

The Greenville Club entertained the high
school seniors of the Greenville schools at
tea in April at the home of Dorothy
(Keith) Hunter, '25. About ten alumnae
and twelve prospective students were pres-
ent, with Elinor Hamilton, '34, Field Alum-
nae Secretary, as special guest.

* # * *

The Business Girls' Branch of the At-
lanta Club was organized on January 27,
1932, in Rich's Tea Room, following a sug-
gestion made by Augusta (Skeen) Cooper,
'17, then President of the Atlanta Club,
that a distinct organization be made for
Agnes Scott graduates in the business
world. The objectives as set forth were:
to advance the interests of Agnes Scott,
to keep in touch with Agnes Scott through
the Atlanta Club, and to know each other.
There are not many activities that we par-
ticipate in, or can, with limited time, but
we have lived up to these objectives. The
first set of officers included: Sarah Slaugh-
ter, '26, President; Almeda Hutcheson, '19,
Vice-President; Elizabeth Cole, '28, Sec-
retary; Edna Volberg, '28, Treasurer. The
second set of officers were: Lucile Daley,
ex '15, President; Julia (Napier) North,
'28, Vice-President; Jennye (Hall) Lemon,
ex '23, Secretary; and Elsie Davis, '28,
Treasurer. In October, 1934, the constitu-
tion was amended to provide a two year
term for officers. It was also decided at
that time to have dinner meetings in pref-
erence to the luncheon meetings held pre-
viously from twelve to two. In the spring
of 1935 the following officers and com-
mittee chairmen were elected: Lillian Clem-
ent, '27, President; Margie Wakefield, '27,
Vice-President; Marjorie Tindall, '34, Sec-
retary; Elizabeth Johnson, '34, Treasurer;
Martha Lou Overton, '28, Telephone Com-
mittee; Eunice Ball, '28, Program; and
Marie Baker, '30, Publicity. Lillian Clem-
ent, '27, President.

OFFICE NEWS

THE HOPKINS JEWEL AWARD was
announced at Commencement as awarded
to Frances Espy, '35. Frances is the sev-
enth Agnes Scott girl to be accorded this
honor, the others being: Helon (Brown)
Williams, '29; Elizabeth (Flinn) Eckert,
'30; Marguerite Gerard, '31; Andrewena
Robinson, '32; Margaret Ridley, '33; Nelle
Chamlee, '34. The idea of recognizing the
student who most nearly fulfills Miss Hop-
kins' ideals was conceived by the class of
'22, during the 1928-1929 session. Frances
Espy was remarkable in her work with the
Poetry Club and the Lecture Association.

AMERICAN WOMEN, woman's Who's
Who, includes the names of seven faculty
members of Agnes Scott College in its
first edition issued the early part of the
summer. They are Professor Lucile Alex-
ander (A. S. C. '11), of the French De-
partment; Associate Professor Emily S.
Dexter, of the Psychology Department;
Professor Edith Muriel Harn, of the Span-
ish and German Departments; Dean Nan-
nette Hopkins; Professor Mary Stuart
MacDougall of the Biology Department;
Professor Catherine Torrance, of the Greek
Department; and Llewellyn Wilburn, '19,
of the Physical Education Department.
* * * *

THE ENROLLMENT of 484 students
for the 1935-1936 session represents the
greatest demand for admission that Agnes
Scott has had since the system of board-
ing students out was discontinued in 1926.
This year, with 289 boarding students, it
has been necessary to reopen White House.
Without White House the dormitory ca-
pacity is for 277. 173 of the 484 enrolled
are new students, either freshmen, ad-
vanced students, or exchange students.

ALBERTA PALMOUR, '35, daughter of
Mary (Crenshaw) Palmour, Institute, has
been selected as Field Alumnae Secretary
for the 1935-1936 session. She is qualified
in many ways to fill this exacting position,
having served as President of the Fresh-
man Class, President of the Sophomore
Class, President of Student Government,
having participated in the Citizenship Club,
the Granddaughters' Club, Eta Sigma Phi,
the Y. W. C. A., Pi Alpha Phi, been elected
to Mortar Board, and been a member of her
class baseball, hockey, riding, swimming,
water-polo, volley-ball teams and a mem-
ber of the hiking squad. Alberta's work
took her into North Carolina and South
Carolina in October and will take her all
over the southwest with Texas as her ob-
jective in November.

* * * *

THE QUENELLE HARROLD FEL-
LOWSHIP award for this session was
given to Mary Boggs, '35, who is at the
graduate school of Radcliffe in Cambridge,
Mass. Mary is another of those very out-
standing people, with a Phi Beta Kappa
Key, a Mortar Board pin as definite evi-
dences of her fine leadership and unselfish
service. As Editor of the Agonistic in 1935,
she put out a paper of real journalistic
quality. An all-round person, she was also
a member of the German Club, B. 0. Z., the
French Club, Blackfriars, and the Poetry
Club.

* # * *

THE LECTURE ASSOCIATION is for-
tunate in securing Robert Frost, the poet,
for the date of November 7, 1935, and
Thornton Wilder, famous novelist, for Feb-
ruary 8, 1936.

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NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENT has
been attained by the following alumnae:
Emilie Keyes of the class of 1920, now
Mrs. Frederick Wilson Edwards of West
Palm Beach, Fla., whose remarkable abil-
ity as a newspaper interviewer and re-
porter was commended by O. 0. Mclntyre
in his syndicated feature of January 29,
1935; Rose B. Knox, Institute graduate, in
the recent publication by Dodd, Mead and
Company of her fifth book of the Deep
South, "Patsy's Progress;" Marian (Mc-
Camy) Sims, '20, with the syndication for
serial release of her novel, "Morning Star";
Leonora (Owsley) Herman, Institute, for a
second edition of her book of verse,
"Rather Personal," and for her election to
the N. L. American Pen Women and the
Poetry Society of America; Margaret
(Bland) Sewell, '20, as the author of "First
at Bethel," a play adapted to high school
and little theatre production and to South-
ern Memorial Day exercises; Sarah
(Gober) Temple, ex-'ll, for compilation of
"The First Hundred Years of Cobb Coun-
ty," a delightful history of Marietta, Ga.,
and for feature articles of recent publica-
tion in the Atlanta Journal Magazine Sec-
tion; Sara Wilson, '33, as a writer of news-
paper fiction, her first sale being "June
Bride," appearing in the September the
fifteenth issue of the Birmingham (Ala.)
News-Age Herald; Marian Vaughan, '34,
for her fine work as radio announcer of
the weekly Agnes Scott broadcasts and for
her interesting character portrayals in
the Sunday night performances of "Sym-
phony of Life" (eight to eight-thirty over
WSB); Nell Esslinger, '23, for radio ap-
pearances as contralto soloist in the famil-
iar Sunday broadcast "The House by the
Side of the Road"; Dr. Mamie Shaw, '27,
first winner of the Quenelle Harrold grad-
uate fellowship, in winning the privilege
of a year's clinical study in babies' hos-
pitals in Birmingham and London, Eng-
land; Charlotte Newton, '21, for publica-
tion in the January 1, 1935, Library Jour-
nal of a most interesting article, "One
Way," the story of the summer of 1934
as spent by herself and sister operating
a little library in the mountains of North
Georgia.

* * * *

NEW GRANDDAUGHTERS this session
are Martha Fite, daughter of Cassie Verna
(Hunter) Fite, Academy; Martha Mar-
shall, daughter of Mattie (Hunter) Mar-
shall, '10; Susan Goodwyn, daughter of
Linda (Simril) Goodwyn, Institute; Jeanne
Redwine, daughter of Lucy (Reagan) Red-
wine, '10; and Julia Sewell, daughter of
Margaret (Bland) Sewell, '20.

1935 REUNIONS brought the following
alumnae to their luncheons or dinners:
1934; Frances Adair, Elaine (Heckle) Car-
michael, Virginia Fisher, Johnnie Mae
York, Nelle Chamlee, Elinor Hamilton,
Mardie Friend, Elizabeth Winn, Isabella
Wilson, Louise McCain. 1926: Rosalie
(Wootten) Deck, Margaret (Whitington)
Davis, Hazel (Huff) Monaghan, Florence
(Perkins) Ferry, Sarah Slaughter, Mar-
garet Tufts, Sterling Johnson, Elizabeth
(Moore) Harris, Peggy Whittemore, Louisa
Duls, Susan (Shadburn) Watkins. 1927:
Ellen Douglas Leyburn, Frances (Rainey)
McDaniel, Frances (Chambers) Wing, Lou-
ise Davis, Lelia (Joiner) Cooper, Marcia
(Horton) Speir, Caroline (McKinney) Hill,
Emily (Nelson) Bradley, Margie Wakefield,
Nancy Lou (Knight) Narmore, Mildred
(Cowan) Wright, Willie May (Coleman)
Duncan, Elizabeth Lynn. 1928: Bet Cole, Eu-
nice Ball, Martha (Brown) Morrison, Eloise
Gaines, Louise Girardeau, Muriel Griffin,
Alice (Hunter) Rasnake, Anna (Knight)
Daves, Elizabeth McEntire, Julia (Napier)
North, Martha Lou Overton, Mary (Say-
ward) Rogers, Josephine Walker, Mary
Jane (McCoy) Gardner, Mary Bell (McCon-
key) Taylor, Grace (Ball) Sanders, Mary
Ray Dobyns. 1929: Eugenia Kirk, Per-
nette (Adams) Carter, Dorothy Hutton,
Lois (Smith) Humphries, Gladys Austin,
Helen Ridley, Lillie Bellingrath, Mary El-
lis, Alice McDonald, Julia McLendon, Alice
Glenn, Elizabeth (Moss) Mitchell, Ray
(Knight) Dean, Genevieve Knight, Betty
Gash, Charlotte Hunter, Mabel (Marshall)
Whitehouse, Edith (McGranahan) SmithT,
Mary Eizabeth (Warren) Read, Mary
(Ficklen) Barnett, Sara Frances (Ander-
son) Ramsay, Katherine Pasco, Sara
(Douglass) Thomas, Dorothy (Cheek) Cal-
laway.

* * * *

THE AGONISTIC has organized a new
honorary society, the Agonistic Key, mem-
bership in which will be awarded annually
to eight girls who have done unusual work
on the editorial and advertising staffs and
who have shown loyalty and devotion to
The Agonistic and its purposes. The elec-
tion of four of the members will be an-
nounced at chapel in December, and the
remaining four just before the spring holi-
days. A committee made up of the editor,
business manager, the instructor in jour-
nalism, and one other member of the facul-
ty, will elect the members.

* * * *

THE SENIOR CLASS MASCOT has
been elected. He is Henry Robinson, Jr.,
son of Dr. and Mrs. Henry A. Robinson.
Dr. Robinson is Professor of Mathematics
at Agnes Scott.

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The Agnes Scott Alumnae Quarterly

OFFICERS OF THE GRANDDAUGH-
TERS' CLUB for 1935-1936 are Mary Lyon
Hull, '36, daughter of Martha (Miller)
Hull, ex-'09, President; Barton Jackson, '37,
daughter of Clyde (McDaniel) Jackson, '10,
Secretary; and Kathleen Daniel, '37, daugh-
ter of Kathleen (Kirkpatrick) Daniel, '04,
Treasurer. Informal meetings through-
out the year and a formal dinner, to which
escorts will be invited, are the plans
formulated for the session.

* * * *i

THE ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE
sponsored a tea for new students on Oc-
tober 4, with approximately 170 guests
calling during the afternoon. On October
21, 22, 23 teas were given for groups of
the sponsors, leaders on the campus who
have replaced the former system of new
student supervision by grandmothers.

* * 5je jj<

HONOR ROLL ANNOUNCEMENTS in-
cluded 29 names from the classes of '36,
37, and '38. Noteworthy among those
honored were: Elizabeth Forman, '36
daughter of Mary (Dortch) Forman, Insti-
tute, President of the Senior Class; Isabel
McCain, '37, daughter of President and
Mrs. J. R. McCain, Y. W. C. A. Treasurer-
Lulu Croft, '38, daughter of Lulie (Mor-
row) Croft, '05; Anne Thompson, '38, sis-
ter of Julia (Thompson) Smith, '31. The
class of '37 was outstanding in having 15
of its members represented on the honor
roll.

* * * *

STATISTICS ON 1935 GRADUATES,
compiled from the report in this issue,
show that 21 have gone into teaching, 4
into leadership of young people, 8 into
graduate study, 5 have gotten married,
11 are taking business courses, 1 is a
librarian assistant, 2 are in department
stores, 7 hold clerical and secretarial po-
sitions.

* * * *

ALUMNAE HOUSE GIFTS include: ten
sheets, two linen luncheon sets, two sand-
wich tray covers, a linen tea cloth and
napkins from Allie (Candler) Guy, '13, Au-
gusta (Skeen) Cooper, '17, and their group
of the Atlanta Club; three handwoven hand
towels from Daisy and Cora Strong, In-

stitute; a linen banquet cloth from Miss
Leslie Gaylord of the Mathematics Depart-
ment at Agnes Scott; six luncheon cloths
and two dozen napkins from the New Or-
leans Club; cup towels from the Knox-
ville Club; one dozen teaspoons from Au-
gusta (Skeen) Cooper, '17.
* * * *

MR. C. W. DIECKMANN, husband of
Emma Pope (Moss) Dieckmann, '13, has
composed two anthems which have been
accepted for publication. "Nearer the
Cross" was published in the early sum-
mer by Theodore Presser Company of
Philadelphia. The dedication is to Mrs.
Laurence Mansfield (Helen Gouedy, spe-
cial student in voice at Agnes Scott). The
choirs of St. Mark's and Druid Hills
Methodist Churches have used this anthem
in church services. "Jesus, the Very
Thought of Tbee" was accepted in Septem-
ber for publication by Oliver Ditson Com-
pany of Boston. His many alumnae friends
will be pleased to learn of his success as
a composer.

SISTERS OF ALUMNAE now freshmen
in Agnes Scott are: Esthere Ogden, '39, sis-
ter of Margaret, '30, and Grace Augusta
(Ogden) Moore, '26; Emma McMullen, '39,
sister of Carrie Lena McMullen, '34; Caro-
line Carmichael, '39, sister of Trellis Car-
michael, '35; Jeanne Redwine, '39, sister of
Margaret Redwine, '35; Kathleen Kennedy,
'39, sister of Marguerite Kennedy, ex-'34;
and Jane Moore Hamilton, '39, sister of
Elinor (Hamilton) Hightower, '34.

THE NATIONAL A. A. U. W. CON-
VENTION was attended by Louise (Wells)
Parsons, '11, when this convened in Los
Angeles the week of June the twenty-
fourth, as Agnes Scott's official repre-
sentative. Louise felt that a great deal
was learned through attendance at the
splendid reports and the general program.
Of particular interest to Agnes Scott, she
felt, was the talk by Miss Helen Fisk of
the Western Personnel Service. Louise felt
that the Alumnae Association would do
well to serve as a medium for placement of
graduates, working in sections and there
learning the specific needs of the commun-
ity and recommending our Agnes Scott
graduates to fill these positions.
* * * *

DUES FOR 1935-1936 are most accept-
able if paid immediately to the Alumnae
Office. Please take this notice personally
and check up on yourself to see if this
comes to you as a complimentary copy, on
the basis of your unpaid membership, or
as your privilege as a member of good
standing this year. Your cooperation is
solicited.

FACULTY NEWS

Margaret Phythian, '16
French Department

Miss Mary Stuart MacDougall was
awarded the degree of doctor of science by
the University of Montpellier in July and
spent the month of August at the Stozone
Zoologica in Naples.

Mrs. Alma Sydenstricker enjoyed a de-
lightful cruise of the Mediterranean dur-
ing the summer, touching on many islands
and going into the lands of the classics.

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Davidson and chil-
dren spent most of the summer in Roches-
ter, N. Y., where Mr. Davidson taught in
the University of Rochester. Mr. David-
son, also, did some research work in Chi-
cago.

Mr. S. M. Christian, professor of phy-
sics, spent the summer doing research
work at Harvard in Boston.

Miss Catherine Torrance made a trip
abroad, where she visited Paris and Rome,
later making a Mediterranean cruise with
Mrs. Alma Sydenstricker around Greece
and as far as Asia Minor.

Miss Katherine Omwake did statistical
work for the Aptitude Test Committee of
the Association of American Medical Col-
leges for the first part of the summer.
Later she motored to California via the
national parks.

Mr. J. R. McCain devoted all his time
to the campaign for the new library and
science hall until the first of July. Later
he attended the Southern Conference in
Montreat, N. C, and visited his mother
at her home in Due West, S. C.

Miss Nannette Hopkins spent her vaca-
tion with her family in Staunton and Hot
Springs, Va.

Miss Louise McKinney vacationed in At-
lantic City and Ocean Grove, N. J., with
Dr. Mary F. Sweet.

Mr. C. W. Dieckmann did some work in
original composition during the summer.

Dr. Mary F. Sweet attended the meeting
of the American Medical Association in
Atlantic City, N. J., during the summer.

Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Stukes enjoyed a va-
cation in North Carolina.

Martha Stansfield, '21
Latin Department

Mr. James M. Wright, professor of eco-
nomics, spent the summer doing research
work.

Mr. G. P. Hayes spent most of the sum-
mer with Mr. Hayes' parents at the latter's
home in Pennsylvania. Mr. Hayes, also,
taught for six weeks at Hunter College in
New York.

Mr. Henry A. Robinson spent the sum-
mer at his summer home in Henderson-
ville, N. C, where he conducted a school
for the mountain children.

Miss Muriel Harn traveled in Germany
during the past summer.

Miss Frances K. Gooch visited in Ken-
tucky and spent six weeks in Hot Springs,
Ark.

Miss Emma May Laney spent the sum-
mer traveling in England.

Miss Louise Hale vacationed in New
England.

Miss Elizabeth Jackson had a trip to Eu-
rope, including Norway, Sweden, Finland,
Denmark, Russia, Germany, Italy, France,
and Germany.

Miss Emily S. Dexter traveled in Mis-
souri, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.

Mr. Thomas W. Whitaker, of the biology
department, did research work at the Cali-
fornia Institute of Technology in Pasa-
dena. In addition, he visited the Univer-
sity of California in Berkeley and Stanford
University in Palo Alto.

Miss Leslie J. Gaylord was with her
family in New York during the summer.

Miss Annie May Christie did some work
at the University of Texas in Austin and
spent a couple of weeks in Miami, Fla.

Miss Harriette Haynes studied dancing
under Irma Duncan at Croton-on-Hudson.

Miss Florence E. Smith taught for six
weeks at Hunter College, City of New
York.

Miss Melissa A. Cilley did literary re-
search work at the University of Wiscon-
sin and later spent a few weeks at her
home in New Hampshire.

MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENTS

ASKEW-VOGEL: Clara Askew, ex '29,
to Mr. Robert Earle Vogel in August.

BAKER-MATTHEWS: Catherine Baker,
'32, to Mr. Allen Alphonso Matthews on
April 8, 1935.

BARLOW-MARTIN: Amelia Lee Bar-
low, '33, to Mr. John Kell Martin, Jr., in
November.

BASHINSKI-MILLEDGE: Helen McCall
Bashinski, '34, to Mr. Richard Habersham
Milledge, II, on January 13, 1935.

BATTEY-MARSTON: Mary Battey, In-
stitute, to Sir Charles Marston, on April
4, 1935.

BELL-DILLARD: Dorothy Lenore Bell,
'35, to Mr. Benjamin H. Dillard on July 27,
1935.

BELLINGRATH-PRUITT: Lillie Ruth
Bellingrath, '29, to Reverend William Hoyt
Pruitt, on June 27, 1935.

