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AGNES
SCOTT

ALUMNAE MAGAZINE SPRING 1986

"We are at war with ignorance and disease, and
thirst and hunger. People say behind our backs
that we cannot win. All we know is that there can

be no losing."

ISAouhoussine ISJacro
Burkina Faso, West Africa

"Global awareness will mean more than mere
learning, it will mean global cooperation, going

beyond cultural narrowness to mutual sharing and respect even

to love. For Agnes Scott, this is a beginning."

John Studstill

Director of Qlohal Awareness

Agnes Scott College

OUT THE WINDOW

After the Decatur delegation's
October visit to Burkina,
Agnes Scott welcomed a
high-level visit froin four Burkinahe
educational leaders in February.

Under the auspices of the U.S.
Information Agency, these educators
from the University of Ouagadougou
spent a month touring American
educational institutions. They
named Agnes Scott College as one of
the first three institutions they
wished to visit.

Our guests were Dr. Ambroise
Zagre, vice rector; Dr. Akry Coulibaly,
director of the Institute of Mathe-
matics and Physics; Dr. Moumouni
Rambre Ouiminga, director ot the
School ot Medicine and Public
Health; and Ms. Maimouna Sanoko,
librarian-in-chief. They stayed at the
Alumnae House several days while they visited with the
campus community.

The 10-year-old University of Ouagadougou is
Burkina's first and only university. At first it resembled
the French system of education first established by
Catholic missionaries. But now, 10 percent ot its 5,000
students are women. Ot the 200 faculty members, now
60 percent are Burkinabe.

When the Sankara government came to power in
1983, the university drew sharp criticism as a "bastion
of elitism," and university leaders set out to prove their
worth to a revolutionary government desperate to meet
basic human needs in a poverty-stricken economy. Now
the university offers a school of medicine and public
health, an advanced agricultural research institute, and
another institute to train professional clerical and ad-
ministrative workers.

As Dr. Coulibaly explained, "The faculty has realized
the verocity of those attacks and organized seminars on
training to give new directions and applications to the
needs ot the country. For example, in the agricultural

institute, agronomy had not
emphasized research until recently.
The math and physics departments
could not afford to import necessary
scientific equipment, so the secon-
dary schools are now making scales,
compasses and other items in the
classrooms."

At first the tive-year-old medical
school also resembled European-style
programs in Dakar and Senegal, but
"We are now tailoring them to meet
the needs ot the country," said Dr.
Ouiminga. "Our primary objective is
to train general practitioners and
public and community health profes-
sionals." Under the old system, doc-
tors were trained abroad, and re-
turned to practice in urban medical
centers. Now Burkina stresses health
support for rural areas, and medical
school graduates must serve several years in one of
these community-built facilities." Another thrust. Dr.
Coulibaly noted, is building schools so all children have
a chance to learn.

In a formal ceremony one evening. Vice Rector Zagre
spoke on behalt ot his country: "Thanks, joy, for your
support of a people who are struggling tor a better life."
He described his hopes for Burkina and his boundless
appreciation for the triendships at Agnes Scott. "We
need cooperation between Agnes Scott and Burkina to
improve the lot of Burkina women. Of course it is not
easy tor us men to share power with the 'weaker sex,'" he
said, as the audience laughed. "But no country can de-
velop without having the participation of women, and
that's why we attached a lot of significance to mutual
understanding and mutual affection.

"We'll tell Burkina people that Decatur people are
open-minded to dialogue and have a great heart. I hope
that the community ot heart and spirit that we share
today is symbolic ot that community ot heart and spirit to
which the whole ot humanity should aspire."

Lynn Donham

Editor: Lynn Donham, Associate Editor: AlisaWendorpli, Editorial Assistant: Ann Bennett, Student Assistants: Sliari Ramcharan'89,
Patricia Roy '89, Editorial Advisory Board: Dr. Ayse llga: Garden '66, Caroline McKinney Clarice '27, Laura WhitnerDorsey '35, Sandra
Cluck, Mary Kayjarhoe'68, Margaret Mizell Lauderdale '46, Mildred Love Petty '61, Lucia Howard Si:emore '65, Elizabeth Stevenson '41,

Dr. William H. Weber

Copyright 1986, Agnes Scott College. Published three times a year by the Office of Publications of Agnes Scott College, Top Floor,

Gymnasium, College Avenue, Decatur, Georgia 30030, 404/371-6315. The magazine is published for alumnae and friends of the College.

Postmaster: Send address changes to Office of Development and Public Affairs, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA 30030.

TURNABOUT

Thank you tor reprinting my Atlanta
lournal article on the U.N. conference
and tor your editorial comments (Fall
m5 issue, Page 2).

Your remarks about Mrs. Roose\-elt
(one ot my heroines) made my point.
The tact that delegates to international
conferences must "represent the national
interests of their countries" doesn't mean
that those national interests necessarily
conflict with international interests,
only that even Mrs. Roosevelt, with all
her personal influence, did not operate
as a woman at a women's conference but
as a U. S. Delegate and chair of the U. N .
Commission on Human Rights, address-
ing her appeal to the General Assembly,
not to an ad hoc conference.

As a White House staff member with
some liaison duties with the State
Department during the period prepara-
tory to the Nairobi Conference, 1 was
astounded at the work simply to prepare
an agenda that was acceptable to the
100-plus members. Each government
had to coordinate activities of various
agencies, which had to agree internally.
Each set of such recommendations then
had to be reviewed by various U.N.
working parties and then worked into a
document which was acceptable to all.
My position is not against international
efforts, simply that efforts made within
the mainstream of the U.N. are more
fruitful than those which try to represent
half the world population as a special
interest group.

It is my generation that survived
Nazism, established the U.N. , and
conceived and gave life to a Declaration
of Human Rights. I don't know how
Dorothy Douglas proposes to achieve
and maintain peace (which after all, can
come about in many ways). I'd like to ask
her, does she propose U.S. unilateral
disarmament, unilateral nuclear dis-
armament? Does she think the U.S.
should ever, under any circumstances, go
to war?

Eliza King Paschall '38
Atlanta, Ga.

Continued on page 19

Agnes Scott
Alumnae Magazine

AGNES

scon

Spring 1986
Volume 64 Number 1

8

One Tough Job

Managing an embassy residence, caring for three children and

meeting the social engagements ot a diplomat are all in a day's

work tor Julia Cole Botihahih. By Carey Roberts

12

Quest for Curriculum

The move to a semester system offered a chance to re-examine

the curriculum. The faculty rose to the task.

B>' Ellen Wood Hall

20

Burkina Faso & Agnes Scott

The Global Awareness Program kindles a friendship

with the "Land ot the upright and dignified people."

By Gar}' Gimderson and Lynn Doiiham

30

Dr. McNair

Teacher, Historian, Advocate, Friend.
By Man 'in B. Perry ]r.

32

A Distinctive College

It's impressive to see a girl become a

self-possessed young woman. Professor Richard Parry tells

why that's an everyday occurrence at Agnes Scott.

Lifestyles ... 4

Finale

38

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 31

LIFESTYLES

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Hi:

Phillips succeeds at second career

hen Joe Frank
Harris took office
as governor of
Georgia in January 1983,
Gracie Greer Phillips '55
took office with him as the
governor's executive assis-
tant for appointments.
That's not appointments to
see the Governor. That's
appointments to serve on
the more than 200 state
boards and commissions
that make up an important
part of the executive
branch of the state
government.

Gov. Harris is a busi-
nessman and runs the gov-
ernment like a business,
comparing his eight assis-
tants to corporate vice-
presidents. Gracie and the
others, including one other

woman who serves as press
officer, have equal and ready
access to the governor.

Gracie is at home with
poUtics and politicians.
Her father, John Greer,
was secretary to Gov. Ed
Rivers and has served in
the legislature for many
years. Even so, if a career
counseling expert chose a
resume to exemplify a can-
didate tor Most Likely to
Succeed in a top govern-
ment administrative posi-
tion, Gracie's would not
likely have been at the top
of the list.

She doesn't fit any stereo-
type: over 40, no graduate
or professional degree, last
paid employment as a sixth-
grade teacher in 1957.

The eldest of six, three
girls and three boys, she
grew up in Lakeland, a
small town in southeast
Georgia. She graduated in
a class of 50 from the local
public high school and was
the first person from Lake-
land to go to Agnes Scott.
Why?

"Because my daddy told
me that's where 1 should
go," she says. No second
thoughts there. Why did
Mr. Greer want her to go to
Agnes Scott? No second
thoughts there either, he
says: "1 wanted her to have
the best. She was a smart
girl.

To Gracie, Agnes Scott
is the best. "They teach
you to think, to recognize
problems, to focus on solu-
tions, to organize your
work and your thoughts.
Coming from a small high
school, 1 really had to work.
1 studied most of the time."
She majored in political
science, but she remembers
classes with Dr. Catherine
Sims, Dr. George Hayes,
and Dr. Walter Posey. She
squeezed in some time with
Blackfriars, but no lead
roles. Her major activity
was Pi Alpha Phi and debat-
ing. "It taught me to be
part of a team, " she says.
"Debating makes you look
at both sides of an issue, to
he impersonal so you can
disagree with someone
while still respecting that
person's motives. You learn
to respect your opponent as
an opponent." It also
taught her to take a difficult
situation and rise above it,
she remembers.

"I would get so scared I'd
wish I'd get sick so I
wouldn't have to get up and

debate. It also taught me to
listen. Much of what I do
for the governor is listen to
people who have good
ideas and are interested in
helping the state."

With her new bachelor's
degree in 1955, Gracie
started an executive retail
training program but left
after two years to marry
Barry Phillips, an attorney.
One year as a sixth-grade
teacher completed her
"paid" work experience.
Then for 26 years, Gracie
had a career familiar to
many Agnes Scott gradu-
ates: being a homemaker
and rearing a daughter and
three sons. She did the
usual things, PTA, Scouts,
social service. Then with
her children all over 20,
she moved easily into a new
career.

An old friend of her
husband's wanted him to
meet another friend who
was going to run for Gover-
nor. So Barry and Joe Frank
Harris had lunch and
started forming a campaign
committee. Gracie ended
up volunteer fund-raiser
and treasurer. She had to
get used to thinking big in
a hurry.

"We didn't have any paid
fund-raisers," she recalls.
"Our ad man said we should
start with a $IOO-a-plate
dinner. I was shocked. I
didn't think anybody would
pay that. It was over-
subscribed and a great
success. We raised $4
million."

Not surprisingly, Gracie
says she has been lucky.
"My daddy always encour-
aged me, and my husband

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LIFESTYLES

has been supportive. Work-
ing in the campaign, Go\'-
ernor Harris and ! got
along. When he asked me
to take this job, I was de-
lighted. It's an important
job. All these boards and
commissions give a lot ot
people a chance to take
part in their government.
I'm working for someone
whom I respect and trust.
We work closely with the
legislature, and when I
make contact on behalt of
the governor, I don't ha\'e
to worry that he might tell
me one thing arid give
somebody else a different
answer. We lobby for his
program, and I think we
should. I believe in his
program."

"But here is a Southern
politician, a businessman
who prides himself on run-
ning the government like a
business. Not the governor
one might expect to ap-
point a woman to that job.
Why do you think he
selected you?" I asked
Gracie. "I could ask him,
or why don't you ask him.'"
she replied.

I did just that. "When
you build an organization,"
Gov. Harris said, "you look
to surrciund yourself with
people women or men
with special qualities for
specific jobs. [Gender]
doesn't have anything to
do with it. Gracie had
proved herself in the cam-
paign as someone who
could accept an obligation
and fulfill it, she's
thorough, hardworking,
dedicated. We work as a
team here, and she's a good
team member. She likes

people, and she's my
friend."

I asked Go\-. Harris if he
has any advice to other
Agnes Scott women who
want to have a successful
career. "Do what you're
comfortable in, and do
your best. Your talents are
unlimited, and they're
going to be recognized if

you're willing to appl>'
yourself and work hard.
There's still no substitute
for hard work."

Gracie Phillips' career
proves that predicting
career and career success is
still an art, not a science.
Every situation is different,
but she is proof that a
woman over 40 can succeed

in a new career, without a
graduate degree, without a
lot of paid work experience.
Being able to think clearly
and organize your work,
liking people and doing
your best, are skills that
transfer from the campus to
the home to the office. And
it happens in the South.
-Eliza King Paschall '38

Becky Johnson Bisher and brother custom-design locomotives

' even years ago, when
, she was a wee lass of
22, Becky Johnson
Bisher '78 of Mahleton, Ga. ,
and her younger brother
went into the business of
remanufacturing old diesel-
electric railroad switching
engines. Now the tired be-
hemoths come to her shop
from as far north as \4inne-
sota and as far west as Utah.
For somewhere between
$190,000 and $300,000,

she will jerk out one of the
1,200-horsepower engines,
replace it with a 600-horse-
power diesel, slap on 40
tons of ballast and give you
back a machine that can
push more than 100 rail-
road cars, each of which
weighs more than 100 tons
when loaded.

"We are in the business
of custom-designing loco-
motives," she said. "We
do all kinds of work, in-

cluding remote-controlled
locomotives."

Mrs. Bisher, who is gen-
eral manager of Chattahoo-
chee Locomotive Company,
is a third-generation rail-
roader. The sociology
major says railroading
"kinda gets in your blood."
Mary Ellen Pettigrew

This article appeared in the
May 13, 1984, Atlanta
Weekly Magazine.

AGNES scon ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 51

LIFESTYLES

Jackson teaches from life's experiences

iever get in a car with
Miriam Jackson '49
and expect to go
anywhere directly. Miriam
has a passion for side
streets, cheap gas, odd
shops and offbeat places.

I discovered this the
summer of 1980 when we
took "Indians for Teachers"
at University of North
Carolina at Charlotte. We
had taught together for two
years at Oaklawn Elemen-
tary School, and I had no
reason to suspect that this
motherly, down-to-earth
person was anything but
the kind, sensible teacher
she appeared to be. The
fact that she had five
children and had cele-
brated her 25 th wedding
anniversary added to that
impression.

1 began to see the real
Miriam on our trips to

UNCC. Once, we made a
death-defying U-turn in
the middle of the highway
to visit a place called "The
Pot Roost." Miriam signed
up for a course in French
cookery and I bought a bag
of nutmegs. Other side
trips included a used jeans
sale, visits to a day-old
bakery and a sudden, in-
spired foray into Hickory
House tor several pounds of
barbecue that made a quick
dinner for Miriam's large
brood.

That was just the tip of
the iceberg. At the end ot
the Indian course, I learned
that Miriam had decided to
fulfill a longtime dream to
work at Woods Hole,
Mass., an international
center for marine study and
summer home to many of
the world's famous scien-
tists. A 1949 graduate of
Agnes Scott with a major

in science, Miriam had
been impressed by her
college mentor's descrip-
tion ot Woods Hole.
Miriam had called Woods
Hole earlier in the spring
and found the classes fill up
a year in advance. In typi-
cal Miriam fashion, she
persisted, discovered that a
science school tor children
6 to 16 convened at Woods
Hole every summer. She
proceeded to get herself
hired as a parent helper
and field trip driver.

For a month Miriam
lived in Woods Hole, alone
in an old barn that had
been converted into apart-
ments. She audited adult
classes, watched scientists
at work and drove children
on field trips to parts of the
island where no one else
was allowed. Miriam re-
turned to Woods Hole for
three summers.

Back from Woods Hole,
Miriam didn't relax. She,
husband Mack and chil-
dren packed the family
station wagon and left for a
camping trip west.

My picture of Miriam
was becoming clearer. The
horned-rimmed glasses,
the wrap-around skirt, the
tlat Weejun sandals were
all a disguise. Miriam was
really Christopher Colum-
bus. As I got to know her
better, I discovered that
she had taught in Japan a
year, visited Mexico, lived
in both Denmark and
Korea as part ot the Friend-
ship Force, toured Europe
with her church choir and
even titted in a trip to the
Kentucky Derby with a
daughter who loves horses.

But how does all this
adventuring manifest itself
in teaching? How does
Christopher Columbus
operate in a fourth-grade
classroom at Burns Elemen-
tary School ?

Jenna Waters, a former
student, remembers a trip
to Old Salem and Miriam's
ability to make the past
vivid: "We could under-
stand how it was to live
back then. " She remembers
experiments with reflec-
tions and "magic tricks
with light" when they were
studying the sun.

Another student. Chuck
Martin, recalls, "She was
always sure nobody got in a
lotta trouble. She made
sure that people didn't hit
back. She brought special
people to class Mrs.
Goodnight, Mrs. Burkowitz.
They talked about how I
could keep control ot my-
self. I got four certificates
for being good all day."

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LIFESTYLES

When Miriam, herself,
thinks ot good days in her
class, she recalls the special
visitors. She once asked a
Wind friend to discuss sight-
lessness cooking without
hurning oneself, dressing
hy feeling the texture and
heat of materials. Another
time, she invited a man
paralyzed from the neck
down to demonstrate how
he paints pottery and can-
vases with a brush held in
his mouth.

As Miriam reviews the
good things that have gone
on in her class, as former
students remember their
lessons, a pattern in
Miriam's teaching begins
to emerge.

She is an explorer, a
pursuer of much there is to
know and see and do and
think. But the end result in
the classroom has less to do
with travel and more to do
with the many ways of
seeing and experiencing
life. Inherent in many of
her lessons is a respect for
differences, the variousness
of life and great possibilities
it offers. Miriam yearns to
see the Taj Mahal, but
loves exploring a shop full
of kitchen accessories. She
has traveled and lived all
over the world, but still,
and perhaps because of
that, she knows how special
it is that Chuck Martin has
been good all day for four
days straight. Margaret
Claiborne

Reprinted with permission
from The Charlotte
Observer.

Dabbling in real estate becomes full-time job after college

Lori Spencer '85 ran her
college housing busi-
ness out ot her bed-
room. Nowadays, she looks
tor property with a chance
ot going commercial.

When Lori Spencer was
in her last year at Agnes
Scott she pooled resources
with her brothers, Todd
and Craig, tor a down pa\-
ment on a house for the
three ot them to share.
Each contributed about
$2,000 from savings and
small legacies from their
mother, who died two years
earlier.

Once they moved in,
they quickly saw the poten-
tial for profit in student
housing. So, they sought
their father's backing to
buy five other houses, most
of them near Emory, where
Todd is in medical school.
They began renting rooms
to students and plowing
the profits back into the
purchase ot other proper-
ties. T^dd and Craig, a
tirst-year law student at
Georgia State, are responsi-
ble for upkeep; Lori is in
charge ot purchasing new
properties and renting out

the old.

She has tried to purchase
houses in areas that are
likely to go commercial
within a few years to
maximize their resale po-
tential. "We're not trying
to make big bucks now,"
she says. "We're just trying
to cover our costs and have
money left over for mainte-
nance. But one day it
should pay off." Ginny
Carroll

Reprinted with permission
from Georgia Trend
Magazine, Copyright 1985.

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 71

One
Tough

Job

Representing Lebanon is a
complex and delicate task

for Julia Bouhabib and
her ambassador husband.

By Carey Roberts '57

Carey Roberts is co-author with
Rebecca Seely 0/ Tidewater Dynasty
(Harcourt, Brace, Janovich), abio-
^aphical novel of the Lees of Stratford
Hall. She lives in Potomac, Md. , with
her husband and four children.

She is the mistress of an embassy
he^me with a household staff of
five. She and her husband enter-
tain or attend social engagements in
the District almost every night of the
week, and that's not to mention her
own schedule of morning coffees,
luncheons and afternoon teas. But
what may seem to be a fairy-tale lite
carries its own particular kind of
responsibilities. And no one is more
aware than Julia Cole Bouhabib 72,
wife of the Ambassador of Lebanon
to the United States, of the oppor-
tunities and the importance of her
role.

"Serving in the diplomatic arena,
particularly in Washington, D.C. ,
involves teamwork for husbands and
wives," says Julie in her serene, soft-
spoken way. "In this city, more so
than any other capital in the world,
social life is business. Ambassadors,
administration leaders, state depart-
ment officials, members of Congress
and high-level Pentagon officers do a
lot of connecting at social events. It
is in the social milieu that impres-
sions are made, information is ex-
changed, and business informally
conducted.

Wives of diplomats play an integral
part in the constant stream of dinner
parties, balls and benefits in Washing-
ton that require planning and organi-
zation, she says. For the most part,
they arrange these events, explains
Julie, "through their graciousness
and hospitality, they and their hus-
bands represent their countries." But
not without some sacrifices.

"I have seen diplomatic wives
arrive in Washington having left
careers of their own in their native
countries. Perhaps these women were
doctors or professors or lawyers. But
they soon learn that it they want to
see their husbands do a good job in
Washington, diplomatic service will
be a full-time job for them also. As
far as I can see, they all do it
beautifully."

Political lite is still relatively new

to Julie. In January 1983 her husband,
Ahdallah R. Bouhabib, was appointed
ambassador to the United States. In
June of that year, the Bouhabibs
moved into the stately, white-stucco
Lebanese embassy in Washington's
affluent northwest section.

"In the first week," recalls Julie,
"we held two large parties, and 1 still
wasn't even sure where all the forks
were. I remember one terrible after-
noon when I misplaced the key to the
wine cellar and found it only a few
minutes before the guests arrived."
She managed to find a tine Lebanese
cook in Washington who not only
helped with those first parties but
soon became a permanent part of her
staff, along with two drivers and two
housekeepers who also help with the
Bouhabib's three children.

Her days go by in a curious blend of
public and private life. Julie voiced
concern for her children who, she
admits, had some real adjustments
to make to diplomatic lite. The
Bouhabibs were living a quiet subur-
ban life in Potomac, Md., when
economist Ahdallah Bouhabib was
appointed to the ambassadorship.
Julie was a full-time mother. "There
are two worlds in Washington," says
Julie, "one is normal life, such as in
any city. The other is the diplomatic
world. It is a drastic change tor a
young family to make."

Now, the 9-year-old twins and
their 5 -year-old sister are chauffeured
to the French International School.
There, they are taught one day in
French, the next day in English.
They have a special motivation to be
bilingual since all of their Lebanese
family speaks French. At three when
they return from school they have
their big meal of the day, and Julie
sets aside time to be involved in their
after-school activities. The whole
family is often together for a short
time late in the afternoon, but there
are few casual, relaxed family meals.

"The first year was very hard on
the children, especially the baby.

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The Bouhahibs: ]uUa, Ahdalluh, 5-\t;ar-olti
hlada. and the 9 -year-old twms, Amal (left) and
Amin.

Julia Cole Bouhabih

who was onlv 3," Julie remembers. "1
didn't know then w hieh invitations 1
could refuse and which I should ac-
cept, so I accepted everythinf;. The
second year I did much better, and
they see much more ot me af;;ain."
She says she does not worry unduly
about her children's safety but takes
the necessary precautions: Someone
is always with the children.

"The children," she adds, "have
given us some ot our funnier diplo-
matic moments." When President
Gemayel and his wife visited the
United States in the summer of '83,
the Bouhahibs were just settled into
the embassy. "We held a very formal
state dinner here at the embassy and
had the children, dressed in their
very best, brought down during the
reception hour to meet the president.
The trouble was they weren't used to
being introduced and then sent
away they wouldn't leave!" She
finally got them upstairs, but then,
"when we were all seated in the din-
ing room, black tie, evening dresses,
all very elegant here they were
again, in their pajamas, to say good-
night!

"Since the Lebanese chancery
backs ontci the embassy grounds, my
husband often brings guests home for
lunch. One of the responsibilities of
an ambassador's wife is to make cer-
tain the embassy is always ready for
company, that food and drink are
plentiful and that the ambassador's
wife looks presentable! It may sound
as though I have a lot of help in doing
that, but the truth is 1 am extremely
busy," points out Julie. As busy as any
executive, she schedules her own
appointments and manages five staff
members, three children and an
aging house. "For example, I am
required to have three estimates for
any household repair and this house
was built as a private residence in the
X '40s there is always something that
I needs doing!"

J She has recently redecorated the
f^ embassy's main rooms in soft shades
of aquamarine highlighted with deep

AGNES scon ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 91

crimson silk. Private donations pro-
vided the funds. The rooms display
paintings hy Lebanese artists, includ-
ing colorful landscapes. The collec-
tion of silver-framed pictures on the
hahy grand piano includes one of
Lebanese President Amin Gemayal
and Ambassador Ahdallah Bouhabih
at a 1983 meeting with President
Reagan at the White House. Another
pictures Abdallah, Julie and their
three children, and there is also a
picture ot Julie laughing with Nancy
Reagan.

While seeing that her children
have a happy secure childhood is an
important private concern for Julie,
her overriding public concern is to
help her husband represent Lebanon
to the United States government and
to the officials of other governments
in Washington. To gain poise and to
prepare herself tor limelight occasions,
Julie Bouhabih recently completed
a public speaking course offered
through the Capitol Speakers Club,
'i haven't been called on to give a
speech yet, "she laughs, "but I think!
am ready now. "

For the past decade this small

country has been torn by

constant war. . . brutal

internal struggles.

Representing Lebanon is a com-
plex and delicate task since Lebanon
is a nation in a perpetual state of
crisis. An ancient land with a history
that can be documented to 5000
B.C. , Lebanon is a rugged mountain-
ous country with 130 miles of
coastline along the Mediterranean.
Lebanon's famous seaport cities
Byblos, Sidon and Tyre served as
important trade centers in the time
of the Phoenicians. Its people are
farmers and traders; there is little to
export.

Like Syria, its powerful neighbor
to the north and east, Lebanon was

part ot the Ottoman empire trom the
1500s until 1918 when this land fell
under French mandate. In 1943,
Lebanon became a tuUy independent
republic with a written constitution
based on the classical separation of
powers a president, a single
chamber elected by universal adult
suffrage which includes educated
women, and an independent
judiciary.

Lebanon's political lite depends on
a peculiar religious balance. Under
an unwritten national convenant
(the National Pact), deputies to the
chamber are elected according to the
confessional distribution ot the popu-
lation so that each Christian or
Moslem sect has representatives in
proportion to its size. The president
is always a Maronite Christian, the
prime minister a Sunni Moslem, and
the speaker of the chamber, a Shi a
Moslem.

For the past decade, this small
country only four-fitths the size of
Connecticut, has been torn by con-
stant war, its cities and countryside
the setting for brutal internal strug-
gles tor power between Moslems and
Christians and regional wars between
Israelis, Syrians, Palestinians, and
others such as Libyans and Iranians.
Christians make up almost halt the
population and have dominated
national affairs since 1943; however,
Lebanon is an Arab country, a
member ot the Arab League, and the
struggle to obtain national domi-
nance between varying Moslem sects
is fierce.

It is a problem complicated by
external forces.

In the 1940s, Lebanon accepted
into its borders some 250,000 Pales-
tinian refugees. Since the 1967 Arab-
Israeli war, the armed Palestinian
resistance fighters have collided with
Israel to the south, producing a con-
tinuous state of war in Southern
Lebanon and the border country.
Israeli invasion and occupation of
Southern Lebanon followed and the
eventual intervention by U.S. forces

as well as the Arab Deterrent Force
and U.N. peacekeeping forces.
Israel's decision to withdraw, how-
ever, created power vacuums that
Christians and Moslems are battling
to fill with the aid of Lebanon's pow-
erful neighboring countries, who
have vested interests in seeing that
the "right" faction eventually takes
control.

"It may seem that the struggles in
Lebanon are religious," says Julie,
"but the real struggle is for regional
supremacy. " Lebanon is unquestiona-
bly a vital piece in the mid-East land
puzzle.

In September 1982, Amin Gemayel
was elected president ot the Republic.
He is the son ot the late Sheik Pierre
Gemayel who founded the Phalange
party and the brother ot Bashir
Gemayel, who, before his assassina-
tion was the leader of the Lebanese
forces. Amin Gemayel is, ot course, a
Maronite Christian. (Maronites are
Christians affiliated with the Roman
Catholic Church. They inhabited
Lebanon before the Moslems invaded
in the 7th century. )

To select someone to till the sensi-
tive position ot ambassador to the
United States, the newly elected
president turned to his Maronite
Christian friend and political sup-
porter, 41 -year-old Abdallah
Bouhabih, then a senior loan officer
with the World Bank.

Ambassador Abdallah Bouhabib
was born and reared in a small moun-
tain town called Roumieh some 10
miles northeast ot Beirut. He was
educated in Arabic and English by
British Quakers and received his
B. A. trom the American University
ot Beirut and his Ph. D. in economics
from Vanderbilt University in Nash-
ville, Tenn.

It was at Vanderbilt in the fall of
1970 that he met Julia Cole, a recent
transfer student from Agnes Scott.
"A blind date for homecoming week-
end arranged by a mutual triend,"

110 SPRING 1986

recalls Julie. "1 liked Abdallah im-
mediately because he seemed to be
interested in bigger things than just
college lite. He was then and still is a
dynamic man who always sees the big
picture. At first, we were just friends.
I remember our sitting under a tree
on the Vanderbilt campus that tall
wondering where we would each be
in 10 years. We didn't imagine that
we would he together. "

At that time, Julie had in mind a
career in microbiology and medical
research. It was the only reason she
had transferred from Agnes Scott. "1
had been very happy at Agnes Scott,"
she says. "I loved the closeness of the
girls and the personal in\'olvement
with professors. I was a biology major
and was influenced strongly by
Josephine Bridgeman. Dr. Margaret
Pepperdene, my English professor.

taught me how to think creatively.
Those were really happy years for me.
The transfer was made simply be-
cause I needed a college closely re-
lated to a medical facility."

"The Lebanese people are

highly literate and very

compassionate. They are

suffering badly."

After her graduation, Julie worked
for several years in the department of
pharmacology and biochemistry at
Vanderbilt. In June 1974, she married
Abdallah Bouhabib. "There were no
cultural adjustments to make in our
marriage," she savs, "I grew up in a
family-oriented, conservative envi-
ronment in Aiken, S.C. , and the
Lebanese are just that family-

oriented, warm, generous. Of course,
1 have learned to cook Lebanese
dishes which are complicated, but
delicious made with lots o\ onions,
garlic, cracked wheat, parslc\, oliw
oil. Tasty and very nutritioLis. And, 1
ha\'e learned to speak some Arabic so
that 1 can talk with m\ mothcr-ui-law
about the children."

Julie is dewited to her adopted
country. "In spite of a decade of war,
Lebanon remains a beautiful country
with white walled, red-roofed vil-
lages that make one think of Italy. Its
summers are long and rainless.

"The Lebanese people are highly
literate and very compassionate," she
explains. "They are suffering badly;
the currency is weak and economic
conditions are critical. My husband
and I are, of course, strong supporters
of Amin Gemayel's government. We
belie\-e in Gemayel. He wants to rid
the country of outside influences, to
make all Lebanese feel represented in
the government. Lebanon for the
Lebanese! That is what Amin
Gemayel believes in. Nothing else
comes first."

Julie Cole Bouhabib has no idea
how long she and her husband will be
in Washington. Her focus now is on
raising her children and being a
partner with her husband in repre-
senting Lebanon.

A gracious diplomat in her own
right, she is quick to express her
admiration for the American State
Department officers and their wives
with whom she and her husband
work so closely. "The top officials
and the professionals here in Wash-
ington the 'desk people' who stay
current on Lebanon and the affairs of
the mid-East as v\'ell as the State
Department's Office of Protocol, are
there to ease every social situation.
These are mar\'elous people," she
says with sincerity. "I don't think
everyone realizes it. These are won-
derful representati\'es of America,
the best this country has to offer."

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 111

-or
culum

When a faculty decides to change a curriculum, almost
instinctively they realize that they are striking at
the heart of that which each of them values most,

By Ellen Wood Hall '67
Deon of the College

Change. "Everything seems to be changing so fast." We hear those
words rather often on the Agnes Scott campus these days. That
is not to say that "things" are not different in one way or another.
The buildings are being transformed. There are new faces on campus
among the wonderful familiar ones. And yes, the calendar will be different
next year. The semester calendar will provide students and faculty with
two long periods of time rather than three short periods to work together
on that extraordinary and slightly mystical activity known as the
teaching' learning process. 1 believe they will discover that, even though
they are busy, they will feel more relaxed under the semester system.
Furthermore, freshmen (as well as those of the other classes who choose
to do so) who begin their study for their degree this fall will do so under
a new scheme of basic requirements designed to assure their competence
in basic skills, their exposure to a choice of broad areas of subject matter,
and their expertise in a chosen major.

112 SPRING 1986

As a relative newcomer to the
Agnes Scott community, even
though I experienced Agnes Scott as
a student nearly 20 years ago, 1 find
that numerous thoughts crowd my
mind as I contemplate how to give
other alumnae and triends oi the
College my impressions ot how we at
the College faculty, administra-
tors, and trustees view changes
already underway and those planned
in the academic program. 1 am im-
mediately reminded of an adage in
French, "Plus ^a change, plus c'est la
meme chose." Roughly translated,
the saying suggests, "the more things
change, the more they stay the
same." The French person who
coined this adage had, 1 believe, a
healthy sense of Gallic cynicism.

As applied to Agnes Scott, how-
ever, this proverb assumes a decidedly
positive tone. All of us involved with
the various changes are committed
to preserve the institution, to ofter
the best liberal education for women
"under auspices distinctly favorable
to the maintenance ot the faith and
the practice ot the Christian reli-
gion." Fiowever, a college must be a
function oi its time and its place in
order to offer the best possible educa-
tion to its current students. It is
inevitable that Agnes Scott will
change, but those changes will be
designed around the constant center.

Important to the process was

the spirit in which the

Steering Committee decided

to work.

A few other thoughts from my
perspective are in order before I re-
count the process we have gone
through since Jan. 4, 1985. In early
1984 I became a candidate for dean
of the college; I remember being
rather surprised that the curriculum
and academic program which I had

taken as a student in 1963-67 were
much as I remembered them. Though
pleased to see continuity, I wondered
how the faculty had regarded the
academic program during that time.
I learned that new ideas were indeed
being considered.

As part of the 1982-84 self-study
and evaluation process which led to
reaccreditation by the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools,
the visiting team determined that
Agnes Scott needed a solid academic
plan. Furthermore, the faculty had
planned to vote in October 1984 on
whether to change to the semester
system. The vote was actually taken
Jan. 4, 1985. At that time, the fac-
ulty voted overwhelmingly (41-18)
to recommend to the president "that
the College adopt, beginning in the
academic year 1986-87, the early
semester variable hour calendar."

President Schmidt accepted the
recommendation immediately, and a
new opportunity presented itself.
The faculty realized that they could
use this change to review and renew

Dean Ellen Wood Hall '67

the curriculum, a clear first step
toward the needed academic plan.

The faculty's process to convert to
a new calendar and to a new system
of basic curricular requirements
began with the recommendation by
the Faculty Executive Committee
that the president establish the Ad
Hoc Semester System Steering Com-
mittee. The president acted upon
this recommendation and the faculty
members ot the Semester System
Steering Committee were elected by
the faculty on Feb. 8, 1985. On Nov.
8, 1985, the faculty voted to put in
place a new curriculum ot basic re-
quirements. The rigorous and care-
tully wrought process, completed
within only eight months, is a credit
to the Agnes Scott faculty. Most
taculties take between two and live
years to complete a review and to
institute curricular revisions.

The Semester System Steering
Committee members were Professors

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 131

David Behan, philosophy (Chair);
Penelope Campbell, history; Kwai
Chang, Bible and religion; Katharine
Kennedy, history; and Patricia Pinka,
English. Ex-ofticio members ot the
committee were Ellen W. Hall, dean
of the College, and the president ot
the Student Government Associa-
tion. During the spring ot 1985,
Professor Chang requested, for
health reasons, that he be relieved of
his duties. Professor Harry Wistrand,
biology, took his place. At the end of
the academic year. Professors
Campbell and Pinka left the commit-
tee and were replaced in the fall by
Protessors Art Bowling, physics, and
Miriam Drucker, psychology.

Each of the faculty members of the
Semester System Steering Commit-
tee, except the chair, in turn chaired
a sub-committee which was to deal
with a specific part ot the transition:
recommendations to the faculty
about distribution requirements and
curricular coherence; graduation
requirements, major and departmen-
tal requirements; recommendations
to the administration on the semester
calendar and the daily schedule; and
faculty workload.

One of the most important aspects
of the process was the spirit in which
the Steering Committee decided to
work from the outset. Agreeing to
keep the purpose ot the College
foremost in our minds, we considered
the educational program as a whole
rather than piecemeal.

With the calendar change

faculty recognized an

opportunity to evaluate the

academic program.

It was important to balance our
thinking between this opportunity to
review and to change and the appreci-
ation of our traditional strengths. We
saw this as a continuing process and

wanted frequent consultation among
taculty, and between students and
faculty, since we would all be affected
by the changes. We acknowledged
choice as an essential element in
liberal education. We regarded tac-
ulty advising as a way to guide choice,
rather than to enforce rules.

We began Feb. 15, 1985; subcom-
mittees tackled many tasks simul-
taneously. Our first goal was to
structure the early semester calendar
for 1986-87. The subcommittee
made the recommendation to the
president and the calendar was in
place by March 1985. The pattern tor
this calendar, the most prevalent
academic calendar in the United
States, is to begin classes in late
August and to complete examina-
tions before the Christmas holidays.
Classes begin again just after the
middle ot January; graduation takes
place in mid-May.

As mentioned above, the taculty
took another bold step, one which is
often deterred when a college
changes its calendar. More often
than not, a college will decide merely
to map its existing academic program
onto a new calendar, and to defer
more substantive curricular changes
until a later time. In early discussions
the faculty had recognized that
changing to the semester calendar
presented an opportunity to evaluate
the academic program. The taculty
soon agreed that some changes were
in order.

The subcommittee in charge, and
the Steering Committee in turn,
began to look at the system of require-
ments designated as "distribution
requirements" in the 1983-85
catalog. Those requirements were
already in line with the curriculum
restorations occurring nationally.
An article in The New York Times on
March 10, 1985, titled "Wave of
Curriculum Change Sweeping Amer-
ican Colleges," discussed the na-
tional "back to basics" movement,

the restoration ot "distribution re-
quirements," and "themes in cur-
riculum." Agnes Scott faculty and
administrators attended national
meetings in the spring of 1985 to
discuss reports by the American Asso-
ciation ot Colleges, the National
Institute of Education and the Na-
tional Endowment for the Humani-
ties which decried the state of aca-
demic programs nationally. Agnes
Scott did not need to "go back" to
basics. We'd never left. We had a
different task.

I believe today's student

takes possession of her

education and her life so as to

reach her potential.

Our faculty wanted to refocus the
requirements to serve the Agnes
Scott student living in today's na-
tional climate. In both their advising
and their teaching capacities, faculty
noticed that students voiced more
than the usual number oi complaints
about "getting the requirements out
ot the way." Limited choices in their
tirst two years disgruntled students. It
a student entered the College with-
out advanced standing in one or
more subjects, nearly half of her first
two years' program was required.

Agnes Scott students, as a group,
have maintained certain basic
characteristics over the years. They
are bright and conscientious. They
are ready to assume responsibility,
and they want to think indepen-
dently. They have enormous poten-
tial. I was heartened both in my
interview, and as I have worked here,
to discover that in this respect, things
are indeed the same.

I would argue that today, since
there are more choices for women's
lives, and since the information glut

114 SPRING 1986

ot the media otten presents conflict'
ing views on life's goals, educators
have a special responsibility to help
students learn to choose. The na-
tional press on higher education
devotes much coverage to the ra-
tionale tor and the methodology ot
teaching critical thinking. But 1
believe we need to go a step further at
Agnes Scott.

From earliest times, our catalogs
have emphasized the importance of
students' own choice in their aca-
demic programs. We must continue
the tradition. From the day they
choose Agnes Scott, students need
opportunities to choose how Agnes
Scott will educate them. We must
give them tools with which to work,
we must introduce them to broad
areas of knowledge, and we must
teach them how to delve deeply into
at least one field. We must also give
them strong and thoughtful guidance
in making their own choices within
these broad parameters. In this way, 1
believe, today's student takes posses-
sion of her education and her life in a
way which will enable her to reach
her potential.

The semester committees and the
faculty approached changes in the
requirements in this spirit. An
overhaul of the entire system of re-
quirements was not necessary, but
reconceptualiiation seemed to be.

The committee first addressed the
conceptualization of categories. They
settled upon three standards for the
new set ot requirements: Specific,
Distributional and Depth. The Specific
Standards insure a student's compe-
tence in specific skills necessary to
prepare her to have a successful col-
lege career. Distributional Standards
introduce a student to the ways of

thinking arid to the subject matter oi
broad areas ot human inquiry. The
purpose here is introduction to rather
than coverage of a subject area. A
student satisfies these standards by
completing courses designated to the
distributional areas. Through the
Depth Standard, a student develops a
command of a particular subject
matter by completing a major pro-
gram.

How does a faculty proceed to
change a curriculum? How do nearly
70 very intelligent, highly educated,
independent persons reach consensus
on a basic curriculum for an institu-
tion? After all, they were appointed
to teach here because of their exper-
tise in specific subjects which they
hold dear. When a faculty decides to
change a curriculum, almost instinc-
tively they realize that they are strik-
ing at the heart of that which each of
them values most. And, as in high
quality institutions nationally, Agnes
Scott trustees delegate the responsi-
bility for the curriculum to the facul-
ty. The faculty, under the authority
of the board, holds the curriculum in
trust, just as the trustees hold the
institution in trust.

The faculty process is dialectical.
Discussion and argumentation, otten
heated, are pivotal. There was lively
discussion leading to the establish-
ment of the pattern of specific and
distributional standards. This pattern
set the framework for the basic com-
ponents. The components involve
specific departments and actual
courses which are especially dear to
faculty hearts. Although all faculty
agreed that students need to acquire
a balanced introduction to Agnes
Scott's program of study, their opin-
ions varied on what constitutes
balance.

Throughout the spring of 1985, the
Semester System Steering Commit-
tee made suggestions and presented
proposals to the faculty. They were
discussed throughout April and May
at faculty meetings; straw ballots
were taken to discover clear faculty
mandates. Finally, at the June 1,
1985, faculty meeting (the last of the
academic year), the Semester System
Steering Committee moved that the
faculty adopt a "compromise, skeletal
curriculum structure as the first build-
ing block of a curriculum which will
continue to be developed throughout

Associate Professor of Art Terry McGehee, left,
and Carolyn Conley '85 discuss figure-drawing
technique in a life-study charcoal rertdering.

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 151

the fall and winter quarters of 1985-
86." It also moved that the faculty
continue to consider certain "impor-
tant issues during the first two quar-
ters of 1985-86 and that as a result of
these discussions, additions and
modifications he made to the skeletal

curriculum "

The June 1 skeletal curriculum
estahlished that, unless exempted,
students must complete specific
standards as follows: two semester
courses in English composition and
reading, one semester course in
mathematics, the intermediate level
of a foreign language, and two semes-
ter courses in physical education.
The distributional standards were in
the humanities and fine arts: one
semester course in literature in the
language of its composition, one
semester course in historical studies,
one semester course in religious and
philosophical thought, and one
semester course in fine arts. In natu-
ral science, one semester course with

Faculty put student and

college concerns before their

own ardent desires to teach

their subject.

a laboratory section is required, and
in social science, the requirement is
one semester course. Although this
general pattern of requirements had
significance, June 1 curriculum was
not the final version.

Eleven issues were left open for
further planning:
1. The following issues regarding
physical education:

a. The amount ofcredit earned by
one physical education course

b. Whether grades in physical
education will be calculated in a
student's grade point average

c. The number of semester- hour
credits earned in physical educa-
tion which will apply toward the

total number of semester- hours
required for graduation

2. Whether there should be a specific
biblical literature standard, a specific
religion standard, or a distributional
standard in these areas

3. Whether the specific standard in
foreign languages may be satisfied by
languages not offered at Agnes Scott

4. Whether the study of computers
should be included in the specific
and distributional standards

5. Whether there should be a specific
or distributional standard in some
aspect of world cultures or participa-
tion in an organized overseas program

6. Whether the study of women
should play a role in the specific and
distributional standards

7. Whether the graduation require-
ment should be above or below 120
semester hours

8. Whether credit hours per course
should be equivalent to contact
hours, and the number ofcredit
hours to be offered for most courses in
the semester system

9. Who decides how and which
courses are to be designated for stan-
dards and exemptions

10. Whether there should be exemp-
tions for distributional standards

11. Whether there should he two
semester courses of laboratory science
in the distributional standards.

I would like to make several obser-
vations regarding the June 1, 1985,
faculty actions. First, the actions
demonstrated that in a very short
time, the Semester System Steering
Committee and the faculty had made
much progress. Second, the faculty
had established a clear pattern of
components for the specific and
distributional standards. Third,
faculty wisdom determined that
certain issues pertaining to the
academic program were too impor-
tant to be settled even in a period of
two or three months. Most signifi-
cant to someone who sits in my posi-

tion, that delicate and fragile
phenomenon essential to the well-
being of a liberal arts college was
much in evidence the faculty had
joined together in a process of institu-
tional thinking. They were thinking
across departmental lines, putting
student and college concerns before
their own ardent desires to teach the
subject matter so important in their
professional lives.

In only eight months, the

faculty had reached a
consensus on a pattern of
requirements for students.

In the summer of 1985, at the
request of Chair of the Board of Trus-
tees Larry Gellerstedt, President
Schmidt and 1 met with the executive
committee of the Board of Trustees
to report on progress in moving to
the semester system and on the semes-
ter curriculum.

Last September, on their return,
the faculty faced a number of difficult
issues. The dialectic continued. In
June, the faculty had decided to
require one semester course in all of
the distributional areas, and to give
students a limited choice of subjects
with a large number of courses within
those areas. But after the summer,
the faculty began to weigh the old set
of heavier requirements against the
new, fragile coalition of required skill
areas and introductions to subject
areas. In the Oct. 4 faculty meeting
motions passed to alter the June 1
curriculum by increasing the labora-
tory science requirement, reinstating
the biblical literature requirement,
and doubling the physical education
requirement.

At the regular meeting of the
Academic Affairs Committee of the
Board ofTrustees on Oct. 11, 1985, I
reported the shift from the June 1

116 SPRING 1986

Marylin Darling, associate
professor of physical education,
and Andrea Morris '86 of
Jacksonville, Florida, rehearse
in the Bucher Scott Gyn\nasium
Dance Studio.

CLirriculum as well as the great sense
ot unease 1 perceiwd in the tacult\'.
But the momentum nt institutumal
thinking reco\-ered after the Oet. 4
taeulty meeting.

Atrer more discussion and readjust-
ments before and during the faculty
meeting on Nov. 8, the faculty passed
hy a vote of 58 to 7 the curriculum
detailed here. In only eight months
(although months which seemed
endless to some), the facult>' had
reached consensus on a pattern of
requirements for students.

The semester curriculum ap-
proved hy the faculty on Nov. 8,
1985, is as follows;

To insure the equality c^f the Agnes
Scott degree, three standards
must he satisfied.

1. Specific Standards

2. Distributional
Standards

3. Depth Standards

1. The purpose c^f the Specific
Standards is to insure a student's
competence in specific skills.

2. The purpose of the Distribu-
tional Standards is to introduce a
student to the ways of thinking
and to the subject matter of
broad areas of human inquiry. A
student satisfies these standards
by completing courses designated
to the respective areas.

3. The purpose of the Depth
Standards is to develop a student's
command of a particular subject
matter by completion of a major
program.

Specific Standards

Unless exempted, a student
must satisfy the following
standards.

1. Two semester courses in Eng-
lish composition and reading

2. The intermediate level of a
foreign language

3 . Four semester courses in physi-
cal education

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Distributional Standards

Unless exempted, a student

must satisfy the following

standards.

1. Humanities and fine arts

a. Literature: one semester
course in the language of its
composition

b. Religious and philosophical
thought: one semester course

c. Historical studies and class-

Assistant Professor of
Chemistry Leon Venable and
Cathleen Fox '85 of Atlanta,
work in the Campbell Hall
chemistry lab on vacuum line
etpiipment for inert atmosphere
experiments.

ical civilization: one semester

course

d. Fine arts: one semester

course
2. Natural science and
mathematics

a. Mathematics: one semester
course.

b. Natural science: one semes-
ter course which includes a
laboratory section

3. Social sciences: one semester
course

Credit received in satisfying
Specific Standards may apply to
Depth Standards but not to
Distributional Standards. Credit
received in satisfying Distribu-
tional Standards may apply to
Depth Standards but not to
Specific Standards.

The subject which has touched the
strongest sentiments in members of
the College community, including
trustees, administrators, faculty, and
students, has been the faculty deci-
sion to incorporate the study of bibli-
cal literature into the semester system
standards in a new way. In the new
curriculum, taking a specific course
in biblical literature will be a matter
of student choice and faculty advising,
rather than a specific requirement.

Discussion of a change in the re-
quirement is not new. The biblical

We'll continue the effort to
demonstrate through the
College's program ASC's

unique mission and nature.

literature requirement has been a
subject of discussion in recent Agnes
Scott history. In 1972, an element of
choice for students was introduced
into the requirement. Since that
time, students have had the option of
taking a five quarter hour course to
fulfill the requirement or a nine quar-
ter hour course which extended
throughout the academic year.

On Nov. 26, 1985, the Committee
on Academic Affairs of the Board of
Trustees met to discuss changes to
the curriculum approved on Nov. 8,
1985, by the faculty. Although trus-
tees looked at the entire process of
curricular change, much of the dis-
cussion involved the new system of
standards calling for a single semester
course in religious and philosophical

118 SPRING 1986

thought rather than a specific re-
quirement in hihUcal literature.
Students may elect to take hiblical
literature to tultill the distributional
area of religious and philosophical
thought. Some trustees and faculty
asked it the departure from a specific
biblical literature requirement for all
students in\'olved policy issues
broader than just the curriculum.
Others said the Christian orientation
so important to the Agnes Scott
education should not depend on a
single course but should be experi-
enced by Agnes Scott students in a
variety of ways.

During meetings in January and
February 1986, trustees, faculty, and
administrators continued to discuss
the curriculum and how biblical
literature should be included within
it. Trustees understood that the fac-
ulty designed the system of stan-
dards as a delicate integrated whole,
constructed to avoid an unwieldy
structure, and to increase informed
student choice. Faculty see a reinvig-
oration of the College's mission in
the curriculum by increasing the
opportunities for students to find
their own values, which is consistent
with Christian development and
with Agnes Scott's historical mis-
sion. Trustees believe that their re-
sponsibility is to ensure that the
academic program reflects the pur-
pose of the College. They expressed
concerns that to alter the require-
ments so that biblical literature
would no longer be a specific require-
ment may he interpreted as a basic
change in the nature of the College,
a change potentially disturbing to
alumnae and friends.

On Feb. 21, 1986, trustees invited
the Semester System Steering Com-
mittee and the Faculty Executive
Committee (the official liaison com-
mittee with the board) to meet with
them. They resolved to continue
trustee-faculty discussions on the

curriculum and its relationship to the
College's purpose. This provides a
continuing opportunity for faculty
and trustees to share and carefully
consider mutual concerns. During
this time of discussions, the new
curriculum will remain in place. All
of us will "continue the effort to
demonstrate through the College's
program the unique missicin and
nature of Agnes Scott College."

At the conclusion of Phase 1 in our
rethinking the academic program,
and of what has been a grueling but
ultimately satisfying process, I am
proud to be part of Agnes Scott today.
1 have mar\-eled at the remarkable
leadership abilities of David Behan,
chair of the Semester System Steer-
ing Committee; of Harry Wistrand,
chair of the Curriculum Committee;
of Susan Phillips, my ASC classmate
and chair of the Academic Affairs
Committee of the Board of Trustees;
of Larry Gellerstedt, chair of the
Board of Trustees; and of Ruth
Schmidt, president of Agnes Scott. 1
have wished to be as eloquent as
trustees Harriet King, Suzella Burns
Newsome, J. Davison Philips,
Horace Sibley, and others in verbaliz-
ing the delicate relationships among
the parts which make the whole
Agnes Scott. I have been gratified by
the courage and perseverance of the
members of the Semester System
Steering Committee who have spent
untold hours constructing a system of
requirements which will meet stu-
dents' needs. All the trustees, facul-
ty, and administrators of this College
are working in extraordinary ways for
this institution. Agnes Scott is in
good hands, many good hands. We
must move on to the next phases of
our rethinking. We have not yet had
time to address a number of the issues
on our list of 11. Academic program
development is an ever dynamic,
continuing process. It is what keeps
an academic institution alive. We are
alive, and very well.

Continued from page 3

lOnl Easter 1957 the .ASC-YWCA social
ser\ice committee organized an Easter
egg hunt for the local day-care nursery.
The children were to arrive within a half
hour. All the eggs were carefully hidden
in a section of the campus front yard.
Then someone came to tell us that we
had to hide the eggs in the back yard
because there was a dant;er that a mem-
ber of the Board of Directors [Trustees]
mi^ht happen by and see the children.
That could cause problems because the
group was integrated.

When the Fall '86 magazine came
yesterday and 1 saw the picture ot a white
woman with a black child on her lap, I
sat down and cried. Twenty-eight years
ago it had been a shattering experience
tor me to discover that 1 was part of an
institution that called itself Christian
and believed in discrimination. 1 am
thankful so much has changed.

CynthiaGnint '60
Rotterdam, Netherlands

1 was grateful to see Peter Goldman's
story about Dorothy Douglas and her
father reprinted in the Alumnae Magazine
("Forty Years On," Fall 1985, Page 10).
As an associare member of the Physicians
for Social Responsibility I, too, have felt
compelled to take action against this
costly and dangerous nuclear arms race.

My optimism for the survival ot rhis
planet increases greatly when 1 read of
concerned indi\iduals like Dorothy
Douglas who cherish lite enough to want
to make a difference.

Sajidrfl Stiseen '77
Alexandria, Va.

The editors oj the Ahannae Magazine
encourage you to send us your com-
ments. Respond to a story, call attention
to an oversight, raise a question or offer
an idea. Letters selected for publication
are subject to condensation. They must
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AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 191

Burkina Faso&
Agnes Scott

The Global Awareness program connects the College
with a country poor In resources and rich in love.

By Gary Gunderson and Lynn Donham

J.... ,

Toward the end of a sleepy presidential election in
1984, the Western media "discovered" the African
famine. A BBC crew brought hack jarring footage
of widespread starvation, and suddenly hunger was in our
living rooms, facing us at dinner each evening. We had
to do something.

The celebrated relief efforts followed and so did more
TV crews. Those for whom the drought was not news
wondered what would happen when media interest
waned. Would public interest fade, too?

Not in Decatur. Here, and at Agnes Scott, the network
coverage and a local TV crew's visit to Burkina Faso
(Upper Volta) triggered the start of a sister-city relation-
ship with two Burkina communities.

Building on a six-year Burkina-University of Georgia
project and a link with SEEDS (a Decatur-based magazine
and hunger education ministry), Agnes Scott joined
Decatur Mayor Mike Mears to begin a long-term friend-
ship with Burkina Faso. President Ruth Schmidt and
Director of Global Awareness John Studstill set out for

BURKINA FASO

AFRICA

Old Friends

Agnes Scott and Burkina Faso have other connections
beside sister cities. Dr. Delia McMillan '73 is a
nationally recognized expert on Burkina, where she
has done anthropological research. She holds a Ph. D.
from Northwestern University, and is now assistant
director ot the Center for African Studies of the
University of Florida.

Her first contact with Africa was as an ASC junior
spending a summer in Togo and Benin. In Burkina,
she has researched population relocation, agricultural
development and women's role in economic develop-
ment. Her work on the resettlement of Burkinabes
to healthier areas as a way to prevent insect-carried
river blindness has been published as a monograph.
A second book is at press.

Sarah (Sally) Workman '78, first went to Burkina
as a Peace Corps volunteer. She used her work in
biology at Agnes Scott and a master's degree in plant
ecology to help with the forestry program in North
Burkina. Recently she has joined the wildlife
management program in the southern part of the
country.

Another connection is Martha Doerpinghaus
Fleming, a Ph.D. candidate in African history at
Johns Hopkins University. She and husband, Allen,
first met in Niger as Peace Corps volunteers in 1974,
and they both did graduate research in Mali as part
of studies at Purdue University. Martha is the
daughter of Elsie and the late Dr. S. Leonard
Doerpinghaus who taught biology at ASC for 20
years. Martha and Allen returned to Burkina in 1974,
when he started work with USAID as an agricultural
economist.

Burkina last October with UGA's
Darl Snyder, SEEDS Director
Gary Gunderson, and six other
Decaturites.

"What we found in the dust of
northern Burkina Faso was not so
much 'hunger' as people with too
little food, not so much 'poverty' as
friends without resources, not so
much 'hope' as people who will not
give up," said Mike Meats. "We want
to be part of this."

The Agnes Scott involvement has
been pivotal. As Mike Meats said,
"The college's participation provides
us with a sense ot credibility, not just
in the eyes of the Burkinabe, hut in
our own. Here's a longstanding
institutional anchor for the city
saying 'this is worth doing' in the
most eloquent way possible by
going." _

"We felt this was an excellent
opportunity to enhance the new
Global Awareness Program and to be
an active member of the Decatur
community," explained President
Ruth Schmidt. "Our Director of
Global Awareness, John Studstill,
had lived in Africa and speaks French
fluently. He was invaluable to us as

John Stutistill used all his linguistic skills as
interpreter between Decatur and Burkina
fnends. as m this meeting with the High
Commissioner of Ouagadougou. His sense of
humor helped, too.

122 SPRING 1986

an interpreter in both tormal cere-
monies and informal conversations."

Burkina Faso, a Colorado-sized
country ot 6.5 million people, may
he hard to find on the map (look
west ot Nigeria, it used to he called
Upper Volta) . But it's easy to find on
any chart of international economic
indicators: It's at the wrong end of
every one, with the highest infant
mortality in the world and one of the
lowest per capita incomes. What
does not cannot show on the
charts is the rich Burkinabe charac-
ter, the tenacity and disarming
humor in the face ot suffering.

Although rains came this summer
and U.S. Ambassador Neher con-
firmed that some ot the crisis atmos-
phere had passed, Burkina is still
desperately poor. But help is more
than money. Ambassador Neher told
us ot a German technician who
wc)rked 13 years to develop a network
ot refrigerators to store vaccines tor
inoculation programs. His work
came to light last year when the
Sankara government decided to
carry out a commando vaccination
campaign. They mobilized volun-
teers and commandeered cars, planes
and doctors. Seventy-three percent
of the children under 6 were vacci-
nated a great trmmph for a young
government. The campaign surprised
Western observers and showed the
depth ot popular support for Sankara's
government, as well as its ability to
galvanize an often sluggish and
overprivileged bureaucracy.

Saturday morning in
Ouagadougou, the capital:
Women walk to market, fruit
piled high on their heads and babies
strapped to their backs while a crew
hangs a banner urging people to
plant forage crops for animals now
running loose in the city. A soldier
slings his machine gun over his
moped's handle bars. Low tables by
the road display trinkets, sandals and
food for sale. Radios blare, and the

This LlLiiic)Uar% iihi h d [cathcr in Bnmse uorks uitfi feu rest imvcs iiiui m primitiie
conditions, but. like liU teachers, uith the knowledge that she hokls the future in
her hands.

traffic snarls over screams and calls
of chickens, dogs, kids and mer-
chants. And the smells barbecue,
burning trash, filthy ditches, baking
bread, diesel and dust a wild,
sensual stew that feels charming and
friendly.

But there's more to see than
degradation. Astounding changes.
Everywhere people are whitewashing
tree trunks, benches, stores, houses
and fences. Another of President
Sankara's campaigns, this one at-
tacks the city's dirt with a simple
idea: white walls make cleanliness
possible. So everyone should paint
the walls. Now'.

Trees are being planted
everywhere, too. "Pour Burkina
Vert!" For a green Burkina! Every
event birthdays, anniversaries,
holidays is now marked by a tree
planting. It is a revolutionary symbol,
but more. "For a green Burkina"
sounds almost silly, except that
everywhere people were planting
trees.

Acres of debris mark what only
months ago was one ot worst housing
areas in the city. The squalor daunted
even hardened Burkinabe sen-
sibilities. The residents were moved
and the neighborhood bulldozed to
make room for new housing. Across
town a large section ot new homes
have been built. New scarlet road
signs are everywhere. Maybe these

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Burkinabe parenti know then children jace ont;
of the highest infant mortality rates on earth,
which explains the strong rural support for
national immunization programs.

are just symbols. But one can't miss
the direction in which things are
headed.

The Sankara government is con-
troversial and abrasive to some
Burkinabe. It has moved with
blinding speed that some find dis-
orienting. One Burkinabe noted that
moving a nation is not like cleaning
your desk it takes time. Sankara
isn't taking time.

Both of Decatur's "sisters" reflect
the new spirit of optimism based on
the reforms ot the revolutionary
government of President Thomas
Sankara, a former para troop captain.
Since the military coup three years
ago, Sankara has tried to chart a
non-aligned course between East and
West at the risk of pleasing neither.
It has attacked deeply entrenched
corruption with zeal and has set loose
a flood of pride visible in towns like
Ouahigouya and Bousse. The U.S.
State Department which deplored
the revolution's early rhetoric has
recently warmed to Burkina and
poured in a record amount of food
aid.

In Ouagadougou, the Decaturites
planted the first of many trees in a

ceremony led by the High Commis-
sioner of the capital, the mayor of
mayors in Burkina. He is young,
gracious and handsome. At the end
of a long meeting in his office pro-
tocol deteriorated into laughter
when Elizabeth Wilson, the first

We expect to develop

student exchanges and

summer study courses

between ASC and Burkina.

black elected to the Decatur City
Commission, asked him through the
interpreter if he was married and
then whipped out a picture of her
(single) daughter.

The University of Ouagadougou,
15,000 students, is the only institu-
tion of higher education in this
country of 7 million. As foreign
visitors, Ruth Schmidt and John
Studstill met with the rector (presi-
dent), as well as with English classes
and their professors. The well-kept

brick building has many breezeways
and vents under the roof. Masks, in
styles of the various ethnic groups of
the country, decorate the walls.
After such meetings with university
officials, they expect to develop
student exchanges and summer study
courses for Agnes Scott.

President Schmidt and John
Studstill also visited the one women's
public high school of Ouagadougou.
The principal, also a woman, invited
them to visit an English class. These
young women in the 12th grade can
already carry on simple conversations
in English. They invited President
Schmidt to say a few words and ask
the students questions in English.
Among these young women are some
who might apply for admission to
Agnes Scott. They sit straight and
attentive all dressed in the same
colorful uniforms. They all look so
strong and healthy very black,
beautiful young women who have
suffered no famine.

Perhaps 1 percent of their age-
group, they represent the most intel-
ligent and well-to-do Burkinabe. But
their success is mixed: If they go to
college, they will find it more difficult
to marry and have families. Most
men still feel more comfortable with
uneducated women who stay at
home. The principal of this women's
school has been lucky her husband
is the minister of higher education.

President Sankara has promoted
women's rights in Burkina to a degree
unequaled in any other African
nation. In a 1984 interview with
Margaret A. Novicki of Africa Report,
Sankara explained women's role in
Africa's economic development.

"First of all, there are more women
than men in Upper Volta (Burkina),
and it is impossible to wage our
revolution without them. . . .

"Look at the Voltaic woman in the
countryside; she wakes up at 4:30
a.m. to walk 5, 10, 15 kilometers to
fetch some water. She must come
back and cook, she must wash the

124 SPRING 1986

children, she must heat water tor her
hushand who is asleep, and then she
must go to the fields with her hus-
hand to plow the earth. When she
is finished, she must plow her own
field. When her husband's day is
finished, he rests. She then has to
find wood to bring hack to the house.
She must do the cooking. After
dinner, she has other chores to do.
She wakes up at 4:30 a.m., but she
never goes to bed before midnight.
At 35, she becomes a rag. This is not
right. This is why in our country,
men used to have several wives
because they are the workers. Fur-
ther, women represented a source of
free pleasure for men.

"Women are exploited in relations

of production and also in sentimental
relations, in affection. But women
are further exploited because of
imperialism, which also dominates
the Voltaic man. So we decided to
liberate them. We encourage them to
organize themselves.

"It is not easy because even women
think there is no use trying. But
women must be liberated. For this
reason, we are appointing more and
more women to responsible positions.
So little by little, women are taking
on responsibilities, and we are talk-
mg about this because sincerely we
have all been marked by the way our
sisters and brothers have suffered."

Some of Sanakara's efforts on
behalf of women are not without

humor. One Burkinabe told John
Studstill about one reform aimed at
the most apparent cause of domestic
\iolence and divorce: men's displea-
sure with how the women handle
household money. For one day,
decreed Sankara, the marketplace
would be open only to men: if the
families were to have food, the men
had to go to the market. The women
who ran the marketplace saw this as
an opportunity to teach the men a
lesson, and raised their prices for the
occasion. Not only did the men suffer
from their lack of bartering experi-
ence, but they faced inflated prices
as well, coming home with much less
than their wives got for the same
mone\'.

Thiifeait uibL prepareJ in Bousse included a local version o/gi'its/ur the
Georgia visitors. Colorfid dishes were gathered from throughout the village for
the celebration meal

AGNES scon ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 251

As the Decaturites approached
their sister city, Bousse,
dozens of riders on horseback
with banners in EngUsh and French
met the van. After the handshakes,
smiles and awkward phrases came
the speeches. Mayor Mike Mears
gave his in carefully memorized
French, ending with the first half of
the revolutionary slogan "The Father-
land or death!" And the 3,000
gathered there echoed back auto-
matically, "Nous vaincrons! We will
conquer!"

Surprised laughter erupted as the
crowd realized what had happened.
This slogan had bothered the U.S.

embassy and still made many dip-
lomats cringe. Mike embraced it as
the American civil rights movement
had embraced "We shall overcome"
and the sense of struggle it evoked.
Not struggle against other people,
but against the dependence that
holds Burkina captive. Mike's care-
fully delivered French greetings
played on national radio for three
days.

Ruth Schmidt echoed the feelings
of the Americans, who felt a little
embarrassed by all the hoopla. "This

is a lot of fuss for little Decatur!' "
After speeches in three languages,
a children's choir sang, a group of
village elders danced and traditional
marriage gifts were presented.

After the ceremony the group
toured the town and observed leather
crafts, cotton spinning, weaving,
blacksmith arts, and the dyeing of
cloth with locally grown indigo.
Bousse shares a struggle with
thousands of villages scattered across
the Sahel. Scarce rain makes progress
fragile; it lasts only 70 days. Since
crops take 100 days to mature, there
is little room for error. A farmer
explained that they had bad seeds,

Women are responsible for nearly the entire food chain, from planting, weeding,
harvesting, and processing to gathering firewood and cooking. Many stages of
the work are done in community which makes it less boring, but cannot lessen
the physical labor. Children accompany mothers constantly and everywhere,
if chey are toddlers or older, they help keep goats or cows out of crop areas.

126 SPRING 1986

o\'er\vorked ground and too few
metal tools. "The people work hard,
hut have little to show for their days
in the sun."

The Bousse health clinic is in six
stucco buildings. Except for the lack
of a doctor, it seems to he staffed
remarkably well until one realizes
it serves 90,000 people, including
many who suffer from chronic mal-
nutrition, poor sanitation and harsh
living conditions. There is no way to
sterilize needles and surgical tools,
the beds have no sheets, and there
are only a few basic medicines. The
doctor is in Ouagadougou, 35 miles
away.

Many of Bousse's men have left to
work on plantations in the Ivory
Coast. Even with tension between
the two countries, more than one
million Burkinabe men work in the
Ivory Coast and send their earnings
home. In recent years theirs has been
about the only cash to flow into the
village.

There are few machines to help
with farming or food processing.
Women work the hard fields with
short-handled hoes and grind millet
in a circle with heavy stones. They
talk and sing, but this cannot lessen
the arduous labor. "It is really tough
to be born a woman in this culture, "
Ruth Schmidt said. Catholic Relief
Services recently promised a mule-
driven grinder.

While Bousse faces great difficul-
ties, all is not bleak. This is the kind
of village that draws strength from
the new regime's appeal to pride and
labor. It's clear to all that the recent
change in government will bring no
automatic answers. But Burkinabes
have never feared hard work. They
know they can't wait for someone
else to pull Bousse up.

At noon all were special guests at
a feast. Tables bent under salads,
vegetable dishes, barbecued goat,
cokes, beer and wine. A warm breeze
blew gently through the thick stand

The Burkinabe were gracious heyund belief, providing botded rriineral water for
even the shortest trips. President Ruth Schmidt and Decatur pharmacist Deborah
Willis in Bousse.

of trees where 50 people were seated
in a circle. The local Assembly of
God minister was asked to return
thanks. The mayor nipped whiskey
and began to practice his longlost
English: "My brother! My sister! I
know you! You are here!"

"We were showered all day

with friendship that will

resonate in our memories as

long as we live.

The speeches after the feast were
longer and more elaborate. They had
asked to hear about Bousse's priorities
and problems. Each speech on
education, farming, medicine and
water was met by applause by the
people gathered around as they felt
the case had been well made. The
Decaturites were somewhat over-
whelmed.

They left Bousse the way they had
come: surrounded by people, out-
stretched hands and the rhythm of
drums.

It's hard to absorb, much less
repay, this unspeakably lavish wel-

come. Bousse broke the bank to buy
drinks, even to the point of having
$2-a-bottle mineral water for the
guests' short walks between events.

"Giving was its own reward for
Bousse," said Gary Gunderson,
"proving a simple lesson that those
of us concerned with 'helping the
poor' find difficult: It really is more
blessed to give than receive.

"We were showered all day with
friendship that will resonate in our
memories as long as we live. " But the
day will also resonate a long time in
Bousse. After their guests left at
sundown to savor the gift, Bousse
danced and partied till 4 a.m. to
celebrate the giving.

Before 6 a.m. the Decatur group
was off to Ouahigouya, Decatur's
larger sister city. As the van pulled
up to the city hall, a U.S. flag flew
next to Burkina Faso's. Later they
learned that a university student had
driven most of the night to get it up
the pole before they arrived.

Ouahigouya is an ancient trading
city on the caravan trail from
Timbuktu to the coast. It is the
capital for the 900,000 Burkinabes
of the Yatenga province who have
seen two periods of severe drought in
the last decade. A regional center for

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 271

Where there is water there k life. These vegetables are grown for sale
in their city, not for household food. Men do most of the cash crop
farming while women do almost all other agricidture in the coimtry.

hundreds of years, today it is the
focus of intensive reUef work hy
groups from around the world.

Later that night there was more
dancing. Gary remembered, "We
walked holding hands through a sea
of several thousand people already
warming up in the liquid dark. Faces
stretched as far as we could see into
the night. The drums and press of
humanity felt like something out
of Conrad's Heart of Darkness.
But there was no fear here only
friendship."

Every city sector presented its own
dance, many with lyrics written for
the occasion. And it's not easy to
write a tune to "Welcome to the city
of Decatur, Georgia, USA" or "The
Secretary General of Ouahigouya!"

What does any of this have to do
with fighting hunger? They knew the
numbers: the average life expectancy
of 42 years is possibly the lowest in
the world, the infant mortality rate

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This welcoming dance was performed for the friends from Decatur by
choir members of the Assemblies of God Church in Bowse.

128 SPRING 1986

of 211 per thousand probably the
highest. They knew ot the grain
shorttall, the rainfall deficit, the
illiteracy- Yatenga is one ot the most
desperate provinces in the poorest
country in Africa.

And then they saw them: the
women every one surely anemic
dancing arrd swirling to the drums.
Every third one had a child with tiny
arms and too-thin legs strapped on
their backs. These are the hungry.

The hungry dance! If they dance,
they sing. And they hope, love, pray,
curse and remember. What happens
between people is more important
than what happens between people
and things. Perhaps they all were a
little surprised to find that this
relationship actually makes sense.
Even in a city that can smell the
encroaching desert and where 9 out
of 10 kids will never read, the first
agenda is respect.

Ouahigouya, Bousse and Decatur
will focus on education and medi-
cine. Some schools will probably be
built, pharmacies established, medi-
cal personnel trained and wells
drilled. Decatur expects to
strengthen the city schools' black
studies program and French classes
as well as host a Burkinabe teacher
at its high school for a year. Agnes
Scott College hopes for faculty and
student exchanges.

While the official relationship
flows between Decatur and two
Burkinabe towns, the bond has
political possibilities for both na-
tional governments. One member of
the group told the U.S. ambassador
that we were only interested in
helping the Burkinabe people, that
we wanted to "leave politics to the
professionals." Mike Mears suggested
that was like leaving race relations
to the sociologists.

"Yet this undertaking must he
approached with caution," John
Studstill pointed out. "Just because

we are welcome, that does not mean
we understand what is happening.
Too many attempts at development
have foundered on lack of concern
for the cultural constraints and
sensitivities of people whcise world
views and customs can be very
resistant to change. Who are we to
glibly decide that people need to
change?

"One fact keeps bobbing up in my
mind," Studstill remarked, "and it
serves to make me cautious. The
population of Burkina had doubled
in 20 years from three-and-a-half
million to se\'en million. In some
ways this is a great success story since
we can say that the economy of the
country in earlier times was incapable
of sustaining such a population. " But
in other ways, he said, it signals
danger. "Population growth from
better health care must be checked
until there is balanced growth of
industry and agriculture. Somehow
one feels that solutions to these
problems must come mainly from
within Burkina not imposed, only
assisted, from without."

The Burkinabe are asking

profound questions:

life, death, hope, despair,

courage.

"So many Americans ask me what
we can learn from the people there,"
Darl said. "But the Burkinabes are
asking so much more profound ques-
tions: life, death, hope, despair,
courage. We play with those words
on special occasions while they use
them to shape their daily agenda.
They must teach us how to live."

Just before the Decatur group
headed home they met with President
Sankara. He compared politics to a
compass. "Your President Reagan
only wants to see East and West, but

a compass has many, many other
points. 1 am glad that we ha\'e found
one of them to meet on. We are glad
for the marriage between your city
and ours. Let this be a marriage of
lo\e and not just convenience or
economic gain. We hope there will
be many children and that the
children will be healthy and live
long. 1 hope these children will not
be victims of war or famine or
suffering."

President Sankara spoke of himself
and other educated Burkinabe as the
lucky few who have much to account
for. "We are lucky many times over,
we did not die as infants as many do.
We survived to be old enough to
attend school and were among the
few who had a school to go to. Then
we went beyond reading to high
school and even college. We have
been trained at great expense. Now
we must give it back."

Sankara asked his aide to get a
bronze statue of a peasant from his
office. The leader took it and gave it
to Mike explaining, "When you see
this peasant, you see Burkina. He is
poor, he has no shoes on his feet, he
is uneducated and may be sick. He
is thin and his clothes are ragged
from working in the fields for many
hours. Most ot our people are like
this, and it is for them that we must
build a different future."

When the group left Burkina,
Darl's friend Mouhoussine grasped
Gary Gunderson's hand with both of
his. "There is a war going on here.
That is what you have seen and it
explains many of the rough things.
We are at war with ignorance and
disease and thirst and hunger. People
say behind our backs that we cannot
win. All we know is that there can
be no losing. "0

Gary Gunderson is executive director
of SEEDS.

AGNES scon ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 291

Dr. McNair

^_

By Marvin B, Perry Jr,
President Emeritus

Walter Edward McNair lived a life of
dedication and service to his family
and friends, to his church, to his own
college and to Agnes Scott. As a committed
Christian, he lived it joyfully; as a Presbyterian he
lived it "decently and in order. " He loved living: he
rejoiced in his friends; he enjoyed good music and
was an excellent pianist; he relished good food and
was himself an excellent cook. Whatever the task,
he worked at it conscientiously and with scrupulous
attention to detail and accuracy. His loyalty was
unselfish and unwavering: to his church and his

colleges, to his friends, to the job
at hand.

Ed McNair's life was a full one, not
glamorous or spectacular, but rich in
quiet achievement. A native Atlantan,
and the only child ot devoted par-
ents, he attended Atlanta public
schools. In 1933 he graduated summa
cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from
Davidson College. He taught in the
Atlanta public schools before enlist-
ing in the U.S. Army in 1942, serv-
ing in the European theatre. He left
the Army Reserve as a lieutenant
colonel in 1946.

He resumed teaching and began
graduate work in English at
Emory University, earning his
master's degree in 1948 and his doc-
torate in 1952.

In 1952 Dr. McNair came to Agnes
Scott College as associate professor
of English and director of public
relations, a dual appointment he was
to hold for 25 years. Throughout this
quarter-century and the subsequent
years of his retirement, he worked for
Agnes Scott with energy and devo-
tion. As he said in 1983, "For 31 years
now, the polar center [of my life] has
been Agnes Scott." Despite full-time
duties as director of public relations.
Professor McNair never neglected his
teaching. His energy, his prodigious
memory for names, places, literary
works, dates and his passion for
clarity and accuracy were evident in
the classroom, in his public relations
office and in his encyclopedic knowl-
edge of Agnes Scott's people and
history. Chief among his concerns
were his students, and generations of
young women remember him with
grateful affection.

Dr. McNair's areas of service went
far beyond the routine duties of his
College positions and his church
membership. Typical was his leader-
ship in planning and carrying out the
ambitious three-day program which
celebrated the 50th anniversary of
Phi Beta Kappa at Agnes Scott. His

annual talk on academic regalia and
customs combined knowledge with
witty and not-so-subtle advice to his
faculty colleagues. In his seventies he
agreed to perform a tap-dance at the

1982 Junior Jaunt show and practiced
tirelessly for it. He was touched and
delighted at the student ovation after
his performance.

For all his usual affability and
old-world courtesy, Ed McNair some-
times appeared to be austere and
gruff to students and colleagues. He
chuckled, and was secretly pleased,
when a young Atlanta newspaper
reporter who became his admiring
friend, described him affectionately
as a "grumpy badger," in a highly
favorable article on Agnes Scott.

As a devoted alumnus of Davidson
College, Dr. McNair served as presi-
dent of his 1933 class throughout the
years following his graduation. In

1983 Davidson recognized his half-
century of active loyalty by awarding
him its Alumni Service Medal.

As a Christian of strong Presbyte-
rian convictions and deep commit-
ment, he gave a lifetime of service to
his church: to his local congregation
(Druid Hills) and to the larger Pres-
byterian Church, U.S. An elder at
Druid Hills for some 30 years, he was
clerk of the session and an officer and
teacher in the church school. He
three times was elected a commis-
sioner to the General Assembly.

