Agnes Scott Alumnae Quarterly [1940-1941]

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Agnes Scott's Tenth Alumnae Week-End Presents
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November 29-30, 1940

Program for Friday, Nov. 29

10:00-10:30 Chapel Talk

"The Religion of America"

James Ross McCain, President of Agnes Scott College

10:30-11:30 "New Trends in American Foreign Policy"

Mose Harvey, Professor of History, Emory University

11:30-12:30 "Modern American Architecture"
Samuel Inman Cooper, Atlanta

12:30 Luncheon in Rebekah Scott Dining Room

Agnes Scott College, host. All alumnae who plan to attend the luncheon
must make reservations with the Alumnae Office by noon Wednesday,
Nov. 27.

1:30- 5:30 Book exhibit in Main Reading Room of Library. Featured in the exhibit will
be the "Books of the States" series, and recent alumnae publications.
Art exhibit in Museum Room of Library. Collection of modem American art
arranged for Agnes Scott by Lamar Dodd, Director of the University Center
Art Program.

American China and Glass exhibit, in Alcove of Library, arranged through
courtesy of Rich's, Inc.

8:00- 9:30 Lectiire-Recital, "Modem American Music"

' ' : Hugh Hodgson. This recital is being presented in the series of music appre-
' : ' .diation hours g.^.^en at the College under the University Center Program.

9:30 ' ' 'Recejjtion, Anna Young Alumnae House, honoring Mr. Hodgson and the

. . speakers foe Alumnae Week-End. Alumnae and their escorts are invited to
, gttend. ' '

Program for Saturday, Nov. 30

10:00-10:30 Chapel Talk, "How Shall We Cast Out Fear?"

Augusta Roberts, '29, National Student Secretary of Y. W. C. A.

10:30-11:30 "Over-the-Counter Chemistry"

John L. Daniel, Professor of Chemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology.

11:30-12:30 "Escape Into Drama" (Radio, Theater, Movies)

Roberta Winter, '27, Professor of Spoken English, Agnes Scott College.

12:30 Luncheon in Anna Young Alumnae House

1:30-5:30 Exhibits in Library

6:00 Revmion Banquet of class of '40. Silhouette Tea House.

8:00 Dedication of Presser Music Building, in Gaines Chapel.

Dr. J. F. Cooke, President of Presser Foundation, Speaker.

"Grand Processional at Avignon" by Atlanta Philharmonic Orchestra

ACROSS THE PRESIDENT'S DESK

Dear Agnes Scott Alumnae:

By the time this issue of the Quarterly reaches you, I
hope we may be using Presser Hall for many of our college
exercises. Our large organ will not be completed until the
last of November, but other parts of the structure are
rapidly being finished.

Gaines Chapel

The most outstanding feature of Presser Hall is Gaines
Chapel, and these words are inscribed over the entrance to
it. In 192 8, the alumnae desired a worshipful chapel
which would be a memorial to Dr. F. H. Gaines, the first
President of the institution, and undertook to raise the
necessary funds. This did not prove practicable because
we did not get enough money subscribed and paid in to fin-
ish the undertaking; and we decided, anyway, that an
entirely separate building would be very expensive for the
five half-hour periods during the week when we gather
for worship.

All of the funds contributed by alumnae for the Gaines
Chapel has been used in this particular feature of Presser
Hall, and a good deal more, in addition. It is a gratifica-
tion to all of us that this memorial at last has been realized.
At some time during the winter, we wish to have the ^ ^^'^"'^^ ^>'l ^^^" ^^^ ^o"'' ^^ '"" POssible for some

more than $30,000 yet to be secured. It is gratifying to
realize how a moderate rate of giving from a large number

to contribute anything, but the objective of our Alumnae
Committee has been to secure as nearly lOOTc cooperation
as possible. It will certainly be a great satisfaction if we
may be successful in getting the whole amount subscribed.
We have the detailed plans and specifications for Hop-
kins Hall, and we believe that every alumna will be pleased
Many of our alumnae who knew Mr. Joseph Maclean, ^-^^ ^^e building which will bear the name of our beloved
for many years head of our Music Department, will be Dean Hopkins

chapel formally dedicated.

The Class of 193 3 presented to the College a very fine
pulpit Bible for use in Gaines Chapel, and it has been kept
until the new building is ready.

Maclean Auditorium

happy to know that the small auditorium in Presser Hall
will bear his name. It will seat three hundred people and
will be useful for gatherings of various kinds. It is ex-
pected that the Alumnae Week-End sessions will be held
very largely in this attractive room.

Our Campaign

As was explained in our last letter, Agnes Scott and
Emory University still have approximately $1,000,000 to
raise in order to meet the requirements of the General
Education Board and to receive our large grant from that
foundation. We are waiting until the European crisis
settles down somewhat, and we hope after the first of the
year to proceed with securing the balance needed.

Agnes Scott has done quite well on the alumnae objec-
tive (raising money for Hopkins Hall) so far as the response
of those who have been heard from is concerned. We now
have approximately $64,000 subscribed for the purpose,
and we believe that by the first of the year this will have
passed the two-thirds mark, so that we will have something

It is the plan of our Alumnae Committee to undertake
the completion of this important project early in the
spring.

Neiv Students
In checking over the list of our students for this year,
we are gratified to realize what a large proportion of them
have come as the result of alumnae interest. Many of them
are your daughters, and of course we claim them as "grand-
daughters." A great many of them have come because you
have spoken to the girls or written to us about them, and
so they represent your interest in your Alma Mater. We
can always keep up the quality of our students if wc may
have them handpicked, as it were, by our daughters who
have gone on before.

Cordially,

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President.

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PENELOPE (BROWN) BARNETT, '32
President of National Alumnae Association of Agnes Scott College

Penelope was editor of the Silhouette, member of Hoasc, Phi Beta Kappa, Blackfriars, International Relations Club, and
member of the Hockey, Baseball and Basketball teams her senior year. Field alumnae secretary for the college from 1932 to
1934, she made a host of friends among the alumnae of former classes. Married in 1934 to Dr. Crawford Barnett, she imme-
diately took her place in alumnae ranks as president of the Atlanta Agnes Scott Club. In 1939, she was general chairman of the
Alumnae Homecoming Committee which made all the arrangements for the Fiftieth Commencement celebration. Mother of
three children, ideal doctor's wife, and active worker in church and community affairs, we are indeed proud to have her at the helm
of our alumnae program for the next two years.

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Highlighted on the fall calendar at Agnes Scott College
is the Tenth Alumnae Week-End, to be held November
29 and 30, at the College.

The program is planned to coincide with the dedication
of the new Presser Building, which is the fulfillment of a
dream long cherished by the alumnae who had a part in
making it possible. The high spot in the program will be
the dedication of the building on Saturday evening at eight
o'clock.

The theme for the lecture program is "Modern Ameri-
cana," with emphasis on the elements that go to make up
our life today.

Opening the program at the chapel hour on Fridav will
be Dr. James R. McCain, who will speak on "The Religion
of America." Frances (Gilliland) Stukes, '24, will sing
"On Guard, America," the patriotic song written by Polly
(Stone) Buck, '24, and just recently published. Mary-
ellen (Harvey) Newton, '16, chairman of the Alumnae
Week-End Committee, will preside at the opening pro-
gram.

The second lecture of the morning will be "New Trends
in American Foreign Policy," by Dr. Mose Harvey, of
Emory University. Dr. Harvey is a noted historian and
his topic promises a most enlightening discussion.

"Modern American Architecture," by Samuel Inman
Cooper will be the third lecture on Friday. Mr. Cooper
is well known in Atlanta as an architect, and at present
is actively engaged in slum clearance architecture under
the Federal Housing Administration.

The Friday luncheon in Rebekah Scott dining room is
always an eagerly anticipated occasion for the returning
alumnae, and this year's will be just as delightful as in other
years.

Outstanding among the exhibits planned for Alumnae
Week-End is the collection of American china and glass-
ware, which is presented through the courtesy of M. Rich
& Company of Atlanta. The book exhibit in previous years
has aroused much interest among the alumnae, and this
year two specific sections will be worthy of special atten-
tion: the series of books on the States, and the recent
publications of our alumnae. The books will be on exhibit
in the Main Reading Room of the Library, and the china
will be in the Alcove. Especially interesting to the art-
minded alumnae will be the collection of lithographs and
etchings by contemporary artists which will be presented in
the Museum Room of the Library during the same hours
as the other exhibits. These art exhibits are arranged by
Lamar Dodd, head of the art department of the Univer-
sity of Georgia, under the direction of the University Cen-
ter Fine Arts Division. An exhibit is presented at the
College each month in an effort to further the appreciation
of art among the students and patrons of the College.

Hugh Hodgson's lecture-recital on Friday evening will
need no introduction to the Atlanta public for his previous
music appreciation hours have been widely attended and
greatly enjoyed. Mr. Hodgson graciously consented to
change his program and to present Modern American Music
on Friday evening to fit into the theme of the Alumnae
Week-End program. Works of contemporary composers
will be discussed and interpreted, and a delightful evening
will be in store for all the alumnae attending.

Immediately following the recital a reception honoring
Mr. Hodgson and the speakers on the Alumnae Week-End
program will be given in the Anna Young Alumnae House.
Alumnae and their escorts and friends are invited to attend.

mericana

Saturday's program opens with a chapel talk by Augusta
Roberts, '29, National Student Secretary of the Y. W. C.
A. Her subject, "How Shall We Cast Our Fear?" deals
with the ideal American home, and the way in which we
may build it securely.

Professor John L. Daniel, of Georgia Tech, will be the
second lecturer on Saturday, and his topic, "Over-the-
Counter Chemistry, will delve into the field of applied
chemistry and its contributions to the modern life of
America.

Roberta Winter's, '27, "Escape Into Drama," will give
outstanding developments in radio, theater, and moving
picture at the eleven-thirty lecture.

Luncheon in the Silhouette Tea House will complete the
Saturday morning program, and the exhibits will be open
on Saturday afternoon for the alumnae who wish to see
them.

Saturday evening at eight o'clock the Presser Fine Arts
Building will be dedicated. Complete details about this
program are given elsewhere in the Quarterly.

Maryellen (Harvey) Newton, '16, is chairman of the
Alumnae Week-End Committee. Other members of th;
committee include: Fannie G. (Mayson) Donaldson and
Margaret Pythian, in charge of china exhibit; Geraldine
LeMay, in charge of reading list; Jean Chalmers, publicity;
Frances (Gilliland) Stukes, luncheon decorations; Frances
(Craighead) Dwyer, reception; Eliza King, Cora (Mor-
ton) Durrett; Margaret (Bland) Sewell; and Sarah Fulton;
Ex-oiTicio members are Penelope (Brown) Barnett and
Nelle (Chamlee) Howard. The Granddaughters Club will
be in charge of registration.

The following suggested reading list was prepared by
the committee to be used in connection with Alumnae
Week-End. The annotations on the books are taken from
Book Review Digest, Booklist and Publisher's Weekly.
Religion:

Elliott, Harrison S. Can Religious Education be Chris-
tian? 1940, 338 p. Macmillan, $2.50.

The liberal religious education, which the author de-
fends, is in line with the modern educational theories and
is experience-centered rather than Bible-centered. A part
of the book is a critique of Reinhold Neibuhr's writings
and theories.

Bell, Bernard Iddings, Religion for tiling; a Book for
Postmodernists. 1940, 187 p. Harper, $2.

"One of the most marked characteristics of modern re-
ligious writing has been its striking reaction from what
has come to be known as the Liberaism of the past, an atti-
tude of mind that reached its greatest influence in the
early years of the present century. Canon Bell sets out to
develop what he calls the 'postmodernist' attitude to reli-
gion. He sees 'that the Liberal doctrine of man was grave-
ly defective! . . . His postmodernist is intellectually and
spiritually hungry' ... a man who is conscious that what
his spiritual life demands is 'something which is more than
a series of propositions about which to debate' if his life is
to be something less than insurmountable tragedy.' He
claims that Christianity, and in the main traditional Chris-
tianity, meets exactly the case." London Times i

Wilder, Amos, The Spiritual Aspect of the New Poetry.
262 p. Harper, $2.50.

"To the rapidly expanding shelf of contemporary criti-
cism Wilder has added a distinctive and constructive book,

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FINE ARTS PROGRAM DEVELOPS
UNDER UNIVERSITY CENTER

By Eleanor Hutchens, '40

A huge forward step in the march of Southern education
. . .a new horizon for Southern youth ... a way to train
leaders in the South and keep them here . . . The Univer-
sity Center movement is all these, and will be so recorded
in future histories. It is aspiration toward a grand ideal;
the combining of educational facilities for mutual benefit
to the institutions involved and to the South. It is the
product of co-operative thought by farsighted educators
men of vision whom future generations will recognize for
a great achievement.

The University Center movement is all this, as everyone
is aware who has been interested in it. But let it not be
regarded entirely as a movement which will take years to
bear fruit; it is a vital force now on the campuses of its
member institutions. This year it will bring much to
Agnes Scott.

One of the responsibilities of Agnes Scott as a partici-
pant in the Center lies in strengthening her facilities for
instruction in the fine arts; and it is in this field that the
influence of the Center is most apparent on the campus.
The magnificent Presser Hall, the emphasis on music, and
the monthly art exhibits are, directly or indirectly, the re-
sult of Agnes Scott's participation in the University Cen-
ter movement.

Presser Hall, which rises beside Buttrick to join its row
of fellows in the collegiate Gothic style, is almost com-
pleted as we go to press. Outwardly finished, it opens
grandly on to McDonough Street, the outer angle of its
L-shaped structure following the lines of the street corner.
The ground around it is still raw and red, but brick walks
are taking shape in the clay. Its inner angle and that of
Buttrick form a new quadrangle behind the buildings.

As the visitor walks up the wide white steps of the mam
entrance, the front of the building mounts above him in a
towering Gothic arch, the big windows of Gaines Chapel
stretching off to the right. Two doors of heavy oak are
set in the stone entrance, and lead into the lobby.

The effect of passing through one of the doors opening
from the low-ceilinged lobby into the high-vaulted Memo-
rial Chapel is a tremendous and exalting one. The big
Gothic windows on each side, through which stream the
morning sun for chapel, the evening light for vespers; the
long sweep of auditorium space between them; the great
oaken buttresses above; and the pointed arch of the stage,
all combine for an almost cathedral-like air of loftiness.

As a matter of fact, the Chapel is to be used both as a
church and as a theater. It is fitted with a new four-
manual organ, the pipes of which will occupy two side
towers, and with a pulpit which can be removed for non-
religious gatherings. As a theater, it is one of the finest
in the South, with the most modern equipment, and has
a seating capacity of 1,100. The seat upholstery and the
main curtain will match in a dark terracotta shade. The
stage, receding to a good depth behind the orchestra pit,
has elaborate set facilities, with ample dressing rooms be-
low.

Chapel exercises, plays, lectures, and practically all other
public functions will be held here, with the exception of
such outbursts as the stunt and senior opera. These are
still to rattle the rafters of the Gymnasium.

The Chapel and its accessories take up one entire wing
of the building, running parallel with McDonough Street.

The other wing, three stories high, pointing toward But-
trick, completes the L. Here, on the first floor, are prac-
tice rooms; above are offices and studios. The Joseph
MacLean Auditorium, on the third floor, fills out the wing.

The building contains, in all, six studios; six offices;
between twenty-five and thirty pianos; and fifteen practice
rooms, sound-proof and air-conditioned. No more will the
chords of "Liebcstraum" come pounding over the quad-
rangle from fourth floor Main, of a fall afternoon

Only music will be taught in Presser Hall. There are
offices and studios for Mr. C. W. Dieckmann, head of the
music department; Mr. Lewis Johnson, Miss Eda Bartholo-
mew, and Mr. Georg Lindner. Miss Evelyn Wall will be
in Mr. Johnson's studio as accompanist. Although they
are not connected with the music department. Miss Frances
Gooch, Miss Roberta Winter, and Mr. Hugh Hodgson of
the University of Georgia, also will have offices.

The Joseph Maclean Auditorium, named for the long-
time head of Agnes Scott's music department, will serve
for gatherings too small to warrant the use of Gaines
Chapel. Seating 3 00, it has a small stage and is equipped
with the organ formerly used in the old chapel in Rebekah
Scott. Its indirect lighting is particularly effective, the
illumination being thrown from behind side ledges to be
diffused by the curved, light-colored ceiling. The seats,
arranged in two sections, are the same comfortable leather-
and-velour type used in the big chapel.

The fact that Presser Hall is the first major campus
building to face a public street may be regarded as a sym-
bol of Agnes Scott's closer relations with the public this
year, especially in the field of music. In an effort to share
its music-teaching facilities, now unquestionably the finest
in the Southeast, the College has added several new fea-
tures to its regular program so as to include outsiders.

The Friday evening Music Appreciation Hours head the
list of public attractions. Under the direction of Mr.
Hugh Hodgson, head of the Fine Arts department of the
University of Georgia, and Mr. Dieckmann, these programs
are presented without admission charge on the Agnes Scott
campus. The College sponsors them, in co-operation with
the University.

Varied as to both music and performers, the Apprecia-
tion Hours have drawn gratifying crowds of music lovers
to the campus. They have packed Bucher Scott Gymna-
sium for the past month, but will be enjoyed in the new
Gaines Chapel soon. The program for the first quarter
may give an idea as to their nature:

October 4 Opening Recital. Hugh Hodgson, Pianist

October 11 An Evening with Bach. (Mr. Hodgson

and three other Atlanta Musicians)
October IS Two Piano Program (Agnes Scott). (Mr.

Dieckmann and Miss Bartholomew)
October 2 5 No Concert. (All Star Concert in

Atlanta)
November 1 Beethoven's Music
November 8 Popular Program
November 15 String Ensemble and Special Chorus

(Agnes Scott)
November 22 No Concert. (All Star Concert in

Atlanta)
November 29 Modern American Music

NOVEMBER, 19 iO

December 6 Concert on New Organ (Agnes Scott)
December 13 An Evening with Handel

Mr. Hodgson returns to the campus each Saturday morn-
ing to conduct a course on the Development of the Opera,
for which outsiders were invited to register at the opening
of the session. Given in the Atlanta musician's charac-
teristically informal style, the course has proved popular,
attracting thirty outsiders, fifteen students enrolled for
credit, and about fifteen regular auditors.

Admisison of non-students to classes in Harmony and
Counterpoint is a third feature in this year's emphasis on
music. These courses, under Mr. Dieckmann, are available
to the public on payment of a nominal tuition fee.

The Glee Club, under the direction of Mr. Johnson, has
an unusually heavy schedule for the term. Besides filling
as many as possible of the customary deluge of invitations
from Atlanta, the choir will appear once on the Fall Music
Appreciation Hour series, and will give Handel's "Mes-
siah" some time in the latter part of January. These plans
are in addition to the regular annual activities, such as the
Christmas carol program and the spring operetta.

Although music is being stressed most, in accordance
with Agnes Scott's new responsibility as a fine arts center,
art also has a place in the year's program. Fifty prints
from the national display of graphic art done under the
WPA Art Program went on exhibit in the Library late in
September, to be shown there for both students and public.
Revealing a wide panorama of the American scene ranging
from the skyscrapers and slums of Manhattan to the
Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, the display is the
work of rising American artists who have won recognition
within the past few years. The prints represent a variety
of techniques in graphic art, including lithography, en-
graving, woodcuts, drypoint, etching, linoleum cuts, aqua-
tints, and combination techniques.

Some of the work in the exhibition has been distin-

guished by inclusion in "Fine Prmts of the Year," pub-
lished by British Museum expert Campbell Dodgson; in
International Print Shows of the Chicago Art Institute;
and in the publication "Fifty Prints of the Year." Some
of the artists have gained representation in American and
European museums; some have received Guggenheim fel-
lowship awards. Each set of fifty prints remains on view
for one month, and is then replaced by a new set.

Pen and Brush Club, in accordance with the general
trend, plans an especially interesting year, with talks by
art experts, special sketch classes, and an exhibition of
student work in the Spring.

With these advances, Agnes Scott begins to assume her
place as a fine arts center. This concentration in the field
is, of course, only one of her responsibilities as a partici-
pant in the University Center; but it is the one of which
the results are now most evident.

Alumnae will have a chance to see and appraise this new
part of Agnes Scott when Alumnae Week-end brings them
to the campus November 29. The Music Appreciation
Hour that evening will be presented in Gaines Chapel, fea-
turing modern American music; there will be opportunities
to explore Presser Hall; and, finally, its formal dedication
will come Saturday night.

Dr. James Francis Cooke, president of the Presser Foun-
dation of Philadelphia, will make the dedicatory address.
Dr. Cooke's composition, "Grand Processional at Avig-
non," will be played by the Atlanta Philharmonic Orches-
tra under the direction of Mr. Lindner of the Agnes Scott
faculty. Another representative of the Foundation who
will be present is Dr. John Haney, chairman of the com-
mittee dealing with buildings.

The dedication will mean, to Agnes Scott, more than
that of a building. It will mark the appearance of the
first tangible evidence of her part in the great University
Center plan, which promises still more splendid fruits in
the future.

Dr. McCain, Mil. Hod,

f^soii and Dean Sfiikes confer on location of music
the new Prcser Building.

and art studios

ALUMNAE IN THE NEWS

Presbyterian Press Agent

Jy Elizabeth K. Lynch, '3 3

I have been asked to write for you a description of my
job a job which brought me to Atlanta two years ago,
after I had worked the previous three years as secretary of
the General College at the University of Florida. It really
is a fascinating job; it includes considerable travel, feature
photography, interviews with important persons, and news
feature writing in fact, it is the kind of a job I dreamed
about when I was a college girl at Agnes Scott! I don't
know that I really have a title, but in general, my work is
to experiment in using some of the valuable techniques
employed by Life Mai^azirie and news feature writers, in
an attempt to broadcast the ideas and thoughts of the
southern Presbyterian Church leaders. I am employed by
the Presbyterian Committee on Stewardship and Finance,
which is one of the six central headquarters offices of the
southern Presbyterian denomination, and I am loaned out
from time to time to the other offices for special feature
publicity assignments.

Recently, I was assigned to the Home Mission office to
go to Oklahoma Presbyterian College for Indian Girls, to
take pictures and make interviews, and to prepare a picture
folder presenting the worth and work of the college. The
Stewardship office furnishes me with a beautiful camera
and many fascinating accessory precision instruments.
Eastman's book on "How to Take Good Pictures" has, by
necessity, served as an excellent emergency substitute for
a course in photography. At another time the Richmond
office borrowed me for a similar piece of work describing
a mountain community mission project. I also made two
picture-and-word descriptive folders for the Assembly's
Training School for Lay Workers at Richmond. The most
difficult assignment of this nature thus far, was to prepare
"from scratch" and "in toto" a 3 2-page pictorial review^ of
the whole work of the whole denomination. The result, a
booklet entitled "A Pictorial Review of Our Church at
Work," was first published as an insert in the March issue
of the Prcsbyfcriait Surrey but is now reprinted separately.
The folders and booklets I make are printed in quantities
varying from 20,000 to 100,000 and distributed through
local churches in the sixteen southeastern states within the
bounds of the Assembly.

This experience with pictures has deepened my convic-
tion that those who point to the popularity of Life Maga-
zine and other pictorials as an unfavorable comment on
the laziness, indifference, or hurriedness of the modern
reader, are somewhat in error. Many persons contend that
it is rather to be lamented that to get the modern reader's
attention one must bribe him with pictures rather than
relying on the time-honored appeal of words the appeal
of "sterner stuff." It seems to me, however, that the suc-
cess of pictures is due not only to the hurriedness or
shallowness of the modern reader, but also to the fact that
pictures actually make a definite and unique contribution
to an idea which words cannot make with anything like
the same accuracy, potency, or efficiency. Pictures supple-
ment words; pictures make not only a psychological and
emotional appeal, but they contribute information, impres-
sion, and attitude in a unique and desirable manner, which
is intellectually respectable as far as I can see. They also
add to the objectivity of a report. If I come back from a

visit to Oklahoma Presbyterian College and tell you of
meeting some Indian girls who are beautiful, gracious,
graceful, regal, and charming after all, you have no way
of knowing whether my ideas of what is beautiful and
charming coincide with your ideas of what is beautiful and
charming. But if I show you pictures many pictures of
them you yourself can judge on your own standards; you
yourself can see the poise and grace of their posture, the
tilt of their heads, the lilt of their manner, the beauty of
their features, the sparkle of white, even teeth and bright
black eyes. Without depending on my evaluation of these
items you can gather your own impressions. I believe it
would be absolutely impossible to give you all the values of
the picture by words alone. (Words after all are so often a
bewildcringly inadequate mode of expressing thought.)
And even to express approximately the ideas in the pictures
would take a comparatively inefficient amount of space
and time. And so, I have come to see a real art and science
in pictures an art and science to be studied and taken
advantage of not with remorse and condescension, but
rather with rejoicing over the development of a new im-
proved and powerful vehicle of thought and idea.

Another aspect of my work is acting as press agent at
the major conferences and meetings. I spent this last
summer at Montreat, N. C, furnishing the Associated
Press with interviews and other news features from the
various Assembly-wide conferences held there. It is also
my duty to prepare advance news abstracts of all major
reports to the Assembly for the Associated Press and to
furnish the A. P. reporters with reference and background
material for their use in covering the actual sessions of the
Assembly's annual meeting. I am assigned to attend
the Assembly, to observe its proceedings and to write a
layman's "human interest" account for the Presbyterian
Snriey an assignment which certainly offers a wealth of
insight into the workings of a big institution; into the
thinking of its workers and leaders.

And then again the Nashville Foreign Mission office
borrows me from time to time for experiments in feature
writing about foreign missionaries. A discovery I made in
Nashville concerning the value of missionary letters as
potential news feature material has led to one of the most
permanent and continuous aspects of my work. I discov-
ered that the four hundred missionaries of this denomina-
tion write from two to nine letters each to the Nashville
Foreign Mission headquarters each year. These letters are
mimeographed and distributed to a mailing list of personal
friends of each missionary. I found that a high percentage
of those letters, coming from China, Japan, Korea, Africa,
Brazil, and Mexico, contain educational comments and
commentaries on the life and interests, the hopes and fears,
the goals and trials of the people in these lands. In other
words, here was genuine "human interest" feature material
which I was willing to venture might be fairly "eaten up"
by newspapers in the home town of any given missionary.
And my venture has proved correct. The newspapers use
these stories and even ask for more. While sometimes a
humorous incident told in light vein is used to supply the
entree for the story, care is always taken to avoid seeming
trivial, bizarre, or sensational, and there is always an at-

NOVEMBER, 1940

tempt to accompany the light "human interest" element
with an impression, attitude, or bit of information which
contributes directly or indirectly toward Christian think-
ing on the part of the reader. The stories are furnished
free to the papers, the idea being that if the story is worth
printing to them as news it is worth the effort to us as
publicity. Because of the success of this experiment, 1 am
now on the mailing lists of about 75 missionaries and so
can carry on this part of the work not only upon infre-
quent visits to Nashville but at any time from any point
to which my work takes me.

Of course, no one person can carry these various possi-
bilities to completion, and it is too soon to ascertain
whether this denomination will ever wish to expand the
present publicity facilities or not. However, if any of you
who read this are interested and equipped to do work of
this sort, I should really like to hear from you, because
eventually, since this all is a sort of "pet brain child" of
mine, I might someday wax bold enough to plead for an
enlargement of the work. This seems to be one of those
few dreams that lives right on through an expression in
hard reality.

Long before I came to Atlanta to try this experiment
my basic assumptions and reasoning about them went
something like this: (see if they seem sound to you)

Sometimes we grow impatient because the Church does
not exert more influence over the other social institutions,
make itself more manifest in the society, or make more
effective strides in Christianizing the rules and regulations
of the social order. But a truth that must never be lost
sight of is this: any system functions effectively only when
the attitudes of its people are in harmony with the spirit
of its rules for there is no set of rules which people can-
not get around if they wish to do so. Christians, then,
must lead, not drive; must prepare for any legislation by
much education. They can and should work toward and
think about building a better social order much more
than they do but any such improvements will be built
not primarily on rules and laws but on attitudes. There-
fore, it is the attitude-formers of our modern era which
are, in the final analysis, the keys to the future. Forming
right attitudes is, of course, a primary purpose of the
Church, and the tools it has used most widely for this pur-
pose thus far are the Sunday services, conferences, a few
schools, and church literature.

But, however good the sermon, however fine the con-
ference, and however intelligent the literature these things
are reaching only an extremely limited portion of the
population. How, then, can their effect ever be expected
to stack up very impressively in comparison with what
might be done by using also other great modern vehicles
of thought such as: the radio, the motion picture, the
public school room, the newspapers, and the magazines.
These vehicles are forming attitudes twenty-four hours of
every day by impressive and dramatic presentations which
are universally heard, seen, read, and attended. These are
forming countless numbers of attitudes throughout the
land for better or for worse!

The Church uses these great instruments slightly and
occasionally, but only slightly and occasionally. This is
true, largely because of financial limitations, to be sure,
but it is also due partially to the fact that most church
workers, like most other human beings, are so thoroughly
grounded and so busily swamped in the old routine of the
old ways that to look up and out and over the rim is not
only painful but practically impossible.

And now, for two years I have been weakly dabbling in
one of these areas the newspapers, with a dip into pho-
tography on the side. But even my weak little dabblings
have renewed my vision of the wonders that might be oc-

.1

Miss Rcna Dosh, senior at Oklahoma Presbyterian Col-
lege, seeks adi'ice and counsel for Jeiiel (Gloer) Teasley,
Institute, ivho is a honse mother at the hiilian School.

complished someday if persons interested primarily in cre-
ating desirable attitudes rather than in amassing fortunes
could somehow manifest themselves as more skillful ma-
nipulators of these great tools, these great molders of
thought, emotion, and of life itself the radio, the motion
picture, the newspapers and the magazines.

I guess I could easily fill several pages describing adven-
tures in Oklahoma or in the mountains of Tennessee, or at
Montreat, or at Nashville, or Richmond, but somehow, in
the face of the staggering magnitude of the world's present
war tragedies, I cannot find the desire to prattle gaily and
blithely on about my insignificant adventures here and
there. And yet, because of this very feeling, I would like
to describe briefly just one impression that came to me
again and again while I was taking pictures of Indians in
Oklahoma:

To go to Oklahoma for even one short week and see the
American Indians as they live there calm, reticent, stal-
wart, indescribably poor, pitifully handicapped, and appar-
ently, even yet stunned and dazed by the chaos of their
sad heritage, makes one gasp and cry, "Who has been here?
Could Hitler have been here, too? Who has been here to
do this thing to these people!" And then, in engulfing
humility, it must be remembered that it was not Hitler
and it was not some tyrant of the dark ages past. Rather,
it was our own forebearers who only a short hundred years
ago, after the Indians were already helpless and completely
beaten and harmless, coveted yet the last acre of their rich
lands, took their possessions, transplanted them from the
luxurious woodlands of Georgia and New England to the
bleak, barren, flat plains of Oklahoma and to the desert
lands beyond and thus dazed them, stunned them broke
their spirit! It is well that our great righteous indignation
at the wrongs of others be deeply tempered with great
humility. Lo! the American Indian! Today we are rightlv
filled with moral indignation because greedy power is
breaking the spirit and taking the possessions of stalwart
but helpless peoples. But because righteous Indignation
alone untempered by humility carries with It the dan-
gers of high-pitched emotional thinking and does not lend
aid to sane, fair, straight thinking, it is particularly fitting
these tense days that we remember the American Indian!

I think this article is now long enough, but someday I
would like to write another, dealing less with my work and
more with the valuable impressions my work has brought
me impressions, for instance, about America's share in

The AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

Two little baby Indian girls
Away out in Oklahoma
Both were timid and camera shy-
And Weetonah began to cry,
Then /here was only one!

