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EIGHTH ALUMNAE WEEK-END

November 18-19, 1938

Friday, November 18

10:00-10:30 A. M. Chapel Talk

Evelyn Hanna, ex-'23, author of "Blackberry Winter"

10:30-11:30 A.M. "The Responsibility of the Press to the Public"

Herbert Porter, Publisher of the Atlanta Georgian and American

11:30-12:30 P. M. "Letters to the Editor's Desk"

Ralph Jones, Associate Editor, Atlanta Constitution

12:30 P.M. Luncheon in Rebekah Scott Dining Room; alumnae are guests of the college.
Speaker: Carrie Scandrett, '24, Dean of Students, Agnes Scott

Saturday. November 19

10:00-10:30 A. M. Chapel Program Agnes Scott Ensemble

Director, Mr. C, W. D.recitMAHN', Agnes Scott College

10:30-11:30 A.M. "An Editor Travels"

Ralph McGill.' Execufjvg Editor, Atlanta Constitution

11:30-12:30 P.M. "The Columiiist's. IfieuipMnt"

Tarleton Collier, Columnist of Georgian and American

12:30 P.M. Luncheon in the Anna Young Alumnae House. A moderately priced luncheon will be
served to alumnae and their guests. This luncheon is informal, with no arrangement
of guests and no speeches.

8:30 P.M. Blackfriars, "Stage Door," Bucher Scott Auditorium

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The Alumnae Week-End Committee is offering a novel program this year which it hopes will
appeal to the alumnae. For some years we have had the usual subjects, such as the arts, literature,
sciences, and current events. This program makes use of some very interesting newspaper personali-
ties who are available from nearby papers and we present for your enjoyment the newspaper slant
on matters. The committee extends its heartiest wishes for your return for this program and for your
pleasure when you come.

COME AND "SEE BY THE PAPERS"!

"EVER BEEN TO AN ALUMNAE WEEK-END?"

Araminta (Edwards) Pate, '2 5
Chairman of Alumnae Week-End Committee

The Alumnae Week-End Committee, using a great deal
of local talent, will launch its program this year by pre-
senting at chapel exercises, Friday, November 18th, at 10
A. M., Evelyn Hanna, author of "Blackberry Winter,"
currently popular novel of the South. Many Agnes Scott
alumnae will remember Evelyn in the class of 1923 and
have probably been reading with a great feeling of reflected
glory the splendid press reviews her book is receiving.

Kenneth A. Fowler, in the New York Herald Tribune,
speaking of the "sweep and power of the book," continues
by saying, "The splendor of this book is dark like the lives
of its people, dark like the blown smoke of the Merriman
Cotton Mill, but shot through now and then with leaping
sparks of gold." In concluding his estimate of Evelyn's
ability, Mr. Fowler tells us, "Evelyn Hanna is no stinting
dilettante, pinching of beauty, sparring of words. What
she does she does abundantly, with a careless spendthrift
largess, crowding her pages with a wealth of character and
carrying her story through the period covered by the years
1800-1870."

Following Evelyn Hanna, all of the speakers with the
exception of Carrie Scandrett will be newspaper men.
It can be said that the theme for the alumnae week-end
this year will be not only "world events as seen through
the newspaper man's eyes," but "the importance of the
press in the lives of its readers."

Herbert Porter, Publisher of the Atlanta Georgian, will
talk from 10:30 to 11:30 A. M., Friday, the title of his
address being "Responsibility of the Press Toward the Gen-
eral Public." His subject will cover in large measure the
general idea of the program and will lay the foundation
for the more special subjects to follow. Mr. Porter stands
not only at the top in his profession in Atlanta, but is
greatly sought after as a speaker.

Following Mr. Porter in the hour from 11:30 to 12:30,
Ralph Jones, Associate Editor of the Constitution, will be
presented to the audience. His talk, "Letters to an Editor's
Desk," bids fair to be not only instructive but amusing.
His column "Silhouettes" is read daily by a large follow-
ing who enjoy his philosophic comments upon the passing
scene. Many of his verses in this same column are consid-
ered quite clever and original.

Following Mr. Jones will be the luncheon in the dining
room to which all alumnae are invited as guests. At the
conclusion of lunch, Carrie Scandrett, new Dean of Stu-
dents, will give a general survey of news of the College.

Saturday's program will start at 10 o'clock in the morn-

ing with a program of music by the Agnes Scott Ensem-
ble. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the work-
ings of the Ensemble, a word should be said about its make-
up. It is composed of both students and faculty who have
worked together under the direction of Mr. C. W. Dieck-
mann. They have already started practicing for their per-
formance and from comment here and there, their pro-
gram will be one of the outstanding features of the week-
end.

At 10:30, following the Ensemble, Ralph McGill will
talk on his European travels. Mr. McGill, who is Execu-
tive Editor of the Constitution, only recently returned
from studying in Scandinavia and traveling in the Euro-
pean countries which are so much in the news today. The
Week-End Committee is particularly proud that Mr. Mc-
Gill will be with us, for he is considered not only one of
the most widely read newspaper men in the city, but also
one of the cleverest and most promising.

Next, from 11:30 to 12:30, Tarleton Collier will be the
speaker and will be presented as the writer whose column,
"Behind the Headlines," appears daily in the Atlanta Geor-
gian. Many authorities consider his column a fine example
of intellectual journalism combined with a deep insight
into the meanings behind many present day problems. Mr.
Collier is considered one of the brilliant journalists in At-
lanta.

Following Mr. Collier's talk, many groups will no doubt
plan to have lunch together in the Tea House. Lunch will
be served at a moderate price and there will be no definite
seating arrangement. In the past, many have found this
hour a time for informal conversation and the renewing
of old friendships. The afternoon will be free of any
planned entertainment. There will be a performance of
Blackfriars in Bucher Scott auditorium that night at 8
o'clock. This will be under the direction of Miss Gooch
and will be the final event of the Alumnae Week-End.

Some of the Decatur and Atlanta alumnae have already
decided that the Alumnae Week-End will be an ideal time
to have old Agnes Scott friends visit them. Other alumnae,
who do not have close friends living in Atlanta and vicin-
ity, can make reservations in the Alumnae House by writ-
ing Fannie G. Donaldson. The Alumnae Association is ex-
pecting a large group of its out-of-towners back.

The committee offers each of you the planned events
of the week-end; old friends among your classmates and
faculty; and the everchanging scene on the campus itself.
Under the able direction of Dr. McCain, there has been
continual progress and constant growth. If you haven't
been back for a number of years, breath-taking surprises
await you.

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"OUR GIRLS"

Every student who has attended Agnes Scott, whether
as Decatur Female Seminary or Agnes Scott Institute or
Agnes Scott Academy or Agnes Scott College, and whether
or not a graduate, is always given a hearty welcome to our
campus. As the father of six children, some of whom are
scattered, I feel a warm glow of happiness when we may
have the whole McCain tribe (including a grandson)
around the family table, and can clasp hands to make a
real family circle. We are longing for just such an ex-
perience in our Agnes Scott family for next Commence-
ment.

We have a large number of College daughters as we ap-
proach our fiftieth anniversary, and a remarkably fine
group of "granddaughters," also. At the next Commence-
ment season, we are hoping to have so many of our wan-
dering daughters and our local ones that we may clasp
hands and make a circle big enough to enclose all of the
present Agnes Scott buildings. We are hoping to make the
exercises of Commencement the most interesting we have
had for many years. We are planning not to ask for money
on this occasion. We are hoping very earnestly that Miss
Hopkins may come back and Miss Louise McKinney and
Dr. Mary F. Sweet and Miss Lillian S. Smith and others
who are away from us just now, so that we may have a
grand and glorious occasion in many ways.

Full details will be sent later, either through the Alum-
nae Quarterly or directly by mail. I am giving this notice
now, so that you may put on your calendar, for this special
Homecoming, June 2-6.

Cordially,

J. R. McCain,

President.

ALUMNAE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Dear Alumnae:

This year Agnes Scott opens for her fiftieth session with
a student body of approximately 5 00. Moreover this year's
student body is the most carefully selected in the school
history. Although space was available for only 175 new
students more than 3,000 made application or were specific-
ally recommended for freshman commission. From this
large number Agnes Scott chose her students. Such a con-
dition didn't "just happen" at the College, but is the re-
sult of 50 years growth in building up a good reputation.
It must be gratifying to all those who have labored to
put Agnes Scott in the position she now holds. Not all
colleges enjoy this privilege. It's unique, to say the least.
Back in the "olden days" when some of us were girls,
Agnes Scott couldn't be so "choosey" about her students.
In the first place she had yet to win recognition from other
institutions of higher learning for women. In the second
place the young women of the South had not fully aroused
to the importance of a college training, nor were they
academically prepared for the heavy courses Agnes Scott
sought to offer. However, this is just between us! And
with space at Agnes Scott at such a premium today we
can hold our heads still higher for it means more and more
each day to be a graduate of an institution that can pick
and choose its "daughters."

For 50 years Agnes Scott has been making for herself a

Anne (Hart) Equen, '21

"place in the sun." For just as many years she has been
giving to young women an opportunity to make their
places in the world. Today she ranks with the best univer-
sities in this country and her graduates experience no dif-
ficulty in adjusting themselves to life. Therein lies her
greatness. For what is the good of higher education if it
does not lead to a richer, happier way of living?

There's hardly a state in the union where loyal "Agnes
Scotters" are not to be found, but particularly dear is this
College to Georgia. Here may be found her "daughters"
in largest numbers. She is the pride of the South. All that
the Southern gentlewoman cherishes is to be found within
her walls. She is the South at its best.

Maybe all this sounds like boasting, coming as it does
from an Agnes Scott graduate, but then it's all in the
family! Anyway it's quite proper to say pleasant things
on birthdays, and this is Agnes Scott's fiftieth anniversary.
Moreover it wouldn't be right to let our Alma Mater's
birthday go by unnoticed, so this is an appeal to all alum-
nae, wherever you may be, to come back to College at
Commencement time and help us celebrate. Let's make
this the greatest Commencement in the College history.
Wonderful plans are under way to make you have a good
time. No stone is to be left unturned to make you enjoy
yourself. Decide now to attend. Let nothing prevent you
from taking part in all the festivities for it's to be your
party.

MISS NANNETTE HOPKINS RESIGNS AS DEAN

Probably no other sin-
gle statement as a head-
line could bring sorrow to
so many alumnae, for
Miss Hopkins was during
almost fifty years of
service the first contact
for the girls who came as
freshmen and the memory
of her welcome and her
good-bye as her girls left
the portals of Agnes Scott
is a very real and very
dear one.

At a meeting of the
Board of Trustees of
Agnes Scott College, held
in Atlanta on September
7th, her resignation as
Dean of the College was
presented and very reluc-
tantly accepted. For at
least ten years, she has
been suggesting retire-
ment, but each time the
proposal has been rejected.

Miss Hopkins has been
blessed with unusual

health, and until last autumn had not missed a day from
her desk in more than nine years. She is not ill now, and
is able to engage in the routine of home life and to ride
each day, but her physicians feel that it would be unwise
for her to assume the heavy duties of her office. We were
entirely willing to lighten her duties or to have her live
on the campus without assuming such a responsibility, but
she would not listen to such a plan. It was only because
of her special request that action about her retirement was
finally taken.

She will continue to serve Agnes Scott in an advisor)'
capacity, having been elected Dean Emeritus, and she is
still a trustee of the College. We are looking forward with
keen interest to having her back at Commencement of
1939 both for the Board meeting and for the Alumnae Re-
union. In the meantime, she will live with her sisters in
Staunton, Virginia.

Miss Hopkins has had one of the most remarkable ex-
periences in the educational history of the South. When
our College started in 18 89 as Decatur Female Seminary,
the trustees thought of securing a man as principal. On
investigation, they found that the very best person was a
woman Miss Hopkins, and she was the first teacher ever
employed by the school. She became principal in Septem-
ber, 18 89, and continued in this capacity until 1897. When
Dr. Gaines was elected president on that date, she took the
position of Dean, and has held it continuouslv to date.

When she came, the school was only on paper a sub-
scription list of 55,000. It began as a day school of gram-
mar grade level. Later it developed into the academy or
high school stage, and later still into the Institute, or junior
college level. In 1906, it became a college of high rank.
In all of these stages of development, Miss Hopkins was at
the forefront, leading and inspiring the improvements. She
has arranged all of the assigning of rooms and roommates
for our 6,500 students. She has administered all the social

regulations from the days
when she had to see per-
sonally that every girl
wore her flannel petticoat
and rubbers to the present
when clothes are not the
major problem of the
Dean's office.

Miss Hopkins has exer-
cised the greatest single
influence in the history of
Agnes Scott. She has
served longer than any
other person, and has been
at the very heart of the
iniluences that mould
character and determine
ideals.

The following excerpt
from the DeKalb New
Era published on Septem-
ber 15 th pays high but de-
served tribute to Miss
Hopkins:

"Decatur and DeKalb
County have had many
high and outstanding men
and women in the past,
but it would be impossible to imagine any of them, even
in the richness and influence of their honored lives, re-
motely approaching in their influence on others the life of
Miss Hopkins. Theoretically she has left the College but
actually she will live on there for untold decades. For an
indefinite time many phases and facts in the existence of
Agnes Scott will be a perpetual monument to this great
and loving woman. The lives of women throughout the
world, influenced for good by her, are but other living
reminders of what a loyal, conscientious Christian life can
do. That influence will survive we are quite sure for gen-
erations. The citizens of Decatur are glad that we have
had the privilege of knowing her and seeing her work
through the years and we speak the voice of all when we
wish for her many more years of enjoyment of a quiet life
in her retirement."

The Trustees found that it was impossible to replace Miss
Hopkins with one person, and so the problem was settled
by dividing the work into two divisions, creating the posi-
tion Dean of the Faculty, and another, Dean of Students.
Professor S. G. Stukes, connected with Agnes Scott since
1914, was elected Dean of the Faculty. As Registrar, he
has exercised great influence for a number of years in the
life of the College; and, as Professor of Philosophy, he has
been a favorite teacher. He is a graduate of Davidson
College, Princeton University, and Princeton Theological
Seminary, and studied extensively at Yale and at Columbia
University. During the World War, he was instructor in
aviation for the United States army. He has long been
prominent in the civic and religious life of Georgia and
the South.

Carrie Scandrett was elected Dean of Students. She has
been Assistant Dean for a number of years, and has been
very efficient and much beloved. She is a graduate of
Agnes Scott, being in the Class of 1924. During her senior
year, she was President of the Student Government Asso-

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ciation, and she made one of the best executives that office
has ever had. She took her Master's degree at Columbia
University. She has also served as Assistant Dean at Syra-
cuse University.

Commencement time has always been the time when
returning alumnae looked forward eagerly to seeing and
being greeted by Miss Hopkins in her office on the first
floor of Main and Miss Hopkins also enjoyed these home-
comings. No one appreciated more keenly the reminis-
cences of the alumnae, their tales which invariably grew
the better for the telling, of their days at Agnes Scott,
from those who could tell of midnight serenades of the
Decatur boys under the windows of Main or of the shop-
ping expeditions to Atlanta in those early days when ner-
vous faculty chaperoned groups of girls and attempted to
keep a watchful eye over them in the dangerous city, of
the guarded walks through Decatur and to church each

Sunday, down to the girls of the last few years who have
to tell other interesting tales of the pranks of school days,
lacking the thrills of restricted rules of early days! Many
were the details which Miss Hopkins could add when some
girl's memory faltered over those stories and merry was
her smile as she watched the alumnae turn back the years
in reviving old days and old tales.

And so another Commencement in 1939 will have as
its central figure Miss Hopkins and once more alumnae
from far and near will gather back at Agnes Scott to see
the College, to see each other, yes but above all to greet
Miss Hopkins and to have her welcome them to the cam-
pus. Fortunate, indeed, are we who can claim this privi-
lege and no one who can possibly arrange her household,
her job or her plans will fail to be at Agnes Scott for the
celebration of Miss Hopkins' fiftieth year of continuous
connection with Agnes Scott and her fiftieth commence-
ment.

^Agnes Scott's Qreat-Great Qranddaughters

Five great granddaughters of George Washington Scott, founder of Agnes
Scott College, and great-great granddaughters of Agnes Scott are among the
students enrolled at the College's fiftieth session. Those in the picture reading
from left to right are: Edith Candler, of Decatur; Louise Sains, Charleston,
S. C; Annie Wilds, Elendersonville, N. C; Marie Louise Scott, Atlanta; and
Mary Scott Wilds, Hendersoniille, N. C. Another very interesting thing about
this group of girls is that in four instances, their mothers also attended Agnes
Scott and in the fifth instance, Edith Candler is the granddaughter' of Mr.
Mnrphey Candler, trustee of the College from its beginning until his death.
Louise Sams is the daughter of Louise (Scott) Sams; Annie Wilds and Mary
Scott Wilds are the daughters of Laura (Candler) Wilds; Marie Louise Scott is
the daughter of Marie (Maclntyrc) Alexander.

J. K. Orr, Beloved Chairman of

the Board of Trustees, Passes

Mr. J. K. Orr, beloved trustee of Agnes Scott College
and for twenty-four years chairman of the Board of Trus-
tees, died of a heart attack at his home in Atlanta in his
eighty-second year on Sunday afternoon, September 18th,
bringing to a close a long and successful life.

Mr. Orr was a native of New York City, receiving his
early education in private schools there, also attending the
College of the City of New York. After leaving college,
he began his business career with the H. J. Libby & Co.,
in New York, moving a year later to Columbus, Ga., where
he was associated in business with his uncle. Later he or-
ganized the J. K. Orr Shoe Company and moved his busi-
ness to Atlanta in 1S97, maintaining a large factory until
his retirement one year ago.

Mr. Orr's influence extended far beyond the bounds of
his chosen city and state. He sponsored and brought to
pass the Knights Templar Foundation, a loan fund for de-
serving college students which has grown to five million
dollars and has helped thirty thousand youths to realize
their hopes for advanced education. Many institutions of
learning have known him as a valued counselor and friend.
He was a trustee of the Peabody School for Teachers at
Nashville, Tennessee, of the Berry Schools at Rome, and
for almost a quarter of a century chairman of the Agnes
Scott Board. Through such connections and activities he
rendered services that were south-wide and nation-wide in
their usefulness.

At the opening exercises at Agnes Scott on September
21st, a service at which he was to have been present and
to have spoken, Mr. George Winship, from the Board of
Trustees, gave the following expression of affectionate
tribute to Mr. Orr:

"Mr. J. K. Orr became interested in Agnes Scott through
his friendship with Mr. S. M. Inman. On the death of
Colonel George W. Scott, who was the founder of the Col-
lege and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Mr. Inman
was elected to the chairmanship of the Board. His first act
was to secure Mr. Orr as a fellow-worker for the Institute,
as Agnes Scott was then called. Accordingly, Mr. Orr was
elected a member of the Board of Trustees on February 9,
1904.

In 1914, when Mr. Inman was entering upon his last
illness, he offered to pay half of the indebtedness of the
College on two conditions: first, that the remainder of the
debt would be entirely paid; and second, that Mr. J. K.
Orr should accept the chairmanship of the Board. These
conditions were fulfilled, and he became the active chair-
man on December 26, 1914. One of his first acts in Jan-
uary, 1915, was to engage the services of J. R. McCain as
an assistant for Dr. F. H. Gaines, then President of the
institution.

When Mr. Orr accepted the leadership of Agnes Scott,
there were many difficulties to be faced. It was during
the first year of the World War, and economic problems
were numerous. While the money for the College indebted-
ness had been subscribed, it had not been paid, and the
$65,000 carried heavy interest charges. Agnes Scott had
received recognition as a college, but still had difficulty
in securing students on account of its high standards, which
were not then appreciated. Its enrollment for the first year
was 271.

The endowment of the College was $175,000. Its build-
ings, grounds, and equipment amounted to $492,000. The
total assets were only $683,000. Its salary scale was low,
most of the full professors receiving only $1,000 a year.

With characteristic energy, Mr. Orr and Dr. Gaines, the
President, set themselves to balance the budget, to promote
the recognition of the institution throughout the country,
and to increase its student attendance and its financial re-
sources.

During the twenty-four years of Mr. Orr's leadership,
a great deal has been accomplished. The reputation has
been widely established. It has been put on the approved
list of the Association of American Universities, and it has
been granted membership in the American Association of
University Women. It has received charters of Mortar
Board and Phi Beta Kappa. Its work is universally recog-
nized and accepted, both in the United States and in other
countries.

The student body has reached the capacity of the plant,
and is as large as the Trustees desire, having almost doubled
during these years, being approximately 500 now. The
faculty and officers have likewise increased, the number
being approximately double what it was in 1914.

The assets of the College have increased five-fold during
the twenty-four years, being now approximately $3,5 00,-
000. The buildings, grounds, and equipment total $1,700,-
000. The endowment is nine times what it was in 1914
$1,600,000. Most of the increase in financial strength has
come through special campaigns in 1909, 1919, 1921, 1929,
and 1934. In all of these efforts, Mr. Orr was either the
active or the honorary chairman, and a very active par-
ticipant.

During the twenty-five years of the life of the institu-
tion under its various names Decatur Female Seminary,
Agnes Scott Institute, and Agnes Scott College there had
been only 132 graduates. The classes were small, and the
importance of continuing through the College to gradua-
tion was not realized. During the twenty-four years of
Mr. Orr's administration, there are 1,751 College graduates
whose diplomas he has signed.

Aside from helping with the material achievements, Mr.
Orr has rendered notable service for Agnes Scott. His pop-
ularity in Atlanta and throughout the South, and even
other sections of the country, has been freely used to ad-
vance the interests of the College. He has had the confi-
dence of his fellow Trustees, and also oftentimes has guided
deliberations through difficulties to a happy conclusion.
His ready wit and good humor have often banished dis-
couragement and pessimism.

He has been much interested in the spiritual life of the
College, and has used every effort to promote right atti-
tudes towards the finer things of life.

He has given lavishly of his time and thought. He al-
ways attended the opening exercises, the Commencement
occasions, and numerous other events of the session. No
speaker was more popular with students and faculty than
he. At the opening exercises of Agnes Scott on September
21, he was to have addressed the audience in behalf of the
Trustees, and by special request of the older students, was
to talk on "Modesty." One of his favorite quotations, and
one memorized by every Agnes Scott student, was the re-

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frain: 'The truest test of woman's worth, the surest sign
of noble birth, is modesty.' "

The following resolutions were adopted by the Agnes
Scott Alumnae Association:

Whereas, Joseph K. Orr, Sr., who departed this life Sep-
tember 18, 193 8, was a beloved trustee of Agnes Scott Col-
lege from 1904 until the time of his death, and served as
chairman of the Board of Trustees during the last twenty-
four years of that period;

Whereas, his years of service were marked by unselfish-
ness, wisdom, untiring zeal and constant allegiance;

Whereas, by his friendly counsel and sympathetic humor

he endeared himself as a personal friend to all those whose
lives he touched;

Whereas, he is missed sorely, and his absence is noted
with sadness, and his passing has brought irreparable loss
to Agnes Scott College;

Resolved, that the Alumnae Association of Agnes Scott
College send this expression of appreciation to the family
of Mr. Orr, and that a copy of these resolutions be spread
upon the minutes of the Association.

Sincerely yours,

Anne (Hart) Equen,

President, Agnes Scott Alumnae Association.

OPENING DAY

Again the organ sweeps across young hearts,

Uplifted eyes in awe still seek that spot

Where stately march of faculty imparts

The formal opening of Agnes Scott.

The line our own beloved Dean still leads

Passes hushed aisles as fifty years before.

Symbolic colors show their learned creeds.

Bowed heads divine guidance now seek once more.

The chairman brings the Trustees' counsel clear:

Saint Peter's motto on your hearts engrave

To emulate the founder's Mother dear,

Add to your faith, knowledge and virtue brave.

In mind, her daughters who have not forgot

Assemble there to honor Agues Scott.

Elizabeth (Woltz) Currie, '25.

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The 50th Commencement at Agnes
Scott. 1939

Now that Dr. McCain and Anne
(Hart) Equen have welcomed you
back for reunion time, we beg our
chance to tell you some more about it.

It has been decided that this com-
mencement shall be the alumnae's
celebration rather than the following
one, which will close the Semi-Cen-
tennial year. Although alumnae will
be as welcome as the proverbial flow-
ers in May at that 1940 one, this is
the one when everything is yours!

If you will turn now to the inside
back cover of this issue, you will no-
tice that to the usual number of
classes which would celebrate their
reunions this coming June, according
to the Dix system, have been added
all classes which are celebrating their
five, ten, twenty, etc., years, and, in
addition to them, the first class to
graduate, the class of 1893. The two
members of this class are Mary (Bar-
nett) Martin of Clinton, S. C, and
Mary (Mack) Ardrey of Fort Mills,
S. C, and we are hoping that we all
may have the pleasure and honor of
knowing these two first graduates of
Agnes Scott at this coming com-
mencement.

And now a word to all alumnae!
Whether this is your year according
to anybody's system, this is a very
special invitation to every alumna to
come to the 1939 commencement at
Agnes Scott. We want you of every
class, graduates and non-graduates, all
of those who love Agnes Scott and
wish to see her celebrate her fiftieth
commencement.

Miss Hopkins is to be back with us
for this celebration, which will be her
fiftieth commencement at Agnes
Scott and she is our most honored
guest on this occasion although none
of us can call Miss Hopkins a guest
for she is Agnes Scott itself to us! We
want all of "her girls" back to honor
her and we know they will want to
be here on this great occasion.

The program of regular events will
be enlarged; there are many plans
afoot, not quite ready for publication
yet, but we assure you that never un-
til that centennial one will you be able
to have such a round of entertainment
and edification as will be offered at

this commencement. As soon as pos-
sible the complete program and, if
possible, the speakers' names will be
given to you but, just between our-
selves, does that matter?

Much planning is to be done to
make all alumnae comfortable, to see
that they are housed and met and en-
tertained and to that end, we hope
that even now you will begin writing
in to the Alumnae Office that you
and your friends to the number of
such-and-such will be back and that
you want to be enrolled now for that
event. Don't wait for the other fel-
low to write you; do what many are
already doing, write your friends and
tell them that great doings are ahead
and how about meeting at Agnes
Scott on June 2nd for that biggest
and best commencement yet celebrated
at your college?

Faculty Changes

Many changes in the faculty have
taken place this year. Margaret Phyth-
ian of the French Department has re-
turned after her two years' leave of
absence spent in studying at the Uni-
versity of Grenoble, France. Miss
Kathryn Glick, formerly of the facul-
ty of Wilson College, Penn., is a new
member of the Latin Department. Miss
Mildred R. Mell, who has been a teach-
er and Dean at Shorter College, Ga.,
is in the Economics Department.

Miss Laura Colvin is back with her
Masters in Library Science from the
University of Michigan. Another ad-
dition to the staff of the library is
Miss Evelyn Houck, a graduate of the
Emory University Library School.

Several Agnes Scott graduates are
among the new teaching and adminis-
trative members. Charlotte Hunter,
'29, is the assistant in the Dean's of-
fice. Ann Worthy Johnson, '3 8, is in
charge of the Book Store and the mail
room. Jeanne Matthews, '3 8, is a fel-
low in Biology. Laura Steele, '37, a
former editor of The Agonistic, is a
secretary to the President.

Miss Jessie Harriss heads the Die-
tetic staff with Miss Mildred McEl-
reath as her assistant. Mrs. Margaret
Hartsook is assisting the dietitians.
Mrs. Roy Smith is in charge of the
residences.

In Memoriam

Martha Stansfield, '21, died at Tam-
pa, Florida, on June 23, 193 8. She is
survived by her mother, Mrs. J. M.
Stansfield, and two brothers, Flarold
and William, all of Tampa. She was
connected with the Latin department
at Agnes Scott from her graduation
until her death, and was then associate
professor of Latin and Greek. Martha
received her doctorate at the Univer-
sity of Chicago in 1932, where she
has also served as a Fellow.

But the account of her honors and
her work is only part of any attempt
to honor Martha Stansfield. She had
served the College and the Alumnae
Association in many and varied ways
and in every one of these duties she
always showed such a high sense of
responsibility and loyalty that the
memory of her years on the campus
will be treasured ones for her associ-
ates in the faculty and alumnae
groups. No position, whether great or
small, but received, when it was her
responsibility, the best and promptest
attention.

But not even the story of her de-
voted work at her College begins to
round out the history of her life, for
to her many, many friends the mem-
ory which will linger ever is of her
sweet and thoughtful nature. Her
days were filled with little attentions
to her friends who were sick or who
were celebrating birthdays or to those
who were in distress or sorrow. Her
faithfulness to her church in Decatur
was also one of her great qualities.
Her friendship was a cherished posses-
sion of her friends and their loss is the
greater for having had this experience
of a truly unselfish and thoughtful
friend.

Our sympathies are extended to
Martha's mother and to her brothers
and we assure them that our sorrow
is great in the loss which is theirs.
Alumnae Books

"Blackberry Whiter," Evelyn Han-
na; C. D. Dutton & Co., New York.

Evelyn Flanna, ex-'23, has entered
the ranks of our alumnae authors with
her first book, "Blackberry Winter,"
which is receiving high praise from
all. We quote from the New York
Times Book Review: "The Civil War

The AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

plays a very different part in Evelyn
Hanna's novel than in Margaret
Mitchell's. It is not central to the story,
rather it concludes the destruction
which was, perhaps, already implicit
in the character of the Merriman fam-
ily, whose ruin and fall she describes.
. . . "Blackberry Winter" has a rather
more solid intellectual content, is
packed with dramatic action. ... It
remains an able and brilliantly em-
broidered piece of story telling which
will probably find plenty of enthusi-
astic readers."

"A Study Guide to Biology and
Southern Wild Life," McCallie and
Cooper; Franklin Printing Corpora-
tion, Publishers, Atlanta, Ga.

Edith McCallie, '23, and Belle
Cooper, '18, collaborated in the writ-
ing of this work book and we quote
from a review of this edition in the
Georgia Educational Journal: "The
authors are both masters in their field
and have produced a work book that
will be of immeasurable value to
classes engaged in this subject. The
book is built up from actual experi-
ence, providing for the teacher a guide
that will be a time saver and there-
fore of tremendous service. At the
same time, the questions, which are
arranged in work book fashion, are
simple and clear and will serve as an
aid to the pupil. The drawings of the
wild flower life of the Atlanta area
and the common protozoa are the
work of one of the co-authors, Miss
Cooper. In the closing pages of the
book there are included tables of the
food value of some of our common
foods, a listing of Georgia Health
Facts, which will be of interest to
teachers and pupils."

"Memo to Timothy Sheldon," Mar-
ian Sims; J. B. Lippincott Co., Pub-
lishers, Philadelphia, Penn.

Marian (McCamy) Sims, '20, has
just had her fourth book published
and it has been most favorably re-
ceived by the critics. Some of the criti-
cisms are: "Mrs. Sims writes briskly,
with humor, verve and understanding
. . . She has the gift of evoking the
poignancy and meaning of simple in-
cidents. . . She has also the gift for
making people human and alive and
very likeable." "Marian Sims should be
a popular and successful novelist; the
growth manifested in her books sug-
gests that she will also be very much
more so." New York Tribune.

Her story of the problem which
confronts Lynn Sheldon "is one of the
duality of human nature. . . . Marian
Sims handles the subject thoughtfully
but with an uncompromising hon-
esty."

The "New" Agnes Scott!

From the student viewpoint:
(Quoted from the Agonistic)

"Yes'm, this is what I call the NEW
Agnes Scott!" So says Ella and so are
we all convinced! Of course it had to
begin some time, but what a pity the
freshmen couldn't have had the privi-
lege of seeing it both before and after!
They would appreciate it all the more,
but certainly that new cheerfully
cream-colored lobby of Inman could
hardly draw any more exclamations of
wonder under any circumstances.
Even Dr. McCain was heard to ex-
claim "My, it's rather yellow!" And
then along came Miss Gooch and
diaphragmatically breathed, "My heav-
ens, it's rather striking!" And so it is,
n'est-ce pas?

But of all the changes that have
stunned the world since the fall of the
Roman Empire, undoubtedly the new
dining room innovations are the most
appalling from the ivy on the walls
right on down to the itsy-bitsy cof-
fee spoons. Grace Ward, the social
success of Gaines Cottage, objects to
the sugar spoons because they are too
large to stir the demi-tasse. And it
seems the iced tea coasters are causing
quite a sensation Mrs. Smith over-
heard one of the waiters discussing the
"gliders" with one of the other boys.

Can you imagine why the crowds
at the reception were densest around
Mrs. Smith and the new dietitians? I
even heard one grateful Hottentot say
she felt mean giving them just a mere
handshake, she wanted to brave the
madding crowd and give them all "a
great big hug."

Just one thing hurts us though. They
say that absence makes the heart grow
fonder, so I guess we will continue to
love the dear old moose head in Re-
bekah lobby in increasing proportion,
even though it has gone the way of
all flesh! Ditto the hat rack in the
hall of Main!

Oh, well, life may be boring for a
termite, but there's never a dull mo-
ment for us any more not so long as
going to meals is more fun than going
to town and so long as such startling
things as new brooms are being intro-
duced into our rooms!"

And as an alumna sees it:
"Yes, this is what we call a new
Agnes Scott," says us, agreeing with
Ella and the rest of the campus. It
doesn't seem quite the same place but
we must admit that we like it even
more than the students!

The tendency toward a more gra-
cious manner of living is making it-

self strongly felt at Agnes Scott.
From the innovations in the dining
room to the new faculty furniture we
can see it. Having an official hostess
for each dining room in addition to
the faculty and senior hostesses at each
table makes for greater hospitality to-
ward visitors and more efficient
service for every table. The omission
of the hand bell before meals lends
more dignity to the occasion, and the
wonderful food with the new china
and excellent service makes us feel
as if we're at the Biltmore. We really
don't need the hand bell, for every-
body is so anxious to see what we're
going to have for dinner that they
get there ahead of time! Can you
imagine roast duck with cranberry
sauce, and watercress salad for
Wednesday night dinner? Even the
best steak of yesteryear has lost some
of its charm by comparison. And the
demi-tasse is just too good to be true!
Every menu is perfect in itself, and
some of the girls with matrimony in
the back of their heads have started
writing down each day's menus for
future reference.

The new faculty furniture is grand!
An old world knee-hole desk with a
Windsor chair, a beautiful walnut
dresser with three large drawers, a
studio bed, a Windsor arm chair and
all the trimmings are making the fac-
ulty who live off the campus positive-
ly jealous. What with the excellent
cuisine our Alma Mater advertises
these days, and the beautiful rooms,
faculty rooms are renting at a prem-
ium! It isn't altogether internal im-
provements that are delighting the
faculty, either, because all of the
Candler Street cottages have been
painted white, the same shade too, and
the row of faculty houses is most im-
pressive.

One of the new luxuries to which
we aren't yet accustomed is the press-
ing room in the basement of Main.
Mimie, laundress-de-luxe of by-gone
days, has been given a position as
presser for the community. For the
insignificant sum of one nickel she
will press a plain dress, and even the
most elaborate evening gown will get
attention for 15c, which means no
more Wednesday night rush for the
ironing board. Lingerie and hose and
even blouses and sweaters can be
washed and ironed, one day service us-
ually, and picked up by you in time
to pack your bag for the week-end
migration.

Agnes Scott has started the fiftieth
year with a bang, and we hope that
each succeeding year will bring even
more improvements.

NOVEMBER, 195 S

Tune In On Your Radio For A. S. C.

The radio committee, Ellen Doug-
lass Leyburn, chairman, is anxious to
establish closer touch with all the
alumnae who are within reach of the
station, WSB. The hour of the broad-
cast is to be 4:45 o'clock each Thurs-
day afternoon.

We are calling these programs
"Campus Silhouettes," with the idea
of trying to bring to you and to the
general public actual Agnes Scott per-
sonalities and through them some im-
mediate contact with what is going
on at the College. The emphasis in
the fall is to be academic; in the win-
ter students will be presented in char-
acteristic activities; and in the spring
we shall call upon various ones of our
own alumnae who are engaged in in-
teresting undertakings.

Carrie Phinney Latimer, '3 6, is to
be the announcer and she and Jeanne
Flynt, '39, will appear on most of the
programs in the characters of the
senior sponsor and the freshman to
whom the campus silhouettes are being
shown.

If you will listen to the programs
and let us know what you think of
them, we shall greatly appreciate your
interest and suggestions. Your writ-
ing us in care of WSB, Atlanta Bilt-
more, Atlanta, Ga., will be a real
service to the College as emphasizing
the importance of Agnes Scott in the
eyes of those who control the station.

Silhouettes for the fall are:

October 6: Dr. McCain.

October 13: Miss Alexander.

October 20: Miss Florence Smith.

October 27: Dr. Hayes.

November 3: Miss MacDougall.

November 10: Miss Gaylord.

November 17: Miss Harn.

November 22: Miss Dexter, Miss
Omwake.

December 1 : Miss Phythian.

December S: Dr. Raper.

Have You Written That Poem Yet?
Dear Alumnae:

The response to my appeal for
poems in honor of Agnes Scott's Semi-
centennial has been gratifying as to
quality if not overwhelming as to
quantity. We are publishing in this
issue the fine sonnet Elizabeth Woltz
Currie, '2 5, submitted, and hope that
it will serve as an inspiration to many
of you in your own writing.

The College has decided to make
the year 1938-1939 the official cele-
bration of the Semi-Centennial for the
alumnae. To give our full coopera-

tion to this change in plans, it is nec-
essary to set the deadline for our poetry
contest as Commencement of 1939,
although the poems selected will be
used in alumnae publications through-
out the following session and the
original idea of publishing the prize
winning poem in the July, 1940,
Quarterly will be adhered to.

Please, alumnae, rally. Surely each
of you from time to time runs across
a college publication or a campus pic-
ture that rekindles memories of happy
hours and beloved people. Let us have
your thoughts on these.

With cordial good wishes and the
hope of hearing from many of you
soon, I am,

Sincerely yours,
Dorothy (Hutton) Mount.
(Mrs. J. Edward Mount)
124 East 84th Street,
New York City.

Mrs. Alma Sydenstricker, Chautauqua
Speaker

Mrs. Alma Sydenstricker of the
Bible Department of Agnes Scott was
among the distinguished speakers at
Chautauqua this summer. She spoke
on "Some Ancient and Forgotten
Lore of India," which has a very in-
triguing sound.

Among the other speakers on this
program were: Miss Emily Louise
Plumley, vice-chairman of the Board
of Trustees of the General Federation
of Clubs; Dr. Josephine L. Pierce;
Mrs. Victoria Booth Demarest; Dr.
Ben Graham; Miss Mary Frances Bes-
tor, Department of Child Study, Vas-
sar College; Mrs. Sadie Orr Dunbar,
president of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs; Sir Herbert Ames,
who has often been a speaker on the
Agnes Scott campus; and many other
speakers of note.