BRADFORD-CRAYTON: Mary Ruth
Bradford, '30, to Mr. William Fred Cray-
ton on September 19, 1935.

BRANCH- JOHNSON: Elisabeth Hert-
zog Branch to Mr. Charles Edward John-
son, Jr., on June 1, 1935.

BROOKS-THARPE: Kathryne Chappell
Brooks, Special Student, to Mr. Robert
Hollis Tharpe, at an early date, as yet un-
announced.

BUIST-RIGBY: Ida Angeline Buist, ex
'36, to Mr. George Knox Rigby, on June
20 1935

BUIST-BOUKNIGHT: Laura Buist, '34,
to Mr. Vernon Bouknight on June 5, 1935.

BURFORD-ATKINSON: Florence Cul-
pepper Burford, ex '34, to Mr. Alonzo Mor-
ris Atkinson in June.

BURRESS-LONG: Kittie Burress, Insti-
tute, to Mr. Harvey C. Long on February
10, 1935.

BUSSELL-HAYES: Ruby Bussell, ex
'32, to Mr. James Adger Hayes, Jr., on No-
vember 14, 1934.

CALHOUN-MURRAY: Marion Calhoun,
'35, to Mr. John Girardeau Murray on July
20 1935

CANNADAY-McKENZIE: Katharine
Cannaday, ex '26, to Mr. Frederick Oscar
McKenzie on October 12, 1935.

CHANDLER-NORRIS: Mary Helen
Chandler, ex '37, to Mr. Edwin Bateman
Norris, Jr., on October 18, 1935.

CHESHIRE-LANG AN: Virginia Wilson
Cheshire, ex '36, to Mr. Peter Thomas Lan-
gan on June 1, 1935.

COATES-GEORGE: Catherine Coates,
ex '33, to Mr. Graham Wiley George on
October 5, 1935.

DELL-YODER: Sarah Louise Dell, ex
'34, to Mr. Frank Marion Yoder on July
31 1935.

DEXTER-BOYD: Mary Folwell Dexter,
ex '34, to Mr. Francis Woodrow Boyd, Jr.,
on September 1, 1934.

DORN-OWEN: Edith Josephine Dorn, ex

'35, to Mr. Arthur Edward Owen, Jr., on
December 21, 1934.

ELLIS-PIERCE: Margaret Amelia El-
lis, ex '33, to Mr. Edward Everett Pierce
on December 22, 1934.

ELLIS-FOWLER: Thyrza Askew Ellis,
ex '37, to Mr. D. Cartledge Fowler on Oc-
tober 18, 1935.

FABER-COBE: Regina Faber, ex '32, to
Mr. Frank Cobe on December 31, 1934.

FLEIDNER-CROWELL: Elizabeth
Fleidner, ex '29, to Mr. Charles B. Crowell
on January 13, 1934.

FLEMING-VIRGIN: Betty Fleming, '33,
to Mr. John Edward Virgin on December
26, 1934.

FLINN-ECKERT: Elizabeth Flinn, '30,
to Mr. Ralph Glenn Eckert on August 29,
1935.

GARLAND-SELSER: Mary Garland, ex
'37, to Lieutenant James Clyde Selser, Jr.,
in November, 1935.

GAY-HATLEY: Mary Katherine Gay, ex
'31, to Mr. William Thomas Hatley in June,
1935.

GOINS-WAGNER: Margaret Virginia
Goins, '35, to Mr. Edward Christopher
Wagner on May 28, 1935.

GRAY-PARKER: Christine Gray, ex '32,
to Mr. John Lake Parker in January, 1935.

GREER-WHITE: Elizabeth Juanita
Greer, '26, to Dr. Thomas Sherman White
on June 6, 1935.

HAMILTON-HIGHTOWER: Elinor Eliz-
abeth Hamilton, '34, to Mr. William Har-
rison Hightower, Jr., on June 29, 1935.

HARKNESS-SHEAR: Hetty Louise
Harkness, ex '37, to Mr. Cornelius Barrett
Shear on October 12, 1935.

HICKS-INGRAM: Reba Elizabeth
Hicks, ex '33, to Mr. Elisha Turner In-
gram, Jr., on October 9, 1935.

HOLLIS-CALLAWAY: Dorothy Melfoa
Hollis, ex '34, to Mr. Luke Turner Calla-
way on March 30, 1935.

HOWARD-PATERSON: Elizabeth Lump-
kin Howard, ex '33, to Mr. Harry Thomas
Paterson, Jr., on March 2, 1935.

HUDDLESTON-PEACOCK: Ruby Lou-
ise Huddleston, ex '30, to Mr. James Wil-
liam Peacock on May 31, 1935.

IVEY-TUTTLE: Lilburne Ivey, '22, tc
Mr. George Errington Tuttle on Augusl
17 1935.

JOHNSTON-FRYE: Helen Johnston, ex
'31, to Mr. John H. Frye, Jr., in Septem-
ber, 1935.

JONES-RAMEY: Anais Cay Jones, '28,
to Mr. John Mason Ramey, on April 13,
1935.

KEYES-EVANS: Emilie Keyes, '20, to
Mr. Frederick Wilson Evans, on June 28,
1935.

KILPATRICK-STUBBLEBINE: Roberta
Kilpatrick, '33, to Mr. Charles A. Stubble-
bine on August 19, 1935.

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LAMONT-DICKSON: Isabel Jean La-
mont, '29, to Mr. George Graham Dickson
on July 6, 1935.

LEYBURN-FOSTER: Margaret Kerr
Leyburn, '18, to Mr. Alvin Edward Foster
on July 17, 1935.

LIGGIN-TROTTER: Ruth Liggin, '26, to
Mr. Henry Franklin Trotter on June 19,
1935.

LOGAN-HENDERSON: Martha Myers
Logan, '32, to Reverend John Daniel Hen-
derson on February 26, 1935.

LOTT-MARBUT: Katharine Lott, '29, to
Mr. Terrell Clifford Marbut on August 31,
1935.

LUCAS-STOREY: Jean Lucas, ex '34, to
Mr. Frederick George Storey, Jr., on No-
vember 20, 1935.

MARTIN-THAGGARD: Martha Bell
Martin, ex '26, to Mr. James Eldridge
Thaggard on July 21, 1935.

MacINTYRE-ALEXANDER: Marie Mac-
Intyre, '12, to Mr. W. A. Alexander in
June, 1935.

McCALIP-HOLMES: Mildred Louise Mc-
Calip, '31, to Mr. Vernon Charles Holmes
on February 12, 1935.

McDONALD-OTTO: Ruth McDonald, '27,
to Mr. George Herman Otto on September
15 1935.

McMILLAN-COUSAR: Helen McMillan,
'32, to Dr. John B. Cousar on June 12,
1935.

MOORE-AMBROSE: Elisabeth Seabrook
Moore, ex-'33, to Mr. William Leonard
Ambrose, Jr., on May 11, 1935.

MORROW-HUGHES: Sadie Morrow, ex
'36, to Mr. Clifford Eugene Hughes on De-
cember 22, 1934.

PERKINSON-FOY: Mary Perkinson, '28,
to Mr. James E. Foy, Jr., on December 24,
1934.

POWER-SMITH: Mary Elizabeth Power,
Special, to Mr. Roswell Earle Smith in
May, 1935.

PRIM-FOWLER: Mary Susan Prim, '29,
to Dr. Clarence Dixon Fowler on April 19,
1935.

PRUDEN-LESTER: Margaret Berry
Pruden, '17, to Mr. Paul Millar Lester on
May 31, 1935.

RAYSOR-PRICKETT: Peggy Raysor, ex
'37, to Mr. Isaac Prickett on October 23,
1934.

RIDDLE-LIST: Gussie Rose Riddle, '34,
to Mr. Harold Albert List in June, 1935.

ROBERTSON-DUNCAN: LaTrelle Rob-
ertson, ex '33, to Lieutenant George Thig-
pen Duncan on March 26, 1935.

ROGERS-HERREN: Sybil Rogers, ex
'35, to Mr. Julius Herren on February 10,
1935.

SEELEY-GILMER: Nana Bigelow See-
ley, ex '33, to Lieutenant Dan Gilmer on
September 14, 1935.

SHANKLIN-COPENHAVER: Martha

Cooper Shanklin, '30, to Mr. Francis Jo-
seph Copenhaver on August 10, 1935.

SIMPSON-PORTER: Nancy Levick Simp-
son, '30, to Mr. John Russell Porter, Jr.,
on June 19, 1935.

SKELTON-HARRIS: Agnes Skelton, '31,
to Mr. Howard Clinton Harris on June 20,
1935.

SMITH-CREW: Elizabeth King Smith,
ex '31, to Mr. James Bullock Crew on
March 14, 1935.

SMITH-WEBB: Jo Smith, '30, to Mr.
Julian Webb on September 25, 1935.

SQUIRES-DOUGHMAN: Mary Eliza-
beth Squires, '35, to Mr. Thomas Dough-
man on June 8, 1935.

STANSELL-FELTS: Sarah Stansell, '21,
to Mr. Wilburn Roy Felts on August 28,
1935.

STOWE-ABERNETHY: Belle Ward
Stowe, '30, to Mr. Robert Sidney Aber-
nethy, Jr., on October 17, 1935.

STUBBS-JOHNS: Laurie Bell Stubbs,
'22, to Mr. A. Elwyn Johns on December
24, 1934.

TAYLOR-STUBBS: Cornelia Bowie Tay-
lor, '31, to Mr. Trawick Hamilton Stubbs
on June 12, 1935.

TELFORD-ST. AMANT: Margaret Tel-
ford, '33, to Reverend Alfred D. St. Amant,
Jr., on April 11, 1935.

TOWNSEND-PITTMAN: Sara Bissell
Townsend, '30, to Mr. Henry Wooten Pitt-
man, Jr., on June 4, 1935.

UNDERWOOD-TROWELL: Amy Eu-
genia Underwood, '35, to Mr. William Wal-
lace Trowell on August 15, 1935.

WALKER-PARKER: Josephine Tren-
holm Walker, '28, to Mr. Louis Twells
Parker on November 16, 1935.

WALLACE-NOLAN: Ladie Sue Wallace,

'26, to Mr. James Alonzo Nolan on March

2 1935.

' WARD-DYER: Mary Sevmour Ward, ex

'35, to Mr. J. Glenn Dyer on April 18, 1935.

WHITTEMORE- FLOWERS: Peggy
Whittemore, ex '26, to Mr. Clyde Edward
Flowers on June 26, 1935.

WILHELM-TOUCHSTONE: Dorothy Lu-
cille Wilhelm, ex '37, to Mr. Ido Cariego
Touchstone, Jr., on January 6, 1935.

WILLOUGHBY-WOOD: Pauline Perci-
val Willoughby, '30, to Mr. John Batton
Wood on June 6, 1935.

WIMBISH-SEABORN: Sara Frances
Wimbish, '29, to Mr. Richard Seaborn on
June 15, 1935.

WINSLOW-TAFT: Louise Winslow, '32,
to Mr. Joseph M. Taft on June 19, 1935.

WOLF-BOND: Amelia Wolf, '33, to Dr.
Benjamin Joseph Bond on October 26, 1935.

WOODWARD-HARRIS: Marjorie Lucile
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OUR FIFTH ALUMNAE WEEK-END

The fifth Alumnae Week-End sponsored by the Alumnae Associa-
tion under the direction of the Curriculum Committee, with Clara
(Whips) Dunn, '16, as Chairman, has been scheduled for the dates
of February 21 and February 22. The January issue of the Alumnae
Quarterly will carry detailed information of the program. It seems
advisable at this time to outline for you the plans that are under way.

The Curriculum Committee plans to offer to alumnae and their
friends six outstanding lectures, three on the morning of Friday, Feb-
ruary 21, and three on the morning of Saturday, February 22. In con-
junction with the Saturday program, a special program for children is
being planned. The Friday morning session will be followed by a
luncheon in the college dining room, free to all alumnae. The Satur-
day morning session will be followed by a luncheon, specially planned
for children and their mothers, in the Tea Room. An exhibit of
colonial relics will be an interesting feature of the Week-End, these
being on display in the Anna Young Alumnae House. Saturday will
be the date of the annual radio broadcast in honor of Founder's Day.
The Founder's Day program will be carried out in the dinner as planned
by the Atlanta Agnes Scott Club for the evening of the twenty-second.

The local alumnae will be notified by local committees and news-
papers of the advantages of the Week-End. This appeal is to out-of-
town alumnae to place a ring around the dates, February 21 and 22, to
set this time aside for a return visit to the College. Reservations will
be made in the dormitories free of charge, with meals available on the
same basis. Or the Alumnae House guest rooms will be reserved for
the usual nominal charge of 5 Oc a night for two in a room, with meals
available in the Alumnae Tea Room.

Meanwhile, as the Committee works toward the completion of these
sketchy plans, your criticism and suggestions will be invaluable. Please
address these to the Curriculum Chairman or the Alumnae Office.

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Published in November, January, April and July by the Agnes Scott Alumnae Association
Entered as second class matter under the Act of Congress, August, 1912.

Vol. XIV JANUARY, 193 6 No. 2

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Buttrick Hall Front Cover

The Alumnae Association Front Inside Cover

The New Library 2

Frontispiece

Southern University Conference 3

President J. R. McCain

1936 Mortar Board Members 4

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Founder's Day and Our Fifth Alumnae Week-End J

Clara (Whips) Dunn, '16

The Maxwell Choristers v 7

Edith (Williams) Maxwell, Institute

One Way 9

Charlotte Newton, '21

Random Reading 11

Dorothy Hutton, '29

Snapped Off Duty 12

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They Stand Out 13

Dorothy Hutton, '29

In Memoriam 13

A'.umnae Study Class 14

Dorothy Cassel, '34

Investiture 14

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Club Notes . . 15

Prominent 193 5 Members 18

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Pertinent Paragraphs 19

Class News 22

Let's Go to Europe Back Inside Cover

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SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE

President J. R. McCain

Agnes Scott holds membership in many associations or educational organizations.
A problem that frequently arises is whether or not the College should be active in so
many groups. There seems to be good reason for affiliation with most such organi-
zations.

The Association of Georgia Colleges is of no great benefit to Agnes Scott, but it
does give the College a chance to cooperate with its close neighbors and to influence
helpfully standards of education in the State. Membership in the Southern Association
of Colleges and Secondary Schools has been important because it gives to the graduates
of its member institutions prestige and standing in graduate and professional schools
and with various State Boards of Education. Agnes Scott Has always been particularly
active in this Association.

The College belongs to the Presbyterian Educational Association of the South and
also to the Conference of Church-Related Colleges. We do not qualify technically
for the first organization since legally Agnes Scott is non-sectarian, but we have always
had a sympathetic relationship with the Presbyterian Church, though it has never given
us any money. The Association of American Colleges is worthwhile to us as it is the
greatest defender in this country of the liberal arts college and as it makes valuable
studies in the field of better teaching and better educational ideals. Agnes Scott has
always been quite active in this association also. The College is on the approved list of
the Association of American Universities, and this gives to its graduates recognition in
foreign countries and standing in all parts of the educational world. Our membership
in the American Association of University Women enables our graduates to belong to
college groups and clubs throughout the country and to be eligible for any other privi-
leges that belong to university women in general. Similarly, our membership in the
American Council on Education keeps us in touch with nation-wide movements in the
field of education, not merely in the realm of college and university affairs but also in
matters that concern elementary and secondary education.

In view of all these and other contacts which Agnes Scott has, one might well
question the wisdom of the organizing of any other association. However, just such
action has been recently taken, and Agnes Scott is one of the charter members of the
new group which is named The Southern University Conference.

In the South, for many years, the quality of college work has been measured by
eighteen somewhat arithmetical and mechanical standards, such as the number of units
for admission, the number of hours for graduation, the size of the faculty, the salaries
paid, the teaching load, size of classes, and the like. Many of the institutions have been
very far ahead of these minimum requirements for a number of years. Some have argued
that the standards ought to be raised and more severe requirements exacted of all the

4 The Agnes Scott Alumnae Quarterly

members in the Southern Association. Others of us have felt that this would not be fair
to the weaker institutions, but that at the same time some stimulus should be given to
better work and higher standards.

With this end in view, last April, representatives of thirty-three outstanding univer-
sities and colleges in the South met in Atlanta and agreed tentatively to organize The
Southern University Conference. At a recent meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, the
organization was completed, constitution and by-laws were adopted, and so a new educa-
tional association has been launched.

The Conference will admit to membership only on invitation. It is expected that
the number of institutions belonging to it will be strictly limited and will be composed
only of the best institutions. No standards will be provided for membership, but all
who come into the Conference will be expected to follow a program much in advance
of what the Southern Association has heretofore required.

Only institutions that emphasize the liberal arts college work are admitted to the
new organization. No professional or technical schools will be invited. Special studies
will be made of methods of teaching, of requirements for the Bachelor's degree, of the
desirable program for the giving of the MA. degree, and other such questions that con-
cern the upper classes of undergraduate work or graduate study.

The first annual meeting of the Conference, which was held in Louisville, was
regarded as very significant by all who attended. Chancellor J. H. Kirkland, of Van-
derbilt, spoke on: "Some Lessons from the Past." President Isaiah Bowman, of Johns
Hopkins University, discussed: "Next Steps in American Education." President Trevor
Arnett, of the General Education Board, read a paper on: "Progress in Southern Educa-
tion as I Have Seen It and Something of the Future." Chancellor H. W. Chase, of New
York University, spoke on: "Problems and Prospects in Higher Education."

It is hoped that the participation of Agnes Scott in this Conference will be a real
contribution to the cause of high standards in the South.

193 6 MORTAR BOARD MEMBERS
(See Pane 21)

FOUNDER'S DAY AND OUR FIFTH ALUMNAE WEEK-END

Clara (Whips) Dunn, '16

"Was the Alumnae Week-End, held on Founder's Day, really any fun last Feb-
ruary?" inquired Mrs. Busy-but-Bored Old Grad, who hated all reunions and never went
to one.

"Fun? Indeed, it was fun!" positively overflowed Mrs. Wide- Awake. "Why you
should have seen the crowd! It was huge! Everybody we used to know was there and
nobody was in a wild rush as we always are at Commencement. And educated? My
dear, I felt positively stuffed with knowledge from all the grand lectures each one
so different and every one so splendid! And could I out-talk my husband on current
topics when I got home? But he didn't mind. He seemed to like it so well, that he
wanted me to plan to go again this year and offered to keep Bob, Jr. all day Saturday
for me."

But right that minute young Bob had plenty to say himself, "Keep me on Saturday?
Not on your life! Why, I go to the Alumnae Week-End, just as Mother does. Last
year Miss Wilburn took us all to the Gym and we ran races and played basketball and
went to the Biology Museum. Oh, boy! Was it fun? No, sir, he can't keep me! I
want to go to Agnes Scott with Mother!"

"And, my dear, lots of the girls had never ridden the elevator in Buttrick Hall or
seen the swimming pool in the gymnasium or any of the many, many new things on
the campus. Only, of course, it's the things we remember that mean most to us Miss
Hopkins' friendly greeting and her taking time for a real chat, Main Building, lunch
all together in the Alumnae Tea Room. And besides ," Mrs. Wide-Awake continued.

"Must hurry along. So glad to have seen you," murmured Mrs. Old Grad, moving
away. Was it really fun, she wondered, as she rolled her car out of the parking lot
absent-mindedly, dodging three children, a messenger boy, a truck and a stray pup?
The program in her morning mail told of lectures on the problems of George Wash-
ington's day and our own, of the luncheon in the college dining room, of the exhibit
of colonial relics, of the lectures on modern music and art, of the program for children,
of the radio broadcast in celebration of Founder's Day, of the luncheon for mothers and
children in the Tea Room, of the Founder's Day banquet for alumnae and their husbands
or escorts.

