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lumnae Quarterly

l. XVI

fo. 1

EMBER
937

Seventh Alumnae Week-End,
November 19-20, 1937

General Theme: New Emphases

Friday, November 19

10:30 Chapel Talk "Indian Impressions"

Dr. Mary Ann McKinney, '25, Women's Christian Medical College,
Punjab, India

10:30-11:30 "Cross Currents in the Colleges"

Dr. Goodrich C. White, Dean of Emory University

11:30-12:30 "New Emphases in World Affairs"

Judge Samuel H. Sibley, United States Circuit Court of Appeals

12:30 Luncheon in Rebekah Scott Dining Room; alumnae are guests of the

college.
Speaker: Mr. S. G. Stuk.es, Registrar of Agnes Scott College
Following lunch, alumnae and their guests are invited to a book display,
arranged for Alumnae Week-End, in the browsing corner of the library.
This exhibit of books is part of Book Week, held annually on the campus.
Old books and manuscripts from private collections are also on exhibit.

Saturday, November 20

10:00-10:30 Chapel Program Agnes Scott String Ensemble

Director, Mr. C. W. Dieckmann, Agnes Scott College

10:30-11:30 "New.Mvipha<;esJn.thoDtqnta.atit[ the Theatre"
Dr. TiSomAs, ,5iLc'E?CGL>isH,c Emory' University

11:30-12:30 "Contemporary Bols afld\ihe\$o\tti'

Dr. Emma Ma V 'LAWey,' Agnes 'Scott College

12:30 Luncheon in th^e ; Anna Young'. Alumnae House. A moderately priced

luncheon will be served to alumnae and guests.

Please consider this a very personal invitation to you! If you live nearby, you need
make no reservation except for the Friday luncheon. If you are an out-of-town alumna,
make your reservation for a room in the Alumnae House as soon as possible. If you
have planned to visit some local alumna for a long time, write her and arrange to come
on this date. If you live in Atlanta or Decatur and have been wanting that old room-
mate to spend a while with you, write her to come now. What a time you two will have
going to school together again!

DO COME, ALUMNAE!

etters

FROM TWO PRESIDENTS

Dear Alumnae:

This year we can extend a wholehearted and cheerful
invitation for all of our alumnae to return for the week-
end of November 19-20. On one basis or another, I am
frequently asked to participate in these Week-End Pro-
grams, but this year I am permitted to be a listener, and
will enjoy with you a remarkably fine program. I am con-
fident that the subject and the speakers will merit a trip
to Agnes Scott and the best attention and cooperation
which we could give.

However good the speaking and other entertainment
may be, we realize that one of the greatest values of such
an occasion is the privilege of having together representa-
tive alumnae from various classes and various places. It is
a great joy to have you come back to your Alma Mater,
and you would be surprised to know how much interest
the present day generation of students take in the return
of those who have gone on before.

We do not have any startling additions to the campus
or any notable changes of personnel to show you, but there
will be old friends to give you a hearty welcome and enough
of the old campus and old equipment to make even the
earlier student of the Institute or College feel at home.

Looking forward with deep interest to seeing as many
of you as may possibly come, I am,

Cordially,

J. R. McCain, President.

Dear Alumnae:

Another school session begins and alumnae plans take
on new vitality. What to center our efforts on during
1937-3 8 is not a difficult question. With the Semi-Cen-
tennial coming in 1939 we must see what will most con-
tribute to a highly successful celebration and must put our
full energy back of the initial phases of the program.

Preeminently this year our attention will be on tracing
down the lost alumnae, whose inaccessibility became evi-
dent through our issuance of the last spring Quarterly to
all alumnae, unpaid as well as paid members of that large
band of Agnes Scott's daughters. Some copies could not
even be sent out, and many were returned unclaimed. If
we can trace down these now almost unknown college
daughters, so as to be in a position to print an authentic
directory next fall, we shall have given probably our
greatest assistance to the celebration of Agnes Scott's fifty
years' existence. The college will use this directory exten-
sively if we can get it in satisfactory shape by that time.

Our biggest further support will come from ideas which
we can suggest. If you have any suggestion as to the semi-
centennial celebration, what things must be included and
how they can best be presented, send them in to the alum-
nae office. We can act as a clearing house for alumnae
ideas and should be able to supply Dr. McCain with many
valuable projects. Do you have any souvenirs of your col-
lege days which might be of general interest? Perhaps we
could have an exhibit. The possibilities along this and other
lines are limitless.

Just now our immediate interest is in Alumnae Week-
End, which is to be held November 19th and 20th. Mrs.
C. W. Dieckmann and her enthusiastic committee are pro-
viding a splendid program. That will be an excellent time
to come home and rest and be happy a while.

Please, throughout the year, help us to make the Alum-
nae Association what you wish it to be.

Cordially,
Daisy Francis Smith,
President of Alumnae Association.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Frontispiece Alumnae Week-End

Program
. . 1

Letters from Two Presidents

Around the Globe with Agnes Scotters

. . 2

"Japanese Silhouettes" .... Laura (Brown) Logan, '31
"Typical Tropical Tramp" . . . Ora (Glenn) Roberts, '16

"Little Aggie Has Lost Her Sheep" ... .... . .

. . 4

Campus News and Office Notes

. . 5

Concerning Ourselves

. . 9

Reunion Time

. . 21

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ROUND THE GLOBE."

With Agnes Scotters

The Quarterly editors are hoping to publish in several issues
sheltering arms." We hope you like the idea and we are deeply
letters are to appear in the January Quarterly.

JAPANESE SILHOUETTES
The seventeenth of July, 1936, was a beautiful day,
which seemed especially so to the passengers of the "Presi-
dent McKinley," who had had nothing but cold and fog

since leaving Seattle
thirteen days before.
Even the promised
excitement of seeing
the Aleutian Islands
had turned to disap-
pointment because of
the ever-present fog.
So, on approaching
the harbor of Yoko-
hama, the green
hills, bobbing sam-
pans, and even the
pilot's boat looked
very merry. What
framed the picture
and made it all beau-
tiful was the majes-
tic, calm, perfect
cone of Fuji-yama
rightly named "The Peerless One." What fascinated me
more than its blue serenity, which became darker and more
glorious as the sun sank behind it, was the fact that it was
there and I was really seeing it. For the natives say that
for a foreigner to see their holy mountain (a mere woman
was not even allowed to climb it until a few years ago)
on reaching Japan is a good omen for all his life here.
I surely believe it, for the past six months here have been
more picturesque, exciting and thrilling than I could pos-
sibly have imagined. Recently I met some tourists, who
are "doing Japan" in four days, and on leaving will prob-
ably think that they have seen all there is to see. But I
believe that every day I have seen something that is strange
and new.

The far-famed beauty of Japan meets one on every side,
whether it is a miniature garden in a flower pot or the
rugged beauty of the Japan Alps. One quality that, I
believe, is unique, is the proximity of the sea, plains and
mountains. To see mountain peaks and cliffs end abruptly
at the edge of the sea often gives an unbelievably lovely
effect. On a clear day, the blueness of the Inland Sea can-
not be surpassed anywhere, I think to sit on a cliff above
it and see the countless white-sailed fishing boats, one
might easily imagine that time had gone back five hundred
years. But the sudden appearance of an ocean liner on her
way to Shanghai brings one back abruptly to the twentieth
century. We spent the summer at a resort for foreigners,
literally within the shadow of Mt. Asama the largest
active volcano on the main island. Usually there was only
a peaceful thread of smoke coming out, but at times there
would be mighty rumblings accompanied by a fine ash
that rained over everything and sometimes at night there
would be giant fireworks with lava flowing down the
mountain side. During one of these eruptions, we got this
picture, which will give you some idea of the volume of
smoke.

letters such as these from alumnae who are living "jar from the
grateful to the writers in this issue and to several others, whose

Although my most successful talking is still in the sign
language, I'm beginning to feel quite at home. Already
I'm learning their custom of counting distance by time
instead of mileage. "How far is Kobe from Tokyo?"
"Eight hours by tsubame." No train in Japan is ever late
and what is more remarkable, they are always crowded.
As someone remarked, "Every railway station and train
looks like the Christmas rush at home." Once during the
New Year holiday season when they were especially crowd-
ed, and the sleepers were sold out days in advance, some-
one asked the head of the railroad department why more
sleeping cars were not added. His answer was, "Well, we
tried that once, but they were all full too, so it didn't help
any." The station which we use most frequently here is
said to be the busiest in the Orient as it is used by 200,000
people a day, and when hurrying to catch a train it some-
times seems that the other 199,999 all want the same one!

But life "in the country" is far different and more in-
teresting to the newcomer than the hustle of a city, that
is westernized at least on the surface. By "the country"
a Japanese means any city under 100,000 or he almost
means any place except Tokyo! Last autumn we spent
about six weeks on the island of Shikoku, which is south
of the Inland Sea. Here the great variety of vehicles that
one sees was the first thing to catch my attention. Be-
sides trains, cars, buses, carts and rickshas that one expects
to see, was the bicycle being used for more purposes than
you could possibly imagine. It is not only the delivery
boy's chief joy, but often a whole florist shop may be
transported in a small cart attached to a bicycle or the
vegetable man will arrive on one with his wares behind
him or a boy may ride nonchalantly by, balancing a stack
of trays of oudon bowls (spaghetti). But even more in-
teresting than this are the many uses of baby carriages.
These may be filled with vegetables, fish, meat or what-
ever the old woman pushing it has to sell. The mystery
of this use of the baby carriage was explained to me one
day and it is really very simple there is a tax on any
vehicle pulled and none on those pushed!

The Japanese house is unbelievably clean, bare, small and
charming. No dirt from the street enters it by the simple
device of removing one's shoes on entering. The size of
the house is expressed by the number of mats that cover
the floors (each one being 6x3 feet) an average room
being eight mats. It seems much larger because of the lack
of furniture and the shoji (sliding paper doors) so another
room may be used if necessary. There are a few pillows
scattered about and perhaps a low lacquer table on which
the inevitable tea will be placed as soon as the many bows
and salutatory phrases have been exchanged. The charm
of the room is emphasized in the tokonoma, a low shelf
where is a bowl of flowers sometimes only three blos-
soms of varying heights to represent man, earth and heaven
and a beautiful scroll, or some other work of art which
represents the season of the year. By having this one beauty
spot, the attention of the visitor is not distracted by many
objects and he may feast his gaze on it as long as he likes.

Our visit to Shikoku was at the rice harvesting season,
and as this year's crop was a good one all the farmers were

SEPTEMBER, 1937

in a good humor. At the suggestion of a friend, two of us
decided that some harvesting would be fun and for an
hour it was, but day after day it would be different.

The people themselves are far more interesting than any
of their scenery or customs. At first they all seem to look
alike but the longer one sees them the more marked are
the differences. A long, rather than an oval face, is con-
sidered beautiful and contrary to the usual idea, many are
not slant-eyed at all. Curly hair used to be considered a
disgrace but now many are ardent devotees of the perma-
nent wave idea. I think that their hands are their most
beautiful feature, as they are small, sensitive and artistical-
ly shaped. Generally speaking, most of the women still
wear the kimona and obi, and most men (in the cities at
least) have adopted the western style of clothes. But one
may see every conceivable type of combination of the two;
a man may wear a felt hat with his kimona, or geta
(wooden clogs) with his business suit. All students wear
uniforms which change with the calendar instead of the
thermometer. To see school girls, during September, strug-
gling along in heavy blue serge middy suits was terrific.
Most babies still travel on their mothers' backs. They look
very uncomfortable but whether asleep or awake, their ex-
pression is usually quite contented and some are carried in
this way until they are two or three years old. I was
amused the other day to hear an animated conversation
between a mother and a young child from the child's
place on his mother's back.

A Japanese rarely comes to make a call without bringing
a present; fruit or flowers or something more permanent.
In fact people give presents until they are poor. There is
always a token inside called a nosbi a small piece of red
paper shaped like an arrow to indicate that it is a gift.
One of their customs that I certainly like, is to carry
books, parcels or whatever one may have, in a large hand-
kerchief, usually of beautiful silk in gorgeous colors, called
a fwroshiki. I didn't realize the value of this article until
a few weeks ago when, returning from a trip, I found that
after packing I still had galoshes, writing materials and a
few last-minute presents to be put somewhere. With the
use of a furoshiki it made a pretty package!

The Japanese reputation for politeness has not been ex-
aggerated. Every one, though I am sure that they privately
think we are very curious human beings, is extremely
courteous. In spite of this, there is no doubt that this is a
man's country. It is no uncommon sight to see every man
on a street car, seated, reading his paper, while the women
hang on the straps! On the street a couple rarely walk
together but she a few respectful paces behind. Recently
a lady told me she was taking her husband to their cot-
tage at the seaside for a New Year's holiday and she re-
marked that she was not taking a servant. "But," I said,
"your husband will help you." Then she looked at me and
said, "Do you know that my husband has never even closed
a door behind him in all his life?" I had no more to say.
Ever since summer the whole country has been in a state
of great excitement over the 1940 Olympics. The five-
circle symbol may be seen everywhere, hotels are being
enlarged and rebuilt, taxi-drivers are learning English, and
the reason given for rising prices is that the Olympics are
coming! Soon after the announcement that Japan had
been chosen, there was a newspaper account of an at-
tempted suicide. The customary note had been left, with
this in it: "My one regret is that I will not live to see the
1940 Olympics."

It has been said that of all farewell words, the Japanese
is the most beautiful since it is not "Goodbye" at all,
but means, "Since it must be so." And so with that I
close Sayonara.

Laura (Brown) Logan, '31.

J L

TYPICAL TROPICAL TRAMP
An announcer on the Breakfast Club of the Air recently
used this term. I wonder how many daughters of Agnes
Scott can qualify as members of this organization? I do

not know whether
membership depends
upon the number of
years spent tropical-
ly, the number of
countries lived in, or
the degree to which
one fulfills the
prophecy, "Once

you have lived be-
neath the Southern
Cross you will al-
ways come back."

Since 1919 it has
been my lot to enjoy
living in four dif-
ferent parts of the
tropics. Almost nine
years in Brazil, a few
months in Puerto
Rico, seven years on St. Croix, the largest of Uncle Sam's
Virgin Islands, and a year in the Dominican Republic are
enough to make one feel at home amid banana groves and
palm trees perhaps even to qualify as a T. T. T.!

Impressions tend to become dim after some time, so
that what would have impressed one years ago as being
strange and different in the Dominican Republic now seems
quite the expected thing. However, each country has its
characteristic points of interest. Certainly this small re-
public can claim its full share, although perhaps. Haiti, in
spite of being the smaller half of this island, has had much
the larger share of colorful publicity.

On last October twelfth a news reel was made showing
the transfer of Columbus' bones to a new silver urn pre-
sented by the President of the Republic. Historically
Columbus is the central figure which attracts visitors to
this, the oldest settlement in the New World. Many ruins
of former important buildings are connected with members
of the Columbus family.

In recent years the terrible hurricane of 193 brought
Santa Domingo to the notice of the world. The marvelous
recovery of the people and the rebuilding of the city now
known as Trujillo City in honor of the president who had
been in office only three weeks when that disaster took
place, have been most noteworthy. One now finds a clean,
attractive city with an industrious population, a modern
harbor and every evidence of a progressive, forward-look-
ing nation.

Among the new and odd sights I have seen here are a
half cent piece, and women smoking cigars. Tobacco is
grown in the country and cigars are cheaper than cigar-
ettes so those who can't afford the latter proudly enjoy
the former. Whereas on United States soil in St. Croix
we used Danish money until two years ago, here U. S.
currency is common, although some Dominican coins are
used, including a two cent piece the size of a dime, and
the half cent piece.

"Home is where the heart is," and being happy in far-
away places is easy when the heart is in a happy home.
There are always opportunities for service, and friends to
win, educational possibilities in every new experience, and,
always, in the background, grand memories of friends of
other days. Especially close seem Agnes Scott and all who
comprise the segment of her life from 1912 to 1916. Salu-
dos cordiales a Todos!

Ora (Glenn) Roblrts, '16.

"Little Aggie Has Lost Her Sheep"

(With apologies to Mother Goose)

Can you help her find them? This is the first of a long list to be published each issue. If you know the addresses
of any of these, PLEASE, PLEASE write to the Alumnae Office.

ACADEMY

Bowdoin, Nellie (Mrs. Roy Ham-
mond)

Brady, Elizabeth (Mrs. M. W . How-
ard, Jr.)

Broyles, Lucy (Mrs. Philip A. Mc Ar-
thur)

Clarke, Eppy

Cooper, Mary Thornton (Mrs. C. A.
Trice)

Crockett, Louise

Dekle, Allie (Mrs. H. R. Speake)

Dolvin, Marv Frances (Mrs. E. A.
Wells)

Dougan, Elsie M. (Mrs. J. H. Barton)

Gibson, Ethel Byrd

Glenn, Annie Mae

Grogg, Mary Alice (Mrs. George Ely
Garretson)

Hamilton, Isabel (Mrs. D. B. Spratt)

Howald, Frank Elizabeth (Mrs. Olin
L. Brooks)

Huson, Winifred

Johnson, Grace

Kerr, Addie Willis

Killebrew, Annie Lou (Mrs. V. G. A.
Tallent)

Lampkin, Susie (Mrs. Thomas F. Joy)

Lawrence, Virginia (Mrs. Scott N.
Braznell)

Lenoir, Annie Lee

Makinson, Mary Louise (Mrs. Dennis
R. Blenis)

Martin, Mary Elizabeth (Mrs. J. Boyce
Worthy)

McGoodwin, Trilby (Mrs. Willis
Reeves Dortch)

McLarthy, Mary Lou (Mrs. Wm.
Henry Fitzhugh)

Michael, Mary Candler

Milledge, Adeline (Mrs. Donald L.
Woodward)

Monk, Lucy (Mrs. H. C. Faulken-
berry)

Niblack, Julia

Norwood, Evelyn B. (Mrs. J. J. Smith)

Parker, Mary

Patton, Joy (Mrs. W. Russell Thomp-
son)

Phillips, Claire (Mrs. Claire Phillips
Barnet)

Ricbards, Anne Elizabeth

Roberts, Lucy

Scandrett, Marie

Scott, Helen

Shipley, Mamie

Smith, Lucy (Mrs. F. E. Grant)

Stevens, Marguerite (Mrs. James D.
Price)

Strain, Emma (Mrs. J. A. Bland)

Summerall, Cornelia Nellie (Mrs. A.
C. Harllee)

Taylor, Elizabeth Boyd (Mrs. Law-
rence Merritt)

Taylor, Ruth Catherine (Mrs. Glover
M. Burney)

Thomas, Gladys (Mrs. Thomas H.
Wbarton)

Thomas, Winifred

Trader, Edna Earle (Mrs. A. L. Ros-
ier)

Trask, Dorothy

Vogelbach, Florence B.

Walthall, Annie May

Warner, Elizabeth

Wilson, Mary Hall (Mrs. Paul T. Har-
ber)

INSTITUTE

Adderton, Winifred (Mrs. Richard
Bragaw)

Akers, Lucy (Mrs. Lucy Akers Tay-
lor)

Almond, Floy (Mrs. J. Bain Terrell)

Anderson, Walter (Mrs. P. H. Gra-
ham)

Appleyard, Mary

Barry, Mae Bryon (Mrs. Henry T.
Watkins)

Barry, Ruth (Mrs. James S. Riley)

Beecher, Blanche

Berry, Etta

Bishop, Minnie B.

Block, Lucretia (Mrs. Richard Rob-
erts )

Bowie, Jeanie (Mrs. Charles B. Cop-
erton

Bovd, Mrs. Martha McRee

Braswell, Cleo Bell

Brown, Lula Kathryn (Mrs. Alford F.
Zachry)

Brown, Marie Schley

Brown, Nelle

Brumby, Alice Brevard (Mrs. John C.
Stickney)

Buchanan, Myrtis (Mrs. F. W. Risse)

Conrad, Agnes

Conrad, Elizabeth

Cotton, Connie S. (Mrs. T. S. Hodges)

Cotten, Margaret A.

Cramer, Helen S. (Mrs. Helen S.
Shurtliff)

Crane, Arabella Farr (Mrs. Arabella
Crane Des Champs)

Dickson, Bessie (Mrs. Geo. K. Taylor)

Duke, Meta (Mrs. Ralph J. Brown)

Edwards, Idalene (Mrs. Lee D. Lew-
man)

Farnsworth, Beulah (Mrs. M. Lee
Hardeman)

Fleming, Mary Matilda (Mrs. Edward
O'Donnell)

Fraser, Irene (Mrs. Wm. H. LaPrade,
Jr.)

Gammon, Rosa (Mrs. E. Heyward Os-
born)

George, Virginia

Gloer, Jewell (Mrs. O. L. Teasley)

Guess, Hattie (Mrs. C. A. Goddard)

Hall, Katie

Hamil, Louise B. (Mrs. D. H. Fain)

Harper, Blanche (Mrs. G. G. Word)

Harris, Elizabeth Baldwin (Mrs. John
Mitchell Holmes)

Haygood, Caroline Foot (Mrs. Stev-
ens T. Harris)

Heflev, Bessie Claire (Mrs. George
Walter)

Hightower, Vera (Mrs. Luscome Simp-
son)

Hill, Marv Belle

Holt, Ellerbee (Mrs. Wilbur Fowler)

Hooper, Edith (Mrs. J. Tom Morgan)

Hooper, Mrs. Mary Darling

Hosch. Rose Eula

Howell, Mary (Mrs. Wm. J. Egbert)

Hunter, Susan (Mrs. Albert S. Mead)

Huson, Brownie

Jewett, Mabel L. (Mrs. J. N. G. Miles)

Johnson, Marian (Mrs. G. L. Bell, Jr.)

Jones, Edna (Mrs. Edna Jones Wat-
son)

Kendrick, Beulah (Mrs. J. Lee Tel-
ford)

King, Eva Ethel

Laing, Margaret

Lupo, Lillian (Mrs. L. M. Savell)

Lemon, Annie Lee (Mrs. T. L. S. Mc-
Lain)

McClelland, Katie (Mrs. H. H. Sum-
mey)

McDaniel, Maude

McDuffie, Annie Laura (Mrs. C. A.
Shuler)

McGaughey, Laura (Mrs. C. F.
Crouch)

McGill, Lillian (Mrs. J. M. Worsham)

McMahon, Lila St. Clair

McWilliams, Susie

Mead, Helen E. (Mrs. Lachlin Coffey)

Menefee, Gwendolin

Meriwether, Annie (Mrs. E. F. Chil-
dress)

Milledge, Rose Lamar (Mrs. Emory
Moss Pattillo)

McRae, Delia (Mrs. Charles Montgom-
ery)

Morgan, Rixford

Parkins, Jessie

Peabody, Maggie

Pendleton, Virginia Fay (Mrs. I. J.
Hill)

Phillips, Emma J.

Phillips, Katie A.

Phillips, Marie (Mrs. W. B. Mills)

Pierce, Minnie (Mrs. Charles G. Tur-
ner)

Redding, Nellie Mae (Mrs. J. M. Fen-
nell)

Render, Lena (Mrs. John R. Baldwin)

Reneau, Kathryn (Mrs. J. A. Alley)

Ward, Marybeth (Mrs. A. E. Rich-
mond)

Robertson, Kathleen

Rogers, Lizzie Neal

Rosasco, Anna (Mrs. Henry G. Wells)

Sharp, Susie Lott (Mrs. Thomas Ea-
son Sams)

Shaw, Ola (Mrs. Stephen E. Key)

Shiplett, Mrs. Clifton

Simpson, Mary Louise

Simril, Corinne

Skinner, Anna (Mrs. Anna Skinner
Verroni)

Smith, Dora May

Smith, Reba

Spilman, Ona (Mrs. P. E. Morse)

Tilly, Olivia (Mrs. John Lipsley)

Thomson, Virginia (Mrs. Y. J. John-
son)

Thornton, Wayne (Mrs. H. H. White)

Tottne, Eda (Mrs. W. P. Enmis)

Trawick, Myra B. (Mrs. Myra Bar-
ganier)

Turner, Hattie (Mrs. C. J. Hurst)

Tye, Ethel (Mrs. John M. Gilchrist)

Vance, Aline (Mrs. Wadley Allen)

Virgin, Annie Judith (Mrs. A. V. Hall)

Webb, Polly (Mrs. Myron W. South-
well)

Wesley, Daisy (Mrs. B. H. Spurlock)

Wilson, Nona

Womack, Jetta (Mrs. W. D. Paschal)

Word, Gussye

Wright, Nell Gwinn (Mrs. Michael P.
O'Brien)

Zenor, Mary D. (Mrs. Mary Zenor
Palmer)

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College Opens

The college opened officially on
September 8 th with the chapel serv-
ices which we all remember: greetings
from the Board of Trustees, the Alum-
nae Association president, songs by the
Glee Club, welcome from the various
denominations in Decatur brought by
their pastors, and one talk emphasiz-
ing an appropriate theme. Space pre-
vents our quoting from all, but the
following from Daisy Frances Smith's
welcome from the alumnae seems par-
ticularly appropriate, for we know it
is exactly how you feel:

". . . We have invested four years
of our lives in Agnes Scott. We gave,
when we were here, all we then had
to give. Not what we would give now
if we could come back and live those
four years over, for we are different
individuals, more mature; but we did
invest ourselves then as far as we
knew to do so. As we think of Agnes
Scott, it seems home to us. Surely we
have made sufficient investment, have
sufficient interest, to be called silent
partners. The students are the active
members of the concern. Whatever
Agnes Scott becomes, you girls make
her.

"We do not wish to interfere; but
we are glad to advise and to help when
you need us. I wish I could get you
to think of the alumnae, those 7,000
of whom Dr. McCain spoke, not as a
mass of people, but as individuals such
as the individual alumnae you know.
No Agnes Scott girl can do anything
fine, anything outstanding this year
but that all alumnae who know of it
will throw back their shoulders and
lift their heads with a sense of pride
and interest.

"... I said before that Agnes Scott
was home to the alumnae. In a sense
we are her older generation. You girls
have just said good-bye to one home
but surely the alumnae of the college's
older generation, who think of you
with interest and affection, can be
considered 'loved ones' here, and wel-
come you home again."

Alumnae Association Fetes the
Newcomers
The Alumnae Association enter-
tained at the first real event on its
social calendar on Tuesday, September
28th, in the Alumnae House in honor

of the new students. The Entertain-
ment Committee, Irene (Havis) Bag-
gett, chairman, arranged a beautiful
tea with a tea table in purple and
white flowers and candles, and the rest
of the lower floor of the House was
also lovely with fall flowers and a
cheery fire burning in the living room
to add color and warmth on a cool
fall day to the scene.

The girls were shown over the
Alumnae House, the guides explaining
the use of the upper floor and the of-
fice, etc., and inviting them to come
often to the Tea Room and to use the
privilege of having their mothers and
sisters as guest for the night.

We think they were properly im-
pressed at least from all comments
and for the interest of alumnae, we
want you to know that the new Agnes
Scotters impressed us! It is always of
interest to alumnae to know what the
present student body is like and we
believe that you also would agree with
us that it is one of the finest groups
we have had.

Shall We or the Moths Get Your
Cap and Gown?

We have often published an appeal
for the caps and gowns of alumnae
who have no further use for them and
never has this appeal gone entirely un-
answered. So once again we are broad-
casting our cry. Probably you do not
know that the Alumnae Association
has twenty-five gowns and even more
caps which we rent rent each year to
the senior class for one dollar each.
This is a double kindness: there is no
other place where girls can rent them
and many girls do not feel that they
can invest many dollars in the pur-
chase of the academic costume; and
also the Alumnae Association adds to
its income to the tune of some fifty-
odd dollars, which is a very great
help!

We appreciate that mothers of
daughters will not want their robes to
go before the daughters graduate and
there may be other circumstances
which would make it impossible for
alumnae to part with their caps and
gowns but we feel that there are
many, many alumnae who would like
to make this contribution to the Alum-
nae Association budget, and, after all,
it is lots better than taking it out

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once a year, airing it, packing it away
again in moth balls (and how moths
do love the costume!).

If you feel that this is one thing
which you would like to contribute,
will you mail your cap and gown,
either one or both, to the Alumnae
Secretary, Agnes Scott College, in the
same city of Decatur, Ga., and win
our eternal gratitude? We have rented
every one in our possession and many
girls are clamoring for them, so if
you can do it immediately, it will add
to the gift!

Missing!

Through the years of Quarterly
publication, the office has tried to
keep a complete file but in some way
there are several issues which are miss-
ing, although the library does have a
perfect file. If you are one of those
rare people who keep old magazines,
will you look in your files for the fol-
lowing numbers and mail them to the
Alumnae Office? We promise to
guard them from now on!

January, 1934; November, 1933;
January, 1933; July, 1932; January,
1931; November, 1930; January,
1930; November, 1929; January,
1926; January, 1924.

This Is For You!

Whether you are a nearby or dis-
tant alumna, Agnes Scott needs your
active help in many, many ways
which may seem small to you but
which are very great services both to
the college and to the Alumnae Asso-
ciation. Will you help us whenever
you can in any of the following ways?

1. Please put the much - talked
about thinking cap on and have an
idea or ideas for our part in the Ag-
nes Scott Semi-Centennial Celebration
which will come in 1939. Dr. McCain
has requested all of us to begin now
in our planning for this great celebra-
tion of our fiftieth year and we want
every idea which occurs to every alum-
na in this connection.

2. Will you keep an eye out in
your local papers for write-ups and
pictures of alumnae and cut them out
and mail to the Alumnae Office? We
cannot stress this service too much for
often it is months before we learn of
an alumna's new job or new husband
or new baby or new address when
many alumnae may have seen said

The AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

"newness" in their papers and have
thought nothing about letting us have
the clippings. We would like to have
a letter from you when you send it in
but if time is precious, just slip it in
an envelope and mail it in to be wel-
comed with open arms by the office
force.

3. And about that choice girl or
girls whom you have rather had in
mind for Agnes Scott as she grew up
in your town; won't you write us or
the office of the Registrar and ask
that she be contacted? And will you
lend your own Agnes Scott spirit and
charm to persuading her from your
end of the line? This is one of the
most definite contributions you can
make: to help Agnes Scott in its choice
of the very best students of your vi-
cinity.

4. And if prosperity has 'rounded
the corner long ago in your experi-
ence and you feel that you would like
to do something in a material way for
the Alumnae House, may we suggest
some items? Linens of all kinds, such
as towels, double bed sheets, pillow
cases, table cloths and napkins for the
private dining room, blankets if you
feel quite wealthy any contribution,
small or large, to the Alumnae Garden
Committee, either in bulbs, plants, or
quarters or dollars, or perhaps you pre-
fer to send in something toward one
of the lovely new dining room chairs
which cost around $35.00 and of
which we have now five and need
three more to complete the dining
room ensemble. Or if none of these
items appeal, write us and we can
suggest many other needs.

Reunion Thanksgiving-
Grads!

-1937

Thanksgiving and the Tech-Georgia
game are just around the corner. Even
more exciting than they are is the first
reunion of the Class of '37 on Friday,
November 26, the day after Thanks-
giving and the day before the big
game. Can you imagine a more ideal
day to have it on? The Class of '37
will gather in full force in the Alum-
nae House for dinner at 6:45 and
everybody will have a chance to catch
up on campus gossip, to find out who
is married and who has a good job.
Did you know there were twenty-one
teachers out of the class; five South-
ern-Belles; two at Retail Credit, and
seven who haven't yet had enough of
school, and who are being exposed to
more?

Reservations for the dinner may be
made by calling the Alumnae House,
Dearborn 1726, or writing the Alum-
nae Secretary. The price is eighty
cents (80c).

Martha Summers will be writing
you all the details a little later, but
this is advance notice to save this
week-end, to write to the best friend
in the 193 8 class that you'll be back
to stay with her, or wouldn't you like
to be real "alumnaeish" and stay in
the Alumnae House? Here's for the
best reunion ever!

And How Do You Like the
New Quarterly?

We'd like a flood of answers to this
question? Do you or don't you? Of
course, you are rather in the position
of your husband or best friend when
you ask them how they like that new
fall hat! But, honestly, we want to
know! We have noticed that the style
of magazines has been changing in the
last years to this type and we rather
felt you wanted Agnes Scott not to
be too far behind. This is our first
attempt with new type, new size
pages, and new headings. We hope to
improve the headings, and to make
better use of our material in the next
issue. The staff is greatly indebted to
Leone (Bowers) Hamilton for draw-
ings and for advice in the lay-out of
the magazine. Please be lenient in
your judgment of the details of this
issue, but do give us your real opinion
of the general set-up.

"Little Sisters"

Twenty-two out of the one hundred
seventy-five new students enrolled
this year are "little sisters." They are:
Mary Brainard Bell, sister of Margaret
Bell, '3 3; Susanne Bellingrath, sister
of Elmore (Bellingrath) Bartlett, '31;
Dorothy Debele, sister of Margaret
(Debele) Maner, '26; Florence Gra-
ham, sister of Dorothy Graham, '39;
Caroline Gray, sister of Janet Gray,
'36; Mary Alice Home, sister of Gary
Home, '40; Mary Ivy, sister of Alma
Earle Ivy, '33, and Claire Ivy, '34;
Helen Jester, sister of Dorothy Jester,
'37; Betty Kyle, sister of Virginia
Kyle, '39; Nellie Richardson, sister of
Isabel Richardson, '37; Jean Slack, sis-
ter of Ruth Slack, '40, and daughter
of Julia Pratt (Smith) Slack, '12; Ar-
lene Steinback, sister of Selma Stein-
back, '39; Grace Walker, sister of Jo
Walker, '29, and Ellen Walker, '25;
Cornelia Willis, sister of Betty Willis,
'37; and Anita Woolfolk, sister of
Elizabeth Woolfolk, '31, and Jacque-
line Woolfolk, '3 5.

Among the day students are:
Beatrice Shamos, sister of Rachel
(Shamos) Glazer, '37; Jean Denni-
son, sister of Lucile Dennison, '37;
Tommay Turner, sister of Jane Tur-
ner, '3 8, and Sarah Turner, '36; Mar-
tha Jane Dunn, sister of Doris Dunn,

ex-'3 8; Doris Weinkle, sister of Eve-
lyn Weinkle, ex-'40; Marjorie Merlin,
sister of Edith Merlin, '3 6; and Elsie
York, sister of Madge (York) Wes-
ley, '33, and Johnnie Mae (York)
Rumble, '34.

FACULTY NEWS

Dr. J. R. McCain was elected to
the Phi Beta Kappa Senate at the nine-
teenth triennial council which met in
Atlanta, Sept. 5-6.

Miss Hopkins has not been well this
fall, but is feeling much better now.

Miss Louise McKinney and Dr.
Mary Sweet spent the summer travel-
ing in the New England states and at
Little Switzerland, N. C.

Dr. Mary Stuart MacDougall spent
most of the summer on the cimpus
working on her textbook, which Hel-
ene (Norwood) Lammers, ex-'22, is
illustrating.

Llewellyn Wilburn, '19, was coun-
selor at Rockbridge Camp in Brevard,
N. C, and spent some time at Myrtle
Beach the last of the summer.

Miss Muriel Harn spent the summer
studying in Germany and visiting
friends abroad.

Miss Leslie Gaylord did some work
in Chicago the early part of the sum-
mer and then traveled through the
West.

Miss Catherine Torrance, accom-
panied by her sister, Miss Mary Tor-
rance, and her neice, Mary Catherine
Williamson, '31, spent August travel-
ing on the Gaspe Peninsula and in the
New England States.

Ellen Douglass Leyburn, '27, spent
a month in Santa Monica, Calif., with
Page Ackerman, '3 3.

Dick Scandrett, '24, and Alberta
Palmour, '3 5, traveled in Europe with
a group of Agnes Scott girls. It was
an Open Road Tour and they met lots
of interesting people in France and
Italy.

Miss Edna Hanley spent most of
her vacation at home in Illinois, but
came back by New York and reports
a delightful time with all the new
plays accounted for.

Miss Frances Gooch spent the sum-
mer in London at the London School
of Speech. She was accompanied by
Vera Frances Pruet, '3 5, who won a
scholarship offered by the school, and
who studied there during the summer
session.

Janef Preston, '21, spent a few
weeks at Montreat, N. C.

Martha Stansfield, '21, spent the
summer traveling in California, Wash-
ington, and British Columbia. Mar-
tha accompanied Miss Narka Nelson

SEPTEMBER, 1937

home to California and spent some
time visiting her before going on north
to Canada. She reports a delightful
trip through Vancouver and British
Columbia.

Miss Katherine Omwake spent the
summer traveling in England, France,
Germany and Switzerland.

Frances McCalla, '3 5, spent the
summer at Mountain Lake, Va., study-
ing and doing research work in biol-
ogy-
Mrs. Alma Sydenstricker spent
nine weeks at Chatauqua, N. Y., this
summer. Mrs. Sydenstricker took
courses in Paul, Creative Education,
and Hindu Philosophy, this last course
being taught by the renown Hindu
lecturer, Dr. Joshi, who is professor of
Comparative Religions at Dartmouth.
Mrs. Sydenstricker also visited her son
and daughter in Nashville.

Bee Miller, '30, spent the summer
in Texas, Detroit, and at home "en-
joying life" as she puts it!

Miss Louise Lewis and her sister
spent the summer traveling in Eng-
land, France and Belgium. Miss Lewis
reports that they made a "cathedral
tour" of England.