Japan's war guilt, about the hue and cry over "the social
gospel," about the lack of clarity in present-day thinking
on the "doctrine of separation of church and state," about
the widespread habits of unconsciously divorcing thought
from action and of substituting words for thought; about
the need for more forbearance and less emotional explosive-
ness and prejudice in thinking about human relationships
and race problems, about the growth of interdenomina-
tional co-operation, about the breadth and scope of outlook
required of the modern statesmanlike missionary, about the
dangers of an institution's becoming so pre-occupied with
perpetuating itself that it loses sight of its major vitalizing
functions and objectives for this job offers, among other
things, an exceedingly effective vantage point from which
to observe and analyze an interesting parade of thoughts
and trends. If I should leave the job today, I would al-
ready have enough thinking to catch up on to last me for
a long time. I am even led to wish mightily that I could
have used my college days to store up a reservoir of
thoughts on some of these matters as it is, I am so far be-
hind! I am wondering if one ever feels caught up on one's
thinking.

(Book List continued from page 3)

one that took courage as well as knowledge to write."
New York Times.

History and Economicst

Adamic, Louis, Froin Many Lands. Harper, $3.50.

For two years Louis Adamic, with a corps of assistants,
has canvassed foreign born and second generation Ameri-
cans to assemble the material for his new book. It is a
study of the assimilation in the American melting pot, op-
portunity for immigrants, and the sort of people and cul-
ture that are being evolved."

Adamic, Louis, My America. Harper, 193 8, $3.75.

Autobiographical material, intermingled with episodic
reporting on significant aspects of America in the past
ten years.

Overstreet, H. A., A Declaration of ]nterdej>endencc.
Norton, 1937, 284 p. $3.00.

Fine statement of the problems of our contemporary life
and one which should satisfy all men who are concerned
with finding the life abundant.

Stearns, H. E., editor America Noil'. An Inquiry into
the Civilization of the United States, by thirty-six Ameri-
cans. Scribner, 1938. $3.00.

Essays by various hands on present conditions in the
United States, grouped under the headings: Arts; Business
and Labor; Science and Industry; Politics; Education;
Types of Living; Health; Race; and Religion.

Streit, C. K., Union Now. Harper, 1939. $3.00.

Proposal for union of the fifteen democracies in the
North Atlantic region. The author gives his reasons for
thinking that leagues must fail and offers a thought-pro-
voking alternative plan leading to an ultimate universal
world union of equal men.

Architecture:

Hamlin, Talbot Faulkner, Architecture Through the
Ages, Putnam, $6.00.

The book is for the general reader as well as the artist
and designer, and is a history of architectural development
based on the conception that buildings are not isolated
objects of set, definite styles which existed arbitrarily at
different times, but rather the inevitable results of char-
acteristic ways of living, governing, worshipping and do-
ing business.

Radio, Theater, Movies:

Lohr, Lenox, Teleiision Broadcasting, (production, econ-
omics and technique), 1940. McGraw Hill, $3.00.

Television programming and the internal relationships in
a television broadcasting system, including the legal
background, the economics and the technical features of
the system are included. A typical television script, "The
Three Garridebs", is an appendix.

Lazarfeld, Paul F., Radio and the Printed Page, 1940,
Duell Sloan and Pearce, $4.

Investigations covering a wide range of inquiries were
made under the auspices of Princeton and Columbia Uni-
versities to discover the role of radio in the communica-
tion of ideas. The findings are impartially printed here.
One chapter deals with the effect radio has on the reading
of newspapers and books. Another discusses the building of
audiences for good broadcasting among people on the lower
cultural levels. Conditions under which people chose to
read or to listen, and methods for promoting serious listen-
ing and reading by means of radio are included.

Brown, John Mason, Broadway in Review, 1940, Norton,
$2.75.

Entertaining, sharp, literary criticism of Broadway pro-
ductions, both musical and non musical during the past
three seasons, by the dramatic editor of the New York
Post. Essays are included on acting and the theater.
Good educational material on current drama.

Adam, Thomas Ritchie, Mot/on Pictures in Adult Edu-
cation, Am. Assn. for Adult Education.

Discussion of the use of motion pictures with adult study
groups. The author attempts to show how much and how
the motion picture is contributing to education and how
much more it might bt made to contribute.

from a Tower Window

Lecture Association Presents
Vincent Sheean

Vincent Sheean, war correspondent
and author of "Personal History," and
"Not Peace But a Sword," is being
presented at Agnes Scott on Wednes-
day, November 13, at 3:30 P. M., ac-
cording to the announcement made
by Miss Emma May Laney, faculty
chairman of the Lecture Association.

Vincent Sheean first came into lit-
erary prominence with the publication
of "Personal History," a brilliant ac-
account of his journalistic adventures
in Europe, Africa, and Asia. News-
paper readers had known him long be-
fore, however, as an ace foreign corre-
spondent for The Chicago Tribune
and various news syndicates.

Before 193 5 Mr. Sheean's journal-
istic work took him to Morocco, Rus-
sia, Persia, China, as well as Europe.
Upon his marriage in that year to
Diana Forbes Robertson, he settled
down to write fiction in a cottage on
the cliffs of Dover, presenting to his
readers "San Felice," "Day of Bat-
tle," both historical novels, as well as
a collection of short stories, "Pieces
of a Fan."

However, when European affairs
began to get complicated again, he
could not stay away from the excite-
ment, so in succession he covered the
developments in Spain, Austria, Ger-
many, and what was then Czecho-Slo-
vakia. He covered the Nazi's march
into the Sudetenland, and his broad-
cast from Prague challenging the val-
idity of Hitler's claims was an inter-
national sensation.

After the Munich settlement Sheean
went back into Germany and saw for
himself the persecutions of Jews which
followed the Grynspan shooting of
Vom Rath at the German Embassy in
Paris. He then returned to Spain and
witnessed the fall of Catalonia. He
spent the summer of 1940 on the
Continent, until the collapse of
France; from that time until the first
of October he was in England.

Through Mr. Sheean the Lecture
Association will be bringing to the
Agnes Scott campus first-hand infor-
mation about Europe and the world
today, presented by one who can in-
terpret it. His subject will be: "The
Current Scene." The lecture will be
in Gaines Chapel in the new Presser
Building on the Agnes Scott campus.
Admission will be seventy-five cents.

Introducing

MISS MARGARET SHATSWELL:

The Alumnae Association is pleased
to introduce the new manager of the
Silhouette Tea House; the Tea Room
committee feels that it is very for-
tunate in obtaining the services of
Miss Margaret Shatswell for this posi-
tion.

Miss Shatswell comes to Agnes
Scott directly from Florida State Col-
lege for Women, in Tallahassee, Flor-
ida, where she has just completed three
years of training in Home Economics.
Her third year there she served as stu-
dent dietitian, which is similar to an
apprenticeship or interneship.

A graduate of Radcliffe, as well as
student at Antioch College, in Ohio,
and in both Paris and Florence, Miss
Shatswell has been director of social
and physical activities at Newton
Hospital Training School at Newton
Lower Falls, Massachusetts; has held
the position of assistant to the Secre-
tary of the President of Rollins Col-
lege at Winter Park, Florida; acted as
director of the Chi Omega House
there.

Already Miss Shatswell has made
her place in the Tea House and on the
campus, where she is recognized as an
expert in her field. Besides the regu-
lar meals in the Tea House, she is
making a specialty of receptions and
teas. She will serve luncheons and
dinner parties by reservation; make
sandwiches and cakes by order; (one
of her most popular specialties is a
birthday cake with favors baked in
it). Also very popular is the Mexi-
can chocolate, which she makes in a
jara, brought back from a Mexican
trip during the past summer.

We are happy to have Miss Shats-
well on the campus and in the Alum-
nae House this year. We hope the
local Atlanta and Decatur alumnae
will come out to meet her and talk
over their entertainment problems
with her.

Alumna Designs Quarterly Cover
for the Year

Leone (Bowers) Hamilton, '26, is
the designer of the cover for the
Alumnae Quarterlies for the session of
1940-41. Red is always generous with
her talents and her abilities, and we
are happy to express here our apprecia-
tion of her assistance to the Alumnae
Association.

Alumnae Publications on the
Best Seller List

Geraldine LeMay, '2 9, author of
"The Story of a Dam," is finding
herself besieged by autograph hunters
these days, since her recently pub-
lished book is becoming so well
known.

Gerry graduated from the Library
School at Emory soon after her grad-
uation from Agnes Scott, and later
accepted a position with the TVA
at Norris, Tennessee. Working in
her office day after day, she could
hear the blasting and dynamiting
that accompanied the construction
of the magnificent Norris Dam,
and while performing her routine du-
ties, she often visualized the planning
and thought that had gone into the
construction of the project. After an
inquiry from a child for material on
dam construction, Gerry checked
every publisher's catalogue and bul-
letin obtainable, but could find noth-
ing simple enough for child consump-
tion on the fascinating subject. She
decided to do something about it, and
some two years later Longmans Green
& Company, of New York, announced
the release of a new book for children,
entitled "The Story of a Dam," by
Geraldine LeMay. The book is pro-
fusely illustrated with photographs
and all technical engineering terms
are translated into simple idiom for
child consumption. And, not content
with mere description, the author has
ably translated the social significance
of such a project.

The book originally intended for
children has been so much in demand
by grown-ups, who would also like to
know how to build a dam, that it is
rapidly reaching the best seller class,
and our sincerest congratulations are
extended to its author.

10

The AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

Marian (McCamy) Sims, '20, has
published her fifth book just recently,
"The City On the Hill," and has sur-
passed her previous publications with
the power and sincerity of this most
recent one. It is the story of Char-
lotte, N. C, and the clean-up of
dirty politics in the city government
in which her husband played a large
part. Mrs. Sims has added more pres-
tige to her name as a novelist with
this moving story of her own city.

Agnes Scolt Students From
Foreign Countries

Among the new students at Agnes
Scott this fall are representatives from
several countries other than the United
States. Josane McDaniel is from
France. She didn't want to leave
France, but her father, who is an
American and was married to Josane's
mother when he was in service in
France during the other war, insisted
that it would be safer for her here.

The new student from Brazil this
year, Agnes Burdett, is the daughter
of Elizabeth (Burke) Burdettc, '16,
whose husband is in the American
Embassy in Brazil.

Two Cuban girls as students is
something novel at Agnes Scott.
One, Trina Perez, is a day student,
living with her brother in Atlanta,
while the other, Georgine Castagnet,
is boarding.

One of Five Agnes Scott Alumni
Dies at 60

Few Agnes Scotters realize that
their school has six alumni as well as
over 7,000 alumnae! And they are
sons of the College in their own
right, besides the many sons-in-law
that the school claims through mar-
riages with the "daughters of Agnes
Scott."

The June 13 DeKalb New Era car-
ried a story of the death of one of
these alumni: "One of the six for-
mer male students of Agnes Scott
College, and a native and former resi-
dent of Decatur, died Saturday at a
hospital in Birmingham, where he had
lived for a number of years following
his removal from Decatur. He was
Mr. John Albert Swanton, 60 . . .
When Agnes Scott was founded in
1889 as Decatur Female Seminary, the
organization committee, composed of
leaders in the First Presbyterian
Church, stipulated that 'a limited
number of boys under twelve years
of age' would be accepted as day stu-
dents during the first session . . . Mr.
Swanton, then nine years old, was one
of the six boys admitted. No other
males have been registered at the
school since that year. Several years
ago he returned to the college to at-
tend a reunion of these students."

This alumnus was related to sev-
eral of the alumnae of Agnes Scott:
Estelle (Almand) Swanton, Institute,
his sister-in-law; Eleanor (Swanton)
Thomason and Estelle (Swanton)
Kerr, his sisters, both from the Insti-
tute.

Silhouette Wins Highest Rating
in Georgia

The only yearbook published by a
Georgia school to win highest honor.
The Silhouette received ail-American
rating, the National Scholastic Press
Association announced in October.

This is the third consecutive year
The Silhouette has received all-Ameri-
can rating. The 1940 annual was
edited by Lutie Moore, with Nell
Pinner as business manager. Adelaide
Benson was editor in 1939, Virginia
Watson in 193 8.

The Silhouette has been a pioneer
in the field of color photography, us-
ing it for the second time last year.

Thirteen yearbooks published by
Georgia high schools and colleges re-
ceived honor ratings, while Agnes
Scott was the only one to receive all-
American rating.

The association announced the
awards from Minneapolis after a study
of 8 52 publications submitted from
all sections of the country.

Georgia college publications rating
as first-class were: Bubbles, Brenau
College, Gainesville; Veterropt, Wes-
leyan College, Macon.

Blackiriars Present "Brief Music" With
All Girl Cast

Blackfriars will stage its first big
production of the year, a play, en-
titled "Brief Music," by Emmet La-
very, on November 2 3, in the
Bucher Scott Gymnasium with an
all-girl cast, according to the presi-
dent, Laura Sale, daughter of Laura
(Wood) Sale, Institute.

This play, a new type, is a char-
acter comedy which presents analytic-
ally the growth of seven girls during
two years of college. The girls are
of seven distinct types. The play
follows the way in which each reacts
toward the others and toward life in
general.

The plot of the play concerns the
love of two girls, roommates, for the
instructor of play production. Each
hides her love, while suspecting the
other.

According to Miss Frances K.
Gooch, associate professor of English
and director of Blackfriars, "this play
will be appealing to the campus be-
cause it is sophisticated, and the idea
will be interesting to the college."

"Brief Music" has just recently

come off the press. Mr. Lavery, the
author, sent Miss Gooch a manuscript
copy. Mr. Lavery has recently
worked on the Federal Theater Proj-
ect with Miss Hallie Flanagan, direc-
tor at Vassar College. Here he got
the ideas for his play. His most noted
play is "The First Legion," which
played on Broadway and has since
been translated into many languages.

American Alumni Council Meets
in Atlanta

Agnes Scott, Emory, and Georgia
Tech are to be hosts to the annual
meeting of District III of the Ameri-
can Alumni Council, when it meets
m Atlanta on December 16 and 17.
Headquarters for the meetings will be
the Biltmore Hotel, but the repre-
sentatives from the Alumnae and
Alumni Associations of all the col-
leges and universities from Virginia
to Florida will be entertained on the
three campuses for special features of
the program planned for that time.

Nelle (Chamlee) Howard, '34, ex-
ecutive alumnae secretary, was elect-
ed at the annual meeting last year as
program chairman for the conference
this year. She announces that Dr. J.
R. McCain, president of Agnes Scott,
and Dr. Harvey Cox, president of
Emory, will be speakers at the ban-
quet on the night of December 16.
An announcement of other features
of the program will be released shortly.

The district meetings of the Ameri-
can Alumni Council serve as sort of a
training school for alumnae and alum-
ni secretaries. It offers an occasion
for exchange of ideas and plans in
alumni work. Last year the confer-
ence was held in February at Wil-
liamsburg, with the College of Wil-
liam and Mary as host.

Husband of Alumna Chosen as
Religious Speaker

As the speaker for Religious Em-
phasis Week, February 11-15, Chris-
tian Association has selected Dr. Er-
nest Cadman Colwell, dean of the
School of Religion at the University
of Chicago, who spoke at the 193 8
Agnes Scott graduation exercises.

Dr. Colwell, husband of Annette
(Carter) Colwell, '27, received his
A. B. degree and his religious training
at Emory University, where he
taught before going as a professor to
the University of Chicago. He is a
well-known author-contributor to re-
ligious journals. Among his books
are "How to Study the Bible," "The
Gospel of John," and "The Four Gos-
pels of the Karahissar."

K^randdauan terd

orner

Great-Granddaughter Matriculates
This Year

By Jessie McGuire, '42

Although types remain universal
and personalities of individuals are for
all time, from Chaucer's prioress to
the lady of the day, the change in
Agnes Scott from the days of 1892 to
1940 compares with evolution in his-
tory in complications and importance.
Though steeped in tradition, after
biding its time for 5 1 years, Agnes
Scott has waited until 1940 to see its
first great-granddaughter.

When Leila Glover registered at
Agnes Scott in 1892, three years after
the Institute was founded, she en-
countered a different sort of school
from the one in which her grand-
daughter, Zoe Drake, has met with in
1940. As seen through Zoe's eyes, the
subjects at Agnes Scott are taken with
a view to some future job, while
Grandmother Glover took spelling,
composition, Bible and arithmetic,
seemingly with an eye to matrimony.

"I like to study," said Zoe, and
looked as though she really meant it.
"I had rather study while I'm on the
campus than do anything else my
major is going to be chemistry and I
would like to be a lab technician,"
she closed the subject with a practical
glint in her eye. "Tis rumored by all
who know Zoe, however, that the
telephone holds a peculiar fascination
for her, and possibly Leila's forward
look to the altar is secretly harbored
by Zoe.

"As much as I like it on the cam-
pus, I find that my week-end trips
give me an entirely new perspective
on things. Agnes Scott is like a little
world set apart." While Leila Glover
was satisfied with the simple diver-
sions of pop-corn popping, a stiff
game of whist, or a daring midnight
feast, Zoe's worldly opportunities to
attend fraternity hayrides or the K.
A. formal on the week-end are indi-
cative of the progressive results in
Agnes Scott's evolution.

"I like sophisticated evening dresses
no frills and ruffles for me," Zoe
stated simply. Her beige sport coat
spoke further for Zoe in emphasis of
her point. In contrast to her slight
touch of sophistication, which results
from a simple desire to be natural and
frank, Zoe's red hair-ribbon gave away
her old-fashioned girlishness at which
Leila Glover would have smiled with
definite approval. Agnes Scott may
change with the times, in its external
appearances and adopted contempo-
rary conventions, but girls will be

girls, and grandmother and grand-
daughter have their ways in common.

Miss Louise McKinney, one of the
first professors at Agnes Scott, said:
"I probably taught Leila rhetoric or
composition; and if her parents were
anything like the general run of par-
ents, they objected violently when I
boldly assigned my classes novels to
read in the English class. To tell the
truth, it was a bit liberal, because I
sometimes got pretty deeply involved
myself in some of the novels I se-
lected."

If we could borrow Miss McKin-
ney's mind for a while, close it with
ourselves in a private corner, and look
through her eyes into the present,
past, and future of Agnes Scott, we
might be able to express that feeling
which, in all sincerity, would embody
the intangible spirit that makes Agnes
Scott eternally the same. But we can
only offer the simple adage slightly
altered, "Like grandmother, like
granddaughter, as shown through
Leila Glover and Zoe Glover Drake."

Ruth Sliifk, '40, daughter of Julia
Pratt (Smith) Slack, ex-'12, and niece
of Ruth (Slack) Smith, '12, was
awarded the coveted Hopkins jewel
at commencement. The accompany-
ing picture shows Ruth in her cap
and gown just after the graduation
exercises. After spending a summer
traveling in Mexico with Ruth
(Slack) Smith, Ruth is now studying
medicine at Simmons College in Bos-
ton.

B/lIic Gammon Daiis, '43, daugh-
ter of Elizabeth (Gammon) Davis,
'17, was awarded the Collegiate

Scholarship by Agnes Scott at the
commencement exercises in June.
The scholarship is given to the stu-
dent who presents the best scholastic
record for the year, and covers the
entire cost of tuition for the following
session.

It is an interesting coincidence that
Billie, who is from Brazil, received
this scholarship, and that the fresh-
man who received the Rich prize.
Charity Crocker, is also from Brazil.
The Rich prize goes to the freshman
who makes the best record for the
year.

Florrie Margaret Gny, '41, presi-
dent of the Granddaughters' Club,
presided at the first meeting of the
club on October 10, and introduced
the following new members: Betty
Bond, daughter of Genevieve (Hea-
ton) Bond, ex-'15, of Avondale Es-
tates, Georgia; Agnes Burdette,
daughter of Elizabeth (Burke) Bur-
dette, '16, of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
Neville Gumming, daughter of
Virginia Neville (Burum) Gum-
ming, ex-'23, of Augusta, Georgia;
Carolyn Daniel, daughter of Mabel
(Wiseman) Daniel, special, of De-
catur; Zoe Drake, granddaughter of
Leila (Glover) Hughie, Institute, of
College Park, Georgia; Clara Anne
Gardner, daughter of Clara (Briese-
nick) Gardner, ex-'16, of Brunswick,
Georgia; Leila Holmes, daughter of
Ethel (McKay) Holmes, ex-' 15, of
Macon; Rose Jordan, daughter of An-
nie Elizabeth (Keenan) Jordan, In-
stitute, of Hamlet, North Carolina;
Anne Elizabeth Miller, daughter of
Georgiana (White) Miller, '17, of
Decatur; Betty Pope Scott, daughter
of Annie Pope (Bryan) Scott, '15, of
Decatur; Pat Stokes, daughter of
Eleanor (Pinkston) Stokes, '13, of
Greenville, Georgia, and niece of
Regina Pinkston, '17, and Nell Tur-
ner, daughter of Hallic (Alexander)
Turner, '18, of Columbus, Georgia.

Officers of the club are: Florrie
Guy, daughter of Allie (Candler)
Guy, '13, president; Marcia Mans-
field, daughter of Mrs. L. Mansfield,
special, vice-president, and Anne
Scott, daughter of Annie Pope (Bry-
an) Scott, '15, secretary and treas-
urer.

The club numbers forty members
this year, and has made plans for
its monthly meetings. In Novem-
ber they will assist at Alumnae Week-
End by keeping the registration desks
and ushering for the Friday night
musicale.

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New Staff Members loin College
Community

Upon the resignation of Dr. Flor-
ence Swanson, Dr. Eugenia Couvellier
Jones has become the new resident
physician on the Agnes Scott campus.
Dr. Jones was married during the past
summer, and she and Mr. Jones, a
wholesale druggist, are living on the
campus in the home that was formerly
the Rivers' home.

Dr. Jones received both her B. A.
and her M. D. degrees from George
Washington College. She was award-
ed her D. S. C. from Johns Hopkins,
in Baltimore. Besides her medical
study, in which she specialized in
parasitology, she has also worked for
several years with the Department of
Agriculture in Washington, D. C,

Miss Ruth Bastin, the new assistant
resident nurse at the infirmary, comes
to Agnes Scott with many honors and
awards both from Girls' High School
in Atlanta and from Emory Nursing
School where she was valedictorian of
her class.

Miss Margaret Weir, of Adel, Geor-
gia, is a new member of the Library
staff. She was graduated with her
B. A. degree from G. S. W. C., after
which she attended the Emory Library
School, where she received her B. L. S.

There are five members of the class
of '40 who arc back on the campus
this year. Grace Ward is Mr. Tart's
assistant in the book store and post-
master. Eleanor Hutchens has a new
position on the campus as director of
public relations. Carolyn Forman is a
fellow in the biology department,
while Evelyn Baty has a fellowship in
the English department. Jane Moses,
daughter of Frances (Thatcher)
Moses, '17, is the assistant to the sec-
retary to the dean of students.

Agnes Scott Librarian Honored

Acting as consultant to the archi-
tect in remodeling and adding to the
Connecticut College Library, Miss
Edna Hanley, Agnes Scott librarian,
spent the month of October in New
London, Connecticut, where the col-

lege is situated. It has an enrollment
of approximately 75 students. She
spent the latter part of the month
visiting the libraries of Vassar, Wel-
lesley, and Mt. Holyoke.

Miss Hanley supervised the build-
ing and decoration of the library at
Agnes Scott. She is an authority on
library buildings, having written
"College and University Buildings," a
book published by the American Li-
brary Association. This book, begun
as a part of her graduate work in
library science, contains plans for
forty-two recently erected college li-
braries, including floor plans, exterior
views, and a descriptive article point-
ing out the good and bad features of
each.

Dr. McCain Speaks at Georgia Synod

Laying the groundwork of a new
campaign for more widespread Chris-
tian education in the Southeast, Dr. J.
R. McCain, president of the College,
spoke in October on the activities of
Agnes Scott during the past year to
the Eighty-first Annual Presbyterian
Synod, held in Washington, Georgia.
The official purpose of his address was
to give the particulars of the expan-
sion program now under way at the
College through its connection with
the University Center; but, coupled
with the address of Dr. J. M. Rich-
ards, of the Columbia Theological
Seminary, his talk marked the inaugu-
ration of a plan to promote similar
expansion of all Presbyterian Colleges
in Georgia.

The energies of the Georgia Synod
in recent years have been directed to-
wards establishing a ministers' annuity
fund. Now that this goal has been
reached, the Synod is turning its at-
tention towards the young people, in
hopes of solving some of the problems
of youth in gaining an education.

To enlist the support of the entire
Southeast in this program. Dr. Mc-
Cain addressed the Florida Synod when
it convened in Tallahassee on October
16. While Agnes Scott will not itself
be interested in the fund-raising part
of the campaign, Dr. McCain sayr.

that it will throw the full strength
of its support behind circulation of
literature during the three-year period
assigned to the placing of greater em-
phasis on Christian education.

As a member of the executive com-
mittee. Dr. J. R. McCain attended
the sixth annual meeting of the
Southern University Conference in
Memphis, Tennessee, October 2 1
and 22. Last year Agnes Scott was
host to the Southern University Con-
ference when it met in Atanta. The
theme was "Co-operative Opportuni-
ties for Education," with the presi-
dent of the University of Toronto as
the outstanding speaker.

Miss Torrance Assumes New Duties

Miss Catherine Torrance, professor
of Greek, has assumed her duties as
vice \president for Georgia of the
Classical Association of the Middle
West and South.

Miss Torrance was elected at a
meeting last spring. Her duties in-
clude making contacts with all Latin
teachers in Georgia, both in the high
schools and colleges.

Miss Louise Hale Addresses Seniors

Miss Louise Hale, class advisor, will
make the address to the senior class
at the annual Investiture service Sat-
urday, November 2, at 11:30 in the
Gaines Chapel of the new Presser Fine
Arts Building.

Miss Hale, associate professor of
French, received her A. B. degree
from Smith College and her Master's
degree from the University of Geor-
gia.

News From Former Faculty Member

Miss Lillian Smith wrote the Alum-
nae Office from 123 Northeast 79th
St., Miami, Florida, of her pleasant
summer in Syracuse, New York. She
writes: "On my way South, I spent
two days with Miss Daugherty, so
long resident nurse at Agnes Scott.
She was looking well and enjoying life
. . . We had a pleasant trip South and
find the Florida weather perfect now.
Last October it was too hot for red
pleasure."

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Alumnae Week-End Program Frontispiece

Across the President's Desk 1

National President of Ahimnae Association 2

"Modern Americana" 3

Fine Arts Program Develops Under University Center 4

By Eleanor Hutchens, '40

Alumnae In the News 6

By Elizabeth Lynch, '33

From a Tower Window 9

Granddaughters' Corner 11

Faculty Affairs 12

Concerning Ourselves 13

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Founder's Day Program Frontispiece

Service The Third Ideal 3

Dr. Schuyler M. Christian

Today: The Writer's Responsibility 4

Marian (McCamy) Sims, '20

"The City on the Hill", Review 5

Margaret (Bland) Sewell, '20

Letter to Jane 6

Alice (Jernigan) Dowling, '30

Faculty Affairs 9

Across the Quadrangle 10

Club Chatter 12

Concerning Ourselves 13

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SERVICE-THE THIRD IDEAL

Dr. Schuyler M. Christian

(Thh talk on service, the third ideal of Mortar Board,
was given at the Mortor Board recognition service on No-
vember 16, by Dr. Schuyler Medlock Christian, professor of
physics and astronomy. Ideals of Mortar Board are Scholar-
ship, Leadership and Service.)

We do not have a long biography of the youth of Jesus,
but we have enough -enough for us to strive to imitate.
All that we know about His youth is given in the subhme
sentence of Luke: "Jesus increased in wisdom and in stat-
ure, and in favor with God and man."

First, He increased in wisdom, and this is significant.
Knowledge is a prerequisite for any great undertaking.
The ignoramus is often prominent, but he never achieves
greatness. Last week our nation rejected the candidacy of
Wendell Willkie, for this reason: he didn't know enough
about government and statesmanship; and we demand that
our President have such knowledge.

All great lives are built on foundations of knowledge.
For example, consider John Bunyan, whose writing has
affected the course of men's thinking decisively; in the
number of people who have read it and felt its teaching,
the Pilgrim's Progress is second, probably, only to the Bible
itself. And yet Bunyan is called an ignorant, uneducated
man; but he knew one thing. He knew his Bible thoroughly.

So it is not how much you learn, but its quality. Know
something important, and know it well. What is impor-
tant? First, know what the world your environment is,
what life is, what you are, from the sure testimony of the
physical and biological sciences. That person who does not
know some basic science is intellectually half-blind. Next,
know what some great men have thought or done about
human life, from the testimony of literature or history.
The person who does not know some literature or history
Is also half-blind. And there are men pretending to lead
nations, states, and communities without understanding of
either science or history; they are intellectually stone-blind,
and their leadership is uncertain and dangerous.

Your first duty now is learning. The use of it will
come later. There was once a student planning to enter
the ministry, and he spent not only all day Sunday in
church work, but also Wednesday evenings, and several
more days in the week he cut classes, to do some worthy
charity or attend religious meetings. As a result, he failed
in his college work, and now can never be a minister, and
will do much less good in the world than if he had been
content to study first. Time and time again it happens that
it is best to neglect some good deed now, in order to pre-
pare yourself to do many better deeds in the future.

But to have knowledge is not enough. You would not
buy a powerful automobile and keep it always in your
garage. Unlike beauty, learning is not its own excuse for
being. However remote, it must have some application.
I will cite you a horrible example that I know well per-
sonally.

In the university my friend Brcit was a most enthusiastic
student. He put us all to shame with his superior abilities;
he could solve the most intricate differential equations, and
for recreation read Homer and Kant in the original, and
really understood them. But he lacks the power to explain
these things to anyone else, and so as a teacher he soon

failed, and lost his job. Now he is back on the farm, not
leading, but following, following a mule and reciting Greek
poetry as he plows, which is pitiful. He loves learning,
but doesn't know how to use it.

Wisdom should lead men. Like food, it is pleasant to
imbibe, but it is bad to take more than you can use. The
lumberjack needs to eat more than a debutante, and like-
wise, wisdom belongs in the general, and not in the private
soldier.

You have come to Agnes Scott because it is an unusual
school, one that seriously imparts considerable amounts of
knowledge. And as the result, Agnes Scott graduates
should be leaders, as indeed most of them are.

After forty years of study, Woodrow Wilson was Presi-
dent of these United States for eight years, and he needed
all that long preparation for that short but important period
of usefulness. I still believe that he did more good for the
world than any other President since Washington. And I
believe that if he had had a third term and a helpful Con-
gress, he would have postponed war for many generations,
instead of just one. He used his knowledge.

Unused learning is a tragedy. I had a roommate who
was stricken with paralysis just at the end of college, and
the saddest thing I have seen is this fine young man lying
in bed, eager and trained to work for men, but unable to
lift his hand. And if your usefulness should be paralyzed
by selfishness, or what is more likely, by laziness, the trag-
edy would be equally sad.

After thirty years' preparation, Jesus led men for three
years, and His long preparation is not half so important as
His brief period of leadership. Jesus is still leading men,
is still the greatest of leaders. How? Jesus leads by serving,
and He taught us to lead in the same way: "Whosoever
will be the chiefest shall be servant of all."

Just as knowledge may fail, so some leadership fails.
The most successful leader in the world today is Hitler,
with his millions of fanatically devoted followers achieving
miracles unparalleled in history. But they are all going in
the wrong direction, towards selfish domination of other
races, and they are therefore doomed to ultimate failure.
They will cause us much misery; they may conquer conti-
nents, as did Rome, but like Rome, they will fall, for their
empire has the fatal weakness of hatred which must result
in disunion. They have no leadership of service, but seek
power and wealth.

There is the difference: dictatorship merely leads its
own; democracy serves all men. Hitler is the outstanding
leader: Roosevelt is far greater, for he is the outstanding
servant. The United States not only helps its own poor
and underprivileged, but aids sufferers all over the world,
and in this I believe our record is unique. We are a humani-
tarian nation.

Last summer I visited Dr. George Washington Carver,
over at Tuskegee; he is one of the most truly great men our
country has produced. Not a great scholar, he knows littk
more chemistry than some of you; not a great leader, for
his poor neighbors, even his own staff, don't practice what
he tried to teach them. But he has lived to serve the poor,
and his efforts will long be remembered. Even in times of
stress and danger, the world needs but few scholars, and

JANUARY, 1941

leaders, but it always needs an abundance of quiet men and
women who will serve the needs they find at hand.