She mused, holding out a hand and putting on the brake, "Maybe it would be fun."
"Agnes Scott," she reflected as the green light came on, "in its workaday clothes with-
out all the hustle and bustle of Commencement time!" Any way, it was worth a trial!

In the light of the above, the Curriculum Committee takes pleasure in announcing
the program as planned for the Fifth Alumnae Week-End.

6 The Agnes Scott Alumnae Quarterly

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1936

Present-Day Trends in Music and Art

10:00-10:45 Present-Day Trends in Music, Dr. Malcolm Dewey of Emory Uni-
versity.

10:45-11:30 Present-Day Trends in Painting, Mrs. Harold Bush-Brown of Atlanta.
11:30-12:15 Present-Day Trends in Architecture, Mr. Hal Hentz of Atlanta.
(This lecture series was arranged through Miss Catherine Torrance, chairman; Miss
Louise Lewis; Martha Crowe, '27.)

12:30 Luncheon for Alumnae in Rebekah Scott Dining Room.
(Eloise (Gay) Brawley, '16, Chairman of Decorations.)
(Florence (Perkins) Ferry, '26, Chairman of Reservations.)
1:30 An Exhibit of Colonial Relics in Buttrick Hall.
(Helene (Norwood) Lammers, ex-'22, Chairman.)

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1936
National Problems of Washington's Day and Our Own

10:00-10:45 Social and Economic Conditions, Dr. Arthur Raper of Agnes Scott
College.

10:45-11:30 The Constitution, Dr. Haywood J. Pearce, Jr., of Brenau College.

11:30-12:15 Foreign Affairs, Dr. Fletcher M. Green of Emory University.

(This lecture series was arranged through Miss Florence Smith, chairman; Carrie
Scandrett, '24; Ellen Douglas Leyburn, '27.)

10:00-12:15 Program for Children of Alumnae, presented by Llewellyn Wil-
burn, '19.

12:30 Luncheon for Alumnae and Children in The Anna Young Alumnae House.

(Louise Girardeau, '28, General Chairman.)

(Hilda (McConnell) Adams, '23, Chairman of Reservations.)

(Martha Crowe, '27, Chairman of Decorations.)

(Sara (Carter) Masee, '29, Chairman of Program.)

1:30 Second Day Exhibit of Colonial Relics in Buttrick Hall.

Annual Broadcast of the Founder's Radio Program over WSB.

(Janef Preston, '21; Marian Vaughan, '34; Dorothy Hutton, '29, committee.)

Annual Founder's Day Dinner for Local Alumnae, Husbands and Escorts.

(Sarah Belle (Brodnax) Hansell, '23, President of the Atlanta Club, Chairman.)

(Helene (Norwood) Lammers, ex-'22, President of the Decatur Club, Co-Chairman.)

Registration is under the direction of Katherine (Woltz) Green, '3 3; Publicity under
Nelle Chamlee, '34; Attendance under Frances (Craighead) Dwyer, '28.

THE MAXWELL CHORISTERS

AN AGNES SCOTT GIRL'S PAYMENT OF A DEBT

Edith (Williams) Maxwell

(A. S. I. 1897-1899)

It may be a far cry from a vocal scholarship that was awarded to an orphan girl by
the officials of Agnes Scott College to participating in the picture "It Happened One
Night," which received the highest award for 193 5 from the Academy of Motion Pic-
ture Arts and Sciences, but that is the history in a nut shell and has really happened.

Doubtless Miss Hopkins will recall the song recital I was required to give, after my
three years of instruction at Agnes Scott College, to prove my ability. I was dressed
in a frock that was given me by the traveling companion of the fake Lord Beresford.
But, of course, Miss Hopkins did not know about that! What she did know was that
after singing the first few measures of my song, I fainted dead away and was carried
off the platform. At the close of the program I returned and sang my numbers and
was vociferously applauded by the student body for daring to come back and try again.

There followed many years of singing and dramatic study. Then the War came,
changing the plans and programs of most of us and I went into Social Welfare Service
work, serving in a secretarial capacity with the American Red Cross, Salvation Army
and lastly as contact representative for the United States Government, prosecuting claims
of ex-service men. You will think, "What has all that got to do with the music school
that you have established?" Just this, the privileges Agnes Scott College afforded me
in scholarship I held as a trust. I have never been financially able to express my grati-
tude by means of a donation to the College, but I knew I could do something for some-
one else to lighten the load of living.

I witnessed much privation and sorrow through my social service work and was con-
vinced that while multitudinous wrongs could not be righted, still much could be alle-
viated through the uplift of song. But I had almost forgotten how to sing! The misery
and the degradation of continued heartache of all God's children had choked the song
in my throat, but the mind and heart said, "Sing!"

My husband, who had received his musical education under the leading masters of
Europe, and who had been organist and choirmaster for many years in several of the
Eastern parishes, felt he had been hindered by the clergy, in that they wanted only the
boys and young men of their respective parishes to receive training in traditional church
music. Together we resolved: why not give to all, of any creed and no creed at all, the
benefits of a musical education so that song could emanate from many throats and
thereby the debt I owed to Agnes Scott and the debt my husband owed to his profession
would be paid?

When I look back, I am aghast at our temerity, because here we were practically
s:randed ourselves and thinking of such a colossal undertaking! After several months
we secured a sponsor to foster the school. However, when we drew up a sketch of the
certificate of scholarship to be awarded to the boys and young men who had served a
probationary period and incorporated the slogan "Each for the other and all for God,"
our sponsor ran a pen through it and said, "That's a lot of rubbish. I don't want any-
thing like that on the certificate." From then on he revealed more and more that he had
no interest in the school other than to further his own business ends. Suffice it to sav
that we soon discovered ourselves with a following of some sixty boys and men and no
sponsor and no studio to house them in and no equipment of any sort. We managed to
hold them together and they were taught in groups in our little telescopical apartment
of parlor-bedroom-kitchen and bath.

I organized the mothers into an auxiliary and we formulated plans to carry on the
school by promoting social affairs. We gave dances, bridge parties, theatricals in fact,
we cajoled the devil on all sides to part with a few shekels in order to "carry on." I

8 The Agnes Scott Alumnae Quarterly

have told fortunes, posing as a gypsy queen at bazaars, and engineered frolics held in a
hall over a mortuary. We managed to get enough money together to rent a store and
fit it up as a studio. Then we purchased a library of music and commandeered all the
sewing machines the mothers owned and set to work making church vestments and con-
cert costumes for our young choristers, who by this time had earned for themselves con-
siderable recognition.

There was one episode that is quite outstanding in our experiences. We were being
pressed for the rent and while the choristers had responded to calls for their services,
singing at dedications, hospitals and benefit programs, still no one seemed to think we
needed bolstering. We had come down to our last dollar. There had been times, too,
when we thought that we had lost and that the big idea we had been fostering was just
a fantasy. We had tramped the streets looking for other work and we questioned if we
should try to save our sore feet or spend the nickel for a can of pork and beans to save
our stomachs. Well, this time it was a lone dollar and the last. I truly grappled for a
blessing, just as Joseph and the angel of the Bible story did. I'm not ashamed to tell you
I just put the whole proposition up to God. I told Him we had asked Him to consecrate
the lives of these young people and that we had subscribed our work to His glory and
that if He wanted the praises sung from their throats He was able to keep them. I asked
Him to bless that dollar to our needs. Not thirty minutes from that time, we had our
first call to MGM studios to take part in a scene with Norma Shearer and Frederick
March in "Smilin' Thru." Can you imagine the significance of that title to us and all
our efforts! That was three years ago, but we are going steadily forward and more and
more is the standard of our work being recognized by all the major studios.

Boys and young men, as I have said before, of any creed and no creed at all, are
accepted and given an opportunity for this musical education. The groups are taken in
classes of three lesson periods a week and they receive instruction in voice placement,
ear training, sight reading, theory and the art of singing, free of all cost to those who
qualify for such instruction. They are especially trained for the microphone. A per-
centage of all the money earned from their programs and moving picture work goes
back to the school for its maintenance. The most pretentious piece of work they have
done so far is that in the title music of "David Copperfield," when they sang to an
ensemble of eighty musicians from the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra.

Sometimes I find it is not all music here at the studio. We have had to solicit cloth-
ing and shoes for some of our people. Many nights we have improvised beds on the
floor of the studio, when one or two were evicted from their homes because of failure
to pay rent.

We have had glorious days, too, with the people of the "make-believe" land. Once
we spent two days in the famous Busch Gardens at Pasadena, where the filming of the
wedding scene of "It Happened One Night" took place. There were over three hundred
and fifty extras employed for that occasion, all dressed in fashionable evening clothes.
In between "shots" you could find the men's high silk hats roosting anywhere in the
branches of the trees and gorgeous fur coats of the ladies strewn around on the ground.
Another time during the filming of the picture "Whom the Gods Destroy," one old
veteran of stage and screen, gowned in the heavy velvet trappings of a cardinal, sweat-
ing and tired after hours under the terrific heat of the kleig lights, said to me, "I'm
tired of being a pope." On another occasion, when the choristers sang a vesper service
at a fashionable Episcopal Church, with the understanding that the silver offering was
for the benefit of our school, the minister kept the silver and gave us a personal check
which was as good as nothing because all the banks were closed by order of the President!

I could recount many interesting and amusing incidents, but I have tried the patience
of you readers too much already and close by saying for a' that and a' that we have
come a long pilgrimage.

ONE WAY

Charlotte Newton, '21
Probably the greatest cause of unhappiness for the unemployed librarian is that
feeling of having been put out of the game. We have with effort prepared ourselves to
be of service in a profession in which we have faith, and we want to be at work in
that profession. Nothing else can satisfy us. We want to be in the game.

It was this feeling that led me last summer to undertake the operation of a library
in a little mountain town in North Georgia. The idea was mine, but most of the
library was my sister's, for I have a sister, a teacher of English, who buys books regard-
less of her financial health. We decided to offer our books for rent, and to carry also
a small line of gifts for sale. Our summer home is at Mountain City, so our library
had to be there too, although Clayton, only three miles below, is the resort town where
most summer people stay. Indeed one commercial lending library declined to lend us
any of their books regretting to inform us that the location we had selected did not
seem favorable. Well, what of it? We would use our own, maybe buy some new ones.
We would go ahead. It was a game for us, not a business.

Then there was the matter of a location. If we were not going to make any profit,
we could not really afford to pay rent. But if we were going to have a library, it had
to be where people could find it. We talked to the leading citizen, an apple grower and
truck farmer. The railroad station had been abandoned and he had been granted the
use of the building for his trucking business. But the room which had been the colored
waiting room was not used. It had a separate outside entrance and was small enough
for us to fill comfortably. He would lend it to us without charge. Good! If he had
that much public spirit, we would be as gallant. We would see if we could borrow
books from the state library commission for free circulation among the mountain people.

The Georgia Library Commission gave us splendid cooperation. They would lend
us a hundred books for three months. We had only to take care of them and pay trans-
portation.

Lumber for the shelves was donated, and the labor to put them up. Even a lock
for the door. After a thorough scrubbing, our room was cozy with fresh curtains at
the windows and our packing boxes made into comfortable seats by the use of a little
cotton and gay chintz. Our three hundred books filled the shelves comfortably and
our pottery and weaving and prints made the room look very inviting. A neighbor
supplied us with flowers all summer long, so we had the most attractive place of business
in town.

"Rabun Bookshelf" opened for business on July the first. Posters in the hotels and
stores announced our advent into the world, and attractive souvenir blotters distributed
far and wide advertised that we had "good reading for children and for grown-ups".

There is a definite social distinction between summer people and mountain people
in this little town, but that distinction did not exist in our library. Our little room
often presented a strange scene daintily dressed women from the Clayton hotels, a
man thumbing through Coulter's College Life in the Old South, a little girl trying very
hard to decide between English Fairy Tales and The Irish Twins, a boy having to be
sent outside to wash his hands, and a woman with a baby on one hip and a pail of
huckleberries in her hand wanting to know if we had any books like Freckles.

One day the daughter of the leading citizen offered to bring us some books from
her home which we might place on our shelves for others to enjoy. Of course we
accepted. The idea was contagious, and others brought what they had. We adopted the
policy of offering to lend any rent book free to anyone who brought in a book for free
circulation. This must have caused a good deal of rummaging, for we acquired thirty-
five volumes, some of them very musty and ragged, and some of them hardly acceptable
to a conscientious librarian.

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Of course there were discouragements. People were glad enough to have books,
but some were unwilling to pay anything for them. We could only pity the stinginess
of a few summer people who made deposits, read free books for three or four weeks,
then asked to have their quarters returned when they were ready to go home. What a
contrast to the mountain woman who rented eight books from us in two months and
left her deposit in our cash box to help pay transportation on books from the library
commission!

Many summer people were appreciative of our books and crafts. Although there
were two lending libraries in Clayton where mystery stories and very recent fiction could
be had, some people drove up from there to borrow from our library. We had not
limited ourselves to fiction or to very recent books. We had magazines for our readers
too some that were not sold in the community.

We soon saw that to buy more books would be impossible, if we were to make
expenses. We provided ourselves with free pamphlets and did what we could. It was a
joy to be able to lend a Metropolitan Life Insurance Company pamphlet on pellagra to
a woman who was suffering from the disease, and one on overweight to a woman who
weighed over two hundred pounds.

We found many interesting people among our hundred and seventy odd borrowers,
but the most interesting to us were the children. Every Thursday afternoon we had a
story hour to which came summer boys and girls and mountain children alike. There
is no better game than watching children make friends with books. We asked that the
father or mother of each child under twelve come to the library to register for him
before we loaned him a book. All of our readers of children's books were not children,
however. One day two mountain women, both recently married, visited the library. We
suggested two or three love stories and stories of home life. Then one of them asked,
"Have you got any fairy stories?" And these two young brides went away each with a
volume of fairy tales!

We had hoped that the mountain girl helping us would carry on the little library
by securing another loan of books from the commission in the fall. But though she
was more than willing to give her time to it she was not ready for this responsibility.
Nor could any one else be found to assume it. The teachers in the local school refused.
It was a great pity, too, for several of the women had said that if only they could have
a library during the long winter, they would have time to read. July and August were
busy months, what with gardening and berry-picking and canning.

Rabun Bookshelf was a good game for us. We played it with all the energy that
was in us and won from it a renewed faith in the power of books to enrich human life.
We had the fun of bringing a library into existence and of watching people make friends
with books.

Of course from a serious-minded professional point of view what we had done was
almost negligible. No permanent library of any sort resulted from it. Yet the library
idea had been planted in that little mountain town. We unemployed librarians can find
no better game than introducing boys and girls and men and women to books, each
working out the details of his plan for himself. "I hold every man a debtor to his
profession." A vast amount of professional energy lies dormant in unemployment.
Is this the way in which we can pay our debt?

RANDOM READING

Dorothy Hutton, '29

As the title implies, these are facts about Agnes Scott alumnae and their relatives
gleaned from our exchange magazines and other publications. They are offered with the
explanation that they might have been more comprehensive had more leisure for reading
presented itself or had our acquaintance with alumnae and their connections been broader.
If your name has been overlooked, although it appears in a conspicuous place in some
recent publication, please forgive the omission and call it to our attention for the next
issue.

In the August Alumni Journal of Davidson College we found a picture of R. S.
Abernethy, husband of Belle Ward (Stowe) Abernethy, '30, and brother of Sally Aber-
nethy, '28. Mention was made of his appointment as secretary to the reorganized Inde-
pendence Trust Company of Charlotte, North Carolina.

To the American Alumni Council News of July we are indebted for mention of the
campus campaign conducted so successfully at Agnes Scott last spring.

The Emory Alumnus of September-October and the same publication of November-
December read much as official Agnes Scott publications, when we considered the num-
ber of alumnae and alumni we can mutually claim. A perusal of the following items
will lead many of us to believe that we have undertaken our plan of proposed coopera-
tion seriously already.

The September-October issue carried the following items of interest to Agnes Scott
readers: In a picture of three National Leaders in Chi Phi we spotted Hugh Dorsey,
Jr., fiance of Laura Whitner, '3 5, and Charles T. Winship, husband of Juliet (Crenshaw)
Winship, ex-'26. Recorded were the marriages of Catherine Coates, ex-'3 3, to Graham
Wiley George; of Ruth Liggin, '26, to Henry Franklin Trotter; of Roberta Kilpatrick,
'3 3, to Charles A. Stubblebine; of Clara Lundie Askew, ex-'29, to Robert Earle Vogel.
Mentioned were the births of Henry Johnson Miller, Jr., son of Nancy (Kamper) Miller,
'33, and Henry Johnson Miller; of T. V. Morrison, Jr., son of Helen (Sisson) Morrison,
'29, and Ted Morrison. Attention was called to the reorganization of the law firm of
Crenshaw, Hansell, and Gunby of Atlanta, of which Granger Hansell, husband of Sarah
Belle (Brodnax) Hansell, '23, is a member. Under personal items we read that Laura
Belle Wilder, ex-'3 5, is teaching at Elmodel, Georgia; that Mary Ray Dobyns, '28, is
assistant librarian at the Pickwick Landing Dam Library in Tennessee; that Dr. T. E.
McGeachy, husband of Frances (Fletcher) McGeachy, ex-'30, took a course in X-ray
at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston in the early summer; that Dr. C. Dixon
Fowler, husband of Mary (Prim) Fowler, '29, is interning at Henrietta Egleston Memo-
rial Hospital.

The November-December issue commented under "Emory Doctors on Top," "Dr.
Hamilton G. Ansley, ex-'24, (husband of Dessie (Kuhlke) Ansley, ex-'26; son of Roba
(Goss) Ansley, Institute; brother of Mary (Ansley) Howland, ex-'29) Atlanta, has been
named president of the Fifth District Medical Society for 1936." Recorded are the
marriages of Amelia Wolf, '3 3, and Dr. Benjamin J. Bond; of Nell Warren, Institute,
and Dr. W. S. Elkin; of Cornelia Ledbetter, ex-'27, and William Estill Heath; of Gussie
Joe Mullis, ex-'3S, and Dr. Clyde Walton Whitworth. Birth announcements included
Penelope Hollinshead Barnett, daughter of Penelope (Brown) Barnett, '32, and Craw-
ford Barnett; Katherine Fletcher McGeachy, daughter of Frances (Fletcher) McGeachy,
ex-'30, and English McGeachy; Robert Lewis Ware, son of Mary (McCallie) Ware, '30,
and Bob Ware. The death of Mrs. John S. Candler, step-mother of Allie (Candler)
Guy, '13, was reported. We read of the appointment of Wallace Alston, husband of
Madelaine (Dunseith) Alston, ex-'28, as director of young people's work for the South-
ern Presbyterian Assembly in Richmond, Virginia. Mention was made of Harllee Branch,
Jr., husband of Kitty (Hunter) Branch, '29, as an associate in the law firm of Colquitt,
MacDougald, Troutman and Arkwright of Atlanta. Library Notes included Floyd Sad-

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ler, '2 5, as cataloguing and classifying Highland Hospital Library; Louise Bansley, '27,
as cataloguing the Walker County Library in Jasper, Alabama; Ada Page Foote, special
student at Agnes Scott the past two sessions, as assisting in county work in the ERA
program of the Mississippi Library Commission. Appointments noted were those of Dr.
Robert L. Ware, husband of Mary (McCallie) Ware, '30, to the staff of the U. S. Naval
Hospital in Philadelphia; Dr. T. W. Griffin, husband of Helen (Etheredge) Griffin,
'33, to the staff of the State Hospital in Chattahoochee, Florida; Reverend Cecil G.
Hefner, husband of Jane Bailey (Hall) Hefner, '30, to the pastorate and Bible faculty
of Western Carolina Teachers College in Cullowhee, North Carolina.