Miss Narka Nelson spent the sum-
mer at La Jolla, Calif., and had as her
guests during the vacation Miss Les-
lie Gaylord and Martha Stansfield.

Miss Emily Dexter and Miss Kath-
erine Omwake are the authors of a
textbook, Introduction to the Fields
of Psychology, which is being used as
a supplement to the introductory
course in psychology which is given
on the campus.

Virginia Prettyman, '34, spent the
summer in the mountains of North
Carolina and at her home in Summer-
ville, S. C.

Ada Page Foote, former assistant in
the library and special student at Ag-
nes Scott, was married to Durahn
Corban, of Brookhaven, Miss., in
August.

Miss Mary Linda Vardell, professor
of biology last year, was married to
the Reverend Ellison Adger Smyth, of

Lexington, Va., on July 1 in Blow-
ing Rock, N. C.

Miss Louise Hale spent the summer
in Nice, France.

Two members of the faculty have
been distinguished by high honors
conferred upon them. Margaret Phy-
thian, '16, has been granted a fellow-
ship by the General Education Board
and will spend a second year studying
in France for her doctorate. Laura
Colvin, assistant librarian, is on leave
of absence for this year, and will
study at the University of Michigan.
Miss Colvin was granted a fellowship
by the Carnegie Corporation.

New Faculty

Among the new faculty members
on the staff this year are:

Dr. Florence Swanson, associate
college physician, who has her B.S.
from the University of Oregon and
her M.D. from the University of
Washington. She has been staff physi-
cian at the Pratt Hospital in Balti-
more for the past three years. Dr.
Swanson is taking over the position
formerly held by Dr. Mary Sweet,
who is now professor of hygiene emer-
ita and will serve in an advisory ca-
pacity, and as resident physician and
associate professor of hygiene.

Dean Georg F. hinder, of the At-
lanta Conservatory of Music, will
teach violin.

Dr. Mary Ann McKinney, who is a
graduate of Agnes Scott, Class of
1925, M.A., Columbia University, and
M.D., Tulane University, is on leave
of absence from her work at the
Women's Christian Medical College,
Punjab, India, and is teaching biology
at the college.

Virginia Gray, '32, who has her
B.S.I.S. from the University of Illi-
nois, is instructor in French. Virginia
has been teaching in the Central
School for Missionaries' Children in
Bibanga, Belgian Congo, Africa.

Laura Cummings, B.A., University
of Toledo; B.A.L.S., University of
Michigan, assistant in the library.

Mrs. Sarah Rhodes Graham, B.A.,
Western College, B.S.L.S., Columbia
University, assistant in the library.

Mary (Walker) Fox, '3 6, assistant
in chemistry.

Evelyn Wall, '37, assistant in the
voice department.

Academic Honors
Announcement of academic honors
for the 1936-37 session was made by
Dr. McCain October 1. Those among
the seniors making this rating include:
Jean Chalmers, Hortense Jones and
Mary Ann Kernan, of Atlanta; Elsie
Blackstone, East Point; Mildred Da-
vis, Orlando, Fla.; Eliza King, Colum-
bia, S. C. ; Elise Seay, Macon, Ga.;
Anne Thompson, Richmond, Va.; and
Louise Young, Soochow, Ku, China.
The juniors are: Emily Harris, Cora
Kay Hutchins, and Sarah Thurman,
of Atlanta; Marie Merritt, Eufaula,
Ala.; Mary Ruth Murphy, Hot
Springs, Ark.; Lou Pate, Newborn,
Tenn. ; Mamie Lee Ratliff, Sherard,
Miss.; Virginia Tumlin, Cave Springs,
Ga.; and Mary Ellen Whetsell, Colum-
bia, S. C. The sophomores are: Eva
Ann Pirkle, of Atlanta; Antoinette
and Florence Sledd, of Decatur; Eve-
lyn Baty, of Birmingham; Louise
Hughston, of Spartanburg, S. C. ;
Mary Cox Reins, of College Park; and
Violet Jane Watkins, of Nashville,
Tenn.

Foreign Students

Exchange students this year are:
Therese Poumaillou, of Tours,
France; Ursula Mayer, of Stuttgart,
Germany; and Tomiko Okamura, of
Mura Shizuoka, Japan. Tomiko was
a student at Agnes Scott last year and
is continuing her studies in Bible and
English. Among the American born
students from foreign countries are:
Janet McKim, of Mexico City, fresh-
man; Nell Allison, of Kiangyin,
China; Emma McMullen, sister of
C'Lena McMullen, '34, of Hangchow,
China; Louise Young, of Soochow,
China; Julia Lancaster, of Taichow;
and Sophie Montgomery, of Hawaii.

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The AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

NEWS FROM THE CLUBS
Agnes Scott Business Girls' Club

In May of this year the Agnes Scott
Business Girls' Club made its first ap-
pearance. Prior to that time we had
been a group affiliated with the At-
lanta Alumnae Club, our founder.
Our independence is the result of their
careful guidance and the ever present
watchfulness of Augusta (Skeen)
Cooper. We hope that our emergence
as a new and independent Alumnae
Club will be a stimulus for our con-
tinued growth and a challenge to our-
selves.

The outstanding achievement of
our club during the past year was the
raising of a fund which assured us
that we will be numbered among
those presenting a chair for the dining
room of the Alumnae House.

Our program for the past two years
has included a speaker at our monthly
dinner meetings, and a study course
presented by a member of the college
faculty. This year the theme of our
monthly meetings will be "Political
Situations in Various Countries" and
speakers are invited for each month
through June. Our study class is ten-
tatively planned and we expect to
have Dr. Hayes lead us in a study of
the contemporary novel.

We held our first meeting of this
year in September with Dr. McCain
and Miss Daisy Frances Smith as our
guests. Their messages were challeng-
ing and inspirational and we believe
that they, together with the large
group of new alumnae present, will
be a stimulus that will carry the Busi-
ness Girls' Club through to a success-
ful year.

Atlanta, Ga., Club
The Atlanta Agnes Scott Club ex-
pects to have another fine year with
its varied programs, activities and
projects. We are fortunate in having
a splendid program chairman who has
planned an interesting series of speak-
ers. Our activities will include assist-
ance at the college when needed, and
at the Founder's Day Banquet with
the Decatur Club and the Business
Girls' Club. Our projects will be con-
tinued improvement of the Alumnae
House and Garden, and a benefit
bridge.

The policies of the club will be to
try to draw the Atlanta Club to a
closer relationship with the General
Association in order that we may feel
ourselves a unit of the whole. We
shall try to increase membership
with special regard to the Class of '37,
and to bring about a closer friendship
among our members.

The officers for the year 1937-3 8

are: President, Dorothy (Walker)
Palmer, '34; First Vice-President, Ade-
line (Arnold) Loridans, Institute;
Second Vice-President, Mary (Miller)
Brown, '32; Treasurer, Sara (Carter)
Massee, '29; Corresponding Secretary,
Mary Palmer (Caldwell) McFarland,
'25.

Decatur, Ga., Club
The new officers for 1937-3 8 are:
Helene (Norwood) Lammers, presi-
dent; Annie (Johnson) Sylvester, vice-
president; Lucy (Johnson) Ozmer,
secretary and treasurer. The first
meeting of the fall was held in the
Alumnae House, September 27th, with
thirty-six present. Dr. McCain was
the special guest and made an inter-
esting talk on the changes in Agnes
Scott as the fall term opens. There
are several projects which the club is
considering and it is hoping to help
with substantial contributions, as it
did last year, both the Alumnae House
and the Alumnae Garden.

New Orleans, La., Club
"Our New Orleans group had a lit-
tle get-together meeting recently in
Stuart (Sanderson) Dixon's new
home, which is very lovely. Each one
brought a luncheon set for the Alum-
nae House, which we hope will prove
useful." So wrote the president, Grace
(Carr) Clark. (And following the
letter there came a big box filled with
beautiful luncheon sets for the House
and although this is Grace's report, we
must write from the Alumnae Asso-
ciation's viewpoint here and tell this
group what their gifts meant to us
here. "From rags to riches" would
cover the situation perfectly, for from
having to place salt cellars and sugar
bowls carefully to cover the holes last
year we now proudly set the table
with never a qualm.)

Mississippi State Club
The Mississippi group sent in a
five dollar contribution with no
strings attached and after considering
almost every committee's needs in our
organization, the House and Tea Room
Committee won out and this commit-
tee is using the gift to help buy the
new electric refrigerator which be-
came a necessity last spring in the
Tea Room and was bought on more
faith than money.

Charlotte, N. C, Club
The Charlotte Club entertained at
a charming garden party in the early
summer at the home of Julia (Hagood)
Cuthbertson's mother and father. The
special honor guests of the tea were
Cama (Burgess) Clarkson, the incom-
ing president; Charlotte Hunter, vice-
president; Frances Ellen (Medlin)
Walker, secretary and treasurer. And
the club invited also as its guests twen-

ty-five girls from the high schools.
To quote Irene Lowrance, the out-
going president: "After the guests ar-
rived, we were all seated and Louisa
Duls introduced the girls who went
down for May Day, and three of them
made talks on their trip. Then we dis-
solved into small groups and later went
into the garden for punch and sand-
wiches, beautiful to see as well as to
taste, for they were made by Clyde
(McDaniel) Barton, mother of Bar-
ton Jackson, now at Agnes Scott, and
creamy mints, made by Pernette (Ad-
ams) Carter's mother, though Per-
nette was absent, due to two cases of
measles. Altogether, the party was a
success and I know the effort was
worth while for the girls."

NECROLOGY

Elizabeth Hollis, '37, died of acute
oedemia at her home in Sautee, Ga.,
on June 27. Elizabeth was vice-presi-
dent of Y. W. C. A. last year and
was prominent in all campus affairs.
She was a neice of Janie McGaughey,
'13.

Janet Gray, '36, was killed in an
automobile accident near Nice,
France, on June 5, 1937. Janet was
studying abroad and teaching Eng-
lish at L'Ecole Normale d'Institutrices
in La Rochelle, France. Janet was an
honor graduate and a member of Phi
Beta Kappa.

Elizabeth Kump, ex-'34, died on
January 9, at her home in Elkins, W.
Va., from an injury resulting from a
fall. Elizabeth was a student at Ag-
nes Scott her freshman and sophomore
years and graduated at the University
of West Virginia. She is a sister of
Margaret (Kump) Roberts, '34, and
Hazel (Turner) Kump, ex-'3 5, both
of Elkins.

Sarah (Dell) Yoder, ex-'34, died of
pleurisy, December 18, 193 6, at her
home in Knoxville.

Emily (Squires) Hanning, '32,
died in Leysin, Switzerland, in the
spring after a long illness. Emily had
been living in Paris where her hus-
band is in business and was in Switzer-
land at a hospital.

Martha (Cardoza) Vaughn, Insti-
tute, died on December 22, 1936, after
a long illness.

Annie E. Cameron, ex-' 16, died Oc-
tober 3, 1937, in Durant, Okla.

Mary Frances Barnhart, ex-'21, died
in September, following a long illness.

Mary (Ferguson) Boots, ex-'16.

Mattie (Winn) Wright, Institute.

Alma (Mayson) Neal, Institute.

Kate L. Harralson, Institute.

Sarah (Cranston) Barrett, Institute.

Laura (Erwin) Lide, Academy.

Irene (Fraser) LaPrade, Institute,
died in May, 1937.

REUNION TIME

. . . June 4th - June 7th

"Changeless forever stands the Tower of Main
To call remembered daughters hack again."

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'22

Class of 37

Class at Large (includes all alumnae of other classes
than reunion classes who may find
1938 the best year to come back)

"Oh, better than the minting of a gold-crowned king
Is the safe-kept memory of a lovely thing."

Che

AGNES SCOTT

Alumnae Quarterly

Vol. XVI

No. 2

JANUARY

1938

A DATE TO KEEP !

February 22nd, Founder's Day
Radio Broadcast

WSB, Atlanta Journal Station, 740 Kilocycles

This may be the thirteenth time Agnes Scott has broadcast its Founder's Day pro-
gram but don't get the idea that we think it is unlucky!

Please "red-letter" February 22nd on that new calendar and when late afternoon
rolls 'round, if you are the lone alumna of your town, settle yourself in a comfortable
spot to hear the first strains of "When Far From the Reach ..."

If you are fortunate enough to be where alumnae are gathered in group meetings at
homes or clubs or hotels to have dinner and enjoy the broadcast together, then you want
to set aside that whole evening, for, after the broadcast, there'll be talk, and news, and
songs, and fun!

Due to the fact that the January Quarterly had to be in the printer's hands
around the first of December and the Journal had not at that time made up its new
year's calendar, the actual hour of the broadcast cannot be published in this issue. But
the Atlanta Journal Radio heads have promised the date and the time will probably be
the same as last year's, six p. m., central standard time, with the half-promise that the
station will give us the half hour this year rather than the fifteen minute period of last
year. All groups will be notified definitely as to the time and won't you individual
alumnae either write us that you are interested in the hour or tune in your radio late
that afternoon and leave it at 740 kilocycles until the program comes in? We regret that
our Quarterly publication does not coincide a little better with the time for getting this
announcement to you but we feel that, after so many years, alumnae will be counting
on this event and will secure the time, if you are not in the groups which are notified.

It is hoped to have the familiar voices and melodies on this program and ambitious
ideas for some new features are being considered. And for alumnae, far and near, we
bid you welcome to the thirteenth broadcast of Agnes Scott's Founder's Day program,

And we DO mean YOU!

Cfje Bgm* ^cott Hlumnae O^uarterlp

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

CONTENTS

A Date to Keep Frontispiece

Contemporary Poets and the South

Dr. Emma May Laney 2

The Pleasures of Reading

Ellen Douglass Leyburn, '27 7

The Clock Struck Twelve 8

More Lost Sheep 9

Campus News and Office Notes 10

Granddaughters Club 13

Concerning Ourselves 14

Commencement Time 25

CALENDAR

January 11-15 Charm Week, Myra Jervey, '32, lecturer.

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February 19 Shaw's "Pygmalion," Blackfriars.

February 22 Founder's Day Banquet.

Founder's Day Broadcast over WSB.

March 5 Glee Club presents Gilbert and Sullivan's
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March 10 Nelson Eddy Concert in Atlanta.

March 16-22 Spring Holidays.

March 25 Grand Duchess Marie of Russia, feature of
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March 3 1 St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in Atlanta.

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Contemporary Poets and the South

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This address, made by Miss Laney as one of the features of our Alumnae Week-End prograr,
who could not be present may have the opportunity of enjoying this masterly presentation.

Dr. Emma May Laney

is being published that many alumnae

Some years ago when H. L. Mencken was commenting
caustically on everything in America, he called the South
the literary desert of the Beaux Arts. The years since his
statement have given ample refutation to it, as is best evi-
denced by the fact that four times within the contempo-
rary period has the Pulitzer prize novelist been a southerner
Julia Peterkin, Margaret Mitchell, Caroline Miller, and
T. S. Stribling, while other novelists such as Stark Young,
Ellen Glascow, and James Branch Cabell have ranked with
the best modern writers of fiction. The South has likewise
produced such notable biography as Freeman's Lee and
Donald Wade's Longstreet, and such notable history as
W. E. Dodd's Old South, and distinguished studies like
W. T. Couch's Culture in the South, and E. Mimms, The
Advancing South. In poetry also has there been a distinct
revival in the form of poetry magazines, poetry societies,
and volumes of verse.

There are various reasons for this literary productiveness
in what had up to the contemporary period been a some-
what barren region. A wave of literary activity spread
over America in the years preceding and following the
world war, and the South sufficiently recovered from the
economic effects of the reconstruction period to share in
this activity. Furthermore, art is rooted in local tradition,
and the South offers material, romantic and legendary,
which had scarcely been touched before this time. Finally
the advancing industrialism in the South quickened the
sense of the value of this material and naturally resulted
in the desire to preserve in literature the traditions and
scenes that were passing.

Whatever the reason for the Southern literary revival
between the years 1910 and 1938, it is significant that
most of the literature produced is regional, that poets out-
side the South have found inspiration in the South, and
that its spirit is in distinct contrast to that in most of the
earlier literature of the South. In the days following the
Civil War, the "Old South" was always treated sentimen-
tally. Someone has called this the period of moonlight and
nightingales. O. Henry, as has frequently been pointed
out, started the satire of this sham sentimentality and glit-
tering romanticism in a story which he called "The Rose
of Dixie." "The Rose of Dixie" was a publication devoted
to fostering and voicing of Southern genius ... it was of,
for, and by the South. The editor's purpose was to con-
duct the magazine so that the fragrance and beauty of the
South would permeate the whole world. When the maga-
zine was tottering on the brink of failure, an assistant
business manager urged the publication of material of
more general interest, and the editor after a long mental
struggle consented to print an article by a northerner. He
published it, however, with this caption, "Written for 'The
Rose of Dixie' by a member of the well-known Bullock
family of Georgia, T. Roosevelt." O. Henry was followed
by a long list of satirical writers including Ellen Glascow
and Frances Newman, and extending to Thomas Woolfe.
But even while this critical attitude was predominant,
there came about a change in the form of an attempt to
revalue the social and political traditions of the South. This

spirit informs the novels of James Boyd and Margaret
Mitchell, and is particularly characteristic of the contem-
porary poetry about the South. It is a tendency to regard
the old South as a chapter not in local but in American
history.

The most important contemporary poem about the South
illustrates what I mean by this new attitude. It is John
Brown's Body, a three hundred and seventy-eight page epic
of the Civil War, by Stephen Vincent Benet, a Pennsyl-
vanian by birth, graduate of Yale, who lived in Augusta,
Georgia, long enough to know first hand Southern tradi-
tions and the Southern scene. The prelude to the poem
presents scenes so vivid that the reader smells the fetid
odor of the blacks on a slave boat which is bringing them
to America and hears their grievous sobbing:

Oh Lordy Jesus
Won't you come find me
I'm feeling poorly
Yes, mighty poorly
1 ain't gi no strength.

Following this prelude, the action of the poem begins with
John Brown's raid and continues through the assassination
of Lincoln. By a zig-zag method which moves from Con-
necticut to Virginia, to Tennessee, to Georgia, to Missis-
sippi, and back again, Benet gives a cross-section of Civil
War days in cineomatic scenes that show battle, marching,
sickness, hunger, as they affect the Pennsylvania farmer,
Jake Diefer; the Georgia aristocrat, Clay Wingate; Jack
Ellyott of Connecticut; Splade, the runaway slave; Breck-
inbridge, the Tennessee mountaineer; Sally DuPree, the
Southern belle; and Melora Villas, daughter of a wandering
ne'er-do-well. The conflict is of cotton against wheat and
iron; of man against man; but primarily the story is the
tragedy of human beings caught in a tide of events for
which they are not responsible. John Brown's body, which
lies mouldering in the ground and from which spring the
armies and the swords of battle as well as the steel of the
new industrialism which begins after reconstruction days,
is the symbol of this destiny.

The poem is, then, neither a glorification nor a condem-
nation of either North or South as such, but rather as ex-
posure of the evils of war:

It is cold. It is wet. We marched until we could not

stand up.
It is muddy here. I wish you could see us here.
They would knoiv what war is like.

and again

War is an endless procession of dirty boots,
Filling pitchers and emptying out the slops,
And making cornhusk beds for unshaved men . . .
War isn't a thing for ladies . . . (Sophie, chamber maid in
the hotel, said) .

War was a throat that swallowed things
And you could not cure it with conjurings.

JANUARY, 1938

With no attempt to glorify the South, the poem is rich
in its scenes of the South. There is a picture of Georgia
which is accurately descriptive of Georgia today:

So Sherman goes from Atlanta to the sea

Through the red-earth heart of the land, through the

pine-smoke haze
Of the warm, last months of the year.

In the evenings
The skies are green as the thin,

clear ice on the pools
That melts to water again in the

heat of the noon.
A few black trees are solemn

against those skies.
The soldiers feel the winter

touching the air
With a little ice.

But when the sun has come up
When they halt at noonday, mopping

their sweaty brows,
The skies are bine and soft and without a cloud.

And again of a market town which is more than faintly
reminiscent of Decatur:

On Saturday, in Southern market towns,
When 1 was a boy with twenty cents to spend,
The carts began to drift in with the morning,
And, by the afternoon, the slipshod Square
And all Broad Center Street were lined with them;
Moth-eaten mules that whickered at each other
Betu'een the mended shafts of rattle-trap wagons,
Mud-spattered buggies, mouldy phaetons,

There was always a Courthouse in the Square,
A cupolaed Courthouse, drowsing Time away
Behind the grey-white pillars of its porch
Like an old sleepy judge in a spotted gown;
And down the Square, ahcays a languid jail . . .

And also of the whole country:

This country was too new

Too straggley, unplanned, too muddy with great
Uncomfortable floods, too roughly cut with a broad
hatchet from a hard tree.

The poem is likewise vivid in its portrayal of Southern
folk:

Fat Aunt Bess is older than Time

But her eyes still shine like a bright, new dime,

Though two generations hate gone to rest

On the sleepy mountain of her breast.

Wingate children in Wingate Hall,

From the first weak cry in the bearing-bed

She has petted and punished them, one and all,

She has closed their eyes when they lay dead.

She raised Marse Billy when he was puny,

She cared for the Squire when he got loony,

She has had children of her own,

But the white-skinned ones are bone of her bone.

They may not be hers, but she is theirs.

And if the share were unequal shares,

She does not know it, now she is old.

They will keep her out of the rain and cold.

And some were naughty, and some were good,

But she will be warm while they have wood,

Rule them and spoil them and play physician
With the vast, insensate force of tradition,
Half a nuisance and half a mother
And legally neither one nor the other,
Till at last they follow her to her grave,
The family despot, and the slave.

And then the mountaineer:

Luke Breckinridge, his rifle on his shoulder,
Slipped through green forest alleys toward the town,
A gawky boy with smoldering eyes, whose feet
Whispered the crooked paths like moccasins.

(He meets his Cousin Jim)

"Might go along a piece together," he said.

Luke didn't move. Their eyes clashed for a moment,

Then Luke spoke, casually.

"I hear the Kelceys
Air goin' to fight in tins here war," he said.
Jim nodded slowly, "Yuh, I heerd that too."
He watched Luke's trigger-hand.

"I might be goin'
Myself sometime," he said reflectively
Sliding his own hand doivn. Luke saw the movement.
"We'uns don't like the Kelceys much," he said
With his eyes down to pinpoints.

Then Jim smiled.
"We-uns neither," he said.

His hand slid back.
They went along together after that
But neither of them spoke for half-a-mile,
Then finally, Jim said, half-diffidently,
"You know who we air goin' to fight outside?
I heard it was the British. Air that so?"
"Hell, no," said Luke, with scorn. He puckered his brows.
"Dunno's I rightly know just who they air."
He admitted finally, "But 'tain't the British.
It's some trash-lot of furriners, that's shore.
They call 'em Yankees near as I kin make if,
But they ain't Injund neither."

"Well," said Jim
Smoothingly, "Reckon it don't rightly matter
Long as the Kelceys take the other side."

These pictures are a part of the new realism with which
everything is painted from the scraping of lint and mend-
ing of rusty stirrups with rusty wire to the prostitutes who
changed the flags on their garters from confederate to fed-
eral as the armies moved; the poem is new likewise in form
with the shifting rhythms from blank to free verse, from
prose to spiritual and ballad; but chiefly new in the pre-
senting the whole civil war as a human conflict fraught
with tragedy but inevitable.

Since the South is rich in history and legend, and possess-
es a landscape varying from the majesty of the Smokies to
the languous low country, it is not surprising that the
spirit of place should be strong in it and that this spirit
should express itself in lyrical poetry. Such is that case.
Most Southern poetry of today is lyrical and much of it
is indigeneous, concerning itself with the local scene, local
folk, local history, and local tradition.

Some of the lyrics present the impact of the new indus-
trial era on the old South. Such is the theme of Dubose
Heyward in a "Chant for an Old Town". Heyward said
whimsically once that he was a member of an old Charles-
ton family and as a business man engaged in selling insur-
ance is an ambassador between the old Charleston and the

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new. Anyone who has visited Charleston recently and seen
the huge skyscraper tourist hotels which over-shadow some
of the quiet little streets can understand his prayer in this
poem to the "builders of white towers in the sun" to pause
before this ruin is complete. Following this invocation, he
describes in regular pentameters the building of the city by
men "whose hands loved the feel of stone and knew the
elusive ways of Beauty . . ." In a parallel section of the
poem he presents in nervous free verse the engines that
come and breathe their iron breathing and snarl and shat-
ter, shatter, shatter this frail beauty to make a hotel the
mate to twenty others in great American cities.

In another such poem, "Fire on Belmont Street," Don-
ald Davidson of Vanderbilt University uses the incident
from Anglo-Saxon poetry of a surprise attack at night on
a Teutonic band by a tribe with which they thought they
had just patched up peace, as a symbol of the insidious
encroachment of ovens, furnaces, and factories on a rural
civilization where there was peace and serenity. Neither
poet is facing backward with sentimental nostalgia. Don-
ald Davidson in writing as a member of a group that has
become famous for its defense of the agrarian way of life
against an industrial civilization and DuBose Heyward is
pleading not for a return of the old South, but for the
keeping inviolate a beauty not made by hands.

The white columned colonial house which is such a char-
acteristic feature of the Southern landscape is a favorite
subject with the poets and three poems in this theme illus-
trate three of the schools of contemporary poetry. One of
these, called "Ghosts of an Old Flouse," is by John Gould
Fletcher, member of an aristocratic Arkansas delta family,
Harvard graduate, friend of Amy Lowell, member of the
imagist group of poets. The poem in free verse after the
imagist manner, falls into three divisions, attic, house,
lawn, each of which consists of half a dozen brief poems
in which the poet tries by details to convey to the reader
his feeling about the House, Nursery, Little Chair, Old
Barn, Back Stairs; for instance,

THE ATTIC

Dust bangs clogged so thick

The air has a dusty taste;

Spider threads cling to my face,

From the broad pine-beams.

There is nothing living here,

The house below might be quite empty,

No sound comes from it.

The old broken trunks and boxes,

Cracked and dusty pictures,

Legless chairs and shattered tables,

Seem to be crying

Softly in the stillness

Because no one has brushed them.

No one has any use for them, now.

Yet I often wonder

If these things are really dead:

If the old trunks never open

Letting out grey flapping things at twilight?

If it is all as safe and dull

As it seems?

Why then is the stair so steep,

Why is the doorway always locked,

Why does nobody ever come?

Quite different is "The Old Mansion" by John Crowe
Ransome, also of the Vanderbilt University group of poets.
He has passed many times such a house, each time absorb-
ing some new feature of it, and realizing that it is crumb-

ling into decay, he decides to go in but is rebuffed in bis
attempt. His poem is a witty comment on his experiences.
He describes himself as an intruder, trudging with careful
innocence to mask a meddlesome stare and exhaling his
cigar ("foreign weed"). He sees himself dismissed as tour-
ists in Europe are:

The old mistress was ill, and sent my dismissal
By one even more wrappered and lean and dark
Than that warped concierge and imperturbable vassal
Who bids you begone from her master's Gothic park.

In still a different manner does Janef Preston of the
Agnes Scott faculty express the effect on her of such a
house in Louisiana's low country:

DESERTED HOUSE ON A BAYOU
These broken columns, once so proudly tall,
Upljold too long the roof that men disown;
Too many summers' grass has split the stone
Of steps that bear no more a light footfall.
Unmarked by feast- or fast-day, seasons crawl
Across the chimneys that long since have sown
Their sparks upon the dust, or thinly blown
Blue smoke upon the day at matin call.
The sundial mocks, "Horas non numero
Nisi serenas." While slow hours pass,
The garden's marred and sunken patterns show
Like skeletons half covered in the grass.
Time lingers on this threshold but to taunt
The house that has outlived man's utmost want.

In the form of a Shakespearean sonnet, she expresses her
sense of irony that the house has lived beyond man's need;
the house thus becomes a symbol of the ruins of time and
the poem takes its place in the long line of English poems
from the Anglo-Saxon "Ruined City" to "The Deserted
Village."

The imagist with his free verse, the metaphysical poet
with his wit, and the traditional poet with vigorous real-
ism each has in turn found materials of poetry in the
Southern ante-bellum house.

Important chapters of colonial history were enacted in
the South, and novels and books like Caroline Couper
Lovell's The Golden Isles of Georgia have perpetuated the
memory of these events. Poetry likewise has found themes
in them. The reconstruction of Williamsburg, Virginia,
has had no small part in stimulating interest in historic
places in the South, and Williamsburg lives in a series of
sonnets by Virginia Lyne Turnstall. "Spring Dusk in Wil-
liamsburg" in her imagination brings back not only the
rosy apple's blossom's scented snow but also gentle ghosts
to Duke of Gloucester Street. The peace of Bruton Church
yard is recreated in "They Sleep So Quietly."

Daniel Whitehead Hicky, of Atlanta, in "Thirteen Son-
nets of Georgia" has paid his tribute to the historic Georgia
Coast. Fort Frederica, established by Oglethorpe in 1736,
is described as a mass of tabby-stone at the marsh's edge,
where rhythmed waters from the sea whisper against grey
and shell-torn walls, telling of strange new ships that came
to be. Nearby is Christ's church, established by the Wes-
leys, and the peace of that churchyard is well described,

CHRIST CHURCHYARD
Beneath this muted conference of oak
Spreading an emerald heaven overhead,
With grey moss hanging like a phantom smoke,
Time counts the timeless hours of the dead.
No spoken word awakes the quiet here,
No footfall, save the darkness and the dawn,

JANUARY, 1938

No stir save jasmine breathing on the air,
Dropping their dying petals on each stone.
Deep in our hearts they sleep, these pioneers,
The young, the brave, the beautiful, the old,
Who made an alien world so wholly theirs!
Down the slow centuries as the years are told
By Tune's cold fingers at his crumbling door
They are at peace with earth. They ask no more.

Amy Lowell in 1921 writing of Charleston said:
"Charleston has more poetic appeal than almost any city
in America ... It is a place for poets, indeed. History
touches legend in Charleston . . . The town is beautiful
with the past, and glorious with the present ... Its wealth
of folk-lore has been little touched with poetry. The scene
is set. Now for the actors." The actors, primarily Dubose
Heyward and Hervey Allen, both better known now for
novels than for poetry, made Charleston the center of a
poetry revival in the South. The Charleston Poetry So-
ciety brought distinguished poets South, offered prizes for
poetry, and from it sprang up between 1921 and 1930 a
host of poetry societies and poetry magazines extending
from Norfolk, Virginia, to Dallas, Texas. Charleston, its
gardens, its coasts, its folk furnished material for poets of
north as well as at home. One of the most vivid pictures
of the city itself was written by Hervey Allen, a Pennsyl-
vanian who spent a few of the post war years teaching in
Charleston:

PALMETTO TOWN

Sea-island winds sweep through Palmetto Tcnvn,

Bringing with piney tang the old romance

Of Pirates and of smuggling gentlemen;

And tongues as languorous as southern France

Flow down her streets like wafer-talk at fords;

While through iron gates where pickaninnies sprawl;

The sound floats back, in rippled banjo chords,

From lush magnolia shade where mockers call.

Mornings, the flower-women haivk their wares

Bronze caryatids of a genial race,

Bearing the bloom-heaped baskets on their heads;

Lithe, with their arms akimbo in ivide grace,

Their jasmine nods jestingly at cares

Turbaned they are, deep-chested, straight and tall,

Bandying old English words now seldom heard,

But sweet as Provencal.

Dreams peer like prisoners through her harp-like gates,

From molten gardens mottled with gray-gloom,

Where lichened sundials shadow ancient dates,

And deep piazzas loom.

The gardens, which draw pilgrims each year when japon-
ica and azalea blossom, have inspired both New England
Amy Lowell and New England Henry Bellaman. Amy
Lowell omitted from her published works the poem in
which she affronted Charlestonians by calling the magenta
azaleas obscene, but she included a free verse description
of Middleton Place. Henry Bellaman, brought to the
South by his wife's illness, became music director in a
college in Columbia, S. C. He has written a series of poems
on the Carolina coast country. In one of these, "Garden
on the Santee," he captures the spirit of the stately formal
18th century Middleton garden.

The river folds
about the terraces
where the afternoon
stretches its shining length
and sleeps.

Walled in by hedges

the pools of perfume deepen

fed by hidden springs

of jasmine

and grass-tangled roses.

I have come too late.
A lovely play is over,
and the stage is empty.

But I have heard,

as one half hears, half dreams,

last sounds of festivals

at the distant turn

of some long avenue;

I have heard

the brittle sound of brocade

and the gay passage

of red and silver heels

behind azalea banks;

I have heard

the tournament of swift hoofs

along the road,

and the slow circling sound

of negro boats songs

from the hidden river bend.

In another, Magnolia Gardens, he seizes the exotic beauty.

This sudden, thick, unearthly flame

Of flowers is too violent;

It feeds on some dark stain

Deep in the soil

A stain that seeps sometimes

Into the black lagoons,

Whose horror is not wholly hid

By creeping swirls of pale wistaria petals

Dripping through the Spanish moss.

The white azaleas are too white

To hold the slightest floiv of life

In their waxed whiteness

Too much like ringless hands

Under a coffin glass.

The hard clash of crimson on magenta
Is a warning discord
See the shattered red
Trickling across the sand.

I must go out from this smother of stillness
I must feel some breath of air
Blotting across cool grass,
And sees leaves moving.

It is, however, Josephine Pinckney of Charleston, who
has given in her volume "Sea Drinking Cities" realistic,
lightly ironic pictures of Charleston folk, from the Gulla
negro to the antiquated before-the-war ladies. Such is the
portrait of Mikel dawdling at his milking, admitting that
a planter's son should know how to curry a horse and take
care of a cow, but preferring to imagine himself the re-
deemer of this defeated land and muttering, "I wish I'd
of met that white trash Sherman ... I swear the ole boll
weevil, I'd of fed him Paris green." Or picture the Misses
Poar:

Out from the tall plantation gate

Issue the Misses Poar in state.

Neatly darned are their black silk mitts,

And straight each stately sister sits.

Their carriage dresses, brushed and steamed

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Cover their decent limbs; they seemed

No finer, really, before the War

When money was free in the house of Poar.

The negro coachman in bearer hat,

Slightly nibbled by moth and rat,

Smooths his frock-coat of greenish hue,

But fitting as trim as when it was new

With which he stiffens his spine of pride

By tightly buttoning himself inside.

To drive in this elegant equipage

A yoke of oxen of doubtful age.

(They've had no horses since sixty- four

When the Yankees stopped at the Ixmse of Poar.)

The ladies move to the square front pew,
Their Christian meekness in ample view,
And follow the youthful parson's word
With reverence meet for a legate of God
Up to the moment when he prates
Of the President of the United States;
Then knotting full well that Heaven can't
Expect them to pray for General Grant,
They bury their noses' patrician hook
In dear Great-grand-papa's prayer book,
Wherein are found urbane petitions
To guard the Crown against seditions
And rest King Charles the Martyr's soul.
Not that they hold King Charles so dear,
Although their blood is Cavalier,
But it suits their piety, on the whole,
Better to pray for the Restoration
Than the overseer of a patch-uork nation.

Charleston legends are recorded in a volume called Caro-
lina Chanson. Allen and Heyward bought a boat and went
around the coast gathering from cove dwellers legends of
pirates and blockaders . . . One of the best "The Priest
and the Pirate," tells what happened to Theodosia Burr,
daughter of Aaron Burr, Vice-President of the U. S., when
she sailed from Georgetown, S. C, for New York on a
steamer which was never heard of again.

Another deep South section which has inspired poets is
the country lying around the Mississippi River. J. G.
Fletcher, whose Ghosts of the Old House, was discussed
earlier, has written a group of poems called "Down the
Mississippi" which describes the river as making its way
through dull masses of dense green

Like an enormous serpent, dilating, uncoiling,
Displaying a broad scaly back of earth-smeared gold.

The heat pressing down upon the earth with irresistible
languor, the rotted logs in the swamp, the stevedores roll-
ing cotton over the gang plank with thudding sound, the
roar and shudder of the whistle as the blast shakes the
sleepy town in its night landing are realistic details.

Will Alexander Percy, a native Mississippian, was one of
the first contemporary Southern poets to receive national
recognition. It is not legend or history of the Mississippi
that appeals to him, but the peace that is symbolized by
the molten river and the broad stretches of flat land. His
poem "Home" stands with such poems of nostalgia as
Browning's "Oh, To Be in England Now That April Is
There," and Rupert Brooke's "Grantchester." Writing
from New York, he says:

7 have a need of silence and of stars;
Too much is said too loudly; I am dazed.
The silken sound of ivhirled infinity
Is lost in voices shouting to be heard.
I once knew men as earnest and less shrill.

Back where the breakers of deep sunlight roll
Across flat fields that love and touch the sky;
Back to the more of earth, the less of man,
Where there is still a plain simplicity,
And friendship, poor in everything but love,
And faith, unwise, unquestioned, but a star.
Soon now the peace of summer will be there
With cloudy fire of myrtles in full bloom;
Ami when the marvelous wide evenings come,
Across the molten river one can see
The misty willow-green of Arcady
And then the summer stars . . . I will go home.

The cotton picker of this section as well as of South
Georgia is well described by Hickey:

Beneath the glittering dew fall, they are gone
Into the broad fields, down the endless rows
Flouing like silent music beneath the sun,
And, with a measured tune that no one knows
Save those tvho gather cotton, they are one
In rhythm and in stark simplicity
The bonneted heads of girls scarce in their 'teens,
The tall bronze men, their women who shall be
Doun with another child ere autumn wanes,
The young boys picking, rising, bending doun,
Pausing to watch the first train into town.