HjKRRISON hut opened

This delightful place near by to the campus affords an ideal retreat for the
girls to go for the planning of campus activities or for a week-end of fun and
camp life. The above picture, which appeared in the Sunday American of At-
lanta, Ga., was one taken when the members of the Student Government Asso-
ciation met at the beginning of school to chart freshmen orientation. Conven-
iently located in the ivoods behind the campus, and free from the disadvantage
of distance which the former Stone Mountain camp suffered, the cabin is mak-
ing a place for itself in the life of the students.

The new camp has been named the George W. Harrison, Jr. Hut, as a mem-
orial to Mr. Harrison, who left Agnes Scott twenty thousand dollars in his will.
Originally built by Frances Kennedy, ex-'22, now Mrs. J. Frank Kelly, the hut
is suitable for afternoon or evening parties of campus organizations or for inde-
pendent groups of girls.

Rules for the use of the camp will soon be announced and a small fee is
charged for use of the camp to provide equipment supplementary to that given
by the College. Among the early improvements planned is construction of a
shelter for outdoor cooking.

10

The AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

Is Your Alumnae Club a Satisfactory

Organization?
Let's talk about alumnae clubs, their
problems, their prospects, and their
plans. The Alumnae Office knows
that each locality has its own particu-
lar problems and ambitions and that
we can only be of the most indefinite
assistance to the clubs but at the risk
of boring the club officers who have
been functioning successfully for the
past years, we proceed!

The local club bears a relationship
to its own membership and commun-
ity, to the College, and to the Alum-
nae Association. What can be done to
strengthen these relationships and aid
the club in meeting these responsibili-
ties as regards the Alumnae Office?
The Office can furnish a correct list
for the clubs, can keep the members
informed about college activities (for
the informed alumna is the interested
alumna) through the securing of
speakers from the campus for club
meetings, when requested, or through
letters prepared for the meetings filled
with college happenings, through a
suggested program of study or proj-
ects, if desired. Of course, the Alum-
nae Quarterly brings to the clubs
pages of information about the Col-
lege and alumnae events, such as
Alumnae Week-End, Founder's Day,
Commencement, etc.

What can the alumnae clubs do to
meet this three-fold relationship?

1. One of the most worthwhile
services in relation to the College is
that of keeping Agnes Scott in the
eye of the public in the towns where
clubs are organized. Good newspaper
notices of meetings are well worth the
effort as publicity, pictures of the new
officers attract attention of the gen-
eral public to our college alumnae of
the town. Outstanding events at
Agnes Scott can be used as articles for
the papers in the towns with much ad-
vantage to the College. And, above
all these, the service which the clubs
can render in interesting the best stu-
dents of the towns in Agnes Scott is
not to be estimated. Teas for seniors
in high schools, bulletin boards of
Agnes Scott material in the schools,
personal contacts with the girls whom
alumnae would like to see come to
their College, participation in College
Day in the local high schools all
these and many more plans will be in-
valuable to Agnes Scott.

2. Keep your own club members
informed about the College by keep-
ing in touch with the Alumnae Of-
fice, arranging meetings, if possible,
when faculty members can be your
guests, discussing at club meetings
general College affairs, such as plans

for the Semi-Centennial, new build-
ings, etc. See that copies of the Alum-
nae Quarterly are available at each
meeting for the perusal of alumnae
who may not take it. Remember that,
for many of your members, your club
is the social contact in a new city and
that you have a wonderful opportun-
ity to make them happy as they meet
other Agnes Scotters. The responsi-
bility of the club to its members is of
prime importance for only as they en-
joy the meetings and the alumnae con-
tacts will the club grow and prosper.
3. The alumnae clubs are the back-
bone of the Alumnae Association.
Through their support, the new fur-
nishings for the Alumnae House are
bought; the Alumnae Garden is de-
pendent in a large measure for its con-
tinued beauty on their financial help,
as well as their gifts of plants. The
linens of the House and Tea Room
are mainly contributed by the clubs.
It is to the clubs that the Alumnae
Association looks when it is planning
for the Founder's Day dinners and
teas for it knows that the efforts of
these groups for meetings at that time
make for the real success of the broad-
cast and the celebration. If the club
president could assign one meeting a
year at least to a resume of the work
of the General Alumnae Association,
its committees, its need of paid mem-
bers, its Quarterly, its House and Gar-
den, we feel sure that much good
could be accomplished in enlarging the
number of paid members and in the
general interest in the Association. So
much of the time, it seems an intangi-
ble, not very well understood organi-
zation and sometimes the interest in
the local clubs seems sufficient to
many very loyal alumnae because they
do not understand the large field
which the program of the Alumnae
Association covers.

And having talked and talked, we
close with the remark that each group
of officers can probably work out the
problems in each club much better
than a distant alumnae secretary can
suggest! But so often the Alumnae
Office is asked by club officers just
what are the duties and expectations
of the clubs that it seemed an approp-
riate time, since the year is just be-
ginning, to outline some of the aims
from the General Alumnae Associa-
tion's standpoint.
American Association of University Women

Graduate Fellowships for
1939-40
These fellowships are awarded in
general to candidates who have com-
pleted two years of residence work for
the Ph.D. degree or who have already
received the degree. The greatest im-

portance is attached to the project on
which the candidate wishes to work,
its significance, and the evidence of
the candidate's ability to pursue it.
Applications and supporting materials
must reach the office in Washington
by December 15, 1938.

These fellowships come under two
main headings:

I. National Fellowships: Fellow-
ships open to American women for
study in the United States or abroad.

II. International Fellowships: A fel-
lowship for a Latin American woman
to study in the United States, and fel-
lowships open to members of the In-
ternational Federation of University
Women.

I. National

The Fellowship Crusade National
Fellowship of $1,500, for graduate
study or research.

Dorothy Bridgman Atkinson Fel-
lowship of $1,500, limited to the arts,
sciences, and literature.

Margaret Snell Fellowship of $1,-
5 00, for graduate study or research.

Sarah Berliner Research and Lecture
Fellowship of $1,500, for work in
physics, chemistry or biology. The
doctorate is required.

Alice Freeman Palmer Memorial
Fellowship of $1,500, for which the
doctorate is required.

Mary Pemberton Nourse Memorial
Fellowship of $1,250, for work in pub-
lic health.

Gamma Phi Beta Lindsey Barbee
Fellowship of $1,000, for preparation
for the profession of social work.

Anna C. Brackett Memorial Fellow-
ship of $1,000, for those who intend
to make teaching their profession.
II. International Fellowships

Latin American Fellowship of $1,-
500, open to nationals of the Latin
American republics for advanced study
in the United States.

A. A. U. W. International Fellow-
ship of $1,500. Not restricted as to
subject.

A. A. U. W. Fellowship Crusade
International Fellowship of $1,500.
Although unrestricted, preference will
be given to candidates in science un-
der 3 5 years of age.

International Senior Fellowship, of
the value of 2 50, for research in arts
(including language and literature,
law and economics, history, philosophy
and theology) .

International Residential Scholarship
at Crosby Hall of 100, for research
or other post-graduate work in science
or arts in London.

Note: For detailed information
address the Secretary, Committee on
Fellowship Awards, 1634 I Street, N.
W., Washington, D. C.

NOVEMBER, 19)8

11

Lecture Association Announces Program

The Agnes Scott Student Lecture
Association announced the following
lectures on their program for the year:

"Four Hundred Years of the Eng-
lish Bible," by Dr. Edgar J. Good-
speed, on November 10, and "The Art
of Biography," by Andre Maurois, on
March 27.

Dr. Goodspeed has taught the New
Testament for many years at Chicago.
He is best known for his "The New
Testament, an American Transla-
tion," published in 1923. His most
recent books are "The Story of the
Bible," "New Chapters in New Tes-
tament Study," "An Introduction to
the New Testament," and "The Curse
in the Colophon," which is a study of
manuscript hunting. In 1927 he found
in Paris the most richly miniatured
Greek New Testament yet discovered,
which he and his colleagues published
as "The Rockefeller-McCormick New
Testament." He has been a frequent
contributor to the Atlantic Monthly.

Andre Maurois, famous French
biographer and novelist, has just been
elected to the French Academy. He
is a member of the London Legion of
Honor, is a Commander Order of the
British Empire, and has honorary doc-
tors' degrees from Edinburgh and
Princeton. He is famous for his biog-
raphies of Disraeli, Dickens, Byron,
Voltaire, and Shelley, but is equally
respected for his ability to write nov-
els. He believes that the new biogra-
phy should differ from the old, and
he wants to build them into works of
art, something that is alive.

In line with the policy of the Lec-
ture Association to get only the best
for lecturers, negotiations with other
speakers in the same class are in prog-
ress and the next Quarterly will carry
announcements about further pro-
grams.

Virginia Montgomery, from China,
made the highest score of fiftv-one
out of a possible sixty in the freshman
math placement tests given this year
for the first time.

The test that was used was the same
as that given to new students in near-
ly every college in Georgia and in
many colleges in several states.

All of the scores were much better
than the math department expected,
ranging from ten to fifty-one, with a
median grade of twenty-eight. This
median is exceedingly high and is ex-
pected to compare favorably with the
scores obtained from other colleges.
In all probability there will be similar
placement tests in the future.

Alumnae Quarterly Art Editor

The Alumnae Office is very much
indebted to Leone (Bowers) Hamilton,
'26, for the beautiful cover design on
the front of this issue and we are de-
lighted to be able to announce that
she will work out similar designs for
the three other issues of this year.
This design is similar to the book plate
which Leone worked out for the
Agnes Scott Library and is from the
seal used over the entrance doors of
Buttrick. The Quarterly editors have
enjoyed the guidance of this talented
alumna for several years in planning
the covers of the magazine and we
are glad to have this opportunity of
acknowledging our debt to her not
only for her assistance in the coming
year but for many years past.

That First Reunion at Thanksgiving for '38!

Thanksgiving this year to the mem-
bers of the class of '3 8 is a very spe-
cial Thanksgiving from any which
has come before or will come after,
for it is at this time that all the seniors
of June will come back for the first
time to the campus as alumnae at re-
union. This custom of a unique fall
reunion for the baby class of alumnae
is entirely Agnes Scott's idea and came
about because so many first-year-out
alumnae wanted to come back at
Thanksgiving any way for the first
visit and this dinner which is held in
the Alumnae House was made a fea-
ture of that week-end to give them a
chance to get together for one good
old time session gathered around the
dinner table as of yore!

Eliza King will be writing you all
and local alumnae of your class will
have charge of the plans here but this
is just to invite you to come back to
Agnes Scott for that week-end and to
make reservations by phone or letter
with the Alumnae Office for that
grand get-together dinner in the
Alumnae House, Friday evening, No-
vember 2 5th, at 6:45 P. M. And
knowing that whether we dress or not
is always the question to the female
of the species, we'll state some do and
some do not, depending probablv on
which is newest, the street or the
evening ensemble! There will be a
lovely table with soft candle light,
good food, all the latest bits of gossip
freely distributed, and if the class
feels in a singing mood, you'll have
the Tea House to yourself by that time
and can make the rafters ring.

And did we mention that the din-
ner will be eighty cents? And it will
be a real Thanksgiving dinner, we
promise!

Co-Recreation For Girls and Dates!

One of the most interesting fea-
tures of the "new" Agnes Scott is the
co-recreation program sponsored by
the Athletic Association and the
Physical Education Department. Here-
tofore the Tennis Club has had the
privilege of inviting dates out for
afternoon games in tennis on the col-
lege courts; the Outing Club has gone
on hikes with the men and women in
the Appalachian Trail Club; but this
is the first definite step that has been
taken toward building a regular pro-
gram around sports together.

The Murphey Candler Building has
rescued many a puzzled damsel with
an answer for the "what to do with
the Saturday night date when you stay
on the campus" question. The inter-
esting evenings that are spent there
playing ping-pong, bridge, or check-
ers and roasting marshmallows or mak-
ing fudge have given just the proper
background for making time with the
Tech and Emory boys. The gym is
giving the girls a real help though, by
sponsoring Saturday night recrea-
tion hours. Bowling, badminton, table
and deck tennis, darts and aerial darts
will furnish amusement for many a
couple this winter.

Alumnae Go Back To School

A study course for alumnae has
been one of the Agnes Scott Business
Girls' Club projects for a number of
years, but this year the course is ex-
citing particular interest. Miss Emily
Dexter, professor of psychology, is
giving the first series of lectures on
modern psychology.

Miss Dexter's topics include: The
"New" Psychology; Phvsiological
Bases for Behavior; Measurement;
Child Psychology; Psychology of Ab-
normal Behavior; Psychology Applied
to Law; Psychology Applied to Ad-
vertising; Getting Along with Asso-
ciates; and Extra Sensory Perception
(Rhine's Work at Duke University).

Miss Louise Lewis, head of the art
department, will give the second half
of the course, beginning a series of
lectures on the history of furniture,
antiques, modern furniture and inter-
ior decorating immediately after
Christmas.

At a recent meeting of the senior
class, Charlotte Hunter, '29, was
unanimously elected sponsor for the
class, to take the place of Martha
Crowe, former sponsor. Little Sarah
Christian, daughter of our professor
of physics and astronomy, was chosen
as class mascot, and Virginia Tumlin
was elected secretary of the seniors.

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Campus Sens and Off

Concerning Omrseiics "

Home Coming Commencement

Home Coming Commencement

Qome One, Qome aAll
JUNE 2nd---JUNE 6th -

Reunion Classes of 1939 according to the Dix plan:
'04; '05; '06; '07; '23; '24; '25; '26; '38

Classes who are celebrating unusual reunion yes

'93 Oldest Graduating C

'9-1 ?oth Reunion Year

"99 K>th Reunion Year

'04 35 th Reunion Yeai

"09 30th Reunion Year

1889-1939

50th

Commencement

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19 20th Reunion Year

2 4 1 5 - Res -ion Year

'29 10th Re.

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And never forget that no matter what the year, if this year suits your plans and
your desire to come back to Agnes Scott, you are mostVelcome as a member of the
great CLASS-AT-LARGE.

This commencement is to celebrate Miss Hopkins fiftieth year of service and
the rifrieth commencement of Agnes Scott. It is to be the greatest reunion com-
mencement of all times here, with hundreds of Miss Hopkins" "girls" back to ex-
press their love and appreciation of a half-centurys record. The best plans are
being made for your entertainment and comfort during reunion days and yoa'll hear
more and more of the details as this year wears on. In the meantime, begin plan-
ning now to come. Write that old roommate that you are coming and will meet
her here : start plans among your crowd for a general march on Agnes Scott in June.
1939. You'll never see another commencement like this until 1989 rolls 'round and
why gamble on that?

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VOL .XVII

NO. 2
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14th Annual Founders Day Boadcast
February 22nd, 1939
WSB, Atlanta Journal Station 740 Kilocycles

Once a year all alumnae within possible reach of WSB's range and all others who
may not even have the glimmer of a hope that they can get the broadcast gather
around festive boards or radios or with friends at tea tables that again Agnes Scott may
call to its girls from the years of the past and bring affectionate greetings and news from
the campus. The day is the same as always, February 22nd; the time will have to be
announced later by letter for this issue of the Quarterly goes to press early in December
and the Journal radio station cannot possibly set an hour as their schedule for the new
year is not made out at that time. It will probably be six o'clock or around the late after-
noon hours and all clubs and groups will be notified in plenty of time to arrange for meet-
ings. If you happen to be the lone alumna of your town and wish to be sure of the time,
will you drop the Alumnae Office a card asking for this information and a prompt reply
is assured? If you forget to write and the office fails to notify you, please take a chance
and turn on your radio and tune it at 740 kilocycles and dare any other member of
the family to move it until after the Agnes Scott program rolls in, which should be in
the late afternoon hours.

Won't you begin planning now to invite nearby alumnae to drop in for a cup of tea
on the afternoon of February 22nd? The office will be so glad to send you lists of alum-
nae in your town or towns near you and you'll never know until you are hostess at one
of these meetings how much fun it is to gather alumnae together and spend an after-
noon of reminiscent talk and "catching-up-with-the-times at Agnes Scott," not to mention
the real thrill of hearing the strain of "When far from the reach of thy sheltering arms"
as the announcer begins the Founder's Day program.

And if you are the lone alumna, pull your chair up close to the radio and shut
your eyes and transport yourself back to Agnes Scott and dear memories of friends
and guides of the days gone by, join in the "Alma Mater" all by yourself and stage a
one-woman reunion which will be quite satisfying.

And please remember to send messages at that time to Agnes Scott College, WSB,
Atlanta Journal, or to the College or Alumnae Office. It will particularly cheer those
who take part in the program and those on the campus this February 22nd for we shall
all be remembering the voice of Miss Hopkins and missing her presence at that broad-
cast. As she enjoyed this time of messages from you, her girls, so shall we be grateful
for the letters, telegrams or phone calls which make Agnes Scott know that the vast
number of its alumnae are with the college in spirit on Founder's Day.

"STILL OUR HEARTS SHALL ENSHRINE THEE, THOU CROWN OF THE SOUTH,"

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Feb. 7-11

Feb. 18

Qalendar of Events January^ April 1939

Philadelphia Symphony, Eugene Or-
mandy Conducting; All Star Concert
Series in Atlanta

Mortar Board Parties for the Freshmen

Josef Hoffman, Pianist; All Star Concert
Series in Atlanta

Tea for Day Students and their Parents,
Murphey Candler Building

Julian Bryan, Lecturer, on the Emory
Student Lecture Series, Glenn Memor-
ial Auditorium

Religious Emphasis Week, Dr. John Mc-
Sween, Leader

Junior Banquet
Blackfriars' Play

Feb. 22

Feb. 24

March 1

Founder's Day Broadcast Over WSB
Founder's Day Banquet
Cotillion Club Dance

Maurice Hindus, Newspaper Commenta-
tor, Lectures on "Czechoslovakia," on
Agnes Scott Lecture Series

Grace Moore, Soprano
All Star Concert Series

March 8-15 Winter Quarter Exams

March 15-21 Spring Vacation

March 27 Andre Maurois, French Biographer and

Lecturer, Agnes Scott Lecture Asso-
ciation

March 30-31 Student Elections

Table of Contents

Founder's Day Broadcast Frontispiece

Dedication 3

In Memoriam 4

Grenoble, the Gateway to the Alps 7

Margaret Phvthian, '16

Sons and Daughters of Agnes Scott Alumnae 10

A Faggot of Thunderbolts 11

Dr. George P. Haves

Campus News and Office Notes 13

Concerning Ourselves 17

Agnes Scott's Fiftieth Commencement 29

MISS NANNETTE HOPKINS

The Alumnae of Agnes Scott College dedicate this issue of the
Agnes Scott Alumnae Quarterly to Miss Hopkins in loving
memory of her gracious life as dean on the campus of our
Alma Mater and in sincere tribute to her noble Christian char-
acter, to her gentle personality, to her self-sacrificing service to
Agnes Scott and to her "girls."

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Miss Nannette Hopkins, Dean of Agnes Scott College
for forty-nine years, died at Staunton, Va., October 29th,
and the college and vast numbers of friends mourn her
passing. A memorial service was held at the college on
November 14th and no more fitting tribute could be paid
here than to quote from the addresses and prayer of that
service.

Dr. D. P. McGeachy, of the Board of Trustees, expressed
the Board's sentiments as follows:

"There is probably nothing more difficult than the at-
tempt to put a real life on paper and this is especially the
case when we face the thought of a life like that of our
friend whom we seek to honor here. Eventful and busy
as Miss Hopkins' days were it remains emphatically true
that hers was a character first and a career second. She did
what she did because she was what she was and that char-
acter, that personality, is the something which cannot be
reduced to sentences and phrases or even set forth in the
chapters of a book.

"We think of her and we seem to see pictures. We see
sunlight and quiet silvery waters and the fresh perfection
of violets and spring flowers. There was never anything
crude or unfinished about her. One thinks of the Scripture
which exhorts to the things that are pure and lovely and of
good report when one thinks of Miss Hopkins. There was
a gentleness about her that was unique in that it was the
gentleness of strength. There was patience but it was the
patience of faith and hope and the love that is mightier
than any haste or striving. There was the hiding of her
power. There is something immeasurably appropriate in
the choice of the amethyst to be given as the Hopkins
jewel presented each year to the student of her loved school
most nearly carrying on in character and in consequent
conduct all that our friend was and lived. The twelfth
foundation stone of the heavenly city is an amethyst and
there is nothing incongrous in thinking of Miss Hopkins in
the same breath with all the purity and all the beauty of
that ideal state. We read again John Richard Green's pic-
ture of the Puritan at his best and we realize that we have
seen that picture lived among us. The portraits of John
Milton and his music, of Colonel Hutchinson of Owthorpe,
of Mrs. Wallington, we can w:ll understand that it is
from such backgrounds and out of such ideals that Miss
Hopkins came.

"She was born in Sangerville (Augusta County), Vir-
ginia, December 24, 1860, the oldest child of Benjamin
Franklin Hopkins and his wife, Frances Fawcett Hopkins.
One of the daughters writes thus about that mother: 'Our
mother was a beautiful and gifted woman, but towering
above all gifts was her sterling Christian character. Her
outstanding characteristics were patience, marvelous self-
control and an abiding faith.' How fully these traits were
reproduced in our friend many of us who are present today
are aware. Dr. Hopkins was well called 'A Doctor of the
Old School' and 'the beloved physician.' He dedicated him-
self without money and without price to the people of
Bath and of surrounding counties. Night or day, rain or
shine, cold or heat, this lonely figure could be seen on
horseback climbing mountains, fording swollen rivers,
treking his way over impassable roads to homes of sickness
and suffering. In his profession he was progressive and
ranked as an outstanding diagnostician but the heritage he
left his daughter was that of a faith in God which revealed
itself in service to humanity. Our friend might well be re-

membered as the fair and worthy product of a great and
lovely civilization.

"Dr. Gaines, the first President of Agnes Scott, deserves
all that has been said in his praise, but there are those of
us who are sure that he never wrought a finer work nor
gave greater evidence of his ability than when he discov-
ered and brought to Decatur Nannette Hopkins. She was
at that time teaching in Valley Seminary, Waynesboro,
Virginia, having previously taught in Louisa, Virginia,
Home School. She had graduated from Hollins Institute
(now Hollins College) and came to Decatur upon the
opening of our school in 1889. She was Principal of the
Decatur Female Seminary, Principal of Agnes Scott Insti-
tute, and then Lady Principal of the Institute until she
became Dean of the college in 1906. Here she served as
trustee, as teacher, as friend and counsellor until the end.
The motto on the Hopkins coat of arms is 'Vi et animo'
and one loves to see in that phrase, which must have stared
Miss Hopkins constantly in the face when she was a child,
something of a prophecy of what the woman might be.
Force of character and an ideal spirit met in her and those
of us who come after her can but rejoice that in some
measure at least we may follow her example and, drawing
upon her Sources, imitate her virtues. Her school and her
Church, her girls and her Lord, her ideals, and her daily
round, these were the walls that bound her seventy-eight
years, but they were walls that opened out onto eternity
and the crown that is for those who love God's appearing.
'Servant of Christ, well done, rest from thy loved

employ,
Thy toilings o'er, the triumph won, enter the Master's
joy.' "

The Alumnae thoughts of Miss Hopkins were read by
Anne (Hart) Equen, president of the Alumnae Associa-
tion:

"Today I speak not for myself alone but for the six
thousand five hundred girls who have been students at
Agnes Scott at some time during the history of the col-
lege. Though some of them were here fifty years ago when
equipment and resources were meager and others were here
within the last few years able to enjoy many splendid new
advantages; though, during these different years, they
have had different buildings, different faculty, different
rules, and different experiences, vet are they all bound to
Agnes Scott by one common tie the memory of a single
person, Miss Hopkins.

"To pay real tribute to her, I should have to have the
tongues and memories of the six thousand five hundred
students who have known and loved her. But, though each
each person should say, perhaps, a different personal thing
about her, yet we all, I believe, would stand agreed that
Miss Hopkins was one to the manner born, one whose na-
ture was quiet dignity, whose spirit was graciousness, and
whose sympathy and understanding reached out abun-
dantly to all who stood in need of her help or counsel.

"It is not her death that we will remember, but her fine,
full, influential life.

" 'Dust to the dust! But the pure spirit shall flow
Back to the burning fountain whence it came
A portion of the eternal which must glow
Through time and change, unquenchably the same.' "

Faculty tribute, as read by Miss Alexander, follows:
"In the death of Miss Nannette Hopkins, our beloved

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Dean, we, her friends and fellow workers of the Faculty,
feel unutterably the great loss to us and to the College.
At the same time, we remember with gratitude our as-
sociation with her; we are daily aware of her continuing
influence among us, an influence that is gracious and
fortifying; we rejoice in the rare quality of her spirit and
in the rich completeness of her life.

"Miss Hopkins' long association with this College is the
moving record of mortal life putting on immortality
through the identification of personal hopes and satisfac-
tions with the large impersonal aims and achievements of
a great cause. The College was Miss Hopkins' very life:
it was the channel of her creative energy; it nourished her
spirit with joy and disciplined it to fortitude; it deepened
and enriched the experience of maturing life; it was her
being's heart and home. She gave herself to the College,
and she took its high ideals and its far-reaching purposes
for her own.

"To have given fifty years of service to the Institution
is in itself notable, but to have made that service com-
plete and singular is her enduring distinction. Those fifty
years were years of daring, phenomenal growth, covering
as they did the whole history of Agnes Scott from its be-
ginning as a grammar school through its development in-
to one of the few standard colleges for women in the
South. The place of Miss Hopkins in this development
was significant. . . .

"Nor did its growth outdistance her own. She had a
remarkable capacity for adjustment to changing times and
new conditions. A woman who had taken minute per-
sonal supervision of the sheltered lives of girls within
school walls in 1897 might well have found it impossible
to adapt herself to the social freedom and self-government
of students to-day. Keeping an intimate sense of the Ag-
nes Scott family, Miss Hopkins could yet rejoice that her
family had become sufficiently adult to govern itself. For
generation after generation of students she blended the
past and the present, preserving tradition that enriched
the life of the campus and yet welcoming innovation that
stimulated it. And so the College at every stage of its
development during the past fifty years has been insep-
arable from this woman who loved it.

"To remember Miss Hopkins is to realize deeply the
power of personality, the mysterious power that, like
poetry, is "undefinable and unmistakable." The atmosphere
of gentle living that prevails on our campus has been, we
feel, largely created by Miss Hopkins herself, by "her
way" of presiding over life in the college community with
consideration, with grace, and with dignity. Widely di-
verse people felt her inescapable quality. Visitors to the
campus were charmed by her gracious hospitality. Timid
freshmen recorded in their themes her magical way of
making them feel their own individuality when first they
entered her office. Seniors at their Investiture service
cherished her unspoken blessing. Distant alumnae were
stirred by her clear familiar voice over the radio, feeling
that hers was indeed the authentic voice of their Alma
Mater. We, her fellow workers, unconsciously associated
with her the permanent and impregnable values in human
living. What she was, daily and hourly, spoke more elo-
quently than what she did or said.

"She had a gift for making the individual feel that his
personality and his problems and joys were important to
her. Always she seemed to consider people as separate and
distinct persons, to each of whom it was a pleasure to give
her complete and unhurried attention. How warmly we
remember her interest in each of us! Her sympathetic un-
derstanding often blessed our lives and yet blesses them.

"Her strength was inner peace. Hers was a serenity
that communicated itself to all who came near her. The
flurried committee chairman, the overbusy instructor, the
deeply troubled student or teacher felt her tranquillizing
power. Often we sought her presence merely for the quiet-
ness that it imparted to us. And her peace of spirit evoked
trust. We could rely on it. There was granite back of
it. Its source was independent of human beings: abundant,
secret, remote. Its source was God.

"Her life was "hid with Christ in God." In this truth
lay her simple, persuasive power. Here is gathered the
wisdom of her long life; here, the compassion that made
her a refuge for troubled souls, the humility that gave her
grace, the courage that sustained her. This was her spirit's
deep repose. This was the invisible sun within her, in
whose clear light she lived and in whose radiance she died."

A beautiful expression of the love and appreciation of
the student body was made by Jean Bailey, '3 9:

"A year ago we thought that it would be impossible to
have Investiture and Commencement without Miss Hop-
kins. For those two occasions, symbolic of all that hap-
pens during the year, to pass without her presence was
not to be conceived of, but they did pass. Both were,
as ever, Agnes Scott. Both meant as much to those who
actually took part in them and to those who witnessed
them. As before, they left in and around our hearts a
warm realization of all that lies back of Agnes Scott, an
inspiration to continue developing what we possess be-
cause whole lives have been lavished on our college. Then
we knew that the spirit of Miss Hopkins was as definitely
there as it had ever been. She was with us, apparently
down at West Lawn, but actually in daily contact with
each person on the campus, actually ready as ever to serve
day and night, actually just as sincerely proud when we
lived up to the ideals of Agnes Scott, which were her
ideals, just as genuinely hurt when we fell short. When-
ever conversations at which freshmen were present turned
toward her the universal comment was, 'She must be a
wonderful person. I've never met her, but from what oth-
er girls have said, I know her.' Throughout those nine
months her influence was making itself felt as it never
had so long as her presence was taken for granted.

"That was last year. And now again our reaction has
been the same again we have felt that in the absence of
Miss Hopkins from the campus, Agnes Scott would lose
at its very heart, but again her force for good, her spirit
of unselfishness, her generosity, her enthusiasm, devotion
and sympathetic understanding, have remained. Having
once been put into the world, such a spirit cannot be
killed, cannot even be made static, but, of its own accord,
lives, breathes, grows eternally. Her great capacity for
'that last full measure of devotion' has outgrown its ves-
sel, is abroad on our campus, in our hearts. 'It is rather
for us, the living, to be here consecrated to that great
task to which she gave forty-nine years, that we students
'highly resolve' that she shall continue her quiet work
among us, that we shall walk on down the road of honor
at her Agnes Scott along which she has been and is our
companion. Christ, the Guide she followed, said, 'And lo,
I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.'
We know now, that Miss Hopkins will always be at In-
vestiture and Commencement. We know now, that she
will not leave us so long as we want her and need her."

The prayer, which was made by Douglas Lyle, '39, is
given:

"Our Father

"As we come together to honor one whom we love, we

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come also to praise Thee because of her. We praise Thee
for the beauty that was Nannette Hopkins' life. We who
have known her thank Thee that so many girls have had
the opportunity to feel her love and her gentleness and
her wise guidance.

"We thank Thee that she has kept the Christian way
of life as the ideal for our college. We earnestly ask that
Thou wilt give us the strength to keep her life before us
as an example of a faith which was really lived out, of a
consecration that was complete.

"As she gave of herself unselfishly to others, let us
give ourselves. As she kept beauty and graciousness and
peace and calmness within and without, help us to learn
the loveliness of calmness. As she was wise and fair, help
us to seek the truth. As she was guided always by Thee,
teach us to seek Thee first. As she lived fully and helped
others to live fully, help us to find the abundance of life
in Christ and to share it with others. As she was a wom-
an of God, let our lights too shine so that men may see
Thee in us as we have seen Thee in her.

With thankful hearts we pray in Christ's name. Amen."

Dr. McCain brought this service to its highest point in
the following talk emphasizing the thought of carrying
forward Miss Hopkins' ideals through the generations to
come:

"After these beautiful tributes from so many groups of
friends, it is not necessary to try to interpret further what
Miss Hopkins was and what she meant to Agnes Scott.
The thing that now gives us grave concern is that we do
not lose the wonderful spirit which she has imported to
our whole Institution. Many colleges and universities have
changed their ideals and their standards after their found-
ers passed away. We believe that Agnes Scott was started
in the right way and we are anxious for the oncoming
generations to find prevailing the ideals with which we
began.

"The Agnes Scott ideal which was formulated by Dr.
Gaines as Chairman of the Board of Trustees while Miss
Hopkins was still in active charge of the school has six
items which I would like to bring to your attention:

"1. A liberal curriculum fully abreast of the best

institutions of this country.
"2. The Bible a textbook.

"3. Thoroughly qualified and consecrated teachers.
"4. A high standard of scholarship.
"5. All the influences of the College conducive to
the formation and development of Christian
character.
"6. The glory of God the chief end of all.

"The two elements which stand out are an excellent
quality in the performance of the school, with high schol-
astic standing, and a spirit of earnest Christian faith.

"In 1897, there was signed a very important Prayer
Covenant. It reads as follows:

" 'We, the undersigned, believing the promise of our
Lord concerning prayer (Matthew 18:19) and having at
heart the largest success of the Agnes Scott Institute in
its great work for the glory of God, do hereby enter into
covenant with each other to offer daily prayer in our
closets for the following specific objects: (1) For each
other in our work in and for the Institute. (2) For the
Board of Trustees and the Faculty. (3) That God would
convert every unconverted pupil before leaving the In-
stitute. (4) That He would baptize the Institution with
the Holy Spirit, and make it a great fountain of blessing.

(5) That He would give it so much of prosperity and en-
dowment as He sees would be for His own glory. (6)
That He would have the Institution constantly in His
own Holy care and keeping, that His name may be glori-
fied.'

"This was signed by Dr. F. H. Gaines, Miss Nannette
Hopkins, Miss Patty B. Watkins, George W. Scott, Dr.
E. H. Barnett, Dr. J. G. Patton, Dr. Theron H. Rice, and
Milton A. Candler.

"You will observe the deeply spiritual note which is
here sounded, and you are here drawn into the inner se-
crets of why Agnes Scott has developed as a great power
for good.

"All of these have passed to their reward except Dr.
Patton, and for several years he has been too feeble to be
actively connected with the College. We have looked to
Miss Hopkins as the leader in all of these spiritual quali-
ties and as the interpreter of the finer things in life for
our college community.

"In the statements which I have read as the foundation
stone for Agnes Scott, you will note that there is no men-
tion of physical fitness or of personal charm. These ideals
of the College which have been added in later years have
come very largely through the emphasis and influence of
Miss Hopkins herself. She has been the exemplification of
these various ideals.

"The great Chairmen of our Board of Trustees have
been a unit in wishing to preserve this spirit but they are
gone. Many of the older members of our faculty have
been splendid in realizing a responsibility for continuance;
but some of them have retired such as Miss Louise McKin-
ney, Dr. Mary F. Sweet, Miss Lillian S. Smith.

"How may we carry on, now that so many of our
leaders, and particularly Miss Hopkins, who has been with
us since the beginning, have left us? No one of us feels
qualified to serve in quite the way they did. They were
giants of intellect and faith in the earlier days. They will
always be the heroes and heroines of the College. Those
of us who are serving now can never be founders, but we
wish to be builders.

"We are bringing in from year to year many new mem-
bers of our staff. This year, ten were added. It is im-
possible to command or to direct new officers and teach-
ers so that they will carry on as we would like. The thing
we wish to emphasize is that Agnes Scott must be and is
a partnership.

"On the walls of Buttrick Hall and also among the
mottoes in the Library, you will find a Greek inscription
to this effect: 'Having received torches, they pass them
on from one to another.' Some of us may not realize that
we have received torches at Agnes Scott, but as we look
back over the long years, we realize that Miss Hopkins and
others have been passing them to us and perhaps we have
been carrying them unconsciously.

"The thing that concerns us now so much is that we
all unite in the purpose to understand the Agnes Scott
that was started fifty years ago, to cherish the fine things
that were wrought into its foundations and exemplified
in the lives of those who have been our leaders. We wish
every person connected with our institution, including
even the humblest servant, to feel that this is his or her
college, that he or she is responsible for keeping it fine
and helpful, that we must together carry on the spirit of
Miss Hopkins. It is a united and cooperative spirit that
will bring the blessings. It is what she would wish."

Grenoble, the Gateway to the Alps

Margaret Phythlan, '16

Margaret Phythian's article published below ivas made possible by her two years spent in study toward her doc-
torate from Grenoble which was granted her last June with "Mention tres honorable." Her thesis, "The French
Alps in the Contemporary Novelists," has been published in book form and is in the fall issue of "Revue de la Geo-
graphic Alpine."

Most people are familiar with the amazing statement
that France, a country whose area is so small in compari-
son with our vast American expanses, approximately the
size of Texas, boasts a geographical variety which can
well be compared with the spectacle of our own striking
contrasts: contrasts in climate, landscape, vegetation, and
natural resources. Between the fog-bound Channel coast
and the sunny skies of the Mediterranean shores lie roll-
ing pasture lands, fertile fields and orchards, picturesque
valleys, rich mineral lands, wooded mountains as beautiful
as our Smokies, and the snow-crowned Alps more ma-
jestic than our Rockies. Few people realize, however, that
along her western border, from Switzerland down to the
sea, her magnificent Alps are the region, above all others,
which we may call, in very truth, a land of harmonious
contrasts. That is why it was such a fascinating experi-
ence to come to know more intimately this most beauti-
ful and most varied of many lovely corners of France.

As I look back on two years in such surroundings it is
impossible not to want to talk about them, to live them
over and to tell what they meant to me. For several
summers I had been enjoying six weeks at the Middlebury
French School in Vermont. There was always the secret
hope, in going to Vermont, of meeting there a French
professor under whom it would be a real inspiration to
work and of continuing that work with him in France.
In 193 5 the Middlebury catalogue did not look promising.
The big drawing-card that summer was Professor Raoul
Blanchard, one of the outstanding geographers of France,
a man whom the Sorbonne had for years been trying to
draw away from his provincial University of Grenoble on
the western outskirts of the Alps. Geography (I am now
prepared to call it a fascinating and far too neglected
study) did not sound interesting and I wondered why
the "big-shot" from France had to be a geographer. It
was too bad; a man whose specialty lay in any field of
literature would have seemed more acceptable. But the
surprise was a happy one, and by the end of those six
weeks I was determined to set sail for France the follow-
ing summer, to settle for two years in Grenoble and to
work under the direction of M. Blanchard. The subject
I had chosen was a critical study of the geographical de-
scriptions of the French Alps to be found in the modern
French novels dealing with that region. This subject was
one designed to satisfy a love of literature, an interest in
geography and a passion for the out-of-doors in general
and for the mountains in particular. It seemed almost
perfect and it was.

I had had enough experience with living conditions in
France to set out with mind made up to endure certain
hardships, or rather, to do without certain comforts which
we are pleased to think of as typically American. But
here again, a happy surprise was in store for me, and I
still think somewhat wistfully of the beauty and the real
luxury of that ideal French villa located on a sunny hill-
side in La Tronche just outside of Grenoble which I learned
to call "home." This was no typical French pension but
a home whose culture and comforts were shared unstint-
ingly with all who lived beneath its roof. From my win-

dow an indescribably beautiful view of the wide valley
and of the snow-caped Alps which skirt it made me won-
der at times whether anything so lovely could be real. Add
to the joy of living in such surroundings the pleasure of
owning a little Pengeot roadster (a necessary "tool" for
my work) and you will begin to understand some of the
"discomforts" which I had to endure in France!