University Facts (September), publication of the University of North Carolina,
printed in full a letter from George C. Worth, M.D., father of Ruth Worth, '29. Of
Ruth, he wrote, "My daughter is an alumna of Agnes Scott and has her M.A. degree
from the University of Virginia and has charge of my hospital laboratory." Ruth accom-
panied Dr. Worth to this country for a year's visit with relatives.

The frontispiece of the June Duke Alumni Register was entitled "They Will Be Duke
Alumni in a Few Years." In the group were Ernest Ralph Paris, Jr., and Edythe Cole-
man Paris, son and daughter of Ralph and Edythe (Coleman) Paris, '26. Also featured
was an article telling of Ralph's election to the presidency of the Atlanta Rotary Club.

Southern Telephone Neil's for December carried two pictures of interest to Agnes
Scott readers. In that of the new class at the Atlanta Business Office was Kathryn
Maness, '34; and in one of the new class in the Miami Business Office was J. B. Kincaid,
husband of Mary Gladys (Steffner) Kincaid, '29. Mention was made in this publication
of the promotion of Martha Lou Overton, '27, from service representative to service
observer in the Georgia manager's office.

Activities of the Georgia Branch of the American Association of University Women
were reported in a November Neu's Bulletin, with mention of many Agnes Scott alumnae
participating. These included Peg (Debele) Maner, '26, Helen (Burkhalter) Quattle-
baum, ex-'22, Grace Straus (former member of the Agnes Scott Mathematics Depart-
ment) as representatives from Georgia at the national convention in Los Angeles in June.
Miss Straus is Chairman of Program Steering for the state branch and President of the
Augusta organization. Helen (Burkhalter) Quattlebaum, ex-'22, tendered an extensive
report as Ex-president of the Georgia Branch. She serves this year as Chairman of the
Educational Program for the state organization. Augusta (Skeen) Cooper, '17, is Vice-
President and Chairman of Membership for the Atlanta Branch. In Augusta, Belle
Walker, '2 5, is Treasurer and Lois Eve, '19, Chairman of the Scholarship Committee.
In Savannah, Ruth (Blue) Barnes, '14, is President; Sally Williams, '32, Vice-President
and Chairman of Membership; Nell Brown, '33, is Publicity Chairman; Betty Peeples,
'32, Chairman of Meetings; and Louise Falligant, Institute, Chairman of the Scholar-
ship Committee. In Valdosta, Fredeva Ogletree, '2 3, is Secretary, and Margaret (Ander-
son) Scott, '15, Chairman of the Social Committee.

SNAPPED OFF DUTY

(See Page 21)

"THEY STAND OUT"

Dorothy Hutton, '29

The World With A Fence is the provocative title of the second novel Marian
(McCamy) Sims, '20, has written. It will be published early in February by Lippincott
Publishers. Morning Star, Marian's first novel, received widespread favorable comment,
and was finally syndicated as a serial for a newspaper publication. In the field of
magazine writing, many delightful short stories have come to life under the author's
facile pen. Particularly enjoyable was a story of several summers past, Woman of
Property, in the Saturday Evening Post. Liberty, The Pictorial Review, The Home, and
McCall's are other magazines which have accepted Marian's stories.

"For Xmas what could be more appropriate to give someone you care for (accom-
panied by some adroit remark!) than a book called 'Rather Personal' (Stephen Daye
Press) by Leonora Owsley Herman?", questions a clever advertisement of the second
edition of this book of verse. Leonora (Owsley) Herman, Institute, has written delight-
fully on a number of subjects, reflecting her diversified interests and wide experiences,
first as an artist and singer, and more recently as a writer of verse.

"Summary of Published Research Studies in the Field of Latin Teaching", appearing
in the current November issue of Education, claims Lillian Thomas, '30, as its author.
Lillian has studied in the graduate field at Emory University since her graduation and
is at present teaching Civics and Latin in Fort Valley, Georgia. Many alumnae will
remember "Vergil, the Immortal Bard", presented on May Day, 1930, and written by
Lillian Thomas. We note with interest her persistent enthusiasm for the classics.

Associate Managing Editor of South-wester, described by itself as "A Journal for
Writers, Artists, and Members of Study Groups", is the title claimed by Eleanor (Hyde)
White, '23. The November, 193 5, issue proved most entertaining reading. One feels
throughout the publication the purpose of the magazine to be reflection of local color
(Texas) and encouragement of amateurs in all fields of writing.

To Elaine Exton, ex-'31, goes credit for the compilation of "Youth, A Contem-
porary Bibliography". As Research Assistant in the Office of Education's Committee on
Youth Problems of the United States Department of the Interior, Elaine has worked
tirelessly on this publication and another, "Youth, How Can Communities Help?" The
Alumnae Office at Agnes Scott is flattered and grateful that advance copies in mimeo-
graphed form were sent. The purpose of the last mentioned pamphlet is "to stimulate
communities to become more active in the interest of young people who are out of
school and out of work". We commend Elaine's efficient participation in this most
worthwhile of movements.

Editor's Note: Even at pain of proving boring through repetition, we feel con-
strained to state that the above is not an all-inclusive summary. It is merely an honest
effort to commend alumnae achievement that has recently been called to the attention
of the Alumnae Office.

IN MEMORIAM

Nettie Alline (Calhoun) Smith, Institute (1896-1899), died in November.

Clifford Hunter, Institute (1900-1904), died in November. Sympathy is ex-
tended to her sister, Eddie (Hunter) Pease, Institute (1906-1908).

Ella Louise Landress, ex-'24, died November 18. Sympathy is extended to her
sister, Anna Marie (Landress) Cate, '21.

LaNelle (Moon) Bradford, ex-'15, died October 19, 1933.

Miss Ella Young, Principal of Agnes Scott Academy until 1913, died Novem-
ber 21.

ALUMNAE STUDY CLASS

Dorothy Cassel, '34

Since October 2 8th a study course in current history has been holding weekly
meetings at the College every Monday night under the direction of Dr. Philip Davidson.
This course is sponsored by the Atlanta Agnes Scott Business Girls' Club and the mem-
bers are composed of alumnae who are interested in contemporary problems here and
abroad.

Dr. Davidson has arranged a series of lectures that begin with a view of pre-war
civilization the characteristics and ideals of that era, and how they have effected and
produced the problems of today. In connection with this unit of the study Dr. Arthur
Raper presented a very interesting discussion on the sociological problems existing today
and Dr. Florence Smith gave an instructive picture of the different governments of today
and the basic problems underlying them. Both these addresses were very enlightening
and prepared us for the big topic of The Solutions of the Major Problems of Today,
which include Russian Communism, Italian Fascism, the New Capitalism in England,
National Socialism in Germany, and the New Deal in the United States.

Upon completing the discussions of domestic problems we shall deal with foreign
problems, which Dr. Davidson has divided into two sub-topics: International Organiza-
tion and International Relations. The discussion of international organization will
include the League of Nations, the World Court, and other agencies of international
organization. With International Relations we shall begin with a survey of the inter-
national situation in 1920 and look into the Peace Movement of 1920-1929. Then the
Economic Crisis in 1929 and the Flight from the League will be studied, which will
bring us to the economic situations existing today in the governments throughout the
world. Discussions on the rise of Japan, Austria and the problems of central Europe,
foreign problems of the United States, and the Ethiopian Crisis will conclude the course.

It is a very enthusiastic group that gathers in the Y. W. C. A. room every Monday
night to think over and discuss the problems of this great world. We don't try to solve
any of them, but some of our members have very fine ideas that both inspire us and
open to our minds new channels of thought.

INVESTITURE
(See Page 7 9)

The Atlanta Agnes Scott Club co-spon-
sored a tea for the faculty with the De-
catur Agnes Scott Club on the afternoon of
November the nineteenth. Prior to the so-
cial hour a meeting was held in Buttrick
Hall, with Miss Rachel Neely of Atlanta
as guest speaker. Since the completion of
the club project of sponsoring a series of
lectures this fall, attention is now being
turned to membership. Eloise (Gay) Braw-
ley, '16, is chairman of this committee and
hopes to build up a large active member-
ship from the number of local alumnae
eligible.

The Atlanta Business Girls' Club con-
tinues its monthly dinner meetings with
speakers at each. Guest speaker for the
October meeting was Emma Wesley, '99,
and for the November one Mrs. Alma Sy-
denstricker of the Bible faculty at Agnes
Scott. The average attendance is around
twenty-five, a consistent figure since the
founding of the club in 1932.

* * * *

The Birmingham Agnes Scott Club re-
ported a meeting on November the ninth.
New officers include Lucile Woodbury, '33,
as president; and Katherine Woodbury, ex-

'29, as secretary.

* * * *

The Charlotte Agnes Scott Club has con-
tributed eight dollars toward a lamp for
the Alumnae House. Plans are being made
now for their Founder's Day get-together.
The club has been responsible for individ-
ual dues memberships and for a club sub-
scription. The outstanding feature of the
group is a remarkable attendance of out of
town alumnae at their meetings. This phase
of their club work is under the efficient
direction of Charlotte Hunter, '29.

tivities. The aims and purposes of the or-
ganization were specified as follows: 1. Ac-
quaintance with and participation in the
growth and development of Agnes Scott
College. 2. Acquaintance with and dis-
charge of responsibility to the College. 3.
Acquaintance with and sharing of oppo-
tunities offered by Agnes Scott to the
alumnae. 4. Acquaintance with others. The
work under the direction of Rosemary May,
'33, Anne McCallie, '31, and Marion Chap-
man, '30, is most commendable.
* * m *

The Decatur Agnes Scott Club is enjoy-
ing a varied program under the presidency
of Helene (Norwood) Lammers, ex-'22.
Other officers are: vice-president, Annie
(Johnson) Sylvester, '25; secretary and
treasurer, Olivia (Fewell) Taylor, Insti-
tute. The committees appointed are as fol-
lows: advisory, Emma Pope (Moss) Dieck-
mann, '13; entertainment, Mrs. J. T. Gil-
lespie; finance, Hallie (Smith) Walker, ex-
'16, Margaret Phythian, '16; garden,
Frances (Gilliland) Stukes, '24, and Mrs.
R. B. Holt; publicity, Eva (Towers) Hen-
dee,, ex-'lO, and Lucile Alexander, '11; tel-
ephone, Leone (Bowers) Hamilton, '26, and
Gussie (O'Neal) Johnson, ex-'ll. The ex-
ecutive board of this club meets the third
Thursday in every month, followed by the
regular club meeting on the last Monday.
Three projects for raising money will be
undertaken during the year, a luncheon,
a book tea, and a benefit bridge party. In
November the Decatur Club and the At-
lanta Club were joint hostesses to the fac-
ulty at tea. A regular club meeting pre-
ceded the social hour, with Dr. George P.
Hayes of the English Department as guest
speaker.

The Chattanooga Agnes Scott Club sent
out an informative letter this fall to pros-
pective members, calling attention to the
place of alumnae in a community and to
possible contributions an organized club
can make. This was accompanied by a two-
page and very comprehensive questionnaire
on the personal history of the alumnae
and their possible participation in club ac-

The Jacksonville Agnes Scott Club has

registered a club membership with the
Alumnae Office. A drive for membership
was adopted as the most important imme-
diate undertaking for the group. A tea
for prospective students, the alumnae and
the Field Alumnae Secretary is planned
for April, Marjorie Simmons, ex-'35, as
president, reported.

PROMINENT 193 5 MEMBERS
(See Page 21)

PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS

The Meaning of Investiture was the sub-
ject of the twenty-seventh Investiture serv-
ice of Agnes Scott, held in the Chapel on
November the second. Carrie Scandrett,
'24, Assistant Dean and Assistant Regis-
trar, and faculty adviser for the class of
'36, spoke to the one hundred and two sen-
iors and their families and friends. Repe-
tition of this message over the weekly
broadcast on November the sixth brought
favorable comment and a request for a
copy of the talk. Significant is the fact
that this is the largest group in the his-
tory of the College to be invested.

Extension of Social Privileges to stu-
dents has necessitated longer hours for
the Dean's Office. The staff now consists
of Dean Nannette Hopkins, Assistant Dean
Carrie Scandrett, '24, Secretaries to the
Dean, Margaret Bell, '33, and Mary Mc-
Donald, '34.

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The Purchase of Property along the site
of the South Decatur car line provides
Agnes Scott with an additional five acres
of land on which a lake and outdoor camp
may possibly be developed. The land origi-
nally belonged to Colonel George Wash-
ington Scott who bought it at the time
of the founding of the College to provide
for the protection and expansion of Agnes
Scott.

* * * *

Bryn Mawr and Rollins Colleges, cele-
brating their fiftieth anniversaries in No-
vember, requested the attendance of rep-
resentatives from Agnes Scott. Nina Parke,
'35, attended the former and Lucile
(Smith) Bishop, '21, the latter.

* * * *

Open House for the College Community

was observed by the Physical Education
Department on November the first in cele-
bration of the tenth anniversary of the
building of Bucher Scott Gymnasium. A
well-planned program illustrated the diver-
sity of sports now offered by this depart-
ment.

* # * *

Mobilization for Peace, adopted as a na-
tion-wide faculty-student movement this
session, has had its place on the Agnes
Scott campus. Chapel on November the
twelfth was set asrde for this program
which will be followed through in subse-
quent programs of the Student Govern-
ment Association, the Y. W. C. A., the
Current History Forum, Pi Alpha Phi and

the Agonistic.

* * * *

The Silhouette for 1934-1935 was award-
ed first-class rating for colleges of five
hundred students or less for the fourth

consecutive year by the National Scholas-
tic Press Association. The editor was Car-
oline Long and the business manager Betty
Lou Houck. In recognition of these suc-
cessive honors, a cup was presented the
Silhouette for its permanent possession.

Dr. Charles A. Logan, father of Jose-
phine (Logan) Hamilton, '23, Mary Nelson
(Logan) Brown, '29, and Martha (Logan)
Henderson, '32, former member of the
Agnes Scott Bible Department, visited on
the campus early in November and ad-
dressed the student body at that time.

* * * *

Two Additional Musical Compositions of

Professor Christian Dieckmann (husband
of Emma Pope (Moss) Dieckmann, '13)
have been accepted for publication. Bene-
dictus es Domine is to be published by
the H. W. Gray Company of New York.
This may be used in the Episcopal service
in place of the Te Deum. Blest Are the
Pure in Heart, an anthem with a soprano
solo, will be published by the Theodore
Presser Company of Philadelphia.

* * * *

Mortar Board Recognition Service of

November the sixteenth brought to the
campus Elinor (Hamilton) Hightower, '34,
of Thomasville, Georgia, former Field
Alumnae Secretary. Her talk defined the
Mortar Board interpretation of service and
emphasized its fulfilment through the pro-
gram of the Agnes Scott chapter.

* * * *

The Class of 1936 voted to wear caps
and gowns to classes every Saturday. This
academic regalia makes the seniors more
conspicuous and therefore more easily
identified by lower classmen.

* * * *

Martha Elliott, '34, will represent Agnes
Scott College at the annual convention of
the Federation d'Alliances Francaises aux
Etats-Unis et au Canada in New York
City in April. Martha, as the former presi-
dent of the Agnes Scott Cercle Francais,
is the official representative of this cam-
pus group.

* :ja $ *

Keen Interest in the proposed project of
the development in Atlanta of an educa-
tional center was expressed by the Gen-
eral Education Board, the Carnegie Cor-
poration, the Commonwealth Fund and
Harkness officials in November when Pres-
ident J. R. McCain of Agnes Scott and
President Harvey Cox of Emory presented
their plan to them in New York.

* * * *

High School Seniors from North Avenue
Presbyterian School, Washington Seminary
and Druid Hills High School have been en-

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tertained on the campus this fall, in an
effort to interest them in Agnes Scott. The
programs planned included some phase of
student activity of peculiar interest to
high school students.

The Class of '35 Reunion Dinner at the

Tavern Tea Room in Atlanta on November
the thirtieth was attended by the follow-
ing: Elizabeth Alexander, Frances Espy,
Katherine Hertzka, Clara Morrison, Ida
Lois McDaniel, Virginia Wood, Elizabeth
Young, Mary Adams, Vella Marie Behm,
Mary Green, Carol Griffin, Elizabeth
Heaton, Caroline Long, Marguerite Mor-
ris, Martha Redwine, Marie Simpson, Eliz-
abeth Thrasher, Amy (Underwood) Trow-
ell, Hester Anne Withers, Alsine Shutze.

# * * *

President McCain and Registrar Stukes

attended the fortieth annual meeting of
the Southern Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools and the first annual
meeting of the Southern University Con-
ference in Louisville, Kentucky, in early
December. Dr. McCain, as chairman of the
committee investigating political control
of the state educational institutions of Lou-
isiana, made his report at the former meet-
ing.

The Granddaughters entertained escorts
at a formal dinner on December the fifth
in the Alumnae House. About thirty-six
guests were present for the occasion.

Day Students and Their Parents were
honor guests at a tea given by the local
chapter of Mortar Board on December the
seventh in the reception rooms of Main.
This social function is part of a program
undertaken in recent years to make the
lay students feel more of a real part of
the College.

* * * *

Class Secretaries are the backbone of any
Alumnae Association. Their work is untir-
ing and their pay poor, when you, gentle
readers, take to heart the number of times
you ignore their frantic appeals for news.
On this subject Mr. John R. Burleigh of
Dartmouth writes, "Dartmouth has discov-
ered that class organization has more emo-
tional appeal to alumni than a regional
organization. The class secretary and class
agent are considered the most important
officers in the class after graduation. They
must fire the imaginations of their class-
mates and make real to them the indubi-
table fact that the Dartmouth alumni are
the living endowment of the College." For
their cooperation and loyalty to the Agnes
Scott Alumnae Association the editor feels

constrained to invoke the blessing of Tiny
Tim, "God bless us every one!"

A Fellowship for Women Graduates who

show promise of usefulness in the public
service was established in May of 1934 by
the Women's Organization for National
Prohibition Reform. $1,300 is offered for
a year of graduate study at an approved
college or university in one or more of
the related fields of History, Economics,
Government, and Social Science. The award
is made by the Faculty of Barnard Col-
lege, not later than May the first. Quali-
fications are that a candidate must: be
a citizen of the United States; have re-
ceived the Bachelor's degree not earlier
than June of 1930; have shown special abil-
ity in the field of political science; show
promise of future usefulness in the public
service; be of good moral character and
have suitable personal qualities. For fur-
ther details address the Alumnae Office at
Agnes Scott or write to Professor Eugene
H. Byrne of Barnard, chairman of this
committee.

* Ha -'.' #

The Lecture Association will bring to
the campus on February the sixth the well-
known author, Thornton Wilder. This is
the second of the speakers appearing on
the lecture program this session. Robert
Frost, probably America's foremost poet
today, lectured to the college audience on
November the seventh and has more re-
cently expressed a desire to return to Ag-
nes Scott in March or April for individual

conferences and talks with students.

* *& * *

Former Agnes Scott Professor Joseph
McLean has recently been honored by
Etude, music magazine. A portrait of him
and commendation of his fine work ap-
peared in a recent issue.