In striking contrast to this low country is the mountain
section of the South our last frontier. It has found its
poets in Olive Tilford Dargan and Dubose Heyward. Hey-
ward compares this region in its power, its slowness, its in-
articulateness to a yoke of steers which "will arrive in its
appointed hour, unhurried by the goad of lesser wills"
while Dargan describes Clingman Dome where balsam is
bluer for leaning on the sky and Sail's Gap from trough
to tip thick with laurel. But the best poetry of the moun-
tains describes the mountain folk who have changed little
since Luke Breckenridge, in John Brown's Body, went to
the Civil War. In poems as vigorous and realistic as those
in which Frost describes the New Englander, Dubose Hey-
ward portrays them. Their feuds live in a sonnet called
"Black Christmas." The Mountain Girl whose fresh young
womanhood quickly fades into burned out and sunken
age, the raw-boned and thunder-voiced mountain preacher
who with brandished fist shouted about an arrant egoist
swift to avenge a wrong; these and more are to be found
in Heyward's volume, "Skylines". Typical is the moun-
tain woman whose stoic endurance of the tragedies of her
life is broken when her husband returning home drunk
breaks the scarlet geranium which is her only treasure.

In conclusion, contemporary poetry about the South
makes only a small chapter in the account of contempor-
ary American letters. In volume it is small; in quality, for
the most part, minor. It does, however, mirror the absorp-
tion of the present day with experimentation in form; it
does reflect the current realism; that of it which lives will
achieve permanence by its sincere, unsentimental, and true
representation of traditions and people important in Ameri-
can history and legend.

t

THE PLEASURES OF READING

I

ELLEN DOUGLASS LEYBURN, "27

{Investiture address given on November 6th in Bucher Scott gymnasium. Ellen Douglass is one of the faculty advisors lor the class

of 1938.)

In this year when colleges and universities everywhere
are celebrating with Oberlin the hundredth anniversary of
the beginning of college training for women and when our
growth is marked by our having to leave the chapel for
Investiture, perhaps it would be appropriate to consider the
century of progress since the day when men feared that
higher education would make women desert their babies
for quadratic equations. But I prefer to discuss with you
this morning a delight of the mind more intimate than the
atmosphere of the chapel and one enjoyed by girls for hun-
dreds of years before it occurred to them to seek an equal
footing with their brothers in institutions of higher learn-
ing. It is the sheer pleasure of reading books which I covet
for you, a pleasure not dependent upon college training
and sad to say, not even fostered by it in many cases, for
the pressure of being a part of the busy college community
and of working at books too often precludes the concep-
tion of them as a source of fun. How many college stu-
dents and consequently college graduates there are who
deserve the pity Nathaniel in Love's Labour's Lost bestows
on him who has never "fed of the dainties that are bred in
a book; he hath not eat paper, as it were; he hath not
drunk ink; his intellect is not replenished."

The zest for books has been a peculiar gift of women
since men first provided books for them to enjoy. You re-
member Ascham's charming account of his discovery of
Lady Jane Grey's zest for reading:

I found her. in her Chamber, readinge Phaedon Platonis in Greeke.
and that with as moch delite as som ientlemen wold read a merie tale
in Bocase. After Salutation, and dewtie done, with som other taulke,
I asked her, whie she wold leese soch pastime in the Parke! Smiling
she answered me; I wisse all their sporte in the Parke is but a shoadoe
to that pleasure, that I find in Plato: Alas good folks, they never felt
what trewe pleasure meant.

The daughters of Lady Jane in every generation have taken
the same exquisite delight in books . . .

At the beginning of the next century, Dorothy Words-
worth, busy about mending William's shirts and baking
William's bread never dreaming of competing with him
in learning yet tasted with rapture the rich feast of
books. Her journal is as much a record of her reading as of
the changes of her Grasmere countryside:

We sat snugly round the fire. I read to them the tale of Custance
and the Syrian monarch, in the Man of Laive's Tale ... In the after-
noon we sate by the fire; I read Chaucer aloud and Mary read the
first canto of the Fairy Queen. After tea Mary and I walked to Am-
bleside for letters . . . Read Tom Jones ... I read a little of Bos-
well's Life of Johnson. I went to lie down in the garden . . . Worked
hard, and read Midsummer Night's Dream, and ballads. Sauntered a
little in the garden. The skobby sate quietly in its nest, rocked by the
wind, and beaten by the rain . . . Read part of Knight's Tale with
exquisite delight . . . We spent the morning in the orchard reading
the Prothalamium of Spenser; walked backwards and forwards.

It seems to me deplorable that we should come to think
of books in terms of assignments, that in advancing to-
ward college degrees, we should lose the high joy of our
less educated grandmothers, the joy which most of us have
actually felt as children in the tales of Uncle Remus or
the Brothers Grimm. We can keep the same spirit of de-
light, though the object of it changes from the Golden
Goblin to The Faerie Queene, from At the Big House to
Boswell's Johnson.

Another related pleasure to be found in books is the

stretching of the sinews of the mind. Few of us know
enough philosophy and physics to understand Eddington's
Nature of the Physical World; but the effort to under-
stand it is exciting mental exercise. And such use of the
mind has the same tonic effect that physical exercise has
upon the body.

An even more important satisfaction which books af-
ford us is that of finding in them our own experiences in-
tensified and clarified through the expression given them
by great writers, by men and women who before they are
masters in the craft of writing have been human beings
living through much the same situations that we live
through and who because of their gift of speech can un-
lock their hearts in words. When we are bewildered by
the conflict between the old and the new in our beliefs,
Arnold speaks to our spirits with:

Resolve to be thyself; and know, that he
Who finds himself, loses his misery.

When we are moved by the spirit of evening, Words-
worth's:

It is a beauteous evening calm and free
The holy time is quiet as a nun
Breathless with adoration

gives expression to what we would express. When we are
tempted to manage other people's affairs, we can laugh at
ourselves deliciously in Jane Austen's Emma. When the
awful mystery of death confronts us, we can be steadied
by Emily Dickinson's:

The bustle in a house
The morning after death
Is solemnest of industries
Enacted upon earth.

The sweeping up the heart,
And putting love away
We shall not want to use again
Until eternity.

When we are in love, almost the whole range of poetry and
fiction is at our command. Perhaps what we turn to is
John Donne's:

All other things to their destruction draw,

Only our love hath no decay;

This, no tomorrow hath, nor yesterday.

Running it never runs from us away,

But truly keeps his first, last, everlasting day.

In almost every shade of emotion that comes to us, we
have been preceded by those who have been able to give
utterance to feeling. And this is one of the fortunate ways
in which we are the heirs of all the ages.

But the most profound effect of reading seems to me to
lie beyond this recognition of ourselves in literature. Few
of us shall witness so noble a nature as Othello's so hideous-
ly destroyed by jealousy as his. We are not to share Ores-
tes' fate of being compelled by a relentless destiny to the
murder of a mother. Yet we are definitely the poorer if
we have not given ourselves up to the tragedies of Shake-
speare and Aeschylus. Milton has said that

A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit embalmed
and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.

We live ourselves, we become something different through
association with the greatest life; and this touching of the
sources of being is the best gift that books, or that our col-
lege, can offer us, for
Spirits are not finely
Touched but to fine issues.

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^he Qlock Struck twelve

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The following explanation of the requirements for entrance and the expenses for a year at Agnes Scott was written for the Quar-
terly in answer to many requests from alumnae for a simple statement about these matters.

Characters:

Agnes Alumna

A. S. Catalogue

(The scene is the home of Agnes Alumna, who sits wear-
ily at a desk on which is a catalogue and a sheaf of dis-
arranged papers. A clock points in horror at two min-
utes till twelve.)
Alumna (sighing) :

I cannot get this straight at all,

Though I'm a former Hottentot,

So many changes have been made

Since I attended Agnes Scott.

I want to send my daughter there,

I know it is the best of schools;

But how can I enroll her when

I do not understand the rules?

This catalogue is just a maze

Of units and curriculum;

I give it up the Horrid thing!

Oh, dear, I'm 'most asleep ho Hum.

(Her head sinks on the desk as the clock strikes twelve.)
Catalogue (standing up and ruffling his pages in indigna-
tion) :

Madam, I assure you

I resent your groundless slurs

You blame me for your trouble

But the fault is really yours.
Alumna (startled) :

Oh, sir, I beg your pardon,

I intended no insults.
Catalogue (mollified) :

Well, all right. Now let's get started:

We will get some good results.

I understand you want your child

To enter Agnes Scott next fall.
Alumna:

That's right, but I can't understand

Your complicated rules at all.
Catalogue (sternly) :

Let me tell you, Madam,

I am formed with utmost clarity.

That I converse with you at all

Is proof of my kind charity.
Alumna:

Excuse me, sir, and please accept

My deep appreciation.
Catalogue:

Well, we'll proceed, but do desist

Your ill insinuation.

Suppose we start with counting costs

To prove our fine economy.
Alumna:

I tried to, but I quite got lost

In your-uh-lovely physiognomy.
Catalogue (Bowing) :

Well, here the required fees are in store

On page one-hundred-forty-four.

But to give them clearly at this time,

Allow me please to cease from rhyme.

Boarding student (total), $700.00; day student
(total), $300.00; gymnasium outfit, (for the four

years), $10.00; (paid on entrance of student and
$10.00 is the amount whether girl is here four years
or for a shorter period) ; laboratory fee, (if a science
is taken), $9.00; special fees are required for extras
such as piano, organ, violin, voice, art, and individual
lessons in spoken English.

If a well rounded budget you wish to plan

Consider these items and have payment on hand:

Concert series ticket (in Atlanta), $6.00; student
budget (covers the three campus publications and al-
lows participation in all activities), $15.00; books,
approximately $20.00; outstanding lecturers on the
campus, about $2.00.

For information as to when, where, and how you are
to pay

Write Mr. S. G. Stukes, the Registrar, right away.
Alumna:

There they are so clearly planned,

How could I so misunderstand?
Catalogue:

And now let us attack with glee

The entrance units you should foresee.

Though they've eluded you, they're seen

Completely told on page eighteen:

For entrance, sixteen units you must present

The lack of which you will lament.

Of prescribed units twelve there are:

Four English, one geometry, and two algebra.

Prescribed units in Latin number four

And one year of history which is rarely a bore.

If four years of Latin don't seem nice

Two of Latin and two of modern language will suffice.

The other four units are entirely elective

Which give you the chance to be selective:

You may choose from civics, Bible, geography,

Home ec, any science and history.
Alumna (gleefully) :

My daughter has 'most all of these,

I am so glad to find it out!
Catalogue:

Well, that's fine. Now let's proceed

To find out all we can about

The courses that our Agnes Scott

Offers each new Hottentot:

English your freshman daughter must take,

And Math, Latin, or Greek for the classics sake.

The modern language from high school will need con-
tinuation

For her mastery of all points of grammar and pronun-
ciation.

Sciences are offered, Chemistry, Physics, or Biology

Or she might prefer a thorough course in History.

There are elective courses she may start

Bible, Spoken English, Sight-Singing or History of Art.
Alumna:

I like those things; they're planned to start

My child to become a Bachelor of Arts.

How can I wait until next fall

To pack my Mary off? This seems

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"Some More of Aggie's Lost Sheep"

The response of alumnae to our cry for help ivith the list of lost alumnae published was so wonderful, we are
publishing the second installment. Please read carefully and send in any information about any of these and our
thanks are yours.

1907
Green, Rebecca Frances (Mrs. J. H.

Hinds)
McDonald, May (Mrs. Harry M. Mills)

1908
Brown, Alva (Mrs. Hiram Baum)
Patton, Clemmie
Rasborough, Caroline
Sentelle, Bessie (Mrs. Motte Martin)
Tenney, Mary Castle (Mrs. J. W. Vick-

rey)

1909
Candler, Caroline G. (Mrs. W. Arthur

Branan)
Zachary, Roberta (Mrs. Robert B.

Ingle)

1910
Dillard, Fay (Mrs. Harry Lee Spratt)
Mabbett, Mamie
Ponder, Marion

1911
Collins, Blanche T. (Mrs. H. Marsh

Smith)
Hooper, Almon Fay (Mrs. Henry T.

Drane)
Leech, Mary Louise
Macgregor, Margaret
McAdams, Josie Hall
McCormick, Christine (Mrs. Christine

Rust)
McDougald, Kate
Nicolassen, Agnes (Mrs. Thomas

Jesse Wharton)
Oliver, Lizzie Mae (Mrs. R. E. Mc-
Afee, Jr.)
Parry, Annie Marie (Mrs. Edwin H.

Blanchard)
Smith, Agnes Amanda (Mrs. Lindsey

Forrester)
Thomas, Ruth

White, Katurah (Mrs. Cecil J. Mar-
shall)

1912
Craig, Elizabeth
Duncan, Ruth Rebecca
Williams, Jesse (Mrs. Jesse W. Ir-
vine)
Wood, Anna Lou (Mrs. Thornlev

West)

1913
Bogacki, Olivia (Mrs. Ashlev E.

Hill)
Gillespie, Nancv Edlena (Mrs. Earl

C. Steele)
Lewis, Walter (Mrs. Pence Ryal)
Slemons, Margaret (Mrs. Harold

Britton)
Williams, Sarah

1914
Curtner, Flo-Wilma (Mrs. Frank M.

Dobson)
Delay, Louise
Rogers, Hazel (Mrs. Lee Marks)

1915
Anderson, Mary (Mrs. J. G. Ponder)
Elkins, Willie Mae (Mrs. H. D.

House)
Flegal, Irene
Norwood, Isabel
Rudich, Pearl (Mrs. Abe Abrahams)

1916
Fields, Margaret Phillips (Mrs. L. A.

Wilkinson)

Hay, Katherine F. (Mrs. W. E.
Rouse)

Johnson, Leila (Mrs. Lawrence P.
Moore)

King, Daisy Anderson (Mrs. Donald
R. Ottman)

Mustin, Dorothy M. (Mrs. Lyman F.
Buttolph)

1917

Hedges, Charlotte Augusta (Mrs.
G. P. Kellogg)

Hooper, Carolyn Louise (Mrs. Paul
L. Pierce)

Lawrence, Grace (Mrs. Jessie Neal
George)

Nichols, Ora (Mrs. Owen H. Mere-
dith)

Penn, Kathrina (Mrs. Henry F. Par-
ker)

Thiesen, Olga M. (Mrs. John Acosta)

Townsley, Hope

White, Georgiana (Mrs. Walter I.
Miller)

1918

Bowers, Mary Perry (Mrs. William
Hooper Collier)

Fromberg, Rebekah Pauline

Shambaugh, Marguerite

Smith, May

West, Elizabeth C. (Mrs. Thomas M.
Jarman)

Weston, Ella

1919

Hillhouse, Ruth

Krauss, Leone (Mrs. Howard F.
Stearns)

Randolph, Sarah Nichols (Mrs. L. K.
Truscott, Jr.)

Tatham, Mary Ellen (Mrs. Hugh E.
Wright)

Warren, Edith (Mrs. Wm. F. Black-
ard)

Whaley, Clauzelle

1920

Alford, Nellie Flora

Coston, Sarah Clark

Ellett, Margaret Ingles (Mrs. Mar-
garet Ellett Parrish)

Harper, Marion Stewart (Mrs. Don-
ald L. Kellogg)

Hudson, Mary Emily (Mrs. George S.
Andrews)

Hutton, Cornelia (Mrs. John S.
Hazelhurst)

Jenkins, Lillian (Mrs. Willoughby
Middleton)

Mcintosh, Margaret L. (Mrs. J. N.
Convoer)

Rabun, Wilhelmina (Mrs. M. L. Van-
nerson)

Reese, Sarah Evelyn

Sparks, Kathleen (Mrs. Fred Yar-
borough)

Veal, Reta Gladys

Walker, Dorothy Caldwell (Mrs. J. C.
Burruss)

Walker, Emily

Webb, Martha (Mrs. T. T. Shepard)
1921

Anderson, Susie Marie

Ashcraft, Martha Pemberton

Bloch, Alice N. (Mrs. E. M. Cohen)

Born, Carrie Lou (Mrs. Wm. Mal-
lard)

Brinson, Margaret

Brittain, Mary Gibson (Mrs. R. N.

Stokes)
Eagan, Evelyn Collins (Mrs. Clark

Taylor)
Gilbert, Helen Rubles
Hanes, Mariwel (Mrs. Ernest C. Hul-

sey)
Saunders, Rebecca
Stanton, Kathleen (Mrs. Wm. F.

Stewart)
Woodward, Nita (Mrs. P. C. Higgin-

botham)

1922
Allen, Harriett (Mrs. W. T. Garrard,

Jr.)
Belcher, Kathleen (Mrs. John M.

Gaines)
Bell, Leura (Mrs. A. O. Jemigan)
Brown, Ruth (Mrs. Lawrence)
Campbell, Margaret Ruth
Carmichael, Ruth (Mrs. O. J. Ooster-

houdt)
Cate, Alice Elizabeth (Mrs. Thoburn

Taggart)
Colville, Margaret Vance (Mrs. J. M.

Carmack)
Cranford, Hallie (Mrs. L. L. Daugh-

erty, Jr.)
Davis, Lurline (Mrs. H. C. Cate)
Fish, Marjorie
Hearring, Lady Blanche (Mrs. Lyon

Perry Wilbur)
Hunter, Gertrude (Mrs. Alfred M.

Rebman)
Kerns, Edith
Kight, Martha (Mrs. Wm. Edward

Cardinal)
McLellan, Joyce (Mrs. Samuel

Fisher)
Newton, Winnie Sue (Mrs. Clinton

Provost)
Nichols, Rhoda

Paxton, Jean R. (Mrs. Wm. E. Gil-
lam)
Polhill, Lois (Mrs. Robert Murphy

Smith)
Porter, Evelyn

Smith, Catherine (Mrs. Robert E. Ed-
gar)
Stephens, Louise Dean (Mrs. Robt.

Lee Hays, Jr.)
Whaley, Julia (Mrs. John R. Guthrie)

1923

Adams, Fanibel

Bittick, Ethel (Mrs. B. M. Mitchell)

Brown, Ada Elizabeth (Mrs. Charles

S. Sydnor)
Cooper, Mary Mitchell (Mrs. Philip

D. Christian)
Knight, Jane Marcia
Langford, Carolyn Clark (Mrs. H. C.

Plunkett)
Little, Mary (Mrs. Eric R. Jette)
Mack, Mary Helen (Mrs. Robert P.

Wimberly)
Moore, Anne Ruth (Mrs. Thomas

Philips Crawford)
Pope, Mary Lucia (Mrs. Joseph

Green)
Wilhelm, Mary Lee (Mrs. W. A. Sat-

terwhite)
Young, Nelle

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Seventh Annual Alumnae Week-End

We quote from the Agonistic:
"To the student body, Alumnae
Week-End meant sausage and coffee
for luncheon, both unusual treats
since the advent of the Hollywood
diet, but to the alumnae who came
back home it meant renewing their
youth with squeals of 'Oh, hello, I'm
so thrilled to see you! You old darl-
ing, what are you doing here?' (This
last to old classmates whose names
they couldn't quite remember, al-
though they sat in the third seat from
the end in Bible class.) Even more
frequently it was: 'Why, you don't
look a day older than when we dress-
ed up for Little Girl Day!' all the
while counting wrinkles and pounds.
And of course the new buildings
bought forth wails of dismay and ex-
clamations of 'Why didn't we have
these when we were here?' But Ella
and Mary Cox and the 10:15 A. M.
train during the chapel hour convinc-
ed them that it really hasn't changed
a bit."

Alumnae Week-End was homecom-
ing for one hundred and fifty old
girls who came back to school again.
The theme, "New Emphases," was
discussed in such widely different
fields that every alumna found some-
thing of particular value to her in her
work and understanding of current
events. Mr. Stukes' after-luncheon
speech on "New Methods in Educa-
tion" and Dean White's talk on
"Cross Currents in the Colleges" an-
swered questions about child educa-
tion problems from the teen age on
through college. Dr. Thomas Eng-
lish's discussion of "New Emphasis in
the Theatre and Drama" was a scho-
larly presentation of interest to all
educated women. Judge S. H. Sib-
ley's wit and eloquence delighted
those who heard his discussion on the
Constitution, and Dr. Emma May
Laney's presentation of the South as
the inspiration for an entirely new
type of poetry brought thrills of de-
light to her listeners and aroused our
Southern pride to its fullest. Mary
Ann McKinney's chapel talk on
Christianity as she found it in India
was inspirational and informative.
For sheer delight the exhibit of wild
flowers painted in water colors by
Mrs. Mary Motz Wills and the scores

of books on exhibit for National
Book Week, both in the library, could
not be excelled. For an evening en-
tertainment the Blackfriars presented
Ben Levy's "Mrs. Moonlight," and
the string ensemble music program
under direction of Mr. Dieckmann in
chapel on Saturday was a half hour of
real pleasure.

The only flaws in a delightful
week-end were the downpour of rain
that came Friday and the icy winds
on Saturday. In spite of the weather
150 alumnae and 25 visitors were
present at one or all of the lectures.

Little Girls Transformed Into
Dignified Seniors Overnight!

With ruffles ruffling, be-ribboned
hair flying, and goose-pimpled knees
bravely exposed to frost-bite, eighty-
three little girls accompanied by one
Boy Scout took possession of the cam-
pus November 5 with a jumping rope,
a Big Apple dance on the Quadrangle,
and a hundred childish games. A
stranger on the campus would have
thought Agnes Scott was running a
kindergarten for backward children,
but any well-informed person knew it
was just "Little Girl Day."

On Saturday, November 6, Investi-
ture bequeathed those same frisky lit-
tle girls with caps and gowns and sen-
ior dignity in the presence of a thou-
sand friends and relatives. For the
first time since the tradition of
Investiture was begun, the cere-

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mony was not performed in the
Chapel, and Miss Nannette Hopkins
was not able to officiate. The service
was held in Bucher Scott gymnasium
to accommodate the increasing num-
ber of friends of the college who at-
tend. Louise McKinney Hill, daugh-
ter of Caroline (McKinney) Hill, '27,
granddaughter of Claude (Candler)
McKinney, Inst., and great-niece of
Miss Louise McKinney, was class mas-
cot and led the academic procession.
Ellen Douglass Leyburn, '27, faculty
advisor, gave the Investiture address,
which is printed in this issue of the
Quarterly. Carrie Scandrett, '24, as-
sistant dean, capped the eighty-four
seniors. The singing of the Alma
Mater and the recessional to "Ancient
of Days" completed this best loved of
Agnes Scott traditions.
Lecture Association Program for 1938

The Student Lecture Association
will present two outstanding figures
on the Lecture Program this season.
On January 2 5 th, Mr. H. S. Ede,
Curator of the Tate Gallery in Lon-
don, will present an informative lec-
ture on "How to Recognize the Beau-
tiful in Art" and will illustrate his
talk with slides from the Tate collec-
tions. Mr. Tate is a widely-known
artist, lecturer and author.

The second lecturer announced for
this season is the Grand Duchess
Marie of Russia, woman of letters
who is known throughout the civil-
ized countries for her ability. The
Grand Duchess Marie will lecture here
on March 2 5 th and her topic will be
"Russia As I Knew It."

New Privileges at Agnes Scott

The alumnae of a few years back
are almost in a position to say: "What
will those college girls do next! When
I was at Agnes Scott we never
thought of such a thing!" and all be-
cause of the success of the honor sys-
tem at the college and the consequent
increase in the privileges allowed the
upperclassmen.

Juniors and seniors are allowed to
return to the college from a destina-
tion unchaperoned as late as 11:45 on
week nights, and on Saturdays they
may go to the college dances and re-
turn at 12:30. Underclassmen have
to have chaperons to return this late,
but since thirty-one members of the
senior class have qualified for the

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position of senior chaperons, the girls
have no trouble in securing the re-
quired "big sister." This new ruling
has lessened the need for a "place to
sign out to" and has kept the stu-
dents from imposing on friends in
town so much. The senior chaperons
have signed an agreement to follow
strictly the rules of the college and be
personally responsible for the under-
classmen.

Louise McKinney Hill
Mascot of the class, of '3 8, as she wore
her cap and gown on Investiture Day.

Reunion for 1937

The Class of 1937 spent a gala
Thanksgiving week-end on the cam-
pus and climaxed their homecoming
with a reunion on Friday evening in
the Anna Young Alumnae House.
Thirty-four members of the class
were present at the banquet Friday
night.

Martha Johnson, chairman of the
decorations committee, arranged a
beautiful banquet table with holly,
pine branches and cones, and red
candles, and the same effective dec-
orations were used throughout the
Alumnae House. Martha Summers,
life president of the class, presided at
the banquet and welcomed the alum-
nae back for this first reunion. After
dinner Mortar Board honored the vis-
itors with coffee in the Murphey
Candler Building.

Among those returning for the re-
union were Frances Belford, Lucile
Cairns, Frances Cary, Cornelia
Christie, Ann Cox, Kathleen Daniel,
Lucile Dennison, Jane Estes, Charline
(Fleece) Halverstadt, Mary Gillespie,
Nellie Margaret Gilroy, Margaret

Hansell, Martha Head, Barton Jack-
son, Dorothy Jester, Martha Johnson,
Sarah Johnson, Kitty Jones, Mary
Jane King, Jean Kirkpatrick, Mary
Kneale, Wayve Lewis, Mary Malone,
Katherine Maxwell, Ellen O'Donnell,
Frances Steele, Laura Steele, Marie
Stalker, Martha Summers, Alice
(Taylor) Wilcox, Mary Jane Tigert,
Mildred Tilly and Margaret Watson.

"Three Girls in a Room"; WSB at
9:15 Every Wednesday

Agnes Scott's radio program has
been changed from 5 p. m. on
Wednesday afternoon to 9:15 a. m.
The program is broadcast over WSB,
(740 kilocycles) and a group of
alumnae and students take parts in
the skit.

Betty Lou (Houck) Smith, '3 5, is
the author of the skit, and Alberta
Palmour, '3 5, is helping her get ma-
terial. The characters are Peg, a sen-
ior; Pudge, a sophomore; Ginger, a
fophomore, and Mickey, a freshman.
Peg, Pudge and Ginger are room-
mates and befriend poor little Mickey.
These characters are played by Betty
Lou (Houck) Smith, Mary (Free-
man) Curtis, '2 6, Frances James,
'36, and Carrie Phinney Latimer,
'36, respectively. The extra voices are
furnished by Joyce Roper, '3 8, and
Ida Lois McDaniel, '3 5. Typical Ag-
nes Scott students as they are, the
girls encounter all the usual (and
some unusual) events of the college
year.

A Summer Course at Oxford

The Woman's Colleges of Oxford
University have announced a summer
course for American women gradu-
ates and teachers to be held for the
fourth time in Oxford in July, 1938.
These vacation courses are arranged
to provide opportunities to qualified
American graduates and teachers to
experience scholastic life in this his-
toric institution, and to enjoy the
unique environment and associations
of this ancient seat of learning. The
subject of the course will be, "Eng-
land in the Past Fifty Years." A
number of England's outstanding
scholars will lecture on the literature,
history, politics, and thought of the
period. There will be opportunities,
also, for discussing topics of the lec-
tures with Oxford University teach-
ers. The course will open on Wednes-
day, July 6, and close on Wednesday,
July 27, 193 8. The fee will include
full board, residence in the women's
colleges, lectures, classes, excursions,
and concerts. The organizing secre-
tary in this country is Miss Marion L.
Day, 9 St. Luke's Place, New York
City.

Are You Planning a European Trip?

All Agnes Scott alumnae who are
planning to tour Europe in the sum-
mer of 193 8 will be interested to learn
that Miss Leslie Gaylord will again
conduct a small party, sailing June
18th on the Aquitania and spending
two months in travel in France, Italy,
Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Hol-
land, England, and Scotland. Every
detail of the trip has been planned to
assure a maximum of comfort, pleas-
ure, and profit at a minimum of ex-
pense. For a descriptive itinerary and
detailed information write to Miss
Gaylord, Agnes Scott College, Deca-
tur, Ga.

Carrie Scandrett

Assistant Jean, '24, "capping" a senior

at Investiture.

Do You Need a Change?

Any alumnae who are interested in
changing professions or in changing
the locale in which they are practic-
ing their professions, are requested to
communicate with Mr. S. G. Stukes,
Registrar, Agnes Scott College. Mr.
Stukes is constantly being asked to
recommend Agnes Scott girls for var-
ious positions, and is unable to sug-
gest as many people as there are in-
quiries for lack of information about
alumnae who are interested in a
change. All correspondence about this
matter will be regarded as strictly
confidential.

A Gift to the Tea Room

The tea room is very much indebt-
ed to Martha Stansfield, '21, for a
useful gift which she presented to
Mrs. Kerrison, the manager. It is a
Star "Quick-Serv" Toaster Grill
which has greatly increased the facili-
ties for making toast in the kitchen.

12

The AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

CLUB NEWS
Atlanta, Ga.

The Atlanta Club had its major
project of the year on November 12 th
when it staged a benefit bridge. Sev-
eral hundred alumnae and their
friends were present to enjoy bridge
and also a fashion show which used
as its models some of the Agnes Scott
students. Around a hundred and fif-
ty dollars was cleared by this affair
and the club plans to use most of this
sum in helping the Alumnae House
and Alumnae Garden Committees in
their year's plans.

Augusta, Ga.

"About our Alumnae Club in
Augusta we are still so young that
we are afraid to step out into deep
water. We are hoping to have Al-
berta Palmour down for our dinner in
February to talk to us about the col-
lege and tell us what the other clubs
are doing. We hope to do something
definite for the college next year."
Decatur, Ga.

The regular meetings have been
held in the Alumnae House with in-
teresting programs; our November
meeting was a book review given by
Mrs. Emma Garrett Morris to which
friends of the club members were
also invited. An interesting exhibit
and sale of Penland, N. C, pewter
was staged by Gussie (O'Neal) John-
son, with the assistance of Mrs. R. B.
Holt, and a very sizeable remunera-
tion was gained from the sale of this
exquisite metal work.

Charlotte, N. C.

Charlotte had the privilege of hav-
ing Dr. McCain as its guest speaker
on November 16th when the alumnae
from Charlotte gathered at the home
of the new president, Cama (Burgess)
Clarkson, for the first meeting of the
new year. There were also many
out-of-town visitors: Mary (Mack)
Ardrey, who is a member of the first
graduating class, '93, of Fort Mills,
S. C. ; Vivian (Gregory) Dungan,
ex-'21, and Alice (Cannon) Guille,
ex-'20, of Salisbury, N. C; Mrs. H. B.
Arbuckle and Dell Arbuckle, '31, of
Davidson, N. C; and Mary Margaret
Stowe, '36, of Belmont. About forty
alumnae were in attendance to hear
the inspiring message of Dr. McCain.

As special guests the club had the
mothers of the girls who are now at
Agnes Scott: Mrs. W. E. Adams,
Jean Barry's mother; Mrs. H. B. Pat-
terson, Patty's mother; Mrs. Bert Pat-
terson, Free Sproles' mother; Mrs.
Peter Burke, Gentry's mother; Mrs.
Leon Lawrence, Katherine's mother.

As one reporter writes: "It was

truly a delightful meeting and you
can readily understand why when I
tell you that Maria Rose, Mary (Kess-
ler) Dalton, and Sally (Cothran)
Lambeth had charge of arrange-
ments."

Faculty News

Miss Nannette Hopkins is rapidly
regaining her strength after four
months in bed, and was able to go in
town to her physician the middle of
December.

Miss Lillian Smith is much im-
proved but has decided to take leave
of absence for the remainder of this
session and is spending the winter in
Florida. Her address is 123 N. E.
97th St., Miami.

Carrie Scandrett, '24, assistant
dean, was elected president of the
Georgia Association of Women's
Deans at the meeting of this organi-
zation in Milledgeville, October
29-30.

Mr. S. G. Stukes has been appointed
a member of a committee to unify
teacher training requirements in the
southern states by the Southern Uni-
versity Conference. Agnes Scott is
the only woman's college boasting a
committee member.

Miss Catherine Torrance, accom-
panied by Miss Narka Nelson, of the
Latin department, attended a meeting
of the Classical Association of the
Middle West and South in New Or-
leans Thanksgiving holidays. Miss
Torrance was one of the speakers on
the program.

Professor C. W. Dieckmann has had
three original compositions accepted
for publication this fall. An anthem
dedicated to Joseph Reagan, director
of All Saints' Choir, a solo which is a
setting of Rosetti's "Uphill," and a
Benedictus.

Miss Melissa Cilley was selected as
one of the ten speakers at the tenth
annual meeting of the South Atlantic
Modern Language Association, which
met in Rock Hill, S. C, in November.
Miss Cilley spoke on "Spanish Contri-
butions to Civilization."
Elizabeth (Mable) Cloud, Institute,
Enrolls Again!

Elizabeth (Mable) Cloud, Insti-
tute, mother, grandmother, sister
among seven sisters, all of whom at-
tended Agnes Scott, flower lover,
artist, and book lover, but charming,
gracious woman above all, is enrolled
at Agnes Scott College again after
forty years away from the college of
her young womanhood.

Mrs. Cloud, who entered Agnes
Scott for the first time in 1896, has
told her children for years that when
she got them all educated and

through school, she herself was going
back; now that all six children have
finished and are fully equipped to
make lives for themselves, she is back,
with her easel and paintbrushes,
studying art with Miss Louise Lewis.

One of the seven Mable sisters of
Decatur, Mrs. Cloud was practically
brought up at Agnes Scott. In 1896,
just a few years after she was mar-
ried, Elizabeth Cloud matriculated at
Agnes Scott Institute to study art.
Although the care of two small sons,
ages three and one, took a great deal
of her time, she managed to study at
the college for four years, or until she
and her family moved to North Caro-
lina. There in a small town this ac-
tive woman developed the interests
which have kept her literally on her
toes since then: she did social work
with the people who worked in the
mills around Rockingham, Cheraw,
and Hamlet, people who were super-
ior to the average mill worker, for
they were of the better class of farm-
ers who had been unable to make a
living in those mountains, and who
brought their families to these mill
towns where they had gained some-
thing of security. There were no for-
eigners here and no strikes. These
people had their own schools and
churches, and, with the help of Eliza-
beth Cloud and others like her, soon
had their own libraries and parks and
gardens. But in those earliest days she
nursed, rode horseback with the doc-
tor to assist in operations and deliv-
eries.

Second to no other interests in her
life is her garden which spreads over
four acres surrounding her home in
Hamlet. There is a wild garden, for
which she has gathered flowers from
the surrounding woods, filled with
azaleas, rhodendron, and mountain
laurel. Her iris garden contains
all the twenty varieties of wild
iris for which North Carolina is fam-
ous. Her bulb garden is unbelievably
beautiful in the spring, for she has
every variety of daffodil and jonquil
known to botanists planted in her
gardens. The garden of her heart is
her "friendship garden" in which
things grow in great abundance to be
shared with friends and neighbors.

There are four sons and two
daughters to whom she has been
mother, and, since 1915, father also.
Lewis, Jr., graduated at Georgia Tech
and is sales manager of General
Houses, Inc., in North Carolina.
Joel graduated at Davidson and is
manager of the Furness-Withy Steam-
ship Lines in Baltimore. Fayette also

JANUARY, 1938

13

went to Tech and is in charge of the
Cloud Ballast Pit, a sand and gravel
mine in Hamlet. Curtis graduated at
the University of North Carolina in
1937 and is with the Southeastern
Underwriters in Columbus, Ga. The
girls, Elizabeth and Polly, are both
at home in Hamlet now, but Eliza-
beth graduated at Converse, married,
and after the death of her husband,
brought her daughter, Elizabeth
Breeden, home with her. Polly grad-
uated from Sweetbriar, and has man-
aged the house for her mother since
then. The other four grand children
are Betty, Martha, Pete and Fayette,
Jr., children of her second son.

Next in importance to her garden
and her children is her house, which
is beautifully furnished in antiques.
Mrs. Cloud drew the plan for her
house and was her own contractor.
The garden she designed as a setting
for the house and it is a perfect pic-
ture. Beyond the gardens lie the sta-
bles and the pasture in which her fav-
orite saddle horse runs. Mrs. Cloud
still rides horseback and insists that
she would be driving a horse and car-
riage if the automobiles hadn't driven
her off the road. The greatest joy
she gets from her house is in enter-
taining guests in it, and when the for-
tieth anniversary of her wedding ar-
rived a few years ago she planned a
houseparty for her six bridesmaids, all
of whom are widows now, and the
seven girlhood friends had a most
glorious visit together.

Very close to her heart are the six
sisters with whom she grew up and
with whom she came to Agnes Scott:
Cliff Mable, 1893-96; Clio (Mable)
Cates, 1893-96; Katie Mable, 1890-
96; Leila Mable, 1891-94; Lottie
(Mable) Cromartie, 1891-94; and
Lucy (Mable) LeSeur, 1891-93.
Three of them still live in the old
Mable home in Decatur, and Mrs.
Cloud is living there while she is
studying at Agnes Scott.

The courage and enthusiasm of this
white-haired lady, who, undaunted by
four flights of stairs to the art
studio, climbs each day to the top
and spends her mornings painting and
sketching with her art teacher, are an
inspiration to those young students
who see her going about her work
each day. Reminiscent of a genera-
tion of gracious Southern women
whose appearance was deceptive in
that it masked a degree of vitality and
will power unsuspected by those who
knew them best, she is one whom
Agnes Scott is proud to call her own.