Grenoble, the gateway to the Alps, is located at the
southern extremity of a valley some thirty miles long and
four miles wide. This broad flat valley, literally carved
by ancient glaciers through mountains towering, on the
east to a height of ten thousand and, on the west, to more
than five thousand feet, is itself of mediocre altitude, less
than one thousand feet, not even so high as Atlanta.
Moreover, the climate here closely resembles our Georgia
climate with its modest record of snow fall. And yet,
from early in November until the end of April you can
reach, within half an hour, in the surrounding moun-
tains, those vast expanses of snow which invite old and
young alike to put on their skis and forget everything ex-
cept the joy of pure air and the glory of motion.

It is difficult to imagine a spot more ideally fitted for
hard work and for strenuous play. The demands of the
University take care of the former, and the lure of the
surrounding mountains provides ample temptation for the
latter. A week of concentrated study calls for a day in
the open and a day of mountain hiking or a skiing ex-
pedition gives you fresh zeal for the week ahead. And so
the two work hand in hand for sane and happy living. At
the height of the season, Grenoble fairly bristles with
skiers and from daybreak on you can hear the familiar
horns of the huge cars laden with happy humanity bound
for one of the favorite spots in the surrounding moun-
tains.

But it is quite possible to be something more than a
"play-boy" in this spot which is rich in history and tra-
ditions for those who care to see them. Like many an-
other European city where daily the old is being effaced
by the new one would not guess that this little capital of
the Alps represents the growth of more than nineteen
hundred years and a heroic struggle for existence. During
the Middle Ages this village was ravaged many times by
pestilence; later, her location on the route which pene-
trates the Alps and leads into Italy, made her an easy
prey to all the marauding armies, passing to and fro on
their wars of conquest; and at all times, the presence of
two tempestuous mountain streams, converging within
the shadow of her walls, was a constant menace to her
very existence.

In the nineteenth century, with the improvement in
sanitary conditions, and the measures taken for flood con-
trol, the real prosperity of the city began. Today Grenoble,
with her 120,000 inhabitants is the site of many flour-
ishing industries as well as being a university center of
real importance. Since 1900 the students registered in
the various faculties of letters, science, and law have in-
creased from fewer than 5 00 to more than 3,000. This
number includes, each year, a handful of foreign students

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enrolled for regular university work and several hundred
additional ones who come here to take advantage of cer-
tain courses designed especially for foreign students. The
University of Grenoble was the first in France to make
a friendly gesture towards those from other lands, and
a concerted effort to attract them. Other universities
have followed this example but have not replaced her in
popularity with the foreign students. Ask Mary Sprinkle
of the Class of '31 who spent her scholarship year at
Grenoble. She will tell you, I am sure, that no student
ever regrets such an opportunity. She may add that they
are drawn here, not only by the scholastic advantages of
the university, but also by its ideal location and the op-
portunity for delightful excursions into the surrounding
country.

You cannot live long in this valley encircled by her
mighty peaks, without feeling the urge, whichever way
you may turn, to see what lies beyond such a horizon.
Since, in the Alps, all roads lead to Grenoble, you are con-
stantly tantalized by the thought that those same roads
lead away, and call to scenes of fresh beauty. And so,
forgetting the University, you set out many times for the
other side of the mountain. Remember that we are rid-
ing in a little open car, giving us an unobstructed view
of the glorious Alps. If it rains, and the top must go up,
traveling becomes more complicated for the screws which
hold the flimsy top to the windshield are none too secure
and it becomes the duty of the person who is not at the
wheel to be on the alert for this movement when screws
let go and it is necessary to hang on desperately lest the
wind carry our roof from over our heads. But in fair
weather we want no roof and revel in the ever changing
spectacle of rich pastures, sun-kissed vineyards, stately
forests, deep awe-inspiring gorges through which thunder
swollen mountain streams, narrow valleys flanked by
mighty mountains, whose pale grey rocks are drawn
against a sapphire sky. This country which has fired the
genius of men like Rousseau, Chateaubriand, Lamartine,
and Stendhal leaves an ordinary mortal speechless. But go
and see for yourself; you will not be disappointed.

Turning to the northwest, to make that increasingly
popular tourist pilgrimage to the ancient and celebrated
monastery of the Grande Chartreuse, we plunge at once
into the very heart of this western fringe of the Alps. The
Chartreuse range is the most densely wooded in all the
Alps and before the days of modern roads, was also one
of the wildest and most difficult to penetrate. Writes
the ancient chronicle: "There is in Dauphine, in the neigh-
borhood of Grenoble, a frightful spot, cold, mountainous,
buried beneath the snow, surrounded by cliffs and pines,
called by some Cartuse and by other Grande Chartreuse
.... inhabited only by wild beasts and unknown to men
because of the rudeness of its approach." In spite of such
a dismal outlook, it is here that, in the eleventh century,
a group of monks chose to build their sanctuary. The
rules regulating the life of these ancient monks were of
Spartan severity: solitary confinement; almost perpetual
silence; rigorous fasting. In regard to the admission of
occasional visitors to the monastery, here is a literal trans-
lation of the law regarding women: "We never allow
women to enter our sanctuary for we know that neither
sage, prophet, nor judge, neither the children of God, not
yet the first model which came from His hands, were able
to escape the caresses and the trickery of women. Re-
member Solomon, David, Samson, Lot and Adam him-
self, and know that man cannot hide a flame in his bosom
without setting fire to his clothes nor walk on hot coals
without burning the soles of his feet."

And so, protected from the scourge of woman, the
Grande Chartreuse housed for many centuries her stern
monks, until, in 1903, driven from France, they took
refuge in Spain. Today this ancient monastery, made ac-
cessible by every convenience of modern travel has added
itself to the long list of historical monuments. As the
hordes of tourists most of them women! are herded
through this venerable sanctuary it requires some imagi-
nation to catch the spirit of those days when the monks,
buried in the solitude of their mountain retreat, renounced
forever the world, the flesh, and the devil. You will not
leave here without visiting also the ruins of their distil-
lery, recently destroyed by a landslide, where for centuries
these holy men manufactured their celebrated and potent
liqueur.

From Grenoble to the Grande Chartreuse and return is
a delightful afternoon excursion but if you feel inclined
to take a longer trip your only difficulty will be the em-
barrassment of riches. As you climb the road which winds
so abruptly above Grenoble you will see, on a clear day,
towering to the North East, that giant of the French Alps
known as Mont Blanc. In the shadow of this mighty peak
lies the little valley of Chamonix, now one of the most
famous tourist centers of France. You will not long with-
stand the urge to see this well known spot which lies only
four hours away.

Since that August day in 1786 when the summit of
Mont Blanc was first reached by Jacques Balmat to the
present day, which counts almost two hundred ascensions
each year, Chamonix has continued to attract a steady
stream of hardy alpinists. Not forty years ago, it was
still a peaceful town, which, after a few brief months of
feverish activity, shook off each summer the intruders
and retired beneath her blanket of white silence. Since
1901, when the first winter sports were initiated here by
a group of fervent Alpine Club skiers, the transformation
has been rapid. The old Chamonix has disappeared; the
new one is no longer a charming village, nestled at the
foot of an unconquered giant, but a typical tourist cen-
ter, whose summer season pales into insignificance beside
the winter one, whose beauty will ever be there, but
marred by the hoards who invade and all too often pro-
fane it.

Chamonix and the region of the Grande Chartreuse, are
perhaps the two spots in the French Alps best known to
the tourist. But the real charm of the Alps lies in hidden
and almost inaccessible regions, whose existence the casual
tourist does not suspect. Such a one is the little hamlet
of Saint Veran, which, located at an altitude of almost
seven thousand feet, has the distinction of being the high-
est permanent village of Europe. The type of alpine com-
munity which moved from one level to another with the
change in season, inhabiting during the brief summer
months a temporary village of even greater altitude is not
rare, but a permanent one at such an altitude is unique.

Saint Veran lies among the high peaks to the southeast
of Grenoble and cannot be reached by train. Going by
easy stages in our little car, with frequent stops to drink
in the grandeur of the surroundings, to revel in the beau-
ty of a meadow, carpeted yesterday with snow and today
with wild flowers, over breathtaking passes and through
forests of stately firs, we climb up finally, beyond the
last straggling trees, to the vast dome of a grassy moun-
tain prairie, flooded with sunshine. Here on this great
unbroken slope, which, but for three or four brief months
of the year, is gleaming with snow, men have had the
courage to build their homes. Greedy for the sunshine,

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which alone makes living at such an altitude possible dur-
ing the long winter, these houses are arranged in tiers, so
that none may cast a shadow on the one behind.

Reaching Saint Veran in the late afternoon, when the
cattle are being driven in from their day in the open, we
plod along beside them through the primitive village. As
we pass each house, several animals leave the herd and
walk calmly through the front door. The young shepherd
boy, whom we have overtaken and engaged in conversa-
tion, invites us with a touch of pride, to inspect his humble
home. This is what we want but have not dared to ask,
so we gratefully follow him. In the rear of the one long
room, spotlessly clean, three or four cows have already
taken their accustomed places and stand looking at us with
that proverbial meditative air. In the front of the room,
near the tiny window, are a long narrow table, crude
chairs, and a stove; a chest of drawers, and, along one
side of the room, three beds arranged end to end behind
drawn curtains, complete the furnishings of this alpine
home for six. A ladder is the means of access to a second
story, used only for storing hay and fodder. This upper
room is unfurnished on two sides, so that the air may cir-
culate freely and the danger of fire from tightly packed
fodder be lessened. From a beam of the ceiling is hung,
late in the summer, the year's supply of meat, for this is
also the family refrigerator. A persistent legend, seized
upon with avidity by novelists in search of fresh emo-
tions, has it that this room also serves as a temporary
tomb for those who die after the ground is frozen and
covered with snow, but this is pure legend and stoutly
denied by the inhabitants of Saint Veran. It is interest-
ing to know that this is one of the few small villages of
France which has a protestant church and is, in fact, al-
most entirely protestant in faith. The same spirit of loyal-
ty which drove their forefathers to seek refuge and free-
dom of worship in this isolated spot, keeps these people
faithful to the land of their choice, in spite of hardships.
Scarcity of water, scarcity of wood, grave danger of fire,
and no means to cope with it: these are some of the things
which challenge their spirit, but, over against these they
set simple living and peace and are content.

As you wander through this strange village you picture
to yourself what the winter must mean to these people,
when tunnels through the snow are frequently the only
means of reaching their neighbors and when the chief
source of warmth comes from the animals with whom they
live in such intimate contact. Our twentieth century of
progress seems to have left Saint Veran far behind. But
ardent skiers, in search of fresh fields of conquest, have
recently discovered it and one wonders how long it will be
spared. Already one hotel a hideous one mars the land-
scape below the village. Will others follow? Will Saint
Veran become another Chamonix?

Any visit to the Alps would be incomplete without
learning to know its southern foothills, without seeing a
region which offers a striking contrast, not only to the
high altitudes we have visited in Chamonix and Saint
Veran, but to the regions of moderate altitude in the
northern half of the range. And so, setting out once more
from Grenoble of the northern foothills we turn due south,
leaving a green and humid region to enter the domain
where wind and sun are king. The luxuriant forests of the
North give way here to meager vegetation and bare rocks.
The abundant mountain rivers of the North become here
capricious streams which fill their beds only during the
spring and fall "floods" and become, in summer and win-
ter, a mere thread of silver winding its way among the sun
blanched stones. We have left the rich pastures of the
cattle country for the meager ones of the sheep country.
Moreover, the appearance of the villages has changed. The
numerous and scattered hamlets of the North give way
here to closely settled villages, whose houses, huddled to-
gether, seem to be seeking protection from some invisible
menace. Many of the oldest ones, constructed in the days
of the marauding Moors, and perched on the top of a hill
for defensive reasons, are now abandoned. They stand, like
ghosts of the past, looking down on the more modern, more
comfortable, more accessible but far less picturesque vil-
lages which have replaced them, installed on a sunny slope
at the foot of a hill. In comparison to the fresh, green,
luxuriant, well populated northern half of the Alps this
region is dry, poor, sparsely settled; but it makes its own
appeal. The very quality of the air is different here, and
once you have felt the sweep of the mighty "mistral"
across the plateau, you can never forget it.

A novelist, with the soul of a poet, is today giving voice
to the charm of this, his native province. If you would see
the valleys full of waving grain, a plateau white with the
glory of blooming almond trees, the grey-green slope of a
hillside clad in olive trees, or a field blue with lavendar; if
you would watch the mighty stream of several thousand
sheep, wending their weary way from their native sea coast
to their summer pasture lands; if you would know the in-
finite kindness and patience of the shepherd or peasant of
Provence, you will find it all, and much more, in the
novels of Jean Giono, living humbly and writing simply
from his native village of Manosque.

Very frequently the greatest joy of a trip lies in the
homecoming. And so it is, to the person whose adopted
home, even for a brief space of time, is Grenoble. As you
turn back to it from any of the many delightful excur-
sions which have lured you away, as you wind down into
the rich valley encircled by her snow capped peaks, you
think: after all, nothing is quite so lovely as this which
lies within my very lap.

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Sons and 'Daughters of <S\gnes
Scott cAlumnae

1 Agnes Scott

Annie Pope (Bryan) Scott,

'15

2 Crawford Barnett, Jr.
Penelope Barnett
Penelope (Brown) Barnett, '32

3 William Boyce

Louise (McCain) Boyce, '34
(Grandson of Dr. J. R. McCain)

4 Caroline Buck
Judith Buck
Polly (Stone) Buck, '24

5 Ellen Logan and her Japanese
nurse
Laura (Brown) Logan, 31

6 Teddy Higgins

Katherine (Gilliland) Higgins, '27

7 Glenn, Ralph, Martha Emma
Roberts
Ora (Glenn) Roberts, '16

8 Judy McComb

Elinore (Morgan) McComb, '29

9 Edythe Paris
Ralph Paris, Jr.
Edythe (Coleman) Paris, '26

10 Margaret Stewart

Margaret (Ogden) Stewart, '30

The Alumnae Quarterly wishes to thank the alumnae who sent in the above pictures
ol their children and made possible this page and to express the wish that many
other alumnae will remember our plea ior baby pictures when they see these "sons
and daughters."

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Dr. George P. Hayes

The radio talk made by Dr, Hayes, head of the English Department at Agnes Scott, on the radio series over WSB
sponsored by the Alumnae Association, is published below as the editors felt such a splendid presentation should be
available for the perusal of all alumnae.

When St. Thomas Aquinas was offered high ecclesiasti-
cal positions, he refused them saying, "I could not serve
my order better in any other state than the one I am in."

Milton announced his aim to be that of "interpreter
and relater of the best and sagest things among mine own
citizens."

These noble and thrilling utterances express the spirit
and aim of great teachers of the past. But they only make
their full effect upon those of us who are teachers if we
try in our turn to express what the art of teaching means
to us. However much we may fall short of realizing that
ideal in our own teaching, the ideal remains before us
nevertheless.

First, what is the reward of teaching. Like the
medieval monks most teachers, when they enter the pro-
fession, take in effect an oath of poverty an oath which
has its drawbacks certainly but which also has this great
advantage: it bars out the worldly minded; it constitutes
an assurance that the teacher aims not at a monetary
standard of success but at other and higher ends. The
impulse to teach must in the first instance come from the
heart of the individual, and it must find its reward in the
realm of the ideal. As T. S. Eliot said of Charles Eliot
Norton: "To do the useful thing, to say the courageous
thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough
for one man's life." Why teach? Because teaching makes
for the good life: for this and for no other reason.

How does teaching make for the good life? Here I
can speak only for the teacher of literature. His mate-
rials are books and life: the two interpenetrate. He in-
fuses life into the literature which he teaches, and con-
versely he uses literature to broaden and deepen his knowl-
edge of life. The world of imagination and the world of
objective reality enrich and vitalize each other. Out of
this dual experience of life and literature may come, to the
truly great student of both, something like a vision of
life as a whole, past, present and to be:
Old experience {doth) attain
To something like prophetic strain.

Life is seen in its essentials and in terms of its signifi-
cance and beauty while knowledge ripens into wisdom.
These are some of the joys of the life contemplative which
every teacher must experience for himself to a certain
extent before he can impart anything of value.

It is often through the teacher that books come alive for
the students. He communicates the vital spark, as God,
in Michael Angelo's painting, touches the recumbent
figure of man and wakes him into life. The first Roman
archeologist of the Renaissance exclaimed, "I go to awake
the dead!" So every teacher might remark as he enters
his classroom. I refer not to the students but to the sub-
jects to be studied. Sophocles, Cervantes, Rabelais come
back to life for a time at the exercising of mind and imagi-
nation of teacher and students. The shade of Homer flits
above the heads bowed over the page telling of the fare-
well of Hector and Andromache. Aeneas flees from
burning Troy clasping the hand of his little son who fol-
lows with unequal steps. Dante promises to write that
of Beatrice which has never been said of any woman.
Faust from his cell hears the bells ring out as Easter morn-

ings dawns. Once more Hamlet awaits his father's spirit
at midnight on the platform at Elsinore. Cyrano says
farewell to his mistress as the autumn leaves fall apace.
For teacher and students alike these are, after a fashion,
creative experiences.

The teacher's role is to be humble and objective. There,
far above him, are the great masters whom it is his priv-
ilege to interpret. Woe to him if he enjoys hearing him-
self talk! At best he is a limited, perhaps even distorted,
medium through which past or present genius speaks. To
compare small things with great, his role is parallel to
that of prophet or saint who seeks to be transparent glass
admitting the divine light. He asks himself humbly,
How much of Racine, Chaucer or Homer can shine
through me this day?

Into such teaching goes the whole man. Not the mind
alone but imagination, feelings and spirit too enter into
the creative act. The entire self is engaged at every
point. With all that he has the teacher teaches, bring-
ing it to bear upon the present moment with whatever
power and insight are at his command. These, as Plato
says, are great undertakings.

Such teaching grows with the teacher and changes year-
ly. It expands with his expansion, and deepens with him
in its grasp on life and letters. It has the vital growth
of the universe. And as the teacher becomes more sensi-
tive to beauty and more cognizant of the human heart, as
he gropes more and more surely toward the light and
pushes back the bounds of the dark it is his faith that
projudices diminish, sympathies broaden, judgment grows
saner and surer and we move slowly toward the time when
there will be "daybreak everywhere."

Nor is the student's part a small one in this creative
act. Their positive participation is as essential as are
two poles in electricity. The enterprise is a joint one.
Every teacher knows that many of his best ideas come to
him from the interchange of thought and viewpoint in
the classroom, the inter-locking of spirit with spirit in the
search for truth and beauty. Students and teacher stimu-
late each other and stretch toward a common goal. For-
ward movement is essential; otherwise the teacher's view-
point hardens, teaching becomes a mechanical repetition
and life is gone. Teaching can be kept alive only by con-
stant study and renewed enthusiasm. The same course
can never be taught in exactly the same way twice. Spon-
taneity, essential to the best teaching, introduces some-
thing new into every lesson. True teaching, like life, is
always a blending of new and old, of sameness with dif-
ference of unity with diversity.

In this creative act of the classroom lies the heart of
the liberal college education. Books one may read by
oneself, and companionship with one's fellows is equally
accessible to those outside college walls. But this vital grap-
pling of minds, mature with immature, and the resulting
growth of both is not found in any systematic way out-
side formal education. There is the essence of the edu-
cational process on its academic side. At its best it ex-
acts every ounce of energy which a teacher has to give.
Whatever is taken from it and given to other activities
is so much loss to teaching, however valuable these ac-

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tivities may be in themselves. Certain types of research
have, of course, a most enriching influence on teaching.
But it may be questioned whether the primary emphasis
placed on research in the universities has not impaired
the quality of the instruction. Hence the ideal of teach-
ing is often more nearly realized in the small colleges.

We have been analyzing elements that enter into the
experience of teaching. They may all be summarized in
a sentence. Teaching at its highest is something more
than the imparting of knowledge: it is action. The teacher
is a man of action, his aim is dynamic not so much to
know as to grow and to do. He is, as Emerson says man
is, a faggot of thunderbolts. The greatest teachers of my
experience (both men and women) have been leaders,
even more distinguished by character than by intelligence,
inciting their pupils to action, transforming them by per-
sonal contact and example. But by action is meant not
physical action alone or even primarily. I have in mind
first of all, inner action, the life within, the intellectual,
imaginative, emotional life and above all the ethical and
spiritual life of the individual. For the culmination of
teaching, the apex of the educational pyramid, is just
here, in the cultivation of the ethical and spiritual in man,
a cultivation which calls for the most strenuous form of
action namely the regeneration of the individual out of
which, and out of which alone, may one day issue the
regeneration of the world.

Many who would admit that the ultimate objective in
education is the cultivation of ethical and spiritual values
deny that these values can be consciously developed, and
so they proceed to ignore them as practical objectives. Yet
the great religions of the world, with their elaborate pro-
visions for meditation, prayer and other exercises, pro-
ceed on the assumption that the highest values in life may
be, to some extent at least, cultivated consciously. The
element in man which cultivates these values has been
called the ethical will. In view of the fact that it im-
poses a check on the appetites and passions, it is the very
opposite of the will to power, which is dominant among
the Fascist nations today.

What we need at the moment, when the civilized world
is in danger of breaking up into contending factions, is
some unifying force or program on the basis of which all
well-meaning groups can unite. Some thinkers of the
past have regarded the intelligence as the universal ele-
ment which might bring together in peace and order men
in other respects divided. Other thinkers, like the Ro-
manticists, exalted feeling as the common bond of hu-
manity. Doubtless intelligence and feeling are important
still. Yet why should not this age which is threatened
by various forms of the will to power unite on the ethical
will as the supreme element in man which restrains the
passions and the will to power and should bring happiness
and peace? The traditional religions of the world already
accept this program. But its appeal should extend far be-
yond the bounds of religion. For as the great scientist,
Einstein, remarks, "The moral imperative is not a matter
for church and religion alone, but the most precious tra-
ditional possession of all mankind." Nor is it merely
traditional: it is a fact of immediate experience to every-
one and its fruits are the fruits of the spirit.

To give preeminence to the ethical will, rather than to
intelligence or feeling, is to conceive of life in terms of
action first inner, then outer action. Life involves some-
thing like an act of faith. We do in order that we may
know. This has long been the view of one group in the
church, and this would also seem to be the testimony of
individual experience confronted by a world the ultimate
meaning of which we have not learned to understand, yet
a world which may bring us happiness and peace if we
form right habits based on right actions. Life is a mys-
tery, and therefore we should be humble; yet the fruits
of the spirit are possible to men loving kindness, aspira-
tion, and the transcending of the individual self. Life is
like a dream, but the path leads upward. "I will lift up
mine eyes unto the hills."

At this point, in conclusion, we return to the teacher.
His is that hardest of tasks to be in himself an example,
a pattern of the life which he would have his students
make their own. As he looks up reverently to the great
models of the past and forms, partly from them, partly
from the dictates of his own heart, his ideal of action, he
tries to imitate that ideal, and, if successful, he becomes
in his turn worthy of imitation.

In his poem Rugby Chapel Matthew Arnold commemo-
rates a great teacher, his father. Most people, he tells us,
spend their lives idly, achieving nothing. Some men, how-
ever, determined to reach a chosen goal, win through the
tempest to the lonely inn 'mid the rocks, but they are
able to save only themselves. Still a third group, the
pure heroic souls of the ages, refuse to be saved alone;
they are strong enough to bring the weak, the weary and
the wounded with them to the inn.

"See! In the rocks of the world

Marches the host of mankind,

A feeble wavering line.

Where are they tending? A God

Marshalled them, gave them their goal.

Oh but the way is so long!

Years they have been in the wild!

Sore thirst plagues them, the rocks,

Rising all round, overawe;

Factions divide them, their host

Threatens to break, to dissolve."

At this moment the great teachers and leaders appear:

"Then in such hour of need
Of your fainting, dispirited race,
Ye, like angels, appear,
Radiant with ardor divine.

Ye fill up the gaps in our files,
Strengthen the wavering line,
Stablish, continue our march,
On, to the bound of the waste,
On, to the City of God."

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Alumnae Authors' Poems in Atlanta
Argosy

Janef Preston, '2 3, is one of thirty-
four authors included in an anthol-
ogy of Atlanta poets which has just
been published. The book, called
"Atlanta Argosy," was edited by Mrs.
Ruth Suddeth, of Atlanta, and was
designed particularly for use in At-
lanta and Fulton County Schools.
Janef's four poems are "Portrait of a
Girl," "Mountain Storm," "Midsum-
mer Morning," and a sonnet entitled
"There is a Little Wisdom." "Mount-
ain Storm" is appearing in print for
the first time.

Mildred Clark, '36, is also included
in the new collection. Her poems
include "New Teacher" which has
been printed in the New York
Times and reprinted throughout the
country.

Lecture Association to Present Hindus

and Maurois

The Student Lecture Association
will present Maurice Hindus, noted
radio commentator and foreign cor-
respondent, in a lecture on "Czecko-
slovakia" on February 20, and Andre
Maurois, famed French biographer, on
March 27.

Maurice Hindus will be remem-
bered as the commentator who gave
such interesting news reports from
Czeckoslovakia during the recent in-
ternational crisis.

Andre Maurois has just been elected
to the French Academy. He is a
member of the Legion of Honor, has
an honorary Doctor of Letters de-
gree from Princeton University, and
is a commander of the Order of the
British Empire. Among his biogra-
phies are "Ariel: the Life of Shelley,"
"Life of Disraeli," "Byron," "An Es-
say on Dickens," "Voltaire," and
"Dickens." Other books that have
been translated include: "The Family
Circle," "King Edward and His
Times," "Poets and Prophets," and
"History of England."

Agnes Scott Professors in "Men of

Science"
The sixth edition of "American
Men of Science" include the names
of seven Agnes Scott faculty mem-
bers. Among them are: Dr. Schuyler
M. Christian, head of the physics de-
partment; Dr. Philippa Gilchrist, '23,
professor of chemistry; Dr. Mary-

Stuart MacDougall and Dr. Ernest
Runyon of the biology department;
Dr. Henry A. Robinson, head of the
math department; and Drs. Emily
Dexter and Katherine Omwake of the
psychology department. In addition
to these active professors at Agnes
Scott is the name of Dr. Laliah Curry
Runyon, wife of Dr. Runyon, who
was awarded her Doctor's degree in
Zoology and Physiology, and who is
outstanding in those fields.

Granddaughters Club

Left to right: Jeanne Reduine,
Martha Marshal!.

The picture above was taken at
Investiture and; ihows . two. .of. pur,
granddaugltt'ef* ; Vjvh'o , ' jver.e' ; unvested
on Saturday, November 12. "Martha
Marshall, president - of: the'. 1 Grand-
daughters' Club; ' and : daugVjei; ... of
Mattie (Hunter) jMar-shalL, I? 10, .and
Jeanne Redwine.,1 idUught'ei; jof Lucy
(Reagan) Redwine,' ' l'9'lO', ' had the
unusual distinction of wearing the
robes that their mothers had graduat-
ed in twenty-nine years before.
Jeanne's gown had also been worn by
her sister, Martha Redwine, who
graduated in 193 5.

The officers of the club entertained
at a wiener roast in Harrison Hut on
November 15, and the club enjoyed
it immensely. Hostesses were Presi-
dent Martha Marshall; Vice-Presi-

dent Mary McPhaul, who is the
daughter of Ruth (Brown) McPhaul,
Academy; and Secretary Ellen Stuart,
daughter of the late Pearl (Vereen)
Stuart, ex-'ll. Wieners cooked over
the grill in the back yard, a radio and
an open fire in the living room of
the hut, twenty girls in the mood for
fun, and Agnes Scott's most popular
dessert, "Angels on Horseback," made
the evening a huge success.

Members of the club this year in-
clude: Florence Ellis, '41, daughter of
Florence (Day) Ellis, ex-'16; Martha
Fite, '40, daughter of Ethyl (Flem-
ister) Fite, ex-'06; Carolyn Forman,
'40, daughter of Mary (Dortch) For-
man, Institute; Susan Goodwyn, '39,
daughter of Linda (Simril) Good-
wyn, Institute; Penn Hammond, '40,
daughter of the late Elizabeth (Den-
man) Hammond, '18; Leonora Jones,
'40, daughter of Nola (Morris)
Jones, Academy; Marcia Mansfield,
'42, daughter of Mrs. L. E. Mans-
field, Special; Sarah B. Matthews, '40,
daughter of the late Annie (Bond)
Matthews, Institute; Jane Moses, '40,
daughter of Frances (Thatcher)
Moses, '17; Katherine Patton, '40,
daughter of Katherine (Jones) Pat-
ton, ex-'18; Louise Sams, '41, daught-
er of Louise (Scott) Sams, Institute;
Julia Sewell, '39, daughter of Mar-
garet (Bland) Sewell, '20; Ruth
Slack, '40, and Jean Slack, '41,
daughters of Julia Pratt (Smith)
Slack, ex-'12; Mary Scott Wilds, '41,
and Annie Wilds, '42, daughters of
Laura (Candler) Wilds, 1904 from
Institute; Mary Davis, '42, daughter
of Mary (Powell) Davis, 1913 from
Academy; Alice Inzer, '42, daughter
of Alice (Weatherly) Inzer, '16;
Mary Louise Palmour, '42, daughter
of Mary (Crenshaw) Palmour, Insti-
tute; Billie Davis, '42, daughter of
Elizabeth (Gammon) Davis, '17;
Betty Medlock, '42, daughter of Bes-
sie (McCowen) Medlock, Academy;
Margaret Thompson, '42, daughter
of the late Rebecca (Smith) Thomp-
son, Academy; Jane Taylor, '42,
daughter of May (McKowen) Tay-
lor, '06; Jeanne Redwine, '39,
daughter of Lucy (Reagan) Redwine,
'10; Florrie Margaret Guy, '41,
daughter of Allie (Candler) Guy,
'13, and Fan Pitman, '42, daughter
of Fan (Oliver) Pitman, '18.

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The AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

Educators Study Campus at Agnes Scott

Dr. Raymond B. Fosdick, president
of the General Education Board and
Rockefeller Foundation, and Dr.
Jackson Davis, associate director of
the Board since 1933, were visitors on
the campus during November. Agnes
Scott and Emory have asked the
Board for a grant to further graduate
and undergraduate work, as part of
the devolpment of the new "Univer-
sity center." Such a center in this
vicinity would mean closer coopera-
tion between Georgia Tech, Univer-
sity of Georgia, Columbia Theologi-
cal Seminary, the High Museum of
Art, Emory and Agnes Scott. The
guests were honored at coffee in the
Murphey Candler Building at which
time the faculty and administration
were invited to meet them.

Mascot of the Class oi '39

Little Sara Christian, daughter of
Lucile (Coleman) Christian, ex-'30,
and Dr. S. M. Christian, head of the
Physics Department, wearing her
honor of class mascot with a light
heart!

Five Admitted to Mortar Board

Mortar Board received five new
members at a ceremony on November
19 and honored them with a banquet
in the Alumnae House immediately
following the ceremony. Ellen Doug-
lass Leyburn, '27, Frances (Gilliland)
Stukes, '24, Daisy Frances Smith, '24,
and Charlotte Hunter, '29, were ad-
mitted because of previous member-
ship in Hoasc, Agnes Scott honorary
society which was dissolved on the
formation of Mortar Board in 1932.
Helen Carlson, professor of French at

Agnes Scott, was admitted from
membership in Cap and Gown, at
Grinnell College, Iowa.
Glee Club Carol Service, December 11

The Glee Club gave its annual
Christmas Carol service Sunday, De-
cember 11, in Bucher Scott Gymna-
sium. A choir of one hundred stu-
dents sang the familiar old carols in a
softly lighted auditorium with
Christmas decorations throughout.
Groups of French, Russian, Czeck and
English carols were sung under the
direction of Mr. Lewis H. Johnson,
with Mr. C. W. Dieckmann at the
organ.

Book Exhibit Interests Alumnae and
Students

The book exhibit sponsored by the
library staff and put on during
Alumnae and Thanksgiving Week-
Ends drew much attention from the
students and alumnae who were on
the campus. Collections of rare
books, first editions, and alumnae
authors were interesting to everybody
and the students particularly enjoyed
the children's books and fiction
brought out frcm Atlanta bookshops.
The campus is deeply indebted to
Miss Edna Hanley and the library
staff for planning such an interest-
ing exhibit.

Another interesting feature of the
Alumnae Week-End was the alumna-
student golf tournament arranged by
Llewellyn Wilburn, '19, of the physi-
cal education department. Five four-
somes made up the tournament, one
of the first of its kind ever to be in-
cluded in the Alumnae Week-End
activities, and the matches were
played at the Forrest Hills Club.

Memorial Tablet Unveiled in Murphey
Candler Building

A bronze tablet for the entrance
of the Murphey Candler Student
Activities Building was unveiled at a
special ceremony on December 12, in
"memory _ of Mr Oiarbs Murphey
Candler, for forty-six years a trustee
of Agneo Scctt. Mr. Candler drew
up ,he first by;!a<v* for the college,
and 'served as Chairman of the Execu-
tive Committee ov^i a period extend-
ing from the' founding of Agnes Scott
until his death in 193 5.

Black Cat Won by Jubilant Freshmen!

The Class of '42 became the sixth
victorious freshman class in the hist-
ory of the Black Cat contest when
they won the stunt with "The Fate
of Kitty Black," a romance of the
feud between the northern sophomore
and the southern freshman for the
hand of a southern belle. The sopho-
more stunt was received with much

applause but the judges awarded the
victory to the Freshmen. Betty Ann
Brooks, of Decatur, was stunt chair-
man.

Ninety Seniors Invested November 12

Ninety seniors were invested with
senior dignity and privileges at an
impressive service held in Bucher
Scott gymnasium on November 12.
Dean Carrie Scandrett capped each
senior in the traditional manner of
Investiture.

Charlotte Hunter, '29, assistant
dean, and one of the faculty sponsors
for the Class of 1939, was speaker for
the occasion. She discussed the sig-
nificance of Investiture in college and
in life after college. Little Sara
Christian, daughter of Lucile (Cole-
man) Christian, ex-'30, and Dr. S.
M. Christian, head of the Physics De-
partment, was class mascot.

Preceding Investiture the seniors
had the last fling on "Little Girl
Day," which is the one thing at
Agnes Scott that hasn't changed in
the last few years! Starting with
their traditional song, "Shoo Fly,
Don't Bother Me, for I'm Going to
be Invested,"' and the exhuberant
trip through the dining rooms at
breakfast, the seniors devoted a day
to one last playtime before growing
up.

Julia Seirell, daughter of Margaret
(Bland) Sewell, on "Little Girl Day."

Agnes Scott Honors Southeastern
Library Association

The College faculty and the library
staff entertained the visiting mem-
bers of the Southeastern Library Asso-
ciation at a reception held in the
Agnes Scott Library, on Friday after-
noon, October 28, from four to five-
thirty.

JANUARY, 195i

15

CLUB NEWS

Birmingham, Ala., Club

The Birmingham Club met at the
Todd-Aust Tea Room for lunch on
Saturday, November 19th, at one
o'clock. To quote from a letter from
Vallie Young (White) Archibald,
'17: "We were so shocked to hear of
the death of Miss Hopkins. It is a
great loss to the college for we all
remember her sweet and quiet man-
ner. We did not forget the plea for
a chair for the dining room and start-
ed taking up a collection at the May
meeting and another at today's lunch-
eon (when we had a crowd of seven-
teen and are feeling good about that)
which totaled S8.5 0, a check for
which I am enclosing. We will not
have another meeting until February
22nd, at which time maybe we can
acquire more. I feel sure we can in-
crease the amount to about $12.00."

The Alumnae House Decorations
Committee is very grateful to this
group for this gift which will be
applied on the eighth lovely dining
room chair.

Washington, D. C, Club

Patricia Collins, '2 8, secretary, re-
ports: "We are having our first meet-
ing of the year this Saturday. We
are having a luncheon meeting as
usual at one of the tea-rooms here.
In an effort to get a crowd out (I
sent out almost seventy notices) I
put on the notice that we have a plan
to propose for a different sort of a
meeting next time and we would like
everyone there to talk the matter
over. They have fashion luncheons
on Saturdays during the winter at one
of the hotels here (The Shoreham)
and while the lunch is quite reason-
able, the fashion show and the music,
etc., make the occasion quite a gala
one, and I think it would be nice if
we went to the luncheon and then
had our meeting afterwards. We will
see how it goes over."

Agnes Scott Business Girls' Club

This club has held monthly meet-
ings which have had interesting
speakers and been well attended and
a group from this club enjoyed the
lectures which were given weekly by
Miss Dexter, as described in the No-
vember quarterly, and are looking for-
ward to the discussions by Miss Lewis
which are on the spring program for
this club. Virginia Wood, '3 5, is the
new president and is supported by a
fine set of officers.

Augusta, Ga., Club
"On the rainy afternoon of No-
vember 16th, the following alumnae
gathered at the home of Judith
Gracey, '37, to hem kitchen towels
for the Alumnae House and to drink

tea and coffee: Ruth McAuliffe, '31;
Dorothv Kethley, '31; Janet Newton,
'17; Willa (Upchurch) McCollum,
'3 3; Caroline White, '36; Katherine
(Leipold) Johnson, '3 6; Elizabeth
Baethke, '3 6; Samille Save, '3 8;
Judith Gracey, '37; Mary Hull, '3 6,
president of the club, and Eugenia
Symms, '36, secretary.

We enjoyed the letter from the
Alumnae Office very much and then
spent much time reading the last
Alumnae Quarterly. Each girl
hemmed at least one towel and seemed
to enjoy the party very much. We
do not plan another party until Feb-
ruary 22nd. We feel that this last
meeting was a success and we are glad
to be doing something for the Alum-
nae House. Perhaps some time we
can make a larger contribution."
Eugenia Symms, '36,

Secretary.

The Tea Room Committee is in-
deed indebted to this group for the
towels which were much needed and
appreciated.

Atlanta, Ga., Club

The Atlanta Club under its new
president, Katherine (Hunter)
Branch, '29, and a splendid group of
officers and chairmen, has had a very
successful fall, meetings of interest
and with good attendance having
been held each month. The aim of
this club for this year is an increase
in membership and the plans are being
carried forward by means of personal
contacts with alumnae who have not
been attending, by interesting pro-
grams, and by laying less stress on
money-making schemes for this year.
Decatur, Ga., Club

The first fall meeting of the year
was held in the Alumnae House with
Dr. J. R. McCain as the speaker, tell-
ing of the changes and improvements
made during the summer months and
contemplated for the future, Helene
(Norwood) Lammers, ex-'22, presid-
ing.