A community can exist, can even prosper, with no great
scholar or leader. For example, there has never been a great
scholar or an outstanding leader in Atlanta; yet ours is a
goodly community, because it has long had a number of un-
selfish men working for others, the men who have given
us Agnes Scott, Emory, Steiner Clinic, Scottish Rite Hos-
pital, and other such institutions. Only the gifted few
can be great scholars or leaders, but everyone can serve.
There are very few real scholars, and effective leaders are
rare. Even if you all tried hard, the Senior class couldn't
produce a half-dozen important scholars and leaders. But
all hundred of you can serve greatly.

We are here to study, to lead, and to serve. These are
our duties, and the greatest of these is service. Study first
in order to lead; lead in order to serve. These ideals are no
exclusive possession of Mortar Board, with your unbroken
record of excellent and well-balanced scholarship, leader-
ship and service. They are ideals which every one of us
should seek.

You are the flower of Agnes Scott and very soon as
alumnae you will be her fruit. Agnes Scott is not a great
school, but it is a good one; in fact, there are many greater,
but none better in the world. This is because of certain
quiet workers, many now dead and unknown to you, who
gave their lives to build this school for youth. And equally
significant in the goodness of Agnes Scott are her alumnae,
thousands of them, who are now serving God and their
fellowmen all over the world.

I saw an upperclassman painfully explaining a problem
to a freshman, and thought, that freshman feels welcome
because of that help. She will probably help others in her
turn, so that this one little deed grows into many. Good
spreads and good grows more than does evil and hate, as is
proved by the fact that the world is better than it formerly
was. This little deed of kindness to a stumbling student
contributes to hasten the Kingdom of God on earth; this is
no less true because it happened that the upperclassman
herself was mistaken, and giving incorrect advice. The
important matter is the spirit of service.

Serve your campus in little things, that you may carry
the habit of service with you into the larger community
beyond. Yes, the habit of service. Studying is a habit
which you may not cultivate after graduation, and leader-
ship is a talent you may not possess, if you are like me, a
born follower, without gift of leadership. But service is a
habit we all should, and can, learn. You may be orna-
mental, but unless you do something for others, you are

an expensive luxury, and society may fail to appreciate you.

Work for others; they will probably ignore or forget it,
but you will possess the best of all rewards, a clear con-
science, and peace, which is sweeter than any happiness.
We all owe many debts to our parents and those who built
this school for us, and we can repay them only by serving
others.

When one of my children was very young, I was talking
with an old farmer, and remarked that I had lost much
sleep tending the baby. He said: "That's the way we pay
for our raising." And this homely comment of an old
illiterate contains great truth; we can repay our parents
and elders, only by passing on a better world to the younger
people around us. Each generation owes a debt to those
who are gone, which it must repay to those who are to
come.

Service is the evidence of love. Service seeks no fame,
no return. Service has an element of beauty, which is not
seen in the midnight labors of the scholar, and is not heard
in the loud voice of the leader. Service grows from an
active imagination, feeling others' needs, putting yourself
in others' place. The service of Mortar Board is of the
highest type. Based on intelligent study of the needs, it
does far more good than the barren charity which always
takes up collections, and drops a nickel into every beggar's
cup. Serving by leading into better living is better than
the disorganized charity which sees only the little present
troubles and not their sources.

Let us all learn the habit of intelligent service. There
is a kind of service that goes around looking for dropped
pencils to return through the lost-and-found bureau, and
makes it a point to visit a sick person every week, usually
someone who needs to be alone to rest. Then there is the
greater service of those who are more than friendly, being
cheerful, and who show by their smiling faces that this is
a good world, and we don't have to worry, and we aren't
actually working half so hard as we think we are, and yet
all will surely graduate as many have done before, because
our brains are just as good as theirs.

Optimism is a service. It may well be your greatest, in
times like these, when clouds of gloom hang over the mental
world, making it darker than the physical world. Agnes
Scott is very grateful to Mortar Board, for many reasons,
and not least because of your merry heart, which "doeth
good like a medicine . . . the Lord loveth a cheerful giver."

Our great need is spiritual, and you can do no better
service than the spiritual one of optimism. It is through
friendly, cheerful service that you "increase in favor with
God and mah."

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By Marian (McCamy) Sims, '20

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(Reprinted from Rich's Book Album,
Supplement to Atlanta Journal, December 1,
by permission of author and through the
courtesy of Miss Helen Parker, Rich's Book
Shop. )

Not long ago I met an artist whose home
was in New England, and who was visiting
in the South for the first time. He was
almost lyrical in his praise of the Southern
landscape.

"It's the most beautiful countryside in
America!" he said in amazement. "New
England can't touch it. I don't see why
there aren't artists all over the place painting
it."

I pointed out that he was only now dis-
covering it, and that the scarcity of painters on the scene
indicated that they, too, had yet to come South and make
its acquaintance.

The same thing holds true, I believe, for the South in lit-
erature. The grimmer aspects of our section have been well
and faithfully depicted, and with that I have no quarrel;
they are a part of the picture, and must be included. Too
many of us are unaware of the conditions which exist in
our own backyards; we should be grateful rather than
resentful that they have been, and are still being, revealed
to us. Real self-knowledge is the only road to improve-
ment, trite as the statement may be, and I have only impa-
tience for the smugness that complains: "I don't see why
they can't write some of the PLEASANT things about us.
It gives other people such a terrible impression of the
South!"

Our past, too, has come in for its full share of attention,
and its presentation in fiction has been invaluable, since it
helps to interpret and explain our present. A generation
ago that past was too often smeared with sentiment and
beclouded with sectionalism; today, thanks to our novelists
as well as our historians, it has emerged from the fog and
stands out more clearly, as an era that was obviously and
perhaps justly doomed, for all its grace and beauty.

But it is the present which concerns us most deeply now,
and many aspects of that present have been neglected by
our writers. The upper and middle classes are likewise a
part of the picture and have their rightful place. Those
are the people who determine, in the main, what our society
shall be like; they must take much of the credit and the
blame for what we are. They comprise a fine and as yet
untilled field for the novelist. Poverty and dirt have no
monopoly on drama.

Nor have poverty and dirt a monopoly on corruption and
ugliness, although most of us would prefer to think that
they have. The truths about ourselves are even less palat-
able than the truths that have already been pointed out to
us. But that, I think, is the task of the honest writer in the
South today; to round out the picture and to present it
faithfully as it appears to him, omitting or emphasizing
neither the wholly good nor the wholly bad.

The sources of that material? Everywhere. In the

streets and drug stores, the churches, the
country clubs, the city halls, the slums and
red light districts. The pattern is closely
woven; no one element exists independently
or emerges unaffected by another. We may
shut our eyes and ears to ugliness, even as
the monkeys of Nikko, but we cannot escape
its consequences by covering it with white-
wash.

The writer who deals with this material
has a certain handicap to face. Writing of
people similar to those whom he knows and
sees most frequently, he is apt to be branded
as a traitor to his class. He is certain to be
accused of portraying his friends, his family
and himself. Negroes, sharecroppers, mill
workers, fluted columns and crinolines those are less
immediate and provocative to his associates; and in dealing
with them he may possibly just possibly escape the
resentment of his fellows. But any banker or debutante
must certainly be John Jones of the First National, or
Mary Smith of Sweetbriar; any city must certainly be his
city and theirs. After several novels, he is apt to find
himself credited with as many lives as a cat.

This intensely personal attitude stems, I think, from a
reader's ignorance of the methods by which a writer works.
The novelist selects a trait here, a remark there, an inci-
dent elsewhere, and weaves them into a larger pattern of
his own making; a pattern that is no one of the individual
elements and is yet a little of all of them. He selects for
his character a setting and profession with which he is
familiar not because the setting and profession are his, but
because he can write of them with the necessary authority.
He is apt to borrow a local happening not because it is
local, but because it is typical almost to the point of being
universal.

Even if he resorts to pure creation (provided there is
such a thing, which I doubt) he does not wholly escape the
dilemma. The more convincing his setting and characters,
the more inevitably they are identified with reality. But
the handicap is a minor one, and the honest writer soon
comes to disregard it entirely.

Innumerable times, of course, he is asked: "Where on
earth do you ever find so many things to write about?"
And doubtless he refrains from giving the real answer:
"By watching and listening to you and everyone else. By
keeping my eyes and ears and mind open. By training my-
self to interpret what you don't say as well as what you do
say. But most of all, from within myself."

Nor does he list the sources of such a novel, interesting
as such a list might be. Instead of a bibliography of ref-
erence works, it would probably run something like this:
The Elite Cafe, the German Club dance, the city courts
and council meetings, the Vine Street bus. Little Congo, the
Elm Street Methodist Church, Texaco Station Number Five,
and so on. But no novelist would wish to append it, be-
cause his book would be all of those and none of them.

The past turbulent and disastrous year has had one salu-

JANUARY, 1941

tary effect: it has startled Americans into a social and
political awareness that has been unprecedented in my time.
Women at a bridge table lay down their cards and discuss
Churchill's latest broadcast from London or Walter Lipp-
man's column for the day; men argue questions of national
policy over their morning Coca-Colas; a few weeks ago
children were quarreling hotly on the school playground
over opposing presidential candidates. It may be that our
interests will come to include every phase of our life per-
sonal, national and international.

If these things happen, the novelist will be presented
with a golden opportunity. He will find the audience that
is eager to know and understand. Not the relative small
and select audience which he has always had, but one so
large that its thoughts and actions can influence our na-
tional life.

Perhaps I had better make myself clear. I hold no brief
for the soap box fiction; propaganda in literature should
be implicit rather than explicit. A novelist should never
make the mistake which Clifton Fadiman described as sell-
ing one's birthright for a pot of message.

But truth has an explosive and astringent quality, wheth-
er it concerns one man's emotional Ufe or the larger aspects
of society as a whole. The size of the canvas does not mat-
ter a great deal. And the sincere artist, concerned with
reveahng truth as he sees it, will recognize and utilize that
quality. Unless he is writing escape fiction, his literary
license is not a license to distort or falsify and deliberate
distortion is almost as dishonest as falsification. It is true
that emphasis and selection are necessary (I often wish
that more of our important writers might learn the value
of selection!) but they can be used to sharpen truth rather
than to obscure it.

This is no clarion call to arms, no plea that the novelist
shall deliberately and consciously take upon himself the
mission of saving the world. The function of the novelist,
I believe, is to report and interpret rather than to argue or
solve. But I cannot help feeling that an honest portrayal
of life today may open our eyes to the weaknesses within
ourselves and our society. America is in a mood to think,
and only by straight thinking can we hope to avert im-
pending disaster.

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By Marian Sims, '20

Reviewed by Margaret (Bland) Sewell, '20

Most novels about the South deal with but two phases
of her infinite variety her romantic past or her unsavory
present. But neither the lovely ladies of crinoline days nor
the pathetic sharecroppers of the twentieth century find a
place in The City on the Hill, for Mrs. Sims has turned
for artistic material to the ordinary every-day life of ordi-
nary middle-class people in the ordinary milieu of a small
Southern city. Such material has not challenged the imagi-
nation of many authors but, with an unerring sense for the
dramatic, Mrs. Sims has set her hero in the midst of three
conflicts a personal conflict with the conservatism and
bigotry of his father, a political conflict with the corrup-
tion and apathy of this city, and an emotional conflict that
keeps him wavering between the demands of a spoiled rich
girl and the quiet deep charm of the woman who is his
secretary. And as we follow Steve Chandler from the coun-
try club where he is a sought-after bachelor to the city
court room where he is a hberal and understanding judge,
we get a full and vivid picture of the lives of the haves
and have-nots of Medbury, North Carolina.

Mrs. Sims has a talent for succinct, expressive writing,
for the apt phrase and the bon mot so that her story moves
forward easily with adequate descriptions, but without ful-
someness. Her gift for lively dialogue is one of the greatest
assets of The City on the Hill. The conversations of her
minor Negro characters, whether they appear as domestic
servants or as offenders and witnesses in the city court,
are so true, so typical, and so convincing that the reader
almost remembers having heard their very words in real
life. Then the telephone conversation in which Steve
Chandler, the useful extra man, breaks a dinner engagement
with Lina Perry, the provoked hostess, is a little masterpiece
of sophisticated dialogue.

A few of the expressions and behaviors of the major
characters seem not quite convincing to this reviewer. They
seem to be included not so much for the purpose of the
story as for giving a chance to that little imp of perversity
that is in every author to thumb its nose at the too, too
conservative and the too, too proper. But this is but a
minor criticism of a thoroughly delightful novel, a book
that is easy reading without being light and thought-pro-
voking without being dull.

College Placement Office Has
Desirable Positions Open to Alumnae

Alumnae wishing employment or changes in posi-
tions should write or call Dean S. G. Stukes, Registrar,
Agnes Scott College. There are constant calls for experi-
enced teachers and professional women.

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rom Alice (Jeniigaii) Douling, '30

{This letter to a former classmate is written to tell the story of two years' of life in Italy as the u'ife of a member
of the diplomatic corps. The editors feel that it will be interesting to other alumnae, even though wc arc not "shutins"

like Jane.)

Sparta, Ga.,
November 25, 1940.
Dear Jane:

Ever since our return to the United States in June, you
have been constantly in my thoughts. Here in this house
where we spent so many happy week-ends, time has seemed
to turn back again and the ten years that have passed since
we left Agnes Scott are quite incredible. You haven't writ-
ten to me very often; your last letter was forwarded to
Lisbon three years ago, shortly after Michael was born. I
always write you at Christmas; perhaps my letters never
reach you.

You will remember that Red was vice-consul in Oslo
for four years, and after our last visit home in 1936, he
was transferred to Lisbon. We spent two very happy years
there in a charming old house which we rented in dreadful
condition and did over ourselves. It was a satisfying but
tedious process, and six weeks after the last workman was
out of the house (the painter stayed so long he had begun
to speak Norwegian!), Red was sent to the Embassy in
Rome. There we stayed until last June, when the children
and I were sent back to America just before Italy entered
the war.

No one who has the good fortune to be m the United
States just now can really wish to be back in Europe, con-
tending with all the problems of danger and discomfort that
exist there today, but I am homesick for a happier Italy,
which I hope some day to know again, and perhaps, if I
tell you about our years in Rome, some of my longing will
vanish with the telling.

We reached Rome with the two children and Sofie, our
Norwegian nurse, in late September, 193 8, on the very day
of Munich. The tension aboard ship had been terrific all the
way from Lisbon, and when the Vulcania docked at Naples
all the passengers were disembarked and sent over land to
their destinations, so that the ship might be ready for any
emergency. I never saw Naples again. Someday I hope to
enter that lovely bay with a tranquil mind and quiet eye.

That night in Rome came the news of Chamberlain's
"peace in our time." It was a welcome respite, but the
more discerning among our colleagues saw beyond the com-
promise to the appalling catastrophe which inevitably faced
the world. At any rate, the next day Rome was in gala
dress to welcome the Duce home. Late in the afternoon the
Ambassadress took me with her to the Piazza Esedra to
watch the procession. The Via Nazionale was brilliant with
flags, and as the dusk came on the fountain below, our bal-
cony was illuminated in sprays of light. As I watched
Mussolini drive slowly by toward the Palazzo Venezia I
had the sensation one has on watching the curtain fall on
the first act of a play. I never lost that feeling during our
stay in Rome; the events we witnessed and the people we
saw were too exciting ever to be real to me. There can
never be anything commonplace about life in a city where
one crosses the Tiber to see the dressmaker, or passes St.
Peter's on the way to the American Academy, or drives to
the beach past the massive ruins of the Colosseum.

Our immediate concern on reaching a new post is to find

a house as quickly as possible. This time, with two children
confined in a hotel room, we were more anxious than ever.
When we go back to Rome in our old age, we shall live in
one of the old palaces deep in the narrow streets of the city.
But children must have fresh air and not atmosphere, so
this time we chose a modern apartment on the outskirts of
Rome. It had none of the charm of our house in Lisbon,
but was lavishly equipped with bathtubs, radiators, gas
stoves, parquet floors, an abundance of terraces, and even
a tiny garden. (In Lisbon the tenant had to furnish every-
thing except doorknobs!)

It is a most helpless sensation to interview a cook in a
language one doesn't speak. My Portuguese was some help,
but evidently not enough, because for twelve months a
succession of cooks passed through my kitchen, until I
finally found perfection in Elvira. The first months in a
new post are always very trying. Overcome by homesick-
ness and longing for one's friends, puzzled by a new lan-
guage and strange customs, faced with the confusion of
unpacking while attempting to train new servants in Amer-
ican ways, confronted at once by social and official obliga-
tions often the excitement of beginning a new life is over-
shadowed by the exhausting demands on one's time and en-
ergy. But week by week there emerges gradually from the
confusion a way of life, and with the familiar routine of
office and church and school, there comes a feeling of be-
longing to a community, until suddenly one day home is
no longer Travessa do Moinho do Vento 1 1, Lisboa, but Via
Feliciano Scarpellini 20, Roma. Then the new language is
beautiful in spite of its difficulty, the customs that at first
were so irritating become merely interesting, and among
the new names and faces one soon begins to count a few
helpful and understanding friends.

For the children the adjustment is much easier. In no
time at all they are speaking the new language with a
fluency that is acutely embarrassing to their parents.
Michael learned English and Italian simultaneously. I re-
member that whenever he was excited over ice cream for
lunch or a ride on a donkey or a trip to the zoo, he used
to jump up and down and yell "Viva I'ltalia!" Last year
we entered Patricia as a day pupil in a nearby convent. The
children never knew she was an American, and with that
intense desire for conformity that is so intrinsic a part of
childhood, she never told them. I can see her now, trudging
to school with a big leather brief case that serves Italian
children as a book satchel, the blue serge uniform which
came halfway down her gray stockinged legs covered by a
dreary black sateen overall apron. I wonder what her
friends would think of the plaid skirts and pinafores and
beanies she wears today. According to her report card, the
first graders devoted their time to religion, reading, arith-
metic, Fascist culture, and feminine handwork.

The American colony in Rome was very large, and sup-
ported many American institutions. There was the Ameri-
can Academy, the American Catholic College, chapters of
the D. A. R. and Colonial Dames and Phi Beta Kappa, and
a most beautiful Episcopal Church which is one of the
national monuments of Italy. There we attended Thanks-

JANUARY, 1941

giving and Armistice services, participated in Christmas
pageants, and assisted at bazaars and library teas. On the
Fourth of July and at Thanksgiving the Ambassador enter-
tained the entire colony in the beautiful Villa Taverna.
The summer parties were always given under the trees in
the garden. Nothing can be more beautiful than a green
Italian garden.

Rome is the only capital where there are two diplomatic
corps one accredited to the King, and the other to the
Pope. Consequently, we had a large number of foreign
friends British, French, Dutch, Belgian, Polish, South
African and Scandinavian. Gradually we came to know
the charming Italian people and were invited to their homes
in the ancient palaces which line so many of the streets of
old Rome. We were always occupied; if one were to take
full advantage of a stay in Rome, every day would have to
hold twice its measure of time.

To a little group of us, the most refreshing feature of
our life there was our Sunday walks over the Roman coun-
tryside. On bright Sundays and often on gray ones we
left Rome by car and motored along the Via Cassia or the
Via Appia or the road to Tivoli and, leaving the cars be-
hind, walked across mint-fragrant meadows and windswept
mountains until the sun was setting. I remember one par-
ticularly happy day at Horace's farm, another in the ruins
of the Roman Theater at Tusculum, and a rainy January
day when we explored the winding medieval streets of
Voterbo. On another Sunday we went to Subiaco and ate
our lunch in a sunny olive grove before climbing up to the
famous Benedictine monastery which clings to the side of
the cliff. Sometimes we went to Lake Bracciano, past the
castle which was Sir Walter Scott's model for the one in
Ivanhoe.

During the spring we often took the children to the
meadows and let them pick great bunches of wild flowers.
In May the campagna is covered with poppies, white and
yellow daisies, sweet peas, forget-me-nots, wild roses and
morning glories. Surely the fields of Paradise can be no
more fragrant and beautiful. Just when the flowers were
at their loveliest, we sent to Genzano to see the flower fes-
tival. The steep street from piazzo to church was covered
with a carpet of roses, poppies, broom, geraniums and all
the tiny wild flowers, laid out in patterns; a most won-
derful and amusing study of Mussolini and Hitler mounted
on fiery white horses, the coats of arms of the House of
Savoy and of Rome, the flag of Italy, and loveliest of all,
a Madonna and child, the mother in a robe of blue corn-
flowers.

In May the woods around Lake Nemi are full of luscious
tiny wild strawberries. Nemi, you know, is the lake where
the ancient Roman pleasure boats were discovered sub-
merged in the water. Donna Eugenia Ruspoli, who is a sis-
ter of our own Miss Martha Berry, lives in an old gray castle
in the village overlooking the lake. When she asks her
friends out from Rome during the long spring afternoons,
they find her tea table loaded with great bowls of straw-
berries and pitchers of thick cream. I'm afraid I enjoyed
the berries even more than the superb view from the ter-
race.

Some of my most vivid recollections of Rome are con-
nected with St. Peter's. Soon after we arrived the late Car-
dinal Mundelein came to Rome to take part in the ceremony
of the Beatification of Mother Cabrini, the Italian nun who
did such a great work in our own country in the early
years of this century. We attended the service in St.
Peter's. It would be useless for me to attempt to describe
the magnificence of the church, lighted by thousands of
candles and thronged with ecclesiastical dignitaries in bril-

liant scarlet and magenta, papal chamberlains in ruff and
knee breeches, Swiss guards in red and yellow, papal princes
glittering with decorations and in the center of so much
splendor the fragile white-robed figure of the old Pope, his
face lined and tired, and his hand raised in the papal bene-
diction. No ceremony inside the church seemed so impres-
sive to me as that first one.

But in the square of St. Peter's I witnessed the most
memorable of all the events that marked our stay in Rome.
By rare good fortune I happened to go with friends to St.
Peter's on the afternoon of the first day of balloting in the
election of the new Pope. When we arrived people were
saying that the smoke which marked the end of the second
ballot had already been seen from that corner of the Vati-
can where the Conclave was meeting, but no one was sure
if it was black or white. The tension mounted as the crowd
grew. Just at dusk the papal banner was hung from the
central balcony of St. Peter's, the great bell began to toll,
and the new Cardinal came out to announce the election of
Pacelli. Inside the church the Gregorian choir began its
chant, the rest of the cardinals in crimson robes filed out
upon the balcony, and with a fanfare of trumpets the new
Pope himself appeared to give his first blessing to the thou-
sands who knelt in the Square. While the solemn notes of
the bell sounded, the Pope and his retinue retired, the cur-
tains were drawn, and one by one the lights around the
Colonnade came on in the twilight, and one could see the
outline of the church sharp against the evening sky. It was
a profound experience.

It was just at that time that the young Princess Maria
was married to Prince Luis of Bourbon Parma. We were
invited, with the rest of the diplomatic corps, to the wed-
ding reception at the Quirinal. I felt like "Pussy Cat, Pussy
Cat, where have you been?" for we saw not only the Queen
of Italy, but the King, the Prince and Princess of Piedmont,
King Boris of Bulgaria, the ex-Queen of Spain and her
daughters, Ferdinand, "the Fox of the Balkans," and many
lesser royalties. Every candelabrum and chandelier in the
Palace was ablaze with light, reflecting in the mirrors and
along the golden cornices. Along the staircases and at every
entrance were stationed the King's Guard, all chosen for
their great stature, and magnificent in scarlet coats and
plumed silver helmets. The ladies had been commanded to
come in light colors, and they made a beautiful picture in
their pinks and blues and greens, sparkling with tiaras and
priceless jewels. The uniforms of the gentlemen were par-
ticularly colorful: The Knights of Malta, headed by the
charming old Prince Chirgi, in bright scarlet; the members
of the Academy in blue; and all the diplomats in their
splendid uniforms covered with gold braid and decorations
and ribbons. Only the American and Soviet representatives
were in unadorned black. The three thousand guests were
grouped in different rooms: Italian society in one. Ambassa-
dors with their staffs in one. Ministers with their staffs in
another. The royal family passed through the great ball-
rooms in procession, stopping to speak to particular favor-
ites, and we curtsied to each one as he passed. They soon
moved on to their private apartments, and we went in to
the buffet.

The opera is of course extremely popular in Rome. Red
writes me that it now begins at 5:30 in the afternoon be-
cause of the blackout. Before the war, however, it began
very late and presented a scene of great brilliance. I par-
ticularly remember Tosca, because it is a Roman opera,
played against a Roman background. The lighting and
staging of the royal opera is superb. We also attended a
memorable performance of Tristan and Isolde, with Ger-
man singers in the title roles.

The AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

In spite of the splendor of the audience, the winter
operas do not compare in beauty with those which are
given during the summer season in the ruins of the Baths
of Caracalla. It was a heavenly experience to sit under the
stars before those majestic ruined arches and hear the divine
voice of Gigli soaring toward the sky. I believe Aida is
considered the opera best suited to that setting. To me
each one seemed lovelier than the last. The symphony or-
chestra also gives its concerts out of doors during the sum-
mer. I can remember how homesick I was as we sat looking
out over the Roman Forum while they played the New
World Symphony.

I loved the summer in Rome. Most of the people one
knows go away, and the parties come to an end. One has
time for long days at the beach at Ostia, quiet evenings of
conversation on the terrace, and slow mornings in the cool
halls of the Vatican Museum. We spent our summer in the
Villa Aurelia, which was loaned to us by the director of
the American Academy. It is one of the most famous of
the Roman villas and is full of memories of the great
Garibaldi, who once made his headquarters there. The
beautiful old house is surrounded by a garden and stands
high on the Janiculum hill overlooking the city. Late in
the afternoons I used to sit on the upper terrace and watch
the shifting colors of the sunset change the city to pure
gold. The mellow walls reflect an almost unearthly radi-
ance. Then as the shadows overtook the golden afternoon,
the lights came on along the Tiber and the ancient Roman
ruins were lighted in all their grandeur. It was from this
same terrace that we watched the lights go out one by one
during those tense September days in 1939. Each night
the city grew dimmer until at last there was nothing but
the endless darkness of the blackout below our terrace.
But in the garden the nightingales sang on as if our world
had not come to an end.

It was hard to leave Rome to visit the other cities of
Italy. Once away, however, each city seemed more beau-
tiful than the last. We had one day in the little town of
Gubbio, where wc went to see the Festival of the Ceri.
Afterward there was a brief morning in Perugia. We went
with friends from the Academy to see the incredible Etrus-
can tombs at Tranquinia which have endured for 2,5 00
years in such a high state of preservation.

Particularly memorable was our visit to Siena to see the
Palio. Except for the people in the streets, that perfect little
cathedral city seems scarcely to have changed since the
thirteenth century, and on the day we were there even the
people were in medieval costume. The Palio is a horse race,
of great antiquity in origin, which takes place twice a year,
July second and August sixteenth, in the central square of
Siena. The city is divided geographically into seventeen

divisions called contrade. The age-old rivalry between them
is strong and bitter. Ten of the seventeen contrade are
represented in the race by a horse and jockey. On the aft-
ernoon of the great event, the horse is led by his rider and
his attendants into the parish church for the blessing of
the priest. The race is preceded by a most beautiful pro-
cession, brilliant in medieval dress. First come the trumpet-
ers, then the heralds and standard bearers with the banners
of Siena. Following are representatives of the different
contrade, surrounding their two flag bearers. The latter
perform the most remarkable feats with their silken ban-
ners, tossing them aloft, then watching for a breathless
moment while they come fluttering almost to earth, only
to be caught and spun away again. The air is full of bril-
liantly designed and vividly colored flags. The contrada
of the Eagle has blue and gold banners with a double eagle,
and its costumes are blue and gold, with jackets of gold
embroidered in black. The contrada of the Caterpillar
wears green and gold, the Porcupine black and scarlet and
blue, the Wave blue and white. As the procession slowly
fills the circle, trumpets echoing, flags fluttering in the sun-
light, and passes under the shadow of the slender clock
tower, it is like some dimly remembered page from an old
childhood book suddenly come to life.

We were unfortunate in being in Florence during the
coldest week Italy had experienced for many years, so my
memory of that exquisite city is tempered by the penetrat-
ing cold of the tramontana, the wind from the mountains.
Such a wealth of beauty as Florence boasts beggars de-
scription. I was never able to realize that this was actually
Botticelli, and this Raphael, and this Titian. When the
museums and galleries grew too cold for endurance, we
stayed in the antique shops, and if you've not forgotten us
in ten years, you know what pleasure that afforded us.

What rare craftsmen the Florentines are! We brought
home a tablecloth which will someday be an heirloom. The
designer in the linen shop passed Boticelli's Spring one day
and was struck by the flowers on the robe of the exquisite
figure at the right. From her sketches she designed our
tablecloth, with the same delicate flowers scattered over the
sheerest linen, like one of those spring-time meadows we
have loved so dearly.

So you see, if we have to spend the rest of our life in a
dusty Mexican village or a frozen Northern capital, we
have these two wonderful years to look back upon. I grieve
over the little churches never seen and the lakes and cities
of the North never visited, but I know my road will lead
again to Rome someday. In the meantime, I take comfort
from something I once read "You may take leave of
Rome, but be consoled; Rome will never take leave of you."
Affectionately,

Ahce.

DO YOU KNOW THEIR MOTHERS?

The Granddaughters are: Front row, left to right: Eloise Brawley, daughter of Eloise (Gay) Brawley, '16; Jean Tucker, daughter of
Lavalette (Sloan) Tucker, '13; Marcia Mansfield, daughter of Helen L. Mansfield, Special; Back row, Sara Handley, daughter of Julia (Costen)
Handley, Academy; Rose Jordan, daughter of the late Annie (Keenan) Jordan, Institute; Florrie Guy, daughter of Allie (Candler) Guy, '13;
Betty Pope Scott, daughter of Annie Pope (Bryan) Scott, 'H; and Pat Stokes, daughter of Eleanor (Pinkston) Stokes, '13.

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card

Dr. J. R. McCain, President of Ag-
nes Scott College, met with some sev-
enteen other members of the General
Education Board of the Rockefeller
Foundation at its 3 8th annual meeting
at Williamsburg, Virginia, on Decem-
ber 5 and 6. The meeting was en-
tirely devoted to consideration of ap-
plications for endowments, which av-
erage 1,500 per year from American
Colleges and Universities.

Presiding over this year's meeting
was Dr. Raymond B. Fosdick, who
visited the Agnes Scott campus last
May in connection with the board's
endowment of the new University
Center. Other members present in-
cluded John D. Rockefeller II, Doug-
las S. Freeman, famous biographer,
who lectured at Agnes Scott last year,
and presidents of Dartmouth, Prince-
ton, Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
nology, Leland Stanford, and the Uni-
versity of California.

The general education board, en-
dowed in 1902 by the late John D.
Rockefeller, Sr., has taken an active
part in the promotion of education
throughout the United States. Orig-
inally it was composed solely of a
group of business executives, whose
duty was to insure the efficient allot-
ment of the board funds. This sys-
tem may be seen in the fact that such
organizations as the Chase National
Bank, Swift and Company, and the
Equitable Life Insurance Company are
represented in the board membership.

In recent years, however, more at-
tention has been focused on estimat-
ing the importance of various college
needs. For this reason, the board now
includes the presidents of several out-
standing American colleges.

The General Education Board itself
is merely the executive body of a vast
endowment system having depart-
ments and workers in all parts of the
countr)'. Since its establishment in
1902, it has donated over $300,000,-
000 to innumerable American edu-
cational institutions.

On December 10-13, Dr. McCain
and Mr. S. G. Stukes, Registrar and
Dean of Faculty at Agnes Scott, at-
tended the annual meeting of the
Southern Association of Colleges and

Secondary Schools in Memphis, Ten-
nessee.

Founded forty-five years ago, the
association grades and accredits col-
leges and high schools throughout the
South. It is composed of 142 colleges
and 1,200 high schools.

At the meeting, Dr. McCain read a
memorial to the late Dr. W. P. Few,
former president of Duke University.
Dr. Few was not only a close per-
sonal friend of Dr. McCain, but also
a good friend of Agnes Scott.

While in Memphis, Mr. Stukes at-
tended the Association of College
Deans and Dr. McCain attended the
Southern Association of Colleges for
Women. Both of these associations
met coincident with Southern Associa-
tion of Colleges.

Dr. Philip Davidson, professor of
history at Agnes Scott, addressed the
meeting of the American Historical
Association in New York City late in
December. He discussed a paper by
Professor Herbert M. Marai;;,' of
Brooklyn College, on "The Artisan,
Democracy and the American Revo-
lution."