(Continued from page 8)
Just like the happiness of dreams.
You've pulled me out of all this

bog,
You dear old palsy Catalogue.
Catalogue:

Alas! I live but one short year,
But if I've helped you from your

bogs,
I am content at last to go
The way of all good catalogues!
The End.
"Not in the Catalogue":

As for the necessities, the average
allowance at Agnes Scott is $10 per
month. The majority of girls have
less than $10, some few, more, $5.00

being sufficient unless the person in
question has the "drug store habit" to
extreme. Clothes average $150 to $400
a year, the expenditure being more the
first year than any other, since there
is a tendency to outgrow clothes left
over from high school days and there
is some extra output as the student
gets ready for college. The smartest
campus clothes are sweaters and skirts
or tailored dresses. In addition to any
"Sunday" dresses, a student needs two
evening dresses at least and some sort
of evening wrap, these being needed
for Wednesday night dinners on the
campus and concerts and other events
in Atlanta and at the college.

GRANDDAUGHTERS' CLUB

The officers of the Granddaugh-
ters' Club, who are pictured above,
are Caroline Armistead, '39, presi-
dent; Margaret Douglas, '3 8, vice-
president; and Susan Goodwyn, '39,
secretary-treasurer.

The Granddaughters' Club is com-
posed of those girls whose mothers at-
tended Agnes Scott, too, and has its
meetings in the Alumnae House at
frequent intervals. The meetings are
usually informal teas with the one
elaborate meeting of the year a ban-
quet in the spring. The Granddaugh-
ters had their first meeting early in
November with twenty-seven present.

The Club for the current session
numbers thirty-one members includ-
ing: Caroline Armistead, '39, daugh-
ter of Frances (McCrory) Armis-
tead, Acad.; Betty Boote, '41, daugh-
ter of Mary (Ferguson) Boote, ex-
'16; Marion Candler, '41, daughter of
Marion (Symmes) Candler, ex-'15;
Elizabeth Cousins, '3 8, daughter of
Pearl (Estes) Cousins, Inst.; Margaret
Douglas, '3 8, daughter of Annie Belle
(Monroe) Douglas, Inst.; Karhryn
Donehoo, '41, daughter of Florence

(Kellogg) Donehoo, ex-'17; Nell
Scott Earthman, '3 8, daughter of
Eliza (Candler) Earthman, ex-'12;
Florence Ellis, '41, daughter of Flor-
ence (Day) Ellis, ex-'16; Catherine
Farrar, '39, daughter of Berta Lena
(David) Farrar, Acad.; Martha Fite,
'40, daughter of Ethyl (Flemister)
Fite, ex-'06; Carolyn Forman, '40,
daughter of Mary (Dortch) Forman,
Inst.; Susan Goodwyn, '39, daughter
of Linda (Simril) Goodwyn, Inst.;
Penn Hammond, '40, daughter of the
late Elizabeth (Denman) Hammond,
'18; Kathleen Jones, '39, and Leonora
Jones, '40, daughters of Elizabeth
(Parks) Jones, Inst.; Winifred Kel-
lersberger, '38, daughter of Julia
Lake (Skinner) Kellersberger, '19;
Martha Marshall, '39, daughter of
Mattie (Hunter) Marshall, '10;
Sarah Bond Matthews, '40, daughter
of the late Annie Parks (Bond) Mat-
thews, Inst.; Mary McPhaul, '40,
daughter of Ruth Lynn (Brown) Mc-
Phaul, Acad.; Jane Moses, '40, daugh-
ter of Frances (Thatcher) Moses, '17;
Katherine Patton, '40, daughter of
Katherine (Jones) Patton, ex-'18;
Jeanne Redwine, '39, daughter of
Lucy (Reagan) Redwine, '10; Louise
Scott Sams, '41, daughter of Louise
(Scott) Sams, Inst.; Julia Sewell, '39,
daughter of Margaret (Bland) Sewell,
'20; Gene Slack, '41, and Ruth Slack,
'40, daughters of Julia Pratt (Smith)
Slack, ex-'12; Betty Sloan, '41,
daughter of Eunice (Briesenick)
Sloan, ex-'12; Ellen Vereen Stuart,
'40, daughter of the late Pearl
(Vereen) Stuart, ex-'ll; Mary Nell
Tribble, '3 8, daughter of Martha
(Schaefer) Tribble, Inst.; Bonnie
Westbrook, '41, daughter of Ida
(White) Westbrook, Inst.; and Mary
Scott Wilds, '41, daughter of Laura
(Candler) Wilds, Inst.

COMMENCEMENT TIME

June 4th June 7th

January's snows, February's chills, March's winds,
April's showers, May's flowers, then . . .

June - cfAgnes Scott - And you

AGAIN WE CALL THE ROLL OF
REUNION CLASSES:

'00, '01, '02, '03

'19, '20, '21, '22

Class of '37

And all others who want to make a trip
back to the college this June, whether this
is your class reunion or not.

It is none too early to write that room-
mate to meet you here ! It is just the time
to extract a promise that the family will
gladly take care of little Jimmy and Susie !
And the Boss ought to be in a genial holi-
day mood to approach for time off from
June 4th to June 7th !

Agnes Scott is planning already for your coming in June

/&.\3

The

AGNES SCOTT

Alumnae Quarterly

Vol. XVI
No. 3

APRIL
1938

Agnes Scott College

Decatur, Georgia

WELCOME, ALUMNAE!

As the Commencement season draws near, we "old-timers" at Agnes Scott begin to
long for our daughters to come home. We are glad that you are busy and that you have
important work to do, but in a real family the home members like for the absent ones
to report on what you are doing. We are proud of your accomplishments. If you have
accumulated husbands and children, we will be glad to see them too. If they cannot
come, perhaps you are not as indispensable in the home as you think, and they may spare
you for a little while.

As we are finishing the forty-ninth year of our history, we would like to have your
wisdom in making plans for the Semi-Centennial. We would like for the celebration
of that event to be the most noteworthy in the entire history of the College. We have
a splendid committee composed of Trustees, Faculty, and Alumnae, with Professor S. G.
Stukes, as Chairman, but they have not yet formulated plans, and are open to suggestions.

Many of you will be interested in one suggestion that has been submitted. It is only
tentative because the Trustees have not yet passed upon it, but it is an illustration of
many ideas which will be interesting. The proposal is that we erect a new dormitory,
to be known as Hopkins Hall in honor of our beloved Dean, and that we include in it
a single dining room and kitchen which would be adequate to take care of the entire
campus community as now constituted so that all the girls, and the faculty who care
to eat in the dining room, may be together, and thus avoid the separation that is in-
evitable when we have two dining rooms. We would certainly like to honor Miss Hop-
kins, and we need the dormitory space, and it would be economical and perhaps desirable
to have a single dining room. It is therefore a suggestion which interests us very much.

What would you like to propose?

Cordially,

<^<=

President.

Cfje HgneS Jkott Hlumnae <uarterlp

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

CONTENTS

The President's Letter Frontispiece

Welcome Home, Alumnae! 2

(Pictures)

Commencement 3

"And Have You Read . . . ?"

Elizabeth (Lilly) Swedenberg, '27 ... 4

Alumnae Here and There 6

Myra Jervey's Personality Clinic

Interviewing Women Writers

Sarah (Shields) Pfeiffer, '27
A Trip Through the Pyrenees

Mary Virginia Allen, '3 5
This Day's Trojan Women

Marjorie Daniel, '31

Some More of Aggie's Lost Sheep 9

Founder's Day Meetings and Greetings 10

Campus News and Office Notes 13

Concerning Ourselves 15

Attention, Alumnae! 32

Reunion Time 33

CALENDAR

April 1-2 Glee Club Opera, "Mikado," by Gilbert & Sul-
livan. 8:30 p. m. Lewis H. Johnson, direct-
ing.

April 2 Granddaughters' Banquet, Alumnae House.

April 28 Kirsten Flagstad, All-Star Concert Series. Fox
Theater, Atlanta.

May 6 May Day, "Midsummer Night's Dream." 7:3
o'clock, May Day Dell.

May 7 Senior Opera, 8:3 p. m.

June 3 Alumnae Children's Party. 3:30 p. m. May Day
Dell.

June 4 Trustees' Luncheon, Rebekah Scott Dining Room,
1:30 p. m.
General Association Meeting, 3:30 p. m.
Blackfriars Play, 8:30 p. m., Bucher Scott Gym-
nasium.

June 5 Baccalaureate Sermon, 11:00 a. m.

Alumnae Open House, Alumnae Garden, 6:30
p. m.

June 6 Reunion luncheons and dinners, Anna Young
Alumnae House.
Musical, 8:30 p. m., Bucher Scott Gymnasium.

June 7 Graduation. Bucher Scott Gymnasium, 10:00
a. m.

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION
Officers of the 'Association

President, Daisy Frances Smith, '24
First Vice-President, Janice Stewart Brown, '24
Second Vice-President, Nannie Campbell, '23
Secretary, Helene Norwood Lammers (Mrs. C. J.), '22

Treasurer, Margaret Ridley, '3 3

Executive Secretary, Fannie G. Mayson Donaldson (Mrs.
D. B.), '12

Assistant Secretary, Nelle Chamlee, '34

Committee chairmen: Betty Lou Houck Smith (Mrs. Bealy), '35, Martha Stansfield, '21, House and Tea Room; Sarah Slaughter, '26,

Radio; Letitia Rockmore Lange (Mrs. J. Harry), '33, Publicity; Cl " bs; Eloise Gay Brawle y ( Mrs - Foote) , '16, Grounds; Irene Havis

Baggett (Mrs. L. G.), Entertainment; Kenneth Maner, '27, Student

Emma Pope Moss Dieckmann (Mrs. C. W.), '13. Alumnae Week-End; , ,, ,

Loan; Mary Crenshaw Palmour (Mrs. Oscar), Institute, Constitution;

Sarah Belle Brodnax Hansell (Mrs. Granger), '23, House Decorations; Alberta Palmour, '35, Preparatory Schools.

37/ OS

WELCOME

HOME,
ALUMNAE!

June 4th-]une yth

Some across the sea,

Yet our hearts are bound for-
ever

Agnes Scott, to thee!

Though we wander far, dear
mem'ries

Of our years here fill

Every heart, and we acclaim
thee

Fostering Mother still!

OMMENCEMNr=

1

Reunion Time at Agnes Scott! The classes of '00, '01,
'02, '03, '19, '20, '21, '22, and the baby class of '37 have
a very special invitation back this year because by the Dix
plan it's your reunion year. But the alumnae of every
class and age are invited back with the same warmth and
expectancy. Will you come?

To each of us there is some very personal thing that
always brings back Agnes Scott; if we thought a thousand
years we'd probably never guess that memory of yours, or
you guess ours. It may be the gleam of the colonade in
the sunlight, it may be the long cool halls of old Main
with that remembered hush, a sudden whiff of the tea-
olive in the Alumnae Garden, the memory of a beloved
friend of college days, the silhouette of Buttrick against
a star-filled sky, the smell of the pines and the freshly cut
grass on the Quadrangle, your Agnes Scott is your own
bright memory!

But to each of us there comes the same joy in seeing
again our college, in renewing old ties with the faculty,
and in living once more those gay student days. There is
something about coming back to the campus again which
opens all the flood gates of memory and from the time you
arrive until the moment you have to leave, you are reviv-
ing forgotten escapades, exchanging "Do you remember"
with others, visiting old haunts and living so completely
in the memory of your college days that by the time "An-
cient of Days" sounds on Graduation Day it is doubtful
which is the senior and which the alumna. In truth we
sometimes fear that some alumna is going to join the pro-
cessional in a reunion trance and advance for another de-
gree!

So we bring you this most urgent of invitations to spend
the Commencement Week-End back at school. At the
time this Quarterly went to press the speakers on the Com-
mencement program were not known, but with all respect
to that little item we doubt if that is a telling argument
with alumnae anyway. We know they will be speakers well
worth hearing and that we will enjoy hearing them, but
more than all else we will be here ourselves, a host of "old
girls" enjoying each other, and that's what makes com-
mencement for alumnae!

June is only a step away from April, so write that old
friend and begin to make plans to be here, or gather up
a car load of Agnes Scotters in your home town and come.
The date is late enough not to conflict with the dates for
high school graduations, June weather is perfect in Deca-
tur, and all Agnes Scott will be waiting to welcome you
back!

June 3rd Alumnae Children's Party, given by Decatur
Agnes Scott Club.

June 4th Trustees' Luncheon for alumnae, seniors, and
faculty in Rebekah Scott dining room, 1:30
p. m.

Annual meeting of Alumnae Association, 3:30
p. m.

(Reports of committees to be condensed into
a general report given by the president to in-
sure a short session.)

Phi Beta Kappa Initiation, 6:30 p. m., followed
by banquet in Alumnae House.
Blackfriars Performance at 8:3 p. m. in
Bucher Scott Auditorium.

June 1th Baccalaureate Services, Bucher Scott Auditor-
ium, 1 1 :00 a. m.
Senior Vespers, 6:00 p. m.

Open House in the Alumnae House and Gar-
den, 6:30 p. m.

(This reception is in honor of alumnae, seniors,
their friends and relatives, and the faculty.)

June 6th ALUMNAE DAY. Reunion class luncheons in
the Alumnae House, 1:00 p. m.
Class Day Exercises, 4:00 p. m.
Concert by the Department of Music, 8:30 p.
m., in Bucher Scott Auditorium.

June 7th Commencement Exercises in Auditorium,
10:00 o'clock.

From the silhouette of Buttrick 'gainst a summer sky's

blue dome,
Through the shadow of the pine trees with their secrets

long unknown,
To the stately Tower of Main that, unchanging, meets

our gaze,
Standing still amid the glory of a June day's golden haze,
The rustling in the ivy seems to re-echo the song
That the wide-flung gates are sending to bid you
Welcome Home.

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"AND HAVE YOU READ ....?"

Elizabeth Lilly (Mrs. Hugh Thomas Swedenberg, Jr.), '27

For several reasons I should never have been asked, as I
was, to give a "presentation of the outstanding books of
the year." For one thing, I have a sort of phobia of out-
standing books and am likely to shy away from the best
selling volumes which are piled into pyramids in bookstores
and are assiduously reviewed in all the women's clubs so
that all the women can talk glibly about them. The result
of this irrational complex is, of course, that I sometimes
miss fine books out of sheer perversity. I shall not there-
fore mention again And So Victoria, The Arts, The Cita-
del, and such like upstanding tomes, which everyone else
has probably read. Of Miss Stein's Everybody's Autobiog-
raphy can be offered only a fervent thanksgiving that the
critics have finally spoken out clear and bold (see Clifton
Fadiman's soul-satisfying review in the December 4th New
Yorker). J. B. Rhine's New Frontiers of the Mind is all
very exciting, no doubt, if you like to guess at cards and
believe you're psychic. I don't. Christopher Morley's
"modernization" of the Troilus and Criseyde story, The
Trojan Horse, is unfortunate, to say the least. I almost
had apoplexy when I read in one review that Morley "fol-
lows Chaucer's interpretation of the old story quite ex-
actly, making it fit his times as Chaucer did his . . . The
actors in the drama are presented with Chaucerian feeling."
I can think of no reason for Mr. Morley's fanciful meander-
ings, unless he has run out of material for his weekly page
in The Saturday Reticle. I cannot help wishing, though,
that he would confine the subjects of his whimsies to dogs
and cockroaches where they are vastly more appropriate.
Or maybe it's my sense of humor that's at fault.

But to greener pastures. There does seem to be a large
number of this year's books which are thoroughly reward-
ing. I can discuss only a few of them at any length but
I can't resist mentioning some others. Thomas Mann's
Freud, Goethe, Wagner further illuminates not only those
three great nineteenth-century figures, but also the re-
markable and ever stimulating mind of its author. Anyone
who is interested in any of the four surely will find it val-
uable. The third of Mann's Joseph series is just out, too
Joseph in Egypt. Reading The Life and Death of a Span-
ish Town by Elliott Paul is so vivid an experience that it
is difficult afterwards to think of it as a book. Mr. Paul
has written with such sincerity, such passionate intensity
that the reader experiences an awakening of sympathy and
enlargement of spirit. Books which do this for us are not
common. Eve Curie's life of her mother, Madame Curie,
is another one that does give

Authentic tidings of invisible things,
Of ebb and flow, and evcr-during power;
And central peace, subsisting at the heart
Of endless agitation.

Madame Curie is a great book because it is the simple in-
spired story of a simple and inspired woman of invincible

idealism. It is foolish and futile to try to give much of the
effect of reading this book, of coming to know rather in-
timately those two powerful and noble minds, Marie and
Pierre Curie. It would be a pity to miss it.

Because Alexander Woollcott included Kenneth Gra-
hame's The Golden Age in his Second Reader I mention
that omnibus. There seems to be a vast number of widely
read people who do not know that small classic and its
companion volume Dream Days. Since first I met "The
Reluctant Dragon," "The Blue Room," "The Burglars"
and those other leisurely tales of childhood in England, I
have cherished them greatly and passed my enthusiasm on
to numbers of students in English I, who could not choose
but hear. Thanks to Mr. Woollcott, therefore, for bringing
at least one of these volumes into public notice.

The year 1937 brought two more books of John
Steinbeck to light: Of Mice and Men, which everyone
must have read by this time, and a fine piece of writing
it is; and The Red Pony, not so widely heralded but a col-
lection of three very sensitively written stories. The ways
of fame are hard to understand. Steinbeck wrote several
books before Of Mice and Men, all different, all effective
in their way. Yet that one is acclaimed and the others are
mostly unknown. The cult of Steinbeck worshippers is
growing, though, and we shall undoubtedly hear increas-
ingly more of him.

This year has seen the collected edition, with an intro-
duction by John Middleton Murry, of The Short Stories of
Kathcrine Mansfield. Of course this can hardly be called
a new book, but in a sense it is. It is convenient to have
all the stories together now. And because the stories of
Katherine Mansfield are timeless, they are forever new. It
is a happy thing to have an excuse (if such were needed)
to lose oneself again in the magic of "Bliss," "At the Bay,"
"The Doll House." How did she do it? Perhaps we shall
never know for surely no one after her has succeeded so
well in showing the tremendous importance of trifles, the
significance of the moment of awareness when a lifetime
is envisioned. Nor has anyone equalled her swift, intuitive
flashes, the excitement, wonder, and pathos implicit in the
most casual appearing phrase. Could anyone ever forget
the ending of "Life of Ma Parker"? "Ma Parker stood
looking up and down. The icy wind blew out her apron
into a balloon. And now it began to rain. There was no-
where." Or of "Miss Brill"? "But when she put the lid on
she thought she heard something crying." Or of "The
Doll House"? "I seen the little lamp." You see, this is
another reason I shouldn't have been asked to comment
on the new books. I'm too likely to go off on a tangent
like this about something I probably shouldn't even have
mentioned. If, though, you don't know Katherine Mans-
field's stories, Letters, and Journal, don't take up time
reading America's Sixty Families or even The Folklore of
Capitalism.

APRIL, 193 8

Another collected edition of the fall is interesting The
Collected Poems oj Sara Teasdalc. The book reveals Miss
Teasdale's steady maturing as a poet, from the early facile
versifying of emotions through periods of increasing sin-
cerity and economy to the authentic poetry of her later
volumes. She was not a major poet, not even a versatile
one, but in the one key in which she sang, she attained
mastery.

The living poets have not been idle. I confess to having
been bored by Edna Millay's long awaited Conversation at
Midnight, but perhaps I didn't try hard enough. Still I
cannot believe that it would have received more than pass-
ing notice had it not been by the glamorous and undoubt-
edly talented Miss Millay. I could also do nicely without
this last example of Ezra Pound's cryptography, The Fifth
Decade of Cantos. Life seems so short, time so fleeting
and art so very long when I get into those learned and
undoubtedly brilliant animadversions on usury! I should
like to get hold of Next Door to a Poet, Rollo Walter
Brown's intimate portrait of Edwin Arlington Robinson
and his "somewhat cool elevation of spirit." So far I have
not been able to, nor have I read Richard Thornton's
Recognition of Robert Frost, which brings together notices,
reviews, and sketches of Mr. Frost over the twenty-five
year period from the publication of A Boy's Will.

I did read, with some care, Robinson Jeffers' Such Coun-
sels You Gave to Me, because I am convinced that no mat-
ter what Mr. Jeffers thinks about the human race, he is
an extremely able poet. The very title of this latest book,
harking back to the domestic tragedy of the old English
ballad "Edward" indicates at once that this is another
treatment of the almost inevitable theme of his longer
poems incest. He keeps the true nature of his stories
symbolic, while endowing them with remarkable realism
of style. There is here as in his other poems the long slow
line, the deep pulsating rhythm, the raging despair, the
same profound relationship with nature, and the same un-
questionable and intense sincerity. This is another in the
cycle of poetic and vehement dramas based on introver-
sion, in which man is urged to fall in line outwardly (with
nature) rather than inwardly (with people), and again
Mr. Jeffers chooses to chronicle the stricken moments of
humanity. Back in Thurso's Landing he said of humanity:

// is rather ignoble in its quiet times, mean in its

pleasures,
Slavish in the mass; but at stricken moments it can

shine terribly against the dark

magnificence of things.

And again:

It (life) owns no other manner of shining, in
the broad gray eye of the accan, at the
foot of the beauty of the mountains

And skies but to bear pain; for pleasure is too little,
our inhuman God is too great, thought is too lost.

It seems to me rather absurd to find fault with him (or
any other artist) for picturing the world as he sees it, as
long as his reading of it is thoughtful, sincere, and intelli-
gible. It is a world that most of us do not see, but he sees
it without any doubt. He replies to his critics in this lat-
est volume in the poem "Self-criticism in. February" con-

cluding with the devastatingly simple statement "I can tell
lies in prose." It should be obvious by now that neither
the neglect of the masses nor the ridicule of many of the
critics is going to persuade Mr. Jeffers to record in poetry
a world he does not see. It may be that his bias, philosophy,
preoccupation -call it what you may will exclude him
from the company of the great poets. It is too soon to
know about that. In this book Jeffers expresses his own
idea of his place and purpose

to be truth-bound, the neutral
Detested by all the dreaming factions is my errand
here.

There we may safely leave him.

As an antidote for such seriousness, there are the col-
lected verses of Margaret Fishback, One to a Customer, de-
lightful to read, to remember, to have about. This has, in
fact, been a productive year for humor, both high and low.
Robert Benchley brought forth another gorgeous gallery
of gallant inventions After 1903 What? Thurber,
whose slightest line either drawn or written pleases me
immeasurably, has done what he could about the Dale Car-
negie menace with Let Your Mind Alone. But of course
the millions (or is it millions yet?) of people who have
been learning how to win friends and influence people will
likely not ever see Mr. Thurber's book, let alone read it.
In Academic Procession James Reid Parker has a beautiful
time at the expense of the academic life. Every right-
minded person who ever taught in a college will enjoy it
vastly as well as numbers of others who are not unaware
of academic circles and their ways. Best of all is Leonard
Q. Ross' The Education of Hyman Kaplan. Words fail me
here as they never did the redoubtable Mr. Kaplan. I
don't see how anything could be funnier than this and at
the same time so heart warming. Mr. Parkhill and his seek-
ers after knowledge are more real than our next door
neighbors and twice as diverting. The sessions of the night
school for adults do not become dull even after we have
sat in on them repeatedly. I shall never forget Mr. Kaplan
of the beatific smile and the sublime self-confidence.

Perhaps these remarks would be more adequate if they
included at least the titles of some of the books I hope to
get very soon. Being subject to more than the usual
amount of human frailty, I may not accomplish the hope
for a long time, but the list, at least, includes:

Jules Romains, The Depths and the Heights

M. A. DeWolfe Howe, John Jay Chapman and His

Letters
Ivan T. Sanderson, Animal Treasure
Emanuel Hertz, ed., The Hidden Lincoln
Peter Morell, Poisons, Potions and Profits
Edgar Snow, Red Star Over China
Joseph Mitchell, My Ears Are Bent
Bemelman, My War With the United States
Carl Crow, Four Hundred Million Customers
William Maxwell, They Came Like Swallows
Liam O'Flaherty, Famine
Edith Hamilton, trans., Three Greek Plays: Prometheus

Bound, Agamemnon, The Trojan Women

Now you tell me what you've been reading and how
you liked it!

r

ALUMNAE ^Her^ and Roher^

'^

MYRA JERVEY'S PERSONALITY
CLINIC

It isn't listed in college catalogues
but it's rapidly becoming the most
important subject taught on feminine
campuses, and chiefly because of the
personality of
the woman
who started it
as a college
course. For
years there
have been
charm schools,
advertised in
the better
m a g a z ines,
and there have
been people
who believed
in them, but never before has the
charm school assumed such propor-
tions as it has this past year on the col-
lege campuses in this country.

Myra Jervey, Agnes Scott graduate
of the Class of 1931, is now affec-
tionately dubbed the "dean of Charm"
for she is the first woman who ac-
tually taught charm as a college
course. In the three years which she
has spent as director of the Stephens
College home economics department
she has completely remodeled the old
style course in home economics and
established what can accurately be
called a "personality clinic." A phase
of the clinic is a sewing room in which
ten seamstresses work under the direc-
tion of a "boss" who is in turn under
Myra. Girls who want new clothes
go to Myra and she designs a dress for
them; they purchase the necessary ma-
terials, pay the seamstresses a fixed
sum for the labor, and then walk out
with an original model for the sum of
$10 or $15, the variance depending on
the cost of materials. Myra's day be-
gins at eight in the morning and fre-
quently runs on until ten at night.
It is filled with classes, private confer-
ences, and overseeing the dress shop.
Those private consultations are what
do the trick for the girls, for she sub-
tly advises them on their coiffeurs,
their figures, their complexions, their
posture, and then their wardrobes.
These consultations bring in such
practical problems as what to do with
clothes that get too small after a few
months of the "regular hours and in-
creased weight" that charactize fresh-

man years, and Myra gives advice on
what can be remodeled and how, and
what must be replaced to keep the
wardrobe complete, all the while ad-
vising the student on colors, line and
matters of taste.

Myra studied art in New York for
two years after finishing at Agnes
Scott, and worked at Parsons and the
New York School of Fine Art. She
began her work as a designer in the
shops of Elizabeth Hawes and Muriel
King, and later trekked off to Paris
to work as an apprentice at Patou's,
there learning clothes as only the
French can know them.

In the meantime Dr. James Madison
Wood, president of Stephens Junior
College, in Columbia, Mo., went to
Hollywood to consult Adrian, the fa-
mous film designer, on how to aid col-
lege girls in the selection of their ward-
robes. Dr. Wood had the subject
much at heart and tried to get Adrian
to come to Stephens and lecture. Fail-
ing in that, he resorted to a suggestion
offered by the great designer. Why
not offer a course in "charm" as, for
want of a better word, the two men
decided to call it, and get some de-
signer with plenty of ability and ini-
tiative to put it over. There were
plenty of designers available, but
there weren't many with iniative and
ability and college degrees, and Myra
Jervey got the job.

The charm school at Stephens was
so much talked about and the results
of the personality clinic were so evi-
dent that girls from all over the coun-
try flocked to the college to matricu-
late. The other women's colleges, un-
able to maintain a year-'round depart-
ment of charm, did the next best
thing, and instituted "charm week"
with some personal consultant as di-
rector. At Agnes Scott the first charm
week was held in January, 1937, and
Miss Elizabeth Osborne, of New York
City, was lecturer, the movement
being under the direction of Mortar
Board. The value of the charm clinic
was so evident on this campus that
this year Y. W. C. A. and Student
Government combined with Mortar
Board to provide the funds necessary
for such a project. The results were
a completely revolutionized diet with
much of the starchy element that was
causing bad skins and excess weight
omitted, a consciousness of the neces-

sity for good grooming even on the
campus, enough curiosity aroused in
the students to make them study care-
fully style and suitability before add-
ing to their wardrobes, and a con-
spicuous absence of the sloppiness in
dress and manner that has hitherto
characterized girls' colleges.

INTERVIEWING WOMEN

WRITERS

Sarah Shields (Mrs. John

Pfeiffer), '27

The author has had much experience in
newspaper work, having conducted a col-
umn, features articles, as well as handling
society news. She is now secretary of the
New England Woman's Press Association
and is writing for magazines and is also
an interesting speaker.

I do not feel qualified to discuss
writers and let anyone believe me a
writer. Rather do I feel like Ruth, the
daughter-in-law of Naomi in the
Bible, who went after the reapers or
writers and gleaned a harvest of ideas
that the writers dropped in interviews
and talks. This harvest of stories
about women and how they write I
reaped from my work as a reporter, a
society editor and a columnist.

Sylvia Thompson, the distinguished
English author of "Hounds of Spring,"
visited Boston last year and discussed
women as novelists. She said that it
is difficult for a woman to be a novel-
ist because of the terrific emotional
let-down when she completes a story
and because she has so many domestic
interruptions and that it is equally
hard for a novelist to be a woman be-
cause choosing clothes and being well-
groomed take so much energy.

Women are just as individual in
their methods of writing as they are
in their choice of clothes. No two
alike that's how they write. Some
go at it laboriously, grinding out
every word with almost a physical
pain while others dash it off wherever
they happen to be.

As to why women write that's
simpler. I believe there are two main
reasons why. One, like Pearl Buck's
incentive, is because they need money
to help a loved one. The other is be-
cause women seem to write to fulfill
an inner urge that drives them to put
ideas on paper. Often this ambition is
deferred when they are busy with
young children, like Emilie Loring,
and it isn't until their children are

APRIL, 193 8

grown that they can give full vent to
this desire.

Kathleen Norris told last year when
she was in Boston that one of her first
stories came back from magazines
thirty-eight times before it was ac-
cepted. She did not begin her writing
career until she was over thirty, but
think what a great number of novels
and stories she has turned out since
then! Mrs. Norris has the rare ability
of being able to write anywhere, any
time. She has even written an en-
thralling love scene with her typewrit-
er propped up on a suitcase while
waiting to catch a train in a station.

Helen Topping Miller, author of
"Storm Over Eden," "Hawk in the
Wind" and numerous short stories of
romantic theme, capitalized upon her
teaching experience at Wesleyan Col-
lege to write even when her son was
a baby, by holding him on one knee
and her paper on the other. Mrs. Mil-
ler has written for more than twenty-
five years and, like every successful
writer I know, makes a business of her
profession. When she lived near Bilt-
more, N. C, she would go to her of-
fice in Biltmore every morning at ten
o'clock and write through until three
o'clock. Her office is adequately but
simply furnished with a desk, straight
chair and a rocking chair. She keeps
no telephone there and her only inter-
ruption comes at noon when the cor-
ner drug store sends up a tray for her
luncheon.

Mary Roberts Rinehart found that
poor health enabled her to write. She
had studied nursing and, after grad-
uation, married a young surgeon, Dr.
Rinehart. They had three children be-
fore she was twenty-five. She kept so
busy with the youngsters that finally
her health gave way. The Rineharts
found themselves twelve thousand dol-
lare in debt due to bad investments,
so she began to write earnestly. In a
year she had sold forty-five stories and
made twelve hundred dollars. She
wrote in odd moments when the chil-
dren were away or asleep, on a card
table using two fingers on a type-
writer. Today she writes long hand
with a plain pen. "The Man in Lower
Ten" was written while she was build-
ing up her strength for an operation.

Emilie Loring, successful and con-
sistent writer of romantic novels,
grew up in a literary family, being
given books instead of toys for play-
things. After her two sons were
grown, she became interested in writ-
ing book reviews and then turned to
fiction. She has since written one
novel a year. Her sixteenth book,
called "Today Is Yours," was pub-

lished in February. Mrs. Loring likes
to believe that when a person picks
up one of her books he or she will
think, "I'll park my problems and
have a good time," because she frank-
ly writes to entertain. Her days are
so planned that she goes to the famous
Athenaeum at nine-thirty and writes
until two-thirty. She keeps a forest
of pencils at her elbow and, whenever
she is stuck for an idea, finds that
sharpening a pencil also sharpens her
thoughts. She keeps a great many
notebooks, full of ideas, and hundreds
of clippings from papers and maga-
zines. She is one of the few people
who can write without working out
a plot in detail beforehand she mere-
ly creates characters and then lets
them live out their lives.

Margaret Lee Runbeck, one of the
leading present-day writers of short
stories, practically wrote her way
through college by selling articles to
women's magazines. Later she did
newspaper reporting and fashion ad-
vertising before devoting all her time
to fiction. She commutes to her of-
fice in Boston as regularly as a busi-
ness man. She and her secretary ar-
rive at nine o'clock. The secretary
takes dictation or types manuscripts
until one-thirty. From then until
four, Miss Runbeck plans the next
day's work. Her delightful stories ap-
pear in McCall's, Pictorial Review,
This Week and other publications.
Her novel, "For Today Only," will
be published in April. And in May,
she will go abroad (her hobby) and
spend a while in London, which she
particularly loves.

And so, when I pick up a book writ-
ten by a woman I like to think of it
as more than a handful of paper,
printer's ink and binder's board. I
like to think of it as a testament to a
woman's ability to manage two or
three careers at the same time and as
evidence of a budgeted life and of
carefully hoarded hours.

A TRIP THROUGH THE PYRE-
NEES AT FOUR MILES AN HOUR
Mary Virginia Allen, '35

Franco-American Exchange Student

1936-37
Three days of vacation for Mardi
Gras was an interesting prospect, but
there was a fly in the ointment our
purses were deflated in a most dis-
couraging way. Where could one go
for three days on 150 francs? Cer-
tainly not to Paris, or Nice, or even
Biarritz! But we were full of energy,
the weather was warm, and with the
mountains only forty miles away, our
problem was solved. A hike in the
Pyrenees! The vote was unanimous.

So at noon on February 6, with a
little sack on our backs in the typical
tramp style, we stepped off the train
at Foix, a village in the foothills of
the Pyrenees and looked around us.
The brilliant sun suggested the ex-
treme southern atmosphere we were
going into. On a cliff, high up against
the sky, a "chateau-fort" dominated
the village. Its white stone has not
become discolored with the centuries;
no tower is in ruins. It is old and yet
alive a rare and interesting combina-
tion.

Early in the afternoon we started
on our way to Tarascon (in Ariege)
following the less used of two roads
along the river. A cart passed, the old
woman peered at us from under her
shawl and muttered something in
patios to her husband beside her. Dogs
barked at us ferociously as we passed
through the tiny villages; they, too,
knew we were strangers.

Our English companion remarked
significantly that the British army al-
ways takes a five minute rest every
hour. Of course we resented this slur
cast upon our endurance, but never-
theless we stopped willingly at the end
of the first hour, stretched out on the
rock wall by the edge of the road, and
breathed in the warm afternoon air.
At the end of the second hour we
came in sight of i tiny village where
we hoped to enjoy a cup of coffee or
a glass of milk (even goat's milk
would taste good). We saw the little
church, we saw the school house and
several astonished children, we saw
three pigs and some hens under a shed,
but we didn't see anything which sug-
gested coffee. We were about to con-
tinue our journey without refresh-
ment when someone spied a sign
"Tobac-Cafe" tacked over a narrow
doorway. Our knock was answered
by a woman with stringy black hair
and a sack apron, who spoke amazing-
ly good French for that isolated sec-
tion of the mountains. We were led
into a dingy little room with a bag of
meal and a broken bicycle in one cor-
ner, a calendar and a picture of Le-
Brun on the wall, and a big grey cat
sitting on the table. The coffee came
steaming in bowls, and while we en-
joyed it and the hunk of bread served
with it, the woman asked us about the
disastrous floods in America, which
the newspapers were full of. We were
secretly astonished to discover she ever
saw a paper!

With renewed energy we set out at
a good rate of speed. Soon it grew
dark. Heavy clouds covered the sky;
it began to lighten and rain. On the
mountain there was a red glow from
fire. We didn't mind getting wet.

8

The AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

The night was Wagnerian, and, sing-
ing the "Ride of the Valkerie," we
went on down the road at a gallop.
At eight o'clock we reached the taras-
con where there was food and a bed.

The next morning it was raining so
hard we had to go by train all the
way to l'Hospitalet. The sky looked
brighter after lunch, and we started
on our hike to the Andarra frontier.
The valley was limpid grey. White,
misty clouds chased us and dropped
snow flurries or rain drops. As we
climbed higher, the clouds disappeared,
and by three o'clock the snow was
sparkling under the dazzling sun.

The road through to Spain is the re-
sult of excellent engineering. There is
none of the first-up-and-then-down
grading which is so often used in
building mountain roads. This one is
constructed on a steady, gradual as-
cent; however the climb left us breath-
less, and my heart was thumping away
faithfully in an attempt to keep up
with our four mile rate of speed. At
four o'clock we were at the Andarra
frontier, of which the only visible
signs are a little shack of a customs
house and a refuge. Several people
were out on skis. The snow was then
deeper on the road and it was more
difficult to walk. We began to won-
der if the "Pas de la Case" would be
opened up. Now the really steep climb
up to the crest of the pass began. At
the end of an hour we were only half
way up, but it was impossible to con-
tinue. A snow shovel and twenty men
with spades (who resembled striking-
ly the smugglers in Carmen) were
clearing the road. We tried to go on
for a few yards, but sank up to our
knees in the snow, so we stopped to
breathe the sunshine, the wind, the
cold air.