The club held a meeting on the
afternoon of Miss Hopkin's burial,
which was a fitting memorial service
in a very intimate way and which
seemed particularly appropriate for
this home club of the Alumnae Asso-
ciation to do on this sad afternoon in
our college's history.

A most successful sale of Penland
pewter and brass and Berea products
was conducted for the club by Gussie
(O'Neal) Johnson, ex-'ll, and Mrs.
Robert Holt at the time of the Alum-
nae Week-End. The annual bridge
party is to be held on January 19th
in the Alumnae House, this occasion
being a delightful social affair as well
as of financial benefit to the club.

Mississippi State Club

The Mississippi State Club report
is the material one of one dozen
beautiful hand towels for the House
which were received on November
7th and for which the House Com-
mittee thanks this club sincerely.
New York City Club

"The New York Alumnae Club
had its first meeting of the fall on
Tuesday, November 29th. About
twenty-five of us braved New York's
snow covered streets to meet at Doro-
thy (Hutton) Mount's apartment for
a delightful tea. Incidentally, Dot
has a charming apartment and is a
grand hostess!

We were distressed to have the
sad news about Miss Hopkins. Every-
one feels so badly that she could not
have finished her fifty years of
service.

The business of the meeting in-
cluded the election of a secretary
which brings the number of officers
up to four, and the appointment of
three committees as follows: a Pro-
gram Committee with the club vice-
president, Dorothy Owen, as chair-
man; a Notification Committee with
the secretary, Eloise (Gaines) Wil-
burn, as chairman; and a Ways and
Means Committee with the treasurer,
Dora (Ferrell) Gentry, as chairman.
We changed the number of yearly
meetings from three to five and
planned programs which include at
least these two speakers: Dr. Francis
Williamson, professor of history at
City College here and, incidentally,
a brother of Mary Catherine William-
son; Bertha Schaefer, a former presi-
dent of the New York Decorators
Club and my aunt. Lastly, we in-
augurated yearly dues of $1.00 per
person!

So much for business. After that,
Mary Knight spoke to us about some
of the things she has done since be-
coming an Agnes Scott alumna and
the club lost its heart to her! We
feel that our future speakers have
much to live up to in supplying equal
entertainment. Our next meeting
will be in January."

Judy (Blundell) Adler, '3 3,

President.
Columbia, S. C, Club

The following is not a report from
this club but a very beautiful ex-
pression which came from the mem-
bers of this group at the time of Miss
Hopkins' death:

"It was with a feeling of deep re-
gret and loss that we heard of Miss
Hopkins' death. However, we are
sure that we join with many other

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The AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

girls who look back over their years
with Miss Hopkins and are grateful
for the great privilege of knowing
this fine and lovely lady. We are
only a few among many who have
benefited from her gentleness and
patience, her sense of responsibility
and love for us, and the sweetness and
strength of her Christian character.
Surely all of us hope that we may
carry on the high ideals which she
held before us in her own personal
life, and may she know that in each
of our hearts lives the memory of a
beautiful and beloved character."
Sarah Spencer, '36,

Secretary.

Alumnae House Gets Christmas Presents
The Alumnae House is quite proud
of a number of recent acquisitions.
Our grateful thanks go to Mrs.
Alma Sydenstricker for the gift of a
beautiful banquet cloth to be used in
the dining room and tea room. The
Mississippi Club sent a dozen lovely
hand towels which were muchly
needed and the Augusta Club sent
enough dish towels to restock the Tea
Room. The Birmingham Club sent
a check for $8.50 which has been
turned over to the House Decorations
Committee for the purchase of an-
other chair.

A Letter of Thanks from Miss Hopkins'
Family to the Alumnae

Staunton, Va.,
November 8, 193 8.
Alumnae Association of
Agnes Scott College,
Decatur, Ga.
Dear Alumnae:

A few years ago on February 22nd,
I was listening in on one of Agnes
Scott's broadcasts and heard Miss
Hopkins say: "Good evening, girls;
I know you every one and love you
every one."

She was in truth the mother of
Agnes Scott College and had a love
for "her girls" akin to mother love.

We thank you for the beautiful
wreath of regal lilies, pink rosebuds,
and pink chrysanthemums. I believe
this loving tribute has made her hap-
pier in Heaven where she will con-
tinue to intercede for her girls and
for her family.

Cordially and gratefully,

Chertsey Hopkins De Jarnette.

Silhouette Wins AU-American Rating

The Agnes Scott Annual, the Sil-
houette, won the only ail-American
rating awarded in its class in the
National Scholastic Press Association
193 8 Critical Service. The annual was
edited by Virginia Watson, '3 8, with
Joyce Roper, '3 8, as business manager.

SECOND AND THIRD GENERATIONS

The little girl with the
cute bonnet is Nancy
(Tucker) Bayer, ex-'}Z,
taken at the age of two
and a half years, the
d a it g h t c r of Lavalctte
(Sloan) Tucker, '13.

Carolyn Bayer is the name
of the little daughter of
Nancy (Tucker) Bayer,
making her first appear-
ance in Agnes Scott pub-
lications at the early age
of three months.

r

Tune in on Tuesday Afternoons.
4:30 O'Clock. Central Time

The Radio Committee has been dis-
concerted by the frequent changes in
the time of the program during the
last month, but we believe that our
new hour 4:30 on Tuesdays, will be
unchanged. It would greatly increase
the prestige of the program at the
station if the alumnae would send
some comment on the programs to us
or to our performers in care of WSB.
We hope you will listen during the
winter quarter to:

Dec. 13: Carols sung by members
of the modern language clubs.

Dec. 20: Two piano music by Mr.
C. W. Dieckmann and Miss Ida
Bartholomew.

Dec. 27: Reading by Jeanne Flynt.

Jan. 3: Interview with the presi-
dent of Chi Beta Phi Sigma.

Jan. 10: Meeting of the Current
History Forum.

Jan. 17: Glee Club.

Jan. 24: Debate by Pi Alpha Phi.

Jan. 31: Skit presenting publica-
tions.

Feb. 7: Meeting of Poetry Club and
B. O. Z.

Feb. 14: Skit presenting activities
of Athletic Association.

Feb. 21: Talk by the President of
Christian Association.

Feb. 28: Meeting of the Executive
Committee.

March 7: Talk by the President of
Mortar Board.

Miss Harriette Haynes was married
to Dr. Adolf Lapp, of Munich and
Bavaria in December. Dr. Lapp is
a foreign correspondent for a Euro-
pean newspaper. Dr. and Mrs. Lapp
are at home in Decatur for the pres-
ent.

cAgnes Scott's fiftieth Commencement
June 2nd June 6th, 1939

REUNION CLASSES:

'04; '05; '06; '07; '23; '24; '25; '26; '38

'93; '94; '99; '04; '09; '1 4; '19; '20; '34

This is to be the celebration of our 50th commencement and is to be peculiarly the Alum-
nae Commencement; it is called a Home Coming Commencement and it is hoped that
all of you will think of it as just that.

As stated in the last Quarterly, our hopes had been to make this a commencement cen-
tering around Miss Hopkins and the completion of her fiftieth year's connection with
Agnes Scott. After the loss of our Dean in October, it was decided that nothing should
be changed in the original planning, except the sad fact of her absence from our com-
mencement. For it seemed to all that she would have wished more than all else that her
"girls" should come back to Agnes Scott this year, that it would be much more of a trib-
ute to her to make of this 50th commencement a wonderfully successful celebration than
to let it pass as only one of the commencements of our history. So with that decision,
renewed planning has been carried on and although we cannot now announce the
names of our speakers, we can assure you that nothing like the galaxy of commence-
ment stars has ever been gathered here, if those chosen are able to be with us.

Penelope (Brown) Barnett, '32, has accepted the general chairmanship of the committee
for commencement plans. The alumnae feel that all is off to a good start with her at
the helm for Penelope has served in many official capacities both during school days
and since in the alumnae work and whatever she undertakes is done to the queen's
taste. Her committee has just begun planning and many subcommittees are to be ap-
pointed so that your entertainment and comfort may be absolutely assured during those
eventful June days.

Won't you grab a pen right this minute and write that long-intended letter to the best
friend or to the whole list of friends and start plans for a grand reunion time? It will be so
much happier for you all if your planning is your own. The Alumnae Office under Pene-
lope's direction will be mailing you much information from now on but to make it the best
commencement ever, we need volunteer workers scattered over the entire United States!

Remember it is YOUR COMMENCEMENT! Whether your class is listed as a reunion
class or not, you are wanted at Agnes Scott in June.

Won't You Come?

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April 1, 1939.

Dear Alumnae:

As spring comes, our thoughts are turning to Commencement and your returning, for this is to
be your Commencement. Everything is being planned with you in mind, speakers chosen whom we
think most interesting from your viewpoint, luncheons, dinners, teas, evening performances for your
amusement all chosen with the one thought of your pleasure. And now we want you! hundreds
of you. This Quarterly is filled with details of the program and with committees who are work-
ing now and will be then for your comfort and convenience and happiness. May I add my invitation
to all the others you are receiving and tell you that I am hoping to have the great pleasure of seeing
you back at Agnes Scott from June 2nd to June 6th?

And I want to give you some information about the University Center plan for I feel sure that
you have heard or read something about it and are anxious to hear more about the details. It was
ten years ago this spring that the first suggestions were made for cooperative work among the At-
lanta institutions. Progress has been made, and numerous surveys and reports have been arranged.
At length President Harmon Caldwell of the University of Georgia thought that the time had come
for action, and he invited a large group to be his guests at the Biltmore in Atlanta. At this meeting
three sets of agreements were drawn and adopted.

The first was signed by Agnes Scott College, Columbia Theological Seminary, Emory Univer-
sity, Georgia School of Technology, High Museum of Art, the University of Georgia at Athens, and
the University of Georgia system. The agreement specifies that each institution will keep separate
and distinct its identity, assets, and government as at present, but will study its program of educa-
tion in the light of what others are doing and will seek to avoid duplication. Each will make avail-
able for the others, as far as possible, library facilities, laboratory equipment, and faculty services. In
order to promote the spirit of cooperation, an Advisory Faculty Council was set up and has been
making very helpful suggestions about the whole program. There is to be organized also from the
various Boards of Trustees or Regents a University Center Committee which will promote the
financing and equipping of the various institutions concerned.

The University of Georgia at Athens and Emory University, representing the institutions where
most problems of adjustment would occur, have signed an agreement to consult each other in regard
to the development of graduate and professional departments and to cooperate as fully as possible
in having one joint program to serve the people of the Southeast.

Agnes Scott and Emory have also made a separate agreement with each other in order to pro-
mote particularly the undergraduate Liberal Arts education for which both very distinctly stand. Un-
der this plan, Agnes Scott has changed its session to the quarter basis instead of the semester plan and
has arranged its calendar to correspond to that of Emory. The latter is discontinuing the admission of
women for undergraduate work, except those who may be registered at Agnes Scott. Emory agrees
to promote the development of the departments of Archaeology, Economics, Geology, Journalism,
and Philosophy, in none of which Agnes Scott is strong; while on our campus, emphasis will be given
to Latin, Greek, modern languages, Education, and Fine Arts. Both institutions will seek to pro-
mote a graduate school, but all work in this field will be done on the Emory campus.

It is expected that a few students from Emory will attend some Agnes Scott classes, but prob-
ably quite a number of our girls will go to Emory for work which we do not give, and probably
there will be a considerable interchange of teachers.

It was the fact of cooperation among the various institutions which made the General Education
Board of New York become interested in granting $2,500,000 toward a total of $7,500,000, which we
feel must be provided before we will be able to establish a graduate school or to equip our under-
graduate work on a really sound basis. We feel that progress may seem slow, but that it is on a
sound basis.

Agnes Scott is in a peculiarly strategic position in the whole University Center program because
it is not competing with other institutions and can maintain a detached and non-partisan attitude
about all steps that need to be taken.

In deepest appreciation of alumnae interest always,

Cordially,

J. R. McCain, President.

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Contents

A Letter to Alumnae .... Frontispiece

The Liberal Arts College, A Vital Force

8

President J. R. McCain

Lucile Alexander, '11

2

Agnes Scott's First and Second

The Golden Jubilee

3

9

Penelopf (Brown) Barnett, '32

Two Men of Vision

10

A Group of Beloved Faculty (Picture) . .

4

Reports from the Founder's Day Listeners

12

"Will Ye No Come Back Again?" . . .
Emily (Divver) Moorer, Institute

5

Campus News and Office Notes . . .

14

Helen (Brown) Webb, '14
Araminta (Edwards) Pate, '2 5

16

Lulu Ames, '36

18

7

Letitia (Rockmore) Lange, '33

Home Coming Commencement Program

37

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

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THE GCLDEN JEEILEE** S

Penelope (Brown) Barnett, '32
General Chairman of Commencement Plans

Inaugurating the celebration of the Golden Anniversary
Year of Agnes Scott will be the 5 0th Homecoming Week-
End held this year from Friday, June 2, through Tuesday,
June 6, at which time the campus will be bulging with a
goodly per cent of you 6,071 living alumnae. It is to you
alumnae especially, and for your information please, that
I wish to give an idea of the program for the 5 0th Com-
mencement Week-End. Whether you are one of the 1,826
who received B.A. degrees; or whether you belong to the
larger and even more sought after class who have attained
their MRS. degree some 3,891 ever increasing minutely
too; whether you were Phi Beta Kappa or had dramatic or
operatic aspirations; or whether as most of us are you
were just one of the good old average alumnae who are
the backbone of every institution, you will find much of
interest, entertainment, good fellowship, and inspiration in
this week-end program five days crowded with specials
for you.

For you alumnae mammas who like to brag on and show
off your offspring (and I plead guilty too) and compare
your beautiful blue eyed baby with Harriet's horrible,
homely brat, there will be ample opportunity at the chil-
dren's party given by the Decatur Club on the campus
Friday afternoon.

The highlight of Saturday will be the Trustees' lunch-
eon at 1:00 p. m. in Rebekah Scott dining hall when you
can test out the new dietitians and grand food you've been
hearing about. The biggest drawing card of all will be the
presence of Mary Knight, the author of that fascinating
autobiography, "On My Own" one of our own, who will
be principal luncheon speaker. Come early to get a seat
as the overflow will have to eat buffet in the lobby.

At six Saturday evening, the Beta chapter of Phi Beta
Kappa will hold its semi-annual initiation, followed by a
banquet to which all such learned alumnae as are wearers
of the key are invited.

At 8:30 Mr. Johnson's Glee Club will present "The
Gondoliers," with Glee Club alumnae as special guests.

The baccalaureate sermon Sunday, with Dr. E. C. Col-
well, Dean of the Divinity of University of Chicago, as
speaker, will be followed by dinner and coffee with our
gracious new dean, our own Dick Scandrett, presiding as
hostess. After this, a remembrance service for founders,
faculty members, and alumnae who have passed on will be
held. Senior Vespers will be followed by a garden party
given in the beautiful Alumnae Garden about which you
have heard so much.

Monday will really be Reunion Day, for then the lunch-
eons for the particular reunion classes will be held and all
other alumnae at large will meet together for buffet lunch.

That night a play under the direction of Miss Frances
Gooch, of the Spoken English Department, assisted by an
alumna, Carrie Phinney Latimer, will be presented. This
play is "Bridal Chorus," written by Roberta Winter, an-
other of our own, with alumnae in all feminine roles.

Tuesday will of course bring the Commencement Exer-
cises with Dr. Mary Emma Woolley, for many years presi-
dent of Mt. Holyoke College, as principal speaker. This,

too, will be of interest to non-alumnae friends as well, as
Dr. Woolley is a speaker of note.

This week-end is truly of, by, and for you alumnae.
There will be no charges except for the reunion luncheons
on Monday.

And so, you alumnae living in 45 states I don't know
what we have against Wyoming, Nevada, and North Da-
kota look up plane and railroad schedules, find out short
cuts, give friend husband his notice, dust off your annuals
and brush up on your classmates, their married names, the
number of their children, or better still, get out your new
alumnae directory and find out where that old Soph
roommate lives and write her to join you at the 5 0th
Homecoming Week-End on the Agnes Scott campus. See
you in June "and I do mean you!"

The chairman and members of the committees, who are
working for the happiest and the most entertaining not
to mention the most comfortable reunion time possible
for you, are as follows:

Trustees Luncheon Chairman, Allie (Candler) Guy,
'13; Sarah Slaughter, '26; Isabel (Leonard) Spearman, ex-
'29; Araminta (Edwards) Pate, '25; Anne (Hart) Equen,
'21.

Remembrance Service Chairman, Essie (Roberts) Du-
Pre, '14; Frances (Gilliland) Stukes, '24; Emma Pope
(Moss) Dieckmann, '13; Carol (Stearns) Wey, '12;
Louise (Brown) Hastings, '23; Sarah Belle (Brodnax)
Hansell, '2 3.

Open House on Sunday Chairman, Maybeth (Carnes)
Robison, ex-'23; Irene (Havis) Baggett, ex-'17; Elizabeth
(Dimmock) Bloodworth, ex-'19; Venice (Mayson) Fry,
ex-'21; Maryellen (Harvey) Newton, '16; Florence (Per-
kins) Ferry, '26; Carrie Phinney Latimer, '36.

Reunion Luncheons and Dinners on Monday Chair-
man, Cora (Morton) Durrett, '24; Margaret (Bland) Sew-
ell, '20; Hilda (McConnell) Adams, '23; Philippa Gil-
christ, '23; Margaret (McDow) MacDougall, '24; Louise
(Johnson) Blalock, '20.

Program Alumnae representatives on the college com-
mittee are Julia (Thompson) Smith, '31, and Jane (Har-
well) Rutland, '17.

Poetry Contest Chairman, Dorothy (Hutton) Mount,
'29; Miss Louise McKinney; Miss Emma May Laney; Fan-
nie G. (Mayson) Donaldson, '12; Page Ackerman, '3 3;
Elena Greenfield, '32; Louisa Duls, '26; Pernette (Adams)
Carter, '29; Myra Jervey, '31; Raemond (Wilson) Craig,
'30.

Invitation Chairman, Louise Stakely, '32; Faculty,
Margaret Phythian, '17; Past Alumnae Presidents, Emma
Pope (Moss) Dieckmann, '13; Alumnae Club Presidents,
Ruth (Blue) Barnes, '14; Mortar Board Alumnae, Kath-
erine (Woltz) Green, '3 3; Phi Beta Kappa Alumnae, Willa
(Beckham) Lowrance, '3 3; Blackfriars Alumnae, Eliza-
beth (Simpson) Wilson, '31; Glee Club Alumnae, Betty
Lou (Houck) Smith, '3 5; Reunion Classes, Alumnae Of-
fice; Eta Sigma Phi Alumnae, Frances (Craighead) Dwyer,
'28; Chi Beta Sigma Alumnae, Gail Nelson, '33; Student
Presidents, Chairman, Margaret Ridley, '3 3; Student Gov-
ernment Presidents, Ellen Davis, '31; Y. W. C. A. Presi-
dents, Louise (McCain) Boyce, '34; Athletic Association
Presidents, Jean Chalmers, '38; Aurora, Ruth Green, '32;

The AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

Agonistic, Mary Hamilton, '34; Silhouette, Shirley (Mc-
Phaul) Whitfield, '31.

Hospitality Committee Chairman, Mary (Malone)
White, '37; Registration: Chairman, Betty (Fountain)
Edwards, '3 5; Lovelyn (Wilson) Heyward, '32; Marion
(Fielder) Martin, '31; Jura (Taffar) Cole, '32; Polly
Jones, '3 3; Accommodations: Chairman, Mary Palmer
(Caldwell) McFarland, '2 5; Claude (Candler) McKinney,
Institute; Maryellen (Harvey) Newton, '16; Martha
(Eakes) Matthews, '24; Katherine (Crawford) Adams,
'30; Hostesses: Chairman, Diana Dyer, '32; Catherine
(Baker) Matthews, '3 2; Sarah (Shadburn) Heath, '3 3;

Grace (Fincher) Trimble, '32; Flora (Riley) Bynum, '32;
Helen (Brown) Webb, '14; Page Ackerman, '33; Ellen
Douglass Leyburn, '27; Jacqueline (Woolfolk) Mathes, '3 5;
Janef Preston, '21; Virginia Prettyman, '34; Sarah (Nich-
ols) Judge, '36; Mary Snow, '36; Jane Blick, '36; Sara
Traynham, '36; Jane (Harwell) Rutland, '17; Distin-
guished Guests: Chairman, Sarah Belle (Brodnax) Hansell,
'23; Anne (Hart) Equen, '21; Martha Crowe, '27; and
Sara (Carter) Massie, '29.

Publicity Chairman, Letitia (Rockmore) Lange, '3 3;
Window in Davison's, Joyce Roper, '3 8; Window in
Rich's, Helen Ford, '36.

A GROUP OF BELOVED FACULTY

This picture, taken some years ago at a luncheon given in the Alumnae House, includes, reading from left to right
on front row: Miss Torrance, Dr. Sweet, Miss Ella Young, the last principal of the Agnes Scott Academy, and Miss
Hopkins; second row: Miss Smith, Mrs. Sydenstricker, Miss Lewis, and Miss McKinney.

Dear Girls of the Old Institute Days:

Agnes Scott is calling us! Calling us back to her fiftieth
commencement calling us back to the blessed old cam-
pus, and to that beloved old Main Building which sheltered
us during certainly potentially and probably actually
the happiest years of our lives.

And, girls, we who thrill at the remembrance of those
very first commencements, must be there! We, the real
Golden Age daughters of this Golden Anniversary must
rally round Mary Barnett and Mary Mack, who won their
B.S. degrees and Kittie Burress, who "finished" in music
in that first graduating class in 1893; and Mary Neel,
who filled the whole graduation platform in 1894. And
then came the 189 5 class, two of whose lovely members,
Anna Young and Allie Watlington, will surely be there
in sweet, glad spirit to meet with their classmates, Orra
Hopkins, Margaret Laing, Florence McCormack and Win-
nie Quarterman. Oh, girls, won't it be grand to gather
full force to live over again that glamour time of our
girlhood!

And Institute girls of the rest of the great old "Gay
Nineties" and the early nineteen hundred days, we moth-
ers and grandmothers, or "aunties" and teachers of two
generations of bred-in-the-bone prideful lovers of our
Agnes Scott, we owe it to ourselves, to each other and
to our families, to gather together with these later Agnes
Scott College youngsters who know us only as a tradition.
Most of all, dearest and best of all, impelling motives
is that the voice of Agnes Scott calling us is the sweet,
soft, mellifluous voice of our precious Miss Hopkins. Girls,
we must respond to those gentle, tender tones. We, her
eldest daughters, alone can represent our Miss Hopkins as
we knew her in her exquisite youthful loveliness of person
and character. She, surely, in sweet spiritual presence will
be there to meet us. As Dr. McCain said in the tribute
to her last October, "Dean Hopkins has been the greatest
influence in molding the ideals of the College . . . Miss
Hopkins was Agnes Scott." To us, Agnes Scott was, is
and will always be, Miss Hopkins, those "sheltering arms"
will always be her beautiful arms outstretched in happy
welcome to her "girls." And, as Dean Scandrett, loved
pupil and her successor, said on this same sad occasion,
"Dean Hopkins was not old fashioned, she was always
tolerant with youth and sympathetic with old age. That
was why she yielded such an influence and knew how to
adjust herself to all the changes of the past fifty years."
And how knowingly we can back up our dear Miss Mc-
Kinney and Dr. Sweet in their recollections of her keen
sense of humor, her tireless patience and her absolute self
effacement in service. Truly our Miss Hopkins was no
reactionary. She belonged to, and with, her 1937 graduat-
ing class just as thoroughly as she knew and understood us.
Like J. Russell Lowell she could see that:
"New times demand new measures and new men,
(women)
The world advances and the time outgrows the laws

That in our fathers' days were best;
And doubtless after us a purer scheme will be worked

out,
By wiser folk than we,

Made wiser by the steady growth of truth."
Girls, the happiest thought that can come to us of those

yesteryears is that we meant something to Miss Hopkins.
In proof of this let me share with you this quotation from
a treasured reply to my letter written just after the Feb-
ruary 22, 1932, broadcast: "Your letters are a real joy to
me. They give me new courage to solve my problems.
You fully measure up to the Agnes Scott standards, and
give your Alma Mater every reason to be proud of you as
her daughters." Girls, she, our inspiration and our pattern,
said that about us!

The new alumnae register gives the number of Institute
students as 1663. Let's each of us who reads this letter
call together her classmates (the overlapping cards and let-
ters will be fun) and let's give our cordial Alumnae Secre-
tary some happy anxiety about fulfilling her promise of
"comfortable accommodations for all alumnae attending."
Kate, Kittie and I would make room for several cots in
old Room 101, and I know that Mary's across the hall could
pack in a half dozen more; and if cots all up and down
those old dormitory halls would not accommodate the In-
stitute S. R. O. attendance, we old timers would not mind
overflowing, camp fashion, in any assigned corner of that
blessed old campus. With loving greetings to every one
of you.

Emily (Divver) Moorer, Institute.

Dear "Teen-agers":

With the greatest possible stretch of your imagination
can you all realize at all that our dear old "Agony" Scott
is actually celebrating her 50th birthday?

I shall never forget the thrill some of us '14-ers had be-
cause our class graduated on her 2 5th anniversary! But it
would never have occurred to us to think that we might
even be alive to celebrate her 50th year. Why, can't you
remember, we heard that a life membership in the alum-
nae association was only $50 and now if we '14-ers had
only paid that then, we could live as long as we wanted
to, after this year, without ever having to pay dues again.
Well, in our reincarnation, we'll do that, won't we?

But back to the anniversary and our grand reunion at
Agnes Scott June 2-6. For this time, we don't have to
stop and figure if it is our year. That "Dix" system is
fine, but I can't always know just whose years a given
commencement is supposed to be for.

Seriously, girls, I have gotten all pepped up over this
big affair that is being staged for us this June. There are
so many features connected with it which are worthy of
our keenest anticipation, but I believe the one that tops
the list with me, is seeing all of you whom Fannie G. so
cleverly dubbed "teen-agers" (in classes '10-'19). And,
you know, even though we thrill over hearing how dear
old Agony has grown, aren't we glad that we were there
when it was small enough to know practically all the girls?
Wasn't it fun?

Well, Frances Moses and I got a ride to Atlanta the
other day, and, of course, hot-footed it straight out to
Dec-a-tur, and after picking up Frances' daughter (a
Junior) and several other A. S. C.ers, ambled on over to
the Alumnae Tea Room. We called Fannie G. down to
join us, and in talking with us about this big event, we
gathered that all of us teen-agers will probably get to stay
under the same roof, you know as much together as pos-
sible, so that we won't find ourselves sleeping in the same

The AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

room with some young '20 or '30 who might think us
fair, fat and forty!

Now I'm sure that middle age adjective only applies to
yours truly, but if your curiosity is roused, come and see
for your own sweet selves. Declare a holiday for June 2-6.
Tell husbands, children, mamas, papas, jobs, servants,
houses, and everybody else, that you're off to celebrate
Agnes Scott's fiftieth birthday.

Goodness knows we can't expect to celebrate the 75 th,
so let's make hay while we're alive to tell the tale!

And, will we kill a big one? Here's to the grandest cele-
bration in the whole life of our Alma Mater, and she needs
each and every one of us to come and help make it true.

I can't wait to see you all! Please come!

Most sincerely and happily yours,

Helen (Brown) Webb, '14.

Dear Girls of the Twenties:

Have you seen the new buildings on the campus, the
newly decorated lobby of Inman Hall with its canary yel-
low walls, and the two dining rooms freshly painted and
draped? Have you heard about the juniors and seniors
being allowed such privileges as leaving the campus at
night with boys for dances and returning as late as 12:30?
Did you know that dates play bridge on Saturday nights
with girls in the Murphey Candler Building (our old
library, now used for student activities) and that table
tennis in the "gym" is another big item on the Saturday
night date calendar? These and many other wonders will
greet you when you return for Commencement.

More alumnae than ever are planning to come back this
year, not just to their class reunions, but to take part in
the festivities of the fiftieth anniversary celebration. The
Alumnae House is already filled to capacity but cottages
are being reserved and groups will be arranged in them by
classes. Just write Fannie G. that you are coming and the
rest will be handled from this end.

Please talk over the anniversary celebration with your
fellow alumnae. Come in groups or singly, no matter.
There will be entertainment planned for every minute and
old friendships to renew. This will be just the occasion for
visiting Atlanta and Decatur alumnae if any of your old
cronies are living in either of these places.

Let us hear from you and in the meantime prepare your-
selves to see boys playing tennis on the Agnes Scott courts
almost any afternoon in the week! What is the world
coming to?

Fondly yours,
Araminta (Edwards) Pate, '25.

Dear Classes of the Thirties:

I'm on the verge of inviting you all to come back to
Agnes Scott this June to help the College celebrate its
fiftieth birthday. I'm doing that and I can't come my-
self! All of which makes me mighty mournful.

Things'll be a-doing all during this Commencement.
It's been rumored, and reliably so, that the College is going
to be turned inside out and over to the Alumnae to wan-
der hither and yon, seeing all that's new, ah-ing and oh-ing
on what remains from our days there, and gazing into
vacancies which soon will be new dormitories (imagine
it!) and one stuff and another. Perhaps the nicest thing
about this year's Commencement is that the shingdig will
last long enough for all alumnae to get back into the spirit
of the thing and to become again for those few days a

part of the College. None of this here today, gone tomor-
row stuff is planned for our entertainment.

For alumnae of the earlier Thirties there are lots of new
things around. Even for latter-day alumnae there are new
things, faculty members if nothing else. First of all, the
library of which we've all heard so much. Of course it
came along after my particular class graduated which fur-
nished us a fine "out" for not being brilliant students and
all Phi Betes. Personally, of course, I think the English
room in the old library or even one of those nook situa-
tions (if Miss Hanley wasn't on duty) were conducive to
the best work done in the library poop tossing, you know,
not studying. The new library will take time to see. And
even if you snoop into all corners and stacks and elevators
and things, you'll still go away with a hazy picture of
fireplaces and comfortable chairs (I'm not bull-frogging
you, they ARE comfortable!), terraces and garden furni-
ture and Greek mottoes. One drawback to the new place
is that even I could figure out no way to slip reserve books
out of windows into the hands of conspiring friends, said
books to be perused in the silences of home or dormitory.

West Lawn is displaced these days and the Infirmary
is turned around to face a brand new road which runs
straight through the campus across its middle. The gym
is the same and the Science building, too. And, incidental-
ly, regulations on the Buttrick elevator remain unchanged:
only faculty can ride!

The Murphey Candler Building (old library to us) is a
glimdilly which, when translated, means revelation.
They've got that place all rigged up so that fun can be
had, parties held, and noise made. First time I trotted into
the reformed place I soft -peddled the heels, brought my
voice down to a whisper, stood awed. As a matter of fact,
I made much less noise in the place as a center of recrea-
tion than I had when it was the library and reported to
be a center of study.

All the students will be new. And they'll doubtless
strike you as being fresh young heads of lettuce. Bear that
in mind and don't appear startled if one of them bounces
up to you, introduces herself as the daughter of your
favorite roommate. The place abounds in little sisters who
bear vague resemblances to big sister whom you used to
accompany on rides around the Avondale lake during
chapel or on just-before-time-limit excursions to the drug
store in little Dec. Of course you'll be reminded from
time to time of perfectly giddy things you did when you
went to ASC. Don't, for goodness sake, tell Little Sister.
Not that she won't enjoy such tales. But Little Sisters
have ways of getting big ideas.

And there will be new faces among the faculty mem-
bers. New faces that have come to take the place of be-
loved people whose presence may have been for us the most
treasured part of our years in College. But, as you find
yourself filled with sad longing for Agnes Scott as it was
when you were a part of its life, you'll realize that progress,
though slow, replaces more than it tears down or changes.

Reunion with old classmates, renewals of old enmities
and friendship, introductions to roommates' children who,
if they're girls of course, will take part in Agnes Scott's
100th birthday, visits to the old places and to the new
of such things are satisfying returns to Agnes Scott made.

From one who cannot be there to all of you who are
going in spite of everything, my best wishes for a big and
happy ASC Birthday Party! And do send me a slice of the
birthday cake!

Lulu Daniel Ames, '36.

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BYLINES OF OUR ALUMNAE

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Letitia (Rockmore) Lange, '3 3

When we were seniors at Agnes Scott, there appeared
beside our pictures in the college annual, "Chemistry,"
"English," "History," "Latin and French," and so on
through all the subjects of the curriculum. This was our
identification, the mark that in that subject we had taken
our major, the key to our interests, perhaps our pursuits,
in our alumnae years.

After graduation, however, perhaps after graduate work
in other schools and certainly after a few years of en-
deavor, either at a job or in the home, this "byline"
changes. The printed pages of the annual shift before
our eyes and we read with startled amazement the profes-
sions of all the seniors of fifty years. Here is a byline,
"Authored by Mary Smith." Here is another, "Compiled
by Nancy Jones." There may be a picture "Painted by
Helen Brown" or a child taught by "Lucy Green."

The sum total of our bylines we may read in the files
of our alumnae office, and we may count forty classifica-
tions of professions which Agnes Scott girls have chosen.
Nor should the figure be confined to forty, for under
these types are numerous sub-divisions of specialized work
which in themselves may be counted as separate entities.
It is a statement backed with fact that there is an Agnes
Scott girl in every position open to women today, a record
of which we are justly proud.

The majority of us have found our business careers in
the fields of teaching, secretaryships or welfare work, but
there are also aviatrixes, surgeons, architects, statisticians,
photographers, authoresses, decorators, musicians, newspa-
per women, postmistresses and twenty-seven other varied
and interesting groups.

In deanships, for example, there is Carrie Scandrett,
who, a graduate of the class of '24, is now dean of students
at Agnes Scott. There is Ruth Slack, (Mrs. Hazen
Smith), of 1912, who is assistant dean of women at Duke
University, and Ellen Palmer Pratt, (Mrs. Robert L. Mc-
Whorter), of Institute days, the dean of women at the
University of Georgia. At Mary Baldwin College in Vir-
ginia is Martha Stackhouse, (Mrs. T. H. Grafton), of
1930, whose title is assistant dean.

Atlanta advertising ranks have welcomed, among many
other graduates of Agnes Scott, Helen Ford, of the class
of '}6, whose institutional ads for Rich's, Inc., appear every
Monday morning in the Atlanta Constitution and are out-
standing; Joyce Roper, '3 8, is "Joyce" of Davison, and
Jane Guthrie, '3 8, is doing advertising copy at Rich's.

Among the volumes crowding many a book shelf
throughout the country appear a growing number of
Agnes Scott "bylines" which may, (or may not!), be re-
lated to the "English" major so proudly designated beside
that senior picture! There is Rosa Belle Knox, of 1899,
in Institute days, whose children's books delight many a
young heart. There is Emma Louise Ware, '17, whose
"Jacob A. Riis, Police Reporter, Reformer, Useful Citi-
zen," has been widely acclaimed. Mary Lamar Knight, '22,
is represented by her "On My Own," and Evelyn Hanna,
ex-'23, by her recent "Blackberry Winter." Marian Mc-
Camy, (Mrs. Frank Knight Sims, Jr.), '20, is the author
of many short stories as well as four best-selling novels,
the latest of which is her "Memo to Timothy Sheldon."
Also among the authors list is Dr. Roberta Florence Brink-
ley, '14, professor of English at Goucher in Baltimore, who

has written several books on English literature, and many,
many other alumnae authors.

Roberta Winter, '27, will have her byline represented
in tangible form at the 1939 commencement when Black-
friars will present her play, "Bridal Chorus," and Mar-
garet Bland, (Mrs. Frank Sewell), '20, has many published
plays to her credit.

Among the poetesses whose work is recognized by con-
tributions to various magazines and by inclusion in a num-
ber of anthologies, Agnes Scott colors are carried by Janef
Preston, '21; Mildred Clark, '36; Elena Greenfield, '32;
Clara Lundie Askew, (Mrs. Robert Earle Vogel), ex-'29;
Helen Friedman, (Mrs. William Mitchell Blackshear), '31,
and Leonora Owsley, (Mrs. Leon Herman), Institute, who
is making additional fame for herself by her murals.

Mainer Lee Hardin, (Mrs. John T. Toler), Institute, is
society editor of the Atlanta Constitution, a post that is
held on the Charlotte, N. C, News by Jean Barry Adams,
'3 8. Sara Wilson, '3 3, is editor of the woman's page of the
Baltimore Sun, and Elizabeth Wilson, '22, is editor of
"Silver Screen," movie magazine, in Hollywood, Cal.

In science, two Agnes Scott graduates hold "first" titles
of unusual interest. Dr. India Hunt, (Mrs. Franklin
Greene Balch, Jr.), '17, was the first woman to teach at
the University of Virginia Medical School, and Dr. Evange-
line Papageorge, '28, was the first woman professor in the
Emory University Medical School.

Hortense Elton, (Mrs. Carl Garver) , '29, is co-author
with Dr. Roy R. Kracke of one of the outstanding atlases
of hemotology in the world. The book was published in
1938. "Pat" is also assistant in the department of clinical
pathology and bacteriology in the Emory University Medi-
cal School.

Our doctors are many and interesting: Dr. Mary Ann
McKinney, surgeon at the Woman's Christian Medical
College in Punjab, India; Dr. Ruth Pirkle, (Mrs. Edmund
C. Berkeley), now serving her internship with the New
York Hospital, specializing in psychiatry; Dr. Dorothy
Kethley goes in June to serve internship in Bellevue Hos-
pital in New York City.

Patricia Harriet Collins '2 8, is rapidly becoming a lum-
inary in legal circles, both in Washington, D. O, where
she is now associated, and in other cities where her name
is known. Frances Craighead, (Mrs. Francis Dwyer), is
another member of '2 8 who has made for herself an en-
viable legal career.

Mary Catherine Williamson, '31, is behind the "Beauty
and Fashion Release," coming from the Elizabeth Arden
Co., publicity department, and combines her publicity
work with her singing at St. Bartholomew's in New York
City.

Judy Blundell, (Mrs. Eric Adler), '3 3, does wall paper
designing in New York City and also gets the girls to-
gether in her capacity as president of the New York
Alumnae Club.

"Margaret Jones," chemistry, may be pulling a splinter
out of her young son's anatomy and "Elizabeth Brown,"
French, may be trying to balance the budget. "Ella Rog-
ers," mathematics, may be keeping house in some far-away
land where annuals and their promises for the future
are almost never known, but like her alumnae sisters all
over the world she is living her byline, bylines that, among
our graduates, touch every position open to women and
leave that field the better for that contact.