Miss Catherine Torrance, professor
of Greek at Agnes Scott, attended the
meeting of the Classical Association
in Charleston, South Carolina, the last
week-end in November. While in
Charleston, Miss Torrance met with a
group of Agnes Scott alumnae there.

Miss Elizabeth Fuller Jackson, as-
sociate professor of history at Agnes
Scott, visited several branches of the
A. A. U. W. early in December. In-
cluded in these were Valdosta and
Bainbridge, Georgia, and Jacksonville,
Tallahassee, Gainesville, and Pensacola,
Florida.

Miss Edna Hanley, librarian, re-
turned to Agnes Scott in November
after having spent a month at Con-
necticut College, New London, Con-
necticut, where she was formulating
the program for the addition to their
old library. While there. Miss Hanley
conferred with the president, faculty
students, and architects. She also rep-
resented Agnes Scott at Connecticut
College's 2 5 th anniversary.

Miss Hanley, head librarian, was

graduated from Bluffton College and
received her B. A., L. S., and M. A. L.
S. from the University of Michigan.
After she received her degrees, she be-
came interested in the architecture of
library buildings. Her interest in this
line has made her an expert, and she
is frequently consulted by architects
and librarians.

Dr. Henry Robinson, professor of
mathematics, has part-time leave from
Agnes Scott for military service. In-
terested for many years in military
mathematics. Dr. Robinson has been a
reserve officer for seventeen years and
is now a captain in the 317th Ob-
servation Battalion. In November he
spoke at Athens, Georgia, to the Uni-
versity of Georgia chapter of Pi Mu
Epsilon national honorary society for
mathematics on "Mathematical
Problems Essential for Military and
Naval Science."

While Dr. Kobmson is in military
swvice, Mrs.. W. El. Badger will assist
ill -the matheri7atics department. Mrs.
Badger received her bachelor of arts
degi'ee frdiri Winthrop College and
her maste*-? of arts degree from the
UnivSrflpy' oi Tennessee. She is now
a- caadidafe for a Ph. D. from Peabody
College. In 1937-1938, Mrs. Badger
was assistant professor of mathematics
at Ball State College in Muncie, Indi-
ana. She has also taught at Ward-Bel-
mont and Peabody Colleges.

Miss Louise Hale associate profes-
sor of French, was chosen by the mem-
bers of the senior class as the speaker
for Investiture. In describing her con-
cept of the ideal college she stated
that "An education must be based on
a philosophic concept, and the only
concept that this school could have is
one that accepts man and God, God
in man, but man separate from God."

Mr. S. G. Stukes, dean of faculty,
and husband of Frances (Gilliland)
Stukes, '24, addressed the members of
the Agnes Scott chapter of Chi Beta
Phi, national science honorary organi-
zation, upon the occasion of the intia-
tion of eight new members at the
club's annual banquet at the Ansley
Hotel in Atlanta. Mr. Stukes spoke
on the value of the sciences in the
modern world.

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Presser Building Dedicated

At the dedication of Presser Hall
on Saturday, November 30, which
marked the first great step in Agnes
Scott's expansion program, the Col-
lege community had the honor of be-
ing host to two of America's most
eminent scholars. Dr. James Francis
Cooke, and Dr. John Louis Haney,
guest speakers for the occasion. Both
men have been closely associated with
the financing and building of the new
music hall through their respective po-
sitions as President and Secretary of
the Presser Foundation, which en-
dowed it. Dr. Cooke spoke on
"Presser Interest in Music," while Dr.
Haney chose for his topic, "Let Us
Have Music."

The Atlanta Philharmonic Orches-
tra, also guests for the occasion, opened
the dedication program with Dr.
Cooke's own composition, "Grand
Processional of Avignoo." Orches-
tral numbers were, under' the direc- .,
tion of Georg Lindner, reguir.i' con-
ductor of the orchestra. Lewis H.
Johnson, instructor of voice, O'Csented
a special chorus of Agnes^ Scott stu-
dents in a group of vocal sf-lecticns.

Dr. Cooke, composer, author^ in J
humorist, is one of America's most
versatile men. Originally he taught
piano and voice, and was an organist
and conductor in New York for many
years. He has visited numerous Euro-
pean musical conservatories and Amer-
ican Colleges to study teaching sys-
tems. He speaks not only English,
but also French, German and Italian,
and he contributes regularly to Euro-
pean publications. To date, he has
written ten books on a variety of mu-
sic subjects, has composed many piano-
forte pieces, and has had four of his
plays produced professionally. He has
been editor of The Etude since 1907,
and holds honorary degrees of Doctor
of Music, Doctor of Laws, Doctor of
Humane Letters, and Doctor of Edu-
cation from some nine colleges and
universities, and in 1930 he was deco-
rated Chevalier in the Legion of
Honor.

Dr. Haney, in every-day life the
President of Central High School in
Philadelphia, is also a man of letters.
Like Dr. Cooke, he has published
some ten books, many of which treat
of English hterature. Among the

many important positions he fills are
those of Secretary and Chairman of
the Buildings Committee of the Pres-
ser Foundation, and associate trustee of
the University of Pennsylvania. He
belongs to a number of clubs and oth-
er organizations, including the Au-
thors' League of America, the Ameri-
can Philosophical Society, and the Na-
tional Education Association. He car-
ries an A. B. and A. M., a B. S., a
Ph. D., and an LL. D. degree, and is
a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Both Dr. Cooke and Dr. Haney
have visited Agnes Scott before, and
Dr. Cooke, on one visit, addressed the
students during Chapel, and played
several of his compositions for them.
On more recent visits, Drs. Cooke and
Haney have come in behalf of the
Presser Foundation which, since its es-
tablishment in 1918, has directed par-
ticular attention to music education in
the United States.

Latin Club Presents
"Christus Parvulus"
' 'The '^Ipha Delta chapter of Eta
Sigma Plii, national classical organiza-
tion, presented a Christmas play,
Cbristns Pari'ulm, on Thursday after-
noon, December 12, at 4:30, in the
Maclean Auditorium of the new Press-
er Building.

Christus Parvulus, one of the origi-
nal mystery plays presented by the
church in the middle ages, contains
five scenes, including the prologue, a
speech by the Prophet Isaiah, the An-
nunciation, the shepherd scene, the
manger scene, and the epilogue, a
sjjeech by the prophet Zacharias.

Mr. C. W. Dieckmann provided the
accompaniment and incidental music.
He played the pastoral symphony from
Handel's Messiah during the shepherd
scene.

Included in the cast were two alum-
nae: Jane Moses, '40, and Carolyn
Forman, '40.

Phi Beta Kappa Banquet
on January 11

The Beta Chapter of Georgia of
Phi Beta Kappa announces that the
first initiation-banquet of the year
will be on the night of Saturday, Jan-
uarv 11, at the Alumnae House at
Agnes Scott College. The dinner
speaker will be Mr. William Cole
Jones, editor of the Atlanta Journal;
his topic will be "Gentleman and
Scholar."

Lecture Association Announces
Spring Program

The Lecture Association, feeling
that at times of crisis such as the
world is experiencing today, it is nec-
essary to emphasize the enduring values
of life, is presenting three lectures in
the field of the fine arts:

January 23 Jan Struther, whose
book, "Mrs. Miniver," a popular best
seller since its publication in the early
autumn, preserves the very essence of
the British tradition. Jan Struther is
the only woman ever to become a
member of the editorial board of The
London Times. She will speak on the
subject. The Real Mrs. Miniver.

February 5 George Lyman Kit-
tredge, scholar and author, formerly
Professor of English at Harvard Uni-
versity. He will speak on the subject.
The Villains of Shakespeare.

April 16 Dudley Crafts Watson,
official lecturer of the Art Institute
of Chicago. Dr. Watson has for a
number of years given annually a se-
ries of art lectures at the Carnegie
Institute in Pittsburgh and the Uni-
versity of Wisconsin. He was the of-
ficial fine arts lecturer for the Cen-
tury of Progress. He will speak on
the subject. Modern Art and the Old
Masters and will use for illustrations
remarkable reproductions projected
through a modern stereopticon with a
background of correlative music.

All lectures will be in Presser Hall
at 8:3 in the evening, and tickets
will be on sale at Davison's, Rich's,
and the College.

Agnes Scott Project in Korea
Arouses Interest

In the Book Exhibit in the Agnes
Scott Library during Alumnae Week-
End in November, a copy of a Korean
translation of "The Story of the Bible"
was shown.

Realizing the need of Christian lit-
erature in Korean homes, Charlotte
(Bell) Linton, '21, raised funds for
the translation of the famous Foster's
The Story of the Bible. The transla-
tion was done by Mrs. Pilley Kim Choi,
'26. The circulation and use of the
translation (the first edition of which
was exhausted almost on publication)
is being promoted by our own Agnes
Scott missionary, Emily Winn, Inst.

That particular copy, the last of
the first edition, was loaned to the
library by Emily Winn.

JANUARY, 1941

11

Eight Agnes Scott Seniors in Who's Who
Eight seniors among the outstand-
ing campus leaders received notice ear-
ly in November that their biographies
will appear in the 1940-1941 issue
of Who's Who Among Students in
American Colleges and Universities.
Students who will be listed in this vol-
ume are: Frances Bregg, president of
Student Government; Sabine Brumby,
editor of the Aurora; Jean Dennison,
president of Mortar Board; Ann Fisher,
president of Athletic Association;
Gene Slack, editor of the Silhouette,
and daughter of Julia Pratt (Smith)
Slack, ex-'12; Elaine Stubbs, editor of
the Agnes Scott Neus; Ida Jane
Vaughan, vice-president of Athletic
Association; and Scotty Wilds, presi-
dent of Christian Association, and
daughter of Laura (Candler) Wilds,
Institute.

This publication is issued through
the co-operation of over 5 00 Ameri-
can Colleges and Universities. It is
the only means of national recognition
for graduates which is devoid of poli-
tics, fees, and dues. Several students
from accredited Colleges are selected
each year, by an unprejudiced com-
mittee, and their biographies appear
in this publication.

The purpose of Who's Who is to
serve as an incentive for students to
get the most out of their college ca-
reers; as a means of compensation to
students for what they have already
done; as a recommendation to the
business world; and as a standard of
measurement for students.

Student Relief Raises S325
at Agnes Scott

Through the efforts made by the
newly-organized Committee on Stu-
dent Relief of Christian Association,
consisting of representatives from ev-
ery organization on the campus, $325
was raised on the Agnes Scott Campus
as a contribution to the World Stu-
dents' Service Fund.

The World Students Service Fund
has a two-fold purpose: First, to give
material aid to students in Europe and
China; and second, to carry on the
education of students in war prisons
or in universities and colleges which
have been forced to leave their cam-
puses and move inland, as in China.

The fund will be administered by
the International Students' Service.
During the last World War, the I.
S. S., the only organization which aids
students exclusively, did relief work.
The national goal for this year is
$100,000.

Staff Heads Attend Detroit Convention
Gene Slack, editor of the Silhouette;
Helen Klugh, business manager of the
Silhouette; Elaine Stubbs, editor of the
Agnes Scott News; and Florence Ellis,
business manager of the Agnes Scott
News, attended the 1940 convention
of Associated Collegiate Press, which
met in Detroit, Michigan, on Novem-
ber 7-9.

The purpose of the convention is to
give representatives a chance to ex-
change information about College
newspapers and annuals. Over 5 00
students attended. Featured at the
convention were round-table discus-
sions in which editorial and business
problems of the newspaper, yearbook,
and magazine were given special at-
tention.

Frances Breg, president of the Agnes
Scott student body, and Virginia
Montgomery, of the student body, at-
tended the sixteenth annual congress
of the N. S. F. A., held at New
Brunswick, New Jersey, on Decem-
ber 27-31.

The purpose of the meeting is that
student leaders from all parts of the
United States may gather "to discuss
campus problems, to relate experiences
in student government, and to ex-
change ideas and receive information
from experts in campus government."

Senior Maaof Pi'iu-lolu' Biirintt, ihuightcr of
Penelope (Brown) Barnelt, '}2.

Mortar Board Recognition Service
in November

The new Gaines Chapel in the
Presser Building was the setting on
Saturday, November 16, of a service
of recognition for the members of the
1940-1941 chapter of Mortar Board.
Dr. Schuyler Christian, professor of
physics and astronomy, and husband
of Lucille (Coleman) Christian, ex-
'3 0, spoke of Service, one of the ideals
for which Mortar Board stands.

The Mortar Board recognition serv-
ice is held annually, not only to honor
Mortar Boards, but also to emphasize
its high ideals of scholarship, leader-
ship, and service. Besides the active
member of this chapter, there were
many Mortar Board alumnae in the
processional. Among those were: Car-
rie Scandrett, '24; Frances (Gilliland)
Stukes, '24; Ellen Douglass Leyburn,
'27; Charlotte Hunter, '29; Blanche
Miller, '30; Penelope (Brown) Bar-
nett, '32; Frances McCalla, '3 5; Laura
(Coit) Jones, '38; Eliza King, '38;
Mamie Lee Ratliff, '39; Evelyn Baty,
'40; Eleanor Hutchens, '40; Jane
Moses, '40; Carolyn Forman, '40;
Katherine Patton, '40, and Henrietta
Thompson, '40.

The Members of Mortar Board are:
Frances Breg, president of Student
Government; Sabine Brumby, editor
of the Aurora; Ann Henry, student
recorder; Betsy Kendrick, vice-presi-
dent of Student Government; Gene
Slack, editor of the Silhouette, and
daughter of Julia Pratt (Smith) Slack,
ex-'12; Elaine Stubbs, editor of Agnes
Scott Neics; Grace Walker, vice-presi-
dent of Christian Association; Ida
Jane Vaughan, vice-president of Ath-
letic Association; and Jean Dennison,
president of Mortar Board.

Professional Hockey Team Plays Varsity
Wednesday, November 13, the
United States Field Hockey Associa-
tion's touring team stopped at Agnes
Scott for a two-day visit. On Wed-
nesday afternoon the team gave an
exhibition game, and on Thursday it
met a team of Agnes Scott's best play-
ers. This 1940 team, composed of
some of America's greatest women ex-
perts, included members from many
of the Eastern women's Colleges.
Lllewellyn Wilburn, '19, head of the
gym department, entertained this
team, the athletic board, and members
of the faculty interested in the ac-
tivities of the gym department, at
coffee, in the Alumnae House.

12

Virgil Fox Gives First Concert on New
Pipe Organ Before Capacity Crowd

Celebrating the first use of the new
four-manual pipe organ in Gaines
Chapel, the Music department present-
ed Virgil Fox in an organ recital on
the night of December 10.

Mr. Fox, though comparatitvely
young, is "the most brilliant organist
in the United States," according to
Mr. C. W. Dieckmann, professor of
music at Agnes Scott. Mr. Fox is
head of the organ department at the
Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore,
Maryland, and is also organist for
Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church.
"Sarabande", by Baustetter; "BJg-
audon", by Campra.

"Arioso", "Fugue a l.i Gigue",

"Come, Sweet Death", and "Toccata

and Fugue in D-Minor" all by Bach.

"Fileuse", by Dupre; "Andante

Sostenuto", by Widor.

"Pomp and Circumstance", by El-
gar.

"Chorale-Prelude on "Wer nur den
lieben Gott lasst walten' ", by C. W.
Dieckmann, dedicated to Mr. Fox.

"Introduction, Passacaglia and Fu-
gue", by Fiealey Willan.

Santa Leaves Presents
for Alumnae House

Gifts to the House Decorations
Committee include: $25.00 given by
Susan (Young) Eagan, Institute, as a
birthday gift in memory of her sister,
Anna Young, '10, for whom the
Alumnae House is named; $25.00
from the Atlanta Alumnae Club;
$8.33 from the Decatur Alumnae
Club; three ash trays for the living
room by Nelle (Chamlee) Howard,
'34, Alumnae Secretary.

Included in gifts to Tea Room Com-
mittee are: $8.33 by the Decatur
Alumnae Club; $2.00 from Miss Edna
Hanley, Agnes Scott librarian; 3 5 ice-
tea glasses, and ice bowl and tongs,
given by Leone (Bowers) Hamilton,
'26; eight flower pots and plants given
by Hallie (Smith) Walker, ex-'16;
three dozen mats and napkins for tea
room, given by Mamie Lee Ratliff,
'39, assistant alumnae secretary.

The AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

CLUB CHATTER

Washington Club Outlines Year's Program

The Agnes Scott Alumnae Club of
Washington, D. C, has made plans
for its meetings during the entire
year. A very attractive yearbook of
the club gives the following outline
of programs:

November 2, 1940 Luncheon hon-
oring Margaret (Pruden) Lester,
'17, head of the English department
at the Marjorie Webster School, at
the Woman's National Democratic
Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave-
nue, N. W., 1:30 o'clock.
December 7, 1940 A Christmas
Carol Tea, 5-6:30 p. m. Place to be
announced.
January 11, 1941 Hon. Robert Ram-
speck, Georgia Congressman, and
Chairman of the Civil Service Com-
mittee in the House of Representa-
tives, presented as guest speaker at
1:30 o'clock at luncheon at the
Woman's National Democratic
Club.
February 8, 1941 Luncheon.
March 1 Roberta Morgan, ex-'15,
assistant director of personnel, Na-
tional American Red Cross, will
speak at the Woman's National
Democratic Club on "The Work of
the American Red Cross Today."
April 5 A conducted tour through
the new Mellon Art Gallery. De-
tails to be announced later.
May 3 Luncheon, guest speaker to

be announced at later date.
June 7 A garden party tea. Time
and place to be announced.

New Orleans Alumnae Honor
Miss Louise McKinney

A group of New Orleans alumnae
of Agnes Scott met on the afternoon
of Friday, November 1, at 4 p. m.,
at the home of Helen Lane (Comfort)
Sanders, '24, for a tea in honor of Miss
Louise McKinney, professor emeritus
of English at Agnes Scott. Miss Mc-
Kinney was in New Orleans for sev-
eral weeks visiting her sister there.

Those present at the meeting were:
Elizabeth Lightcap, '3 3, and her moth-
er; Lilly Weeks, '36; Sarah (Turner)

Ryan, '3 6; Grace (Carr) Clark, '27;
Georgia May (Little) Owens, '27;
Helen Lane (Comfort) Sanders, '24;
Lorraine (Smith) Bisner, '36; Miss
Louise McKinney, her sister, Mrs. E.
L. Gash, mother of Betty Gash, '29,
and Miss McKinney's niece, Peggy Lou
(Gash) Mathes.

North and South Carolinas
Honor Faculty Members

Just as Agnes Scott alumnae of De-
catur and Atlanta were gathering at
the College for the Tenth Alumnae
Week-End on November 29-30, two
groups of graduates were meeting at
other places.

On Friday, November 29, at 1 p. m.,
five Charleston, South Carolina,
Agnes Scott alumnae met for lunch
with Miss Catherine Torrance, pro-
fessor of Greek at Agnes Scott, and
her sister. Miss Mary Torrance, when
they were there at the time of the
meeting of the Southeastern division
of the Classical Association. Present
for lunch besides the Misses Torrance
were: Cecile (Mayer) Pearlstine, '33;
Virginia Watson, '3 8; Louise (Scott)
Sams, Institute; Mary (Kelly) van de
Erve, '06; and Margaret Burge, ex-'19.
Tentative plans were made for a Foun-
der's Day meeting in February.

On the afternoon of Friday, No-
vember 29, a group of Agnes Scotters
from Chapel Hill and Durham met at
a tea in honor of Miss Emma May
Laney, associate professor of English
at Agnes Scott, Margaret (Leyburn)
Foster, '18; Ellen Douglass Leyburn,
'27, and Page Ackerman, '3 3. They
were attending the meeting in Chapel
Hill of the South Atlantic Modern
Language Association, at which Ellen
Douglass Leyburn read a paper. Those,
other than the honor guests who were
present at the tea were: Ann Worthy
Johnson, '3 8, who planned and or-
ganized the meeting of the alumnae
Porter Cowles, ex-'23; Susan (Rose)
Saunders, ex-'26; Josephine Bridgman,
'27; Clara (Cole) Heath, '20;''Mary
Brock (Mallard) Reynolds, '19;
Brooks (Spivey) Creedy, '37; Ruth
(Slack) Smith, '12; Frances Brown,
'28.

ALUHMAE 4|UAI!TEI(LY

VOL. XIX m. 3

APRIL
1941

COMMENCEMENT WEEK-END

May 31 June 3

r\eunion L^ladded

1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1912, 1913, 1914,

1915, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1940

Commencement Program

May 30

Alumnae Children's Party, 4 p. m.
Decatur Club Hostess.

May 31

Trustees' Luncheon, honoring alumnae and seniors.
Rebekah Scott Dining Room, 1 o'clock.

Phi Beta Kappa Banquet.
Alumnae House, 6:30 o'clock.

Musicale, under direction of C. W. Dieckmann and Lewis

H. Johnson.
Maclean Auditorium, 8:30 o'clock.

June 1

Baccalaureate Sermon, Rev. Ansley C. Moore, of Clearwater.
Gaines Chapel, 1 1 o'clock.

Dean Scandrett's After-Luncheon Coffee, 2 o'clock.

Alumnae Garden Party, Alumnae Gardens, 6:30 o'clock.

June 2

Reunion luncheons for '93, '94, '95, '96, '12, '13, '14, '15,

'31, '32, '33, and '34.^
Alumnae House, 12:30 o'clock.

Class Day, May Day Dell, 4:30 o'clock.

1940 Reunion Dinner, 6:30 o'clock. Alumnae House.

Blackfriars Play, Gaines Chapel, 8:30 o'clock.
Miss Frances Gooch directing.

June 3

Commencement Exercises, Gaines Chapel, 10 o'clock.

Dr. Harvey W. Cox, President of Emory University, speaker.

ACROSS THE PRESIDENT'S DESK

Dear Agnes Scott Alumnae:

Many people are asking, "What will Agnes Scott have
to do with the defense program?" Our students are not
called upon to register or to enlist, as is true in many of the
neighboring institutions for men. Other things are quite
as important as fighting or preparation for fighting; and
we believe that in the present situation women have an
unusual responsibility. It is the first time of great crisis
since women became full citizens. There are proportion-
ately many more educated women now than in any previous
period of stress and strain through which our country
has gone.

At Agnes Scott we have felt that our greatest mission
is in getting assurance that we are thoroughly loyal to our
country and, at the same time, in keeping an open mind.
We do not wish to be so open-minded that our brains will
fall out, as someone has expressed it; but there is more
than one side to most of the questions which are being
propounded, and on the campus we are studying them
with a great deal of interest and thoroughness.

Our faculty and students have been a unit wherever
suffering is to be relieved or the needy are to have atten-
tion. We are somewhat divided, and I suppose properly
so, over details of some of the measures which have been
presented to Congress. We are agreed, I think, that as
yet there is no reason why the United States should be-
come involved in war.

We are very anxious for our alumnae everywhere to be
thoughtful and prayerful about the whole situation and
about even the details that have to be settled. If you can
give suggestions to us for campus developments, we will
certainly welcome them. We hope that you will not be
passive or indifferent about the developments which are
ahead of us.

We have been so active with state and national and
international affairs that we have not been pressing the
campaign for Hopkins Hall or for the completion of our

University Center program; but I hope we will all realize
that these are most important from the standpoint of
Agnes Scott College's development, and we feel that they
mean a great deal in the influence of leadership which the
College may exercise in all the larger problems of life.

We appreciate the interest and loyalty of our girls as
you celebrated Founder's Day and wish for you, in groups
and individually, God's richest blessings in every way.

Cordially,

Prcsuliiil.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Coiiniicnccmciit Program Frontispiece

Acruii the President's Desk 1

Mus/c in (I Time of Crisis 2

Elizabeth (Cheatham) Palmer, '25

"Not ill the Catalogue" -^

Dean Carrie Scandrett, '24

"Propaganda and the American Revolution 7

(Review of Dr. Philip Davidson's Book)

Alumnae Gather for Founder's Day S

Constitution and By-Laws of Association 1 1

Dc[mrt mentally Speaking l'^

Lecture Association Spring Program 15

Concerning Ourselies I''

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MUSIC IN A TIME OF CRISIS

By Elizabeth (Cheatham) Palmer, '2 5

{This article by Elizabeth (Cheatham) Paliiwr ii'as presented to the Community Coinerts Association in Chatta-
nooga as part of a ilr/ie to establish the Chattanooga Concert Series In-rmaneutly. It is jirinfed Ay jiennission of
the author.)

In this hour of world confUct, when national de-
fense dominates the thinking of us all, when nonessen-
tials must be sacrificed, luxuries dispensed with, wealth,
resources and energies made to contribute to one direct-
ing purpose, what is the value of music? Music can
produce no bullets, no battleships. Music will not in-
crease our output of anti-aircraft guns. Music does not
create an army.

Perhaps if we are honest, we will recognize music as
one of the nonessential luxuries. Perhaps we should con-
vert piano factories into airplane plants, teach the skilled
hands that fashion flutes and 'cellos to make munitions.
Perhaps our children should give up their music appre-
ciation listening hours, and our amateur orchestras be
disbanded. Perhaps the broadcasting companies should
discontinue their presentation of operas and string quar-
tets, or soloists and symphonies, and offer us instead an
unbroken span of war news and commentary. Perhaps
professional musicians should take up work more imme-
diately productive, and concert programs all over the
country be cancelled for the duration of the national
emergency.

Such a condition of affairs is of course unthinkable.
For surely music is one of the fine things in our American
way of life that must be treasured, preserved, and if
need be defended.

In times of crisis, more than ever, music is a vital
human need, constituting one of the great defenses of
our civilization.

During the first World War a British regiment, ex-
hausted by weeks of fighting, collapsed in the square of a
little French village. The advancing German army was
just behind, but the men, practically unconscious from
fatigue, were too far gone to care.

Facing the village square was a deserted toy shop.
The commanding officer had an inspiration. He entered
the shop and soon reappeared with a toy drum and a
shrill penny whistle, playing with gusto first "The British
Grenadier", then "Tippcrary." Weary heads lifted from
the cobblestones. Soldiers began to sit up. A supply of
mouth organs from the shop was rapidly distributed, and
in a matter of minutes the whole regiment was up and
playing and on its way.'

Those soldiers were refreshed and stimulated to action
not by rest or food or appeals to courage, but simply by
certain combinations of sound and rhythm. Music, even
when reduced as in this case to its lowest terms, possesses
magical powers: it may restore exhausted muscles, soothe
ragged nerves, cheer dejected spirits.

In a time of crisis popular music is indispensible in
creating and sutaining morale. Patriotic ballads seem to
spring out of the air, most of them destined to die young,
a few to live on to become a part of the musical heritage
of the people.- Even at its best popular and patriotic
music is of course limited in scope. It is written for a
particular purpose, its value is immediate and practical.

Let us consider now the wide realm of great music, that
immortal world among whose citizens are the finest

musical minds of all time Palestrina and Purcell, Bach
and Mozart, Wagner, Beethoven and Brahms and
Sibelius. Performing and listening to the music of such
masters constitute profoundly satisfying experiences, but
do they possess any value for a world at war?

The London Philharmonic Orchestra was, at the begin-
ning of the war a year ago, on the verge of bankruptcy.
Its conductor and occasional angel. Sir Thomas Beecham,
said bitterly that the only thing left was an appeal to
the Germans so, as you see, the situation was very grave
indeed. But Sir Thomas managed to scrape together
2,000 pounds, and the orchestra survived until the middle
of the summer. Then a new angel appeared in the person
of Jack Hylton, leader of a popular dance band. He
assumed all the orchestra's liabilities and sent it on a
tour of England and Scotland. With very moderate
prices, ranging from a shilling to three and six, with a
program of symphonies and light classics (but, the direc-
tor assured, no rubbish) the London Philharmonic
"packed them in" 2 5,000 in twelve concerts in Glasgow,
an equal number in Manchester, the same story every-
where it performed. These fine concert performances
obviously filled a need for the British men and women of
all classes who swarmed to hear. There was even the
inevitable man in the pub who was quoted as saying,
"It's made me find out I'm a bloody 'igh-brow." Mean-
while in London the Shilling Concerts, organized at the
National Gallery by Myra Hess, the pianist, were drawing
5 00 to 1,5 00 people every day at noon. The Promenade
concerts of the London Symphony, conducted by Sir
Henry Wood, have been highly successful one was ex-
tended into an all-night performance while German,
bombers ranged overhead.'^

In our own country, music is constantly increasing in
its appeal to the public. On all sides we receive reports
that the many outdoor concerts and summer music fes-
tivals have enjoyed phenomenal success.

The Stadium Concerts in New York, the Berkshire
Festival, where the Boston Symphony performs; the Robin
Hood Dell, the Sunset Symphonies in Washington these
nnd many others have attracted large and enthusiastic
audiences to programs of high character. Mr. Arthur
Plettner, conductor of the Chattanooga Symphony Or-
chestra, tells me that at Chautauqua last summer, seats
for all the operas presented there were sold out weeks in
advance.

The increased and widespread popularity of music is no
new thing. For a number of years there has been a
steady growth, especially in America, of musical activity
of all kinds, and of appreciation for the higher forms of
musical endeavor. But to a certain degree, at least, we
may attribute the recent acceleration of interest in good
music to the profound need that men and women feel
ior music in times of stress and strain. Wars and rumors
of wars put a burden on the hearts and brains that
ultimately become nearly intolerable. We in America
have not thus far been subjected to the horrors of air
raids and bombed cities, nor have we endured what must
be the severest test of all sending our children to seek

APRIL, 1941

safety across the seas. But the knowledge that such
things are being endured, and the vicarious but very real
suffering that the knowledge bears with it, the constant
sense of impending disaster, the bewilderment, the con-
fusion, the dark despair these constitute an ordeal from
which we feel we must somehow, sometimes, escape if we
are to survive.

And the surest escape is music.

When we play or sing or listen to great music, we
cannot, even though we try, think of anything else.
Our minds become absorbed in the entrancing intricacies
of rhythm and sound patterns. Utterly lost to the cares
and fears and confusions that have lately beset us, we
are lifted into another sphere, we live for a time in a
world apart an ideal world of beauty and order, of
tranquillity and peace. George Dillon has expressed in his
poem. The Constant One, this miracle wrought by music.

When love was false and I was full of care.
And friendship cold and I was sick with fear.
Music, the beautiful disturber of the air.
Drew near,

Saying: Come with me into my country of air
Out of the querulous and uncivil clay;
Fling down its aching members into a chair,

and come away.
Enter the wide kingdoms beyond despair
Where beauty dwells unaltering.

Those lines describe precisely and beautifully what hap-
pens when we escape to the sanctuary of music.

But music offers us something beyond refuge from the
conflict. Living for a time in the company of great
minds, letting our spirits roam free in the glorious world
they have created, is experience incomparably rewarding,
imparting new courage and new hope.

When the last notes of a symphony have died on the
air, we know the mood of Miranda in The Tempest, and,
paraphrasing her words, we may exclaim: O brave new
world that has such music in it! If life offers us this
rich delight, it cannot be quite so overwhelming as we
had feared.

Music may be enjoyed in a variety of ways. Playing
an instrument alone, listening at home to radio pro-
grams or to fine recordings, performing in a quartet or
orchestra or chorus all possess their special satisfactions.
But listening to music in a concert hall, in the company
of hundreds of others, is an experience in some sense
transcending all of these. Through the sharing of a fine
thing, a sense of unity and harmony and peace is gene-
rated, and this is one of the intangible values which
ought in our present chaotic world to be constantly en-
couraged and enhanced. Musicians working together, par-
ticularly a symphony orchestra in action, present an ex-
cellent object lesson for citizens of a democracy. A hun-
dred separate entities, each player with his instrument
making his unique contribution, yet subordinating his will
to that of the composer as interpreted by the conductor,
working with all his fellow orchestra members to produce
an effect at once unified and complete and infinitely
satisfying, may well symbolize the democratic ideal.

Music is a force which even in a world torn by hatred
and the lust for power makes for tolerance and good will.
Music, the universal language, still cuts across national
barriers. It knows no bounds of space or time, or race
or creed. The musician is at home wherever he may per-
form or compose; the music-lover has common bonds with
all people the world over who share his enthusiasm. It

is significant that in the performance of the three leading
orchestras of London at the present time, the composi-
tions of the German masters make up the bulk of the
programs Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn.