When we started down the snow
was freezing over in the road. We
went down half sliding, half run-
ning with nothing to stop us for
miles. It was a glorious sensation!
The gorges were beginning to get mis-
ty and purple but the snow on the
peaks still caught the rosy glow of the
sunlight. A bright star shone behind
us, and later, down in the darkness of
the valley, we could see all the stars.

The people at the hotel looked at us
with pity that night when we came
down to dinner in bedroom slippers.
But we didn't need their sympathy.
We hoped that some day they, too,
would climb mountains, and get blis-
ters, and pant for breath at the rate
of four miles an hour.

THIS DAY'S "TROJAN WOMEN"
Marjorie Daniel, '31

Member of the Executive Committee of
Institute of Oriental Students for the
Study of Human Relations.

A few days ago I was reading again
in Euripides' Troades. The day I
chose to read it was an ironical choice
but a perfect one, for on that day six
Chinese came together at the South-
side House where I live in Chicago.
Two were men, one China born and
studying here; one American born,
and until recently aiding the moderni-
zation of Shanghai with new air-con-
ditioning and refrigerating processes.
Three were Chinese women. Two were
sisters born in New York, married not
long ago to Chinese living in Peiping.
One woman was born in Shanghai and
has been for some years a student in
the United States. The sixth of the
group was an infant girl of five
months, hardly born when war came.

These three Chinese women are of
my own college generation. One, the
mother of the child, is glad indeed to
claim for her own Alma Mater the
Georgia Alma Mater of Madame Sun
Yat Sen, a woman of the new China.
One is pregnant and fled Peiping to
have her child in safety from air raids
and bayonet thrusts. The sisters
talked for long with an American wo-
man, of their own age, whose Chinese
husband has sought protection in
Hongkong. All of them together read
with concern a recent letter from a
friend, an American woman, who,
with her Chinese husband, is teaching
in a Chinese college teaching in the
intervals between drills for refuge
from aerial bombings.

Talk about the war was animated
and at times called forth bits of char-
acteristic Chinese humor. No one of
these women, albeit so unceremonious-
ly driven from the land of the great
wall, wept and wailed like Hecuba
without the ruined wall of ancient
Troy. But when the main lecturer of
the evening was speaking and all
other voices were quiet, the Chinese
women looked far away and saw noth-
ing. I think they heard nothing.

It has been many a year since Eu-
ripides dared lay bare women's hearts
and reveal the spiritual degredations
of war. Thousands since have dared,
but conquests, under whatever name,
are still made. Those of us trained in
the humanities, long accustomed to
legal procedures and democratic forms
freeze from the spine upwards at the
thought of repudiating belief in men's
power to govern themselves; we grow
cynical at the dismal defeat of intelli-
gence in the heat of armed combat,

and we are outraged by wholesale vio-
lations of ordinary international com-
ity.

This is not to say that the great
body of international law (including
treaties of peace) has been built on
justice or even on semblances of ideal-
ism. The legalized injustices must be
recognized, and the sooner the remain-
ing democracies realize them and try
to remedy them, the better. Their
remedying, moreover, must go deeper
than international bounds. To preserve
the remnants of democracy within the
states themselves the democracies must
become increasingly more democratic
and eradicate all forces making peace
merely static.

But as divided and conflicting as
peoples and ideologies are this day,
many things still unite us. Humanity
itself has numerous common aspira-
tions the desire to live, the pursuit
of happiness; humanity the world
over experiences life, love, suffering,
death. Mankind is naturally good.
Whether further goodness comes from
religious or ethical or humanitarian
impulses, is not so important as reali-
zation that depravity is learned by ob-
servation or of necessity. The highest
expression of this goodness is religion
the charity and love of Christian-
ity, the moderation and virtue of Con-
fucianism, the nature worship of the
Shintoists. Religion is common to us
all.

What is possible when religion
thoroughly permeates science so that
its end is the greatest good to the
greatest number has not yet been real-
ized. The internationalism of this
kind of science comes very near to our
own perspectives, for everywhere
academically-trained people especially
have helped to build this particular in-
ternationalism. The method of science
is used in Johannesburg, Istanbul,
Cairo, as in Moscow, London, New
York, and Tokyo, whether the method
is exemplified in surgical operations,
refrigeration, philology, or anthropol-
ogy. If in the field of the social
sciences what is now being done in
the name of science is a justification
of racial inequality, intolerance, big-
otry, and intellectual persecution, or
if in the physical sciences engines of
war are perfected and not some germ-
eliminating device or new electrical
appliance for the blessing of man, we
cannot blame science we can blame
only those scientists who are the will-
ing tools of governments; we may
well fear for those honest intellectuals
who have no alternative but starva-
tion and death.

"Some More of Aggie's Lost Sheep"

The response of the alumnae in our request for help in locating lost alumnae has been so splendid that we are pub-
lishing the third installment. Please look over this list carefully and see if you know the address of the lost person, or
if you know someone who might have the desired information. Thank you.

1924

Bell, Mary Lee

Craig, Ruth

Fainbrough, Gertrude

Lewis, Anna

Jones, Frances

McDonald, Katherine (Mrs. R. H.

Neel, Jr.)
McGehee, Virginia (Mrs. Miller Van

Allen)
Mills, Exa (Mrs. Exa Mills Lamont)
Parker, Elizabeth
Peabody, Josephine
Robinson, Helen Marcelle (Mrs. G. D.

Rabun)
Young, Frances (Mrs. J. B. Bryan)
Zaban, Bessie

1925

Branch, Elizabeth (Mrs. Wilbur B.
King)

Callahan, Sibyl (Mrs. J. F. Campbell)

Cartland, Cornelia

Payne, Harryette (Mrs. Britton John-
son)

Willson, Mary Alice

1926

Berger, Eleanor (Mrs. L. M. Blumen-

thal)
Beverly, Elizabeth
Chapman, Elizabeth (Mrs. Carl I.

Pirkle)
Gregory, Mary Elizabeth
Kelly, Cloak (Mrs. R. E. Shealy)
Lewis, Mary Allen (Mrs. Raymond

H. Lake)
Martin, Nellie Kate
Pou, Loulie Redd (Mrs. Henry L.

Dunn, Jr.)
Pitts, Mildred
Ramsey, Helene
Robinson, Helen Marcelle (Mrs. Geo.

D. Rabun)

1927

Anderson, Edna (Mrs. E. G. David)

Chambers, Ruth

Harvey, Louise (Mrs. R. H. Hall)

Hirsch, Celia (Mrs. Samuel I. Frank)

Johnson, Mrs. Eunice B.

Logan, Mary Ruth (Mrs. M. A.
Campbell)

Morrow, Mildred Anne (Mrs. Louis
H. Ruen)

Neel, Margaret Stewart (Mrs. Mer-
rill W. Fox)

Peacock, Audrey (Mrs. H. B. Lott)

Reece, May

Schaub, Mary (Mrs. John S. Ward)

1928

Bennett, Eleanor (Mrs. Maxwell W.

Warlick)
Cash, Perline Elizabeth (Mrs. James

M. Gilmer)
Dyer, Margaret Louise (Mrs. E. D.

Register)
Fisher, Sarah Elizabeth (Mrs. Wm.

Taylor)
Fountain, Lochie Grace (Mrs. L. M.

Doyal)
Fuller, Elizabeth Sumner (Mrs.

Frank E. Veltre, Jr.)
Harrison, Margaretta Louise (Mrs.

M. G. Witty)
Hough, Mary Mackey (Mrs. J. J.

Clark)
McCorkle, Helen Eunice (Mrs. C. J.

Posey)
Menshouse, Geraldine (Mrs. Poleman

Welkes, Jr.)
Todd, Ann

1929

Fitzgerald, Nancy Elizabeth (Mrs.

Henry Woodall Bray)
Holmes, Violet Blonde (Mrs. George

Fowler)
McCall, Mary Lou
Stephenson, Gulie McLean (Mrs.

Harry A. Cassidy)
Wurm, Lillian Adelaide (Mrs. I. W.

Cousins)

1930

Barrett, Laura Katherine (Mrs. E. S.

Ross)
Brown, Mary (Mrs. H. Royal Cock-

rell)
Catron, Margaret Elizabeth
Coleman, Ellen (Mrs. Roland H.

Johnson)
Heeth, Mary Hunt (Mrs. N. T. Mc-

Dermott)
Stephens, Esther Miriam (Mrs. Har-

old Mooney)

1931

Christian, Rebecca

Goldthwaite, Ellen (Mrs. Pelham An-
derson)

Landau, Perle (Mrs. Isadore King-
loff)

Lott, Catherine (Mrs. Gardner Till-
inghast)

Posner, Anne Elizabeth

Smith, Marjorie

Stokes, Virginia Elizabeth (Mrs.
Homer Jones)

1932

Braddy, Mildred

Coyle, Sarah Ellen

Ezzell, Rosa Estelle

Groves, Leila (Mrs. Wm. S. Link)

May, Elizabeth

Oliver, Mary Claire

Spencer, Frances Marion (Mrs. J. H.

Catchings)
Wilson, Katherine

1933

Addicks, Betty

Gilbreath, Evelyn (Mrs. Paul Garri-
son)

Kaufman, Helen

Little, Elizabeth

Sanford, Margaret (Mrs. William H.
Douglas)

Watwood, Willafoy

White, Clara (Mrs. Melville Taff)

Wilson, Virginia

1934

Coxe, Esther

Holferty, Eleanore

Ross, Laura

Smith, Ethel (Mrs. Leonard La-

Conte)
Wells, Bertie (Mrs. C. Glenn Bolton)

1935

Arrington, Marjorie Jean

Dorman, Genevieve

Ward, Mary Seymour (Mrs. J. Glenn

Dyer)
Williams, Eleanore
Wright, Mary Evelyn (Mrs. James E.

Atkinson)

1936

Austin, Dorothy

Morrow, Sadie (Mrs. Clifford E.

Hughes)
Parks, Nevelyn (Mrs. Herbert R.

Acton, Jr.)
Wing, Mary Catherine

1938

Jeffers, Jessie Norwood
Wright, Virginia Evelyn

1939
Cassat, Barbara

Unclassified

Adams, Ella (Mrs. M. M. Caldwell)

Broce, Mrs. Marjorie J.

Morton, Margaret Virginia (Mrs.

Walter B. Smith)
Thomas, Marguerite (Mrs. Robert

Paine White)
Wheeler, Fain
Williams, Lois

founder's 'Day Greetings and Qreetings

^

Truly this was a year when we
made good on our boast of an Agnes
Scott day from coast to coast, for,
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from
the Great Lakes to the Gulf, alumnae
were meeting for tea or dinner, as the
hour fell in their towns, or as the
lone alumna of other places, to hear
the radio program. Failing that, there
was still good fellowship of kindred
souls to be enjoyed, messages from
Agnes Scott which had been mailed
to group meetings, and clever addi-
tions to the program as planned by the
local alumnae. But the messages be-
low speak for themselves as to the
pleasure of the day. Let us say how
grateful we at Agnes Scott are to
those who planned the meetings and
wrote or telegraphed to us that day.
Our joy in your messages would make
you feel that all the days of telephon-
ing and writing notes which went
ahead were at least worth while.
From Dr. McCain and Miss Hopkins
down to the least of us, it is a great
day and one when our thoughts are
nation-wide in interest.

In case you could not hear the ra-
dio, we are re-printing the welcome
of Daisy Frances Smith, which includ-
ed a letter from Miss Hopkins to you:

"As President of the Agnes Scott
Alumnae Association, I am happy to
have the privilege of speaking to the
college's daughters. You would not
be listening to this special Founder's
Day program if you did not love Ag-
nes Scott and I would not be trying
to serve your association but for the
same reason.

"There are many cords of love that
bind us to Agnes Scott. We know
she gave us splendid training physi-
cal, social, intellectual, spiritual. Our
habits and attitudes, our friendships,
our emotional reactions, our under-
standings were all influenced. We are
not people of identically one type,
turned blindly out of one mold. We
are individuals whose period of ma-
turing was blessed and so whose out-
look was indelibly colored by a fine
institution. God bless her!

"So we pay tribute a few moments
to the college we love.

"It is always people, who have
made and who will make Agnes Scott.
From one of these, greatly beloved by
all who know her, comes a message to
her girls. As Miss Nannette Hopkins,
connected with the college since its
founding, cannot be here tonight, I

asked her to write you a letter, with
which I shall close."

Dear Girls:

Through the courtesy of the Presi-
dent of our Alumnae Association I
am able to give you my usual Found-
ers' Day greeting. Every day I think
of you, but on February 22nd you
and our College are foremost in my
thoughts. I like to think of the cour-
age and faith and generosity of our
founders. I recall with gratitude the
work of Col. George W. Scott, Dr.
F. H. Gaines, Mr. Samuel M. Inman
and others who guided our institution
in safety through almost overwhelm-
ing difficulties and discouragements.
We all rejoice in the wonderful physi-
cal growth and development of your
Alma Mater. We especially rejoice in
the high standards, intellectual and
moral, which it maintains and which
you have helped to make possible. My
prayer is that the coming years may
bring to our College an even greater
devotion to these ideals.

A warm welcome always awaits you
at your second home. As I am rapidly
growing stronger I hope to have the
pleasure of seeing you when you visit
the College. My love and interest al-
ways follow you.

Affectionately yours,
Nannette Hopkins.
Alabama

Montgomery: The group here sent
the following telegram: "We are all
for you. Best wishes, Miss Hopkins."
Millbrook, Montgomery.

Troy: The Troy group met for din-
ner at Mary (Enzor) Bynum's and
wired "Just to say that we have en-
joyed the Founder's Day program but
missed more than you know your part
in it. Are glad that you are better."
Mary (Enzor) Bynum, Charlotte
Smith, Alice Dunbar, Pearl (Waters)
Lee.

Arkansas

Little Rock: The following wire
received: "Although radio reception
was poor here we received perfectly
from each other all news of Agnes
Scott. Very much enjoying the day
together. So glad you are improving
which is the best news we heard. Bill
sends love along with a great deal of
ours." Violet Weeks and Helen
(Brown) Williams.

California

Berkeley: Helen (Hall) Hopkins
wrote that she was rounding up the

Agnes Scotters in Berkeley and near-
by towns and would let us know later
about the meeting.

Connecticut

New Haven: Flora (Crowe) Whit-
mire writes: "We Agnes Scott girls
in New Haven had such a nice party
with Roberta Winter in her little
apartment. She herself cooked the
dinner which was just grand. There
were only four of us as three were not
able to come. I am glad we meet once
a year anyway. Our love and best
wishes to Miss Hopkins for a speedy
recovery."

District of Columbia

Washington: This club postponed
its Founders' Day luncheon until
March 12 when new officers were
elected. (The report of this meeting
did not reach the office in time for
publication in this issue.)

Florida

Gainesville: Mary Jane Tigert
wrote: "The alumnae in Gainesville
will be meeting together and think-
ing of our college on Tuesday. We
are not able to tune in on WSB as
early as 5:15 because of interference
here, but we are getting together to
talk and think about Agnes Scott over
a cup of tea in the afternoon."

Pensacola: Sara (Strickland) Beggs
and Katherine Pasco were joint host-
esses at tea at Sara's home. The fol-
lowing telegram was sent after hear-
ing the broadcast: "Pensacola girls
listened with glad hearts to the good
news from Agnes Scott and wish for
you a speedy recovery. Program came
in fine." Farris (Davis) Bauer, Hor-
tense (Boyle) Bell, Frances (Stewart)
Morrison, Katherine Pasco, Frances
(Crenshaw) Page, Helen and Mar-
garet Sandusky, Annie (Campbell)
Brawner, Johnnie Louise (Kelly)
Cheney, Annie Chapin McLane, Sara
(Strickland) Beggs.

Tallahassee: Elizabeth Lynn wrote
that the alumnae would be getting to-
gether either in Tallahassee or a near-
by town.

Tampa: Twelve Tampa alumnae
met for tea with Gregory (Rowlett)
Weidman but could not get the broad-
cast at that early hour.
Georgia

Americas: Mattie (Hunter) Mar-
shall entertained the alumnae with a
lovely tea at her country home on the
Andersonville Road. Following the
reception of the broadcast and tea this

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wire was sent to Miss Hopkins: "Love
and best wishes to you and the col-
lege." Reva DuPree, Em (Eldridge)
Ferguson, Florence (Hildreth) Coun-
cil, Mildred (Hollis) Luthey, Pansey
Kimble, Lizzie Mae (Oliver) McAfee,
Quenelle (Harrold) Sheffield, Frances
(Oliver) Adams of Montezuma, Har-
riet (Rylander) Ansley, Louise (Ham-
il) Fain, Flora (Hamil) Duncan, and
Mrs. Tom Vereen.

Athens: The alumnae here cele-
brated with a dinner at the home of
Mrs. H. H. Cobb. Charlotte Newton
reports that the radio program came
through well and that everybody had
a grand time. This telegram came:
"Seventeen of us enjoyed listening to
your Founder's Day program together
and we send greetings and good wishes
to our Alma Mater." Martha (Ed-
monds) Allen, Mary Elizabeth (All-
good) Birchmore, Grace Anderson,
Augusta (Arnold) Barrow, Mamie A.
Bacon, Frances Balkcom, Walterette
(Arwood) Tanner, Edith Brightwell,
Eleanor Brightwell, Cullen (Battle)
Williams, Rubye (Carroll) Walker,
Ruth (Cofer) Whelchel, Martha
Comer, LaGrange (Cothran) Trus-
sell, Olive (Hall) Shadgett, Virginia
Hightower, Virginia (Lockman) Nel-
son, Daisy McDonald, Gabrilla (Lan-
ier) Hunnicutt, Frances Moore, Char-
lotte Newton, Jennie Belle (McPhaul)
Myers, Wilburta Aileen Parker, Fran-
ces (Paris) Hanna, Catherine (Pratt)
Secrest, Ellen (Pratt) Rhodes, Mary
Louise (Schuman) Simpson, Marie
(Stone) Florence, Meredith Turner,
Grace (Troutman) Wilson, Nelle
(Upshaw) Gannon, Edna (Volberg)
Johnson, Julia Walden, Jane Carith-
ers, May (Walden) Morton, Pauline
Wynne, Carolyn Myers, Katherine
Jones, Ida (White) Westbrooks, of
Ha, Ga., and Anna (Billups) John-
ston, of Watkinsville.

Atlanta, Decatur, Agnes Scott Busi-
ness Girls' Clubs: These three clubs
met for dinner at the Atlanta Ath-
letic Club with one hundred alumnae
and escorts Dresent. Eunice Ball,
president of the Business Girls' Club,
presided. Talks were made by Dr.
McCain, Dorothy (Walker) Palmer,
president of the Atlanta Club, and
Helene (Norwood) Lammers, presi-
dent of the Decatur Club. Dr. David
Marx was the principal speaker of the
evening. The local alumnae heard the
broadcast before attending the dinner.

Augusta: Llewellyn Wilburn and
Alberta Palmour were the guests of
this group at their dinner meeting
Founder's Day, Eugenia Symms pre-
sided. Following the broadcast and
dinner Llewellyn Wilburn spoke to

the group on alumnae work and col-
lege events. Those present were:
Maude Gary, Dorothy Kethley, Vir-
ginia Stephens, Elizabeth Baethke,
Ruth McAuliffe, Carolyn White,
Mary Hull, Eugenia Symms, Mary
Willis, Janet Newton, Lucile (Heath)
McDonald, Jeanette (Victor) Levy,
Kathryn (Leipold) Johnson, Virginia
(Burum) Cumming, Minnie Lee
(Clarke) Cordle, Christine (Sinclair)
Parsons, Gena (Calloway) Merry,
Jane Chandler, and Mrs. Lester Skin-
ner.

Dal ton: Gertrude (Manly) McFar-
land and Martha Lin Manly were
hostesses to the Dalton alumnae and
the mothers of three Dalton girls now
attending Agnes Scott, at tea. Martha
Lin reported that the broadcast was
the best yet and came in better than
any she had ever heard. Those present
were: Lottie (Anderson) Pruden,
Mary Emma (Ashcraft) Greer, Mary
(Carter) Hamilton, Mary Hamilton,
Fannie B. Harris, Mary King, Mary
(McLellan) Manly, Mary Stuart
(Sims) McCamy, Margaretta (Wor-
melsdorf) Lumpkin, Lulu (Smith)
Westcott, Gertrude (Manly) McFar-
land, and Martha Lin Manly.

Griffin: Katharine (Gilliland) Hig-
gins reported: "We had fourteen
Griffin alumnae present for the
Founder's Day tea. We all enjoyed
the broadcast and the campus news
which you sent to us. Cornelia Stuck-
ey, high school senior who is going to
Agnes Scott next fall, met with us."

Lithonia: Ruth (Dolly) Johnson,
and her daughter, Martha Johnson,
entertained the Lithonia alumnae at a
beautiful tea. The guests all listened
to the broadcast together and sang the
Alma Mater with the radio singers.
The guests included: Sadie (Almand)
Tucker, Ada (Chupp) Bond, Minnie
(Matthews) Flake, Grace (George)
Mackie, Miriam (George) Venable,
Fannie Kate (Moss) Anderson, Lois
(Buice) Evans, Ava George, May
Belle Evans, Emma Ava Stokes, Leone
Evans, Dorothy Lyons, Mrs. L. G.
Evans, Martha Johnson, and Ruth
(Dolly) Johnson.

Macon: This group and the moth-
ers of several Macon girls now at Ag-
nes Scott met for dinner. Ruth (Blue)
Barnes and Ethel (McKay) Holmes
were in charge of the meeting.

Marietta: Aimee D. (Glover) Lit-
tle wrote: "I will be so glad to have
all the Agnes Scott girls in Marietta
in for tea so that we can hear the
broadcast together."

Monroe: Alumnae gathered at the
home of Clara Knox (Nunnally) Rob-

erts to listen to the broadcast and en-
joy a delightful tea. Allie (Felker)
Nunnally assisted in entertaining.
Illinois

Chicago: Marjorie Daniel reported
that seven of the Chicago alumnae
met in the Tally-Ho Room of the
Medinah Athletic Club and "had two
hours of fun and incessant chatter to-
gether." Eloise Lower was hostess to
the group which included Ruth
Moore, Louise (Wesley) Robinson,
Marjorie Daniel, Charis (Hood) Bar-
wick, Sally Betsey Mason, and Mar-
garet (Sienknecht) Lotz.
Louisiana

Baton Rouge: The alumnae listened
to the radio program and were guests
at tea with May (McKowen) Taylor.
Those attending were: Cornelia
(Cross) John, Julia (Heaton) Cole-
man, Marguerite (Sentelle) Flesh-
man, Augusta (Sherard) Smith, and
Minnah Lulie (Taylor) McKowen.

Neiv Orleans: Ruth (Hall) Bryant
wrote: "We have never been able to
hear the program because of our own
powerful WSMB, and so we will meet
for a luncheon down town. We'll
combine 'juicy alumnae tidbits' with
delicious New Orleans food." This
wire was received: "Good wishes from
New Orleans alumnae on Founder's
Day."

Maryland

Baltimore: Caroline Waterman
writes: "Founder's Day was celebrat-
ed by a group of nine Agnes Scott
girls at a delightful tea given by Al-
vahn Holmes and Roberta Florence
Brinkley at the College Club in Bal-
timore. Johnnie Frances Turner was
elected as new president of this club
and I am secretary, with our next
meeting scheduled for April 6. Among
those present were: R. Florence Brink-
ley, Alvahn Holmes, Lucile Caldwell,
Florence (Ellis) Henderson, Martha
Sterling Johnson, Marguerite (Kenne-
dy) Griesmer, Johnnie Frances Tur-
ner, Sara Wilson, and Caroline Water-
man."

Mississippi

Mississippi State Club: Under the
leadership of Sarah (Till) Davis,
president, and Ruth Virden, secretary-
treasurer, a state wide celebration was
held in the form of a luncheon at the
University Club in Jackson with
Elizabeth (Watkins) Hulen in charge
of local arrangements. This wire was
sent from the luncheon table: "We
shall be listening to broadcast and
thinking of you." Mississippi Agnes
Scott Club.

Missouri

St. Louis: Mary Bell (McConkey)
Taylor wrote: "Seven of us met at

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The AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

my house for tea and to hear the
Founder's Day broadcast. Georgia
(Crane) Clark gave us Institute
memories. Ruth (Evans) Larimore
and Christine (Evans) Murray told
of their days in college. Ann Coffee
and Mary Jane (Evans) Lichliter
amazed us with stories of the gay '30s
and Mrs. Sears, mother of Evelyn
Sears, a junior, supplied interesting de-
tails of the new charm wave on the
campus. Helen (Eagleson) Scruggs,
who taught psychology in my day,
joined us." Ann Coffee sent this
wire: "Wish I could be there but as
next best thing am joining other Ag-
nes Scotters of St. Louis to hear broad-
cast."

North Carolina

Ashci'ille: Catherine (Carrier) Rob-
inson notified the Asheville alumnae
of the broadcast but no meeting was
held this year.

Durham: Ruth (Slack) Smith ar-
ranged a group meeting for alumnae
of Raleigh, Chapel Hill, and Durham.

Charlotte: The alumnae held their
annual Founder's Day banquet at
Thacker's Restaurant with the presi-
dent, Cama (Burgess) Clarkson, pre-
siding. After listening to the Found-
er's Day program and following the
dinner Marian (McCamy) Sims gave
an informal talk and Cama (Burgess)
Clarkson reported on alumnae week-
end and read the news letter from the
office. Special guests included moth-
ers of Charlotte girls who are now at
Agnes Scott. The following alumnae
were present: Frances (Medlin) Wal-
ker, Elizabeth (Sutton) Gray, Sarah
(Dunlap) Bobbitt, Charlotte Hunter,
Mae Duls, Miriam Steele, Pernette
(Adams) Carter, Frances Miller, Su-
san (Clayton) Fuller, Clyde (McDan-
iel) Jackson, Louisa Duls, Jennie Lynn
(DuVall) Nyman, Jane McLaughlin,
Irene Lowrance, Ethel (Rea) Rone,
Rebecca (Whaley) Roundtree, Ro-
mola (Davis) Hardy, Ann (Gilley-
len) Quarles, Alice (Quarles) Hen-
derson, Mabel (Ardrey) Stewart,
Mary (Speir) Bradford, Sally (Coth-
ran) Lambeth, Mary (Keesler) Dal-
ton, Maria Rose, Marian (McCamy)
Sims, and Cama (Burgess) Clarkson.

Hendersonville: This wire of greet-
ing came from the Hendersonville
alumnae: "Founder's Day greetings
from the Hendersonville alumnae."
Winona Ewbank, Laura (Candler)
Wilds, Margaret Bull, and Dorothy
Bradley.

Winston-Salem: Diana Dyer wrote:
"Twelve of us met on Founder's Day
and had an enjoyable chit-chat to-
gether. We listened to the broadcast
and then had dinner. Meriel Bull was

elected chairman of this group for the
coming year. Each person was tagged
on her back with the name of one of
the twelve faculty members whose
greetings were included in the letter
from the alumnae office. She had to
guess her identity by asking yes or no
questions, and each found her place
card by that identity and during din-
ner read the message from her "greet-
er" supposedly imitating her or him."
They sent the following wire: "Win-
ston-Salem alumnae send love to you
and Agnes Scott." The following at-
tended the meeting: Lib (Norfleet)
Miller, Lillian (McAlphine) Butner,
Martha (Jackson) Logan, Jeannette
(Archer) Neal, Cleo (McLaurin)
Baldridge, Rachel (Paxon) Hayes,
Caroline (Long) Sanford, Virginia
(Tillotson) Hutchinson, Lila Nor-
fleet, Meriel Bull, and Mrs. Ashburn,
mother of Ruth Ashburn, who is a
freshman at Agnes Scott.

New Jersey

Ridgefield: Florence (Stokes) Hen-
ry writes: "We heard you! It was
certainly thrilling when the words
Agnes Scott came clearly over the
radio. Three of us were grouped
around the radio with our hearts at-
tuned to the familiar voices to come
over the air."

New York

New York: This group celebrated
with a dinner on the twenty-third at
The Clipper, a down-town restaurant,
with Mary Catherine Williamson as
chairman of arrangements. Thirty-
one were present, including Marjorie
Carmichael's mother, and they were:
Mary Catherine Williamson, Dorothy
(Hutton) Mount, Kathleen Bowen,
Betty Gash, Willie White Smith, Dor-
othy Owen, Carrington Owen,
Douschka Sweets, Mary Richardson,
Grace Hardie, Bessie Meade Friend,
Julia (Blundell) Adler, Ellen Mc-
Callie, Elizabeth Hatchett, Eloise
(Gaines) Wilburn, Sara (Townsend)
Pittman, Louise (Slack) Hooker,
Dora (Ferrell) Gentry, Floy Sadler,
Miriam Harrison, Gjertrud (Amund-
sen) Siqueland, Elizabeth Mack, Lil-
burne (Ivey) Tuttle, Caroline Wil-
burn, Mae Erskine (Irvine) Fowler,
Augusta King, Ruth (Pirkle) Berke-
ley, Marjorie Carmichael, Polly Gor-
don, and Rebecca Dick. Julia (Blun-
dell) Adler was elected president with
Dorothy Owen as vice-president and
Dora (Ferrell) Gentry as treasurer.
A gift of $8.75 was sent to be used
by the House Decorations Committee
for the Alumnae House.

South Carolina

Anderson: The Anderson alumnae
were notified of the broadcast by

Eunice (Dean) Major, and since so
many of them were unable to attend
a tea because of office hours, they
listened to the broadcast separately.

Charleston: Mary (Kelly) Van de
Erve got the Charleston alumnae to-
gether for a Founder's Day meeting.
The group sent the following wire:
"Charleston group meeting together
send greetings to all, especially Miss
Hopkins, and rejoice in her improve-
ment."

Columbia: This group met with
Jo (Smith) Webb for tea and to hear
the broadcast which they reported was
splendid. The club had a linen show-
er for the Alumnae House, and thor-
oughly enjoyed reminiscences of Ag-
nes Scott during the hour. New offi-
cers elected are: Ellen (Davis) Wal-
ters, president; and Sarah Spencer,
secretary.

Tennessee

Chattanooga: Alice and Anne Mc-
Callie were hostesses to the Chatta-
nooga Club at a tea at Anne's home,
and the group sent the following wire:
"Greetings and congratulations from
twelve who together enjoyed Found-
er's Day broadcast at Anne McCallie's
home." Lucy (Howard) Carter,
Rosemary (May) Kent, Sarah (Stan-
sell) Felts, Margaret McCallie, Helen
(Brown) Webb, Kate (Cox) King,
Alma (Roberts) Betts, Elizabeth
(Stoops) Sibold, Minnie (Allen) Cole-
man, Shirley Christian, Alice McCal-
lie, and Anne McCallie.

Bristol: To Miss Hopkins from the
Bristol group "With loyal hearts
and tender memories the Bristol Alum-
nae of Agnes Scott will listen in on
the Founder's Day program. We shall
miss your voice but are happy to
know that you have derived real bene-
fit from your rest. Each alumna joins
me in fondest love to you, my dear."
Mary Catherine (McKinney) Barker.

Nashville: Elizabeth (Smith) De-
Witt and Anna Marie (Landress)
Cate called all the Nashville alumnae
about the broadcast but there was no
central meeting.

Texas

Bryan: "Happy Founder's Day
from lone listening alumna many
miles away," Lulu Daniel Ames, who
sat out in her car and listened to the
radio program alone.

Virginia

Lynchburg: Courtney Wilkinson
gathered the Lynchburg alumnae for
a meeting and reports that they re-
ceived the broadcast splendidly.

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Letter to:

November 24, 1937.
Miss Nannette Hopkins,
Agnes Scott College,
Decatur, Georgia.
Dear Miss Hopkins:

On yesterday I received via Helen
and Mother, clippings telling of your
taking a much-needed rest, and also
giving a resume of your work at Ag-
nes Scott, with which I am more or
less familiar anyway.

I hope the rest is proving very bene-
ficial, and that you will not only be
able to fill out your 5 years of serv-
ice, but many more years with Agnes
Scott, for in the minds of the great
many people, you and the college are
indissoluble, so much that we can
hardly conceive of the institution
going on without your presence.

Personally, I know of no one who
has in such a magnificent way con-
tacted and moulded so many lives, and
you certainly have a living monument
in the minds and hearts of untold
numbers of girls and women through-
out the United States, and also of
some half a dozen more or less men,
or rather grown-up boys. And may I
facetiously give you credit for having
given me probably the worst scare I
ever had, though this was official and
not from your heart. One of my most
vivid childhood memories is that of a
"scrap" that I once had with Lewis
Gaines in which, having lost my tem-
per, I threw at him a muddy over-
shoe, which missed him and left a very
ugly stain on the schoolroom wall.

As principal, it was necessary for
you to call me in for a reprimand, and
I don't think I was ever quite so bad-
ly frightened. I still go a little weak
in the pit of my stomach when I re-
call it, and the numerous blows and
reprimands I have received since then
have never quite eradicated this one.

With heartiest good wishes for your
continued recovery and for many
more years of useful service, I am
Cordially yours,

A. S. Mead,
Alumnus of Agnes Scott.
New Series
A series of lectures to educate the
seniors for marriage is being spon-
sored by Mortar Board for the last
quarter of this year. The need for
such a course has been recognized on

all campuses and the state institutions
have added courses in marriage and
family to their curricula under the
head of sociology. Agnes Scott chap-
ter of Mortar Board is offering a series
of ten lectures, given each Friday
afternoon at four o'clock and conse-
quently available for any student de-
siring to attend.

The Day Has Been Turned Into
Night!

Myrl Chafin, of McDonough, was
elected May Queen by the student
body and will reign over the May Day
Festival Friday night, May 6. A
precedent is being set this year with
the change in the date of the festival,
but since it is to be an adaptation of
Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's
Dream," the committee is anxious to
stage the production at night to se-
cure the proper lighting effects. Myrl
will reign as Queen Hippolyta, and in
her court will be: Grace Tazewell, of
Norfolk, Va., and Kay Ricks, of Jack-
son, Miss., as maids of honor; Jean
Barrie Adams, of Charlotte, N. C;
Zoe Wells, Marjorie Rainey, Amelia
Nickels, of Decatur; Susan Bryan, of
Carrollton, Ga.; Jane Moore Hamil-
ton, of Dalton, Ga.; Aileen Shortley,
of Nashville, Tenn.; Kay Toole, of
Hegins, Pa.; Martha Marshall, of
Americus, Ga.; Adelaide Benson, of
Jacksonville, Fla.; Carolyn Alley, of
Dalton, and Jean Dennison, of At-
lanta.

Anne Thompson, of Richmond,

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chairman of the May Day Committee,
Giddy Erwin, of Davidson, N. C, and
Mary Matthews, of Atlanta, are co-
authors of the scenario. The princi-
pals in the cast include: Nell Scott
Earthman and Helen Kirkpatrick, of
Decatur; Mary Anne Kernan and
Eleanor Deas, of Atlanta; Jane Moses,
of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Ruth Tate, of
Banner Elk, N. C; Shirley Armen-
trout, of Goldsboro, N. C; Helen
Moses, of Sumter, S. C; Jane Guth-
rie, of Louisville, Ky.; Nell Hemphill,
of Petersburg, Va.; Anne Thompson,
of Richmond, Va.; and Nell Allison,
of Kiangsu, China.

The Lecture Association Presents

the Grand Duchess
The Grand Duchess Marie, of Rus-
sia, lectured at Agnes Scott on March
2 5 under the auspices of the Student
Lecture Association. The Grand
Duchess is making a lecture tour of
the United States and spoke on "The
Old Life and the New" at Agnes Scott.
The Grand Duchess escaped from
Russia when the Bolshevik uprising
caused the assassination of twenty-one
members of her family, and set up a
dress shop in Paris. In 192 8 this ex-
iled woman came to America with her
sole possessions, a typewriter, a guitar,
and one suitcase, and since then has
been making a name for herself, first
as fashion consultant and business
woman, then as authoress and now as
lecturer. Her first book, "The Edu-
cation of a Princess," was written in
French and Russian and was in its
first rough draft when she came to
America. She wrote her second book,
"A Princess in Exile," directly in Eng-
lish and her subsequent success with
the two books has made it possible for
her to devote her entire time to writ-
ing and lecturing.

Glee Club Presents "The Mikado"
The Agnes Scott Glee Club, under
the direction of Lewis H. Johnson,
presented Gilbert and Sullivan's light
opera, "The Mikado," on April 1 and
2. Among those playing leading parts
in the production were Caroline Armi-
stead, '39, daughter of Frances (Mc-
Crory) Armistead, Academy; Jane
Moses, '40, daughter of Frances
(Thatcher) Moses, '17, and Jane
Moore Hamilton, '39, sister of Elinor
(Hamilton) Hightower, '34.

14

The AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

Agnes Scott Alumnae and Students
in Print

Mary Lamar Knight, '22, has a
book, "On My Own," just off the
press, being released on March 29 by
MacMillan & Co. Quoting from the
Publishers' Weekly, "The colorful
reportorial career of a newspaper wo-
man in Paris, China, Japan and the
United States. Miss Knight was at
one time the only woman staff cor-
respondent for the United Press and
was the only woman contributor to
'We Cover the News.' "

Margaret W. Hobson, Institute, has
just published a book of verse, "Songs
and Stories from Magnolia Grove."
Margaret dedicated the book to her
brother, Richmond Pearson Hobson,
and the volume bears the name of his
birthplace and home in Greensboro,
Ala., which is to be kept as a shrine.
The Alumnae Office received a beau-
tiful autographed copy of the book
for the Alumnae Shelf in the library,
inscribed "To my beloved Alma Ma-
ter, Agnes Scott College."