THE LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE, A VITAL FORCE

Lucile Alexander, '11

This radio talk was made by Lucile Alexander, an alumna of Agnes Scott College and head of the French De-
partment of this college, as one of a series given weekly under the auspices of the Agnes Scott Alumnae Association.
The Alumnae Quarterly is printing this masterly presentation of the cause of the Liberal Arts college in order that
others, not in the radio audience that afternoon, may enjoy it. Also, we feel that it is an especially appropriate article to
appear in this issue which is pointing toward the celebration of the 50th commencement of such a college, Agnes Scott.

At the threshold of a new school year with its record
yet to be written, the Freshman who thinks inevitably
asks: Did I choose wisely when I selected a liberal arts
college? To the alumna who seeks to evaluate her educa-
tion in the light of her experiences the same question in-
sistently demands to be answered. In our distracted world
where men are most bewildered in their quest of the good
life, where the existence of free government is threatened,
where the sense of economic insecurity projects its long
shadow into the future, where the stark realities of life
stalk us at every turn, it would seem that a cultural edu-
cation is a luxury for the privileged few, a hangover from
happier days. For myself, I am convinced that the liberal
arts college is not a relic of the past bound by outworn
traditions, but a vital thing that can give the present what
it needs. The attacks, renewed from year to year upon
this type of college are proof of its vitality: a dead thing
provokes no opposition. The encroachments of narrow
specialization and vocational training upon the broader
foundations of a general culture are a challenge to the lib-
eral arts college to show good cause why it should con-
tinue to exist. The public demands that young men and
women be trained to do efficiently the increasingly com-
plex and highly specialized work of the world that they
be trained, not to live, but to make a living. The distress
and want that have followed the sudden vanishing of ma-
terial wealth have shown us the futility of this training.
The thousands of skilled workmen who are jobless because
there are no jobs have complicated our problem.

But recent utterances of captains of industry portend a
revolt against the "uneducated specialist." The president
of the Westinghouse Company has recently said: "The
most frequently heard criticism of the technical man is
that he is lacking in human understanding and in acquain-
tance with the world of affairs." After a fact-finding
canvas of presidents, managers, chief engineers of the
American motor industry, a vice-president of General
Motors says for himself: "Because I feel so strongly on
the subject, I take the stand that, at some sacrifice of
scientific training, engineering students should acquire a
taste for the cultural subjects during these four years (i. e.
of college training)." These industrialists agree in their
conclusions: "Get the humanities, the foundations of
science, but don't get technology. Industry will teach the
man its technological methods quickly enough. But indus-
try cannot undertake to give him a liberal education or a
sound scientific background if he comes without them."

In the professions, too, a larger place is being asked for
the liberal. Chicago University's new plan for training
better lawyers includes less law and more psychology and
sociology, history and economics, and ethics, too, since the
lawyer is concerned with the fundamental problems of
right and wrong. "And," says the Chicago University
Magazine of April, 193 8, "these things must be taught in
the law school itself and not in some pre-legal course to

which the student might settle down with the phlegmatic
announcement that, since it is required, he would 'work
off his culture.'

The startling revelations of dishonesty and greed in
public life and brutal selfishness in international life arouse
fears for the continued existence of democracy. The prob-
lem is not entirely new: our colonial forefathers found
their answer in their educational institutions for the in-
struction of youth "in the learned and foreign languages,
the useful arts, science and literature" to the end that the
blessings of liberty might endure. "If we are not serious
about training the mind (I quote President Dodds of
Princeton), if we do not do this job well, we shall do no
job well." Democracy needs the leadership of men and
women of integrity, vision, and broad sympathies who
can win the people back from cynicism to confidence in
American traditions: we need the open-mindedness that
comes with the habit of trying tolerantly to understand
another's point of view and to respect his personality; we
need a selfless devotion to the public good; we need that
character and that culture for the development of which
the liberal arts college exists; its highest function is the
nurture of the imponderables of character and culture
for the two cannot be divorced. On the foundation of
character the college seeks to build, seeks to give to the
growing mind "that unity of knowledge which it craves,
that social insight upon which the social order rests."

The cultured person "does not think of himself primar-
ily," says a modern French educator, "as an engineer, a
salesman or a lawyer, but as a man to whom nothing hu-
man is foreign, and the qualities that he values are not
the technical skills of the moment but the perennial vir-
tues of unchanging humanity ... In our French schools
it is not to science or literature or philosophy or the plastic
arts or any technical knowledge that we give preeminence,
but to culture, that full and rounded development of hu-
man faculties which is itself a work of art." Is this ideal
nurtured by centuries of thought and striving so remote,
so foreign to our more feverish and active way of life that
it concerns only a small minority? President Conant, of
Harvard, thinks not. He says: "If future generations are
to have that high regard for the achievements of the hu-
man mind which is essential to civilization, there must be
a true reverence for learning in the community. It is not
sufficient to train investigators and scholars, no matter
how brilliant they may be; a large body of influential
citizens must have a passionate interest in the growth of
human knowledge."

Culture is not an impractical thing unless it be that
learning for learning's sake which may be enjoyed but not
shared. Culture is not something added, it is all-pervasive
it leavens the lump. I may be speaking to some of you
who last year heard President Gaines of Washington and
Lee speak at Agnes Scott. You cannot have forgotten his
favorite definition of a liberal education: "It is what stays

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with you after you have forgotten all you learned in col-
lege."

The only big thing machinery does for us is to give us
more leisure. The much debated bill that would put a
floor under wages and a ceiling above working hours is
seeking to assure more spare time. What is to be done with
these workless hours? How are they to be spent that they
may contribute to the art of living? The man whose job
is lifting so many thousand times the lever of an efficient
machine cannot find pleasure and satisfaction in his work;
he knows none of the joy of the old-time skilled artisan
in the perfect thing his hand has created; he must seek
satisfaction and self-expression in his leisure hours.

What do you do with those hours when you must live
with yourself? Do you find resources within yourself or
do you find yourself so uninteresting that you must seek
distraction in feverish activity? Then it is that you come
to realize the value of a mind in which the high thoughts
and achievements of all years have left an echo; of an
imagination touched by beauty and a fancy that can be-
guile drab reality.

Again my mind goes back to a pleasure shared with the

class of '27 when John H. Finley spoke to you, the grad-
uates, on Education for Leisure. He drew his lesson from
Browning's Pippa Passes from the use that Pippa, the
mill girl, made of her one day of leisure in all the year.

"This one day I have leave to go
And play out my fancy's fullest games."
"We all have," said Dr. Finley, "a triune day: a work day,
a sleep day, and a leisure day in which to cultivate our
real selves. The test of living is what we do with the third
of these days ... It will be a far more difficult task of
civilization to teach men and women to use leisure rightly
than to instruct them to labor efficiently. That is the
highest task of those trained in college . . . They are to
exemplify and encourage in our own living the best use
of free time. Pippa says of her one holiday,

"Thou art my single day God lends to leaven
What were all earth else with a feel of heaven."
We ought then to go forth to the labors and the leisures
of our own life with Pippa's spirit and her prayer in our
hearts:

"O Life, if I squander one wavelet of thee."

AGNES SCOTT'S FIRST AND SECOND COMMENCEMENTS

1893

Although the program of this first commencement is not in the hands of the Quarterly editors, the fol-
lowing letter from Louise (Hurst) Howald paints something of the picture of that commencement morning:
"Miss McBride was the first voice teacher and taught me that year and played the accompaniment while Mr.
Woodbury, of Atlanta, who died a year ago, played the violin obligato which to me sounded like a voice from
heaven . . . Perhaps you will be interested to know that Miss Hopkins of blessed memory taught me to recite
'The Last Hymn,' which I gave at A. S. I.'s first commencement."

1894

COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM OF AGNES SCOTT INSTITUTE, MAY 30, 1894
Prayer

Music Piano Duet, "Bohemian Dance" /. Loew

Misses Eva and Florence Hildreth
Delivery of Distinctions

Music Vocal Solo, "Jerusalem" St. Paul

Miss Louise Hurst
Delivery of Certificates of Proficiency
Presentation of Mathematics Medal
Distribution of Blue Lists
Music Piano Solo, "Andante and Allegretto from Concerto in A Major" Mozart

Miss Edith Birkhimer
Delivery of Diplomas
Music Vocal Trio, "Pilgrims of the Night" Westbrook

Misses Louise Hurst, Ruth LIolleyman, and Smith
Announcements
Benediction

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TWO MEN OF VISION

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DR. FRANK H. GAINES

Dr. Frank Henry Gaines, Agnes Scott's founder and
first president, was born in Tellico Plains, Tenn., in 18 52,
the son of John Rhea and Sarah (Rice) Gaines. On his
father's side he came of a family distinguished in the
annals of Virginia. On his mother's side his family was
renowned for its contributions to the Presbyterian pulpit
and its long line of educators. Dr. Gaines, after receiving
a thorough preparatory education, entered Cumberland
University and received his A.B. degree in 1870. From
there he went to Union Theological Seminary, then in
Hampton-Sidney, Virginia, and received his B.D. degree
in 1876. During that year he was ordained to the Presby-
terian ministry and immediately entered upon the pastorate
of two churches in Kentucky at Clintonville and Hope-
well. In 1877 Dr. Gaines was married to Miss Mary Louise
Lewis, of Augusta County, Virginia, who came from a
line of Virginia pioneers, prominent in military as well as
religious circles, and was in the truest sense a companion
and helpmeet for Dr. Gaines in his work.

In 1888 Dr. Gaines accepted a call to the Decatur Pres-
byterian Church and came to Decatur to find a congrega-
tion of 23 8 members, among whom were General John B.
Gordon, Col. George W. Scott, Col. Milton A. Candler,
and J. W. Kirkpatrick. Within a few months he had be-
come convinced of two things: that the congregation of
which he' was pastor, under the leadership of its very able
session, would undertake any Christian work which might
commend itself to them; second, that there was a great
and recognized need for a school in Decatur.

Dr. Gaines had been impressed for several years with the
importance of Christian education for girls and he began
discussing with the leaders of his church and the com-
munity in general the possibility of establishing a school of
this character. The result was that at a meeting in his
study on July 17, 18 89 Agnes Scott came into being.

Col. George W. Scott gave land and funds for the pres-
ent Agnes Scott Hall, named for his mother, and took over
the chairmanship of the board for a short while so that Dr.
Gaines could devote his entire time to the school. Early in
the enterprise Dr. Gaines realized that the institution must
have a great aim and an ideal adapted to the accomplish-
ment of that aim. In 1893 he wrote "The Agnes Scott
Ideal," in which he declared the supreme aim to be the
glory of God, and the plan of accomplishing the supreme
aim in the seven specifications: first, a liberal curriculum,
fully abreast of the best institutions in the land; second,
a sound curriculum, with textbooks in harmony with the
Bible; third, the Bible as a textbook; fourth, thoroughly
qualified and consecrated teachers; fifth, a high standard
of scholarship; sixth, the institution, a model Christian
home; seventh, all the influences to be made conducive to
the formation and the development of Christian character.
With undeviating consistency he adhered to his ideal, re-
fusing to compromise an ultimate goal for immediate in-
crease of enrollment or other temporary success.

Although the rise of the college was beset with diffi-
culties and obstacles, never once did the courage of Dr.
Gaines falter. He was at all times the recognized leader.
He organized and led to success three separate campaigns

for increased endowment. When others were doubtful his
faith never wavered. His trust in God was implicit and
absolute. His prayers were constant.

Although his burden of executive responsibility gave
him little time for sustained literary work he found time
to write a series of textbooks for Bible study and to de-
liver frequent sermons which were characterized by rare
charm of diction and original thought. Davidson College
conferred upon him at different times the degrees of D.D.
and LL.D., the later in recognition of "eminent service
rendered the cause of education."

When Dr. Gaines died on April 14, 1923, he had only
been ill for two days. Even his passing was in keeping
with the character of the man, for always in his life his
college had come first, and he went from his office at the
college to his doctor and then quietly to a hospital bed,
where he made plans for his return to the campus until
his heart failed on Saturday morning, April 14.

With feelings of deepest reverence and love the students
and faculty gathered on Sunday morning for the memorial
service in his honor. And as Dr. Gaines was laid in his
final resting place on Monday afternoon the closing words
of the prayer were of thanksgiving for the man who had
given Agnes Scott her priceless heritage.

COLONEL GEORGE W. SCOTT

Colonel George W. Scott was born in Alexandria, Pa.,
on February 22, 1829. His mother, Miss Agnes Irvine,
was born in Ballykeep, County Down, Ireland, on June
13, 1799, and lived in Ireland with her mother until both
came to America when Agnes was seventeen. Agnes and
her mother, whose maiden name was Mary Stitt, went in-
land to Alexandria from Philadelphia by the slow, uncom-
fortable methods of travel then in existence and settled
in Huntingdon County where some of their relatives had
preceded them. Agnes was bitterly unhappy in this coun-
try at first and mourned the loss of the comforts and ad-
vantages which had been hers in Ireland as the daughter
of a farmer and tradesman. However, in 1821, Miss Agnes
Irvine was married to John Scott, then a widower with
five children, who was at that time a shoe manufacturer.
Mr. Scott had a manufactory of boots from leather tanned
in his own tannery, and with these supplied the surround-
ing country. Seven children were born to Mr. Scott of this
marriage, one of them Col. G. W. Scott. Mrs. Scott died
in 1877 at the age of 78, but not without leaving an in-
delible imprint on the lives of her children.

Col. George was the fourth child born to Mrs. Scott
and was dearly loved by his mother. When in 185 0, at
the age of twenty-one, he was sent to Florida supposedly
to die with an incurable lung trouble, his letters from his
mother proved a source of immeasurable strength and com-
fort. The climate in Florida proved quite helpful and
after a few years there he married Miss Rebekah Bucher,
to whom he had been engaged for several years. Col. Scott
was working in a store in Quincy when the war broke out,
and he joined the Confederate forces with this explana-
tion to his astonished family: "The South is my adopted
home. I have lived here for fifteen years, and I will fight
for the South." His brothers, Alfred and John, joined the
Northern troops. During the war and the Carpetbagger

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11

era following Col. Scott lost all the property he had ac-
cumulated since coming to Florida. He worked for a short
time in Tallahassee and then was asked to run for governor
of Florida. He refused on pleas that the pressure of his
business and obligations made it unwise, but was finally
talked into becoming a candidate. Col. Scott was elected
Governor of Florida by a fair majority, but the returning
board counted in his opponent by a small vote. Shortly
after the war Col. Scott had started maunfacturing ferti-
lizers on the theory of organic ammonia with good results
in warm and dry climates. The Scotts moved to Savannah,
and for a time this work was dropped while Col. Scott
worked as salesman for a fertilizer company there.

Up until this period all phosphates and sulphuric acid
for commercial fertilizers had been imported at great ex-
pense. In 1876 Col. Scott really began work on the idea
of organic ammonia and he secured, through the firm with
which he was connected in Savannah, contracts by
which a Cincinnati firm made sulphuric acid from pyrites
mined in North Georgia. He developed the great phos-
phate industry of South Carolina by the formulae which
he used to make his fertilizer. Col. Scott organized his
own company in Atlanta under the name of Geo. W. Scott
& Company, and soon was the leading manufacturer of
gossypium phosphate and other commercial brands in the
country. It is here that he made his fortune.

Col. Scott steps into Agnes Scott history shortly after
he moved to Atlanta. Such a leader in the business and
civic interests in Atlanta was naturally a power in the
community, and since Col. Scott was away when the plan
of the school was originally proposed to the Decatur Pres-
byterian Church leaders by Dr. Gaines, Dr. Gaines went to
Col. Scott immediately upon his return and broached the
rubject to him. Col. Scott "entered enthusiastically into
the suggestion," to quote from the early history. He car-
ried many other people with him, too,, for Col. Scott had
the unlimited confidence of the entire community.

Of the initial contribution to finance Decatur Female
Seminary Col. Scott gave a goodly part, and shortly after-
wards he bought and cancelled all the outstanding stock
of the school when he and the Board deemed it wise to
discontinue this method of financing. In the spring of

1890 Col. Scott proposed to make a gift of $40,000 for a
new building for the school, which had just received its
charter from the DeKalb Superior Court, on the condition
that the school be named for his mother. Col. Scott,
anxious that the new building measure up to the highest
standards for educational buildings, made a tour of inspec-
tion of several schools in the North, and on his return an-
nounced that he did not feel his original gift was large
enough to build the type of building worthy of the ideal.
Agnes Scott Hall was consequently erected at a cost of
$112,250, all of this given by Col. Scott. This was the
largest individual gift made to the cause of education in
the State of Georgia up to that time and it attracted wide
attention.

A little over a year later Agnes Scott Hall was dedicated
and the most impressive part of the dedicatory exercises
was a biographical sketch of Mrs. Agnes Scott, read by
Col. Scott's brother, John. This word tribute was offered
to her as a memorial at the dedication of that tangible
memorial raised by another son who had not listened in
vain to his mother's accounts of the contrast in educational
opportunities in the Old Country and in America.

Dr. Gaines, anxious that his own ideal for the school be
maintained, drew up the Agnes Scott Ideal and submitted
it to Col. Scott, who heartily endorsed it, and the Ideal
became the Magna Charta of the institution. The princi-
ples incorporated in this ideal were instilled in Dr. Gaines
and in Col. Scott through early associations with their
mothers.

Before his death in 1903 Col. Scott had given to Agnes
Scott $175,000 in money and much more that it is impos-
sible to evaluate.

Dr. Gaines wrote of him: "He did more than give his
money. He gave himself, his prayers, his interest, his coun-
sel, his constant support. He never thought anything im-
possible which ought to be done. He was a Christian
optimist."

In paying tribute to the founders of our college it is
impossible not to see that Agnes Scott as it stands today
is the work of a number of men and women with a vision.
To those of us who follow as the succeeding generations
of young women walk through Agnes Scott is given that
same vision. It is for us to "carry the torch!"

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Imports from the founder's ^Day Listeners

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Alabama

Birmingham: "Twenty-six Birmingham alumnae are
with you on the air tonight. Congratulations on your
golden anniversary." Gretchen Kleybecker, president of the
Birmingham Club. The Club presented a very interesting
puppet show of Agnes Scott in the Institute days and
Agnes Scott as it is today, for the program at their dinner
meeting.

Montgomery: "Greetings to all at Agnes Scott from
many a loyal Hottentot." Millbrook and Montgomery.

California

The California alumnae met with Helen (Hall) Hop-
kins for tea on Wednesday afternoon and were "with us
in spirit" even though they couldn't hear the broadcast.

Connecticut

New Haven: The New Haven alumnae met with Ro-
berta Winter and report a grand time. Those present in-
clude: Flora (Crowe) Whitmire, Jane (Thomas) Tilson,
Katherine Seay, and Roberta Winter.

Florida

Gainesville: Tommy Ruth Blackmon entertained the
Gainesville group on Founder's Day and they report a
grand time talking about Agnes Scott. The guests includ-
ed: Mary Jane Tigert, Lucile Cairns, Elise Jones, Jean-
nette Shaw, Marguerite Stringfellow, Charlotte Newton,
Mrs. John J. Tigert, Lucile (Colclough) Cairns, Ada
(Darby) Jones, Anna (Humber) Little, Nellie (Redding)
Fennell, Mrs. A. A. Hopkins, and Mrs. J. W. Norman.

Jacksonville: "Greetings twenty strong. Meeting at
Ellen Colyer's to enjoy the broadcast." Jacksonville Club.
Gertrude (Briesenick) Ross was chairman of the commit-
tee on arrangements.

Tallahassee: Elizabeth Lynn had a Founder's Day din-
ner party for the Tallahassee alumnae, and they all report
a grand time. Those present were: Gertrude (Ansley)
Kelley, Bernice Bates, Estelle Brian, Mamie (Johnson)
Bierly, Dr. Annie Popper and the hostess.

Tampa: "Fourteen enthusiastic Tampa alumnae gath-
ered with me send best wishes to Agnes Scott." Gregory
(Rowlett) Weidman, president of the Tampa Club.

Georgia

Athens: "Enjoying program as always. Best love to all
Agnes Scotters." The Athens group, rounded up by Mary
Louise (Schuman) Simpson, had a supper meeting, and
listened to the broadcast together. Afterwards they had a
program and closed with an old fashioned Agnes Scott
"sing."

Augusta: The Augusta Club had a banquet at a down-
town tea room and listened to the broadcast together. New
officers elected at the meeting are: Elizabeth Baethke,
president; Mary (Willis) Smith, vice-president; Minnie
Lee (Clarke) Cordle, secretary, and Janet Newton, treas-
urer.

Cartersville: The Cartersville group were entertained by
Mary Waller (Shepherd) Soper at a buffet supper in the
Rectory, and listened to the broadcast together.

Columbus: Myrtle Blackmon rounded up the Columbus
Club for a dinner at the Night Owl, popular Columbus
restaurant. Seventeen alumnae met for the dinner and

broadcast. The guests included: Hallie (Alexander) Tur-
ner, Lillian (Eason) Duncan, Emmett (Curtis) Kelley,
Myrtle Blackmon, Dorothy Potts, Antoinette (Blackburn)
Rust, Sara Bullock, Georgia May (Burns) Bristow, Mrs.
Carl Singletary, Mary (Bradford) Crayton, Martha (Brad-
ford) Thurmond, Mary Louise (Thames) Cartledge,
Louise (Baker) Knight, Mary (Anderson) Ponder, Louise
(Schuessler) Patterson, Pearl (Hammer) Betts, and Vir-
ginia (Pottle) Riley. Congratulations, Columbus.

Griffin: Laura (Cooper) Christopher entertained the
Griffin group at a lovely tea in her home. The fourteen
guests were: Bertha (Brawner) Ingram, Louise Fluker,
Marguerite (Cousins) Holley, from Experiment, Ga.;
Katherine (Gilliland) Higgins, Lucia (Goddard) Hally-
burton, Florence Gresham, Mariwill (Hanes) Hulsey,
Caroline (Harris) Hollis, Sarah (Jones) Cheatham, Ger-
trude (McDowell) Scott, Sarah (McDowell) Joiner, Fan-
nie Willis (Niles) Bolton, Katherine Wolcott, Georgia
Belle Christopher, the prospective Hottentot at the meet-
ing, who is Laura's six-year-old daughter.

Thomaston: The Thomaston group met for the first
time with Elinor (Hamilton) Hightower and sent a wire
to the secretary during the banquet in Atlanta.

Trion: This group is another that met for the first
time. Emily (Spivey) Simmons entertained the Trion
group at a "banquet" and they heard the broadcast to-
gether. Dorothy (Wyatt) Hardeman, Virginia (Turner)
Graham and her husband, Emily and her husband, and
Ann, Emily's small daughter, had dinner together.

Savannah: The Savannah Club met with Anne Wheaton
on Founder's Day and reports a good meeting and splendid
reception of the broadcast.

Illinois

Des Plaines: Charis (Hood) Barwick reports that the
broadcast came through beautifully in Illinois. She is plan-
ning to entertain the Chicago Club later in the spring.

Kentucky

Louisville: This club had a dinner meeting at the Canary
Club and Ellen Davis reports that they bravely hooked up
a radio in hope that they could get the broadcast, and
listened to no avail. Louisville's own wave was too
strong. Yet Lib Keith, who was too sick to come to the
meeting, heard it perfectly at home! Ellen reports that
they "had a merry time and enjoyed the bulletin from the
office and the bull session." Those present included: Ellie
Mae (Archibald) Haley, Eleanor Carpenter, Ellen Davis,
Ruth Green, Emily (Moore) Couch, Margaret Massie,
Douschka Sweets, Helen (Wayt) Cocks, and a prospective
Hottentot, Mary Louise Engelhard.

Louisiana

New Orleans: This group did not meet for the broad-
cast but Elizabeth Lightcap wired that it came through
splendidly. Helen Lane (Comfort) Sanders and Georgia
May (Little) Owens notified the group of the time of the
broadcast.

Mississippi

Mississippi State Club: This club had their usual suc-
cessful meeting in Jackson with a banquet at the Univer-
sity Club, which was preceded by a reception at which
Shirley (Fairly) Hendricks entertained the alumnae and
their escorts, while they listened to the broadcast. Eliza-

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beth (Watkins) Hulen was chairman of the local arrange-
ments and Ruth Virden, secretary of the club, was chair-
man of the invitation committee. Sarah (Till) Davis, the
capable president, was hostess at the dinner. Two students
from Bellhaven College presented a program of Agnes Scott
songs which was climaxed by a tribute to Miss Hopkins.
Catherine Ricks was elected president of the club for the
next year, and Eunice (Kell) Simmons, vice-president.

Columbus: Three alumnae who were too far from Jack-
son listened in to the broadcast together at M. S. C. W.
Anna Katherine Fulton, Annie Tait Jenkins, and Minnie
Clare Boyd had a miniature Founder's Day banquet and
heard the broadcast.

New Jersey

Ridge field: Florence (Stokes) Henry reported that the
broadcast came in splendidly. The New Jersey alumnae
had their Founder's Day meeting with the New York Club
on Thursday night.

New York

Neiv York City: "To the Alma Mater that continues
to be our inspiration: May her achievements in the next
fifty years equal those of these last fifty and may the loy-
alty of future alumnae be equal to that of her devoted
New York Club." The Club had their banquet on Thurs-
day evening with twenty-five members present, and an
entertaining skit was the main feature of the program.
Those present included: Norma Faurot, Helen (Cramer)
Shurtliff, Polly Gordon, Mary Catherine Williamson, Dor-
othy Chamberlain, Margaret (Hansell) Potter, Agnes Dol-
vin, Dorothy (Hutton) Mount, Grace Hardie, Florence
(Stokes) Henry, from New Jersey; Julia Stokes, also from
New Jersey; Eloisa (Alexander) LeConte, Virginia (Skeen)
Norton, Floy Sadler, Dorothy Owen, Louise (Slack)
Hooker, from Patterson; Eleanor f Bennett) Warlick,
Laura Marbut, Alma Brohard, Peg (Waterman) O'Hara,
Elizabeth Mack, Carrie Lou (Born) Mallard, Caroline
Wilburn, Eloise (Gaines) Wilburn, and Judy (Blundell)
Adler, who presided at the meeting. The Club has sched-
uled their next meeting for April 21.

Schenectady: Helen (Bates) Law was one of the lone
alumnae who listened in for the broadcast, and Helen re-
ported that it came in splendidly. "It was so good to
hear the home-like voices and I could have throttled the
New York State police when they came on for five min-
utes."

North Carolina

Charlotte: "Twenty-five of us listening in, all looking
beautiful and feeling thrilled. Many of us expecting to
attend commencement. Love to everybody, especially the
Charlotte students and Charlotte Hunter!" Cama (Bur-
gess) Clarkson rounded up the Charlotte Club for a dinner
meeting, and they report that the broadcast came in better
than they had ever had it. The group got so enthusiastic

about commencement plans that twelve of them are plan-
ning now to come back for the celebration. Congratula-
tions, Charlotte! And thanks for the linen shower!

Monroe: Beth (McClure) McGeachy celebrated Found-
er's Day alone in Monroe but reports that the radio made
her feel very much a part of it all.

Winston-Salem: Meriel (Bull) Mitchell, president of the
Winston-Salem Club, entertained the group at her apart-
ment and they heard the broadcast and enjoyed a social
hour together. Nine alumnae and two students were at
the party.

South Carolina

Charleston: "Twelve Charleston alumnae listening in
plus six brave men. Program fine." The Charleston group
met at the home of Louise (Scott) Sams for dinner and
had six husbands to boast of in attendance. They report
a most delightful evening together. This club elected as
chairman for the coming year, Margaret Burge; Helen
Clark Martin, as co-chairman; and Mildred (Cohen) Solo-
mon, as secretary. Four meetings are to be held each year,
the next to be May 23 with Anna (Skinner) Verroni.
This group has the unique idea that instead of making a
gift to the House or the Garden, each alumna there would
pay her Association dues immediately and make it a 100%
club. We recommend this with all our hearts!

Columbia: Sarah Spencer, secretary of this club, wired:
"We are listening in. Love and greetings from the Co-
lumbia Club."

Tennessee

Dayton: Two sisters listened in at Dayton and wired:
"Best wishes to Agnes Scott on this Founder's Day. Will
be listening in tonight." Dee (Robinson) Davis and Fran-
ces Robinson.

Nashville: Anna Marie (Landress) Cate entertained the
Nashville Club at tea, assisted by Lavalette (Sloan) Tuck-
er, Annie Lee Crowell, and her daughters, Anna Marie and
Betty Bruce. The guests included: Cecilia and Genevieve
Baird, Eudora (Campbell) Haney, Annie Lee Crowell,
Elizabeth (Dickson) Steele, Olive Graves, Mary Frances
(Hale) Stringe, Suzanne Smith, Georgia (Weaver) Wig-
ginton, India (Jones) Mizell, and Ella (Smith) Haynes,
of Brentwood, and Margaret (Leech) Cook, from Dick-
son, Tenn.

Memphis: Margaret (Smith) Lyon entertained the
Memphis Club at tea at her home, and the alumnae lis-
tened to the broadcast in their own homes later in the day.

Texas

Waco: One lone alumna in Texas heard the broadcast
over her radio and writes back that it came in mighty
clear and strong out by the lake where she went with her
automobile to listen in. Lulu Ames and her car, David
Peter, staged their own private Founder's Day celebration.

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Alumnae Elected to Phi Beta Kappa
Announcement of alumnae elections
to Agnes Scott's chapter of Phi Beta
Kappa were made March 5th by Dr.
J. R. McCain, newly elected president
of the Beta chapter.

Daisy Frances Smith, '24; Cora
(Morton) Durrett, '24; Margaret
Phythian, '17; and Mary Hemphill
Greene, '24, are the newly elected
members.

New officers elected at the meeting
March 8 include: Dr. J. R. McCain,
president; Dr. Emma May Laney,
vice-president; Dr. Muriel Harn, sec-
retary; and Philippa Gilchrist, '23,
treasurer. Dean S. G. Stukes was
elected member of the executive coun-
cil.

Daisy Frances Smith was an assist-
ant in English and History at Agnes
Scott following her graduation. She
did graduate work in history at the
University of Pennsylvania, and re-
ceived her Masters' from there. She
taught history at Andrew College in
Cuthbert, Ga., and at Peace College
in Raleigh, N. C. She has been prin-
cipal of Decatur Girls' High School
since 1932. Daisy Frances was a mem-
ber of HOASC, Agnes Scott honorary
fraternity, during her student career,
and is immediate past president of the
Agnes Scott Alumnae Association.

Cora Frazer (Morton) Durrett
taught mathematics and physics at
Agnes Scott before her marriage. She
has done graduate work at the Uni-
versity of Chicago. Cora is a past
president of the Alumnae Association,
and is prominently identified with the
cultural and social life of Atlanta.

Margaret Phythian, after her grad-
uation from Agnes Scott, won her
Masters' at the University of Cincin-
nati and returned to the college to
teach French. During her years as a
professor here she used her sabbatical
years to study at the Sorbonne in
France. In 1936 Margaret was award-
ed a fellowship by the Rockefeller
Foundation and studied for two years
at the University of Grenoble in
France. She was graduated last June
with the degree "Docteur de L'Uni-
versite," with highest honors. Her
thesis, "French Alps in Contemporary

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Novelists," was published through a
grant from the Rockefeller Founda-
tion and has received favorable re-
views in France and America.

Mary Hemphill Greene is a profes-
sor of English at East Carolina Teach-
ers College in Greenville, S. C. Mary
received her Masters' from Columbia
University in 1928. She was a mem-
ber of HOASC, Agnes Scott honorary
fraternity, while on the campus.

This quota of alumnae members
will be initiated with the members of
the senior class who are elected in
June, at ceremonies taking place on
Saturday, June 3.

The Cover Designs
Leone (Bowers) Hamilton

To recall the ideals for which our
college stands seems fitting as we are
about to make a resume of the past
fifty years of accomplishment in the
school history. This has been done
graphically through displaying on the
Quarterly covers this year the seals
which embody such sentiments and
which are in use now.

On the November, 193 8, cover was
used a design which is adapted from
the architectural embossment above
the doors of Buttrick Hall, and which
is now used as a book plate in the
Agnes Scott library. On this seal are
the following symbols: A torch, sig-
nificant of education, on an open
book, representing the Gospel news,
which has inserted through its pages
the keys of knowledge. This whole is
on a shield which is expressive of
faith. At the sides of this shield are
wings of aspiration fastened to the
rod of power.

The January, 193 9, number carried
the Agnes Scott seal with which all
of us are familiar. In a circle, repre-
senting eternity, are placed a star,
which means guidance by the Creator;
an open Bible, illuminated by the star's
rays, bespeaks Christian Education and
the definite motto, II Peter 1:5, "Add
to your faith, virtue; and to virtue,
knowledge."

The April number carries the sym-
bol now in use for the Fiftieth Com-
mencement anniversary. A star, de-
noting divine guidance, illuminates a
torch of education, placed on the gos-

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pel of wisdom which is borne up on
the wings of aspiration.

The July issue will have an emblem
taken from above the fireplace in the
library. This design is heraldic in
form, being placed on a shield, and
enhanced by a mantle covering. At
the top a star, denoting divine guid-
ance, in a circle indicative of contin-
uity, shines down upon the open book
of Christian Education placed on a
shield, showing tranquillity. The
whole rests on a scroll declaring proph-
ecy on which is inscribed the school
motto, II Peter 1:5: "In fide vestra
virtutem, in virtute autem scientiam."
May Day Is May Night Again!

Agnes Scott's annual May Day fes-
tival will be given on Friday night,
May 5, at seven-thirty o'clock in the
May Day Dell. The committee has
selected for the scenario an adapta-
tion of "Orpheus and Eurydice," by
Eleanor Hutchens, '40. Adelaide Ben-
son, of Jacksonville, Fla., is to rule
over the festival as May Queen. The
May Court includes: Julia Porter, of
Covington, Ga.; Marian Franklin, of
Swainsboro, Ga.; Martha Marshall,
(daughter of Mattie (Hunter) Mar-
shall, '10), of Americus, Ga.; Aileen
Shortley, of Columbia, Tenn.; Jane
Moore Hamilton, of Dalton, Ga.;
Kay Toole, of Llewellyn, Pa.; Jane
Taylor, of Baton Rouge, La.; Ella
Muzzey, of Paterson, N. J.; Amelia
Nickels and Martha Dunn, of Deca-
tur; Carolyn Alley, of Dalton; Val
Neilson, of Evergreen, Ala.; and Anne
Chambless and Jean Dennison, of At-
lanta. The production is under the
direction of Eugenie Dozier, '27,
Llewellyn Wilburn, '19, and Mrs.
Adolphe Lapp, all of the Physical
Education Department. Gluck's music
for the score of "Orpheus" will be
used for the dances.
Blackfriars "Dream of An August Night"

Blackfriars gave a translation of
Martinez Sierra's "Dream of an Aug-
ust Night" for their performance fol-
lowing the Junior Banquet on Feb. 18,
and it was as entertaining a play as
we have witnessed in some time. Eve-
lyn Baty, a member of the Junior
class, translated the play from the
original Spanish.

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15

Thanks to Our Contributors

The editors of the Alumnae Quar-
terly are very much indebted to our
authors, poet, and artist who have
contributed to this issue and we wish
to express our appreciation of their
willingness to help in making of this
April issue a very worthwhile volume.

To Lucile Alexander, '11, our
thanks go for the use of her talk
made over the radio early in the fall
and which we felt was a perfect ex-
pression of the liberal arts college's
purpose in the educational world.

Penelope (Brown) Barnett,
'32, as general chairman of the 50th
commencement plans, has given us
for this Quarterly a very full and in-
teresting account of the events of the
week of June 2nd - June 6th, and has
extended a warm welcome from her
committee to all of you. We acknowl-
edge with gratitude not only Pene-
lope's article but her magnificent work
in planning for this occasion.

Letitia (Rockmore) Lange, '33,
in her article, "Bylines of Our Alum-
nae," shows through outstanding
achievements of alumnae that fifty
years of Agnes Scott history has not
been "water over the dam" but that
this college through its alumnae is
touching practically every worthwhile
enterprise in life today. Her ability
as a newspaper woman and a writer
of magazine articles makes Letitia
eminently fitted for the writing of
such an article and we know we ex-
press your thanks as well as ours for it.

We have counted heavily for some
years on the artistic ability of Leone
(Borers) Hamilton, '26, for help
in cover designing, title headings, etc.,
and this issue carries another of her
designs for which we say again,
"Thank you, Leone." We asked her
to write about the meaning of the
three seals which have been used on
the three issues of this year and the
one to be used in July and we know
you will enjoy reading that explana-
tion which refreshes your memory
about one or two and probably brings
you new information about the others.

And we know you have enjoyed the
delightful verses which accompanied
the double page of pictures. Janef
Preston, '21, whose ability as a poet
is so well known to you and to the
public, was kind enough to allow us
to make use of that talent for the
clever rhyming about the past and
present at Agnes Scott. Since the en-
tire effect of these pages depended on
these, our thanks can hardly be ex-
pressed to Janef for her choice of
those two lines of Tennyson as the

perfect heading and then for her
verses. Virginia Prettyman, '34, ac-
cording to Janef, added a spicy touch
here and there and we appreciate it
very much.

As for our four writers who wrote
to urge you of varying years at Agnes
Scott to come back to commencement
we want you to know that you have
just the personal touch which we all
want in an invitation and personally
we do not see how anv of the alum-
nae of your years could turn deaf
ears! Thanks so very much to Emily
(dlvver) moorer, helen (brovn)
Webb, Araminta (Edwards) Pate,
and Lulu Ames.

"Agnes Scott News"

After several years of discussion and
contemplation, the student body has
finally done something about the name
of the college newspaper, the Agonis-
tic. From now on it will be published
under the name of "Agnes Scott
News," which cannot possibly be mis-
read or misunderstood as was the old
name, the Agonistic. Seventy-five
names were submitted by contestants,
and the name to be used was selected
from them by a faculty-student com-
mittee and adopted by the student
body.

Phi Beta Kappa Elects Five Seniors

Winter quarter Phi Beta Kappa
elections were announced on January
21 at a chapel service at which Dr.
McCain presided and Dr. J. McDowell
Richards, president of Columbia
Seminary, spoke. The new members
who were initiated at a banquet on
Saturday evening include: Marie Mer-
ritt, of Clarksdale, Miss.; Lou Pate,
Newbern, Tenn.; Mary Ellen Whet-
sell, of Columbia, S. C; Sarah Thur-
man, of Atlanta; and Cora Kay
Hutchins, of Atlanta.