But it was as a teacher and ad-
ministrator at Agnes Scott that
I best knew and admired Ed
McNair. His commitment to the
College to its people, its welfare
and its mission was total; and his
service to Agnes Scott during 25 very
active years and thereafter until his
death was a model of loyalty and
affection. Such loyalty and affection
were extended to his friends and
colleagues, although he never shrank
from offering straightforward, con-
structive criticism. Ed McNair's
unfailing support and helpfulness to

me as president and his kindly and
affectionate concern for me and my
family are a cherished part of my
years at Agnes Scott.

When he reached the cus-
tomary retirement age of
65, Dr. McNair asked to
be allowed to serve an additional two
years in order that he might complete
a quarter-century of active duty at
the College. I was happy when the
Board of Trustees approved my recom-
mendation that his request be granted.
Accordingly, in 1977 he was made
associate professor and director of
public relations emeritus, and he
moved into an office in the newly
refurbished McCain Library. In the
the ensuing six years he completed
his comprehensive and invaluable
history of the College. Published in
1983, Lest We Forget: An Account of
Agnes Scott College covers Agnes
Scott's history from its founding in
1889 to the election of its fifth presi-
dent. Dr. Ruth Schmidt, in 1982.
Lest We Forget is a very human
chronicle. With characteristic thor-
oughness and accuracy, historian
McNair recorded not only the ongo-
ing events in the life of the College,
but he also included brief biographies
of selected women and men associ-
ated with Agnes Scott as well as a
directory of trustees, faculty, chief
administrative officers, and Alumnae
Association presidents from 1889 to
1982. In its completeness and accu-
racy, and especially in its emphasis
upon the academic and Christian
heritage of Agnes Scott, the work
reflects the character and judgments
of its author. Indeed, his volume is
an appropriate monument to the
loving labor and long service which
marked Walter Edward McNair's life
at Agnes Scott College.

President Emeritus Marvin Banks
Perry was president of Agnes Scott
College from 1973 to 1982. Marvin
and Ellen Perry now live in Charlottes-
ville, Va.

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 311

A Distinctive College

By Richard Parry

Sometimes it takes a stranger to
help us see an important aspect
oi our own situation. Although
I am a man, I am going to speak to
you about the situation ot women. 1
do not have your perspective, ot
course. So, in that sense, I am a
stranger. But 1 hope that what I say
will illuminate your perspective in
the way that the remarks ot strangers
can be illuminating.

I will begin with a story of how a
stranger's remark once illuminated
my perspective on this college. Some
time ago a visitor on this campus
the French assistant for that year
made a remark about our students
which proved very important for me.
We were sitting together in the din-
ing hall when she looked around the
room and said, in a quick but reflec-
tive aside, that it was impressive
seeing these young girls become
young women. And when she said
"young women" she made a Gallic
gesture; she thrust her chin forward
and squared her shoulders. While
interesting, it was not a remark that
knocked me oft my chair. After all, I
knew what she was talking about; I
had seen enough times the phenome-
non to which she was referring.

You know the Agnes Scott senior
sometimes junior, but especially the
senior who becomes self-possessed
and self-confident. She has an air
about her that says she knows who
she is, what her strengths are. Some-
times she even knows what direction
she wants to go in although the
latter is sometimes not fully
developed.

Dr. Richard D. Parry, chair of the
philosophy department, gave this ad-
dress at Senior Investiture at Ag1^es
Scott last fall.

^Though a stiulent may come to the College as
someone's dependent, she leaves as her own
woman. Lisa Olliff '87

r The liberal arts sharpen our mind's reasoning
abilities and furnish our imagination with I'isiom
of the human. Jenifer Cooper '86

This air is not brash or other-
disregarding; it is a quiet sense ot
self-worth. You look at such a young
woman and you say that she is her
own person. And it is an altogether
splendid sight.

So, although I had noticed what
our visitor was referring to, her re-
mark struck me and settled some-
where in my consciousness. I kept
coming back to it. Atter awhile I
came to realize why the remark was
not commonplace and why the sight
ot these young women should strike
one as so splendid.

The sight is so splendid because it
is, in the general scheme ot things, so
unusual. We live in a culture in which
not every young girl becomes a self-
possessed young woman. What
makes these women so special is that
they achieve something not every
woman achieves.

Many girls start off being some-
one's daughter and then without
skipping a beat become someone's
wife and someone else's mother.
Sometimes they become the mother
of the same someone they became the
wife of but that's another story.
Now I have nothing against a
woman's being a daughter, a wife or
a mother. Without a wife and a
daughter my lite would be much
poorer and without a mother I
would not have had a life at all, al-
though genetic engineering just may
be on the verge ot changing all that.

Nor do I think that the women
who have valiantly taken up these
various roles in my lite have de-
meaned themselves although I

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Agnes Scott exists for that
process in which women come
to self-possession. Sharon R'.
Core '85, left, and Melanie
Sherk '86 on porch of Rebekah
Hall.

might be described as anything from
an inconvenience to a heavy cross.
My point is: some girls go from daugh-
ter to wife and mother without skip-
ping a beat, without becoming along
the way their own woman.

But that situation is in stark con-
trast to the situation ot boys. It is the
presumption that they will become
self-directed, self-possessed. That
presumption is false, of course; some
boys never grow up psychologically.
They stay dependent their whole
lives. But then we frequently think of
them as failures. They have not done
what they are supposed to do. But
somehow a dependent woman is
not in the eyes of many, perhaps a
majority, in our culture a failure.
We would say to the dependent boy-
man in a tough situation, 'Act like a
man. " Even if he could not follow the
instruction he would know what we
meant. I wonder what the dependent
girl-woman would think if you said in
a tough situation, "Act like a
woman." I wonder if she might not
think that you were telling her to run
around, wring her hands and cry.

Now 1 do not know how you would
act in an emergency situation. But 1
do know it we were to say to you, 'Act
like a woman" as in a way, today we
are saying you would know what
we meant. You may have come to us
as someone's dependent hut you leave

We are a place where women

come into their own, where

each becomes her own person.

as your own woman. So that even it
you do decide to become someone's
wife and someone else's mother, you
do so from a sense of your own worth,
a sense ot your own independence.
Nor is this phenomenon confined to
young women; it can be seen fre-
quently in our Return to College
students and sometimes in an even
more moving way.

Even though these women are ma-
ture and often freighted with respon-

sibilities, they also feel frequently
not always, but frequently that
along the way they missed out on an
experience which they needed to
become their own woman. And with
these women, too, that transforma-
tion takes place analogous to the
transition from young girl to young
woman, a transition from depen-
dence to independence. How often
do we see the RTC who has acquired
what she needed to lift her chin and
square her shoulders .-'

That is one of the reasons we are a
distinctive college. We exist for that
process in which women come to
self-possession. We are a place where
women come into their own, where
each becomes her own person. Of
course, our graduates often become
professors, scientists, teachers, physi-
cians, lawyers, business women,
ministers, master-potters and play-
wrights. We cannot make them any
of these things, but we can help them
achieve that self-possession without
which no woman in our society can
undertake any of these occupations.
Working towards that achievement is
what we students, faculty and
administration do best, and it is
not something that you can find in
every college and university. We can
encourage one another in it and
congratulate one another when it is
successful, without threatening any-
one else. Without reducing any of
the men in our community to second-
class citizens, we can be frankly parti-
san about this inspiring process.

But wait. 1 have not yet intoned
the name of the liberal arts. I suspect
some of you have already grown res-
tive waiting tor the vital reference
like waiting tor the preacher to bring
God into the story. Just so your sus-
pense will not become uncontrol-
lable and we start having people
fainting from hyperventilation I
now turn to liberal arts or at least
to my slightly off-white notion of it.

It is obvious to me that the liberal
arts are the means for the vast

134 SPRING 1986

majority, the necessary means by
which this selt-possession is
achie\-ed. After all, the original
meaning ot the liberal arts is the arts
of the tree man as opposed to the
arts ot the servile man. And at Agnes
Scott we give new meaning to the
liberal arts the arts ot the tree
woman. But in my understanding,
they are not a collection of activities
pursued by the leisure class, those
tree from servile labor. It is not as
though the liberally educated woman
philosophizes, paints, and pursues
her investigations ot kinky subcul-
tures while the servile woman does
the cooking, the construction and
the bus conducting. In my under-
standing, the liberal arts is the skill
ot being a tree woman.

In the first place, in my notion of
the liberal arts, I put a lot ot weight
on the idea of the arts in the phrase
"liberal arts." Too frequently the
word "art" means fine art. Many
think that liberal arts education
means education in fine arts, music
and literature. And, oi course, tine
arts, music and literature are at the
heart ot liberal arts. But one makes a
mistake it she thinks art means only
fine arts. In tact, the word "art" is the
usual translation for the Greek word
techne which covers both fine arts
and crafts, and some other activities
as well. Techne is the root of our own
words "technology" and "technique,"
and it means basically a kind of mas-
tery or skill. The liberal arts are the
mastery, the skill or the craft of being
a free person.

But what is the craft of being a free
person.' It is the craft of determining
oneself, the craft of being indepen-
dent, self-directed, self-possessed.
Freedom as you have been told
time after boring time is not
license. After that sage distinction is
made, we are told then that with
freedom comes responsibility. I do
not wish to deny any of that wisdom,
but I would like to add something
else. Responsibility comes with free-

dom because treedom is the opportu-
nity and the ability to shape one's
lite to determine oneself, to come
into possession ot oneself and thus
to take up responsibilities.

The skill of shaping oneself

must include the skill of

shaping society.

What 1 want to emphasize is not
just the opportunity to shape your
lite, but the ahihty to do so the
skill, the craft.

And it is an important craft. For
what is ot primary interest to you and
me is what kind ot person each ot
us will he. What are you hurtling
towards in all this frantic forward
movement? A small mountain ot
consumer goods in darkest Buckhead?
A dirt-tloored teacher's hut in West

Atrica.' A severe, statement-making
condominium on the 20th tloor.'
Behind all these questions is the sole
question: What kind ot person will 1
be?

Questions like this are insistent
and even paintul. They are paintul
tor those already latmched on the
process because we are so aware ot
our taikires. In tact, so paintul are
they tor some ot us that it is a species
ot bad taste to bring them up. And
yet they are the most important ques-
tions and so the most insistent, no
matter how hard we try to repress
them. They are important because
when we step hack and take the sur-
vey ot our lives, we want to be able to
say that what we see is on the
whole good, well done, well
wrought.

And while these insistent ques-

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tions nag at you, something else un-
suspected is happening. You are
learning the skill for answering them.
But the skill is not the skill of for-
mulating merely verbal answers; it is
the skill ot formulating answers with
your lives. And now I rise to the
pinnacle of dangerous realization
from which I just might fall scream-
ing to my death providing the
greatest entertainment of the morn-
ing. Wait and see.

Liberal arts education among other
things imparts this skill by first,
sharpening our mind's reasoning
abilities and second, by furnishing
our imagination with visions of the
human. You need the visions, to
know the possibilities open to you
when it comes to fashioning your life.
And you need reason, to choose the
possibilities and to provide the means
to make the possibilities real.

Let us talk about the visions first.
You may not realize it, but in the past
three or four years your imagination
has been infected by some very power-
ful images of what it is to be a human
being. Fiction writers, of course, are
always giving us these images but
also nonfiction writers, like psy-
chologist Robert Cole. The best
writers give us the best images the
fullest, the richest, the most real
although these images are not always
the images of the best human beings
by a long shot. And these writers give
us not just images of human beings,
but images of human situations.
These images are powerful partially
because they are attractive, repellent
or frighteningly fascinating.

And thus you imitate them or
try not to imitate them just as you
do the people you know. You imitate
not the actions, but the kind of per-
son each is, in whole or in part. You
try this one's view of nature, that
one's courage, the other one's sym-
pathetic attitude. Right now there
are as many of you imitating some
human quality of your favorite aunt
or uncle as there are imitating some
attitude of Eleanor Bold from Barches-

Scott Posey, Sharon Core and
Mercy Badia enjoy outdoor cafe
at Atlanta's Woodruff Arts
Center complex

terTowers, or Pilate Dead from Song
of Solomon, or Old Phoenix from 'A
Worn Path," or even Ramona Quimby
from Ramona The Brave. And think
what a rich treasury of models you
now have that you would otherwise
not have had.

Nor are the visions of the human
confined to the personal and indi-
vidual level. The kind of person one
will he is related, in sometimes in-
visible ways, to the kind of world in
which we will live. In fact, because
these relations between the personal
and the communal are sometimes
invisible, you ignore them at your
peril. You cannot be a person who
shapes her life according to her artis-
tic vision if you live under a regime
which prescribes what is acceptable
art; nor can you fulfill your role as a
parent in a world destroying itself
through preparations for global war.
The skill of a free person is the skill of
self-determination, not in the narrow
sense of self. You are who you are
because of the society in which you
live; so you cannot be concerned
about the sort of person you are and
unconcerned about the society you

live in. The skill of shaping oneself
must include the skill of shaping
society.

This dimension of the liberal arts is
not trivial. In one of its many incar-
nations, among the ancient Greeks,
this kind of education was to provide
leaders for the city. And it is no acci-
dent that at Princeton we see blazoned
forth "Princeton in the service of the
nation." In New Haven, at every
turn one reads "For God, for country,
and for Yale."

We at Agnes Scott can be no less
bold although we might be a bit
less nationalistic. If you are to prac-
tice the skill of a free woman you
must be a leader in your party, in
your country, in your religion, in your
state, in your nation, and in your
world. How can you direct these
enterprises if you do not have a vision
of the way individuals constitute and
are constituted by their societies? To
have this vision of the whole, you
must know the possibilities of form
that different societies have assumed
and do assume. You need many vi-
sions of societies, across history,
across cultures, analyzed, quantified

136 SPRING 1986

and criticized just the sort of vi-
sions you have been enjoying over the
past years in such areas as history,
political science, economics and
sociology. And, ot course, the effect
ot the natural sciences on these vi-
sions, both personal and social, is
profound, disturbing and exciting.

Now let me creep down a little
from the peaks ot Mt. Dangerous
Generalization. Education in the
liberal arts is education in a way ot
life. But we cannot be simpleminded
about this. I hope no one thinks that
there is implicit in all of this a utilita-
rian proposal that would have us strip
mine literature for moral lessons or
reform biology so that we get socially
usetul biology. If I may borrow from
Wittgenstein, that would he like
trying to get to the real onion by
peeling oft all those layers of skin.

No one who knows this college
would seriously entertain such a pro-
posal. We are just too chock-full of
people who love their disciplines. I
use the word "love" advisedly here,
and Plato is my adviser. Of course,
large universities have people who
are devoted servants of the various
disciplines. But another thing which
makes a college like this distinctive is
that we not only love our disciplines,
we also communicate that love. We
do not just try to communicate that
love in spite of large classes filled
with strange faces that will never be
seen again. We do communicate that
love in small classes of familiar faces.

Last year I had an experience at
Agnes Scott that all ot you have had
in one way or another. I was a student
of some excellent teachers in the
Genetics Engineering Seminar, as it
happened. I could have chosen any of
those teachers; but let me pick on
one of them Harry Wistrand
because his subject matter might
seem to the outsider so unloveable. I
can tell you that Harry loves what
biology tells him about the world.
And in his classroom he is intent on
making the rest of us share his love.
That is what we do so well here; we

communicate not only our knowl-
edge but our enthusiasm. We help
our students become fascinated by
and e\'en come to love what our
various disciplines tell us about the
world. It is what our students de-
mand: not just tacts but the \'alue ot
those tacts. They want to know why
they should care. And it takes a spe-
cial kind ot place tor that communi-
cation ot knowledge and enthusiasm
to take place.

No, there is no substitute tor the
integrity of those methods that our
various disciplines have devised and
by which they deliver up the riches ot
their \-arious subject matters. But,

How tragic it is when

someone ignores the

foreseeable because she

just did not learn to think

hard enough.

neither should we let this truth beget
an illegitimate spirit of sectarianism.
That a discipline is good in itself does
not mean that it cannot also be good
tor another, larger end. Let us not
torget that generation atter genera-
tion have sacriticed to build these
colleges of scholars, not just because
trom them we get keen philosophers,
excellent chemists and subtle politi-
cal scientists. The basic moti\'ation
tor these institutions is that they do
the best job of passing on to the next
generation the very best images that
our tradition has for being human
and ot helping that generation to use
those images well.

And how do Bach and Kandinsky
otter us visions ot the human? ref-
ugees trom aesthetics might ask.
That's a story for another time. I now
must draw to a close by talking about
one ot my favorite topics: critical
reasoning. Once we have the visions,
reason is the way we realize these
visions, whose attractiveness we
cannot resist. We think hard and
long about which parts of which

\isions to make real and how to make
them real. Math, science usetul in
so many other ways can be good tor
this skill, as can, even, philosophy.
Disinterested in one way but vi-
talK interested in its own uitegrity
each accepts no substitute tor good,
hard, crystal-clear thinking. Nor is
there any substitute \or that kinel ot
thinking when it comes to the kmd
ot lite one would lead and the kind ot
world she would live it in. And
whether you know it or not, yixi ha\'e
already begun to use that sharpened
skill in sorting out your own lite. Ot
course, reason cannot make your lite
mistake-proot; there are just too
many unforeseeable circumstances.
But how tragic it is when someone
ignores the foreseeable because she
just did not learn to think hard
enough.

And now thmk ot those who have
not learned the craft of a free
woman who have not been given
the opportunity to imagine all the
possibilities, including those which
women's literature is now presenting.
Think ot those whose reason has not
been brought to new levels oi sophis-
tication, in choosing ends to be
achie\-ed, nor in figuring out the
means to achieve them. Ot course,
there are some people who learn all
of this without going to Agnes Scott;
and I would not want to underesti-
mate their accomplishment. But,
given the odds that face most of us,
no wonder we see in you this splendid
self-possession.

Fundamentally, that is what makes
this so good a place to be. The faculty
not only has the opportunity to pur-
sue the disciplines we love; we also
are allowed to assist you in this vital
project of shaping your life. And
students not only come to love those
same disciplines, but also to fashion
themselves while studying and using
the visions these disciplines make
possible. Best ot all, on occasions like
this, we get to see and to honor the
results not only of our labors, but also
of yours.

AGNES scon ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 371

FINALE

President Schmidt names
Gue Pardue Hudson '68
dean of students

President Ruth A. Schmidt
has selected Gue Pardue
Hudson dean ot students.
Hudson, a 1968 graduate of
Agnes Scott, had served as
acting dean of students since
fall 1985. Since coming to
Agnes Scott in 1974 as assis-
tant to the dean ot the faculty
and a lecturer in education,
she has also served as class
dean for freshmen and sopho-
mores, assistant dean of the
College, and coordinator
of the faculty admissions
program.

Dean Hudson will advise
student leaders; counsel stu-
dents; develop programs to
enhance student life; manage
health services, financial aid,
and career counseling and
placement; supervise resi-
dence hall staffs and advise
the president on student-
related issues.

Hudson said, "1 see my
biggest challenge as that of
helping young women grow
and develop for a future world
that we don't know \'ery much
about. I believe in educating
the whole woman, giving her
strengths education,
character, and values to
help her make good decisions
about her lite."

A new ptiysical activities
center planned for
Agnes Scott College

A new gymnasium is planned
for the Agnes Scott College
campus!

Plans for the Agnes Scott
centennial campus had in-
cluded renovating and adjoin-
ing Bucher Scott Gymnasium
and Frances Winship Walters
Infirmary an estimated
$2.75 million job. But archi-

tects were forced to scrap the
idea of common housing for
all physical education, recre-
ational and social facilities
when probes of subsoil condi-
tions between the two build-
ings showed the soil to be too
poor to support the expanded
structure and a larger swim-
ming pool.

The Board of Trustees
requested a re-evaluation,
and last tall Taylor Anderson
Architects presented six
options to the Agnes Scott
community. All solutions
invoK'ed building a new gym-
nasium as well as renovating
the existing structures.

The Board of Trustees have
tentatively approved a plan.
"We are committed to the
renovations and new build-
ing," said Vice President of
Business and Finance Gerald
O. Whittington. "We are
identifying sources ot funds to
determine a starting date."

The new site is on Dougherty
Street across from the tennis
courts. Existing underground
electrical cables, phone lines,
sewage systems, plumbing
and drainage narrowed the
choice of locations. Estimated
to cost $3 million, the gym
will house a regulation basket-
ball court and a six- or eight-
lane swimming pool, lockers,
viewing galleries, faculty
offices, mechanical rooms, a
weight room, training room,
laundry, and lobby.

The reno\'ated infirmary
will include campus offices,
meeting rooms and a faculty
club. The old gym will house
a snack bar, TV/stereo lounge
and game room, chapel and
chaplain's office, three racquet-
ball courts, lockers, bathrooms,
minigym, dance studio and
offices, training room, weight
room, classroom, laundry and
dispensary.

Agnes Scott celebrates
Founder's Day witti a
liberal arts symposium

Dr. Catherim; Stimpson ddivered
the FiddiciL'r's Day address.

Founder's Day celebration
expanded this year to a sym-
posium on liberal arts educa-
tion and the rapidly changing
future.

On Feb. 18-19, "The Lib-
eral Arts College, Private
Enterprise and the Future
World," symposium, spon-
sored by the Hal and Julia T
Smith Chair ot Free Enter-
prise, presented both practical
and academic views of educa-
tional issues related to our
economy and its operation.

Dr. Albert Badre, president
emeritus ot Beirut University
in Lebanon and Smith Profes-
sor of Free Enterprise at Agnes
Scott, coordinated the sym-
posium. According to Dr.
Badre, "Private Enterprise
and the liberal arts college are
two important institutions
which have played major roles
in the development of the
United States. The sympo-
sium examined their future
roles in a world ot nations
becoming increasingly in-
terdependent, but with vast
differences in culture,
ideologies and economic
levels."

At the opening dinner. Dr.
Harlan Cleveland, dean of

the Hubert Humphrey Insti-
tute of Public Affairs at the
University of Minnesota-Twin
Cities, addressed the topic
'Are We Educating for an
Information Society?" He
explored changes occurring as
our society changes from an
industrial to an informational
one and whether those changes
will alter relationships in the
marketplace.

The program began with
"The American Dream, Mak-
ing It a Functioning Reality,"
by Dr. Michael H. Mescon,
the Bernard B. and Eugenia
A. Ramsey Chair ot Free
Enterprise and dean of the
college of business administra-
tion at Georgia State Univer-
sity in Atlanta. Dr. Mescon,
who held the first established
chair of free enterprise, pro-
vided a scholarly examination
ot what makes the U.S. econ-
omy tick including its
failures and glories.

Dr. Catherine R. Stimpson,
professor ot English, acting
dean ot the graduate school at
Rutgers University and chair
of the National Council for
Research on Women, explored
the question "Will the Liberal
Arts Survive through the
Twenty-First Century?" Dr.
Stimpson's address was part ot
Agnes Scott's Founders Day
Celebration, commemorating
the College's 97th birthday.

Director ot advanced pas-
toral studies and professor of
the sociology ot religion. Dr.
Walter T Davis Jr. , of the San
Francisco Theological Semi-
nary in San Anselmo, Calif. ,
discussed "Third World
Options tor the Future."
Dr. Davis focused on the need
to educate more advanced
countries about those issues
most urgent for less developed
countries.

The program concluded
with a panel discussion prob-
ing education and its relation
to the economy.

138 SPRING 1986

FINALE

Happy 100th birthday
to an ASC alumna from
the class of 1906

Ida Lee Hill Irvin '06 cele-
brated her 100th birthday,
March 2.

Two hundred friends and
relatives came to the Jennings
Health Center, in Augusta,
to celebrate.

The mayor (Mrs. Irvin's
cousin) and his wite, her
pastor and fellow church
members, the local newspaper
editor (a personal friend) and
family and friends came from
all over.

Mrs. Irvin's surviving son
Charles organized the party
with the support of many
friends and relatives. A
friend, Mrs. JoelTutt, made
a three-tier birthday cake
topped with a handmade
confection "100" and a
candle.

"Mother thoroughly en-
joyed the party," said Charles
Ir\-in. "She took it in stride
and didn't 'droop.' She was
very alert, greeting her guests,
and recognized almost every-
one who attended."

The Agnes Scott Alumnae
Association and the Augusta
Alumnae Club sent Mrs.
Irvin flower arrangements for
her birthday. She also re-
ceived a letter from President
Ruth Schmidt.

Mrs. Irvin returned to her
hometown of Washington,
Ga. , after her years at Agnes
Scott, married Isaiah Tucker
Irvin in 1913, and taught
school. They had fi\-e chil-
dren, including twins which
died at birth.

"Mother is a deeply con-
secrated Christian and a
dedicated Bible student," said
Charles. "For years she partic-
ipated in the Women of the
Church on the local and state

le\'el, but she lox'ed most of
all to share her profound
knowledge ot scripture."

Mrs. Irvin moved to the
Jennings Health Center
about six years ago after she
broke her hip and was con-
fined to a wheelchair. The
Health Center, in Augusta,
was owned and managed by
Miss Mildred L. Jennings '28,
until her retirement in 1983.
Charles says Mrs. Ir\'in
doesn't recommend "being
100" to anybody. She once
said that some people just live
too long, though she quickly
added that she wasn't quite
ready to go.

At Agnes Scott, Mrs. Ir\-in
vx-as elected to Phi Beta Kappa
when the chapter was begun
in 1926 and was a charter
member. Her sister, Mrs.
Rosa Hill Strickland, at-
tended ASC in 1915.

Mrs. Irvin kept in touch
with many friends from Agnes

Scott, including Mary Eli:a
Kelly Van de Erx'e '06 and
Julia Dagmar Sams (Insti-
tute). Mrs. Irvin lost touch
with Mrs. Van de Erve a few
years ago, but is still close
friends with Miss Sams.

Charles Ir\'in often takes a
"letter" from his mother
on cassette tape to Miss
Sams, who tapes a response to
Mrs. Irvin. "Nothing takes
the place of college friends.
Ida Lee and I have always
kept in touch," said Miss
Sams, who at 99 still lives by
herself. "You just say 'go' to
me and I'm ready," she said.
"Ida Lee and I ha\-e each had
a good life, though there have
been some rough spots. We're
both fortunate."

With any luck at all, Miss
Sams will turn 100 next year,
and ei'cr^'ont; comes to a 100th
birthday party.

Agnes Scott College and friends save
four Decatur landmarks from the ax

Decatur pear trees were in a
pickle between progress and
preservation.

Since 1972, when Decatur
launched a tree-planting
program to beautify the com-
munity, each spring the white
blossoms of the Bradford pear
trees lining Church Street
captivated passers-by.

One day, like graffiti, the
word CUT appeared on the
pear trees as the Department
of Transportation prepared to
widen the jammed two-lane
street. Upset citizens called
the city, imploring them to
consider alternatives to cut-
ting the trees.

The Decatur Clean and
Beautiful Task Force reached
out to the neighborhood,
requesting homes for the trees
and plants that had to be up-
rooted. Agnes Scott Grounds
Supervisor Tommy Hailey and
Penny Rush Wistrand went to
Church Street to choose some
plants for the ASC campus,

saw the trees and asked about
Agnes Scott adopting them.

The cost of moving the 25-
to 35-foot trees was the main
drawback. Agnes Scott volun-
teered to give the trees a home
it the city could arrange to
mo\'e them.

Trees Atlanta, Inc. , a non-
profit citizens group who
plants new trees and conserves
existing trees, organized the
move. Bartlett Tree Experts
trimmed the trees to make
them less cumbersome and to
balance the remaining roots
to the trees.

Sudden Shade Co. moved
the trees using a giant tree
spade and trucks. Some of the
trees could not be moved
because their roots grew near
gas and electrical lines.

The Bradford pear trees at
Agnes Scott are thriving
and last month again graced
Decatur with their beautiful
white blossoms.

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ALUMNAE MAGAZINE FALL 1986

Was the beloved past
her country fought to defend

a lie?
by Chizuko Y. Kojima '54

OUT THE WINDOW

'e're celebrating.

For the first time, Agnes

Scott's publication program
earned two gold medals and a silver
medal in the Council for the Ad-
vancement and Support of Education
Recognition Program. Our total
publications program, including the
alumnae magazine. Mam Events, The
President's Report, the new recruit-
ment materials and other pieces, was
recognized for outstanding improve-
ment and overall excellence.
Four other college and university
programs nationwide received gold
medals in this category. The alumnae
magazine took honors with a silver
medal for improvement.

In this issue we are pleased to
highlight a powerful symposium
arranged on campus by the Alumnae
Association's Continuing Education Committee.
"Violence Against Women" offered striking messages
about abuse against women, children and elders. The
article by Katherine White Ellison '62 is adapted from
her address at the closing session. Other speakers
included local and nationally known professionals,

many of them our own alumnae. The
symposium drew police sergeants,
social workers, pastors,
psychologists, medical professionals,
and local residents.

In other features, Chizuko Y.
Kojima '54X writes of her experience
as a young child in wartime Japan.
Her story movingly portrays a stu-
dent's trust in her teachers.

As the world debates sanctions
against South Africa, Winona Kirby
Ramsaur '78 takes a look at issues
when personal and legal values col-
lide in "Walking a Fine Line." Asso-
ciate Professor of Psychology Ayse
llgaz Carden '66 examines nostalgia,
stress and change in our lives in her
article. And Jo Hathaway Merriman
'58 writes about a member of the
Class of 1922 who is still pioneering
as a psychiatrist.

In our next issue, we plan to keep celebrating this
time we'll feature the reopening of Agnes Scott and
Rebekah Scott Halls. In the meantime, we appreciate
your feedback, suggestions and article ideas. Let us hear
from you. Lynn Donham

Lil<e other content of the magazine, this

article reflects the opinion of the

writer and not the viewpoint of

the College, its trustees or administration.

12 FALL 1986

Editor

Lynn Donham
Managing Editor

Stacey Noiles
Editorial Assistant

Carolyn Wynens
Student Assistant

Fatima Ford '89
Editorial Advisory Board

Dr. Ayse Uga: Garden '66

Laura Whicner Dorsey '35

Susan Ketchin Edgerton '70

Sandra Maytield Gluck

Mary K. Owen Jarboe '68

Mildred Love Petty '61

Lucia Howard Si:emore '65

Elizabeth Stevenson '41

Copyright 1986, Agnes Scott College.

Published three times a year by

the Office of Publications of Agnes

Scott College, Buttrick Hall, College

Avenue, Decatur, GA 30030, 404/371-6315.

The magazine is published tor alumnae

and friends of the College.

Postmaster: Send address changes to Office

of Development and Public Affairs, Agnes

Scott College, Decatur, GA 30030.

CORRECTION

We regret that in the Summer issue
of Main Events, a caption incorrectly
stated that Professor Kate McKemie
would retire next year as professor
of physical education. Professor
McKemie is not retiring; she is
stepping down only as marshal.

Agnes Scott
Alumnae Magazine

AGNES

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Fall 1986
X'olume 64 Number 2

8

I Will Not Look Back

Fourteen-year-old Chizuko Yoshimura saw war's

destruction first-hand. An alumna's moving story

of wartime Japan. By Chizuko Y. Kojima

13

The Doctor Is In

A lively examination of Dr. Ruth Pirkle Berkeley,
a practicing psychiatrist at 87. By Jo Hathau^ay Merriman

16

Home Is Where You Make It

Remembering how things used to he can help us cope
with today's stress and change. B}' Ayse llgaz Garden

20

Walking a Fine Line

When does injustice justify breaking the law?
By Winona Kirby Ramsaur

24

Living Gently In a Violent World

Victims often become abusers; simple solutions don't work.
Where do we go from here ? B}' Katherine White Ellison

Lifestyles ... 4

Finale .

29

Calendar

31

AGNES scon ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 31

LIFESTYLES

Tax hikes propelled Mary Alice Juhan into action-she's been taclding new causes ever since

The name Mary Alice
Juhan '29 gets around
a lot these days. Miss
Juhan can frequently be
found in the papers, espous-
ing her ideas and opinions
about a better way of doing
things.

She's not wild about
some of the things the
government does, and she
lets them know about it,
attending and speaking
at public meetings, writ-
ing letters and gathering
petitions and occasionally
writing opinion pieces and
letters to editors of news-
papers.

She's not always been
like this. In fact. Miss
Juhan didn't become politi-
cally active until about a
dozen years ago, when the
government started impos-
ing on her.

After about 65 years of
peaceful coexistence with
various governments. Miss
Juhan suddenly found her
property taxes quadrupled
in the space of a year.

"My tax went up and up
and out of sight," Miss
Juhan says. "You'd get
involved, too."

"I used to think anybody
who jumped up and down
and screamed about govern-
ment was a little corny, a
little off," says Miss Juhan.

But when her property
taxes skyrocketed from
about $300-400 per year to
about $1,700, she under-
stood why some people did
jump up and down and
scream.

She got a group of like-
minded people together
and the Gwinnett County
(Ga.) Tax Association was
born. That group lasted 12
years, until last November,
and "we did a lot of good."

The county, she says,
wasn't overwhelmed by the
association, but "they paid
a little attention to us."

More importantly, "1
learned so much from the
tax association," says Miss
Juhan. When her taxes
went up, "1 was forced to
sell. It was beyond my
pocketbook. That was
really the reason 1 got on
the nettle."

Missjuhan says the little
man in Gwinnett County
doesn't have a chance as a
property owner these days.
"Property in Gwinnett
County is in corporations,
and big things."

Miss Juhan's not afraid
to tackle any subject and
speak her mind about
anything.

She has a petition drive
underway asking legislators
to push for legislation that
would prohibit any em-
ployer from forcing an
employee to work on his
Sabbath day.

She also believes there is
no need for a road author-
ity, as is under considera-
tion in Gwinnett County,
because "we have eight
(authorities) already." She
thinks a sewerage bond is
taking county residents for

Juhan believes in staying informed: "You can't oppose what you don't
know's happening. "

a ride because, "We didn't
vote on it any more than
we are pygmies in Africa.
You can't oppose what you
don't know's happening."
Private concerns. Miss
Juhan says, "shouldn't be
allowed to latch on to our
municipal bonds."

She thinks the county
needs a little more foresight
and a little less blind pro-
gress: "You don't wait," she

says, "until you get in the
building before you do your
inspecting." Chip Carter

Gwinnett County has been
the fastest groiving county in
the United States for the past
two years. This article re-
printed with permission from
The Home Weekly, Law-
renceville, Ga.

CAl I ACtDA

FESTYLES

Harriet Amos tells tier tiometown's tiistory in 'Cotton City'

Having just published
her tirst hook last
year, Harriet Amos
72 is already hard at work
on her next one, which
will describe race relations
during Reconstruction.

In 1985 the University
of Alabama Press published
Dr. Amos' book. Cotton
City: Urban Development in
Antebellum Mobile. "The
book covers the urban,
local and social history of
Mobile during the ante-
bellum period," explains
Amos. "It explores the
pluses and minuses of an
economy built on the cot-
ton industry. "

For her research Amos
traveled to Chapel Hill,
Montgomery, Boston and
New York City. However,
the Mobile native's interest
in her hometown began
long before she thought of
writing a book back to
her high school days, in
fact. For a term paper as-
signment, her teacher
suggested she write about
Mobile's "golden age"
the 1850s. The research
stimulated her interest in
her native city and she
continued to do research at
Agnes Scott. Her under-
graduate work culminated
in an independent study
paper under the direction
of Professor John Gignilliat,
whom she acknowledges in
her book.

She student-taught at a

high school during her last
quarter at Agnes Scott but
decided she would prefer to
teach more mature stu-
dents. At that time she was
accepted to graduate school
at Emory University, and
she began her preparation
to teach college students.
Since her mother was a
teacher, teaching became
"a natural" profession for
her, says Amos, who also
recalls enjoying Professor

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Gerald ine Meroney's teach-
ing style.

Amos developed her
expertise at Emory, where
she earned master's and
doctoral degrees. Her doc-
toral dissertation on
Mobile's growth became
the basis for her book.

Following graduate
school, she worked as assis-
tant reference archivist in
special collections at the
Emory library and taught
part time at Reinhardt
College in north Georgia.
For one year she taught at
Marquette University in
Michigan.

Now she is an associate
professor of history at the
University of Alabama in
Birmingham, where she
taught U.S history from
1815-1877 for seven years.
This year Amos is on sab-
batical as she researches
and writes her second
book, which she says con-
cerns "how black and white
citizens adjusted to the
blacks' freedom during
Reconstruction."

Amos says she enjoys
researching and writing
equally. "When I do re-
search, it's very encourag-
ing to find something.
When I write, 1 enjoy see-
ing everything come to-
gether," she says. Laurie
K. McBrayer '83

Amos acknowledges the influence
of Agnes Scott Professor John
Gignilliat in her first book. Cotton
City.

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LIFESTYLES

Margaret Guill probes link between molds and asthmatic children's allergies

Dr. Margaret "Lou"
Guill '69 is trying
to find out just how
important mold is in the
initiation of asthmatic
attacks in children with
allergies.

"This is especially impor-
tant in our area of Georgia
and South Carolina be-
cause here we have more
mold spores in the air than
pollen," the associate
professor ot pediatrics and
medicine at the Medical
College of Georgia said.

Guill's three-year study
involves giving children
who are allergic to molds
the inhalation challenge.
During the inhalation
challenge, the child in-
hales increasing amounts
of mold extract and then is
tested to see how his pulmo-
nary function reacts.

The test lasts about two
hours. Afterwards, the
child is watched in the lab
for another eight hours to
prevent complications that
might arise from mold
extraction inhalation.

Complications may range
from simple allergic reac-
tions to severe asthmatic
attacks involving sneezing,
wheezing and an inability
to breathe. Blood tests are
given to test for histamines,
substances released by the
tissues during allergic
reactions.

Allergy-prone individu-
als have a hard time escap-
ing mold because there are
literally hundreds of molds,
both indoors and outdoors,
Guill said.

Molds are furry growths
found on the surface of
organic matter. They thrive
in such damp places as old
shoes, decaying leaves, and
basements.

'Although mold allergy
is not a life-threatening
problem, it does cause a
loss ot time from school for
children under 17," Guill
said. "Twenty-five percent
of the days missed at school
are caused by allergies."
Karen Williams

This article reprinted by
permission from MCG Today.

Gni/(, her husband and their two children live in Augusta, Ga.

Doris Butler finds a gem in joining the family business

Dons Butler '85 was
three months old
when her father
bought his jewelry store in
Selma, Ala. "He and my
mother were working long
hours then," Butler says.
"They laugh about taking
me with them when they
went back to the store at
night, and putting me on
the diamond counter in my
infant seat. That's probably
when I decided on my
career."

As a 4-year-old she was

still too small to peer over
the counters, but she re-
members pulling up a stool
and precociously asking
customers, "May 1 help
you?"

Butler worked summers
and Christmas holidays in
the store as a teenager in
anticipation of her career
goal. After graduation
from Agnes Scott, the
economics major studied at
the Gemological Institute
of America in Los Angeles
for seven months. She took

courses in diamond and
colored stone evaluation,
grading and identification.

"The background knowl-
edge from these studies will
give me confidence in the
job I'm doing here," she
explains. "But it also
spoiled me. 1 have held a
65 -carat pink diamond in
my hand."

Now an apprentice,
Butler buys, sells and keeps
inventory of colored stones
in her father's store. She
soon will be a registered

jeweler a title roughly
comparable to that of a law
school graduate. At the
end of the year, she hopes
to become a certified
gemologist and eventually,
a certified appraiser.

Right now, she concen-
trates on learning the
jewelry business from the
bottom up. "The thing 1
love most is when someone
buys a fine piece of
jewelry it makes them
happy," she says. "They
identify me with that hap-

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LIFESTYLES

Ruth Heffron finds flair for fund raising, starts foundation to support social concerns

hen she was in-
volved in fund
raising for Junior
Jaunt at Agnes Scott, Ruth
Hyatt Heftron 70 didn't
know that one day she
would he writing grant
proposals for $75,000.

Since 1981 Heftron has
served as executive director
of the Trident Community
Foundation in Charleston,
S.C. For six months she
worked on long-range plan-
ning for the young organiza-
tion. Then she was asked
to be director.

'Almost immediately I
started writing $75,000
grant proposals and 1 had
never written one," she
says. "It was a little like
doing a research paper at
Agnes Scott. It was scary
at first, but then it got
better." She says an inde-
pendent study under the
guidance of Professor
Wilmer Moomaw at Agnes
Scott on Atlanta's Model
Cities project helped give

her insight into her work.

The foundation asks
private individuals and
corporate directors to con-
tribute money to form a
pool of funds for various
organizations and causes.
"We now have assets close
to $1 million," says Heffron.
"This is the first year we
have been able to give
away money. "

The foundation sponsors
several projects, including
a food bank that serves 52
agencies; the Charleston
Intertaith Ministry, which
serves the homeless and
needy; and the Peninsular
Economic Education Pro-
gram (PEEP).

PEEP was a two-year
project that established a
Junior Achievement (JA)
program on Charleston's
East Side, a low-income,
high-risk area. The founda-
tion opened a J A office in
the Business and Technical
Center, housed in an old
East Side cigar factory.

Ruth Hyatt Heffron

Owned by City Venture
Corporation, the center
allows small businesses to
rent space at minimal cost
in order to promote growth.

The success rate of the
students who participated
in the program was so high
that now there is a J A club
at a high school in the
district.

As a volunteer, Heffron
was appointed to chair the

pmess, and they're always
glad when they see me. I
like that."

In assisting customers,
Butler like to "consider
their age, their size, their
lifestyle and their taste. Do
they like traditional, con-
temporary or avant garde
jewelry?" she asks.

"For example," she
notes, "when a girl is just
turning 16, a small cluster
of diamonds is appropriate.

Anything larger would be
inappropriate."

Her father, now her
boss, is delighted with his
new employee. "I've been
waiting for this day for four
and a half years," he
says. Jean Martin

Adapted with permission
from The Selma Times-
Journal.

mayor's Food Policy Com-
mission, which addresses
food shortages among the
needy. The commission is
now implementing recom-
mendations for several
projects, including a plan
to distribute food stamps at
fire stations rather than at
post offices, which are
fewer in number and open
fewer hours. Other projects
involve establishing a
Meals on Wheels program,
investigating access to
grocery stores from new
housing for the elderly, and
starting an urban garden
program, which would
allow youth to earn money
while learning manage-
ment and gardening skills
under adult supervision.

Heffron's extensive com-
munity work led to her
selection as a board
member of the South
Carolina Committee for
the Humanities. Apolitical
science/American history
major at Agnes Scott,
Heffron notes that "not
just the poor are victims of
cutbacks." She was im-
mediately placed on the
special initiative commit-
tee, "which really means
fund raising," she explains.

"With a high illiteracy
rate in South Carolina, it
becomes almost mandatory
to find unique and innova-
tive ways to incite an under-
standing of the humanities. "
Laurie K. McBrayer '83

Dons Butler

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 71

Will Not
Look Bock

At 14, she had lost her city and part of her childhood

to the war's destruction.

Would she now lose her history, too?

By Chizuko Y Kojima '54X

During World War II, I was
ready to die for my country.
At the time of the attack on
Pearl Harbor in 1941, I was a fifth-
grader in a public elementary school
in Gifu City, Japan. I had always
liked school. School was my life, and
at 10, I was dead serious about it.

Long before Pearl Harbor, Japan
had been at war with China. The
actual fighting had begun the year
I was born, but as a fifth-grader I
did not know it because nobody had
told me.

In the newspapers and everywhere
else, the war in China started by
Japanese invasion was termed the
"China Incident." I knew Japanese
soldiers were in China, but I didn't
know they were invading it. All I
knew was they were sacrificing their
lives away from home for the sake of
their country, especially for the em-
peror, the head of our nation like
the father in each family.

At school I sang songs about sol-
diers defending the countr\\ I wrote
letters to them as the teacher as-
signed us to do. I wrote compositions
about brave soldiers. Whatever my

Fourteen-year-old Chizuko Yoshimura

The author attended Agnes Scott from
1951 -53, after which she returned to
Japan to marry. Stimulated by a class
taken with Professor Catherine Sims,
the adolescent girl's bias against his-
tory eventually disappeared under the
professor s tutorage and she made it
her major

A widow since 1971 , Mrs. Kojima
lives with her two children in Raleigh,
N. C. , where she is a freelance trans-
lator, interpreter and language
instructor

teachers taught me, 1 accepted
wholeheartedly.

After December the eighth (not
the seventh) ot 1941, the schools
were forced to intensify their
militaristic education. Now that we
were really in the war against Eng-
land and the United States, I joined
the whole nation in the sacred war
against the devils. Every country of
Asia had been exploited by the covet-
ous Western nations; Japan had to
fight for the "Co-prosperity Sphere
of Greater East Asia. " The emperor
had given us an order and everybody,
including the children, had a task to
perform. The slogan for the children
was, "Until we win, we will not wish
for anything."

On the eighth day of every month
and on many other ceremonial occa-
sions, all 1,500 children ot our school
assembled on the grounds like cadets
in a military school. The principal,
dressed in morning coat, then walked
to a small, shrine-like building at the
corner of the grounds, where a pic-
ture ot the emperor and the imperial
decrees were kept. While the princi-
pal entered the building, brought

18 FALL 1986

out the box and walked back to the
platform, all ot us had to keep our
heads bowed. Once he reached the
platform, the principal ceremoni-
ously opened the box with white-
gloved hands and read the whole
decree proclaiming the war. It was
long and hard to understand, but the
upper-grade pupils had studied it in
class, so I knew what was read.

Whatever I saw printed

I honored and

beUeved to be true.

Our nation was unique in the
world because of our divine emperor,
whose pure lineage began more than
2 , 600 years ago. Under him we had a
sacred duty to expel the source ot
evil from East Asia. We had to be-
come the "Light of Greater East
Asia" and ultimately of the world.
The righteousness and justice of the
Empire would prevail in this great
war.

Following the reading, the princi-
pal made a long speech. When the
ceremony was finally over, we turned
toward the flag with its crimson
circle on a white rectangle. As a
teacher gave a signal, we sang the
grave war anthem with the brass
accompaniment. I liked the beauti-
ful, solemn melody. The words had
been written in the classical Japanese
style by a warrior poet many centuries
ago. Many younger children, and
perhaps some of my classmates, did
not know the meaning of the poem
because some of its language was
archaic. But I knew what I was sing-
ing. The poem went like this:

When I go to sea,

I shall become a corpse under the water

When 1 go to the mountains,

I shall become a corpse in the grass.

I want to die by the side of our Great

Lord (emperor)
I will not look back.

So the war went on. After several
months of glorious victories on sea
and land, the Japanese army and
navy began to suffer reverses. But the
true story did not reach the public,
much less the school children. As a
class officer, I went to school every
morning earlier than others and
copied onto the blackboard the daily
war report from the newspaper.

After finishing elementary school
and passing a written examination
and the formal oral interview for
which I had prepared many months,
1 entered a girls' high school. The
school for girls in grades seven to 10
(there was no coeducational institu-
tion beyond the elementary level in
Japan then) had been founded by the
prefectural government under the
auspices of the national education
ministry decades ago. The goal of
the school was plainly stated to us as
my new classmates and I attended
the opening ceremony in our new

uniforms; we were there to be trained

to become Japanese women good
wives and wise mothers. We learned
how to bow more deeply, how to
speak more politely and hciw to walk
properly, in silence, in the halls.

The national language, mathe-
matics, science and history were all
taught according to the rigid tradi-
tion of Japanese education. Also in
the curriculum were music, art, cal-
ligraphy, sewing, cooking and even
flower arrangement and tea cere-
mony. 1 was fascinated by my first
experience of learning a foreign lan-
guage, which was English.

Since childhood I had been taught
to revere letters and writing. On
January 2 every year, my father led
the family in the ritual exercise of
the first day of the year for writing.
We all wrote something appropriate
to the season on the large sheets ot
rice paper with writing brushes. He
told us that each stroke ot each letter

The Yoshiimira jamily m J 946, eight iiioiith.s after the Gifu air raid

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 91

The author with Professor Catheririe Sims. "An
air of authenticity in her class" compelled the
20-year-old to confront history again.

was important and had to be written
carefully and beautifully. My mother
always reminded me I should never
step over a book or even a newspaper
on the floor. Whatever I saw printed
I honored and believed to be true
especially the textbooks that I
studied hard for many tests and
exams. We had to memorize many
lines as written.

In most classes, the teachers lec-
tured, and the students performed
only as directed. The Japanese his-
tory taught in those days was a mix-
ture of myth and history, and all
textbooks were carefully written to
reflect the government's policies. In
the classroom, each time the teacher
mentioned the emperor (any emperor
of the 125 whose names we had to
memorize), we had to stop taking
notes and put down our pencils. We
would sit erect in our chairs staring
forward until the teacher gave us
permission to resume activity. The
spirits of all the emperors, along with
the spirits of the soldiers who had
recently died for our nation, were
protecting us. We had nothing to
fear. Japan would go on fighting its
holy war.

As the war situation worsened, we
had to learn how to be fighters on
the home front as well. Our physical
education came to resemble military
training, and there were many drills
for emergencies and fire fighting.
During the final stage of the war,
most secondary school students all
over Japan had to give up attending
classes in order to participate in
manufacturing war supplies.

By the beginning of the summer in
1945, the major metropolitan areas
such as Tokyo and Osaka had been
destroyed by U.S. bombers' frequent
attacks. The American forces were
gaining more footholds in the Pacific
islands; all the cities in Japan were
daily and nightly exposed to air
raids.

The night of July 9 began in Gifu
City with the usual eerie warning
siren for the air defense. Immediately
we turned off all the lights already
dimmed with black shades. Though
the summer evening was warm, we
covered ourselves with the regular
wartime clothes from head to toe
the long-sleeved shirt, long pants
with socks, gloves and heavy, lined
hoods, most of which had been hand-
sewn at home of dark cotton materi-
als. We put on our backpacks pre-
pared with emergency supplies. As
planned and practiced many times
before, my mother, my 12-year-old
brother and two young sisters left
home with the neighborhood group
for the designated evacuation area
outside the town.

1 jumped to my feet
with the shock of a
shrill metallic sound.

My father and I, the oldest child,
remained in our house adjacent to
the large concrete building, several
stories tall, that also belonged to us.
We sat in the dark room near the
courtyard tor a long time. Only the
sound of our radio under the dark
cover reminded us that we were still
a part of the world. We learned that
the target of the bombing was
another city near the Pacific coast. It
had received a massive attack of
mcendiary bombs, and the whole
town was on fire. The radio an-
nouncer's low voice finally said that
B-29 bombers appeared to be head-
ing back to the ocean. We thought
Gifu had been spared at least one
more night; our family would soon
be on the way back home. Because
the last warning remained in effect,
however, we stayed fully clothed,
still in darkness. I must have dozed
off.

110 FALL 1986

Suddenly I jumped to my teet with
the shock ot a shrill metallic sound
and an enormous hang that I had
never heard before. That was the
first bomb dropped on Gifu at the
railroad station near our home. Im-
mediately following were the tumul-
tuous, chaotic sounds ot airplanes
passing overhead and numerous
bombs coming down like torrential
rain, hitting and exploding. My
father and I ran to the front part ot
the building, where I saw electric
wires dangling from the broken
beams above the entrance. As we
came out through the shattered en-
trance, an incendiary bomb fell in
front ot me. My clothes were covered
by fire. We ran into a neighbor's
house across the narrow street. My
father quickly drenched me with
buckets of water from the large tank
that every household had to store for
such an emergency. I was unharmed.
We went back to the street and
joined our neighbors, who were try-
ing to extinguish tire by relaying
buckets of water. But the raging fire
nearly engulfed us all; someone
shouted we had to give up.

My tather got onto his bicycle and
I climbed up behind him. People
were running along both sides of the
street. Some covered their hair with
tuton. The scxmds of more shells
coming down and exploding were
deafening. Each explosion illuminated
the dark sky and dark town beneath
it. My father pedaled without re-
spite, and eventually we escaped the
pursuing fire.

Because the bombing and fire had
been extensive, my mother took the
rest of the family farther into a rural
area. My father and I searched for
them all night long in the outskirts
of the burning city. It was long after
dawn when the six of us were re-
united, all safe.

Eighty percent of Gifu, including
our home and everything we owned,
was destroyed that night. Someone

A schdLinhip enabled Chizuko Yoshimura to come' to .Agnes Scott in 1951.

saw our building, standing till last iii
the area, finally collapse after day-
break. Even the set of household
goods stored in the large shelter in
the basement was burnt to ashes.

If we had been willing to die for
the emperor in the sea or in the
mountains, we could do the same in

The pages of

my textbook were

suddenly transformed;

they looked strange

and repulsive

with the smeared black lines.

the bombed street. We were not
afraid, and we would not look back. I
did not know how to think other-
wise. When I returned to the total
ruin that had been my home, I was
sad because I could not find my red
diary and the golden pen I had left
beside my bed. I was sad to see the
dead goldfish floating in the black
water of what had been my father's
cherished pond. But I stood amid the
rubble without shedding a tear.

A few weeks later, while 1 was
staying at my grandparents' home in
another town, I heard on the radio
that a new kind ot bomb had been
dropped on Hiroshima, a city tar
away from us. Three days later,
another new bomb tell on Nagasaki
farther south. The war came to an
end quickly after that. We were told
that there would be a "serious" broad-
cast at noon on August 15. The em-
peror and the military government
had decided to surrender uncondi-
tionally, and they chose an unprece-
dented method to inform the nation
that the war was ending.

For the first time in history, the
people ot Japan heard the emperor
speak on a recorded broadcast, but
still with his own voice. On special
occasions we had seen the photo-
graphs of the emperor in military
uniform, sometimes on a white horse
or standing in traditional, formal
dress. We had read and heard his
words many times. But none of us

AGNES scon ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 111

Chizuko Kojima and her children: Kenji
Alexander, 25, andChiyeKatherine, 18.

had ever heard him speak. That day
as we received his final decree, his
high voice on the scratched record-
ing sounded awkward and uneasy.
His strange intonations were unlike
those of any Japanese speaker or
foreigner. I could hardly comprehend
what he was saying. All I could grasp
was something about having "to hear
the unbearable and endure the
unendurable."

I thought something frightening
was going to happen, but nothing
did. Soon we had the lights on in the
evenings. With no more ominous
wailing sounds of air-raid alarms, we
could sleep all night. Tall Douglas
MacArthur arrived in Japan with a
pipe in his mouth and dark sun-
glasses a surprisingly different
sight from the Japanese generals we
had been accustomed to seeing.
American soldiers came even to Gifu,
but we were not slaughtered.

I went back to school, though the
buildings were only temporary bar-
racks because of the bombing. I was
happy to attend classes again, espe-
cially because now 1 could resume
my English, which government pol-
icy had stricken from the curriculum

toward the end of the war. The prin-
cipal and teachers began talking
about the new ideas: democracy and
freedom. In history class as anywhere
else, we no longer had to be careful
about the word "emperor. " Every-
thing had changed, and everyone
seemed to accept the change like a
change in the weather.

Then one day, an event that most
violently shook the world of a 14-
year-old took place at my school. My
teacher, who had been with us
throughout the war, came into the
classroom as usual and told us to get
our black ink and writing brushes
used for our calligraphy course. He
told the class to put the history
textbooks on our desks and open the
pages as instructed. He then told us
to smear black ink with brushes on
certain lines. The phrases that indi-
cated the divinity of the emperor
disappeared. The glorious and righ-
teous advancement of the Japanese
Imperial Army in China was erased.
The pages of my textbook were sud-
denly transformed; they looked
strange and repulsive with the
smeared black lines. The class was

orderly, and my classmates seemed to
be absorbed in doing as told, but I
stared mutely at the eradicated lines
of my history textbook.

The demolished house and the
burnt diary I had taken stoically, but
this was different. 1 felt as if 1 had
been struck. I had no way of knowing
that the teachers who had been con-
trolled by the government during the
war were now receiving orders from
the occupational forces. Something
inside me crumbled. For the first
time in my lite, I realized that the
textbooks were not what 1 believed
them to be. The comfortable world
of conviction in which 1 had lived
collapsed.

No longer could I trust teachers
who so completely could change
what they had taught. People were
not trustworthy. Written words were
not reliable. I had to begin my search
for something dependable, some-
thing as yet unknown but this time
1 would search on my own. 1 could no
longer depend on anybody or any-
thing. That day when I was 14, one
thing was clear: I told myself that 1
would never study history again.

The Raleigh, N. C. , resident currently works as a freelance wrtier and Japanese /English language
instructor.

112 FALL 1986

The Doctor Is In

At 87, psychiatrist Ruth Pirkle Berkeley
is giving care, not receiving it

By Jo Hathaway Merriman '58

Wi

ith courage born of curios-
ity, a blonde Agnes Scott
graduate spent a couple of
summers studying in New York, back
in the twenties. The Yankees eventu-
ally found that behind the dimple
and the charming manner lay the
mind of a scholar and a steely deter-
mination to "have it all."

After years of shuttling between
her native Georgia and New York,
she decided: Why not both a medical
career and a family ? Why not prac-
tice psychiatry, instead of those dis-
ciplines then considered "suitable"
for women obstetrics or pediatrics?
Dr. Ruth Janet Pirkle Berkeley 72
never knew she was decades ahead of
her time.

She still doesn't. Now designated
a New York State Qualified Psychia-
trist, she may both teach psychiatry
and treat patients. Among a hatful
of other medical affiliations is her
certification by the American Medi-
cal Association through 1987, based
on her awareness of new develop-
ments in her field. She conducts an
active, specialized practice in psy-
choanalytically-oriented psycho-
therapy. Not bad for an 87-year-old.

She tells her patients: 'Don't opt for magic. '

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 131

Her niche in psychiatry lies be-
tween classic "deep analysis," in
which the therapist usually keeps
silent while the patient speaks, and
directi\'e therapy, in which the
therapist tells the patient solutions
to problems.

"I think it's cruel to stay silent,"
she says simply. "1 just stimulate
people's thinking so they can solve
their own problems." Clear thinking
and a no-nonsense attitude seem to
characterize her low-key approach.
Unlike some of her younger peers.
Dr. Berkeley operates in quiet confi-
dence from her Manhattan apart-
ment on West 11th St.

"I just Stimulate

people's thinking

so they can solve

their own problems."

In one-on-one exchanges, she
heals minds. Enormous compassion,
no coddling.

"No miracles," she stresses, "no
quick fixes. With psychopharmacy
now a part of public consciousness,
people who want to straighten out
their lives often expect me to give
them tranquilizers and antidepres-
sants." Instead, her patients get a
homelike treatment setting and a
responsive, even charming, analyst.

They learn not to "opt for magic,"
Dr. Berkeley notes. "When a pill
helps, it does feel like magic. My
patients become ready to observe
themselves and to see what they do
that causes them to make mistakes in
their lives." They want to improve
their relationships with themselves
and other people, she continues.
"They have motivation and intelli-
gence, and they truly work at it. I
don't do hand-holding. I encourage
their independence from me." Dr.
Berkeley sees seven or eight patients
a day, five days a week. But, she
adds, taking care of herself is as im-
portant as patient care.

"I'm concerned to keep myself in
good working condition," she says
matter-of-factly. "Only / can do
that. My patients have their own
problems. They have no reason to
think about how I am feeling." Her
personal prescription: She drives
herself out to the country Wednes-
days and Saturdays "to clear the air
and renew my commitment to myself. "

Her commitment to medicine has
lasted 51 years. She giggles to think
her former husband, Edmund Callis
Berkeley, got her started. They were
divorced in the 1950s.

After her graduation from Agnes
Scott, the then Miss Ruth Pirkle
taught biology on campus for nearly
10 years, achie\'ing the rank of assis-
tant professor. "I taught invertebrate
and mammalian zoology, known as
the 'cat course,' " she smiles, "and I,
naturally, was known as 'Miss
Pickle.'"

Her Agnes Scott education, she
recalls, "expanded my horizons and
helped me develop excellent study
habits." Her 1917 diploma in home
economics from Georgia State Col-
lege for Women would be put to use
after 1934, when she and Mr. Berkeley
were married.

In an age when most women went
from their fathers' homes to their
husbands', the Cummings, Ga.,
native spent her summers studying
biology at Columbia University in
New York City, traveling between
north and south, with a trip or two
to the Far West and Canada. In 1932-
33 she taught at Hunter College in
Manhattan after a permanent mo\e
north.

The bridegroom, a Harvard Uni-
versity Phi Beta Kappa, reportedly
was a mathematics whiz who became
expert in actuarial statistics for insur-
ance companies. In the 1940s he
pioneered the use of early computer
systems to compile and analyze statis-
tics, with his wife's encouragement.

He had, of course, encouraged her
to "go for it" when, at age 36, she
was offered a place in Cornell Medi-
cal School's Class of 1938. His bride
was then studying anatomy at Cor-
nell Graduate School in Manhattan,
located at the Cornell Medical
Center. She had planned to com-
plete her Ph. D. in biology.

'A couple of doctors I knew had
mentioned my applying to Cornell
Medical," she remembers. "Of
course, I discussed it with my new
husband. So on the honeymoon ship
coming back from Europe, he sent a
cablegram saying 1 would transfer
from Cornell Graduate to Cornell
Medical. He presented me with an
accomplished fact! Right off the
boat, I arranged tor my entrance
interviews, and pretty soon I had my
medical school seat assignment."

Feeling rushed. Dr. Berkeley tried
to stall. "I told my medical school
professor I needed time to find an
apartment, buy some furniture," she
recalls, spreading her hands
helplessly. "He said, in eftect. All
right, but do it fast.' "

His colleagues had already spotted
her as talented phvsician material,
potentially useful to themselves and
their profession. She says that
perhaps because she was older and
married, she was not hazed with
practical jokes in medical classes like
most of the other female students.

Colleagues had already

spotted her as talented

physician material, potentially

useful to themselves

and their profession.

However, one rule was strict: no
pregnancies. "I had just two goals at
the time," Dr. Berkeley observes, "to
get through medical school and to
have a family. I had a miscarriage.
The dean told me if 1 got pregnant
again before graduation, I'd be out.
No chance to return."

114 FALL 1986

Those were harsh years fe^r v\-omen
in medicine. "The school charter
said that a certain number ot qual-
ified women had to be admitted to
each class. Still, women weren't
readily accepted unless they were
studying pediatrics or obstetrics,"
she smiles. "He always asked me, in
particular, to describe the terrible
things that could happen to the
older primapara, or tirst-time
mother. "

In 1940, Laura Helen Berkeley
was born. Dr. Berkeley was 42. Tests
for Down's Syndrome were nonexis-
tent; the child was wanted, and the
birth an act of faith. Today, she is a
scientist like her mother and lives
with her family in Central America.

After achieving her first two goals.
Dr. Berkeley now discovered there
was more to learn, to gain.

She had just two goals

at the time:

to get through medical school

and to have a family.

After her 1938 graduation, instead
of becoming a hospital intern, she
was permitted to be an "extern," to
live at home during her residency.
During those years she worked with
psychiatric patients at New York
Hospital, then as now a leading
center for medical treatment of men-
tal health problems.

As World War II approached,
psychiatry was considered an exotic
branch of medicine. In America it
was also a mysterious one. Could a
mind really be healed like a broken
leg? Could crazy Mr. Smith actually
learn to live like other people? Re-
ports filtering in from faraway Europe
praised the work of men with such
guttural-sounding names as Freud,
Jung, and Reik; photographs showed
Continental-looking faces.

Some in the New York City medi-
cal community were as xenophobic
as the rest of the country. Some, like
Dr. Berkeley, had a courage born ot
curiosity to discover more about this
inner world.

Dr. Berkeley had new goals. She
wanted to learn to manage her emo-
tions and to improve logical thinking
by de\'eloping the left hemisphere ot
her brain. Professionally, she needed
to learn psychiatric technicjues.

"Being a non-conformist, 1 did a
daring thing: I went into analysis
myself with Theodore Reik. " The
Viennese physician, a follower of
Sigmund Freud, was then practicing
in New York. After trying three other
analysts, she decided to stay with
Reik.

"1 could take what was useful and
push aside what didn't refer to my
situation," she notes. 'AH he knew of
women was the experience he had of
them in his youth in Austria before
World War I. He had not changed
his opinions since.

"Still, he was an excellent analyst.
He really did, as he set forth in his
writings, 'listen with the third ear'
or, you might say, read between the
lines.

"Dr. Reik had a dry sense ot humor
unusual in prominent psychiatrists
then. For instance, he had a delight-
ful way of saying to men who were
sadistic to their wives, who were in
analysis with him: 'If you don't stop
that, you'll drive her crazy!' "

A significant difference between
1940s psychotherapy and today's,
observes Dr. Berkeley, is that then
"people didn't talk openly about
family problems in terms of sexual
deviation." Because of social taboos,
discussions ot deviant behavior were
held in a strictly private medical
environment. Now with the aware-
ness of gay rights and a broadening of
psychiatric services, she says, trou-
bled people routinely find solutions
in church-sponsored group therapy
settings and specialized clinics.

She grew up surrounded by tradi-
tional Southern customs regarding
women, yet has seen the women's
movement impact a major Northern
metropolis.

"If I hadn't liked myself,

I couldn't have

achieved the goals

I decided on."

"Feminism was needed to awaken
many women," the doctor asserts,
"so they could get themselves out ot
the caves they felt contented to hide
in. They weren't happy, they had
yearnings, but no acceptable tools to
express themselves.

"Women today still don't like
themselves. They haven't developed
themselves as women among women,
or as women among men. They are
placed too much in competition
with men for them to discover their
best selves. The result is that many
women have trouble cooperating
with either women or men.

"If I hadn't liked myself," Dr.
Berkeley concludes simply, "I
couldn't have achieved the goals I
decided on." She advises others to
set meaningful goals and ignore the
tut-tutters who say, "It can't be
done."

Like other older persons, she has
coped with long-term care ot a be-
loved parent, with deaths, with
myriad disappointments of every
kind. Still she seems to face the
world with a tresh openness and
curiosity.

At an age when many of her con-
temporaries expect to receive medi-
cal care, Dr. Berkeley is giving it. To
her, that's simply the way things
should he.

]u Hdthau'ay Mermnan lives in Nounk,
Conn.

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ome s

here

You Moke

Nostalgia can actually help us cope with stress

and change. The tougher problems

may be for those who have

never been homesick.

By Ayse llgaz Garden '66

116 FALL 1986

During one of her lectures at
Agnes Scott, social
psychologist Sandra Bern
said that she came into her own as
a psychologist when she was able to
merge her personal interest in the
equality of women with her profes-
sional interest in gender roles. Up to
that point her research had tailed to
excite her. After this merging, how-
ever, she felt that Sandra Bem, the
woman, became Sandra Bem, the
psychologist. Her work became an
extension ot herself.

Recently, 1 started to experience
the same sense of "coming together"
as 1 undertook research on a new
topic. It began with a request to
speak to "Big Sisters" during orienta-
tion. When I asked their spokesper-
son what they wanted me to talk
about, she said, "Homesickness it
appears to be quite a problem." As
1 studied my topic, I was surprised
and intrigued to discover that psy-
chologists know very little about
homesickness.

As I groped for a better understand-
ing, 1 talked to students and friends
about their experiences. Soon 1
recognized that homesickness could
be a debilitating experience tor some
students and that most students
probably suffered from it some time
during college. In September 1984
an Atlanta newspaper reported that,
according to the director of student
housing at Georgia Tech, "the biggest
problem facing incoming freshmen is
homesickness." The Black Cat pro-
duction segment on homesickness
during that same month showed a
caring and sensitivity to the topic
that 1 believe reflects its importance
in the lives of new students at Agnes
Scott. 1 also thought about my own
encounters with homesickness.
Three very different memories
emerged, tied together in a rather
fragile Gestalt: the Greyhound bus
station in Baltimore, a black cake
and a death in my family.

After three weeks on a Turkish
merchant marine ship, I arrived in
Baltimore one July evening in 1964-
It was the first time I had been away
from home in Turkey for any length
oi time, and it was my first trip
abroad. One of the officers of the
ship brought me to the bus station
for the trip south. After giving me
all the merchant marine "dos and
don'ts" about America, he left me
and returned to his ship. I had a few
hours until my bus was scheduled to
leave, so I looked around for a com-
fortable seat and, spotting one, sat
down to wait. I felt independent,
grown-up and adventurous.

After just a few moments, though,
the enormirv' of what I had undertaken
hit me tor the first time with full
force. 1 had left my family, friends,

1 was torn between images
of people and places of

my past, images

my brain so temptingly

conjured up for me,

culture ever^'thing 1 had loved and
cared for to live in this strange
place. I did not know a single Amer-
ican. From what 1 could hear around
me, 1 wasn't even sure I could under-
stand the language. 1 did not have
any cultural cues to help me decide
whom to approach and whom to
avoid. While these thoughts ran
through my mind, I wanted desper-
ately to run back to the ship and sail
home. I remember holding onto that
seat until my hands began to hurt.

And then I cried. I remember
embarrassment and disappointment
in myself, but most of all I remember
pain. Whenever 1 teach about con-
flict in my classes, I go back to those
few minutes when I was torn between
images of people and places of my
past, images that my brain so temp-
tingly conjured up for me, and the
reality of the Greyhound bus sta-
tionfrom the Mediterranean sun-
sets and breezes, the faces of my

family and friends, to the stark
lights, the muted colors and the
strange-looking and strange-speaking
people ot that cavernous room.

During those few minutes, I almost
made the wrong decision. Then
something wonderful happened. An
older woman came and touched my
shoulder. In a conspiratorial tone,
she asked if the man sitting next to
me was bothering me. I had been
oblivious to him; the way I had been
crying and carrying on, I am sur-
prised he remained seated there. 1
don't know how he felt when he
heard her question; I know 1 felt
wonderful.

This sign of caring when 1 least
expected it was so overwhelming
that 1 started to cry even harder.
Unable to stop long enough to tell
her anything, I kept crying. She sat
next to me, pushed the man aside,
held my hand and said, "That's all
right. I'll wait until you can tell me. "
So there we were two total stran-
gers separated by oceans and cultures,
united by a bond of humanness.

1 told her everything; she listened.
1 discovered I had quit crying along
the way. She gave me her name and
address, told me she would be my
friend and family here. If 1 needed
anything, I was to call her "collect. "
She missed her bus to California to
see me off. As we waved goodbye, I
knew everything would work out.

Probably most of you have had
similar experiences. Someone in
every American family's past has
shared some of the feelings I experi-
enced setting foot on this soil as an
immigrant. You bring your old world
within you and try to learn to live
and love again in your new one. In
this perpetual marginality is hidden
the great richness ot America the
value of diversity.

As was true in my case, physical
separation from people and places we
love is the most frequent precipita-
ting factor in homesickness. In fact,

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The campm. too. has changed. Agnes Scott Hall (center) is the only part of campus that dates hack to the earh 1900s ichen this photograph iras taken.

scholars initially believed that home-
sickness was an organically based
disease. Despite the tact that
psychological therapies became
increasingly more acceptable, home-
sickness continued to be concep-
tualized as a disease caused by physi-
cal separation. Thus the word home-
sickness quite accurately reflected
the core of early attempts to under-
stand this intense desire to be reunited
with people and places we love.

However, as is true of many areas
ot research, scholars gradually began
to understand that the concept was
probably inappropriate. With soci-
ety's increasing mobility, the concept
of "home" began to blur. And increas-
ingly the disease or sickness interpre-
tation became suspect. The term
"nostalgia," (from the Greek terms
nosos [return] and algos [pain] ) came
more and more to describe the
feelings associated with homesick-
ness. Acceptance of this term illus-
trates a gradual realization that the
desire to go back has to be defined
more broadly and not be limited to
the concept of home.

Writing in the 1950s, psychologist
Charles Zwingmann illustrated the
richness of this new concept with the
term "nostalgic reaction." Nostalgic
reaction has to be seen, Zwingmann
argued, not only as a reaction to
physical separation but as a reaction
to change in a temporal sense ... to
change, not only as an abrupt event,
but as an anticipated event of nega-

ti\'e personal significance. This
element was certainly present for me
at that bus station the dread of an
unfamiliar future, the tear of change.
I experienced a similar feeling when
on my 40th birthday, some ot my
friends presented me with a black
birthday cake. The color matched
my mood perfectly. The cake disap-
peared fast, but my mood lingered
on.

Zwingmann points out that this
society and many others encourage
nostalgic reaction because of their
attitudes toward aging. We value
youth, beauty, vigor. We tend not to
respect old people, nor do we see
them as wise. In doing so, we teach
our children to fear the future and
be anxious about the passage ot time.
Verbal expressions such as "killing
time," "losing time," and "stealing
time," bear witness to this.

Zwingmann also notes that women
anticipate aging with grave conse-
quences that we are culturally con-
ditioned to fear losing our physical
and sexual attractiveness and our
ability to bear children. For men old
age often signals the end of productiv-
ity and achievement. Increasingly,
this is also true of women. Both men
and women fear the isolation of old
people's homes and dependence on
other people. We often make at-
tempts to escape that fear through
nostalgia, when the past is remem-
bered in all its exaggerated glory.

An important point about nostal-
gic reaction is that the intensity ot
the desire to return to the past
generally is due less to the attraction
ot the past than to the inability or
perceived inability to cope with the
present or future. In this conflict the
individual sees the past as increas-
ingly and unrealistically attractive.

Experiences including both the
physical and the temporal aspects ot
nostalgic reaction are particularly
critical for the individuals involved,
as I discovered upon my father's

We value youth, beauty, vigor.

We tend not

to respect old people

nor do we

see them as wise.

death two years ago. 1 had a tremen-
dous longing for the way things used
to be. My initial emotions were
intense sadness and despair. Gradu-
ally, however, happy memories began
to emerge. I found that by focusing
on these memories I could keep my
father within me and allow my lite
to continue.

A death in one's own family,
especially a parent, is a remarkable
experience of nostalgia because it
joins the physical and temporal
aspects ot the phenomenon. Death's
physical separation is final. This
temporal aspect achieves a new
intensity when one has to face a

118 FALL 1986

future in which one will ne\'er he a
protected child again. Here, one has
to come to terms with one's own
mortality. But in this nostalgia there
are the seeds ot healing.

When people are nostalgic, the
experience involves both pain and
happiness; this, says Zwingmann, is
the nostalgic paradox. The happiness
proN'ided by memories becomes the
medium through which the indi-
vidual can maintain a core ot identity
and make the transition to new
conditions. Thus the nostalgic reac-
tion bridges the past and the future,
and has an important role in preser-
ving the individual's mental health.

Some people show extreme forms
ot nostalgia, known as nostalgic
fixations. Others show no nostalgic
reaction. A person without nostalgia
is someone who has trouble with
affiliation and attachment and there-
fore is likely to have mental health
and adjustment problems. The dis-
ease concept of nostalgic reaction
then should apply to both its extreme
and lasting presence and to the total
absence ot it.

At one extreme is someone totally
unable to cope with change, who
begins to live in the past. At the
other are individuals with considera-
ble anomie with no sense of iden-
tity or roots. At moderate levels,
however, nostalgic reaction should
help individuals maintain a sense ot
continuity and identity during times
of change.

Change is a highly complex
phenomenon. Equally complex is the
adaptation to change. "What is
sought when change is introduced is
a modification of individual at-
titudes, both in their cognitive and
their affective components, and an
actual change in behavior," says
Frederick Glen, a social psychologist.
Since all change requires modifica-
tion of behavior patterns we have
become used to, there is often a

A person without nostalgia
is someone who

has trouble with affiliation
and attachment.

struggle it not outright crisis
within individuals confronting
change. Quite often, says Glen,
"(t)he security ot the familiar situa-
tion, even it less than ideal, and the
anxiety over the unknown or uncer-
tain effects of change militate in
favor ot the status quo." "Better the
devil you know than the devil you
don't know" and "Better safe than
sorry" communicate this feeling ot
anxiety in the face ot possible
change. The tug ot the past is espe-
cially acute when change is all-
encompassing, unexpected, too fast,
or perceived as discomforting.

Psychologists have a responsibility
to discover eftective ways to intro-
duce change that will enhance the
ego-continuity function of nostalgic
reaction methods that create the
kind ot milieu where the pull of the
past and the lure of the future can
he reconciled.

As we plan tor change, we must re-
member to balance continuity and
change. We should always change
toward something.

The goals ot change involve our
identity as individuals and as an in-
stitution. People charged with affect-
ing change at the institutional level
must be particularly sensitive to the
needs of individuals. They have to try
to delineate eftectively the con-
tinuities in experience and identity.
They should demonstrate and ac-
tively encourage nonjudgmental, in-
formative communication. They
should be willing to listen to people
talk about their nostalgic experiences
without ridiculing or belittling the in-
dividuals involved. These communi-
cations should be seen as oppor-
tunities for sharing and learning, for
bridging between the past and the fu-
ture. This attention to individuals

also recognizes the human being as
the core of an organization. People
are not pegs in a system; they arc the
sysreni. Our institutions belong to all
ot us, not to the individuals among
us.

Change is best achieved through
willing cooperation toward a com-
mon goal, working in an environ-
ment where the human being at an
individual level matters. By en-
couraging motivated participation
and preventing extreme nostalgic
reaction and alienation, the move to-
ward the future can be made without
institutions losing their sense ot iden-
tity or purpose.

Finally, it is important to recognize
that we will feel nostalgia more se-
verely during certain periods ot
change in our lives and that certain
occasions make us more susceptible
to such reactions. Freshmen receive
extensive orientation because we rec-
ognize the first year of college as such
a period. Graduation from college
and retirement from one's lifelong
career deserve at least as much orien-
tation and care. Immigrants, old
people, chronically sick individuals
and people in new surroundings are
other groups likely to be affected.
Birthdays, national, religious, in-
stitutic^nal celebration days, and days
ot personal suffering, are occasions
when we tend to feel most nostalgic.
We should take special care to make
these occasions affirm the identity of
the individuals and groups involved.

One ot my fondest memories cif my
student days at Agnes Scott is recei\'-
ing a letter from Dr. Alston on my
birthday every year. Even it the rest
ot the world forgot me, I was sure his
letter would be in my box that morn-
ing, and it always was.

The keys to good change and good
nostalgic reaction are inclusiveness,
sensitivity and care. Given these, we
can all face change and grow in the
process.

Ayse llgaz Garden, projessor of psychol-
ogy, is on sabbatical in Turkey.

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 191

Walking A Fine Line

A protestor's crisis of conscience:
When is it right to break the iow'^

By Winona Rarrisaur 78

120 FALL 1986

It's unbelievable the hatred that
you find coming out ot people
when they see others protesting
the American way," remarked the
woman I happened to find myself
walking beside in the march. In her
50s, she was one of 20 who planned
to do civil disobedience that day by
entering the Kings Bay Submarine
Base at St. Marys, near Georgia's
Cumberland Island. Pinned to her
shirt was a picture of her four grown
children, people she didn't want to
lose in a nuclear war.