Florence (Stokes) Henry, Institute,
and her husband, Mellinger Edward
Henry, are co-authors of a collection
of "Folk Songs from the Southern
Highlands" which is being published
by J. J. Augustin, New York, this
spring. Florence and Edward are liv-
ing in Ridgefield, N. J., but they have
spent much time in the last twenty
summers roaming the by-paths of the
Blue Ridge Mountains in North Caro-
lina and Tennessee. Long before good
roads opened these mountains to visit-
ors Mr. and Mrs. Henry had gone far
back into the coves, met and become
good friends of the mountain folk,
who love the Henrys and think that
they are "nice and common." Through
this close contact with the singers
themselves they have found many
rare songs which they have made into
a book rich in notes and references,
and some forty odd tunes which are
sung to these old songs.

Four students at Agnes Scott have
poems which are to appear in the 193 8
Book of College Verse, printed by the
University Post Publishing Company.
Miss Dorothy Garrett, editor of the
book which is devoted to Southern
student poets, wrote Dr. Geo. P. Hayes
of the English Department for repre-
sentative work and poems of Carol
Hale, Hortense Jones, Evelyn Sears
and Violet Jane Watkins were sub-
mitted. The volume is to appear
April 15.

Remember This Room?

The Day Student Room in Main,
former dining room for the Academy,
is reviving its former popularity as a

meeting and eating place, with the
advent of new furnishings and new
draperies. The room has been sadly
neglected in the last few years due to
current enthusiasms like the Murphey
Candler offices and Buttrick Hall's
new day student room, but now, a
quarter of a century after its day, the
old room has come out in a burst of
glory. New green striped curtains,
tables topped with green marble lino-
leum, green cushions and back covers
for the old straight chairs, a new cabi-
net, and best of all, ten new arm
chairs upholstered in green. The cli-
max of the room's glory came when it
was the scene for an actual come-and-
go four-to-five tea, with all the trim-
mings.

Phi Beta Kappa Spring
Announcements

Announcement of Phi Beta Kappa
elections from the present senior class
were made February 1 5 at a joint
meeting of the Institute of Citizen-
ship and the Alpha chapter of Phi Beta
Kappa of the University of Georgia
and the Gamma chapter of Emory.

Those elected are: Elsie Blackstone,
of East Point, Ga., secretary of Eta
Sigma Phi, and member of the Span-
ish Club; Jean Chalmers, of Atlanta,
president of Athletic Association, Di-
rector of Senior Opera, Member Mor-
tar Board, Current History Forum,
and Blackfriars; Mildred Davis, of Or-
lando, Fla., treasurer Mortar Board,
treasurer of Student Lecture Associa-
tion, secretary of Eta Sigma Phi, and
chairman of Industrial Group of Y.
W. C. A.; Eliza King, of Columbia,
S. C, student recorder, chairman of
Presidents' Council, president of Cur-
rent History Forum, vice-president of
Mortar Board; Elise Seay, of Macon,
Ga., vice-president of French Club
and member of the German Club and

Poetry Club; Zoe Wells, of Decatur,
president of Day Students, president
Eta Sigma Phi, member Pen and
Brush Club, French Club, Lecture As-
sociation, and Student Government
Executive Committee.

The new members were initiated at
a banquet on Friday evening, Feb. 18,
in the Alumnae House. Among the
guests were Phi Beta Kappa members
from Columbia Seminary, Emory, the
Agnes Scott faculty and alumnae.

Happy Birthday to You, Mr. Orr!

Of interest to every Agnes Scotter
who remembers the "truest test of
woman's worth, the surest sign of no-
ble birth" and the man who taught
it to us is the announcement that Mr.
Orr has just celebrated his 81st birth-
day. Mr. Orr was on his way home
from a trip to Nassau and spent his
birthday in West Palm Beach, in the
best of health, and enjoying every
minute of the Florida sunshine. Our
sincere hope is that the good health
will continue so that the chairman of
the Board of Trustees will be able to
enjoy the Trustees Luncheon with us
on June 4.

Faculty News

Miss Nannette Hopkins is suffi-
ciently improved to take short rides
in the car these warm days, and spends
an hour a day sitting out on her sleep-
ing porch in the sun. She has been
working on the exam schedule this
last few weeks and is still resting and
building up her strength as much as
possible.

Dr. J. R. McCain attended meet-
ings of the Association of American
Colleges, the National Conference of
Church-Related Colleges; the Pan-
Presbyterian College Union, and a
committee of the American Council
on Education in January.

Miss Leslie Gaylord is making ar-
rangements for the European tour
which she will conduct this summer.

Miss Florence Smith attended the
twenty-fifth anniversary celebration
of G. S. W. C. in Valdosta in Febru-
ary, and represented Agnes Scott at
the dinner and in the procession.
Among the prominent speakers were
Dean Mildred Thompson, of Vassar,
and retiring President Wooley, of
Mount Holyoke.

Miss Helen Carlson, of the French
department, reported on the language
conferences which she attended in
Chicago during Christmas at the
Georgia Association of French Teach-
ers conference at Agnes Scott Feb. 12.

Dick Scandrett, '24, attended a
conference of the American Associa-
tion of Deans in Washington, D. C,
Feb. 25-28.

cZAttentioru, ^Alumnae^

The work of the new Alumnae Directory has just begun in the Alumnae Office and
we are asking for your prompt cooperation in sending back to the office the card which
has reached you or will in the very near future. This card asks for your correct name
and address and the promptness with which we receive these cards will determine the
date of the publication.

If you do not receive your card within a reasonable length of time, will you please
write these items on a one cent postcard and mail in to the Alumnae Office? For, as in
all mailing of this kind, there is apt to be an omission occasionally or a card gets lost in
the mail.

We know you are looking forward eagerly to receiving this new directory and we
wish it to be as perfect as it is possible to make a record of this kind. Help us to achieve
this by sending in your information and we will greatly appreciate any news of those
alumnae who have drifted into our lost columns.

Yours for an early publishing,

The Alumnae Office,
Agnes Scott College,
Decatur, Ga.

JUNE!

REUNION TIME!

you

"Old raptures pass along the grass.
Old laughters haunt the trees"

JUNE 4th- JUNE 7th

Reunion Classes:

'00, '01, '02, '03,
'19, '20, '21, '22,

Class of 37

If this is not your reunion year but it happens to suit your
plans, you are as welcome as the flowers in May!

WILL YE NO COME BACK AGAIN?

The

AGNES SCOTT

Alumnae Quarterly

Vol. XVI
No. 4

JULY
1938

Ctye Hgne-S ^cott Hlumnae <uarterlp

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

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION
Officers of the ^Association

President, Daisy Frances Smith, '24 Treasurer, Margaret Ridley, '3 3

First Vice-President, Janice Stewart Brown, '24 Executive Secretary, Fannie G. Mayson Donaldson (Mrs.

Second Vice-President, Nannie Campbell, '23 D. B.), '12

Secretary, Helene Norwood Lammers (Mrs. C. J.), '22 Assistant Secretary, Nelle Chamlee, '34

Committee chairmen: Betty Lou Houck Smith (Mrs. Bealy), '3 5, Martha Stansfield, '21, House and Tea Room; Sarah Slaughter, '26,

_ ,. _ . . _ . T ... t rr > .,, n ii -4 Clubs; Eloise Gav Brawley (Mrs. Foote), '16, Grounds; Irene Havis

Radio; Letitia Rockmore Lange (Mrs. J. Harry), 33, Publicity;

ett (Mrs. L. G.), Entertainment; Kenneth Maner, '27, Student

Emma Pope Moss Dieckmann (Mrs. C. W.), '13, Alumnae Week-End; . ,. . ,

^ Loan; Mary Crenshaw Palmour (Mrs. Oscar), Institute, Constitution;

Sarah Belle Brodnax Hansell (Mrs. Granger), '23, House Decorations; Alberta Palmour, '35, Preparatory Schools.

CONTENTS

As We Saiv Commencement 1

With the Candid Camera 4

Annual Reports 5

Campus News and Office Notes 12

On Leaving 20

Hortense Jones, '3S

Calling AH Poets 21

Dorothy (Hutton) Mount, '29

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As We Saw Commencement

Have you ever been at Agnes Scott on the morning
after commencement? If you can imagine the stillest of
stillnesses that is the setting as we try to tell you who may
not have been able to be here or to recall to those of you
who were guests at this commencement something of the
joy, the noise, the bustle of reunion time at Agnes Scott
in this year, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight.
And if the writing suddenly trails off into nothingness,
you may know that the unnatural quiet plus after-com-
mencement let-down has proved fatal to the recorder and
she has floated away into dreams!

To begin at the beginning: The first guest arrived on
Friday afternoon, which was also the time of the Chil-
dren's Party, given by the Decatur Club to alumnae chil-
dren, with a marionette show and balloons and favors and
ice cream to their utter contentment. And may we add
that the children of our alumnae are something to write
about and we wish everyone of you could be here some re-
union time with yours or to admire others! Then Saturday
dawned bright and fair and the lobby of Rebekah and the
dining room began to hum with preparations for the decor-
ating of the tables for Trustees Luncheon which came off
duly and in grand style at 1:30 P. M. with Mr. J. K. Orr
presiding in his accustomed and inimitable way. Anna
Meade, of the class of '23, was our guest speaker and gave
us a delightful resume of her years in China and then told
us something of the experiences which were hers in fleeing
from China during the bombing of ships at the time of
the Panay event. She is soon to return to China to marry
a member of the diplomatic corps and to make her home
there, so her friends were glad to have this chance of see-
ing her during her short stay in this country and wish for
her every happiness in the years to come. The annual meet-
ing of the Alumnae Association is the biggest part of this
Quarterly for the reports of committees form the basis of
that meeting and they are printed in full later in the Quar-
terly. Phi Beta Kappa's banquet brought Saturday to a
close in a blaze of glory.

Sunday breakfasts in the Alumnae House are one of the
most intriguing unplanned parts of reunion time, for the
alumnae do their own gathering and eat and talk until
someone remembers that Baccalaureate Procession is form-
ing and "of course, you don't want to miss that, let's
hurry!" After dinner coffee and senior vespers, then the
Garden Party, given by the Alumnae Association to fac-
ulty, seniors and their friends, and alumnae ended another
day in a glow of summer twilight.

Monday was our day, for then all reunion luncheons
were held and a dinner for '37 was held that evening, so
from morning till night, the Alumnae House swarmed
we cannot think of a more dignified word with alumnae
and the talk ran fast and furiously from here to the four
corners of the earth where old friends are. Class Day in
the May Day Dell brought thrills to each of us as we re-
membered our histories, our poems, and prophecies, and
our sophomores and their daisy chains.

Tuesday belonged both to the seniors and to us and al-
though we formed the audience we seemed to walk with
the senior class and kneel with each one as the hood was
placed on, for to each alumna there came the memory of

other girls and another graduation day, nor was that mem-
ory one of sadness but of freshness and of hallowness ever.

Do you remember the responses at Trustees' luncheon
each year? In order that you who were not here may have
some of the fun of that event, some parts of these replies
to Anne (Hart) Equen's call on the reunion classes are
published below, for they were even better than usual this
year and you will enjoy them:

Rusha Wesley, '00, began the clever response when she
was called on to reply for the reunion classes of '00, '01,
'02, and '03:

"Age has its compensations. Either they think we can-
not see as well, or because we have been here so long they
like to have familiar faces near, the Trustees have us sit
at the head table.

"You who are graduating this year and you who have
been out only a few years think I am going to say, 'We
who are about to die, salute you!' But I am not! The
fatal asterisk is by the name of only one of us, Martha
Cobb Howard, though we have been out about forty years.

"Pitkin says that life begins at forty and Browning says
that the best of life is yet to be. Dr. Gaines taught us, in
Bible, that the number seven is mystical and symbolical.
We, of the four classes, are three times seven. Fourteen of
us are married and live above the average families. Two
are librarians. One is a missionary and one is a business
woman. Four of us are teachers.

"One of our number is a popular writer. One is an
authority and historian on Atlanta. One is a national
leader in teacher organizations. Two are very prominent
in the lay work of the Presbyterian Church. Three of us
are heads of large schools. Those who have married have
children enough to keep up the college average for all
of us.

"We are not about to die! We will carry on from here!"

'19 reported in two parts: Llewellyn Wilburn spoke of
the record in college as follows:

"If you know your history when you are told that we
were in college from 1915 to 1919, you will recall that we
were a war class. We did what we could toward relief
work and today when you look over old annuals and miss
the one for 1919, remember that we gave that money to
other causes rather than publish an annual. We seemed to
lead fairly normal lives in spite of the war. We played, we
studied, we fought. In fact, we fought so hard that after
our freshman fight with the sophomores, the suggestion
was made by Dr. Sweet that the hatchet be buried and
that there be instead a contest of wits and so we partici-
pated in the first freshman-sophomore stunt when we were
sophomores. It was during our senior year that we started
having a student chairman for May Day and Margaret
(Rowe) Jones better known as "Peanut" Rowe was
elected to that office. And now that you may visualize
what we looked like in college, we have asked a member
of the senior class to model a middy suit of those days."
(Here Winifred Kellersberger stood on a chair clad in
yards and yards of white skirt and the famed middy blouse
of that day.)

Louise (Felker) Mizell picked up the story from there:

"Turning over the pages nineteen years from the girl

The AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

with the middy suit brings us up to 193 8. Let us see what
the class of 1919 is doing now. The most distinguishing
characteristics of our class of thirty-eight graduates is
that we are all alive and fairly healthy. Our class boasts:
one surgeon, one lawyer, one editor, two authors, several
in the advertising business, two missionaries, three college
teachers, one librarian. Someone will ask here, 'What be-
came of the rest of you?' Several years ago a group of
young children were discussing what they'd do when they
grew up. One wanted to be a poet, one an artist, one a
musician, etc. One little girl sat very still and said noth-
ing. Her mother looked down at her and inquired, 'What
are you going to be when you grow up?' Smiling up at
her mother, she replied, 'Oh, I'm going to be a nothing
like you.' So, most of the class are busy being 'nothings'
but we're rearing a number of girls and boys, who in a few
years will be ready for Agnes Scott and Emory."
Margaret (Bland) Sewell spoke for the class of '20:
"It is natural that in returning to Agnes Scott, the class
of '20 should turn in memory to the Agnes Scott of '20.
As we think of the college as it was then, the best we can
say of the physical equipment of our Alma Mater at that
time is what Touchstone said of his homely, rustic sweet-
heart, 'A poor thing, sir, an ill-favored thing, sir, but mine
own.' Agnes Scott of 1920 was our college and we loved
it. We studied philosophy and psychology with relish even
though the building in which our classes met housed also
the Home Economics kitchens and during the afternoon
lectures we were often tantalized by the fragrant odors of
cooking food that came through the open windows. It is
perhaps for that reason that some of us have never been
able to disassociate the philosophy of Bergson and the smell
of doughnuts! We read with eagerness French and English
literature even though the class rooms were immediately
above the gymnasium and lines like 'Life like a dome of
many-colored glass stains the white radiance of eternity'
were read to the tune of thumping basketballs and Vil-
lon's memorable refrain, 'Where are the snows of yester-
day?' was interrupted by the words, 'On your mark! Get
set! Go!' and the sound of running feet. But we have the
same sort of devotion to that early Agnes Scott of '20 that
Madame Curie had for the little shed where she did her
early work. Also, like Marie Curie, we do not want those
who follow after us to struggle with the same handicaps.
It is interesting to remember that she had a passion for
beautifying the Institute of Radium, where her pupils
worked. It is with the same delight that the class of '20
gazes with pride at the Agnes Scott of '3 8 the well-kept
lawns, the fine gymnasium, the pleasant class rooms, the
beautiful library but we look forward to seeing a col-
lege that will become more beautiful each year but will
always be devoted to the principles of high character and
sound scholarship."

1921 claimed its feature was the toastmistress for the
reunion classes, Anne (Hart) Equen, '21, but tried out its
voice in the "Old Grey Mare."

1922 had Ivylyn Girardeau as its
star, the alumna from farthest away, a
medical doctor from a hospital in India,
whose furlough came at the perfect
time of her class reunion. Ivylyn made
a response, voicing her pleasure in be-
ing back at this time.

The Baby Class of Alumnae, 1937,
responded through the voice of Nellie
Margaret Gilroy as follows:

>,

"The truest test of woman's worth
We learned while in this college
And to its portals wide and far
We owe a lot of other knowledge.

Twas here we warbled wood notes wild
Of larks that sing to the thrushes
And heard the Gillespian theory of
The finding of Moses in the rushes.

Amid these halls we studied late
To Mr. Hayes' glee trying to decide
What Shakespeare meant in his
'To be or not to be.'

Now it was atoms, again John Huss
That demanded our attention;
Logarithms, Latin verbs
And other things too numerous to mention.

Reflex action, the Nun's Priest tale
The Confusion of the 4th dimension,
HoS and chlorophyll
And, of course, the 5th declension.

The rise and fall of stocks and bonds,
Theories of population,
Parlez-vous and Mendal's Law,
The politics of the nation.

We burned our candles at both ends
Cramming these facts into our heads,
And many a morn yon cock had crew
Before we fell into our trundle beds.

But, alack, alas, how futile 'twas
This that we learned and read,
When half the class is teaching school
And worse the other half is wed!"

We are publishing below the names of those who were
at Trustees' Luncheon and also at class luncheons and din-
ners and, we regret that the names of many others who at-
tended other affairs during the week-end cannot be in-
cluded, since no record was kept at other events. May we
take this last line to say what a pleasure it was to have each
of you on the campus and we do hope you had a very
happy time and will soon be back again?

Institute

Ethel (Alexander) Gaines, Rusha Wesley, Emma
Wesley, Bessie (Young) Brown, Louise (Hurst) Howald,

Elizabeth (Mable) Cloud, Gertrude Pollard, Martha

(Schaefer) Tribble, Susan (Young) Eagan, Marian

Bucher, Claude (Candler) McKinney, Eilleen Gober,
Olivia (Fewell) Taylor, Lucile Alexander.
1910

Lucy (Reagan) Redwine, Lucy (Johnson) Ozmer.
1911

Adelaide Cunningham, Geraldine (Hood) Burns, Flor-
inne (Brown) Arnold.

1912

Fannie G. (Mayson) Donaldson, Hazel (Murphy)
Elder.

1913

Allie (Candler) Guy, Emma Pope (Moss) Dieckmann,
Rebie (Harwell) Hill, Ruth (Brown) Moore.

JULY, 193 8

1914

Ruth (Blue) Barnes, Essie (Roberts) DuPre, Martha
(Rogers) Noble.

1915

Annie Pope (Bryan) Scott.

1916
Elizabeth (Burke) Burdett, Eloise (Gay) Brawley,
Maryellen (Harvey) Newton, Willie Belle (Jackson) Mc-
Whorter, Mynelle (Blue) Grove.
1917

Isabel Dew, Augusta (Skeen) Cooper, Irene (Havis)
Baggett.

1918

Julia (Abbott) Nealy, Belle Cooper, Margaret (Ley-
burn) Foster.

1919

Blanche (Copeland) Gifford, Louise (Felker) Mizell,
Shirley (Fairly) Hendrick, Hattie May (Finney) Glenn,
Elizabeth Nicolassen, Lulu (Smith) Westcott, Llewellyn
Wilburn, Annie (Silverman) Levy.
1920

Margaret (Bland) Sewell, Juliet (Foster) Speer, Lulie
(Harris) Henderson, Louise (Johnson) Blalock, Elizabeth
(Reid) LeBey, Lois (Maclntyre) Beall, Gertrude (Manly)
MacFarland, Elizabeth (Marsh) Hill, Elizabeth (Moss)
Harris, Julia (Reasoner) Hastings.
1921

Myrtle Blackmon, Thelma Brown, Marguerite (Cousins)
Holley, Sarah Fulton, Anne (Hart) Equen, Eugenia
(Johnston) Griffin, Charlotte Newton, Janef Preston,
Martha Stansfield, Sarah (Stansell) Felts.
1922

Ivylyn Girardeau, Sue Cureton, Marion (Hull) Morris,
Mary (McClelland) Manly, Harriet (Scott) Bowen,
Laurie Belle (Stubbs) Johns, Martha Lee (Taliaferro)
Donovan, Frances (White) Weems, Alice (Whipple)
Lyons.

1923

Imogene Allen, Louise (Brown) Hastings, Philippa Gil-
christ, Quenelle (Harrold) Sheffield, Frances Harwell,
Hilda (McConnell) Adams, Anna Meade, Jennye (Hall)
Lemon.

1924

Martha (Eakes) Matthews, Katie Frank Gilchrist, Cora
(Morton) Durrett, Carrie Scandrett, Daisy Frances Smith.
1925

Mary Ann McKinney, Lillian Middlebrooks, Clyde Pass-
more, Mary Ben (Wright) Erwin.

1926
Edythe (Coleman) Paris, Mary Ella (Hammond) Mc-
Dowell, Florence (Perkins) Ferry, Sarah Slaughter, Peggy
(Whittemore) Flowers.

1927
Martha Crowe, Willie May (Coleman) Duncan, Lillian
(Clement) Adams, Ellen Douglass Leyburn, Venie Belle
(Grant) Jones, Lamar (Lowe) Connell, Katharine (Gilli-
land) Higgins, Miriam Preston.
1928
Eunice Ball, Elizabeth Cole.

1929
Geraldine LeMay, Lillie (Bellingrath) Pruett.

1930
Marie Baker, Blanche Miller.
1931
Fanny Willis (Niles) Bolton, Julia (Thompson) Smith,
Cornelia Wallace.

1932
Kathleen Bowen, Polly Cawthon, Virginia Gray, Miriam
Thompson.

1933

Margaret Bell, Julia Finley, Elizabeth Lynch, Letitia
(Rockmore) Lange, Katharine (Woltz) Green.
1934

Mary Ames, Nelle Chamlee, Dorothy (Cassel) Fraser,
Virginia Prettyman, Dorothy (Walker) Palmer.
1935

Dorothea Blackshear, Betty Lou (Houck) Smith, Kath-
erine Hertzka, Anne Scott Harman, Ida Lois McDaniel,
Alberta Palmour, Martha Redwine, Virginia Wood, Eliza-
beth Young.

1936

Elaine (Ahles) Puleston, Mildred Clark, Elizabeth For-
man, Lita Goss, Ruby Hutton, Frances James, Dean Mc-
Koin, Carrie Phinney Latimer, Sarah Frances McDonald,
Enid Middleton, Mary Snow, Mary (Walker) Fox.

1937

Martha (Summers) Lamberson, Enid Middleton, Ce-
cilia Baird, Rose Northcross, Mary (Malone) White, Mil-
dred Tilly, Annie Laurie Galloway, Florence Little, Mary
Jane King, Marie Stalker, Michelle Furlow, Lucille Denni-
son, Nellie Margaret Gilroy, Martha Johnson, Mary
Kneale, Isabel Richardson, Laura Steele, June Matthews,
Barton Jackson, Eula Turner, Jessie Williams, Virginia
Stephens, Ora Muse, Mary Alice (Newton) Bishop, Mary
Buckholtz, Vivian Long, Mary (Matthews) Starr, Edith
Belser, Rachael Kennedy, Cornelia Christie, Virginia Pop-
lin, Katherine Maxwell, Sarah Johnson, Marjorie Scott,
Catherine Jones.

Kathryn Fitzpatrick, ex-'3S.

Alumnae Children's Party,
June 3rd.

With the Candid

Camera at
Commencement

The Processional on Commence-
ment morning.

Ethel {Alexander) Gaines. '00.

Marian C. Bucher. '03. Olivia

(Feivell) Taylor, ex-'03.

Dr. R. Lincoln Long, speaker at
Commencement. Martha Long, '38,
his daughter, who is the exchange
student to Germany for fall, '38.
Dr. J. R. McCain, President of
Agnes Scott.

Class of '21 at its reunion luncheon.

Class of '20 as it gathered for its
reunion luncheon.

Class of '22 celebrated its \6th
anniversary.

cAnnual Imports

Annual Meeting of the Alumnae
Association

The annual meeting of the Agnes
Scott Alumnae Association was held
in the chapel following the Trustees
Luncheon on June 4th, 193 8, the
president, Daisy Frances Smith, pre-
siding.

Minutes of the last annual meet-
ing, having been published in the
Quarterly, were not read on motion.

The report of the treasurer in
printed form was presented and ap-
proved, this motion including the
proposed budget for 193 8-1939.

The nominating committee pre-
sented the slate of new officers,
which was unanimously accepted.
The ballot is not included in this re-
port, as it is being published in detail
in another part of the Quarterly.

It was voted to accept the presi-
dent's report as a combination of the
reports of the committee chairmen of
the Association. This report was then
read and accepted.

The recommendation of the Execu-
tive Board in regard to a change in
the By-Laws, which had been brought
to its attention by the Constitution
Committee, was as follows: That the
following change be made in Article
4, Section 1, of the By-Laws:

"... half of this group to be
chosen in alternate years. The presi-
dent, second vice-president, treasurer,
and chairmen of the following com-
mittees radio, house decorations,
entertainment, and alumnae week-
end are to be elected in even years,
and the first vice-president, secretary
and chairmen of the following com-
mittees newspaper publicity, house
and tea room, garden, student loan,
and constitution are to be elected
odd years. The latter group as elected
in 193 8 shall serve a period of three
years."

A motion was made and accepted
that this recommendation be approved
as read.

The president expressed her appre-
ciation of the pleasant contacts and
cooperation of the alumnae. A rising
vote of thanks was given her for her
wonderful attention and constant in-
terest in the Association and its many
plans and features during the past
two years.

Meeting adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,

Helene (Norwood) Lammers, ex-'22,

Secretary.

Minutes of the Alumnae Council,

May 3, 1938

The Alumnae Council met at the
Anna Young Alumnae House May 3,
193 8. The meeting was called to or-
der by the president, Daisy Frances
Smith, who stated the three-fold pur-
pose of the Alumnae Council: 1. A
clearing house for ideas; 2. Coordina-
tion of activities of various groups in-
terested in the progress of the college;
3. The spread of proper information
regarding the college, its policies, and
activities. The minutes of the last
meeting were not read since they were
printed in the Quarterly of July,
1937.

Miss Carrie Scandrett reported the
activities of the college from the
standpoint of the administration. She
brought greetings from Miss Hopkins,
whose interest in the college is still
paramount and who, though ill this
year, has given valuable advice. The
dormitories in the college have been
filled to capacity this year, with 316
boarding students. This year's fresh-
man class has been a very happy one
and there have been few unfortunate
circumstances arising. Senior chap-
eronage for the girls has been very
successfully worked out this year and
will be continued. The session has
been, marked by outstanding good
health of the student body, with a
few measles and appendectomies as
chief ailments. The administration
has been at the call of the students
twenty-four hours a day and has
worked with them in friendly coop-
eration.

Dr. J. R. McCain presented the
general plans for the Semi-Centennial
of Agnes Scott. In an interview with
the officials of the General Education
Board it was decided that Atlanta is
the logical place for a southern educa-
tional center. Cooperation with Em-
ory and Georgia Tech must take a
prominent place and Semi-Centennial
plans must include them. The desire
for a greater Agnes Scott is to be
crystalized in the Semi-Centennial
needs presented to the General Edu-
cation Board, a program to be com-
pleted in 1940. These include a new
dormitory and dining room for the
entire campus, new auditorium, with

memorial chapel named for Dr.
Gaines, fine arts building, science
hall, apartment house for faculty, de-
partment of the Home, new infirm-
ary and an endowment of about
S2,000,000 to take care of it all. The
Board was asked for $1,500,000.

Laura Coit, president of Student
Government Association, mentioned
the changes in social regulations, in-
cluding senior chaperonage, written
invitations, time limit, Freshman
regulations, new lighting system, and
the new Hand Book. Among the proj-
ects pursued were the combining of
offices, the honor system programs,
the campaign for the Day Students'
Room, Current History Forum, Peace
Day program, and research on com-
pulsory budget.

Douglas Lyle, incoming president
of Agnes Scott Christian Association,
reported that "Finding My Faith" had
been the subject of the chapel pro-
grams which alternated speakers, de-
votionals, and music. Dr. Wallace
Alston and Dr. Robert E. Speer were
speakers for the two religious em-
phasis weeks. Deputations have been
sent to Emory, Tech, Wesleyan, and
Brenau, and these colleges have sent
students to Agnes Scott. Vespers have
been held regularly on Sunday eve-
nings with faculty and student
speakers. Freshman and Sophomore
cabinets have been organized to train
students for work on the big cabinet.
The organization has this year
changed its name to the Christian As-
sociation of Agnes Scott.

It aims to integrate the religious
forces on the campus and make for
greater service. On the other hand it
has not broken from the national
Y. W. C. A. of the national "Y"
movement. A delegate was sent to
national Y. W. C. A. student conven-
tion at Miami University in Oxford,
Ohio.

Mary Lillian Fairly spoke for Mor-
tar Board on that organization's cul-
tural and social contributions to col-
lege community life. This organiza-
tion sponsors parties providing the
Freshmen and Sophomores with op-
portunities to meet eligible young
men in Atlanta. Charm Week was
again observed and a week of local
talent presentations. Comprehensive
examinations were taken by the mem-
bers of the chapter this year as an ex-

The AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

periment; the points given to presi-
dent of Mortar Board were raised.
The chief innovation was the course
on "Marriage" held the last quarter.

Zoe Wells, president of the Day
Students, stressed the feeling of co-
operation between boarders and day
students. The room provided for the
day students to spend the night in on
the campus has been moved from the
dormitory to a cottage. Regulations
governing the room have been suc-
cessful this year. Ten new chairs and
other improvements have added to the
attractiveness of the Day Student
Room in the basement of Main.

Letitia (Rockmore) Lange, pub-
licity chairman, is keeping a perman-
ent scrapbook with all articles on
Alumnae activities which appear in
the local papers. This book will be
kept in the Alumnae House and
should prove helpful to new chairmen
in the future.

Martha Stansfield, House and Tea
Room chairman, announced that Mrs.
Kerrison would return as manager of
the tea room next year, and that
there had been a steady increase in
the tea room business.

Eloise (Gay) Brawley, Grounds
Committee chairman, reported the
completion of the background plant-
ing in the garden this year.

Irene (Havis) Baggett reported
that the entertainment committee
was planning the series of Senior Teas
to be given the next week.

Kenneth Maner, Student Loan
chairman, reported that many of the
long overdue loans had been recovered
due to the splendid activity of the
Alumnae Association president.

Ray (Knight) Dean, acting chair-
man of the Constitution and By-Laws
Committee, announced that a recom-
mendation of the last General Meet-
ing had been considered and that the
name of the Curriculum Committee
had been changed to the Alumnae
Week-End Committee.

Alberta Palmour, chairman of the
Preparatory Schools Committee, re-
ported activities among the various
high school groups in the interests of
the college.

The Decatur Club, represented by
vice-president Annie (Johnson) Syl-
vester and Willie Mae (Coleman)
Duncan, reported speakers of interest
at the monthly meetings, and various
projects of the year.

The Atlanta Club, Dorothy (Wal-
ker) Palmer, president, reported
gifts made to the House and the Gar-
den, and speakers of interest at the
monthly meetings, in addition to the

projects which have been completed.

The Business Girls' Club, Eunice
Ball, president, reported the activities
of the Tuesday evening study class,
which had as its topic this year "The
Novel," and a group of speakers at
the regular meetings who had as their
topics, "Problems of the U. S. As It
Reflects the Problems of the World."

Fannie G. (Mayson) Donaldson re-
ported the numerous Founder's Day
meetings of the alumnae all over the
country. Articles belonging to George
Washington Scott and Agnes Scott
are being collected for exhibition dur-
ing the Semi-Centennial program.
Alumnae activities among the stu-
dents have included a tea for the new
students in September, three teas for
the Granddaughters' Club, and two
senior teas which will be held next
week. Many close contacts with the
girls are made through Nelle Cham-
lee, who is closely associated with the
students in many extra curricula ac-
tivities.

Nelle Chamlee reported the prog-
ress made in selling the students the
idea of using the Alumnae House for
their mothers and relatives when they
visit the campus. With the help of
the five scholarship girls in the office
a tremendous amount of correspond-
ence has been sent out this year. Of
6,000 alumnae written to in prepara-
tion for the directory, 2,5 00 have re-
sponded and the files have been cor-
rected to tally with these replies. This
is necessary work in preparation for
the directory.

Class representatives who were
present were recognized, and council-
lors from the various clubs.

A motion for adjournment was
made and carried.

Respectfully submitted,
Helene (Norwood) Lammers, ex-'22,
Secretary.

Minutes of the Executive Board
Meeting, May 19, 1938

The meeting of the Executive
Board was called to order by the presi-
dent, Daisy Frances Smith, after
which the minutes of the January
Board Meeting were read and ap-
proved.

The president announced that both
the alumnae secretary, Fannie G.
(Mayson) Donaldson, and the assist-
ant secretary, Nelle Chamlee, had ac-
cepted contracts for next year.

Emma Pope (Moss) Dieckmann,
chairman of the Alumnae Week-End
Committee, submitted the program
followed this year as a report of the
committee's work.

Letitia (Rockmore) Lange, news-
paper publicity chairman, presented a
scrapbook of clippings about alumnae
affairs that constituted the year's
publicity.

Carrie Phinney Latimer, represent-
ing the radio publicity committee, re-
ported the regular Wednesday broad-
casts over WSB. It was suggested
that whenever mail goes out from the
office to alumnae there be some note
regarding the radio program and
blanks for radio requests to be sent
back.

Martha Stansfield, Tea Room chair-
man, reported numerous gifts to the
house, and purchases made by the
committee. Thanks were voted Mrs.
Kerrison for her capable managing of
the tea room this year. Her report
was read and commended. Mrs. Ker-
rison plans to return next year.

A report from the House Decora-
tions Committee stated that the most
outstanding needs of the house had
been met this year, and plans were
under the direction of Mary Miller,
decorator.

Irene (Havis) Baggett, Entertain-
ment chairman, reported the affairs
at which the alumnae have been host-
esses this year. The question of secur-
ing china, glassware and silver for
such affairs was discussed, and it was
finally suggested that a sum of money
be set aside for such equipment, to be
taken under consideration by the Fi-
nance Committee.

The Local Clubs Committee re-
ported 27 active clubs with four
rather inactive ones come to life this
year.

Alberta Palmour, chairman of the
Preparatory Schools Committee, re-
ported that 23 5 girls from all parts of
the country had taken the competi-
tive examinations, and that numerous
high school groups had been enter-
tained by the college.

Kenneth Maner, Student Loan
chairman, reported seven loans made
this year, and money available for
next year now.

Ray (Knight) Dean, acting chair-
man of the Constitution Committee,
read suggestions for constitution
amendments.

The Garden Committee, Eloise
(Gay) Brawley, chairman, announc-
ed expenditure of funds given them
during the year, and plans to improve
the front of the house next year.

Fannie G. (Mayson) Donaldson,
alumnae secretary, reported a number
of alumnae activities not reported by
the committees, the increased success
of the campaign to get students to

JULY, 193 i

use the Alumnae House for their par-
ents and guests, the number of dis-
tinguished guests who had stayed in
the house during the year, and the in-
creased income from its use.

Nelle Chamlee, assistant secretary,
gave a detailed report of the corres-
pondence carried on by the staff,
which totaled 6 5 00 letters during the
year, in addition to SOOO cards sent
out in preparation for the directory.

Margaret Ridley, treasurer, read the
treasurer's report, which was accepted
as read. She presented a proposed
budget for next year which was
adopted as read.

Motion was made that if the Fi-
nance Committee approved the re-
quest of the Entertainment chairman,
that $2 5 be expended on purchase of
glassware and other equipment for
the use of this committee. The motion
was carried.

The president thanked the mem-
bers of the Board for their coopera-
tion during the past year. The Board
expressed its pleasure that Anne
(Hart) Equen, presidential nominee,
was present at this meeting.

The Board considered the change in
tenure of office that was suggested
at the previous meeting, so that there
would be carry-overs from one board
to another. It was moved and sec-
onded that the proposal of the com-
mittee be accepted by the Board and
be recommended to the May meeting
of the General Association.

The Board was reminded of the
commencement activities at which it
is hostess, and after a delightful tea
hour, adjourned.

Respectively submitted,
Helene (Norwood) Lammers, ex-'22,
Secretary.

President's Report
Compilation of All Committee Re-
ports to the Annual Meeting.
June 4, 1938

Following the policy instituted last
year, it is my duty to summarize the
reports of all Alumnae Committees,
which have previously been presented
to the Executive Board and which
will subsequently be published in the
July Quarterly. This was begun and
is continued in the belief that it in-
creases the effectiveness of the annual
meeting. One concise report covering
all phases of alumnae activity should
give this group a unified view of our
work and yet enable us to keep the
length of the meeting within reason-
able bounds.

Work in the Alumnae Office has
continued much as usual, with a
great quantity of detailed work to be

handled and a constancy of activity
not at all realized by most alumnae.
A distinct value has been seen in the
plan of the two secretaries, both be-
cause this provides one who can give
some time to planning while the
other sees to routine matters, and be-
cause many more alumnae contacts
are possible since the two secretaries
know different age groups among the
alumnae. The new departure in the
make-up of the Quarterly has met
with uniform approval. One of the
consistent interests of the office this
year has been the location of lost
alumnae. It is hoped that the new Di-
rectory will come out in the fall, and
thanks to the assistance of Dr. Mc-
Cain, Nelle Chamlee will be working
on it all summer.