* * * *

An Agnes Scott Reunion of Note was

that which took place at the time of Belle
Ward (Stowe) Abernethy's wedding in Oc-
tober. Those present were Callie Nash, '30,
Virge Shaffner, '30, Lynn Moore, '30, Marv
Cope, '30, Zou (Woolford) Raine, '30, Sara
(Townsend) Pittman, '30, Rae Wilson, '30,
and Sallie Peake, '30. The latter informed
the editor, "I don't hesitate to say that a
marvelous time was had by all."

It's Not Always the Printer! The boner
of reporting Martha Fite, '38, as the
daughter of Cassie Verna (Hunter) Fite,
Academy, was purely the Alumnae Secre-
tary's. We are grateful to Lucy (Johnson)
Ozmer, ex-'lO, for calling this to our at-
tention. The young lady is the daughter of
Ethyl (Flemister) Fite, ex-'06, of Dalton,
Georgia.

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21

One Way by Charlotte Newton, '21, is
printed here through the courtesy of The
Library Journal. This is a brief of the
original appearing in the January 1, 1935
issue of this publication. We regret that
this could not be published in full, for
many delightful incidents were omitted,
and that it could not be published earlier.
However, this story of achievement in the
summer of 1934 has a wide appeal for all
time, the editor feels. The author has been
employed on the staff of the University
of Georgia Library since September of

1934.

* * * *

The Outstanding Work of Edith (Wil-
liams) Maxwell and her husband in train-
ing boys and young men as choristers was
recently called to the attention of the edi-
tor through Mrs. Maxwell's letter to Dean
Nannette Hopkins. A request for a story
for the Quarterly brought the thrilling ac-
count in this issue. A list of the motion
pictures for which this group has pro-
vided the musical background includes the
following: "Smilin' Thru," "Tess of the
Storm Country," "The Power and the
Glory/' "It Happened One Night," "Whom
the Gods Destroy," "Peck's Bad Boy," "The
President Vanishes," "David Copperfield,"
"Sylvia Scarlet," 'Kind Lady," "A Tale of
Two Cities," "The Bishop Behaves," "Mu-
tiny on the Bounty." A note to Mrs. Philip
Maxwell, 244 North Western Avenue, Los
Angeles, California, expressing the appre-
ciation of Quarterly readers, would be most
appropriate.

* * * H*

Members of Mortar Board elected from
the class of 1936 are from left to right:
Ann Coffee, Frances James, Dean McKoin,
Adelaide Stevens, Lulu Ames, Loice Rich-
ards, Sarah Spencer, Carrie Phinney Lati-
mer, Ruby Hutton, Shirley Christian. Not

in the picture is Augusta King.

* * * #

Snapped Off Duty are Frances Steele,
Mary Gillespie, Lucille Cairns (daughter of
Lucile Colclough, Institute), and Eloisa
Alexander (niece of Lucile Alexander, '11,
and Ethel Alexander, '00, sister of Eliza-
beth Alexander, '35, and cousin of Eloise
Gaines, '28). Mary Gillespie works in the
administrative offices of the College, the

other three in the Alumnae Office.

* * * *i

Prominent 1935 Members are Caroline
Long, whose marriage to Gaither Sanford
is reported this issue; Mary Green, class
secretary for 1935; Alberta Palmour
(daughter of Mary Crenshaw, Institute),
life president for 1935; and Betty Lou
Houck with her new husband, Bealy Smith,
whose wedding in November is recorded
on page 38 of this Quarterly.

The Liberal Arts College, as exemplified
by Agnes Scott, will be the unified theme
of the weekly Agnes Scott College radio
broadcasts (WSB each Wednesday from
five to five-fifteen, Central Standard
Time) for the next five months. The
angle seen by the trustees will be dis-
cussed in January, that by the College
authorities in February, by the faculty in
March, by the alumnae in April, and by
the students in May. Listen in!

Wednesday Nights continue to be formal
dinner occasions for the boarders. The
matter was discussed at length in early
December, when the majority vote was in
favor of preservation of this custom which
has been established within the last three
years. Dinner is followed by after-dinner
coffee in the Main Building, with campus
organizations acting as hostesses for the
occasion.

Alberta Palmour, '35, Field Alumnae
Secretary, wishes to take this opportunity
to express to alumnae her appreciation of
their wholehearted cooperation in helping-
make contact with high school students.
Alberta, accompanied by Jacqueline Wool-
folk, '35, traveled extensively through the
months of November and December
throughout the southwest, with Texas as
their ultimate goal. Their visits with
alumnae were reported as delightful occa-
sions.

* * * *

An Award of $25 will be made to the

Agnes Scott College student who collects
between now and May 1, 1936, the most
discriminate selection of books. No collec-
tion of fewer than fifteen books will be
considered; there are no restrictions as to
the type. Each collection will be judged
by the number and quality of books and
by the owner's understanding of their con-
tents. This award is known as the Richard
du Bury Book Award and is made through
a specially selected committee.

One Method of determining the value of
education is that of measuring the growth
of tolerance. If, to any individual, educa-
tion has meant merely the acquiring of
evidence in support of his own biased ideas
and the ignoring of all evidence that might
disprove the idea, to that individual educa-
tion has been of no value. Rather, it has
been harmful . . . for his mind is com-
pletely cluttered with preconceived notions
that have crystallized into unwarranted
dogmas. We quote The Minnesota Daily as
reported in the Ginn and Company publi-
cation, "What The Colleges Are Doing."

LET'S GO ABROAD THIS SUMMER

It's time to take that grand vacation which
you have deferred, perhaps, for five lean years.
Sail with us June 17 on the Berengaria for a two
months tour of France, Italy, Switzerland, Ger-
many, Belgium, Holland, England, and Scotland
with a small group of congenial travelers under
the direction of Leslie J. Gaylord and Carrie
Scandett. Every detail of the trip has been
planned to assure a maximum of comfort, pleas-
ure, and profit at a minimum of expense. May
we send you a descriptive itinerary and detailed
information?

Leslie J. Gaylord
Carrie Scandrett
Agnes Scott College
Decatur, Georgia.

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Published in November, January, April and July by the Agnes Scott Alumnae Association
Entered as second class matter under the Act of Congress, August, 1912.

Vol. XIV APRIL, 193 6 No. 3

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Alumnae Association Front Cover

May Day 193 5 2

May Day 3

Eloisa Alexander, '37

With Our Alumnae Writers 4

Dorothy Hutton, '29

Reunion 6

Helen (Friedman) Bi.ackshear, '31

University Center Progress 7

President J. R. McCain

Commendable Graduate Students from '3 5 S

Constitution and By-Laws of the Alumnae Association 9

A Resume of February 21 and 22 15

Office Notes 21

Concerning Ourselves 23

To Our Readers 43

Reunions 44

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MAY DAY
193 5

"Peter Pan" with Laura Whitner
as Queen.

MAY DAY

Eloisa Alexander, '37

During the past ten years the May Day Dell has been the spot to which many
alumnae, students, and friends of Agnes Scott have come on the first Saturday after-
noon in May. Many of us remember the time when a miscellaneous assortment of
cushions scattered on the bank in front of Inman served as seats for the spectators, for
during a period of many years May Day was held on the front campus. Often the
music was drowned out, and the dancers thrown into confusion by the terrific noise
of the afternoon train. Such interruptions are now a thing of the past; for, although
the May Day Dell is very close to the buildings on the campus, it is a place of quiet
and beauty.

In 1931 Mary Catherine Williamson's scenario transformed the dell into an "Auburn
Dell." "Spring in Many Lands" written by Gilchrist Powell was presented the next
year. Elaine Heckle and Gilchrist Powell wrote "The Dance of the Hours" to be pre-
sented the succeeding year. "La Fete du Mai" by Mary Boggs and Anna Humber fol-
lowed in 1934. Many alumnae remember the charm with which Peter Pan, Wendy,
Michael and John, and the Lost Boys danced last year in the adaptation of Barrie's
"Peter Pan" made by Alice Chamlee and Jane Blick.

This year a cordial welcome awaits the alumnae on May second when "Down an
English Lane" by Charline Fleece and Anne Thompson and directed by Eugenie Dozier,
'27, will be presented. The dell will this year be transformed into a gypsy camp
which has been set up in a quiet English lane on the outskirts of a charming Eighteenth
Century village. Drawn by curiosity to the gypsy camp, come village girls carrying
hats filled with flowers, and five young ladies desirous of having their fortunes told by
the old gypsy crone. Perhaps more than curiosity has drawn a band of dashing red
coats to the camp. Already rumors of a beautiful gypsy girl have slipped out. To tell
you what devastating effects her charm wrought in the ranks of his majesty's army
would be telling too much. Just come and see for yourself.

This year the queen and her court will enter first, and in their honor "Down an
English Lane" will be presented. Naomi Cooper of Columbus, Ga., is to be the May
Queen and Virginia Turner of Summerville, Ga., will be her maid-of-honor. The ladies
of the court include Margaret Cooper of State Park, S. C, Rosa Miller of Fort Leaven-
worth, Kansas, Lavinia Scott of Milledgeville, Ga., Eloisa Alexander, Lucile Dennison,
and Mary Malone of Atlanta, Nancy Moorer of Walterboro, S. C, Jean Barry Adams
and Anne Purnell of Charlotte, N. C, Kay Ricks of Jackson, Miss., Aileen Shortley of
Columbia, Tenn., and Kay Toole of Hegins, Pa.

Before them will dance Helen Ford as the gypsy girl, Charline Fleece as the gypsy
boy, and Marie Stalker as the English boy. One of the loveliest dances is that of the
Spirit of the Forest, who will be Lois Hart. Much interest centers about the Old Crone
who will be Mary Frances Guthrie. Jane Blick, a jolly tinker, and Ad Stevens, his
gawky apprentice, furnish an element of comedy. A group of small children who have
appeared in past years as toad frogs and bunnies will be given new roles this year.

In talking to Dr. McCain about May Day he brought up the question of making
some changes in the dell because of the sun which shines directly on the court and the
dancers. He suggested as a possibility turning the dell partly around thereby making
the south side the back of the dell. This arrangement would, of course, do away with
the problem of the sun on the participants, and would effect only the few spectators
who would occupy the extreme seats on the western end of the rows. There is, however,
something to be said in favor of maintaining the dell as it is. Many people have com-
mented on the beautiful effect which the late afternoon sun makes on the dancers.
Seating the court at the side rather than at the back of the dell will take care of one
part of the problem. Since none of the dancers is directly in the path of the sun for
any length of time, it seems that the present exposure of the dell does not have as many
drawbacks as would appear on the surface.

WITH OUR ALUMNAE WRITERS

Dorothy Hutton, '29

Arthurian Legend in the Seventeenth Century, published by the Johns
Hopkins Press, was written by Roberta Florence Brinkley, '14, Associate Professor of
English at Goucher College. Its value is clearly expressed by the publisher: "The in-
vestigation of seventeenth century histories, many of which are somewhat rare or
difficult to secure, makes this book of value to those interested in history as well as to
those interested in literature. To scholars in the Arthurian field the account of these,
as well as the discussion of out-of-the-way literary sources, should prove useful." In
the Preface, the author expresses "appreciation of the Henry E. Johnston Scholarship
in the Johns Hopkins University, 1929-1930, which made possible this study. I also
acknowledge with thanks my indebtedness to the many friends in the John Hop-
kins University and elsewhere who have had a share in this investigation." In excel-
lent taste, in keeping with its title, is the red jacket and coat of arms in gilt.

Bootstraps for Youth, an article appearing in the January, 1936 issue of School
Life, comes from the pen of Elaine Exton, ex-'31, Research Assistant in the Office of
Education's Committee on Youth Problems. Youth, How Communities Can Help, has
been issued in attractive form as Bulletin 18-1 by the Department of the Interior. It
is recommended for people interested in recreational programs for unemployed boys
and girls and should prove of value to those employed for the direction of such programs.

Bridal Chorus, with Longmans, Green and Company as publishers, is a hilarious
comedy of incidents in connection with a southern wedding. Its author, Roberta
Winter, '27, displays here her experience as an amateur actor, as a director of dramatics
and as a student of play-writing. The plot is well-knit and moves forward easily
through the humorous dialogue which might at the hands of one less skilled prove a
deterring rather than a complimenting factor. In the 193 5 catalogue of Longmans,
Green and Company Bridal Chorus had a number one position, not from alphabetical
classification but from a standpoint of merit. Presented by Blackfriars on March the
twenty-first, for the specific enjoyment of juniors and their escorts at Mortar Board's
banquet for juniors, the play was most enthusiastically received.

Chaucer has been the subject of a study made by Emma Pope (Moss) Dieckmann,
'13, and accepted by Johns Hopkins' publication, Modern Language Notes, the quar-
terly of the English Department of the University. This article developed from grad-
uate study at Emory University with Dr. Steadman of the English faculty. It is rec-
ommended to students and alumnae because of the perennial appeal of the subject it-
self and the nice style of the writer.

Congo Crosses, is "A Study of Congo Womanhood," published by the Central
Committee of the United Study of Foreign Missions, written by Julia Lake (Skinner)
Kellersberger, '19, in collaboration with her husband, Dr. Eugene Kellers berger, medical
missionary to Africa. "To the memory of Mrs. Thomas J. Comber, who died August
24, 1879, the first white woman to give her life for the women of Central Africa; and
to the many other women pioneers who have followed in her train this mission study
book about their Congo sisters is reverently dedicated." Its six chapters deal with the
crosses of the Sky, Land, Back, Heart, Road and Calvary. The author's style is fresh,
vigorous and colorful. With the eyes of the world focused on Africa and the black
man's problems in the present crisis, the reader finds understanding of the race through
much of concrete value in this book.

Extracts from Home Letters is an attractive pamphlet gotten out by Dr. Mary
Ann McKinney, '2 5, medical missionary to India. These were written in the summer
of 1934 during language study and vacation in Kashmir. Like Congo Crosses, it gives
one the feeling of the many responsibilities and duties that fall to the lot of the mis-
sionary and an appreciation of the customs and superstitions of the country from which
they are written.

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Singing Mississippi is the title given to a book of poems edited by Alice Mayes
Virden, '23, Corresponding Secretary of the Mississippi Poetry Society. The illustra-
tions are by two other members, and the publisher is also a member of this society.
The book appeared late in December, 1935. It is quite attractive in its blue cover
with silver lettering. Among the eighty-five contributors are eight of the college
student group and six juniors, the ages of the latter ranging from four to fourteen
years. It is of interest to Agnes Scott that the names of Sarah (Till) Davis, '22,
Annie Peyton Stinson, ex-'24, and Alice Mayes Virden, '23, are listed, each contribut-
ing a poem to the collection. The poems might be grouped as follows: dialect, son-
nets, lyrics, blank verse and "just poems" (an amateur arrangement, but rather in-
clusive!). "A Spiritual Don't Want No Place for De Debil to Hide" is typical.
"Invocation" by William Alexander Percy and "Early Spring" by Anne Mims Wright,
late Vice-President of the Society and outstanding in genealogical work in the state,
are exquisite sonnets. A poem of delicate beauty is entitled "Blue," written by Elizabeth
Newman, who has been for many years a member of the faculty of Belhaven College,
Jackson, Mississippi. Perhaps one of the most charming bits of verse is a poem by
Archibald Roane Winter, four-year-old son of Anne Elise Roane Winter, President of
the Society. Let's read it together:

Looking Forward
If I have some cunning babies,
I will be their father.
If I could, I would much rather
Be their mother;
But no other

Children have a man for mother.
I have noticed, all are ladies!
The book closes with the following poem by Anne Elise Roane Winter:
i Finis

Thus we have spun the stuff of our dreams in secret.
These are our heart's best; these have our fingers wrought
For we are those who spin and weave
Gossamer, gold and rose or gray;
Twisting the fibers of our hearts,
Dipped in delight or sad dismay
Into a pattern, drab or gay;
Fashioning threads that our souls have twirled
In a shawl of song for a weary world;
Weaving, from iris dreams of youth,
Bright heraldry to blazon truth.
Much credit is due Alice Mayes Virden, '23, for her initiative and persistence in
collecting the material and in getting it published. (This review was submitted by
Annie Tait Jenkins, '14.)

The World With a Fence (J. B. Lippincott and Co., 1936), by Marian (Mc-
Camy) Sims, '20, was predicted in the January issue of the Quarterly. The reader
finds here a more sophisticated treatment of character and plot than in the author's
first novel, Morning Star. Of her publication the author says, "It's more ambitious
than the first one and I am therefore awaiting the public verdict with a great deal of
trepidation. So far the returns have been rather encouraging, but that may mean any-
thing or nothing." On December twenty-second the Charlotte Observer printed the
following: " 'This book was really written on a wager,' the author confesses. 'While
in New York early in the year I told my publisher I wanted to write a story of a Geor-
gia school teacher. "That sounds very dreary," he replied. "You'd be surprised," I
answered. And he was. When I went back again and took several thousand words

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to him he was not only surprised, but well pleased. I had convinced him that unusual
and extraordinary characters could be found among the school teachers of little towns,
where life is expected to be more or less dull where a sameness exists day after day
and little of interest ever happens. His only criticism was that he wished I had left
her in the little Georgia town. (In the course of the story the heroine moves to At-
lanta to work with an advertising agency.) And yet another critic thought the first
half of the book trailed far behind the last half. This school teacher is not a real person,
but is purely imaginary, although she may have characteristics of people I have known.
Readers often think they recognize persons in books, particularly if they happen to
know the author. I do not think writers ever closely follow real people, but the real
and the fictitious are often so familiar, it is easy for one to believe he can recognize some
especial person the author has in mind. The title of the book is based on the well-
known expression.' "

Unto the Least of These is the title of a story written for the screen by Edith
(Williams) Maxwell, Institute, whose work with the Maxwell Choristers was recorded
in the January issue of our publication and which has excited much favorable comment
among our readers. The author writes, "Built around the Choristers, many of the in-
cidents have been taken from actual experience. I believe this story will go over and
the message which I have incorporated in the story, that it is the responsibility of us
all to foster the God-reflection and expression in every child, will be accepted and
our Choristers featured in a very unusual picture."

REUNION

Helen (Friedman) Blackshear, '31
(Reprinted from the June, 193 5 Good Houskeeping)
Go back? To what reunion would I go
When I have with me all that I hold dear
Of college days? The slow growth of each year
Is part of me: the blue, soft glow
Of lamps on misty nights, the rich, low
Chords of benediction . . . they are near
Me often. And my friends, I still can hear
Their voices, feel their hands, and see them. Oh,
How could you think to see them now would bring
Them closer, or can ever bring again
Those long, long talks, that trembling joy in spring,
The bitter hurt, the tramping in the rain,
World-saving visions? None of these remain.
There's no reunion but remembering.

UNIVERSITY CENTER PROGRESS

President J. R. McCain

The plan to establish a high class university center in Atlanta has attracted wide-
spread interest. Wherever educators gather in any part of the country, inquiries are
almost sure to develop as to what we are intending to do and as to how much progress
is being made. As the program will probably be worked out more nearly in fifty years
than in five, and as plans may be changed from time to time, it is impossible to be
specific about details. Enough has already been accomplished, however, to make us feel
that the idea is fundamentally sound.

There are a few points which are basic and clearly understood. There is no thought
of merging institutions. Each college or university cooperating will retain its distinct
identity. There is to be no uniting of endowments or plants. Agnes Scott has no inten-
tion of adding graduate or professional work, but plans to continue as an undergraduate
college. The best term for describing what we are trying to do is "cooperation" rather
than "coordination."

In order to facilitate better cooperation, Agnes Scott and Emory have synchronized
the calendars of the two schools as to opening, closing, examinations, vacation dates,
and the like. Agnes Scott has also adopted the "quarter" system, to be effective next
September. We would not have made any of these changes except for the fact that
we believe a more effective educational program can be worked out in the community.