Beside her walked a priest in his
mid'30s who was also there to enter
the base illegally. His black, neat
hair was graying slightly and he wore
a clerical collar. He seemed comforta-
ble relaying orders from the back of
the line to the front. "We need to
move closer together." "Slow down
up there. " But as he talked to us he
seemed self-conscious. He showed us
the picture on his slender chest his
mom and dad, two sisters and himself
at a sister's wedding. His dad was a
retired military man. The priest said
he writes letters to his parents trying
to explain what he feels.

The woman and the priest were
going to break the law to dramati-
cally say "No" to nuclear weapons,
both personally and as a public state-
ment that would help alert others to
what is being bought by the Ameri-
can people.

Our group came to the only inter-
section in our three-mile walk. The
talk stopped suddenly when a police
car swerved in front of us. A police-
man jumped into the middle of the
street. He held up his hand to stop
traffic while all 160 of us scurried
across. I heard myself gush a little-
girl "thank-you" to him.

We now walked along U.S. govern-
ment-installed sidewalks beside high-
ways recently widened into undev-
eloped forests. Feeling the warm
breeze hit my face, I pulled off my
sweater. I looked out into the cars

that passed, at the faces of those who
turned to see us and those who never
glanced toward our long line. It
seemed to me that all of us were
grasping at ways to deal with a world
that sometimes felt out of our control.

Soon we came to the high fences
of the base. We saw the jeeps inside
coast by, the uniformed men in sun-
glasses talking on walkie-talkies. I
guessed that they talked much more
about us with our banners than about
the nuclear submarines cruising
quietly beneath the waters nearby.
Twenty new Trident submarines
would start arriving in 1989, each
one carrying 4,000 times the power
of the Hiroshima explosion. "They're
orderly so far, sir," they reported.

We sat in the grass near the base's
bricked entrance and the tiny glass
booth. Armed soldiers saluted those
through who had correct IDs.

We prayed and sang, and then the
20 stood. A woman in her 70s com-
missioned each of them with chosen
words and a hug. Then they started
to walk up the drive to the gate of
the base.

A woman in a wheelchair was
leading the way when a stranger ran
up and stood in front of the wheel-
chair. I couldn't hear what the young
man was saying, but he was angrily
waving his arms. Leaders from our
group hurried over to talk with him,
but he wouldn't move out of the way.

Minutes passed, and still he
danced back and forth when anyone
tried to get past him. The police who
lined the other side of the drive and
the soldiers on the base watched
curiously to see how our nonviolent
group would handle this.

Finally, two men and a woman
from our group put their bodies
shoulder to shoulder and began push-
ing this man to the side, while he
kept yelling.

My mind pictured a knife coming
out of his pocket. I saw the vulner-
able chests before him. But when
they reached the side of the drive,

the four sank together onto the grass
and prayed. Apparently the man was
very religious, and he felt that break-
ing the law was immoral.

Now the group moved closer to
the gate, and an intercom repeated
over and over, "This is U.S. govern-
ment property. It is illegal to trespass
upon U.S. government property.
This is. . ."The base commanders
had been told earlier exactly what
would take place, and the rest of us
stood far back now, so the military
officials would not worry about the
crowd.

In groups of four, the 20 walked
through the gate and were taken
away by guards. When I saw the two
I'd walked with, I found myself shiv-
ering. I knew how nervous it made
me to be stopped for even a traffic
violation. All the thinking through
and believing that this is the right
choice at this time can't make the
experience enjoyable as the guard
takes someone by the arm and leads
them away.

My mother had taken me by the
arm before I'd left to come here. She
said, "Go to the protest if you've got
to, hut, Winona, don't you dare get
yourself arrested." Yet, when the 20
were gone, the rest of us wandered
around, slowly scattering as if we
didn't know where to go now.

Why did I feel for those people
who'd broken the law? Especially
when I'd been reared in a hardwork-
ing, law-abiding family. My dad for
years worked 70 hours a week at a
grocery store, and my mother sewed
all our clothes and took us to the
Baptist church every Sunday. The
only daughter, I was also brought up
to be submissive to plan anything
else I wanted to do around having
and rearing babies; to do the dishes,
clean up, and hang and fold clothes
without even noticing (much less
criticizing) my two brothers who sat
and watched. "You look so much
prettier when you smile, dear," I was
told.

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 211

But there were always contradic-
tions, and tor me it was watching my
mother (years later a top-notch real-
tor) slotted by society into a 1950s
housewifery that she wanted to love,
assuring her necessity to us by direct-
ing each puzzle piece into its space.
Eventually came the adolescent yell-
ing and bitterness the refusal to
smile with a mother who couldn't
acknowledge that she'd reared me
any differently from the boys. She
had just spoiled me perhaps, she
said. I knew the contradictions, but I
will always have trouble accepting
them.

At Agnes Scott as a day student
for my last two years of college, 1
drank in all the words spoken in
class, the examination of motives
and character in human beings. I
was starved to see truth searched for
and respected, conventional stan-
dards set aside. I don't think I
realized at the time that all the learn-
ing was only the beginning of a con-
tinuous re-examination of personal
beliefs and a constant questioning of
any established social order.

This sort of questioning is still
going on at Agnes Scott. I observed
a debate in Professor Gus Cochran's
modern political theory class last
spring. About 15 freshmen and soph-
omores in a small classroom took on
the subject of sanctuary, the action
taken by churches and individuals
who oppose U.S. immigration laws
by protecting or harboring Central
American refugees.

"There is a higher authority than
government, and that is conscience,"
said a young student dressed in heels
and the business suit of the '80s.
She sat with two others on the pro-
sanctuary side at the front of the
class.

"But aren't there other methods to
satisfy the conscience?" one of the
three against sanctuary answered.
She had a sure voice but her eyes hid
behind blunt-cut hangs.

Professor Connie Jones, chair of the sociology
department.

"Other means are being explored.
But these aren't fast enough," the
well-dressed young woman explained.

"Wouldn't it be faster to work to
help the situation in a particular
country than to let the whole coun-
try come here for sanctuary ? Then
change the government? Then send
them all back?" another said with a
laugh.

"Look, civil disobedience provides
a platform to let people know what's
going on. If it were not for civil dis-
obedience in the past for women to
vote, during the civil rights actions
of the '60s we wouldn't have the
laws we have today," another student
countered.

"Sure. In the past," the other side
agreed. "But not today. Today it's not
necessary." Pointing out that sanc-
tuary was a "romantic act" that in
reality was "illegal, a felony," this
side concluded that concerned
people "should instead be working
through the immigration laws."

While remaining objective in
class, Professor Cochran admitted
that he finds himself more on the
side of John Locke than on the side

of Thomas Hobbes. (He had assigned
readings in the two philosophers to
students before the debate. ) While
Hobbes claims it is never right to
resist authority, Locke justifies civil
disobedience under certain condi-
tions. "I have to go with Locke's
position," Cochran says, but adds,
"the alternatives to breaking the law
as a means of protest in a democratic
society are important, too."

Breaking the law used to be a
necessary part of daily lite tor Myrtle
Lewin, assistant professor ot mathe-
matics at Agnes Scott. As a white
South African, she lived in a country
where there are strong social pres-
sures against visiting friends across
the color line, "job reservation" laws
that favor even ineffectual whites
over blacks, and "pass laws" (some
recently abolished) that restrict
where blacks and whites could live
or work.

Lewin remembers her dentist who
hired a black woman as his hygienist.
He was prepared to sacrifice a seg-
ment of his clientele; he may have
been breaking a job reservation law
as well. Lewin's family had a live-in
black housekeeper, and the law for-
bade the woman's husband to live
there, but he did. The Lewin family

"The alternatives

to breaking the law

as a means of protest

in a democratic society

are important, too."

accepted the fact that in making
available to this couple a kind of
sanctuary, their house could be raided
at any time. This type of civil diso-
bedience was merely "working around
the laws all the time," or "one way ot
fighting a bad system," Lewin says.

Another type ot civil disobedience
that has more directly tried to change

22 FALL 1986

apartheid in South Africa is member-
ship in banned pohtical parties. In
the 1960s, Lewin had many friends
who, unknown to her, were members
of the South African Communist
Party (a party of liberation which
supported a government by all people
and contained "lots ot die-hard
capitalists.") This group carried out
"symbolic sabotage" by blowing up
electrical installations and other
strategic targets. Although the group
said they wanted no one hurt, their
actions sometimes turned sour and
injured or killed people.

"Nonviolence, as Martin Luther
King understood it, does not seem to
tit into the particular situation in
South Africa," Lewin says. "The
government must know that it has to
bend. But its bending has always
been in response to all kinds of pres-
sure, which includes economic boy-
cotts carried out by blacks against
white stores, as well as black rioting.
This bending usually comes too late,
seldom with goodwill, and always
after attitudes have hardened," she
adds.

In 1980, Lewin and her family left
South Africa. She gave up a tenured
university teaching position in
Johannesburg and now considers
herself a refugee by choice, politicallv
estranged from her birthplace.

In Professor Connie Jones' classes,
students examine nonviolence as an
important part of civil disobedience.
Jones, chair of the sociology depart-
ment, talks about Gandhi and the
role of nonviolence in all his acts.

"Gandhi believed that the ends
don't justify- the means," Jones says.
"Since he could have died in the
middle of the process of change, he
would not do nasty things for a good
end." She points out that an "us
versus them" view is the basis of all
intergroup strife. The spirit of non-
violence tor Gandhi involved seeing

the other person as like oneself and
seeking to win him or her over.

"Susan B. Anthony said that resis-
tance to tyranny is obedience to
God, and I believe that," Jones says.
"But w^hen you're sitting in the mid-

"Nonviolent civil disobedience

is a respectable act

of desperation."

die ot a world that ticks along with a
set of laws which it claims to be just,
it's difficult to see the injustices
clearly. They're so many that they
slip through the cracks." She pauses
a moment, thinking through her
words. "Yet the problem, too, is one
of hope. I would do all kinds of things
if 1 knew that my breaking the law
would change things, but how can 1
know?"

The Presbyterian Church in the
United States, instrumental in the
history ot Agnes Scott, has long
supported nonviolent civil disobedi-
ence. In a recent "Presbyterians and
Peacemaking" study paper, civil
disobedience is described as that
which is "rooted in conscience and

Frances Freeborn Pauley '27: "You've got to
have people who'll test the laws. "

not mere self-interest"; is open, not
hidden; and is done "with awareness
ot the penalties and willingness to
accept them if finally assessed."

At least one current student at
Agnes Scott, Jackie Stromberg '87,
is prepared to do civil disobedience
at some time in the future "if the
cause is just." At present, she is part
ot the support group tor those ar-
rested at Congressman Pat Swindall's
office in Decatur in opposition to the
Georgia Republican's support ot
military aid to the contras in Nica-
ragua. As a member of the group Pax
Christi, Stromberg has taken a vow
of nonviolence for her own lite, "in
the hope that if violence is elimi-
nated on a personal basis, this will
extend to the wider community."

Local issues sometimes demand
strong personal responses as well.
Sherry Schulman, now a DeKalb
County, Ga. , commissioner, at-
tended Agnes Scott in 1977 and
1978. In 1983 she felt compelled to
take a strong stand to stop the state
Department of Transportation from
cutting down trees to make way tor
the Jimmy Carter Presidential Park-
way. She knew the DOT v\-as break-
ing the law by cutting trees on land
the state did not yet own. People got
together, methodically found out
about civil disobedience and how to
go about it without violence.

"It was not a frivolous decision,"
Schulman makes clear. In fact, she
was not planning to be arrested until
a couple ot months later when she
began to teel completely frustrated
in her efforts to communicate with
officials. She was arrested the same
day as another elected official, former
state representative and Atlanta city
councilman John Lewis. Says
Schulman, "There were two reasons
civil disobedience was necessary.
One, to actually delay the construc-
tion and cutting ot trees until the
court date and two, to keep the issue
before the public."

Continued on Page 28

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 231

Living Gentiy

In the beginning was the revela-
tion: as feminism began to make us
aware of discrimination against
women, we came to realize that when
women were victims of special kinds
of violence, they were often victims
of social scorn. Even the law some-
times offered less protection. We
caught tire. We rallied, we protested,
we lobbied. We opened hot lines,
support groups and shelters.

And we saw change. Conscious-
ness was raised. Slighting remarks
about victims and women as vic-
tims were condemned. A New
York weatherman was fired, and a
Wisconsin judge impeached as a
result of public outrage over their
comments about rape victims. Agen-
cies responded with specialized train-
ing, with policy changes, with victim
service units and, most important.

The violence of our culture

penetrates our families

and our streets

by Katherine White Ellison '62

with changes in the law. Those of
us who had known the old days re-
joiced and took hope.

Then slowly we realized that,
although things were better, there
was still much to do. The problems
and their solutions were much
more complex than we originally
believed. Although we have con-
tinued to believe strongly and pas-
sionately that no one deserves to be a
victim of violence, we found that all
too often victimization is not ran-
dom. Some individuals are more
likely than others to be targeted.
Indeed, systems within certain fami-
lies and within the larger culture
encourage violence.

In this context we need to re-
member that as a culture we remain
fascinated with violence from
Shakespeare's tragedies and Sylvester

In a Vioient Worid

After her graduation from Agnes Scott, Katherine White Elhson received a Ph. D. in

social/ personality psychology from the City University of New York. Dr. Ellison is a

national consultant to attorneys and police departments in cases involving sex crimes,

eyewitness identification and sexual harassment. "Living Gently in a Violent World" is

excerpted from her address at the Violence Against Women Symposium held this past

spring at Agnes Scott.

124 FALL 1986

Abuse can be emotional as well as physical

neither sex has a monopoly on this

type of abuse. And often in the next

generation, the abused becomes the abuser.

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 251

Stallone, to terrorism and "we'll
show them" retaliatory bombings
with little real military impact. We
see violence as a quick-fix solution
and we increase our military budget
at the expense of human services.
We applaud leaders who advocate
such tactics. In policing, we spend
more time teaching how to shoot
than when to shoot or how to
minimize the chances that a situation
might escalate to the point that
shooting would become an option.

Those of us who continue to de-
plore violence came to realize more
clearly its complex, interactional
nature. We saw women who wanted
the advantages of liberation, but
were reluctant to accept its respon-
sibilities. We found that some of the
people whom we had tried so hard to
help resisted our best efforts. Women
returned to battering husbands,
found new batterers or men who
abused their children. Sexually
abused children turned to the ex-
ploitative sexuality of prostitution,
and physically abused children them-
selves became abusers. People used
us against family and friends. Some
even lied to us about abuse and rape.

We realized that abuse can be
emotional as well as physical and
that neither sex has a monopoly on
this type of abuse. Emotional abuse

can be more devastating than physi-
cal abuse especially when it is
subtle.

We saw ordinary people going
overboard because of their fears of
rape and, particularly, of child abuse.
Women were living their lives by a
"rape schedule," and teachers, youth
advisers and child care workers be-
came afraid to hug or even to touch
their children for fear of misun-
derstandings or false accusation.

The reason oppression

works so well

is that it gets

so much help from the

oppressed.

We saw the more subtle signs of
the abuse and degradation of women
in sexual harassment, in advertising
and in popular culture. We discov-
ered that some women approved of
these practices. Indeed, I often think
that the reason oppression works so
well is that it gets so much help from
the oppressed. Thus we saw young
women responding positively to
advertisements that show women in
chains and dancing to songs that
celebrate abuse. Research told us
that women may be just as likely to
blame victims of rape and battering

as men; my own research indicates
they are more likely to do so.

Even those who cared most some-
times slipped into the trap of patron-
izing women especially women
who have been victimized by some-
how suggesting that society should
expect less of them because of their
special status. This trap allowed
these women to escape responsibility
for assuming control of their own
lives, and may have allowed them to
turn counseling sessions into "one
great hour of whining. "

Then public interest waned. New
"hot" topics came along.

We ourselves became emotionally
battered. As we worked with the
problems of violence, the complexity
of this issue became increasingly
apparent. We became aware of our
own limitations. We saw that many
of our agencies gave lip service, but
too little support both financial
and emotional. We found out that we
were fighting among ourselves for
scarce resources. We burned out and
we despaired.

A problem, I think, comes from
equating gentle with meek, or in the
current idiom, wimp. To avoid this, 1
would like to revert to an older, less
common usage, better expressed by
the synonym "genteel," which means
honorable. With this usage, the term

126 FALL 1986

"gentle" may he applied to both men
and women without stigma. We need
to remember that many men are
appalled by violence between the
sexes or generations and that because
we are caught in the same systems,
such violence hurts us all.
Now the charge:

Much has been done. Many of the
people present at this symposium
have been in the vanguard. Some of
you in the audience would have had
much to teach those of us who have
been speakers.

Much remains to be done. The
task ahead will be difficult. It will
require subtle, sophisticated strate-
gies. In addition to the flamboyant
politics of confrontation, we will
need the complexities of conflict
management.

Let me speak now to those of you
who toil in these vineyards. Let me
speak to you about yourselves. As I
worked with victims, I realized that
the same reactions I had been seeing
in them, I was seeing in those to
whom they turned in their crises.

This leads to the subject of burn-
out. It is true that some people never
burn out. They were never on fire to
begin with. Burnout is most common
among those who initially cared,
perhaps too much.

However, burnout is not inevita-

ble. In the extraordinarily stressful
work that you do, your needs are the
same as those of the people with
whom you work. They are the sense
of meaning or purpose to what we
do the support, the ability to pre-
dict, to know what to expect, the
perception of control over our lives.

Stress management also involves
changing the way we think about
ourselves and about the world. Often
it is mind over matter. If you don't
mind, it doesn't matter. Human
service workers need to suppress
inappropriate rescue fantasies and,
indeed, to remember that God's job
IS taken. They need to be able to
laugh.

Care tor yourself. You make a differ-

It is true that

some people never burn out.

They were never

on fire to begin with.

ence. Remember that although abuse
is never good, many people who
suffer terrible trauma go on to be
strong, vital, productive and happy.
Often it is the support of others to
whom they turn in crisis that gives
them the push to survive and to
thrive.

To those of you who have never
had direct contact with problems of

BILL BEDGOOD

abuse such as those described today,
I hope you will never have personal
need tor this knowledge. It it is not
so, remember that crisis, such as that
caused by abuse, has the potential
for opportunity as well as danger.
Realize also that you too can help
particularly in resisting subtle viola-
tions and oppressions. Laws and
attitudes have been changed because
ordinary people like you cared, and
expressed your caring in action.

Even though we sometimes feel
overwhelmed and wonder about the
value ot our puny efforts, we all must
continue to do what we can. We
cannot wait tor others to change
attitudes or, on a more grandiose
scale, for society to change. We can-
not ignore the plight ot victims now.
As one ot my police mentors says,
"You can only bloom where you are
planted. "

Finally, the benediction:

Go forth into the world in peace. Be
of good courage.

Holdfast that which is good. Render
to no one ei'il for evil.

Strengthen the faint-hearted, support
the weak, help the afflicted, honor all
people.

Go forth gently, honorably.
You have made a difference, you can
make a difference.

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 271

WALKING

Continued from Page 23

In regard to getting arrested,
Frances Pauley '27 says, "I'm chicken
in that way, but I've always admired
those who didn't mind going to jail."
Pauley, 80 now, tells of a young friend
who was recently arrested at the
state capitol for protesting capital
punishment. "That girl is the kind
who would take a roach outside in-
stead of killing it. She visits prisons
regularly, and she just plain lives her
beliefs. When I saw them lead her
out of the courtroom in handcuffs, I
wondered just what the world was
coming to," says Pauley.

"You've got to have people who'll
test the laws and get the bad ones
changed," Pauley explained. But she
recalls she also relied on the police.
In the late '60s she witnessed many
arrests during civil rights actions in
Georgia when she served the Student
Nonviolent Coordinating Commit-
tee as an observer, a person who
watched and telephoned the police if
protestors were threatened.

Pauley recalls being in Savannah
during protests focused on opening
hotels and restaurants to blacks. For
example, demonstrators would block
the doorway of a cafeteria until police
carried them away. She remembers
standing at night on a street corner
packed with whites, overhearing
talk "bursting with hatred and bitter-
ness. " She used to try to convey the
intensity of these feelings to the
black leadership and her friends,
begging them to "please be careful."

Today Pauley works for the poor as
she has done for years at Emmaus
House. She educates and lobbies the
Georgia Legislature through an or-
ganization called Georgia Poverty
Rights. People don't understand,
plus they just "don't like poor
people," Pauley insists. She recalls
years back when black kids in Scott-
dale, Ga. , had only contaminated
water to drink, and she and others

worked hard, though with little suc-
cess, to get the county to run a water
line to the community. "There was a
feeling that the water there was al-
ready good enough for black kids,"
Pauley says, then adds, "It takes laws
to change things. Still today,
though, there are people in the
school system who want to keep the
races separate."

"Must the citizen ever tor a mo-
ment, or in the least degree, resign
his conscience to the legislator?"
asked Thoreau in his famous lecture,
"Civil Disobedience." Pulling from

All of us were

grasping at ways

to deal with a world

that sometimes felt

out of our control.

the same Thoreau text I had studied
in English class at Agnes Scott,
complete with scribbled notes in the
margin, I read, "Even voting /or the
right is doing nothing for it. It is only
expressing to men feebly your desire

that it should prevail Cast

your whole vote," Thoreau wrote,
"not a strip of paper merely, but your
whole influence. A minority is power-

less while it conforms to the major-
ity; it is not even a minority then;
but it is irresistible when it clogs by
its own weight."

The day after the St. Mary's pro-
test, my husband, our 2-year-old
daughter and I went to nearby Cum-
berland Island. Never having been
there, I did not know trees could
grow so huge and their branches
become such canopies of thick vines.
On the beach, my daughter laughed
and played. She tried to hold down
her shadow with her hands and step
away from it.

Returning to the mainland on the
ferry that evening, I looked back
toward Cumberland and wondered
what all the dredging for the sub-
marine base would do to this island.
I looked down into the water below
us, knowing that already nuclear
submarines docked at Kings Bay.
They could be moving silently be-
neath us even now. I wondered what
was going to happen to us all.

When the ferry reached the shore,
all the passengers crowded down to
the back deck of the boat to get off.
But before the ferry was lined up at
the dock, the motor next to us gave a
final sputter, its dust and smoke
surrounding us. The smell was sicken-
ing. I covered my daughter's face and
tried to hold my breath until it was
gone, but 1 couldn't. I stood there in
the darkened air with all the others,
with no way out.

To me, nonviolent civil disobedi-
ence is a respectable act of despera-
tion. It is saying no loud enough to a
society that sometimes doesn't hear
very well. Saying no so that people
nearby can know other human beings
stand with them, even when they
cannot see each other.

Winona Kirby Ramsaur lives with her
husband, Ralph, and daughter Jessica in
Decatur, Ga.

128 FALL 1986

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The last U'eekerui before classes began, u'orkers u'ere putting the fimshing touches on the buildings.

Restored residence halls welcome students back to campus

A campus Labor Day gala
marked the public reopening
of Agnes Scott and Rebekah
Scott Halls.

They date back to the
College's earliest days. Agnes
Scott Hall once housed all
classrooms, administrative/
faculty offices and dorm space
for the College. Rebekah
Scott Hall came some 15
years later. After a yearlong
renovation, these two resi-
dences are again open to
students and ready to serve
the College's second century.

Taking advantage of smaller
class sizes, the College con-
densed the original two-year
project into one. "We saw a
chance to close both halls, do
them at the same time, and
save about $300,000," said
Gerald O. Whittington, vice
president for business and
finance.

Among the most sought-
after residence halls on campus,
competition was particularly
fierce to move into Agnes
Scott and Rebekah this year,
according to Associate Dean
of Students Mollie Merrick

'57. "Every bed will be taken,"
she noted. "We decided that
we will not use double rooms
as singles in these buildings,
because they are so popular,"
she explained. "If someone
wants a single, and none are
available, then they'll either
have to move to another dorm
or find a roommate to share a
double."

Agnes Scott Hall has 20
singles and Rebekah 17. The
rest of the 168 rooms are
doubles, triples and quads.
Although the Administration
has previously limited Inman,
Agnes Scott and Rebekah
Halls to upperclasswomen,
first-year students live in
Main this year as well. Que
Hudson, dean of students,
said they decided to include
freshmen because "upperclass-
women can carry on tradition
the best. They can teach
freshmen what Agnes Scott is
all about."

"There have been a lot of
changes and a lot of moving,"
continued Dean Hudson. "I
think the developmental
stages of 18 to 22-year-olds

need stability. They have
been in motion. But I think
the students have handled it
well."

Both residence halls boast
new beds, refinished floors
and oak chests in each room.
As with the Inman Hall reno-
vation, alumnae donated
much of the furniture in the
dorm's public spaces. Frances
Steele Garrett '36 worked
with an alumnae committee
and Jova Daniels Busby Archi-
tects to secure and restore the
furniture.

Administrative offices will
occupy the lower floors of
both halls along with parlors
and meeting and conference
rooms. The offices of the
president, dean of students,
financial aid, career planning
and health services moved to
Main in August. Admissions,
the College chaplain and the
director of student activities
relocated to Rebekah.

Walters Hall is next on the
renovation list. It will close
for repairs to the heating
system and other minor
improvements.

Track completes first
phase of PE project

When students arrive on
campus this month a new
track and field will be waiting.
The track will be the first in
the College's history, and the
first phase of the new physical
education center project. The
new field will alternate with
the overburdened playing
field behind the library.

"Students are expecting
facilities at least as good as
those they grew up with," said
the College's vice president
for business and finance,
Gerald O. Whittington. The
400-meter track has six lanes
surrounding a natural-grass
field. The project took nearly
a year to complete at cost of
about $940,000.

Designed by Robert &
Company architects, the field
has a state-of-the-art drainage
and irrigation system, said
Whittington. Inadequate
drainage makes most fields
muddy and virtually unusable
after a heavy rainfall. The
new field has a 2-inch layer of
topsoil over a layer of sand.
When it rains, water perco-
lates through the top layer,
flushes through the sand and
is caught in an underground
collection source.

Although its design boasts
the newest in technology, the
new track and field lacks
lighting. Nighttime illumi-
nation would interfere with
the telescopes at Bradley
Observatory.

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 291

FINALE

Windows, arch and other Hub treasures will reappear in student center

This summer, the College
community said goodbye to
an "old friend." During July
demolition crews carefully
dismantled the Murphy
Candler Building, affection-
ately known as "the Hub."
Though much loved, through
the years the building had
become a safety hazard,
according to Gerald O.
Whittington, vice president
for business and finance. "It
would tall down of its own
accord if we didn't take it
down," he said. The adminis-
tration barred students from
the second floor for some
time, and the Department of
Public Safety moved from the
basement because of chronic
flooding and foundation
problems.

The Hub will be gone, hut
not forgotten. Certain archi-
tectutal features preserved
during the demolition will
find a home in the new cam-
pus center. The crew saved
the leaded-glass windows, the
arch over the front doors,
some interior light fixtures
and the capstone, or piece of
masonry bearing the words

'AD 1910," before beginning
their task. In addition the
contractor saved about 2,000
bricks to use as gifts for Col-
lege donors, noted Mary
Leslie Scott, director of the
annual fund.

College master plans called
for the Hub's removal as early
as 1940, but the College
could not afford to do so until
now. If everything goes ac-
cording to schedule, the old
gymnasium will become a
student center by next year.
Whittington and Dean of

Students Cue Hudson '68
announced tentative arrange-
ments for the coming year.
They hope to convert the
Terrace Dining Hall into a
temporary student lounge and
television room, while the
lower level of Walters Hall
would serve as a game room.

The Hub was the College's
original library. Its collection
soon outgrew the space and
the building became a student
center in 1936, when McCain
Library was built.

The College plans to land-

scape the site on which the
building stood. Landscape
architect Edward L. Daugherry
will go to work as soon as the
dust settles. The College
wants to shore up the rest of
the campus as well, since
many of its trees are either
dying or nearing the end of
their life span.

Most of the trees on the
front campus lining East Col-
lege Ave. are "volunteers"
they just took root and grew.
Mostly oak trees, they have a
life expectancy of about a
century. In addition, an arbor-
ist confirmed that Dutch elm
disease is killing the elms
lining South McDonough
Street. This condition is
methodically destroying the
nation's elm population.

"We have to start a tree
replacement program so the
College will always have
those high canopy trees," said
Whittington. "We're trying
to make sure it's the most
beautiful campus possible by
the centennial, and that it
will survive another 100
years."

Foundation earmarks
$255,000 tor
Global Awareness

Agnes Scott's Global Aware-
ness Program has received a
$255,000 grant from the
Jessie Ball duPont Religious,
Charitable and Educational
Fund. The two-year grant will
provide student scholarships
and development costs for
foreign study under the
Global Awareness Program.

Said Dr. John Studstill,
program director, "This grant
is extremely important, not
only to assure the continu-
ance of our program for the
next two or three years, but
also to assure the possibility

of a very high level of partici-
pation and quality by making
study available to all our
students." He added that one
of the program's original
objectives was to enable every
student to participate, regard-
less of economic status.

Although funds will not
officially be available until
next spring, planning is al-
ready underway for five new
programs, to be offered next
summer and during Christmas
break in 1987. Possibilities
include study and travel in
Ecuador and the Galapagos
Islands, Taiwan, Greece,
England and Burkina Faso.

The latter is the home of
Decatur's sister-cities.

"We want to bring Agnes
Scott and its students, faculty
and staft into closer communi-
cation and cooperation with
as much of our world as pos-
sible," Studstill explained.
"We want the program to
enhance the quality of educa-
tion at the College and con-
tribute to greater mutual
understanding and harmony
between all the people and
cultures ot the global commu-
nity. " The program, he hopes,
will also bring more interna-
tional students to Agnes
Scott for study.

Tell us about
Outstanding alumnae

The 1986 Agnes Scott Awards
Committee is accepting
nominations of alumnae until
Nov. 30 for Service to the
College, Service to the Com-
munity, and Distinguished
Career. Letters of recommen-
dation should specify the
award for which the alumna is
nominated, as well as why she
has been selected. Mail
recommendations to Awards
Committee, Alumnae Office,
Agnes Scott College, De-
catur, GA 30030.

Dorothy Qidllian Reeves '49

Awards Chair

130 FALL 1986

CALENDAR

A Big Apple Holiday

Join the Agnes Scott Alumnae
Association Dec. 26-30, 1986,
for a holiday gift of art and
theater in New York. A high-
light ot the trip will he the
van Gogh in St. Remy and
Auvers Exhibition at the
Metropolitan Museum of
Art. Other special activities
include:
n the Whitney Museum

and John Singer Sargent

retrospective
D two evenings ot theater
n architectural tour of lower

Manhattan
n lecture tours of special

private and corporate

collections
n SoHo tour led by an art

expert
D "Backstage at the Opera"

tour ot Lincoln Center
D opportunities to meet

artists and performers at

receptions arranged just

for us.

This four night and five day
trip includes excellent ac-
commodations in the heart of
the theatre district. The cost
is approximately $700 exclu-
sive of airfare and based on 15
or more participants.

For a brochure and further
information write the Alumnae
Office, Agnes Scott College,
Decatur, GA 30030 or call
404/371-6323.

September 23
ORGAN RECITAL

Cah'ert Johnson, Agnes Scott
Associate Professor of Music
8:15 p.m., Presser Hall/Free

October 5 - November 2
INVITATIONAL ART EXHIBIT

Dana Fine Arts Building/Free
(Gallery hours are Monday through
Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and
Saturday and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.)

October 14

KIRK CONCERT SERIES

John Browning, pianist
8:15 p.m., Presser Hall
$9 general admission; $6 students

October 23, 24, 25, 30, 31
AGNES SCOTT BLACKFRIARS'
FALL THEATRE PRODUCTION

"Crimes ot the Heart"

8:15 p.m., Dana Fine Arts Building

$4, general admission; $3, students

(For ticket information,

call 371-6248)

November 1

AGNES SCOTT BLACKFRIARS'

FALL THEATRE PRODUCTION

"Crimes ot the Heart"
8:15 p.m., Dana Fine Arts Building
$4, general admission; $3, students
(For ticket information, call 371-6248)

November 9 December 12
INVITATIONAL ART EXHIBIT

Dana Fine Arts Building/Free
(Gallery hours are Monday through
Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and
Saturday and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.)

November 20

THE JOFFREY II DANCERS

8:15 p.m., Presser Hall

39, general admission; $6, students

November 23

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE

COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA CONCERT

Marc Burcham, conductor
6 p.m., Presser Hall/Free

December 2

KIRK CONCERT SERIES

The Swingle Singers

8:15 p.m., Presser Hall

$9, general admission; $6, students

December 7

AGNES SCOTT GLEE CLUB CONCERT

7:30 p.m., Presser Hall/Free

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Keeping violence from overwhelming us.

ALUMNAE MAGAZINE WINTER 1986

<z

OUT THE WINDOW

As this year fades into another,
those of us who pubUsh the
magazine and Main Events
look hack over the past year and into
the new in an effort to assess our
program. As 1986 ends, we're pleased
to have finished six periodicals this
year, making a full schedule. We
hope you found their content
informative and interesting. For
1987, we hope to continue to
provide you with well-written and
timely articles by and about alumnae.
We are considering highlighting two
topics in particular as they are
experienced by our alumnae: voca-
tion in its broadest sense and spir-
ituality. We welcome your ideas
about people with whom to talk,
books by alumnae, or possible
alumnae writers.

In view of the holidays, this issue we traveled back to
Oxford, Ga. , with alumna author, Polly Stone Buck
74, whose childhood covers the early years of Emory
College. The College is also celebrating the reopening
of the newly reburbished Agnes and Rebekah Scott
Halls both photographed beautifully for these pages.
Two highly successful programs on campus. Return to
College and Global Awareness, are spotlighted as well.
In the center you'll find a special insert sharing with you
the College's good news in development.

Unlike people who either have it or don't all
newspapers and magazines have their own "style."
Usually invisible, a publication's style is the set of rules
that helps its copy editor navigate through the endless
options and contradictions of the English language and
still remain consistent.

Our current dilemma is honorifics:
Mrs., Miss, Mr., Dr., and that
person-come-lately, Ms. On June
19, 1986, The New York Times
welcomed Ms. to the Times news
section to be used whenever a
woman preferred it, regardless of her
marital status.

The Agnes Scott Alumnae
Magazine uses Associated Press
style, which calls for use of a person's
last name on second reference. But
as longtime Agnes Scott Professor of
Biology Josephine Bridgman '27
graciously points out in her letter to
the editor, most alumnae are known
to classmates by their original
names. In the beginning of articles,
we intend that an alumna be referred
to by her full name. But on second
reference, the going gets tough.
Would Susan Marie Smith who married John Jones be
Smith or Jones? Some women are offended when called
only by their last name, but newspapers have done that
to men for years. Writing about an 80-year-old woman as
Susan may seem overly familiar and disrespectful. Ms.
Smith? Mrs. Jones? Or perhaps she hyphenates? As for
unmarried women: are they Miss or Ms? Many women
feel that their marital status should not be part of their
name. Others believe that is important information
about them. Should one style be used in our feature
articles and news sections and another, more familiar
style be used in Class News?

Please help us with this new year's "resolution." This
magazine is for you. We would like to know your preference.
If The New York Times can change its policy in what
columnist William Safire called "a triumph of reason,"
we're certainly open to suggestions. Lynn Donham

Editor: Lynn Donham, Managing Editor: Stacey Noiles, Editorial Assistants: Carolyn Wynens, Ann Bennett, Student

Assistants: Chelle Cannon '90, Jill Jordan '89, Ginger Patton '89, Shari Ramcharan '89, Lisa Terry '90, Editorial Advisory Board: Dr.

Ayse Ilgaz Carden '66, Laura Whitner Dorsey '35, Susan Ketchin Edgerton '70, Sandra Cluck, Mary Kay Jarboe '68, Tish Young

McCutchen '73, Mildred Love Petty '61, Lucia Howard Sizemore '65, Elizabeth Stevenson '41

Copyright 1986, Agnes Scott College. Published three times a year by the Office of Publications of Agnes Scott College, Buttrick Hall,

College Avenue, Decatur, GA 30030, 404/371-6315. The magazine is published for alumnae and friends of the College.

Postmaster: Send address changes to Office of Development and Public Affairs, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA 30030.

Like other content of the magazine, this

article reflects the opinion of the

writer and not the viewpoint of

the College, its trustees or administration.

12 WINTER 1986

TURNABOUT

CONTENTS

Kudos! You've done it! My fall magazine
arrived tonight, and I've read it co\'er to
cover. This is exactly what I've been
craving carefully written, in-depth
articles on topics by our own [alumnae].
At last we've found our future in
questions asked and articles of this
caliber. Fantastic! Keep it up and many
thanks.

jitdy Roach '67
Indiatlantic, Fla.

Just a note to say how much I enjoyed
the tall '86 issue of Agnes Scott Alumnae
Magazine. It was among my reading
material (catch up work) on my way to
Panama and helped (enjoyably) pass the
time in the scenic Miami airport! The
main articles on Page 8, Page 13, and
Page 16 were good and especially Page 8
and Page 16 gave me food tor thought.

Beth Barclay DeWall 76
Cincinruiti, Ohio

Congratulations on the Agnes Scott
magazine and its national awards. 1 have
especially enjoyed the fall issue which
brought news of several friends, young
and old.

May I mention what 1 think is a minor
fault? In your report on Guill, the writer
failed to mention her as Lou Frank '69.
Since the alumnae magazine is for the
alumnae, 1 think helping the readers to
recognize their friends is desirable. Lou
Frank was quite a gal on campus, and
also has friends and relatives in Decatur.
Incidentally, she was a biology major
whom 1 knew and \'ery much enjoyed.

With every good wish for continued
success,

]osephine Bridgman '27
Decatur, Ga.

I want you folks to know how much 1 like
the publications. This issue of the Agnes
Scott Alumnae Magazine (Fall) was
especially attractive and interesting.
Congratulations on your CASE
awards what a special reward for hard
work this is!

Francis Holtsclaw Berry '57
Fompavio Beach, Fla.

Agnes Scott
Alumnae Magazine

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Winter 1986
N'uiumc 64 Number ?

8

The Blessed Town

An alumna recounts her childhood m

the small town of Oxford where Emory University

has its roots. B>' ?o\h Stone Buck

16

On Your Mark,

Get Set, Go Back to College

Return to College students are the type of women
who have always distinguished Agnes Scott. B>' lAnia Vhrtrxce

19

Jewels in the Crown

Like Inman, Agnes and Rebekah Scott Halls
are sparkling like new. By %tace-y hloiles

24

Discover India, Discover Yourself

Twelve students went to India and found a land

of fascinating and stark contrast. Some also found a part

of themselves. By Lynn Donham

Special Section

The President's Report 1985-1986
A record year.

Lifestyles

Finale

28

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UFESWLES

Gilreath finds her niche at 6 and 11

At 23. ]ulie Giheaih may be the youngest neus anchor at an NBC affiliate.

E\'er>' weeknight at 6
and 11 p.m., Julie
Gilreath '85 visits
thousands of middle-
Georgia residents in their
living rooms as the eve-
ning anchorperson for
WMGT-TV, the NBC af-
filiate in Macon. At 23,
Gilreath may be the young-
est NBC-TV-affiliated

evening news anchor in
the business.

Gilreath started working
as a general assignment
reporter for the Macon
station exactly eight days
after her graduation from
Agnes Scott. "I said I
wasn't going to graduate
without having a job," she
recalls. "So I targeted dif-

ferent cities Chatta-
nooga, Augusta, Columbus,
Macon and went there
for interviews. " The Macon
station asked her to start as
soon as possible.

ACartersville, Ga.,
native, Gilreath had got-
ten "hooked" on television
after spending her sopho-
more summer working on

the air at the small cable
television station in her
hometown. From that
point on, she augmented
her classroom work as an
English major with a series
of carefully chosen, semes-
ter-long internships in
broadcasting. During her
junior and senior years at
Agnes Scott, she held in-
ternships or paid part-time
positions at WATL-TV
(Channel 36), WAGA-TV
(Channel 5), and at the
Atlanta-based Cable News
Network.

On the job in Macon,
then, Gilreath found her-
self well-prepared, though
a bit surprised at just how
quickly her experience was
put to the test. "I was sent
on an assignment the very
first day!" she says, laugh-
ing. "I was thrown in and I
learned by doing that's
the only way to do it m
television."

A general assignment
reporter for a small station,
she found, is much like a
one-woman band: not only
did Gilreath research and
write her stories, complete
with on-camera interviews,
but she usually shot all the
footage. For interviews,
her subjects held the micro-
phone while she operated
the camera; for her own
on-camera appearances,
she set the camera on a
tripod and ran around in
front. "It teaches you to
budget your time wisely,"
Gilreath observes, "and
also, to exercise your
creativity and ingenuity."
Limited resources not-
withstanding, among the
stories she presented were a

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LIFESTYLES

four-part series, "Victims
for Life," on sexual assault;
a series on Georgia's Qual-
ity Basic Education (QBE)
program; and pieces on
Alzheimer's disease and
abuse of the elderly.

After six months of re-
porting, Gilreath was of-
fered the evening news
anchor slot. She now ap-
pears nightly on the 6 and
11 o'clock newscasts with a
male co-anchor. In addi-
tion, she produces the 11
o'clock show, a job which
entails making assignments
to the station's three re-
porters, writing and rewrit-
ing news stories, editing
videotape, timing the
newscast, and other details
of getting the newscast on
the air.

Gilreath believes her
liberal arts degree is just as
valuable if not more
valuable in her journal-
istic career than a more
specific major such as com-
munications or broadcast-
ing. "You can go further
with a liberal arts degree,"
she says. "You have a better
view of things going on
around you. " That broader
understanding of the
world, she says, is an attri-
bute that television news
directors are quick to recog-
nize. The specific technical
skills of broadcasting can
be readily acquired on the
set; but a broad-based,
analytically-oriented edu-
cation in the liberal arts is
appreciated, even in the
hectic world of television,
as a far more rare commod-
ity. Faye Goolrick

Winter becomes highest-ranking woman at Bell Research

Patricia Winter '71 X,
daughter of Eva Ann
Pirkle Winter '40,
has been named general
attorney at Bell Communi-
cations Research, Inc., in
Livingston, N.J. She is the
second woman to hold this
vice-presidency and is the
highest-ranking female in
the company.

Born in Atlanta and
raised in Lincoln, Neb.,
Winter began a major in
French at Agnes Scott and
continued at the Univer-
sity of Nebraska in Lincoln.
She graduated Phi Beta
Kappa and with high dis-
tinction in 1971. In 1975,
she earned a J.D. degree
from the College of Law at
UN-L, again with high
distinction, and was named
to the Order of the Coit,
the national honor society
for legal students.

"Law school," Winter
says, "was the most exciting
overall classroom experi-
ence I'd had since Agnes
Scott." Hetties to the
College run deep. "1 feel
that 1 grew up there," she
said. "In summer, when we
visited Atlanta, my mother
always took me to visit the
campus, to see Carrie
Scandrett, and the profes-
sors my mother knew. "
While an Agnes Scott
student. Winter formed
close friendships with "a
group of five, especially,
from the second floor of
Inman," she says.

After law school. Winter
joined an Omaha law firm.
Within five years she was
promoted to partner. In
January 1982, she moved

Patricia Winter

to the legal department of
Northwestern Bell, where
she was responsible for
employee benefits, labor
and some personnel areas.
During the AT&T divesti-
ture of 1982-83, she was on
the team which represented
US West, one of the newly
formed regional com-
panies, in the extensive
and complex negotiations
of pension plans and other
employee benefits. Fifty
billion dollars ot wage
earners' benefits were under
scrutiny. Winter recalls in
particular one staggering
weekend then "appropri-
ately, it was Labor Day
weekend," she laughs
and she remembers review-
ing more than 5 , 000 pages
of documents.

Winter's position places
her with the only firm in
the network of AT&T
offshoots jointly owned by
all the telephone operating
companies. Bell Communi-
cations Research provides
development and engineer-
ing support to all its owner

companies. Winter man-
ages areas of personnel,
labor benefits and tax law.
Three attorneys, a para-
legal and the legal depart-
ment manager report to
her. She enjoys the work,
she says. "It is an intellec-
tual puzzle. I like taking
the legal aspect and inte-
grating it with reality."
Though she has previous
management experience,
this is the first position
where her management
and people skills are being
developed. "Management
is both the most satisfying
and the most challenging
part of this position fot
me," she said, "because
you have to manage people
as individuals. You can
learn management con-
cepts and styles, but you
have to find out how they
work, and think and in-
teract with each other. You
have to learn a lot about
people as individuals."
Winter attributes her
career success to a combi-
nation of "hard work, good
fortune and confidence."
Her achievements are noth-
ing new in the Winter
family. Both of her parents
were professors at UN-L,
and her mother's many
accomplishments in math-
ematics and engineering
were featured in a 1979
issue of the Agnes Scott
Alumnae Quarterly. Winter
lives in New Providence,
N.J., with husband Dennis
Holsapple, also an attor-
ney, and their cat Titania.
Jane Zanca '83

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LIFESTYLES

Isaacson's of Atlanta is smart and chic, much like owner Louise Bernard

saacson's is one ot the
most exclusive specialty
stores in Atlanta. That it
is also considered one ot
the most accessible and
friendly is a tribute to its
owner and president,
Louise Isaacson Bernard
'46, who is also a trustee of
Agnes Scott College.

She walks with a long
stride and swinging arms,
probably much as she did
on campus 40-plus years
ago. As she runs her fingers
through a shock ot brown
hair that by most standards
would appear to be fashion-
ably coiffed, she allows
that it is in need of a trim.
A chic green outfit shows
her fashion sense; a warm
and open smile, her friendly
nature.

A few minutes in her
small, cluttered office dem-
onstrates that despite the
high veneer of glamour on
the sales floor, this is
a hard and demanding
business.

Isaacson's began as a fur
store in downtown Atlanta,
in the lobby of the old
Henry Grady Hotel, where
the Peachtree Plaza Hotel
now stands. Her father
took her to New York on
her first buying trip when
she was 16, a high school
graduation gift. "I re-
member bragging that
Atlanta's population was a
quarter million," she
laughs. 'At that time. New
York's was 12 million."

Later, at her suggestion,
Isaacson's began carrying a
small selection of sports-
wear.

"Our first attempts at
sportswear were very moder-

ate in price," Bernard
notes. "That was not our
forte, but we could see a
need, at least 1 could, and
we went into better sports-
wear. But it has become
better and better and better
and better," she smiles.

"At that time, the vari-
ous manufacturers granted
exclusive rights. There
were a lot of other stores in
town like Rich's and J. P.
Allen's. They offered the
manufacturers exclusive
rights to sell certain lines,
so a lot ot manufacturers
didn't want us to buy their
lines. But we gradually
made our own little niche."

Bernard grew up in
Druid Hills, sandwiched
between a brother and older
sister (Ramona Isaacson
Freedman '45X). "1 have
certainly seen changes in
Atlanta," she says. "I think
my graduating class from
Druid Hills was 60-odd
students. That was con-
sidered a fine-sized class!"
She attended Agnes Scott
as a day student.

She was a sociology and
business major, although
at the time she did not
have Isaacson's in mind as
a career. That was coinci-

dence, she says. "I was just
more interested in business
than 1 was in anything
else, and 1 ended up minor-
ing in English because 1
loved the English courses
that I took. I can only tell
you that I knew languages
and fine arts were out. I did
what 1 was best at."

Bernard graduated from
Agnes Scott immediately
following World War II,
when women were leaving
the workforce to make
room for returning vet-
erans. She chose, with the
support of husband Maurice
Bernard, to work full time
in the family business.

"My family needed my
help with the store, relied
on it. We both agreed that
this was what I would do.
It was never discussed. My
family has been very sup-
portive, both my husband
and my children. They
never once said, 'Oh, you
ought not to do that.' "
The Bernards have two
children.

Bernard has been a trus-
tee since 1978. She believes
very strongly in the future
of women's colleges. "There
is a need for a college for

women. I got many of my
feelings of being able to
cope in this world from
having gone [to Agnes
Scott] because I was never
put down for being a woman
there.

"But I have felt that so
much of the denigration of
women in this country has
come from women who did
not have the benefit of an
ASC education," she con-
tinues. "Very few of our
graduates come in here to
shop and say, 'Well, I have
to show it to my husband,
because, after all, it's his
money. ' They never say it's
his money, because they
know it's their money. "

After 8 years, Bernard is
still enthusiastic about
being a member of the
board of trustees. "We
have fantastic people on
our board," she says. "1
have been so pleased with
the women trustees that
1 have met, older and
younger, and am so im-
pressed with the brain
power of Harriet King,
Susan Phillips, and the
reasoning ability of Betty
Cameron and Dot Addison.

"These are people that I
probably wouldn't have
known otherwise, because
we are different age groups.

"I'm just totally impressed
with the caliber of our
mostly alumnae trustees
and the men who are on
the board.

"The impact of ASC
graduates is very quiet,"
Bernard notes. "But we're
out there in more numbers
than people realize."
Stacey Noiles

LIFESTYLES

Sarah Campbell quietly blazes trails with a pioneering torm of therapy

When Sarah
Campbell '81 was
7 she wrote a
compostion titled, "I Want
To Be A Child Psychia-
trist." Later, in her junior
year of high school, she
discovered dance. Today
Campbell combines the
structure of psychiatric
therapy with the freedom
of movement in a career
field that is so new, it is still
defining itself.

Campbell first watched
dance therapy "psycho-
therapy using movement,
instead of words" when
she attended a Unified
Arts Conference with
Agnes Scott Associate
Professor of Physical Educa-
tion Marylin Darling. "I
was fascinated, but I was
also scared," she recalls.
"It was the first genuinely
free movement I had ever
seen. I wanted only to
watch, because knowing
the power of movement, I
didn't want to expose my-

self, to be that readable."
In the summer of 1980,
Campbell used a Studies in
Progress Award from the
College's Studio Dance
Theater to attend a three-
week course with dance
therapist Arlene Stark.
Later, after earning a de-
gree in biology at ASC,
and a two-year, well-
traveled stint as a phar-
maceuticals representative,
she met Stark again, as
director of the graduate
program in which Campbell
earned her master's degree
in dance movement therapy.
Now working at Charter
Peachford Hospital in
Atlanta, she holds 45-
minute sessions with small
groups ot severely disturbed
teenagers. Ironically, she
completed an internship
on the adolescent unit at
Charter Peachford during
her junior year and she
recalls "hating" it. 'Al-
though, in retrospect," she
says, "it was probably be-
cause the patients and I

were so close m age.

The program at Charter
Peachford relies on struc-
ture rather than medica-
tion, and Sarah continues
themes in the therapy pro-
gram. Yet the group ses-
sions must be spontaneous,
and responsive to the
momentary mental and
emotional state ot the indi-
viduals. "Pre-planned ses-
sions flop," she says. Most
of the patients in the dance
therapy program have dem-
onstrated behavior disor-
ders, major depression, or
adjustment reaction. Some
have been so sheltered that
they were prevented from
maturing; others have been
forced to grow up long
before they were ready,
have become streetwise,
and may have had to physi-
cally defend their lives.

"Some are so depressed,
they can't move at all in a
session," Campbell says.
She uses ribbons, balls,
masks, hand puppets and
other props to draw re-

sponse. Once a week, the
patients plan a session and
choose music to be used
"from the supply we have,"
the therapist says. "I have
to screen words very care-
fully. We have no hard rock
or video music." Contrary
to the belief that teenagers
listen only to the music,
and not to the words,
Campbell warns, "The
kids usually know all the
words to all the songs."
The impact of most nega-
tive music, she points out,
is seen in the several pa-
tients who were hospital-
ized because of a suicide
attempt, accomplished
while playing one particu-
lar, darkly evocative song.
Campbell finds her work
immensely rewarding.
"The results are very visi-
ble," she says. She plans to
continue growing with her
chosen field, and is very
interested in its potential
for rehabilitation of head-
injury and stroke victims.
Jane A. Zanca '83

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V?H1,\.

The Blessed
Town

ANNA E. BIRKNER

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By Polly Stone Buck '24

IQ ..

Admittedly, Oxford was not a
wildly exciting place, espe-
cially for students who came
from sophisticated city homes, hut to
those of us who had seldom been
beyond Covington, it seemed a
bu::ing community. Somehow, be-
tween education and religion, the
days were filled. Although one of the
students once wrote home, "After
the leaves have fallen in the autumn,
nothing moves here," there was al-
ways something going on.

Sundays were especially full, with
three religious meetings at the
church (and nothing short of being
sick in bed was an excuse for not
attending) Sunday school, eleven
o'clock preaching, and prayer meet-
ing in the evening. Between these
last two, students often sandwiched
in a walk alone in the woods to prac-
tice aloud the coming week's assign-
ments in oratory or debating, which
were popular courses. Or they might
have the Covington livery stable
send over a rig to take a young lady
buggy riding. There was one great
objection to this: at some point be-
fore the ride was over, the horse was
sure to relieve himself vigorously
right in front of their four eyes a
very embarrassing moment for young
people. So a young lady might often
refuse an engagement for a ride, and
prefer a long walk. (A plan to go
somewhere in the company of the
opposite sex was called an "engage-
ment," never a "date." Dates were
something like 1066 and 1492.)

On weekdays, daylight hours were
taken up with classes, and for the
students, with athletics as well. They
had several tennis courts, unen-
closed, but with backstops, and a
rudely laid-out athletic field for foot-
ball, circled by a running track. The
small red brick gymnasium had
traveling rings, a leather vaulting
horse, space for marching, an area

for exercises with dumbbells or In-
dian clubs, and a marked-off basket-
ball court. There was no swimming
pool; this was before the days when
everyone learned to swim as a matter
of course.

The faculty kept fit not by doing
anything very strenuous, but by walk-
ing to classes, Sunday afternoon
country rambles, and exercising a
few minutes on rising every morning
at the open window with a pair of
wooden dumbbells. Faculty wives
felt they were getting plenty of exer-
cise when they v\'alked around in
their yards, cutting flowers for the
vases, or after the yardman had
hitched up when they drove
around in their buggies in the after-
noons to pay calls, to shop in the
Covington stores, or simply to "take
the air." The main thing prescribed
for good health was "getting out
more" breathing Oxford's pure,
unpolluted air, and not any form of
exertion when once outside. The
children's little arms and legs began
exercising and pumping fresh air
into their lungs the minute they
woke up in the morning.

All evenings were peaceful. With
no streetlights, there was no induce-
ment to to stumble around in the
dark. People took cover.

How did people fill the hours?

The "glorious business of educa-

tion" took care of most of them, for
the evenings were giwn to study.
Children did homework around the
big lamp on the dining room table,
and then joined Mama and Papa in
the parlor for reading aloud. There
was all of Dickens to go through, and
if they finished him. Sir Walter Scott
was waiting in the wings. They sang
around the piano hymns, serenades,
folk songs; there was chess, and
checkers, and as many as four could
play a hot game of Parcheesi. They
talked to each other; parents dealt
out advice to their offspring.

College boys put on isinglass
eyeshades and bent over their books
on the little study tables in their
bedrooms. Or they strolled, whis-
tling, over to their club rooms for
discussion of this or that with tlieir
fraternity brothers, to strum guitars
or banjos, sing together, or play
chess or checkers. A great deal of
masculine whistling went on, espe-
cially by anyone walking or working
alone. Each fraternity had its own
shrill whistles, both a call and an
answer, and the members used them
constantly to signal each other; a
piercing whistle would reach far on
Oxford's quiet streets. At glee club
concerts, after the v\'ords of several
verses of a song had been sung,
another would almost always be whis-
tled through.

To pass a pleasant evening after
the next day's assignments had been
completed, the romantically minded
often sat in porch swings with local
young ladies, who prepared for the
engagement by making a plate of
fudge or divinity candy. If was a
warm evening, the boy would draw
up a bucketful of fresh cold water
from the well, while the young lady
rolled and squeezed lemons for a
pitcher of lemonade. And some-
times, on Saturday nights, the whole
town "cut loose" with affairs that

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were purely social, with no educa-
tional or religious strings tied to
them. It might be a magic lantern
show in the Old Church or the
Alkahest Lyceum circuit show, which
made an annual appearance with a
fifty-cent admission program, and
was worth every penny. There were
no half dollars lying loose around our
house, so we had to take other
people's word for this. The write-up
in the Covington paper said of one
such evening: "The audience was
kept practically in an uproar, either
laughing at the humor, or on the
point of tears at the pathetic. The
program consisted of dialect read-
ings, songs, a few pieces for the
violin, and a collection of jokes hard
to beat."

We were not dependent entirely
on the space offered by the Old
Church, for when sliding doors were
pushed back into the walls and the
whole downstairs "thrown together,"
many Oxford homes were large
enough to take care of receptions
and programs. Nor did we have to
wait until out-of-town professional
entertainers arrived to furnish amuse-
ments. We had talent of our own,
and there was no charge to hear
them.

Elocution was the great thing just
then, with two schools of delivery,
the Delsarte method and the Emer-
son method, and several of our young
ladies had had correspondence
courses in one or the other and were
proficient in giving "readings" with
gestures. So along with the never-
absent piano selections an entertain-
ment would also have a "reading."
Sometimes the two would be com-
bined: the words of a poem recited to
piano chords at just about the same
fashionable step-halt, step-halt
tempo at which wedding attendants
came down the aisle. Not every lady
had the presence to be a good
"reader," but all had been raised
under the same rule of daily compul-
sory practice, and by dedicated

pounding during their growing-up
years, every one of them was a more
or less competent pianist. They were
a great addition to the local cultural
life, never evading a performance by
"not having brought my music," for
they all knew several things by heart,
and were delighted to oblige, adjust-
ing the piano stool to the correct
height by a series of twirls, laying a
little lace bordered handkerchief at
the end of the keyboard, and then
plunging into one of their pieces
from a recent copy of Etude.

After the Meltons came to Emory
from Johns Hopkins, things were
much more lively. Professor Melton
and his Baltimore family stirred
things up considerably and brought a
breath of city air and sophistication
into our village life. Mrs. Melton
was horrified to learn that the mis-
sionary society was the town's only
women's organization, and she
immediately started a "cultural
group" called the K. K. K. , after one
she had belonged to in Baltimore. It
meant Kil Kare Klub no relation to
the Ku Klux Klan. It met in rotation
in the members' homes once a
month, with a "paper" written with
much agony by some member, fol-
lowed by chicken salad and beaten
biscuits and coffee, and then erudite
discussion provoked by the paper's
topic. The ladies adjudged suffi-
ciently intellectual and socially
qualified to belong to this group were
definitely perked up by it all; the
missionary society meetings came in
a poor second.

Oxford ladies did not always have
their eyes on culture and improve-
ment. In the afternoons they were

To go somewhere in the
company of the opposite

sex was called an

engagement, never a date.

Dates were 1066 and 1492.

sometimes frivolous enough for a few
tables of Rook, with a prize tor the
highest score and a boob one for the
lowest something ridiculously
funny that was supposed to salve the
feelings of the afternoon's poorest
player. Rook wasn't a very compli-
cated card game, and little girls
would play it too, but we preferred
Flinch, while we sat crosslegged on
the floor of the porch or the cool
hall. "Spotted cards" was what we
called regular playing cards, which
were so wicked that they were never
seen in Oxford. An Oxford lady
once certainly proved her total ignor-
ance of them by saying innocently,
"Why, I wouldn't know an ace from a
spade!" Liquor, dancing, and
gambling were outlawed by the char-
ter, sternly forbidden ever to cross
the town line, and as we understood
it, playing with "spotted cards" was
what was meant by gambling.

Once one of these nefarious items
was discovered caught in some leaves
on the Palmer girls' playground. We
gathered fearfully around to look at
it from a safe distance. Emphatically
we did not want to to continue to
pollute the place, yet none of us was
daring enough to pick it up to dispose
of it. (There might be blue jays
around, who would report us to the
Bad Man. ) A bold soul finally got
the fire tongs from the schoolhouse
and with them carried it at arm's
length and popped it in the stove. A
sanctimonious little procession of
girls who had followed to see the
deserved fiery end breathed a sigh of
relief that it was off our playground!

Having a college of several
hundred young men meant that they
quite often provided our entertain-
ments. The Emory glee club gave
concerts throughout the year, even
rumbling off in a big two-horse
wagon to perform in nearby country
towns. (A far cry from days to come,
when the glee club from Emory in
Atlanta would travel by jet to Euro-
pean and South American capitals

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110 WINTER 1986

Before the Coca-Cola millions
moved Emory University to Atlanta,
Polly Stone Buck's family moved to
the city in 1912, where she attended
Atlanta Girls High School.

Her father's family helped to found
Emory College at Oxford, where he
was a faculty member. After his early
death, her mother eked out a living
as a seamstress and rented rooms to
boarders in Oxford the time Mrs.
Buck recalls in The Blessed Town.

Polly Stone graduated from Agnes
Scott in 1924. "Between sophomore
and junior years our money gave out,
so I had to leave school," she says. "I
worked at the telephone company in
Atlanta and ate brown-bag lunches
for a year until the family got strong
enough for me to come back and
finish.

"This is why, although 1 am listed
as '24, I really feel closer to the 'girls'
in '23 and have unblushingly re-

unioned with both classes," she
notes.

An English major in college, Mrs.
Buck contends,"! was terrible in
athletics, and not much better schol-
astically, I'm afraid, but I loved the
extracurricular things." She edited
the Silhouette her senior year and was
a member of Blackfriars.

"1 wrote several rather goopy stories
for the Aurora, and sentimental
poems about goldenrod and Califor-
nia. One that they turned down
horrified the Poetry Society the
last line being 'How can I tell them I
am mad?' "

Frustrated poetry attempts aside,
after graduation Mrs. Buck worked as
a secretary at the College's Alumnae
House for four years, eventually mi-
grating north on the encouragement
of friends Margaret Bland Sewell '20
and Roberta Winter '27, who were
both studying at Yale.

Upon her arrival, she says, "I

typed papers for Yale students and
eventually got a job in the University
library on the strength of not having
been to library school!"

She married faculty member
Norman S. Buck in 1934, five years
after her arrival at Yale. They had
three daughters. For 17 years he was
master at one of Yale's residential
colleges.

After her husband's death in 1964,
Mrs. Buck started uTiting. The Blessed
Town is her third book. Her first.
Adopted Son of Salem recounts the
19th-centur\' adventures of her hus-
band's grandfather, who was a naval
captain, as well as a coffee planter
and U.S. consul in Fernando Po
(now Bioko), an island off Equatorial
Guinea. We Minded the Store tells of
Yale University's World War 11 con-
version into a naval and marine base.

The 85 -year-old author now lives
in Hamden, Conn. , where she con-
tinues to write.

AGNES scon ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 111

for its concerts. ) The college had
two literary societies, Few and Phi
Gamma, passionate rivals, which
often put on a lively debate about
questions of the day, or presented an
evening of orations to which all Ox-
ford and Covington flocked.

The town's young people and the
college students frequently had eve-
ning parties. If the occasion was
specified as "formal," the students
wore their Sunday blue serge suits; if
it was a "tacky party," everybody
looked around for the worst old,
disreputable garments they could lay
their hands on, trying to look like
tramps, and perhaps joyously letting
down the bars on proper behavior.
But at all parties, even candy puU-
ings and the young folks had these,
too there were always plenty of
keen-eyed chaperons. Besides going
on picnics at the Waterfall and the
Rock, students sallied out into the
countryside on hayrides. Driving
around on rutted country roads in a
springless farm wagon may not sound
like much fun, but under a full moon,
with hay cushioning the ride and all
the prettiest faculty daughters tucked
in, a jaunt of this sort could provide
a very enjoyable evening.

In a college town, of course, com-
mencement week was the social high
point of the year, to which every-
thing led. There were goings-on in
every home. Chickens fled for their
lives, but were remorselessly trans-
formed into pulley-bones and
drumsticks. The handles of ice-
cream freezers were turned all day
long on back porches. There was
icing of cakes and whipping up of
elegant desserts.

Oxford had no hotel. Commence-
ment week was the only time when
we were flooded with guests, and we
felt about it the way Robert Toombs
did when a hotel was suggested for
his hometown of Washington, Geor-
gia: "There is no need. If a stranger is
a gentleman, he can stay at my
house, and if he isn't a gentleman,

The whole town brought

a picnic supper down

to the deserted college

grounds and had

a mammoth party.

then we don't want him in town!"

So, in lieu of a hotel, every Oxford
house was gaily crowded to capacity
with out-of-town guests parents of
students, nostalgic alumni, trustees,
dignitaries of church and state who
were the "speakers," and pretty sisters
and sweethearts in long swirling
skirts and lacy, flower-trimmed hats,
carrying ruffled pink parasols. For an
entire week no child slept in a bed;
several quilts folded together made a
pallet on the floor, and we were only
too proud to give up our beds for
important company.

Commencement was a kind of
social, intellectual, and religious
Chautauqua. There were sermons
every day by noted preachers, long
programs of orations by the best
speakers in each class, and con-
ducted tours of the library-museum
and science laboratory (which had a
skeleton on display). There were also
athletic events to watch, both out-
doors and in. A relay race had pant-
ing runners "passing on the message";
on the gym floor, boys wearing
what looked to me like their summer
underwear marched around in
intricate formations, swung from
one end of the building to the other
on traveling rings, and leaped up on
each others shoulders and formed
human pyramids to a breathtaking
height.

Evening was the time for the glee
club to shine, and for parties given

by the various Greek letter frater-
nities, which outdid themselves to
entertain the visiting belles. The
culmination of these was the Pan-
Hellenic reception. With no dancing
allowed, these evening affairs were
formal receptions and prom parties,
largely conversation, with couples
walking up and down and with a
constant change of partners. Girls
had little fancy prom cards with
tasseled pencils swinging from them,
and each young man saw to it that
the young lady he escorted had a
partner for each promenade. At the
tinkling of a little silver bell, a new
partner would present himself. Inside
the house, crowded with people and
brightly lit by dozens of candelabra,
behavior must be decorous, but when
the promenaders strolled along the
dim walks and driveways of the yard,
there was opportunity for less proper
and more satisfactory flirting. The
grounds v/ere illumined for the occa-
sion by Chinese paper lanterns; the
house chosen in which to give the
party usually had twisting walks and
driveways on which to pace, and
garden benches and little latticed
summer houses.

At each end of the long veranda
would be a cut-glass punch bowl
brimming with a non-alcoholic
punch, whose chief ingredient was
strong tea. Each fraternity had a list
of little girls from the town, faculty
daughters or younger sisters of mem-
bers, who served at the punch bowls,
wearing their best white dresses,
with a pale blue or pink sash and a
whopping matching hair-ribbon bow
on top of their heads, large enough
to lift a girl right off the floor. No
sixteen- or eighteen-year-old visiting
belle went through more thrills and
chills over the correctness of her
costume for these evenings than did
the little ten-year-old servers of
punch. At the end of the evening,
there was always ice cream and cake.

After commencement, the college
boys went home, and at first the

112 WINTER 1986

town seemed empty and forlorn. But
many things tilled the long summer
vacation. The year I was eleven, the
minister's daughter and I (she was
that indispensable thing in a little
girl's life, my "best friend") filled it
by reading through the entire Bible.
The way we happened to get involved
in this enormous undertaking was
that our Sunday School teacher
offered a crocheted purse (very
stylish just then the directions had
been printed in the Ladies' Home
]ourruil) to any girl who would read
the Bible all the way through.
Neither Mary nor I had ever had a
purse of any sort, having nothing to
put in one, but some day we should,
and this was a chance to get it free.
And since it wasn't a tense competi-
tion, with only the first one through
a winner, and since the long summer
stretched ahead with nothing else to
do, we decided to try. We did most of
the reading, chapter after chapter,
sitting in Mary's family's buggy in
their side yard, its shafts on the
ground. At first the unfamiliar Mid-
dle Eastern names seemed an insur-
mountable hurdle, until I had the
brilliant idea of skipping all the words
that began with a capital, unless it
was an easy one we already knew,
like Cain or Moses. (Mary always
insisted that she thought of it; well,
it doesn't matter which of us did. ) It
saved ever so much time, but even at
that, it took us a whole summer.

The summers were visiting time
for children. Td provide a change
and a treat, most of them would be
sent off on the train to stay with
relatives in another town. Tvo weeks
was the regular length of such a visit.
But when the nieces and nephews
and grandchildren of Emory faculty,
sent by parents to benefit from our
good water and pure air, came to
visit in Oxford, they stayed all sum-
mer. A number of them came every
year, and both they and we felt that
they were almost as much Oxford
children as we were.

The only Christmas tree

in town was a stout pine

put up in the Old Church

for the Sunday School.

Summer was also the time for
picnics and tor watermelon cutting
on the joggling boards in the yard.
When the moon was full, the whole
town brought a picnic supper down
to the deserted college grounds and
had a mammoth party, with the
children shrieking and tearing
around in the moonlight and playing
games on the campus, where ordi-
narily we were forbidden to go.

Each summer there was the annual
Sunday school picnic, when we piled
in wagons and drove a long way off,
not just to the Rock or the Waterfall
but perhaps even to the banks of the
Yellow River. Parents went along at
least mothers did, and a few fathers
were there to drive. Great hampers
of food were carried stuffed eggs,
cheese straws, fried chicken, ginger-
bread, sliced ham and beaten bis-
cuits, layer cake, tea cakes . . . We
stuffed ourselves, went wading, and
played games kissing games, too,
like "many, many stars," since there
were boys along.

In late summer came cotton-picking
parties. Cotton picking was con-
sidered Negroes' work, and the races
did not trespass on each other's labor
preserves. No matter how hard up an
Oxford white person might be, he
simply did not go into a cotton field
as a "hand. " The only time one could
pick cotton was with a group, as a
lark, and to give the money raised to
some good cause. During all the time

when we needed money so badly, it
never occurred to Mother or either
of the boys, or to anybody else, to
suggest that they could make a little
money by picking cotton. It wouldn't
have been much, but something.
Even when the soles ot our shoes
were worn through and they could
have made forty cents for every
hundred pounds picked in fields
within walking distance it simply
never entered anyone's head. But
every tall, when the cotton fields
were white, a Sunday school class or
the children's missionary society en
masse, carrying big cloth sacks,
would bet together and rumble out
to a field in the country in some-
body's father's wagon the regular
mode of mass transportation before
buses. There we would divide into
teams and spend the afternoon each
trying to beat the others in number
ot pounds picked. It was hard, hot
work, but fun. Then back to ice
cream and cake at somebody's house,
and on the next Sunday the number
of pounds picked and the names of
the winning team would be an-
nounced to the whole Sunday
school, when a check for the amount
earned was made out for a mission
school in China, or whatever the
chosen charity happened to be. And
the little Oxford pickers, some
barefooted of necessity, and some
wearing cut-out cardboard soles to
block the holes in their worn-out
shoes, beamed with pure delight,
and never once thought that it might
have been more sensible to have let
the charity begin at home and outfit-
ted us with decent footgear, since
cold weather and school were just
around the corner.

Except for commencement, fall
was the most exciting time ot the
year in the village. The hot, dusty
summer had come to an end. The
city children who always came to
spend the vacation with relatives
here had been bade goodbye until
next year, and put on the train for

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home. The sweet gum trees were
purple and red, the tulip poplars and
hickories a soft yellow, and the giant
oaks a dignified bronze. The days
were crisp and sparkling with the
herbal fragrance of goldenrod and
ripening broom sedge everywhere,
and with each arriving mulecar and
Its load ot new college students, the

haunting, long-held notes of the cry
"New bo'Oy!" from the throats ot the
old ones floated through the air.

Not only the college, but Palmer
Institute too was flexing its younger
muscles for the term coming up.
There might be a new teacher to take
the measure of; hems of school
dresses had been let out (and horrors,
a line there often showed it, too);

boys with pocketknives were under
requisition to whittle points on new
pencils; and at Johnson's store there
were lovely new varnished pencil
boxes, with roses painted on a sliding
lid, which tore your heart out.

The new college year was begin-
ning, and all Oxford was "up and at
em" with renewed vim. The town's

114 WINTER 1986

houses were turned upside down tor
the fall cleaning, which put spring
cleaning completely in the shade.

Mattresses and pillows had already
been dragged out on a sunny porch,
or lacking such, all the way into the
yard, and given a thorough airing. A
stiff feather dipped in turpentine was
run along each mattress seam "just as
a preventative." A needed lick of
paint was put on here and there, and
fresh putty pressed around window
panes to keep out drafts and rattles.
Everybody was getting ready for the
boarders.

Cold weather brought no ice and
snow, so there were no so-called
winter sports, but now was the time
for fun indoors, such as candy pulls,
when a pot of molasses taffy was
boiled on the stove at the school or
in someone's kitchen.

In the week before Christmas, the
same Sunday school class that had
picked cotton tor the heathen in
September bundled up and, sitting
close to keep warm in a nest of hay in
a wagon body, made a nippy, nose-
freezing trip out into the country to
take collected food jars ot their
mothers' canned vegetables or pre-
servesto "poor folks." (We did not
realize that uv were "poor folks.")

As tor Christmas itself, a boy in
the family climbed an oak tree and
hacked off a bunch of mistletoe to
hand in a doorway to "catch" people
under. We cut sprays from the holly
and other evergreen shrubs in our
yards to take to the cemetery and to
decorate the house. On Christmas
Eve we also celebrated with fire-
works, just as on the Fourth of July.
We thought setting off firecrackers
(bang! bang! Christ is born! bang!)
was quite the proper way to usher in
the blessed day. The louder the bangs
in the daytime, and the more we lit
up the sky at night with sparklers
and roman candles, the better. An
evening of fireworks made a glorious
celebration because with no street-
lights there was pitch-blackness for a

Polly StoJie Buck

background. 1 was afraid of all ot
them, except sparklers and the very
small "squib" firecrackers that came
in a batch ot about a hundred, with
their tiny wicks woven together. 1
would unravel these, and set oft only
one at a time, and then be frantic
after I had applied the match, tor fear
that I couldn't throw it before it
exploded in my hand.

The boys would boldly light the
whole mass of firecrackers together,
toss the batch in the air, and enjoy a
peppering ot pops. They also had big
giant ones that made as much noise
as a small cannon in fact, they
were called "cannon crackers."

Each year the newspapes carried
stories of children in other places
who were maimed by fireworks, but
since nothing so violent happened in
Oxford, we went right on with our
noisy celebration.

On Christmas Eve Mother read us
the story from St. Luke, and also the
hilarious chapters about the little
Ruggleses in The Birds Christmas
Carol by Kate Douglas Wiggin. The
next morning there were stockings
with a coin in the toe. Some children
had gold pieces; for us it was always a
shiny dime, and one year, an espe-
cially hard one tor Mother, just a
gleaming Indian head penny. The

long stocking-legs were filled with
goodies from the box that two of
Father's old friends in Macon faith-
fully sent each Christmas. There
were apples, scratchy raisin clusters
full of seeds, all sorts of nuts seen
nowhere else all year almonds,
Brazil nuts, English walnuts and
those wonderful treats, oranges! The
box always had a bag of "bucket
candy" for us children and a box of
lovely chocolates for Mother. Each
ot us had a present for the others,
usually things we had made ourselves
and kept in the greatest secrecy, and
there were always the Octagon soap
wrappers to fall back on.

The only Christmas tree in town
was a stout pine put up in the Old
Church for the Sunday school. In
the big bare building, lit by real can-
dles, it was a beautiful sight. It was
just as well that there weren't trees in
private homes, or there would be
fewer ot these houses left, for the
little tin holders, clipped on the
branch ends, and swaying and tip-
ping, always held the lighted candles
at every possible dangerous angle.
Buckets ot water were lined up
against the wall, just in case, and
men and boys stood by ready to use
them. Happily they never had to.

Everybody in town came. A
woman played the piano, and we
sang Christmas hymns and the old
carols. The minister read again the
passages from the New Testament
telling the Christmas story the
shepherds, the wise men, the stable,
the star. We knew them by heart
from previous years, but liked to hear
them again.

Then families lighted their
kerosene lanterns and walked home
together along the dark, unpaved
streets.

Excerpted from The Blessed Town:
Oxford, Georgia, at the Turn of the
Century. Published by Algonquin
Books of Chapel Hill, P.O. Box
2225, Chapel Hill, N.C., 27515-
2225.

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 151

On Your Mark,

Get Set

Go Back To College

The literature proclaims, "Make
the Rest of Your Lite the Best of
Your Life." An ad in Atlanta
magazine begins, "On Your Mark,
Get Set, Go . . . Back to College."
Traditionally, tall is the time when
college admission offices start haunt-
ing the halls of high schools and
secondary schools in recruiting. But
the women enrolled in Agnes Scott
College's Return to College Program
are anything but traditional students.
They are women whose education
has been interrupted or postponed.
Women whose ages range from 22 to
65. Women who are eager to learn,
ready for a challenge, and scared to
death.

Return to College students have
the same opportunities and require-
ments for study as traditional stu-
dents. However, they enter Agnes
Scott as unclassified, or nondegree,
students and take up to 24 semester
hours before entering the degree
program. This allows them to estab-
lish a successful academic record and
decide if the program is right for
them. Unlike traditional students,
they have as much time as needed to
complete degree requirements.

There is such a thing as the typical
Return to College student. She is
38-years-old; married to a profes-
sional; has two children, ages 12 and

Barbara Dudley '86

By Linda Florence '88

14; lives in suburban Dekalb County;
works part time. She has returned to
school after an 18-year absence from
the classroom and attends Agnes
Scott part time.

This profile, as useful as it is to
gain an overall picture, overlooks the
rich diversity of the Return to Col-
lege population.

Most readily admit that their first
semester is often the most challeng-
ing. It requires many adjustments
balancing school with home and
work-life, relearning study habits,
and coping with stress added to al-
ready busy lives.

Said Director of the Return to
College program, Marilynn Mallory,
"Although their ages may initially set
them apart on campus, they are the
kind of women who have always

distinguished Agnes Scott bright,
capable and eager to make a con-
tribution to the society in which they
live."

Susan Little was 28 years old when
she enrolled as an RTC (as they are
known around the campus these
days). Her boys were 6 and 8. She
had no idea what a liberal arts educa-
tion meant. She knew she wanted to
major in psychology, and the campus
was convenient.

Little never left. Today she is
Agnes Scott's director of financial
aid. With her degree in psychology
and a background in accounting, she
combines her life experiences with a
college degree, "helping other
women have the experience I had.