Marian Anderson, the great Negro contralto, writing of
the Negro spiritual, has made some observations notably
significant in this connection: "No program is complete
to me without a group of spirituals. They are my own
music; but it is not for that reason that I love to sing
them. Music has no racial boundaries. A person can
love Schubert even if he knows nothing of Vienna. Many
spirituals have been arranged for me by Swedes, French-
men, and Swiss who have never seen our South. I love
the spirituals because they give forth an aura of faith,
simplicity, humility and hope. Others must find this
to be the case, too; for the spiritual is immensely liked
by Europeans who know nothing of the land or the people
who produce the songs."*

Leopold Stokowski, shortly before sailing with his
American Youth Orchestra to tour Latin America, made
this interesting statement: "We are going to South
America on a musical mission of good-will and friend-
ship to our sister republics. Although they speak Spanish
and Portuguese in South America, they will all understand
the universal language of music. For music is a perfect
medium of conversation for expressing those things in
the realm of the beautiful and spiritual which are of
highest value of mankind."''

Let us see now how we have answered the question we
proposed a few moments ago: What is the value of music
in a time of crisis?

Music may warm our hearts, quicken our pulses, stir
our loyalty and our national pride.

Music may serve the even higher purpose of providing
sanctuary for our spirits, imparting courage and hope,
satisfying our hunger for the beautiful and the good, offer-
ing us a vision of the harmony that mankind may per-
haps in some distant day achieve.

If we believe that music can provide in our national
life all of these things, or any of them, let us not cease
in our endeavor to bring music more music and better
music within the reach of great numbers of our people.
Especially, let us give music abundantly to our children.

If we can teach the children what music means and
what it may mean in the life of mankind, if we can some-
how build up in their minds a concept that the pursuit of
beauty is more rewarding than the pursuit of power, per-
haps they or their children may some day know a better
world.

1. Music Can Work Miracles: The Etude, August, 1940.

2. An interesting instance is "On Guard, America",
with words by Polly (Stone) Buck and music by Lanny
B-Oss. Expressing genuine emotion through stirring rhythms
and words of dignity and beauty, it possesses an artistic and
intellectual value well above that of the majority of popu-
lar patriotic music. It has been published in a collection
called "American Patriotic Songs" (Renick Music Cor-
poration, New York. Price 50 cents), in such notable
company as "There's a Long Long Trail", "Columbia the
Gem of the Ocean", "When Johnny Comes Marching
Home", "Yankee Doodle", and "The Star Spangled
Banner."

3. Melody for Morale: Time, September 9, 1940.

4. Some Reflections on Singing: The Etude, Oc-
tober, 193 9.

5. With Accent on American Youth: New York Times,
July 21, 1940.

"NOT IN THE CATALOGUE"

By Carrie Scandrett, '24
Dean of Students

It has been a long time since some of you have been
back to the campus, and most of you who do honor us
with a visit, stay only a short time. I am hoping, there-
fore, that all of you will be interested in hearing of some
of the "life on the campus" that is not told about in the
catalogue. It is a part of the everyday life which I am
sure you are frequently asked about by "prospective stu-
dents" as well as by their parents. It has to do with what
happens to a student during her four years at Agnes Scott
within the hours she is not participating in class-room and
library activities.

Just as each spring we try to touch up the "old dress",
in order to meet the fresh, seemingly new world with some
eclat, so we, who stay on at Agnes Scott and feel some
responsibility for putting the College's best and most ef-
fective foot forward to meet the desires and needs of
both old and new, the students (old and new) begin doing
the same thing. We rearrange this program, we add to
that plan, we cherish and try to use well the new ideas
and enthusiasm of those setting out in new jobs, whether
as Freshmen or as Seniors. In certain aspects, the whole
group is new. So, since a new spring is here, it seems a
good time to do this re-thinking on paper, and to let you
know what we are attempting to do.

Underlying all the planning is the thought that Agnes
Scott is to be "home" for these girls for the greater part
of the year. Coupled with this is the fact that our family
numbers well over 3 00. This makes it necessary to have
some regulations which might appear unreasonable in in-
dividual cases but which years of experimentation have
proved to be good for the welfare and impartial treatment
of the whole group.

Plans for welcoming the new students and for helping
them to feel at home and to become an integral part of
the college community are of major importance. A care-
fully selected group of Juniors and Seniors is given this
responsibility under the leadership of the vice-president of
Student Government. These girls are called sponsors. It
is an honor to be a sponsor ,and no girl accepts this
privilege without having been made fully aware of the
responsibility and obligation involved. Our office works
very closely with these girls and we look to them for
valuable and thoughtful help in introducing each new girl
to Agnes Scott and Agnes Scott to her.

There is a partial introduction through letters before
the new student arrives. Soon after arrival comes the
introduction to the physical make-up of the College. This
is done through a cleverly illustrated map of the campus
and a personally conducted tour. The necessity of a map
probably seems strange to those of you so familiar with
every detail of the campus, but it is amazing how Agnes
Scott has grown, and how confused a newcomer to the
campus is when she starts out to find Harrison Hut or
White House or the Alumnae Tea Room.

Several social events are spaced throughout the first
few weeks and others follow during the year. These soon
prove to new students that the fun and friendliness of
which they have heard really exists among faculty and
students. They again sense a warm and sincere welcome
to Agnes Scott.

There is the picnic supper for all new girls and their

sponsors. It is given at Harrison Hut, the cottage which
is situated in the woods back of the college, and which was
bought to take the place of the Stone Mountain cottage
we used to have. There is a big out-of-doors fireplace
at Harrison Hut, and the grounds around are lighted well
enough for a program of games to be enjoyed. This picnic
supper is sponsored by the Christian Association. Many
home-sick pangs are sung or played away that night.

Then there is the usual formal reception on the first
Saturday night to which the entire college community is
invited and for which we all dress up. For the past several
years this reception has been given out on the quadrangle
between Buttrick and the colonnade. Lanterns are strung
in triangle shape from Buttrick to Rebekah Scott along
the colonnade to the back of Main. It is a very pretty
sight to see the girls in their colorful dresses going down
the receiving line and then wandering from group to group
and from punch bowl to punch bowl for further entertain-
ment. And going back and forth from Rebekah Scott
kitchen to each punch bowl, one sees faithful Wesley,
the waiter whom Polly (Stone) Buck and I insist we started
out on his career as general handyman for the campus!

After everyone has spoken to every one else, the faculty
go to the Alumnae House for more food, and time and
opportunity to relate to each other the happenings of the
summer. The students, at this time, go to the Gym to
dance. This dance continues to be fun, and for once boys
are not missed at all. The old girls are busy trying to
make the new girls have a good time, and the new girls
are overcome by the attention they are getting!

Then comes the delightful tea given by the alumnae
for the new students, and there is again that lost feeling
for names since this time the girls come in their best bibs
and tuckers instead of the sport clothes ordinarily worn
through the day, or the formal dresses worn to the recep-
tion. The alumnae, through their graciousness, make an
excellent impression and immediately inspire the new stu-
dents to want to become "one."

There is always the party planned for the Freshmen,
boarders and day students in the lobby of Inman Hall on
the second Saturday night of the session. Different groups
give stunts; they sing; they have a wonderfully good time.
While the Freshmen are doing this, the new transfer stu-
dents are being entertained at a party planned especially
for them a hay ride for a skating party.

There is still the party given by the Sophomores for the
Freshmen on the third Saturday night, and the traditional
and time-honored Black Cat contest on the fourth
Saturday.

While I am telling you of the social activities for the
Freshmen, I might tell you of the other yearly events
planned for them. Charlotte Hunter, the Assistant Dean,
and I invite each new student to West Lawn, where I live
now, either one afternoon for tea or one evening for coffee.
It means lots to us to meet the girls over a tea cup rather
than always from behind a desk.

It can't be all fun. In between these activities and the
routine of registering and being classified, the girls attend
Student Government hand-book classes. Those for board-
ers are conducted by the house presidents and those for
day students by their representative on the executive com-

APRIL, 1941

mittee. There are lectures with opportunity for discussion
about the reasons for certain regulations. These classes
and the discussions are exceedingly important as through
them attitudes toward Student Government and the un-
derstanding of the whole set-up are established.

Athletic Association is not idle during this time. While
the Health Department is busy giving physical examina-
tions, the Athletic Association Board is planning a big
rally it usually takes the form of a fair or a circus. Their
activities last throughout the year, giving any girl an op-
portunity to take part in the sport in which she is particu-
larly interested, such as the tennis club, the dance club.

All of these activities come either at the very first of
the session or during the first quarter. During the second
quarter one of the special features planned for new students
is the tea given by the President's Council (not Dr.
McCain's, but the council formed of the presidents of all
the student organizations). At this time all the extracur-
ricular activities on the campus are presented to the new
students. They get a complete picture of the extracur-
ricular program and can get all necessary information
about those activities in which they are particularly in-
terested. All clubs are open to students on the basis of
try-outs, just as they have been for many years. The new
students try out for the various clubs during the latter
part of the second quarter and during the first part of
the third quarter. During the first quarter a Freshman
might join a group of girls interested in books or dramatics
or in going out to the Scottish Rite Hospital on Saturday
afternoons to play with the crippled children. These few
interest groups are Sponsored and directed through the
Christian Association.

The crowning social event planned for the Freshmen is
the party sponsored by members of Mortar Board. Each
girl is invited for one of the three nights the parties are
given. Boys are invited, and there is general excitement.
The boys are invited through the older girls, or through
friends we know in Decatur and Atlanta. An unusually
nice group comes out, mostly college students from Tech,
Emory, and Columbia Seminary. It is something the Fresh-
men look forward to from the very first of the college
year, and certainly from the very minute in the fall when
similar parties are given for the Sophomores and the Fresh-
men hear about the good time they had. This year, for the
first time, day students have been invited to the parties.
It is a tremendous undertaking for all concerned, but
Mortar Board, and certainly we of the Administration,
think it is a valuable one.

After hearing something of the program planned for
the Freshmen, you will wonder what could be done for
the Sophomores. You may be asking yourself if they
aren't too old and worn by the time they have completed
the Freshman year and the list of activities to want any-
thing done for them.

The Sophomores always come in at the beginning of the
year with much joy and inner satisfaction, expressed in
many ways, but particularly in this one, "It is fun to be
an old girl. I am glad I have been a Freshman, but I
should not like to be one again." They are now con-
sidered as "old girls", and are immediately given respon-
sibility for helping with the Freshmen. They give them a
party on the third Saturday night of the session, and on
the next Saturday night they meet them in the annual
Stunt Night, which we somehow live through from year
to year, trying earnestly to prevent any casualties. We
insist on the girls' distributing responsibilities for the
stunts, and we urge them to remember that academic work
comes first and is the primary reason for coming to college.
It is all fun but we give a sigh of relief when the stunts
are over and we return to normalcy.

Then there are the parties sponsored by Mortar Board
for the Sophomores which I have already told you about.
The Sophomore year is still characterized by the daisy chain
and the many schemes for making money so that they can
give the Seniors a lovely luncheon at the end of the year.
This is always a happy and beautiful occasion.

This year there has been a very active Sophomore cabinet
of the Christian Association. This is a group open to any
member of the class. They meet each Monday for dis-
cussions led by adults whom they invite to come in.

Sophomores grow up over the summer and return to
college as Juniors feeling responsible for a new sister class.
They advise the Freshmen from September through May.
The big social event for the Juniors is the banquet which
the college gives for them and their dates in Rebekah
Scott dining room. Dates come, geographically speaking,
from Princeton to the University of Florida. It is a
formal occasion marked by a really happy dignity. I
wish you could see the girls and their dates, just as hand-
some as the girls are lovely. It is an occasion looked for-
ward to for three years and remembered forever, but always
with the feeling that "it was so perfect this time I should
be afraid for it to happen again."

The Seniors are just as loyal to the Sophomores at the
time of the Stunt as the Juniors are to the Freshmen.
They take it for granted that they are to buy the bell for
the Sophomores to put on the Black Cat's collar, and the
Sophomores dread the thought of disappointing them.

Seniors are gracious hostesses at coffee after dinner on
Sundays throughout the year, and they are generous with
their invitations to all of us. Senior Opera is still one of
the highlights of the year their last organized activity
for the four years. The campus enters into the spirit of
Senior Opera just as enthusiastically as it always has.

Throughout this year other campus activities open to
the college community and to Atlanta and Decatur friends,
have included the Friday night musicales given in Gaines
Chapel in Presser Hall. These have been under the direc-
tion of Mr. Hugh Hodgson, whom I am sure all of you
know. Once a month the Music Department of the
college has provided the program. You can imagine how
much it has meant to all of us to have music right at
our door.

Then there have been the offerings of the Lecture Asso-
ciation of Agnes Scott and those of Tech and Emory. We
have had the opportunity of hearing people like Jan
Struther and Vincent Sheean. For the past two years our
Lecture Association has been included in the student
budget, and this has proved a good plan. The receptions
following the lectures have become delightful social oc-
casions for the entire community.

We have enjoyed a dance recital presented by Mrs.
Harriette Haynes Lapp's students, and a play, Brief Music,
presented by Blackfriars. It was the first play to be given
in the new building and was reported worthy of the new
scenery and lighting equipment.

One of the nicest social events of each week is the
"dress-up" dinner on Wednesday nights, when we all wear
dinner dresses and dine by candlelight. After dinner some
organization invites the college community to coffee in
the Murphey Candler Building (the old Library, now used
as a student-activities building) and the girls usually stay
on and dance.

At least once during each quarter the Athletic Asso-
ciation sponsors an Open House to which dates are invited.
Badminton, shuffle board, deck tennis and other games
are played. These have been fun, and the groups attend-
ing them grow larger for each one.

Even though one might stay on the campus and lead a
very full and happy life, we do not attempt or even want

The AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

to cut out the opportunities offered to Agnes Scott stu-
dents by Atlanta; in fact, we encourage them. There is
the concert series, for which the girls are given a special
rate on tickets. We have approximately 200 students go-
ing in to these. Last year, and again this year, we are
reveling with Atlanta in opera, and the legitimate stage
has offered some amusement for us, giving us a "New
York" feeling as we hurry to a Saturday matinee.

And, aside from all of this, there is the normal social
life that an individual student has and for which we try
to make provision. This begins with "rush week" at
Tech and Emory and continues through the year. We
still expect and ask for some chaperonage, as old-fash-
ioned as that might seem! We select a group of Seniors
at the beginning of each year who are given the privilege
of acting as chaperons. This has been a helpful and suc-
cessful plan, and the Seniors consider it an honor.

Freshmen are still started out slowly and carefully, for
we feel they need that restraining influence which parents
have provided for many years. They are chaperoned when
they leave the campus at night and when they ride with
dates.

Just this year we have tried a new regulation for
Sophomores, and it has seemed to work well and to meet
a real need. Sophomores are older, we know them better,
and they should be allowed to assume more responsibility
for themselves. They are permitted to double date with
another Sophomore, Junior, or Senior, and go off the
campus without other chaperonage. They may come in
as late as 11:45 P. M., but must be chaperoned for any
later permissions. They may ride in automobiles, as
Juniors and Seniors do, to and from a destination in At-
lanta and environs as specified in the Student Government
handbook.

Very few restrictions are placed on Juniors and Seniors.
They are considered as grown and certainly should begin
to assume even greater responsibility for themselves.

We do ask that all girls register in the Dean's office
when leaving the campus with a date or for other social
engagements. We advise with them about plans. We
must know where they are going and with whom. We
try to meet and know the boys the girls go out with.
That is not always possible, but we encourage the boys to
come into the office to talk with us and we try to work
with them as we do with the girls. I believe I am ac-
curate when I say there is a cooperative and friendly
feeling among students, their dates, and those of us who
work in the office.

We have tried successfully another new regulation this
year. It has to do with allowing the girls to go to
dances off the campus and to come back to the college
after the dance is over. Since most of the dances are
scheduled for Friday nights, we decided to start our ex-
perimenting on that night. Each student lets us know
where the dance is to be and when it is to be over. We
then allow for sufficient time for the student and her
date to get back to the college after the dance. The latest
hour has been 2:30 A. M. Most of the dances close at
1 o'clock, and the girls are in by 1:30 or 1:45. On
Saturday nights a student attending a dance may return
to the college as late as 12:30. Juniors and Seniors may
have these late permissions without chaperonage. Sopho-
mores and Freshmen, however, are required to have
chaperons, and Senior chaperons have helped greatly in
such cases. We have expected the girls to come back to
the college after these dances rather than to spend the
night out. In most instances they have been very coopera-
tive, and I am sure we shall continue the plan for another
year.

Our office, that of the Dean of Students, is open each
day from 9 o'clock in the morning until each girl is in at
night. We do take time out for church on Sunday morn-
ing. We work on the theory that in a well-regulated
home one knows when the daughter goes out and when
she comes in from her date. If a student is out for any
other reason than to go to a dance she must be in by
11:45 P. M. This hour may seem quite late, but we
have to take into consideration the distance and the time
required to go to and from Atlanta. On Sunday nights
every student is in by 11 o'clock. There are four of us
who work in the office, and I can assure you we could
do with no fewer "man hours."

There are probably traditions and events which I have
not mentioned and which you are wondering about. There
are plans for doing over the three dormitories this sum-
mer and any number of other things which I should like
to tell you about, but I have tried to stick to my subject,
to give you a general idea of the social life on the campus.
I have purposely not talked about the academic side of
the college, although I can assure you that in that field
of activity possibly even greater care is taken to provide
the best and to try to get each student to take advantage
of it. Each spring there is the same re-thinking of that
phase of the college life. Standards have not been lowered.
You may continue to be proud to be an alumna of
Agnes Scott!

ALUMNAE AND THEIR FRIENDS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND
AGNES SCOTT'S

rvlau esDcLu ^eAtlvcLt

Saturday, May 3, 5 O'Clock, in May Day Dell
and

SENIOR OPERA, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 3

8:30 O'clock, Bucher Scott Gymnasium

"PROPAGANDA AND THE AMERICAN REVDLUTIDN"

Propaganda, with its powers and its
consequences, is a force that cannot be
overlooked by any student of modern
history, as he considers the shaping of
world events today. And yet this same
propaganda, or perhaps a near relative,
with a different direction given its
efforts, manufactured the American
Revolution, as is so convincingly
argued in Propaganda and the Ameri-
can Revolution, by Dr. Philip David-
son, professor of history at Agnes
Scott College.

In a style both scholarly and enter-
taining. Dr. Davidson presents evi-
dence that the fathers of American
independence were the creators of the
desire for war. Thomas Jefferson
Sam and John Adams, Alexandei
Hamilton, George Washington thesi
are some of the patriots who eithe)
instigated or created themselves the
propaganda which appeared in every

form of oratory and literature, from stump speeches to
sermons, from news headlines to lyric poetry.

Covering the two Revolutionary decades (1763-1783),
the book comprises three sections, treating Whig propa-
ganda, Tory counterpropaganda, and the final patriot
propaganda respectively. The author incidentally de-
scribes, in an analysis new to historians, the victory of the
conservative middle class over the English aristocracy and
the common people, accomplished by combining with the
first to subdue the second, then rallying the lower class in
the struggle to overthrow the English.

One of Dr. Davidson's conclusions may startle modern
patriots:

Without the propagandists' work independence
would not have been declared in 1776 nor recognized
in 1783. . . . The fears they aroused and the hopes
they enkindled became the national fears and national
hopes. The national ideals of American life, slowly
maturing through the colonial period, thus came
clearly into the consciousness of the American people
through the effects of war propaganda.
Following is a review of Propaganda and the American
Kevohition which appeared in a leading southern paper:
Propaganda and the American Keiolutiott. By Philip
Davidson. University of North Carolina Press. $4.
Here is a book that will make Daughters of the Revolu-
tion rage and interventionists imagine vain things. Where
Oliver Wiswell raised goosepimples this volume will raise
hell. For this opus from the pen of a history professor
at Agnes Scott College in Georgia is an amazingly well
documented study. It punctures another war myth in
American history.

Professor Davidson's thesis is that the American Revo-
lution was not the result of British oppression. Instead
of being a spontaneous sort of war, it was calculatingly
cooked up by Whig propaganda. A small, determined
group of men, headed by such men as Benjamin Franklin,
Tom Paine, Samuel Adams and Arthur Lee, wanted war
and set in motion propaganda to convince the American
Colonists that they wanted war. Within one generation
they succeeded in making the colonists who had helped
Britain defeat France, turn around and unite with France
in defeating Britain. Such a rapid reversal of attitude
could not have come about in the normal course of events.

How the Whigs Worked
This book names the Whig propa-
gandists, states their purposes and
problems, and describes their machin-
ery. The pamphlets and broadsides,
sermons and political speeches are so
reproduced as to show how commer-
cial interests, political theories and re-
ligious prejudices were made to serve
the Whig movement.

In religion, the propaganda machine
hit on all the cylinders. New Eng-
land Congregationalists were told that
they would have to become Episco-
palians like the Tidewater "bishop-
lovers" whom they despised.

When the colonists clashed with
British soldiers in a Boston street
brawl, the fracas was heralded as "a
horrible massacre." Children were ad-
monished by poets and preachers to
walk carefully on the streets lest they
shp upon the cobblestones bespattered
with their fathers' brains.

Newspapers helped to fire the propaganda engine. The
ancestor theme was as hard worked as it is today.
"Could our forefathers rise and see their children slaves
They would go, thunder-stricken, back to their graves."
Poets sang of the day when
"Strangers from England shall rule no more
Nor harsh mandates vex from Britain's shore."

Actors made their songs and plays demonstrate the
proper Whig spirit. Though Lord Bute had not been
Prime Minister since 1763, he was still reviled as the
manipulator of the King. Stages were set to show effigies
of Bute being kicked by a strange figure while actors
recited

"This is the devil we know full well
He's come to kick Lord Bute to hell."

Politicians, then as now, bumped the stars together and
made the glory fly. When reminded of the cost of war,
they declared that no price is too dear to pay for liberty,
meaning then as now, no price was too dear for the other
fellow.

Tory Complacency Contributed

The propaganda from 1763 to 1776, Professor Davidson
calls "Whig", and that from 1776 to 1783, he calls
"Patriot." He points out that the British counter-attacks
in the propaganda battle were as ineffectual as much of
their strategy in real battle. Tory complacency rather
than Whig fervor is assigned as the cause of this.

Professor Davidson has written his book in the modern
historical manner and has filled it as full of footnotes as
F.uchd is of angles. It takes 30 pages to hold the bibli-
ography and half as many to hold the index. By all the
laws and rules of history, the author has made his case
against the necessity of America's going to war with
Britain in what we call the Revolution. But I still revere
mv Revolutionary ancestors just as highly as before reading
this book, and I still think of Britain as "perfidious
Albion."

Marshall Wingfield,

Member Advisory Board, American Historical Society.

(Reprinted by permission of the editor. Commercial
Appeal, Memphis, Tenn.)

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College Broadcasts from Gaines Chapel

Agnes Scott College for the first
time in its history broadcast from the
campus when the annual Founder's
Day program was presented from
Gaines Chapel in Presser Hall over
WSB at 9:30 (C. S. T.), Friday,
Feb. 21.

The program as presented in the
chapel and relayed by telephone to
the studio of WSB in Atlanta was
built around the emphasis that Agnes
Scott is now placing on the Fine Arts.
In keeping with this theme, much of
the program was given over to musi-
cal numbers, including a Stephen Fos-
ter medley by the Glee Club, a con-
tralto solo by Jane Moses, '40; Mr.
C. W. Dieckmann's rendition of one
of his own compositions, Adore Te
Devote, on the new Austin organ. Also
Mrs. Irene Leftwich Harris, one of
the artists who is often presented on
the weekly Friday evening concerts at
Agnes Scott, played Gluck's Ballet of
the Blessed Spirits, as arranged by
Hodgson, and Chopin's Waltz in E
Minor. Dr. J. R. McCain, president
of the college, reviewed briefly the
history of Presser Hall, and Mr. Wil-
liam Cole Jones, associate editor of
The Atlanta Journal, thanked the col-
lege in behalf of the community at
large, for allowing the public to en-
joy the use of the music building at
the many worthwhile activities there
during the year.

Augusta, Ga., Club met for lunch-
eon at the Richmond Hotel on Feb.
22. Fannie Mae (Morris) Stephens,
president of the club, presided over
the business session and introduced
the speaker, Alice (Jernigan) Dow-
ling, who has just recently returned
to this country from Rome. New of-
ficers who were elected at this meet-
ing are: President, Mary Lyon Hull;
vice - president, Jane (Carithers)
Slaughter; secretary, Minnie Lee
(Clarke) Cordle; treasurer, Isabelle
(Johnson) Maxwell. Alumnae attend-
ing the luncheon included: Hazel
Scruggs, Jane (Cassels) Stewart and
Carrie Gene Ashley, of Ellenton,
S. C; Mary Lang Gill, of Louisville;
Frances (Abbott) Neely, of Waynes-
boro; Mary (Willis) Smith, Jane
(Carithers) Slaughter, Kathryn (Lei-
pold) Johnson, Jeannette (Victor)
Levy, Isabelle (Johnson) Maxwell,
Eva (Constantine) Nicholson, Re-

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becca (Drucker) Robinson, Fannie
(Morris) Stephens, Phyllis Johnson,
Ovieda Long, Ruth McAuliffe, Janet
Newton, Harriet Reed, Eugenia
Symns, Elizabeth Baethke.

Austin, Texas Marjorie (Daniel)
Cole had two Austin alumnae in for
tea on Founder's Day and the three-
some discussed the broadcast, which
they had heard the night before, and
the things that are happening on the
campus at Agnes Scott. Present were
Lula Daniel Ames, Nancy Joe Gribble,
and the hostess.

Berkeley, Calif. California alumnae
met for the first time in several years
in Berkeley at dinner on Feb. 21.
The group gathered at Drake's Smor-
gasbord for dinner at six and later
adjourned to the foyer of the
Y. W. C. A. on the University
campus, where they listened to the
radio program. Clara Mae (Allen)
Reinero was the very capable chair-
man for this group.

Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham
Club and Alabama District II met
for dinner on Feb. 21 at the Eliza-
beth Aust Tea Room. Program com-
posed of letters from the college and
the records were presented, with
Katherine Woodbury presiding over
the meeting. Newly elected chairman
of the club is Frances (Bitzer) Edson,
and the club plans its next meeting
in April. Present were Louise
(Abney) Beach, Frances (Bitzer)
Edson, Dorothy (Bowron) Collins,
Mary (Bryan) Winn, Louise (Buch-
anan) Pi'octor, Sallie (Horton) Lay,
Margaret Loranz, Anne (McLarty)
Krone, Laura (Oliver) Fuller, Ade-
laide (Ransom) Bairnsfather, Olivia
Swann, Katherine Woodbury and El-
lene Winn, of Decatur, Ga.

Boston, Mass. Eleven Massachu-
setts alumnae met at the Kenmore
Hotel in Boston for luncheon on Fri-
day, Feb. 21. Co-chairmen for the
luncheon were Mary (McDonald)
Sledd, Alice (McCallie) Pressly, and
Helen (Handte) Morse. Mary (Mc-
Donald) Sledd will be chairman for
the next meeting, which will probably
be in the spring. Present were Hettye
McCurdy, Elizabeth (Moore) Weaver,
Ruth Slack, Helen (Handte) Morse,
Alice (McCallie) Pressly, Sara (Town-
send) Pitman, Mary (McDonald)
Sledd, Jane (Thomas) Tilson, Eva
(Poliakoff) Goodman, Irene (Wilson)

Neister, and Margaret (Powell) Gay.

Bristol, Tenn.-Va. (Tennessee and
Virginia Districts V) Alice Caldwell
was chairman for the Tennessee-Vir-
ginia group that met for luncheon on
Saturday, Feb. 22. Present were Mar-
garet (Anderson) Piper, of Bristol;
Ruth (Masengill) Wiley, of Johnson
City; Harriet (Scott) Bowen, who
came eighty miles from Tazewell, Va.,
to attend the luncheon, and the chair-
man. The group particularly enjoyed
the records. They are planning an-
other meeting of this district in June.

Charlotte, N. C. Club North
Carolina District I met for a formal
banquet at the Barringer Hotel on
Feb. 22. Dr. Philip Davidson, pro-
fessor of history at Agnes Scott, was
the principal speaker. Frances Miller,
president of the club, presided over
the business meeting, and Rebecca
(Whaley) Rountree introduced Dr.
Davidson, who spoke on "The Vision
of a People." Tables were arranged
in the semblance of a flower with the
speakers' table in the center and the
other tables radiating from it. Flow-
ers were red carnations, white nar-
cissi, and blue delphinium and can-
dles carried out the color scheme. Lit-
tle hatchets were used as placecards.
Alumnae attending were Louisa Duls,
Lalla Marshall, Susan Cochran, Jose-
phine Houston, Maria Rose, Mae Duls,
Mamie Robinson, Oma Laferty, Carrie
Phinney (Latimer) Duval, Elizabeth
(Sutton) Gray, Mary (Keesler) Dal-
ton, Sally (Cothran) Lambeth, Julia
(Hagood) Cuthbertson, Marian (Mc-
Camy) Sims, Frances (Medlin)
Walker, Belle Ward (Stowe) Aber-
nethy, Cama (Burgess) Clarkson,
Mary Margaret (Stowe) Hunter, of
Belmont; Midge (McAden) Cothran,
Anne (Gilleylen) Quarles, Pernette
(Adams) Carter, Ruth Carpenter,
Louise (Wadsworth) Patton, Martha
(Young) Bell, Susan (Clayton) Ful-
ler and her mother, Mrs. Clayton;
Caroline (Moody) Jordan, Ruth
(Smith) Lucas, Mabel (Ardrey)
Stewart, Barton (Jackson) Cathey
and Ruth (Reilley) Wilkes. Other
guests were Mrs. Robert Allen, Miss
Mary Rountree and Miss Amy Ann
SncUing, prospective students. The
Charlotte group sent the alumnae
house a beautiful Chatham blanket for
the guest room.

Charlottesville, Va. Virginia Dis-

APRIL, 1941

trict alumnae met for luncheon at the
Albemarle Hotel in Charlottesville on
Feb. 22. Mary Trammell was chair-
man for the group. Present were
Eliot May (McLellon) Rushton,
Margaret Barnes, of Ivy, Va.; Lucile
(Bridgman) Leitch, of Newport, Va.;
Betty Willis, of Culpepper, Va., and
the chairman. Martha (Stackhouse)
Grafton sent greetings from Staunton,
Va., and expressed her regret that she
could not attend the luncheon.

Chicago, III., Club met for dinner
at a downtown restaurant Feb. 21.
Mildred (Davis) Adams was chair-
man for the club and made arrange-
ments for the group to listen in to
the radio program immediately after
the dinner.

Corpus Chrisfi, Texas Louise
(Wells) Parsons invited the four
Corpus Christi alumnae in to listen in
with her on Friday night, and she
writes that the program came through
splendidly. Congratulations to the
first Corpus Christi meeting!

Dalton, Ga. Georgia District VII
alumnae were entertained at a tea
given by Fannie B. (Harris) Jones
at her home on Feb. 22. Spring flow-
ers for decorations and little George
Washington hatchets for favors lent a
patriotic note to the occasion. The
program included the records and the
letters from the college. Present were
Gertrude (Manly) McFarland, Mar-
tha Lin (Manly) Hogshead, Mar-
garetta (Womelsdorf ) Lumpkin, Mary
Fay (Martin) Brumby, Ethelyn
(Johnson) Roberts, Lulu (Smith)
Westcott, Mary Stewart (Sims) Mc-
Camy, and Eulalia (Napier) Sutton.
Mrs. Neil Hamilton was also present.

Durham, N. C. North Carolina
District III met for dinner on Feb.
26 at the Faculty Dining Room on
the Woman's College campus at Duke.
Allene Ramage was chairman for this
group, and Ruth (Slack) Smith was
co-hostess.

Fayette, Miss. Sarah (Till) Davis
wired from Fayette, where she was lis-
tening in to the broadcast, "All good
wishes always for you and Agnes
Scott."