Emory has agreed in principle that it will gradually cease taking women for under-
graduate work except such as may be registered at Agnes Scott. This policy is not to
be immediately pressed, but is to be gradually arranged.

All summer school work will be done at Emory; but, as arranged last year, students
from Agnes Scott are registered as Agnes Scott students and not Emory students. They
do not have to pay the Emory matriculation fee, but simply the ordinary tuition. The
grades are not entered on the Emory books, but are transmitted directly to our own
registrar. In view of this cooperation, Agnes Scott does not require from Emory
higher grades on summer work than during the regular session. This is our regular
requirement for all other summer schools.

It is planned to have a joint catalogue of the Emory and Agnes Scott libraries so
that there may be a great deal of flexibility in the use of books and in the purchases
which are made by one institution or another. In the building of our new library
building, due regard was taken to the plan that will provide for only undergraduate
training, but that we will wish unusual facilities for card catalogues and for various
types of undergraduate teaching and study.

Joint faculty committees for Emory and Agnes Scott have worked out numerous
ways in which the different departments on the two campuses may cooperate for mutual
advantage. After very careful consideration, indeed, both faculty groups and trustees
are agreed that the most important thing just now is to make an effort for giving the

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Ph.D. degree in the Emory Graduate School. Considering the joint resources of Agnes
Scott and Emory, it is thought that four departments are very nearly ready for the
beginning of this work for the doctorate. The departments which seem most nearly
ready are English, history, biology, and chemistry.

It is tentatively agreed by the trustees that Emory should put on a campaign this
year, which is its centennial year, for enough money to equip and endow these depart-
ments so as to begin the higher level of graduate work at as early a date as possible.
Agnes Scott will endorse and encourage the campaign, but it will not participate in the
funds that are raised at this time.

In order for the whole program to be worked out satisfactorily, Agnes Scott ought
to increase definitely the quality of its under-graduate work and ought to have an addi-
tional building. It is quite necessary also that higher salaries be paid to our teachers.
All of these matters must have attention in due time, but for the present we are not
pressing our part of the program.

Numerous conferences with Georgia School of Technology and with the University
of Georgia at Athens indicate that we may be able to work out for the state and for
the South a much more impressive and helpful University Center than would be pos-
sible with only Agnes Scott and Emory. Here again, the progress must necessarily be
slow; but there is a fine spirit of cooperation between all the leaders involved; and we
believe that real progress is being made.

COMMENDABLE GRADUATE STUDENTS FROM 1935

Mary Boggs
(See Page 21)

Mary Virginia Allen
(See Page 22)

CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE ALUMNAE

ASSOCIATION

Printed at the request of the Chairman of the Committee on Constitution and By-
Laws. Alumnae help is solicited in submitting suggestions for its revision before Com-
mencement. Mail these to the Alumnae Office or to Patricia Collins, 2111 Massachu-
setts Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C.

Article I. Name and Purpose

Section 1. Name: The name of this Association shall be the Alumnae Association
of Agnes Scott College.

Section 2. Purpose: The purpose of the Association is to promote the welfare of
the College and its alumnae by increasing the interest of its members in the College and
in each other.

Article II. Membership

Section 1. Classes of Members: There shall be two classes of members, active and
associate.

Section 2. Active Members: Any one on whom Agnes Scott College has conferred
a degree or who was graduated from Agnes Scott Institute may become an active mem-
ber of the Association upon application to the Secretary and payment of the annual
dues in advance as hereinafter provided. (Note: This clause does not apply to those
admitted to active membership before May, 1920.)

Section 3. Associate Members: Any one who has been a student in Agnes Scott
College, Institute or Academy may become an associate member of the Association upon
application to the Secretary and payment of the annual dues in advance, as hereinafter
provided.

Section 4. Powers of Members: Only active members of the Association who are
graduates of not less than one year's standing shall hold office.

Article III. Officers and Standing Committees

Section 1. Officers: The officers shall consist of president, two vice-presidents, sec-
retary and treasurer.

Section 2. Standing Committees: The standing committees shall consist of those
hereinafter named in the By-Laws.

Article IV. Alumnae Council

Section 1. Council: There shall be an Alumnae Council composed of representa-
tives of alumnae, college faculty, and student body, as hereinafter provided in the
By-Laws.

Article V. Local Branches

Section 1. Branches: An Agnes Scott College club, with a purpose similar to that
of this Association, may become a branch of the Association, by organizing according
to rules hereinafter provided by the By-Laws, and by voting to become a branch and
notifying the Secretary of the Association of said vote.

Article VI. Amendment

Section 1. Amendment: Amendment to the constitution shall require two-thirds
of the votes cast, and may be made at any meeting, (provided notice of each proposed
amendment has been sent to each member of the Association. This clause deleted May,
1935.) when the required quorum is present.

BY-LAWS
Article I. Membership

Section 1. Membership: An alumna is considered a member of the Association only
when and so long as she pays her annual dues. Any member who fails to pay her dues
shall receive the literature of the Association for one year thereafter, but she shall be
entitled to vote and to the other privileges of the Association only for the current year
for which she has paid dues. Any member may be restored to active membership in the
Association upon payment of dues for the current year.

Article II. Dues

Section 1. Dues: Active and associate membership dues: The annual dues of active

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and associate members shall be two dollars payable September the first of each year.
The dues for each senior class for the year following graduation shall be one dollar and
fifty cents, provided payment is made within six months after graduation.

Section 2. Life Memberships: Any member of the Association may become a mem-
ber for life upon payment of fifty dollars.

Article III. Meetings

Section 1. Annual meeting: The annual meeting of the Association shall be held
during Commencement week at such time and place as the Executive Committee shall
appoint. Notice of said meeting shall be mailed to each member of the Association at
her known address not less than one month in advance.

Section 2. Special meetings: Special meetings may be called by the Executive Com-
mittee or by written request, signed by ten members and filed with the Secretary of the
Association. Notice of special meetings shall be mailed to each member of the Associa-
tion not less than two weeks in advance.

Section 3. Quorum: The members present shall constitute a quorum.
Article IV. Officers and Committees

Section I. Term of Office: All officers and chairmen of standing committees shall
be elected for a term of two years as hereinafter provided in Article V.

Section 2. Executive Committee: The Executive Committee shall consist of the
officers of the Association, chairmen of the standing committees, the out-going presi-
dent, and the presidents of the local clubs, to-wit: the presidents of the Atlanta Agnes
Scott Club, the Decatur Agnes Scott Club, and the Atlanta Business Girls' Club.

Section 3. Standing committees: The following committees shall be standing com-
mittees, all of which shall present written reports at the annual meeting: (a) Finance,
(b) Publicity, (c) Curriculum, (d) Entertainment, (e) Preparatory Schools, (f) Local
Clubs, (g) House and Tea Room, (h) Beautifying Buildings and Grounds, (i) Student
Loan, (j) Constitution and By-Laws, (k) House Decorations.

Section 4. Committee Members: All members of committees must be members of
the Association. One member of the out-going committee, preferably its chairman, shall
serve as a member of the new committee.

Section 5. Duties of Officers and Committees: The duties of the officers and com-
mittees shall be those commonly pertaining to their office.

a. President: The President shall be member ex-officio of all committees. She shall
visit the College at least once a year and shall present the work and purpose of the Asso-
ciation to the senior class.

b. Recording Secretary: The Recording Secretary shall take all minutes of regular
and called meetings of the Executive Committee, the Council, and the Association.
These minutes shall be put in permanent form and kept on file in the Association's
office.

c. Treasurer: The Treasurer shall receive funds of the Association and shall dis-
burse same only upon order of the Executive Committee. She shall present a complete
written report at the annual meeting. Her accounts shall be audited annually, by an
auditor selected by the Executive Committee. The budget of the Association shall carry
an appropriation for this expense.

d. The Executive Committee: The Executive Committee shall appoint a general
secretary and a tea room manager. The salary of the General Secretary shall be fixed by
the Executive Committee to whom she shall be responsible. The salary of the Tea Room
Manager shall be determined as the Executive Committee shall authorize, depending
upon the contract entered into between the tea room manager and the Association.
It shall be the duty of this committee in the interim of the annual meetings to transact
all business of the Association, not intrusted to the officers and standing committees, to
fill vacancies, and make all arrangements for the annual meeting of the Association.
The Executive Committee shall hold three meetings yearly, the first to take place as

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soon after the opening of the College as possible and the second and third in the winter
and spring.

e. The General Secretary: The General Secretary shall devote her entire working
time to the duties of her office. She shall maintain an office as a business center for the
work of the Association, where lists of alumnae, index files, and all records of the Asso-
ciation shall be kept. She shall attend all meetings of the Executive Committee and
Alumnae Council and shall be ex-officio member of the Entertainment and House and
Tea Room committees. She shall assist other committees in their work whenever called
upon, and shall perform such other duties as the Executive Committee shall prescribe.

f. The Finance Committee: The Finance Committee shall consist of three mem-
bers, the President, the Treasurer and one other member appointed by the President from
the Executive Committee. This committee shall prepare an annual budget which, when
approved by the Executive Committee, shall be submitted to the annual meeting of the
Association for adoption.

g. The Publicity Committee: The Publicity Committee shall consist of three mem-
bers and shall be responsible for presenting the Association and its work to the public
in such a manner as is consistent with the purpose and character of the Association.

h. The Preparatory Schools Committee: The Preparatory Schools Committee shall
consist of five members and shall present the advantages of Agnes Scott College to the
students of accredited preparatory schools, by methods approved by the Executive Com-
mittee. ( 1 ) The Field Secretary appointed by the College shall be ex-officio chairman
of this committee, this section to become void in the event of the discontinuance by
the College of the practice of appointing a Field Alumnae Secretary. (2) The restric-
tion set out in Article II., Section 4, of the Constitution shall have no application to
this ex-officio member.

i. The Curriculum Committee: The Curriculum Committee shall consist of three
members and shall keep informed as to the curriculum offered by the College and
changes or advancement therein. This committee shall also keep informed as to the
curriculum of other standard colleges and the progress of education for women. When-
ever deemed advisable, this committee shall present to the Association recommendations
regarding the curriculum of the College.

j. Local Clubs: The Committee on Local Clubs shall consist of five or more mem-
bers and shall organize branches whenever they are desired, and confer with each branch
regarding activities. A written report from each branch shall be incorporated in the
annual report of this committee.

k. The Entertainment Committee: The Entertainment Committee shall consist of
three or more members; the General Secretary and the Manager of the Tea Room shall be
members ex-officio of this committee. It shall be the duty of this committee to prepare
invitation lists, to plan and supervise all entertainments given by the Alumnae Asso-
ciation.

1. The House and Tea Room Committee: The House and Tea Room Committee
shall have charge of maintaining and operating the Anna Young Alumnae House and
the Silhouette Tea Room (except in the matter of redecoration, which shall be the
specific duty of the House Decorations Committee) , subject to the approval of the
Executive Committee. This committee shall consist of three or more members with
the General Secretary as ex-officio member. It shall be the duty of this committee to
submit a list of the candidates for Manager of the Tea Room to the Executive Com-
mittee. The Committee shall meet at least once every six weeks, the Manager being
invited by the chairman to attend at least two of these meetings. Minutes shall be
kept of all meetings, and these together with a list of rules and regulations must
be kept on file in the Secretary's office for reference. The President of Student Govern-
ment shall be asked to appoint one student from the day students and one from the
boarding students who, at the invitation of the chairman, shall confer with this com-
mittee at least twice a year.

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m. The Committee on Beautifying Grounds and Buildings: The Committee on
Beautifying Grounds and Buildings shall consist of three or more members and shall
cooperate with the administration of the College in beautifying the grounds, in increas-
ing the attractiveness of the buildings, and in every way cultivating an appreciation of
the beautiful.

n. The Student Loan Committee: The Student Loan Committee shall consist of
three or more members, and shall control the distribution and collection of all loans.
This committee shall confer with the President of the College in regard to all applicants
for loans. The notes for loans shall be signed by the borrower, and no interest is to
be charged until the borrower is out of College three years, after which time the notes
shall bear interest at the legal rate. No loans shall be made to any student below the
junior class except upon the express recommendation of the President of the College.

o. The Committee on Constitution and By-Laws: The Committee on Constitution
and By-Laws shall consist of three members. It shall be the duty of this committee to
codify the existing constitution, by-laws and decisions of the Executive Committee,
bringing the codex up to date before each annual meeting, and also keeping a copy on
file in the Association's office at all times. They shall call the attention of the Execu-
tive Committee to any inconsistencies or contradictions in the Constitution and By-
Laws. Any dispute as to the meaning of an existing rule shall be referred to them for
a decision, and their interpretation shall stand unless over-ruled by a majority of the
Executive Committee. Any amendment to the Constitution or By-Laws shall, before
presentation to the Executive Committee or Alumnae Association, be referred for con-
sideration to this committee.

p. The House Decorations Committee: The House Decorations Committee shall
consist of five members, four of whom shall be old members and one of whom shall be
a new member each term. This committee shall be self-sustaining and shall elect from
its membership one member to represent the committee on the Executive Board. The
specific duty of this committee shall be the selection of furnishings for the Anna Young
Alumnae House, whenever funds shall be designated for this purpose.

Article V. Elections

Section 1. Nominations: One nominee for each office and for each chairmanship
shall be made by a nominating committee, appointed by the Executive Committee not
later than two months before the annual meeting. When the ballot is presented, addi-
tional nominations may be made from the floor.

Section 2. Ballots: Officers and committee chairmen shall be elected by written
ballot.

Section 3. Notice to members: A list of the nominees shall be sent to each member
of the Association not later than two weeks prior to the annual meeting.

Section 4. Voting: Any member of the Association unable to attend the annual
meeting may send, in writing, her vote to the Secretary, provided it reaches the Secre-
tary at least three hours before the meeting.

Section 5. Election: A majority of all votes cast shall constitute an election. A tie
vote shall be decided by the Executive Committee.

Article VI. Local Branches

Section 1. Organization: Local branches of the Association shall consist of five or
more members and shall elect officers at their own discretion, notifying the Secretary
of the Association of said election not later than one week thereafter.

Section 2. Branch Councillors: Branch representatives of the Alumnae Council
shall be members of the Association.

Section 3. By-Laws: Branches of the Association may make by-laws for their own
use, not inconsistent with this constitution.

Article VII. Alumnae Council

Section 1. Membership: The Alumnae Council shall be composed of the following
members:

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a. The President of Agnes Scott College.

b. The Dean of Agnes Scott College.

c. The Executive Committee of the Alumnae Association.

d. The General Secretary of the Alumnae Association.

e. Alumnae Trustees of Agnes Scott (active and retired).

f. One councillor for each local club, with one councillor for every additional
twenty-five over the five required for a branch.

g. Four Councillors-at-Large, appointed by the Executive Committee.
h. The secretaries of the classes graduated from Agnes Scott.

i. Three representatives from the Student Body, who shall be the President of the
Day Students, the President of Student Government, and the President of Y. W. C. A.

j. All retired presidents of the Alumnae Association.

Section 2. By-Laws: The Alumnae Council shall adopt a constitution and by-laws
for its own use, not inconsistent with this constitution.

Article VIII. Alumnae Trustees

Section 1. Election: There shall be two alumnae representatives on the Board of
Trustees of the College. These two shall be nominated by the Board of Trustees and
shall be referred to the Association for ratification. According to action taken by the
Board of Trustees of the College in May, 1926, the retiring President of the Association
shall be one of these.

Article IX. Amendments

Section 1. These by-laws may be amended at any meeting by a majority vote of
the members present.

CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE ALUMNAE

COUNCIL

Article I. Name

The name of this organization shall be the Alumnae Council of Agnes Scott College.

Article II. Purpose

The purpose of this Council shall be to serve the College, particularly in the follow-
ing respect:

(a.) To serve as a clearing house for the interchange of ideas on the part of the
administration, the alumnae, and the student body, concerning the policies of the
College, by having frank and open discussions of all problems brought to its attention.

(b.) To coordinate and direct all the alumnae activities which concern the College
interests.

(c.) To act as a medium for securing and disseminating accurate information con-
cerning the College.

Article III. Membership

The Council shall be composed of the following members:

(a.) The President of Agnes Scott College.

(b.) The Dean of Agnes Scott College.

(c.) The Executive Committee of the Alumnae Association.

(d.) The General Secretary of the Association.

(e.) The Alumnae Trustees of Agnes Scott (active and retired).

(f.) The branch councillors (One councillor for each local club, with one coun-
cillor for every additional twenty-five over the five required for a branch).

(g.) Four councillors-at-large, appointed by the Executive Committee.

(h. ) The secretaries of the classes graduated from Agnes Scott College.

(i.) Three representatives from the student body, who shall be the President of
Student Government, the President of the Y. W. C. A., and the President of the Day
Students.

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Article IV. Officers

Section 1. The officers of the Council shall be:

(a.) A president.

(b.) A first and a second vice-president.

(c.) A secretary.

(d.) A treasurer.

Section 2. The officers of the Alumnae Association shall be ex-officio the officers
of the Council.

Article V. Committees

Section 1. The Executive Committee of the Alumnae Association shall be ex-officio
the Executive Committee of the Council.

Section 2. The duties of the Executive Committee shall be to transact all routine
business, to keep in touch with the work of all committees, to propose recommenda-
tions for action by the Council, and otherwise to plan for the meetings of the Council.
It shall have the power to fill for the unexpired term any vacancy in committees that
may occur in the interim of the meetings of the Council, and shall prepare a report
of the work of the Council to be presented to the Alumnae Association in May.

Section 3. The Council shall create such committees as may from time to time be
advisable, the chairman thereof to be appointed by the President. Duties of such com-
mittees shall be defined by the Executive Committee.

Article VI. Elections and Appointments

Section 1. The officers of the Alumnae Association are ex-officio the officers of the
Council, and thus their election is provided for in the By-Laws of the Alumnae Asso-
ciation.

Section 2. The President of Student Government, the President of the Y. W. C. A.,
and the President of the Day Students shall be ex-officio the representatives of the Stu-
dent Body.

Section 3. One councillor shall be elected by each local club, with one councillor
for every additional twenty-five members over the five required to form a branch. The
number of councillors to which any club is entitled shall be based upon the paid mem-
bership at the end of the fiscal year previous to the election of councillors. Branch
councillors must be members of the Alumnae Association. Local clubs shall notify the
General Secretary immediately after the election of councillors.

Section 4. The councillors-at-large shall be appointed by the Executive Committee
after its election, at its first meeting. Councillors-at-large shall serve for the term of
two years, and must be members of the Alumnae Association.

Section 5. Class Secretaries shall be elected by their respective classes.

Section 6. Any branch councillor, councillor-at-large, or class secretary unable to
attend a Council meeting shall provide an alternate.

Article VII. Meetings

Section 1. Regular meetings of the Council shall be held twice annually, the exact
dates to be determined by the Executive Committee. Due notice of these meetings shall
be sent to each member two weeks in advance.

Section 2. Special meetings of the Council shall be called by the President at the
request of ten members.

Section 3. Meetings of the Executive Committee shall be subject to the call of the
President.

Section 4. At all meetings of the Council the members present shall constitute a
quorum.

Article VIII. Amendments

These by-laws may be amended at any meeting by a majority vote of the Council,
provided the proposed amendment has, before presentation to the Council, been referred
for consideration to the Committee on Constitution and By-Laws of the Alumnae
Association.