"The community at Agnes Scott
expects you to try new things. They
are there to cheer when you succeed,
and catch you when you fall. And
you do plenty of both," says Little.
"The friends I made as a student are
unique . We can disagree with one
another's viewpoints. We argue our
points in an honest, forthright man-
ner. Then when we come out on the
other side, we still respect each
other. We are free to present our-
selves as who we are; and that is so
important."

As for "fitting in" with 18-to-21-
year-cild students, she says, "I can
remember many times I spent the
night in a dorm before a test. We

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PRESIDE

REPORT

This year our renewal continued to gain momentum as
we moved toward our Centennial Celebration.

The Admissions Office had a strong year, helped in
part by an award-winning series of admissions materials
and a dynamic recruitment plan aimed at improving all
phases of admissions activity. As a result, senior inquiries
rose 8 percent this year, applications 5 percent and fresh-
man deposits were up 16 percent. One hundred and
forty-four students enrolled in the Class of 1990.

A formal assessment of student attitudes conducted
during the year showed student satisfaction at Agnes
Scott surpassed that of students at other private and
public colleges in almost all areas covered by the study.

During the year the College further enhanced the quality of life on campus as
it undertook a $3.6 million renovation of Agnes and Rebekah Scott Halls. Forty-five
years after its scheduled removal, "The Hub" was taken down, and landscaping
plans are being developed for the George and Irene King Woodruff Quadrangle.

A new track and field completed phase one of plans which include construction
of the new physical activities building by fall 1987. The old gymnasium will be
renovated and, with the former infirmary, converted into the Wallace McPherson
Alston Campus Center.

For the fourth consecutive year, the investment performance of Agnes Scott's en-
dowment ranked in the highest percentile of all college and university endowments.
It has been a full and rewarding year for Agnes Scott, and we are grateful. We
look forward with you to watching the College continue to fulfill its promise as
we anticipate our second century.

President Ruth A. Schmidt

A RECORD YEAR

GIFTS, GRANTS AND BEQUESTS RECEIVED
1985-86

SOURCES:

Alumnae

Parents and Friends

Business and Industry

Foundations

Total

$ 3,670,501

77,712

68,071

292,300

$ 4,108,584

STATEMENT OF CURRENT FUND REVENUES,

EXPENDITURES, AND OTHER CHANGES

June 30, 1986

1986

1985

Restricted and

Restricted and

Unrestricted

Unrestricted

REVENUES

Educational and General:

Student fees

$ 3,401,455

$ 3,337,770

Gifts and grants

1,115,318

1,070,065

Endowment income

4,120,125

3,605,890

Sponsored programs

1,020

Other sources

341,707

282,098

Total Educational

and General

$ 8,978,605

$ 8,296,843

Auxiliary Enterprises

$ 1,577,936

$ 1,668,983

Total Revenues

$10,556,541

$ 9,965,826

EXPENDITURES:

Educational and General:

Instruction

$ 2,442,157

$ 2,393,617

Sponsored programs

10,677

Academic support

413,427

353,128

Student services

805,817

686,586

Institutional support

2,268,052

2,175,132

Operation and

maintenance ot plant

458,014

417,401

Student financial aid

1,319,715

1,176,046

Total Educational

and General

$ 7,707,182

$ 7,212,587

Auxiliary Enterprises

$ 1,615,184

$ 1,552,975

Expended for plant

facilities

421,142

363,077

Total Expenditures

$ 9,743,508

$ 9,128,639

TRANSFERS:

Salary, Fringes and Other

_

(455,000)

Bond Sinking Fund

-

(382,187)

Excess of revenues

over expenditures

$ 813,033

$

FOUNDERS' CLUB

(Individuals who gave $5,000 or more)

' ' Annie Shannon Wiley Preston Inst.
* Mary West Thatcher '15

Virginia McBee Haugh Franklin '18
* Lois Eve Ro:ier '19
** Julia Ingram Ha::ard '19
* Lois Compton Jennings '21
** Laurie Belle Stubhs Johns 72

Viola Holhs Oakley '23
* KateHiggsVaughan'24
*' Margaret Stovair26

Margaret Edmondson Noonan '27

Anonymous '28

Ruth Thomas Stemmons '28

Polly B. Hall Dunn '30

Julia Thompson Smith '31

Margaret G. Weeks '31

Susan Love Glenn '32

Diana Dyer Wilson '32

Letitia Rockmore Nash '33

Anonymous '36
** Catherine Wood LeSourd '36

Virginia Milner Carter '40
** Mary Olive Thomas '42

Swanna Elizabeth Henderson
Cameron '43

Mary Duckworth Gellerstedt '46

Dorothy Peace Ramsaur '47

Betty Jean Brown Ray '48

Catherine Warren Dukehart '51

Joie Sawyer Delatield '58

Suranne Goodman Elson '59

Gayle Sibley Daley Nix '72

Sandra Leigh Thome Johnson '82

Anonymous

Mr. Daniel David Cameron

Mr. J. Dennis Delatield

Mr, Edward E. Elson

Mrs. Paul L. Gather

Dr. Paul L. Garber

Mr. L. L. Gellerstedt Jr.

Mrs. Pearl Gellerstedt
** Mr. L. B, Ha::ard

Mr. Jamesjackson

Mr. William B. Johnson

Mr. Leonard E. LeSourd

Mr. Franklin Nash

Mr. Franklin R. Nix

Mr. &i Mrs. C. C. Prevost

Mr. Hal L.Smith
** Estate of Anna B. Wood

Mr. George W. Woodruff

TOWER CIRCLE

(Individuals who gave $1,000 to
$4,999)

Julia Pratt Smith Slack '12
Lucy Durr Dunn '19
Lulu Smith Westcott '19
Myrtle C Blackmon '21
Ida Louise Brittain Patterson '21
Marjorie Busha Haley '21
Cama Burgess Clarkson '22
Quenelle Harrold Sheffield '23
Jane Marcia Knight Lowe '23
Mary Frances Gilliland Stukes '24
Mary Keesler Dalton '25
Sarah TateTumlin '25
Mary Ben Wright Erwin '25
Juanita Greer White '26
Florence Elirabeth Perkins Ferry '26
Caroline McKinney Clarke '2 7
Mary Louise Woodard Clifton '27
Patricia H. Collins Dwinnell '28
Mary Elizabeth Shewmaker'28
Hazel Brown Ricks '29
Ethel Freeland Darden '29
Isabelle Leonard Spearman '29
Mary Warren Read '29
Raemond Wilson Craig '30
Fanny Willis Niles Bolton '31
M. Varnelle Braddy Perryman '32
S. Lovelyn Wilson Heyward '32

Katharine Woltz Farinholt '33

Margaret Hippee Lehmann '34

LouellaJaneMacMillanTritch!er'34

Hyta Plowden Mederer '34

Virginia F. Prettyman '34

Betty Lou Houck Smith '35

Mary Zachry Thompson '35

Lucie Hess Gienger '36

Carrie Phinney Latimer Duval! '36

Lucile Dennison Keenan '37

Fannie B. Harris Jones '37

Ruth Hunt Little '37

Gladys Sue Rogers Brown '38

Zoe Weils Lambert '38

Louise Young Garrett '38

Martha Marshall Dykes '39

Bene Sams Daniel '39

Hayden Sanford Sams '39

Helen Gates Carson '40

Mary Lang Gill Olson '40

Ruth Slack Roach '40

Louise Claire Franklin

Livingston '41
Florrie Margaret Guy Funk '41
.Aileen Kasper Borrish '41
Julia Elizabeth McConnell Park '41
Mary Madison Wisdom '41
Margaret Sheftall Chester '42
Dorothy Holloran .Addison '43
Dorothy Nash Daniel '43
Betty Scort Noble '44
Margaret Clisby Powell Flowers '44
J. Scott Newell Newton '45
Mary Neely Norris King '45
Louise Isaacson Bernard '46
Anna George Dobbins '47
Ellen Van Dyke Rosenblatt

Caswell '47
L. Elizabeth Walton Callaway '47
Marybeth Little Weston '48
Katherine A. Ceffcken '49
Mary Elizabeth Hays Babcock '49
Joan Cotty White Howell '51
Patricia Cortelyou Winship '52
Jackie Simmons Gow '52
Mary Frances Martin Rolader '52
MargarettaW. Lumpkin Shaw "52
Sylvia Williams Ingram '52
Margaret Hooker Hartwein '53
Louise McKinney Hill Reaves '54
Anne R. Patterson Hammes '54
Anne Craig Sylvester Booth '54
Helen Jo Hinchey Williams '55
Evelyn Mason Newberry '55
Sarah Katheryne Petty

Dagenhart '55
Anne Rosselot Clayton '55
Sarah E Hall Hayes '56
May Muse Stonecypher '56
Nancy White Thomas Hill '56
Lillian W Alexander Balentine '57
Suzella Burns Newsome '57
Nancy Wheeler Dooley '57
Susan Hogg Griffith '58
Nancy Holland Sibley '58
Dale Fowler Dick Halton '59
Jean Salter Reeves '59
Phyllis Cox Whiteseil '60
Emily Frances Bailey '61
Betsy Jefferson Boyt '62
Frances Bailey Graves '63
Lucia Howard Sizemore '65
Irma Gail Savage Glover '66
Ellen Wood Hall '67
Susan Stringer Connell '68
Martha Jane Wilson Kessler '69
Gayle Gellerstedt Daniel '71
Susan Elkin Morton '71
Sally Tyre Stenger '75
E. Pedrick Stall Lowrey '7t^
Elizabeth E. Abreu '84
Mr. Peter M. Abreu
Mr. Thomas E. Addison Jr.
Mr. M. Bernard Aidinort
Mr. Charles 1. Babcock Jr.
Mr. Robert M. Balentine
Mr* Brantley Barr
Mr. Maurice I. Bernard

121985-1986

Mr. Herhcrt A. Bolronjr.

Mr. DiividA. Booth

Mr, Patrick E. Boyt

Mr. I.e. Brown

Mr. Howard H- Caliaway

Mr. George M. Chester
* Mr. Francis 0. Clarkson

Douglas M. Connell

Mr. Larry J. Dayenhart

Mr. Harry L. Dalron

Mr. James C. Dalton

Captain J. Wallace Daniel Jr.

Mr. James F. Daniel III

Frances Davis

Mr. Robert Thomas Dooley Jr.

Mr. Charles L. Douylasjr.

Mr. Langdon S. Flowers

Julia T Gary

Mr. Marion B. Gloverjr.

Mr. Edward P. Gould

Mr. WiUiamF. Gowjr.

Mr, Wilham M. Graves

Mr. Alt'red D. Hammes

Robert Hild

Mr. George W. Howell Jr.

Mr. G. Conley Ingram

Judith Bourgeois Jensen

Mr. Paul Keenan

Mr. Richard C. Kessler

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Knox Jr.

Mr. George S. Lambert

Mrs. Kent A. Leslie

Prot. Robert N.Leslie

Mr. Harry W. Livingston Jr.

Mr. Zachary F. Long

Mr. J- Erskine Love Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Fred S. McGehee
^'^ Dr. W. Edward McNair

Dr. lames D, Newsome

Dr. j. Phillips Noble

Mr. Edwards. Olson

Mr. John R. Park

Mar\in B. Perry Jr.

Colonel William M. Perryman

Mt. Joel F. Reeves

Mrs. David R. Rice

Mr. Hanslord Sams Jr.

President Ruth A. Schmidt

Mr. J. C. Shaw

S. Ray Shead

Mr. Frank Sheffield

Mr.W. A. L. Sibleyjr.

Mr. Thomas A. Si:emore III

Mr. JohnE. Smith II

Mr. Theodore H. Smith

Mrs, Carolyn B. Snow

Mrs. Romeal Theriot

Dr. Albert C. Titus

Mr. John H- Weitnauerjr.

COLONNADE CLUB

(Individuals who g.ive $500 to $999)

** AnnieTair jenkins'H
Jane Harwell Hea:el '17
Julia Loriette Hagood

Cuthbertson '20
Maud Foster Stebler 73
.\nonymuus '24

Sarah Eiirabeth Flowers Beasley '24
Victoria Howie Kerr '24
Margaret Frances Rogers Law '25
EliiahethJ. Chapman Pirkle '26
Edith Gilchrist Berry '26
Martha Elizabeth Henderson
Palmer '27

* Mary Clinch Weems Rogers '27
Violet Weeks Miller '29
Jane Bailey Hall Hefner '30
Edna Lvnn Moore Hardy '30
.^nneChapin Hudson Hankins'31
Mary Effie Elliot '32
M. Gilchrist Powell Shirley '33
Pauline Gordon Woods '34
Lucy Goss Herbert '34
Elinor Hamilton Highrower '34
Martha Skeen Gould '34

Elizabeth Call Alexander

Higgins'35
Berty G. Fountain Edwards '55

Ma

umpsoi

n Rutland '35

54

56

Helen Handte Morse '36

Sarah Frances McDonald '3(>

Evelvn Robertson Jarman '36

Louise Brown Smith '37

Annie Laura Galloway Phillips '37

Lillian Whitehurst Corbett '37

Frances Wilson Hurst '37

Goudyloch Erwin Dyer '38

Jane Moore Hamilton Ray '39

Elizabeth Davisjohnston '40

Ethelyn L"'yar Daniel '41

Anonymous '41

Anonymous '41

Gene Slack Morse '41

Frances Sprarlin Hargrett '41

Julia A. Patch Diohl '42

Helen Virginia Smith Woodward "43

Katherine Wilkinson Orr '43

Bettie Manning Ott '45

Marianne Jeffries Williams '47

Betty Jean Radtord Moeller '47

Rebekah Scott Bryan '4S

Mane Cuthbertson Faulkner '49

Betty Jeanne Ellison Candler '49

Kate Durr Elmore '49

Dorothy Quillian Reeves '49

Jo- Anne Christopher Cochrane '50

Sara Beth Jackson Hertwig '51

Sarah Emma Evans Blair '52

Ann Herman Dunwody '52

Jean isbell Brunie '52

Sara Veaie Daniel '52

Virginia Claire Hays Klettner '53

Martha Virginia Norton Ca!dweir5 3

Mary Ripley Warren '53

Harriet Durham Maloof '54

Helen H. McGowan French '

Llewellyn Wommack '54

Patricia Paden Matsen '55

Joan Pruitt Mclntyre '55

Shirley Anne Calkins Elli^

Sallie L. Greenfield '56

Harriett Griffin Harris "56

Carolyn Tinkler Ramsey '58

Martha W Holmes Keith '59

Carolyn Anne Davies Preische '60

Rebecca Lynn Evans Callahan '60

AnneWhisnant Bolch'60

Elizabeth Barber Cobb '61

Mary Jim Clark Schubert '61

Edna McLain Bacon '61

Mary Jane Moore '61

N. Caroline Askew Hughes '62

Elizabeth A Harshbarger Broadus '62

Dorothy Laird Foster '63

Harriet M. King '64

Margaret Lee Brawner Perez '65

Barbara Ann Smith Bradley '65

Harriet Biscoe Rodgers '66

Barbara J Brown Freeman '66

May Day Folk Taylor '66

Anne Diseker Beebe '67

June Elizabeth Derrick Derrick '68

Ethel Ware Gilbert Carter '68

Margaret Louise Frank Guill "69

Mary Carolyn Cox '71

.Ann Appleby jarrett Smith '71

Jan Elizabeth RoushPyles '71

Sharon Lucille Jones Cole '72

Nancy Donna Burnham '77

Linda Frances Shearon '77

Dianne Smith Dornbush '87

Mr. & Mrs. Bona Allen m

Mr. Stephen A. Bacon

Mr. M. J. Beebe

Mr. Thomas H. Broadusjr.

Dr. &Mrs.JohnH. Bursonlll

Mr. Howard E. Caldwell

Mr. Scott Candlerjr.

Mr. Belfield H.Carter jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Claiborne R. Carrer

Mrs. Virginia C. Clark

Mr. Tommy H. Cobb

Mr. Madison F. Cole Jr.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE
SUMMARY BY CLASS

July 1, 1985 through June 30, 1986

CLASS

CHAIR

HONOR

GUARD

1923

Anna Meade Minnigerode

1924

FrancesGilliland Stukes

1925

Sarah Tate Tumlin

1926

Eli:ahethJ. Chapman Pirkle

1927

Louise Lovejoy Jackson

1928

S. Virginia Carrier

Miriam L. Anderson Dowdy

1929

Violet Weeks Miller

1930

1931

Sara L. Bullock

1932

Virginia M. Allen Woods

1933

1934

LouellaJaneMacMillanTritchler

1935

Laura L. Whitner Dorsey

1936

Sara Frances Estes

1937

JaneEstes

1938

Goudyloch Erwin Dyer

1939

Julia Porter Scurry

1940

Helen Gates Carson

1941

Florrie Margaret Guy Funk

1942

Claire 1. Purcell Smith

1943

Anne Paisley Boyd

1944

Bettye Ashcraft Senter

1945

Emily Higgins Bradley

1946

Mary F McConkey Reimer

1947

Anne Eidson Owen

1948

Rebekah Scott Bryan

1949

Martha Reed Warlick Brame

1950

Pat Overton Webb

1951

Nancy Cassin Smith

1952

Ann BoyerWilkerson

1953

Anne Thomson Sheppard

1954

Eleanor Hutchinson Smith

Louise McKinney Hill Reaves

1955

Sarah Katheryne Petty Dagenhart

1956

B. Louise Rainey Ammons

1957

MarthaJaneRiggins Brown

1958

Carolyn Tinkler Ramsey

1959

Patricia Forrest Davis

1960

Carolyn Hoskins Coffman

1961

Nancy Hall Grimes

1962

Ellen Middlebrooks Granum

1963

Mary Ann Lusk Jorgenson

1964

Mary Lou Laird

1965

AnneSchiffFaivus

1966

Susan Wiley Ledford Rust

1967

Mary Elizabeth Johnson Mallory

1968

Christie Theriot Woodfin

Jean Binkley Thrower

1969

Janice S. Cribbs

1970

Kay Parkerson O'Briant

1971

Sarah Ruffing Robbins

1972

Sharon Lucille Jones Cole

1973

Marcia Krape Knight-Orr

1974

Nancy Maurine Yates-Liistro

1975

Debbie Diane Shepherd Autrey

1976

Lucille Burch Shelton

1977

Mary Anne Barlow

1978

Marguerite Anne Booth Gray

1979

Virginia Lee McMurray

1980

DehbieJeanBoelter Bonner

1981

Laura Klertner Bynum

1982

E. Meredith Manning

1983

Kathryn Hart

1984

Betsy L. Benning

1985

Kaisa H. Bowman

66

22

$1,971,365.92

19

30

12,550.00

32

49

24,215.60

38

51

5,440.00

42

53

11,329.00

52

50

1 1 ,870.00

35

41

44,821.50

57

48

9,478.50

45

45

9,790.00

42

56

12,535.00

42

42

52,617.32

45

44

14,297.00

58

58

9,007.00

36

34

5,745.00

72

63

1,054,062.75

45

48

7,438.88

59

49

8,685.00

54

46

8,105.50

59

45

14,055.00

68

50

14,575.63

62

48

28,972.11

52

45

$85,078.34

49

38

5,551.25

69

49

8,068.61

71

45

10,900.00

62

46

14,405.00

58

40

9,427.35

59

39

9.530.00

43

34

3,270.00

53

36

12,593.75

61

43

10,217.00

52

40

4,823.70

38

34

8,092.00

55

43

9,540.00

58

41

9,111.82

68

41

9,382.50

57

37

14,344.75

65

40

21,027.00

62

36

5,945.00

70

39

7,445.00

69

39

5,945.00

46

25

4,880.00

51

26

4,184.25

65

36

6,780.00

59

31

6,365.00

57

33

7,172.36

79

40

8,010.00

79

39

7,757.72

60

31

3,353.00

62

34

7,450.00

71

38

9,945.00

48

24

3,157.00

44

27

2,160.00

35

22

3,073.60

48

29

4,039.00

39

33

2,585.00

36

23

1,891.00

43

28

1,746.00

44

29

2,005.00

64

41

2,528.00

34

23

26,515.00

34

29

1,122.00

42

31

1,580.00

41

26

1,005.00

PRESIDENT'S REPORT 31

Mr. (k Mrs. T. Allen Crouch
Mr. .When Daniel
Mr. Rohert E. Dornbush
Mr, Robert C. Dyer
Mr. H. Quintin Foster
Mr. James R. Freeman
Mr, Ted R, French
Mrs. N, Howard Cowing Jr.
Dr. Marshall .^. GuiU
Mr. Porter Hardy Jr.
Mr. H. H. Hargrctt
Mr. George W. Harrisjr.
JaneTirus&C. A. Hessler
Mr. W. H. Hightowerjr.
Mr. RiifusR. Hughes il
Mr. Ernest B. Johnston jr.
Mr. Smith L. Johnston
Mr. Garnett L. Keith
Mr. Donald R. Keough
Mr. S, John Kiettner
Mrs. Elsie W. Love
Dr. John A. Maloofjr.
Dr. Chester W.Morse
Mr. John H. Morse
Mr. M. Lamar Oglesby
Dr. Mark T. Orr
Mr. William A. Ott
Dr. RodoltoN. Pere:Jr,
Barbara Ann Reuter
Mr. C. Oscar Schmidr Jr.
Mr. Horace H. Sibley
Dr. AdolphM. Srebler
Mr. Thomas E. Stonecypher
Craig A. Vedvik
RuthA. Vedvik
Mr. William C.Warren 111
Mr. Michael Wasserman
Mr. Stephen K. West
Mrs. Carole B, Whittington
Gerald 0. Whittington
Mr. Frank E. Williams Jr.
I Mr. W.Leroy Williams
Dr. William D. Woodward

CENTURY CLUB

(Individuals who gave $100 to $499)

Linda Miller Summer '14
Katherine FHay Rouse '16
Agnes Ball '17
** Eliiabeth Dimmock Bloodworth '19
Annie Silvetman Levy '19
Llewellyn Wilburn '19
Margaret Bland Sewell '20
Mary L. Dudley Gross '20
Virginia FishTisner '21
Helen W.Hall Hopkins '21
Edith N.Roark Van Sickle '21
.Agnes Maude Adams Srokes '22
Eleanor Buchanan Starcher'22
Mary Catherine McKinney

Barker '22
Ruth Scandrett Hardy '22
Margaret Frieda Brenner Awtrey '23
Ha:el Lamar Starnes '23
Lucile Little Morgan '23
Martha Mcintosh Nail '23
Lillian Virginia Moore Rice '23
Fredeva Stokes Ogletree '23
Atiie Alford '24
Eh:abeth Henry Shands '24
Eli:a Barron Hyatt Morrow '24
Corinne Jackson Wilkerson '24
Margarer McDow MacDougall '24
Edna Arnetta McMurry

Shadburn '24
Cora Frarer Morton Durreti '24
Helen Vinnedge Wright Smith '24
Maty R Caldwell McFarland '25
Agatha Deaver Bradley '25
Josephine Douglass Smith '25
Mary .Ann McKinney '25
Elizabeth Shaw McClamroch '25
Carolyn McLean Smith Whipple '25
Memory Tucker Merritt '25
Mary Belle Walker '2 5
Pocahontas Wight Edmunds '25

Helen Bates Law '26
Edyth Carpenter Shuey '26
Edythe N. Coleman Paris '26
Gene 1. Dumas Vickers '26
Charlotte Anna Higgs Andrews '26
Mary Elizabeth Knox Happoldt '26
Catherine Slover Mock Hodgin '26
Ethel Reece Redding Niblack '26
Sarah Quinn Slaughter '26
Vitginia Wing Power '26
Evelyn Albright Caldwell '27
RebaBaylessBoyer'27
Josephine Bridgman '27
.Annette Carrer Colwell '27
Marrha Crowe Eddins '27
Venie Belle Grant Jones '27
.Anne Elizabeth Lilly Swedenberg '27
Louise Lovejoy Jackson '27
Elizabeth Lynn Lynn '27
Elizabeth McCallie Snoots '27
Ruth McMillan Jones '27
Elizabeth Notfleet Miller '27
Vitginia Love Seviet Hanna '27
Mamie Shaw Flack '27
Emily W. Stead '27
Couitney Wilkinson '27
Leila Warren Anderson '28
Madelaine Dunseith Alston '28
Catolyn Essig Frederick '28
Sara Louise Girardeau Cook '28
Elizabeth McEntire '28
Evangeline T. Papageorge '28
Lila Porcher German '28
Elixaberh Roark Ellington '28
Georgia Watson Craven '28
Virginia Branch Leslie '29
Lucile Ham Bridgman Leitch '29
Bettina Bush Jackson '29
Virginia Cameron Taylor '29
Dorothy Cheek Callaway '29
Nancy Elizabeth Fitzgerald Bray '29
Elise McLaurin Gibson '29
Marion Rosalind Green Johnston '29
Elizabeth Hatchett '29
Cara Hinman '29
Katherine Hunter Branch '29
Sara Johnston Hill '29
Geraldine LeMay '29
Mary Lou McCall Reddoch '29
Edith McGranahan Smith T '29
Letty Pope Prewitt '29
Esther Rice '29

Sarah McDonald Robinson Sharp '29
Sara Frances Wimbish Reed '29
Effie Mae Winslow Taylor '29
Lillian Wurm Cousins '29
Marie Baker Shumaker '30
M. Ruth Bradford Crayton '30
Elizabeth Hertzog Branch

Johnson '30
Lucille Coleman Christian '30
** June Elizabeth Maloney Officer '30
Sarah Neely Marsh Shapard '30
Mary McCallie Ware '30
Mattie Blanche Miller Rigby '30
LillianAJairRussellMcBath'30
Dorothy Daniel Smith '30
Martha Stackhouse Gtafton '30
Sara Townsend Pittman '30
Crystal Hope Wellborn Gregg '30
Adele Taylor .Arbuckle Logan '31
Sara L.Bullock '31
Minnier Eleanor Castles Osteen '31
Molly Childress 'I'arbrough '31
M. Ruth EtheredgeGrilfin '31
Jean Grey Morgan '31
Katherine Morrow Norem '31
Rurh Petty Pringle Pipkm '31
Katharine Purdie '31
Harriet Smith '31
Martha Sprinkle Rafferty '31
Laelius Stallings Davis '31
Cornelia Taylor Stubbs '31
Cornelia Wallace '31
Martha North Warson Smith '31
Penelope H. Btown Barnert '32
Ruth Conant Green '32
Anne Pleasants Hopkins Ayres '32
Imogene Hudson Cullinan '32

Elizaberh Hughes Jackson '32
Mary Sutton Miller Brown '52
Lila Rose Nortleet Davis '32
Saxon Pope Bargeron '32
Louise Howard Siakely '32
Nell Starr Gardner '32
Jura Tatfar Cole '32
Miriam Thompstm Felder '32
Martha Williamson Riggs '32
Helen Page Ackerman '33
Bernice Beaty Cole '35
Josephine Clark Fleming '33
Ora Craig Stuckey '33
Helen Etheredge Gritfin '33
Winona Ewbank Covingtt>n '33
Mary Felts Steedman '33
Julia Finley McCutchen '33
Margaret Glass Womeldorf '33
E. Virginia Heard Feder '33
Lucile Heath McDonald '33
Florence Kleybecker Keller '33
Caroline Lingle Lester '33
Frances Oglesby Hills '33
Mary Louise Robinson Black '33
Mary Stuttevant Cunningham '33
Marlyn Elizabeth Tate Lester '33
.Annie Laurie Whitehead 't'oung '33
Helen Boyd McConneir34
NelleS.Chamlee Howard '34
Violet Denton West '34
Sybil A Grant '34
Mary DunbarGrist Whitehead '34
Maty Cartet Hamilton McKnight '34
Marguerite Jones Love '34
Louise McCain Boyce '34
Mary McDonald Sledd '34
Sara Karr Moore Cathey '34
Frances Mildred O'Brien '34

Dorothy Potts Lavendol '34
Charlotte ReidHerlihy '34

Mary Louise Schuman Barrh '34

Ruth Shippey Austin '34

Rosa Shuey Burgess '34

Mary Sloan Laird '34

Bella Wilson Lewis '34

Jane Goodwin Harbin '35

Carol Howe Griffin Scoville '35

.Anne Scott Harman Mauldin '35

Katherine Hettzka '35

.Anna Humber Little '35

Josphine Sibley Jennings Brown '35

Caroline Long Sanford '35

Frances McCalla Ingles '35

Marguerite Morris Saunders '35

Nina Parke Hopkins '35

WilbertaAileen Parker Sibley '35

Martha Redwine Rountree '35

Susan Turner Whire '35

Laura L. Whitnet Dorsey '35

Jacqueline Woolfolk Mathes '35

Maty Beasley White '36

Meriel Bull Mitchell '36

Elizabeth Burson Wilson '36

Carolyne Clements Logue '36

Naomi Cooper Gale '36

Ori Sue Jones Jordan '36

Louise Jordan Turner '36

Ann Bernard Martin '36

Frances Miller Felts '36

Sarah Nicholsjudge '36

Margaret Louise Smith Bow ie '36

Mary Snow Seigler '36

Mary Margaret Stowe Hunter '36

Jane Thomas Tilson '36

Virginia Turner Graham '36

Mary Vines Wright '36

Ann Catolyn White Burrill '36

Eloisa .Alexander LeConte '37

Lucile Barnert Mirman '37

Frances Cary Taylor '37

Barbara Hertwig Meschter '37

Dorothyjester '37

Mary Landrum Johnson Tornboni '3^

Vivienne Long McCain '37

Frances McDonald Moore '37

Ora Muse '37

Mary .Alice Newton Bishop '37

Mary E Perry Houston '37

Frances Cornelia Steele Garrert '37

Nettie Mae Austin Kelley '38

Dorothy Avety Newton '38

Martha Peek Brown Miller '38

Jean Askew Chalmers Smith '38

Margaret Douglas Link '38

Doris Dunn St. Clait '38

Winifred Kellersberger Vass '38

Ola Little Kelly Ausley '38

Ellen Little Lesesne'38

Utsula Mayet von Tessin '38

Elizabeth McCotd Lawler '38

Bertha Moore Merrill Holt '38

Nancy Mooter Cantey '38

Margaret Motrison Blumberg '38

Grace Tazewell Flowers '38

Anne Claibt>rne Thompson Rose '38

Ella Virginia Watson Logan '38

Elsie West Duval' 38

Jean Bailey Owen '39

Charlotte French Hightower'39

Elizabeth Furlow Brown '39

Cora Kay Hutchins Blackweldet '39

Elizabeth Kenney Knight '39

Dotothy Nell Lazenby Stipe '39

Ella Hunter Mallard Ninestein '39

Marie Merritt Rollins '39

Helen Moses Regenstein '39

Mary Ruth Murphy Chesnutt '39

Lou Pate Jones '39

Mamie Lee Ratliff Finger '39

Jeanne Wilson Redwine Da\'ls '39

Mary Elizabeth Shepherd Green '39

AileenShortleyTalley'39

Beryl Spooner Broome '39

Virginia Tumlin Guffin '39

Elinor Tyler Richardson '39

Frances Abbot Butns '40

Carolyn .Alley Peterson '40

Shifley Armentrout Kirven '40

Margaret Barnes Carey '40

Evelyn Baty Chrisrman '40

Marguerite Baum Muhlenteld '40

Catolyn Forman Piel '40

Marian Franklin Anderson '40

Bryant Holsenbeck Moore '40

Margaret Hopkins Martin '40

Georgia Hunt Elsberry '40

Eleanor Hutchens '40

Mildred Joseph Colyer '40

Jane D Knapp Spivey '40

Eloise McCall Guyton '40

Maty Ftances Moote Culpepper '40

Nell Moss Roberts '40

Kathetine Patton Carssow '40

Nell Pinner Wisner '40

Mary Reins Surge '40

Harriet Stimson Davis '40

Edith Stovet McFee '40

Henrietta Thompson Wilkinson '40

Emily Underwood Gault '40

Grace Ward Anderson '40

G. Gentry Burks Bielaski '41

Freda Copeland Hoffman '41

Jean E Dennison Brooks '41

Martha Dunn Kerby '41

Caroline Wilson Gray Truslow '41

Nancy Joy Gribble Nelson '41

Helen Hardie Smirh '41

.Anne Foxworth Martin Elliott '41

.Anna Louise Meiere Culver '41

Marjorie Merlin Cohen '41

Martha Moody Laseter '41

Margaret Nix Ponder '41

Pattie Patterson Johnson '41

Elta Robinson Posey '41

Lillian Schwencke Cook '41

Dotothy Tiavisjoyner '41

Tommay Turner Peacock '41

Ida Jane Vaughan Price '41

Elizabeth Alden Want White '41

Maty Rebckah Andrews McNeill '42

Betty .Ann Btooks '42

Anne Chambless Bateman '42

Sarah Copeland Little '42

Maty Dale Dtennan Hicks '42

Susan Dyer Oliver '42

Margaret Etwin Walket '42

Doris Henson Vaughn '42

Frances Hinton '42

Betty Medk:k Clark '42
Dorothy Nabeis Allen '42
S. Louise Ptuitt Jones '42
Helen Schuktaft Sutherland '42
Matjorie Simps()n Ware '42
Frances Tucker Johnson '42
Alta Webster Payne '42
Dorothy Ellen Webster Woodruff '42
Olivia White Cave '42
Mary Jane Auld Linker '43
Betty F. Bates Fetnandez '43
Mary Blakemote Johnston '43
Mary Carolyn Brock Williams '43
Alice W Clements Shinair43
Maty Ann Cochran .Abbort '43
Laura Gumming Northey '43
Anne Ftietson Smoak '43
Nancy Green Carmichael '43
Susan Guthtie Fu '43
Imogene Hunt King Stanley '43
Leona Leaxitt Walker '43
StetlyLebey Wilder '43
BennyeLinzy Sadler '43
Betty Pegtam Sessoms '43
Patficia Elizabeth Perry Reiss '43
Catherine B. Roberts Shanks '43
Ruby Rosser Davis '43
Clara Rounrree Couch '43
Caroline Lebby Smith Hassell '43
Regina R Stokes Barnes '43
Mabel Stowe Query '43
Barbara E.WilberGerland '43
KarherineWrighr Philips '43
Bettye Ashctaft Sentet '44
Bettv Bacon Skinner '44
Mary Ann Barfield
Bloodworth '44
Marquerite Bless Mclnnis '44
Louise Bteedin Griffiths '44
Frances Margaret Cook Ctowley '44
Elizabeth Edwards Wilson '44
Julia Harvard Warnock '44
.Aurie Montgomety Millet '44
Matjorie Tippins Johnson '44
Ruth .Andetson Stall '45
Maty Barbara .Azar Maloot '45
Carol Anne Barge Mathews '45
Betty Campbell Wiggins '45
Emma Vitginia Carter Caldwell '45
Hansell Cousar Palme '45
Elizabeth Daniel Owens '45
Elizabeth Davis Shinglet '45
.Anne Equen Ballard '45
Pauline ErtzWechsler '45
Elizabeth Farmer Gaynor '45
Barbara Frink .Allen '45
Elizabeth Glenn Stow '45
Leila Butke Holmes '45
Jean Hood Booth '45
Kittie Kay Norment '45
Sue L.Mitchell '45
Gloria Jeanne Newton Snipes '45
Margaret Virginia Norris '45
Jean Sarterwhite Hatper '45
Margaret Shepherd "fates '45
Bess Sheppard Poole '45
Maty .Ann Elizabeth Turner

Edwards '45
Kate Webb Claty '45
Frances Louise Wooddall

Talmadge '45
Martha Clark Baker Wilkins '46
Emily .Ann Bradford Batts '46
Kathtyn Butnett Gatewood '46
MaryC. Cargill'46
Mary .Ann Courtenay Davidson '46
Eleanor Davis Scott '46
Conradine Fraser Riddle '46
Elizabeth Hotn Johnson '46
Lura Johnsron Watkins '46
Mar)orie Karlson '46
Mananna Kirkpatfick Reeves '46
Mary F McConkev Reimer '46
Elizabeth Miller Turner '46
Celetta Powell J.mes '46
.Anne Register Jones '46
Eleanor Reynolds Verdery '46
Ruth Rvner Lay '46
Margaret Scott Cathey '46

4 1985-1986

Betty Smith Satterthuaiic '46

jean Stewart Staton '4P

Martha Sunke> Thomas '40

Maud Van Oyke Jennings '4C>

June Bloxton LVvcr '47

Eleanor Calley Cross '47

Jane Cooke Cross "47

Martha Ehrabeth Crabill Rogers "47

Helen Catherine Currie '47

Dorothy Nell GalKnvav Fontaine '4i

Mynelle Blue Grove Harris '47

Genet Heery Barron '47

Ann Hough Hopkins '47

Theresa Kemp Set:e '47

Marguerite Mattison Rice '47

Eiiith Merrin Simmons '47

Lorenna Jane Ross Brown '47

May Turner Engeman '47

Emma Jean Wilhams Hand '47

Betty Ann Zeigler De La Mater '47

Jane Woodward Alsobrouk Miller '4'

Ruth Bastin Stent: '48

Barbara Blair '48

Mary Alice Compton Osgood '48

Jean Henson Smith '4S

June Irvine Torbert '48

Mary Elizabeth Jackson

Etheridge'48
Anne Elizabeth Jones Crabill '48
Mary Ntanly Ryman '48
Lora Jennings Payne Miller '48
Betty Powers Crislip '48
Betty Blackmon Kinnett '4'?
Susan Dowdell Bowling Dudney '49
Frances Brannan Hamrick '49
Mary Price Coulling '49
Bettie Davison Bruce '49
Betsv Deal Smith '49
Jane David EfurdWackins '49
Evelyn Foster Henderson '4*^
Martha Goddard Lovell '49
Harriet Ann Lurton Major '49
Nancy Parks Donnan '49
Patty Persohn '4^
* Mary Helen Phillips Hearn '49
Betty lo Sauer Mansur '49
Ehrabeth Wood Smith "49
Edith Stovve Barkley '49
Jean Tollison Moses '49
Virginia Vining Skelton '49
Martha Reed WarlickBrame '49
Johanna Wood Zachry '49
Helen Elizabeth Austin Callaway '50
Katherine Dickey Bentley '50
Elizabeth Dunlap McAliley '50
Helen Edwards Propst '50
Margaret Glenn Lyon '50
M. Anne Haden Howe '50
Sarah Hancock White '50

Marie Heng Heng '50
Jessie A Hodges Kryder '50

Norah Anne Little Green '50

Marjone Major Franklin '50

Miriam Mitchell Ingnian '50

Pat Overton Webb "50

Virginia Skinner Jones '50

Martha Elizabeth Stowell Rhodes '50

Isabel Truslow Fine '50

Mary Ida Wilson '50

Su Boney Davis '51

Anna DaVault Haley '51

Nell Floyd Hall '51

Sara Luverne Floyd Smith '51

Carolyn Galbreath Zehnder '51

AnnaGounans '51

Margaret Hunt Denny '5i

Virginia Arnold Leonard '51

Mary Caroline Lindsay '51

Jimmie Ann McGee Collings '51

Sarah McKee Burnside '51

Carol Louise Munger '51

Eliza Pollard Mark '51

Bettie Shipman Wilson Weakley '51

Eugenia Wilson Collins '51

Ann Marie Woods Shannon '51

Ann Boyer Wilkerson '52

ShirlevFordBaskin'52

Kathren Martha Freeman
Stclzner'52

Phyllis Galphin Buchanan '52

Barbara Grace Palmour '52

Shirley Heath Roberts '52

Louise Monroe Jen Porter '52

Helen Frances Land Ledbetter '52

Lillian Ritchie Sharian '52

Helen Jean Robarts Scaton '52

Frances Sells Grimes '52

Winnie Strozier Hoover '52

Mary Alverta Bond '53

Donna Dugger Smith '53

Betty Ann Green Rush '53

Sarah Crewe Hamilton Leathers '53

Keller Henderson Barron '53

Ellen Earle Hunter Brumfield '53

Anne Wortlev Jones Sims '53

Shirley Samuels Bowden '53

Rita May Scott Cook '5 3

Prlscilla Sheppard Taylor '53

Anne Thomson Sheppard '53

Eleanor Hutchinson Smith '54

Carol Jones Hay '54

Mitzi Kiser Law '54

Mary Newell Rainey Bridges "54

Caroline Reinero Kcmmerer '54

Kathleen Whittield Perry '54

Susanna May Byrd Wells '55

Sara Dudney Ham '55

GracieGreer Phillips '55

Ann Louise Hanson Merklein '55

Mary Pauline Hood Gibson '55

Mary Alice Kemp Henning '55

Jeanne Levie Berry '55

Catherine Louise Lewis Callaway '55

Callie C Mc Arthur Robinson '55

Sara Minta Mclntyre Bahner '55

Peggy Anne McMillan White '55

Peggy Pfeiffer Bass '55

Margaret Rogers Lee '55

Dorothy Sands Hawkins '55

Agnes Milton Scott Willoch '55

Sue Walker Goddard '55

Pauline Waller Hoch '55

Anne Lowrie Alexander Eraser '56

Nonette Brown Hill '56

Mary Jo Carpenter '56

Claire Flintom Barnhardt '56

Priscilla Goodwin Bennett '56

Ann Lee Gregory York '56

Louise Harley Hull '56

Helen Haynes Patton '56

Nancy Craig Jackson Pitts '56

Alice Johnston Ballenger'56

Marion Virginia Love Dunaway '56

B. Louise Rainey Amnions '56

Rameth Fay Richard Owens '56

CatherineTucker Wilson Turner '56

Elizabeth Ansley Allan "57

Joyce Brownlee '57

Bectye Carmichael Maddox '57

Frances Cork Engle '57

Sally Fortson McLemore '57

Grace Molineux Goodwin '57

Patricia Guynup Corbus '57

Carolyn Herman Sharp '57

Frances Holtsclaw Berry '57

Rachel King "57

Elaine Lewis Hudgins '57

Nancy Love Crane '57

Frances McSwain Pruitt '57

Mollie Merrick '57

Margaret Minter Hyatt '57

Jean Price Knapp '57

Martha Jane Riggins Brown '57

Ann Norris Shires Penuel '57

Carolyn Smith Gait '57

EmikoTakeuchi '57

Anne Terry Sherren '57

Anne S Whittield '57

Anna Fox Avil Stribling '58

Grace Chao '58

Nancy Alice Niblack Dantzler '58

Martha Davis Rosselot '58

Elizabeth Hanson Duerr '58

Hazel Ellis '58

Frankie Flowers Van Cleave '58

Patricia Cover Bitrer '58

Eileen Graham McWhorter '58

Sara Margaret Heard White '58

ice

Alumnae ^ving set new records

at $502,970. Overall, theOffii

of Development received

$3,275,606, surpassing last

year's record of $2 , 514,1 12 .

Eleanor Kallman Roemer '58

Nora Alice King '58

Carolyn Magruder Ruppenthal '58

Maria Menetee Martoccia
Clifton '58

Judy Nash Gallo '58

Martha Ann Oeland Hart '58

Phia Peppas Kanellos '58

Blythe Posey Ashmore '58

Caroline Romberg Silcox '58

Shirley Sue Spackman May '58

Langhorne Sydnor Mauck '58

Harriet Talmadge Mill '58

Delores Ann Taylor Yancey '58

Gene Allen Reinero Vargas '58

Llewellyn Bellamy Page "59

Patricia Forrest Davis '59

Sidney Mack Howell Fleming '59

B.Wynn Hughes Tabor '59

Jane King Allen '59

lane Kraemer Scott '59

Mildred Ling Wu '59

Margaret Ward Abernerhy
Martin '59

Caroline Pruitt Hayes '59

Irene Shaw Grigg '59

Annette Teague Powell '59

Nell Archer Congdon '60

Lucy Cole Gratton '60

Louise Crawford Feagin Stone '60

Bonnie Gershen Aronin '60

Jane Imray Shapard '60

Linda Mangum Jones Klett '60

Jane Law Allen '60

Sallie Meek Hunter '60

WilmaMuse'60

WarnellNear60

Everdina Nieuvvenhuis '60

Jane Norman Scott "60

Marcia Louise Tobey Swanson '60

Judith Ann Albergotti Hines '61
Pamela Bevier '61

Sally Bryan Mincer '61

Kathryn Ann Chambers Elliott '61

Medora Ann McBride Chilcutt '61

Jean Marie Corbett Griffin '61

Mary Wayne Crymes Bywater '61

Elizabeth Daiton Brand '61

Julia Akin Doar Grubb '61

Katherine Gwaltney Remick '61

Sarah Kelso '61

Mary Taylor Lipscomb Garrity '61

juhaG. Maddox Paul '61

Nancy A. Moore Kuykendall '61

Barbara Mordecai Schwaneheck '61

Emily Pancake '61

Grace Ann Peagler Gallagher '6l

Charme Robinson Rirter '61

Elizabeth Shepley Brophy "61

Kathryn Page Smith Morahan '61

M. Harriet Smith Bates '61

Patricia Walker Bass '61

Martha Campbell Williams '62

Vivian Conner Parker "62

Peggy Frederick Smith '62

Elizabeth Gillespie Proctor "62

Janice Heard Baucum "62

Ann Pauline Hutchinson Beason "62

Norris Johnston Goss '62

Isabel Kallman Anderson '62

Beverly K. Kenton Mason '62

Milling Kinard '62

Nancy Nelms Garrett '62

Ethel Ogleshy Norton '62

Marjorie Hayes Reit: Turnbull '62

Elizabeth Withers Kennedy '62

Judy Brantley '63

Sarah Stokes Gumming Mitchell '63

Mary Jane Fincher Peterson '63

Elizabeth B, Hutcheson
Barringer'63

Lelia Jones Graham '63

Leigh Maddox Brown '63

Robin Patrick Johnston '63

Lee Shepherd '63

Miriam St. Clair '63

Kaye Stapleton Redford '63

Lydia Sudbury Langston '63

L. Elizabeth Thomas Freyer '63

Mary K. Troup Rose '63

Mary Ruth Walters McDonald '63

Louisa Walton McFadden '63

M. Elizabeth Webb Nugent '63

Michele Bullard Smith '64

Carolyn Clarke '64

Elizabeth Gillespie Miller '64

E. Dianne Hunter Cox '64

Sally Loree James '64

Susan Keith-Lucas Carson '64

Shirley E Lee '64

A. Crawford Meginniss Sandefur '64

Anne Minter Nelson '64

Mary Mac Mitchell Saunders '64

Margaret Moses Zimmer '64

Carolyn Newton Curry '64
Becky A Reynolds Bryson '64
Lila Sheffield Howland '64
Mary Lynn Weekley Parsons '64
Suzanne P West Guy '64
Florence Willey Perusse '64
Betty Hunt Armstrong

McMahon '65
Rebecca Beusse Holman '65
Sally Blackard Long '65
Sally Bynum Gladden '65
Katherine Bailey Cook Schafer '65
Helen West Davis Hatch '65
Doris ElTawil "65
Patricia Gay Nash '65
Dee Hall Pope '65
Nancy C Hammerstrom Cole '65
Linda Kay Hudson McGowan '65
Kenney Knight Linton '65
Elisabeth Malone Boggs '65
Elizabeth Wilson McCain '65
Diane Miller Wise '65
Margaret Murphy Hunter '65
Dorothy Robinson Dewberry '65
Barbara Rudisill '65
Harriette Russell Flinn '65
Anne Schiff Faivus '65
Mary Lowndes Smith Bryan '65
Menam Elyene Smith Thompson "65
Charlotte Webb Kendall '65
Sandra Hay Wilson '65
Judith Ahrano '66
Beverly Allen Lambert '66
Betty Ann AllgeierCobb "66
Marilyn Janet Breen Kelley '66
Mary Hopper Brown Bullock '66
Nancy Bruce Truluck "66
Vicky Campbell Patronis '66
Joan DuPuis '66
jean Gaskell Ross '66

J. Jean Jarrett Milnor '66
Ellen M.King Wiser '66
Susan Wtlcy Ledford Rust '66
Connie Louise Magee Keyscr '66
Helen Mann Liu '66
Elizabeth McGeachy Mills '66
Portia Morrison '66
Anne Morse Topple '66
Son)a Nelson Cordell '66
Malinda Snow '66
Martha Abernerhy Thompson '66
Sarahs. U::ell-Rindlaub "66
Nancy Carol Whiteside '66
Maria Papagcorge Artemis '67
Jane Watt Balslcy '67
Linda Cooper Shewcy '67
Ida Copenhaver Ginter '67
Alice Finn Hunt "67
Andrea L. Huggins Flaks '67
Ann Wellington Hunter Wickes '67
Elizabeth Hutchison Cowdcn '67
Linda jacoby Miller '67
Lucy Ellen Jones Cooley '67
Jane Keiger Gehring '67
Caroline Dudley Lester Tye '67
Clair McLeod Muller '67
AnnWinfield Miller Morris '67
Judy Hurst NuckolsOffutt '67
Caroline Owens Crain '67
Susan M. Phillips '67
.Ann Roberts Divine '67
Susan Janelle Sleight Mowry '67
M. Susan Stevens Hitchcock "67
Sallie Tate Hodges '67
Sandra Welch Williams '67
Elizabeth Alford Lee *68
Lynne Anthony Butler '68
Sally Bainhridge Akridge "68
Lucie Barron Eggleston '68
Kathleen Blee Ashe '68
Laurie Gay Carter Tharpe '68
Elizabeth Ann Glendinning '68
Jeanne Elizabeth Grossjohnson '68
Gabrielle Guyton Johnson '68
Charlotte Harr Riordan '68
Gue ?. Pardue Hudson '68
Elizabeth Ann Jones Bergin '68
Suzanne Jones Harper '68
Katherine McCracken Maybank '68
Margaret Garrett Moore Hall '68
Betty jane Renfro Knight '68
Georganne Rose Cunningham '68
Johanna Scherer Hunt '68
Christie Theriot Woodfin '68
Mary Ruth Wilkins Negro '68
Linda Faye Woody Perry '68
Patricia Auclair Hawkins '69
Beth Bailey '69
Mary Bolch Line '69
julieCottrill Ferguson '69
Janice S. Cribbs '69
Janie Da\is Hollerorth '69
Margaret M. Flowers Rich '69
Margaret Gillespie Sewell '69
Lalla Griffis Mangin '69
Nancy Holtman Hoffman '69
Beverly Gray LaRoche Anderson '69
Letitia Lowe Oliveira '69
Johnnie Gay Martin '69
Dianne Louise McMillan Smith '69
Mary Anne Murphy Hornbuckle '69
Elta Posey Johnston '69
Susan Atkinson Simmens '70
Bonnie E. Brown Johnson '70
Leslie Buchanan New '70
Deborah Ann Claiborne '70
Catherine DuVall Vogel '70
Cheryl Ann Granade Sullivan '70
Martha C. Harris Encrekin '70
Mary Wills Hatfield LeCroy '70
Ruth Hannah Hyatt Heffron '70
Kathy Johnson '70
Hollie Duskin Kenyon Fiedler '70
Carol Ann McKenzie Fuller '70
Catherine B. Oliver '70
Freida Cynthia Padgett Henry '70
Martha L. Ramey '70
Nancy Everetce Rhodes '70
SallyAnnSkardon'70

PRESIDENTS REPORT 51

A conversion to the semester

system, including a complete

revision of the calendar, general

requirements and departmental

programs vuas completed in

record time.

Marylu Tippett Villavieja '70
Deborah Lee Banghart Mullins '71
Evelyn Young Brown Christensen '71
Vicki Linda Brown Ferguson '71
Karen LaneConrads Wihell '71
Julia Virgil Couch Mehr '71
Jane Ellen Duttenhaver Hursey '71
Frances Folk Zygmont '71
Margaret Funderhurk O'Neal '71
Carolyn Oretha Gailey Christ '71
Patricia Johnston Feulllebois '71
H, Tyler McFadden '71
Nancy Ann Newton '71
Eleanor Hunter Ninestein '71
Barbara Herta Paul '71
Sharon Sue Roberts Henderson '71
Katherine Set:e Home '71
Ellen McGill Tinkler Rein. g '71
Bernie Louise Todd Smith '71
Mary Caroline Turner '71
Harriet Eli:abeth Amos '72
Rose Eileen Bluerock Brooks '72
Julia Seabrook Cole Bouhabih '72
Debra Ann Gay Wiggins '72
Dianne Gerstle Niedner '72
Claire Ann Hodges Burdert '72
Mary Jean Homey '72
Deborah Anne Jordan Bates '72
Jeanne Eli:abeth Kaufmann

Manning '72
Maryjane King '72
Deborah Long Wingate '72
Linda Sue Maloy 0:ier '72
Virginia Norman Neb Price '72
Nancy King Owen Merritt '72
Susan Downs Parks Grissom '72
I Mary Laura Ree\'esScanlon '72
Helen Reid Roddy Register '72
|: Katherine Amante Smith Acutt '72
Susan Bryanr Stimson Peak '72
Nancy Delilah Thomas Tippins '72
"Susan Williams Gornall '72
Faye Ann Allen Sisk '73
Carolyn Su:anne Arant Handell '73
SallyCampbell Bryant Oxley '73
Mary Margaret Clark Turtle '73
Deborah MerceCorbett Gaudier '73
Martha Forman Folt: Manson '73
Judith Kay Hamilton Grubbs '73
Resa Laverne Harris '73
Margaret van Buren Lines Thrash '73
Janifer Marie Meldrum '73
Deborah Lee Newman Mattern '73
Eli:abeth Ann Rhett Jones '73
Martha Carpenter Schahel

Seattle '73
NadjaSefcik-Earr73
Janet Elizabeth Short '73
Edith Carpenter Waller

Chambless'73
Suzanne Lee Warren Schwank '73
Cynrhia Merle Wilkes Smith '73
Cherry Marie Wood '73
Barbara Letitia Young

McCutchen '73
Marianne Bradley '74
Pamela Ann Cook Bates '74
Vivienne Ryan Drakes McKinney '74
lynn Elizabeth Ezell Hendrix '74

Mary Lynn Gay Bankston '74
Teresa Louise Lee '74
Claire Owen Studley '74
Vicki Lynn Baynes Jackson '75
Jana Vail Macbeth '75
Mary Gay Morgan '75
Betsy Wall Carter '75
Rebecca McPherson Weaver '75
Eva Angela Adan '76
Gay 1. Blackburn Maloney '76
Vernira A. Bowden Lockhart '76
Sue Frances Diseker Sabat '76
Emily G. Dunbar-Smith '76
Henrietta Barnwell Leiand

Whelcher76
Jennifer Rich Kaduck '76
Laurie Dixon Williams Attaway '76
Evelyn Elizabeth Babcock '77
Elizabeth Rachel Doscher

Shannon '77
Terri Ann Keeler Niederman '77
Kate Kussrow McConnaughey '77
Susan Patricia Pirkle Trawick '77
Rebecca L. Johnson Bisher '78
Wanda Emma McLemore '78
Judith K. Miller Bohan '78
Kathryn Schnittker White '78
Mary Anna Smith "78
Melody Kathryn Snider Porter '78
Marybeth Whitmire Hegerty '78
Christina Wong Leo '78
Susan Bethune Bennett '79
Debby Daniel-Bryant '79
Anne Curtis Jones '79
Evelyn L Kirby Jones '79
Virginia Lee McMurray '79
Sandra Anne Burson Hosford '80
Sarah Ann Fairburn '80
Kemper Hattield Graham '80
Keller Leigh Murphy Torrey '80
Judith Ann Smith Willis '80
Katherine Zarkowsky Broderick '80
Beth Arant Mcllwain '81
Stephanie Jane Chisholm '81
Alexandra Y. Gonsalves Brooks '81
Henrietta C. Halliday '81
Susan Gail Kennedy Blackwood '81
Laura D. Newsome '81
Julie Oliver Link '81
Susan G. Smith '81
Lynn Pace Stonecypher '81
Lynda Joyce Wimberly '81
Margaret Vanneman Bynum '82
Margaret Carpenter Beain '82
Elizabeth Frances Daniel Holder '82
Lu Ann Ferguson '82
Kathleen Bell Fulton '82
Caroline McKinney Reaves

Wilson '82
Sara Robinson Chambless '82
Elizabeth O'Hear Young '82
Laura Carolyn Crompton '83
Kathryn Hart '83
Anonymous '84
Dorothy Kidd Sigwell '84
Bradie Catherine Barr '85
Janet Cumming '85

Joanna Margaret Wiedeman

Quillen'85
Mercedes Badia-Moro '86
Barrow-Gwinnett-Newton Alumnae

Club
Central Florida Alumnae Club
Southeast Georgia Alumnae Club
Mr. D. Stephen AcufI
Juanita Adams
Mr. Bona Allen IV
Dr. Wallace M.Alston. Sr.
Dr. Wallace M.Alston Jr.
Mr. R. W. Anderson
Dr. Tom B. .Anderson
Mr. Robert Lawrence Ashe Jr.
Dean S. Attaway
Mr. T. Maxfield Bahner
Mr. C. Perry Bankston
Mr. Henry J. Barnes
Mr. R. H. Barnhardt
Mr. Thomas L. Bass
Dr. John W. Bates
Mr. J. L. Batts
Mr. Charles Walter Baucum
Mr. Ander Beam
Mr. Amos T Beason
Mr. Henry A. Beattie III
Mr. John A. Bennett
Mr. Michael G. Bennett
Mr. B. Carroll Berry
Rev. Edward R. Berry Jr.
Mr. D. F Blackwelder
Dr. Max M. Blumberg
Mr. Richard P Boggs
Mr. Michael S. Bohan
Mr. & Mrs. Henry L. Bowden
Mr. Robert C. Bowden
Mr. W. J.Brame
Mr. Harllee Branch Jr.
Mr. R. Alfred Brand III
Mr. John Broderick
Mr. Hugh D. Broome Sr.
Mr. Bennett A. Brown
Mrs. Byron K. Brown
Mr. James Pope Brown
Mr. Joseph E. Brown
Mr. Rodney C. Brown
Mr. Lacy H. Brumfield
Mr. Bruce L. Bryson Jr.
Mr. J. 0. Buchanan
Mr. George D. Bullock
Mr. Edward B. Burdett

Dr. Dan Burge

Dr. Wade W. Burnside
Gordon Calhoun Bynum

Mr. George W. Caldwell

Mr. T. M. Callawayjr.

Mr. J. WillisCantey

Mr. Ben W. Carmichael

Mr. William B. Carssow

Mr. John S. Carter

Dr. & Mrs. Walter B. Chandler

Mr. Ralph C. Christensen

Mr. Schuyler M. Christian

Mr. Oscar Cohen

Dr. &Mrs. W. ECollarJr.

Dr. Thomas A. Collings

Mr. James F C. Colyer

Mr. Pemberton Cooley 111

Mr. Fred Culpepper Jr.

Mr. Lewis E. Culver

Mr. James B. Cumming

Mr. Charles B. Cunningham

Mr. & Mrs. William M. Curd

Mr. Lorenzo N. Danrzler IV

Mr. J. B. Davidson

Rev. C. Edward Davis

Mr. Neil 0. Davis

Mr. Ovid R. Davis

Dr. Robert P Davis

Decatur Presbyterian, Women ot the
Church

Mr. James W. Dewberry
Mr. & Mrs. Franklin G. Dill
Mr. Robert A. Donnan
Mr. Hugh M. DorseyJr.
Mark M. Dumas
Dr. Dan A. Dunaway
Dr. &. Mrs. Gary S. Dunbar
** Dr. E. M. Dunstan
Dr. Florene Dunstan
Mr. & Mrs. Percy Echols
Mr. Thomas K. Eddinsjr.
Mr. Ken E. Edwards Jr.
Mr. Phillip L, Elliott
Mr. J. E. Faulkner Jr.
Mr. Donald P Ferguson
Dr. J. D. Flemingjr.
Mr. & Mrs. L. Lamar Floyd
Mr. Eugene V. Fontaine
Dr. Van Eraser
Mr. FredR. Freyerjr.
Mr. Franklin M. Garrett
Mrs. M. W. Gattshall
Mr. Clarence W. Gault
Mr. Louis A. Gerlandjr.
Mr. Thomas W. Goodwin Jr.
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Institute

.Annie Shannon Wiley Preston

Academy

Jean Waring Robson Roonev

1906

Ida Lee Hill Im:

1911

Berta Lena David Farrar

1912

Martha Hall Yaung
Julia Pratt Smith Slack

1914

' Annie Tait Jenkins
Linda Miller Summer

1915

Mary West Thatcher

1916

KatherineF. Hay Rouse
Magara Waldron Crosby

1917

Agnes Ball

Jane Harwell Hea:el
Mary Spotsvvood Payne
Katharine B. Simpson

1918

Martha Howard Comer
Virginia McBee Haugh Franklin
Mane Stone Florence
Martha Cobb Whitner Simpson

1919

** Elizabeth Dimmock Bloodworth

Lucy Durr Dunn
** Lois E\'e Ro:ier
** Julia Ingram Ha::ard

VernaMcKee Corby

Annie Silverman Levy

Frances Sledd Blake

Lulu Smith Westcotc

Llewellyn Wilburn

1920

Margaret Bland Sewell
Mary L. Dudley Gross
Julia Loriette Hagood Cuthhertson
Virginia T. McLaughlin
Margaret Eva Sanders Brannon
'^ Mary BeallWeekes Clements
Rosalind Wutm Council

1921

Myrtle C. Blackmon
Ida Louise Britrain Patterson
Marjorie Busha Haley
** Lois Compton Jennings
Virginia Fish Tigner
Eli:aheth Floding Morgan
Sophie Louise Hagedorn Fox
Helen W- Hall Hopkins
MeU'ille Jameson
Anna Marie Landress Cate
Ruth Laughon Dyer
jean McAlister McAlister
Charlotte Newton
Edith N.Roark Van Sickle
Julia Elizabeth Tomlinson Ingram
E\'elyn Hope Wade Harwood
Marguerite Watkins Goodman
Ellen Gamete Wilson Chambliss

1922

Agnes Maude Adams Stokes
Sarah Alston Lawton
Eleanor Buchanan Starcher
Cama Burgess Clarkson
Helen Burkhalter Quattlebaum
Lady Blanche Hearring Wilbur

Mary Catherine McKinney Barker
Ruth Scandrett Hardy
Louie Dean Stephens Markcy
** Laurie Belle Stuhbs Johns
Alice Whipple Lyons
Frances A. White Weem;.

1923

Margaret Frieda Brenner Awtrey
Lucile Eileen Dodd Sams
Maud Foster Stehler
Quenelle Harrold Sheffield
Viola Holhs Oakley
Lillian Tracy Kirhy Lewis
Jane Marcia Knight Lowe
Hazel Lamar Starnes
Lucile Little Morgan
K>sephine Logan Hamilton
Elizabeth L. McClure McGeachy
Martha Mcintosh Nail
Susye Margaret Minis Lazenby
Elizabeth Washington Molloy Horr
Lillian Virginia Moore Rice
Fredeva Stokes Osletree
Sara Elizabeth Ransom Hahn
Jessie Watts Rustin
Margaret Yeager Brackney

1924

Anonymous

Attie Alford

Grace Ola Bargeron Ramho

Ida Bearden Forehand

Sara Brandon Rickey

Helen Lane Comfort Sanders

Martha Nancy Eakes Matthews

Eunice Evans Brownlee

Emmie B. Ficklen Harper

Sarah Elizabeth Flowers Beasley

Mary Frances Gilliland Stukes

Selma Gordon Furman

Ann E. Hatton Lewis

Elizabeth Henry Shands

** Kate Higgs Vaughan
Victoria Howie Kerr
Eliza Barron Hyatt Morrow
Corinne Jackson Wilkerson
Marguerite C. Lindsey Booth
Margaret McDow MacDougall
Sara McDowell Joiner
Charlotte Boyd McMurray
Edna Arnetta McMurry Shadburn
Annie Will Miller Klugh
Cora Frazer Morton Durrett
Pauline Murphy Gradick
Weenona Peck Booth
Lucy Merle Rhyne Walker
Cora L- Richardson
Polly Stone Buck
Mary Augusta Thomas Lanier
Helen Vinnedge Wright Smith

1925

Sarah Caldwell Bond Wilder

Lulawill Brown Ellis

Mary Brown Campbell

Louise Ryman Buchanan Proctor

Mary P. Caldwell McFarland

Catherine Elva Carrier Robinson

Elizabeth Cheatham Palmer

Agatha Deaver Bradley

Josephine Douglass Smith

Frances Gardner Welton

Lucile Gause Fryxell

Alice Carolyn Greenlee Crollman

Gertrude Henry Stephens

Sallie Elizabeth Horton Lay

Margaret Leyburn Hyatt Walker

Mary Keesler Dalton

Eunice Kell Simmons

Georgia May Little Owens

Martha Lin Manly Hogshead

Anne LeConte McKay Mitchell

Mary Ann McKinney

Harriet Pade Prouse

Eugenia Walton Perkins Harlow

Julia F. Pope

Ruth Pund McCanless

Margaret Frances Rogers Law
Eh:jbeth Shaw McClamroch
Ann Rebecca Shivc Rice
Carolyn McLean Smith Whipple
Ella Blanton Smith Hayes
Emily Ann Spivey Simmons
Sarah Tate Tumtin
Memory Tucker Merritt
Mary Belle Walker
Virginia Watts Beals
Frances White
Pocahontas Wight Edmunds
Mary Ben Wright Erwin

1926

Helen Bates Law

Eleanor Berger Blumenthal

Virginia Grace BouneWhitton

Esther Byers Pitts

Katharine Cannaday McKenzie

Edyth Carpenter Shuey

Elizabeth J. Chapman Pirkle

Edythe N. Coleman Paris

Mary Ellen Colyer

Mary Frances Conner Blackmon

Louisa D. Duls

Genel. Dumas Vickers

Ellen Ramey Fain Bowen

Edith Gilchrist Berry

Juanita Greer White

OhveHallShadgett

Charlotte Anna Higgs Andrews

Anne Hubbard Lee

Hazel Marcella Hutf Monaghan

Martha Ivey Farrell

Mary Elizabeth Knox Happoldt

Dessie Gray Kuhlke Ansley

Elizabeth Little Meriwether

Catherine Slover Mock Hodgin

Elizabeth Heidt Moore Kester

Josephine Gardner North Eggleston

Grace Augusta Ogden Moore

Virginia Peeler Green

Florence Elizabeth Perkins Ferry

Louise Pfeitter Ringel

Addie Pharr Story

Allene Ramage FitzGerald

Ethel Reece Redding Niblack

Nellie B. Richardson

Susan Shadhurn Watkins

Sarah Qumn Slaughter

Elizabeth Snow Tilly

Evelyn Sprinkle Carter

Margaret Stovall

Margaret E. Whitington Davis

Virginia Wing Power

Rosalie Wootten Deck

1927

Evelyn Albright Caldwell

Reba Bayless Boyer

Maurine Bledsoe Bramlett

Josephine Bndgman

Adelaide Cannady Van Voorhies

Annette Carter Colwell

Dorothy Chamberlain

Susan Evans Clayton Fuller

Lillian Clement Adams

Willie May Coleman Duncan

Mildred Cowan Wright

Martha Crowe Eddins

Mabel Dumas Crenshaw

Margaret Edmondson Noonan

Emille Louise Ehrlich Strasburger

Mary Reed Ferguson Day

Frances Freeborn Pauley

Katharine King Gilliland Higgins

Venie Belle Grant Jones

Mary Elizabeth Heath Phillips

Mary Rebekah Hednck

Martha Elizabeth Henderson Palmer

Ann Heys Buchanan

Katherine Houston Sheild

Mae Erskine Irvine Fowler

Maude Jackson Padgett

Martha Caldwell Johnston Jones

Lelta Barnes joiner Cooper

Ida Landau Sherman

Anne Ehzaheth Lilly Swedenberg
Louise Lovejoy Jackson
Frances Lamar Lowe Connel!
Ehzaheth Lynn Lynn
Eii:aheih McCallie Snoots
Caroline McKinney Clarice
Pauline McLeod Logue
Ruth McMillan Jones
Mildred Anne Morrow Renn
Elizabeth Nortleet Miller
Miriam Preston St. Clair
Douglass Evans Rankin Hughes
May Reece Forman
Virginia Love Sevier Hanna
Mamie Shaw Flack
Mary Shive
Emily W. Stead
Edith Strickland Jones
Elizabeth Vary
* Mary Clinch Weems Rogers
Courtney Wilkinson
Roberta Winter
Mary Louise Woodard Clifton

1928

Anonymous
Leila Warren Anderson
Miriam L. Anderson Dowdy
S. Virginia Carrier
Patricia H. Collins Dwinnell
Lucy Mai Cook Means
Mary Cunningham Cayce
Betsey Davidson Smith
Mary Ray Dobyns Houston
Madelaine Dunseith Alston
Carolyn Essig Frederick
Hattie Gershcow Hirsch
Sara Louise Girardeau Cook
** Muriel Gnffm
Rachel Henderlite
Mary Mackey Hough Clark
Alice Louise Hunter Rasnake
Hilda Kalmon Slager
Katherine MacLaurin MacKinnon

Lee
Mary Bell McConkey Taylor
Elizabeth McEntire
Gwendolyn McKinnon Oliver
Mary Virginia Miller Johnson
Lilla Mills Hawes
Evangeline T. Papagcorge
Lila Porcher German
Martha Doane Riley Stephenson
Elizabeth Roark Ellington
Mary W. Shepherd Soper
Mary Elizabeth Shewmaker
Mary Elizabeth Stegall Scipp
Ruth Thomas Stemmons
Edna Volberg Johnson
Georgia Watson Craven
Nancy Elizabeth Williams Arrington

1929

Margaret Andreae Collins

Gladys Ruth Austin Mann

Therese Barksdale Vinsonhaler

Lillie Ruth Belhngrath Pruitt

LaRue Berry Smith

Virginia Branch Leslie

Lucile Ham Bndgman Leitch

Miriam Broach Jordon

Hazel Brown Ricks

Bettina Bush Jackson

Virginia Cameron Taylor

Dorothy Cheek Callaway

Sara Margaret Douglass Thomas

Mary Ellis Knapp

Nancy Elizabeth Fitzgerald Bray

Ethel Freeland Darden

Lenore Shelley Gardner McMillan

Betty Watkins Gash

Elise McLaunn Gibson

Alice Glenn Lowry

Marion Rosalind Green Johnston

Amanda L. Groves

Elizabeth Hatchett

Cara Hinman

Ella May Hollingsworth Wilkerson

PRESIDENTS REPORT 71

Katherine Huncer Branch

Durorhy Hiirron Mount

Sara Johnston Hill

Evelyn Josephs Phifer

Isabel Jean Lamont Dickson

Geraldine LeMay

Isahellc Leonard Spearman

Mary Lou McCall Reddoch

Eugenia McDonald Brown

Edith McGranahan Smith T

Elinore Morgan McComh

Julia Mulliss Wyer

Esther Nishet Anderson

Eleanor Lee Norris MacKinnon

Susan Lovick Pierce Murray

Letty Pope Prewitt

Mary Prim Fowler

Mary Warren Read

Esther Rice

Helen Ridley Hartley

Augusta Winn Roberts

Sarah McDonald Robinson Sharp

Martha Selman Jacobs

Sally Southerland

Mary Gladys Steffner Stephenson

Violet Weeks Miller

Frances G. Welsh

Sara Frances Wimbish Reed

Effie Mae Winslow Taylor

Katherine Woodbury Williams

Ruth Worth

Lillian Wurm Cousins

1930

Pauline Francis Adkins Clark
Walterette Arwood Tanner
Louise Baker Knight
Mane Baker Shumaker
Eleanor Bonham Deex
M. Ruth Bradford Crayton
Elizabeth Herr:og Branch Johnson
Frances Persons Brown Milton
Mary Brown Armstrong
Emily E. Campbell Boland
Lucille Coleman Christian
Lilian Opie Cook McFarland
Mary Cope Sweat
Gladney Cureton
Clarene H. Dorsey
Cleniinette Downing Rurenber
Anne Ehrlich Solomon
Alice Louise Garretson Bolles
lone Gueth Brodmerkel
lane Bailey Hall Hefner
PullvB. Hall Dunn
Alice Jerniqan Dowling
Leila Carlton Jones Bunkley
Katherine Leary Holland
** June Eli:abeth Maloney Officer
Sarah Neely Marsh Shapard
Mary McCallie Ware
Ruth Carolyn McLean Wright
Frances Messer Jettries
Maine Blanche Miller Rigby
Edna Lynn Motire Hardy
Emily Paula Moore Couch
Margaret Ogden Stewart
Shannon Preston Cumming
Lillian Adair Russell McBath
Nancy Simpson Porter
Dorothy Daniel Smith
Martha Stackhouse Grafton
Sara Townsend Pittman
Mary P. Trammell
Ellen Louise WarheldTull
Crystal Hope Wellborn Gregg
Pauline Willoughby Wood
Raemond Wilson Craig
Missouri Tiylor Wiiolford Raine

1931

Adelc Taylor Arbuckle Logan
Margaret Askew Smith
Laura Mornson Brown Logan
Sara L. Bullock

Minnier Eleanor Castles Osteen
Molly Childress Yarbrough
Marjorie Louise Daniel Cole
Ellen McDowell Davis Laws

Helen Duke Ingram

M. Ruth Etheredge Griffin

Marion Fielder Martin

Helen A. Friedman Blackshear

Jean Grey Morgan

Carolyn Heyman Germain

Sarah Dumond Hill Brown

Octavia Aubrey Howard Smith

Anne Chapin Hudson Hankins

EliseC. Jones

Marian Corinne Lee Hind

Anne Elt:abeth McCallie

Shirley McPhaul Whitfield

Katherine Morrow Norem

Estelle Moye

Fanny Willis Niles Bolton

Ruth Petty Pnngle Pipkin

Katharine Purdie

Alice Houston Quarles Henderson

Jeannette Shaw Harp

Elizabeth Simpson Wilson

Elizabeth King Smith Crew

Harriet Smith

Martha Sprinkle Rafferty

Mary Sprinkle Allen

LaeliusStallings Davis

Cornelia Taylor Stubbs

Julia Thompson Smith

Agnes Thorne Henderson

Martha Tower Dance

Cornelia Wallace

Annee Zillah Watson Reitt

Martha North Watson Smith

Margaret G. Weeks

1932

Virginia M Allen Wiiods

Catherine Baker Evans

Lela Maude Boyles Smith

M. Varnelle Braddy Perryman

Penelope H. Brown Barnett

Margaret Louise Deaver

Mary Effie Elliot

C. Elizabeth Estes Carter

Grace Fincher Trimble

Susan Love Glenn

Nora Garth Gray Hall

VirginiaJ. Gray Pruitt

Ruth Conant Green

Sara Hollis Baker

Anne Pleasants Hopkins Ayres

Elizabeth Howard Reeves

Alma Eraser Howerton Hughes

Imogene Hudson Cullinan

Elizabeth Hughes Jackson

Pansey Elizabeth Kimble Matthews

Martha Myers Logan Henderson

Margaret Johnson Maness Mixon

Louise McDaniel Musser

Mary Surton Miller Brown

Lila Rose Norfleet Davis

Mimi O'Beirne Tarplee

Mary Claire Oliver Cox

Saxon Pope Bargeron

Jane Pnscilla Reed Stock

Margaret Catherine Ridgely Jordan

Sara Lane Smith Pratt

Louise Howard Stakely

Nell Starr Gardner

JuraTaffar Cole

Velma Love Taylor Wells

Miriam Thompson Felder

Martine Tuller Joyner

Martha Williamson Riggs

Diana Dyer Wilson

S. Lovelyn Wilson Heyward

Sarah Louise Winslow Taft

Louise Lamar Wise Teatord

1933

Helen Page Ackerman
Mary Charles Alexander Parker
Maude Armstrong Hudson
Bernice Beaty Cole
Evelyn Campbell Beale
Josephine Clark Fleming
Sarah D. Cooper Freyer
Ora Craig Sruckey
Frances Duke Pughsley

Margaret Amelia Ellis Pierce

Helen Etheredge Griffin

May Belle Evans

Winona Ewbank Covington

Mary Felts Steedman

Julia Finley McCutchen

Mary Lillian Garretson

Margaret Glass Womeldorf

E. Virginia Heard Feder

Lucile Heath McDonald

Anne Hudmon Reed

Mary Hudmon Simmons

Margaret Jones Clark

Roberta B. Kilpatrick Stubblebine

Florence Kieybecker Keller

Caroline Lmgle Lester

Margaret Loran:

Mildred Miller Davis

Elisabeth Moore Ambrose

Eulalia Napier Sutton

Gail Nelson Blain

Frances Oglesby Hills

M. Gilchrist Powell Shirley

LaTrelle Robertson Duncan

Mary Louise Robinson Black

Letitia Rockmore Nash

Laura Spivey Massie

Mary Sturtevant Cunningham

Marlyn Elizabeth Tate Lester

Margaret Telford St. Amant

Johnnie Frances Turner Melvin

Rosalind Ware Blackard

Sarah Martha Watson Emery

Annie Laurie Whitehead Young

Katharine Woltz Fannholt

Lucile Woodbury R.inck

1934

Frances Eugenia Alexander Riis^fil
Sarah Austin Zorn
Ruth Henrietta Barnett Kaye
Alae Risse Barron Leitch
Helen Boyd McConnell
Nelle S. Chamlee Howard
Pauline Cureton Perry
Violet Denton West
Mary Dexter Boyd
Martha B. Elliott
Martha England Gunn
Pauline Gordon Woods
Lucy Goss Herbert
Jean Frances Gould Clarke
Sybil A. Grant

Mary Dunbar Grist Whitehead
Elinor Hamilton Hightower
Mary Carter Hamilton McKnight
Elizabeth P. Harbison Edmgton
Elaine Faith Heckle Carmichael
Lillian Louise Herring Rosas
Margaret Hippee Lehmann
Elizabeth Johnson Thompson
Marguerite Jones Love
Edith Kendrick Osmanski
Louella Jane MacMillan Tritchler
Anna Kathryn Maness Nelson
Louise McCain Boyce
Mary McDonald Sledd
** Carrie Lena McMullen Bright
Ruth Moore Randolph
Sara Karr Moore Cathey
Martha Frances Norman
Frances Mildred O'Brien
M, Reba Pearson Kaemper
Hyta Plowden Mederer
Dorothy Potts Lavendol
Gladys Moselle Pratt Entrican
Florence Preston Bockhorst
Virginia F. Prettyman
Charlotte Reid Herlihy
Laura E. Ross Venning
A. Louise Schuessler Patterson
Mary Louise Schuman Barth
Ruth Shippey Austin
Rosa Shuey Burgess
Martha Skeen Gould
Mary Sloan Laird
Rudene Taffar Young
Mabel Taimage
Virginia Lee Tillotson Hutcheson