Florence, Ala. Alabama District I
met for luncheon in Florence at the
Negley Hotel. Mary Hollingsworth
served as chairman for this group.
She was elected president for the next
year, and the group is planning an-
other meeting in the summer.
Alumnae who attended the meeting
included Mary Wallace Kirk, Joy
(Trump) Hamlet and Ruby Lee
(Estes) Ware, of Tuscumbia; Anne
Merts Walker, of Huntsville; Mary
(Lynes) Martin and Martha (Nathan)
Drisdale, of Sheffield; Anne Hudmon,

Mary Holhngsworth, Hazel (Rogers)
Marks and Josephine (Marbut) Stan-
ley, of Florence.

Florence, S. C South Carolina
District IV, with headquarters in
Florence, met for luncheon at the
Colonial Hotel on Saturday. Eliza-
beth (Cole) Shaw, chairman for this
year, was reelected by the group to
serve for another year. The next
meeting will be in June, and invited
will be Florence students now attend-
ing Agnes Scott. Present at this first
meeting were Lenora (Briggs) Bel-
lamy, Elizabeth (Cole) Shaw, Lucy
(Goss) Herbert, Christine (Hickson)
Weldon, Mary Wells McNeill, Lucy
Timmerman, Claude (Wright) Wil-
liams, all of Florence; Jane Salters, of
Society Hill, and Josephine Erwin, of
Coker College, Hartsville.

Greenville, S. C. South Carolina
District I, with headquarters in Green-
ville, had a luncheon at the Poinsett
Hotel on Saturday. Bee Keith was
chairman for this group, and was re-
elected for next year. District chair-
men elected include Miriam Sanders
for Greenville; Eugenia (Norris)
Hughes for Greer; Rachel (Paxon)
Hayes for Laurens; Eunice (Dean)
Major for Anderson, and Vic (Howie)
Kerr for Spartanburg. Present were
Miriam Sanders, Virginia Norris,
Elizabeth (Curry) Winn, Dorothy
(Keith) Hunter and Bee Keith, of
Greenville; Mary Virginia Allen, of
Easley; Elizabeth (Woolfolk) Moye
and Rachel (Paxon) Hayes, of Lau-
rens; Lena Armstrong and Eugenia
(Norris) Hughes, of Greer; Ella
(Mallard) Ninestein, of Walhalla;
Lucy Hill Doty, of Pendleton; Caro-
lina (Dickson) Smith, Juliet (Foster)
Speer, and Eunice (Dean) Major, of
Anderson; Lucia Nimmons, of Seneca,
and Eunice Lawrence, of Spartanburg.
The Greenville District plans its next
meeting for late in the summer, with
honorees a group of students.

Griffin, Ga.: District IV alumnae
met for dinner at the Bell Tea Room
on Friday evening, and in addition
to the program material sent out by
the office, listened in to the radio
program. Present were Fanny Willis
(Niles) Bolton, Laura (Cooper)
Christopher, Florence Gresham, Kath-
arine (Gilliland) Higgins, Mariwil
(Hanes) Hulsey, Sarah (McDowell)
Joiner, Mary Ella (Hammond) Mc-
Dowell, Gertrude (McDowell) Scott,
Katherine Wolcott, and Elizabeth
Cousins and Marguerite (Cousins)
Holley, of Experiment. Katharine
Higgins was chairman for this group.

Kansas City, Mo. Louise Hugh-
ston made arrangements for a lunch-
eon in Kansas, but unexpected ill-
nesses forced all but three alumnae

to cancel their reservations, so the
meeting was postponed.

Memphis, Tenn. Alumnae from
Northern Mississippi and Western
Tennessee were invited to District I
luncheon at the Peabody Hotel in
Memphis on Feb. 22. Elinore (Mor-
gan) McComb was chairman for this
group and presided at the meeting.
Louise (Capen) Baker was elected
chairman for next year. The Mem-
phis group sent a generous check to
the office for something in the
Alumnae House. Alumnae attending
the luncheon included Mary Shew-
maker, Agnes (Dinwiddle) Warn,
Betty (Hudson) Clayton, Rebekah
Harrison, Ruth (Hall) Bryant, Alice
Virden, Evabel (Johnston) Bourne, of
Tulsa, Okla.; Elinore (Alorgan) Mc-
Comb, Mary Lou (McLarty) John-
ston, Rose (Harwood) Taylor, Louise
(Capen) Baker, Sara (Armfield) Hill,
Melville Jameson, Anna (Sykes) Bry-
ars, Julia Jameson, and Margaret
(Rowe) Jones.

Miami, Fla. -Florida District IV
met for dinner on Friday evening at
the Seven Seas in Miami. Mary
Buchholz, vice-president, presided over
the meeting. Elizabeth (Shaw) Mc-
Clamrock is the new president; Garth
(Gray) Hall is vice-president; Wil-
lomette Williamson, secretary, and
Frances Hampton, treasurer. Speaker
for the evening was Mrs. Serepta Ter-
letsky, who discussed "Political Trends
in Brazil." Alumnae who attended
the dinner were Frances Hampton,
Catherine (Cocco) DuPree, Montie
(Sewell) Burns, Elizabeth (Shaw)
McClamrock, Garth (Gray) Hall,
Josephine (Stephens) Ayer, Ruth
Barker Taylor, Josephine Havis,
Frances (Dukes) Wynne, Mary
(West) Thatcher, Mary Buchholz,
Mette Williamson, Miss Lillian Smith,
and Elva (Brehm) Florrid, from Fort
Lauderdale.

Central Mississippi The Mississippi
Club met for luncheon at the Frances
Tea Shop in Jackson on Feb. 22. Ruth
Virden was chairman for the meeting.
New president is Elizabeth (Watkins)
Hulen, and Jean Fairly is secretary-
treasurer. The group plans its next
meeting in the form of a tea for high
school seniors in Jackson later in the
spring. Alumnae at the meeting were
Ruth Virden, Shirley (Fairly) Hen-
dricks, Jean Fairly, Jane (Merrill)
Conerly, Miriam Jones. The Missis-
sippi Club sent a generous gift to the
House.

Monroe, La. Dean McKoin notified
all the Monroe alumnae of the pro-
gram and they were listening in on
Friday night.

Monff^omery, Ala. Alabama Dis-
trict V surrounding Montgomery met

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The AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

at the Blue Moon Inn in Montgom-
ery for luncheon on Founder's Day.
Eighteen alumnae were present. Olive
(Weeks) Collins and Mildred Duncan
acted as co-chairmen for the group.
Marion (Black) Cantelou presided
over the meeting, and Nancy (Jones)
Smith read the letters. Attending the
luncheon were the following Mont-
gomery alumnae: Margaret Booth,
Elinore (Bellingrath) Bartlett, Mil-
dred Duncan, Polly (Irvine) Rice,
Hilda (Kalmon) Salger, Genie (Blue)
Matthews, Nancy (Jones) Smith,
Claude (Martin) Lee, Gladys (Mc-
Millan) Gunn, Blanche (Holden)
Grimes, Marion (Black) Cantelou,
Olive (Weeks) Collins, and Mrs. Neal
Anderson, mother of two Agnes
Scotters. Out-of-town alumnae in-
cluded Eleanor Lee (Norris) McKin-
non, of Greenville; Annie Wilson
Terry, of Millbrook; Bessie (Sen telle)
Martin, Sue Robinson, and Ellen
(Smith) Gaddis, all of Prattville.

Moultrie, Ga. Hazel Hood notified
the Moultrie alumnae of the broad-
cast and wired that the group "En-
joyed every minute of the program.
Reception was perfect."

Nashville {Tenn.) Club The
Nashville Club met with Tennessee
District II for coffee at the Centen-
nial Club on Saturday morning at 1 1
o'clock. India (Jones) Mizell and
Anna Marie (Landress) Gate served as
co-chairmen for this group. Alumnae
attending the meeting included:
Louise (McCain) Boyce, Violet Jane
Watkins, Olive Graves, Mary Eliza-
beth Moss, India (Jones) Mizell, Anna
Marie (Landress) Gate, Elizabeth
(Smith) DeWitt, Polly Cawthorn, of
Murphreesboro, and Lulie (Harris)
Henderson, of Waverly.

Neiv Haieii, Conn. The Connecti-
cut alumnae were invited to Polly
(Stone) Buck's for luncheon on Feb.
22 and had a grand time together.
Present were Flora (Crowe) Whit-
mire, Virginia Prettyman, Jennie Lynn
(DuVall) Nyman, Eunice (Briese-
nick) Sloan, Dorothy (Grubb) Riv-
ers, and the hostess.

New York Club The New York
alumnae met for dinner at the Kirby
Allen on Tuesday, Feb. 2 5. Mary
Catherine (Williamson) Hooker pre-
sided over the meeting and introduced
the guests and speakers on the pro-
gram. Dorothy (Hutton) Mount,
just back in New York after a trip
to Florida and a visit at Agnes Scott,
brought the latest campus news. Mary
Lamar Knight told interesting bits of
news about her work including the
story of the trip to Nassau and the
subsequent shipwreck. Polly (Stone)
Buck was a visitor from Connecticut,

and she sang her recently published
song, "On Guard, America." Flow-
ers for the tables included purple
sweetpeas, purple tulips, purple pan-
sies and white glads, carnations and
apple blossoms. White candles further
carried out the color scheme. Dr.
McCain's and Miss Scandrett's letters
were read, and Dr. Sweet's and Miss
McKinney's records were played and
very much enjoyed. Twenty-six New
York alumnae were present, and sev-
eral alumnae from near-by cities in
Jersey and Connecticut. New of-
ficers for the club are president, Dora
(Ferrell) Gentry; vice - president,
Kathleen (Bowen) Stark; secretary,
Dorothy (Kethley) Klughaupt, and
treasurer, Floy Sadler.

Norfolk, Va. Virginia District II
met at Norfolk for luncheon at the
Ames & Brownley Tea Room. Grace
Tazewell, of Norfolk, was chairman
for this group. The group plans an-
other meeting in April or May. Pres-
ent at the Founder's Day luncheon
were Maude (Powell) Turner, Willie
Lou (Sumrall) Peugh), Ruth Thomas,
Lynn (Moore) Hardy, of Church-
land; Grace Tazewell, Fannie May
(Young) Robinson, Sallie Peake, of
Churchland, and Fannie M. Thomas.

Opelika, Ala. Alabama Group IV
met for luncheon on Feb. 2 1 at the
Clement Hotel in Opelika. Edith
(McGranahan) Smith T acted as chair-
man for this group, and Martha
North (Watson) Smith was elected
chairman for next year. Present were
Catherine (Nash) Goff, of Auburn;
Martha North (Watson) Smith, of
Auburn; Lurline (Torbert) Shealy,
Ethel (McConnell) Cannon and
Edith (McGranahan) Smith T, all of
Opelika.

Philadelphia, Pa. Jule Hunter
Bethea made arrangements for the
Pennsylvania alumnae to have lunch-
eon at Whitman's in Philadelphia on
Feb. 22. A program based upon the
material sent out by the office was
very much enjoyed.

Rill gc field N. J. Florence (Stokes)
Henry had five friends with her on
Friday evening to listen to the broad-
cast. Dorothy (Mitchell) Ellis,
ex-' 19, and her husband, of Leonia,
N. J.; Minnie Stokes, Julia Stokes,
Inst., and Mr. Henry all tuned in and
enjoyed the program together. Julia
writes: "We were so glad to hear the
new organ and Dr. McCain's voice.
The whole program warmed the
cockles of our hearts!"

Saiannah, Ga., District IX Alumnae
met for luncheon at the Pink Flouse
in Savannah on Feb. 22. Ruth Kaplan
was chairman for this group. Present
at the luncheon were Frances Belford,
Rocky Kaplan, Annie (Schroeder)

Siceloff, Anne (Ehrlich) Solomon,
Emma (Paulsen) Kuck, Alice (Weich-
elbaum) Osterweil, Mary Nelle (Trib-
ble) Beasley and Esther (Abernathy)
Beasley, of Reidsville.

St. Louis, Mo. Missouri alumnae
were entertained at tea by Florence
(Preston) Bockhorst at her home in
Kirkwood. Most of the group hs-
tened to the broadcast at their homes
and then attended the tea on March 5.

Tampa, Fla. The Florida District
III alumnae met for luncheon at the
Y. W. C. A. in Tampa on Saturday,
Feb. 22. Helen (Smith) Taylor pre-
sided over the meeting. Newly
elected officers are Grace Elizabeth
Anderson, president; Violet (Denton)
West, vice-president; Mary Evelyn
Francis, secretary-treasurer, and Nell
(Frye) Johnston, publicity chairman.
Present were Violet (Denton) West,
Rosalind (Wurm) Council, Margue-
rite Russell, Marion (Albury) Pitts,
Margery (Moore) Macaulay, Eliza-
beth (Parham) Williams, Helen
(Smith) Taylor, Margaret Deaver,
Bertha (Chason) Jackson, Ellen
(Allen) Irsch, Ruth (Marion) Wis-
dom, Nina (Anderson) Thomas,
Marie (Lederle) Myers, Amelia (Alex-
ander) Greenawalt, Nelle (Frye)
Johnston, Mary Evelyn Francis,
Eleanor (Brice) Ezell, from Braden-
ton; Mary Stewart McLeod, of Bar-
tow, and Mary Louise (Robinson)
Black, of Plant City, and her mother,
Mrs. Black.

Tuscaloosa, Ala. Tuscaloosa and
Greensboro alumnae met at the Mc-
Lester Hotel for Alabama District VI
luncheon on Saturday. Gary (Home)
Petrey and Ellen (Stuart) Patton
were co-chairmen for the meeting and
three alumnae drove over from
Greensboro: Molly (Childress) Yar-
borough, Margaret Hobson and Amy
(Seay) Lawson.

Washington (D. C.) Club Wash-
ington alumnae did not meet on
Founder's Day, but had their regular
monthly meeting on Feb. 8. Miss
Muriel Lester, British social worker of
international fame, was their guest
speaker. Alumnae of Georgia State
College for Women, Wesleyan, and
the University of Alabama were in-
vited to join the Agnes Scott Club
at this meeting and ninety-five peo-
ple were present at the luncheon. The
March meeting was held on March 9,
and Roberta Morgan, ex-'lj, national
director of the Red Cross, was guest
speaker.

Waverly, Tenn. Lulie (Harris)
Henderson reports that she heard the
radio broadcast on Friday evening,
and, although she was the sole alumna
listening in, she enjoyed it very, very
much.

CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE AGNES SCOTT

ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION

(Editor's Note: Since relatively
few of our alumnae were able to at-
tend the special meeting of the As-
sociation called by the president for
February 22, we are printing in full
the revised constitution so that you
may know what was done at the meet-
ing. Note the formation of a new
committee to take charge of the sec-
ond floor of the Alumnae House.)
CONSTITUTION
Article I. Name and Purpose

Section 1. Naii?c The name of
of this Association shall be the
Alumnae Association of Agnes Scott
College.

Sec. 2. Purpose The purpose of
the Association is to promote the wel-
fare of the College and its Alumnae
by increasing the interest of its mem-
bers in the College and in each other.
Article II. Membership

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

Sec. 2. Active Me^nbers Any one
on whom Agnes Scott College has
conferred a degree or who was gradu-
ated from Agnes Scott Institute may
become an active member of the As-
sociation upon application to the Sec-
retary and payment of the annual
dues in advance as hereinafter pro-
vided. (Note: This clause does not
apply to those admitted to active
membership before May, 1920.)

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

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

Article III. Officers and Standing
Committees

Section 1. Officers The officers
shall consist of the president, two
vice-presidents, secretary, and treas-
urer.

Sec. 2. Standing Committees The
standing committees shall consist of
those hereinafter provided in the By-
Laws.

Article IV. Local Branches

Section 1. Branches An Agnes
Scott College Club, with a purpose
similar to that of this Association,
may become a branch of the Associa-

tion, by organizing according to rules
hereinafter provided by the By-Laws,
and by voting to become a branch and
notifying the Secretary of the Asso-
ciation of said vote.

Article V. Amendment

Section I. Amendment Amend-
ment to the Constitution shall re-
quire two-thirds of the votes cast,
and may be made at any general
meeting.

BYLAWS
Article I. Membership

Section I. Membership An alumna
is considered a member of the Asso-
ciation only when and so long as she
pays her annual dues. Any member
who fails to pay her dues shall re-
ceive the literature of the Associa-
tion for one year thereafter, but she
shall be entitled to vote and to the
other privileges of the Association
only for the current year for which
she has paid her dues. Any member
may be restored to active member-
ship in the Association upon payment
of the dues for the current year.
Article II. Dues

Section 1. Dues Active and asso-
ciate dues are: The annual dues for
active and associate members shall
be two dollars, payable September 1
of each year. The dues for each senior
class for the year following gradua-
tion shall be one dollar and fifty cents,
provided that the payment is made
within six months after graduation.

Sec. 2. Life Memberships Any
member of the Association may be-
come a member of the Association for
life On payment of fifty dollars.
Article III, Meetings

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

Sec. 2. Special Meetings Special
meetings may be called by the Ex-
ecutive Committee or by written re-
quest, signed by ten members, and
filed with the Secretary of the As-
sociation. Notice of the special meet-
ing shall be mailed to each member
of the Association not less than two
weeks in advance.

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

Section I. Term of Office All of-
ficers and chairmen of standing com-

mittees shall be elected for a term of
two years, half of this group to be
chosen in alternate years. The presi-
dent, second vice-president, treas-
urer, and chairmen of the following
committees radio house decorations,
entertainment, and alumnae week-
end are to be elected in even years,
and the first vice-president, secretary,
and chairmen of the following com-
mittees newspaper publicity, tea-
room, second-floor committee, garden,
student-loan, and constitution are to
be elected odd years.

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

Sec. 3. Standing Committees The
following committees shall be stand-
ing committees, all of which shall
present written reports at the annual
meetings: (a) Finance, (b) Newspa-
per Publicity, (c) Alumnae Week-
End, (d) Entertainment, (e) Prepa-
ratory Schools (f) Tea Room, (g)
House Decorations, (h) Second Floor,
(i) Grounds, (j) Student Loan Fund,
(k) Constitution and By-Laws, and
(1) Radio.

Sec. 4. Connnittee Members All
members of committees shall be mem-
bers of the Association. One mem-
ber of the out-going committee,
preferably the chairman, shall serve
as a member of the new Committee.

Sec. 5. Duties of Officers and
Committees The duties of the of-
ficers and committees shall be those
commonly pertaining to their office.

(a) President The president
shall be member ex-officio of all
committees except the nominating
committee. She shall visit the Col-
lege at least once a year and shall
present the work and purpose of
the Association to the Senior Class.
She shall preside at all meetings of
the Executive Board. In her capa-
city as executive head of the As-
sociation she shall unite her efforts
with those of other officers and
chairmen of standing committees
and presidents of local clubs, to
carry out the purposes of the As-
sociation.

(b) Recording Secretary The
recording secretary shall take all
minutes of regular and called meet-
ings, of the Executive Committee,

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The AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

and the Association. These minutes
shall be put in permanent form
and kept on file in the Associa-
tion's office.

(c) Treasurer The treasurer
shall receive funds of the Associa-
tion and shall disburse same only
on order of the Executive Com-
mittee. She shall present a com-
plete written report at the annual
meeting. Her accounts shall be
audited biennially, by an auditor
selected by the Executive Com-
mittee. The budget of the Asso-
ciation shall carry an appropriation
for this expense.

(d) The Executiie Cotiniiittec
The Executive Committee shall ap-
point a general secretary and a tea-
room manager. The salary of the
general secretary shall be fixed by
the Executive Board to whom she
shall be responsible. The salary of
the tea-rom manager shall be de-
terminpd as the Executive Com-
mittee shall see fit, depending upon
the contract entered into between
the tea-room manager and the As-
sociation. It shall be the duty of
this committee in the interim of
the annual meetings to transact all
business of the Association not in-
trusted to the officers and standing
committees, to fill vacancies, and
make all arrangements for the an-
nual meeting of the Association.
The Executive Committee shall hold
three open meetings yearly, the first
to take place soon after the opening
of the College, and the second and
third in the winter and spring.

(e) The General Secretary The
general secretary shall devote her
entire working time to the busi-
ness of her office. She shall main-
tain an office as a business center
for the work of the Associa-
tion, where lists of alumnae, in-
dex files, and all records of the
Association shall be kept. She shall
attend all meetings of the Execu-
tive Committee and shall be ex-of-
ficio member of the entertainment
Committee, the House Decorations
Committee, the Tea Room Com-
mittee, and the Second Floor Com-
mittee. She shall assist other com-
mittees in their work whenever
called upon, and shall perform such
duties as the Executive Committee
shall prescribe.

(f) Pittance Coitiiniftee The
Finance Committee shall consist of
three members: the president, the
treasurer, and one other member
appointed by the president from the
Executive Committee. This com-
mittee shall prepare an annual
budget which must be approved by

the Executive Committee before
adoption. The Finance Committee
must approve the plans of any
committee wishing to raise funds.

(g) Newspaper Publicity Com-
mittee The Newspaper Publicity
Committee shall consist of not more
than three members and shall be
responsible for presenting the As-
sociation and its work to the pub-
lic in such a manner as is con-
sistent with the purpose and char-
acter of the Association.

(h) Alumnae Week-End Com-
mittee The Alumnae Week-End
Committee shall have complete
charge of all plans concerning the
Alumnae Week-End.

(i) The Entertainment Cotnmit-
tce The Entertainment Commit-
tee shall consist of three or more
members: the general secretary shall
be member ex-officio of this com-
mittee. It shall be the duty of the
committee to prepare invitation lists,
to plan and supervise all entertain-
ment given by the Association.

(j) Preparatory Schools Com-
mittee The Preparatory Schools
Committee shall consist of five
members and shall present the ad-
vantages of Agnes Scott College to
the students of accredited prepara-
tory schools, by methods approved
by the Executive Committee. ( 1 )
The field secretary appointed by the
College shall be ex-officio chair-
man of this committee, this pro-
vision and provision (2) immediate-
ly following this one to become
void, in the event of the discon-
tinuance by the College of the prac-
tice of appointing a Field Alumnae
Secretary. (2) The restriction set
out in Article II, Section 4, of the
Constitution shall have no appli-
cation to this ex-officio chairman.

(k) Tea Room Committee The
Tea Room Committee shall have
charge of operating the Silhouette
Tea Room and maintaining the
equipment of said tea room, includ-
ing butler's pantry, kitchen, and
back porch, subject to the approval
of the Executive Committee. This
committee shall consist of three or
more members with the General
Secretary as ex-officio member. It
shall be the duty of this committee
to submit a list of candidates for
the manager of the Tea Room to
the Executive Committee. The
committee shall meet at least once
every six weeks, the house manager
being invited by the chairman to
attend at least two of these meet-
ings, and there shall be minutes
kept for all meetings, these to-
gether with a list of rules and

regulations being filed in the Sec-
retary's Office for reference. The
President of Student Government
shall be asked to appoint one stu-
dent from the day students and one
from the boarding students, who,
at the invitation of the chairman,
shall confer with this committee at
least twice a year.

(1) The House Decorations Com-
mittee The House Decorations
Committee shall consist of seven
members, one of whom shall be
president of the Atlanta Agnes
Scott Club and one the president of
the Decatur Agnes Scott Club, both
of these serving as ex-officio mem-
bers. The additional five members
shall be appointed by the incoming
president in 1936 for the following
terms respectively: Five (5) years,
four (4) years, three (3) years, two
(2) years, and one (1) year.
Thereafter when a vacancy is
created by the retirement of the
one-year member the remaining
committee members shall vote upon
some person from the general mem-
bership to fill this vacancy; each
new member to be elected shall
serve for a period of five years. This
committee once formed shall be
self-sustaining and shall elect from
its membership in even years one
member to represent the commit-
tee on the Executive Committee.
The specific duty of this commit-
tee shall be the selection of the
furnishings of the dining room, the
living room, hall, and small sitting
room of the Anna Young Alumnae
House, whenever funds shall be
designated for this purpose.

(m) Second Floor Cotntnittee
The Second Floor Committee shall
consist of three members whose
specific duties shall be the furnish-
ing and maintenance of the upper
floor of the Alumnae House with
the exception of the purchasing of
the furniture of the College Guest
Room.

(n) Committee on Beautifying
Grounds and Buildings The Com-
mittee on Beautifying Grounds and
Buildings shall consist of three or
more members and shall cooperate
with the administration of the Col-
lege in beautifying the grounds, in-
creasing the attractiveness of the
buildings, and in every way culti-
vating an appreciation of the beau-
tiful.

(o) The Student Loan Cotntnit-
tee The Student Loan Commit-
tee shall consist of three or more
members and shall control the dis-
tribution and collection of all loans.
This committee shall confer with

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13

the President of the College in re-
gard to application for loans. The
notes for loans shall be signed by
the borrower, on which no interest
is charged until the borrower is out
of college six months, after which
time the notes shall bear interest at
the legal rate. No loans shall be
made to any student below the
junior class except on the express
recommendation of the President of
the College. It shall be the duty
of this committee to see that each
note for a loan is endorsed by the
parent or guardian of the applicant
for a loan, or by some person in-
terested in said applicant who is
twenty-one (21) years of age, and
willing to assume responsibility as
endorser.

(p) The Committee an Consti-
tution and By-Laii's The Commit-
tee on Constitution and By-Laws
shall consist of three members. It
shall be the duty of this commit-
tee to codify the existing constitu-
tion, by-laws, and decisions of the
Executive Committee, bringing the
codex up to date before each an-
nual meeting, and also keeping a
copy on file in the Association's of-
fice at all times. They shall call
the attention of the Executive Com-
mittee to any inconsistencies or con-
tradictions in the Constitution and
By-Laws. Any dispute as to the
meaning of an existing rule shall be
referred to them for a decision, and
their interpretation shall stand unless
over-ruled by a majority of the Ex-
ecutive Committee. Any amend-
ment to the Constitution or By-
Laws shall, before presentation
to the Executive Committee or
Alumnae Association, be referred
for consideration to this committee.

(q) The Radio Committee The
Radio Committee shall consist of
three members whose duty it shall
be to prepare appropriate pro-
grams and arrange for the presenta-
tion of the same over available radio
facilities in such manner as is con-
sistent with the purpose and char-
acter of the Association.

Article V. Elections

Section 1. Nominations One nomi-
nee for each office and for each chair-
manship shall be made by a nomi-
nating committee, appointed by the
President with the approval of the
Executive Committee not later than
two months before the annual meet-
ing. When the ballot is presented,
additional nominations may be made
from the floor.

Sec. 2. Ballots Officers and com-
mittee chairmen shall be elected by
written ballot.

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

Sec. 4. Voting Any member of the
Association unable to attend the an-
nual meeting may send, in writing,
her vote to the Secretary, provided it
reaches the Secretary at least three
hours before the meeting.

Sec. 5. Election A majority of
all votes cast shall constitute an elec-
tion. A tie vote shall be decided by
the Executive Committer.

Article VI. Local Branches

Section 1. Organization Local
branches of the Association shall con-
sist of five or more members and
shall elect officers at their own dis-
cretion notifying the Secretary of the

Association of said election not later
than one week thereafter.

Sec. 2. Branches of the Associa-
tion may make by-laws for their own
use, not inconsistent with this con-
stitution.

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

Article VIII. Amendments

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

Betty Waitt and Frances Spratlin of Lecture Association met Jan Struther, author of
"Mrs. Miniver," as she arrived in Atlanta to lecture at Agnes Scott recently.

Departmentally Speaking

English

During the first quarter of this year
Dr. George P. Hayes, Professor of
English at Agnes Scott, taught a class
in Carlyle which was taken for credit
by several seniors who are reading for
honors as well as by some Emory boys.
During the second and third quarters
this group has developed into a dis-
cussion class of the life and works of
Gothe. Several alumnae, some college
seniors, and three Emory boys form
the personnel of the class which meets
for a two-hour session every Friday
afternoon.

Evelyn Baty, '40, is an assistant in
the English department, doing remedial
work, particularly among freshmen.
During the first quarter this work was
done for a freshman class which had
scored low on an entrance placement
test, usually because of poor training
in high schools. After the first quar-
ter many of these had progressed so
that they could be re-sectioned into a
regular class. The remedial work this
quarter is being done for the ones who
failed to progress normall)' in all the
freshman classes. It consists of a
fifteen-minute conference each week
for students to consult Miss Baty
about mechanical problems of gram-
mar, as well as about themes. This
is in addition to the conferences
the teachers have every other week
with each student about her themes
and other work in English. Miss Baty
also has a class in which the entire
time is given to punctuation and one
class of upper-classmen who need
remedial work in order to meet the
standards of the English department
of the College.

Greek

Miss Narka Nelson, Assistant Pro-
fessor of Latin and Greek, has an-
nounced that she has accepted the po-
sition of head of the department of
classics at Western College, Oxford,
Ohio. She will be Professor of Latin
and Greek.

Miss Nelson is a graduate of West-
ern College, where she received her
A. B. degree. She received her M. A.
from Smith College and her Ph. D.
from the University of California.
After graduating from Western Col-
lege, Miss Nelson was Assistant Pro-
fessor of Latin and Greek there for six
years. Before coming to Agnes Scott
she taught in preparatory schools in
California and in Minnesota.

Miss Susan Cobbs, who will take
Miss Nelson's place at Agnes Scott,
is a graduate of Randolph-Macon Col-
lege for Women in Lynchburg, Va.
She received her Ph. D. from the Uni-
versity of Chicago. For ten years
Miss Cobbs has taught at Randolph-
Macon, and this year is teaching at
the Shipley School, Bryn Mawr, Penn-
sylvania. Miss Cobbs has been to
Agnes Scott several times for intercol-
legiate debates. She has been active
in campus activities at Randolph-
Macon.

History

Propaganda and the American
Rciolution, an argument that propa-
ganda figured largely in the cause
of the American colonies for inde-
pendence, is a new book by Dr. Phdip
Davidson, head of the history depart-
ment at Agnes Scott College. This
book is discussed and reviewed in the
feature section of this quarterly. Be-
sides Dr. Davidson's work as Professor
of History and as Executive Secretary
of Faculty Advisory Council for the
Universitv Center, he is the favorite
speaker for alumnae groups through-
out the country. By special request
Dr. Davidson met this year on
Founder's Day with the Charlotte,
N. C, Alumnae Club as the speaker
at their banquet. For the first two
weeks in March he was in Washington,
D. C, doing some research work in
the Manuscript Division of the Library
of Congress.

Miss Elizabeth Fuller Jackson, As-
sociate Professor of History, is quite
busy with duties connected with the
American Association of University
Women. Early in February she at-
tended the third meeting in Wash-
ington, D. C, of the Committee on
Revision of By-Laws for the National
Association. Miss Jackson chairs this
committee. During the winter she at-
tended meetings of the A. A. U. W.
in Valdosta and Bainbridge, Ga., as
well as the Georgia State meeting in
Atlanta early in March. On March
14-15, Miss Jackson attended the
South Carohna State meeting at
Gaffney, S. C, and she is planning
to attend the national convention in
Cincinnati, Ohio, from April 30-May
10. Miss Jackson assisted in enter-
taining Dr. Margaret Morris, Dean of
Pembroke College of Brown Univer-
sity in Rhode Island, who as national
president of the A. A. U. W. attended

the Georgia state meeting in Atlanta.
Dr. Morris was a guest in the Agnes
Scott Alumnae House.

Miss Florence Smith, Associate Pro-
fessor of History, introduces a little
variety into the history department
through her interest in the Agnes
Scott String Ensemble, the Atlanta
Philharmonic Orchestra, and the
Emory Little Symphony Orchestra.
Miss Smith plays first violin in these
orchestras. At present she is working
on scores for Pinafore, the Gilbert and
Sullivan opera, to be given in the
spring by the Glee Club.

Prince Hubertus zu Lowenstein, an
exiled German prince, visited the
Agnes Scott campus from February
17-February 21. During this time he
lectured in chapel on "Europe's His-
toric Quest for Unity." Prince Hu-
bertus is associated with the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace.
Under the auspices of this institution,
he visited colleges all over the coun-
try, usually remaining on each campus
approximately a month. Prince Hu-
bertus visited Agnes Scott during an
extended time on the Emory Univer-
sity campus from February 9-
March 12.

Science

The staff of the biology department
will direct a field trip of the anatomy
class to Marineland, Florida, the mid-
dle of April.