Students Get New Radio-Victrola

As a result of a student vote Stu-
dent Government and Christian Asso-
ciation matched student donations dol-
lar for dollar and purchased a new
RCA victrola-radio combination for
the Murphey Candler Building. The
machine was installed the last of Jan-
uary and since that date the girls have
worn a half inch off the linoleum
dancing to the new records that came
with the machine.
Pi Alpha Delegates Attend Convention

For the first time in the history of
the debating club. Pi Alpha Phi sent
delegates to participate in the three
dav debating tournament sponsored
by the Southern Association of Teach-
ers of Speech March 27-30 in Baton
Rouge, La. Margaret Hopkins, presi-

dent of "he debating club, and winner
of the Quennelle Harrold debating
trcphy, and Edith Merlin represented
Agnes Scott and took the negative
side of the question: "Resolved: That
the Democratic nations should form
an alliance to preserve Democracy."
On March 30 the debaters left for
New Orleans, where they debated a
Sophie Newcomb team, while a visit-
ing team was debating Mary Frances
Guthrie and Arlene Steinbach at
Agnes Scott.

Faculty News

Dr. J. R. McCain represented Agnes
Scott at the launching of a campaign
by Wesleyan College in Macon to se-
cure sufficient funds to buy back the
Wesleyan College Plant, which had
gone into the hands of the receivers.
Dr. McCain addressed the educators
present on the value of a Christian
liberal arts college for women.

Dean S. G. Stukes represented the
college at the annual meeting of the
Association of American Colleges at
Louisville, Ky., in January. Mr. Stukes
is a member of the Association's com-
mittee which examines and accredits
high schools.

Miss Emma Miller has been spend-
ing the winter in Toronto, Canada,
and her address is Apt. 1-A, 40 Hazel-
ton Ave. She will live in Bradford,
Ontario, this summer.

Miss Louise McKinney and Dr. Mary
Sweet spent the months of February
and March in Clearwater, Florida, get-
ting a sun tan. To quote Miss Mc-
Kinney, "I am trying to get baked,
but so far I just look undone!"

Miss Emma May Laney addressed
the Georgia English Council at a
meeting in the Commercial High
School auditorium on March 24, on
the subject, "Contemporary Poets and
the South."

Miss Lillian Smith is enjoying life
immensely in Miami. Her brother-in-
law and niece are doing a great deal
of entertaining, which Miss Smith
seems to enjoy very much. Miss
Smith is planning to return to the
college for the Commencement cele-
bration, and we are all looking for-
ward to seeing her then.

Agnes Scott had four representa-
tives at the meeting of the American
Association for the Advancement of
Science and Associated Societies which
met in Richmond, Va., during spring
vacation. Frances McCalla, '3 5, and
Jeanne Matthews, '3 8, were the alum-
nae attending. Dr. Ernest Runyon
and Dr. Henry A. Robinson repre-
sented the biology and math depart-
ments.

'NOT IN VAIN THE DISTANCE BEACONS. FORW

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LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN FOREVER DOWN '!.

Awe-inspiring upperclassmen
Still the timid freshmen greet:
Hand-clasps are as warm as ever
Time has (chiefly? ')' changed the feet!

Ever full of fighting spirit,
Never doing things by halves,
Athletes triumph over custom:
Scrap the bloomers, flash the calves.

Editors are wise and witty.
Like all editors of yore,
Though no longer do " ground-gr,
Resolutely grip the floor.

Studious girls are lured a moment
By the Tea Room's savory odors ;
Gone the half-day railroad )ourneys\\
For ecstatic ice-cream sodas!

Shingles, pompadours, or ringlets
("Upward sweep" 's the current story):
Time, the jester, wields his scepter
Over Agnes' "crowning glory."

Former heroes boomed and swoM
Donned mustache or bearded ch,:
Present heroines are lucky:
Now the men are genuine.

FORWARD LET US RANGE;
MGING GROOVES OF CHANGE.

Tennyson.

Every inch a lofty senior,

Dignity's epitome,

Though without that whale-bone collar,

She's not what she used to be.'

Rose buds of the eighteen-nineties
Learned what ladies should beware:
No "oral comprehensives" formed their
Intellectual bill of fare.

Pinafored, accordion-pleated,
Kerchiefed, oh, 'tis very plain
All the passing generations
Sit upon the steps of Main.'

Home Coming Commencement

1889-1939

June 2nd ~ ^ June 6th

Reunion Classes of 1939 according to the Dix plan:

'04, '05, '06, '07, '23, '24, '25, '26, '38.

Classes celebrating "milestone" years:

'93, oldest graduating class '14, 25th reunion year

'94, 45th reunion year '19, 20th reunion year

'99, 40th reunion year '24, 15th reunion year

'04, 3 5th reunion year '29, 10th reunion year

'09, 30th reunion year '34, 5 th reunion year

And, if you are not of any of these classes, you belong to the great CLASS AT LARGE which com-
prises every alumna who can make it back here for commencement.

Qommencement Program-,

June 2nd Decatur Club Children's Party at 4:00 P. M.

June 3rd Trustees Luncheon at 1 :00 P. M. Rebekah Scott dining room.

Speaker, Mary Knight, '22, Author of "On My Own."
General Alumnae Association Annual Meeting. This meeting is to be held at the

table immediately following the luncheon and will be brief, as all reports are condensed

into one report made by the president.
Phi Beta Kappa Banquet, 6:30 P. M., in Alumnae House.
"The Gondoliers," given by the Glee Club, Mr. Lewis Johnston, directing, at 8:30 P. M.

in the Bucher Scott Auditorium.

June 4th Baccalaureate Service, 11:00 A. M., Bucher Scott Auditorium.

Speaker, Dr. E. C. Colwell, Dean of the Divinity School of University of Chicago.
The Dean's After-Luncheon Coffee in Murphey Candler, 2:30 P. M.
Service of Remembrance, 4:00 P. M. This hour is in honor of the founders, trustees,

and faculty of Agnes Scott who have passed on and whose memory we cherish.
Open House, 6:30 P. M., Alumnae Garden.

June 5th Reunion Luncheons. Alumnae House. 50 cents. 1:00 P. M.
Class Day, 4:30 P. M.
1938 Reunion Dinner, 6:30 P. M.

"Bridal Chorus," by Roberta Winter, '27, given under the direction of Miss Gooch and
Carrie Phinney Latimer, '36, with alumnae in all feminine roles. 8:30 P. M.

June 6th Commencement Exercises, 10:00 A. M. Bucher Scott Auditorium.
Speaker, Dr. Mary Woolley, Mt. Holyoke College,

P. S. Like all women, we close with a P. S. ! Write your friends, begin planning, make your
reservation with the Alumnae Office or your class secretary or president, pack your suitcase and
COME!

When you arrive, go to Main or to the Alumnae House where registration tables will be. You
will be placed in one of the cottages with the girls whom you know, (don't forget to bring your
linen), and told about tables in the dining room if you wish to eat there; alumnae will be on hand
to welcome you and to help you get settled. Rooms are free, of course, as are meals, unless you wish
to enjoy late breakfasts and chummy little luncheons and teas and dinners which you get up your-
selves in the Tea Room in the Alumnae House, where prices are most reasonable.

And because we know we should wonder, "What shall I take to wear?" the suggestion is street
clothes mainly, probably one dress for afternoon and evening affairs, no need for dinner clothes, ex-
cept for Phi Beta banquet.

And, if there are any questions, write the Alumnae Office and we'll be delighted to answer any
and all, and we hope we are swamped with letters.

HTo Wy Collie

They take so much! the little thieving years

So soon the bright glance dims. The fresh, young curve

Of brmv and cheek, grows blurred. In vain with tears

We seek the happy gods tve used to serve.

I had forgot that here Spring has no end,

That all the lost heart bitterly had knelled

Is waiting at the shady pathway's bend

Where laughter is safe kept and beauty held.

The tall trees lean above the grass they love,

The tvalls stand warm and red with sun.

The tower points the blue deep sky above

And marks a close where youth is never done.
Ah, time, stop here! This is a happy place
Where memory can keep a -morning face.

Carolina (McCall) Chapin, '27.

This winning poem of the Semi-Centennial Poetry Contest, of
which Dorothy (Hutton) Mount, '29, was chairman, was submit-
ted by Carolina (McCall) Chapin, '27. The final judges of this
contest were Joseph Auslander and Louis Untermeyer.

^able of (Contents

"To My College" Frontispiece

Carolina (McCall) Chapin, '27

Commencement Pictures 2

Commencement Address 3

Dr. Mary E. Woolley, Mt. Holyoke College

Agnes Scott's Birthday Cake (Picture) J

"Memory Lingers On" 6

Engagements and Marriages 10

Annual Reports 11

Campus Ncu's and Office Notes 18

Concerning Onrselces 22

Report of the Poetry Contest Committee 3 3

Dorothy (Hutton) Mount

INTERESTING SNAPSHOTS

AT THE

GOLDEN JUBILEE

A group of the first boarding de-
partment at Agnes Scott back for
their college's 50th Commencement

The "Gay Nineties," including the first thm
graduates of Agnes Scott

The bust of Miss Hopkins, unveiled at

the Service of Remembrance during

Commencement by her great nieces,

Eleanor and Eva Calley

Class of '23 on the steps of the Alumnae House

Classes of '03 and '04

Commencement Address

k.

Dr. Mary E. Woolley, Mt. Holyoke College

It is an honor which is mine this morning, that of bring-
ing to you the congratulations, the good wishes of hosts
of college women, graduates and undergraduates. They
would, I know, have me congratulate you on the accom-
plishments of these fifty years, the material achievements
represented in this beautiful campus. They would also con-
gratulate you on the devoted service of a half century, the
lives so interwoven with the history of this institution that
it is impossible to think of the one without the other; your
two great presidents; the woman who for almost fifty
years gave to this college a power of personality rarely
realized; the family whose name the college bears; the
trustees, faculty and administrative officers to whom you
are indebted for the successful accomplishment of that
most difficult of tasks, the development of an institution
from school to college. Of all the gifts which your fairy
godmother has bestowed upon you, none is comparable
with the human wealth which has been yours. May it con-
tinue for the fifty years to come!

It has been my happy fortune to be present at several
birthdays of colleges for women during these last years
and always I have felt the lure of the past, felt it, in the
more superficial sense of charm of quaint costumes and
quaint customs, felt it even more in the deeper things
which make the institution. Many characteristics of this
college impressed me as I studied and thought about it;
there are two that seem to me outstanding. The first is
courage. Take as an illustration the financial hurdles
which it has faced, which it may still be facing, since it is
a college for women! Perhaps my long experience as a
college executive makes me peculiarly sensitive to state-
ments such as: "Until 1910 the institution had no endow-
ment, but was entirely dependent upon income from stu-
dents." "The Institute continued to have annual deficien-
cies, and also felt the pressing need of more land and build-
ings; ..." "But words cannot describe the anxiety, the
care, the responsibility, the constant efforts to economize,
the dismay when making reports of deficiencies, the plan-
ning from session to session, while with all he could do
the President saw debt piling up." "Education for women
was not then appreciated; ..." "It was no easy task to
grow from a grammar grade school to the level of a col-
lege. This process of discontinuing each year the lowest
grade and adding a higher one at the top was very disheart-
ening to some of the students who were in attendance at
that period." Being a senior "for four consecutive years
without being able to graduate" seems to me to justify the
application of "dauntless" to the student body as well as
to the administration!

The driving power behind this dauntless spirit was
idealism. I wonder whether there can be courage of the
highest type without idealism, or the application of ideal-
ism to life without courage. In other words, it takes cour-
age to be idealistic. One of the first things that this col-
lege did after it developed into an Institution was to form-
ulate an ideal, and during the years since that day it has
been trying to make it a reality. I probably do not need
to remind the alumnae and close friends of the college of

what that ideal consists: a liberal curriculum; a high
standard of scholarship; "all the influences of the college
conducive to the formation and development of Christian
character." For this service to us all I bring the gratitude
of the academic world to Agnes Scott College.

During the last half century, the college has often asked
for gifts; if it had not asked and received we would not
be here today enjoying this celebration. It is sometimes
forgotten that for a half century it has also been a giver of
gifts, gifts infinitely greater than any that it has re-
ceived, generous as those have been. It is not because it
has received but because it has given that the educational
world honors this institution. And what it has to give is
peculiarly needed today.

President Gaines had "become interested in Christian
education, had been impressed with its great possibilities
for good," so he tells us in "The Story of Agnes Scott
College." I wonder whether even he fully appreciated the
possibilities for good of Christian education?

It seems hardly fair at a "fiesta" like this to throw a
shadow but I wonder whether we can fully appreciate the
need of these possibilities for good in the immediate future
unless we have also in mind the possibilities for that which
is not good. Those of us living near the New York World's
Fair have been reminded more than once of the Bill of
Rights, the right to "life, liberty and the pursuit of hap-
piness." Today is striking a blow at that human right.

The right to life. What is happening is something so
incredible that it is impossible perhaps mercifully impos-
sible for the human mind to grasp it. Wholesale massa-
cre of those whose only crime is that they are in the path-
way of the monster, which we call "power politics." China,
Ethiopia, Germany, Austria, Spain, the Jewish race, bear
incredible testimony to the barbarism just beneath the
veneer of what we are pleased to call "Civilization."

The right to liberty. That has no meaning in the phrase-
ology of the dictator. Some day the books will be opened,
the lips unsealed, and the world will know the tragedy
not only among the victims of concentration camps and
prisons, but among the nominally free citizens of those
states where "everything that is not forbidden is compul-
sory." Freedom of religion; freedom of speech; freedom of
the press; freedom of assembly we, happily citizens of
the United States, take them for granted. To be deprived
of freedom would mean to our mental and spiritual selves
what being deprived of air to breathe would mean to our
physical selves.

The right to the pursuit of happiness. Happiness! What
a sardonic ring that word must have in the ears of millions
of human beings in this year of our Lord, 1939. For them
there is nothing left save stark endurance, endurance to
the breaking point.

There is something very disquieting in this projection
of a Declaration of Rights of the 18th Century against a
background of the 20th Century. An age of progress, the
development of civilization? I wonder! Progress, if meas-
ured in terms of flight through the air and under the sea;
of mechanical ingenuity and devices for speed and com-
fort. But what about the development of the all-round

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human being? Are we in danger of substituting the ideal
of the robot for that of the full-grown man?

A second fundamental of human living, at which a blow
is being struck today is honor, as represented in the sanc-
tity of the pledged word. "When faith is lost, when honor
dies, the man is dead." "When honor dies, the nation is
dead." In a day of tragedy, no tragedy is comparable with
the loss of faith in the pledged word, disregard of the sanc-
tity of treaties. Disregard of the sanctity of treaties is the
child of "power politics"; the lust for power will brook
nothing in the way of attainment of its end. A recent
editorial compares "the pledge with the performance," in
the case of the Nazi government. The pledge: "After the
solution of the question of the Saar the German govern-
ment is willing and determined to accept in its innermost
soul the Pact of Locarno." (January 30, 1934.) The per-
formance: On March 7, 1936, Germany remilitarized the
Rhineland zone in violation of the Pact of Locarno. The
pledge: "Germany has neither the wish nor the intention
to mix in internal Austrian affairs, or to annex or unite
with Austria." (May 21, 1935.) The performance: On
March 12, 193 8, Germany annexed Austria. The pledge:
"I repeat here that if this problem (concerning the Sude-
ten area for Czecho-Slovakia) is solved, there will be no
further territorial problems in Europe for Germany." (Sep-
tember 26, 1938.) The performance: On March 14, 1939,
German troops drove into what remained of Czecho-Slo-
vakia and annexed it. One week later Germany annexed
Memel.

In less than a score of years after the "Nine Power
Treaty," Japan ruthlessly tore to pieces that "scrap of
paper"; in less than ten years after signing the Paris Pact,
Italy wantonly invaded Ethiopia. "What doth it profit a
nation if it gain the whole world and lose its own soul?"
In very truth, "unless there is faith there can be no hu-
man relations."

We might as well confess that it is not easy for human
beings to live together, not easy in our own homes; in our
social groups; in our business relations; even in our own
churches. The minute human beings are brought together
in groups, there begin to be problems of adjustment. And
the very progress of the age in which we live has intensi-
fied, made more acute, these problems. In the first place,
we are neighbors, the world around. And being neighbors
brings with it the necessity of being "good neighbors."

Again, the effacing of frontiers has increased the strug-
gle for a livelihood, there are no longer the broad reaches
in which to "spill over." Mechanical devices, machinery,
mass production, mass distribution, have forced upon la-
bor a new adjustment. Competition has become more keen,
the struggle of the individual to find a place for himself,
more of a problem. The increase in the tempo of living,
the speeding up of life, has "speeded up" the difficulty of
living. The world has become a harder world in which to
live, less poised, less reflective, more "on edge." In other
words, the human problem has become the problem of the
day in the home, in the community, in the nation, in the
world.

It is against such a background that education the edu-
cation of women, in this case has its opportunity. This
problem of learning how to live together is a challenge to
the trained mind. An age in which the impossible in the
scentific world has become a commonplace, is not the age
in which to say that human mentality is unequal to the
solution of economic, political and social problems. There
must be a "way out" all along the line! A way out of

the contradiction of overproduction and multitudes starv-
ing; a way out of the economic difficulties at the basis of
conflicts among the nations; a way out of racial antag-
onisms. Immensely difficult problems, but so were the
problems faced and solved by the Edisons and Marconis,
the Curies and the Einsteins, the hosts of scientists work-
ing miracles in the laboratories of the world. We take the
incredible for granted every day; sit at home and listen
to voices from the other side of the globe with as great
ease as if they came from the other side of the room; read
nonchalantly of voyages through the air in hours which in
the time of our grandparents took months and even years.
"Alladin's Lamp" and "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under
the Sea" have no thrills for the child of today! The story
teller of the Arabian Nights and Jules Verne are tame
compared with what he accepts as a commonplace.

"The Old Savage in the New Civilization." Hitler is
an outstanding example of this anomaly; priding himself
on the advance in Germany along mechanical lines, great
new buildings, broad motor roads, fast flying planes; and
in his attitude toward human relations, reverting to primi-
tive savagery. Would that the Nazi dictator were the only
illustration! We find a strange contradiction all along the
way, intelligent at least seemingly intelligent men and
women, priding themselves on their up-to-dateness, and
yet taking their cue with regard to the most important
question which faces the modern world, that is, the ques-
tion how human beings shall live together, from the days
of tribal warfare. Not so modern as to be even mid-Vic-
torian or pre-Colonial in their outlook!

There is a curious attitude prevalent, the attitude that
because problems in the economic, the political, the social
world are difficult, they are therefore insoluble! Suppose
that attitude had prevailed in the scientific laboratory-
If it had, we would be back in the horse and buggy age,
reading by the kerosene student lamp. Rather, we would
be traveling by the ox team and perusing our month-old
or year-old news by the aid of the tallow-dip! There is
nothing more difficult to understand than the mentality
which boasts of the progress made in the mechanical world
but fails to see any hope of progress in the political and
social world.

At this point, the w r orld problem becomes the responsi-
bility of the undergraduate. How are you preparing your-
self to meet it, preparing yourself in the classroom, in your
study of economics and political science and international
relations; in your acquirement of facility in languages
other than your own; in history and literature and art
the contributions of the nations to the culture of the
world, our common heritage? To what end? You will not
all be diplomats, that goes without saying but many
of you will have a chance to help in the training of diplo-
mats and government officials, in the home and school
and club and church; you all may and should have a part
in shaping public opinion, in directing the course of our
policy as a nation. The citizens of this republic have not
yet begun to realize the responsibility which rests upon
them as individuals, as well as members of groups. Sup-
pose nearly twenty years ago individual citizens had been
informed intelligently with regard to the significance of
the United States joining the League of Nations. Would
the action of the Senate have been what it was? By no
means! If we had not left an empty chair at that confer-
ence table of the nations, the world tragedy of today
would never have come!

This college is based upon the ideal of an institution of

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learning; it is also based upon the ideal of a Christian Col-
lege. Its Magna Charta includes: "the Bible a textbook";
"thoroughly consecrated as well as qualified teachers"; "all
the influences of the college conducive to the formation
and development of Christian character"; "the glory of
God the chief end of all."

There is nothing more significant or more encouraging
in this troubled day than the emphasis upon its need of
the spiritual.

Listen for a moment to what was said at the opening
of the Temple of Religion at The World of Tomorrow by
the president of the Temple, the president of the World's
Fair Corporation, the president of the Synagogue Council
of America, the administrator of the Catholic Archdiocese
of New York, the general secretary of the Greater New
York Federation of Churches:

"Here is a reminder that 'man shall not live by bread
alone'."

"The New York World's Fair needed this temple of
religion to round out the story of man's past and to fore-
tell the possibilities of his future."

"Religion must not divide. It must unite. Here in this
Temple of Religion, men and women of differing creeds,
but of one religious spirit, shall meet in full, free, frank
fellowship of the spirit, renouncing racialism, learning to
love the Lord our God with all our soul and all our mind,
and learning to love our neighbors as ourselves."

"The whole world struggle in all its forms today is of

one essence, namely, the striving of man's ego with Al-
mighty God the conflict between selfishness and love
the tension between man's pride and God's constraint for
brotherhood. We are called upon, not so much to dedicate
a building, as to rededicate our lives."

"May it happily and speedily come to pass that all men
recognize religion as due homage to Thee, and the clear
guarantee of their freedom."

"I am convinced that the greatest safeguard of democ-
racy is a sincere recognition by its people of the eternal
truths on which all true religion is based," said the Gov-
ernor of New York, and the Mayor of New York City
added:

"Outside we look forward. In this temple one looks
backward for inspiration. There is nothing science can do
to improve on the Ten Commandments or the Sermon on
the Mount. That sermon might well be the guide for those
who have the destiny of millions of people in their hands.
Let us hope that the teaching of Him who has been an
inspiration for 2,000 years may soon come to realization."

It is a difficult world which we of this generation hand
on to you of the next, but knowing young people I am
confident that the very difficulty will be a stimulus. You
have a problem to solve exceeding in importance any prob-
lem ever faced in the history of the world, to prove that
man is not born "a brute to sink i' the scale."

May you have the high idealism, the dauntless courage
characteristic of this college for your task.

Agnes Scott's Birthday Cake

Reading from left to right: Dr. McCain, Cary Wheeler, president of
the Senior Class, and Mr. Winship, chairman of the Board of Trustees.

This beautiful cake, which was the gift of Isabel (Leonard) Spearman, ex-'29, was the centerpiece of the speakers'
table and was greatly admired by all who were present at the Trustees Luncheon. The cake was taken to the Alumnae
House for the remainder of the week-end and was enjoyed at the many events which were held there. The thanks of
the Alumnae Association and the College are Isabel's for not only giving this cake but for her thoughtful planning of
the decorations to include this perfect symbol of the occasion.

(I

oTifCemory Lingers On"

The Golden Jubilee Commencement is a memory now
but a glorious one for all of the alumnae who came back
this June and we want to share a little of it with those
who regretfully wrote that they could not be here. But
when we try to capture some of the thrill of those days
now in the quiet of after-Commencement days, we know
we can never do it justice. But because we know you
want to know who was here, what they did, and what
they said, we will make a poor effort, wishing we dared
steal the movie words "stupendous, colossal, magnifi-
cent!"

After a week of rain which had the campus worried,
the weather was perfect from Friday until the last "old
girl" departed. Sunshine, a cool breeze most of the time,
a full moon for late evenings, the campus in perfect sum-
mer attire, with magnolia trees loaded with white blooms
shedding their "southern" perfume over all. The Alum-
nae House and Garden had been put in "apple-pie" order
and wide swung the gates to welcome all alumnae home
again on June 2nd. Four hundred and sixty-five alumnae
registered during the week-end and about a hundred of
these stayed in dormitory rooms and in the Alumnae
House. Others visited friends in Atlanta and Decatur and
the rest were local alumnae. From the "Gay Nineties" to
the '3 8 class, they were here.

The full program of Commencement, as published in
the April Quarterly, was carried out in smooth and en-
joyable performance with the aid of willing and efficient
alumnae committees. Badges were given all alumnae on
registration and beautiful souvenir programs which were
the gift of the College, carrying the winning poem by
Carolina (McCall) Chapin, '27, the events, the commit-
tees, with Main Tower, of course, on the title page.

Since the Trustees Luncheon is always the outstanding
event, we'll take that up first. Four hundred and sixty
were served that day with a delicious luncheon and our
thanks go to the two dietitians, Miss Harriss and Miss Mc-
Elreath, for the efficient manner in which this tremen-
dous undertaking was handled. All but about one hun-
dred and twenty-five were seated in Rebekah Dining
Room and these were served buffet on the porches of
Rebekah and in the lobby. Mary Lamar Knight, '22, came
down from New York City to be the speaker on this occa-
sion and we give lots of the credit for this unusual crowd
at this luncheon to the pleasure of her many friends in
having her back again and in hearing her speak of her
experiences.

Sunday evening in the Alumnae Garden was the time
and the setting of our other large social event, when four
hundred guests, including alumnae, faculty, and seniors,
and friends of each of these groups were invited to enjoy
a buffet supper, which was worth all the planning and
labor of the Entertainment Committee as they basked in
the compliments which were showered on them for the
beauty and the "goodness" of this supper.

And on Monday the Alumnae House rang with the
voices and laughter of all reunioners from noon until late
at night and the only thing we wished for was a dicta-
phone! My, what a Quarterly we could have gotten out
if we could have taken down all that was said at those
tables! A committee of alumnae arranged the table deco-
rations and saw to the accommodating of the host who

came back and if at the last minute two or three more
chairs had to be squeezed at a table, who cared? Just all
the better for close conversation.

The Saturday performance of "The Gondoliers" under
Mr. Johnson's direction and with Evelyn Wall as accom-
panist and the Monday performance of "The Bridal
Chorus" under the direction of Miss Gooch, with Carrie
Phinney Latimer assisting and also starring in the heroine's
role, were highlights of the week-end and enjoyed by the
alumnae guests especially. The cast of the play was made
up of, alumnae in all feminine roles, with alumnae in the
many needed places for the production. Alice McCallie,
Elizabeth Cousins, Ruth Moore, Marie Stalker, Kitty Print-
up were good examples of how alumnae Blackfriars con-
tinue their interest and ability in acting, and thanks to
Carrie Phinney for her star role performance. Our deepest
thanks are Miss Gooch's for her guidance and direction in
the strenuous weeks of practice. And to Mr. Johnson and
to Evelyn Wall are due great appreciation for their con-
tribution to the week-end program.

We are not even touching on the speakers for Bacca-
laureate and for Commencement, splendid as they were,
for we know that alumnae want to know all the alumnae
entertainment details and these two fine speakers belong
really to the College, although they added immeasurably
to the perfection of the program offered.

And to alumnae, one of the unforgettable hours was the
Service of Remembrance on Sunday afternoon, when in
the chapel the college community and the alumnae and
families and friends of the deceased gathered to pay tribute
to their lives and service. With Mr. Dieckmann's prelude
on the organ the service opened. A harp solo by Olive
Mai Rives and a solo by Frances Gilhland Stukes were the
two musical offerings of the program; Llewellyn Wilburn
paid the tribute to those who have labored and passed on
and spoke of the triumph of such lives as theirs reflected
in generations of young women. Dr. McCain presented
the bust of Miss Hopkins which was unveiled by Eleanor
Calley and Eva Calley, the two great nieces of Miss Hop-
kins.

Briefly, these are the events but we could fill pages
and pages with the "off-the-record" events, the happy
meetings, the "far-into-the-night" sessions of alumnae, the
informal breakfasts and little teas, the visiting together
of old friends who had not even expected to see each other
here, the fun and the surprise of alumnae back for the
first time in a long time in the new buildings and new
arrangements of the campus. And from the "Gay Nine-
ties" to the "babies" of 1938, there was an enthusiastic
gladness and joy which needed no other explanation than
that they were back at Agnes Scott.

We could go on forever listing the many, many alum-
nae who gave unstintedly of their time, their strength,
and the ability, not to mention their gifts, to make re-
turning alumnae have a wonderful time, but they are all
to be published in a book by the College in commemora-
tion of the Golden Jubilee. We could thank all the Col-
lege officials, the faculty, the students if space permitted
for everyone contributed to the pleasure of the visitors.
Will each of you who helped know that we mean you from
the bottom of our hearts?

And to you who came back, here's our thanks for lend-

JULY, 1939

ing your presence to this celebration and your evident en-
joyment was high satisfaction to the College. To all who
could not make it back, our deepest regrets that we could
not have you here for this occasion and if you would like
to know more about it, write and ask for any information
you wish.

Below are the names of alumnae registered during the
week-end:

Academy

Susie Johnson, Decatur; Alice Bertha (Hudson) Whita-
ker, Bolton, Ga.; Jean (Robson) Rooney, Decatur; Eliza-
beth (Tuller) Nicolson, Atlanta; and Elma Harwell, At-
lanta.

Institute

Mary (Barnett) Martin, Clinton, S. C; Rena (Bran-
don) Lawson, Hawkinsville, Ga.; Mary (Mack) Ardrey,
Fort Mill, S. C; Mary (Neel) Kendrick, Atlanta; Eilleen
Gober, Marietta, Ga.; Laura (Candler) Wilds, Henderson-
ville, N. C; Grace Hardie, New York City; Louise (Scott)
Sams, Charleston, S. C; May (McKowen) Taylor, Baton
Rouge, La.; Louise (Hurst) Howald, Vidalia, Ga.; Susan
(Young) Eagan, Atlanta; Bess (Young) Brown, Atlanta;
Kate (Logan) Good, Ac worth, Ga.; Emily (Divver)
Moorer, Ninety-Six, S. C; Emma Wesley, Atlanta; Rusha
Wesley, Atlanta; Mary (Jones) Campbell, Atlanta;
Thyrza Askew, Atlanta; Nell Scott Candler, Decatur;
Audrey (Turner) Bennett, Atlanta; Mattie (Duncan)
Johnson, Atlanta; Roba (Goss) Ansley, Decatur; Lois
(Johnson) Aycock, Atlanta; Emily Winn, Chun Ju,
Korea; Ethel (Alexander) Gaines, Decatur, Ga.; Gertrude
Pollard, Atlanta; Mary (Crenshaw) Palmour, College
Park, Ga.; Margaret Cotten, Decatur; Octavia (Aubrey)
Howard, Atlanta; Eudora (Campbell) Haynie, Nashville,
Tenn.; Vashti (Buchanan) McLain, Decatur; Mattie (Til-
ly) McKee, Griffin, Ga.; Anna (Green) Barry, Decatur;
Lucy (Durham) Goss, Decatur; Claude (Candler) Mc-
Kinney, Decatur; Marion Bucher, Decatur; Kathleen
(Kirkpatrick) Daniel, Decatur; Virginia (Butler) Stone,
Atlanta; Caroline (Haygood) Harris, Atlanta; Lulu
Kingsberry, Atlanta; Winifred Quarterman, Waycross,
Ga.; Annie Newton, LaGrange, La.; Carrie (Benson) Veal,
Austell, Ga.; Orra Hopkins, Staunton, Va.; Kate Reagan,
Atlanta; Ella Brice (Morris) Kennedy, Decatur, Ga.; An-
nie (Emery) Flinn, Atlanta; Lucile Alexander, Decatur;
and Katie (Steele) Vickers, Atlanta.

1907

Clyde Pettus, Atlanta, Ga.

1908

Lolah Parham, Atlanta; Jane Hayes Brown, Atlanta;
and Lizzabel Saxon, Atlanta.

1909

Adelaide Nelson, Atlanta, Ga.

1910

Em (Eldridge) Ferguson, Americus, Ga.; Mattie C.
(Hunter) Marshall, Americus, Ga.; Mary Heath (John-
ston) Owen, Elloree, S. C; Eva (Towers) Hendee, De-
catur; Lucy (Johnson) Ozmer, Decatur; Jennie Ander-
son, Decatur; and Lucy (Reagan) Redwine, Fayetteville,
Ga.

1911

Th:odosia (Willingham) Anderson, Atlanta; Adelaide
Cunningham, Atlanta; Gussie (O'Neal) Johnson, Deca-
tur; Florinne (Brown) Arnold, Atlanta; and Sadie
(Gober) Temple, Marietta, Ga.

Julia Pratt (Smith) Slack, Decatur; Hazel (Murphy)
Elder, Marietta; Bernice (Benson) Trimble, Nashville,
Tenn.; and Fannie G. (Mayson) Donaldson, Atlanta.

1913

Lillie (Joiner) Williams, Turbeville, S. C; Sarah (Skin-
ner) Starr, Atlanta; Eleanor (Pinkston) Stokes, Green-
ville, Ga.; Janie McGaughey, Atlanta; Emma Pope (Moss)
Dieckmann, Decatur; Frances (Dukes) Wynne, Miami,
Fla.; Grace (Anderson) Bowers, Decatur; and Allie
(Candler) Guy, Atlanta.

1914

Bertha Adams, Pine Apple, Ala.; Marguerite (Wells)
Bishop, Rutherford, N. J.; Helen (Brown) Webb, Look-
out Mountain, Tenn.; Lott (Blair) Lawton, Washington,
D. O; Essie (Roberts) DuPre, Atlanta; Martha (Rogers)
Noble, Atlanta; Mildred (Holmes) Dickert, Atlanta;
Mary (Brown) Florence, Magnolia, Ark.; Linda (Miller)
Summer, Atlanta; Ruth (McElmurray) Cothran, Atlanta,
and Robina (Gallacher) Hume, Atlanta.

1915

Henrietta (Lambdin) Turner, McDonough, Ga.; Annie
Pope (Bryan) Scott, Decatur; Mary (West) Thatcher,
Miami, Fla.; and Lula (White) Potter, Atlanta.

1916

Maryellen (Harvey) Newton, Decatur; Hallie (Smith)
Walker, Decatur; Margaret Phythian, Decatur; and Grace
Geohegan, Birmingham, Ala.

1917

Jane (Harwell) Rutland, Atlanta; Frances (Thatcher)
Moses, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Mary (Mclver) Luster, Deca-
tur; Georgianna (Whits) Miller, Decatur; Martha Denni-
;on, Atlanta; Mary Spottswood Payne, Lynchburg, Va.;
Augusta (Skeen) Cooper, Atlanta; and Mynelle (Blue)
Grove, Atlanta.

1918

Irene (Havis) Baggett, Atlanta; Julia (Abbott) Neely,
Waynesboro, Ga.; Ruby Lee (Estes) Ware, Tuscumbia,
Ala ; E. Katherine Anderson, Marietta, Ga.; Evamaie
(Willingham) Park, Atlanta; and Margaret (Leyburn)
Foster, Atlanta.

1919

Elizabeth (Dimmock) Bloodworth, Atlanta; Elizabeth
Nicolassen, Atlanta; Almeda Hutcheson, Decatur; Hattie
May (Finney) Glenn, Atlanta; Louise (Felker) Mizell,
Atlanta; Elizabeth (Pruden) Fagan, Rome, Ga.; Llewellyn
Wilburn, Decatur; Lulu (Smith) Westcott, Dalton. Ga.;
Lois (Eve) Rozier, Milton, Fla.; and Mary Brock (Mal-
lard) Reynolds, Charlotte, N. C.

1920

Lois (Mclntyre) Beall, Atlanta; Elizabeth (Reid) Le-
Bey, Atlanta; Louise (Johnson) Blalock, Atlanta; Mar-

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garet (Bland) Sewell, Atlanta; and Gertrude (Manly)
McFarland, Dalton, Ga.

1921

Betty Floding, Atlanta; Anne (Hart) Equen, Atlanta;
Helen (Wayt) Cocks, Louisville, Ky.; Sarah Fulton, De-
catur; Marguerite (Cousins) Holley, Experiment, Ga.;
Thelma Brown, Atlanta; Florence (Jarmulowsky) Scheer,
Eatonton, Ga.; Mariwel (Hanes) Hulsey, Griffin, Ga.;
and Venice (Mayson) Fry, Atlanta.

1922

Sarah (Till) Davis, Fayette, Miss.; Fannie May (Young)
Robinson, Norfolk, Va.; Catherine Wolcott, Griffin, Ga. ;
Jennie (Hall) Lemon, Atlanta; Ivylyn Girardeau, Thom-
aston, Ga.; Alice (Whipple) Lyons, Atlanta; Cama (Bur-
gess) Clarkson, Charlotte, N. C; Eunice (Dean) Major,
Anderson, S. C. ; Dessie (Kuhlke) Ansley, Decatur; and
Helene (Norwood) Lammers, Decatur.

1923

Maybeth (Carnes) Robison, Atlanta; Quenelle (Har-
rold) Sheffield, Americus, Ga.; Louise (Little) Morgan,
Heflin, Ala.; Louise (Brown) Hastings, Decatur; Mildred
McFall, Atlanta; Beth (Flake) Cole, Atlanta; Imogene
Allen, Decatur; Eva (Wassum) Cunningham, Columbia,
S. C; Nannie Campbell, Richmond, Va.; Hilda (McCon-
nell) Adams, Atlanta; Beth (McClure) McGeachy, Mon-
roe, N. C; Viola (Hollis) Oakley, Columbia, Ala; Helen
(Faw) Mull, Cleveland Heights, Ohio; Sarah Belle (Broad-
nax) Hansell, Atlanta; and Philippa Gilchrist, Decatur.

Rebecca (Bivings) Rogers, Atlanta; Frances (Gilliland)
Stukes, Decatur; Daisy Frances Smith, Decatur; Margaret
(McDow) MacDougall, Atlanta; Mary (Mann) Boon,
Atlanta; Margaret (Griffin) Williams, Birmingham; Car-
rie Scandrett, Decatur; Mary Hemphill Greene, Green-
ville, N. O; Janice Brown, Washington, D. O; Lillian
(McAlpine) Butler, Winston-Salem, N. O; Augusta
(Thomas) Lanier, Prattville, Ala.; Cora (Morton) Dur-
rett, Atlanta; Martha (Eakes) Matthews, Decatur; Eliza-
beth (Askew) Patterson, Ripley, Tenn.; and Annie Wilson
Terry, Millbrook, Ala.

1925

Lillian Middlebrooks, East Point, Ga.; Mary Palmer
(Caldwell) McFarland, Atlanta; Elizabeth (Woltz) Cur-
rie, Carthage, N. O; Araminta (Edwards) Pate, Atlanta;
Ruth Drane, Atlanta; Rebekah (Harman) Stewart, At-
lanta; Josephine (Douglas) Harwell, Nashville, Tenn.;
Louise Paine, Atlanta; Emily (Spivey) Simmons, Trion,
Ga.; Clyde Passmore, Decatur; Catherine (Carrier) Robin-
son, Asheville, N. C; Marie Rose, Charlotte, N. O; Mary
(Kessler) Dalton, Charlotte, N. C; Frances (Formby)
Manley, Birmingham, Ala.; Annie (Johnson) Sylvester,
Decatur; and Mary Ben (Wright) Erwin, Atlanta.