Marjorie Emily Tindall Clark
Mary Buford Tinder Kyle
Tennessee Tipton Butler
Martha Van Schelven Hill
Eleanor Luella Williams Knox
Bella Wilson Lewis
Johnnie Mae York Rumble

1935

Mary T. Adams

Elizabeth Call Alexander Higgtns

Eleanor Alien Mize

Martha Allen Barnes

Dorothea Blackshear Brady

Marian Calhoun Murray

Jennie Champion Nardin

Virginia Coons Clanton

Mary Lillian Deason

Fidesah Edwards Alexander

Frances Espy Smith

Willie Florence Eubanks Donehoo

Betty G. Fountain Edwards

Jane Goodwin Harbin

Carol Howe Griffin Scoville

Anne Scott Harman Mauldin

Katherine Hertzka

Betty Lou Houck Smith

Anna Humber Little

Josphine Sibley Jennings Brown

Caroline Long Sanford

Frances McCalla Ingles

Clara McConnell

Marguerite Morris Saunder>

Clara Morrison Backer

Nina Parke Hopkins

Wilberta Aileen Parker Sibley

Martha Redwine Rountree

Grace Robinson Hanson

Sybil Rogers Herren

Mane Simpson Rutland

Mary Zachry Thompson

Elizabeth Thrasher Baldwin

Susan Turner White

Laura L- Whitner Dorsey

Jacqueline Wooltolk Mathes

Elizabeth Young Hubbard

1936

Anonymous
The Class of W3b
Catherine W Bates
Mary Beasley White
Jane Blair Roberson
Jane Blick Meatyard
Margaret Brand Haynie
Meriel Bull Mitchell
Elizabeth Burson Wilson
Floyd Butler Goodson
Alice Chamlee Booth
Mildred Clark Sargent
Carolyne Clements Logue
Margaret Cooper Williams
Naomi Cooper Gale
Sara Cureton Prowell
Florrie Lee Erh Bruton
Sara Frances Estes
Mary Estelle Freeman Harris
Lira Carol Goss Conrad
Emily Gower Maynard
Lilian Grimson Obligado
Helen Handte Morse
Lucie Hess Gienger
Jean Hicks Pitts
Marjorie Hollingsworth
Satah Eunice Hooren Evans
Mary Lyon Hull Gibbes
Ruby Hutton Barron
Frances James Donohue
Ori Sue Jones Jordan
Louise Jordan Turner
Augusta Clayton King Brumby
Gretchen Kieybecker Chandler
Carrie Phinney Latimer Duvall
Sara Lawrence Lawrence
Kathryn Leipold Johnson
Gertrude Lozier Hutchinson
Ann Bernard Martin
Alice McCallie Pressly
Josephine McClure Anderson

Sarah Frances McDonald
Dean McKoin Bushong
Frances Miller Felts
Rosa Miller Barnes
Sadie Frances Morrow Hughes
Sarah Nichols Judge
Mary Richardson Gauthier
Evelyn Robertson Jarman
Reba Frances Rogers Griffith
Mary Alice Shelton Felt
Margaret Louise Smith Bowie
Mary Snow Seigler
Sarah Spencer Gramling
Adelaide Stevens Ware
Emma Ava Stokes Johnson
Mary Margaret Stowe Hunter
Cary Strickland Home
Willie Lou Sumrall Bengston
Eugenia Symms Kagy
Miriam Taimage Vann
Jane Thomas Tilson
Marie Townsend
Sarah Turner Ryan
Virginia Turner Graham
Mary Vines Wright
Mary Walker Fox
Ann Carolyn White Burrill
Nell White Larsen
Irene Wilson Neister
" Catherine Wood LeSourd
Martha Hall Young Bell

1937

Eloisa Alexander LeConte

Lucile Barnett Mirman

Frances Belford Olsen

Edith Belser Wearn

Louise Brown Smith

Millicent Caldwell Jones

Virginia Caldwell Payne

Frances Cary Taylor

Cornelia Christie Johnson

Ann Cox Williams

Lucile Dennison Keenan

Jane Estes

Michelle Furlow Oliver

Annie Laura Galloway Phillips

Alice Hannah Brown

Fannie B. Harris Jones

Barbara Hertwig Meschter

Ruth Hunt Little

Dorothy Jester

Martha Josephine Johnson

Mary Landrum Johnson Tornbom

Sarah Johnson Linney

Catharine Jones Malone

Molly Lafon Jones Monroe

Mary King Critchell

Jean Frances Kirkpatrick Cobb

Martha Sue Laney Redus

Florence Lasseter Rambo

Vivienne Long McCain

Mary Malone Martin

Mary Catherine Matthews Starr

Isabel McCain Brown

Frances McDonald Moore

Wiia Lee Moreland Padgett

Ora Muse

Mary Alice Newton Bishop

Mary E. Perry Houston

Brooks Spivey Greedy

Marie Sralker Smith

Frances Cornelia Steele Garrett

Vivienne Elizabeth Trice Anslev

Evelyn Wall Robbins

Lillian Whuehurst Corbett

Betty Gordon Wilhs Whitehead

Frances Wilson Hurst

1938

Nell Allison Sheldon
Nettie Mae Austin Kelley
Dorothy Avery Newton
Louise Bailey White
Genevieve Baird Farris
Mary Alice Baker Lown
Josephine Rose Bertolli Abbissinio
Elizabeth Blackshear Flinn

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Kathcrine Bnrringham Hunter
Martha Peek Brown Miller
Gene Caldwell Miller
Frances E. Castlcberry
jean Askew Chalmers Smith
Eliiaheth Cousins Morley
Margaret Douglas Link
Doris Dunn Si. Clair
Goudvloch Erwin Dyer
Mary Lillian Fairly Hupper
Mary Myrtice Ford LallersreJt
Anna Katherine Fulton Wilson
Mary Eli:abeth Galloway Blount
Martha Alice Green Earle
Hihernia Hassell Cuthhert
Ruth Hcrtzka

Sarah Pauline Hoyle Ncvin
Winifred Kellersherger Vass
Dorothy Lee Kelly Wood
Ola Little Kelly Ausley
Mary Anne Kcrnan
Laura Frances Lee
Margaret Ltpscomb Martin
Ellen Little Lesesne
Jeanne Matthews Darlington
Ursula Mayer von Tessin
Betty Ann Maynard McKinney
Elizabeth McCord Lawler
LettieW. McKay Van Landingham
Gwendolyn McKee Bays
I.icquelyn McWhite James
Bertha Moore Merrill Holt
Nancy Moorer Cantey
Margaret Morrison Blumberg
Frances Robinson Gabbert
Gladys Sue Rogers Brown
Joyce Roper McKey
Mary Venetia Smith Bryan
Grace Tazewell Flowers
JuhaTeltord

Anne Claiborne Thompson Rose
Mary Nell TnbbleBeasley
jane Turner Smith
Ellen Verner Scoville
Elizabeth Warden Marshall
Ella Virginia Watson Logan
Zoe Wells Lambert
Elsie West Duval
Georgianne Wheaton Bower
Margaret Osborne Wright Rankm
Louise Young Garrett

1939

Mary Rice Allen Reding

Caroline Armisread Clapp

Elizabeth Auberry Granger

Bottv Aycock Dorris

jean Bailey Owen

Ethelyn Boswell Purdie

Rachel Campbell Gibson

Lelia Carson Watlington

Alice Cheeseraan

Mildred Coit Gates

Sarah Joyce Cunningham Carpenter

Catherine Farrar Davis

Charlotte French Hightower

Elizabeth Furlow Brown

Dorothy Graham Gilmer

Mary Frances Guthrie Brooks

Eleanor T Hall

Jane Moore Hamilton Ray

Emily Harris Swanson

Mary Hollingsworth Hatlield

Cora Kay Hutchins Blackwelder

Katherine Jones Smith

Kathleen Kennedy Dibble

Elizabeth Kenney Knight

Virginia Kyle Dean

Dorothy Nell Lazenby Stipe

Emily Hall MacMorland Wood

Ella Hunter Mallard Ninestein

Martha Marshall Dykes

Emma Moftett McMullen Doom

Mary Wells McNeill

Mane Merritt Rollins

Helen Moses Regenstein

Mary Elizabeth Moss Sinback

Mary Ruth Murphy Chesnutt

Carolyn Myers King

Amelia Nickels Calhoun
Lou Pate Jones
Mamie Lee RatlitfFinger
Jeanne Wilson Redwine Davis
Bette Sams Daniel
Hayden Santord Sams
Mary Elizabeth Shepherd Green
Aileen Shortley Talley
Helen N. Simpson Callaway
Beryl Spooner Broome
Dorothy Still Freeman
Mary Frances Thompson
Virginia Tumlin Gutfin
Elinor Tyler Richardson
Elizabeth Wheatley Malone
Mary Ellen Whetsell Timmons
Cornelia Whitner Campbell
Dixie Woodford Scanling

1940

Frances Abbot Burns
Betty Alderman Vinson
Carolyn Alley Peterson
Grace Anderson Cooper
Shirley Armentrout Kirven
Carrie Gene Ashley
Margaret Barnes Carey
Evelyn Baty Christman
Marguerite Baum Muhlenfeld
Marjorie Boggs Lovelace
Anna Margaret Bond Brannon
Mary Virginia Brown Cappleman
Ruth Ann Byerley Vaden
Helen Gates Carson
Ernestine Cass Dickerson
Elizabeth Davis Johnston
Lillie Belle Drake Hamilton
Anne Enloe
Carolyn Forman Piel
Annette Franklin King
Marian Franklin Anderson
Harriet Fuller Baker
Mary Lang Gill Olson
Florence J. Graham
Wilma Griffith Clapp
MaryT. Heaslett Badger
Bryant Holsenbeck Moore
Margaret Hopkins Martin
E. Gary Home Petrey
Georgia Hunt Elsberry
Eleanor Hutchens
Mildred Joseph Colyer
Jane D. Knapp Spivey
Sally Matthews Blxter
Eloise McCall Guyton
Mary Virginia McPhaul Blumer
Virginia McWhorter Freeman
Virginia Milner Carter
Sophie Montgomery Crane
Mary Frances Moore Culpepper
Nell Moss Roberts
Beth Paris Moremen
Katherine Patton Carssow
Irene Phillips Richardson
Nell Pinner Wisner
Mary Reins Burge
Isabella Robertson White
Jane Salters Chapman
Ruth Slack Roach
Harriet Stimson Davis
Peggy Stixrud McCutchen
Edith Stover McFee
Mary Mac Templeton Brown
Emilie Thomas Gibson
Henrietta Thompson Wilkinson
Emily Underwood Gault
Grace Ward Anderson
Violet Jane Watkins
Willomette Williamson Stauffer

1941

Frances Alston Lewis

Mary Stuart Arbuckle Osteen

Ruth Ashburn Kline

Mary Elizabeth Barrett Alldredge

Miriam Bedinger Williamson

Katherine Benetield Bartlett

Neena Broughton Gaines

Sabine Brumby Korosy

G. Gentry Burks Bielaski

Harriette Cochran Mershon

Virginia Collier Dennis

Freda Copeland Hotlman

Virginia Corr White

Doris Dalton Crosby

Jean E. Dennison Brooks

Martha Dunn Kerby

Ethelyn Dyar L")aniel

Florence Ellis Gifford

Louise Claire Franklin Livingston

Caroline Wilson Gray Truslow

Nancy Joy Gribble Nelson

Florrie Margaret Guy Funk

Sarah G. Handley

Helen Hardie Smith

Edith Henegar Bronson

Ann Henry

Aileen Kasper Borrish

Elizabeth D. Kendrick Woolford

Helen Klugh McRae

Julia Neville Lancaster

Alice Rose Lance McAtee

Sara Lee Jackson

Margaret Lentz Slicer

Anne Foxworth Martin Elliott

Julia Elizabeth McConnell Park

Margaret H. McGanty Green

Anna Louise Meiere Culver

Marjorie Merlin Cohen

Martha Moody Laseter

Margaret Murchison Rudel

Mary Louise Musser Kell

Valgerda Nielson Dillard

Margaret Nix Ponder

Sarah Frances Parker Lawton

Pattie Patterson Johnson

Marian Philips Comento

Sue Phillips Morgan

Georgia Poole Hollis

Elta Robinson Posey

Laura Sale McDonell

Lillian Schwencke Cook

Susan Moore Self Teat

Beatrice Shamos Albert

Gene Slack Morse

Nma May Snead De Montmollin

Frances Spratlin Hargrett

Elizabeth Stevenson

Gay Swagerty Guptill

Dorothy Travis Joyner

Tommay Turner Peacock

Ida Jane Vaughan Price

Elizabeth Alden Waitt White

Grace Walker Winn

Cornelia Anne Watson Prueit

Mary Scott Wilds Hill

Nancy Willstatter Gordon

Mary Madison Wisdom

Margaret Woodhead Holley

1942

Mary Rebekah Andrews McNeill
Elizabeth Davidson Bradfield

Sherman
Betty Ann Brooks
Martha Buffalow Davis
Edwina Burrus Rhodes
Harriett Caldwell Maxwell
Anne Chambless Bateman
Elizabeth Clarkson Shearer
Sarah Copeland Little
Gay Wilson Currie Fox
Edith Dale Lindsey
Mary Powell Davis Bryant
Mary Dale Drennan Hicks
Susan Dyer Oliver
Margaret Erwin Walker
Virginia Franklin Miller
Lillian GishAlfriend
Margery Gray Wheeler
Kathryn Greene Gunter
Margaret Kirby Hamilton Rambo
Julia Harry Bennett
Margaret Hartsook Emmoni
Doris Henson Vaughn
Frances Hinton
Neva Lawrence Jackson Webb
Elizabethjenkins Willis

Mary Kirkpatrick Reed
Jeanne Lee Butt
Ila Belle Levie Bagwell
Caroline Gertrude Long Armstrong
Mary Mildred McQuown Wynne
Susanna McWhorter Reckard
Betty Medlock Clark
Virginia Montgomery McCall
Dorothy Nabers Allen
Elise Nance Bridges
Betty Nash Story
Jeanne Osborne Shaw
Mary Louise Palmour Barber
Julia A. Patch Diehl
S. Louise Pruitf Jones
Clementina Ransom Louis
Betty Robertson Schear
Evelyn Saye Williams
Helen Schukraft Sutherland
Edith Schwartz Joel
Mary Seagle Edelblut
Myrtle Seckinger Lightcap
Margaret Sheftall Chester
Marjorie Simpson Ware
E. Elise Smith Bischoff
Rebecca L. Stamper
Eleanor Jane Stillwell Espy
Jane Taylor White
** Mary Olive Thomas
Frances Tucker Johnson
M. Virginia Watkins Johansen
Alta Webster Payne
Dorothy Ellen Webster Woodruff
Myree Elizabeth Wells Maas
Olivia White Cave
Annie Wilds McLeod

1943

Emily Anderson Hightower
Mary Anne Atkins Paschal
Mary Jane Auld Linker
Mamie Sue Barker Woolf
Betty F, Bates Fernandez
Anna Branch Black Hansell
Mary Blakemore Johnston
Lillian P Boone Ridley
Mary Carolyn Brock Williams
Swanna Elizabeth Henderson

Cameron
Flora Campbell McLain
Alice W. Clements Shinall
Mary Ann Cochran Abbott
Joella Craig Good
Laura Gumming Northey
Martha Dale Moses
Jane Dinsmore Lowe
Betty DuBoseSkiles
Jeanne Eakin Salyer
Anne Fnerson Smoak
Nancy Green Carmichael
Susan Guthrie Fu
Helen Haden Hale Lawton
Dorothy Holloran Addison
Mardia Hopper Brown
Sally Sue Howe Bell
Imogene Hunt King Stanley
Mary Littlepage Lancaster

Codington
Leona Leavitt Walker
Sterly Lebey Wilder
BennyeLinzy Sadler
Mary Estill Martin Rose
Marna Rose McGarraugh Cupp
Dorothy Nash Daniel
Anne Paisley Boyd
Betty Pegram Sessoms
Patricia Elizabeth Perry Reiss
Macie Laura Pickrell Bush
Frances Radford Mauldin
Hannah Lee Reeves
Catherine Bizzell Roberts Shanks
Ruby Rosser Davis
Clara Rountree Couch
Caroline Lebby Smith Hassell
Helen Virginia Smith Woodward
Aileen Still Hendley
Regina P. Stokes Barnes
Mabel Stowe Query
Mary Elizabeth Ward Danielson

Barbara E. WilberGerland
Katherine Wilkinson Orr
Katherine Wright Philips

1944

Ellen Arnold Coitrell
Bettyc Ashcraft Senter
Betty Bacon Skinner
Mary Ann Barfield Bloodworth
Zelda Loryea Barnett Morrison
Virginia Barr McFarland
Louise Clare Bedingcr Baldwin
Claire Bennett Kelly
Marqueritc Bless Mclnnis
Mary Bloxton English
Louise Breedin Griffiths
Mary Carr Townscnd
Margaret Elizabeth Cathcart

Hilburn
Jean Clarkson Rogers
Frances Margaret Cook Crowley
Barbara Jane Daniels
Agnes Douglas Kuentzel
Mary Louise Duffee Philips
Anna Young Eagan Goodhue
Elizabeth Edwards Wilson
Sara Florence
Mary Pauline Garvin Keen
Julia Harvard Warnock
Catherine Stewart Kollock

Thoroman
June Lanier Wagner
Martha Ray Lasseter Storey
May Lyons Collins
Lois Annette Martin Busby
Mary Florence McKee Anderson
Aurie Montgomery Miller
Jessie Newbold Kennedy
Betty Scott Noble
Katherine Eleanor Philips Long
Margaret Clisby Powell Flowers
Virginia Reynolds McKittrick
Anne Sale Weydert
Marjorie Smith Stephens
Anna Katherine Sullivan Huffmaster
Katherine Thompson Mangum
Johnnie MaeTippen
Marjorie Tippins Johnson
Martha Trimble Wapensky
Nell Gardiner Turner Spettel
Betty J. Vecsey
Mary Frances Walker Blount
Mary E. Walker
Mary Cromer Walker Scott
Betty C. Williams Stoffel
Oneida Wooltord

1945

Ruth Anderson Stall
Mary Barbara Azar Maloof
Carol Anne Barge Mathews
Mildred Beman Stegall
Anabel Bleckley Donaldson
Elizabeth Blincoe Edge
Frances BrougherGarman
Ann Campbell Hulett
Betty Campbell Wiggins
Elizabeth Carpenter Bardin
Emma Virginia Carter Caldwell
Marjorie Cole Kelly
Hansell Cousar Palme
Mary Gumming Fitzhugh
Lillian Mae Dalton Miller
Elizabeth Daniel Owens
Harriette Daugherty Howard
Elizabeth Davis Shingler
Mary Anne Derry Triplett
Ruth DoggettTodd
Polly Greene Drinnon Lance
Anne Equen Ballard
Pauline Ert: Wechsler
Jane Everett Kntjx
Elizabeth Farmer Gaynor
Joyce Freeman Marting
Barbara Frink Allen
Elizabeth Glenn Stow
Elizabeth F. GnbbleCook
Marjorie Lorene Haddock
Richardson

PRESIDENTS REPORT 91

Marjone Anne Hall King

Berry Jane Hancock Moore

Florence Harrison North

Mia-Lorre Hecht Owens

Emily Higgms Bradley

Leila Burke Holmes

Jean Hood Booth

Mary Alice Hunter Ratlitf

Kittle Kay Norment

Susan Kirtley White

Jane Kreiling Mell

Mary Louise Law

Marion Leathers Kunc:

Martha Jane Mack Simons

Betcie Manning Ott

Dorothy Rounelle Martin

Molly Milam Inserni

Sue L. Mitchell

Mary Munroe Brown

J. Scott Newell Newton

Gloria Jeanne Newton Snipes

Margaret Virginia Norris

Mary Neely Norris King

Betty Lynn Reagan

Isabel W.Rogers

Jean Satterwhite Harper

Sara Saul

Marilyn Aldine Schroder

Timmerman
Margaret Shepherd Yates
Bess Sheppard Poole
Emily Smgletary Garner
Julia Slack Hunter
Laura Joan Ste\'enson Wing
Lois Sullivan Kay
Bonnie Mary Turner Buchanan
Mary Ann Elizabeth Turner Edwards
Su:anne Watkins Smith
Kate Webb Clary
Frances Louise WooddallTalmadge

1946

Jeanne Addison Roberts
Vicky Alexander Sharp
Mary Lillian Allen Wilkes
Martha Clark Baker Wilkins
Margaret Bear Moore
Lucile Beaver
Helen Beidelnian Price
Louise Isaacson Bernard
Mary jane Bowman Fort
Emily Ann Bradford Batts
Kathryn Burnett Gatewood
Mary C Cargill
Mary Ann Courtenay Davidson
Joan A. Crangle Hughey
Edwina B. Davis
Eleanor Davis Scott
Mary Duckworth Cellerstedt
Conradine Fraser Riddle
Harriet Frierson Crabb
R Jean Fuller Hall
Louise P. Gardner Mallory
Shirley Graves Cochrane
Jeanne Hale Shepherd
Nancy Hardy Abberger
Margaret Henegar Broudy
Juanita Hewell Long
Elizabeth Horn Johnson
Betty Howell Traver
Mary Helen Hurt Motley
Lura Johnston Watkins
Marjorie Karlson
Barbara Kincaid Trimble
Marianna Kirkpatrick Reeves
Ann Stratton Lee Peacock
Mary Elizabeth Martin Grossman
Harriett T McAllister Loving
Mildred McCain Kinnaird
Mary F. McConkey Reimer
Mary Cobb McEver Lester'
Elizabeth MillerTurner
Anne D. Murrell Courtney
Mar)one Naab Bolen
Jane Anne Newton Marquess
Ann Gilmore Noble Dye
Anne Noell Wyant
Elizabeth Osbotne Rtllins
Celetta Powell Jones

Anne Registet Jones

Louise Noell Reid Strickler

Eleanor Reynolds Verdery

Betty Jane Robinson Boykin

Jean Rooney Routh

Mary Russell Mitchell

Ruth Rynet Lay

Mary Jane Schumacher Bullard

Margaret Scott Cathey

Betty Smith Satterthwaite

Martha Stevenson Fabian

Jean Stewart Staton

Doris Street Thigpen

Martha Sunkes Thomas

Matguerite Toole Scheips

Peggy Trice Hall

Lucy Frye Turner Knight

Maud Van Dyke Jennings

Dorothy Elizabeth Wallace Patterson

Verna Weems Macbeth

Elizabeth Weinschenk Mundy

Winifred Wilkinson Hausmann

Eva Williams Jemison

F. Elisabeth Woodward Ellis

1947

Marie Adams Conyers

Elizabeth Andrews Lee

Glassell Beale Smalley

Alice Beardsley Carroll

Dale Bennett Pedrick

June Bloxton Dever

Marguerite Born Hornsby

Kathleen Buchanan Cabell

Anne Burckhardt Block

Eleanor Galley Cross

Charlotte Clarkson Jones

Jane Cooke Cross

Martha Elizabeth Crabill Rogers

Helen Catherine Curne

Virginia Dickson Philips

Anna George Dobbins

Anne Eidson Owen

Ruth Ellis Hunley

Mary Jane Fuller Floyd

Dorothy Nell Galloway Fontaine

Mary Katherine Glenn Dunlap

Gene Goode Bailey

Polly Grant Dean

Mynelle Blue Grove Harris

Agnes Harnsberger Rogers

Genet Heery Barron

Peggy Pat Home Martin

Ann Hough Hopkins

Louise Lallande Hoyt Minor

Anne Hill Jackson Smith

Marianne JetYries Williams

Kathryn Johnson

Rosemary Jones Cox

Margaret Kelly Wells

Theresa Kemp Setze

Ann Hagood Martin Barlow

Marguerite Mattison Rice

Edith Metrin Simmons

Helen Owen Calvert

Mary Nell Ozment Pingree

Florence Paisley Williams

Angela Pardington Lloyd

Betty Lou Patterson King

Dorothy Peace Ramsaur

Betty Jean Radford Moeller

Jeanie Rentz Schoelles

Anne H. Rogers

Ellen Van Dyke Rosenblatt Caswell

Lorenna Jane Ross Brown

Nellie Scott Pritchetc

Nancy Shelton Patrott

Sarah E. Smith Austin

Caroline Squires Rankin

Elizabeth W. Turner Marrow

May Turner Engeman

Mary Mayo Wakefield Tipton

L. Elizabeth Walton Callaway

Ann Wheeler Timberlake

Emma Jean Williams Hand

Barbara Wilson Montague

Laura Winchester Hawkins

Betty Ann Zeigler De La Mater

1948

Dabney Adams Hart

Jane Woodward Alsobrook Miller

Virginia Andrews Trovillion

Rose Ellen Armstrong Sparling

Peggy Camille Baker Cannada

RuthBastin Slentz

Martha Ellen Beacham Jackson

Jean Bellingiath Mobley

Barbara Blair

Lela Anne Brewer

Betty Jean Brown Ray

Barbara Jane Coith Ricker

Mary Alice Compton Osgood

Martha Ann Cook Sanders

Edna Claire Cunningham Schooley

Jane da Silva Montague

Susan Lawton Daugherty

Nancy Deal Weaver

Adele Dieckmann McKee

Betty Jo Doyle Fischer

June Hamlet Driskill Weaver

Elizabeth Dunn Grunwald

Anne Ezzard Eskew

Josephine Faulkner James

Nancy Jean Geer Alexander

Harriet Gregory Heriot

Martha Frances Hay Vardeman

Jean Henson Smith

Kathleen Hewson Cole

Caroline Hodges Roberts

Nan Honour Watson

June Irvine Torbert

Mary Elizabeth Jackson Etheridge

Anne Elizabeth Jones Ctabill

Mildred Claire Jones CoKin

Mary Sheely Little Miller

Marybeth Little Weston

Alice Lyons Brooks

Mary Manly Ryman

Myrtice Jeanette Marianni

Donaldson
Louise McLaurin Stewart
Lora Jennings Payne Miller
Betty Powers Crislip
Billie Mae Redd Chu
Harriet Elizabeth Reid
Rurh Richardson
Anna Clark Rogers Sawyer
jane Rushin De Vaughn
Zollie Anne Saxon Johnson
Rebekah Scott Bryan
Anne Shepherd McKee
Marian Elsie Travis
Anne Page Violette Harmon
Lida Walker Askew
Barbara Waugaman Thompson
Sara C Wilkinson
Emily Whittier Wright Gumming
Margaret Yancey Kirkman

1949

Billie Rita Adams Simpson
Eugenia Lyle Akin Martin
Matilda Caroline Alexander
Mary Jo Ammons Jones
Beverly Baldwin Albea
Betty Blackmon Kinnett
Susan Dowdell Bowling Dudney
Frances Brannan Hamrick
Margatet Elizabeth Brewer Kaye
Betty Ann Bridges Corrie
Roberta Cathcart Hopkins
Mary Price Coulling
Lenora M Cousar Tubbs
Alice Crenshaw Moore
joCulp Williams
Mane Cuthbenson Faulkner
June B, Davis Haynie
Bettie Davison Bruce
Betsy Deal Smith
Jane David Efurd Watkins
Sally Elhs Mitchell
Bettyjeanne Ellison Candler
Kate Durr Elmore
Evelyn Foster Henderson
Katherine A. Geffcken
Martha Gnddard Lovell

Mary Elizabeth Hays Babcock
Henrietta Claire Johnson
Charlotte Rhett Lea Robinson
Harriet Ann Lurton Major
Katherine B. McKoy Ehling
Ivy Morris Dougherty
Nancy Parks Donnan
Patty Persohn
** Maty Helen Phillips Hearn
Virginia Lynn Phillips Mathews
Marguerite Pittard Bullard
Dorothy Jane Porter Clements
Georgia Powell Lemmon
Dorothy Quillian Reeves
Betty Jo Sauer Mansur
Elizabeth Wood Smith
Sharon Smith Cutler
Miriam Steele Jackson
Edith Stowe Barkley
Rachael Stubbs Fatris
Doris Sullivan Tippens
Jean Tollison Moses
Newell Turner Parr
Virginia Vining Skelton
Val von Lehe Williams
Willa Wagner Beach
Martha Reed Warlick Brame
Julia Weathers Wynne
Olive Askew Wilkinson Turnipseed
Mary Jeannette Willcoxon Peterson
Elizabeth Williams Henty
Harriotte Winchester Hurley
Johanna Wood Zachry

1950

Helen Elizabeth Austin Callaway

Jo- Anne Christopher Cochrane

Cania Clarkson Merritt

Betty Jean Combs Moore

Jane Cook Miller

Catherine Davis Armfield

Dorothy Davis Yarbrough

Martha Jane Da\'is Jones

Katherine Dickey Bentley

Elizabeth Dunlap McAliley

Diana Durden Woodson

Helen Edwards Propst

Claire Foster Moore

Ann Dalpe Gebhardt Fulletron

Ftances Mane Givens Cooper

Margaret Glenn Lyon

Ann Griggs Foster

Mary Ann Hachtel Hartman

M. Anne Haden Howe

Sarah Hancock White

Marie Heng Heng

Jessie A. Hodges Kryder

Marguerite Jackson Gilbert

Lillian Lasseter Pearson

Adele Lee Dowd

Norah Anne Little Green

Marjone Major Franklin

Alline B.Marshall

Harriot Ann McGuire Coker

Miriam Mitchell Ingman

Jean Niven Morns

Pat vet ton Webb

Polly Anna Philips Harris

Joann Piastre Britt

Emily Pope Drury

Eleanor Ryan Eskridge

Ann Sartain Emmett

Virginia Skinner Jones

Martha Elizabeth Stowell Rhodes

Sally Thompson Aycock

Isabel Truslow Fine

Dorothy Faye Tynes Dick

Mary Ida Wilson

1951

Dorothy Elizabeth Adams Knight
Nancy Anderson Benson
Mary Hayes Barber Holmes
Noel Halsey Barnes Williams
Su Boney Davis
Nancy Cassin Smith
jimmie Lee Cobble Kimball
Anna Da Vault Haley
Freddie Marylin Hachtel Daum

Virginia Dunn Palmer
Virginia Feddeman Kerner
Nell Floyd Hall
Sara Luverne Floyd Smith
Betty Jane Foster Deadwyler
Carolyn Galbreath Zehnder
Anna Gounans
Cornelia Hale Bryans
Nancy Lu Hudson Irvine
Ellen Clyde Hull Keever
Margaret Hunt Denny
Sara Beth Jackson Hertwig
Kay Laufer Morgan
Virginia Arnold Leonard
Mary Caroline Lindsay
Katharine Loemker Kokomoor
Mary Louise Mattison McLaurin
Janette Mattox Calhoon
Jimmie Ann McGee Collings
Sarah McKee Burnside
Joan Miller Houston
Martha McGregor Mitchell Smith
Julianne Motgan Gatner
Tiny Marguerite Morrow Mann
Carol Louise Munger
Eliza Pollard Mark
Barbara Quattlebaum Parr
ElizabethJ. Ragland Petkins
C, Wilton Rice Sadler
Mary Roberts Davis
Stella Louise Robey Logan
Louise Santord Burner
Annelle Simpson Kelly
Caronelle Smith Smith
Jenelle Spear Spear
Martha Ann Stegar
Marjorie H. Stukes Strickland
Ruth Vineyard Cooner
Catherine Warren Dukehart
Joan Cotty White Howell
Bettie Shipman Wilson Weakley
Eugenia Wilson Collins
Ann Mane Woods Shannon
Betty Ziegler Dunn

1952

Charlotte Allsmiller Crosland

Margaret Andes Okarma

Manie Street Boone Balch

Ann Boyer Wilkerson

Mary Jane Brewer Murkett

Barbara H. Brown Page

Jeannine Byrd Hopkins

June L. Carpenter Bryant

Sybil Corbetr Riddle

Patricia CortelyouWinship

Landis Gotten Gunn

Catherine Crowe Dickman

Carolyn Denson Channon

Theresa Dokos Hutchison

Sarah Emma Evans Blair

Elizabeth Finney Kennedy

Shirley Ford Baskin

Kathren Martha Freeman Stclzner

Phyllis Galphin Buchanan

Kathryn Gentry Westbuty

Jackie Simmons Gow

Barbata Grace Palmour

Susan Hancock Findley

MattieE. Hart

Ann Tiffin Hays Greer

Shirley Heath Roberts

Ann Herman Dunwody

Betty Holland Boney

Mary Carolyn Holliday Manley

Margaret Inman Simpson

Jean Isbell Brume

Louise Monroe Jett Porter

Margaret Ann Kaufmann Shulman

Helen Frances Land Ledbetter

Mary Jane Largen Jordan

Alice Lowndes Ayers

Mary Frances Martin Rolader

Elizabeth Wynelle Melson Patton

Sylvia Moutos Mayson

Ann Parker Lee

Hilda Priviteti

Catherine L. Redles

Lillian Ritchie Sharian

1101985-1986

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Helen le;in Robarts Seaton
Adelaide RvdllBeall
Frances Sells Grimes
Betty jane Sharpe Cabaniss
Mar^'aretta W. Lumpkin Shaw
Katherme Jeanne Smith Harley
Winnie Stro:ier Hoover
Patricia Thomason Smallwood
Frances Vandiver Pucketr
Sara Veale Daniel
Jo Camille Watson Hospadaruk
Alta Waugaman Miller
Ruth Whiting Culbreth
Lorna A. Wiggins
Sylvia Williams Ingram
Jane Windham Chesnutt
Anne Winningham Sims
Florence Worthy Oriner

1953

Charlotte Allam Von Hollen
Allardyce Armstrong Hamill
Oeraldine Fay Armstrong Boy
Evelvn Basseri Fuqua
Dorothy Ann Baxter Chorba
Mar>' Alverta Bond
Georganna Buchanan Johnson
Betty M. McLellan Carter
Mary Jo Chapman Corrao
Edgerley Louise Clark Lindsley
Eunice Turner Cunnallv
Virginia Corry Harrell
Margaret Cousar Tooke
Jane Crayton Davis
Jane Daihouse Hailey
Donya Dixon Ransom
Susan Walton Dodson Rogers
Rene Dudney Lynch
Donna Dugger Smith
Frances Carol Edwards Turner
Patricia Ann Frednksen Stewart
Marv Anne Garrard Jernigan
Betty Ann Green Rush
Sarah Crewe Hamilton Leathers
Florence Mav Hand Beutell
Virginia Claire Hays Klettnet
Keller Henderson Barron
Betsy Lee Hodges Sterman
Mary Holland Archibald
Margaret Hooker Hartwein
Ellen Earle Hunter Brumtield
Anne Wortley Jones Sims
Rosalyn Kenneday Cothran
Helen Patron Martin Montgomery
Jetry Lee Mauldin Curry
Martha Carlene Nickel EIrod
Martha Virginia Norton Caldwell
Lilla Kate Parramore Hart
Sue Peterson Durling
Mar\ Ripley Warren
Mar\- Beth Robinson Stuart
Shirley Samuels Bowden
Rita May Scott Cook
Oianne Shell Rousseau
PrisciUa Sheppard Taylor
Margaret Thomason Lawrence
Anne Thomson Sheppard
Charline Tritton Shanks
Helen Tucker Smith
Vivian Lucile Weaver Maitland
Barbara West Erw in
Mary Ann Wyatt Chastain

1954

Valeria North Burnet Orr
Jane Crook Cunningham
jean Drumheller Wright
Harriet Durham Maloot
Martha Duval Swartwout
joen Fagan

Florrie Fleming Corley
Virginia Lee Floyd Tillman
ChorJee Gob Chow
Ellen Gritfin Corbett
Martha Guillot Thorpe
Katharine G. Hefner Gross
Louise McKinney Hill Reaves
Eleanor Hutchinson Smith

Carol Lynn Johnston Oates
Carol Jones Hay
Patricia Anne Kent Stephenson
Mit:i Kiser Law
Catherine Kite Hastings
Catt'line Lester Hayne>
Ruth Mallette Kelly
Bettv Jo McCastlain Downey
Helen H. McGowan French
Mary Louise McKee Hagemeyer
Clara Jean McLanahan Wheeler
Joyce Elizabeth MungerOsborn
Anne R. Patterson Hammes
Sclma Anita Paul Strong
Judith Promnit: Marine
Mary Newell Rainey Bridges
Caroline Reinero Kemmerer
Betty Stem Melaver
Anne Craig Sylvester Booth
Joanne Elizabeth Varner Hawks
Kathleen Whitfield Perry
Gladys C. Williams Sweat
Llewellyn Wommack
Chiiuko Yoshimura Kojima

1955

Joan Adait Johnston

Betty Lucile Akerman Shackletord

Carolyn Altord Beaty

Sara Anne Atkinson Wilburn

Trudy AwbreyWahle

Peggy Frances Bridges Maxwell

Lucile Brookshaw

Susanna May Byrd Wells

Georgia Belle Christopher

Constance Curry

Caroline Cutts Jones

Lillian Dixon Boylston

Sara Dudney Ham

Helen Pokes Farmer

Jane Gaines Johnson

Elizabeth Gratton Greer

Letty Grafton Stockley

Gracie Greer Phillips

Jo Ann Hall Hunsinger

Patty Hamilton Lee

Ann Louise Hanson Merklein

Jeanne Heisley Adams

Ann Hemperley Dobbs

Helen Jo Hinchey Williams

Mary Pauline Hood Gibson

Mary Carol Huffaker Platzek

Beverly Anne Jensen Nash

Mary Alice Kemp Henning

Mary Love L'heureux Hammond

Sallie Lambert Jackson

Jeanne Levie Berry

Catherine Louise Lewis Callaway

Evelvn Mason Newberry

CallieC. McArthur Robinson

Sara Minta Mclntyre Bahner

Peggv Anne McMillan White

Pauline Turley Morgan King

Patricia Paden Matsen

Sarah Katheryne Petty Dagenhart

Peggy Pfeitfer Bass

Ruth Lester Posey Dement

Joan Pruirt Mclntyre

Louise Robinson Singleton

Margaret Rogers Lee

Anne Rosselot Clayton

Dorothy Sands Hawkins

Betty Jane Schaufele

Agnes Milton Scott Willoch

Evelyn R. Stegar Hendnx

Harriet Stovall Kelley

ClifTrussell

Sue Walker Goddard

Pauline Waller Hoch

Ouida Carolyn Wells

Elizabeth Anne Wilson Blanton

1956

Anne Lowrie Alexander Eraser
Ann AlvisShibut
Barbara Helen Battle
Juliet Boland Clack

Ann Fain Bowen McCown
Martha Lee Bridges Traxler
Judy Brown
Nonecte Brown Hill
Shirley Anne Calkins Ellis
Margaret Camp Murphy
Vivian Therese Cantrall White
Mary Jo Carpenter
Mary Edna Clark Hollins
Carol Ann Cole White
Memye Curtis Tucker
Mary Dickinson Cozine
Stella Biddle Fitzgerald
Claire Flintom Barnhardt
June Elaine Gaissert Naiman
Priscilla Goodwin Bennett
Guerry Graham Myers
Frances Duke Green Oliver
Sallie L. Greenfield
Ann Lee Gregory York
Jean Catherine Gregory Rogers
Harriett Griffin Harris
Sarah E. Hall Hayes
Louise Harley Hull
Emmie Neyle Hay Alexander
Helen Haynes Patton
Hilda Hinton Tatom
Alberta Jackson Espie
Nancy Craig Jackson Pitts
Alice Johnston Ballenger
Annette Jones Gritfin
Peggy Jordan Mayfield
Frankie Junker Long
Marion Virginia Love Dunaway
Betty McFarland Bigger
May Muse Stonecypher
Paula Ball Newkirk
Jacqueline Plant Fincher

B. Louise Rainey Ammons
Betty Claite Regen Cathey
Rameth Fay Richard Owens
Betty Richardson Hickn^an
Anne Sayre Callison
Robbie Ann Shelnutt L'pshaw
Sarah Shippey McKneally
Justine Stinson Sprenger
Dorothy Jane Stubbs Bailey
Nancy White Thomas Hill
Sandra Thomas Hollberg
Vannie Traylor Keightley
Virginia Vickery Jory

C. Anne Welborn Greene
Sally Jean White Morris
Catherine Tucker Wilson Turner

1957

Lillian W. Alexander Balentine
Elizabeth Ansley Allan
Peggy Beard Baker
Susanne Benson Darnell
Elizabeth Ann Bohlander Bazell
Elizabeth Bond Boozer
Joyce Brownlee
Miriam Cale Harmon
Bettye Carmichael Maddox
May Chism
Kathryn Cole Butler
Frances Cork Engle
Betsy Crapps Burch
Catharine Allen Crosby Brown
Becky Deal Geiger
Laura Dryden Taylor
Dede Farmer Grow
Sally Forester Logue
Sally Fortson McLemore
Jeannine Frapart Row
Virginia Fuller Lewis
Catherine Girardeau Brown
Grace Molineux Goodwin
Patricia Guynup Corbus
Marian Hagedorn Briscoe
Hazel Hall Burger
Carolyn Herman Sharp
Margaret Hill Truesdale
Byrd Hoge Bryan
Frances Holtsclaw Berry
Frances Patterson Huffaker
Jacqueline Johnson Woodward
Rachel King

Carolyn Langston Eaton
Elaine Lewis Hudgtns
Nancy Love Crane
Marilyn McClure Anderson
Su:anne McGregor Dowd
Dot McLanahan Watson
Frances McSwain Pruitt
Moltie Mernck
Margaret Minicr Hyatt
Jane Moore Keesler
Martha jane Morgan Petersen
Jackie Murray Blanchard
Mildred NesbitHillard
Suzella Burns Newsomc
Nancy Nixon McDonough
Jean Price Knapp
Dorothy Rearick Malinin
Virginia Redhead Bethunc
Dannie Reynolds Home
Martha Jane Riggins Brown
Jackie Rountree Andrews
Jene Sharp Black
Ann Norris Shires Penuel
Joyce Skelton Wimberly
Carolyn Smith Gait
Nancy Snipes Johnson
Wynelle Strickland McFather
Emiko Takeuchi
Anne Terry Sherren
Mary Thacker Cohen
Sara Townsend Holcomb
Julia Weathers Hart
Nancy Wheeler Dooley
Anne S. Whitfield
Eleanor Wright Linn

1958

Nancy Alexander Johnson
Anna Fox Avil Stribling
Rebecca A. Barlow
Mary Dymond Byrd Davis
Diana Carpenter White
Grace Chao
Jean Clark Sparks
Mary Helen Collins Williams
Nancy Alice Niblack Danciler
Martha Davis Rosselot
Joie Sawyet Delatield
Elizabeth Hanson Duerr
Hazel Ellis

Nelle Fambrough Melton
Rebecca R. Fewell
Frankie Flowers Van Cleave
Elizabeth Geiger Wilkes
Patricia Cover Bitzer
Eileen Graham McWhorter
Helen Hachtel Haywood
Joann Hill Hathaway Merriman
Sara Margaret Heard White
Catherine Hodgin Olive
Susan Hogg Griffith
Eleanor Kallman Roemer
Nora Alice King
Carlanna Lindamood Hendrick
Sheila M. MacConochie Ragsdale
Carolyn Magruder Ruppenthal
Maria Menefee Martoccia Clifton
Janice Matheson Rcwell
Mary Louise McCaughan Robison
Anne McWhorter Butler
Martha Meyer
Judy Nash Gallo
Martha Ann Oeland Hart
Phia PeppasKanellos
Caroline Phelan Touchton
Blythe Posey Ashmore
Louise Potts French
Grace Robertson McLendon
Celeste Rogers Thompson
Caroline Romberg Silcox
Joan Sanders Whitney
Elizabeth Shumaker Goodman
Nancy Holland Sibley
Shirley Sue Spackman May
Joan St. Clair Goodhew
Langhorne Sydnor Mauck
Harriet Taimadge Mill
Delores Ann Taylor Yancey
Carolyn Tinkler Ramsey

Marilyn Tribble Wittner
Gene Allen Reinero Vargas
Rosalyn Warren Wells
Mary Ruth Watson
Margaret Woolfolk Webb

^

1959

Theresa Adams Parkins
Su:anne Bailey Stuart
Llewellyn Bellamy Page
Kathleen Elizabeth Biown Efird
Mary Clayton Bryan DuBard
India C- Clark Benton
Betty Ann Cobb Rowe
Helen Culpepper Stacey
Lconiecc Davis Pinnell
Dale Fowler Dick Halton
Caroline H.Dudley Bell
Mary Dunn Evans
Marjorie Erickson Charles
Jan Lyn Fleming Nye
Gertrude Florrid van Luyn
Patricia Forrest Davis
Lynn Frederick Williamson
K. Jo Freeman Dunlap
Betty Garrard Saba
Judy George Johnson
Suzanne Goodman Elson
Theresa Alice Hand Du Pre
Harriet Ann Harrill Bogue
Maria Harris Markwalcer
Mary Ann Henderson Johnson
Martha W. Holmes Keith
Sidney Mack Ho\\ell Fleming
B- Wynn Hughes Tibor
Audrey Johnson Webb
Jane King Allen
Jane Kraemer Scott
Barbara Lake Finch
FleanorE, Lee McNeill
Patricia Lenhardt Byers
Mildred Ling Wu
Helen Scott Maddox Gaillard
Marjorie Virginia Muller Mairs
Margaret Ward Abernethy Martin
Leah Elizabeth Mathews Fontaine
Ruby Anita McCurdy Gaston
Lila E McGeachy Ray
Martha Jane Mitchell Gritfin
Anne Louise Moore Eaton
Donalyn Moore McTier
Mary Joan Morris Hurlbutt
Ann Rivers Payne Hutcheson
Mary Paula Pilkenton Vail
Caroline Pruitt Hayes
Lucy Puckett Leonard
jean Salter Reeves
Susanne Robinson Hardy
Frances Carol Rogers Snell
Helen Smith Rogers
Anne Taylor Selph MacKay
Marianne Sharp Robbins
Irene ShawGrigg
Anita Sheldon Barton
Roxana Speight Colvin
Annette Teague Powell
Edith L. Tritton White
Nancy Trowell Kearns
Barbara Varner Willoughby
DelosA. WelchHanna
Susie White Edwards
Susannah Mascen Wilson

1960

Lisa Ambrose Hudson
Nell Archer Congdon
Nancy Awbrey Brittain
Angelyn Alford Bagwell
Lois Ann Barrineau Hudson
Gloria Ann Branham Burnam
Mildred Braswell Smith
Cynthia Adair Butts Kelley
Lucy Cole Gratfon
Margaret Collins Alexander
Phyllis Cox Whitesell
Celia Crook Richardson
Carolyn Sue Cushman Harrison
Carolyn Anne Davies Preische
Dorreth Dean Humphrey

PPESIDENTS REPORT 111

Rebecca Lynn Evans Callahan
Anne EIt:aheth Eyler Clodtelter
Louise Crawford Feagin Stone
Bonnie Gershen Aronin
Cynthia Grant Grant
Lillian Hart
Margaret J. Havron
Kathenne Hawkins Linebaugh

Carolyn Hoskins Cotfnian

Carolyn Howard White

Jane imray Shapard

Linda Mangum Jones Klett

julia Kennedy Kennedy

Charlotte King Sanner

Jane Law Allen

Helen Mabry Beglin

Grace Mangum Kisner

Frances McFadden Cone

Ellen McFarland Johnson

Emily Parker McGuirt

SallieMeek Hunter

Helen M. Milledge Couch

Eli:abech Mitchell Miller

Anne W. Morrison Career

Wilma Muse

WarnellNeal

Everdina Nieuwenhuis

Jane Norman Scott

Diane Parks Cochran

Nancy Carolyn Patterson Waters

Mary Jane Pfaft Dewees

Mary Jane Pickens Skinner

Kay Richards Summers

Rosemary Roberts Yardley

Evelyn St. Croix Scofield Rowland

Lesley Sevier Simmons

Martha Sharp Smith

Carolyn Smith McCurdy

Hollis Smith Gregory

Martha Eli;abeth Starrett Stubhs

Sybil Strupe Rights
' Marcia Louise Tobey Swanson
, Edith Towers Davis
; Raines WaketnrdWatkins
I Anne Whisnant Bolch
. Martha Ann Williamson Dodd
I Becky Wilson Guherman

1961 ~

Judith Ann Alhergorti Hines

Ann Avant Crichton

Emily Frances Bailey

Barbara Claire Baldaut Anderson

Elirabeth Barber Cobb

Pamela Bevier

Alice Boykin Robertson

Sally Bryan Minter

Margaret V. Bullock

Joan Falconer Byrd

Kathryn Ann Chambers Elliott

Medora Ann McBride Chilcutt

Willie Byrd Childress Clarke

Eleanor Anne Christensen Pollitzer

Mary Jim Clark Schubert

Alice Walker Coffin Brown

Edith Robinson Conwell Irwin

Jean Marie Corbett Griffin

Mary Wayne Crymes Bywater

Mary Culpepper Williams

Elirabeth Dalton Brand

B. Sandra Davis Moulton

Lucy Maud Davis Harper

Julia Akin DoarGrubb

Harriett Elder Manley

Alice Frazer Evans

Virginia Gayle Green Miller

Marion Greene Poythress

Katherine Gwaltney Remick

Nancy Hall Grimes

Elizabeth Anne Hammond Stevens

Mary jane Henderson Alford

Patricia Holmes Cooper

Judith Houchins Wighcman

Linda Ingram Jacob

Harriet Jackson Lovejoy

Jojarrell Wood

Sarah Kelso

Rosemary Kittrell

Martha Lair McGregor

Martha E Lambeth Harris

Mary Taylor Lipscomb Garriry

Mildred Lovt Petty

julia G. Maddox Paul

A. Eugenia Marks Espy

Betty Louise Mattern York

Mildred Myers McCravey Clarke

Sue McCurdy Hosterman

Edna McLain Bacon

Jane Weltch Mtlligan

Anne Leigh Modlin Burkhardt

Mary Jane Moore

Nancy A. Moore Kuykendall

Prudence Anne Moore Thomas

Barbara Mordecai Schwanebeck

Emily Pancake

Grace Ann Peagler Gallagher

Rebecca Joyce Seay Reid

Mary Bruce Rhodes Woody

Charme Robinson Ritter

Lucy Scales Muller

Elizabeth Shepley Brophy

Kathryn Page Smith Morahan

M. Harriet Smith Bates

Virginia Thomas Shackelford

Patricia Walker Bass

Mary Fairfax Ware

Betty Sue Wyatt Wharton

Marian Elizabeth Zimmerman

Jenkins

Mildred Lafon Zimmermann

1962

Sherry Gayle Addington Lundberg

Susan Alexander Boone

Violet Campbell Allen Gardner

N. Caroline Askew Hughes

Sally Blomquist Swartz

Nancy L. Bond Brothers

Carey S. Bowen Craig

Clara Jane Buchanan Rollins

Martha Campbell Williams

Gail Carter Adkins

Rosemary Clark Stiefel

Vivian Conner Parker

Cordelia Elisabeth Cooper
Humphrey

Suzanne Mayers Crosby Brown

Katherine W. Davis Savage

Ellen J. Delaney Torbett

Elizabeth Evans Mills

Madelyn Carol Eve

Pat Flythe Koonts

Peggy Frederick Smith

Elizabeth Gillespie Proctor

Kay Gilliland Stevenson

Jacqueline Driscoll Hagler Hopkins

Adrienne Haire Weisse

Judy G. Halsell Jarrett

Elizabeth A Harshbarger Broadus

Jean Haynie Stewart

Janice Heard Baucum

Ann Gale Hershberger Barr

Margaret Holley Milam

K. Lynda Horn George
Amanda Jane Hunt White
Ann Pauline Hutchinson Beason
Betsy Jefferson Boyt
Norris Johnston Goss
Isabel Kallman Anderson
Beverly K. Kenton Mason
Milling Kinard
Sara White Kipka Sides
Betty KnealeZlatchin
Letitia Douglas Lavender Sweitzer
Laura Ann Lee Harris
Dorothy M. Lockhart Matthews
Linda Bennett Locklear Johnson
Margaret Ann McGeachy Roberson
Genie McLemore Johnson
Mary Ann McLeod LaBne
Ellen Middlebrooks Granum
Cecilia Ann Middlemas Johnson
Nancy Nelms Garrett
Catharine Nortleet Sisk
Ethel Oglesby Horton
Pauline Page Moreau
Dorothy Porcher
Marjorie Hayes Reitz Turnbull

Lissa Robin Rudolph Orcutt
Elaine Sayers Landrum
Ruth A. Seagle Bushong
Ruth P. Shepherd Vazque:
Carolyn Shirley Wimberly
Margaret Shugart Anderson
Jo Allison Smith Brown
Sandra J. Stilt
Angelyn Stokes McMillan
Mary Morgan Stokes Humphlett
Burnham Walker Reicherr
jan Whitfield Hughen
Carol Williams Sellers
Elizabeth Withers Kennedy
Ann D Wood Corson

1963

Frances Bailey Graves
Leewood Bates Woodell
Judy Brantley
D'Etta Brown Leach
Nancy Ruth Butcher Wade
Sarah Stokes Gumming Mitchell
J. Kennecte Farlowe Brock
Mary jane Fincher Peterson
Betty Ann Garewood Wylie
Lucy Harrison Gordon Andrews
Mary Ann Gregory Dean
Elizabeth Ann Hardesty Boggan
Bonnie Grace Hatfield Hairrell
Judy Hawley Zollicoffer
Mary Louise Hunt Rubesch
Elizabeth B, Hutcheson Barringer
Sandra Johnson Barrow
Ina Jones Hughs
Lelia Jones Graham
Dorothy Laird Foster
jane Lancaster Boney
Pat Lowe Johnston
Leigh Maddox Brown
. Lucy Morcock Milner
Nancy H. Northcutt Palmer
Patricia Ann O'Brian Devine
Robin Patrick Johnston
Doris Poliakoff Feinsiiber
Kathryn Mobley Ridlehoover
Lidie Ann Risher Phillips
Lee Shepherd Shepherd
Miriam St. Clair
Kaye Stapleton Redford
Lydia Sudbury Langston
Nell Tabor Hartley
L. Elizabeth Thomas Freyer
Mary K. Troup Rose
Edna V. VassStucky
Mary Ruth Walters McDonald
Louisa Walton McFadden
M. Elizabeth Webb Nugent
Nancy Kate Wilkins Barnette
Miriam Owen Wilson Knowlton
Flora Jane Womack Gibson
Mariane Wurst Schaum
Katherine Younger Younger

1964

Norma Elizabeth Alvis Girardeau

Nancy C. BargerCox

Karen Jonne Baxter Harriss

Mary Evelyn Bell

Kiichele Buliard Smith

Sylvia Chapman Sager

Carolyn Clarke

NoraRooche Field
AnneT. Foster Curtis
Garnett E. Foster
Karen E. Gerald Pope
Elizabeth Gillespie Miller
Myra Morelock Gottsche
Nina F. Gritfin Newcomb
Catherine deVeaux Hart Rainey
Lucy Durham Herbert Molinaro
K. Betty Hood Atkinson
E. Diannc Hunter Cox
Sally Loree James
Susan Keith-Lucas Carson
Mary Ann Kenncdy-Ehn
Harriet M. King
Mary R. Edson Knight
Mary Lou Laird

Nancy Ellen Lee Bryan

Shirley E. Lee

Helen Frances McClellan Hawkins

Joanna McElrath Alston

Catherine Susan McLeod Holland

A. Crawtord MeginnissSandefur

Anne Minter Nelson

Mary Mac Mitchell Saunders

Margaret Moses Zimmer

Carolyn Newton Curry

Laurie Cakes Propst

Ann Pennebaker Arnold

Mary Pittman Mullin

Becky A. Reynolds Bryson

Catherine H. Shearer Schane

Lila Sheffield Howland

Nancy Clme Shuford Spivey

Marian E. Smith Long

Judith K. Stark Romanchuk

Elizabeth Stewart Stewart

Ninalee Warren jagers

Nancy Wasell Edelman

Mary Lynn Weekley Parsons

Suzanne P, West Guy

Barbara Ann White Guarienti

Margaret W Whitton Ray

Florence Willey Perusse

Anita Yount Sturgis

1965

Sally Johnston Abernethy Eads

Betty Hunt Armstrong McMahon

Robin Belcher Mahattey

Margaret Bell Gracey

Dorothy Ann Bellinger Grimm

Rita Jean Bennett Colvin

Rebecca Beusse Holman

Sally Blackard Long

Joanne Branch Hoenes

Jane B Brannon Nassar

Margaret Lee Brawner Perez

Elizabeth Brown Sloop

Pat Buchanan Masi

Evelyn P. Burton Haigh

Sally Bynum Gladden

Virginia Eraser Clark Neary

Katherine Bailey Cook Schafer

Helen West Davis Hatch

Mary Beth Dixon Hardy

Ann Durrance Snead

Dorl^El-Tawll

Marilyn Louise Enderli Williamson

Patricia Gay Nash

Dee Hall Pope

Marion Andrea Hamilton Duncan

Nancy C. HammerstromCole

Elizabeth Coles Hamner Grzybowski

Linda Harrell Harrell

Carol Jean Holmes Coston

Linda Kay Hudson McGowan

Gay Hunter Gulp

Bettye Neal Johnson McRae

Marjory Joyce Cromer

Jere Keenan Brands

Kenney Knight Linton

Alice Angela Lancaster

Louise Lewis Lewis

Johanna Logan Ertin

Elisabeth Malone Boggs

Bennett Manning Brady

Elizabeth Wilson McCain

Jane McLendon

Diane Miller Wise

H. Mane Moore Gavilo

Nancy Brandon Moore Brannon

Margaret Murphy Hunter

Elaine Nelson Bonner

Dorothy Robinson Dewberry

Barbara Rudisill

Harriette Russell Flinn

Laura Sanderson Miller

Anne Schiff Faivus

Lucia Howard Sizemore

Catharine Sloan Evans

Barbara Ann Smith Bradley

Mary Lowndes Smith Bryan

Meriam Elyene Smith Thompson

Nancy Soiomonsi>n Portnoy

Susan M. Stanton Cargill

Barbara Summers Richardson
Sue Taliaferro Betts
Charlotte Webb Kendall
Christopher Key Whitehead Huff
Sandra Hay Wilson
Margaret Yager Dufeny

1966

Judith Ahrano

Beverly Allen Lambert

Betty Ann Allgeier Cobb

Elizabeth Foster Anderson

Harriet Biscoe Rodgers

Marilyn Janet Breen Kelley

Barbara J. Brown Freeman

Mary Hopper Brown Bullock

Nancy Bruce Truluck

Emily Anne Burgess

Mary Agnes Burnham Hood

Vicky Campbell Patronis

Eleanor Cornwell

Martha J. Doom Bentley

Susan Dorn Allen

Joan DuPuis

Dorothy Elizaberh Evans Aylward

May Day Folk Taylor

Louise Foster Cameron

Blaine Garrison Cooper
Jean Gaskell Ross

Karen Louise Gearreaid

Mary Jane Gilchrist Sullivan

Felicia Guest

Sue Ellen Hipp Adams

Alice Hopkins Otis
j. jean Jarrett Milnor

Mary Margaret Kibler Reynolds

Ellen M. King Wiser

Mary Kuykendall Nichols

Linda E. Lael

Susan Wiley Ledford Rust

Connie Louise Magee Keyset

Helen Mann Liu

Eugenia Martin Westlund

Elizabeth McGeachy Mills

Jennifer Love McKinnon Scott

Kathleen Mitchell McLaughlin

Karen Montgomery Crecely

Clair MoorCrissey

Laura Roberts Morgan van Beuren

Portia Morrison

Anne Morse Topple

Beverly White Myers Pickett

Sonja Nelson Cordell

Margaret W. Peyton Stem

Linda Preston Watts

Elizabeth L. Rankin Rogers

Deborah Anne Rosen

Irma Gail Savage Glover

Suzanne Scoggins Barnhill

Lucile L. Scoville

Terri Singer Speicher

Malinda Snow

Susan M. Thomas

Martha Abernethy Thompson

Sarah SU::ell-Rindlaub

Carol Watson Harrison

Nancy Carol Whiteside

1967

Maria Papageorge Artemis
Jane Watt Balslev
Judy Barnes Crozier
Susan Bergeron Frederick
Linda Bixler Whitley
Elizabeth Anne Boyd Domm
Cynthia Hazel Carter Bright
M. Susan Chapman Mazek
Linda Cooper Shewey
IdaCopenhaver Ginter
Marsha Davenport Gritfin
Dorothy Davis Mahon
Anne Diseker Beebe
Gayle Doyle Viehman
Alice Finn Hunt
Mary Helen Goodloe-Murphy
Gale Ailetn Harrison
Andrea L Huggins Flaks
Ann Wellington Hunter Wickes

121985-1986

biiiaberh Hutchison Cowden

Linda Jacoby Miller

A. JoJett'ersWingheld

Mary Colcy Jervis Hiiyc^

Mary Elizabeth Johnson Mallory

Henrietta Wortley Jones Turley

Lucy Ellen Jones Cooley

Penny Katson Pickett

janeKciger Gehring

Karen Kokomoor Foisom

Caroline nudlc\ LesterTye

Clair McLeod Muller

Ann Winheld Miller Morris

Sandra Leigh Mitchell

Martha Nan Moncriet Seeger

Doris Morgan Maye

Judy Hurst NuckolsOftutt

Caroline Ouens Grain

Penelope Penland

Wary E. Pensvstirth Reagor

Susan M. Phillips

Dotlie Radtord Sptadley

Judy Roach

Ann Roberts Divine

Eli:a Williams Roberts Leiter

Carol Anne Scott Wade

Pamela Sue Shaw Cochrane

Susan Janelle Sleight Mowry

Patricia Smith Edwards

M. Susan Stevens Hitchcock

Mary Louise Stevenson Ryan

SallieTate Hodges

Rosalind D. Todd Tedards

Anne Justice Waldrop Allen

Sandra Welch Williams

Grace Winn Ellis

V, Ellen Wood Hall

1968

Eliiabeth AltordLee
Lynne Anthony Butler
Sally Bainbridge Akridge
Lucie Barron Eggleston
Marjorie Bowen Baum Pearsall
E. Louise Belcher Hinton
Patricia Alston Bell Miller
Jean Binkley Thrower
Kathleen Blee Ashe
Jan Burroughs Lottis
Mary Thomas Bu^h HutY
NonnieCarr Sharp
Laurie Gay Carter Tharpe
Carol Cole Renfro
Susan Stringer Connell
MaryCorbitt Brocknian
Kate Covington
Anna Carol Culver
Rebecca C. Davis Huber
June Elirabeth Derrick
Paige Dotson Powell
Janet Easrburn Amos
Sarah H. Elberteld Countryman
Louise C. Fortsoii Kinstrey
Ethel Ware Gilbert Carter
Eli:abeth Ann Glendinning
Elizabeth Goud Patterson
Jeanne Elizabeth Gross Johnson
Gabnelle Guyton Johnson
Lucy Hamilton Lewis
Sylvia Harby Hutton
Mary Elaine Harper Horton
Charlotte Hart Riordan
Olivia Ann Hicks
Candace Hodges Bell
Sara Houser Scott
Gue P Pardue Hudson
Janet Hunter Ou:ts
Mary K. Owenjarboe
M. Susan Johnson
Eliiabeth Ann Jones Bergin
Su:anne Jones Harper
Mary Ann McCall Johnson
Eleanor McCallie Cooper
Susan Martin McCann Butler
Katherine McCracken Maybank
Rebecca McRae McGlothlm
Betty Jean Miller Layng
Katherine Ann Mitchell

Margaret Garrett Moore Hall
Florence Nowlin McKce
Martha Parks Little
Patricia Parks Hughes
Nancy Virginia Paysinger
Susan D. Philips Moore
Susan Bea Philips Engle
Rebecca Phillips Routh
Linda Poore Chambers
Dale Reeves Callahan
Betty Jane Renlro Knight
Dorothy Ellen RichterGntlm
Helen Murray Roach Rentch
Heather Roberts Biola
Mary Rogers Hardin
Georganne Rose Cunningham
MaslinRuss Young
Angela Saad
Johanna Scherer Hunt
Dale Steele Hegler
Ann Teat Gallant
Christie Theriot Woodfin
Laura L. Warlick Jackson
Elizabeth Whitaker Wilson
Eliiabeth White Bacon
Ann Wilder

Mary Ruth Wilkins Negro
Judy C. Williams
Linda Faye Woody Perry
Alice M. Zollicofter

1969 ~

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Jennie Ann Abernethy Vinson

Patricia Auclair Hawkins

Catherine Auman DeMaere

Beth Bailey

Margaret A. Barnes Carter

Sandra Beck Scott

MaryG. Blake Wiseman

Carol B. Blessing Ray

Mary Bolch Line

Joetta Burkett Yarbro

Penny Burr Pinson

Mary Chapman Hatcher

Julie Cottrill Ferguson

Janice S. Cribbs

Janie Davis Hollerorth

Virginia Davis Delph

Sharon Dixon

ChnstineJ. Engelhard Meade

Margaret M. Flowers Rich

Margaret Louise Frank Guill

Jo Ray FreilerVan Vliet

Prentice Fridy Weldon

Pam Gat'tord McKinnon

Mary Frances Garlington Tret'ry

Gay Gibson Wages

Margaret Gillespie Sewell

LallaGriftisMangin

GayteGrubbHaas

F Diane Hale Baggett

Nancy Hamilton Holcombe

Diane Hampton Flannagan

Kathleen Davis Hardee Arsenault

Ruth Haves Bruner

Mildred Ann Hendry Kopke

Beth Herring Colquhoun

Nancy Holtman Hoffman

Sally Stratton Jackson Chapman

Carol Jensen Rychly

Kathy Johnson Riley

Nan Johnson Tucker

Beverly Gray LaRoche Anderson

Julia Ann Link Haifley

Letitia Lowe Oliveira

Beth Mackie

Johnnie Gay Martin

Martha Nell McGhee Lamberth

Dianne Louise McMillan Smith

Suzanne Moore Kaylor

Kappa Moorer Robinson

Jane Elizabeth Morgan Henry

Minnie Bob Mothes Campbell

Mary Anne Murphy Hornbuckle

Kathleen Musgrave Batchelder

Nicki Noel Vaughan

Jean Noggle Harris

Carolyn Pairicia Owen Hernande:

Becky Page Ramire:

Patricia Louise Perry Fox

Elta Posey Johnston

Elizabeth Faye Potter

Patsy Rankin Jopling

Flora Rogers Galloway

Carol Anne Ruff Boynton

Dorothy L. Schrader

Lennard Smith Cramer

Helen Stavros

Jeanne Taliaferro Cole

Ann Burnette Teeple Sheffield

Betty Thorne Woodruff

Sarah Moores Walker Guthrie

Joan Warren Ellars

Sheryl Wacson Pattick

SheliaWilkmsHarkleroad

Martha jane Wilson Kessler

Rosie Wilson Kay

Sally Wood Hennessy

Winifred Woorton Booher

1970

Martha Burton Allison Parnell
Susan Atkinson Simmens
Betty Gene Beck Birdwell
Diane Bollinger Bush
Bonnie E. Brown Johnson
Patricia Brown Cureton
Leslie Buchanan New
Mary Agnes Bullock Shearon
Marcia Caribaltes Hughes
Deborah Ann Claiborne
Cathy Collicutt
Carol Cook Uhl
Marrha Cotter Oldham
Bryn Couey Daniel
Carol Crosby Patrick
Patricia Daunt
Terry dejarnette Robertson
Linda L. DelVecchioGalbraith
Susan Evans Donald Conlan
Mary L. Douglas Pollitt
Catherine DuVall Vugel
Marion Daniel Gamble McCollum
Lynne Garcia Hams
Hope Gazes Grayson
Cheryl Ann Granade Sullivan
Sharon Eunice Hall Snead
Martha C. HarrisEntrekin
Mary Wills Hatfield LeCroy
Susan Ann Head Marler
Harriette Lee Huff Gaida
Ruth Hannah Hyatt Heffron
Amy Johnson Wright
Kathy Johnson

Hollie Duskin Kenyon Fiedler
Susan Cathcart Ketchin Edgerton
Hollister Knowlton
Mary Margaret MacMillan Coleman
Oma Kathleen Mahood Morrow-
Judy Lee Mauldin Beggs
Patricia Eileen McCurdy Armistead
Carol Ann McKenzie Fuller
Helen Christine McNamara Lovejoy
Patricia Ann Mizell Millar
Colleen Nugent Thrailkill
Catherine B. Oliver
Freida Cynthia Padgett Henry
Christine Pence
Martha L. Ramey
Nancy Everette Rhodes
Sally Ann Skardon
Martha Mizell Smith Rumora
Susan Selene Snelling DeFurio
Marylu Tippett Villavieja
Elizabeth Truesdel Baer
Sally Slade Tucker Lee
Martha jean Wall Olstin
Laura Ellen Watson Keys
Sue Bransford WearhersCrannell
Jennie Ruth Wheless Hunter
Mareta Wilkins Chambers

1971

Janace Anne Anderson Zolan
Deborah Elizabeth Arnold Fleming
Deborah Lee Banghart Mullins

Evelyn Young Brown Chnstcnsen

Vicki Linda Brown Ferguson

Brenda jane Bullard Frutchey

Swanna Elizabeth Cameron Saltiel

Jane Helen Carlson

Karen Lane Conrads Wibel!