Mr. Robert Holt, head of the chem-
istry department, will attend the
meeting of the Georgia Academy of
Science at Wesleyan College, Macon,
Ga., on April 4, 5.

Dr. Schuyler M. Christian, head of
the physics department, is to attend
the meeting in Mobile, Ala., on April
19-21, at which time an attempt will
be made, coincident with the meet-
ing of all biologists of the Southeast-
ern region of the United States and
the Alabama Academy of Science, to
formulate a Southeastern Section of
the American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science.

Miss Loetta Willis, Instructor in
Physics, arranged with the officials of
WSB, one of Atlanta's radio stations,
for her class in electricity to be di-
rected through the transmitter for the
station at Tucker, Ga. Here the
members of the class inspected the
actual operation of much equipment
that they had known only theoreti-
cally.

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15

Psychology

Miss Emily Dexter, Associate Pro-
fessor of Psychology, presented a paper
at the meeting in April of the Geor-
gia Academy of Science. The topic
for the paper is "What Is Imagina-
tion?"

Music

The Agnes Scott Glee Club and
the Tech Glee Club will give Gilbert
and Sullivan's H. M. S. Pinafore on
April 18 and 19, under the direction
of Mr. Lewis Johnson. The Tech or-
chestra will play the accompaniment,
assisted by several of the members of
the Agnes Scott String Ensemble. Mr.
Johnson is expecting this opera, which
has been presented more than any
other Gilbert and Sullivan production,
to be a big success.

The famous Roth String Quartet
was presented in a concert at 3:30
Saturday, February 1, in the MacLean
Chapel of Presser Hall at Agnes Scott
College. This is the small chapel in
the new building, and, with its seating
capacity of 3 00, afforded a satisfac-
tory room in which to present cham-
ber music. The program featured the
performance of the Cesar Franck
Piano Quintet, with Hugh Hodgson
assisting the Roth Quartet at the
piano. The quartet also played a
Schumann Quartet and some chamber
music from Debussy.

Physical Education

Miss Llewellyn Wilburn, '19, head
of the Physical Education Department,
reports that a new Physical Educa-
tion bulletin will soon be off the press
to be used as advance material for
prospective students. This book will
be released by Miss Wilburn and
Eleanor Hutchens, '40, publicity sec-
retary for the college. Already plans
are being made for May Day, which
is to be this year an EngKsh setting,
based on a scenario by Cornelia Willis,
'41, and Neva Jackson, '42. Eugenie
Dozier, '27, will direct plans for the
festival. As the Quarterly went to
the printers the department was busy
finding period costumes and beginning
practices of the Morris dances and
sword dances of England of the
Elizabethan period. Jean Dennison,
'41, and sister of Lucile Dennison,
May Queen for '37, has been selected
by the student body as May Queen.

As the May Day plans are develop-
ing, other activities of the department
are going on as usual. Archery, ten-
nis, horse-back riding are the most
popular spring sports. Mrs. Ruth
Taylor, who has brought her horses
from Ohio, is teaching riding near the
campus, and uses her own station
wagon to transport the girls who wish
to ride. Mr. Harold Sargent, as-

sistant professional at the East Lake
Country Club, is teaching the golf les-
sons, and Miss Wilburn plays with
them between their classes. Archery
students are planning again this year
to enter the National College Tele-
graphic Archery Tournament, in
which for two years Agnes Scott stu-
dents led in score for the Southern
region.

Athletic Association again this year
is offering for the entertainment of
girls on the campus and their dates,
as well as other boys from nearby col-
leges, open house on several Saturday
evenings throughout the year. These
are held in the gym on the campus,
where badminton, ring tennis, shuffle
board, and cards furnish entertain-
ment. There was an open house for
all members of the faculty and ad-
ministration in the gym one evening
in February in honor of the new resi-
dent physician on the campus, Dr.
Eugenia Jones. Badminton, table ten-
nis and other sports were some of the
forms of entertainment.

History of Agnes Scott College

Very cooperatively and as quite a
surprise to the Alumnae Office, the
editor of the Agnes Scott News gave
her editorial space in the February 19
Neivs to the history and traditions of
Agnes Scott College. Quoting her:
"Founder's Day is a good day to go
over the history and the traditions of
the college and to learn what we do
not know about it. We all want to
know the history of our parents and
their families; we spend days study-
ing the history of our nations; we
should take some time to study the
history of our college if we have not
already done so." Then the editor lists
some questions for the students to
test their knowledge. The Alumnae
Office is wondering how many of
them our alumnae can answer:

( 1 ) For whom is the college
named? Why?

(2) When was the college founded?

(3) Who was the first president?

(4) What was the first building?
Is it still standing on the campus?

( 5 ) What were the names of
Agnes Scott before it became a col-
lege?

(6) On what grounds was the
school made a college for women?

(7) Who was the first dean?

(8) Who was Samuel M. Inman?
J. K. Orr?

(9) What are the Agnes Scott
ideals?

Answers to these questions can be
found in Dr. McCain's The Story of
Agues Scott College, 1889-1939. The
Alumnae Office will be glad to have
this booklet sent to any alumna upon
request.

Lecture Association Spring Program

The Lecture Association of Agnes
Scott College announces the last two
lectures to be presented in the program
for 1940-41:

Monday, March 31, William Ernest
Hocking, Professor of Philosophy at
Harvard University and author of
The Meaning of God in Human Ex-
perience, Human Nature and lis Re-
making, and Types of Philosophy,
will speak on the subject "Conformity
and Revolt as the Essentials of the
Healthy Life." Professor Hocking has
lectured at Chicago, Yale, and Prince-
ton as well as at most of the great
European universities. He is a
philosopher who makes an immediate
contact with his audience.

Wednesday, April 16, Dudley
Crafts Watson, official lecturer for
the Art Institute of Chicago, for the
Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, and
for the World's Fairs of 1933-36 and
1940-41, will give an illustrated lec-
ture on "Modern Art and the Old
Masters." Mr. Watson's slides are
perfect color reproductions of the
paintings, and his lecture is presented
against a background of correlated
music from the schools of Palestrina
and Arcadelt to Schubert, Debussy,
Walton, and Carpenter. Not only a
lecturer. Dr. Watson also is a writer,
artist, and a world traveler. He has
crossed the Atlantic thirty-eight times,
usually as the director of an art-pil-
grimage. He conducted his eleventh
annual tour to Mexico in the winter
of 1941. As a visitor to many coun-
tries, he has made a study of the
native arts and crafts and work of the
master painters and sculptors. As an
instructor in art appreciation, drawing
and painting, he has become person-
ally acquainted with the renowned
contemporary American artists. No
one is better qualified than Dr. Wat-
son to interpret the fine arts past
and present.

Both these lecturers will be pre-
sented in Presser Hall, Agnes Scott
College, at 8:30 o'clock in the eve-
ning. Admission will be seventy-five
cents to the general public and fifty
cents to the faculty and students of
the University Center.

1941 Members of Phi Beta Kappa

In January elections of members in
course to Phi Beta Kappa were an-
nounced by the Beta Chapter of Geor-
gia at Agnes Scott College. Mem-
bers of the senior class who were
initiated into this organization at that
time were: Sabine Brumby, Betty
Jane Stevenson, Ida Jane Vaughan,
Beatrice Shamos and Mary Bon
Utterback.

ALHHMAE <|UAKTEI(LY

VDL. XIX IVD. 4

JULY
1941

Td Dur Subscribers

The Alumnae OflSce is adopting the plan used by all magazines in regard to
the expiration of subscriptions. A notice of the expiration will be inserted in the
last copy of the Quarterly sent to each subscriber before her name is on the expira-
tion list. The month in which dues are paid is tabulated, and four issues of the
magazine will be sent to an alumna after dues are received. No magazines will
be sent on credit for the second year as has been our custom. In other words,
alumnae who paid dues in May, 1941, will be credited with payment of dues for
May, 1941, until May, 1942, and will receive the July, November, January and
April copies of the magazine. They will not be included in the Trustees' Luncheon
mailing list unless their dues are paid by May 30, 1942. In this way we feel that
we will give you much better value for your subscription rate, for your dues for
the session are not taken to pay for back issues of the Quarterly, as is the case
when we consider them only for the current session. We do ask your cooperation
in our plan by responding promptly to our notice of expiration of subscriptions.

The Editors.

lece

TABLE OF CONTENTS

To Our Subscribers Frontisp

The Purpose of a Liberal Arts College 2

The Sure Inseparable Treasure Janef Preston, '21 !

My Confession of Faith Lucile Alexander, '11 !

How to Get a Job 4

Eleanor Hutchens, '40

The Agnes Scott Honors Program 6

Dean S. G. Stukes i

The Lillian S. Smith Award 7

Prof. Catherine Torrance

Commencement Awards MacLean Dedication 8

Annual Reports 9

Concerning Ourselves I3

Published quarterly by the Agnes Scott Alumnae Association, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia. Entered as second class matter under the

Act of Congress, August, 1912. Subscription rate, $2 yearly.

The Purpose of a Liberal Arts College

(Editor's Note: Faculty members of Agnes Scott have been requested to give brief statements about the purpose
of a liberal arts college and the values which are seen here at Agnes Scott. Dr. James Ross McCain, president of the
college, has chosen the two statements printed below as most representative and we feel it a privilege to be allowed to
publish them in this issue of the Quarterly.)

THE SURE INSEPARABLE TREASURE"

Bv Janef Newman Preston, '21

"What do you hope to find in college?" I asked a fresh-
man On the front row. She had an intelligent, mobile face.
Her name was Ellen, I learned later.

At my question she looked startled, and then she an-
swered with a clear look, "I . . . I . . . came . . . for the finer
things of life."

There it was the familiar, second-hand phrase that,
year after year, we have heard freshmen use. It makes us
sigh a little or smile. Of course my freshmen are help-
lessly inarticulate in translating the trite phrase into terms
of the spiritual realities that men live by. "What are the
'finer things of life'?" I ask encouragingly. "Knowledge?
Understanding? Creative work? Intellectual adventure?
Satisfying human relationships? Devotion to a cause? In-
tegrity? Fortitude? Beauty?"

Yes, my freshmen agree, the "finer things of life" are all
these and more: they are the intangibles that make the
difference between merely existing and really living. And
so, behind the worn phrase may often be discerned the
searching spirit. The freshman knows even though
vaguely that she has come to college to try to find a
satisfying kind of life.

It is our function, I believe, to help her find what she
is seeking indeed, to help her discover, more deeply and
richly than she dreamed, what really are the "durable sat-
isfactions" of human life where really are to be found the
wells of living water that satisfy the spirit's thirst. Surely
it is the function of a liberal college to give to students
an understanding of life that will enrich the quality of
their own living as individuals and as members of groups.

This is the kind of understanding that I want Ellen in
my freshman class to acquire while she is in college. She
looks as if she already has an appetite for ideas. I want her
to possess her heritage of the past a heritage that may
help her discern the potentialities of the present. Perhaps
it will be her rare good fortune to have some college teach-
er open intellectual doors for her as Reinald Niebuhr did
for the alumna who wrote me yesterday: "His sermon
explored the relationship of the time in which we live and
work to the eternities, in consciousness of which we live
whether we would or not; it was a most revealing and
moving comment on our debts to the humanistic and
Christian traditions." I want Ellen to acquire some knowl-
edge and appreciation of all the great fields of human
endeavor and achievement and thought. I want her to
gain, through knowledge and through reflection upon it, a
deepened respect for natural law and for moral law. I
want her to be able to discover the universal in the par-
ticular. I should like to say to her what a wise humanist
(by profession a mathematician) said recently to a group
of college students, after reminding them of Alfred North
Whitehead's assertion that there is but one subject for
education and that is life itself:

"Will you approach the subjects of your study this year
as manifestations of life and do so in spite of us, your
teachers, if that must be? See literature as the record of
living minds, the direct transcription of life; see the life of
the mind reflected in the very structure of language itself
language, the primary social science so that grammar
appears, not as a dead set of rules, but as the quick trace
of human thought; seek the framework in which life is set,
the material structure, the tangible manifestations of life,
as one finds them in the natural sciences matter, forces,
microcosms, macrocosm, whirling atoms and whirling
worlds; seek to see life in the Protean forms of living
things; see the life of the mind as it is revealed in the
study of human behavior, which we name psychology;
investigate those groupings in which life impinges upon
life, the changing forms of social and political units; read
that story of the life of mankind which we call history;
see life reaching out for order, for significant arrangement,
for beauty, as it is reflected in the fine arts; see life groping
for a higher life, and join the endless questioning of phi-
losophy as to life's meaning and end, the search of the
human for the divine. Let me not fail to add a word for
the great and beautiful skeletal structure of man's ordered
thought, which we are used to call mathematics, and which
is the very distillation of the life of the intellect.""'

I know that Ellen, who is just beginning her college life,
may miss entirely this intellectual enrichment that I covet
for her. We all know, alas, college graduates who, because
of their own limitations or those of us who teach them,
have missed it even though they have achieved rather
high academic standing. Such is one "bright" graduate
whose reading tastes are those of a mediocre adolescent.
Such is another who remarked to a group of friends, "What
good did a college education do me? It didn't teach me
how to keep house!" Ellen may be, after all, only one of
those who illustrate the disheartening paradox that a person
may acceptably complete courses in a liberal college and
yet be essentially uneducated. The poverty of her mind,
her rooted prejudices, her mediocre tastes may be all too
apparent when she comes back to her tenth class reunion.
Then I shall certainly feel to use my Scotch Presbyterian
father's oft repeated phrase "particeps crimini". I and the
rest of us did not help very much while she was in college
to behold "the bright countenance of Truth in the quiet
and still air of delightful studies". No wonder she beheld
it so little afterward!

But I am almost forgetting that in reality she has not
grown up to her tenth reunion. She is still sitting on the
front row of my class; and in college at least, the world is
all before her where to choose. She still has time to become
in some degree an educated person, that is to say, one for
whom college will have meant the development of reason,
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JULY, 1941

MY CONFESSION OF FAITH

By Lucile Alexander, '11

In the furnace of devastating events of the past five
months, glib statements and fine phrases are consumed. I
have thought long and despairingly about it and what I
shall say will be in the nature of a confession of faith. The
more I think the more I am convinced that the burning
away of the dross gives to the liberal arts college its
chance, for the gold that is left is, to a large extent, what
its ideal has to offer. The utter confusion and despair of
the moment seem to indicate three things:

1. The machine has nothing lasting to offer. If educa-
tion is merely to develop skills and train for the produc-
tion of more wealth that we may enjoy more comforts
and more luxuries, it is futile. For the past five years or
more even the great industrialists have felt the necessity
of something beneath and beyond; they have complained
of "the uneducated specialist", of the lack, in the technical
man, of human understanding; they have asked for the
engineering student, at some sacrifice of scientific training,
the acquisition, in his four-year college course, of "a taste
for cultural subjects"; they have said that industry can
quickly enough teach a man technological methods, but
that it can never give him a liberal education or a sound
scientific background. The law professor, too, is asking
for "less law and more psychology and sociology, history
and economics, and ethics, too, since the lawyer is con-
cerned with fundamental problems of right and wrong".

2. Hard, honest, persistent work is one of the most
needed lessons today. The hardest, the most exacting work
is straight thinking, and straight thinking is the first prin-
ciple of morality. The narrow mediaeval conception of
culture has no place in today's world, for it produced a
culture that separated the learned and the illiterate classes.
Auguste Declos is convinced that the ideally cultured per-
son is prepared to understand everything; he does not think
of himself primarily as lawyer, teacher, engineer, salesman,
but as "a person to whom nothing human is foreign, and
the qualities that he values are not the skills of the moment
but the perennial virtue of unchanging humanity." Cer-
tainly humanistic values are to be found in mathematics
with its discipline in straight, logical thinking; in the
natural sciences with their emphasis on personal responsi-
bility to our fellow beings; in history and philosophy with
their training of the judgment to discover imperfections in
the social order; in literature and the fine arts which put
the light into life that keeps it from being dull, and the
beauty that makes the revealing leisure hours a joy and not
a bore. The French ideal of culture has a timely lesson for
restless America in the use of leisure time; culture for the
Frenchman has been for centuries the fine art of living.
Descartes, great mathematician, and Pascal (mathemati-
cian, physicist, philosopher) both exalted the power of
thought and by reason searched for truth; but Pascal's rea-
son was illumined by a poetic imagination and a sense of
the infinite which, when his reason brought him to the
spiritual domaine, gave him a realization of the ix)werless-
ness of reason and the necessity for something beyond for
faith in his search for God.

Method and approach may dehumanize all these subjects.
The "exciting qualities of popularized methods" often
obscure the real value of a subject. Too much "realia"
absorbs the interest, replaces effort and so fails to give the
essential value. The wholesome discipline of hard thinking
is too often lost in "sampling" now this, now that, in the
hope of finding what interests the student and makes his

work a pleasure. Language study may certainly degenerate
into a mere mechanical exercise; a fine piece of literature
may be used as an exercise in parsing. A dogmatic approach
to any subject may quench its life; the essence of human-
ism is the unfettered exercise of the mind.

3. The value of humanistic subjects depends to a great
extent on the personality of the teacher, which in turn
depends on his personal character and the genuineness of
his culture. And here enters religion, the crown of culture,
the bedrock of all that lasts, religion with its revelation of
the God of hope. If the men of the world whose numer-
ous recent articles in the secular press show a growing con-
sciousness of this need today, proclaim religion, faith, the
only solution, how much more should those who believe in
a religion of revelation feel the opportunity of the present
darkness. The invisible is the only real; but for youth, the
intangible must have a tangible form it should be em-
bodied in the cultured Christian whose personality com-
mends true culture.

Judged by this ideal we all fall short: the sense of inade-
quacy paralyzes; the preoccupation with one little corner
that precludes the wide view of fruitful culture humiliates;
and yet this may be the bitter dose that is to cure us of
self-sufficiency and bickerings. God help Agnes Scott to
draw nearer and nearer to a worthy ideal.

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the awakening of imagination, the deepening and discipline
of feeling, the finding of intellectual and spiritual allegi-
ances that will continually renew the life within. Such a
person has, in Cardinal Newman's words, "the repose of a
mind that lives in itself while it lives in the world". I
know, for instance, a goodly number of graduates who
have felt the fortifying power of great Kterature. One of
them has learned that personal calamity does not embitter
the mind in which there rings the brave song of an Anglo-
Saxon bard who remembered when he was stricken that
many another human being had suffered trials as heavy as
his own and had borne them with fortitude: "That he
overcame, this also may I." Another modern woman,
heartsick at news of London, turns again to that great and
timeless play in which Euripides more than two thousand
years before the Battle of Britain showed the price paid
by the innocent for the "glory" of war. Insight into uni-
versal human experience can be a very precious possession.

In a time like this, it seems incontrovertible that the
function of the liberal college is, above everything else, to
produce the cultivated human being who, in Charles Wil-
liam Eliot's memorable definition, is a person "of quick
perceptions, broad sympathies, and wide affinities; respon-
sive, but independent; self-reliant, but deferential; loving
truth and candor, but also moderation and proportion;
courageous, but gentle; not finished, but perfecting".

If the freshman whose future I have so freely imagined
even begins in college to be this kind of human being,
surely she will find it in her heart to say with the early
seventeenth century Oxford scholar who wrote to his
father: "This patrimony of liberale Education you have
been pleased to endow me withal, I now carry along with
mc abroad as a sure inseparable Treasure; nor do I feele it
any burden or incumbrance unto me at all!"

^Gillie A. Larew, "Time of Hesitation," Convocation Address, Ran-
dolph-Macon Woman's College, September, 1939; published in Alumnae
Bulletin, Randolph-Macon Woman's College.

ane Rhodes explains to Gay Ciirric and Lillian Gish that Commercial Art
takes in much more than fashion sketches

^J^ o w
^ o Lu e t

By Eleanor Hutchens, '40

(Editor's Note: The following feature on the "job
clinics" put on by the alumnae secretaries in April and
May appeared in the Atlanta Journal, May 25, and is
reprinted here with the permission of the author and the
Journal. The pictures used with the article are also reprints
from the Journal.)

"How did you get your job?"

This was the current question at Agnes Scott College
as career-bent students swarmed to the recent spring "job
clinic," where they sought advice from successful Agnes
Scott alumnae.

Forums held on the campus twice a week, to which
alumnae in certain professions were invited back to the
campus as consultants, attracted scores of juniors and sen-
iors who have begun to ask themselves and each other,
"After college what?"

Sponsored by the Agnes Scott Alumnae Association, the
first job clinic early in April drew girls interested in per-
sonnel work, buying, and fashion consultant positions.
They trooped across the campus to the Anna Young
Alumnae House, where Alumnae Secretaries Nelle Howard
and Mamie Lee Ratliff were waiting to introduce them to
the following Agnes Scott graduates employed in these
fields: Catherine Jepson, head of the training division in
Rich's personnel department; Joyce Roper, buyer for the
Peacock Room at Davison's, and Julia SewcU, fashion con-
sultant at Allen's.

Then the questions began.

"How did you get your job?"

"Who's the best person to interview? Would you make
an appointment, or just walk in?"

"What's the starting salary? The top salary?"

"What kind of special training does it take?"

The prize job-landing story came from an alumna who,
when she was a senior at Agnes Scott, served on the adver-
tising staff of the Silhouette, college yearbook.

"I was selling an ad to one of the managers in a big
Atlanta store," she recalled, "when the president of the
firm walked into the office. I was introduced, and I talked
casually with him for a few minutes, having no idea that
he was the president. And lo, several days later his secre-
tary called me up and asked me to come in and talk about

a job. I cut a class and went. I had been interviewed by
the president without knowing it!"

As for interview technique: "Dress simply, don't look
too schoolgirlish, and make an appointment but don't tell
them you're job-hunting," admonished the alumnae.

Salaries, they were happy to say, are good in the depart-
ment store field, and there is almost unlimited possibility
for advancement.

"But you have to keep yourself visibly in line for promo-
tion," added a '39 graduate. "When I was on the sales staff
I tried for weeks to see the manager about an advertising
idea I had. I couldn't get past his secretary, even though I
was working on the same floor. Finally, in desperation, I
sat down and wrote him a letter presenting my plan and
mailed it special delivery. He sent for me right away, and
told me to go ahead with it."

The second clinic was held April 10 for aspirants in
journalism, creative writing, advertising and commercial
art. Back to Agnes Scott to offer the fruit of their experi-
ence came Alumnae Jean Chalmers of The Journal, Betty
Mathis and Julia Moseley of The Constitution, Jane Guth-
rie Rhodes of Rich's advertising staff and Anne Taylor,
young artist of Atlanta.

"What college courses do the most good?"

"Is advertising just good writing?"

"How do you get into commercial art?"

Facts and advice brought to light at this forum were:

College background is valuable in journalism; a journal-
ist must know a little about everything.

Advertising is not just good writing; it is selling. The
best way to learn to write advertising copy is to spend
several months selling across the counter.

Proficiency in lettering, not drawing glamor girls, gets
young commercial artists their start. Only the best artists
do the full-page fashion sketches; a moderately talented one
may spend all summer drawing bead bags exclusively.

The teaching clinic drew students who wanted to know
how to get started in the Atlanta schools, whom to inter-
view, and what sort of training to get.

"Get your required education hours right here at Agnes
Scott," advised teachers, "and take advantage of the oppor-
tunity for practice teaching while you're still in college."

JULY, 1941

Whom to contact?

"Find out who does the appointing. It's a terrible faux
pas to approach the superintendent if the school board has
the power, and vice versa."

Above all, advised the alumnae, "check on the com-
munity before you accept the job. In some towns teachers
are expected never to have dates, never to take week-end
trips, and to live all together in one boarding house which
amounts to an old maids' home."

The students shuddered, and took notes.

April 17 brought to the Alumnae House Graduates Gail
Nelson and Jeanne Matthews, technicians; Cora Blackwel-
der, research chemist, and Virginia Feder, chemistry pro-
fessor, to consult girls interested in scientific work.

"How is the industrial chemistry field?"

"Are there many opportunities in Atlanta?"

"What sort of training must a technician have?"

The melancholy news that only three jobs for industrial
chemists are open to women in Atlanta turned the discus-
sion toward the technician field, which proved a greener
pasture.

"It's wide open," said the graduates, "but you must have
a course after college to get your certificate as a medical

technologist. Ability in stenography helps, because doctors
often combine the jobs of secretary and technician."

The clinic on office work, April 22, drew interested stu-
dents to ask questions of Virginia Wood, southern office
manager of Moody's Investors' Service; Almeda Hutch-
eson, of Allyn and Bacon, publishers; Kathryn Printup,
of Coca-Cola, and Ori Sue and Marguerite Jones, of Retail
Credit and Bell Telephone, respectively.

"Isn't secretarial work all mechanical?"

"Is it better to work for a small business or a large cor-
poration?"

"Does your college education do you any good?"

Secretarial work is not all mechanical, the graduates were
quick to emphasize. A secretary acts as receptionist, meets
the public, and keeps the basic office organization function-
ing smoothly. Her job requires far more than a knowledge
of the touch system; a pleasant personality, adaptability to
office situations, and organizing ability.

In a small business particularly, they said, a secretary's
job calls for widely varied activities. This is an advantage
over a position in a large corporation; however, there is
better chance for advancement in a bigger company.
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Jean Chalmers and Jane Rhodes (foreground) , advisors on Journalism and Advertising. Students are,
left to right, Helen Jester, June Boykin, Lillian Gish, Jeanne Osborne, Mary Wilds, Grace Walker.

THE AGNES SCOTT HONORS PROGRAM

By S. G. Stukes, Dean of Faculty

I have been asked to write a brief statement of the
honors program at Agnes Scott. Alumnae have been kept
informed about our material development and progress
and, while there are still great needs in buildings and
endowment, we do rejoice in the better equipment which
we now have. We must not, however, lose sight of the
fact that the real function of the College is academic.
Buildings and endowment must be used as tools in helping
us do better work in our task of educating young women.
The Agnes Scott faculty has been keenly aware of
changes and trends in college education. The Curriculum
Committee does a great deal of work each year in study-
ing the questions of entrance and degree requirements. The
result is that changes have been made in our program from
time to time. While we have maintained a conservative
attitude, we do believe our present course of study is in
line with the best practices of today.

For many years colleges and universities have experi-
mented with various forms of honors work; with some
method by which the superior student may be provided
with a richer program. While we have not made public
announcements of such work being done at Agnes Scott,
we have carried on experiments in this field for several
years. A special committee has labored with the problem.
Each session something new has been tried. We do not
claim that our plan for the coming session is to be in any
way permanent but we do believe that it represents a
maturity of thought and that it embodies the best ideas
so far evolved. We hope that our alumnae will be in-
terested.

Through the years of experimentation our students have
co-operated in the finest possible way. As a matter of fact,
members of Mortar Board took the initial step in proposing
comprehensive examinations of some kind and volunteered
to take such examinations. This beginning led to a plan
of comprehensive oral and written examinations for stu-
dents whose grades measured up to honor standards. In the
light of several years experience the Academic Council has
adopted the following statement of purpose of the Honors
Program:

The object of the Honors Program at Agnes Scott
College is to enable students who have already demon-
strated unusual ability in academic work to achieie
intellectual values not possible in the routine plan of
courses.

These students should benefit from a program
which, by a distinctive viethod of study, permits
them to develop their individual interests and abilities
and to increase their knowledge and comprehension of
their major fields.

The actual content of the honors work may differ
with each student. She may read to cover subjects in
her major not now offered at Agnes Scott; she may
read in subjects of her major now offered but which
she u'as for some reason unable to take; or she may
be allowed to read ividely in a special field ivhich has
attracted her interest, doing more intensive reading
than is possible in the course or courses covering that
subject. In every case the program must necessarily
be arranged by the head of the department uith the
individual needs of the student in mind.

Whatever the student, the /mnors program will in-
volve a distinctive method of study calling for greater
individual initiative, greater ability in the organiza-
tion of materials, greater maturity of judgment in the
interpretation of subject matter, than are expected in
regular course work.

Naturally there is a problem of selection of students for
the honors reading. The following excerpts from the regu-
lations may be of interest:

1. After the close of the session the highest 10% of
the incoming seniors shall be invited to read for high
honor during the succeeding academic year. Both student
and major professor are to be notified; in case of double
majors the student shall be asked to select the department
in which she wishes to do the reading.

2. The honors program shall consist of not more than
three or less than two hours per week throughout the
year. Each student will carry an average of fifteen hours
each quarter, including the honors work.

3. At the completion of this work, and within the
period of senior examinations, the student shall take an
examination consisting of two parts: a written examina-
tion not less than six hours long and an oral examination
not less than an hour long.

4. The written examination shall cover the field of the
major. It may consist in part of a laboratory experiment
or of a written report on the reading done for honors.

5. The oral shall cover the major subject, including
both course work and honors reading.

6. Students undertaking the honors program shall be
exempted from all course examinations in the spring
quarter.

7. Upon the basis of the quality of the honors work,
the written and oral examinations, the head of the depart-
ment may recommend the student for graduation with
high honor. No student may be graduated with high
honor who has not completed the above program, who does
not have the recommendation of the head of the depart-
ment, or who does not meet all present requirements for
graduation with high honor.

Graduation with honor is to be automatic upon the
basis of merit points.

In interpreting this program we must notice that we
are holding to college honors rather than departmental
honors. While intensive work is to be done in the major
subject, the student must still maintain her general aver-
age of honor grades. Merit point requirements remain in
force.

While this plan makes it possible for 10/f of the seniors
to do honors reading, it is the feeling of the faculty that
perhaps few of this number will graduate with high honor.
In other words, we wish to make graduation with high
honor an unusual distinction. Those who do not win high
honor may be graduated with honor provided they meet
present requirements as to merit points.

We believe that our program will meet with the ap-
proval of our students and alumnae, and that it is a dis-
tinctly forward step in the educational policy of Agnes
Scott.

The Lillian S. Smith Latin Award

Catherine Torrance, Professor of Greek and Latin

It is generally agreed among thinking people that great
as is America's need of military armament, greater even is
her need of educational and cultural defense. In building
up this sort of armament, the liberal arts college is of
extreme importance, for it is here that fundamental ideas
of human society are taught.

Because the goal of Agnes Scott has ever been to become
and remain a college of the liberal arts type, classical
studies have been fostered in her curriculum and high
standards in the teaching of Greek and Latin maintained.
Her leaders, however, are not unmindful of the fact that
education neither begins nor ends with the college. Beyond
it are the common schools. Since the majority of our boys
and girls never reach college, it is important that the
liberal type of education begin far below this level. As
for college preparation four years of high school Latin is
the best foundation on which to build.

All real teachers are in a measure zealots in the cause of
their chosen field; this tendency is
eminently true of teachers of the C~ '
classics. Knowing the fascination
of working with the words of a . ^

foreign language and having felt
the thrill of finding that these
strange new symbols are a medium
for the expression of thought, hav-
ing heard the footsteps of the ages
while reading the pages of Greek
and Latin authors, realizing thereby
the continuity of the human race,
the classicist is eager to share his
experience with every possible boy
or girl. It is this intellectual thrill,
in addition to a realization of the
practical results that accrue from
the study of Latin and Greek, that
has led members of the classical
faculty of Agnes Scott to give so
generously of their time and ener-
gy to the cause of keeping up the
interest and helping to maintain
high standards of scholarship in
high school Latin in Georgia.

Some thirteen years ago a dream, which Georgia Latinists
had long cherished, of establishing a state tournament in
which high school Latin students should win prizes by
means of competitive examinations, took concrete form. A
plan for securing financial means to establish such an enter-
prise originated in the mind of an Agnes Scott student,
who was at that time president of the college Classical
Club. She persuaded the management of the Atlanta
Journal to undertake the project, which was, to say the
least, a most unusual one for a metropolitan daily news-
paper. At the request of the Journal management, the
Georgia Classical Association, which had recently been
organized, laid the plans and undertook the responsibility
for the details of the tournament. In the initial organiza-
tion, Agnes Scott, working with Emory University, had a
large share, as a member of her classical faculty was presi-
dent of the state association that year. In getting the plans
for the contest under way it was decided that, since the

officers of the association changed annually, the tournament
should be managed by two standing committees. The first
chairman selected for one of these important committees,
the Committee on Rules and Prizes, was Dr. Lillian S.
Smith, head of the Latin Department of Agnes Scott
College. The arduous duties of that chairmanship she
performed with the same energy and efficiency and devo-
tion to high standards that she gave to her college work.
Dr. Smith continued as chairman of that very important
and hard working committee until her retirement in 193 8.
It is to her courage and zeal in large measure that the
success of the contest in those early trying days was due.
The tournament has seen many vicissitudes and changes:
the withdrawal of the Atlanta Journal from participation
in the enterprise; the gaining of a new ally in the Associa-
tion of Georgia Colleges; the assuming of an important
part of the responsibility by the University of Georgia;
changes in the personnel of the committees, in methods
of administration and types of
prizes, and changes in rules and
requirements to meet the changing
high school curricula.