All activities of the Association
really are two-fold, an effort to re-
late alumnae more closely to Agnes
Scott and an effort to relate the As-
sociation to the College itself or po-
tential students, or the public. The
Radio Publicity Committee this year
has attempted chiefly to interest pos-
sible students, their parents, and the
public. The skit called "Three Girls
In a Room" has continued, but inci-
dents of dormitory, campus and class-
room life, a picture of various campus
organizations, and notices as to oc-
currences on the campus have all been
included. The Newspaper Publicity-
Committee has supplied news at the
customary times, and in addition has
begun the keeping of a perpetual
scrap book which will be turned over
to the Alumnae Office upon comple-
tion of the chairman's term.

The Alumnae Week-End Commit-
tee brought many alumnae back to
the College. Talks on Friday and Sat-
urday, November 19 and 20, the gen-
eral theme of which was "New Em-
phasis," were well received. The Lo-
cal Clubs Committees has spent its
energies largely to revive and
strengthen already existing groups.
There are twenty-seven now active.
The suggested fields of endeavor for
next year are Griffin, Georgia, and
Quincy, Florida, where the conditions
seem ripe for the organization of new
groups. The financial support of all
clubs is an invaluable service, a help
to the Committees of the Association,
notably the House Decorations, Gar-
den, and House and Tea Room Com-
mittees, and an evidence of the loy-
alty and the generosity of alumnae.

Though there has been no Alumnae
Field Secretary this year and Alberta
Palmour's work on the campus has
been heavy, she has continued as

chairman of the Preparatory Schools
Committee. She reports that various
high schools have been reached, some
3,000 announcements of the March
4th competitive examinations sent,
programs at various high schools be-
ing managed through the cooperation
of local alumnae, and contact with
high schools in the Atlanta area being
accomplished through a party attend-
ed by some 250 girls.

The House Decorations Committee
has spent almost $500 during the past
two years in the re-decoration of par-
lor, dining room and hall, largely in
new chairs, re-upholstery and rugs.
A very pleasing increase in the use of
the Alumnae House by parents of
students has been evidenced through-
out the year. The House and Tea
Room Committee is happy to report
a fine increase in Tea Room business
this year and the return of Mrs.
Ethel Kerrison, whose capable man-
agement of the tea room is greatly ap-
preciated.

The Grounds Committee last year
reorganized the general layout of the
gardens. This year they have been
filling in as needed. Next year they
intend to work chiefly on the front
of the Alumnae House using the
boxwood which have been saved for
that purpose. Almost $150 has been
spent on the garden this year, in addi-
tion to labor which has been kindly
supplied by Dr. McCain and for
which the Committee is deeply grate-
ful.

The Entertainment Committee has
handled most capably the fall tea for
new students and the series of recent
senior teas. Their plans are fully
made for Alumnae Open House in the
garden after Senior Vespers on Bacca-
laureate Sunday. Their request for an
allotment of $25.00 for the purchase
of equipment has been met by the Fi-
nance Committee.

The Student Loan Committee with
its balance from June, 1937, and this
year's repayments has had $822.90 to
disburse. During the current school
year seven loans have been made,
amounting to $42 5.00, leaving nearly
S400 to be expended next fall. The
Committee has on its books unpaid
loans totaling $727.00.

The Constitution and By-Laws
Committee has incorporated in the
Constitution the changes made by
the general meeting, May, 1937.

In closing, I wish to express my
grateful appreciation for the cheerful,
constant, and untiring cooperation of
all alumnae with whom I had con-
tact as Alumnae President. It has

The AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

been a happy privilege to serve the
College and the Association.
Respectfully submitted,
Daisy Frances Smith, '24,
President.

Report of Alumnae Secretaries

After two years of the plan of the
two secretaries in the office, we are
of the opinion that it does make for
greater efficiency for many reasons.
There is always such an overwhelm-
ing amount of office routine work,
as form letters, filing, the duties as
hostess of the Alumnae House, that
one executive secretary finds herself
so deeply submerged in those matters
that she cannot exercise herself in the
very important matter of planning
for new endeavors, personal contacts,
and attempts to better the work of
the Association. There is also the very
valuable asset of the representation of
two different periods in the two sec-
retaries, which enables them to reach
with the widely different appeal the
older and younger alumnae.

Our year's program, beginning in
September with the resuming of cor-
respondence of the summer, with the
first dues notices, the contacting of
all chairmen and club presidents and
class secretaries, continued through
the fall with special emphasis on
Alumnae Week-End; then in Janu-
ary much correspondence was in-
volved in working toward a success-
ful Founder's Day, including, this
year, thirty-five notices to club presi-
dents, seventy-five letters to alumnae,
asking them to head the meeting in
their towns, a corresponding number
of six page letters to be used as part
of the Founder's Day program and
View Booklets to clubs and groups
meeting. The arrangement of the
radio program is, of course, no small
part of this celebration. The third
event of importance and requiring
much preparation is reunion time,
correspondence on this involving per-
sonal letters to class presidents and
secretaries, five hundred form letters
and programs to all reunioners, and
much planning for the pleasure and
comfort of those who return, par-
ticularly as regards their housing.

The Quarterlies of this year have
been published in a different form,
which, we believe, has been most ac-
ceptable to all alumnae. We are in-
debted to many gifted alumnae who
have been so kind in agreeing to write
articles for the Quarterlies and those
contributions have done much to hold
the interest of our subscribers.

It is not within our province to in-
fringe on the reports of the commit-

tee chairmen, although it is the de-
lightful privilege of this office to as-
sist in every department of the work
whenever and wherever possible. Only
in the case of the Alumnae House
will we overstep, since the assistant
secretary is the official hostess and
can make an interesting report of the
use of the house during this year.
After years of trying to educate the
students in the use of the house by
their mothers on visits, success has
come. This year more parents of stu-
dents have used the house than alum-
nae or other guests and this in a year
which has exceeded all previous years
in financial returns from our rooms.
The list of distinguished guests who
have stayed in the Alumnae House
during the year included: The Grand
Duchess Marie of Russia, Mr. H. S.
Ede, curator of the Tate Gallery in
London; Dr. F. D. Murnaghan, of
Johns Hopkins University; Dr. Rufus
B. Harris, of Tulane University; Dr.
and Mrs. Robert E. Speer, Myra Jer-
vey, of Stephens College, and Dr. and
Mrs. Lincoln Long, of Toledo, Ohio.

The assistant secretary reports a
total of 5,575 form letters mailed out
during the year, that the files are in
good condition, due to intensive work
in preparation for the new Directory
and also because the office has had
five Scholarship students for a total
of twenty hours weekly.

The one large endeavor facing the
office at this time is the preparation
of the new directory, which is
planned for publication in the early
fall. The first step was the sending
out of 1500 postcards to friends or
relatives of alumnae whose addresses
were lost. The results of this contact
plus the replies about those whose
names were published in each issue of
the Quarterly under the caption of
"Aggie's Lost Sheep" were most
gratifying. Seven thousand double
postcards have been sent to the entire
alumnae enrollment and as the return
cards come into the office, the
changes are being noted. The assist-
ant secretary will be in the office
all summer working entirely on the
compilation of the new directory
and we hope it will be ready for
the printer by early fall. In order
that it may be as perfect as it is pos-
sible to make a continually changing
record, the office will appreciate any
changes of your name and address or
that of any other alumna whom you
know.

In an effort to make the student
body conscious of the Alumnae Asso-
ciation as a very real and vital factor
on the campus, we have several en-

deavors. The tea, given in the early
fall to all new students, introduced
the newcomers to the Alumnae House
and the Executive Board of the Asso-
ciation. The senior teas given in May
gathered the seniors in small groups
and short talks were made before tea
to explain the Association and its
work and the organization of the
class for alumnae years. We regard
our Granddaughters' Club as one of
the unique clubs on the campus. It is
under the guardianship of the Alum-
nae Association which entertains these
daughters of alumnae, now students
at Agnes Scott, at several teas during
the year and helps with their banquet
with dates which is planned and run
by the girls themselves.

And may we close this report with
a word of deepest appreciation of the
untiring work done by the chairmen
of the various committees and their
members and by the host of loyal
alumnae all over the country who
have responded in the most amazingly
unanimous way when asked to do
great and small services? The Alum-
nae Office would never have the
courage to face the many events and
the program of work of the year if
the secretaries did not have the con-
fident feeling of hundreds of alumnae
willing to help in any way. It is a
very humbling thing, this being
alumnae secretary, when one thinks
that alumnae look to this office for
the contact which will hold their
hearts and thoughts "Agnes-Scott-
ward" and our constant hope is that
we may not fail you!

Respectfully submitted,
Fannie G. (Mayson) Donaldson, '12,

Executive Secretary.
Nelle Chamblce, '34,

Assistant Executive Secretary.

Report of the Newspaper Publicity
Committee

Publicity for the school year
1937-3 8 may be grouped into four
points of concentration. The first
was the occasion of the Alumnae
Tea, in September; the second, the
seventh annual Alumnae Week-End,
in November; the third, Founder's
Day, in February; and the fourth,
which is under way at the present
time, the graduation season.

Stress has been placed this year on
the keeping of a perpetual scrapbook,
to be shown at this meeting each May
and turned over to the Alumnae Of-
fice upon completion of the chair-
man's term.

Respectfully submitted,
Letitia (Rockmore) Lange, '3 3,

Chairman.

JULY, 1938

Report of the Finance Committee

Open Account

Receipts September 1, 1937 May

31, 1938

Proposed

Esti- Budget

Income Actual mated Total 1938-39

Dues $ 924.90 50.10 975.00 900.00

Tea Room Rent 400.00 400.00 400.00

Room Rent 263.50 11.50 275.00 200.00

Rent from Caps,
Gowns and

Hoods 56.00 78.00 134.00 140.00

Gift from

College 1200.00 1200.00 1200.00

Miscellaneous 52.64 40.00 92.64 68.00
Interest
on Sav-
ings __$40.00
Telephone
Tolls _ 12.64

Totals $2897.04 179.60 3076.64 2908.00

Balance Sept.

1, 1937 545.71

Total 3442.75

Less Disburse-
ments 2753.21

Balance in

Account $ 689.54

In Building and

Loan Stock $1700.00
Disbursements

Secretaries $1000.00 1000.00 1000.00

Dues 32.50 32.50 32.50

Supplies, Print-
ing, Postage _ 1069.66 1069.66 1200.00
Alumnae House
Operating

Expenses _- 106.45 6.00 112.45 120.00
Furnish. &

Upkeep ___ 115.11 115.11 130.00

Maid's Salary 112.00 112.00 120.00

Traveling 40.00

Insurance 25.00 25.00 25.00

Garden 50.00 50.00 65.00

Entertainment - 47.61 52.39 100.00 110.00
Tea Room

Upkeep 30.00 30.00 40.00

Miscellaneous 164.88 164.88 25.50

Tel.

Tolls $14.38
Enter-
tain-
ment
Equip-
ment 25.00
Petty

Cash 25.50
To Sav-
ings 100.00

Total Disburse-
ments $2753.21 58.39 2811.60 2908.00

Balance due on Garden Loan $43.02

Margaret Ridley, '33, Treasurer.

Report of the Radio Committee

The Radio Committee has at-
tempted this year to focus attention
on Agnes Scott in three ways:

First, to interest potential students,
we presented each Wednesday after-
noon at 3:15 o'clock a skit called
"Three Girls In a Room." In this
way we tried to bring to them inter-
esting and humorous incidents of
dormitory, class room, and campus
life.

Second, to interest the parents, and
still using the skit idea, we tried to
bring a picture of such campus organ-
izations as Y. W. C. A., Mortar
Board, Student Government, Athletic
Association, Publications, Lecture As-
sociation, and Freshman Orientation
Committees.

Third, for the benefit of the gen-
eral public, we announced all dates of
campus presentations, such as Black-

friar productions, lectures, Glee Club
concerts and operettas, campus con-
ventions of national importance, May
Day, and commencement exercises.

Of special importance to all alum-
nae was Founder's Day program on
February 22nd, with messages from
Dr. McCain, Miss Hopkins, Daisy
Frances Smith, Alumnae President,
and a skit given by two of the Radio
Committee, Carrie Phinney Latimer
and Betty Lou (Houck) Smith. The
Committee is very grateful to the
members of the skit who have so
faithfully and cheerfully presented
these weekly programs and also to
WSB, Atlanta Journal station, for its
unfailing kindness and assistance at
these broadcasts.

Respectfully submitted,
Betty Lou (Houck) Smith, '3 5,

Chairman.

Report of the Alumnae Week-End
Committee

Since the committee on the annual
Alumnae Week-End has for its one
project the planning and execution of
a program given at Agnes Scott at
one specified time during the college
year the committee begs to submit a
copy of that program as the major
part of its report. In addition to the
topics listed, through the generosity
of the college, we were enabled to
have, in the Exhibition Room of the
college library, a display of the paint-
ings of wild flowers of Georgia by
Mary Motz Wills. The date of the
Alumnae Week-End was November
19-20, 1937. The program:

Friday, November 19

10:00-10:30 Chapel Talk, "In-
dian Impressions," Dr. Mary Ann Mc-
Kinney.

10:30-11:30 "Cross Currents in
the Colleges," Dean Goodrich C.
White.

11:30-12:30 "New Emphases in
World Affairs," Judge Samuel H.
Sibley.

12:30 Luncheon in Rebekah Scott
Dining Room with Mr. S. G. Stukes
as the speaker.

Saturday, November 20

10:00-10:30 Agnes Scott String
Ensemble, Mr. C. W. Dieckmann di-
recting.

10:30-11:30 "New Emphases in
the Drama and the Theatre," Dr.
Thomas H. English.

11:30-12:30 "Contemporary
Poets and the South," Dr. Emma
May Laney.

The theme which we attempted to
carry out was "New Emphases," and
to all those who gave of their time
and abilities we extend our thanks.
Our librarian, Miss Hanley, had in-
teresting books on display both days.
The College was our host at luncheon,
and the Alumnae Office, as usual, was
the real strength of the committee.
Our report is submitted with pleasure
as we look back over our two years
together, with appreciation to all the
alumnae and friends who came to our
program, and with best wishes for the
new committee.

Respectfully submitted
Emma Pope (Moss) Dieckmann, '13,
Chairman.

Report of the House Decorations
Committee

In this, the annual report of the
House Decorations Committee, and as
my final report as chairman of that
committee for a two year term, my
sincerest appreciation goes to the
alumnae clubs who have made our
work possible (since they supply our
only revenue), and to the members
of the committee for their cheerful
and loyal cooperation, and to the
alumnae secretaries for unfailing as-
sistance. We have tried to maintain
the high standards set for us by the
original House Committee, and we
feel happy in the thought that some
of the most pressing needs have been
met in the past term of office.

The Committee, seeing the need of
a consistently carried out plan, voted
to secure advice and help from an
outstanding Atlanta decorator, and
since the persons responsible for the
original Alumnae House furnishings
were no longer available, choice cen-
tered on Mary Miller, A.I.D. Her ad-
vice and direction has guided our ef-
forts, and since we feel that at all
times she had our best interests at
heart, we herewith express to her our
grateful appreciation.

During the past two years the fol-
lowing clubs have contributed as
listed below:

Atlanta Club: two living room
chairs re-upholstered (in gold da-
mask), $40.00; 1 living room sofa,
$50.00; 1 living room chair, new,
$50.00; stair carpet and hall rug,
$120.00; living room rug dyed,
$18.75.

Atlanta Business Girls' Club: 1 new
dining room chair, $3 5.00.

Decatur Club: 2 dining room arm
chairs recovered, $20.00; dining room
rug dyed, $18.75; 2 new dining room
chairs, $70.00.

10

Charlotte Club: 1 new dining
room chair, $35.00.

New York Club: Towards new
dining room chair, $8.75.

One more dining room chair is
needed to complete the set of eight.
Walls and curtains are in need of at-
tention. These, with many other
things, we commend to the loyal en-
thusiasm of next year's committee
and to generous impulses of all alum-
nae.

In conclusion, please let me thank
you for the pleasure I have had in
serving in this capacity.
Sarah Bell (Brodnax) Hansell, '23,

Chairman of House Committee.

Report of the House and Tea Room
Committee

The appropriation allotted to the
Tea Room Committee was spent for
ten pairs of curtains and for neces-
sary repairs and replacements in the
kitchen.

Nine installments on the General
Electric refrigerator have been paid.
We gratefully acknowledge gifts
made for this purpose by Miss Eliza-
beth F. Jackson, Cora (Morton) Dur-
rett, Leone (Bowers) Hamilton,
Irene Lowrance, the Mississippi State
Club and the Decatur Club.

The Committee acknowledges with
thanks the following gifts: Linen for
the Alumnae House from the Colum-
bia, S. C, Club on February 22nd;
many beautiful luncheon sets from
the New Orleans, Louisiana, Club; a
dozen linen napkins from the Lynch-
burg, Va., Club; a pretty green pot-
tery bowl from Martha (Schaefer)
Tribble.

The Committee wishes to express
appreciation to Mrs. Ethel Kerrison
for her capable management of the
Tea Room; it is a pleasure to report
that she expects to return next year
and that there has been a fine increase
in the Tea Room business this year.
Respectfully submitted,

Martha Stansfield, '21.

Report of the Local Clubs Committee

While the close of 1937-193 8
finds us with no brand new club to
report, we can say that the Augusta
Club newly organized in 1936-1937
is thriving and that four old clubs
which were inactive at this time last
year have been revived: Baltimore,
Md.; Birmingham, Ala.; Chattanooga,
Tenn.; and Charleston, S. C.

There are now twenty-seven active
local alumnae groups, some meeting
once a year, some three times a year,
and others meeting once each month.

The AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

With so many demands on the time new clubs. Griffin, Ga., and Quincy,

and energies of our alumnae we found Fla., are recommended as ripe for or-

that it was not always practicable to ganization and some effort in these

insist on a strict organization with two localities should bring forth

frequent meetings and we have en- fruit.

couraged the banding together of To have had part in the committee
alumnae for the few or even the on; set _ up during the past tWQ has
meeting during a year. The twenty- been a real pleasure, and to have ex-
seven clubs are as follows: perienced the close contact with and
Atlanta, Ga. clear insight of the workings of the
Business Club, Atlanta. General Alumnae Association we
Asheville, N. C. count as a distinct privilege. During
Augusta, Ga. these years we have also come to ap-
Baltimore, Md. preciate more than ever the faithful
Birmingham, Ala. and efficient service of our two
Charlotte, N. C. Alumnae Secretaries.

Charleston, S. C. p jr n l j

_. _ Respectfully submitted,

Chattanooga, Tenn. , ,

Chicago, 111. Sarah Q- Slaughter, 26,

Columbia, S. C. Chairman.

T-i _ ^ Committee:

Decatur, Ga. -, .

Greenville S C Georgia Mae (Burns) Bnstow, '27

Hendersonvil'le, N. C. Florence (Perkins) Ferry, '26

Jacksonville, Fla. lberta P alm <> "

Knoxville, Tenn. F, u genia S >' 36 ,

Los Angeles, Cal. ^arjone (J mda11 ) Clark > ' 34

Lynchburg, Va. Margaret Tufts, '26

Memphis, Tenn. The Report of the Grounds Committee

Mississippi State f the Alumnae Association of

Montgomery, Ala. Agneg gcott Co , Iege for m7 _ 38
JNew Orleans, La.

New York City The Grounds Committee for the
Sheffield, Tuscumbia and Florence, P ast f ur years has consisted of Mrs.
Ala. Robert Holt, Frances (Gilliland)
Tampa, Fla. Stukes, and Eloise (Gay) Brawley.
Washington, D. C. We have this year centralized our
Winston-Salem, N. C. efforts on beautifying the garden at
For the first time in several years the rear of the alumnae house by add-
there has been no Field Secretary in g> with the help of Monroe Land-
available for personal visits to distant sca P in g Company, more background
clubs. This lack has not passed un- ever g r eens to our last year's addition
noticed. On Founder's Day Alberta of nlnet y good sized box wood, all of
Palmour and Llewellyn Wilburn were which, with the help of the labor
guests of the Augusta Club, and on fund of the coUe g e . have lived.

one occasion the Charlotte Club t>

l i i j ^ Business Report

di ought girls down to Decatur.

Otherwise, contact with the clubs has Money Donated

been almost entirely through personal Atlanta Club .. $ 50.00

correspondence and circular bulletins. Decatur Club 25.00

Agnes Scott alumnae, in spite of Friends 21.00

the distance in miles and years from Alumnae Association 50.00

the college, have continued loyal in

their support, morally and materially. Total _ __$ 146.00

To give any itemized list of gifts to Money Paid Out

the Alumnae Association from the l/f T , *-,,

r i r\ i , , , , Monroe Land Company $ 71.00

Local Clubs would be an overlapping T c , c r . '

r m , . . , T V 6 Lewis Seed Store 34.3 8

of this report and that of the House ** ,,

A \j tS ^ Miscellaneous 26.62

and House Decoration Committees.

It is enough to say that the groups T j ~

are ever generous. . . * ' ; uu

_ . . . T , , , Lloise (Gay) Brawley,

io the incoming Local Clubs Com- r-u

. , . , Chairman,

mittee, we confess there is much we , ,

have left undone, and assure you the ReP rt f the Ent "tainment

fields for cultivation are extensive. Committee

There are, according to statistics The Entertainment Committee of

from the office, two fertile areas the Alumnae Association of Agnes

which might yield the first crop of Scott College submits the following

JULY, 1951

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report of its activities for the year
1937-38.

The customary program of enter-
tainment consists of three large par-
ties during the year; namely, a tea for
the new students, a tea for the sen-
iors, and an "Open House" after sen-
ior vespers on Baccalaureate Sunday.
In addition to these, the Association
provides refreshments for the Pub-
licity Committee for Alumnae Week-
End, and for the meetings of the
Granddaughters' Club. The Enter-
tainment Committee also provides
and arranges the flowers for the
Trustees' Luncheon during Com-
mencement.

In September your committee, as-
sisted by the executive board, Miss
Scandrett, Dr. McCain, and about
twenty-five alumnae welcomed the
new students to the campus and ex-
tended to them the privileges of the
Alumnae House. The guests num-
bered 12 5.

The committee is now working on
plans for the decorations at the
Trustees' Luncheon June 4, and for
the Open Llouse June 5.

The duty of the Entertainment
Committee is indeed pleasant and I
have enjoyed it, but it entails a lot of
work that could not have been done
without the whole-hearted coopera-
tion of each individual member of the
committee. It takes time and effort
and the committee has been greatly
handicapped by lack of equipment.
It is necessary to bring from home
glassware, linen, trays, silver and
china in quantities sufficient to serve
200 people. So from the experience
gained after serving for two years as
chairman of the Entertainment Com-
mittee I would like to submit the fol-
lowing recommendation to the Fi-
nance Committee. Namely, that a
sum of money, about $25.00, be al-
loted to the incoming chairman to
buy inexpensive glassware, etc., and
that whatever equipment is bought be
kept entirely separate from that of
the tea-room, and for the exclusive
use of the Entertainment Committee,
unless the chairman of the committee
sees fit to rent it to those wishing to
use it.

I wish to thank Nelle Chamlee and
Fannie G. Donaldson for their many
suggestions and great help at all
times. To the members of the com-

mittee I am deeply grateful for their
time, work and cooperation in every
way.

List of expenditures to date:

Tea for new students $18.78

Tea for Alumnae Week-End

Publicity 3.43

Tea for Granddaughters' Club 4.5 6
Teas for seniors 21.04

$47.81

This leaves a balance of $52.19 to
be used for decorations for the Trus-
tees' Luncheon and for refreshments
at the Open House on June 5.
Respectfully submitted,
Irene (Ha vis) Baggett, '17,

Chairman.
Committee:

Elizabeth (Dimmock) Bloodworth,

ex-'19
Lutie (Powell) Burckhardt, ex-'lO
Florence (Perkins) Ferry, '26
Venice (Mayson) Fry, ex-'21
Maryellen (Harvey) Newton, '16
Maybeth (Carnes) Robison, ex-'23

Report of the Student Loan
Committee

Balance from June. 1937 $139.54 $139.54

Income:

Interest on Loan 20. CO

Interest on Savings Account 1.36
Returned Loans 662.00 683.36

$822.90
Disbursements :

Loan of $ 75.00

50.00
50.00
50.00
25.00
75.00
100.00

425.00
Exchange -50 425.50

Balance as of May 18. 1938 $397.40

During the current school year seven loans
amounting to $425.00 have been made to
Agnes Scott students.

We are carrying on our books unpaid loans
totaling $727.00.

Respectfully submitted,
Kenneth Maner, '27, Chairman.

Annual Report for 1937-38 of the

Constitution and By-Laws

Committee

In accordance with the vote in
May, 1937, of the annual alumnae as-
sembly, the following changes were
incorporated in the Constitution:

1. The following addition was
submitted to Article IV, Section 5,
Subhead f, of the By-Laws: "The
Finance Committee must approve the
plans of any committee wishing to
raise funds."

2. Subhead c of Section 3 of Arti-

cle IV of the By-Laws shall be
stricken, and "Alumnae Week-End
Committee" substituted therefor.

3. Subhead i of Section 5 of Arti-
cle IV of the By-Laws shall be
stricken and the following substituted
therefor: "Alumnae Week-End Com-
mittee. The Alumnae Week-End
Committee shall have complete charge
of all plans concerning the Alumnae
Week-End."

Respectfully submitted,
Ray (Knight) Dean, '29,

Acting Chairman.

Report of the Committee on
Preparatory Schools

Although the college this year has
not had on its staff a person as Alum-
nae Field Secretary, Dr. McCain asked
that we maintain any possible con-
tacts with high schools. The follow-
ing have been possible:

1. In October, approximately 3000
announcements of the annual Com-
petitive Examination were sent to
high schools and preparatory schools
all over the country. The response
was unusually good with the results
that 23 5 girls stood the examinations
on March 4.

2. In cooperation with high
schools who have scheduled "College
Days" we were fortunate to be repre-
sented by the following alumnae:
Winston-Salem and Greenwood,
N. C,. Meriel Bull, '3 6; Port Wash-
ington School and Fieldston School,
New York City, Dorothy (Hutton)
Mount, '29; Morganton (N. C.)
High School, Dell (Bernhardt) Wil-
son, '24.

3. Contact with Atlanta high
schools was accomplished through a
party on March 4, attended by ap-
proximately 250 college preparatory
seniors. The program for the after-
noon included a tea at which the girls
were introduced to the officers of the
administration and some of the stu-
dent leaders, exhibition tennis and
swimming, a tour of the campus,
skits, and supper around camp fires.
The schools whose program did not
permit their seniors to accept this in-
vitation were invited for dinner one
night and to May Day.

Respectfully submitted,

Alberta Palmour, '3 5,
Chairman

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Miss Lillian Smith, Professor, and
Beloved Friend of Alumnae

It is with a deep sense of loss that
Agnes Scott College announces the
resignation of Miss Lillian Smith, for
thirty years head of the Latin Depart-
ment. Ill health forced Miss Smith to
take a leave of absence last fall and,
although her health is much im-
proved, she thought it best to tender
her resignation from the faculty of
Agnes Scott, which was regretfully
accepted.

Miss Smith is a native of New
York state, where she received her
early schooling and later attended
Syracuse University and Cornell Uni-
versity. Miss Smith won her M.A.
and later her Ph.D. degree and is a
member of Phi Beta Kappa honorary
fraternity.

Coming from the faculty of
Northfield Seminary, Miss Smith be-
came a member of the Agnes Scott
faculty in 1905, just before the col-
lege changed from its Institute stan-
dards to those of an accredited col-
lege and through the long years of
her teaching experience here she was
known and loved by many, many
alumnae who struggled through the
Gallic wars and Roman laws and
Latin prose, inspired by her great love
for her subject and her inspirational
presentation. And not only was the

affection of her students won by her
teaching but they became aware of
the wonderful traits of justice and
fair play which always marked her
dealings with them. Many little in-
cidents of Miss Smith's appreciation
of student problems and desire to help
them solve them remain forever in
their minds.

Her course included always a
freshman course, for she expressed
her reason, which was to know the in-
coming students in the close relation-
ship of teacher and student before
they reached the higher classes. Miss
Smith also taught advanced courses
in Virgil, Lucretius and Tacitus, some
sophomore classes in Horace, a teach-
ers' training course and advanced
Latin Composition, Roman Comedy,
and Pliny's Letters. Her courses in
the study of Roman private life and
the topography of Rome, illustrated
with slides, did much to interest the
girls in the "glory which was
Rome's" and to give them the back-
ground and the glamour which made
possible a real interest in the language.

Nor was her contribution to the
life of the college confined to her
teaching ability for she was always
vitally interested in anything which
would aid in the growth of the col-
lege, taking part in many activities
of the college life. Miss Smith had
served as chairman of the library
committee, chairman of the advanced
standing committee, as a member of
the curriculum committee. She was
a faithful attendant at the many
plays and concerts and other events
given by the students and always
willing to help in any of the under-
takings of both students and alumnae.

Many of the older alumnae re-
member the year when Miss Smith's
niece, Dorothea Keeney, came to live
with her and to attend the Academy
which was connected with Agnes
Scott at that time, serving as a high
school for the college. At that time
Miss Smith moved from Rebekah
Scott dormitory to White House and
she and Dorothea made their home to-
gether in that dormitory. After Doro-
thea's year at the Academy, Miss
Smith moved back into Rebekah Scott
until 1918 when she changed to West

Lawn cottage which remained her
home until her resignation. Her room
there was a pleasant and comfortable
spot for her friends and her students
to visit and no matter how busy she
might be, she welcomed them and
made them enjoy their stay.

Following her illness last fall, Miss
Smith went to spend the winter with
that same niece, now the busy home-
maker for her father, Bishop Keeney,
in a delightful home which they have
bought in Miami, Florida, and there
Miss Smith regained her strength in
that famed Florida sunshine. Return-
ing to the campus in May, she closed
her thirty years connection with the
campus. Her permanent address will
be 123 N. E. 97th St., Miami, Flor-
ida, but her summer address will be
936 Westmoreland, Syracuse, N. Y.

The alumnae would like to express
their own appreciation of Miss Lillian
Smith's years of service at our college
and to tell her that we feel a very
keen sense of loss from our faculty
and from those on the campus whom
our memory holds very dear. Our
best wishes go to her for the happiest
of years and for the enjoyment of all
the myriad of pleasures which leisure
and returning health can offer. Ag-
nes Scott will be counting on her
visits from time to time to renew old
friendships and to keep that close
contact with all the associations of
the years.

Mr. Dieckmann Wins Award

Mr. C. W. Dieckmann, head of
the music department, is the com-
poser of an organ composition which
recently won first place in the con-
test for organ numbers at the South-
eastern Convention of the American
Guild of Organists at Tallahassee,
Florida, May 10. Mr. Dieckmann was
honored by the student body at an all-
Dieckmann program of music during
National Music Week. The selections
presented included his organ composi-
tions, "Song of Happiness" and
"Song of Sunshine," and the prize
winning number, "Adoro te Devote";
"Scherzo" for two pianos; "The
Prayer Perfect" and "The Throstle,"
sung by Frances (Gilliland) Stukes,
'24; and a setting for an old Lutheran
hymn played as an organ prelude.

JULY, 19} S

13

The Nominating Committee of the
Agnes Scott Alumnae Association

Cora Frazer (Morton) Durrett, '24,
Chairman

Ethel (Alexander) Gaines, '00

Margaret (Bland) Sewell, '20

Llewellyn Wilburn, '19

Eunice Ball, '28

Presented the following nominees for

the term of office 193 8-1940, who

were elected at the General

Meeting, June 4th

Officers

President: Anne (Hart) Equen, '21

First Vice-President: Susan (Young)
Eagan, ex-'06

Second Vice-President: Cama (Bur-
gess) Clarkson, '22

Secretary: Edythe (Coleman) Paris,
'26

Treasurer: Blanche Miller, '30

Committee Chairmen

Radio Publicity: Ellen Douglass Ley-
burn, '27

Newspaper Publicity: Letita (Rock-
more) Lange, '3 3

Alumnae Week-End: Araminta (Ed-
wards) Pate, '2 5

Tea Room: Hallie (Smith) Walker,
ex-' 16

Local Clubs: Ruth (Blue) Barnes,
'14

Grounds: Frances (Gilliland) Stukes,
'24

Entertainment: Maybeth (Carnes)
Robinson, ex-'2 3

Student Loan: Elizabeth (Marsh)
Hill, '20

Constitution and By-Laws: Ray
(Knight) Dean, '29

Our Sympathy to Miss Jackson

Miss Elizabeth Jackson has the deep
sympathy of her friends among the
alumnae in the loss of her father May
6. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson had been
wintering in Orlando and although
both had been in bad health during
the winter they were planning to
make the trip back to Massachusetts
the middle of May. Miss Jackson had
spent spring vacation in Orlando
with them, and had been down several
times for week-ends. Miss Jackson
will spend the summer with her
mother in their Massachusetts home
at South Weymouth.

English Department Honors Miss
McKinney

Soon after the beginning of college
last fall, the members of the English
department began plans to honor Miss
McKinney by making possible a
permanent fund, the income of which
would assure an award to be known
as the "Louise McKinney Book
Award." This is to be given annually
to the student who makes the best
collection of books during the year.
For many years Miss McKinney has
been securing personally through
friends of hers and the college an an-
nual sum of $25.00 which was known
as the Richard de Bury prize and
which was awarded on similar re-
quirements.

Feeling that Miss McKinney 's many
friends among the alumnae and fac-
ulty would want to join with the
English faculty, the members of this
branch offered her friends the oppor-
tunity of contributing. The whole
plan was kept a secret from Miss Mc-
Kinney and no one was more com-
pletely surprised than she when the
announcement of one thousand dol-
lars given toward this end was made
at the commencement exercises and
the name of the winner for this year,
who was Mary Ann Kernan, '3 8, was
made known.

From the many, many letters which
came back bearing contributions to
this permanent endowment, which
will be kept and so regarded by the
college treasurer, there was such gen-
uine and enthusiastic sentiment ex-
pressed that we are quoting a few
which will please the alumnae as well
as Miss McKinney:

"It is a real privilege and pleasure
to participate in a tribute to Miss
McKinney, whose character and per-
sonality have been a constant inspira-
tion to many who, like myself, love
her dearly."

"Always I will feel that Miss Mc-
Kinney has been one of the finest in-
fluences in my life and I know that
hundreds of former Agnes Scotters
feel the same way. Others have ful-
filled her ideals to greater extent but
I doubt if her helpfulness has meant
more in any other life."

"She is indeed a rare person and
one whom we all delight to honor."

"We who studied under her will
always love her."

"I wish that my contribution
could be in keeping with the love and
respect I have always felt for Miss
McKinney."

"Thank you for giving me the op-
portunity to contribute to the fund.

It is a beautiful and most fitting trib-
ute to Miss McKinney. ... In com-
pany with every other old Agnes
Scotter, I love Miss McKinney very
dearly and remember her classes with
pleasure."

"Once more I thank you for let-
ting me share in this tribute to my
beloved friend."

And so from all corners of the
globe came these expressions of love
and appreciation and delight in hav-
ing a share in this new honor for a
beloved professor. We feel sure that
this fund is the kind of honor that
Miss McKinney would choose, for the
book prize has long been a cherished
idea, this award for the discriminat-
ing accumulation of literature, the
first step in the accumulating of a
worthy personal library. The mem-
bers of the English department
planned well in their desire to pay
lasting tribute to Louise McKinney,
professor of English and understand-
ing and sympathetic friend of hun-
dreds of girls who have passed
through the gates of Agnes Scott.
Retirement of Three Friends of the
Alumnae

A total of 64 years of service to
Agnes Scott is being completed this
June and credited to the loyalty and
love of three women who have seen
the college weather war and depres-
sion and emerge gloriously triumph-
ant as one of the finest in the South.

Miss Emma Miller, who has served
as matron for twenty-seven years,
came here in 1911 on her first job,
and it has been her only one. She has
seen the college through the War, and
the depression, and reports that to her
things seem much the same as they
did when she came here in spite of all
the changes and new buildings. Miss
Miller lives in Beeton, Ontario, and
will spend the summer there with her
brother and three sisters. She expects
to winter in Toronto, which is only
forty miles from Beeton, but which
is much more livable and exciting in
winter, but she will make her per-
manent home with her brother and
sisters.

Mrs. Jennie Dunbar Finnell, house-
keeper and dietitian, came to Agnes
Scott in 1916. She has seen the college
grow from three dormitories and two
cottages to the present extensive plant
with new gym, administration build-
ing, and library, not to mention the
nine cottages which have been added
to the institution. Mrs. Finnell has
had the same head cook, John Hill,
and the same head waiter, John Flynt,
the entire twenty-one years, and is

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The AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

leaving the two splendid servants to
her successor. She recalls the time
during the last depression when the
dining room in White House was re-
duced to nine tables, with only 88
people, and the banner year when she
fed 176 people. She has seen the in-
firmary moved three times, and has
helped straighten out the ensuing con-
fusion of turning the campus upside
down as each additional building was
put up. She has tended a flower gar-
den between East Lawn and the
White House for many years and has
kept the dining room tables supplied
with flowers during her regime. Now
at 68 she is retiring and plans to live
in Ellenton, S. C, where she has a
home of her own, and with her son
and daughter-in-law in Sharpsville,
Pa.