A RESUME OF FEBRUARY 21 AND 22

REGISTRATION AT FIFTH ALUMNAE WEEK-END

Alumnae

Page Ackerman, '33

Ethelyn (Allen) Warner, ex-'23

Margaret Belote, '33

Margaret (Bland) Sewell, '20

Mynelle (Blue) Grove, ex-'16

Leone (Bowers) Hamilton, '26

Margaret (Brenner) Awtrey, '23

Louise (Brown) Hastings, '23

Penelope (Brown) Barnett, '32

Vashti (Buchanan) McLain, Institute

Bettina (Bush) Carter, ex-'29

Mary Palmer (Caldwell) McFarland, '25

Elizabeth (Cheatham) Palmer, '25

Mary Clarke, '33

Lillian (Clement) Adams, '27

Grace (Coffin) Armstrong, '17

Edythe (Coleman) Paris, '26

Marguerite (Cousins) Holley, '21

Frances (Craighead) Dwyer, '28

Katherine (Crawford) Adams, '30

Katherine (DuBose) Davis, '17

Pearl (Estes) Cousins, Institute

Virginia Fisher, '34

Beth (Flake) Cole, '23

Frances (Freeborn) Pauley, '27

Sarah Fulton, '21

Eloise Gaines, '28

Eloise (Gay) Brawley, '16

Frances (Gilliland) Stukes, '24

Louise Girardeau, '28

Jean (Gould) Clarke, ex-'34

Sybil Grant, '34

Anne (Hart) Equen, '21

Louise Hollingsworth, '32

Betty Lou (Houck) Smith, '35

Mattie (Hunter) Marshall, '10

Irene (Ingram) Sage, Institute

Annie (Johnson) Sylvester, '25

Lucy (Johnson) Ozmer, ex-'lO

Susie Johnson, Academy

Genie (Johnston) Griffin, '21

Martha (Johnston) Wilson, '27

Ellen Douglass Leyburn, '27

Margaret (Leyburn) Foster, '18

Lucile (Little) Morgan, '23

Helen (Lockhart) Watkins, '25

Isabel Lowrance, '34

Ruth (Mallory) Burch, '30

Kenneth Maner, '27

Mrs. Lawrence Mansfield, Special

Fannie G. (Mayson) Donaldson, '12

Hilda (McConnell) Adams, '23

Gladys (McDaniel) Hastings, '21

Elizabeth (Moore) Harris, '26

Emma Pope (Moss) Dieckmann, '13

Helene (Norwood) Lammers, ex-'22

Alberta Palmour, '35

Florence (Perkins) Ferry, '26

Eva Poliakoff, '35

Lucy (Reagan) Redwine, '10

Cora Richardson, '24

Letitia Rockmore, '33

Lizzabel Saxon, '08

Susan (Shadburn) Watkins, '26

Marie Simpson, '35

Augusta (Skeen) Cooper, '17

Hallie (Smith) Walker, ex-'16

Julia Pratt (Smith) Slack, ex-'12

Julia (Thompson) Smith, '31

Elizabeth Thrasher, '35

Eva (Towers) Hendee, '10

Polly Vaughan, '34

Estelle (Webb) Shadburn, Institute

Clara (Whips) Dunn, '16

Margaret (Whitington) Davis, '26

Peggy (Whittemore) Flowers, ex-'26

Llewellyn Wilburn, '19

Evamaie (Willingham) Park, '18

Katherine (Woltz) Green, '33

Mary Ben (Wright) Erwin, '25
Visitors

Mrs. J. D. Brown

Mrs. W. F. Buchanan

Mrs. Edgar Craighead

Mrs. Philip Davidson

Mrs. Leldon Franklin

Mrs. J. T. Gillespie

Mrs. James Gurren

Mrs. Karl D. Hartzell

Mrs. Charles Hurt

Mrs. William Keller

Mrs. Clyde Langford

Mrs. J. G. Leonard

Marcia Mansfield

Mrs. Devereaux McClatchey

Mrs. Roy Mundorff

Mrs. H. C. Phipps

Mrs. Claude H. Pritchard

Mrs. Arthur Raper

Mrs. Henry Robinson

Mrs. T. W. Whitaker

Mrs. A. R. Woodall

Mrs. J. M. Wright
Children

Peggy Awtrey

Billy Breem

Virginia Brown

Bill Crowell

Page Davidson

Philip Davidson

Elizabeth Dunn

Robert Dunn

Martha Flowers

Ann Gardner

Mynelle Blue Grove

Mary Hamilton

Betty Harris

Harry Hastings

Judith Hastings

Betty Park

Anne Robinson

Henry Robinson

Joy Rutland

Julia Slack

Marjorie Stukes

Marian Warner

Toy Watkins

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FOUNDER'S DAY MEETINGS

Atlanta and Decatur alumnae met for
dinner at the Druid Hills Golf Club at six-
thirty. After listening to the broadcast,
the local club presidents expressed their
appreciation of the occasion which brought
together members of the Atlanta, Decatur,
and Atlanta Business Girls' Clubs. The
speaker of the evening was Miss Florence
Smith of the Agnes Scott History Depart-
ment, her subject being "The History of
the University Movement."

Charlotte alumnae met for dinner at the
Mills Antique Shop at seven-thirty. The
radio program was reported as having a
perfect reception. Dr. George P. Hayes,
head of the English Department at Agnes
Scott, spoke on "The Changing Standards
in Modern Literature." Those present in-
cluded, from out of town: Charlotte Hun-
ter, '29; Adele Arbuckle, '31; Mary Young,
Institute; Florence (Brawley) Johnston,
ex-'25; Corinne (Cotten) Hodges, Insti-
tute; from Charlotte: Clyde (McDaniel)
Jackson, '10; Eloise (Erwin) McKoy, ex-
'09; Midge (McAden) Cothran, Institute;
Mabel (Ardrey) Stewart, Institute; Anne
(Kvle) McLaughlin, '17; Maude (Shute)
Squires, ex-'17; Ethel (Rea) Rone, '19;
Ailsie Cross, ex-'17; Julia (Hagood)
Cuthbertson, '20; Marian (McCamy) Sims,
'20; Cama (Burgess) Clarkson, '22; Mary
(Keesler) Dalton, '25; Maria Rose, '25;
Margaret (Ladd) May, '25; Louisa Duls,
'26; Mary Mackey Hough, '28; Irene Low-
rance, '28; Marian (Hodges) Anthony,
'29; Sally Cothran, '29; Sarah Souther-
land, '29; Belle Ward (Stowe) Abernethy,
'80; Frances (Medlin) Walker, '30; Har-
riet (Howard) Wolf, special; Ruth (Reil-
ley) Wilkes, ex-'ll; Pernette (Adams)
Carter, '29.

Chattanooga alumnae were entertained
at tea from four-thirty to six-thirty by
Marion Chapman, '30. Special guests were
the girls of the senior class of Girls' Pre-
paratory, Central High, and Chattanooga

High Schools.

* * * *

Chicago alumnae were guests of Blanche
(Ryan) Brim, ex-'22, with Lillian (Beatty)
Schuhman, Academy, assisting. Those pres-
ent were: Marjorie Daniel, '31; Nell Ess-
linger, ex-'23; Margaret (Sienknecht)
Lotz, ex-'lO; Eloise Lower, Academy;
Janet MacDonald, '28; Martha (Eakes)
Matthews, '24; Reba Vinnedge, ex-'24;

Charis (Hood) Barwick, '16.

* * * *

Memphis alumnae were tea guests of

Elinore (Morgan) McComb, '29.

* * * *

Mississippi, alumnae enjoyed a state-
wide meeting in Jackson, with lunch at the

Mary Frances Tea Room. Morning Star,
Singing Mississippi, and Congo Crosses

were reviewed as alumnae publications of
interest to the group. Shirley (Fairly)
Hendricks, '19, had charge of the luncheon.
Officers for the year are: president, Sarah
(Till) Davis, '22; secretary-treasurer, Eliz-
abeth (Watkins) Hulen, '19. A gift of ten
dollars was sent to the Alumnae House.
A Mississippi Founder's Day scrapbook
was started. Jackson alumnae met later
with Emily (Watkins) Cain, ex-'28, to hear
the broadcast.

* * :J: *

Nashville alumnae meeting for tea in
the social room of Scarritt College includ-
ed: Roslyn (Moncrief) Jordan, ex-'29; Lu-
reta (Campbell) Phelps, Institute; Olive
Graves, '28; Ethel (Redding) Niblack, '26;
Lavalette (Sloan) Tucker, '13; Amy (Wal-
den) Harrell, Institute; Margaret (Leech)
Cook, '19; Eleanor Whitson, ex-'38; Sarah
(Flowers) Beasley, ex-'34; Eudora (Camp-
bell) Haney, Academy; and Anna Marie
(Landress) Cate, '21.

4= * *

New York City alumnae met on the
twenty-third with their president, Sara
(Townsend) Pittman, '30. Newly elected
officers are: president, Elizabeth Hatchett,
'29; vice president, Dorothy Chamberlain,
'27; and secretary-treasurer, Grace Hardie,
Institute. Those present at the meeting
were: Bettv Gash, '29; Marv Ramage, '28;
Polly Gordon, '34; Jule Betliea, '33; Carrie
Lena McMullen, '34; Louise Davidson, '09;
Miriam Dean, ex-'20; Mary Hutchinson,
ex-'29; Leila Anderson, '28; Willie White
Smith, '27; Grace Hardie, Institute; Kath-
erine (Wright) Kress, '32. Willie White
Smith acted as co-hostess.

* * * *

Tampa alumnae organized a club on
Founder's Day with eight present. Three
alumnae attended from Plant City: Mary
Louise Robinson, '33; Emily Capers Jones,
'26; and Frances (Sledd) Blake, '19.
Blanche (Copeland) Gifford, '19, was
elected president and Margery (Moore)
Macaulay, '20, secretary. A report of the
reception of the broadcast is given else-
where.

* * * *

Winston-Salem alumnae enjoyed the
hospitality of Diana Dyer, '32. Those pres-
ent were: Lila Ross Norfleet, '32; Eliza-
beth (Norfleet) Miller, '27; Lillian (Mc-
Alpine) Butner, '24; Marv Martha (Ly-
brook) Neal, ex-'27; Elizabeth (Eaton)
Lienbach, ex-30; Isabel Ferguson, '25;
Callie Nash, '30; Ann Brown Nash, '33;
Diana Dyer, '32. The radio program had
a perfect reception, they reported.

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MISSISSIPPI ALUMNAE REPORT FROM THEIR FOUNDER'S DAY MEETING

Fidesah Edwards, '35: "Three weeks ago
my county's school closed. On April the
first Mother and Dad will take me touring
through the Rio Grande Valley to get ac-
quainted with Texas at the prettiest time
of the year. The whole time I'll look at
wild flowers that'll be in full blossom
then and in June I'll have put on enough
weight to work on my M. A. at Texas
University. Teaching here has been fas-
cinating and work, too."

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Shirley (Fairly) Hendricks, '19: "No

news of interest except a new home near-
ing completion. Still nobody but my hus-
band and myself in the family and my
days taken up with the usual routine of
housekeeping."

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Mildred (Hall) Pearce, '17: "This has
been the loveliest luncheon, meeting and
talking about old times and the old girls!
I date from so far back, that some of
these young girls will hardly believe some
of the tales we older girls tell. Of course,
Annie Tait Jenkins is here and she dates
a bit farther back than I do. Here's hop-
ing I get back for a visit before so many
more years."

Annie Tait Jenkins, '14: "I'm one of

thirteen present at the February twenty-
second alumnae luncheon at the Mary
Frances Tea Room in Jackson, Mississippi.
I just spent the A. M. in a meeting of the
Council of the Mississippi District of the
Y. W. C. A., and speaking of that reminds
me that this winter has been a really 'Con-
stitutional' one for me. I've been chair-
man of the Constitution Committee of the
Council; I've drafted a copy for our Miss-
issippi A. S. C. Club, and I've worked on
two others! It's fun, too. I'm: too frequent
a writer to our class secretary to write
details here. I hope to go out for a little
visit to A. S. C. in March."
* * * *

Burnett Maganos, '32: "My main occu-
pation still seems to be horse-back riding
and falling off flat on my face. They do
tell me I draw a salary for teaching adults,
but it's so small I wouldn't know. This is
the first time I've ever attended an alum-
nae luncheon, and I do feel about as green
as a freshman in a rat cap. But I have
Elsie (McNair) Maddox, ex-'29, by my
side and she's seeing me through."

Elsie (McNair) Maddox, ex-'29: "What
a grand time we are having! Not a one I
have ever known before except through
the Quarterly. They have been kidding me
about the Quarterly because I keep quot-
ing from it. Maybe we will drum up some
new subscriptions, eh ? I have no new news

except that I am enjoying my new location
and will start to build our house soon. I
am on my way home for a few days."

Bessie (Standifer) Gammon, ex-'13:

"Greetings to all the Agnes Scotters from
this bunch of loyal alumnae! Well, here's
a good Floridian transplanted to the fer-
tile soil of Mississippi. To say I miss my
association with the Jacksonville girls is
a very feeble way to express it. But to
add that my new friendships formed to-
day are a delight and make me happier.
My new address is 832 Pinehurst Street,
Jackson."

Sarah (Till) Davis, '22: "At the mo-
ment I am up in G. At my right sits our
most important Mississippi member, the
First Vice-President of the General Asso-
ciation, Annie Tait Jenkins, '14; at my
left sits our baby guest, Fidesah Edwards,
'35; all around me eddy, flow, bubble
and crescendo Agnes Scott news, mem-
ories and gossip. After luncheon, we have
a part of our program: a letter from Miss
Hopkins, a letter from Miss McKinney,
news from Dorothy Hutton, '29, and re-
views of three recent books of three of
our famous sisters, and the broadcast to
look forward to. It has been fun to plan.
It is fun! Personally, I am up in G., too.
My jolly six-year old son (I wish he could
go to Agnes Scott) has recovered from
the measles. I have recovered from the
flu and this year or next I hope again
to 'go home again' to Agnes Scott! In
matters not so personal, I have letters,
many of them, to write as the least of the
secretaries of Mississippi Synodical, a gar-
den to uncover after the winter doldrums
of this particular winter, exactly ten books
to read (one of them Time and the River),
and a play to memorize. I hope mumps
will not follow the measles! Our Mississ-
ippi gift to the Alumnae House is a very
modest beginning. We hope to do better
later."

Elizabeth (Watkins) Hulen, '19: "Home:
1209 Pinehurst Street, Jackson. However,
rarely found there, so to get me try %
Watkins and Eager, Standard Life Build-
ing. Children: Frances, twenty-two (step-
daughter); Margaret, fourteen; Elizabeth,
three; grandchild, one, two years of age.
Am fairly busy, practicing law and keep-
ing house, but manage to find time to
ride horse-back regularly and work exten-
sively in the Little Theatre. Still keep up
my tennis in spite of advanced age."

Emily (Watkins) Cain, ex-'28: "I enter-
ed Agnes Scott a freshman and left Agnes
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person. My education progressed more
rapidly at Millsaps College and I received
my B. A. from there but am an Agnes
Scott alumna. I have enjoyed this last
distinction because I have been associated
as on these celebrations, with Agnes Scott
and her more favored daughters. I have a
beautiful three-year-old, red-headed, viva-
cious daughter. May she come to know
Agnes Scott! She is named for Marguerite
(Watkins) Goodman, '21, my sister, whose
name must still resound in your halls. A
ten months old boy closes another chap-
ter in my life children."
# # # #

Marguerite (Watkins) Goodman, '21 :

"Greetings! Mississippi Agnes Scott girls
are lunching together and 'reminiscing-.'
Sarah (Till) Davis seems to think that you

might be interested in the recent accom-
plishments of each of us, if any. Mine are
both in school. So I've gone back, too.
I'm in the English Department at Millsaps
and I would have confessed it sooner, but
hated to increase Miss McKinney's pulse."

Eloise (Watson) Herbert, Institute:

"Does life really begin or end at forty?
Naturally, I am most interested, as I feel
as much enthusiasm for the coming years
as those that have passed. If any more
banks should fail, listen in and you'll hear
me trying over Major Bowes' program."

Julia Dyer Watson, Institute: "Mississ-
ippian to begin with and Mississippian
still. Read the history of the state. You
will not find me there."

FOUNDER'S DAY TELEGRAMS AND MESSAGES

Staunton, Virginia

Greetings on Founder's Day. The twins
and I will be listening to the broadcast.
Martha (Stackhouse) Grafton, '30.
Montgomery, Alabama

"Though far from the reach of thy shel-
tering arms," once more the Montgomery
alumnae salute thee.
Jackson, Mississippi

Greetings from Mississippi Alumnae As-
sociation. Enthusiastic meeting. Eight
towns represented. Sarah (Till) Davis,
'22, President.
Bay Minette, Alabama

Am looking forward to broadcast and
eagerly awaiting your message. Georgia
Mae (Burns) Bristow, '27.
New Iberia, Louisiana

The Weeks Chapter of the Alumnae
Association held a supper meeting in New
Iberia in the Weeks home. Program came
in perfectly. So glad to hear Miss Hop-
kins, Miss Torrance, and Dr. McCain.
Looking forward to seeing you at Com-
mencement. Greetings to everyone, es-
pecially to Lily. The Weeks Family.
Charlotte, North Carolina

Thirty-three alumnae greatly enjoyed
broadcast. All stood to sing Alma Mater
both times. We especially liked innova-
tion of dramatization. While we regretted
Dr. Davidson's illness, were delighted with
Dr. Hayes' address. Gene Caldwell's ('38),
and Barton Jackson's ('37), mothers pres-
ent at our banquet. Greetings to Gene,
Barton, Catherine Hoffman, '38, Jean
Barry Adams, '38, and Anne Pumelle, '39.
Charlotte Alumnae.
Staunton, Virginia

Program wonderful. Reception perfect.
Congratulations. Orra and Chertsey (Miss
Hopkins' sisters).