Carole Ann Cooper

Julia Virgil Couch Mehr

Mary Carolyn Cox

Sara Dale Derrick Rudolph

Carol Gihbs Durrance Dunbar

Jane Ellen Duttenhaver Hurscy

Sandra Jean Finotti Collins

Carol Dianne Floyd Blackshear

Frances Folk Zygmont

Annette Friar Stephens

Betheda Fries Justice

Christine King Fulton Baldwin

Margaret Funderburk O'Neal

Carolyn Oretha Gailey Christ

Dolly Gray Garrison

Dorothy Gayle Gellerstedt Daniel

Paula Mane Hendricks Culbreth

Mary Alice Isele DiNardo

Ann Appleby Jarrett Smith

Edith Louise Jennings Black

Edythe Patricia Johnston Feuillebois

Linda Sue Ktebs

Candace DuBignon Lang

Karen Elizabeth Lewis Mitchell

H. Tyler McFadden

Bonnie Jean Mcintosh Toothman

Constance Louise Morris Heiskell

Mary Elizabeth Morns Reid

Susan Elkin Morton

Katherine Leah Mueller Wright

Nancy Ann Newton

Eleanor Hunter Ninestein

Betty Scott Noble

Barbara Herta Paul

Mildred Pease Childs

Jo Ann Perry Ely

Grace Pierce Quinn

Linda Gail Reed Boswell

Sharon Sue Roberts Henderson

Jan Elizabeth Roush Pyles

Sarah Ruffing Robbins

Katherine Setze Home

Kathy Suzanne Smith Dix

Grace Granville Sydnor Hill

Margaret Kerr Taylor

Margaret Thompson Davis

Ellen McGill Tinkler Reinig

Bernie Louise Todd Smith

Mary Caroline Turner

Wimberly Warnock

F. Imogene White

Lynn Napier White Montanan

Ellen Willingham

1972

Harriet Elizabeth Amos
Pamela Hope Arnold Milhan
Eleanor Hamil Barrineau
Rose Eileen Bluerock Brooks
Susan Marie Borcuk
Patricia Carter Patterson
Kathryn Champe Cobb
Julia Seabtook Cole Bouhabib
Susan Claire Correnty Dowd
Kathleen Costello Holm
Gayle Sibley Daley Nix
Lynn Davis Davis
Madeleine M. del Portillo
Barbara Ann Denzler Campbell
Martha Anne Dillard-McGeoch
Beatrice Taylor Divine
Dona Drake

Elaine Arnold Ervin Lotspeich
jerry Kay Foote
Debra Ann Gay Wiggins
Dianne Gerstle Niedner
Anne Lawson Grimsley Bander
Louise Scott Roska-Hardy
Rebecca L. Hendrix
Julia Rose Hixon Wesley
Claire Ann Hodges Burdett
Mary Jean Horney
Shera Lynn Hudson

Lelia Elizabeth Jarrett Hosley

Elizabeth M. Johnston

Sharon Lucille Jones Cole

Deborah Anne Jordan Bates

Jeanne Elizabeth Kaufmann Manning

Anne Stuart Kemble Collins

Melissa Ann Kilpatrick

Mary Jane King

Elizabeth Anne LaseterGehring

Sally Douglas Lloyd Proctor

Deborah Long Wingatc

Linda Sue Maloy Ozier

Marcia Mallory McMurray

Marcia E. Mohney

Mary jane Morns MacLeod

Virginia Norman Neb Price

Nancy King Owen Merriti

Susan Downs Parks Grissom

Mary Ann Pt^iwell Howard

Genie Rankin Sherard

Mary Laura Reeves Scanlon

Helen Reid Roddy Register

Michele Christine Rowe-Shields

Gayle Elizabeth Saunders Dorsey

Leslie Ann Schooley Mathews

Katherine Bruner Sloan Barker

Gretchen Smith Mui

Katherine Amanre Smith Acuff

Sandra Lucille Smith Harmon

Susan Bryant Stimson Peak

Linda Ford Story Biaid

Batbata H. Thomas Parker

Nancy Delilah Thomas Tippins

AnnTomlin Adams

Mary Virginia Uhl Tinsley

M. Lindsey Watt March

Nancy L. Weaver Willson

Paula M. Wiles Sigmon

Elizabeth H. Wilkinson Tardieu

Susan Williams Gornall

Gigi Wilson Muirheid

Juliana M. Winters

Ann Christine Yrwing Hall

1973

Faye Ann Allen Sisk
Carolyn Suzanne Arant Handell
Karen Sarita Atkinson Schwinger
Patricia Lynn Bartlett
Barbara Black Waters
Cala Mane Boddie Senior
Sally Campbell Bryant Oxley
Kathleen Lois Campbell Spencer
Mary Margaret Clark Turtle
Anastacia D. Coclin
Candice Ann Colando Brown
Caron E. Collins Hopkins
Deborah Merce Corbett Gaudier
Ivonne del Portillo
Sheryl Jean Denman Curtis
Rebecca Calhoun Dillard
Martha Forman Folt: Manson
Judith Kay Hamilton Grubbs
Dorothy Andrea Hankins Schellman
Pamela Hanson Hanson
Resa Laverne Hatns
Judy Anne Hill Calhoun
Melissa Holt Vandiver
Meredith Howe Pharis
Marcia Krape Knight-Orr
Margaret van Buren Lines Thrash
Jerri lynVonne McBride Berrong
Janifer Marie Meldrum
Deborah Lee Newman Mattern
Jane Elizabeth Parsons Fra:ier
Elizabeth Ann Rhett Jones
Pamela Tristan Rogers Melton
Catherine Marie Ryder Horner
Martha Carpenter Schabel Beattie
Sally Elizabeth Schrader Hart
NadjaSefcik-Earl
Judy Carol Sharp Hickman
Janet Elizabeth Short
Clare Purcell Smith Baum
Niurka Sotolongo Landrum
Pamela Ann Todd Moye
Bonnie Lynn Troxler Graham
Edith Carpenter Waller Chambless
Su:anne Lee Warren Schwank

PRESIDENTS REPORT 131

I

Cynthia Merle Wilkes Smith
Lauta Jocelyn Williams Knowles
Cherry Marie Wood
Barbara Letitia Young McCutchen

1974

Ruth Broun Anderson McAhley

Barbara Diane BeelerCormani

Julie Louise Bennett Curry

Betty Lynn Binkley Fletcher

Susan Ray Blackwood Foote

Marianne Bradley

Margaret Louise Cassingham Schieffer

Christine Clark Wilson

Kay Colvin Ramos

Patricia Ann Cook Bates

Mary Jane Kerr Cornell

Viviennc Ryan Drakes McKinney

Molly Clare Duson Naylor

Davara Jane Dye Potel

Ann Early Bibb

Lynn Elizabeth E:ell Hendrix

jeannette Walls Fredrickson

Mary Lynn Gay Bankston

Cynthia Goldthwaite

Rebecca Ann Harrison Ment:

Cecilia Anne Henry Kurland

Linda Lou Hill Gelcius

Martha Elirabeth Howard Whitaker

Louise Baker HutY Armitage

Patricia Louise Hughes Schoeck

Gretchen J. Keyset

Leila Wheatly Kinney

Teresa Louise Lee

Kate Elizabeth McGregor Simmons

Melisha Miles Gilreath

Leacie Metinda Mitchell Waters

Sarah Suzanne Newman Bauer

Claire Owen Studley
, Ann Elirabeth Pattetson elites

Paullin Holloway Ponderjudin

Martha Ruth Rutledge Munt
' Carolyn Virginia Sisk Deadwyler

Karen Cassell Swensson Luisana

1 Katherine Littlefield Tarwater Smith
j Mary Louise Wade Gadrix
Christine Olga Weaver Ternenyi

Lynne Webb Heatly

Candace Elizabeth Woolfe Parrott
Nancy MaurineYates-Liistro

1975

Vicki Lynn Baynes Jackson
. Mitzi Ann Bell Peters
- Constance Elaine Bowen Hatt

Frances Lynn Brodnax

Melodye Cwynne Brown

Debra Elizabeth Carter

Anna Lou Case-Winters

Lou Anne Cassels McFadden

Rose Ann Cleveland Fraistat

jane Conley Evans McDonald

Allison Grigsby Spears

Motte Legate Hay Turner

Martha Glenn Hodge Ridley

Denise Hi>rd Mockridge

Martha Lynne Jameson Gorgorian

Janie Anna Johnson-Pickett

Mae Louise Logan Kelly

Jana Vail Macbeth

Ruth Glovet McManus Mansfield

Rebecca Ann Meador

Mary Gay Morgan

Jayne Leone Pererman Rohl

Ellen Cavendish PKillips Smith

Cathetine Pirkle Wages

Melinda Mundy Rapp Stuk

Angela Rushing Hoyt

Wendy Rutledge Eck

Sally Tyre Srenger

Betsy Wall Carter

Rebecca McPherson Weaver

Carolyn Cawthon Webb Thomas

Lynda Ann Weizenecker Wilson

Nita Gail Whetstone Franz

Nancy Carroll White Morris

Margaret Denson Williams Johnston

1976

Eva Angela Adan

Lisa Evangeline Banks Kerly

Carolyn Ann Bitter Silk

Gay Isley Blackburn Maloney

Elizabeth Holland Boney

Vernita Atlinda Bowden Luckhart

Elizabeth Brandon Brame Fortune

Jane Flowe Brawley

Lucille Burch Shelton

Alexandra Demecrios Coclin

Elizabeth Anne Dameron Young

Beth Barclay DeWall

Sue Frances Diseker Sabat

Catherine DuPtee Shields

Emily G. Dunbar-Smith

Sarah Franklin Echols Leslie

Evalyn Mackay Gantt Dupree

Harriett Ellis Gtaves Fromang

Pamela Jane Hamilton Johnson

Georgina Caridid Hernandez Elortegui

Elizabeth L. Hotnsby

Debotah Jean Huband Smith

Mary Gemma Jernigan Graham

Martha Cheryl Kitchens Aull

Nancy Mildred Leasendale Purcell

Henrietta Barnwell Leland Whelchei

Alice Lightle Holcomb

Patricia Karen Lockard Holmes

Lois Berrien Lumpkin Long

Jane Elizabeth Maas Edwards

Virginia Allan Maguire Poole

Debra Anne McBride Shelton

Mary Elizabeth McDaniel

Jo Anne Melton Mincey

Melissa Ann Mills Jacobs

Genevieve New Chaffee

Janet Lynn Norton

Ann Wilson Patton Henley

Jennifer June Rich Kaduck

Lori Grace Riley Day

Martha Sue Sarbaugh Veto

E. Pedrick Stall Lowrey

Jane Boyce Sutton Hicks

Janet Polk Tarwater Kibler

Lucy Exum Turner

Karen White Holland

Barbara Ann Williams

Laurie Dixon Williams Attaway

Lynn Wilson McGee
Emily Wingo Craig

1978

1977

Evelyn Elizabeth Babcock

Mary Anne Barlou

Lydia Maria Bendeck

Holly Ann Bennett Riellv

Mary Crist Brown

Nancy Donna Burnham

Jasemine Choi-Yin Choy Chambers

Ann Fox Conrad

Elizabeth Rachel Doscher Shannon

Kandace Maria Fitihugh Boyd

Nancy Ellen Fort Grissett

Martha Ann Hackl Smith

Cynthia Hodges Burns

Corine Sue Jinks Robertson

Tetri Ann KeelerNiederman

Kare Louise Kussrow McConnaughey

Melissa Landon Hamid

Katherine Thomas Lawther McEvoy

Beth Mason Gilley

Eleanor Anne McCain

Melinda Ann Morris Knight

Beverly Elaine Nelson McCallum

Dana Nichols Chamberlain

Clare O'Kelley Bennett

Eva Katherine Oates Roos

Susan Lang Pedrick McWtlliams

Susan Patticia Pirkle Trawick

Julie Florine Poole Knotts

Robin Dale Ransbotham Moseley

Sandra Matie Saseen

Linda Frances Shearon

Sarah Shuriey Hayes

Nancy C Sisk Cleaveland

Caroline Elizabeth Swink

Lydia Pamelia Wilkes Barfoot

Frances Elaine Williams

Willie Kay Williams Barnard

Beth Allison Blackbutn
Marguerite Anne Booth Gray
Mary Gracey Brown Diehl
Ann Carter Burchenal
Shirley Chan Kwan
Robin Franklin Clement
Barbata Lynn Duncan
Jean Ellen Ezzell Paulson
Kathettne Craig Fitch Piette
Sharon Ruth Hatcher
Rebecca L. Johnson Bisher
Susan F. Jordan Spalding
Janet E. Kelleyjobe
Marlene Munden Laboureur
Mary Lynn Lipscomb Bausano
Susan Rollins McCuliough DeKoch
Wanda Emma McLemore
Judith K. Miller Bohan
jean Elder Moores
Mary Jane Norville
Kathleen Ann O'Brien
Lynne Oswald
Cynthia Ann Peters
Sharon D. Pittman Powell
Kathrvn Schnittker White
Margaret Elaine Sheppard Almand
Mary Anna Smith
Sharon Lynn Smith Roach
Susan Smith

Melody Kathryn Snider Porter
RebekahG. Strickland
Mary Alice Vasilos George
Marybeth Whitmire Hegerty
Elaine Cooper Wilburn ZuUo
Christina Wong Leo
Lucv Bullock Worrell

1979

Deborah 1. Ballard Adams
Diane Banyar

Suzanne Barefoot Meacham
Diane Beaudoin Dodd
Elizabeth Eve Belk
Melanie Sue Best
Susan Bethune Bennett
Laura Boyd Mathews
Janet Marie Bradley Fryzel
BetteW Broadwell
Martha Sue Brock Watters
Laura Bess Cox Abare
Debby Daniel-Bryant
Leslie Doyle Btenegat
Patricia Ann DuPont Easterlin
Sandra L. Fowler
Ana Spencer Gait
Mary Beth Gardiner
Nancy Eleanor Graham
Anne Christopher Griner
Nancy Kimberly Gzeckowic:
Karol Hammer Stephens
Carol Hedrick Howard
Julie Lynn Johnston Wiggins
Anne Cuttis Jones
Evelyn L. Kirby Jones
Lillian M. Kosmosky Kiel
Virginia Lee McMurray
Julia H. McFerrin
Marion Elizabeth McGreevy
Minschwaner

Ann Lawrence Mock Elirando
Rosalie Nichols
Margaret Pfeiffer Elder
Marjorie Anne Pirkle Morgan
Karen Leslie Rogers Burkett
Mary Pamela Roukoski Webb
Shannon RudJell
Donna Joyce Sanson
Donna Stixrud Crawford
Gertrude O, Stone
Sust Van VIeck Patton
Nina Wiggins Fazio
Lisa Kay Worthey Keller

1980

Donna R. Addm^

Catherine Elizabeth Beck

Debbie Jean Boelter Bonner

Sherri Gay Brown

Sandra Anne Burson Hosford

Rebecca Burtz Melton

Kimberly Jeanne Clark

Paxson Collins

Sheryl Ann Cook

Carmen Elizabeth Crumbley Cross

Cindy Dantzler Shearer

Patricia Elebash

Dottie Bliss Enslow Putnal

Cynthia L. Evans

Sarah Ann Fairburn

Gloria Maria Fernandez Baden

Vicki Lee Fitzgerald

Nannette LaRue Gee Mclntyre

Susie E. Ham Deiters

Cynthia Marie Hampton

Carolyn Lee Harber

Kemper Hatfield Giaham

Rebecca Ann Hendrix Painter

Mary Anne Hill

Lisa Hope Johnson Kiel

Be\'erley Coltrane Jones Suther

Christiana T Lancaster Reese

Lisa Ann Lee Quenon

Susan 0. Little

Sharon L. Maitland Moon

Elizabeth Mosgrove

Keller Leigh Murphy Torrey

Sally Nalley Hoffman

Rose Mane Perez Stokes

Lynne Perry Sales

Helen Melissa Rawl

Marcia Kim Robinson

Tracy Romaine Rowland Pernn

Judith Ann Smith Willis

Margaret Rose Somers Shepard

Dixie Lee Washington

Susan RayeWilkie Welch

Anna Lisa Wilson

Katherine Zarkowsky Broderick

1981 ~

Helen Ruth Anderson Arnngton
Beth Arant Mcllwain
Martha Leigh Armour Watters
Nancy Louise Brock Johnson
Darby Bryan Craddock
Millie Jan Carpenter Eads
Carol Ruth Chapman
Stephanie Jane Chisholm
Kelley Ann Coble
Carol S. Colbe
Jeanne Mane Cole
Rebecca Suzanne Dayton
Nancy Elizabeth Dorsey
Mary Elizabeth DuBose Amaker
Kathrvn Fogie Huffman
Juby Ann Fountain
Maryanne Gannon Deaton
Jennifer Louise Giles Evans
Alexandra Y. Gonsalves Brooks
Nancy Lee Griffin
Henrietta C Halliday
Ann Douglas Harris Merrill
Karen Arlene Hellender
Beth Anne Jewett Brickhouse
Susan Gail Kennedy Blackwood
Laura Klettner Bynum
Maribeth Madeline Kouts
Teresa Anne Layden
M. Kim Lenoir
Sarah B, LeserStom
Joan HanceLoeb
Jovce Ludvigsen
Kathleen Anne McCunnitf
Laurie McMillian Anderson
Pamela Jean Moore
Pamela Deborah Mynatt
Laura D. Newsome
Monica Susan O'Quinn
Julie Oliver Link
Kim M. Parrish
Barbara Massey Patton
Lucille Perez
Lucia Wren Rawls
Lydia Reasor Dayton

Beth A. Richards

Adrienne K. Ryan

Stephanie Anne Segars

Shan Diane Shaw

Martha Sheppard

Margaret E. Shirley

Janet Rae Smith

Susan G. Smith

Sandra Keys Sprague

Lynn Pace Stonecypher

Claudia Caraway Stucke

Karen Lee Tapper Van deGraaff

Sarah Elizabeth Toms

Susan Thorp Wall

Luci Neal Wannamaker Daley

Susan Claire Wannamaker McCunnitf

Elizabeth L.Wech

Lynda Joyce Wimberly

Harnett Wiseman

Tern Wong Handler

1982

Anita Patricia Barbee

Nancy Lynn Blake

Bonnie Lynn Brooks

Margaret Vanneman Bynum

Margaret Carpenter Beain

W Burlette Carter

Cristina Sue Clark

Carol Ann Conner

Elizabeth Frances Daniel Holder

Peggy Elizabeth Davis Gold

Bonnie Gay Etheridge Smith

Lu Ann Ferguson

Kathleen Bell Fulton

Catherine E, GarriguesSzelistowski

Alice V. Harra Maresanz

Ashley Mack Jeffries

Joy L. Jun

Virginia Ruth Lyon

E. Meredith Manning

Sallie Taylor Manning

Susan Virginia Mead

Margaret Renee Miller Hudson

Barbara Payne Owen Harkey

Susan Alice Proctor Nelsen

Caroline McKinney Reaves Wilson

Christia Dawn Riley Ashmore

Sata Robinson Chambless

Marjory Sivewright Morford

Marvellen Palmer Smith Hittel

Sandra Leigh Thome Johnson

Alice Margaret Todd Butker

Christine Ann Veal Hnskins

Elizabeth O'Hear Young

Emma A. Villafane Zell

1983

Mary Katherine Bassett Riggall

Aria Bateman Redd

Beverly Ellen Bell

deAlva Anne Blake

Katherine Friend Blanton Park

Caroline Geller Bleke

Lynda Anne Brannen Williamson

Carie Cato Pursley

Nancy Caroline Connell

Laura Carolyn Crompton

Martha Echols Fowler

Daphne Faulkner

Carolyn Rose Goodman

Ruth S. Green

Kathryn Hart

Lauta Lavinia Head

Maria Luisa Inserni

Julie Ketchersid Stephens

Cecily Lane Langford

Patricia LeeAnne Leathers

Bonnie Letfingwell Callahan

Laurie Kerlen McBrayer

Mar\ J. Morder

Shan Lee Nichols Clifton

Amy Wynelle Potts

Sallie Ashlin Rowe Roberts

Phyllis M.Scheines

Kern Schetlack Baldonado

Anna Mane P. Stern

Jody Renea Stone

Susan C. Whitten

I141985-1P86

The Alumnae Associations

symposium, ''Violence Against

Women, " drew more than 140

people from the Atlanta area.

Sharon Lynn NX'uod-.
Charlotte F. Wright Ealick
Susan B. Zorn Chehon

1984 ~

Anonymous

Mehssa Glenn Abernathy

Ehraheth E. Abreu

Louise Bailey

Tracy Leigh Baker

Betsy Lou Benning

Julie Ann Bradley

Janet Leigh Bundnck

Kathleen Noel Campbell

Caroline Lebby Cooper Wilhelm

Heather Louise Crockett

Lyn Smith Deardortf

Katherine K. Edwards Moore

Elizabeth Yates Faison

Suzanne Celeste Feese

Elirabeth Gregory Finklea Freeman

Catherine Esteiie Fleming

Kim Lynn Fortenherry

Donna Lynn Garrett

Elizabeth G. Hallman

Fara Ann Haney Avery

Joy Johnson Johnson

Eva Danon Jones

Karen Elizabeth Kaiser

Denise Mazza

Rachel Ehzabeth McConnell

Sarah H. McCullough

Deborah Ann McLaughlin

Mary Susanna Micheison Goheen

M. Alicia Paredes

Nancy Elizabeth Poppleton

Susan Land Scoville

Celia Mane Shackletord

Katherine Heathe Sibrans

Dorothy Kidd Siguell

Cynthia Ann Stewart

Ellen Renee Thomas Lebby

Charlotte Canham Ward

Ann Bonniwell Weaver

Chandra Yvette Webb

Cynthia Lynn White Tynes

Alice M. Whitten Bowen

Karen Elizabeth Young

1985 ~

Barbara Eileen Altman
Kari Lynn Banks
Bradie Catherine Barr
Sharon B. Bennett
Mary Anne Birchheld
Kaisa H. Bowman
Elizabeth Sterling Boyd
Joan Smith Brooks
Kristen Sojourner Burgess
Carol Ann Buterbaugh
Doris Gray Butler
Meri Laird Cain
Pamela A. Clanton
Sharon K. Core
Anne Baxter Coulling
Bonnie Lou Crannell
Janet Cumming
Alva Kathleen Dombhart
Ann Caldwell DuPree
Rebecca A. Fornwalt
Patricia Gannon
Jennifer E. Gazzola
Elizabeth Ann Henson Toland
Cynthia Susan Jordan
Laura Louise Lones
Lori Ann Manion
Sally Joanne Maxwell
Nancy Elizabeth McMurr>-

Deadra Lynn Moore

Laura Ann Newton

Catherine E. Pakis

Nancy Grazia Patierno

Elizabeth Hallman Snitzer

Kimberlv Spinnett Dameworth

Elizabeth F. Stevenson

Dawn Michele Teague

Virginia Ann Thompson

JillD.Whittill

Joanna Margaret WledemanQuillen

Anne Williams

Ann Marie Witmondt

1986

Mercedes Badia-Moro

1987

Dianne Smith Pornbush

UNCLASSIFIED

Nancv Carol Alexander

ALUMNAE CLUBS

Alumnae Association

Atlanta Evening Alumnae Club

Barrow-Gwinnett-Newron Alumnae

Club
Centra! Florida Alumnae Club
Southeast Georgia Alumnae Club

CORPORATIONS

AND FOUNDATIONS

Anonymous
Anonymous
Addison Corporation
*TheA.S.Abell Company

* AT&TCo

* Alabama Power Company

* Alcoa Foundation

* Allied Corporation Foundation

* The Allstate Foundation
American Chemical Society

* American Express Foundation

* Arthur Andersen and Company
Atlanta Foundation

Atlanta Coca-Cola Bottling
Company

* Atlantic Richfield Foundation
Bailey Associates, Architects

* Bank South Corporation
Beers Construction Company
Belk

* BellSouth Corporation
Bettendort News

Blake Builders Supply Company
Blake P. Garrett, Sr. Foundation

* Blue Bell Foundation

* Bowater Carolina Corporation

* Brown Group, Inc. Charitable Trust

* The Burroughs Corporation

* Carolina Mills, Incorporated
Caraustar Industries, Inc-

* Carrier Corporation Foundation

* Carter Hawley Hale Stores Inc.

* Champion international Foundation
Charles Loridans Foundation Inc.

* Chevron Oil Company

* The Citizens 6(, Southern Corporation

* Citizens and Southern Fund

* Clorox Company

* The Coca-Cola Company

* Columbia Gas Transmission
Community Shopper

* Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance

* Cummins Engine Foundation

* DeloitteHaskinsSt Sells

' Dennison Manufacturing Company
' Dow Chemical Company
' Dresser Foundation, inc.
' Duke Power Company

' Eaton Corporation
' Engelhard Corporation

* Equitable Life Assurance Society
' Ethyl Corporation

' Exxon Educational Foundation
' Federal National Mortgage
Association

* Federated Department Stores
' First Atlanta Foundation Inc.
' First Union National Bank

' The Fluor Foundation

' Ford Motor Company

' Foundation of Greater Greensboro

' Foundation of the Litton Industries

Francis L. Abreu Trust

Fuller &, Johnson

GFIC
' The General Electric Foundation
' Georgia-Pacific Corporation

* Gould. Incorporated
^ Harris Foundation

Harry L. Dalton Foundation, Inc.
' Harttord Insurance Group Foundation
' Hercules Incorporated
' Hewlett Packard

Howard H. Callaway Foundation, Inc.
' IBM

^ International Paper Company
Foundation

J. M. Tull Foundation

J agger's
^ Johnson&Higgins of Georgia. Inc.
' Johnson &.Higgins of Washington,

DC
' Joseph E. Seagram Si Sons, Inc.

Katherine John Murphy Foundation

* Kendall Company Foundation

*' Kimberly-Clark Foundation, Inc.

Lanier Brothers Foundation

Lewis H. Beck Foundation

Lite insurance Company of Georgia
' Lincoln National Life Insurance Corp.

Mac's Continental Cafe

Marnie Foundation

* Martin Marietta Corporation
Mattie H. Marshall Foundation

* May Department Stores Company

* The McGraw-Hill Foundation. Inc.

* McNeil Pharmaceutical
The Mead Corp Foundation
Metropolitan Atlanta Community

Foundation

* Milliken and Company

* Monsanto Fund

* N.C.R. Foundation
National Data Corporation
National Elevator Corporation

* New York Life Foundation

* Norfolk Southern Corporation

* Northern Telecom Inc.

* Owens-Corning Fiberglas

Corporation
Patterson-Barclay Memorial
Foundation

* Pennsylvania Power &. Light Company
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of

Charlotte

* Pfizer Incorporated

* Philip Morris, inc.

* Pitney Bowes

* Plantation Pipe Line Company

* Provident Life and Accident

* Prudential Foundation
Quad City Arts Council

' R. J. Reynolds Industries, Inc.
Rabern-Nash Company. Inc.

* Raytheon Company
Research Corporation

* Reynolds Metals Company

Foundation

* Rohm and Haas Company
Scott County Advertiser
Sears-Roebuck Foundation

* Shell Companies Foundation inc.

* South Central Bell
Southern lllinoisan

* Southern Bell

* Southern Company Services

Spanky's, Inc.

* Sperry Corporation

* Springs Industries. Inc.

* State Farm Insurance

* State Street Bank & Trust Company
Stella & Charles Guttman Foundation

* Sun Life Assurance Company of

Canada
Sweetwater Paper Board Company

* TRW Foundation

* Tanner Companies. Inc.

* Texaco Incorporated

* Texas instruments Foundation

* The Blount Foundation. Inc.
The Citizens &. Southern Bank

* The Delta Air Lines Foundation
The Journal Times

The Quad City Times
The UPS Foundation, Inc.

* Time Incorporated
Town Talk

Trans us
Trico

* Trust Company Bank

* U.S. Fidelitv and Guaranty
U.S. BarYGrill

* Union Carbide Corporation

* Union Oil Co. of California

Foundation

* Union Pacific Corporation

* United Virginia Bankshares
Valdosta Drug Company
VideoTimes

Walrer Clifton Foundation Inc.

* Winn-Dixie Stores Foundation

PARENTS AND FRIENDS

.Anonymous
Anonymous
Mr. Peter M. Abreu
Mr. D. Stephen Acuft
Mr. Gary B. Adams
Jill Adams

Mr. John B- Adams Jr.
Juanita .Adams
Mr. >Sl Mrs. LeRoy R. Adams
Mr. & Mrs. M.D.Adams
Dr. W.Lloyd Adams
Mr. Thomas E. Addison Jr.
Mr. M. Bernard Aidinoff
Mr. S. B. Albeajr.
Mr. Don M. Alexander
Mr. Hooper .Alexander III
Mr. Walter B. Alexander
Mr. WiltiamJ, Alfnendjr,
Mr. Bona Allen IV
Mr. & Mrs. Bona Allen Hi
Mr. M.W.. Alston Jr.
Dr. Wallace M.Alston Jr.
Dr. Wallace M.Alston. Sr.
Mr.W. L.Ambrose Jr.
Mr. J. Stephen Anderson
Mr. R. W. Anderson
Dr. Tom B. Anderson
Mr. Robert L. Archibald jr.
Mr. Richard L. Armfield
Mr. Joel C. .Armistead
Mr. AlvaJ. Armstrong
Mr. Thomas S. Arrington
Mr. Robert Lawrence Ashe Jr.
Mr. C. Eugene Askew
Mr. James W- .Atkinson
Dean S. Attaway
Mr. Joseph W.Aull
Mr. Donald R. Avery
Mr. Marvin B. .Aycock Jr. // '
Dr. Howard Aylward'Jr. -''
Mr. Charles 1. Babcockjr.
Mr. Stephen A. Bacon
Mj. Achilles N. Bafas
"' Mr. T Maxfield Bahner
Mr. Milton Bailey
Mr. Charles E. Baker Sr.
Mr. Alfred H.Balch

Mr. Robert M. Baldonado
Mr. Robert M. Balentine
Mr. C. Perry Bankston
Mr. O'Neal Bardin
Mr. Alan Barfcmt
Mr. Timothy W. Barker
Mr. Henry J. Barnes
Mr. R. H. Barnhardt
Mr. Brantley Barr
Mr. j. C. Barrow
Mr. Thomas L. Bass
Dr, John W.Bates
Mr.J.L. Batts
Mr. Charles Walter Baucum
Mr. Ander Beam
Mr. FL. Beasleyjr.
Mr. AmosT Bcason
Mr. Henry A. Beattie III
Mr. M.J. Beebf
Mr. Edward W.Beglin Jr.
Prof. David R Behan
Mr. Clarence E. Bengtson
Mr. John A. Bennett
Mr. Michael G. Bennett
Mr. Maurice J. Bernard
Mr. B. Carroll Berry
Rev. Edward R, Berry Jr.
Prof. Gunther Bicknese
Mr. William T Black
Mr. D. F Blackwelder
Mr. James S. Blain
Mr. J. W.Blake
Dr. Max M. Blumberg
Joan Heiges Blythe
Mr. Roland W. Bockhorst
Mr. Richard P. Boggs
Mr. Roy B. Bogue
Mr. Michael S. Bohan
Mr. Herbert A. Bolton Jr.
Mr. Charles H. Boney
Mr. Donald L. Boney
L'rsula M. Booch
Mr. DavidH.Booherlli
Mr. David A. Booth
Mr. & Mrs. Henry L. Bowden
Mr. Robert C. Bowden
Mr, Jerome J. Boyd
Mr. Wilham H. Boyd
Mr. Patrick E. Boyt
Mr. WJ.Brame
Mr. Harilee Branch Jr.
Mr. R. Alfred Brand III
Rev. R. Bruce Brannon
Mr. Philippe A. Briandet
Mr. Fred T Bridges Jr.
Mr. John Bright
Mr. Joe Brittain Jr.
Mr. Thomas H. Broadusjr.
Mr. &Mrs.W.C. Broadwell
Mr. John Broderick
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Mr, &, Mrs, Franklin H. Whitten
Mrs. Carole B. Whittington
Gerald 0. Whittington
Mr. Peter O.Wibell
Prof. Ingrid E. Wieshofer
Mr, Arthur W Wiggins Jr.
Mr, Carlton E. Wiggins
Mr. SamPWilburnJr.
Mr. James A. Wilkerson
Dr. Wray Wilkes
Mr.J. Richard Wilkins
Mr. D.D, Wilkinson
Mr. Ben W, Williams
Mr. FlovdR. Williams Jr.
Mr. Frank E.Williams Jr.
Mr, Hamilton M. Williams Jr.
Mr. James F. Williams
Mr. Thomas R. Williams
Mr.W. Leroy Williams
Mr. Michael J. Willis
Mr. Raymond Willoch
Mr. DonaldA.Willoughby
Mr. Patrick J. Willson
Mr. Mercer E. Wilson
Mr. Robert E. Wilson
Dr. Albert C.Winn
Mr. H.Dillon Winshipjr.
Rev. A. Clark Wiser
Mr. Albert F Wisner
Prof. Harry Wistrand
Penny Rush Wistrand
Dr, Harvey Wittner
''* Estate ot Anna B. Wood
Dr. Robert E.Wood
Mr. &, Mrs. Robert T, Woodbury'
Mr. Richard H.Woodfin
Mr. George W Woodruff
Mr, Paul Woodruff
Mr. Gerald W.Woods
Dr. William D. Woodward
Mr. Stephen W. Woody
Mr. E.Warren Woolf
Prof. Nai-Chuang Vang
Mr, Presley Daniel Yates jr,
Mrs. Mary S. Vongue
Mr. David H. Young jr.
Mr. Glenn A. Young
Mr. iSi Mrs, W. M. Zarkowsky
Mr. Michael J. Zimmer
Mr. Jere P. Zollicofter

STUDENT LOAN FUNDS

ALUMNAE LOAN FUND of

$1,000^

BING CROSBY LOAN

FUND of $5, 500 was
established in 1966 by the Bing
Crosby Youth Fund to ptovide
financial assistance to
deserving students who have
completed their freshman year
satisfactorily.

PRESIDENTS REPORT 171

3ENERAL STUDENT

.OAN FUND ol'$657, 334 has
leen established with gifts from
ikimnae and friends and grants
rom the Board of Trustees.
,UCY HAYDEN HARRISON
.OAN FUND of $1,000.

'EARL C. JENKINS LOAN

=UNDof$53,457was
!stablishedin 1925 hy Mrs,
enkins of Crystal Springs,
vliss. Her daughter, the late
^nnieTait Jenkins, a 1914
;raduate. added substantially
:o the fund through an
nvestment she made.
MELL JONES MEMORIAL
LOAN FUND of $4. 605.
DAVID N. LANDERS
STUDENT LOAN FUND of
H.775.

MARY LOUISE LATIMER
LOAN FUND of $29,940 was
istabhshed in 1962 with a
bequest from her mother. Chloe
Fowler (Mrs. William A.)
Latimer, of Decatur, as a
memorial to this member ot the
Class of 1935.
HUGH L. AND JESSIE
MOORE McKEE LOAN
FUND of $5, 500 was
established in 1940 by Mrs.
McKee. an Atlanta friend of the
College.

VIRGINIA PEELER LOAN
FUND of $1,000.
EUGENIA WILLIAMS
SCHMIDT LOAN FUND of
$9,635 was established in 1975
by her husband, C. Oscar
Schmidt Jr. of Cincinnati,
Ohio, in memory of this
imember of the Class of 1940.
iRUTH SLACK SMITH
LOAN FUND of $5,000 was
iestablished in 1953 with a
'bequest from this 1912
|graduate. Mrs, Smith had
served as a university educator
and administrator betore
becoming executive secrerary
of the Student Aid Foundation
iduring her "retirement."

ANNUITY FUNDS

MARTHA CURRY
jCLECKLEY FUND of $ 10. 288

was escahlished in 1975 by
jVirginia Prettyman "34 in
appreciation for the devotion
Mrs, Cleckley had for Or,
Prettyman's mother,
MARY BEN WRIGHT
ERWINFUNDof$20.200was
established in 1984 by this
member of the Class of 1925,
This will establish later the
Mary Ben Wright Erwin
Scholarship Fund.
ESTHER ANDERSON
GRAFF FUND of $13, 716 was
established in 1983 by this
friend of the College. This will
become an addition to the
Esther Anderson and James
Graff Scholarship Fund.
MARY SHIVE FUND of
$1,150.

FRANCES GILLILAND
STUKES FUND of $ 10.000
was established in 1976 by this
member of the Class of 1924
from Decatur. This will become
an addition to the Frances
Gilliland Stukes and Majorie
Stukes Strickland Scholarship
Fund.

LIBRARY FUNDS ~

AGNES LEE CHAPTER OF
THE UNITED DAUGHTERS
OF THE CONFEDERACY
BOOK FUND of $1,000.
RALPH BUCHANAN
ALBAUGH BOOK FUND <.f

$53,658 was established in
1980 by his mother. Omah
Buchanan Alhaugh '16. as a
memorial for this pilot who died
during the Battle of Iwo Jima.
The income is used to purchase
books in the humanities.
THYRZA ASKEW BOOK
FUND of$l. 000.
MARTHA LESSER BREEN
BOOK FUND of$l. 450.
EDNA HANLEY BYERS
BOOK FUND of $4. 788.
ASA GRIGGS CANDLER
LIBRARY FUNDof $47. 000
was established in 1940 by the
Board of Trustees from the
generous gifts of this prominent
Atlanta business leader who
was one the chief promoters ot
Christian education in the
South. The income supports the
operation of the library.
MILTON CANDLER BOOK
FUND of $2. 500.
ANDREW CARNEGIE
LIBRARY FUND of $25,000
was established in 1951 by the
Board of Trustees in recognition
of Mr. Carnegie's generosity in
having provided funds to build
the College's first library in
1910. The income supports the
operation ot the library.
ANNIE MAY CHRISTIE
BOOK FUND of $2. 186.
MELISSA A. CILLEY BOOK
FUND of $2. 262.
CLASS OF 1928 MEMORIAL
BOOK FUND of $4,915.

CLASS OF 1930 MEMORIAL

BOOK FUND of $1,965.

CLASS OF 1933 BOOK

FUND of $7. 913 established in
1978 by the member of this class
as a part of their 45th reunion.
The income is used to place
books from the humanities in
the library as memorials ro
members of this class.

MARY KEESLER DALTON

ART BOOK FUND of $25,000
was established in 1980 by
Harry L. Dalton in honor of his
wife, a 1925 graduate. The
income is used to purchase
books on art and art history.
FLORENE E DUNSTAN
BOOK FUND of$3, 588.
REBEKAH HOUGH SCOTT
HARMAN BOOK FUND of
$3,200.

MURIEL HARN BOOK
FUND of $3, 034.
HUFF-ROSENBLATT BOOK
FUND of $5. 250 was
established m 1980 by Ellen
Rosenblatt Caswell '47 in
memory other mothet, Adeline
Huff Rosenblatt, and her
grandfather. Major James
Thomas Huff, CSA. The
income is to be used to purchase
books in Southern history and
literature or by Southern
authors.

HUMANITIES BOOK
FUND of $342, 560 was
established in 1980 with gifts
from alumnae and friends and
by a grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities.
The income is used to purchase
b.mks in the humanities.
NELL HEMPHILL JONES
BOOK FUND of$l, 000.
G. BENTON KLINE BOOK
FUND of $1,972.
EMMA MAY LANEY BOOK
FUND of $8,103 was
established in 1956 by a group
of her associates and former
students ro honor this ptofessor
of English upon her retirement
after she had served 37 years on
the faculty The income is used

for the acquisition ot rare hooks
in English literature.
ANN FLITCRAFT
LATHRUP BOOK FUND of
$10,635 was established in 1982
by her family and friends as a
memorial for her years of service
on the library staff. The income
is used for acquisitions in
reference material and
American literature.
THE J AMES ROSS McCAIN
BOOK FUND of $16,235 was
established in 1951 by faculty,
students, alumnae and friends
to honor President James Ross
McCain upon his reriremenr
afrerhis 28 years of outstanding
service as president of the
College.

ELEANOR BROWN McCAIN
BOOK FUND of $15,000 was
established in 1979 by her
family and friends as a memorial
to her for her role in the lite of
the campus and community.
The income is used to purchase
books in the humanities,
CLAUDE CANDLER
McKlNNEY BOOK FUND of
$1,000,

LOUISE McKINNEY BOOK
FUND of $1,834,
ISABEL ASBURY OLIVER
BOOK FUND of $1.5 75,
WINGFIELD ELLIS PARKER
BOOK FUND of $2,000,
ELIZABETH GRAY AND
MARVIN B. PERRY SR.
BOOK FUND of $19,226 was
established in 1978 by President
Marvin B, Perry ]r, in memory
of his mother and father,
WALTER BROWNLOW
POSEY BOOK FUND of
$2,914,

JANEF NEWMAN PRESTON
BOOK FUND of$l. 095.
GERTRUDE K.SEVIN
BOOK FUND of $2, 835.
FLORENCE E. SMITH
BOOK FUND of $2, 655.

ALMA WILLIS
SYDENSTRICKER BOOK

FUND of $1,300.
MARY WEST THATCHER
BOOK FUND of $14,000 was
established in 1980 by this
alumna of the Class of 1915 who
served as an active trustee from
1947 to 1971. The income is
used to purchase hooks in the
humanities,

TIME, INCORPORATED
BOOK FUND $ 10,000 was
established in 1966 with a grant
from Time, incorporated, as
part oi its effort to recognire
and strengthen selected
ct)lleges,

JANE MCLAUGHLIN
TITUS BOOK FUND of
$3,500,

CATHERINE TORRANCE
BOOK FUND of$l. 215,
MERLE G. WALKER BOOK
FUND of $1,465.
VIRGINIA OWENS
WATKINS BOOK FUND of
$5,000 was established in 1984
with a bequest from this
member of the Class of 1947.
The income is to be used to
purchase hooks for the library.
WILLIAM GLASSELL AND
LILLY BRUPBACHER
WEEKS BOOK FUND of
$10,015 was established in 1980
by Margaret G. Weeks '31 of
New Orleans as a memorial to
her parents. The income is used
to purchase books in the
humanities.

EDGAR D. WEST BOOK
FUND of $3. 787.

SPECIAL FUNDS

THE WALTERS FUND of

$32,502,708. established in
1955 through a bequest from
Frances Winship Walters,
represents the major part of
Agnes Scott's Endowment.
Mrs. Walters attended Agnes
Scott Institute and served as a
trustee for 16 years. As the
residual beneficiary of her
estate. Agnes Scott initially
received $4,291,630. the
largest amount from any source.
THE ENGLISH FUND of
$635,019 was established in
1947 by a $500,000 granr from
an anonymous foundation. The
income is used to maintain and
strengthen the English
department program.
THE HISTORY AND
POLITICAL SCIENCE
FUND of$l. 103. 329 was
established in 1964 through a
$500,000 matching grant from
an anonymous foundation. The
College matched rhe gift with
an equal amount from other
sources to total $1 million. The
income is used to maintain and
strengthen the program o( the
Departments of History and
Political Science.
THE GENERAL
ENDOWMENT FUND of
$1,433,693 represents gifts
from individuals, corporations
and foundations.

MEMORIAL FUNDS

SARA BURKE ADDISON

FUND of $17,131 was
established in 1980 by Eh:abeth
Henderson Cameron '43 in
memory of the daughter of
Thomas and Dorothy Holloran
Addison '43. The income is
used for rhe professional
development of the faculty in
the humanities.
WALLACE McPHERSON
ALSTON PROFESSORSHIP
OF BIBLE AND RELIGION
of $500,000 was established in
1973 by the Board of Trustees in
honor of Agnes Scott's third
president when he retired after
25 years of distinguished service
ro the College.
ANNA JOSEPHINE
BRIDGMAN FUND of
$2,780.

WILLIAM A. CALDER
FUND of$3. 535.

JOHN BULOW CAMPBELL

FUND of $142, 945 was
established in 1940 by this
generous trustee from Atlanta
as the first gift to the College's
Semi-Centennial Fund. The
income is available to
strengrhen the College's
operarion.

JOHN BULOW CAMPBELL
SCIENCE BUILDING
FUND of $250,000 was
established in 1983 with a
foundation grant. The income
is used to equip and maintain
this major academic facility.
CHARLES MURPHEY AND
MARY HOUGH SCOTT
CANDLER FUND of $1,000.

MARION T. CLARK
RESEARCH FUND of

$11,200 was established in 1978
by his family and friends as a
memorial to this William Rand
Kenan Jr. Professor ot
Chemistry and chairman of the
the department and in
recognition of his 18 years of
service at Agnes Scott. The
income is used to assist the
student research program.

RENDER P AND
ELIZABETH POTTER
CONNALLY FUND of $ 1 ,000.
MARY KEESLER DALTON

ART FUND of $30,944 was
esrablished in 1972 hy Harry L.
Dalton of Charlotte, N.C. . in
honor of his wife. Class of 1925.
The income is used ro purchase
art for the College's Dalton
Galleries.

CHARLES A. DANA
PROFESSORHIP FUND of
$565,835 was esrablished in
1973 wirh a grant from the
Charles A. Dana Foundation
and matching funds from Agnes
Scott. The income is used to
supplement compensation for at
least four Dana Professors.
CHRISTIAN W.
DIECKMANN FUND of
$3,475.

AGNES SCOTT
DONALDSON FUND of

$10,000 was established
through a bequest from this
member of the Class of 1917.
The income is used where ir is
most needed.

SUZANNE GOODMAN
ELSON PRIZE FUND of
$20,667 was established in
1986 by Edward E. Elson in
honor of his wife, Suzanne
Goodman Elson of rhe Class of
1959. The prize is awarded
annually to an outstanding
Agnes Scott student.
LETITIA PATE EVANS
FUNDof$100,000wasin 1955
established through a bequest
from this generous benefactor
and trustee of the College to
maintain and improve the
dining hall named in her htmor.

WILLIAM JOE FRIERSON
RESEARCH FUND of $3, 925

ROBERT FROST AWARD

FUND of $1,175.
PAUL LESLIE AND
CAROLYN WHITE
GARBERFUNDof$7.473.

AGNES RAOUL GLENN

FUND of $15, 010 was
established in 1944 by Thomas
K. Glenn of Atlanta in memory
of his wife.

HARRY GOLDSMITH AND
CLEIO ELIZA GREER
FUND of $8, 500 was
established in 1980 by Juanita
Greer White '26 in memory of
her parents. The income is used
by the chemistry department for
its special needs.
NANCY GROSECLOSE
VISITING SCHOLARS
FUND OF $4,005.
AMY WALDEN HARRELL
FUND of $3, 000.
GEORGE P HAYES
FELLOWSHIP FUND of
$2,825.

JESSIE LAWRIE JOHNSON
HICKS FUND OF $3,121.
FRED A. HOYT MEMORIAL
FUND of $25, 000 was
established in 1971 with a
bequest from this Atlanta
friend of the College. The
income is used to purchase
capital equipment and to
enhance admissions and public
relations programs.
HUMANITIES FACULTY
FUND OF $482,869 was
established in 1980 wirh gifts
from alumnae and friends and
with a grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities.
The income is used tor
professiimal development ot the
faculty in the humanities-
CHARLOTTE HUNTER
MEMORIAL FUND OF
$1,265.

18 1985-1986

SAMUEL MARTIN INMAN

FUND ot $194. *^S^,n 1923 was
established with a hcquesc from
Jane Walker inman ot Atlanta,
as a memiirial to her brother
who was chair of the board from
1903 to 1914.

WILLIAM RAND KENAN
JR. PROFESSORSHIP OF
CHEMISTRY FUND ot

$500,000 w.is established in
1969 by the William Rand
Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust to
perpetuate this business leader's
interest in strengthening
higher education.
JAMES T. AND ELLA
RATHER KIRK FUND of
$903, 250 was established in
1980 through a bequest from
MaryWallaceKirk'Il of
Tuscumbia. Ala. , who served as
a trustee of Agnes Scort tor
more than 60 years. The income
is used to enrich the College's
academic pr<.gram,
WILMA ST. CLAIR HUOT
KLINE FUND of $2, 300.
ELLEN DOUGLASS
LEYBURN

PROFESSORSHIP OF
ENGLISH of$303,5l9was
established in 1969 by the
Board of Trustees and her
friends as a memorial to this
member ot the Class ot 1927. As
professor of English and chair of
the department she inspired her
students during her 32 years on
the Agnes Scott faculty.
ADELINE ARNOLD
LORIDANS
PROFESSORSHIP OF
FRENCH of $450,000 was
established in 1956 by the
Charles Loridans Foundation in
memory ot an alumna oi the
Institute. Her husband.
Charles Loridans. was the
long-time French Consular
Agent in Atlanta who created
the foundation.
WILLIAM MARKHAM
LOWRY FUND of $2 5.000 was
established in 1910 by Robert J.
and Emma C. Lowry ot Atlanta
in memory of their son. The
income is used for the natural
science departments.
MARY STUART
MacDOUGALL MUSEUM
FUND of$2. 845.
JAMES ROSS McCAlN
LECTURESHIP FUND of
$51,010 was established in 1966
by the students, faculty,
alumnae and friends of Agnes
Scott as a menmrial to the
second president whose span of
distinguished service to the
College had been 50 years. The
income is used tor a series of
lectures on the liberal arts and
sciences as related to the
religious dimensions of human
life.

MICHAEL A. McDowell

JR.FUNDof$2,ll0,
VIRGINIA BROWN
MCKENZIE ALUMNAE
HOUSE AND GARDEN
ENHANCEMENT FUND o\
$7,735 was established in 1985
by friends, family and
classmates to honor this
member of the Class of 1947
who served as Director of
Alumnae Affairs from 1974 to
1985. The income is to be used
for improvements for the
Alumnae House and Garden.

LOUISE McKlNNEY BOOK
AWARD FUND of $1,702.
MARY ANGELA HERBIN
McLENNAN MEDICAL
FELLOWSHIP FUND of
$45,047 was established in
1975 by Alex McLennan.

Atlanta attorney, in memory of
his mother. The income
provides a grant tor an Agnes
Scott College graduate to
attend medical school.

WALTER EDWARD McNAIR

FUNDot$7,695.

MILDRED RUTHERFORD
MELL LECTURE FUND of

$5. 338 was established in I960
in her honor by her College
associates and other friends on
her retirement as professor and
chair of the economics and
sociology department. During
many of her 22 years at the
College, she was also chair ot
the Lecture Committee. The
income is used to bring
outstanding speakers to the
College,

GERALDINE MERONEY
AWARD FUND ot $6,160 was
established in 1982 by the
Board of Trustees and triends to
honor her for 16 years ot service
as a professor in the Department
ot History. The income is used
to recognize a junior and senior
for outstanding work in
humanities courses in the
College.

ELLEN WHITE AND
WILLIAM WYETH
NEWMAN AWARD FUND oi
$2,859.

JOSEPH KYLE ORR FUND

of $21,000 was established in
1941 by the trustees as a
memorial to this Atlanta
business leader whose 25 years
of leadership as chair of Agnes
Scott's Board ot Trustees saw
the College attain rapid growth
and recognition. The income is
used to strengthen the
administrative work of the
College.

FRANK R PHILLIPS FUND
fund of $50,000 was established
in 1950 with a bequest from this
friend ot the College from
Columbus. Miss.
MARGARETT. PHYTHIAN
FUND of $3, 195.
JANEF NEWMAN
PRESTON AWARD FUND of
$4,495.

CARRIE SCANDRETT

FUND of $68, 754 was
established in 1969 by Agnes
Scott alumnae, faculty,
students, administration and
trustees to honor, on her
retirement, this 1924 graduate
who became the College's
second dean ot students. She
served with distinction tor 44
years. Many memorial gitts
following her death in 1981
added to the fund. The income
IS used for the student affairs
prttgram.

GEORGE WASHINGTON
SCOTT MEMORIAL FUND
of$29,000 was established in
1909 by Decatur citirens to
strengthen the College which
he had helped to establish. The
income is used tor t.me ot the
academic departments.
HAL AND JULIA
THOMPSON SMITH FUND
ot $551,657 was established in
1959 by this Agnes Scott
trustee and this alumna of the
Class of 1931, Mr. Smith, a
prominent Atlanta business
leader, was an acti\'e member ot
the board from 1952 to 1977 and
served as its chair from 1956 to
1973.

THOMAS G. SNOW
MEMORIAL FUND of
$6,000.

CHLOE STEEL VISITING
PROFESSOR FUND of
$2,832.

MARY FRANCES SWEET

FUND of $184. 000 was
established m 1956 with a
bequest from this College
physician and professor of
nygiene who served in these
capacities from 1908 to 1937
and remained a campus resident
until her death. The income is
used tor the College's health
services.

MARY NANCY WEST
THATCHER FUND of
$86,930 was established in
1962 by this member oi the
Class of 1915 who served as
president of the Alumnae
Association in 1926-27 and as
an active trustee from 1947 to
1971.

LILLIAN DALE THOMAS
AWARD FUND of $2,500.
MARGRET GUTHRIE
TROTTER FUND of $2, 410
FRANCES WINSHIP
WALTERS FUND of $50, 000
was established in 1945 by this
generous alumna and trustee.
The income is used for the
operation and maintenance of
the Walters Infirmary.
ANNIE LOUISE
HARRISON WATERMAN
PROFESSORSHIP OF
THEATRE of $100,000 was
established in 1953 by this
generous alumna of the
Institute and trustee from 1947
to 1953.

WENDY WILLIAMS
SPEAKERS FUND of $4. 040.
GEORGE WINSHIP FUND

of $10,000 was established in
1957 through a bequest from
this Atlanta business leader
who had served as a trustee for
25 years. 18 of which he was
chairman oi the board.
ROBERTA POWERS
WINTER FUND of $5,397
was established in 1974 by the
Board ot Trustees and her
triends in honor of this member
of the Class of 1927 on her
retirement as the College's
first Annie Louise Harrison
Waterman Professor of Speech
and Drama as well as
department chair after 35 years
ot service. The income is used
to bring visiting speakers from
these fields to the campus.
MYRNA GOODE YOUNG
LATIN AWARD FUND of
$2,200.

SCHOLARSHIP FUNDs"

MARTIN J. ABNEY
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$5,000 was established in 1975
by a bequest from Louise Abney
Beach King '20 of Birmingham,
Ala. , as a memorial to her
father.

CISSIE SPIRO AIDINOFF
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$17,082 was established in 1984
by her classmates, friends and
family as a memorial to this
member of the Class of 1951 and
the Board of Trustees. The
income is to be used for a worthy
student.

AKERS SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $7, 000 was
established in 1978 through the
interest of business leaders C.
Scott Akers of Atlanta and
John M, Akers of Gastonia,
N.C.

LUCILE ALEXANDER
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$6, 706 was established in 1951
by her friends to honor this 1911
graduate who returned to her
alma mater to teach first
chemistry and then
mathematics before she

received an advanced degree in
French from Columbia
University. Hers was the first
graduate degree earned by an
Agnes Scott alumna. She was
head of the French department
tor 28 years before her
retirement in 1948. Preference
IS given to students majoring in
French.

LOUISA JANE ALLEN
MEMORIAL FUND of $6. 146

was established m 1958 by her
friends and family as a memorial
to this 1956 graduate after her
fatal automobile accident.
MARY VIRGINIA ALLEN
SCHOLARSHIP FUND oi
$4,457.

ALLEN-REINERO
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$59,885 was established in
1984 as a combination of the
Samuel Harrison Allen and
Frederick Philip Reinero Funds,
at the request ot the family, in
memory of Samuel Harrison
Allen, Frederick Philip Reinero
and Clara May Allen Reinero
23.

MARYMcPHERSON
ALSTON SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $6, 930 was
established in I960 by Dr. and
Mrs. Wallace M. Alston to
honor the mother of Agnes
Scott's third president.
WALLACE McPHERSON
ALSTON SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $9,200 was
established in 1973 by his many
friends at the time of his
retirement in appreciation of
his distinguished service during
his 25 years at Agnes Scott, 22
of which he served as president.
SARA DAVIS ALT
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$1,600.

NEAL L. ANDERSON
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$15,000 was established in 1976
by Ruth Anderson O'Neal *18
and her husband, Alan S.
O'Neal, of Winton-Salem.
N.C, as a memorial to her
father, a Presbyterian minister
and an Agnes Scott trustee
from 1923 to 1931. Preference is
given to a student majoring in
Bible and religion.
ARKANSAS

SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$5,000 was established m 1962
by alumnae in that state.
Preference is given to students
from Arkansas.

ARMSTRONG MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$2,035.

ATLANTIC ICE AND COAL
COMPANY SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of$2, 500.
ATLAS FINANCE
COMPANY SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of$l. 100,
MARY REYNOLDS
BABCOCK SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $25, 000 was
established in 1964 by the Mary
Reynolds Babcock Foundation
of Winston-Salem. Preference
is given to students from North
Carolina.

CHARLOTTE BARTLETT
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $5. 000 was
established in 1972 by Ruby
Stafford (Mrs. CharlesW)
Bartlett of Tampa, Fla.. in
memory of her daughter of the
class of 1950.
NELSON T. BEACH
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$25,000 was established in
1954 by Louise Abney Beach
'20 of Birmingham, Ala., in
memory of her husband. The

Presbyterian Foundation holds
$15,000 of this amount for the
College.

MARY LIVINGSTON
BEATIE SCHOLARSHIP

FUND of $11. 500 was
established in !950byW.D.
Beatie and Nellie Beatie in
Atlanta in memory of their
mother.

IDA PENNINGTON
BENTON SCHOLARSHIP

FUND of $198. 457 was
established in 1986 by Will H.
Benton of Atlanta in honor of
his wife, a member of the Class
of 1950.

ANNIE V. AND JOHN
BERGSTROM
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$1,000.

JULIANNE WILLIAMS
BODNAR MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$6,512 was established in 1972
by her classmates and friends as
a tribute to this member of the
Class of 1963.
J.O. BOWEN

SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$6,000 was established by
Decatur businessman J.O.
Bo wen.

MARTHA BOWEN
SCHOLARSHIP FUND oi
$1,000.

BOYD-McCORD
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $6, 500 was
established in 1976 with a
bequest from Miss Clem Boyd as
a memorial to her parents,
William and Frances McCord
Boyd, of Newton County, Ga.
LETTIEMacDONALD
BRITTAIN SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $22,100 was
established in 1965 by Fred W.
and Ida Brirtain Patterson '21 of
Atlanta in memory of her
mother.

JUDITH BROADAWAY
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $19, 588 was
established in 1966 by her
classmates, family and friends
as a memorial to this member of
the Class of 1966 who died
before graduation. Preference is
given to a student majoring in
philosophy.

ALMA BUCHANAN
BROWN SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $33,987 was
established in 1979 by her son
and the Burr-Brown Foundation
to honor this 1916 graduate.
CELESTE BROWN
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$3,665.

DOROTHY DUNSTAN
BROWN SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of$2, 500.
ISABEL McCAIN BROWN
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$1,525.

KIMBERLY ANN BROWN
SCHOLARSHIP FUND oi
$4,200.

MAUD MORROW BROWN
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$1,500.

JOHNA.ANDSALLIE
BURGESS SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $7, 900 was
established in 1950 by these
Atlanta friends of the College.
CALDWELL MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$7, 500 was established in 1960
by George E. and Lida Rivers
Caldwell Wilson '10 of
Charlotte in memory of her
parents, the late Dr. and Mrs.
John L. Caldwell.

PRESIDENTS REPORT 191

LAURA BERRY CAMPBELL

FUND of $100,000 was
established in 1964 with gifts
from Mrs, John Bulow
Campbell of Atlanta because of
het interest in the College and
its students-

ANNIE LUDLOW CANNON
FUND of $1,000.

ELLA CAREY
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$8,550 was established in 1969
by a grateful membet of the
Class of 1927 to honot this maid
and ft lend to students and
faculty alike during her years ot
service in Main Hall.
Preference is given to black
students.
CAROLINAS
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$93,497 was established in
1984 by an alumna. Preference
is given to a full-time student or
students in good academic
standing from the Carolinas.
CAPTAIN JAMES CECIL
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$3,000.

CHATTANOOGA
ALUMNAE CLUB
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$2,009.

DR. AND MRS. TOLBERT
FANNING CHEEK
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$1,500.

IRVIN AND ROSA L.
CILLEY SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $59, 084 was
established in 1964 by Melissa
Cilley. a member of the Spanish
department at Agnes Scott ftom

1930 to 1963. as a memorial to
her parents. She later
bequeathed her estate to the
College for this fund.
CITIZENS AND
SOUTHERN NATIONAL
BANK SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $25,000 was
I established in 1962 as a part of
I this bank's interest in the
1 education ot youth.

JAMES J. CLACK

SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
' $1,500.

CAROLINE McKINNEY

CLARKE SCHOLARSHIP

FUND of $31. 125 was

established in 1961 by Louise

Hill Reaves '54 in honor of her

mother, an alumna of the Class

of 1927, a lifelong ftiend,

neighbot and supporter of the

College.

CLASS OF 1957

SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$9,326 was established in 1962

by members ot this class.

CLASS OF 1964

SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$4,019.

CLASS OF 1965

SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$1,174-

CLASS OF 1968

SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$1,435,

JACKL. CLINEJR.

MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of$2. 665.
HOWARD P. CONRAD
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$28,000 was established in 1971
in his memory by his wife of St.
Clair. Mich. Their daughter
Patricia was a member of the
Class of 1963.

AUGUSTA SKEEN
COOPER SCHOLARSHIP

FUND of $16. 675 was
established in 1949 by Mr, and
Mrs. Samuel Inman Cooper in
honor of this member of the
' Class of 1917 who had stayed on
at Agnes Scott to teach

chemistry for 13 years.

Preference is given to students

in that department.

THOMAS L. AND ANNIE

SCOTT COOPER

SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$12,511 was established in 1935

through gifts from this Decatur

family. Mrs. Cooper is the

daughter of Colonel George W.

Scott, the founder of the

College.

MARY CROSSWELL CROFT

MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

FUND of $ 1,000-

LAURA BAILEY AND

DAVID GUMMING

SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$1,000-

MR. ANDMRS. R.B.

CUNNINGHAM

SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$7,305 was established in 1950

by their family and friends in
recognition of their more than
30 years of service to the

College, Preference is given to
srudents from missionary
families or foreign countries, or
ro students interested in
mission work,
SARA DARRINGTON
CURCIO SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $6, 000 was
established in 1985 by her sister
and husband, Dt- and Mrs.
Warren F. Rollins Jr. . of
Jacksonville. Florida, as a
memorial to this member of the
Class of 1929. The income is to
be used fot a deserving student.
MARY CHEEK
DAVENPORT
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$2,000.

ANDREWENA ROBINSON
DAVIS FUND of $1,000-
LILLIAN McPHERSON
DAVIS SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $9,870,
MARIE WILKINS DAVIS
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$4,000,

EMILY S. DEXTER
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $1,365.

EMILY S. DEXTER
SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

FUND of $10, 610 was
esrabhshed in 1972 by Ruth
Piingle Pipkin '31 of Reidsville,
N . C. , to recognize and honor
Miss Dexter for service as a
teachet of psychology at Agnes
Scott from 1923 to 1955, A
special committee selects the
recipient from members of the
rising senior class who are
taking advanced coutses in
psychology.

S. LEONARD
DOERPINGHAUS
SUMMER STUDY
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$5,247 was established in 1968
by students, colleagues and
friends as a memorial to this
biology professor who raught at
Agnes Scott for almost 10 years
before his untimely death.
BETTYE PHELPS
DOUGLAS SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of$2. 500.

DAVID ARTHUR
DUNSEITH SCHOLARSHIP

FUND of$l. 450,
GEORGIA WOOD
DURHAM SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $6, 500 was
established in 1938 by the late
Jennie Durham Finley in
memory of her mother.
Preference is given to students
from DeKalb County.
JAMES BALLARD DYER
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$50,133 was established in 1949

by Diana Dyer Wilson '32 in

memory of her father.

Preference is given to students

from Virginia or North

Carolina,

INEZ NORTON EDWARDS

SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$2,350.

KATE DURR ELMORE

FUND of $25, 295 was

established in 1949 by

Stanhope E. Elmore of

Monrgomery. Ala, . in memory

of his wife. Preference is given

to Presbyterian students.

particularly those from East

Alabama Presbytery and other

parts of the state.

KATHERINEWOLTZ

FARINHOLT

SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$10,000 was established in 1983

by this member of the Class of
1933- Preference is given to

students majoring in
international studies.
JENNIE DURHAM FINLEY
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$5,000 was established in 1938
by this friend of the College to
assist students, pteferably from
DeKalb Counry-
MARY LOUISE FOWLER
HONOR SCHOLARS FUND
of $50,000 was established in
1980 with a bequest from this
graduate of the Class of 1929.
The income is used for awards to
Honor Scholars,
RUFUSC.ANDWYNIE
COLEMAN FRANKLIN
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $50. 000 was
established in 1978 in their
honor by their daughter Marian
Franklin (Mrs. PaulH.)
Anderson '40 of Atlanta. The
income is used for students from
Emanuel County. Ga., where
she was reared.

HELEN AND TED FRENCH
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$5,000 was established m 1977
by this Atlanta member of the
Class of 1974 and her husband.
The income is to be used to
assist Return to College
students.

LOUISE SULLIVAN FRY
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$1,000-

ALEX P. GAINES HONOR
SCHOLARS FUND of
$50,000 was established in
1980 by .Agnes Scott's trustees
to honor this Atlanta attotney
for his six years of distinguished
service as chair of the board.
The income is used for awards to
Honor Scholars.
LEWIS McFARLAND
GAINES SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of$l, 300.
GALLANT-BELK
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$1,000.

KATHLEEN HAGOOD
GAMBRELL

SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$ 10,000 was established in 1963
by E. Smythe Gambtell of
Atlanta as a living memorial to
his wife who was an alumna.
The award is made to an
outstanding student preparing
for Christian service.
IVA LESLIE AND JOHN
ADAM GARBER
INTERNATIONAL
STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $10,456 was
established in 1968 initially as a
memorial to Mrs. Garber by her
husband, Dr. John A- Garber,
and her son and daughter-in-
law. Dr. and Mrs. Paul Leslie
Garber, of Agnes Scott. .'\t Di.
John Gather's death in 1975

this scholarship became a
memorial ro him as well when
further gifts ftom family and
friends were received. The
recipients must be students
whose citizenship is other rhan
that of the United States of
.America.

JANE ZUBER GARRISON
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$2,275.

LESLIE JANET GAYLORD
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$2,540.

GENERAL ELECTRIC
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$2,000-

GENERAL MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$44,188 was established with
gifts from many alumnae and
friends to provide financial
assistance to students.
GEORGIA CONSUMER
FINANCE ASSOCIATION
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$1,000,

M. KATHRYN CLICK
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$13,716 was established in 1974
by the Board of Trustees along
with many of het students and
friends in recognition ot her
years as a teachet. For 28 years
she was chair of the Department
of Classical Languages and
Literatures. Preference is given
to a student in this department.
EILLEEN GOBER
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$3,475.

FRANCES GOOCH
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$2,025.

LUCY DURHAM GOSS
FUND of $6. 000 was
established in 1938 by Jennie
Duiham Finlev. a friend of the
College, in honor of her niece.
Lucy Durham Goss fMrs. John
H. ) an alumna of the Institute.
ESTHER AND JAMES
GRAFF SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $16, 327 was
established in 1960 by Dr,
Walter Edward McNairot
.Agnes Scott in honor and
appreciarion of Mr. and Mrs.
James R. Graff.
SARAH FRANCES REID
GRANT SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $6. 000 was
established in 1935 by Mts.
John M- Slaton of Atlanta in
honor of her mother-
KENNETH AND ANNIE
LEE GREENFIELD
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$13,275 was established in 1960
by Sallie Greenfield '56 in
honor of her parents.
ROXIE HAGOPIAN
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$1,185.

LOUISE HALE
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$4,517.

HARRY T.HALL
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $10,000 was
established in 1919 by Mr. and
Mrs. W.C. Bradley of Columbus
in memory of Mrs. Bradley's
brorher. Preference is given to
students from Muscogee
County, Ga.

SARAH BELLE BRODNAX
HANSELL SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $5. 000 was
established in 1961 by Granger
Hansell of Atlanta in memory
of his wife, a member of the
Class of 1923.

GOLDIE HAM HANSON
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$10. 325was established in 1981
by her daughters Ann H.

Merklein '55 and Elizabeth H,
Duerr '58 in memory of their
mother, a member of the Class
of 1919 and one of the first
women physicians in Houston,
Texas. Preference is given to
seniors who intend to study
medicine.

WEENONA WHITE
HANSON MUSIC
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$2,520,

ROMOLA DAVIS HARDY
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$9,314 was established in 1984
by this member ot the Class ot
1920. Preference is ro be given
to Christian students trom
Coweta County. Geotgia.
GEORGE W. HARRISON JR.
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$18,000 was established in 1938
by a bequest from this Atlanta
triend.

QUENELLE HARROLD
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$60,463 was established
originally in 1926 as a graduate
fellowship by Mrs. Thomas
Harrold of .Americus in honor of
her daughter. Mrs. Frank
Sheffiefd. of the Class of 1923,
but in 1976 it became a
scholarship fund.
HARWELL-HILL
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$10,000 was established in 1974
through a bequest from .Ann
Rebecca (Rebie) Harwell (Mrs.
Lodowick Johnson) Hill '13 of
Atlanta and is a memotial to
her and her sister, Frances
Grace Harwell '23.
MARGARET McKINNON
HAWLEY SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $5. 066 was
established in 1940 through a
bequest of Dr. F.O. Hawley of
Charlotte, N.C., as a memorial
to his wife, an alumna of Agnes
Scott Institute,
GEORGE HAYES
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$26,195 was established in 1981
by Doiothy Peace (Mrs.
Edmund A- ) Ramsaur '47 in
honor of this professor emeritus
and former chair of the English
department-

JULIA INGRAM AND
LINFORD B. HAZZARD
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$1,607,539 was established in
I9S5 through a bequest ot a
member of the Class of 1919 and
her husband, who lived in
Columbus, Ga. Preference is
given to physically
handicapped students, or
children of physically
handicapped parenrs-

CLEO HEARON
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$ 10.000 was established in 1984
by Mary Lillian Middlebrooks
(Mrs- W- M-) Smears as a
memorial to Cleti Hearon.
professor of hisrory for 10 years
before her death in 1928.
LOUDIE AND LOTTIE
HENDRICK SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $5, 000 was
established in 1935 by Lottie
Hendrick of Covington, Ga..
and is a memorial to these
sisters-

GUSSIE PARKHURSTHILL
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$2,000-

MARGARET MITCHELL
HODGES SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $4. 518.
BETTY HOLLIS
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$1,343

HOLLIS-OAKLEY
SCHOLARSHIP FUND ot
$3,515.

201985-1986

ROBERT B. HOLT
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$1C.S91 wjsc!.tablishcd in 1954
by Dr. PhillipaG. Gilchrist '23
in honor of her former professor
and colleague u-ho served as
professor of chemistry at Agnes
Scott for 28 years. Preference is
given to students in chemistry.
NANNETTE HOPKINS
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$294,073 was established in
1973 by a bequest from Florence
Smith (Mrs. Joseph T.) Sims '15
of Berkeley. Calif. , as a
memorial to Dean Hopkins for
her outstanding service to
Agnes Scott from 1889 to 1938.
Assistance is given to promising
music students.
JENNIE SENTELLE
HOUGHTON
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$10,400 was established in 1945
byDr, M.E. Sentelleof
Davidson. N.C.. in honor of
his sister. The recipient must
have already attended Agnes
Scott at least one year.
WADDY HAMPTON AND
MAUDE CHAPiN HUDSON
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$6,641 was established in 1968
by Anne Chapin Hudson (Mrs.
Frank H. Jr. ) Hankins '31 in
memory of her parents.
Preference is given to black
students.

RICHARD L.HULL
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$3,000.

GEORGE THOMAS
HUNTER MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$25,000 was established in
1963 by the Benwood
Foundation of Chattanooga to
honor its toundet. a pioneer in
the Coca-Cola bottling
industry. The recipients are
students from Chattanooga or
Tennessee.

LOUISE AND FRANK
INMAN FUND of $6,000 was
established in 1951 with gifts
from these .Atlanta leaders. Mr.
Inman was an Agnes Scott
trustee for 35 years.
LOUISE REESE INMAN
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$3,829.

JACKSON SCHOLARSHIP

FUND of $56,816 was
established in 1953 with a
bequest of Elizabeth Fuller
Jackson, a member ot Agnes
Scott's history department for
28 years. It is a memc^rial to her
and her parents, Charles S- and
Lillian F. Jackson.
LOUISE

HOLLINGSWORTH
JACKSON SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $8, 020 was
established in 1965 by Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Jackson of
Fayetteville, Ga. . to honor
Mrs. Jackson, a member of the
Class of 1932.

LAURIE STUBBS JOHNS
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$45,153 was established in 1985
by this late member oi the Class
ot 1922. Preference is given to
applicants and students from
DeKalbCountv.
ANN WORTHY JOHNSON
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$6,185 was established in 1971
by Agnes Scott alumnae and
othet friends in memory of this
membetof theclassof 1938 and
in appreciation of her
leadership as director of
alumnae affairs at Agnes Scott
for 16 years.

GUSSIE O'NEAL AND
LEWIS H.JOHNSON
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$5,000 was est.ibhshed in 1973
with a bequest (torn this
member of Agnes Scott's music
department fot 40 years. With
his wife, a former student of the
Class of 1911, he developed the
voice section oi the depat tment,
THE CLASS OF 1936
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$11,438 was established in 1984
by an anonymous member of
that class.

JONES-RANSONE
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $1,000.
ANNICE HAWKINS
KENAN SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $50,000 was
established in 1969 by a grant
from the Sarah Graham Kenan
Foundation of Chapel Hill,
N.C.. in memoty of this early
alumna of Agnes Scott.
Pteterence is given to students
from the Atlanta area or from
North Carolina who intend to
teach.

ANNIE GRAHAM KING
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$6,000 was established m 1970

with a bequest from this

member of the class of 1906 and

with a memorial gift from Mr.

and Mrs. James A. Minter Jr. of

Tyler. Ala.

MARTIN LUTHER KING

JR. SCHOLARSHIP FUND

of $9,875 was established in

1968 by gifts from students,

faculty and friends to provide

financial assistance to black

students.

MARY ELISABETH

TRABERT KONTZ

SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$1,005.

A.M. AND AUGUSTA R.

LAMBDIN SCHOLARSHIP

FUND of $2. 200.

LANIER BROTHERS

SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$4,540.

TED AND ETHEL LANIER

SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$1,000.

HARRIETT HAYNES LAPP

SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$2,015.

KATE STRATTON LEEDY

SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$1,000.

RUTH LEROY MEMORIAL

SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$5,890 was established m 1961

by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.

Leroy, of Waynesboro. Georgia.

and by friends of this 1960

graduate.

LINDSEY SCHOLARSHIP

FUND of $7, 000 was

established in 1923 by Mr. and

Mrs. Dennis Lindsey of

Decatur. Preference is given to

students from metropolitan

Atlanta.

EDWARD H. LITTLE

SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$ 12 , 500 was established in 1982

through a bequest ttom this

former American business

leader. His niece Helen Boyd

McConnell was a member of the

Class of 1934.

HELEN BURK

LONGSHORE

SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$73, 370 was established in 1977

through a bequest from this

aunt of Jackie Ptarr (Mrs. D.S.)

Michael '53 of Ridgewood,

N.J., whose daughter Susan

was a member of the Class of

1974.

J. SPENCER LOVE
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

FUND of $28,000 was
established in 1962 by his wife,
the former Martha Eskridge '3 3,
who was Mrs. Nathan M, Ayers
of Greensboro, N.C.
CAPTAIN AND MRS. JOHN
DOUGLAS MALLOY
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$3,500.

MAPLEWOOD INSTITUTE
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $2. 500.
VOLINA BUTLER AND B.
FRANK MARKERT
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$3,525,

NANNIE R.MASSIE
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

FUND of $2, 000.

pauline martin
McCain memorial

SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$15,774 was established in 1954
by friends of the wife of Dr.
James Ross McCain, the second
president of the College.
ALICE McINTOSH
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $3, 930.
McKOWEN-TAYLOR
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$5,025 was established in 1949
and is a memorial for Sarah
Pipes McKowen and her
daughter May McKowen (Mrs.
B.B.) Taylor '06 of Baton
Rouge. Mrs. Taylor is the
mother ot Jane (Mrs. Edw-ard
S.) White '42 of Atlanta. The
income is used tor scholarship
assistance.

MARY STEWART McLEOD
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$1,000.

LAWRENCE McNEIL
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$1,100.

HYTA PLOWDEN
MEDERER SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $11, 500 was
established in 1962 by this
alumna of the Class of 1934.
Mrs. Leonard John Mederer. of
Valdosta, Ga.
MARY DONNELLY
MEEHAN SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $1,000.
JACQUELINE PFARR
MICHAEL SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $1,000.
G. EVERETT MILLICAN
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$3,448 was estabhshed in 1967
by this Atlanta leader and
friend of Agnes Scott.
MILLS MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$1,000.

JAMES A. AND
MARGARET BROWNING
MINTER SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $2 2, 500 was
established in 1963 by their
son, James A. Minter Jr. of
Tvler. Ala. . an active trustee of
Agnes Scott from 1959 to 1978.

CHARLOTTE JACKSON
MITCHELL SCHOLARSHIP

FUND of $5, 000 was
established in 1986 by James
Jackson of Memphis, Tenn., in
memory of his sister, a member
of rhe Class of 1914. Preference
is given to students who are
ministers' daughters.
WILLIAM A. MOORE
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$5,000 was established in 1892
from a bequest in his will. This
leading Atlantan provided the
College's first endowed
scholarship. Preference is given
to students whose parenrs are
Presbyterians.

JOHN MORRISON
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

FUND. .f $5,000.
MARGARET FALKINBURG
MYERS SCHOLARSHIP

FUND of $5,000 was
established in 1971 by Mrs,
Arthuf W. Falkinburgof
Arlanta in memory of her
daughter, a membetof the Class
of 1941.

LILLIAN WHITE NASH
AND LETITIA ROCKMORE
NASH SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $11, 000 was
established in 1985 by Franklin
Nash of Atlanta honoring his
late wife, Lillian White '28 and
his present wife, Letitia
Rock more '33.
ELKAN NAUMBERG
MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of$2, 000.
NEW ORLEANS ALUMNAE
CLUB SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $7. 55 3 was
established in 1955 by members
ot this Agnes Scott group.
Preference is given to students
from that area.
JANET NEWTON
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$1,500.

MARYELLEN HARVEY
NEWTON SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of$13, 815 was
established in 1972 by bet
husband, Henry Edgar Newton,
of Decatur, to honor this
member oi the Class of 1916 and
other members of their family
who are alumnae: Jane .Anne
NeW'ton Marquess '46, Martha
Reese Newton Smith '49 and
Anne Marquess Camp '70.
KATHERINE TAIT
OMWAKE SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $2,000.
RUTH ANDERSON
O'NEAL SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $25,000 was
established in 1962 by her
husband, Alan S. O'Neal, of
Winston-Salem, N.C, to
honor this leader of the Class of
1918 who served as president of
the College YWCA. Prefetence
is given to students majoring in
Bible.

MARIE SCOTT O'NEILL
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$12,315 was established in 1978
by a bequest from this member
of the Class of 1942 from
Atlanta. She was a
great-granddaughter of Colonel
George W. Scott, the founder of
the College.

ELIZABETH ROBERTS
PANCAKE SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $1,040.
WINGFIELD ELLIS
PARKER MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$7,284 was established in 1970
by her parents. William
Douglas and Frances Tennent
Ellis '25. and her husband,
Richard K. Parker, all of
.Atlanta. Pteterence is given to
students majof ing in English or
Bible.

JOHN H. PATTON
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$4,000.

LILLIAN GERTRUDE
PATTON LATIN
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$10,000 was established in 1979
by het sister, Bess Patton, of
Chattanooga. Tenn. The award
honots this 1920 .'Kgnes Scott
graduate for her untiring
devorion to the Latin language
and fot her 49 years of
distinguished and dedicated
teaching of this language. The
scholarship is awarded on the

basis of financial need and for
excellence tn Latin.
PAULEY SCHOLARSHIP

FUND ot $1,000.
BARBARA MURLIN
PENDLETON
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$2,608.

MARVIN B.PERRY JR.

HONOR SCHOLARS FUND

of $500,000 was established in
1982 by the Board of Trustees to
honor Agnes Scott's fourth
president at the time of his
retirement after nine years of
distinguished service to the
College. The income is to be
used for the Honor Scholars
Program.

MILDRED LOVE PETTY
SCHOLARSHIP FUND ,.f
$4,363.

MARY NOBLE PHELPS
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$10,000 was established in 1974
by her mother, Mrs. A.M.
Noble, of Smithfield, N.C, in
memory of her daughter, a
membet of the Class of 1938.
WALTER B. POSEY
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$26,060 was established in 1981
by Dorothy Peace (Mrs.
Edmund A. ) Ramsaur '47 in
honor of this professof emeritus
and former chair of the history
and political science
department-

ANNIE S. WILEY PRESTON
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$20,799 was established in
1986 by a non-graduate of the
Institute and late resident of
Decatur, who earmarked these
funds for deserving students.

COLONEL JOSEPH B.
PRESTON MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$1,000.

GEORGE A. AND
MARGARET MORGAN
RAMSPECK SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $2,000.
MARY WARREN READ
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$47, 537 was established in
1960 by this alumna of the Class
of 1929 who has been active in
promoting the College and has
been an Agnes Scott tt ustee
emerita since 1979.
ALICE BOYKIN
ROBERTSON
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$1,395.

HENRY A. ROBINSON
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$8,160 was established in 1970
by the .Agnes Scott trustees to
honor this professor who served
as head of the mathematics
department from 1926 to 1970.
Pteterence is given to students
majoring in mathematics.
LOIS EVE ROZIER
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$98,000 was established in
1985 by this member of the
Class of 1919 to award
scholarships to students from
Richmond County, Ga, , of
demonsttated financial need,
good character and good
scholastic standing,
LOUISE SCOTT SAMS
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$9,397.

BETTIE WINN SCOTT
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$4,940,

JULIUS J. SCOTT
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$2,000.

WILLIAM SCOTT
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$10,000 was established in 1938

PRESIDENT'S REPORT 211

in his memory by his wife.
Annie King Scott, of
Pitrshurgh. He was a nephew of
George Washington Scott,
founder ot the College.
SCOTTDALE MILLS
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
^010wasestabhshecl in 1962
provide financial assistance
tor the daughters ot
missionaries-

MARY SCOTT SCULLY
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$11,409 was established in 1942
by C. Alison Scully ot
Philadelphia, Penn., in
memory of his morher, a
granddaughter of the Agnes
Scott tor whom rhe Cv^llege was
named. The award is made to a
student who has completed at
least one year ar the College.
MARY BONEY SHEATS
BIBLE SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $7, 073 was
established in 1973 by her
family and friends in
recognition of her service as
professor of Bible at Agnes
Scott and as a leader in the
Presbyterian Church. The
award is given to a student
majoring in Bible and religion.
MARY D. SHEPPARD
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $2. 500.

SHIELDS-PFEIFFER
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$6,535 was established in 1983
by a gift from the late Sarah
Shields Pfeiffer '27.
WARD E. SHUMAKER
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$1,000.

MARGARET MASSIE
SIMPSON SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $1,835.
SLACK SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $8,663 was
established in 1953 by Searcy
B. and Julia Pratt Smith Slack
'!2 of Decarur in recognition of
their daughters Ruth S. Roach
'40, Eugenia S. Morse '41 and
Julia S. Hunter '45.
FLORENCE E. SMITH
HONOR SCHOLARS FUND
of $140,050 was established in
19'79 with a bequest from this
former professor who had been a
member of the history
department for 36 years. The
income is used for awards to
Honor Scholars.
HAL L, SMITH HONOR
SCHOLARS FUND of
$50,000 was established in
1980 by Agnes Scott's trustees
to honor this Atlanta business
leader for his 17 years of
disringuished service as chair of
the board. The income is used
tor awards ro Honor Scholars.
LILLIAN SMITH
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$2,000.

EVELYN HANNA
SOMMERVILLE FUND of
$8,065 was established in 1965
by the Roswell Library
Association in honor ot its
president, Mrs. Robert L.
Sommerville '23. Preference is
given to students desiring to be
librarians.

SOUTH CAROLINA
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$1,106.

BONNER AND ISABELLE
LEONARD SPEARMAN
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$11,654 was established in 1962
by rhis member of the Class of
1929 in appreciarion of the
opportunities the College offers
its students.

ANNE AND ALBERT
SPIVEY SCHOLARSHIP

FUND of $5,050 W.1S
established in 1984 by Brooks
Spivey Creedy of Arlington,
Vermont, member of the Class
of 1937, as a memorial to her
parents. The income is to be
used for Black or Hispanic
students, with preference to be
given to students enrolled in
the Return to College Program.
LAURA MAYES STEELE
HONOR SCHOLARS FUND
of$159,567 was established in
1977 from the estate of this
member of the Class of 1937
who served the College for 40
years, first as secretary to the
president and later as registrar
and director of admissions. The
income is used for awards to
Honor Scholars.

CAROLYN STROZIER
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$22,765 was esrablished in
1979 by her morher and triends
as a memorial to this member of
the Class oi 1941 who had been
active in the Alumnae
Association while on the staff
ofRich's.

FRANCES GILLILAND
STUKES AND MARJORIE
STUKES STRICKLAND
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$15,756 was established in 1962
by Dean Emeritus Samuel
Guerry Stukes. The scholarship
honors his wife, '24, and
daughter, '51.

SAMUEL GUERRY STUKES
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$21,260 was established in 1957
by the Board ot Trustees to
honor Dean Stukes upon his
reriremenr after 44 years of
distinguished service as a
faculry member, bie also served
as an active trustee from 1944
to 1971. The income is used for
awards to the rhree Stukes
Scholars, the students who rank
first academically in each of the
rising sophomore, junior and
senior classes.

FLETCHER E. AND LYDA
JAMES SWANN AND
OLIVIA SWANN WARD
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$6,000 was established in 1985
by the transfer of funds from the
Olivia Ward Swann Annuity
Funds at her death, as a
memorial to her parents and
aunr. Preference is given to
blood descendants of those in
whose memory the fund is
established.
JODELE TANNER
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$2,195.

JAMES CECIL AND HAZEL
ITTNERTART
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$1,665.

MARTIN M. AND AGNES L.
TEAGUE SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $3, 39 3.

TEASLEY-O'NEAL
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$10,000 was established m 1984
with a bequest trom Jewell
Gloer Teasley, member ot the
Institute. Preference is given to
a worthy pre-med student or a
science major it no pre-med
student is chosen.
HENRY CALHOUN AND
SUSAN WINGFIELD
TENNENT SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $4,093.
MARY WEST THATCHER
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$86,028 was established in
1954 by this 1915 graduate
whose service to the College
included president of the

Alumnae Association in
1926-27 and an active trustee
from 1947 to 1971. Preference is
given to Christian students
from other countries and to
other students preparing for
Christian setvice.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
AND OLIVE BOURNE
THOMAS SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $79,233 was
established in 1984 with a
bequest from Mary Olive
Thomas, member of the Class of
1942, as a memorial to her
parents. The income is to be
used for outstanding seniors
who will continue their studies
in either medicine or English.

PIERRE THOMAS
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$2,200.