Mrs. Lena Davies, housekeeper and
dietitian, is completing 16 years of
service in this capacity, and while she
may continue in another capacity,
she will not be in charge of Rebekah
Dining Room. Mrs. Davies has been
in school work for 36 years, having
served at Coker College, Queens Col-
lege, and Columbia College. She will
spend the summer in Barnwell, S. O,
with her son and two grandsons, to
whom she is devoted.

It is with sincere regret that the
administration announces the retire-
ment of these faithful officers. We
are deeply grateful for the splendid
service and cooperation that has
brought Agnes Scott so close to her
fiftieth anniversary. From the alum-
nae and the college goes a sincere wish
for most enjoyable years to come for
these three friends.

Future Alumnae and Their Beaus

Since this issue of the Quarterly
does not contain the regular class
news section, we are publishing below
a list of "New Babies," the news of
whose arrival has reached the alumnae
office.

Judith Buck, born to Polly (Stone)
Buck, '24, and Sydney, on April 27,
1938.

David William Wright, born to
Mildred (Cowan) Wright, '27, and
Luther on May 5, 1938.

Mary James Jacobs, to Martha
Riley (Selman) Jacobs, '29, and
Rogers on March 22, 193 8.

John Dudley Cartledge, to Mary
Louise (Thomas) Cartledge, '30, and
Emmett on January 20, 193 8.

Margaret Augusta Stewart, to Mar-
garet (Ogden) Stewart, '30, and
James on April 27.

Jack Gordon Griffin, to Ruth
(Etheredge) Griffin, '31, and Lloyd.

Stephen Clark West to Sara
(Berry) West, '32, and Russell, May
193 8, at Emory University Hospital.

Crawford Barnett, Jr., to Pene-
lope (Brown) Barnett, '32, and
Crawford, May 11, 193 8, at Emory
University Hospital.

Anne Trimble, to Grace (Fincher)
Trimble, '32, and Bill, on May 17,
1938.

William Martin Boyce, to Louise
(McCain) Boyce, '34, and Eugene, on
April 21. William Martin is the
grandson of Dr. McCain.

Reginald Bell, Jr., to Martha Hall
(Young) Bell, ex-'3 6, and Reginald,
Sr., on May 2, 193 8. Reginald is the
grandson of Martha (Hall) Young,
'12.

Flax LeGrand Dellinger to Gene
(Caldwell) Dellinger, ex-'3 8, and
Bain, September 14, 1937.

Marriages and Engagements
1923

Anna Meade to Holdsworth Gor-
don Minnigerode, of Washington and
Singapore, in Singapore this summer.
1927

Frances Dobbs to Dr. Howell E.
Cross, Jr., of Gadsden, Alabama, the
wedding having taken place January
22 in Gadsden.

Miriam Preston to Kenneth St.
Clair, of Appleton, Wisconsin, the
wedding to be in September.
1929

Violet Weeks to Rev. M. M. Miller,
of Plain Dealing, La., the wedding to
be in August.

Eleanor Virginia Williamson to
Nathanial Merryman Ward, of Balti-
more, Maryland, the wedding to be in
June.

1932

Eliza Matthews, ex-'32, to Joseph
Branson Booth, of Winder and At-
lanta, the ceremony having been per-
formed May 18.

1933

Josephine Clark to Thomas Oat-
man Fleming, of Atlanta, the wed-
ding to be in the early summer.

Mildred Hooten, to Charlton Keen,
of Atlanta, the wedding to take place
in the early summer.

Johnnie Frances Turner to J.
Marshall Melvin, Jr., of Baltimore,
Md., the marriage to be in the early
fall in Jefferson, Ga.
1934

Margaret Maness, '34, to James
Oliver Mixon, of Shelby, N. C, the
wedding having taken place June 5
in Atlanta.

Louise Schuessler to George Frazier
Patterson, of Atlanta and Columbus,
the ceremony having taken place on
March 30, in Seale, Ala.

Ruth Shippey to John Southern
Austin, of Atlanta and Dunvvoody,
the ceremony having taken place
March 19 in Atlanta.

1935

Vera Pruet to William Fitzpatrick
McCann, of Jesup, Ga., the wedding
to be in the early summer.
1936

Ernelle Blair to James Alexander
Fife, of Ware Shoals, S. O, the wed-
ding to be this summer.

Ruby Clark Hutton to Gonzales
Barron, of Columbia, S. O, the wed-
ding to be in August.

Mary Gillespie, '36, to Rev. Cecil
Asbury Thompson, of Valdosta, Ga.,
the wedding taking place June 28 in
Thomasville.

Sarah Simms to Ensign Lawrence
Lott Edge, U. S. N, formerly of Co-
lumbus, the wedding, June 15.

Sarah Sue Burnette, ex-'36, to J. C.
Thomason, Jr., of Atlanta, April 23,
in Atlanta.

Marjorie Hollingsworth, ex-'36, to
Dr. Aldean Starr Ingram, of Atlanta
and Griffin, the wedding, May 7.
1937

Eloisa Alexander to James Augus-
tus LeConte, Jr., of Atlanta, the wed-
ding to be June 8, in Atlanta.

Mary Malone to John Jordan
White, of Atlanta, the marriage hav-
ing been solemnized April 20, in At-
lanta.

Mary Erneste Perry to Dr. Norman
George Houston, of Nashville, Ga.,
the wedding to be in the summer.

Martha Summers to Willard Lam-
berson, of Huntsville, Ala., and At-
lanta, the wedding June 6.

Jane Clark, ex-'37, to Dr. Jackson
B. Dismukes, of Fort McPherson, the
wedding to be July 6 in Dunedin,
Florida.

Mary Pitner, ex- '3 7, to Henry
Tanur Winkelman, Jr., of Memphis,
the wedding June 11 in Franklin,
Tenn.

Mary Ella Rogers, ex-'37, to Joseph
Clement Crocker, of Chicago and
New York, the wedding to be in the
early summer.

Mary Carlene Wallace, ex-'37, to
Grover Cleveland Willis, Jr., of Co-
lumbus, Ga., the wedding to be this
summer.

1938

Nell Allison to Charles Sheldon, of
Atlanta, the date not announced.

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Martha Foster to Dr. James T.
King, of Quitman and Atlanta, the
wedding June 7 at the Emory Chapel.

Margaret Lipscomb to Bill Martin,
of Atlanta, the wedding in the fall.

Margaret Morrison to Dr. Mac
Morris Blumberg, of Atlanta, the
wedding June 1 5.

Marjorie Rainey to J. B. Lindsay,
of Atlanta, date not set.

Samille Saye to Ed Elliott, of
Augusta, wedding in the fall.

Beatrice Sexton to Carl Howard,
of Augusta, the wedding to be in
Bessemer City, N. C, July 9.

Elizabeth Skinner to Oliver Ander-
son, of Augusta, the wedding June
18 in Augusta.

Ann Thompson to Ben Lacy Rose,
of Fayetteville, N. C, the wedding
June 2 3 in Richmond.

1939

Bettye Sams, ex-'39, to James Wal-
lace Daniel, Jr., of Charleston, the
wedding the last of June in Decatur.

Winner of the $700 Scholarship

The $700 scholarship for next year
was awarded to Suzanne Kaulbach, of
Atlanta, graduate of North Fulton
High School. Suzanne is a member of
the German, Franch, Latin and
Chemistry Clubs, a prominent player
in the Dramatic Club, has been on
the rifle team for three years, and
was manager of the girls' basketball
team her senior year, so it is natural
that she should have been elected
"Miss Versatile" in a superlative con-
test at North Fulton. The $500
scholarship went to Frances Tucker,
of Laurel, Mississippi, who won sec-
ond play in the competitive exam
contest. There were 23 5 entrants rep-
resenting practically every state in
the union.

Quenelle Harrold Fellowship
Awarded

The Quenelle Harrold Fellowship
was awarded to Mildred Davis, of
Orlando, Florida, with Eliza King, of
Columbia, S. C, as alternate. Mil-
dred plans to do graduate work at
Columbia University and if she is un-
able to use it Eliza will have it to
work at the Institute of Public Af-
fairs in Washington, where the
Rockefeller Foundation is giving ap-
prenticeships in governmental work
to young people in America. These
apprenticeships consist of work in
various departments of the govern-
ment and a chance to study at the
American University. Even if Eliza
does not get to use the Quenelle Har-
rold Fellowship, she hopes to get an
apprenticeship to Washington any-
way.

Elizabeth Blackshear, Hortense
Jones, Mary Anne Kernan, and Anne
Thompson of the class of '3 8, and
Quenelle (Harrold) Sheffield, '23,
were elected to membership in Phi
Beta Kappa in the election of June 2,
with Dr. McCain as president of the
local chapter, and the announcement
of this was made at chapel June 3rd,
with the banquet in the Alumnae
House on Saturday evening, June 4th,
in their honor.

Hopkins Jewel Award

Carrying out the traditional award
of the jewel known as the Hopkins
Jewel to the girl whom a committee
of the faculty judges most meets the
requirements dear to Miss Hopkins'
ideals in character, poise, and attain-
ments, the committee gave this cher-
ished token at this commencement to
Nell Hemphill, of Petersburg, Va.
1937-38 Sees Two New Life Members
of the Alumnae Association

The office is proud to announce
the addition of two names to the list
of life members of the Alumnae As-
sociation this year: Myra Jervey, '31,
of Stephens College, Missouri, and
Agnes Scott Donaldson, '17, of Colo-
rado Springs, Col.

Martha Marshall Elected President of
Granddaughters' Club

Granddaughters' Club announces
its new officers for 1938-39: Martha
Marshall, '39, daughter of Mattie
(Hunter) Marshall, '10, as president;
Mary McPhaul, '40, daughter of Ruth
Brown McPhaul, Academy, vice-pres-
ident; and Ellen Stuart, '40, daughter
of the late Pearl (Vereen) Stuart,
ex-' 11, secretary-treasurer.

Hail, New Officers!

The Alumnae Association feels
that it is exceedingly fortunate in
having such competent and outstand-
ing alumnae as incoming officers for
1938-1940. The entire ballot as
elected is presented in another part
of this Quarterly but we feel we
would like to express our appreciation
here for the acceptance by them of
the responsibilities of the various of-
fices. The alumnae as a whole wish
to assure them of the support and co-
operation of the vast body of the
alumnae in the many plans and pur-
poses of the Association as they will
be carried out during the coming two
years. These are to be busy and in-
teresting years for within the regime
of these officers will come the cele-
bration of Agnes Scott's Semi-Cen-
tennial and the usual broad program
of undertakings of the Association
will be increased in all probability as
ways of helping with this memorable
celebration come to the attention of
these officers.

We wish for them and for our-
selves, as members, two wonderful
years of advance in all lines of our
program, of helpfulness to. our college
and all her plans, of joy in our asso-
ciating together as alumnae and
friends of Agnes Scott.

To our president, Anne (Hart)
Equen, who will carry much of the
responsibility and work of the years,
we pledge our individual efforts and
our interest in all which she and the
other officers undertake. And may
the two years bring new glory to Ag-
nes Scott and much happiness to the
great body of alumnae in their col-
lege and in their relationship to each
other as daughters of a great college.
Other Awards

The Collegiate Scholarship to the
student with the highest general pro-
ficiency was awarded to Jane Salters,
of Florence, S. C. The Rich Prize, to
the freshman with the best scholastic
record, went to Saline Brumby, of At-
lanta, Ga. The award of the Laura
Candler Medal to the sophomore, jun-
ior, or senior making the highest ad-
vance in mathematics was made to
Lou Pate, of Newbern, Tenn. The
Morley Medal, given for the most
original work in mathematics, was
won by Eva Ann Pirkle, of Jenkins,
Ky.; the voice scholarship was won by
Virginia Kyle, of Huntingdon, W.
Va.; the Spoken English scholarship
was awarded to Jeanne Flynt, of De-
catur, Ga.; Jeanne Matthews won the
science key which is given by the na-
tional Chi Beta Phi Scientific Asso-
ciation to each local chapter to be
awarded.

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The AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

We Beg to Report That:

Mary M. Junkin, ex-'28, is direct-
ing the Occupational Therapy Cura-
tive Workshop, recently opened on
Jefferson Street, in Richmond, Va.,
which is the first of its kind in this
section. The workshop has been es-
tablished to provide for the cure and
welfare of needy crippled children
and problem cases, through instruc-
tion in the crafts requiring exercises
prescribed by doctors in individual
cases, thus equipping the patients to
earn a livelihood. At present there
are twenty white children and five
negro patients, ranging in age from
five to nineteen years, and one older
person, forty years old, who receive
instruction for certain specified per-
iods through the week. The Curative
Workshop was chartered late in Jan-
uary as a non-stock organization for
charitable and benevolent purposes.
The Workshop has a qualified medical
staff and a technician. Mary is di-
rectly in charge, as occupational
therapist, of the daily activities of
the workshop.

Louise Ware, '17, has recently
written a biography of Jacob Riis,
"New York's Most Useful Citizen,"
which was published by D. Appleton-
Century Company, of New York, in
April. The critics term this a well-
written biography based on thorough
research. Written with the full co-
operation of the Riis family, Louise
has presented a coordinated and in-
tensely interesting account of Jacob
Riis' remarkable career. Louise con-
ducts courses in Social Work and Ec-
onomic History at Adelphi College,
and has been active with the Brooklyn
Bureau of Charities and other such or-
ganizations in the past.

Leonora (Owsley) Herman, Insti-
tute, author of "Rather Personal" and
other collections of poems, is painting
murals for "Liverton," a country
house in Virginia, now. For the past
two years Leonora has been working
on four murals of dancing and swim-
ming figures and tropical jungle and
animals which will be hung in Liver-
ton.

Mary Catherine Williamson, '31,
of New York City, is secretary to
George Davis, associate and fiction
editor of Harper's Bazaar, and does
much research work and manuscript
reading for him. Harper's Bazaar is
one of the nation's outstanding maga-
zines and is made up of fiction as
well as fashions. It is one of the old-
est periodicals published in this coun-
try, and has international prestige.
The wonderful photographs featured
in this magazine are made abroad as

well as in this country, according to
Mary Catherine, and therefore it is
one of the few American magazines
which go into foreign homes. Mary
Catherine is soloist in the choir of St.
Bartholomew's and does some accom-
panying for a prominent voice teacher
in New York in addition to her work
on the Bazaar staff.

Elizabeth (Woltz) Currie, '2 5, as
chairman of the Moore County Ma-
ternal Committee for the past two
years, led the women of this county
in the organization for study and
then for remedying the record of ma-
ternal deaths in that county, with the
result that, according to the Director
of Maternity and Infancy of the
State Board of Health, theirs is the
only county-wide volunteer commit-
tee for maternal welfare in the state
of North Carolina. Following the ap-
pointment of committees representing
different sections of the county, a
main committee was formed from
these and from the leading doctors of
the county and the Health Officer.
A maternity nurse was secured by
this committee through appeal to the
commissioners, then prenatal clinics
were established in six sections of the
county, with one of the committee as
chairman in each district. Her duties
were to secure the physician for the
clinic, to have general charge of the
clinic office, with a corps of volun-
teer workers to help her and the
nurse and the patients. Also, the
Maternal Welfare Committee under-
took to raise money to buy certain
needed equipment for the nurse, medi-
cine, and occasionally food for pa-
tients. One clinic chairman started a
sewing club where layettes are made
and packed in a basket with mattress
and sheets. The organization has been
functioning for less than two years.
The time has been a period of experi-
mentation and organization with not
enough time yet to look for definite
results, but there has been a definite
sign of interest among doctors, grow-
ing attendance at clinics, and a drop
in the maternal deaths. This is the
aim: to teach the public the vital im-
portance of maternity care and to se-
cure in cooperation with all existing
agencies such care for all expectant
mothers. Agnes Scott is always proud
of the fine public service which its
alumnae are rendering in their com-
munities, of which this is a shining
example.

Martha Skeen, '34, made her debut
on the CBS hookup Thursday, June
2, on the Kate Smith hour. Martha
was prominent in Blackfriars while at

Agnes Scott, and since her graduation
has played with a group in Boston this
summer. Martha is one of the young
ladies Kate Smith is presenting to il-
lustrate the potential wealth of the
nation in radio dramatic talent. She
has played dramatic parts in many
productions over the local stations
and announced the Agnes Scott radio
program during 193 5-36. We're
wishing her much luck!

Louise (Brown) Hastings, '23, has
been made first vice-president of the
National Council of State Garden
Clubs. This is further proof of her in-
estimable service as president of the
Garden Club of Georgia; in her two
year term, she made a wonderful re-
cord and aided in a remarkable way
the great garden movement in the
country which has made America
garden-conscious. Her selection to
this new honor came at the annual
meeting of the Council, which assem-
bled members from forty states at
the Roosevelt Hotel in New York in
May. She presided over the executive
committee meeting and also was a
speaker on the radio program of this
convention.

Can You Forgive Us?

Knowing that everyone of you
turned immediately to the back of
the Quarterly for "Concerning Our-
selves," we humbly apologize! Due
to the tremendous amount of mail-
ing and work entailed in sending out
and checking on the cards which was
the first effort toward the new Direc-
tory, the office felt it could not
gather up all the news items and ar-
range them and type them for this
part of the Quarterly and carry on
its regular work in the office and in
the commencement preparations and
events. The Executive Board of the
Association agreed to the plan of
eliminating all class news in this one
issue, not to establish any precedent
in future summers, we promise. Class
secretaries, who work valiantly all
year, were notified in the early
spring that they could have a vaca-
tion, too, for this issue and we assure
you that the fall issue will be so full
that you will have to allow days to
read it.

It is the ambition of this office to
make every issue of the Quarterly
mean a great deal to the subscribers
and please understand that only the
amount of detail work which is in-
volved in making ready this part of
the Quarterly added to the swamped
condition already existing in the of-
fice in sending and receiving thou-
sands of cards for the directory and

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then correcting changes and separat-
ing and sending to others cards re-
turned and undelivered made us con-
sider this omission. The class news of
the Quarterly is the part which also
takes infinite time, as all reports of
class secretaries have to be combined
with what the office has collected and
arranged alphabetically, names check-
ed very carefully for misspelling, and
the final results typed entirely over
for printing.

We have tried to redeem ourselves
by sending you a most complete story
of "Campus News and Office Notes"
and the commencement stories. Of
course, the usual reports of the Gen-
eral Association are printed in this
issue and we believe you will find
them interesting and enlightening.

Thanks for your understanding and
we solemnly pledge ourselves to more
and better class news all next year!
Mortar Board's New Members

Mortar Board elected twelve jun-
iors to membership at an impressive
ceremony early in April. Miss Emma
May Laney spoke on the subject of
scholarship, one of the three ideals of
the sorority. Mary Lillian Fairly,
president of the chapter, announced
the new members, who are: Jean
Bailey, of Atlanta; Adelaide Benson,
of Jacksonville; Mildred Coit, of
Richmond, Va.; Mary Frances Guth-
rie, of Louisville, Ky.; Mary Hollings-
worth, of Florence, Ala.; Jane Moore
Hamilton, of Dalton, Ga.; Douglas
Lyle, of College Park, Ga.; Emma
McMullen, of Hangchow, China;
Marie Merritt, of Clarksdale, Miss.;
Mamie Lee Ratliff, of Sherard, Miss.;
Mary Ellen Whetsell, of Columbia,
S. C; and Amelia Nickles, of Deca-
tur, who will serve as president of
the chapter for 1938-39.

Heads for '38-'39 at Agnes Scott

New student officers for 1938-39
were elected early in April and in-
clude: Mary Ellen Whetsell, of Co-
lumbia, S. C, as student government
president; Douglas Lyle, of College
Park, Ga., president of the Agnes
Scott Christian Association (former-
ly Y. W. C. A.) ; Jane Moore Hamil-
ton, of Dalton, Ga., president of the
Athletic Association; Mary Frances
Guthrie, of Louisville, Ky., editor of
the Agonistic; Julia Sewell, of At-
lanta, editor of the Aurora; and Ade-
laide Benson, of Jacksonville, Fla., ed-
itor of the Silhouette.

Physical Directors Meet

The Southern Association of Di-
rectors of Physical Education for Col-
lege Women met in Atlanta in April
and held a number of its sessions at

Agnes Scott. Llewellyn Wilburn,
'19, is president of the Association,
and presided at the conference.
Among the social events honoring the
guests was a tea at Agnes Scott given
by the Physical Education depart-
ment.

The Faculty at Conventions

Martha Stansfield, '21, and Miss
Catherine Torrance, of the Classics
Department, attended the National
Convention of Eta Sigma Phi at Ohio
State University in May and carried
three Agnes Scott girls up with them
to represent the local chapter.

Professors Emily Dexter and Kath-
erine Omwake were two of the three
women speakers to give papers at the
Southern Society of Philosophy and
Psychology Conference in Knoxville,
April 16. Miss Dexter was elected a
member of the Council for the next
three years. She presented a paper,
"Personality Traits of the Conserva-
tives and Radicals," and Miss Om-
wake read a paper on "The Ability to
Wake at Specified Times."
May Day

"Midsummer Night's Dream," Ag-
nes Scott's first May Day festival to
be given at night, was most success-
fully presented Friday night, May 6,
in the Dell. The richly colored silk
and velvet costumes of the court gen-
tlemen and ladies and the soft hued
gauze raiment of the fairies were en-
hanced by the unusual lighting ef-
fects, and the Dell has never looked
lovelier than it did under artificial
light. Myrl Chafin, of McDonough,
was crowned Queen Hippolyta, and
ruled over the pageant with her court
of fourteen maids. The production
was directed by Eugenie Dozier, '27,
and Miss Harriette Haynes, of the
physical education department.

Attention, Alumnae! Can You
Answer This Call?

The Librarian has asked us to pub-
lish a plea for books. Any alumna
having books which she thinks may
be valuable is asked to write Miss
Edna Hanley, the librarian, giving
the author and title of the volumes.
If the books are not already in the li-
brary the college will pay shipping
charges.

A set of "The World's Greatest
Literature," published in 68 volumes,
is particularly desired at this time.

The files of the Agonistic, Silhou-
ette, and Aurora are not complete
and if you have copies of any of the
following numbers we will be most
grateful if they will be sent to the
Library.

Agonistic:

Volume 1, all issues

Volume 2, numbers 12 and 19

Volume 3, all issues

Volume 4, all issues

Volume 5, all isues

Volume 6, numbers 12, 15, 20 to

end of school year
Volume 7, numbers 2, 6, 7, 10,

11, 14, 17, 19 through end of

school year
Volume 8, numbers 3, 4, 5, 8, 9,

1 1 through end of year
Volume 9, number 16 through

end of year
Volume 10, (1924-2 5) all issues
Volume 11, (1925-26) all issues
Volume 12, (1926-27) all issues
Volume 13, numbers 3, 4, 5, 7, 8,.

9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 18, 26 through

end of year
Volume 15, numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,

6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 through end

of year
Volume 16, numbers 11 and 18
Volume 17, numbers 16 and 22
Volume 18, commencement issue
Volume 19, number 1 (1933-34)
Aurora:

Volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,

11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,

19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26,

28, 29, 30, 31, 36
Silhouette:

Issues for 1903, 1904, 1906, 1908,

1915, 1919, 1925, 1929
FACULTY NEWS

Miss Nannette Hopkins will spend
the summer with her brother, Dr. De-
Jarnette, in Staunton, Va.

Dr. Henry Robinson will spend the
first six weeks of the summer teach-
ing in the graduate school at the Uni-
versity of Georgia. He will spend the
month of August with his family at
their summer home in Hendersonville,
N. C.

Miss Emma May Laney will spend
June and July in New York City,
where she will be on the faculty at
Hunter College during the summer
school sessions, and then will visit in
Ireland with a friend.

Miss Elizabeth Jackson will spend
the summer with her mother in South
Weymouth, Mass.

Miss Florence E. Smith will be one
of a group of fifty college professors
from American colleges who will
study International Law at the Uni-
versity of Michigan by invitation of
Carnegie Foundation.

Miss Margaret Phythian will return
from France during the summer and
spend some time visiting friends in
the East before returning to Agnes
Scott this fall.

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The AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

Miss Leslie Gaylord conducted a
group of Agnes Scott girls on a tour
of Europe, and sailed from New York
June 16.

Miss Harriette Haynes will spend
the summer in Europe, studying
dancing in Paris with Elizabeth Dun-
can and in Salzburg with Josephine
Pitts, who is on the faculty at the
Mozarteum in Salzburg.

Miss Janef Preston will spend June
and July in Decatur and August in
Montreat, N. C.

Miss Melissa Cilley will be a mem-
ber of the faculty at the University
of Portugal in Coimbra.

Dr. George P. Hayes will be on the
faculty at Hunter College in New
York during the first summer school
session and will spend the remainder
of the summer in Pennsylvania with
his family on his father's farm.

Miss Ellen Douglass Leyburn is
building a house in Decatur and will
remain in the city during the sum-
mer to supervise the construction.

Miss Edna Hanley will attend a
meeting of the American Library As-
sociation in Kansas City in June, and
will present a paper on Library
Building. She will spend July in Ohio
visiting friends and relatives.

Miss Josephine Nunnally will study
at the University of Michigan in Ann
Arbor.

Miss Elizabeth Mitchell will travel
in England during the summer.

Miss Lillian Smith was on the
campus for a short visit in May and
was extensively entertained by her
friends on the campus. She will be
in Florida until July and will spend
the remaining part of the summer in
Syracuse.

Mrs. Alma Sydenstricker will
spend most of the summer at Chatau-
qua, N. Y., where she is very active in
Woman's Club work, and will visit
her son in Lebanon, Tennessee, before
returning in the fall.

Miss Katherine Omwake is teach-
ing at George Washington University
in Washington, D. C, for nine weeks
this summer. She will visit friends in
the East before returning to Agnes
Scott this fall.

Dr. Schuyler M. Christian will
spend the summer doing research
work at Harvard.

Dr. Ernest Runyon will spend the
summer at Mountain Lake, Virginia,
doing research work.

Miss Carrie Scandrett will spend
the month of June in Hendersonville,
N. C, and the latter part of the sum-
mer with her sister in Alabama.

CLUB NEWS

Agnes Scott Business Girls' Club

The Agnes Scott Business Girls'
Club has had a very successful year
and is proud to report many new con-
tacts with alumnae engaged in busi-
ness in Atlanta, a definite theme in
the programs for the year, a class for
alumnae which has met weekly for
study, participation in the Founder's
Day program sponsored by the local
clubs, a tea and benefit bridge party,
and sufficient funds raised to make a
gift to the Alumnae House.

The program theme for the year
has been "World Situations." The
speakers have included Dr. J. R. Mc-
Cain, Daisy Frances Smith, Dr.
Gasque, Mr. Walter C. Hill, the ex-
change students at Agnes Scott, Mr.
C. A. Rauschenberg, Dr. Arthur
Raper, and Dr. Philip Davidson. Dr.
George P. Hayes has taught the
alumnae study class and our topic has
been the "Modern Novel."

To the local alumnae who are
working we would say: If we haven't
found you already, please get in
touch with us through the Alumnae
Office for we are very sincere when
we say that we want you to partici-
pate in our club's activities.

Respectfully submitted,

Eunice Ball, '28,

President.

Atlanta Club

The Atlanta Club has continued
its monthly meetings at the homes of
the members. The lectures have been
varied and very interesting, some of
the subjects being European Dictator-
ships, Children's Books, Fine China,
and Socialized Medicine.

During November we gave a bene-
fit at Rich's, under the chairmanship
of Kitty (Woltz) Greene. From this
party was cleared $170.00, of this
amount $5 0.00 was given to the
Alumnae Garden Committee, and
$120.00 to the House Decorations
Committee for carpeting the hall of
the Alumnae House.

In February the Decatur, Business
Girls, and Atlanta Clubs joined for
the Founder's Day Dinner at the At-
lanta Athletic Club. Eunice Ball,
of the Business Girls Club, presided.
Short speeches of welcome were given
by Daisy Frances Smith, and the
other presidents of the two clubs.
Dr. McCain spoke briefly. Dr. David
Marx was the guest speaker of the
evening.

At the May meeting the nominat-
ing committee for the officers of next
year was appointed. The members of
the committee are: Kitty (Woltz)
Greene, Mary Palmer (Caldwell) Mc-
Farland, Allie (Candler) Guy, Cath-
erine (Baker) Matthews, and Mar-
garet (McDow) MacDougall. They
will present their tickets at the June
meeting, at which time the election
will take place.

Sincerely,
Dorothy (Walker) Palmer, '34.
Augusta, Georgia, Club

This club had only one meeting and
that was the yearly banquet on
Founder's Day. Llewellyn Wilburn
and Alberta Palmour came for this
event, Alberta making us feel that we
had been back at college with her
grand spirit and supply of news, and
Llewellyn Wilburn giving us an in-
spiring talk on the Alumnae House,
Agnes Scott, and the possibilities for
progress and real service for all alum-
nae clubs. Had we kept up the spirit
she left us with we feel sure we would
have contributed large fortunes, not
to mention dish towels galore to the
Alumnae House! Unfortunately, the
banquet has been our only activity
and I can only say that I hope the bad
beginning will result in a far better
ending with greater results for our
club and for Agnes Scott. We're cer-
tainly going to let you hear from us
during the rest of the year!

Mary L. Hull.
Birmingham, Alabama, Club

The Birmingham Club had a
luncheon meeting April 2nd and
elected new officers for next year.
Gretchen Kleybecker, ex-'36, is the
new president and Frederica Twining,
ex-'3S, is secretary. The club is
planning a picnic-lunch at Eugenia
(Thompson) Akin's father's lovely
summer home on a river out from
Birmingham for their next meeting.
They report that the "alumnae chair
fund" is well under way.
Decatur Club

The meetings of the Decatur
Alumnae Club have been of great in-
terest this year and we look back at
our accomplishments with some satis-
faction. Our speakers have been
looked forward to with high anticipa-
tion and back upon with a feeling
that vital additions have been made
in our lives. Dr. McCain always opens
our year in September with a message
for the year a continued assertion
of the forward progress of our Alma
Mater. In October Miss Weaver, of
the State Health Department, in-

JULY, 1938

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formed us of the activities and prob-
lems of health in Georgia. November
proved a high spot, in which we not
only enjoyed the inimitable Emma
Garrett Morris in her review of
"Napoleon and Waleska" but had,
in addition, a beautiful exhibition
and sale of Penland Pewter, sponsored
by Gussie (O'Neal) Johnson and Mrs.
Robert Holt. About $102.00 worth
of pewter was sold in which the club
made a nice profit. In January Dr. J.
Sam Guy, of Emory University, spoke
to us on the "Marvels of Modern
Chemistry."

On January 19th the club held its
annual benefit bridge at the Alumnae
House. The Founder's Day Banquet,
held at the Atlanta Athletic Club the
evening of February 22nd, with the
Atlanta and Business Girls' Clubs,
was a delightful experience. The De-
catur Club arranged the decorations,
lacey old fashioned bouquets in red,
white and blue and showered with
tiny silk American flags, which cen-
tered the tables and with lighted can-
dles formed a scene of beauty. Dr.
Marx was the splendid speaker of the
evening. For the February meeting,
the Decatur Club presented Dr.
George Lewis, of Emory University,
in a talk on "Bio-Chemistry and
Health." Mr. Ruch, of the Wear-
Ever Aluminum Company of Amer-
ica, explained a project of Health
Cooking to the club, in which the
club could benefit by demonstration
dinners. This project has been fol-
lowed during the spring months. Per-
haps our most distinguished speaker
of the year was Colonel Arthur N.
Tasker, M.D., of the U. S. Army
Medical Corps, who spoke to us on
"National Defense." As one of our
members summed him up he proved

himself a poet, a flaming torch for
Peace, a missionary and a deep
scholar. In April the well known and
delightful psychiatrist, Dr. W. W.
Young, of Atlanta, spoke to us on
"Personality Development." We will
end our year with our May meeting
when our friend, Dr. Woolford B.
Baker, will again return to us.

Of our contributions to the col-
lege community we can say less for
our year has been richer in receiving
than in giving. However we have
purchased a new dining room chair
for the Alumnae House (now totaling
seven) and have given the Garden
Committee $2 5.00. Our own Frances
(Gilliland) Stukes and Mrs. Holt
work so faithfully in the Garden that
we can rightfully claim it partly our
own.

Our annual Children's Party for
Alumnae children will usher in Com-
mencement Week, as usual. Two of
our own alumnae, Hazel (Wolfle)
Frakes and Frances (Freeborn)
Pauley, who are active with the De-
catur Junior Service League, will pre-
sent the League's puppet show. With
this we close our year's activities.
Helene (Norwood) Lammers, ex-'22,
President.
Memphis, Tennessee, Club

The Memphis Club had a Founder's
Day tea which was reported too late
for publication in the April Quarter-
ly. Ten of the alumnae gathered at
Margaret (Smith) Lyon's and they
report a grand time, although they
could not get the radio program.

New York Club

The New York Club is now hold-
ing two meetings a year, one a dinner
and the other a tea meeting. On Feb-

ruary 2 3 rd the officers of the club,
Polly Gordon, Mary Catherine Wil-
liamson, and Lilly Weeks, arranged
for a dinner at the Clipper, an at-
tractive mid-town restaurant. The
attendance was gratifying with many
classes represented by the thirty alum-
nae present. This spring former offi-
cers of the club are meeting at a tea
to discuss and perfect plans for the
large tea meeting, under the direction
of the new officers: Judy (Blundell)
Adler, president; Dorothy Owen,
vice-president; and Dora (Ferrell)
Gentry, secretary and treasurer. The
club sent $8.75 to the Alumnae
House Decorations Committee, to be
used at the committee's discretion. It
should be pointed out that this club
has the largest mailing list of any of
the clubs and the most transient
membership. With at best a small
percentage representation at the meet-
ings, a donation and two meetings
represent tremendous effort on the
part of the officers.

Tampa, Florida, Club

Gregory (Rowlett) Weidman was
re-elected president of the Tampa
Club at the Founder's Day tea and
writes that the club plans to enter-
tain some of the high school seniors
interested in Agnes Scott at some so-
cial affair in the near future.

Washington, D. C, Club

The Washington Club met for
luncheon in Wesley Hall March 12
and had fourteen alumnae present.
According to reports the chief enter-
tainment was gossip and getting ac-
quainted; the chief business was elect-
ing new officers. Louise (Chandler)
Lion is the new president and Patri-
cia Collins the secretary.

On Leaving

By Hortense Jones, '38

None but the moving heart can know the grace
Of joy that while it quickens turns for flight.
The soul uprooted from a quiet place
Must feel the aching bliss of last delight.
Yet hoarded happiness cannot deny
Doubts that with the dwindling hours increase:
Where find a light, what answer to a cry?
None but the seeing spirit makes its peace.

Here have rue found a wall against the wind,
Here a shelter from the shuffling seas;
And yet the ocean's spindle must rescind
Its giant web even from the Hebrides.
Life's the sweeter for its ebb and flow;
The sands are run, the waters shift, we go.

aaiss

Calling All Poets

Plans are being made by the faculty, administration and alumnae to make the session 1939-
1940 a memorable Semi-Centennial. All extra-curricular festivities will play on the theme of the
fifty years of Agnes Scott's history and achievement. The last Quarterly of that session, it is
hoped, will be devoted to historical matter and will include an outstanding poem of college sig-
nificance and of alumnae authorship, written with the Semi-Centennial as its inspiration.

Through Miss McKinney and Fannie G. (Mayson) Donaldson have come suggestions for con-
ducting a poetry contest among alumnae to sec ure many poems about Agnes Scott and to make
the selection of the one mentioned for the July, 1940, Quarterly. To many of you no better ap-
peal can be made than through the medium of the Quarterly, and it is to you particularly that
this page is addressed.

Our college is rich in physical beauty. Pic tures of the May Day Dell and the silhouetted
tower of Main and lesser images were stamped on impressionable minds and stamped indellibly
into those memories. Beyond the physical, Agnes Scott is possessed of a wealth of traditions com-
memorative with Investiture, Book Burning, and lesser occasions. And beyond the campus and the
ceremonies stand the well loved personalities who have guided the policies and shaped the destiny
of the college. In the hush of the Main parlor is the little lady whose name was given new mean-
ing and lustre by the son who gave it to our ins titution. And nearby is that other gentle lady
whose strength and sweetness are real on canvas for all generations of freshmen to see and for all
alumnae of the present to remember. And in Bu ttrick is the whimsical gentlemen in grey, whose
eyes seem to flicker and whose lips beneath their white mustache seem about to smack out an af-
fectionate "doctor" to the younger man who regards him with unequivocal poise from the can-
vas opposite.

Yes, all of these pictures have been and are there for us. And as the artist has captured
through photograph and portrait something of these timeless images for all of us, it is hoped that
we of ourselves may capture much with pen and paper and through the reading of alumnae poems
give posterity "a safe kept memory of a lovely thing."

The cool of some summer haven and the leisure the season enforces should find your particu-
lar Muse attuned to your images and our sugges tion. But should your imagination require some
anchor of fact, of tradition or personality, please write and give me the opportunity of doing a
little research for you. I shall be awaiting your entry eagerly.

Dorothy (Hutton) Mount, '29,
Mrs. J. Edward Mount,
124 East 84th Street,
New York City.

FOR REFERENCE

NOT TO BE TAKEN FROM
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