West Point, Mississippi

Program was inspirational. Appreciate
Agnes Scott more every day. Alma Earle
Ivy, '33.
Montgomery, Alabama

We enjoyed the splendid Founder's Day
Program. Robert says, "Mother, why
can't I go to Agnes Scott?" Best wishes.
Genevieve (White) McCreary (former
librarian).
Augusta, Georgia

Hearing your voice (Miss Hopkins') is
my annual thrill. Love to you and may
Agnes Scott continue to grow. Mildred
Jennings, '27.
Nashville, Tennessee

Greetings from Nashville alumnae.
Roslyn (Moncrief) Jordan, ex-'29; Lois
(Bolles) Knox, '26; Lureta (Campbell)
Smith, Institute; Olive Graves, '28; Ethel
(Redding) Niblack, '26; Lavelette (Sloan)
Tucker, '13; Amy (Walden) Han-ell, In-
stitute; Margaret (Leech) Cook, '19; Elea-
nor Whitson, ex-'38; Sarah (Flowers)
Beasley, ex-'24; Eudora (Campbell)
Haney, Academy; Georgia (Weaver) Wig-
ginton, ex-'22; Anna Marie (Landress)
Cate, '21.
Dayton, Tennessee

We, the family and I, certainly enjoyed
the Agnes Scott program yesterday, es-
pecially your part. Each day I value more
and more my association with you (Miss
Hopkins) and Dr. McCain and Miss Scan-
drett. We were interested too in the talks
made by Dr. McCain and Miss Torrance.
Dee Robinson, '32.
Edisto Island, South Carolina

Words can't tell how thrilled I was over
the Agnes Scott Founder's Day program
Saturday night. Little thrills were chas-
ing each other around my back and my
eyes almost had tears in them as I heard
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your "dear girls." To realize that I am
one of those was a very happy and proud
realization. Then, too, the flood of mem-
ories that came with the singing of the
Alma Mater. Happy as I am here, I could-
n't help but be a little homesick. Those
were such happy days that I spent at
Agnes Scott, and when you think they are
all gone well, you'd just rather not dwell
on it. The dramatization of the college
history was most interesting and I en-
joyed having my memory refreshed on
certain of the details. It is a history to
be most proud of. Again let me tell you
how much I enjoyed the program, and es-
pecially your message (Miss Hopkins'). It
is with many loving and happy thoughts
that I listened. Marian (Calhoun) Mur-
ray, '35.
Knoxville, Tennessee

The Knoxville, Tennessee, Agnes Scott
alumnae send greetings to you (Miss Hop-
kins), Dr. McCain, and all the other Ag-
nes Scott girls wherever they may be. We
are thankful to have a Founder's Day to
celebrate. Frances (Stuart) Key, ex-'23;
Margaret (Briscoe) McCallie, ex-'ll; Jean
(Powel) McCroskey, ex-'09; Elizabeth
(Grimm) Sisk, ex-'21; Addie (Boyd) Pat-
tillo, Institute; Mildred (Holmes) Dickert,
'14; Emilie (Ehrlich) Strausburger, '27.
Davidson, North Carolina

February 22nd has become to me a pre-
cious day and I always look forward to
the broadcast with real joy. The highlight
has always been hearing your dear voice
(Miss Hopkins'). I was thrilled and touched
Saturday night, for I lived over with you
people those first days when Agnes Scott
was in the making. It was so real to me.
And when the honor you paid my husband
was heard there was no sound from us,
for to us it was a sacred moment. It was
a lovely tribute and we thank you. Our
hearts were filled with pride when Dr.
McCain spoke of the great work that has
been done and the wonderful things in
store for the College. With all my heart,
I say again that there will never be a
spot that we love as much and friends that
mean as much to us as you people. Our
happiest days were spent among you. Dr.
Arbuckle seems so well has not missed
a class this year and is proud of the fact
that he is now teaching the classes of Dr.
Howard, who was brought here to assist
him, while he is sick with flu. Adele said
that their dinner in Charlotte was a great
success and all enjoyed Dr. Hayes' lec-
ture. Give my love to my friends. Al-
ways a heartful of love for your dear self.
Ida Arbuckle (mother of Adele Arbuckle,
'31).
Greenwood, South Carolina

I am listening now to the Founder's Day
program from Agnes Scott and was so

thrilled to hear your voice as you (Miss
Hopkins) spoke to us (your "dear girls")
and I shall always be proud that I belong
to that ever-growing list. The history of
the College as given tonight was one of
the most interesting parts of any of the
programs given these ten years. It in-
cluded the dates 1900-1903 when I was a
student there and spoke of dear Miss Cook
of sainted memory and Dr. Gaines. When
I was in Charlotte in September, stopping
with Anne (Kyle) McLaughlin, '17, (my
niece) I had the pleasure of a short visit
to Dr. and Mrs. Arbuckle, not having seen
them for some years, and it was such a
joy to see them again. While in Charlotte,
I visited the library in order to see the
Memorial Library left by Mr. Maclean
his music library. It was with peculiar
emotion that I looked through the books
with his familiar signature. Annie E.
Aunspaugh, Institute.
Dayton, Tennessee

Though Drewena has included the fam-
ily in her little note regarding last night's
program, I could not resist the impulse
to tell you, myself, how much we en-
joyed it, Miss Hopkins. We have been
very much interested in the Founder's
Day celebration for eight years and have
heard all the programs. Mr. Robinson,
Dee, and I listened last night and all
agreed that it was the most distinctive
and clearly depicted the history of Agnes
Scott. It came in very clearly and Dee said
she could almost see you as well as Miss
Torrance, Dr. McCain, and Dotty Hutton.
Those responsible for the program are
to be congratulated upon its successful
presentation. Clark H. Robinson (Mother
of Dee Robinson, '32, and Frances Rob-
inson, '38).
Decatur, Georgia

The class of '33 shares the happiness
and pride of Founder's Day and with
fondest memories sends to Miss Hopkins
and Agnes Scott College assurance of
lasting loyalty and devotion. Margaret
Ridley, President, Class of 1933.
Miami, Florida

The program last Saturday night was
perfectly splendid. We enjoyed every bit
of it. Jean (Lamont) Dickson, '29.
Savannah, Georgia

The Founder's Day program was inter-
esting and impressive. Dr. Samuel M.
Glasgow, Pastor Independent Presbyterian
Church.
Richmond, Virginia

I heard part of the broadcast yesterday
evening and thrilled to Miss Hopkins'
voice and the Alma Mater. It was not all
clear, but I got the general drift. Ditto
Worth, '29.
Decatur, Georgia

Congratulations! The program was ex-

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cellent. Miss Harn, Miss Omwake and I
enjoyed it very much. Congratulations!
Martha Stansfield, '21.
Winter Park, Florida

Imagine my surprise when I was turn-
ing the dial and recognized your (Dor-
othy Hutton's) voice coming over WSB
and now I am listening to Dr. McCain!
We all seem to need money! Katherine
Lewis, Alumni Secretary, Rollins College.
Miami, Florida

I listened to the broadcast and was
thrilled to be mentioned "right out in
meetin' ", so to speak! I wasn't at all pre-
pared for it; hadn't heard anything about
it, so it was quite a surprise. It seems
rather like a post (shall I say mortem?)
reward, but a pleasant reminder of a time
when the old grey matter was still in op-
eration! Marion (Lindsay) Noble, '21
(Phi Beta Kappa Initiate).
Jeff, Alabama

I got only part of the Founder's Day
program. How familiar the voices did
sound and how interesting to my two lit-
tle girls when I explained to them the
significance of the program! Eula (Rus-
sell) Kelly, '21.
Raphine, Virginia

Margaret (McLaughlin) Hogshead, '21,
and I listened to the broadcast with our
families getting a little education on the
subject. It was most interesting. We all
joined in on the Alma Mater, and were
thrilled when the one-year-old daughter
lifted her voice and tried to sing it, too!
Peg (Bell) Hanna, '21.
Lincolnton, North Carolina

I listened in at home to the broadcast.
I had read Dr. Gaines' history and en-
joyed the program immensely. Susan
Glenn, '32.
Tuscumbia, Alabama

Congratulations on the Founder's Day
program! It was the best one ever. I
liked the dramatization of the history of
Agnes Scott; that was quite effective as
well as interesting. As always it was
good to hear Miss Hopkins and Dr. Mc-
Cain. They seemed so natural and so very
near, I felt as if I could put out my hand
and touch them. Mary Wallace Kirk, '11,
Alumnae Trustee.
Crystal Springs, Mississippi

It has been in my mind for days to
write you and congratulate you on the ex-
cellent broadcast on February the twenty-
second. It was particularly fine, and es-
pecially here, as reception was the best
we have ever had for this broadcast.
Mother, a friend who was with us for the
week-end, and I were delighted with the
plan used for the broadcast. Annie Tait
Jenkins, '14.
Churchland, Virginia

The Founder's Day program was per-
fectly splendid. I was simply thrilled to

death. I think the dramatic skits were
most interesting. The entire program was
better than any I have ever heard and it
came in fine. Last year Lynn Moore was
here to hear the program with me and
this year I got a Randolph Macon alumna
to listen in and she was most enthusiastic,
too. Sallie Peake, '30.
Charlotte, North Carolina

The radio program came through per-
fectly, the best ever. Irene Lowrance, '28.
Des Plaines, Illinois

I tuned in on WSB, but could get only
an occasional word, until the Alma Mater,
which came in quite well. Charis (Hood)
Barwick, '16.
Fayette Mississippi

The broadcast on the twenty-second was
so excellent and gave us so much pleasure,
that I thought it deserved a message not
mixed with the general and individual re-
ports of the Mississippi Club luncheon.
Emily (Watkins) Cain, ex-'28, invited us
to meet in her home in Jackson to hear
the broadcast over her new Philco. We
heard every word. It was an intent, fas-
cinated group. At intervals we beamed
at each other proudly as if we were re-
sponsible for that delightful program!
Then we would forget each other and our-
selves in our pleasure in hearing the
voices from home. Of course, we stood
when we heard the Alma Mater, and we
felt like standing for "Ancient of Days."
The brief dramatic moments in our col-
lege history were so well-chosen and so
smoothly handled, and the remainder of
the program was so well-balanced and in-
formative, that the whole deserved noth-
ing but praise. The Mississippi group
wishes to congratulate all who had any
part in it. We are sure that Polly (Stone)
Buck, '24, had tears of pride running down
her face this time, when she heard the
dedication. And I think I saw a sus-
picious mistiness in certain other eyes.
Sarah (Till) Davis, '22.
Tampa, Florida

All were enthusiastic about the pro-
gram. We particularly enjoyed Miss Hop-
kins' talk, as her voice sounded so famil-
iar. It took us all back many, many years
to such pleasant memories of our college
days. Blanche (Copeland) Gifford, '19.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Congratulations! The program was by
far the best and most interesting. I was
answering the door when the broadcast
started, but from the "oh's" and "ah's"
that came forth when they heard "Ancient
of Days" played, I judged that freshman,
sophomore, junior and senior shivers went
up and down those ten spines. We cer-
tainly enjoyed the program with its fa-
miliar voices; the reception was fine.
Diana Dyer, '32.

OFFICE NOTES

Help Wanted on the following alumnae
whose addresses are unknown at the
Alumnae Office at the present: Kathleen
Belcher (Mrs. John M. Gaines), ex-'22;
Elizabeth Brady (Mrs. Milton W. Howard,
Jr.), Academy; Ruby Marie Bussell (Mrs.
James Adger Hayes, Jr.), ex-'32; Hester
Craig- (Mrs. Uriah Grey Flowers), Insti-
tute; Sarah Louise Dell (Mrs. Frank
Marion Yoder), ex-'34; Agnes Elizabeth
Dinwiddie, ex-'26; Cornelia Dunwody (Mrs.
James L. Cameron), ex-'15; Eleanor Ens-
low, Academy; Edith Joan Fish (now
known as Joan White), ex-'33; Elizabeth
Baldwin Harris (Mrs. John Mitchell
Holmes), Academy; Louise Harvey (Mrs.
Ralph Hamilton Hall), ex-'27; Bessie
Claire Hefley (Mrs. George Walter), In-
stitute; Sarah Vashti Hightower (Mrs.
Robert Matthews Barnes), ex-'22; Agnes
I. Houseal (Mrs. William F. Wright), ex-
'14; Marjorie Sarah Hughes (Mrs. Weston
Wardell Morrell), ex-'27; Elizabeth Kirk,
ex-'25; Helen Eunice McCorkle (Mrs. C. J.
Posey), ex-'28; Lavinia Agnes Wise, Acad-
emy; Mary Evelyn Wright (Mrs. James E.

Atkinson), ex-'25.

* * * *

Mortar Board sponsored a campaign in
January to raise funds for refurbishing
the date parlors in the Main Building. The
Administration agreed to match up to
fifty dollars any sum raised on the cam-
pus. To date many attractive lamps, end
tables and cushions have been added to
the furnishings of these popular rooms.
*, * * *

Named for the Beck Scholarship as can-
didates from Agnes Scott were Ethelyn
Johnson and Augusta King, both of At-
lanta and the class of 1936. For the first
time since the award was offered two
years ago the majority of the nomina-
tions (made by the faculty) were in favor
of members of the senior class instead of
alumnae. Virginia Heard, '33, won this
award when it was first offered in 1934,
and has been since that time studying at
the University of Michigan.
*****

Ice Storms in late December and early
January broke from 200 to 470 trees on
the Agnes Scott Campus. By the use of
cables which held it stationary, the giant
oak in front of Rebekah Scott, was saved.
This red oak is the largest tree in Deca-
tur and is over 100 years old, with a top
spread of one hundred and fifty-five feet
and a diameter of five feet.

* * 3|e *

Thornton Wilder spoke to a delighted
audience in the Chapel on February the.
sixth. Following his talk on "The Motion
Pictures and Literature," the author very
graciously answered questions put to him
by the audience.

Phi Beta Kappa brought to the campus
on February the eighth Dr. Walter Miller,
noted classical scholar, who spoke in
Chapel on "The Scholar in American Life."
Following Dr. Miller's address, Professor
Catherine Torrance, of the Greek Depart-
ment, announced the alumnae and seniors
selected to membership. These are: Anna
Marie (Landress) Cate, '21; Frances Char-
lotte (Markley) Roberts, '21; Marion
(Lindsay) Noble, '21; Sarah Fulton, '211;
Janef Preston, '21; Martha Stansfield,
'21; Philippa Gilchrist, '23; Elizabeth For-
man, '36 (daughter of Mary (Dortch) For-
man), Institute; Lita Goss, '36; Edith
Merlin, '36; Shirley Christian, '36; Mary
Snow, '36; Ethelyn Johnson, '36; Sarah
Nichols, '36.

* * * *

Mary Boggs, '35, after spending a suc-
cessful term at Radcliffe this year, has
applied to the Institute of International
Education for a fellowship to Germany.
At Agnes Scott she was a member of Phi
Beta Kappa, Mortar Board, editor of the
Agonistic, and winner of the Quenelle Har-
rold Fellowship. A copy of the letter of
recommendation for the German fellow-
ship, written by Assistant Professor Wal-
ter Silz of the German Department of
Harvard, was sent to Dr. McCain. The
following is an excerpt from his letter:
"Mary Boggs is my best student at Rad-
cliffe this semester and one of the best I
have ever had at either Harvard or Rad-
cliffe. She has shown unusual power of
appreciative and critical analysis of lit-
erature, and unusual ability to express
herself clearly and elegantly in English.
She is well read, and thinks independently.
I might add that Professor Karl Vietor
who has now returned to the University
of Griessen, considered Miss Boggs his
best student in the seminar for graduates
which he gave here this semester."

* * * *

President of the Association of Ameri-
can Colleges is our own Dr. J. R. McCain.
The Association had representatives from
497 outstanding American colleges and
universities at the annual convention held
in New York on January 16 and 17. Only
once before in the twenty-three years of
the Association's existence has the South
been represented in that office. Last year
Dr. McCain was vice-president and year
before last he was a member of the Execu-
tive Committee. The Association is the
largest of the many college associations
in America.

* * * *

A photograph of Eugenia Symms, a
senior at Agnes Scott College, has been
selected to represent "Education" in a
forthcoming edition of the publication of

the Presbyterian Church, U. S. This pub-

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lication, the hand-book of the Every Mem-
ber Canvass, attempts to show the benev-
olent work of the denomination. It is
published annually by the stewardship of
the Presbyterian Church. The picture of
Eugenia was made for the Silhouette in
her academic robe. It was considered the
one most nearly typifying modern educa-
tion. The Presbyterian magazine in which
her picture will appear is being circulated
throughout the South the early part of
February. The choice was made from
unsubmitted photographs of hundreds of
college men and women. Eugenia is from
Augusta, Georgia.

Blackfriars at the Junior Banquet March
21 presented Bridal Chorus, play of
Roberta Winter, '27. This delightful drama
of amusing incidents in connection with a
southern wedding has aroused a great deal
of interest on the campus, both on the
basis of its own merit and the author's
being an alumna.

District III of the American Alumni
Council met in Rock Hill, South Carolina
on February 14 and 15. Agnes Scott was
represented by Dorothy Hutton, '29, Gen-
eral Executive Secretary, and Alberta Pal-
mour, '35, Field Secretary. Winthrop Col-
lege was the official host. The keynote
address was made by Dr. Shelton Phelps,
President of Winthrop, and father of
Mary An (Phelps) Bridges, ex-'30.

* * * *

Dr. Samuel Gordon of Winston-Salem,
North Carolina, spent the week of Febru-
ary the tenth through the sixteenth on
the campus, conducting religious week
services under the sponsoring of the Ag-
nes Scott Y. W. C. A. Dr. Gordon is the
author of "Quiet Talks," a group of short
works on the personal Christian life and
world currents.

* * * *

Winner of the Quenelle Harrold Fellow-
ship for 1936-1937 is Lita Goss, '36. Mary
Virginia Allen, '35, who is doing graduate
work in French at the University of Vir-
ginia, is named as alternate. The award
is made on the basis of qualifications for
research and promise of leadership. The
recipient does research and graduate study
in some institution approved by the Acad-
emic Council (composed of Miss Hopkins,
Dr. McCain and the heads of the depart-
ments at Agnes Scott). Lita plans to take
graduate work in English at Radcliffe in
Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is editor
of the Aurora, member of Phi Beta
Kappa, Eta Sigma Phi, the Poetry Club,
and of B. 0. Z., and has made the honor
roll for the past three years.

Alberta Palmour, '35, has been very ac-

tive in and out of town in her work with
high school students interested in coming
to Agnes Scott. Groups from the individ-
ual local high schools have been enter-
tained during the winter and early spring.

* * * #

Sir Arthur Willert, noted lecturer and
publicist, spoke as the third and last lec-
turer on the program of the Agnes Scott
Public Lecture Association, on March the
third. His subject was "Europe in 1936."

* * * *

Carol Griffin, '35, assistant instructor in
biology at Agnes Scott, was awarded an
honorary key for work done in 1935 by
the local chapter of Chi Beta Phi Sigma,
national scientific sorority, in Chapel on
February 21. Gail Nelson, '33, charter
. member of the Agnes Scott chapter, was
the speaker of the morning, her subject
being the contributions of women to the
field of science. Eligibility to Chi Beta
Phi Sigma is based on meriting twenty
hours of science and mathematics, merit-
ing two-thirds of all work, being a science
or mathematics major, and having a deep
interest in science.

* * * *

Julia Lake (Skinner) Kellersberger,
'19, spoke in Chapel on February the
twenty-eighth. Her audience was capti-
vated by her accounts of her and Dr. Kel-
lersberger's work in the mission field of
Africa.

* * * *

Wanted in the Office these copies of the
Alumnae Quarterly: November, 1929; Jan-
uary, 1930; November, 1933; January,
1934; April, 1934; July, 1934; April, 1935;
January, 1936.

$ $ $ $*

Polly (Stone) Buck, '24, has requested
the insertion of this ad: "Polly (Stone)
Buck and her husband will be in Los An-
geles for two months this summer, while
Professor Buck teaches economics in the
University summer session. Would any A.
S. C. alumna like to rent either of their
houses while they are away? They are
both cool houses and in the country the
Clintonville one only six miles from Yale
and Long Island Sound in a sweet bit of
Connecticut country, the Vermont house
a lovely old gray stone farm house, not
at all a rough-and-ready summer place,
but with all conveniences and complete
even to a grand piano and a strawberry
bed. Caroline, their young daughter, is to
be left at a baby farm, so the person who
takes the house doesn't have to take the
baby, too, but the owners would like to
throw in two nice cats!" Mail your reply
to Mrs. Norman Sydney Buck, Middle-
town Turnpike, Clintonville, Connecticut.

REUNIONS

Reunions will be scheduled, according to the Dix
Plan, for the following classes of Agnes Scott
College: '93, '94, '95, '11, '12, '13, '14, '30, '31,
'32, '33 ; and, according to our own plan, for '3 5.
We have a possible 436 graduates coming to
Commencement. The number will be determined
by your loyalty as an individual. Literature will
be mailed to you from the Office, your Class
Secretary, and your Class President.

Please note the plans we are

making for your enjoyment

and come back to the campus

for these dates:

May 29, 30, 31, and
June 1 and 2

FOR REFERENCE

NOT TO BE TAKEN FROM
THIS ROOM