This year, 1940-41, a new depar-
ture was made in the matter of
prizes through the generosity of Dr.
Narka Nelson, of Agnes Scott, the
present most efficient chairman of
the Rules and Prizes Committee,
and Miss Annabel Horn, of the
Atlanta Girls High School, who
from the very beginning has been
a loyal, hard working, effective
member of the same committee.
These devoted teachers of the clas-
sics have donated two handsome
silver cups to be used as more per-
manent prizes for the high schools
in which Vergil is taught. The
high schools of Georgia are divided
according to size into two groups,
A and B; the generous contribution
makes possible a cup for each group.
These cups are to be known as the
Lillian S. Smith Latin award, given in honor of one who
served so long and so faithfully as the head of the Latin
Department in a liberal arts college in Georgia. The name
of the school and the winner for this year have been
inscribed on the cup shown below the words The Lilliaji
S. Smith Latin Award. Year after year the name of the
winner and school will be inscribed in the space below
until it is filled. On the reverse of the cups are the words:
Hos succcssus alit: possunt quia posse videntur. The first
winner of this prize for the Group A schools is Grover C.
Smith, of the Atlanta Boys High School. No award has
been made this year to the Group B schools.

It is the hope of the tournament management that this
cup, bearing the name of an enthusiastic classicist of high
ideals and standards, may serve as a stimulus to the Latin
students in the high schools of Georgia toward further
scholarly attainment.

^^LJe^cendant oP ..^^aned ^cott 1/Uin5 ^J^ophind Aewet

Long awaited announcement of the
Hopkins Jewel Award was the high
spot of graduation for the members of
the senior class, and the presenting of
the award to Mary Scott Wilds,
daughter of Laura (Candler) Wilds,
and great-great-granddaughter of Ag-
nes Scott, met with enthusiastic ap-
proval on the part of her classmates.

Dr. Harvey W. Cox, of Emory Uni-
versity, delivered the graduation ad-
dress, and George Winship, chairman
of the Board of Trustees, brought a
special message from the Trustees. Dr.
Lewis T. Wilds (husand of Laura
(Candler) Wilds, and father of Scotty
Wilds, '41) led the invocation. The
beautiful Gaines Chapel organ added
much to the ceremony, and particu-
larly fitting was the recessional by
C. W. Dieckmann, which has been
dedicated to the memory of Miss Nan-
nette Hopkins.

Awards announced by Dr. McCain
were:

Hopkins Jewel Given by the col-
lege in honor of Miss Nanette Hop-
kins, former dean of the college. It is
awarded by a committee of the facul-
ty to the member of the senior class
who most nearly measures up to the
ideals of Miss Hopkins, as the commit-
tee can interpret them, including con-
spicuous loyalty to the college, ideals
of service, ability to cooperate, physi-
cal fitness, poise, and graciousness.
Awarded this year to Mary Scott
Wilds, Hendersonville, N. C.

Collegiate Scholarship Awarded by
the faculty to the student in the jun-
ior, sophomore, or freshman class who
makes the best all-'round record for
the year. It covers part tuition
$2 8 5.00 for the next session. Given
this year to Susan Dyer, Petersburg,
W. Va. Honorable mention Ruth
Lineback, Atlanta, Ga.; Charity
Crocker, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Rich Prize The sum of $5 0.00
given annually by Rich's, of Atlanta,
to the member of the freshman class
making the best record for the session.
Given to Lucy Cobb, Atlanta, Ga.
Honorable mention Mary Florence
McKee, Columbus, Ga.

Piano Scholarship Divided between
two girls this year: Martha Buffalow,
Chattanooga, Tenn.; Elizabeth Ed-
wards, Decatur, Ga.

Voice Scholarship Divided between
two girls this year: Elise Nance,
Greenville, S. C; Christine Paris, At-
lanta, Ga.

Speech Scholarship Neva Jackson,
Columbia, S. C.

Art Scholarship Betty Medlock,
Decatur, Ga.

Pi Alpha Phi Debating Cup Mar-
jorie Merlin, Atlanta, Ga.

Laura Candler Prize in Mathematics
Given by Mrs. Nellie Candler, of
Decatur, for best work in the depart-
ment. Given this year to Susan Dyer,
Petersburg, W. Va.

Morley Medal in Mathematics
Given by the head of the department
for the most original work in the sub-
ject. Awarded this year to Dorothy
Holloran, Lynchburg, Va.

Mary Scott Wilds

Louise McKinney Book Award of
$25 Named in honor of Professor
Emeritus Louise McKinney, of our
English department, and given an-
nually to a student who acquires a
personal library that reveals her as a
true lover of books, goes this year to
Pattie Patterson, Charlotte, N. C,
with honorable mention to Elaine
Stubbs, Fort Myers, Fla., and Claire
Purcell, Charlotte, N. C.

Certificate in Voice Elizabeth
Ellen Kyle, Huntington, W. Va.

Graduation Honors Covering the
work of the entire four years: "With
High Honor" Sabine Brumby, Clear-
water, Fla.; Elizabeth Stevenson, At-
lanta, Ga.; Ida Jane Vaughan, Jenkins,
Kentucky.

"With Honor" Henriette Coch-
ran, Atlanta, Ga.; Freda Copeland,
Brunswick, Ga.; Marjorie Merlin, At-
lanta, Ga.; Pattie Patterson, Charlotte,
N. C; Beatrice Shamos, Decatur, Ga.;
Mary Bondurant Utterbach, Louis-
ville, Ky; Grace Walker, Summerville,
South Carolina.

Senior Honors (Based on the work
of the Session 1940-1941 only)
Miriam Bedinger, Asheville, N. C;
Sabine Brumby, Clearwater, Fla.; Har-
riett Cochran, Atlanta, Ga.; Freda
Copeland, Brunswick, Ga.; Marjorie
Merlin, Atlanta, Ga.; Pattie Patterson,
Charlotte, N. C; Hazel Scruggs, Au-
gusta, Ga.; Beatrice Shamos, Decatur,
Ga.; Elizabeth Stevenson, Atlanta,
Ga.; Ida Jane Vaughan, Jenkins, Ky.;
Grace Walker, Summerville, S. C;
Virginia Williams, Hamilton, Ga.

Maclean Auditorium Dedicated by
Alumnae and Student Program

Highlighted on the commencement
program was the dedication of Joseph
Maclean Auditorium on Saturday eve-
ning. May 31. The lovely little audi-
torium was filled with friends eager
to hear the tribute to Mr. Maclean and
the music planned in his honor. C. W.
Dieckmann directed the string ensem-
ble in several numbers and Lewis H.
Johnson presented a select chorus from
the Glee Club. Gussie (O'Neal)
Johnson, ex-'ll, gave a beautiful
tribute to Mr. Maclean. The complete
program for the dedication is printed
below:

Allegro fr. Eine Kleine

Nachtmusik Mozart

String Ensemble

The Sleigh Koiintz

Slumber Song (Solo by

Elizabeth Kyle) . . Grctchaninoff
The Wind's in the South . . Scott

Glee Club
Aria "Adieu, Forets"

(Jeanne d'Arc) . . Tschaikowsky
Jane Moses, '40

Rhapsody, No. 6 Liszt

Ida Jane Vaughan, '41
"Joseph Maclean An Appreciation"
Gussie (O'Neal) Johnson, ex-'ll

Nocturne Curran

A Prelude Clokcy

Song of the Open .... LaForge
Elizabeth Kyle, '41

Panis Angelicas Franck

Pavane Ravel

Intermezzo Bizet

String Ensemble

The Night Wind Farley

Mammy's Song (Solo by

Jane Moses) Ware

It Cannot be a Strange

Country Repper

Glee Club
Allegro effetuoso (fr. Concerto

for Piano) Schumann

Nell Hemphill, '3 8
AND String Ensemble

cA n n u a I T^e ports

Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the
Alumnae Association. May 31, 1941

The annual meeting of the Agnes
Scott Alumnae Association was held
on May 31, 1941, in the dining room
of Rebekah Scott Hall immediately
following the Trustees' Luncheon.
Penelope (Brown) Barnett presided
and issued to the seniors a cordial wel-
come as they enter the Association.

The reading of the minutes was
dispensed with since they were pub-
lished in the Alumnae Quarterly for
July, 1940.

Bella Wilson, treasurer, announced
a balance on May 19, 1941, of $1,-
142.61.

Reports were made by the follow-
ing committee chairmen: Polly (Per-
kins) Ferry, Radio; Nelle (Chamlee)
Howard for Jean Chalmers, Publicity;
Maryellen (Harvey) Newton, Alum-
nae Week-end; Hallie (Smith) Walk-
er, Tea Room; Frances (Gilliland)
Stukes, Grounds; Willie May (Cole-
man) Duncan for Catherine (Baker)
Matthews, Entertainment; Allie (Can-
dler) Guy, Student Loan; Emma Pope
(Moss) Dieckmann for Lucy (John-
son) Ozmer, Constitution and By-
Laws.

Nelle (Chamlee) Howard, Alum-
nae Secretary, and Mamie Lee Ratlifl,
Assistant Alumnae Secretary, gave
their annual reports.

The president expressed to the sec-
retaries the deepest appreciation of the
Association for their loyal, untiring
service. She announced that Eugenia
Symms, '36, of Augusta, Ga., has
been secured as assistant secretary for
the session of 1941-42, with Nelle
(Chamlee) Howard as full-time sec-
retary.

Penelope (Brown) Barnett intro-
duced Laura (Coit) Jones, who in the
absence of Catherine (Baker) Mat-
thews, chairman, presented the report
of the nominating committee:

Officers: First Vice-President, Ethel
(Alexander) Gaines, Institute; Secre-
tary, Julia (Thompson) Smith, '31.

Committee Chairmen: Publicity,
Eleanor Hutchens, '40; Tea Room,
Grace (Fincher) Trimble, '3 2;
Grounds, Jo (Clark) Fleming, '3 3;
Second Floor, Elizabeth (Simpson)
Wilson, '31; Constitution and By-
Laws, Lucy (Johnson) Ozmer, Insti-
tute, and ex-'lO; Student Loan, Mary
(Malone) White, '37.

Shirley (McPhaul) Whitfield made
the motion and LaMyra Kane second-
ed it that the slate of the nominating
committee be accepted. The motion
was unanimously carried.

There being no further business, the
meeting was adjourned.

Julia (Thompson) Smith, '31,
Secretary.

Repoit of the Alumnae Secretary

A large portion of the secretary's
time during the first two months of
the session was devoted to planning
forms for the biographical files, which
are being worked out through the
WPA project, and to getting the
project underway in our office. The
class scrapbooks were completely re-
organized, and each alumna now has
a separate page or group of pages,
with all information known about her
included on these pages so that it is
easily accessible.

The program for Alumnae Week-
End, the first major event on our cal-
endar, is fully reported by that chair-
man, and the secretaries wish only to
acknowledge the splendid work done
by the committee in planning the
program and arranging for the differ-
ent events scheduled. The secretaries
organized the notification committee,
by phone.

The secretary acted as program
chairman for the District III Ameri-
can Alumni Council conference which
met in Atlanta in December, and with
the assistant secretary and representa-
tives from Emory and Tech, served
as hostess for the convention. A num-
ber of interesting and stimulating
contacts were made through the cor-
respondence involved in getting up
the program, and much concrete help
was received during the discussions at
the convention.

Plans for Founder's Day were dif-
ficult to make because the holiday
came on Saturday, and the only avail-
able radio time was Friday night.
Nevertheless, a radio program, built
around Presser Hall and the part it
has played in community life this
year, was broadcast from Gaines
Chapel on Friday, Feb. 21. The pro-
gram included short talks by Dr. Mc-
Cain and Mr. William Cole Jones, and
music by C. W. Dieckmann, the Glee
Club, Jane Moses, '40, and Mrs. Irene
Leftwich Harris, who were represen-
tatives of the different programs pre-
sented in the building during the
year.

The Founder's Day group meetings
were held on Friday, Saturday and
Monday, each group choosing the
time best suited to it locally. The
office undertook a herculean task in
dividing the southern states into geo-
graphic districts, and selecting a city

with twenty or more alumnae for
headquarters for the particular dis-
trict. Included in this division are all
alumnae living within a radius of fifty
miles, more or less, of the central city.
The office sent out 2,000 notices of
the meetings planned in each district,
explaining the purpose of the new or-
ganization, and issuing an invitation
in the name of the Alumnae District.
The response ranged from 1 5 % in the
widely scattered districts to 95% in
Boston, and makes us feel that the ef-
fort involved was entirely justified,
especially since meetings were held in
regions never organized before. Rec-
ords of Miss McKinney and Dr.
Sweet, and of Dr. McCain were sent
to all groups holding meetings, and
were used as part of their programs.
The office is very grateful to Roberta
Winter and Augusta (Skeen) Cooper
for working out details involved in
making the records.

Four issues of the Quarterly have
been edited, published and mailed out.
We have endeavored to increase our
subscription list by more personal con-
tact, and have cut form letters down
to a minimum, using as much personal
mail as has been possible.

One project started and completed
by the secretaries is the "job clinic"
which was conducted during April
and the early part of May. For some
time we have felt that the Association
should take some definite part in help-
ing students make thier vocational
choices. This year we planned a
series of discussion groups: newspaper
work, advertising and commercial art;
religious education; teaching; person-
nel and retail merchandising; stage
and radio; research and lab tech-
nique; medicine; social work and gov-
ernment agencies; and office work.
Thirty-one alumnae and one woman
doctor came out to the discussions and
eighty-five students attended one or
more of them. The discussions were
conducted by the secretaries, and ques-
tions which would give the students
muchly needed information formed
the basis of the discussion. A ques-
tionnaire sent out to the students who
attended the clinic, asking for sugges-
tions and criticism, indicates that they
feel it very worth while, and are defi-
nitely grateful for the assistance given
them.

Plans for commencement are com-
pleted, and we expect to have a splen-
did attendance at our various alumnae
festivities.

It has been a privilege to cooperate
with the committees to the best of

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The AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

our ability during this past year, and
we feel that they have advanced our
general program to a large degree dur-
ing this session. The secretary is
grateful to the retiring members of
the board for their interest and assist-
ance during the past two years. It is
with sincere regret that we see them
retiring from active service.

It is impossible for the secretary to
put into words her regret that the
assistant secretary will not be with us
next year. The office and the Associa-
tion are losing a very valuable part of
their organization, and it is with very
real sadness that we think of her going.
We know that the same wonderful
spirit and loyalty that has character-
ized her work here will bring her
much success in the work she under-
takes in the future, and our very best
wishes for her happiness and success
follow her.

Nelle (Chamlee) Howard, '34,
Executive Secretary.

Report of Assistant Alumnae Secretary,
1940-41

The Assistant Secretary's report will
outline the detailed work of the
Alumnae Office for the session of
1940-41. Filing, mailing, scrapbooks,
and the file of cuts have been kept up
through the assistance of four scholar-
ship and NYA students and three
WPA workers, whose work has been
supervised by the Assistant Secretary.

A notification committee for Alum-
nae Week-end was organized through
the Alumnae Office on a class basis.
Instead of having one member of each
class as guest at tea to present the
Alumnae Week-end program for them
in turn to tell the other members of
the class, this year the Assistant Sec-
retary was able to get several people
from each class to do part of the tele-
phoning of the ones in her class. In
this way, less effort and time was re-
quired of each alumna who was will-
ing to help with the phoning. The
Alumnae Office feels that this was
very satisfactory, the increase in num-
ber attending the Alumnae Week-end
seeming to warrant the extra effort
required.

The scrapbooks of material about
alumnae have been reorganized by the
WPA workers. Now there is a loose-
leaf notebook for each class with at
least one page for each graduate.
These arc invaluable to the office force
in having information available about
the alumnae; also they are interesting
to have at reunions.

The mailing list set-up has been
changed so that the month of pay-
ment of dues is tabulated and the
Quarterlies are mailed out accordingly.

In this way an alumna can get credit
for exactly a year instead of having
the dues payment count for the whole
session, whether it is paid at the be-
ginning or the end of the session. The
advantage in this plan to the Alumnae
Office is that only the four issues of
the Quarterly that the alumna pays
for are sent her; the three extra issues
that are usually sent with dues notices
will not be sent now, but a dues no-
tice will be included in the fourth
Quarterly in each pterson's subscrip-
tion. This will be, we feel, a much
more efficient and satisfactory way of
handling the mailing of Quarterlies,
from the viewpoint of both the
alumnae and the office.

Throughout the year the Alumnae
Office has worked closely with the
public relations department of the
college to keep informed as to the
trips members of the faculty are tak-
ing. In that way often alumnae club
meetings are arranged at the place
where the faculty member is going,
with him as guest speaker.

This year the Alumnae Office
mailed out 2,000 invitations to local
Founder's Day meetings throughout
the United States. Both the time to
prepare these invitations and the
postage for them were taken care of
through the Alumnae Office.

The Granddaughters' Club this
year has a membership of 3 8, one of
whom is the first of the next gen-
eration. Zoe Drake is the grand-
daughter of an alumna, and conse-
quently a great-granddaughter in the
club. There have been seven meetings
this year, including the club's banquet
in Atlanta. The Alumnae Association
entertained the club three times, in-
viting the mothers of the local mem-
bers of the club to the January meet-
ing. Three other meetings were held
in homes of members. In September
all new members of the club were
written by the assistant secretary.
Also all mothers of new members were
written and sent a copy of the No-
vember Quarterly, which carried a
page on the Granddaughters' Club.
This year, as in other years, the mem-
bers of the club helped with registra-
tion during Alumnae Week-end.

Besides the routine letters about
class reunions, the office tried, with
notable success, sending a copy of last
July's Quarterly, which gave Com-
mencement news, to members of the
reuning classes who were not paying
alumnae dues. This showed gratifying
results both in reunion enthusiasm and
for the dues drive.

The assistant secretary made all
arrangements with the Gorham Silver
Company for their research exhibit to

be shown at Agnes Scott. This silver
was shown to 75 students, for which
the Alumnae Association received
50 cents each, amounting to $37.50.

Besides the regular correspondence,
there have been 120 penny postals
sent to class secretaries, either cards
or letters acknowledging 412 pay-
ments of alumnae dues and the fol-
lowing form letters: 60 letters to the
Executive Board; 1,400 letters for
dues drive; 1,000 dues notices in
Alumnae Quarterlies; 180 booklets to
new students about the Alumnae
House and Tea Room; 75 letters to
faculty about the Tea Room; 120
letters to faculty for information
about their activities; 2,000 invita-
tions to Founder's Day meetings; 3 5
letters for Founder's Day programs;
430 letters to seniors; 20 club letters;
660 reunion letters. This makes a
total of 6,000 form letters.

There have been 75 guests in the
Alumnae House, besides one perma-
nent guest throughout the year.

I would like to express my grati-
tude to Nelle Howard for the con-
sideration she has shown me in my
work with her in the Alumnae Office
during the past two years. It has been
a privilege to be associated with the
members of the Alumnae Association
through the office and club work. I
sincerely hope the new assistant sec-
retary may have all the kindnesses
and understanding that have been
given me during these two years.
Mamie Lee Ratliff,
Asst. Alumnae Secretary.
Radio Committee Report

Because of the changed policy of
WSB, there is no regular Agnes Scott
radio program. We were offered time
at 10:30 as often as we could produce
a program acceptable to the station.
They made it rather clear, however,
that what they wanted was something
to help with the Good Neighbor Policy
and a better understanding between
the Americas. They promised to use
the Glee Club at intervals.

We tried a joint program plan with
Emory, but after several weeks of very
jiard work, at least on the part of
Betty Lou (Houck) Smith, Roberta
Winter, Mr. Dowling Leatherwood,
and your chairman with a group of
students, the program did not have
the necessary zest.

The Glee Club has sung twice, and
we had half-an-hour Founder's Day
Broadcast for which we were very ap-
preciative.

What the future is for this Com-
mittee your chairman does not know.
Respectfully submitted,
Florence (Perkins) Ferry,
Chairman, Radio Committee.

JULY, 1941

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Report of Publicity Committee
The publicity committee has been
responsible for getting news in the
Atlanta Constitution, the Atlanta
Journal, and the DeKalb New Era
throughout the year about outstand-
ing events of the Alumnae Associa-
tion. The particular activities that
the committee handled were the tea
for new students in the fall, Alumnae
Week End in November, Founder's
Day in February, the tea for seniors
in May, and Commencement activi-
ties.

Jean Chalmers, Chairman.

Eleanor Hutchens.

Mamie Lee Ratliff.

Report of Committee on Constitution
and By-Laws

The committee, with the aid of the
president, revised the Constitution
and By-Laws. The revision was ap-
proved by the Executive Committee
and the Alumnae Association at a
call meeting on February 22 and was
published in the April, 1941, Alumnae
Quarterly.

Lucy (Johnson) Ozmer,

Chairman.

Emma Pope (Moss) Dieckmann.

Elizabeth (Moss) Mitchell.
Report of Alumnae Week-End Committee

"Modern Americana" was the pa-
triotic-educational note sounded at
the tenth Agnes Scott Alumnae Week-
End Program, which was held at the
college November 29-30, 1940. The
program was an interesting effort in
exhibits, subject matter and speakers.
The alumnae were the first to use the
beautiful Maclean Auditorium for a
public gathering. It seemed very ap-
propriate that this Tenth Alumnae
Week-End should begin in the Chapel
named for the beloved Dr. Frank H.
Gaines, and that the first speaker
should be Dr. James Ross McCain, our
honored president. Dr. McCain spoke
on the subject "The Religion of Amer-
ica". Dr. Mose Harvey, Professor of
History at Emory University, was the
second speaker, his subject being
"New Trends in America's Foreign
Policy". This lecture was held in the
Joseph Maclean Auditorium. This talk
was followed by a most interesting and
instructive lecture "Modern American
Architecture," by Mr. Samuel Inman
Cooper, outstanding architect of At-
lanta.

On Friday evening, Mr. Hugh
Hodgson, presented a program in the
form of a lecture-recital, on "Modern
American Music".

The lectures for Saturday, Novem-
ber 30, consisted of a chapel talk,
"How Shall We Cast Out Fear?", by
Augusta Roberts, '29. Miss Roberts is
National Student Secretary of YWCA.

Dr. John L. Daniel, Professor of
Chemistry at Georgia Institute of
Technology, spoke at the next session
on "Over the Counter Chemistry";
this proved most interesting as Dr.
Daniel presented a well-grouped ex-
hibit on his subject. The last lecture
of the series was made by Roberta
Winter of the Department of Speech
of Agnes Scott College, on "Escape
into Drama". Miss Winter proved a
delightful speaker and brought to a
close a successful group of lectures.

On Saturday evening at 8:00 the
alumnae were among those who at-
tended the Dedication of the Presser
Building in Gaines Chapel. Dr. James
Francis Cooke and Dr. John L. Haney
of the Presser Foundation were the
honor guests. The college entertained
at a reception in honor of Dr. and
Mrs. Cooke and Dr. Haney. At this
reception members of the Alumnae
Week-End Committee assisted in en-
tertaining.

The luncheon on Friday November
29 given by the college in Rebekah
Scott dining hall was well attended.
There were present at this luncheon
114 against 80 last year. There were
175 alumnae and 100 students and
faculty registered for the lectures.

During the week-end there was an
exhibit of Modern American China
and Glassware in the alcove of the
library, arranged through the courtesy
of Rich's. Fannie G. (Mayson) Don-
aldson and Margaret Phythian were
the members of the committee who
had charge of this project. The ex-
hibit furnished by Mr. Samuel Inman
Cooper in connection with his lecture
on architecture was very much en-
joyed; this was placed in the museum
lecture room in the library.

The committee chairman wishes to
thank all members of the committee,
the Alumnae Secretaries, and Mrs.
Robert Holt and Mary (Walker) Fox,
who so beautifully decorated the ta-
bles for the luncheon which the college
graciously gave in honor of the alum-
nae and their speakers on Friday, No-
vember 29.

Notes of thanks were sent out
from the office and from the chair-
man to those who so admirably made
this occasion a success.

Maryellen (Harvey) Newton,
Chairman.

Report of House Decorations Committee
The work of the House Decorations
Committee has been done under the
chairmanship of two alumnae Gus-
sie (O'Neal) Johnson during the first
part of the year, and Willie Belle

(Jackson) McWhorter, since January
28, 1941.

Besides the $2 5.00 the committee
had from the Alumnae Association
budget, there have been gifts from the
Decatur and Atlanta alumnae clubs,
from members of the committee, and
from Founder's Day groups. Also the
proceeds from the sale of the old din-
ing room furniture went to this com-
mittee. Among other improvements
in the living rooms in the Alumnae
House are three lamps which have
been bought this year.

At present the chairman has on
hand $15.60. The Alumnae Office
has $3 5.3 8 from gifts which will be
turned over to her.

Respectfully submitted,
Willie Belle (Jackson)
McWhorter, Chairman.

Report of the Tea Room Committee

The Tea Room Committee of the

Agnes Scott Alumnae Association

wishes to present the following report:

Income

Budget $ 85.00

Helon Brown Williams 1.60

Miss Edna Hanley 2.00

Lavalette (Sloan) Tucker 1.00

Sale of Mirror .75

Decatur Club 8.3 5

Sale of Machine 1.00

Founder's Day Gifts 5.3 8

Commission on Sugars 3.28

$108.36
Expenses

Linoleum for Kitchen $ 5 7.65

Sanding of Floor 8.00

Two Oriole Hot Plates

(Shutters) 1.50

3 Set of Gaskets 6.50

3 Refrigerator Door Handles- 8.10
Mixing Bowls .25

1 Refrigerator Set 1.00

8 Wooden Salad Bowls 1.20

Service on Refrigerator 3.00

Pitchers for Tea Room 1.20

Thermometer for Cooking 2.00

Gas Hose .20

Dish Towels .56

5 Window Shades (upstairs)^ 7.18

2 5 Wash Cloths .72

1 Shade 1.33

2 Shades 4.54

Total $104.93

Balance on hand $ 3.43

Gifts received (beside cash gifts) :

3 5 ice tea glasses, ice bowl and
tongs, Red (Bowers) Hamilton.

36 mats and napkins, Mamie Lee
Ratliff.

8 flower plants and pot with han-
gers, Hallie (Smith) Walker.

This committee wishes to thank
each giver and assure them their gifts
have helped tremendously.

The tea room has not come for-
ward this year as this committee had
hoped and planned for, and as yet we

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The AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

have not selected a new manager for
the coming year, however this will be
done soon.

As chairman I wish to thank Nelle
(Chamlee) Howard and Mamie Lee
Ratlift and my co-chairman Leone
(Bowers) Hamilton for their efficient
work.

Respectfully submitted,

Hallie (Smith) Walker.

Report of the Garden Committee

The Garden committee chairman
wishes each year when report-making
time comes around that it were possi-
ble merely to point with pride to the
Alumnae Garden and quote "By their
lack of weeds ye shall", et cetera.
Anyone who has ever gardened knows
that it is impossible to translate one's
labor of love into so many hours of
work or so many loads of fertilizer!

We wish to acknowledge gratefully
the gift of six cherry laurels by Louise
(Brown) Hastings, a gift of $8.30
from the Decatur Club and $5.37
from Founder's Day gifts to the Asso-
ciation. And last but not least, the
money made available to us by the
college for the hiring of outside labor.

The financial report is as follows:
Cash on hand June 1, 1940__$ 19.5 5

Receipts:

Gifts 13.67

Sale of surplus lily bulbs 13.50

Alumnae budget allotment 65.00

Refund on shrubs bought last

year from Monroe 24.00

Total $135.72

Disbursements:

Fertilizer $ 24.15

Grass seed 2.00

Annual plants 14.10

DeKalb Supply for gravel 8.2 5

Monroe Co. for shrubs 40.00

Total $ 88.50

Balance on hand June 1, 1941 $ 47.22

There is a balance in the alumnae
treasury to the account of the Garden
Committee of $40.75. The Committee
had planned to use all of this in car-
rying out its plan of replacing the
shrubs in the front of the Alumnae
House with boxwood. It has been the
dearest wish of the present committee
to finish this before going out of office.
Because of several difficulties we were
not able to do this planting this
spring. We therefore beg that the in-
coming committee be allowed to use
this surplus next year, for planting in
front of the house, if it so desires.
Frances (Gilliland) Stukes,
Chairman.

Report of Student Loan Committee.
1940-41

Funds available May 30, 1940 $376.22
Received as payment on old

loans and interest 246.85

Paid out in loan 623.07

Balance May 30, 1941 75.00

$548.07
Allie (Candler) Guy, '13,
Chairman.

Report of Entertainment Committee.
1940-41

The Entertainment Committee be-
gan its program for the year soon after
the opening of the college when the
150 new students were entertained by
the Alumnae Association at tea in the
Alumnae House. The guests were re-
ceived by the Executive Board, the
Entertainment Committee, and Miss
Scandrett and Dr. McCain.

In September, January, and April,
the Granddaughters' Club was enter-
tained at three teas, the mothers of the
local members being invited to the
January meeting.

On May 14 the Alumnae Associa-
tion entertained all members of the
Senior Class at tea in the Alumnae
House. At this time they were in-
formed of the services of the Alumnae
Association.

The Entertainment Committee fur-
nished candies to be passed during the
discussion groups on vocational guid-
ance during the spring.

The final activity of the Entertain-
ment Committee for the year will be
the supper on Sunday, June 1, in the
Alumnae Garden.

The expenses for the year have been:

Tea for new students $15.06

Senior Tea 13.40

Candy for vocation groups 1.00

Granddaughters' Teas 6.49

$35.95

There remains a balance of $74.05 to
be spent on the Alumnae Supper,
June 1.

Respectfully submitted,

Catherine (Baker) Matthews,
Chairman.

HOW TO GET A JOB!

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College education is a definite asset,
and further training is necessary. A
nine months' business course after col-
lege is advisable.

"And learn to do something
specific," concluded one of the alum-

nae. "I got my job because I could
work a comptometer."

Two 1940 graduates came to clear
up student doubts about rehgious
education: Katherine Patton, director
of religious education at Peachtree
Road Presbyterian Church, and Hen-
rietta Thompson, young people's
worker at the First Presbyterian
Church in Decatur.

At the April 24 clinic they con-
fided to their former schoolmates
that they wished they had formed
better study habits in college.

"We have to organize so much ma-
terial and present it to various church
groups," they said, "that it would be
a great help to have studied harder in
school. But we might have missed a
lot of fun that way."

Extracurricular activities on the
campus, they agreed, gave them val-
uable experience in working with
people and "taking hold of things."

Further training from time to time
is helpful, just to keep a fresh out-
look on the field.

"Incidentally, it's a field which is
growing by leaps and bounds," they
said. "It's so new that you have to
create your job and organize your
work. You're your own boss, so it's
a big responsibility."

As for the disadvantages: "You
never have any time. You're sup-
posed to be in the office all day, but
you're also supposed to call on mem-
bers of the church in cases of illness.
You attend meetings at night. So if
you like a lot of time to yourself,
don't go into a calling which demands
all your life for other people."

In addition to the spring job clin-
ics, individual interviews have been
arranged for students aspiring to the
more unusual professions, such as
law, medicine, acting, psychiatry and
radio work. The chances are bright
for finding employment; every mem-
ber of the class of 1940 who applied
to the college placement bureau is
now employed.

But spring brings other promises,
too: eight seniors at Agnes Scott are
wearing engagement rings, and some
20 additional troths, now unan-
nounced, will blossom on the society
pages of the South after commence-
ment.

Job clinics render valuable service,
for some girls of particular talent and
ambition will always have their hearts
set o ncareers; but the average college
girl plans to invest her education in
the making of a better home and the
upbringing of better citizens.

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