1926

Sarah Slaughter, Atlanta; Peggy (Whittemore) Flow-
ers, Atlanta; Edythe (Coleman) Paris, Atlanta; Catherine
(Mock) Hodgin, Atlanta; Helen Clark Martin, Charles-
ton, S. O; Louise Bennett, Atlanta; Ellen (Fain) Bowen,
Tryon, N. C; Florence (Perkins) Ferry, Atlanta; Mar-
garet (Debele) Maner, Savannah; Leone (Bowers) Hamil-

ton, Decatur; Rosalie (Wooten) Deck, East Point, Ga.;
Margaret (Whittington) Davis, Atlanta; Mary (Freeman)
Curtis, Atlanta; Frances Spratling, Atlanta; Belle
(Cowan) Dean, Conyers, Ga.; Sue (Wallace) Nolan,
Rutledge, Ga.; Hazel (Huff) Monaghan, Atlanta; Mary
(Knox) Happoldt, Atlanta; Mary Ella (Hammond) Mc-
Dowell, Griffin, Ga.; and Mary Elizabeth Gregory,
Vienna, Ga.

1927

Georgia Mae (Burns) Bristow, Columbus, Ga.; Reba
(Bay less) Boyer, Athens, Tenn.; Mildred (Cowan)
Wright, Atlanta; Maurine (Bledsoe) Bramlett, Asheville,
N. C; Martha Crowe, Atlanta; Louisa (White) Gosnell,
Atlanta; Ruth (McMillan) Jones, Atlanta; Sarah (Shields)
Pfeiffer, Auburndale, Mass.; Annette (Carter) Colwell,
Chicago, 111.; Mary (Weems) Rogers, Atlanta; Willie Mae
(Coleman) Duncan, Decatur; Elizabeth (Norfleet) Mil-
ler, Winston-Salem, N. O; Caroline (McKinney) Hill,
Decatur; Ellen Douglass Leyburn, Decatur; Margaret Ed-
mondson, LaGrange, Ga.; Kenneth Maner, Atlanta; Eliza-
beth Lynn, Tallahassee, Fla.; and Emily Stead, Decatur.

1928

Carolyn (Essig) Frederick, Auburndale, Mass.; Martha
Lou Overton, Decatur; Elizabeth McEntire, Decatur;
Irene Lowrance, Charlotte, N. O; Mary Walker (Shep-
herd) Soper, Cartersville, Ga.; Mary (Perkinson) Foy,
Eufaula, Ala.; Mary Jane (McCoy) Gardner, Atlanta;
Leila Anderson, Berkeley, Calif.; Eloise (Gaines) Wilburn,
New York City; Louise Girardeau, Atlanta; Evangeline
Papageorge, Atlanta; Elizabeth Cole, Atlanta; and Frances
(Craighead) Dwyer, Atlanta.

1929

Helon (Brown) Williams, Little Rock, Ark.; Letty
Pope, Decatur; Rachel (Paxon) Flayes, Winston-Salem,
N. C; Helen (Ridley) Hartley, St. Augustine, Fla.; Per-
nette (Adams) Carter, Charlotte, N. C; Frances Welsh,
Marietta, Ga.; Mary (Ficklen) Barnett, Washington, Ga.;
Martha (Bradford) Thurmond, Columbus, Ga.; Geraldine
LeMay, Atlanta; Kitty_ (Hunter) Branch, Atlanta; Mary
(Warren) Read, Atlanta; Sara (Carter) Massie, Atlanta;
Mary Gladys (Steffner) Kincaid, Atlanta; Hazel Hood,
Commerce, Ga.; Esther (Nisbet) Anderson, Atlanta;
Dorothy (Cheek) Calloway, Atlanta; Grace (Holding)
Glenn, Atlanta; Alice (Glenn) Lowry, Atlanta; Elizabeth
(Moss) Mitchell, Decatur; Marian (Hodges) Anthony,
Asheville, N. C; Lillie (Bellingrath) Pruitt, Holly Grove,
Ark.; Charlotte Hunter, Decatur; Berdie (Ferguson)
Hogan, Alamo, Ga.; Ray (Knight) Dean, College Park,
Ga.; Lois (Smith) Humphries, Atlanta; Mary (Prim)
Fowler, Atlanta; Isabel (Leonard) Spearman, Atlanta;
Sara (Douglas) Thomas, Atlanta; Olive (Spencer) Jones,
Atlanta; Sarah Frances (Anderson) Ramsey, Atlanta;
Suzanne (Stone) Eady, Oxford, Ga.; Alice (McDonald)
Richardson, Atlanta; Margaret (Andreae) Hamrick, At-
lanta; and Mary (Ellis) Shelton, Atlanta.

1930

Anne (Ehrlich) Solomon, Savannah, Ga.; Frances Mes-
ser, Atlanta; Marie Baker, Decatur; Evalyn Wilder, Al-
bany, Ga.; Lillian Dale Thomas, Atlanta; Ruth (Bradford)
Crayton, Columbus, Ga.; Louise (Baker) Knight, Colum-
bus, Ga.; Lois (Combs) Kropa, Stamford, Conn.; Eliza-

JULY, 1939

beth (Hamilton) Jacobs, Decatur; Blanche Miller, Deca-
tur; and Ineil (Heard) Kelly, Decatur.

1931

Shirley (McPhaul) Whitfield, Atlanta; Clara Knox
(Nunnally) Roberts, Monroe, Ga.; Marion (Fielder) Mar-
tin, Decatur; Mildred Duncan, Montgomery, Ala.; Cor-
nelia Wallace and Margaret Marshall, Atlanta.

1932

Penelope (Brown) Barnett, Atlanta; Mary Floyd Foster,
Madison, Ga.; Lois (Ions) Nichols, Atlanta; Miriam
Thompson, Atlanta; Margaret Ridgely, Decatur; Mary
Dunbar, Atlanta; Sarah (Berry) West, Atlanta; Imogene
Hudson, Atlanta; Louise Stakely, Atlanta; Jura (Taffar)
Cole, Atlanta; Grace (Fincher) Trimble, Atlanta; Polly
Cawthorn, Murfreesboro, Tenn.; and Lovelyn (Wilson)
Heyward, Decatur.

1933

Virginia Heard, Greenville, S. C; Jo (Clark) Fleming,
Decatur; Page Ackerman, Decatur; Willa (Beckham)
Lowrance, Atlanta; Mildred (Hooten) Keen, Atlanta;
Margaret Bell, Decatur; Sarah (Shadburn) Heath, Deca-
tur; Catherine (Happoldt) Jepson, Atlanta; Elizabeth
Lynch, Decatur; Margaret Ridley, Atlanta; Julia Finley,
Decatur; Roberta (Kilpatrick) Stubblebine, Atlanta; Ora
Craig, Decatur; Kitty (Woltz) Green, Atlanta; and
Letitia (Rockmore) Lange.

1934

Bella Wilson, Raeford, N. C; Mary Sloan, Atlanta;
Dorothy (Dickson) Ripley, Decatur; Louise (McCain)
Boyce, Stone Mountain, Ga.; Sybil Grant, Atlanta; Mary
McDonald, Decatur; Elinor (Hamilton) Hightower,
Thomaston, Ga.; Dorothy Potts, Atlanta; Mary Ames,
Galveston, Texas; Johnnie Mae (York) Rumble, Atlanta;
Martha (England) Gunn, Atlanta; Mallie (White) Regan,
Lebanon, Tenn.; Sarah Austin, Dun woody; Aloe Risse
(Barron) Leitch, Atlanta; Isabel (Lowrance) Brooksher,
Atlanta; Virginia Prettyman, Summerville, S. C; Carolyn
Russell, Winder, Ga.; Marguerite (Kennedy) Griesmer,
Baltimore, Md.; Lillian Herring, Greenville, Ga.; Mardie
Friend, Athens, Ga.; Elizabeth Winn, Atlanta; and Nelle
Chamlee, Decatur.

1935

Anne (Humber) Little, Gainesville, Fla.; Mary Thomp-
son, Atlanta; Mildred (Thompson) Raven, Concord, Ga.;
Elizabeth Young, Atlanta; Martha Redwine, Lafayette,
Ga.; Amy (Underwood) Trowell, Wilmington, Dela.;
Eva Poliakoff, Savannah, Ga.; Betty (Fountain) Edwards,
Atlanta; Betty Lou (Houck) Smith, Atlanta; Virginia
Wood, Atlanta; Alice Dunbar, Troy, Ala.; Katherine
Hertzka, Atlanta; Martha Allen, Atlanta; Willie Florence

Eubanks, Decatur; Ida Lois McDaniel, Atlanta; Jacqueline
(Woolfolk) Mathes, Decatur; Frances McCalla, Decatur;
and Alice Burke, Atlanta.

1936

Meriel (Bull) Mitchell, Winston-Salem, N. C; Sarah
(Nichols) Judge, Atlanta; Sarah Frances McDonald, At-
lanta; Martha (Edmonds) Allen, Athens, Ga.; Jane Blick,
Atlanta; Bazalyn (Coley) Mynatt, Atlanta; Mary Snow,
Atlanta; Gertrude (Lozier) Hutchinson, Decatur; Agnes
(Jamison) McKoy, Atlanta; Lulu Ames, Waco, Texas;
Mildred Clark, Atlanta; Lita Goss, Atlanta; Rosa From,
Atlanta; Marie Townsend, Atlanta; Sarah Lawrence, At-
lanta; Celia Hoffman, Atlanta; Elaine (Ahles) Puleston,
Atlanta; Myra (O'Neal) Enloe, Decatur; Alice McCallie,
Chattanooga, Tenn.; Carrie Phinney Latimer, Honea Path,
S. C.j Mary (Walker) Fox, Decatur; Mary Lyon Hill,
Augusta; Katherine (Leipold) Johnson, Augusta; Eugenia
Symms, Augusta; Dean McKoin, Monroe, La.; Elizabeth
Forman, Birmingham, Ala.; Ann Martin, Atlanta; Jane
(Blair) Robison, Maryville, Tenn.; Elizabeth Baethke,
Augusta; and Catherine Bates, Atlanta.

1937

Lucile Cairns, Gainesville, Fla.; Mary Johnson, Atlanta;
Isabel McCain, Chester, S. C; Charline (Fleece) Halver-
stadt, Atlanta; Ora Muse, Decatur; Katherine Maxwell,
Atlanta; Martha Johnson, Lithonia, Ga.; Michelle Furlow,
Albany, Ga.; Cornelia Christie, Cuthbert, Ga.; Sarah John-
son, Atlanta; Evelyn Wall, Brookhaven, Ga.; Florence Lit-
tle, Atlanta; Mary (Kneale) Avrett, Atlanta; Kitty
Printup, Atlanta; Laura Steele, Atlanta; Vivienne (Long)
McCain, Decatur; Mary King, Blue Ridge, Ga.; Martha
(Summers) Lamberson, Atlanta; and Wayve (Lewis)
Rowden, Decatur.

1938

Martha Alice (Green) Earle, Asheville, N. O; Frances
Lee, Atlanta; Virginia Suttenfield, Atlanta; Louise Bailey,
Atlanta; Jean Barry (Adams) Weersing, Elberton, Ga.;
Beatrice (Sexton) Howard, Atlanta; Elizabeth Cousins,
Rex, Ga.; Mary Primrose Noble, Smithfield, N. C; Edna
Ware, Greenville, S. O; Nell Scott Earthman, Decatur;
Laura Coit, Decatur; Mary Ann Kernan, Atlanta; Hor-
tense Jones, Atlanta; Doris (Dunn) Hills, Atlanta; Eliza-
beth Warden, Decatur; Ellen Little, Atlanta; Alice Reins,
College Park, Ga.; Jane Turner, Atlanta; Margaret (Lips-
comb) Hough, Atlanta; Joyce Roper, Atlanta; Elsie West,
Newport News, Va.; Martha Peek Brown, Cartersville,
Ga.; Jeanne Matthews, Atlanta; Frances Castleberry,
Abbeville, S. C; Jean Chalmers, Atlanta; and Eliza King,
Washington, D. C.

Ex'39

Betty (Sams) Daniel, Charleston, S. C.

ng age merits and! c VRanniacj&

1932

Kathleen Bowen was married to Eliot Milton Stark, of
New York City, on June 22 in Decatur.

1933

Margaret Bell will be married to Eugene Vosburgh Burt,
of Washington, in the fall.

Bessie Meade Friend will be married to Francis E.
Drake, of New York City, in July.

Eulalia Napier was married to Homer Bates Sutton, of
Dalton, Georgia, in June.

1934

Nelle Chamlee will be married to William Schley How-
ard, Jr., of Atlanta, in August.

1935

Jane Cassels will be married to John Leon Stewart, of
Aiken, S. C, in July.

Josephine Jennings was married to James Pope Brown,
of Milledgeville, Ga., in June.

Eva Poliakoff will marry Nathan Goodman, of Lynn
and Marblehead, Mass., in the late summer.

Martha Redwine was married to Wilbur Rountree, of
Thomaston, Ga., on June 9.

1936

Helen Ford was married to John Eagan Lake, of At-
lanta, on June 16.

Virginia Gaines was married to Dr. Frederick Barham
Ragland, of Atlanta, in Gaines Chapel on June 7.

Carrie Phinney Latimer will be married to Howard Du-
Vall, of Memphis, in the fall.

Mary Snow was married to Thomas Jennings Seigler,
Jr., of Savannah and Wilmington, Del., in June.

1937

Isabel McCain will be married to Paul Brown, of At-
lanta, in August.

Frances Steele was married to Arthur Perry Gordy, of
Columbus, on June 10.

1938

Nell Scott Earthman was married to Charles Thames
Molton, of Macon and Atlanta, on June 24.

Mary Venetia Smith was married to Dr. Philip Respess
Bryan, of Reynolds, Ga., on June 17.

1939

Rachel Campbell will be married to Ben Gibson, of At-
lanta, in the late summer.

Caroline Carmichael will be married to Nick Wheeler,
of LaFayette. Ala., and Atlanta, in the fall.

Elizabeth Furlow will be married to Robert Brown, of
Atlanta, in July.

Douglas Lyle will be married to Roy Rowlett, of Char-
lotte, N. C, in the fall.

Aileen Shortley will marry Dr. Robert Whipple, of
Atlanta, on July 1.

Virginia Tumlin will be married to Robert Guffin in
the fall.

Margaret Willis will be married to Eddie Dressier, of
Roanoke, in the late summer.

Ex-1940

Margaret Christie was married to Benjamin Frank Col-
mer, Jr., of Decatur, on June 17.

Nettie Lee Greer was married to James Cary Howard,
Jr., of Atlanta, on June 15.

Ex-1941

Harriet Reid was married to John William Dillard Har-
vey, of Atlanta, on June 7.

Ex-1942

Edith Candler was married to James Phillip Shaw, of
Decatur, in June.

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Minutes of Annual Meeting of Alumnae
Association, June 3, 1939

The annual meeting of the Alum-
nae Association was held immediately
following the Trustees Luncheon and,
due to the pressure of events cele-
brating this anniversary commence-
ment, was very brief. The president,
Anne (Hart) Equen, presided and,
after the proposed budget for 1939-
1940 had been approved, read a re-
port of the year's activities of the
various committees of the organiza-
tion.

The president presented Nelle
Chamlee, the retiring assistant secre-
tary, with a lovely silver bowl, ex-
pressing the best wishes of the alum-
nae for her in her coming marriage.

There being no further business,
the meeting adjourned.

Respectfully,
Edythe (Coleman) Paris, '26,

Secretary.

Minutes of the Executive Board.
May 23. 1939

The meeting of the Executive
Board of the Agnes Scott Alumnae
Association was called to order by
the president, Anne (Hart) Equen,
after which the minutes of the last
meeting were read and approved. The
treasurer, Blanche Miller, presented
the report of the treasurer and the
budget for the 1939-40 session, which
was accepted, as presented, by the
Board.

Fannie G. Donaldson gave the re-
port of work done by the general sec-
retary for the year and Nelle Chamlee,
assistant secretary, gave a detailed re-
port of the correspondence carried on
by the office, over 9,000 letters be-
ing sent out during the year, and the
6,000 directories published and mailed
out to alumnae.

The president called on the chair-
men of the standing committees who
gave reports for the year. The reports
are published in detail elsewhere in
this Quarterly.

The president introduced Ruth
(Blue) Barnes, Local Clubs Chairman,
who had come up from Macon to give
her report.

A motion was made, seconded and
carried that use of the living room
and private dining room in the Alum-

nae House be restricted to the college
community and to alumnae who had
paid their dues.

A letter of resignation from the
board from Elizabeth (Marsh) Hill,
Student Loan Chairman, was read and
Allie (Candler) Guy was elected to
the chairmanship of the Student Loan
Committee.

The board was reminded of com-
mencement festivities, especially the
Remembrance Service on Sunday, at
which time the Hopkins Bust will be
unveiled.

After the meeting adjourned the
Board enjoyed Coca-Colas in the liv-
ing room.

Respectfully submitted,
Edythe (Coleman) Paris, '26,

Secretary.

Alumnae Council Meeting, May 10, 1939

The annual meeting of the Alum-
nae Council was held Wednesday,
May 10, in the Anna Young Alumnae
House. In the absence of the presi-
dent, Susan (Young) Eagan, first
vice-president, presided. She called
the meeting to order and explained
the purpose of the Council.

It was moved and seconded that the
minutes of the last meeting be dis-
pensed with, as they were published in
the July Quarterly of last year.

Dean Carrie Scandrett reported the
physical changes on the campus, the
new faculty and officers, and changes
in the rules and customs. She dis-
cussed the recently adopted non-ac-
tivity week before exams, the social
usage tests for the students, religious
week, the campus campaign, the fac-
ulty guest, Mr. Frank Stratton, who
gave a series of recitals on clavichord
and piano, Harrison Hut and its value
to the student body, the Lecture
Series for the year, the annual High
School Day, and the new name of the
campus weekly, the Agnes Scott
News.

Dr. J. R. McCain brought news
from the Board, which under the
guidance of Mr. George Winship, is
carrying on the program begun under
Mr. Orr and Miss Hopkins. Dean
Scandrett is preserving the ideals and
traditions established by her predeces-
sor. Dr. McCain discussed plans for
the University Center and announced

that the campaign for funds would
not begin until January, 1940.

Emma McMullen represented Mor-
tar Board, and reported the social pro-
gram which included sponsoring the
social life on the campus, the fresh-
man party for the transfers, Junior
Banquet coffee, tea for day students'
parents. Mortar Board also sponsored
the social usage tests, the senior mar-
riage class, book week, and encour-
aged the attendance at the lectures
and concerts on the campus.

Mary Ellen Whetsell, president of
Student Government, reported the
series of programs sponsored by Stu-
dent Government on the fourth ideal,
or personality for the well-rounded
individual. Outstanding among the
programs were the ones given on
Honor Week with student, faculty
and alumnae speakers.

Douglas Lyle, president of Chris-
tian Association, outlined the series of
programs given on the theme "The
Abundant Life" and told how well it
had worked in with the Student Gov-
ernment theme. Dr. John McSween
led the services for religious week.
The Association published a devotional
booklet monthly, which met with
much approval. Miss Lyle also re-
ported the Christian Association par-
ties, the international banquet, the
deputations to other schools, and
other social affairs.

Letitia (Rockmore) Lange gave a
brief resume of the publicity which
has been secured for the radio pro-
gram through Mr. Rogers and the
Atlanta Journal Station WSB, and
the publicity connected with Found-
er's Day and Alumnae Week-End.

Ellen Douglass Leyburn outlined
the series of radio programs presented
this year and reported some fan mail.

Hallie (Smith) Walker reported
replacements in the Alumnae Tea
Room, and the tables and chairs done
over.

Frances (Gilliland) Stukes, chair-
man of the Grounds Committee, re-
ported the changes in the garden, the
new shrubbery and lawn in front of
the Alumnae House, and the new
fence around the service entrance to
the Tea Room.

Gussie (O'Neal) Johnson, chair-
man of the House Decorations Com-

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mittee, reported the new draperies in
the living and dining rooms, and the
freshly painted and papered rooms in
the Alumnae House.

Fannie G. Donaldson reported the
commencement program and plans for
housing the returning alumnae on the
campus. She also outlined the pro-
gram for the Remembrance Service
and the Garden Party on the Sunday
afternoon.

Nelle Chamlee reported the com-
pletion of the Alumnae Directory and
the correspondence carried on in the
interests of the commencement pro-
gram and the Alumnae Association in
general.

The class representatives were rec-
ognized, and the past presidents of the
Alumnae Association who were pres-
ent.

There being no further business the
Council adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,
Edythe (Coleman) Paris, '26.

President's Report

Following the precedent set by
Daisy Frances Smith, past president
of the Alumnae Association, it is my
pleasure to summarize the reports of
all alumnae committees, which have
previously been presented to the Ex-
ecutive Board and which will be pub-
lished in detailed form in the July
Quarterly. This is done in the belief
that it increases the effectiveness of
the annual meeting.

The main work of the Association
is to keep in close contact with the
alumnae wherever they may be and
also to make those on the campus
more conscious of the organization
and to be of real service to the col-
lege. In our organization, as in most
associations, the means of establish-
ing contact is chiefly from the of-
fice. This is done with the efficient
services of an alumnae secretary and
an assistant. The work of this office
has been doubly heavy this year due
to the fact that this year Agnes Scott
celebrates its Fiftieth Commencement.
Working under the general plan of
the Semi-Centennial Committee, the
Alumnae Association took this com-
mencement as its particular time in
the celebration. All efforts have
been concentrated in making this
commencement the largest in the col-
lege's history. Fannie G. Donaldson
has been secretary and she has been
ably assisted by Nelle Chamlee, whose
resignation has been regretfully ac-
cepted, as she is to be married this

summer. She has filled this office
with grace and distinction, and,
though we are loath to give her up,
she takes with her our best wishes for
her future happiness. We have been
fortunate in securing the services of
Harriotte Brantley, '3 2, to take her
place.

The new Directory came out in
the fall, thanks to the assistance of
the college and to Nelle Chamlee's
diligence in working on it all last
summer. It was of inestimable aid in
contacting all alumnae for this com-
mencement.

The Radio Committee this year has
presented a fifteen minute program
over WSB each week since the first
of October, 193 8. The series is called
"Campus Silhouettes." Different parts
of the college life, the faculty, the
students, and the alumnae have been
presented during the year and the
radio as a means of advertising the
college cannot be underestimated.

The Newspaper Publicity Commit-
tee has supplied news at the custom-
ary times and a new feature this year
has been the cooperation with the
radio in planning weekly publicity for
the radio program in the papers.

Alumnae Week-End occurred in
the fall and many alumnae came back
to the college. The series of talks
sought to carry out the general theme
of "World Events" from a newspa-
per's point of view. The speakers
were all newspaper men with the ex-
ception of Evelyn Hanna, author of
"Blackberry Winter." The lectures
were well enjoyed and many at-
tended.

There are twenty-seven local clubs
now active and the Local Clubs Com-
mittee has spent its energies keeping
them active. The financial support of
all clubs is an invaluable service,
especially to the House Decorations
and Garden Committees, and an evi-
dence of the loyalty and generosity of
alumnae.

The House Decorations Committee
has worked very hard in getting the
House in excellent shape for this com-
mencement. It has been repapered and
painted where the need was greatest.
Thanks are given to the college for
making this renovating possible. The
alumnae secured new draperies, etc.,
and it is gratifying to see the increase
in the use of the rooms in the Alum-
nae House by parents of students as
well as alumnae.

The House and Tea Room Commit-
tee is happy to report a fine increase

in the tea room business this year un-
der Mrs. Kerrison's management,
which is greatly appreciated.

The Garden Committee improved
the grounds in front of the Alumnae
House this spring. Some of the plans
suggested by Monroe Landscaping
Company were beyond the means of
this committee this year but they are
working toward their accomplish-
ment.

The Entertainment Committee has
functioned faithfully all the year,
capably planning the fall tea for new
students and the series of teas for sen-
iors this spring and will be active in
the planning of the Open House at
commencement.

The report of the Student Loan
Fund is statistical and will be noted
in the July Quarterly. The commit-
tee has arranged the keeping of these
records in a most satisfactory manner
this year.

The Constitution Committee
adopted resolutions in memory of Mr.
J. K. Orr, Sr.

Commencement activities involve
many alumnae and a special commit-
tee has been extremely active during
this year to make this one long to be
remembered. The effectiveness with
which this committee has served has
been evidenced in this splendid crowd
today.

In closing I wish to say that I have
enjoyed my year as alumnae president.
The alumnae secretaries have relieved
me of much tedious work and details.
They have worked so competently
that I have nothing to do but be pres-
ent at various enjoyable functions.
You yourselves have been untiring
and cheerful in your cooperation
when called upon. The chairmen of
the committees have done excellent
work without exception. The whole
Agnes Scott Alumnae Association
functions smoothly and effectively
and I am looking forward to next year
with a great deal of pleasure.
Respectfully submitted,
Anne (Hart) Equen, '21.

Report of Alumnae Secretary

The report of the work in the
Alumnae Office is divided this year
into two parts, one, that of the gen-
eral secretary, and the other, that of
the assistant secretary, as the duties
of these two secretaries are very
clearly divided in most instances. This
report concerns itself with the general
planning of the year's program and

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the carrying out of this program in
the larger aspects, as differing from
the assistant secretary's report, which
is of the details of the office routine,
correspondence, filing, supervision of
student assistants, and the duties of
hostess of the Alumnae House.

The Alumnae Association has cer-
tain well established events in its
year's program, such as Alumnae
Week-End in the fall, Founder's Day
in the early spring, and Reunion
Week-End at commencement, and it
is around these events that much of
the time and thought of the general
secretary revolves. The clubs of the
Association, the committees, and the
publishing of four issues of the Quar-
terly are also important and engross-
ing items in the schedule. The Alum-
nae Week-End Committee's report
covers all planning and the events of
this first large endeavor of the year,
so this report will not go into that,
except to acknowledge the splendid
work of all connected with it. Fol-
lowing the Christmas holidays, all ef-
forts were centered on successful
teas, dinners, or meetings on Founder's
Day, February 22nd, when clubs and
groups and individuals listened to the
annual radio broadcast over WSB,
Atlanta Journal, and enjoyed good
fellowship together. Then, with
Founder's Day a matter of history,
the office turned its whole attention
toward the Home Coming Com-
mencement, June 2nd to June 6th,
which had been claiming a great deal
of time and thought during the pre-
ceding months.

Working under the general plan of
the Semi-Centennial Committee, the
Alumnae Association took this com-
mencement as its particular time in
the celebration of the Semi-Centen-
nial Year, 1939-1940. During the
early fall, Penelope (Brown) Barnett,
'32, accepted the general chairmanship
of the commencement events and we
cannot pay too high a compliment to
her thorough comprehension of the
whole plan, to her ability in working
out the intricate details of the pro-
gram, to the assembling of the many
fine committee chairmen and mem-
bers of committees, and to her faith-
ful attention to the carrying out of
this elaborate entertainment of hun-
dreds of alumnae. And the grateful
thanks of the whole Alumnae Asso-
ciation and especially of this office
go to her and to each of the chairmen
who served so unselfishly and gave so
generously of their time and ability in

making of this week-end of our Gol-
den Jubilee the greatest commence-
ment ever held at Agnes Scott. Due
recognition of them will be made in
the book on the Semi-Centennial Year
which will be published following the
final events of the 1939-1940 session.

The four issues of the Alumnae
Quarterly have been published in the
form instituted last year and have
been kindly received by the alumnae.
We have tried to keep them artistic in
appearance, worthy in articles, and
interesting in class news. Our April
number, which was our high point for
the year, held the commencement
plans, invitations from many friends
to come back, reference was made to
the accomplishments of our alumnae
and of our college during the past
fifty years of its history, emphasizing
the fruitfulness of such a college as
ours.

We feel that the Association has a
definite field in interesting the stu-
dents in the organization, and, to that
end, a large tea was given in the early
fall to all new students; in May, the
senior class was entertained at tea,
when short talks were made to them
about the workings and the aim of
the Association and the organization
of their class for future alumnae
years. Our Granddaughters Club,
composed of the daughters of alum-
nae, who are now students at Agnes
Scott themselves, is a very large and
unique group on the campus and this
club has been entertained several
times during the year by the Alumnae
Association.

The many contacts with the clubs
of the Alumnae Association by let-
ters or by visits (in case of nearby
clubs) are encouraging highlights of
this year and we feel that the reports
from these groups of interesting meet-
ings and the many gifts which have
come from them to the House and
Garden are concrete examples of the
loyalty and interest of the alumnae
throughout the country.

So much splendid work has been
done this year by committees and by
individuals that it is hard to. put our
thanks into words. We welcome the
chance to thank each and every one
of you for being the alumnae you are
and for making possible the far-reach-
ing program of our Association
through your continued interest and
enthusiastic response to every call
from here. Especially do our grateful
thanks go to the chairmen of the com-
mittees, to the club officers, to the

class secretaries, and to the general
officers of the Alumnae Association
for upon these fall heavy responsibili-
ties and their truly remarkable ac-
complishments will always be sources
of gratitude to those of us back here.

The assistant secretary, Nelle
Chamlee, has resigned as she is to be
married this summer and I wish to
express to her my thanks for all she
has meant to this office and to me
during the years we have worked to-
gether. Her ability, her cooperation
in all the events of our program, her
qualities as a charming hostess of our
Alumnae House have made for her
an enviable place among the alumnae
and in the college community and
our wishes for her happiness in the
years to come are given most sincerely.
Harriotte Brantley, '32, is to enter
the office in her place in the fall and
we bespeak for her the kindly coop-
eration which you have always given
the alumnae secretaries, for she comes
to us with enthusiasm for the new
position and well qualified for the
many tasks of this office.

This report closes with the hope
that is ever ours that this office may
function to the greatest pleasure and
benefit of both alumnae and college
and that we may not fail to do our
part in forming the connecting link
between the alumnae in their varied
interests all over the world and the
college which was and is and will al-
ways be theirs.

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

Report of the Assistant Alumnae Secretary

The Assistant Secretary wishes to
report in detail the work carried on in
the Alumnae Office during the ses-
sion 193 8-39. Through the generos-
ity of the college the office was al-
lowed five student helpers, who total
twenty-four hours a week. The girls
are supervised by the Assistant Sec-
retary, and assist in keeping the files
up to date, and in getting out the cor-
respondence handled by the office.

During the summer months the
Directory material was checked and
compiled and early in September
turned over to the publishers. A
great deal of time was devoted to
proof-reading the material, and to ad-
dressing the envelopes in which it was
mailed out. The 6,000 copies of the
Directory were mailed on January 1,
and this gift from the college has
brought much pleasure to the alum-
nae and friends who received it.

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The AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

The form letters sent out this year
have been divided among several
groups: the Executive Board and
Council, the local clubs, the class
secretaries, the dues drive, the Found-
er's Day material, the Alumnae Week-
End advertising, the baby class, the
seniors, and the commencement ma-
terial.

To the Board and Council have
gone 200 letters, these including the
notices of meetings, requests for the
committee reports, and letters con-
cerning the new assistant secretary.
The local clubs have been contacted
three times during the year and in ad-
dition were sent six-page news letters
to use on their Founder's Day pro-
grams. The class secretaries have been
contacted for each issue of the Quar-
terly, resulting in 160 notices. The
dues drive included letters to the
ex-es, postcards to all paid members
for the preceding year, notices in the
November, January and April Quar-
terlies in the cases where dues were
still unpaid, letters to the faculty
women, letters to the last graduating
class, and special letters to those of
last year's mailing list who had not
paid their dues prior to April 15. The
Founder's Day correspondence en-
tailed seven hundred postcards sent
out to notify alumnae of the radio
broadcast and to invite the local ones
to attend the joint banquet in Atlanta
on Founder's Day. Two hundred let-
ters have been sent out to the groups
and local clubs in an effort to make
this Founder's Day national. For the
Alumnae Week-End Committee the
office sent out notices of the commit-
tee meetings, publicity notices and
notices to the speakers.

For the Fiftieth Commencement
printed programs for the entire week-
end and letters of invitation were sent
to all the reunion classes. These were
followed up by postcards with blanks
for room and luncheon reservations to
be filled in and returned to the Alum-
nae Office. The total correspondence
involved in commencement, and done
by the office, was 1800 letters. The
office also worked with the poetry
contest committee in handling their
mail.

Outside of the regular office rou-
tine, 180 letters were sent to the
freshmen inviting them to use the
Tea Room in the Alumnae House, and
to bring their mothers over to spend
the night in the Alumnae House, 100
letters were sent to local alumnae ad-
vertising the Business Girls' Study
Course, and 250 letters inviting local

alumnae to the Hopkins Memorial
Service. The seniors have been con-
tacted through the mail five times to
date, totaling 450 letters. This makes
a total of 9,000 form letters, mimeo-
graphed by the assistant secretary and
sent out with the help of the scholar-
ship girls.

The file of cuts established last year
was brought up to date, and now in-
cludes the pictures of the graduates in
the classes of 1933 to 1938. The
alumnae scrapbooks are up to date. In
an effort to simplify the alumnae
part of the campaign next year a copy
of the Director]' has been corrected
daily and contains all the new names
and addresses of alumnae up to June
10, 1939. Personal correspondence
and correspondence about the Alum-
nae House and reservations has been
answered and filed. A special effort
has been made to make the Alumnae
House attractive to the students and
their mothers and friends who come
to the campus to visit. The number
of visitors has increased, with marked
increase in the number of mothers
who have stayed here during the year.
Among the outstanding guests who
have been entertained here by the col-
lege are Dr. and Mrs. Robert Speer,
Dr. John McSween, and Mr. Frank
Stratton, faculty visitor, who gave a
series of piano and clavichord recitals
on the campus.

The Assistant Secretary is deeply
grateful to Mrs. Donaldson for the
patience and interest she has shown
me during my years in the alumnae
office. It has been a privilege and an
invaluable experience to work with
her in the alumnae organization. I
would express my sincere appreciation
to the committees with which I have
been associated for the cooperation
and good feeling that has character-
ized our work together. The personal
contacts with the local alumnae and
the contacts through correspondence
with others have meant much in a
personal way, and my sincere hope is
that the incoming assistant secretary
will be met with as much interest and
friendliness as it has been my privilege
to have.

As the Association moves toward
the high point in the history of this
college I hope that the plans it makes
and the work it does in honor of this
anniversary will, in every way, live
up to what we, as daughters of Ag-
nes Scott, would wish for it.

Respectfully submitted,
Nelle Sherwood Chamlee, '34,
Assistant Alumnae Secretary.

Report of the Publicity Committee

A new feature of the publicity
chairman's work this year has been
the cooperation with the radio chair-
man in planning regular weekly pub-
licity for the college radio program.

Space has been given by Mr. Ernest
Rogers, radio editor of the Atlanta
Journal, in his radio column every
Monday evening for the Agnes Scott
College program of the next day.

It is believed that his cooperation in
giving these facts regularly and in
placing them in his column has been
of real help in promoting Agnes
Scott.

The regular work of publicizing
the freshman tea, Alumnae Week-
End, the Founder's Day banquet of
the three local clubs, senior teas, and
plans for the forthcoming commence-
ment activities has been carried on as
usual. The scrapbook also is being
kept.

Respectfully submitted,
Letitia (Rockmore) Lange, '33,

Chairman.

Report of the Treasurer Open Account
Receipts September 1. 1939. May 31. 1939

Proposed

Esti- Budget

Income Actual mated Total 1939-40

Dues $1118.90 25.00 1143.90 900.00

Tea Room Rent 260.00 140.00 400.00 400.00
Room Rent __ - 284.00 15.00 299.00 225.00
Rent from Caps,
Gowns and

Hoods 92.00 48.00 140.00 140.00

Gift from

Cojlege 1200.00 1200.00 1200.00

Miscellaneous 70.78 68.00
Interest
on Sav-
ings 42.50

Telephone

Tolls 8.28

Refund from
Banquet, etc. 20.00

Totals $3025.68 228.00 3253.68 2933.00

Balance Sept. 1 634.36

Total 3669.02

Less disburse-
ments 2792.20

Balance in

Account 876.84

In Building and

Loan Stock __ 1700.00
Savings. First

Nat'l Bank 99.78
Disbursements

Secretaries $1000.00 1000.00 1000.00

Dues 32.50 32.50 32.50

Supplies, Print-
ing. Postage. 1141.22 1141.22 1200.00
Alumnae House

Operating
Expenses 104.55 6.00 110.55 120.00

Furnish &
Upkeep 88.73 88.73 125.00

Maid's Salary 120.00 120.00 120.00

Traveling 40.00

Insurance 25.00 25.00 25.00

Garden 65.00 65.00 65.00

Entertainment _ 42.52 67.48 110.00 110.00
Tea Room

Upkeep 70.00 70.00 70.00

Miscellaneous - 102.67 25.50

Telephone
Tolls 13.72

Petty Cash __ 15.00

Accountant -_ 20.00

Flowers 28.45

Banquet 25.50

Total Disburse-
ments $2792.20 73.48 2865.67 2933.30

Blanche Miller. '30, Treasurer.

JULY, 1939

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Report of the Local Clubs Committee

As we look over the recently pub-
lished Alumnae Register, we are con-
scious that there are many places in
which clubs might be organized. Out
of all the possible places, we have 1 5
star clubs, seven cities which might
be termed as "hopeful," and nine
southern cities where the number of
resident alumnae offers encourage-
ment as to organization.

It was the aim of this committee
this year to attempt complete organi-
zation in the "hopeful" cities and
where there had been a club at one
time. The best opportunity for gain-
ing interest was the Founder's Day
program. During the preceding week,
individual letters were written to cer-.
tain alumnae who were thought to be
the best contact. As a result, Jackson-
ville, Savannah, and Columbus met
for the broadcast, and groups in
Thomaston and Trion, Ga., met for
the first time.

With the inspiration given to all
alumnae in the celebration of our fif-
tieth anniversary, it is hoped that our
loyalty and support may be more
widely expressed in the organization
and proper functioning of additional
clubs. Double post cards were sent
to all club presidents concerning
their attendance at commencement.
Respectfully submitted,
Ruth (Blue) Barnes, '14,

Chairman.

Report oi Student Loan Fund,
February 1 May 10, 1939

Balance on deposit, February

1, 1939 _ -_$249.29

Collections made through May

10, 1939 . - 176.50

Total receipts - __ $42 5.79

Exchange on checks .5 5

Balance on deposit, May

10, 1939 _ $425.24

Elizabeth (Marsh) Hill, '20.