JAMES ZACHARY AND
ANNIE ZOU GLASS
THOMPSON
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$2,000.

MARTHA MERRILL
THOMPSON MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$2,000.

SAMUEL PIERCE
THOMPSON
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$5,000 was established in 1933
by his wife as a memorial to this
resident of Covington, Ga.
Their daughter Julia (Mrs.
Count D.) Gibson was a 1911
graduate.

HENRY CLAUDE
TOWNSEND MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$5,000 was established in 1920
by his wife, Nell Towers
Townsend, of Anderson, S.C.
Preference is given to students
who plan to be missionaries.
ELIZABETH CLARKSON
TULL MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$65,000 was established in
1959 by Joseph M.Tull of
Atlanta in memory of his wife to
assist students selected on the
basis of Christian character,
abilitv and need.
JOSEPH M.TULL
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $65,000 was
established in 1964 by the J.M.
TuU Foundation to honor this
outstanding business, church
and civic leader of Atlanta and
to assist students worthy ot
Agnes Scott's ideals.
KATE HIGGS VAUGHAN
FUNDof$134,7_2_6was
established in 1975 through a
bequest from this member of the
Class oi 1924. The income is
used annually for the Wilson
Asbury Higgs Mathematics
Scholarship and the Emma
Baugh Music Scholarship as
memorials to her father and
mother. When more income is
available, it is used to fund
additional memorial
scholarships.
WACHENDORFF
SCHOLARSHIP of $ 1 .000,
GEORGE C. WALTERS
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $5, 000 was
established in 1920 by his wife,
Frances Winship Walters, an
.Agnes Scort alumna, trustee
and benefactor.
ANNIE DODD WARREN
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$106,943 was established m
1961 by Dr. and Mrs. William
C. Warren Jr. of .Atlanta in
honor ot his morher.
FERDINAND WARREN
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of
$2,590.

WASHINGTON, D.C.,
ALUMNAE CLUB
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of

$1,676,

ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President

Eliiaheth Jefferson Boyt '62

Devers, Texas

President Elect
Juliana M. Wlnrers '72
Washington, D,C.

Vice President for
Alumnae .Adi'unceinent
Becky Evans Callahan '60
Atlanta, Ga,

Vice President for
College Adiancemeni
Wardie Ahernethy Martin '59
Charlotte, N.C.

SecTetarv/TreasKrer
Lou Pate Jones '39
Newbern, Tenn.

Immediate Past PresiJeni
Jean Salter Reeves '59
Atlanta, Ga.

Past President

Jacquelyn Simmons Gow '52

Atlanta. Ga.

Alumnae Admissions
Reprcsentalii'es Chair
Jane Duttenhaver Hursey '71
Decatur, Ga.

Au'ards Chair

Betty Smith Satterth aite '46

Atlanta, Ga.

Careers Chair
Betty Derrick '68
Atlanta, Ga.

Class Officers Chair
Laura Dorsey Rains '66/'81
Atlanta, Ga.

C/i(b Presidents Chair
Clair McLeod Muller '67
.Atlanta, Ga.

Continuing Education Chair
Lorie Alexander Eraser '57
Decatur. Ga.

Fund Chair

SJiaron Jones Cole '72

Atlanta, Ga.

House and Growntls Co-Chairs
Dorothy Travis Joyner 'Jl
Decatur, Ga.

Nelle Chamlee Howard '34
Stone Mountain, Ga.

Publications Chair
Mildred Love Petty '61
Atlanta, Ga.

Student .Alumnae
Liaison Chair
Laura D.Newsome '81
Atlanta, Ga.

Ex-Officw

Lucia Howard Sizemore '65
Director of Alumnae Affairs
Stone Mountain, Ga.

ACQUISITIONS
COMMITTEE

Chair

Frances Steele Garrett '37

Atlanta, Ga.

Dorothy Travis Joyner '41
Decatur, Ga.

Julia Thompson Smith '31
Atlanta, Ga.

ALUMNAE CLUB LEADERS

ALABAMA
Birmingham
Martha McGhee Lamberth '69

Httntstil/e

Linda Ingram Jacob '61

.Mobile

Dea Taylor Walker '71

Montgomery

Helen Friedman Blackshear '31

Tuscaloosa

Virginia Parker Cook '75

CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles
Jeannette Wright '68

San Francisco
Susan Morton '71

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington. D.C.
Rose .^nn C. Fraistar '75
Francis Folk Zygmont '71

FLORIDA

Central Florida

Mary Ann Gregory Dean '63

jaclcsoni'ille

Carol Hedrick Howard '79

Pcnsacola
Linda Lael '66

Tallahassee'Thomasville
.Alice Harrison Dickey *68

GEORGIA

.Aihany-.Amcricits .Area
Louise Wise Teaford '32

Athens

Louise McCain Boyce '34

Atlanta Evening
Jane Watt Balsley '67

Atlanta

Mif Martin Rolader '52

Voimg Atlanta

Susie Ham Deiters '80

Augusta

Debbie Jordan Bates '72

BGN fSarrntf. Gu'inneit

& hleu-ton Counties)

Mary Anna Ogden Bryan '51

Cobb County

Mary Alice Isele DiNardo '71

Columbus

Martha McMillan Alvare: '71

Dalion

Willa Dendy Goodroe '59

Decatur

Nell Allison Sheldon '38

Macon

Sally Tucker Lee '70

Savannah

Monti Smirh Acuff '72

Southeast Georgia

Virginia Lee Floyd Tillman '54

Tallahassce'ThomaSfiiU
Alice Harrison Dickey '68

West Georgia

Patsy Bret: Rucker '69/ 'SO

KENTUCKY

K'entuckiana

Mary Anne Fowlkes '59

LOUISIANA

New Orleans

Nancy Bond Brorhers '62

Shreveport

Louise Fortson Kinstrey '68

22 1985-1986

MASSACHUSETTS

New England

Betty Radford Moeller '47

MICHIGAN

Michigan -Ohio

Julia LaRue Orwig '73

MINNESOTA

Tu'in -Cities

Susan Correnty Dowd '72

MISSISSIPPI

]ackson

Susan King Johnson '67

MISSOURI

Si. Louis

Jane AUobrook Miller '48

NEW YORK

Neu' York

Mary Anna Smith 78

NORTH CAROLINA

Charlotte

Emily Rumph Bourgeois '76

Triangle

Judith Hill Calhoun "73

Western North Carolina
Virginia Carrier '28

Winston-Salem

Emily Wingo Craig '77

OHIO

Mtchigan-Ohio

Julie LaRue Orwig '73

PENNSYLVANIA

Deluu'are Valley

Nancy Boothe Higgins '61

Piiisbttrgh

Mary Margaret MacLauchlin

Stamy '74

SOUTH CAROLINA

Charleston

Mary Ann Mappus Billard '80

Columbia

Margie Richardson '73

TENNESSEE

Chattanooga

Anne Foster Curtis '64

Knoxville

Mary Ann Courcenay Davidson

46

Nashi'ilie

Susan Fuller Lincoln '79

Tri-Ciries

Dee Hampton Flannagan '69

TEXAS

Dallas-Fort Worth

Anne Sylvester Booth '54

Houston

Sara Robinson Chamhless '82

San Antonio-Austin
Beverly Myers Pickett '66

VIRGINIA

Lynchburg

Ann Hershherger Barr '62

Richmond

Linda Cooper Shewey '67

Roanoke

Louise Reid Strickler '46

Tidewater

Louise Huff Armitage '74

^^^'^"^^^'^' ^

BOARD OF TRUSTEES
1985-86

L.L. CK'llerstedt Jr.
Chairnum of the Board

G. Conley Intjram
Viw Chairman of the Board

Miiry Alverta Bond '53
Sccrcturv of the Board

Douirhy Hnlloran Addison '43

Wallace M. Alston Jr.

Louise Isaacson Bernard Jr. '46

Bennett A. Brown

Elizahetli Henderson Cameron '43

G. Scott Chandler Jr.

JoAnn Sawyer Delafield '58

Katherine A. Geffcken '49

Edward P. Could

Jacqiielyn Simmons Cow '52

Donald R. Keough

Harriet M. Kin^ '64

J. Erskine Love Jr.

Suzella Burns Newsome '57

Betty Scott Noble '44

M. Lamar O^le-sby

J. Davison Philips

Susan M. Phillips '67

Jean Salter Reeves '59

Margaretra Lumpkin Shaw '52

Horace H. Sibley

Nancy Holland Sibley '58

B. Franklin Skinner

John E. Smith II

Samuel R. Spencer Jr.

John H. Weitnauer Jr.

Thomas R. Williams

Ruth A. Schmidt, President
Ex Officio

stayed up, quizzed each other, and
made popcorn. The only difference
is that I went to sleep after the pop-
corn and they stayed up and studied
some more."

Today Little doesn't hlink at what
she considers "basic life skills." She
credits her experience as a student at
Agnes Scott for allowing her the
freedom to discover her competency.
"I hope that through my experiences
I have taught my sons that although
I may not he able to do everything in
the world, I can certainly try to do
everything."

Chairs are set up under sweeping
magnolia trees. The last note oi the
processional march rings out over
the crowd as seniors prepare to walk
across the stage one by one as their
names are called over the loudspeaker.
It's June, and the weather is perfect for
Agnes Scott's 97th commencement.

The voice calls Karen Green-
Grantham. Spontaneous, over-
whelming applause follows her name.
Fellow seniors give her a standing
ovation.

She is 38-years-old and began at
Agnes Scott in 1981 as a part-time
student. Many RTC's elect to begin
this way, taking one or two courses
per semester. Throughout her career
as a student, Green-Grantham was
employed as a senior resident in a
dorm. "Miss G," as she is affection-
ately called, never had a problem
interacting with or relating to tradi-
tional students. Of the age difference
she says simply, "It never bothered
me.

"I think it's because I didn't think
about the age difference," she ex-
plains. If there is a generational gap,
she says, it's "only on an individual
basis and has to do with the personal-
ity of the RTC or the [younger]
women in their classes."

Green-Grantham was living and
working at Spelman College in
Atlanta when she attended an
AAUW booksale and met an Agnes

Karen Givc'n-Uuiiu/uiiii '60

Scott alumna there. The woman
gave her a Return to College
brochure. Green-Grantham slipped
it in her book and didn't find it until
two months later.

She called the College and spoke
with Mildred Love Petty '61, who
was then working with the program.
She told Petty that she wanted to
work while going back to school, hut
if circumstances prohibited that, she
was ready to investigate attending
full time.

She didn't have to do that. A job
as a senior resident was opening up
and she was able to work and take as
many classes as her schedule allowed.
The former psychology major now
has a new job on campus: director ot
student activities and housing,
another position that opened up at
just the right time for her. She is
enjoying the position but says, "I am
toying with the idea that I can't stop
here. I am looking at graduate school,
either in counseling at Georgia State
or seminary school. "

For Barbara Dudley, another 1986
graduate, the value of Agnes Scott is
that students can combine several
different interests into one major.

Dudley arrived at Agnes Scott in
January 1984 with 10 years' experi-
ence at a local bank. Like Green-

Grantham, she started part time
taking only two courses. She gave
herself two quartern, then increased
her load to full time. She gradLiated
with a degree in art history and Eng-
lish literature m June.

Today Dudley is working on a
research project tor the Atlanta His-
torical Society. Her job is a \-olunteer
one, but she teels the experience she
is gaining will be a stepping stone to
a paid position in her field.

"Right now I'm doing everything I
wanted to do," she says. Graduation
was a beginning rather than an end
for her, whose long-term goals in-
clude graduate school.

She enjoyed her interaction with
traditional students at Agnes Scott.
'Age doesn't make a difference any-
more. 1 like people the way they are."
This 47-year-old does admit she
thought it would be hard to be a
friend to 18-year-olds "when you're
their mothers' age," but notes: "1
didn't think we would have anything
in common; but 1 found that was not
true.

Coming from Dekalb College,
where she received an associate's
degree, Louise Bailey began Agnes
Scott as a junior. Discovering she
could get additional financial aid if
she took a full load, Bailey jumped
in with both feet.

She spent the whole first quarter
waiting for something terrible to
happen, she says, taking school one
day at a time. She made it through
her first test; then her first mid-term;
and finally her first exam; and the
"boom never fell."

After graduating with degree in
English literature in 1984, Bailey
took a job as a legal assistant until
her last child finished college. Now,
two years later, she is ready to return
to the classroom and receive certifi-
cation to teach. Like Dudley, she is
looking ahead to graduate school.
She plans to teach for a year or two
until she decides on the focus of her
study.

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 171

Liiida Florence with her children: John, 8; Robyn. 4; andjodi, i6. She uorks m the Admissions Office and attends classes part time.

These four women represent typi-
cal Agnes Scott Return to College
students. Each is unique, yet a com-
mon theme runs through each of
their stories. It is their thirst tor
knowledge, their striving for per-
sonal excellence, and their commit-
ment to a quality education.

Over the past three years, the
RTC population has grown from 25
to almost 70. The program cele-
brated its official 10th anniversary in
May, although Agnes Scott has been
admitting non-traditional students
since as early as the 1930s.

Marilynn Mallory started as part-
time director of the RTC program in
1983. After a year the program ex-
panded so much that her job grew
into a tull-time one.

Of the 68 enrolled RTCs, says
Mallory, 50 percent work; 50 percent
have children under the age of 18;
and 30 percent have small children,
work, and go to school. The o\'erall
RTC grade point average is 3 .

"These women are bright, intelli-
gent, and motivated," says Mallory.
"They have a passion tor life."

An invitation mailed out this
summer to prospective Return to
College students captures the deter-
mined spirit ot the women who
choose the program. On the tront is
a pen and ink drawing of a woman
standing on her toes, with one arm
raised, ready to take off. Under-
neath, the words read, "On your
mark . . . Get Set . . . Grow." See
you at the starting line.

Linda Florence is a SS-year-old mother
of three who works in the Admissions
Office in addition to attending school.
She writes: "Four years ago 1 enrolled
at Agnes Scott as a Return to College
student. I told my children I was going
to be a RTC, and they wanted to know
why 1 joined the Army. Today I am
halfway through my junior year In five
more semesters 1 will walk across the
platform and receive my degree. Deter-
mined? You bet. "

This article is adapted from an article by
Florence which appeared in The Dekalb
News/Sun.

118 WINTER 1986

Photographs by Gabriel Benzur
Interior settings by ] ova/Daniels/Busby Architects

Jewels in the Crown

Restored to their former grandeur,
Agnes and Rebekah Scott Halls are filled witti new treasures.

By Stocey Noiles

The oldest buildings on Agnes
Scott's campus now have become
the newest. The photographs on
these pages show the culmination of
a yearlong effort, a partnership of
designers, architects and contractors
working to restore Agnes and Rebekah
Scott Halls to their former elegance.
Elegant they are lovely to look at,
to live in, to work in.

When Agnes Scott Hall was built
in 1891, it epitomized luxurious col-
lege living. It contained electric
lights, steam heat, hot and cold

running water and sanitary plumb-
ing. Its original cost was $82,500,
some $12,500 more than its compan-
ion hall, which was built in 1905.

Their combined renovation cost
$2.6 million. As with Inman Hall's
renovation, muchof the furniture
was given by alumnae. A great deal of
furniture came from the Julia Ingram
and Linford B. Hazzard estate, which
was left to the College this year. Julia
Ingram Hazzard was a member of the
Class of 1919. Their bequest also
enabled the College to furnish many

of the parlor rooms with curios and
other finishing touches.

According to Vice President for
Business and Finance Gerald O.
Whittington, the approach to ren-
ovating Main and Rebekah differed
from that of Inman. "We decided to
renovate the character of the facili-
ties with wood furniture and chan-
deliers. They're not as dressed as
Inman."

"[Before its renovation] Inman
was your basic residence hall,"
explained Whittington. "Because

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 191

The McKinney Parlor is the room most evocative of the Victorian period. It has darker tones than other, more brightly painted rooms in Main. Much of the

furniture comes from the Hazzard estate.

Main originally had a multipuqjose
use (it housed student rooms, ad-
ministrative and faculty offices, as
well as classrooms during the early
years of the College), it is less uni-
form and has more interesting nooks
and crannies. It's got that hexagonal
tower. Rebekah has columns as its
main feature. We had to dress up
In man more."

Much of Inman's dressed look
comes from its Victorian print
wallpaper. The interior designers,
led by Henri Jova of Jova/Daniels/
Busby Architects, chose a different
route for Main and Rebekah.

"The dorms were in bad condition
as far as the walls and the trim," said
Nancy Boyer, the project manager
for Jova/Daniels/Busby. "We painted
them to bring out the trim. We did
the trim in contrasting colors.

"We tried to pick fabrics and colors
of the Victorian period," said Boyer.
"We had already done research on it
for another project. However, it's

An alcove in Rebekah's lobby. The mirror was

found in a storage room under the dining hall,

restored and reguilded. The Jacobean chair

is a gift of Nelle Chamlee Howard '34.

hard to find fabrics that will with-
stand the wear of dormitory use, but
are also of that period.

"We also tried very hard not to
make it look decorated. President
Schmidt had asked that [all the
rooms] not look alike, that each
room be unique," she explained.
They chose to paint the ceilings to
add interest to the rooms. A subtle
mauve tints the ceiling in Rebekah's
reception hall, while its main lobby
ceiling is painted lilac. To further
enhance the period look of the build-
ings, Boyer and Michi Newman,
the project designer, selected Victo-
rian lighting fixtures that would
reflect onto the ceilings yet cast a
great deal of light.

One concession that they did not
make to the Victorian era was win-
dow treatments. Although that
period is known for heavy, dark
draperies, Boyer and Newman chose
minimal, draped swags for all the
parlor rooms and offices to allow
more light to enter.

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Frances Garrett's
labor ot love

Because Frances Steele Garrett '37
lived in Rebekah Scott Hall for part
of her undergraduate career at Agnes
Scott, she takes particular delight
in working with the designers and
alumnae board to acquire furniture
for Agnes and Rebekah Scott Halls'
renovations. "Those two buildings
have a very special place with me,"
she says.

Garrett and Alumnae Acquisi-
tions Committee members Dot Travis
Joyner '41 and Julia Thompson Smith
'31 gave the donated furniture to
Nancy Boyer and Michi Newman
of J ova/Daniels/Busby Architects,
who planned the color scheme for
the dormitories. "Once I got the
furniture to them, they saw that it
was restored," said Garrett. "Most of
these [pieces] have been in an attic
or basement and need a lot of help."

The College's appeal to alumnae
for furnishings garnered an excellent
response. Donations came from as

A view from the president's office into the adjacent waiting area.

Below the portrait of Agnes Scott sits a chest from the Hazzard estate.

]ulia Ingram Hazzard was a member of the Class of 1919 ard taught briefly at Agnes Scott.

far as North Carolina, Tennessee,
South Carolina and Louisiana, said
Garrett. "We have emphasized that
if one has anything one cherishes, we
would want it rugs, lamps, mirrors,"
she noted. "We want to make people
understand that we will take care of

and will display the pieces so that
many, many people will enjoy them."
Garrett said that the College plans
to acknowledge each of the gifts with
brass nameplates identifying the
donor and her class.

None of the original windows
remain, but design specifications
called for exact replicas. Said the
College's business manager, Terry
Maddox, "The subcontractor told us
that they had to measure each win-
dow [in Main and Rebekah] . " Com-
bined, there were about 28 different
sizes in the two buildings.

The largest office space that Jova/
Daniels/Busby had to work with was
the Admissions Office, located in
Rebekah. Because, according to
Newman, "they have computer equip-
ment and the spaces have to func-
tion," a series of mini-walls or parti-
tions were constructed down the
middle of the room. The partitions
are painted teal with beige cornices.
They hide computer equipment and
give privacy to the secretaries.

Admissions looks more contempo-
rary than the rest of the offices. This
is due partly to the wall-to-wall car-
peting, which Boyer said was installed
to reduce noise.

The two Georgian sofas in Rebekah's lobby

are gifts of Florrie Guy Funk '41.

Colored ceiUngs add interest to the room.

The ceilings in Admissions and
Main's McKinney Parlor are con-
structed of tin, a building material
commonly used at the turn-of-the-
century. Bailey and Associates, the
architects in charge of structural
renovation, chose wherever possible
to keep the tinned ceilings as they
are evocative of the building's his-
tory. "They had to tear up lots of the
ceiling space for wiring, though,"
noted Terry Maddox.

Sometimes, however, the same
period features that add charm to a
room can be the biggest headaches
for the interior designer. Newman
and Boyer both groaned when recall-
ing their attempt to make Rebekah's
reception room appear symmetrical.
Pilasters, rectangular boxes extend-
ing from the walls and ceiling, were
constructed of sheet rock to hide the
heating and air-conditioning units.
Aligning the pilasters with existing
columns and beams enough to de-
ceive the naked eye was no small
task. <>

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The "uindou' room" on third
floor Main was converted into
a lounge. The vivid color on the
ivalls works well only with
lots of light, says] ova/ Daniels'
Nancy Boyer (Area nig courtesy
ofSharian Rugs oj Decatur )

^ The sofa scoi jull view was
donated by jura Taffar Cole 32.
nearly identical to one the College
oimed. Timic'J ceilings were common
turn-of'the century design elements.

The authur uwild like to thank h'rances

Steele Garrett '37, who cuntributed invaluable assistance

in researching this article.

Rehekah's reception hall sports chairs donated by Trust Company Bank. The drape of the swags echoes the arched patterns of the windows, exact replicas of
the original panes. Pilasters were extended from the walls and ceiling to hide heating units and make the room appear symmetrical.

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By Lynn Donham

Discover India, Discover Yourseif

The Agnes Scott students who
chose to go on the Gloha
Awareness Program to India last
summer wanted to learn about India.
They spent three weeks of intensive
classroom study and field trips in and
around Bombay and Madras; then
they spent two more weeks touring
major areas of India and Nepal. The
group was taught by Charles A. Dana
Professor of History Penny Campbell
and Associate Professor of Sociology
Connie Jones, both familiar with
India from earlier visits and study.
Accommodations ranged from
modern hotels to a government tourist
bungalow; students also visited rural
homes of traditional Indian families.

Summer heat, monsoon rains,
heavy academic workloads, fast-
paced days, strange food, and the

124 WINTER 1986

A stiver m the Nepidese village of Thimi.
Inset: A wall of the old cifs in ]aipur, India.

contrast of dire poverty and incred-
ible richness took a toll. With few
exceptions, the students saw those
weeks in India and Nepal as some of
the toughest in their lives. They say
they came back changed and that
they are grateful.

"It IS without question the less tradi-
tional, less conventional knowledge
that I have gained that is by far the
most valuable. It is also the knowl-
edge that is the least tangible and

Photographs by Sharon Core

the most difficult to describe.

was shocked and horrified by
the disease and the poverty about
which I had only read or seen pic-
tures. I had never grasped the reality
of it, the vastness of it, or how slim
are the chances of escape from such a
perpetual state. I was overwhelmed
by feelings of futility and compas-
sion, wondering so often how it is
that I find myself living so secluded a
life and in such comparative opu-
lence. I hope that I never lose my
sense of amazement of seeing not
only looks of determination on [the
people's] faces, but smiles as well, in
spite of hardships and adversities
which I can only begin to conceive.
"I found, at times, an incredible
inability to cope with tiredness,
sickness, and sadness. My tolerance
level tor cultural differences and

language barriers became increas-
ingly shorter. Much to my dismay, I
found myselt longing tor that which
was cushy and familiar .... The
range of emotions that I felt and the
sights both horrifying and beautiful
were more than I had ever imagined.
"I have seen more than most people
would have the opportunity to, and
I have seen more than some people
would care to. 1 am becoming in-
creasingly grateful tor having had
this eye-opening, very gut-wrench-
ing, very enlightening experience."
Bridget Cunningham '88

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"Personal growth is sometimes painful.
1 had a very painful summer in India.
But I wouldn't trade it tor anything,
nor would I change the process by
which it occurred." Geraldine
Crandall, Return to College student

"1 will read the newspaper in a differ-
ent way," wrote one student in an
evaluation of the program. Another
student wrote, 'An Indian woman
told me, 'The classroom is theory,
this is reality.' "

"The professors' friends and ac-
quaintances treated us like family
and went to extreme measures to see
to our comfort and enjoyment. The
Indian people possess a faith in God
and acceptance and goodwill toward
others . . . difficult to match any-
where." Janet Nabors, Return to
College student

"All of India can be read about in a
book, but the experiences I acquired
firsthand will have an impact on me
for the rest of my life," wrote another
student. "I know what nonalignment
means from an Indian's point of
view ....

"My trip has made me much more
aware of the world around me and
has caused me to rethink and reassess
my values and goals. We must all be
made aware of the other people of
the world and of their hopes and
sorrows.

"Even the more modern women of
India live in standards where equality
is not even a question. For example,
every time we would go to the front
desk of the hotel, if a man came up

A mother and child in Kathmandii. 4

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Villagers in Indra Nagar. outside Madras, get
relatively clean uater from this uell. L'rKlean
uater keeps much of India plagued by disease.

Students celebrated Americas Fourth oj luly
holiday uith sparklers andfireuorks in \Wras,
India. A hotel towel became their homemade
American flag, complete with 50 stars.

This Buddhist center in Bombay proiides day
care for children of untouchables.

A dyemaker earns her liiing in Nepal

after us, that did not matter. W'fe
were dropped, and the man was
helped first. When we would go to
villages, the men's opinion always
mattered and the women either did
not have one or it mattered little."
Karen Youngner '87

"I realized how divided America is:
The wealthy are here, the poor there.
I'd walk down the streets of India
and think, 'Where are our poor in
.-America?' We do have street people.
Not to the degree that India has, hut
we hide a lot of the poverty* and the
bad things that we don't want to see.
There's a song that Phil Collins
does, that talks about how we want
to turn it off, we want to shut it out,
close the doors to all the starring
faces, all the economic problems,
the political corruption, but you
can't. Because it's alwavs there. And
no matter how you go through your
life, there are poor still starving.
Someone is dving because of a war.
And I hope I always remember that,
and I hope I never forget those faces I
saw and the people I met.

"I can really appreciate what the
Indian people are doing, tr^'ing to
build an economic base that is going
to last, that is theirs.

"We talk about the Third World.
Go live in it for a month." Elizabeth
Buck '87

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The lush land of Nepal brought u'dcome relief
from the monsoon heat and city streets oflndta.

Mminusi, on the river Ganges, Jrau's man\ HinJu pilgrims to its banks. In Hnulii tniJition,
thi )se who die in Vhranasi anJ ai"e eremateJ there are freed from the cycle of rebirth to enter paradise.

This image of BiicJiJha near Vuranasi is an iniportant shrine for Tibetan Buddhists who have
taken refuge in India since Tibet icas recliiimed by China.

"The Taj Wahal is the most jnagni/ieent thing /
hai'e ei'er seen.

"The Taj was built by the Mogul ruler Shah
Jahan in memory of his wife Mumtaj Mahiil.
He U'os heartbroken ichen she died in childbirth
after fyroducing 14 children in their 17 years of
marriage. The Taj has been described as the most
extravagant monument ei'er built for love.

"The detail of the Taj is Listoundmg. Although
the designs look like they have been painted on,
don't let it fool you. All the designs are inlays of
semiprecious stones. "
Sharon Core '85

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FINALE

Agnes Scott loses two who mode a difference: Jotin A. Sibley

John A. Sibley, trustee
emeritus, and member ot the
board from 1936-1972 died on
Oct. 25. He was 98 years old.

Considered by many to be
the savior of Georgia's public
education system during the
turbulent civil rights era,
Sibley chaired the 1960 Sibley
Commission. It was created
by then-Gov. Ernest Vandiver
in the aftermath of the Su-
preme Court's 1954 decision
to desegregate public schools.

Sibley was born on Jan. 4,
1888inMilledgeville, Ga.,
to a farmer and his wife. He
attended Georgia Military
Academy there and graduated
in 1911 from the University of
Georgia with a law degree.

He returned to Milledgeville
to practice law and married
Nettie Whitaker in 1914.
They had three children.
That same year, he was ap-
pointed judge of the Baldwin
County Court by Gov. John
M. Stanton.

When Atlantan Hughes
Spalding invited Sibley to
join the family law firm. King
&. Spalding, he accepted.
Almost immediately the
young lawyer became em-
broiled in a lawsuit between
the Coca-Cola Co. and its
independent bottlers. They
sued the company to keep
syrup prices at levels specified
in their contracts, although
sugar prices were escalating at
that time. They compromised
and Sibley's career took oft.

He became a lawyer for
Coca-Cola and moved to
Delaware, where the corpo-
rate offices were then located.
As their attorney, he was
involved in trademark litiga-
tion against Pepsi and Nehi,
maker of Royal Crown Cola.

Three years after his first
wife died in a car accident in

1934, Sibley married Barbara
Sanford Thayer. They had
tour children.

The Sibleys moved back to
Atlanta in 1942, where he
rejoined King & Spalding.
His connection with Coca-
Cola was not broken. He
became legal counsel to Trust
Company Bank, whose presi-
dent was Coca-Cola owner
Ernest Woodruff.

In 1942 when the bank
faced the impending deaths
of both its chairman and
president, Sibley took over
both responsibilities.

Under his stewardship the
bank increased deposits from
$104 million to $258 million.
He held the presidency until
1948, was chairman until
1959 and was named honorary
chairman for life in 1963.

It was his role as chairman
of the General Assembly
Committee on Schools or
Sibley Commission tor
which he will be remembered
most in the state of Georgia.

At the commission's first
meeting in February 1960

Sibley stated, "We're here
because . . . state laws are in
conflict with the ruling of the
Supreme Court of the United
States . . . regardless ot
whether we like it or not.

"You're faced with the prob-
lem ot whether or not . . .
to abolish public education,
or . . . change some ot your
laws. If you abolish education,
you face a very turbulent
situation. If the federal courts
get hold ot the education sys-
tem . . . you could also face a
\'ery turbulent situation."

The commission diffused
tension by allowing angry
constituents to vent their
wrath during a series ot hear-
ings in 10 Georgia congres-
sional districts. They used
straw polls in each ot the
districts to obtain broader
public opinitm.

Although the vast majority
of the state's white citizens
favored segregation, the com-
mission found that the state
"must recognize that the
(Supreme Court] decision

exists; that it is binding on
the lower federal courts; and
that it will he enforced." On
the commission's recommen-
dation, U.S. District Judge
Frank A. Hooper set Sep-
tember 1961 as the date for
final compliance.

During his tenure as a
trustee at Agnes Scott, Sibley
was a member of the develop-
ment, executive and invest-
ment committees. He was
chairman of the nominations
committee during most of his
service there, from 1950 until
1972.

In addition to his contribu-
tions to Agnes Scott, Sibley
was a member of Coca-Cola's
board tor 16 years and held
directorships in numerous
other corporations, including
Georgia Power Co. , Equifax,
West Point Manufacturing
Co. and the Nashville,
Chattanooga and St. Louis
Railroad.

Callaway Gardens in Pine
Mountain, Ga. , honored him
with the John A. Sibley
Horticultural Center, in
recognition of his long-time
affiliation with the resort. He
was an honorary chairman of
metropolitan Atlanta's United
Way, which named their
highest award after him.

An article written in The
Atlanta Journal/Constitution
noted: 'At 98, Sibley still was
going to his office in the Trust
Company tower each weekday
from 1 1 : 30 to 2 : 30 and waging
a class action suit against the
Cobb County gox'ernment
over tax assessments ot rural
land parcels, including his
own. He never shied from a
fight."

John A. Sibley is survived
by his wife and six children,
including Agnes Scott trustee
Horace Sibley, 18 grandchil-
dren, 17 great-grandchildren
and two brothers.

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FINALE

Augustus H. Sterne

During the month ot October,
Agnes Scott lost another
friend and trustee emeritus,
Augustus H. "Billy" Sterne.
Sterne, the former chairman
of the board of Trust Company
of Georgia, died on Oct. 13 at
the age of 73. He was elected
to the board of trustees in
1971 and served until 1984.
While on the board, he was a
member of the investment,
executive, academic affairs
and development committees,
and chairman of the nomina-
tions committee from 1972-
81. He was appointed to the
presidential search committee
in 1981.

Sterne was one of the most
influential Atlanta business
leaders of his generation. "I
can't think of anything of any
major significance in the last
few years in which he has not
been involved," George Berry,
a former city official who now
heads the state Department of
Industry and Trade, said in
1971.

In 1978, a story in The
Atlanta Journal named Sterne
"one of Atlanta's 10 most
powerful" business leaders.

"His interests and concerns
reached out to all areas of our
community and he gave of
himself unselfishly to so many
causes," Robert Strickland,
Sterne's successor as chairman
of Trust Company, said. "He
left ... a legacy of love and
dedication."

He chaired Trust Company,
one of the South 's largest
banks, from 1973 until retire-
ment in 1978. Earlier, he had
been its president from 1964
to 1973 and senior vice presi-
dent from 1957 to 1964.

After leaving the banking
world, Sterne moved to the
academic, working to build
bridges between Atlanta's
white and black communities
as dean of the Graduate School

of Business at predominantly
black Atlanta University. He
kept office hours at the school
for four years, and refused to
accept any salary other than
$ 1 a year.

Augustus Harrington Sterne
was born Feb. 23, 1913, in
Montgomery, Ala. , and moved
to Atlanta with his family
when he was a year old. His
father was a salesman for an
agricultural chemical company.

The young Sterne gradu-
ated from Boys High and the
University of Georgia. He got
a job at Trust Company in
1936. At first he "picked up
the mail and filled the chair-
man's water bottle."

Sterne became treasurer in
1940. In 1942-45, he served
in the Marine Corps and rose
to the rank of first lieutenant.
Returning to the bank, he
steadily moved up and became
president in 1964.

The man who would play a
part in changing racial atti-
tudes in Atlanta had "grown
up as much a red-neck as the
next fellow," he says. But his
attitudes were changing slowly

in 1966 when then-Mayor
Ivan Allen Jr. appointed
Sterne to the board of Eco-
nomic Opportunity Atlanta.

"1 remember that when a
proposal came up to give the
poor a chance to vote on how
money was spent to help
them, 1 opposed it," Sterne
recalled. "Later, 1 changed
my mind. I developed a con-
science about such things."

While at Atlanta Univer-
sity, he found it difficult to
bring about change.

"1 had had 42 years in the
business world," Sterne said.
"In an academic setting, you
learn that the dean doesn't
have as much authority as you
had thought. 1 had the sup-
port of the president, but the
faculty ran it, for all practical
purposes. 1 couldn't get used
to it; it was like the tellers
setting their own hours."

Sterne was a former presi-
dent of the Commerce Club
and Capital City Club; a
former director of United Way
of Metropolitan Atlanta and
a member of the governing
board of United Way of Amer-

ica; a former trustee of the
Atlanta Arts Alliance; a past
chairman of the University of
Georgia Foundation; past
co-chairman ot a joint Tech-
Georgia Development Fund;
a UGA trustee emeritus; a
trustee of Atlanta Uni\-ersity
and Lovett School, in addi-
tion to Agnes Scott.

Surviving are his wife,
Helen Hopkins Sterne, two
sons, three daughters, two
brothers, a sister and eight
grandchildren. Tom Bennett

This article is excerpted with
permission from The Atlanta
Constitution.

Tour the Amazon

The Alumnae Association is
offering a new natural history
travel program this summer.
The first trip will be June
11-20, 1987, to the Amazon
and jungle area of Peru. An
optional excursion concluding
on June 25 to Machu Picchu,
the lost city ot the Incas, will
be included.

Guides will lead partici-
pants through areas of natural
beauty, cultural and historical
significance. The first leg of
the tour will explore the
balance of plant, animal and
human communities along
the Amazon River.

International Expeditions,
which has hosted similar
excursions for the National
Audubon Society and Fern-
bank Science Center, among
others, will lead the tour. It
will begin in Miami on June
11 and returns either June 20
or 2 5 . The base price is $ 1 , 598
with an additional $549 re-
quired for travel to Machu
Picchu.

For further information or a
free brochure contact Lucia
Sizemore at 371-6325 or Nancy
Hilyer at 493-6209.

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FINALE

On president's recommendation,
board raises faculty salaries

President Ruth Schmidt
announced at this year's open-
ing convocation that the
Agnes Scott Board of Trustees
had awarded at her request an
unusually large salary increase
to all faculty members. De-
pending on what other institu-
tions do this year, it should
give Agnes Scott a number
one standing in that area.
Faculty salaries should now
rank equally with 80 percent
of the institutions in the
American Association of
University Professor's IIB tier.
Private, four-year institutions
with no graduate programs
comprise the IIB category.

Said Dean of the College
Ellen Hall, "In order to be
able to say we value our facul-
ty, we ha\'e to pay them well.

"It's extremely important
for us to be able to attract
top faculty," she continued.
"Clearly, faculty have not
been the best-paid profes-
sionals in the country," she
added.

A faculty committee on
compensation, chaired by
Professor Robert Leslie,
suggested that the College
work toward this goal, to be
achieved by the College's
centennial in 1989.

"The administration agreed
with the goal, but asked the
board for an immediate in-
crease rather than waiting or
domg it incrementally," said
President Schmidt. The
board's executive committee
recommended that the board
approve a budget in the spring
with only a 6 percent increase
for both faculty and staff.
That raise represented only
part of the amount in the
administration's request and
was distributed to staff and
faculty as equity, merit or
promotion increases.

When the board finished

its evaluation of the president
and reaffirmed her administra-
tion, Schmidt asked that the
board raise faculty salaries to
the full amount requested last
spring.

All full-time faculty, ex-
cluding sabbatical replace-
ments, were eligible for the
raise. It constituted a one-
time increase in order to
achieve parity with AAUP's
IIB tier. Full professors re-
ceived $3,675; associate
professors $2,020; assistant
professors $2,065; and instruc-
tors $3,000 in addition to the
earlier raises.

These mcreases should
bring the salaries of Agnes
Scott's faculty equal to those
of 80 percent of their peers
around the country. "Our
faculty are very committed
people," said Hall. "However,
they want to feel as if they're
well paid [in comparison to
other faculty] in this city and
in the nation."

As yet, there are no firm
plans to raise the salaries of
the College staff beyond
normal increments. In part,
said Schmidt, because there
is no equivalent structure to
AAUP rankings for college
staff members.

Although not under her
jurisdiction. Hall notes that
"certainly there's a concern"
about staff salaries. "The fac-
ulty has expressed concern."

At the Sept. 5 faculty
meeting a resolution was
passed and sent to Board
Chair Larry Gellerstedt, staff
members, and administrative
officers commending the
"conscientiousness and dedi-
cation of the staff of the
College.

"In addition," the faculty
resolution stated, "we recom-
mend to the board of trustees
and the president that a high

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Howard Sizemore '65, director o/ alumnae avoirs, at 404/371 -6323.

priority be given to the im-
provement of the salaries and
w-ages of all members of the
staff. "

Said Gerald O. Whitting-
ton, \'ice president for business
and finance, "It's a concern
that we have and something
that we have looked at in the
past.

"We have been reviewing
staff salaries in the same way
we reviewed the faculty's. We
hope to find at the end of this
review whether we need to
address [the issue] in some
meaningful way."

Alumnae College
and Elderhostel

Make plans to attend
Alumnae College
June 14-19, 1987. Elder-
hostel, an international
educational program for
people over 60, will be
hosted by Agnes Scott
during the same week.
Further information on
both programs will be
forthcoming.

FiNALE

One semester down, many

Students and faculty have
completed the first semester
of the current year the first
semester at Agnes Scott since
the quarter system was ini-
tiated in the 1930s. Mary K.
Owens Jarhoe '68, the Col-
lege's registrar, thinks the
new system is working, with
no major glitches or disrup-
tions so far.

She observes that "people
on the faculty who supported
the idea think it makes for a
better academic program with
more continuity. [They] feel
it's more preferable in terms of
teaching."

David Behan, associate
dean of the College, agrees.
He was chair of the faculty
committee charged with
restructuring the College's
curriculum when the calendar
changed this year. "For liberal
education," he contends, "the
semester system is superior. "

A professor of philosophy,
Behan notes, "I have found in
introductory courses that at
the end of a quarter, students
were just getting the knack of
philosophical thinking. I
always said: 'If 1 only had four
or five more weeks ....'"

Behan, like many faculty
members, feels that the qual-
ity of work turned in at the
end of the term will be better
than in the past, since stu-
dents will not be as rushed.

Conversely, Dean of the
College Ellen Hall '67 has
been getting complaints from
students that some professors
haven't adjusted the amount
of work meted out to the new
calendar. They still feel over-
loaded.

The faculty voted to change
to the semester system on
Jan. 4, 1985. In February
they elected the Semester
System Steering Committee.
On Nov. 8 of that year, they

more to go

approved a new set of basic
requirements. In ail, the
process took eight months.

According to Hall, this was
a remarkable turn-around.
"When a college has not
made a significant change in
a curriculum or calendar for a
very long period of time, some
of the people who formulated
the structure are no longer
around to talk about its origins.

The administration hopes
that the semester system will
provide a better safety net for
students in academic trouble.
By the time students got
settled into the academic and
residential routine in the fall,
notes Hall, the quarter was
almost over. Mostly students
in severe academic trouble
were brought to the attention
of the deans.

The faculty voted to report
all freshman and sophomore
grades of C and below at
mid-semester. However they
are encouraged to report all
grades of underclasswomen.

"The idea has always been
to give much attention, aca-
demically and personally to
the student," says Hall. "If we
came to the end of a quarter,
nine weeks later, and realized
we didn't get a handle [on a
particular problem], from our
point of view, that was a very
discouraging thing."

Most notably, the new
curriculum allows students
more flexibility in choosing
their course loads. Now,
approximately one third of
their classes are required
rather than the almost one
half required under the quar-
ter system.

The changes herald the
faculty's desire to renew their
commitment to a curriculum
that has breadth and depth of
study a commitment to the
best in liberal education.

Oktober comes but once a year

By all indications, this year's
OktoberQuest was a strong
success. "Whenever students
come and are excited about
being here, excited about
Agnes Scott College and are
talking about applying, we
feel successful," said Assistant
Director of Admissions Emily
Sharp '83, the event's co-
ordinator. Attendance was up
approximately 25 percent
from last year.

One hundred and six high
school juniors and seniors
came to campus Oct. 23 and
24, and attended classes and
workshops to see how a col-
lege really functions. Each
was paired with a current
student. That way, said Sharp,
"they get a chance to see the
inside story of residence life,
career planning and financial
aid.

"We use OktoberQuest
more as a time for them to
experience the campus than

Seminar examines power

The Alumnae Association in
conjunction with Atlanta
Women's Network will spon-
sor a seminar called "Prisms of
Power" on March 28, 1987.
The seminar, under the aegis
of the board's continuing
education program, will be
held at Agnes Scott.

"Prisms of Power" will
explore forms of power and
powerlessness in our society.

to e\'aluate them as prospec-
tive students," she noted.

"They can really begin to
see the difference between a
small school and a large one."
At least a few must have liked
what they saw. Sharp said
that Admissions had 30 pre-
application interviews the last
day and even received applica-
tions from some high schi.)ol
seniors before they left campus.

Prospective students were
treated to a performance of
the Blackfriars production,
"Crimes of the Heart," and a
lecture by history professor
Mike Brown called "Reflec-
tions on Liberal Learning."

Perhaps a successful Okto-
berQuest portends an ever
bigger freshman class next
year. Admissions isn't saying.
But Sharp notes that the
event is always lots of fun.
"We enjoy having people here
and seeing how accessible the
professors are," she said.

"We would like to explore the
various facets of power, not
just the climb up the execu-
tive ladder," says Dr. Lowrie
Alexander Fraser '56W, the
Alumnae Board's continuing
education chair and vice
president of the Atlanta
Women's Network.

For further information,
call Lucia Sizemore at (404)
371-6325.

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The Council for rhe Advancement
and Support of Education has
honored Agnes Scott College
for having the top student recruit-
ment marketing program in the
nation. Sponsored by Time, Inc.,
this Grand Gold Medal award
includes a $ 1,000 prize. Judges
reviewed overall recruitment pro-
gram goals and success in meeting
them. They assessed our use of
campus resources and the cost-
effectiveness and long-term value
of the work of our consultants.
Agnes Scott was selected from
entries sent hy all ranks of colleges
and universities. A Silver Medal in
the recruitment publications cate-
gory honored the "Issues" series sent
to prospective students.

The College's total publications
program earned a Silver Medal. Another Silver Medal
went to Agnes Scott and Chiiuko Kojima '54X, for her
article, "1 Will Not Look Back," published in the Fall
1986 Alumnae Magazine. This is the first time any work
from Agnes Scott has earned recognition in the "Best
Articles of the Year" category, which had more than 300
entries from across the nation.

The Alumnae Magazine, last year given a silver
medal for improvement, for the first time was recognized
for all-around excellence in the college magazines
category with a Bronze Medal. The awards will be

presented at the CASE National
.'\ssembly in Boston this summer.

Thank you for your responses to
the last magazine. Our editorial
board has met, and with the fall
issue, we will change our style to
include Ms. and Mr. routinely, and
Mrs. on an individual's preference.
Class News will continue to use a
more familiar, less formal style.

This issue marks the passing of
two men important to Agnes Scott
College. The cover, a watercolor by
Paul Melia, of Dayton, Ohio,
combines portraits of Dr. Wallace
Alston and George Woodruff with
images of women whose lives Agnes
Scott touched throughout those
decades. In "A Word of Memory, "
former Dean of the Faculty C.
Benton Kline adapted his remarks given at the campus
memorial service to honor Dr. Alston, president
emeritus. Kay Parkerson O'Briant '70W writes of Mr.
Woodruffs life and legacy in "A Lasting Mark."

Alumna Rebecca Fewell's work with children who
have hearing and sight impairments is featured in a
piece by University of Washington writer Katherine
Roseth. My article, "I and Thou" introduces Malcolm
Peel, Wallace Alston Professor of Bible and Religion,
and chair of that department. We hope you enjoy it.
Lynn Donham

Editor: Lynn Donham, Managing Editor: Stacey Noiles, Editorial Assistants: Carolyn Wynens, .'Knn Bennett, Student

Assistants: Chelle Cannon '90. Jill Jordan '89, Ginger Patton '89, Shari Ramcharan '89, Nicola Poser '90, Editorial Advisory Board:

Dr. Ayse llga: Garden '66, Laura Whitner Dorsey '35, Susan Ketchin Edgerton '70, Sandra Gluck, Mary K. Owen Jarhoe '68, Tish

Young McCutchen '73, Mildred Love Petty '61, Lucia Howard Sizemore '65, Elizabeth Stevenson '41

Copyright 1987, Agnes Scott College. Published three times a year by theOtticeot Publications of Agnes Scott College, Buttrick Hall,

College Avenue, Decatur, GA 30030, 404/371-6315. The magazine is published for alumnae and friends of the College.

Postmaster: Send address changes to Office of Development and Public Affairs, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA 30030.

Like other content of the magazine, this

article reflects the opinion ot the

writer and not the viewpoint of

the College, its trustees or administration.

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CONTENTS

In the process ot cleaning up after the
hoUdays, I sat down to look over the
Agnes Scott Alumnae Magazine Fall
'86. 1 ended up reading it from cover to
cover and now 1 can't throw it out for
these are articles that must he shared
first with my social studies class, a
committee I'm moderator ot, etc.
Thanks for such a thought-provoking
issue.

jean H. Crook
Montreat, N.C.

We received our first paper, the Main
Events of Fall '86 in January 1987. We
in Pakistan know little about the
colleges in the U.S. A. I am particularly
interested to know more about Agnes
Scott College. This paper was received
with great enthusiasm by us.

Q. Akbar

Defence Housing Authority

Karachi, Pakistan

Thank you for publishing the article
concerning my recent promotion to
general attorney.

My new position is that of assistant
vice president, not vice president as the
article indicated. In addition, although
I am Bell Communication's second
female AVP, 1 am the first woman, not
the second, to hold this particular
position in the legal department. Finally,
the article noted that both my parents
were formerly professors at the University
of Nebraska, Lincoln. Happily, both of
them are still teaching [there], my
mother in the construction management
department and my father in political
science.

I appreciate your "setting the record
straight" and thank you again for a fine
publication.

PatnciaJ. Winter '71X
New Providence, N.J.

1 feel strongly that not only does it lessen
human dignity to say simply "Donham, "
it is unclear. For instance, in Madison
we have a Judge Bartell and an Attorney
Bartell who are married and sometimes
turn up in the same news story. What if

continued on page 7

Agnes Scott
Alumnae Magazine

AGNES

scon

Spring 1987
Volume 65 Number

8

A Word of Memory

A tribute to Wallace M. Alston, Agnes Scott's third president
and spiritual leader for over 20 years. By C. Benton Kline jr.

14

A Lasting Mark

Throughout his lite, George Waldo Woodruff

labored diligently to raise the mantle ot education

and other worthwhile projects in Georgia

and the southeast. By Kay Parkerson O'Briant

20

Strategist for Children with
Special Needs: Rebecca Fewell

The former sociology major now heads one ot the

nation's foremost centers tor the research and education

of learning-disabled children. B)' Katherme Roseth

26

I and Thou

Professor Malcolm Peel believes that education

involves mutual giving. He learns as much from

his students as they do from him. B}" Lynn Dunham

Lifestyles .... 4

Finale 31

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LIFESTYLES

Betsy Morgan tackles
big issues at the
Carter Center

As the petite, clear-
eyed hkmde stood
by the lake gazing at
the Carter Center's
Japanese garden, she re-
called long lines of
academicians marching in
their colorful hoods. In the
center of her recollection
were two United States
presidents one her
boss with their wives.
They were backed by
thousands of important
individuals from all over
the world.

"It is a rare moment in
lite to see something like
this come to fruition and
know I was a part of it,"
says Elizabeth R. Morgan
'82, remembering the 1986
dedication ot the Carter
Presidential Center.

Morgan is Betsy to all
who know her, including

former President Jimmy
Carter. She is also associate
director of operations for
the Carter Center. To her
husband, H.H. "Buzz"
Morgan 111, she is not only
a good wife and mother but
an administrator. Says he,
"I've always lived with an
administrative woman,
and now she's found just
the place for her inherent
ability."

To everyone who knows
Betsy Morgan, her names
are continuity and cohe-
sion. In fact, it comes down
to this: she's the glue for
the Carter Center.

Morgan worked to put
her husband through Geor-
gia Tech. "I went to Geor-
gia State while I was work-
ing to keep my mind from
shriveling," she says.
"Then, I saw an ad in the
paper about the Agnes Scott
RTC Program and investi-
gated the possibilities.

"I was fascinated with

biology," she continues, "so
in 1978, 1 enrolled at ASC
majoring in biology. I was
the only RTC student at
that time in biology."

While attending the
College Morgan was espe-
cially inspired by Dr.
Mildred Love Petty '63,
who was at the time direc-
tor of the RTC Program.
"She had a knack for mak-
ing things possible
quietly and seemingly
without effort. She was
capable and understand-
ing," Morgan says.

After graduation, she
spotted another ad in the
paper. This one from Emory
University for a position
with the Carter Center
Development Office, to
raise money for construc-
tion, programming and
endowment. Intrigued,
Morgan answered the ad.
The morning of the inter-
view was, in short, a
disaster.

"Everything went wrong
that could have gone
wrong, from the moment 1
got up. It was a comedy of
errors. I couldn't even find
the right place downtown
tor the meeting, but when
I did, 1 discovered 50
people had already been
interviewed that day. It was
bumbled all the way. 1
knew there was no chance
of getting the job."

She did get the job and
went to work for the Carter
Center in February 1983.
Within 8 months she be-
came office coordinator.
She later transferred to the
Carter Center's program
office at Emory, and be-
came office manager.

About working with
President Carter, she says,
"He is deeply interested in
the staff and the organiza-
tion. Being invited to work
on someone's dream was
wonderful because the
dream was mine, too. And
that is a Camelot kind ot
dream.

"There is no self-aggran-
dizement about President
Carter or the people who
work with him. He invites
anyone with a problem to
come to him. He is a superb
listener. He hears you the
first time you say anything,
and readily helps. But
don't bring him small
problems," she says, smiling.

The center plans and
sponsors world-scope con-
ferences, which are called
consultations. Each is a
challenge in logistics.
Morgan develops project
guidelines for the center
and has helped to prepare
consultations on the Mid-

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LIFESTYLES

die East, the environment,
world health, conflict
resolution, and reinforcing
democracy in the
Americas. Carter Center
Fellows who are experts in
their fields create these
consultations. Morgan
makes them happen. "The
Carter Center is on the
cutting edge of world is-
sues," she says. "I must
understand the concept
and focus of each project
well enough to make it fly."

Her legwork on each ot
these endeavors creates a
workbook nearly a foot
thick that outlines every-
thing connected with the
consultation. Whether it
be planning meals from
menus to seating protocol
or arranging lodging for
scholars, world figures and
the media, Morgan handles
every conceivable detail.
She does not do it alone,
however. "The Carter
Center staff is a rare collec-
tion ot people. There is a
strong sense of comraderie
and support that sustains
each of us."

She finds her Agnes
Scott education a plus in
these instances. Morgan
remembers Dr. Margaret
Pepperdene telling her,
"The most important thing
that you will learn here is
to think use your brain
and apply it to any situa-
tion. " When the going gets
tough, Morgan recalls
English Professor Pat
Pinka's phrase: pressure
makes diamonds. Pat
Dickey

Betsy Morgan left the Carter
Center this spring, ed.

Holton's professional
life blooms despite
personal adversity

hen Jessie Car-
penter Holton '50
is asked if she has
success stories, she smiles
and says, "Oh, yeah. 1 sure
do."

There was the boy who
graduated from high school
all but unable to read. His
language skills were so
poor, Holton says, he
couldn't even drive a truck
for his family's business.

She tutored him for two
years using the multisen-
sory approach effective for
many who suffer from
dyslexia. Now he's in the
family business and not
as a truck driver, either.

That's just one of several
triumphs that makes
Holton, of Roanoke, Va.,
beam, for she has spent
more than a dozen years
working with learning-
disabled and physically-
handicapped children, in
addition to guiding her four
children, who range in age
from 24 to 34.

It hasn't always been
easy. Holton's husband,
Van, died in 1977. She lost
one child to a brain tumor.
And, in 1985, she was
seriously injured in an
automobile accident which
kept her in the hospital for
months.

In the fall of that year,
Holton and another
Roanoke woman, Barbara
Whitwell, produced a
dictionary for dyslexic
students with varying
degrees of difficulty in

readmg, writing and spell-
ing. The book gives large-
print, phonetic spellings
and simplified definitions
of 12,314 words taken
from "Angling for Words,"
a well-known approach to
teaching those with dys-
lexia.

The dictionary has been
added to the 'Angling tor
Words" series and field tests
are proving it to be an
effective resource, Holton
says.

Holton went back to
teaching in 1974. She
earned her master's degree
from the University of
Virginia in 1975, and set
up the learning disability
program for Roanoke City's
junior high school students.
Now an educational con-
sultant to the Virginia
Division of Handicapped

Children in Ro<inoke, she
acts as a child-ad\-ocate,
mediating between families
and school administrators.

Sitting on a white wicker
chair on the enck>sed,
plant-filled porch of her
new condominium, Holton
described her work with
enthusiasm. The en-
thusiasm spills over to her
memories of Agnes Scott
College, for there, she says,
she realized that learning is
a lifelong process.

But she makes one rueful
admission. "While 1 was at
Agnes Scott, I couldn't
imagine being anywhere
else. 1 really took it for
granted. It wasn't until I
was an adult that 1 realized
what a gift it had been. "
Joe Kennedy, staff writer,
Roanoke Times & World-
News

Jessie Carpenter Holton

AGNES scon ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 51

LIFESTYLES

The Reverend Daniel
perks life into a
faltering Atlanta
congregation

Fresh out of seminary
and only recently
ordained the minister
of Mornmgside Presbyte-
rian Church, the Rev.
Perky Daniel looked re-
markably at home in her
airy pastor's study.

And no wonder at 33,
she has been acting pastor
of the church for the past
year and a half, although
she was ofticiallv ordained
June 29.

Elinor Perkins Daniel
'74, who was given the
nickname "Perky" in high
school, said the transition
to her new role as senior
pastor has been easy com-
pared to her previous hectic
schedule.

"The hardest thing for
the past two years has been
juggling a full load ot gradu-
ate school and trying to
minister," she said. "Now I
don't have to do a week's
work in one day. "

Daniel, who earned a
master of divinity degree at
Columbia Theological
Seminary- in June, first
became acquainted with
the Morningside congrega-
tion when she was hired as
an intern mjune 1984- At
that time she was working
with church programs in
Christian education and
pastoral care.

Six months later, the
senior pastor told her he
was not happy with his
assignment, Daniel said,
and he left the church and

Perky Daniei

went back to his native
South Carolina. She was
left m charge.

"The first week he was
gone, the basement flooded
and all kinds ot other
things happened I got
broken in well," she said,
laughing.

In the year and a half
since, the church's 210
members ha\'e grown
closer, learning to minister
to themselves and others,
Daniel said.

The church, founded m
1926 at a neighborhood
home and mo\'ed to its
present site at 1411 N.
Morningside Drive, N.E.,
40 years ago, has weathered
some tough times in the
past, according to Daniel.

In the early 1970s, the
state Department ot Trans-
portation appropriated 135

homes in the Morningside
area for Interstate 485,
which was never built.

Many ot the houses were
owned by the church mem-
bers, and one piece of land
owned by the church was
home to the minister and
his family. Daniel said the
resulting exodus from the
area affected membership.

'At one point the presby-
tery said the church was de-
clining in membership . . .
and they didn't know
whether [the church] was
going to continue," she
said.

Now, the people have
moved back into the neigh-
borhood. Membership
and, perhaps more impor-
tantly, attendance have
begun to increase since
Daniel arrived.

Weddings at the church

have been booked into
January, and on some Sun-
days the church, which
holds 400, is so crowded
that people must sit in the
balcony.

The growth of Morning-
side may be partly due to
its programs.

The congregation re-
cently sponsored its first
overseas family and actively
supports the Open Door
Community Center. Com-
munity groups such as
Alcoholics Anonymous,
Scouts and neighborhood
development committees
meet weekly at the church.
Sunday school and youth
programs have become a
priority among members,
and Daniel is fostering a
prison ministry.

The church's strong
music program also attracts

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people from the communi-
ty, said Daniel, who sang
high soprano with the
Atlanta Symphony Chorus
for a year and was an assis-
tant director of the Young
Singers ot Callanwolde tor
seven years.

"We're right here in the
arts community, and we do
creative worship with
music, visual arts and
drama, as well as the
preached word," she said.
"God speaks to us in a lot
of different ways, through a
lot of different media. "

Daniel majored in music
at Agnes Scott and sang
with the choirs at Decatur
and Peachtree Presbyterian
churches before she de-
cided to study pastoral
counseling. It wasn't until
she came to Morningside
that she realized she
wanted to preach, she said.

Being the third woman
to become a senior pastor
in Atlanta has not been
difficult, Daniel said, but it
is odd not to have role
models.

"I didn't know any
women who were [senior]
ministers. If you were a
woman, you were minister
of music or a director of
Christian education, or
maybe hospital chaplain,"
she said. "The other side of
it is, being a minister is
being a minister, regardless
of whether the role models
are male or female."

Daniel has strong roots
within the Presbyterian
faith. She was baptized in
the Northern Presbyterian
Church, confirmed in the
former Southern Presbyte-
rian Church and ordained

into the recently reunited
Presbyterian Church.

Although her lather, a
sales representative for
International Harvester,
and her mother, a regis-
tered dietician, moved
often, Daniel, who is an
only child, has spent the
last 20 years in Atlanta.

She met her husband,
Wallace, 13 years ago after
he saw her singing in the
choir at Decatur Presbyte-
rian Church and sent her a
dozen red roses. They dated
five nights in a row and
then were engaged, al-
though they did not marry
tor another 18 months.

Daniel would like to stay
at Morningside for a while,
although statistics show
that most new pastors are
transferred from their first
church after two or three
years. Eventually, she
would like to earn a doc-
torate degree and teach at
a seminary.

For now, she has her
hands full at Morningside,
taking care ot her staff ot
five and handling the needs
of her diversified congrega-
tion. "We laugh a lot
around here, even in wor-
ship," she said. "I think
this is a special congrega-
tionopen, loving and
energetic."

"If we have some kind ot
vision for the future, it's
growing both individu-
ally and collectively, both
internally and externally,"
she said. Merrell G.
Foote

This article reprinted with
permission from the July 26,
1986, edition of The Atlanta
journal-Cons titu tion .

continued from page 3

the newspaper used only
"Bartell?" I much admire The
New York Times for using Mr.
or Mrs. , and Ms. is OK it
necessary, in every reference
even to accused criminals.
For them, it is especially
welcome as it certainly makes
a person appear "innocent
until proved f^uilty" to use an
appellation [rather] than
simply a surname. A ladylike
(or so we used to be told)
place like Agnes Scott should
certainly use Miss, Mrs., or
Ms. on each reference.

Do please give up just
simply "Donham" references
entirely. Lea\'e that for the
hoys at British "public"
schools.

Frances Wilson Hurst '37
Madison, Wis.

Ms. is meaningless. Female
might just as well be used.
One is either Miss, Mrs. or
Dr. Please give a person who
respects her husband the
opportunity to be Mrs.

Why should Agnes Scott
let the Associated Press or
The New York Times dictate
our policy?

Margaret Wright Rankin '38X
Atlanta, Ga.

You do ha\'e a dilemma in use
of names. It has been hard for
me to get used to women
being called simply by their
lastnames, but obviously this
is the going thing. I person-
ally prefer "Mrs. ," never
"Ms." It seems to me that the
problem with use of original
[maiden] names tor recogni-
tion [is that] these names
must always be used. Now
that I have myselt all in-
N'olved, I ha\'e no further
solution, except to use, tor
example, "Dudney Lynch"
with Ms. or Mrs. on sub-

sequent mentions. I would
have no objection to my tirst
name alone being used. Can
the style vary according to
individual preference.'

Rene DkcIiil'v Lynch '53,\'
Los Altos, Calif

Your Winter '86 issue ot the
Alumnae Magazine is excel-
lent the quality publication
I have been hoping tor these
47 years. And it arrived before
winter had become just a
distant memory.

I cast my vote for the style
manual ot The New York
Times, my longtime favorite
newspaper. The use of last
names only seems somewhat
rough when referring to
Agnes Scott students, faculty
and alumnae, whom we prefer
to regard as gentle folk de-
serving of more dignified
treatment.

Frances Guthrie Brooks '39
Cape Elizabeth, Maine

Please note that the dead-
lines for class news have
been changed. News for
October Main Events is
now due on August 7,
1987. Class news for the
February and June '88
issues are due on Dec. 1,
1987, andMarch 15, 1988,
respectively.

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WORD

OF

MEMORY

BY C. BENTON KLINE JR.

I otter a recollection and a calling
to mind what Socrates called
anamnesis ot Wallace McPherson
Alston, a great person and a great
leader, with thanksgiving for what
he meant in the life ot Agnes Scott
College.

Probably no man, no male person
that is, has ever had as close a
connection with Agnes Scott as
Wallace Alston. He was born in
Decatur in 1906. His grandfather
lived across Candler Street from the
College in a house still standing.
Wallace grew up in Decatur schools,
in Decatur Presbyterian Church,
and played on the Agnes Scott
campus. At the memorial service tor
Dr. James Ross McCain, Dr. Alston
spoke of playing baseball on the
vacant lot where in 1951 the presi-
dent's house was built. In 1931, he
married a former Agnes Scott stu-
dent, Madelaine Dunseith '28X.
And when in 1948 he came to Agnes
Scott as vice president, professor of
philosophy and president-elect, he
came not as a stranger but as one
who shared a deep sense of the

College, its place and its time.

For 25 years, from 1948 to 1973,
Wallace Alston was Agnes Scott m
a very real way, tor he was in intimate
touch with every aspect of its being:
n with the students: every one ot
whom he knew by name, saw in his
office, entertained in his home, and
whose parents he also came to know
and draw into the College family. He
made a habit ot reading all the
admissions folders and learning all
the new students the summer before
they came to the College. I remember
the dogged efforts to reach parents
of a student who was ill or to reach

a student who had gone home at the
death of a parent. 1 remember also
the trip he. Miss Scandrett and Mr.
Rogers made to the Atlanta jail to
gain the release ot students arrested
tor sitting in with tellow students
trom Spelman College at an all-night
hamburger stand in Atlanta;
D with the/acu/t>' and staff: those he
inherited and those he brought to
the College, whose life and families,
interests and concerns, joys and
sorrows, hopes and fears, he shared
and cared about. 1 remember the way
he arranged tor people to complete
degrees, as he did tor me, how he
shared in the joy oi the publication
ot a new article or book or in family
additions, and how he comforted
people in the sorrow ot losses;
D with those ivho worked in the more
menial tasks, many ot whom had been
at the College for years, whose labors
he honored and whose lives also he
shared;

n with members of the Board of
Trustees, whose lives and interests he
knew and kept in touch with and
whose concerns about business or

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 91

politics or church he heard and
commented on;

D with the a/urnnae, those from his
days and of earUer days. He took
great pride in them, their ac-
compUshments and service, and he
worked to keep them in touch with
the College;

n with the f)li^sical plant, the build-
ings and grounds about which he
cared deeply. I remember the annual
rounds with Dean Scandrett and
Business Manager P. J. Rogers to
inspect every room and space in the
College to set the summer renewal
program oi painting and repair, and
his concern about "the ditches" that
always seemed to be most obvious in
late August: would they he covered
by the time school began?;
n with the curriculum and what
went on in the classroom. Probably
no other president of his time at-
tended meetings ot the curriculum
committee so regularly and asked
such penetrating questions about
proposals tor courses;
D with the distinguished visitors,
lecturers, visiting scholars, drama
troupes and musicians, who were
invited to the College and more
often than not visited the president's
home for conversation after their
appearance. I remember the evenings
with Robert Frost, or the current
religious emphasis week speaker, and
one memorable evening when Presi-
dent Alston quizzed Paul Tillich
about his sermon-writing.

During those 25 years, Wallace
Alston expressed with eloquence and
integrity his vision for Agnes Scott,
a vision that was a shared one. In
his 1957 annual report, he asked:
What constitutes a "great" college?
Part of his answer was this:

lb be a great college, we must keep
alive the great motives and p^irposes
that have been responsible for the
establishment and growth of
Agnes Scott to her present stature.
. . . Moreover, the effort to be a
great college requires clear thinking

^^To be a great

College f we must

keep alive the great

motives and
purposes that have

been responsible

for the establishment

and growth of

Agnes Scott to

her present stature**^

about our present task. . . .We are
convinced that our educational
responsibility is to continue to
offer the bachelor ot arts degree to
young women in a relatively small
student body; to provide a rich
curriculum, integrating the Chris-
tian interpretation of lite with a
high quality of academic work in
an environment where personal
relationships between members of
the educational community per-
tain. In such a situation we are
trying to otter a liberal arts training
that touches lite vitally and deter-
minatively. We are convinced
that, far from being visionary,
vague, and unrelated to life, a
liberal arts education ought to fit
young people to live with them-
selves; it ought to contribute to
marriage, to vocational success,
and to good citizenship; it ought
to help with the highest level of
adjustment the relationship of
[a person] with God. The type ot
education offered at Agnes Scott
is predicated upon the conviction
that a mind trained to think is
essential if life is to be unfettered,
rich, and free.

The ouireach and the impact of the
College must be cumulatively
vital. The ultimate test [ot the
validity of our effort as a Christian
liberal arts college] is the intrinsic
worth ot Agnes Scott students,
here and after college days are
over, in the homes that they
establish, the professional and
business careers upon which they
enter, the church, civic, educa-
tional, and social relationships
that they maintain. I am quite
willing for Agnes Scott's contribu-
tion to be measured in such terms;
that it should be so measured is,
at any rate, inevitable.
On retirement from Agnes Scott,
the Alstons moved to Wood Hill at
Norris Lake some miles away, but
President Emeritus Alston never
relinquished his deep ties to Decatur
and to the College. He did not
impose his presence, but he came
when invited and kept in touch. And
he continued to be for many of us the
reality ot Agnes Scott.

Scholar and Teacher

Wallace Alston was a scholar all
his days. His formal education in-
cluded a bachelor's degree from
Emory University followed by the
master's in philosophy. He earned
the bachelor of divinity at Columbia
Seminary, and in his early years of
ministry, earned the Th.M. and
Th. D. degrees at Union Seminary in
Richmond, Va. Through the years he
went often to summer sessions at
schools in the United States and
abroad.

But beyond his formal education,
Wallace Alston was a scholar by
habit. He was always reading, not
just tor pleasure, but to extend his
learning and insight. He would
tackle a particular writer a poet or
novelist and read the works and
then biographies and critical studies.
He also loved history and biography,
and he read widely in theology as

110 SPRING 1987

Age 12

Age 11

At 17 in 1923

well. Finding it difficult to read in
his last months, he was studying The
Canterbury Tales in talking book
form, and some new materials arrived
just after his death.

His commitment to scholarship is
exemplified in these words from his
1960 report:
We believe that truth is of God
and is imperious; that it transcends
all attempts to codify and delimit
it, all forms of partisanship, profes-
sionalism, and propagandizing
zeal; and that it requires humility,
honesty, courage, and patience of
all who are concerned to discover
it (even in approximation), under-
stand it, and follow it where it
requires them to go in their think-
ing. Freedom of inquiry in the
college community is a sine qua
non. . . .

Wallace Alston was also a teacher.
When he came to Agnes Scott in
1948, he was professor of philosophy,
taking over a small field in the

T

Dr* Alston spoke

of playing hasehall

on the vacant

lot where the

president's house

was huilt in 1951.

psychology department and offering
new and exciting courses. When he
recruited me for the faculty to de-
velop the philosophy department he
wrote to me: "... As 1 explained
to you, 1 am going to relinquish all
of my philosophy teaching with the
exception of a three-hour course in
the spring on the Christian religion.
1 may not be able to keep this course
indefinitely, but I would like to do a
little teaching in connection with
the administrative work that 1 will
assume in July." He did not give up

that course for 15 years or more, and
every year he had some of the
brightest and best of Agnes Scott
juniors and seniors, together with
students from Emory and Georgia
Tech, sitting in on his presentation
of the philosophical bases of the
Christian faith.

Wallace Alston not only believed
but also exemplified what he wrote
in his first annual report in 1952:
"The best education is still that
which a great teacher makes possible
to a student when personalities touch
vitally, when the channel of admira-
tion conveys living truth to the mind
and heart of a young man or woman. "

Being an educator or teacher
meant for Wallace Alston a concern
for the whole person. He cared about
what happened to character and
personhood. Some students resented
that. One, now a very distinguished
professional and a community leader,
said once: "You can do anything you
want to stretch my mind, but don't

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mess with my morals." It was not a
matter of "messing with morals" hut
of supporting and challenging people
to take responsibility for their lives
and become real persons. That was
sometimes painful. Student Govern-
ment and the Honor System offered
a pattern ot responsible living in the
community, but failures meant
consequences and sometimes hitter
feelings on the part of those who felt
the institution to be against them.
But there were rewards, also, as shy
people claimed their strengths and
inexperienced people gained self-
confidence and many, many students
learned responsibility.

Wallace Alston believed that
Agnes Scott students and alumnae
were especially called on to he
responsible persons. On many occa-
sions, especially at Commencement,
he spoke to students of their calling
to "the aristocracy of competence"
and of the responsibility in life that
he called "the liability ot pri\'ilege. "

Minister

Wallace Alston was ordained to
the ministry by Atlanta Presbytery
in 1931. He served as a pastor in
Charleston, WVa., as the director
of young peoples' work for the Presby-
terian Church, and again as a pastor
at Druid Hills Church in Atlanta.
From there he came to Agnes Scott,
in response to what he regarded as a
call to another form of ministry. (Not
all the faculty were thrilled at the
idea of a minister as president, but
when they discovered what manner
of minister this was, they changed
their opinion. ) That sense of call was
very real to him, and the conviction
that God had called him to the post
sustained him through the pressures
and pains of the presidency.

Wallace Alston was a superb
preacher, who was in great demand
and who had three volumes of his
sermons published; he was a faithful
churchman, and in 1961, the centen-
nial year of the Presbyterian Church

His ministry in

the Agnes

Scott community

was clearly shown

in his leadership

of worship*

(U.S.) he was elected moderator of
the General Assembly.

Above all Wallace Alston was a
pastor, in the Agnes Scott commu-
nity and beyond. He entered into
people's lives in a caring and support-
ing way, and the fruit of that became
most evident m the weddings and
baptisms at which he was asked to
officiate and in the funerals he was
called upon to conduct sometimes
tor people whose lives he had shared
30 or more years before. His door was
always open to students and faculty,
yet confidences were poured out to
him behind closed doors.

His ministry in the Agnes Scott
community was clearly evidenced in
his leadership of worship. He led and
spoke in more than half of the
required Wednesday convocations
each year. Probably most remem-
bered is the almost annual talk
'About This Time ot the Year, " given

in late January or early February
when the winter quarter was at its
lowest ebb, when the weather was
wretchedly dark, damp and cold,
and having as its key idea the need
for GUMPTION -what I think
Paul Tillich meant by the courage to
be.

But besides the convocations,
there were his weeks of evening
vespers after supper, the exam
chapels, which he led with just a
hymn and some scripture and simple
prayer, and, for the faculty, the
simple faculty prayers where he read
some scripture and a piece of devo-
tional literature from a saint or a
poet, and we had prayer for students,
for colleagues, for the world.

Husband, Father, Friend

Wallace and Madelaine Alston
opened their home to students, to
faculty, to visitors to the campus.
But the home they opened was the
home they maintained in an integrity
of family lite. Wallace Alston took
time for his family. I'm sure it was
never as much as they wished, but
he made sure that they had him there
when they needed him. I remember
a meeting being terminated because
it was time to go and take Mary to
the Shrine circus, and I remember
the reports of the long conversations
with "young Wallace" as he worked
through his own vocational struggles.
And he and Madelaine radiated a
caring love for each other.

Those of us who were privileged
to work closely with Wallace Alston
valued him not only for his scholar-
ship, his commitment to education,
his ministry, his articulation ot what
Agnes Scott was, but above all for
his friendship for the way he shared
himself graciously and modestly. We
give thanks tor Wallace Alston
because in the providence ot God our
lives were intertwined with his and
from his strength and character and
faith we have drawn for the shape
and strength ot our own lives.

12 SPRING 1987

T

We give thanks for
Wallace Alston* In the

providence ofQodj

our lives were

intertivined with his*

Some of those ivhose lives he touched (I. to r.): Sharing a laugh with faculty; at
home with his family; a proud grandfather to Elizabeth Leslie.

At the celebration ot the 75th
anniversary ot Agnes Scott College,
Wallace Alston offered the prayer of
re-dedication ot the College. That
prayer conveys something ot the
character and faith of Wallace
Alston, which he shared through the
years in the life of Agnes Scott, and
for which we are giving thanks as we
remember him:

Almighty God, our Father, Source of
our life. Inspiration of our labors, and
Goal of all our hopes and purposes

We rejoice in the knowledge that in
Thee we live, and move, and have our
being; that Thou hast created us for
Thyself, so that our hearts are restless
until they find rest in Thee; and that in
Thy light we may see life clearly, and

in Thy service find our freedom artd
Thy purpose for us . . .

We gladly reneiv the vows of commit-
ment to truth, solemnly assumed by
those who have gone before us in the
work of this institution. Grant to us,
we pray, a full measure of devotion to
excellence in scholarship, to integiity of
life both in and out of the classroom,
and to freedom of the mind and spirit
in every aspect of our experience as a
college. Grant to us the courage to be
and to do what Thou dost expect of us.
Forbid that we shall ever be afraid of
that which is high, or distinctive, or
difficidt. Keep us from false pride in
past achievements and from self -satis-
faction and complacency in present
responsibilities. Grant that we may
continue to be dissatisfied with every-

thing that is taivdry or shoddy, with
premature arrangements and com-
promises that reduce tensions but result
in mediocrity.

Help us to live a contemporary life,
willing to face new issues and to discover
new truth, holdingfast to that which is
good out of the past, and faithfully
conserving and interpreting to young
people timeless truth and values. Grant
that we may place our obligation to
Thee above every other allegiance, no
matter whether this appears to be
popular or unpopular May it please
Thee, Our Father, to sustain and
strengthen our intellectual and spiritual
life so that our witness to the truth may
be clear and strong.

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 131

"Excellence has always

been a byword in his

approach to those

institutions which have

had his interest , , .

Our debt to

Qeorge Woodruff is so

great that it can only

be acknowle^edf

never repaid,^*

BY KAY PARKERSON O'BRIANT 70W

George Waldo
Woodruff may be
remembered longer
tor his stunning
generosity and
vision than tor his
immense wealth. With tortunes built
from The Coca-Cola Company's 100
years of success, "Mr. George" and
his older brother Robert gave un-
precedented millions as well as
valuable leadership to education, the
arts, medicine and social organiza-
tions in the city of Atlanta and the
state of Georgia.

Agnes Scott was no exception. For
more than 31 years, George Woodruff
served as an Agnes Scott trustee.
At her death in 1982 , Irene Tift King
Woodruff left $1 million to the
College. President Schmidt sought
George Woodruffs permission to use
the gift's interest income for financial
aid for Return to College students.
This enabled the College to publicize
the availability of aid for RTCs and
Mrs. Woodruffs bequest.

Their family ties to the College
included Mr. George's aunt, Frances
Winship Walters 'IN, and Irene
Woodruffs mother, Clara Belle
Rushton King 'IN.

After Woodruff s death on Feb. 4,
1987, at the age of 91, Roberto C.
Goizueta, chairman and CEO of
Coca-Cola observed that, "His gifts
of time and money have left a lasting
mark on higher education in Atlanta
and the Southeast. He will be greatly
missed."

Although Woodruffs support
permeated Atlanta institutions, his
influence and that of his brother were
often hard to pinpoint, especially in
earlier years. They refused to allow
their gifts to be publicized or acknowl-
edged, but their name nevertheless
became synonymous with large gifts
from "an anonymous donor." In
1984, Forbes Magazine estimated
George Woodruffs wealth at $200
million.

Mr. George's mark on Agnes
Scott's physical campus is evident:
Winship and Walters residence halls.

major laboratory equipment for
Campbell Science Hall, a renm-ated
library and air-conditioned buildings
can be linked to his generosity. An
acti\'e and \'ocal trustee, he served
as vice chair from 195 5- 1961 and on
the investment committee for many
years. Before his death. Woodruff
had agreed to be honorary chair of
the College's centennial campaign.
His longtime secretary Vela Rocker
remembered, "He worked as hard tor
these various schools as he ever did
in his business life."