Report of the Committee on Radio Publicity

The Radio Publicity Committee
has presented a fifteen minute pro-
gram over Station WSB each week
since the first of October, 1938. The
series is called "Campus Silhouettes,"
and its object is to give representative
suggestions of the different parts of
the college. During the fall quarter
we had members of the faculty and
administration speak about subjects of
interest in their various fields; in the
winter quarter prominent students

represented their activities, often by
skits enacting characteristic work of
the organizations; this spring our
speakers are alumnae from widely
varied lines of work. The series ends
on Tuesday, May 23, at 4:3 0, with a
play written by Margaret (Bland)
Sewell especially for our radio pro-
gram and acted by four members of
Blackfriars under the direction of
Carrie Phinney Latimer, who has been
our announcer throughout the year
and who has contributed immeasur-
ably to the interest of our silhouettes.
She and Jeanne Flynt, of the senior
class, have introduced most of the
programs in the characters of a wise
senior and a freshman who is being
shown the ways of the college. It is
with the utmost reluctance that we
give them up at the end of the year,
the one to matrimony and the other
to business. Another constant helper
whose good offices we hope to enlist
again for next year is Letitia (Rock-
more) Lange, chairman of Newspaper
Publicity, who has faithfully turned
our factual information into attrac-
tive weekly notices in Ernest Rogers'
column. Planning the programs has
been made a pleasure by the gracious
cooperation of those whom we have
asked to participate and by the high
quality of their contributions. Their
programs have been so excellent that
Dr. McCain to use his own words
had made "an exception to the gen-
eral rule about the use of the college
car" and allowed us to use it for
transportation. Dr. McCain himself
has, as usual, been a tower of strength,
prevailing upon the authorities at the
station to stop shifting our time and
giving us always patient counsel and
encouragement. In fact, all that we
lack to give us confidence in work-
ing toward the programs for next
year is any indication of whether or
not alumnae have listened. Our only
fan mail has come from faculty mem-
bers, from total strangers, or from
other colleges.

Respectfully submitted,
Ellen Douglass Leyburn, '27,
Chairman of Radio Publicity.

Agnes Scott Radio Programs, 193839

Fall Quarter: Speakers from the
faculty and administration:
Dr. McCain
Miss Alexander
Miss Florence Smith
Mr. Hayes
Mr. Raper
Miss Gaylord

Miss Harn

Miss Dexter and Miss Omwake

Miss Phythian

Miss MacDougall.

Winter quarter: Organizations rep-
resented by students:

Language Clubs

Mr. Dieckmann, who kindly consent-
ed to plan a program of two piano
music with Miss Bartholomew dur-
ing the Christmas holidays

Blackfriars

Chi Beta Phi Sigma

Current History Forum

Glee Club

Pi Alpha Phi

Publications

Writing Clubs

Athletic Association

Christian Association

Student Government

Mortar Board

Spring Quarter: Alumnae in varied

lines of work:

Fannie G. (Mayson) Donaldson

Mary Ben (Wright) Erwin

Frances (Gilliland) Stukes

Joyce Roper

Page Ackerman and Mary (Ellis)
Shelton

Emma Wesley

Evangeline Papageorge

Janef Preston

Jean Chalmers

Margaret (Bland) Sewell, whose play
will be acted by members of Black-
friars.

Annual Report for the Year 1938-39 of the

Chairman of the Constitution and

By-Laws Committee

Resolutions in memoriam of Mr.
Joseph K. Orr, Sr., who died Septem-
ber 18, 193 8, were sent to the family
of Mr. Orr. A copy of these resolu-
tions is in the minutes of the Execu-
tive Committee of the Agnes Scott
Alumnae Association.

Ray (Knight) Dean, '29,
Chairman of Constitution and
By-Laws Committee.

Report of Entertainment Committee,
1938-1939

The Entertainment Committee of
the Alumnae Association of Agnes
Scott College has endeavored through
the year to follow the precedent set
by the committees in former years,
that is, to make each affair as beau-
tiful and enjoyable for its guests as
possible.

In September, at the Alumnae
House, the committee gave its first
tea for the new students. The guests,
numbering about one hundred and

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The AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

fifty, were received by Miss Scan-
drett, Dr. McCain, and members of
the executive board.

In October and November the As-
sociation entertained the Granddaugh-
ters Club. And also, in November,
provided refreshments for the Pub-
licity Committee for Alumnae Week-
End.

On May 8th and 9th the commit-
tee entertained at tea for the mem-
bers of the senior class.

Plans are now being made for the
Sunday night supper to be given in
the Alumnae Garden, June 4th, for
the faculty, seniors, and their friends.
Several hundred guests are expected
for this time and we are hoping to
have a very lovely party long to be
remembered.

Last year, the chairman of the
committee, Irene Baggett, recom-
mended that the Finance Committee
advance $2 5.00 toward the purchas-
ing of more equipment, such as in-
expensive glassware, plates, etc. Quite
a bit of time and energy was required
to get together the service needed for
a large party. This recommendation
was granted and the committee has
enjoyed very much the possession of
ten dozen tea glasses, ten dozen
spoons, five dozen plates, and one
dozen bowls for flowers. This equip-
ment is kept separate from that of
the Tea Room and for the use of the
Entertainment Committee only. Any-
one wanting the use of it has to pay
a small fee. The Decatur Club rented
the plates recently, for one dollar.

I wish to express my deep and sin-
cere appreciation to the two Alumnae
Secretaries, Fannie G. Donaldson and
Nellie Chamlee, and to the members
of the Committee for their coopera-
tion.

Expenses

$23.59 Tea for new students.
1.48 Granddaughters' tea.
1.60 Granddaughters' tea.
2.45 Publicity tea for Alumnae
Week-End.
13.40 Senior teas (two).

$42.52 Total amount spent to date.

There remains $67.48 to be spent
on the Garden Party June 4th.

Maybeth (Carnes) Robison,
ex-'23, Chairman.
Committee,

Irene (Havis) Baggett, '17
Maryellen (Harvey) Newton,

'16
Venice (Mayson) Fry, ex-'21

Elizabeth (Dimmock) Blood-
worth, ex-' 19

Mynelle (Blue) Grove, ex-'17

Sarah Bell (Broadnax) Han-
sell, '2 3

Louise (Brown) Hastings, '23

Catherine (Baker) Matthews,
'32

Isabelle (Leonard) Spearman,
ex-'29

Mary Palmour (Caldwell)
McFarland, '2 5

Report of House Decorations Committee

I submit the following report of
the Alumnae House Committee, cov-
ering the activities of the Committee
since January, 1939, when I assumed
the chairmanship.

From funds cheerfully submitted
by the college, the House Committee
assumed the responsibility of redecor-
ating the Alumnae House wherever
the need presented itself most urgent-
ly. The result was as follows:

I. (A) Re-papering and painting
living room, dining room and small
office. (B) Cleaning other side walls,
re-papering ceilings and re-painting
halls and bath rooms. (C) Re-decor-
ating Secretary's office. (D) Installa-
tions of five (5) base board electric
outlets downstairs.

II. Donations from three alumnae
clubs and disbursements of same:

Receipts

$ 11.00 in February from Birming-
ham Club
60.00 in February from Decatur
Club
100.00 in April from Atlanta Club

; 171.00 Total receipts.

Disbursements

; 3 8.50 Dining room chair

2.5 Lamp in living room
13 0.00 Draperies in living room and
dining room

$171.00 Total disbursements.

III. Gifts from four individual
alumnae for the House:
Three sunburst ceiling fixtures
Three Venetian blinds
Mirrors in French doors of dining

room.

To the college, to the three alum-
nae clubs and to the four individual
alumnae, the Committee expresses
grateful appreciation, together with
the wish that the House will be fre-

quently visited and always enjoyed by
its alumnae.

Respectfully submitted,
Gussie (O'Neal) Johnson, ex-'l 1,

Chairman.

Report of the Alumnae Week-End
Committee

Last August the chairman of the
Alumnae Week-End Committee call-
ed a meeting to organize the commit-
tee, decide the exact date for the
week-end and to formulate a general
theme for the speakers. The Commit-
tee decided to have the week-end re-
volve around a discussion of affairs
both local and world-wide as seen
through the newspaper reporter's eyes.
Friday and Saturday, November 18
and 19, were set as the dates.

In October work began in earnest.
Dr. McCain wrote the invitations to
the speakers. Fannie G. Donaldson
completed the information for the
Alumnae Quarterly and asked the
chairman to write an article sketch-
ing in general the plans for the Week-
End. The chairman and the Alumnae
Secretaries talked at the local clubs
about the different features of the
Week-End. The Publicity Chairman,
Letitia (Rockmore) Lange, arranged
for publicity in the local papers pre-
ceding the Week-End.

Local representatives from each
class were chosen to contact all mem-
bers of the class in the nearby cities
for a personal invitation to the Week-
End program. A tea was given in the
Alumnae House for these class repre-
sentatives, programs were distributed
and all information given them. The
representatives were most cooperative
and to them as to the other members
of the committee goes much credit
for the numbers who turned out for
the two-day event.

Fannie G. Donaldson and Nelle
Chamlee took complete charge of hav-
ing the notebooks printed with the
program on the outer cover. To Betty
(Fountain) Edwards fell the job of
getting and arranging the flowers and
decorations for the luncheon tables.
Jean Chalmers and Dorothea Black-
shear willingly took over the task of
registering the alumnae and distribut-
ing the notebooks. Other members of
the committee who helped with all
of the planning and incidental phon-
ing in connection with the Week-End
and who served as hostesses during the
two days were Emma Pope (Moss)
Dieckmann, Kitty (Woltz) Green,

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Florence (Perkins) Ferry, and Martha
Crow?.

The speakers were Herbert Porter,
Tarleton Collier, Ralph Jones, Ralph
McGill, and Evelyn Hanna, author
of the currently popular "Blackberry
Winter." Another event particularly
applauded was Mr. Dieckmann's
string ensemble.

This committee worked intensely
the month before the week-end, set-
tling immediately thereafter into a
sort of apathy awaiting such time as
word is given to begin planning the
1939 Week-End, which is to be even
bigger and better, we hope, for we
shall work this time in connection
with the college lecture association,
and be allowed to pay the speakers.
Respectfully submitted,
Araminta (Edwards) Pate, '2 5,

Chairman.

Report of the Agnes Scott Tea Room
Committee, 1938-1939

During the year this committee has
settle d the problems that would
naturally come up in a business house-
hold. The most important being the
new ruling concerning the use of the
House's living room and private din-
ing room. The use of this part of the
house has been restricted to members
of the college community and paid up
members of the Association.

The year with the manager of the
Tea Room, Mrs. Kerrison, has been
pleasant, and she will be our manager
for the coming school year.

This committee wishes to grate-
fully acknowledge the following
gifts:

Linens, Charlotte Club.

Guest towels, Mississippi State
Club.

Dish towels, Augusta Club.

Banquet cloth, Mrs. Sydenstricker.

Thirty cups, Mr. Lewis Johnson.

$5.00, Mrs. C. W. Hamilton.

$5.00, Mrs. Fred Walker.

$5.5 0, Tampa Club

$4.50, Decatur Club.

$3.25, Mrs. Tucker.

$30.00, Alumnae Association.

Financial report for 1938-39:

Money Received

Alumnae Association _-$ 40.00
Mrs. Kerrison _ 30.00

Cash sifts 53.51

$123.51

Expenditures

Equipment for Tea
Room _ $ 47.28

Equipment for House - 18.50
Payments on refrigerator 5 5.56

$121.34

Respectfully submitted,

Harriet (Smith) Walker, Ex-' 16,

Ch. Tea Room Committee.
Leone (Bowers) Hamilton, '26,

Co-chairman.

Report of the Garden Committee
The Garden Committee, this year,
turned its attention and energies to-
wards the improvement of the
grounds immediately around the
Alumnae House. We had Monroe
Landscape Company make sugges-
tions for regrading and for shrubs.
Some of their plans for large boxwood
around the front of the house were
beyond our powers for this year, but
we can work towards their accom-

plishment next year. We added the
two magnolias, one on either side of
the house, changed some of the shrubs
in the front, had the yard graded and
sown with grass, and planted ivy on
the walls and around the steps. One
of the biggest improvements is in the
entrance to the kitchen to the tea
room.

The garden has had careful atten-
tion all year and has indeed been a
place of beauty.

Financial Statement
Receipts

$ 30.00 Decatur Club
40.00 Atlanta Club

6.00 Elaine Exton

2.5 Edna Hanky
2 5.00 Augusta Cooper
15.00 Cora Morton Durrett

5.00 A Friend

$123.50

65.00 Alumnae Budget

$188.50 Total

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$140.90 To Monroe Landscape i^o.
34.85 Fertilizer, plants, shrubs, etc.

$175.75 Total

$188.5 Total Keceipts
175.75 Total Disbursments

12.75 Cash on Hand

Respectfully submitted,
Frances (Gilliland) Stukes, '24
Mrs. Robert Holt
Eloise (Gay) Brawley, '16
Augusta (Skeen) Cooper, '17.

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CLUB NEWS

Birmingham, Ala., Club
The Birmingham Club reports sev-
eral interesting meetings during the
past year, including several luncheons
and a top-notch Founder's Day ban-
quet, at which the club listened to the
broadcast and enjoyed a puppet show,
written, directed and presented by
some of the club members. New offi-
cers were elected at the meeting, and
they are: President, Enid Middleton,
'37; Vice-President, Rossie (Ritchie)
Johnston, '34; Secretary, Margaret
Loranz, '3 3; and Treasurer, Dorothy
(Bowron) Collins, '23. The club's
main project was to secure enough
money to purchase a chair for the
dining room in the Alumnae House.
Building on the interest evident at
these gatherings during the past, the
club has planned an even more active
program for this current year. By it,
we hope to foster and maintain inter-
est among the alnmnae themselves
and to keep the general public aware
of the college and its varied activi-
ties. We have scheduled a series of
monthly meetings, ranging all the
way from a book review in May on
"The Tree of Liberty" by a promi-
nent Birmingham reviewer, to a pic-
nic in June at Eugenia (Thompson)
Akin's country home in honor of the
Hottentots who are home for the
summer vacation. We're also going to
have a benefit bridge in the fall to
swell the treasury and to enable us to
finish paying for "our chair" in the
Alumnae House, and probably a tea
for the school juniors and seniors. We
can't all be fortunate enough to come
back for graduation and its attendant
festivities this June but we hope to
have a large enough representation of
Birmingham alumnae to make a
"Junior Motorcade" to Atlanta, and
all of us join in sending congratula-
tions to our school on this occasion
of her semi-centennial celebration.
We hope that the anniversary will in-
deed be a golden one, and that the
next fifty years will be as happy and
successful as the past half-century
has been.

Enid Middleton, '37, President.

Jacksonville, Fla., Club

The Jacksonville Alumnae Club
concentrated all their efforts this
year on a successful Founder's Day
meeting. The broadcast was heard by
ten loyal alumnae who met for tea,
and the club sent a wire to the Alum-
nae Secretary. Those meeting for
Founder's Day included: Barbara
Hart, Ellen Colyer, Charlotte Buck-
land, Mary (Goodrich) Meredith,
Marion (Symmes) Candler, Gertrude
(Henry) Wall, Mary Helen (Mack)
Wimberly, Ann (Waddell) Bethea,
and Gertrude (Briesenick) Ross.

Tampa Club

The Tampa Club reports that dur-
ing the past two years the group has
become well organized, and from now
on they expect to accomplish a great
deal of worthwhile work. Gregory
(Rowlett) Weidman had fourteen
members in for tea on Founder's Day
and the guests report that they thor-
oughly enjoyed the party at the club
president's home. At the last meet-
ing of the club, new officers were
elected: President, Helen (Smith)
Taylor, '13; for Secretary and Treas-
urer, Nell (Frye) Johnston, '16. The
Tampa Club made a gift of $5.50 to
the Tea Room Committee, which was
very much appreciated.

Atlanta, Ga.. Club

The Atlanta Agnes Scott Club
planned its 1939 program with a view
to building up its membership and
arousing fresh interest in its members.
The best way to achieve this aim
seemed to be a definite theme for the
year followed by various competent
speakers. Modern trends in art, litera-
ture, and music, with special refer-
ence to Georgia's contribution in each
field, was decided upon by the pro-
gram committee. Many splendid
speakers have given talks on poetry,
the novel, painting and sculpture.

The Atlanta, Business Girls, and
Decatur Clubs joined forces in plan-
ning the Founders Day Banquet, held
at the Atlanta Athletic Club, which
proved to be the largest and one of
the most successful affairs of its kind
ever given.

Early in April the club had its an-

notes

nual benefit bridge. The party was
held at Davison's Tea Room and was
thoroughly enjoyed by those attend-
ing.

It is the custom of the Atlanta
Club each year to contribute to the
House Decorations Committee and to
the Garden Committee. This year
the Alumnae House's pressing need
seemed to be new living room drap-
eries and these were contributed. A
check was also sent to the Garden
Committee.

The work of the Club seems to be
progressing nicely and the coopera-
tion of the members splendid.

Katherine (Hunter) Branch, '29,

President.

Business Girls' Club

The Business Girls' Club has had a
most eventful and interesting year.
The year started off with a get-to-
gether wiener roast at the country
place of the Steele Yorks'. Dr. Mc-
Cain spoke of the changes which had
taken place both in the personnel and
in the physical characteristics of the
campus. Then the formal program
began in October with the theme
"Facets of Life." The Program Com-
mittee, under the able leadership of
Marie Baker, presented a most out-
standing array of speakers. In fact,
the General Alumnae Association
thought so much of our guest in Oc-
tober that they asked him to come
back and be the principal speaker for
the Founder's Day Banquet in Feb-
ruary.

October: Government Hon. Abit
Nix, Athens, Georgia.

November: Business G. D. Gar-
ner, Georgia Manager Southern Bell
Telephone & Telegraph Company.

December: Social Tea.

January: Entertainment Mrs.
Alonzo Richardson, Better Films
Committee.

February: Social Founder's Day
Banquet.

March: Recreation J. D. Walton,
Manager S. & W. Cafeteria.

April: Sociology Miss Lucy Ran-
dolph Mason of the C. I. O.

May: Historical Miss Florence E.
Smith of Agnes Scott College.

Under the very efficient leadership

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of Jennie (Hall) Lemon we have had
two distinctly different study courses.
Miss Emily Dexter brought us up-to-
date on the background and develop-
ment in the psychological world
while Miss Louise Lewis gave a most
helpful and interesting group of lec-
tures on the history of furniture and
its relation to decorating.

For the first time in the history of
the College the Glee Club was pre-
sented to downtown Atlanta in an
operetta. On the night of March 3 1
the Agnes Scott College Glee Club,
directed by Lewis H. Johnson, was
presented at the Woman's Club Au-
ditorium in the Gilbert and Sullivan
light opera, "The Gondoliers," under
the sponsorship of the Business Girls'
Club. The performance was really
outstanding and evoked much com-
mendation from those who were pres-
ent.

Virginia Wood, '3 5, President.
Decatur. Ga.. Club

The Decatur Agnes Scott Club
opened its 193 8-39 season with its us-
ual message from Dr. McCain, who
outlined the past accomplishments and
future plans for a greater Agnes
Scott. The plans for the Semi-Cen-
tennial were to center about Dean
Hopkins. As our hearts swelled with
love and gratification for her, who
had meant so much to us, little did
we guess that our October meeting
our very next gathering would be
turned at the last moment to a mem-
orial service for her.

The sad news of Miss Hopkins'
death came to us the morning of our
meeting. We decided it would be bet-
ter to meet than scatter to our var-
ious ways. Maryellen (Harvey) New-
ton gave a beautiful tribute to Miss
Hopkins. Dr. Wm. C. Robinson, pro-
fessor of Ecclesiastical History at Co-
lumbia Seminary and recently return-
ed from Europe, told of the "Church's
Position in Europe," weaving into his
message the need for lives as exempli-
fied by Miss Hopkins in our modern
world.

During the Alumnae Week-End the
Decatur Club presented an exhibition-
sale of Penland Copper and Pewter
and Berea College Fireside Industries.
Gussie (O'Neal) Johnson and Mrs.
Robert Holt sponsored this very suc-
cessful venture.

Mrs. Pauline Branyan, Assistant
City Editor of the Atlanta Georgian,
spoke at the November meeting, her
subject being "Women of South
America." Mrs. Branyan and her
daughter had spent several months in

South America recently. We remem-
ber this as a most delightful after-
noon.

January 20, the day set aside for
our annual benefit bridge, we held our
second successful project of the year.
Lovelyn (Wilson) Heyward, chair-
man of the day, deserves our highest
thanks.

Our regular January meeting was
held the following week in Buttrick
Hall where Warner W. Hall told of
his high adventure in the Eastern
Arctic on the ice cutter "Nascopie"
and showed us movies and many ob-
jects of interest from the North
country. The club approved the
recommendations of the Executive
Board that we turn over at once
$60.00 to the House Decorations
Committee and $30.00 to the Garden
Committee. Plans were approved to
later in the year give to the Tea
Room Committee.

A splendid delegation from the
Decatur Club attended the joint
Founder's Day Banquet held the eve-
ning of February 22nd at the Atlan-
ta Athletic Club.

In March, Frances (Gilliland)
Stukes opened her lovely home to the
club. Olivia (Fewell) Taylor, one of
our own number, gave a delightful
talk on her trip to Central America
and showed many beautiful and inter-
esting souvenirs.

Olivia (Fewell) Taylor was hos-
tess in April at her home on Clair-
mont Avenue, at which time our be-
loved friend and inspiration giver,
Dr. Woolford B. Baker, spoke on
"Science." Music varied the program.

Election of officers for the coming
two years will take place at the May
meeting, the nominating committee
presenting the following panel at the
last meeting: President, Maryellen
(Harvey) Newton; Vice-President,
Frances (Gilliland) Stukes; Secretary-
Treasurer, Lucy (Durham) Goss.

Dr. Philip Davidson of the History
Department of Agnes Scott will be
our speaker at the May meeting.

As usual the Decatur Club will
open the commencement program
with its party for alumnae children.
Frances (Freeborn) Pauley, one of
our members and chairman of the
Puppet Show of the Decatur Junior
Service League, will put on a delight-
ful show for the children.

One of our deepest losses during the
year was that of Martha Stansfield,
who passed away before the present
year opened.

The officers of the club, in retir-

ing, wish to express their deep ap-
preciation of the cooperation of the
entire club and assure them that it
has been a happy service they have
rendered. And finally wish for the
greatest happiness to Nelle Chamlee,
assistant Alumnae Secretary, who has
been so helpful and gracious during
her sojourn with us, on her bright
new venture.

Helene (Norwood) Lammers,

Ex-'22, President.

Massachusetts Club
The Massachusetts Club met with
Sarah (Shields) Pfeiffer at her home
in Auburndale on May 2. The group
talked over college memories and had
fun reading the news letter sent to
them by the Alumnae Office. The
club was quite thrilled over the news
that Sarah was coming back for com-
mencement and they are planning a
meeting just as soon as she gets back
to hear all about it. Those present at
this meeting included: Julia (Tomlin-
son) Ingram, India (Hunt) Balch,
Mary (Sturtevant) Bean, Sarah
(Shields) Pfeiffer, and Mrs. Clifford
Oliver, whose daughter is now a
sophomore at Agnes Scott.

Mississippi Club

With approximately one hundred
and thirty members scattered "all
over," the Mississippi Agnes Scott
Club meets only once a year. But
that one meeting takes place on
Founder's Day and is planned and re-
membered with a great deal of pleas-
ure.

The one real service this club does
for the college is the publicity which
attends this annual meeting. Six
leading newspapers of the state, plus
one in an adjoining state, give it ad-
vance write-ups, and the two with
state-wide circulation report it after-
ward.

This meeting usually takes the
form of a luncheon with Agnes Scott
news between courses and the brief
business meeting between dessert and
coffee. Those present meet again in
the late afternoon for the broadcast.
A gift is planned for the Alumnae
House or Garden. A telegram goes
from full hearts back to Agnes Scott,
always before to Miss Hopkins, now
to Dr. McCain. And everyone vows
to go back "sometime soon."

This year the dinner!

Planned for several years, it is at
last an accomplished fact. The pri-
vate dining room of the University
Club in Jackson was a delight to
alumnae hostesses and their "best

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The AbNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

beaux" guests, with corsages of
spring hyacinths in purple and white
and Golden Jubilee programs at each
place and a beautiful centerpiece of
unusual and fragrant flowers in pur-
ple and white.

Thanks to:

Ruth Virden who wrote the invi-
tations;

Shirley (Fairly) Hendrick who
opened her attractive new home for
the broadcast before the dinner;

Elizabeth (Watkins) Hulen who
planned the table and the menu and
presented the flowers;

Sarah (Till) Davis who made the
menu-programs and planned the pro-
gram;

The Belhaven College Glee Club
soloist and accompanist who sang
Agnes Scott songs to the nostalgic de-
light of the guests.

No such gathering could be com-
plete without Miss Hopkins, so before
the singing of the Alma Mater, Sarah
(Till) Davis, the outgoing president,
read a composite tribute chosen from
those used at the memorial service at
the College.

The new president, Catherine Ricks
of Jackson, is the present joy and fu-
ture pride of the club. She will be
capably assisted by Eunice (Kell)
Simmons, new vice-president, and
Ruth Virden, secretary-treasurer, who
begins her second two-year term.

It is hoped that in the near future
local clubs in such places as Green-
wood, Vicksburg, and Laurel may
supplement the work of the state club
and its annual meeting.

Sarah (Till) Davis, '22,
New York Club

The New York Club met Friday,
April 28, at the studio of Bertha
Schaefer, former president of the New
York Decorators' Club and aunt of
Julia (Blundell) Schaefer, president
of the club. Mary Knight presided at
the meeting. Miss Schaefer gave a
most interesting talk on color com-
bination and furniture arrangement.
We all found out what was wrong
with our respective houses. The at-
tendance was not as large as usual
but those present had a most enjoy-
able time in the delightful atmos-
phere of Miss Schaefer's studio.

The members present included Judy
(Blundell) Adler, Eloise (Gaines)
Wilburn, Ethel (Alexander) Gaines,
Eloisa (Alexander) LeConte, Caroline
Wilburn, Polly Gordon, Mary Lamar
Knight, Genevieve Knight, Agnes
Dolvin, Dorothy Chamberlain, Doro-
thy (Hutton) Mount, Katherine

Leary, Norma Faurot, Blanche (Guf-
fin) Alsobrook, Anne (Rowland)
Heitkamp, Dorothy (Mitchell) Ellis,
Florence (Stokes) Henry, Laura Mar-
but, and Frances (Cooper) Stone.
Judy (Blundell) Adler, '33,

President.
Winston-Salem Club

The Winston-Salem Alumnae Club
had its annual meeting on February
22 at the home of the president, Mer-
lel (Bull) Mitchell. All of us thor-
oughly enjoyed the radio messages,
which were heard distinctly and
minus static for the first time in
ages. Reunion enthusiasm ran high
and many of us hope to be at our
Alma Mater for her fiftieth birthday.

Diana Dyer represented Agnes
Scott at the annual College Day at
the high school. She reports one girl
signed up and another very, very in-
terested. If we alumnae would just
talk up our college to our high school
friends, I do believe all of us would
be happy with the results.

Meriel (Bull) Mitchell, '36,

President.
Alumnae House Receives Gifts

The Alumnae House is particularly
pleased at a number of special gifts
that have come in recently. Letitia
(Rockmore) Lange gave the office a
bound copy of the Quarterlies, Vol-
umes 11 through 13. The office ap-
preciated this gift so much that it
gave itself a little present of the
bound volumes from 1 to 11, and
from 14 to 15. Also bound are the
copies of registers published from
1927 through 1939.

The tea room committee has re-
ceived a number of checks from such
sources as the Tampa Club, the Deca-
tur Club, Lavalette (Sloan) Tucker,
Leone (Bowers) Hamilton, and Hal-
lie (Smith) Walker. Grateful thanks
go to Mr. Lewis Johnson for the gift
of thirty lovely tea cups and saucers,
formerly the property of the Glee
Club. The Augusta Club has sent
dish towels, the Charlotte Club as-
sorted linens, and the Mississippi
State Club hand towels, all of which
are most appreciated. The Birming-
ham Club sent a check to complete
the purchase of the eighth dining
room chair. The Atlanta Club gave
the new draperies for the living room
and the Decatur Club those for the
dining room.

Four Granddaughters Make Mortar Board!

Ten juniors were taken into the lo-
cal chapter of Mortar Board at an
impressive initiation ceremony on

April 8, as the retiring chapter, head-
ed by Amelia Nickels, turned its
functions over to the 1939-40 succes-
sors. Ruth Slack, daughter of Julia
Pratt (Smith) Slack, ex-T2, and
niece of Ruth (Slack) Smith, '12,
was elected president of the body.
The other new members are Carolyn
Forman, of Birmingham, daughter of
Mary (Dortch) Forman, Institute,
and sister of Elizabeth Forman, '3 6,
who was also a member of the fra-
ternity; Katherine Patton, of Abing-
don, Va., daughter of Katherine
(Jones) Patton, ex-'18; Margaret
Hopkins, Gainesville, Fla.; Evelyn
Baty, of Birmingham, Ala.; Lutie
Moore, of Barnesville, Ga.; Eleanor
Hutchens, of Hunts ville, Ala.; Sophie
Montgomery, Hwaian Fu, China;
Henrietta Thompson, of Atlanta; and
Jane Moses, of Chattanooga, daugh-
ter of Frances (Thatcher) Moses, '17.

Alumnae Association Receives Cherished
Possession

One of the most cherished posses-
sions ever owned by the Alumnae As-
sociation is a recent acquisition, the
academic cap and gown worn by Dean
Nannette Hopkins during her years
at Agnes Scott. The cap and gown
were sent to us by Miss Orra Hop-
kins, sister of our beloved dean, and
they are being kept as one of the
tangible evidences of the spirit that
made Agnes Scott. No treasure own-
ed by the college or the alumnae will
even have quite as much meaning, or
hold as many memories for all of us.

New Student Officers Take Hold
Among the new officers elected
this spring are a number of grand-
daughters and little sisters, in whom
we are particularly interested. Kath-
erine Patton, daughter of Katherine

(Jones) Patton, ex-'18, was elected
president of Christian Association;
Grace Walker, sister of Jo (Walker)
Parker, '2 8, and Ellen (Walker) Cuy-
ler, '2 5, is secretary, and Mary Scott
Wilds, daughter of Laura (Candler)
Wilds, Institute, is treasurer. Caro-
lyn Forman, daughter of Mary

(Dortch) Forman, Institute, and sis-
ter of Elizabeth Forman, '3 6, is vice-
president of Student Government.
Mary Matthews, sister of June (Mat-
thews) Blackwell, '36, is editor-in-
chief of the Aurora. Gene Slack,
daughter of Julia Pratt (Smith)
Slack, ex-' 12, is assistant editor of the
Agnes Scott News, and Florence Ellis,
daughter of Florence (Day) Ellis,
ex-' 16, is advertising manager.

Other important officers are:

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Henrietta Thompson, president of
Student Government; Lutie Moore,
as editor of the Silhouette, and Nell
Pinner, as business manager; Eleanor
Hutchens, as editor of the Agnes
Scott News, with Mary Louise Dobbs
as business manager. Virginia Milner
is president of the Athletic Associa-
tion, and Margaret Hopkins is presi-
dent of Lecture Association. Eloise
Lennard is chairman of the May Day
Committee.

Dr. Christian Wins Fellowship

Dr. Schuyler M. Christian, head of
the physics department, has received
a fellowship from the General Educa-
tion Board for the study of history of
science in the South, the work to be
done during the summer quarter of
1939, and the spring and summer
quarters of 1940. The work will con-
sist principally of an investigation of
records and periodicals at the Uni-
versity of Virginia, Duke, North
Carolina, Charleston, and New Or-
leans, with perhaps visits to the lab-
oratories and libraries of several other
southern centers. Dr. Christian's
work will result in a survey of what
scientific work has been accomplished
in the South, some reasons why it has
been so scanty, and the opportunities
for the future of science in this sec-
tion. The results of this survey will
be used in a history of science course
to be taught at Agnes Scott and Em-
ory. Dr. Christian also has received a
grant from the Georgia Academy of
Science to carry on experimental work
in the Agnes Scott laboratory on the
deliquesence of salts, which Dr.
Christian and his students have been
studying for some time. Of particular
interest to the alumnae is the fact
that Dr. Christian is the husband of
Lucile (Coleman) Christian, ex-'30,
who was a member of the Agnes Scott
science faculty before her marriage.
Seniors Win Unusual Honors

Two members of the senior class
won unusual honors in their major
fields just prior to commencement.
Cora Kay Hutchens, of Atlanta, who
is a chemistry major and has served
as lab assistant during the past two
years, was awarded the honor key
given annually by Chi Beta Phi Sig-
ma, national honorary scientific sor-
ority, to the member of the local chap-
ter with the most outstanding record
in science. Cora Kay has also been
president of Chi Beta Phi Sigma.

Julia Sewell, daughter of Margaret
(Bland) Sewell, '20, was interviewed
by the managing editors of Vogue
prior to the announcement of the

winner of Vogue's P n x de Paris, of-
fered by the fashion magazine to the
college senior who writes the best
fashion articles over period of five
months. The prize meajis six months
training in the New york office, and
six in Paris. The fecond prize means
six months in New York. Both
prizes give the assuranfi ni a job
with the magazine after the period of
training is over, provided the contest-
ant proves satisfactory. Julia got
special excuses from her classes and
spent two days in New York inter-
viewing and being interviewed.
Among the people who interviewed
her was Jessica Daves, ex-' 14, who is
one of the managing editors of the
magazine.
Mary Ellen Whetsell Elected to National
Office

Mary Ellen Whetsell, Agnes Scott
senior who has served as president of
Student Government during the past
year, was elected president of the
Southeastern Region of the National
Student Government Federation of
America at a convention held at the
Citadel in Charleston, S. O, late in
April. Mary Ellen is the first woman
executive of the Southeastern Region.
She served last year as chairman of
the woman's division of student gov-
ernment for the Southern Federation.
Mary Ellen will attend an executive
meeting in New York in the sum-
mer to plan N. S. F. A. work for next
year.
Jeanne Flynt Wins Bennett Cup for Acting

Jeanne Flynt, senior member of the
Blackfriars organization, was awarded
the Claude S. Bennett cup for the
best performances of the year. The
cup was presented by Dr. McCain at
the close of the final performance of
the year. Jeanne has delighted the
college audiences with her perform-
ances as the heroine in "Stage Door,"
and "Dream of An August Night."
Jeanne also won the cup last year.
Honorable mention went to Helen
Moses and Evelyn Sears, for excellent
performances in this season's produc-
tions.

Noted Musician Visits Campus

The first faculty artist visit to Ag-
nes Scott, part of a "plan for the in-
tersectional interchange to stimulate
artistic activities in colleges through
visits by those who are identified with
college music, drama, poetry, etc.,"
was made by Mr. Frank B. Stratton,
of Amherst, Mass. Mr. Stratton has
charge of the music at Massachusetts
State College in Amherst, has received
a Carnegie Grant-in-Aid, and is on

leave of absence this year for study
and travel. Mr. Stratton gave a for-
mal piano recital, a clavichord recital
arid several informal musicales at
which times he discussed the works
of various composers and interpreted
them for the students.

Athletic Federation Convention at Agnes
Scott

Agnes Scott entertained delegates
from eleven Georgia women's colleges
at the annual convention of the Geor-
gia Athl ;tic Federation of College
Women. Virginia Milner, Agnes Scott
junior, w as president of the Federa-
tion, and presided at the meetings on
Friday and Saturday. Member col-
leges are Brenau, Bessie Tift, Georgia
Southwestern, Georgia State College
for Women, Georgia State Women's
College, LaGrange, Shorter, South
Georgia Teacher's College, University
of Georgia, Wesleyan, and Agnes
Scott.
Mortar Board Sponsors Marriage Class
for Seniors

Between the marriage class spon-
sored by Mortar Board and the study
course in interior decorating spon-
sored by the Business Girls Club, the
campus has had a chance to find out
everything it needs to know about
getting married and setting up an
establishment. Mortar Board inaugur-
ated the series of lectures on mar-
riage last year, and they proved so
popular and so worth while that they
repeated the course this year for the
benefit of the present seniors. Lec-
tures on "Anatomy and Physiology
of Marriage," "Courtship and Mar-
riage from the Physical Standpoint,"
"Birth Control and Pregnancy,"
"Motherhood," "Marital Adjust-
ment," "Courtship and Marriage from
a Social Standpoint," this last lecture
having opened the course; "Care of
Children," "Careers for Married
Women," and "Budgeting for the
Family." Among the speakers were
Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Raper, Dr. Amy
Chappell, and Dr. Florence Swanson.
Phi Alpha Representatives Participate in
First National Tournament

Margaret Hopkins, president of the
debating club, and Marjorie Merlin
represented Agnes Scott in the Na-
tional Debate Tournament sponsored
by the Southern Association of Teach-
ers of Speech this spring. Nine col-
leges were represented in the tourna-
ment. Agnes Scott debated against
Sophie Newcomb in New Orleans,
and at the same time Ann Henry and
Arlcne Steinbach debated Sophie
Newcomb girls at Agnes Scott.

Import of the Toetry Qontest Qommittee

In the spring of 1938 was conceived the idea of conducting a Poetry
Contest among alumnae to gather creditable expressions in verse of the
college, its personnel, its ceremonies and its well-loved places. A list of
all students who had ever contributed to a campus publication was com-
piled. A form letter, cumbersome in detail, went to those listed in July,
following publication of an appeal in the Quarterly for that month.
One poem was submitted by fall, as a result of these many letters. Open-
ing Day by Elizabeth (Woltz) Currie was published in the November
Quarterly to act as inspiration to slower poets.

In late October a meeting of the local Atlanta committee members
was held: Miss Emma May Laney, Fannie G. (Mayson) Donaldson, Page
Ackerman, Elena Greenfield, and Miss Louise McKinney. At this meet-
ing it was decided to ask Mr. Robert Frost, Mr. Joseph Auslander, Mr.
Louis Untermeyer to serve as judges. March 1, 1939, was set as the dead-
line for entries. Publication of the prize-winner in the July Quarterly,
1939, (and whatever further acclaim can be given it at the Semi-Cen-
tennial Commencement) was decided as the winner's award. The first
list was checked for those most likely to contribute. To each of those
sixty-odd a member of the committee wrote a personal note. By the
deadline nineteen poems had been submitted. The number and quality
made the committee feel their efforts had been well worthwhile.

A further project was discussed at the October meeting the possi-
bility of compiling and printing An Anthology of Agnes Scott Verse.
A local printer estimated the cost of publication at $3 50 for 500 copies.
Dr. McCain, when approached on the matter, felt the college unable to
back such a project, although a paper bound booklet of verse on purely
college subjects might be a possibility. These facts were called to the at-
tention of the alumnae asked to write verse. As a starter on the anthol-
ogy, Page Ackerman and Elena Greenfield have gotten from the files of
the campus publications all possible verse. Although the solution to the
publication has not been found, we felt a beginning might be made to-
ward compilation.

Also serving on my committee have been Louisa Duls, Pernette (Ad-
ams) Carter, Myra Jervey, and Raemond (Wilson) Craig.

We feel the contest has brought in fine verse and served as an inspira-
tion for continued writing of verse, with Agnes Scott the theme.

Dorothy (Hutton) Mount, '29, Chairman.

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