Secretary to the Board of Trustees
Bertie Bond remembered Mr.
George's personal friends from all
walks of lite and his work on the
board. "President Alston counted on
his judgment and his wisdom. Mr.
Woodruff was consulted on many
other matters, not just financial
ones."

Trustee Suzella Burns Newsome
'57 recalled his humor. "He was
unbelievably spiff\- and alert. He was
just so jovial, quite an amazing
person. He would often joke at the
treatment he got and the fuss that was
all around him when he appeared."

The College's former vice presi-
dent for development, Paul M.
McCain, remembered Woodruffs
retirement from the board in 1974.
"The Student Government Associa-
tion had a special dinner tor him.
The students invited him and Mrs.
Woodruff to be their guests for a
formal dinner and they had a delight-
ful time. Usually students don't get
to know a trustee as well as they
might. I know Mr. Woodruff told
some stories that were more appropri-
ate for a men's club than an Agnes
Scott group. But one of the girls
came up to him afterward and said,
'You know, that stor^- that you told is
one of my father's favorites.' The
students liked it so well that they
began having other dinners to honor
people."

AsC. Benton Kline, former dean
of the faculty at Agnes Scott, said,
"[George Woodruff] stood for the
right things in academic life. And
that wasn't his principal point of

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 151

The 19-year-old Tech

stiident had an interest in

anything mechanical.

interest or expertise. But he always
voted for the right thing for the
College."

Specifically, Kline recalled a 1956
conflict over a commencement ad-
dress to be given by theologian Nels
Ferre. Some people close to the
College protested that Ferre, a
professor of philosophical theology at
Vanderbilt, held beliefs that were
theologically unsound.

Opposition came from some mem-
bers of the board and some local
Presbyterians, said Kline. Did the
College have the right to invite
speakers whose beliefs dissent from
those of its leadership?

The board, with Woodruff as
acting chairman, stated, "We believe
such a policy of academic freedom is
consistent with the position of Agnes
Scott as a Christian college and
essential to the adequate liberal arts
training of our students. We reaffirm
our opposition to the view that
students, in their Christian academic
training, must be protected from
reading or hearing points of view not
in accord with the particular theolog-
ical position of members of the Board
and Administration and of the
[Presbyterian] church [with] which
Agnes Scott College has long
associated."

"In this crisis, the board moved
ahead instead of retreating," said
Kline. "That was attributed as much
to Dr. Alston, as [it was] to the
board. But it was people like Mr.
Woodruff, Mr. Gaines and Hal
Smith who were willing to go ahead
and buck the crowd for what they
thought was right."

Born Aug. 27, 1895, George
Woodruff was the third of Emily and
Ernest Woodruff's four children. He
grew up in Atlanta and attended
public schools, graduating from Tech
High School. With an interest in
anything mechanical, especially new
inventions like the automobile and
motorcycle, George went on to
attend Georgia Tech and Mas-
sachusetts Institute of Technology.
But World War I interrupted his
studies and he never returned. Dur-

ing the war he did manual labor and
drafting in civilian services in Savan-
nah. Later, on his motorcycle and
sidecar, he ferried medical supplies
and doctors around Emory's campus
and back and forth from Fort
McPherson.

In 1919, Ernest Woodruff was
president of Trust Company Bank
and led a consortium to purchase the
Coca-Cola Co. Afterwards George
worked for several years in jobs
related to Coke interests or other
companies his father ran. After
working from 1920-1926 as local
sales manager for White Motor Co. ,
he moved to Birmingham in 1926 to
join Continental Gin. In 1930 he
became its president, by 1934 he was
chairman of the board. Cotton was
still king in the South, and Conti-
nental Gin was more powerful than
Coca-Cola at that time. He joined
the Coca-Cola board of directors in
1936.

For a man born to wealth. Wood-
ruff had a reputation for thriftiness.
He would often leave his office in the
Trust Company Building to lunch in
the employee dining room. Each
time, he used his ID card to get his
40 percent employee discount.

A lifelong Georgia Tech football
fan, he held a block of season tickets
that he shared with friends and
associates. He went to home games,
even through last fall, when he
brought his nurse and had to move
to a box seat.

Woodruff was also an avid golfer,
belonging to clubs in Atlanta, Au-
gusta and Highlands, N.C. Ben
Gilmer remembers that Woodruff
always played to win, and was usually
willing to have a small wager on the
side.

He delighted in his family, and
remained close to brother Robert, his
neighbor on Tuxedo Road. They
shared breakfast together often,
friends noted. Another friend remem-
bered George one Christmas playing
hide-and-seek with his grandsons
and their new walkie-talkies.

And in 1985, when five educa-
tional institutions threw him a 90th

116 SPRING 1987

Qeorge Woodruff sits on the bed in which he was horn, and later slept infer much of his life.

"He Stood for the

right things in

academic life.

And that wasn^t

his principal point of

interest or expertise.

But he always voted

for the right
thing for the College,"

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 171

Hosts figured out a perfect

solution to the old Coke, new

Coke dilemma for Mr. Woodruff

at his 90th birthday party.

birthday luncheon in the Emory PE
Center named for him, a Ramblin'
Wreck deHvered him to the door.
Gag gifts could not be resisted. At
the height of the old Coke-new Coke
furor, students presented him a Coke
hat with a can of each and two very
long straws so he wouldn't have to
decide.

President Ruth Schmidt led off
the congratulations from hosts Agnes
Scott, Emory, Georgia Tech, Mercer
and Westminster Schools. "1 did not
have an opportunity to know you,
Mr. Woodruff, when you were active
on our hoard, but 1 am grateful that
I do have the privilege of knowing
you now as a caring and charming
person, who has never lost interest
in Agnes Scott always inquiring
about enrollment, attending meet-
ings of the investment committee,
and most recently, visiting campus
to inspect the renovation projects
well underway for our centennial in
1989."

Boisfeuillet Jones, Robert W.
Woodruff Foundation president,
believes few individuals will ever
match the impact of the Woodruff
brothers on Atlanta. Unlike other
major national philanthropists, the
Woodruffs concentrated their gifts
on institutions and organizations in
Atlanta and Georgia. "There will be
other people who do things and who
have results in Atlanta," he said.
"But it's getting too big and too
diverse to think in terms of individu-
als having the same kind of impact. "

In future years, visitors to Atlanta
may feel that the Woodruff name is
second only to Peachtree in its
frequency on the city's landscape.
Buildings in honor of Irene and
George Woodruff include Emory's
graduate residence hall, physical
education center and a wing of the
Egleston Hospital for Children.
Georgia Tech has honored him with
a residence hall and school of
mechanical engineering, and Mercer
University has a Woodruff House.

Agnes Scott will soon dedicate the
Irene and George Woodruff Quad-
rangle in the center of campus.

In his busy lifetime, Woodruff held
directorships in Atlantic Steel Co. ,
several Coca-Cola subsidiaries. Trust
Company of Georgia, and West
Point Pepperell Inc. In addition to
Agnes Scott, he served as a trustee
to Emory University, The Georgia
Tech Foundation, the Atlanta Met-
ropolitan YMCA, Walter F. George
School of Law, Mercer University,
Rabun Gap Nacoochee School, West
Point Pepperell Foundation, the
F.D.R. Warm Springs Memorial
Commission, and the Emily and
Ernest Woodruff Foundation (set up
to distribute their assets after their
deaths).

Perhaps the best testament to
Woodruffs enduring worth is con-
tained in the words of a toast in his
honor. Its author has been forgotten,
but the sentiment still rings true:
"Excellence has always been a byword
in his approach to those institutions
which have had his interest. His
outlook has also consistently been
wise, positive, and constructive. In
a word, our debt to George Woodruff
is so great that it can only be acknowl-
edged, never repaid. "0

Kay Parkerson O'Briant, a freelance
vuriter living in Atlanta, graduated from
Agnes Scott in 1974.

Irene King Woodruff

118 SPRING 1987

At 90, Qeorge Woodruff stands

before aportrcdt of himself as a

S-yeaT'old, part of an exhibit for

his birthday gala in 1985.

AGNES scon ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 191

STRATEGIST FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS:

REBECCA FEWELL

child is born deaf, or
blind, or mentally retarded. The bewildered, grieving family be-
gins telephoning the world of experts, a state agency or local
university. They ask: Wliat does the future hold? How can we
manage daily life with this child? Frequently, the caller is referred
to one of the nation's foremost centers for research and education
of special needs children: the Experimental Education Unit of the
Child Development and ^^I^HB^BJ Mental Retardation Cen-
ter at the University of ^w^^^'^^K Washington in Seattle,
and its central figure, ^p, A^^^l Dr- Rebecca Eewell '58.

BY KATHERIN'E ROSETH

20 SPRING 1987

Dr. Rebecca Fewell '58 does groundbreaking work with special-needs children
at the University ofWashington in Seattle.

AGNES scon ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 211

er office is hidden
behind massive
pink concrete
blocks in the uni-
versity's hospital
and health science
complex. By con-
trast the Experi-
mental Education Unit's low-slung
buildings suggest a pre-school more
than a medical research facility. The
Pacific Northwest asserts itself here
Douglas firs, rhododendrons, a bevy
of wild Canadian geese on the lawn.
Behind, sailboats pass along the
Montlake Cut waterway connecting
Puget Sound and private docks on
Lake Washington. Out front, a
school bus unloads a troop of noisy
preschoolers, many with the distinc-
tive bone structure of Down syndrome.

Inside, the really pleasant areas
are for children the courtyard play
area and the cheerful classrooms. Dr.
Fewell and her secretary work out of
two cluttered, windowless cubicles
off a linoleum and brick-lined cor-
ridor. They are unimposing accom-
modations for the professor of educa-
tion recruited by the University of
Washington in 1979 to direct the
projects of its internationally recog-
nized facility. Then she was chair of
the department of special education
at George Peabody University in
Nashville, Tenn. She had a well-
established reputation for her pioneer-
ing work with deaf and blind children.
Now the principal investigator on
a dozen grants, Dr. Fewell solicits
and manages more than $1 million
a year in federal and private research
funds. Fewell also directs the work of
15 to 18 graduate students. She leads
a hectic life scheduled with national
and international conferences and

Teachers tisiudly succeed using a playful, relaxed approach much like
FewelVs interaction here with KristofferVierra.

an impressive array of publications to
her credit. Between travels she
divides her time shepherding grant
proposals through the funding pro-
cess, consulting with her staftw'riters
and editors, and reviewing current
programs with graduate student
project managers. Still, she will take
a telephone call from a stricken
family member one who is deter-
mined to reach her from Minneapolis
or Beaufort, S.C. These contacts can
develop into long-term friendships,
celebrated by the smiles of parents
and children in photographs on her
bulletin board.

Oft the telephone now and ready
for her one o'clock appointment, she
is gracious, welcoming. No skirted
suit or white lab coat of the pow-
erhouse academic here. Fewell wears
a bright blue shirtwaist dress with a
peach kerchief at her throat. She's
petite, feminine, pretty the 4th-
grade teacher a child falls in love
with, as they probably did in
Nashville when she taught in public
schools in the early '60s.

Her roots are unmistakably south-
ern, but she has no drawl. There's
no time to speak slowly. Animated
by her subject, Fewell describes her
first encounters with disabled chil-
dren at the Shriner's Hospital in
Decatur, Ga. A sociology major at
Agnes Scott then, she tackled one
ot the community service projects
encouraged by the College. As she
read to children bound in wheel-
chairs and braces, she realized how
much they were like able-bodied
children how much they wanted to
laugh and talk and he with people.
That idea trailed her through her
professional life as a criterion for
judging behaviorist or humanist
therapies. Regardless of the theoreti-
cal model, she says, whatever invites
the child into the human community
is good.

"I can teach a child to hold her
own spoon," she explains, "using a
behaviorist approach. I hold the
spoon and give her 10 bites. I measure
the help she needs each time, and
gradually withdraw my support.
Eventually, she can manage the
spoon herself which is good, be-
cause it will make her more indepen-
dent and seem more human to us.

I22sp''i's w

"1/ 1 leant to teach a child to communicate," says Rebecca Fewell, "I
have to motivate her, I have to make her want to solve a problem. "

"But if I want to teach that child
to communicate, 1 have to motivate
her, I have to make her want to solve
a problem." Fewell turns around to
take a tiny wind-up toy from her
bookshelf. Describing a deaf and
nearly blind child as an example, she
explains:

"First, I'll show the child that 1
enjoy the toy, myself. " She winds up
the car and lets it rattle across the
desk. "Then I'll leave it out and wait
to see if she's interested. I'll wind it
up again and let it go. Then she may
play with it, but she can't get it to
work. I show her a third time, and
while she's watching I take the key
and put it in my pocket. I may say
'keeey, keeey,' to associate it with a
sound, in case she has some hearing.
But to get to that key and to play
with the car, she has to go through
me. She must communicate. That's
what I want, human communication."

Themes ot humanist versus be-
haviorist theories pepper the discus-
sion, suggesting a major dichotomy
in the field. Fewell is the practical
educator: do what works. But to

know what works for a given child,
she weighs all the variables and
complexities that affect him or
her not only the severity of the
child's handicap, but the strengths
and expectations ot the family.

"If the parents believe in very strict
discipline and think the only way to
teach a child is to put him in a chair,
pull him up to the table, and drill
him for 20 minutes, then I have to
find a strategy that will lend itself to
that," she explains. Usually parents
learn as they go, especially when
they observe a teacher's success using
a playful, relaxed approach. How-
ever, the child is in the family to
stay, and Fewell believes the treat-
ment program must build on their
values or it will likely fail.

Her research on family interac-
tions contributes much knowledge to
the field of special education. She
introduced the family perspective
into her work with deaf and blind
children in the mid '60s and early
'70s. An epidemic of rubella swept
the country from 1963 to 1965,
leaving behind an estimated 20,000
deaf and blind children. The govern-
ment established regional research

centers tor the deaf and blind. One
opened at Peabody College, where
Fewell was finishing a master's degree
in learning disabilities to return to
the classroom as a special education
teacher.

"It was a case ot being in a certain
place at a certain time," she says.
"My work with learning disabilities
did not give me an adequate back-
ground working with children who
were both deaf and blind. But at the
time I was one ot the few there who
was willing to try to work with these
challenging children. So I began an
evaluation and treatment center for
these children and their families."

The overwhelming nature
of a deaf and blind
child's disability may
have prompted Fewell
to reach out to all
sources of family and
community support.
"We would have families
come and spend at least a week with
us, w^hile we assessed the child and
developed a treatment program.
Sometimes we'd get the parents away
from the child for an evening and
take them out on the town, to get
to know them as people.

"1 always tried to find out the
family's real resources," Dr. Fewell
explains. "Where does the mother
turn tor help? Is it the maternal
grandmother? Bring her in." Then
when the time comes to do something
difficult say, take away the bottle
from a child who should have been
oft a bottle tour years ago the
important people around the parents
will agree that they're doing the right
thing, even through the child's
screams and tantrums.

The family, Fewell admits, is a
network of complex relations that
may itself pose problems, but it

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 231

brings in a richness and strength,
too. "Seldom do educators realize the
impact ot belief systems in the birth
of an impaired child," she observes.
Even religious convictions that seem
counterproductive at first ("God is
punishing me") can work to the
child's good.

Fewell describes a fun-
damentalist Christian
family she once worked
with who insisted their
child's handicap was
God's will. They re-
sisted all suggestions for
therapy, and after some
frustration, Fewell tried a new mes-
sage: God gave you this child because
you would work harder than any
other family to help her reach her
full potential. "It worked!" she
remembers. "That family still calls
me . . . and 1 think it's because I did
not deny their beliefs."

Fewell's vision combines respect
for people's richness and resilience
with her awareness of technology's
potential to solve problems on a mass
scale. A current project uses comput-
ers to design therapeutic and educa-
tional programs for rural families or
those in places without local
facilities. "Right after a child is
diagnosed, it's typical for the family
to want to move to Seattle, to be in
our program. That's generally not
realistic." The parents' desperate
need to connect can still be satisfied
through the project's computerized
treatment program.

jj^^^"-^^-!

An avid cyclist, Rebecca Feti'eU sometimes logs up to 100 miles per day
during summer outings ivith the Cascade Bicycling Cltih in Seattle.

It works a little like a correspon-
dence course. The child's physician
or nurse practitioner evaluates her at
home and sends the results to Seattle.
The project staff enters data concern-
ing the child's condition and the
family's lifestyle and environment
into the computer. The center uses
the computer to create a therapy
program focused on the details of
daily life.

For example, the child practices
large motor skills exercises at
bathtime or language skills on a trip
to the grocery store. When a parent
gets confused or frustrated, help is a
telephone call away.

"Right now we have 60 children
in the project, but with enough staff
and equipment we could stay in
touch with any number. It's a matter
of sharing the rich resources of a

university with those who feel they
are really removed from it. I have
families in the rural South who feel
they have the greatest program in the
world, and we've never seen their
children!" Fewell smiles. "They feel
connected."

Her own two children are grown.
Her sons, ages 24 and 27, live and
work in Nashville, Tenn. Now single,
Fewell makes it East to a vacation
home in Hilton Head, S.C.,
whenever she can. Despite logging
up to 200,000 miles a year with
work-related traveling, she doesn't
stay sedentary at home either. For
relaxation, she belongs to the Cas-
cade Bicycling Club in Seattle. She
sometimes cycles more than 100
miles on a balmy summer day.

124 SPRING 1987

An animated Fewell ivorks ivith student Akemi Ito. She hopes to delve
into cross-cultural studies in special education in the future.

[though she
hves some 3,000
miles from De-
catur, Fewell
finds that Agnes
Scott is never
tar from her.
About a year
ago, a man called from South
Carolina and demanded to speak
with no one but her. "I have a
problem," he told her. "My grandson
has been born in Italy and has Down
syndrome. My daughter doesn't
know what to do they have some
resources there, but not enough.
She's 34 years old and has a Ph.D.,
so I know she'll be able to carry out
anything you recommend. Shall we
bring him to the States and have you
take a look at him?"

The doctor consented and the
family stayed with her while the
child was evaluated. The baby's

mother happened to see an Agnes
Scott Magazine in Fewell's home.
She told the doctor that her mother,
Mary Elizabeth Ward Danielson,
graduated from the College in 1943.
Dr. Fewell has since talked with the
baby's grandmother by telephone
and hopes to visit when she returns
to South Carolina.

In the future, Fewell would like to
delve into cross-cultural studies in
special education, particularly with
Japan. In some Asian societies, she
notes, the birth ot a handicapped
child is a major family disgrace.
Instead of seeking support in strong
family ties, parents may choose to
suppress the bad news and stay
isolated, with dire consequences to
the child's development.

Cross-cultural studies are not the
only thing on Fewell's mind. Her
success with grants has her curious
to be on the other side of the fence,
perhaps as a policymaker. "I'd like to
see more flexibility in the range ot
treatment available to families," she
notes. Working as part ot a policy
group would present new oppor-
tunities to put ideas into action,
especially at the federal level. "That's
where they make the decisions regard-
mg who will be served and hov\'."
Fewell believes that the public com-
mitment to special education will
continue, despite massive federal
budget deficits. "The challenge is to
make it all come together in a crea-
ti\'e, exciting way," she says.

On the way out ot the Experimen-
tal Educational Unit, an example ot
such creativity exists. In the middle
of one of the corridors, carved into
the red brick wall at eye-level is a
flock of bas-reliet birds taking off up
to the ceiling. It's a surge of effort,
aspiration, and beauty, superimposed
over the hard reality of brick. Within
these walls lies faith in human
possibility, even tor those denied the
tull range of human gifts.

Katherine Ruseth ivorks as a public
information officer at the University of
Washington in Seattle.

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 251

His quiet, strong voice could
belong to a doctor soothing
a patient, calming a child,
gaining the trust of a
family. Beneath his slightly gray
hair, his heavy brows and wire-
rimmed glasses couch dark brown
eyes which steadily survey his
students. Mack Peel's voice and
manner create a deceptive stillness
in his mid-morning seminar on
peacemaking. He and his half-dozen
students probe for understanding of
the history of the church and war:
the Crusades, the Holocaust, and
Hiroshima.

They dig deeply into the expected
fare basic readings in an anthology
by the Cambridge Women's Peace
Collective, the Mennonite State-
ments on Peace 1915-1966, Roland
Sainton's Christian Attitudes Toward
War and Peace, the Presbyterian
Peacemaking: The Believer's Calling,
as well as the Catholic Bishops'
famous pastoral letter of 1983.

But there the safe distance ends.
Slides and films propel the students
and their teacher into the war
experience: "Causes and Effects of
the First World War," Hitler's
"Trmmph of Will," film clips of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki ruins,
"Faces of War" in Nicaragua and El
Salvador.

They study the church as villain,
victor, victim; and scrutinize
attempts to bring peace by proclama-
tion, protest, pacifism. The students'
final exam will he the same as for all
of us to wrestle with history and
belief, and to make a choice.

For Malcolm L. Peel this is no
academic exercise. He has designed
the course to be more than just study
for students. "I want them to
understand what was at stake in the
1940s as they consider the church's
response to the war," he says. "The
way to expand my horizons and to
challenge things which are un-
examined in my own life is to teach
a course about them, to be 'a
co-learner' with my students."

New to Agnes Scott last fall, Dr.
Peel came as the first full-time

By Lynn Donham

AND

THOU

"Dag Hammerskjcild,

who was for years the Secretary

General

of the United Nations,

wrote in his diary:

People who are worried about

the world issues,

about the global problems,

very easily forget

the smaller issues.

If you are not willing to be good

in the smaller circle

of your family and friends,

you cant do anything

for humanity as such.

Without that intimacy,

you live in a world of abstractions,

in which your solipsism,

your hunger for power,

your destructive tendencies,

maim their only more powerful

opponent:

love.

It is better to be good

with all one's heart

to one person

than to sacrifice

oneself

tor the whole of humanity . . . ."

Tcikcn/n^))! Jesus, Hope Drawing

Near by Joseph G. Donders,

published by Orbis.

Wallace M. Alston Professor of Bible
and Religion and chair of the
Department of Bible and Religion.
He brings 20 years of teaching
experience, respected expertise in a
range ot biblical studies, and strong
student and peer evaluations.
Formerly chair of the Department of
Philosophy and Religion at Coe
College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Peel
was named most outstanding teacher
there. Once, on a two-year leave
from Coe, he raised $2 million in
endowment to support faculty
research at the Herbert Hoover
Presidential Library in West Branch,
Iowa.

An ordained Presbyterian minis-
ter, his thorough, creative approach
to teaching twice has earned him
recognition from the Outstanding
Americans Foundation as Outstand-
ing Educator in America. In his last
three years at Coe, Peel taught 14
different courses, including eight
new ones. Grants and fellowships
from the Guggenheim, Fulbright,
Mellon and Lilly foundations have
enabled Peel to publish 4 mono-
graphs, 13 articles, 4 translations, 30
book reviews and to create a
pioneering closed-circuit television
series on the New Testament for the
Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.

The third ot three sons born to Frank
and Ella Peel in Jetfersonville, Ind. ,
Peel was 4 years old when World War
11 untolded. "1 became closely
identified with my father's career and
the military purposes of the U.S. My
mother used to dress me in a
junior-sized Army uniform, and I
sang songs on behalf of war bonds
sales," he remembers. Like most boys
of the '40s, he played games to kill
"Krauts" and "Japs." His father
completed a 33-year career as a
colonel in the Army Quartermaster
Corps serving through two world
wars and in the Civilian Conserva-
tion Corps.

But World War II was not fun and
games. While helping to cut a new
supply route through the Indian
jungles after the Japanese had

126 SPRING 1987

captured the Burma Road, Frank
Peel contracted an unknown tropical
disease that shadowed the rest ot his
life with suffering.

"That suffering had something to
do with my interest in religion," says
his son. "How could God allow the
righteous to suffer?" While Peel's two
older brothers opted tor Air Force or
Army careers, he entered Indiana
University, and then Louisville
Presbyterian Seminary.

'As a youth I had a rather decisive
experience, and I felt 1 had a very

He spent Saturdays at Hanover
College's library to prepare the
Sunday sermon. He met Ruth Ann
there one Saturday, and had "a
memorable conversation." Although
he was then dating someone else, he
came back the next tall to find Ruth
Ann atter the other relationship had
ended.

"She began going with me on
some Sunday outings to serve the
Smyrna Monroe Church," remem-
bers the professor. "1 thought any
woman who could put up with me

haw a great lo\c tor the church."

As a teacher, Peel says he believes
that "the unexamined faith is not
worth holding." As a scholar, he
labors in his home study under a wall
banner, "For God, for country, and
for Yale."

A graduate institute in Judaism
exposed Peel to writings ot Jewish
philosopher Martin Buber, who
would shape and inspire his lite.
Beginning with / and Thou, the
book that established Buber as an
eminent dialogical philosopher, Peel

Malcolm, Ruth Ann and Nicole Peel share a ranch home near Decatur. Son Drew is away at college.

clear call to the Christian ministry.
That was like a beacon that guided
me through all my undergraduate
years and even on through seminary.

"I still generally endorsed the
military effort and trusted in my
government to know what was
right." In seminary, he considered
military chaplaincy, but when he
finished there, a fellowship made
graduate studies at Yale possible.

While at Louisville, he also met
his wife, Ruth Ann Nash of
Cincinnati, Ohio. They first saw
each other in Hanover, Ind. , where
he traveled each weekend to work as
a student pastor in a small church.

through a sermon, dinner with a
farm tamily, visiting all afternoon,
youth work in the evening, and still
love me, must be the right woman!"
They married when he graduated
from seminary in 1960, and moved
to Yale where he earned his Ph. D. in
biblical theology and New Testa-
ment.

Although Peel started his docto-
rate intending to preach and min-
ister, he realized over the next six
years that his education might be
best used in the classroom. "But I
have never indulged in the luxury of
the ivory tower as the bastion from
which I can throw bricks at the
institutional church," he stresses. "I

read all ot Buber's works he could
find.

Buber saw life lived in terms of
relationships. "He said the most
important things occur in the
context ot relationships, which
develop on three levels. The first
level is between individuals and
nature, the second between indi-
viduals and the spiritual as one
might tind the spiritual in the work
of a painter, musician or poet. The
third and highest form of relation-
ship occurs between human beings,
and Peel credits Buber for teaching
him "the importance of affirming
each person, as well as the spon-
taneity ot genuine relationships."

AGNES scon ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 271

"We all live most ot the time
relating to other human beings as
objects, simply in order to get things
done," Peel admits. "But if our
relationships occur only on that
level, we never become fully human."

In contrast to Buber, Peel found
Ludwig Feuerbach's The Essence of
Christianity another key influence.
"It may sound strange to express
appreciation tor the great-granddaddy
of atheists of the Western World , " he
says with a smile, "but he made me
think through my beliefs and better
understand why I held them."

Clearly, Peel hopes to influence
his students the same way. "I want
to give my students the tools to study
and understand religion and the
Bible. Most of them have been
brought up in the faith community
of their parents, and they have not
had the chance to step back and
examine these views in light of
literary or historical criticism, the
truth claims of other religions, or the
questions of the nonreligious.
Academic study offers this, and it can
strengthen faith."

Among Peel's tools: dialogic
questioning, reading a variety of
scholars' works and using the
methods of literary criticism,
commentaries, concordances, atlases
and archaeological works. Sometimes
he refers students to ancient,
nonbiblical texts, to show them the
historical settings in which the
Scriptures arose.

"This approach builds the
student's confidence in her capacity
to interpret and understand religious
texts and questions," Peel believes.
Students want to know the Bible's
nature, he says, how it can be
authoritative for faith and life, and
how to read it intelligently and
responsibly. "But the existential
questions of faith keep popping up,"
he adds, "and they are not to be
denied."

Peel points to the Gospels as an
example. "There are multiple
portraits of Jesus which reflect the
theological views of each of the
gospel writers and the communities

On 1 and Thou:

Between you and it there

is mutual giving: you say

Thou to it and give yourself

to it, it says Thou to you

and gives itself to you.

You cannot make yourself

understood with others

concerning it, you are alone

with it. But it teaches you

to meet others, and to hold

your ground when you meet them.

Through the graciousness of

its comings and the solemn

sadness of its goings it leads

you away to the Thou in which

the parallel lines of

relations meet. It does not

help to sustain you

in life, it only helps you

to glimpse eternity.

Martin Buber

Here the Thou appeared to

the man out of the darkness

and he responded with

his life. Here the word

has from time to time

become life, and this life

is teaching. This life may

have fulfilled the law or

broken it; both are

continually necessary, that the

spirit may not die on earth.

This life is presented, then,

to those who come later, to

teach them not what is

and what must be, but how life is

lived in the spirit,

face to face with the Thou.

Martm Buber

in which they wrote. One cannot say
they contain absolutely no history
and all theologizing. But, on the
other hand, we must be aware that
the gospels are not biographies, or a
neutral type of literature."

Computer programs now can help
students see similarities and differ-
ences in the gospels. "Not only can
you make vivid the literary relation-
ships and dependency of Matthew
and Luke on Mark, hut the student
also can develop a feel for redaction,
or editorial analysis," he explains
with enthusiasm. "Those gospel
writers who used parts of Mark had
certain theological interests. By
looking at what they added or
omitted from the Marcan material,
students gain insight into the gospel
writers' key concerns and emphases."

Computers are also helping Peel
and textual scholars to reconstruct
manuscripts from fragments of
ancient books. For some years Peel
has worked on manuscripts found in
Upper Egypt written in Coptic, a
language created by second-century
Christian missionaries to translate
the Bible into the vernacular of Nile
Valley peasants. "Either due to the
work of hungry worms or mishand-
ling by people who did not appreciate
the fragility of the ancient manu-
scripts, the beginning of many lines
of text were lost," he says. Often,
only the last two or three letters of
some words remained. Peel and other
researchers entered all Coptic word
stocks into computer storage. Then
they programmed an IBM 1130
computer to flip all the words,
alphabetizing them from the last
letter backwards, and then to flip
them back again. The result: a
reverse index of the Coptic language.
The index, and the context of the
fragment, enable the researcher to
make a much more intelligent
decision about reconstructing the
original text.

"We also made pioneering efforts
to found a national center in Iowa
for research in biblical and related
ancient literatures," he explains.
"We started entering Greek and

128 SPRING 1987

Hebrew texts trom ancient manu-
scripts into computer language and
then into the computer itself. Once
we accumulated a number ot texts,
we could begin to reconstruct, as
textual critics do, the most [probable]
original form of the text." Textual
criticism has produced a Bible that
is 98 percent like the original texts
lost or destroyed in the first century.

taught that the creator god "was
'mistaken and ignorant,' " explains
Peel. They believed that the highest
and true god was a perfect being who
remained removed from the world
and totally unknown until revealed.
But the Christians affirmed one
God, the creator, as the father of
Jesus, a good and wise God.
The Gnostics also taught that

ot Sylvanus," a 35-page piece of
"wisdom literature" trom the late
second to early third century.

Peel says coming to Agnes Scott
brings a new challenge: to become
more familiar with perspecti\'es
offered by feminist theologians. "It's
balancing our understanding of
religion and religious concerns, and
sharpenmg issues ot justice and
fairness," he explains. His new
reading includes pieces by Letty
Russell from ^^le, Phyllis Trible of
Union Theological Seminary- in N. Y. ,
and Ehzabeth Schiissler Fiorenza. "In
addition, my new colleague Beth
Mackie ('69) and 1 are making some
changes in the curriculum to present
a full, well-balanced set ot courses tor
the study ot religion. So far, results
have been good. We added six new
Bible and Religion majors this year."
Some of the changes also reflect
Peel's new interests in studies of
ancient Egypt and of Islamic taith

A serious academician, who can
he quite a comedian at home.

"The process has taken the lifetimes
of innumerable people," he points
out. "But a computer can compare
dozens of manuscripts in an instant,
and we are revolutionizing textual
criticism." The project was later
moved from Coe to Harvard
University and expanded.

Most of Peel's scholarly reputation
has been earned for translation and
commentary on Coptic manuscripts
of the Nag Hammadi Library, one of
which someone smuggled out of
Egypt years ago under the false
bottom of a suitcase. Working
directly from the ancient papyrus,
Peel made the first English transla-
tion of "The Treatise of the Resurrec-
tion." Such texts reflect first-hand
the debates with the early Church's
major opponent, the Gnostics.

The Apostles' Creed and other key
statements of the early Christian
Church grew in part from conflicts
with Gnostic opponents, who
believed in two gods. The Gnostics

From Buber he learned "the importance of affirming each person.

Jesus had been merely a spiritual
being whose spirit hovered over the
crucifixion, laughing at the Romans
as they nailed his abandoned body
to the cross. The early Church
testified that Jesus had been born,
had suffered, and truly had died. The
manuscripts show the debates and
resolutions. Peel's latest book, nearly
complete, deals with the "Teachings

and tradition.

As the writings and thought of
other scholars have influenced him,
he hopes his own work will be used
by future generations. "I'm very
hopeful that I've made lasting
contributions to human knowledge,
and I hope I shall add strength and
quality to the institutions I've

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 291

served. 1 hope that my Ufa will add
to the glory of the God who gave me
birth and sustains my life."

On campus, Mack Peel dresses
neatly and conservatively in a
pressed shirt and tie, sweater or
jacket. At home on Norman Drive
in suburban Stone Mountain, Ga. ,
he relaxes in a rambling ranch home
he shares with Ruth Ann, and their
two children. Ruth Ann, who holds
degrees from Hanover College,
Southern Connecticut State College
and the University of Iowa, works in
special education. Daughter Noel
attends Georgia State University
now, but will return to Coe College
next year as a senior. Their son
Drew, a sophomore at Davidson
College, will spend his junior year
in Scotland.

They enjoy their children affec-
tionate teasing and warm bantering
sparkle through their conversation
on this Sunday afternoon. Peel, who
seems rational, methodical, even
tenacious in academic committees
and the classroom, enjoys a reputa-
tion as somewhat of a ham and
comedian among friends. With
enough cajoling from Ruth Ann and
Noel, his easy smile breaks into
laughter.

His wife and daughter delight in
recounting his antics in the annual
parish version of "The Gong Show,"
for which he served as "Master of
Mayhem."

Peel explained, "1 would line up
all these talentless people to do
variety acts at the church. As master
of mayhem, I had quite an array of
costumes I would wear. Everything
from a Mexican bullfighter's outfit
with the brocade and tight pants, to
a South Sea Islander's outfit, to a
doctor's uniform."

But his family also has their store
of surprises. For his 40th birthday
party, they threw a party for him on
his return from a fishing trip in
Canada. Small plastic night crawlers
gleamed through the ice in the
punch, crowned with a fishing cap.

Fishing has long been a passion
ot Peel, who takes seriously the line

from the Koran: Every hour spent in
fishing Allah does not deduct from
those allotted for a human lifetime.

But one fishing trip was less than
blessed. The week after he was
ordained in a small church in
Jeffersonville, Ind., some of the
elders invited him to fish in a private
lake nearby. New to the area. Peel
lacked a license and started to
decline. His parishioners convinced
him no license was needed, and he
joined them on the trip. After a
while, the local ranger drove up in
his jeep, and demanded to see
everyone's license. The local
newspaper published the account of
Peel's arrest within week ot his
ordination.

Peel grew up near the woods in a
summer resort area in Indiana. An

A scholar who learns with his students.

Eagle Scout as a boy, he later led a
scout troop when Drew was young.
He got used to waking up with his
tent around his head, after his scouts
cut the ropes during the night.

n the silent wait tor trout to
strike on a balmy spring
afternoon. Peel ponders ques-
tions he finds still unanswered.
Why do the innocent suffer? "My
father went through hell tor the last
10 years of his lite. They never found
the cause. I can remember times
when he cried in his bed like a child
from the pain, a man 50 years old.
As a boy, I didn't understand. I
prayed that God would let me have
his pain so that he could have relief.
I've never stopped asking the
meaning ot such agony."

And why is there evil in human
life, he wonders, when believers
profess a good and loving God who
is omnipotent? Though Peel feels
satisfied with a partial understand-
ing of moral evil "the damage we
do each other" he says that natural
evil still troubles him.

"I guess I will also be puzzled until
the time comes, about whether
there is something beyond our lives
now," he explains. "1 believe in the
resurrection of jesus, and as a
Christian 1 hope that I shall
somehow be a part of that victory
over death." But Peel says he stops
short ot offering details with the
convictiori oi the old Scottish
general who is said to have been
buried in his best uniform, seated
upside down on his horse. "He was
convinced at the final trumpet that
the world would be turned upside
Ig down, and he wanted to be ready to
o ride!" laughs Peel. "Now we see in
a mirror darkly, and we cannot
penetrate it."

Yet in the midst ot the darkness,
he is tinding a toothold on some
issues. For Peel, the Vietnam war
raised questions about war and
justice which have continued to
simmer. "Given the complexity ot
the issues, I do not see it as a sign
of weakness to still be searching tor
a satisfactory stance regarding war,"
he says earnestly. "The more 1 have
read and thought about the nuclear
holocaust scenario, the more I
believe that we are looking at the
religious and ethical issue of our
time."

He believes we can no longer
think in terms of a "just war,"
because the use of nuclear weapons
would be an immoral act he could
not condone. "I am a tamed hawk,
but I am not ready to be a complete
pacifist. When there is no force or
power to maintain order civil
order, international order there is
chaos."

Yet he is very troubled by plans to
use nuclear weapons to do that.
"One can easily now lose control
over that power. "

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study links tuition
increases to
dwindling aid

On Feb. 20 President Ruth
Schmidt sent a letter to the
classes of 1988-90 and their
parents concerning tuition
increases for the 1987-88 school
year Comprehensive fees f)r the
coming year will be $11, 750, or
6. 5 percent more than last year,
which compares favorably with
other women's colleges. Bryn
Mawr College in Pennsylvania
costs $15,625 a year to attend,
while Virginia's Randolph
Macon Won\en's College costs
$12,700. The following article
is excerpted with permission
from Higher Education &
National Affairs, the newsletter
of the American Council on
Education.

Tuitions at independent
colleges and universities are
rising taster than inflation
partly because ot the high cost
of replacing declining federal
grant aid, said the National
Institute of Independent
Colleges and Universities
(NIICU) in a report released
in February. NIICU is the
research arm of the National
Association of Independent
Colleges and Universities.

NIICU said the cost of
providing education has
increased because of the high
cost of goods and services
purchased by colleges, col-
leges' efforts to increase the
quality ot academic instruc-
tion and student services, and
the dramatic increase in
student aid offered by indepen-
dent colleges and universities
to replace declining federal
aid.

"Secretary [William] Ben-
nett is wrong when he says
that federal student aid allows
colleges to raise tuition, " said
a summary accompanying the
report, "The Truth About

Costs in the Independent
Sector ot Higher Education."
In, fact "tuitions increased
slowly in the 1970s when
federal aid rose quickly, and
rose swiftly in the 1980s when
federal aid was curtailed," the
report said. "If there is any
casual relationship between
tuition increases and federal
spending on student financial
assistance, it is that tuitions
ha\'e increased when the
federal commitment to stu-
dent aid has lagged behind
inflation," NIICU said.

"Independent colleges,
along with students and their
families, already are shoulder-
ing the major responsibility
for meeting college expenses,
and would be hard-pressed to
bear additional financial
burdens," NIICU concluded.
"Until the partners in funding
higher education the federal
and state governments, corpo-
rations, foundations, and
alumni assume a more
balanced share of the neces-
sary funding, tuitions will
necessarily continue to
increase."

Between 1981-82 and
1985-86, the amount of
money independent institu-

tions spent on student finan-
cial aid tripled, from $904
million to almost $3 billion.
The report attributes at least
half of the increase to at-
tempts to replace federal
grants lost because ot budget
cuts.

In addition, the prices of
goods and services purchased
by colleges are rising taster
than inflation, NIICU says.
Independent colleges and
universities also are ottering
more quality than ever before,
which is reflected in higher
tuitions. Institutions have
borne the costs ot advanced
scientific equipment tor
laboratories, computer sys-
tems for classrooms and
administrative services, and
library holdings and informa-
tion technology "to offer
undergraduate, as well as
graduate scholars the best
chance to succeed," NIICU
said in its report.

Further, independent
campuses depend more heav-
ily on tuition than public
schools do. "On average,
tuitions account for 46 per-
cent of the revenues available
to independent colleges, and
only 16 percent at public

colleges," according to rhe
report. "When costs go up at
independent colleges, tuition
is the major source ot revenue
to meet increasing costs."

One ot the primary ways
independent institutions try
to hold down tuition increases
is by raising re\-enues from
pri\-ate donors in the form ot
gitts and endowment income.
But although institutions try
hard to increase revenues
trom these sources, "most
independent colleges have
little or no endowments and
spend all gifts they receive to
meet current expenses,"
NIICU says.

"Independent colleges and
universities are facing in-
tense competition from state-
supported institutions as they
attempt to increase private
giving," says NIICU. "Less
than 30 years ago, three
quarters (73 percent) ot all
corporate gitts to higher
education were given to
independent colleges and
universities. By 1984-85, for
the first time in American
history, less than half ot all
corporate giving" went to
these campuses, the report
said.

Finally, the costs ot attend-
ing independent institutions
are borne primarily by stu-
dents and their families, who
together pay almost two-thirds
of the price ot tuition. "Federal
grants support 5 percent ot the
total tuition paid by students
in the independent sector,
income trom College Wirk-
Study jobs contributes 2
percent, and federal student
loans allow students to borrow
12 percent of the tuition
charges," according to
NIICU. In addition, state
student aid supports 5 percent
of tuition at independent
campuses, and institutional
student aid covers 10 percent.

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Making decisions
about morality

Alumna Isabel W. Rogers
'45X gave this year's Founder's
Day lecture, "Making Deci-
sions." Professor of Applied
Christianity at the Presbyte-
rian School of Christian
Education in Richmond, Va. ,
Rogers addressed the ethical
and sexual dilemmas facing
young adults. How will the
legacy of the "free love" '60s
filter into a panic-ridden '80s,
with society's fear of AIDS
and other sexually-transmitted

Dr. Rogers or Izzie , as she
prefers to be called, proved
to he a popular figure on
campus. Her Founder's Day
speech on Feb. 18 capped off
three days of lectures and
discussion on "Theology and
Sexuality," "Militant Moral-
ity," "Crisis in Sexuality
Ethical Issues" and other
topics.

She noted that visiting
Agnes Scott proved to be "a
tremendously stimulating
time for me as we've been
dealing with some very tough
moral issues."

Rogers is no stranger to

BILL MAHAN

Isabel Rogers

"The old rules just don't
work anymore , " Rogers said.
"The matters about which we
have to decide are unpre-
cedented.

"Today's youth are the heirs
of the freedom of the 1960s
and they will not be forced
into the rigidity of the 1950s. "
She urged the College to
strive for open dialogue on
these dilemmas. "There is no
better place that I can think
of for discussion of these
matters than a college cam-
pus," she said.

"Never that I know of has
society been in greater need
of moral discourse. It is our
responsibility to make that
possible helping each other
to make moral choices."

those. Her involvement with
the Presbyterian Church
U.S.A. includes stints on the
Task Force on Abortion, and
the Task Force on Homosexu-
ality, as well as the Council
on Church and Society. She
has been nominated as mod-
erator for the denomination's
1987 General Assembly. In
1986 the Y WCA honored her
as a fulltime volunteer with
the Richmond Battered
Women and Rape Victims
Shelter.

Her three-day lecture series
was sponsored by The Thomas
F. Staley Foundation, a fund
established to support pro-
grams that examine aspects of
society that test one's faith.

To many, Erskine Love
personified ttie
American dream

Agnes Scott Trustee J. Erskine
Love Jr. died at his home in
Atlanta on Feb. 21. He was
58 years old. "Erskine Love's
untimely death leaves a very
large hole in the community,
for he was a pillar of the
church, a fund-raising volun-
teer of extraordinary success,
and an outstanding citizen
and person in every area of his
lite," said President Ruth
Schmidt.

A graduate of Georgia
Tech, Love was president and
owner of Printpack Inc., a
company specializing in
flexible packaging for food
products.

Said Agnes Scott Chair-
man of the Board Larry
Gellerstedt Jr. ot Love in
1985, "He represents what
America is all about. He
started his company from
scratch and built it personally. "

Love graduated from Tech
at age 20. Eight years later, in
1957, he founded Printpack.
"I borrowed everything I
could borrow," he recalled in
a 1985 article in Business
Atlanta magazine, which
named him Atlanta 100
Entrepeneurof theYear. (The
Atlanta 100 are the city's
top-grossing, privately-held
companies.) "I had an au-
tomobile, insurance and some
equity in my house and I
hocked it all; I laid it all on
the line."

He managed to raise
$100,000 from bank loans
and family investments to
start the business. With a
handful of employees, he
began producing cellophane
bags in rented office space in
Sandy Springs, Ga. In 1963

J. Erskine Loi'e jr.

Printpack built headquarters
in southwest Atlanta that
now include some 250,000
square feet ot plant and office
space. The company has eight
manufacturing facilities, 16
sales offices and about 1,200
employees throughout the
country.

"Printpack is one of the
leaders in the industry," said
Edward Weary in Business
Atlanta. Weary is director of
technology and data for the
Flexible Packaging Associa-
tion, a trade organization
based in Washington, D.C.
"It's up to date in technology
and forward-looking in its
products." The company
produces packaging for snack
foods such as potato chips and
candy, as well as cold-cuts,
and hot dogs just about any
type of disposible packaging
for food. Love once noted that
the two-career household
generated a boom in packaged
foods since "convenience is
[now] a necessity and a fact of
life."

He was known by business
associates as a man who liked
to remember each employee's
name and who still made calls
on major clients. As hard as
he worked in business, Erskine
Love was well-noted for his
civic involvement, too. Said
Wilton Looney, chairman
and CEO of Genuine Parts
Co. in 1985, "Erskine does

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more than the a\'erage owner
ot a business who would make
token allowances tor civic
work or simply have somehod\
else do it. [He] gets involved
himself [and] doesn't see it as
his duty. He enjoys it."

Since 1977 Love had been
a member ot the College's
board ot trustees, serving on
the investment, audit, de-
velopment and nominations
committees. He was chair ot
the audit committee trom
1982-1986. His stepmother,
the late Marguerite Jones
Lo\'e, was a member ot the
class of 1934. In addition to
Agnes Scott, he was director
and past president ot the
United Way, president ot the
Atlanta Area Council, Boy
Scouts ot America, and a
trustee ot The Westminster
Schools in Atlanta. He was in
the midst ot chairing Georgia
Tech's Centennial Campaign
when he died.

A member ot Trinity Presby-
terian Church tor o\'er 30
years, Love served in virtually
every lay capacity there,
according to Dr. Allison
Williams, that church's pas-
tor. He was also a member and
tormer chairman of the board
of Columbia Theological
Seminary in Decatur.

Generous with his time and
commitments to these institu-
tions, Love told Business
Atlanta in 1985, "1 do what 1
enjoy doing. Some people
aren't motivated to get into
that arena, and that's OK for
them. But I'd like to feel at
some point in time that I've
done more than run a flexible
packing business."

He is survived by his wife.
Gay McLawhorn Love, five
sons, one daughter and three
grandchildren.

College bridges gap
with dual-degree
architecture program

Otten liberal arts graduates
pursuing professional studies
find they have to take techni-
cal courses to "catch up" with
their degree programs. Terry
McGehee, chair ot the art
department, found St. Louis'
Washington University's dual
degree program in architec-
ture a good solution.

The so-called 3 + 4 pro-
gram meshes three years of
liberal arts with four years of
architectural study, culminat-
ing in a master's degree in
architecture trom Washington
LJniversity. The student
spends three years at Agnes
Scott, then "transfers" in her
fourth year to Washington
University to concentrate in
architecture. What she takes
during that year will contrib-
ute toward her Agnes Scott
degree, which she receives
upon completion of her first
year at the university. Assum-
ing that her grades are in good
standing and that she has
fulfilled Washington's require-
ments, she will be automati-
cally admitted to the graduate
program the following year,
thus eliminating an additional
year ot study.

"We found that students
with our degree had to do
more preparatory work to get
into schools of architecture.
They needed specific architec-
tural design work," says
McGehee.

Architecture is a rigorous
and competitive field,
McGehee points out. She
sees this program as an
admissions tool that will
"bridge the gap that exists
between fine arts and a profes-
sion. " Dean Ellen Wood Hall
'67 agrees. "The more avenues
of opportunities open for
students, both in college and

beyond, the better our
chances are of recruiting
students," she says. According
to McGehee, only 2 or 3
percent ot fine arts graduates
in the country support them-
selves by making and selling
their art. The rest go into
related fields or on to graduate
study.

Besides the curriculum
requirements, applicants
must submit a portfolio of
slides, an essay describing
their reasons for choosing the
program and letters ot recom-
mendation from Agnes Scott
faculty. Elizabeth Pleasant '88
has already applied to the
program and is awaiting
results.

McGehee, who received a
master's of fine arts trom
Washington University,
learned of the program
through her alumnae
magazine two years ago. She
suggested it to the curriculum
committee, which was then
working on the new cur-
riculum. The committee is so
enthusiastic about dual degree
programs that they are seeking

other suitable ones, says Dean
Hall.

The College now maintains
dual degree programs with
Georgia Tech in engineering,
information and computer
science, industrial manage-
ment, management science
and biotechnology. These
five-year programs award
bachelor's degrees trom both
institutions.

What's more, says Dean
Hall, dual degree students
receive priority ox'er other
applicants. "That's the beauty
of a dual degree," she says.

McGehee is exploring a
dual master's program with
Tech similar to the one at
Washington University. Hall
commends the art professor's
initiative. "Professor
McGehee knew that depart-
ment chairs are supposed to
be aware ot the quality ot
graduate programs available
to students," she says. "This
helps Agnes Scott be part of
the national perspective that
we all consider to be so
important."

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students raise banner
of protest in Forsyth

E\-en someone hibernating in
a bear cave tor the winter has
probably heard ot the brother-
hood march in Forsyth
County, Ga. on Jan. 24-
News media from all over the
country and the world
swarmed into the small county
north of metropolitan At-
lanta, the site ot one ot the
largest protest marches since
the 1960s.

More than 45 Agnes Scott
students joined the march on
a frigid Saturday morning.
Charna HolUngsworth "87
and Data Davis '88 organized
the students, some of whom
drove themselves or found
alternate means of transporta-
tion.

Tanya Savage '89, chosen
to speak on the Forsyth
County Courthouse steps,
gave clear reasons tor going.
"It's almost an obligation,"
she said. "Every generation
has had to fight tor their

freedom just so I could have
mine. For me not to have gone
would have been like saying
to my children, 'You're not
worth the effort.'

The march responded to an
earlier attempt by blacks and
whites to "walk for brother-
hood" in honor ot Martin

"I don t think I'm

naive enough to

think it wiped

out all their

ugly thoughts,

hut it gave
them something
to think about."

Qeraldine
Crandall

Luther King Jr. on Jan. 17.
The 90-odd marchers, vio-
lently harassed by 400 white
counterdemonstrators were
forced to disband.

Black residents left Forsyth
County in 1912 when white
residents forced them out

after the rape ot a white
woman and the lynching ot
her accused assailant.

But on Jan. 24, more than
20,000 marchers a third of
them white gathered in
Forsyth County. National and
local political leaders came
too, along with 2,000 Na-
tional Guardsmen and 1,000
state and local police.

Carolyn McFarlin, secre-
tary to the president, and
Global Awareness Director
John Studstill drove the
College van with some stu-
dents to the march. Both staff
members had participated in
civil rights demonstrations in
the '60s. The overwhelming
difference, noted McFarlin,
was that the militia was
protecting the demonstrators,
rather than hurting them.
She said they offered "a
human wall of protection."

Geraldine Crandall, an
RTC student participating in
her first civil rights march,
said, "You have such mixed
emotions about them. Here's

this extremely powerful show
of force, yet it's so sad that
you have to call out 2,000
National Guardsmen to
protect tor people something
that is their's in the first
place."

John Studstill believes the
march should be placed in a
broader perspective. "It's very
important for people to put
this into context and see this
not as Forsyth County being
any worse than anyplace else,
but rather [to see] the sense of
frustration on the part of
blacks and other minorities
who see very little actual
progress. "

Most of Agnes Scott's
marchers found little to fear,
e\'en those closest to the most
hatetul epithets and jeering.

Ultimately, most felt it a
positive experience. Said
Tanya Savage, "It was an
experience every young person
in America should have. It
makes you see a community
larger than yourself."

Come join us for a great time during the weel< of June 14-19 at Alumnae College.

Live in residence halls, attend
classes, renew old friendships
and make new ones in a
stimulating learning environ-
ment. Agnes Scott faculty
will teach the classes.
D Linda Lentz Hubert '62,
associate professor of English,
will teach "Three Georgia
Writers: Carson McCuUers,
Flannery O'Conner, Alice
Walker;"

D Ronald Byrnside, Charles
A. Dana Professor ot Music,
explores "American Popular
Song as Social Comment;"
n Wallace M. Alston Profes-
sor ot Bible and Religion
Malcolm Peel will offer "Gods,

Pharoahs and Mummies: A
Study of Ancient Egyptian
Life and Religions;" and
DAlice Cunningham, William
Rand Kenan Jr. Professor of
Chemistry, will discuss "Top-
ics in Conversational
Chemistry."

Alumnae will receive a
brochure with complete
information and a registration
form in the mail. Others
interested may call the Office
of Alumnae Affairs at 404/
371-6323 or write: Office of
Alumnae Affairs, Agnes
Scott College, Decatur, Ga.,
30030.

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In the rocenr 1985-86 President's
Report the following alumnae and
friends were omitted or misplaced in
gixing cluhs. They are generous
people who not only support the
College through their contrihutions.
but also hy participating in the
corporate matching gift program. We
deeply regret this o\-ersight and hope
e\'eryone listed will accept our sincere
apology.

Circle

lower v_ircle

Rubv Rosser Davis '43

Helen Virginia Smith Woodward '43

Vl\ian Conner Parker '62

Sharon Lucille Jones Cole '72

Mr. Madison F. Colejr.

Mr. Ovid R. Davis

Mr. Kenneth J. Hartwein

Mr.]. E. Parker

Mr. Thomas E. Stonecypher

Dr. Albert C. Titus

Mr. W. Leroy Williams

Dr. William D.Woodward

Colonnade Club

Frances Cornelia Steele Garrett '37

Barbara E.WilberOerland '43

Susanna May Bvrd Wells '55

Marcia Louise Tobey Swanson '60

Elizabeth Withers Kennedy '62

Christie Theriot Woodfin '68

Mr. J. E. Faulkner Jr.

Mr. Franklin M. Garrett

Mr. Louis A. Gerlandjr.

Mr. James R. Kennedy

Mr. John W. Mclntyre

Mr. Robert H. Ramsey

Mr. Richard M. Schubert

Mr. Brian C. Swanson

Mr. James R.Wells

Mr. Richard H. Woodfin

Century Club

Mary Lyon Hull Gibbes '36
Martha Ray Lasseter Storey '44
Betty Jane Foster Deadwyler '51
Marion Greene Pciythress '61
Mildred Love Petty '61
Ann Teat Gallant '68
Carol B. Blessing Ray '69
Lynn Wilson McGee '77
Janet Marie Bradley Fry:el '79
Helen Ruth Anderson Arrington '81
Jennifer Louise Giles Evans '81

Mariorv Sivewright Mortord '82

Mr. Thomas S. Arrington

Mr. Eugene E. Brooks

Mr. Robert Keith Chamhless

Mr. Joe Davis Deadwyler

Mr. Vaughn R. Evans

Mr. Edward S. Frv:el

Mr. Phillip Gallant

Mr. Frank H. Gibbes Jr.

Mr. John HoUerorth

Mr. Vernon E. Jackson

Mr. Boyd G. Lyon

Mr. Joseph McDonald

Mr. David L. McGee

Mr. F M. Mitchell

Mr. John Mark Morford

Mr. Thomas E. Morris

Mr. Jack Moses

Mr. Robert C. Petty

Mr. Joseph E. Pciythress

Mr.). BillieRayJr.

Mr. Angus J. Shingler

Mr. Wallace A. Storev

Mr. Phillips. Vogel

Mr. Wendell K. Whipple

The following scholarship funds were
inadx'ertently omitted from the
President's Report. We apologize for
any inconvenience this may ha\e
caused.

JOYWERLEIN WATERS
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of $2,956.
EUGENIA MANDEVILLE
WATKINS SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $6,250 was established in
1915 as a memorial to this 1898
graduate of the Institute hy her father
and Agnes Scott trustee, L.C.
Mandeville, ofCarrollton, Ga., and
her husband. Homer Watkins, of
Atlanta.

WILLIAM GLASSELL WEEKS
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $26,000 was established m
1963 by his wife, Lilly B. Weeks, of
New.' Iberia, La. Their four daughters
are alumnae: Violet (Mrs. Maynard
M. ) Miller '29, Margaret Weeks '31,
01i\-e (Mrs. Henrv C. ) Collins "32
and Lilly (Mrs. Lee D.) McLean '36.
LULU SMITH WESTCOTT
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of $36,481
was established in 1935 by her
husband, G. Lamar Wescott, of
Dalton, Ga., in honor of this 1919
graduate of the College. Mr. Westcott
ser\'ed actively as a trustee for more
than 30 years. Preference is given to
students interested in missionary
work.

LLEWELLYN WILBURN
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of $2 .190.
JOSIAH J AMES WILLARD
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of $5, 000

was established in 191^) .is memorial
to this Presbyterian business leader
by his son Samuel L. Willard of
Baltimore, Md. Preference is given to
daughters of Presbyterian pastors of
small churches.
IRENE KING WOODRUFF
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of $977,621
was established m 1983 with a
bequest ftom this friend of the
College and wife of George W
Woodruff, Trustee Emeritus. Her
mother, Clara Belle Rushton King
was an alumna of the Institute. The
income is to he used for women in the
Return to College Program.
NELL HODGSON WOODRUFF
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of $ 1 ,000.
HELEN BALDWIN WOODWARD
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of $25,365
was established m 19ti3 by her daugh-
ter Marian Woodward (Mrs. John
K.) Ottley of Atlanta. Preference is
given to students of outstanding
intellectual ability and character.
ANNA IRWIN YOUNG
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of $13, 531
was established in 1942 bv Susan
Young (Mrs. John J.) Egan, an
alumna of the Institute, in memory
of her sister, an 1895 graduate who
served as professor cit mathematics for
22 years. Preference is gi\'en to
students from other countries.
MASON PRESSLY YOUNG
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of $26,250
was established in 1979 by the Blake
P. Garrett Sr. family of Fountain
Inn, S.C. , in memory of this long-
time Presbyterian medical missionary
to China and father of tv\'o alumnae:
Louise Young Garrett '38 and
Josephine Young (Mrs. Francis)
Sullnan '44 of Greer, S.C.
ELIZABETH GOULD ZENN
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
FUND of $5,650 was established in
1982 by her family and friends as a
memorial for her 35 years as professor
and chair of the Department of
Classical Languages aiad Literatures.
LUCRETIA ROBBINS ZENOR
SCHOLARSHIP FUND of $2,453.

Learning
never ends

Some ot life's greatest
aciventures begin at 60.
That's the motto ot
Elderhostel, a program
Agnes Scott will host
this summer from June
14-20. Elderhostel allows
people over 60 to live on
a college campus tor a
week or more and take up
to three non-credit
courses in the liberal arts
and sciences.

At Agnes Scott, stu-
dents will study Ancient
Theatre Production
with Assistant Professor
of Classical Languages
and Literature Sally
MacEwen, Selected
Public Policies with Sally
Davenport, assistant
professor ot political
science, and take a
Survey of Jazz Styles
with Music Department
Chair Ted Mathews.

The $205 fee covers
tuition, room and board,
as well as the use ot
campus facilities and
extracurricular activites.
Those interested should
contact Mollie Merrick
'57, director of campus
events and conferences,
at 404/371-6394.

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ALUMNAE MAGAZINE FALL 1987

^'UASlAXZVf 1

The Role of a Lifetime By Marsha Norman

OUT THE WINDOW

Alight breeze played with my
skirt as I walked across
campus on my way home.
Above the athletic field and lumpy
brick sidewalk hung a clear blue sky,
a tranquil beginning for fall.

I glanced toward the amphitheatre
and noticed rope hanging from a
tree. Curious, I left the sidewalk and
headed across the field to look
closer. Stone "pilings" seemed to
stick up from the amphitheatre.
Maybe they are storing construction
supplies down there, I thought, and
kept on walking.

At the rim of the amphitheatre, I
looked down and began to laugh. I
had just been drawn to part of an art
exhibit "Inside/Outside" inside
and outside Dana Fine Arts Build-
ing. Had I started my walk at Dana,
markers would have guided me to the sculpture by artist
Jeff Mather, with the phrase "When you're on land, you
smell the sea. When you're at sea, you smell the land."

As Atlanta Constitution art critic Catherine Fox
wrote, Mather's "Snug Harbour" is "one of his best
[works] to date. With a minimum of means and the
cunning of a stage designer, he transforms the college's
outdoor amphitheater into a reverie of a harbor. . . .
The objects he uses are few. A series of mesh boxes are
banded by black frames hanging on hooks from a rope.
The rope (attached to poles at either end with sailor's
knots, of course) slopes down over the central aisle into
the amphitheatre and between a series of monumental,
slanting "piers," gray columns recycled from his last
piece and arranged in a row of V-shapes on the theater
floor. Ropes strung together like nets are attached to
trees to the right and in back of the mysterious cargo. "

Mather's work was a surprise if you were expecting
building supplies.

I've had other surprises this
fall. One evening I saw the Dixie
Darlings rehearsing with Professor
Marylin Darling on the porch of
Rebekah. The gymnasium and
infirmary are being converted into
the Wallace M. Alston Campus
Center, and any wooden floor space
is in demand for rehearsals.

Another morning I came to work
to find the old gazebo being moved
to the quadrangle. In the weeks that
followed, the roof was restored and
the lower parts rebuilt to duplicate
its original appearance.

And of course, I continue to be
surprised to meet more and more
alumnae and to learn what they are
doing. Atlanta will host the 1988
Democratic National Convention,
and Agnes Scottwill certainly be
touched by the political pitch next summer.

We would like to use the occasion to feature alumnae
of whatever political persuasion who have been active
politically. If you or an alumna you know has been active
politically as an elected official or as a volunteer
we would like to know about it. Call us at 404/371-6315
or write to us at Alumnae Magazine, Buttrick Hall,
Agnes Scott College, Decatur GA 30030.

In our centerfold, we have a surprise for you. The
kickoffof our Centennial Campaign, "Keeping the
Promise. " Numerous alumnae and friends have been at
work laying the foundation for this campaign, and
faculty and administrators have exciting plans for the
College that depend on the new support only a cam-
paign can generate. We will be telling you about Agnes
Scott's academic plans as the campaign progresses. We
will also be planning material for magazines during the
Centennial Celebration year. We welcome your ideas
and suggestions. Lynn Donham.

Editor: Lynn Donham, Managing Editor: Stacey Noiles, Art Director: P. Michael Meha, Editorial Assistant: Liliana Perez '87,

Student Assistant: Laura Sizemore, Editorial Advisory Board: Katharine Akin Brewer '76, Dr. Ayse llgaz Garden '66,

Susan Ketchin Edgerton '70, Karen Green '86, Ina Jones Hughs '63, Mary K. Owen Jarboe '68, Tish Young McGutchen '73, Lucia Howard

Sizemore '65, Elizabeth Stevenson '41

Copyright 1987, Agnes Scott College. Published three times a year by the Office of Publications of Agnes Scott College, Buttrick Hall,

College Avenue, Decatur, GA 30030, 404/371-6315. The magazine is published for alumnae and friends of the College.

Postmaster: Send address changes to Office of Development and Public Affairs, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA 30030.

Like other content of the magazine, this

article reflects the opinion of the

writer and not the viewpoint of

the College, its trustees or administration.

TURNABOU

CONTENTS

In your spring issue, I am not nearly as
interested in the two pages devoted to
letters about the use of Mrs. and Ms. as
I am in the short one-halt page article
on page 34 about ASC students (only
45 however) raising the banner ot protest
in Forsyth [County, Ga.j Hallelujah! At
last Agnes Scott does something about
the race issue. I also think it should have
been mentioned (without naming the
donor) that at least one alumna (maybe
me) gave the College $1,000 as a reward
for this protest.

Name Withheld

In the article "Making Decisions About
Morality" in the spring issue, there was
no mention of morality based on
Judeo-Christian principles. Dr. Isabel
Rogers said that "today's youth . . . will
not be forced into the rigidity of the
1950s." With the results of adultery,
fornication, and sodomy being uncon-
trolled VD, herpes, and now AIDS,
perhaps the "rigidity" or morality of the
50s wouldn't be such a bad idea.

Today's youth have been taught in
various sex education and health courses
to believe that anything goes. It's an
if-it-feels-good-do-it mentality. The
humanist would have us believe that we
evolved, and therefore are only higher
animal forms. The Christian knows that
we are made in the image of God, and
do not have to behave instinctively.

God has given us a pattern to follow
of sex within the marriage bonds. When
we follow His principles, we will reap
fulfillment. When we deviate from that,
we are seeing what happens.

Cam McDonald Smith '58
Marietta, GA

Agnes Scott
Alumnae Magazine

AGNES

scon

Fall 1987
Volume 65 Number 2

The Role of a
Lifetime

Page 12

Playing Your
Cards Right

Page 16

Love
Carefully

Page 4
Lifestyles

Page 22
Finale

The play's the
thing! Writer Marsha
TSlorman artfully
instructs how to
write your own life.

While some women
may feel the
decks are stacked
against them m
terms of power,
others know better

As AIDS continues
to take its toll,
college officials
struggle to steer
students out of
harm's way.

lAfitt&ittii^^A^^^yL

LIFESTYLES

Dorothy Joyner's
circle of friends
encloses many

t may seem a contradic-
tion to say that one can
stay put and travel
widely, hut Dorothy Travis
Joyner '41 has done exactly
that. Born in Atlanta, she
has lived away from its
metropolitan area for only
two years. She majored in
Greek and Spanish a
narrow area as career plan-
ning goes. Yet her liberal
arts background opened
the doors to two jobs, she
says, "at a time when one
was grateful to get any job
at all," and has brought to
her a lifetime of intellec-
tual and spiritual pleasure.
Married to Georgia Tech
graduate Hugh Joyner for
39 years. Dot and Hugh
Joyner have launched day-
long acquaintances and
lifelong friendships in a
circle of ASC alumnae
throughout the country.

Mrs. Joyner is known to
be available for any task
where a "work horse effort"
is needed. Named an Out-
standing Alumna for Ser-
vice to the College, she
was thrilled when after
accepting her award hus-
band Hugh was named a
Friend of the College for
his years of "gluing chairs,
hanging curtains, painting
signs for Alumnae
Weekend activities, and
countless trips to the
airport."

Her official roles com-
prise a formidable list: vice
president of the Decatur
Alumnae Club, longtime
class secretary, class reun-

ion planning committee
member. Alumnae Associ-
ation Club Chair and
House Chair. And though
she has also shared her
time and talents with sev-
eral community organiza-
tions, Dot Joyner has in-
vested herself consistently
in Agnes Scott.

"It's been a way of mak-
ing little installments on a
big debt," she explains.
The College nurtured her
love of learning, and
brought special kinds of
friendships into her life.
"You find instant com-
munication with liberal
arts people. It transcends

Dorothy Travis Joyner

age. 1 feel it with young
alumnae as well as with
those who graduated long
before me. I owe nearly all
of my close friendships to
that College. And when
you think of it that way, 1
owe more than 1 have
paid."

She is philosophical
about alumnae involve-
ment in the campus.
"When you graduate," she
says, "you usually are fran-
tic to get a job. It's about
15 years before you go back
to your roots."

Her own involvement
began when a friend in-

vited her to a Decatur Club
activity. She discovered
that it was like "going
home. " Looking back on
her longstanding record of
service, which she insists
was "just picky little
things nothing creative
or distinguished," Mrs.
Joyner feels that working
for the College "is the most
selfish thing I've ever done
in my life, because I've
enjoyed it so much."

Despite the rounds ot
new voices on the phone,
new faces and names that
her alumnae work brought
over the years, Mrs. Joyner
says she was the "class
mouse." When she learned
that she was receiving the
Service to the College
Award, she began to fret
over making an acceptance
speech. She confided to
classmate and longtime
friend Elizabeth Stevenson
'41 that public speaking
terrified her a tear that
Elizabeth, despite many
distinguished years of
teaching at Emory Univer-
sity, shared.

At Alumnae Weekend,
as they awaited the an-
nouncement of Mrs.
Joyner's name, the two
friends once again shared
their jitters. "Suppose one
of us drops dead at the
podium!" said one.

"Suppose both of us drop
dead at the podium!" said
the other. "What do you
think they'll do?"

"Well," said Elizabeth,
undoubtedly drawing on
her ingrained sense of
Agnes Scott tradition,
"they'll write it up." Jane
A. Zanca '83

14 FALL 1987

LIFESTYLES

New York had

to wait for

Carolyn Forman Piel

hen asked why
she chose a career
in medicine,
Carolyn Forman Piel '40
says, "So I could get to New
York!" Eventually she did,
hut not for long. Most of
her days as a doctor have
been spent high atop a hill
in San Francisco's Univer-
sity ot California Medical
Center, overlooking that
city's gingerbread Victorian
homes and elegant
cathedrals.

On the second floor of
the 400 Parnassus Building,
large white arrows guide
visitors past lilliputian
water fountains, a gallery
of children's drawings, and
a brightly decorated
playroom to the Children's
Renal Center. Here Dr.
Piel prepares lectures,
conducts research and sees
patients in her effort to
treat children's kidney
disease.

Science first drew her
interest when she took a
biology class at Agnes
Scott. After graduating
Phi Beta Kappa, she went
on to Emory University
and received a master's of
science in 1943. She at-
tended medical school at
the University of Alabama
in Tuscaloosa for 18
months. "We were in the
War then, " she remembers.
"Men in class were in
uniform." She was one of
two women.

Completing her medical
degree in the Midwest (the
best Eastern schools would

not accept women) at
Washington University in
St. Louis, she was all set to
go to New York for her
internship when she ran
into one of her former
professors from the Univer-
sity of Alabama. When he
heard she was going to New
York, he told her, "You
don't want to go there."

"So he picked up the
phone and called the super-
visor at Philadelphia Gen-
eral Hospital," she says.
'And that's where I went."
Her trip to Philadelphia
would greatly influence
both her professional and
personal life.

As an intern, she joined
one of the hospital's
pathologists in early kidney
research. She then began

residency at Philadelphia
Children's Hospital. "I
chose pediatrics because I
like children," she says. "It
was very difficult to get a
good internship in internal
medicine." She stayed
there two years and met her
husband. Dr. John Piel,
also in pediatrics at the
hospital.

Carolyn Forman's trip to
New York finally came in
1949, when she received a
fellowship in pediatric
nephrology at Cornell
Medical Schtxil. Two years
later, before her marriage,
she was invited to teach at
Stanford Medical School.
John Piel was working at a
prominent medical practice
in San Francisco and en-
joyed the West Coast.

Dr. Carolyn Furman Piel

"Here 1 was going West,"
recalls the doctor, "and 1
hadn't intended this at all.
I wanted to stay in New
York. " She taught at Stan-
ford until 1959. When the
university decided to move
its medical school out of
the city, she went into
private practice for a year.
"My husband had a cancer
from which he recovered,
but at that time we didn't
know what would happen.
Teaching salaries were so
low, I decided I'd better go
into practice." After her
husband became well, she
returned to academic medi-
cine at the University of
California Medical Center.

Since 1973, she has
been an examiner for the
American Board of Pediat-
rics, traveling across the
country to conduct oral
exams. She has been a
member of the Board since
1980 and was elected its
first woman president in
1986.

Dr. Piel and her husband
have reared four children,
ages 24 to 33. As their
family began to grow, the
Piels moved from their first
San Francisco home, a
furnished apartment, to a
grand home on a nearby
hill. "It was huge and had
no furniture," she says.
"When the children were
little, they used to roller
skate in these large rooms
on the first floor. Then 30
years later, when we finally
had time to furnish [the
house], we sold it and
moved back to our original
neighorhood. " Lisa Har-
rington

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 51

LIFESTYLES

From Mortar Board to
chair of the board for
Evelyn Christman

ometimes the clearest
insights about a per-
son come from their
friends. So it is with Evelyn
Baty Christman '40. Says
her friend and former class-
mate Eleanor Hutchens,
"Evelyn always rises to the
top like cream."

One of this year's Out-
standing Alumnae for
Service to the Community,
Ms. Christman has risen to
the top "and naturally
so," continues Dr. Hutch-
ens. "Evelyn was the one
everybody admired; the
one who never said a word
against anyone; the chief
mind in the midst ot every
organization she joined."

Ms. Christman's resume
reflects a similar rise. First
on the list is chair of the
board and chief executive
officer of Landis Construc-

Evehn Baty Christman

tion Company. It is a
position Ms. Christman
says she "fell into" when
her first husband, Fred
Landis, died in 1976. She
also says she "fell into"
teaching after graduating
from Agnes Scott with
high honors and as a
member ot both Phi Beta
Kappa and Mortar Board.
Her teaching career offi-
cially lasted nine years.

As a member of New
Orleans' Business Task
Force on Education in
1980, Ms. Christman was
the only woman among 40
chief executu'es. She
served as vice-chair to this
group, which was ap-
pointed to improve public
schools in the city.

Not only does Ms.
Christman serve on a
multitude of committees,
she consistently leads each
organization she serves.
She was president of the
Greater New Orleans
Federation of Churches,

chair of the Council of
Presbytery of South
Louisiana, and chair of the
board of trustees for Xavier
University. The list goes on
and on.

Ms. Christman's favorite
organization, and perhaps
the one she has served the
longest IS the League of
Women Voters. Her interest
began in an "American
Parties and Politics" class at
Agnes Scott. When she
discovered that Jefferson
Parish had no League of
Women Voters, she started
one. In 1952 she served as
its president. When she
moved to New Orleans,
she soon became president
ot their league, and in 1975
she headed the state
organization.

Ms. Christman credits
Agnes Scott as the
"strongest influence in my
lite. Everything I do is an
outgrowth of my years
there." The present CEO
attended Agnes Scott only
after receiving a $700
full-tuition, room and
board scholarship.

She remembers her
College class as "the De-
pression" class and cites the
tremendous influence of
then-president James Ross
McCain. "Our generation
was a transition generation
in more ways than one,"
she says. "In our time there
was no such thing as
women's rights. But at
Agnes Scott we were taught
to be independent, respon-
sible and resourceful." To
those who know her,
Evelyn Baty Christman
personifies these traits.
Linda Florence '89

Jeanne Roberts earns
respect as a leading
Shakespeare scholar

The award to Jeanne
Addison Roberts '46
for Distinguished
Career brought no surprise
to her classmates or to
those who admired her as
a senior in college. She was
a member of Mortar Board
and Phi Beta Kappa, vice-
president of her class, as
well as an honors student.
With a master's from the
University of Pennsylvania
in 1947, she taught a year
at Mary Washington Col-
lege and started on a docto-
rate at the University of
Virginia. She served as
English department chair
at Fairfax Hall Junior
College, married and had
two children, taught at the
American University Asso-
ciation Language Center in
Bangkok from 1952-56,
and at the Beirut College
for Women until 1960.
Eleven years after gradua-
tion, Jeanne Roberts al-
ready had a career of con-
siderable distinction.

She returned to the
States in 1960 to teach at
American University in
Washington, D.C. In eight
years, she had earned the
rank ot full professor. Along
the way, she completed her
doctorate with the disserta-
tion, 'A History of the
Criticism ot 'The Merry
Wives ot Windsor. ' " The
play remains a major schol-
arly interest. Considered
an expert outside academe
as well, she is often con-
sulted by New York's Met-
ropolitan Opera when they

16 FALL 1987

LIFESTYLES

perform Verdi's "Falstaff,"
based on the roguish
character found both in
"Merry Wives" and "Henry
IV."

Her reputation as a
Shakespearean scholar was
sealed this year with her
election as president of the
Shakespeare Association
of America.

Her reknown goes
beyond the classics. Memye
Curtis Tucker '56 adds that
Jeanne Roberts is admired
not only as a scholar but as
a person who shares and
continues to grow. Many
Agnes Scott English majors
who now teach can re-
member key words of en-
couragement or an endorse-
ment from Dr. Roberts that
made a difference in their
careers. Friends know her
as one who has used her
influence or power to enrich
other people's lives.

One example is the
Summer Institute on Teach-
ing Shakespeare, which
she designed, administered
and taught at the Folger
Library in Washington.
With support from the
National Endowment for
the Humanities, she re-
cruited leading scholars to
teach in this program that
educates high school
teachers about recent
Shakespearean scholarship.

Scholarship aside,
Jeanne Roberts also finds
great pleasure as a grand-
mother. She says the best
decision of her life was to
marry Markley Roberts,
the son of Agnes Scott
alumna Frances Charlotte
Markley Roberts '21.
Dabney Adams Hart '48

Public health pioneer
Betty Whitehead
honored for service

hen Betty Gordon
Willis Whitehead
'37 entered medi-
cal school at the University
ofVirginia at 20, her male
classmates seemed "like
having 50 brothers. " Little
else has fazed her since. In
April she was honored by
Agnes Scott as an Out-
standing Alumna for Com-
munity Service.

Her mother, who had
been unable to realize her
own dream of a medical
career, encouraged Dr.
Whitehead's medical ambi-
tions early on. After earn-
ing her medical degree,
Betty Willis married Dr.
Gary Whitehead, and
together they served the
Chatham, Va., area for 14
years.

In 1962 the couple and
their five children moved
to Alaska "to practice
medicine and seek a simpler
way of life. " Soon after, her
husband drowned in a
boating accident. She and
her children moved back to
Virginia, where she became
physician and infirmary
administrator for Sweet
Briar College.

While at Sweet Briar,
she became impressed that
people living in what she
calls "a good state-of-
being" tended not to be-
come sick. Conversely,
those in a bad situation or
depressed states seemed
vulnerable to all sorts of
illnesses. Curious about
the mental-emotional
aspects of health. Dr.

Whitehead returned to
college at age 56 this
time earning a master's
degree in public health
from the Univ. of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.

"I went back to school in
1973 to find out what I had
missed the first time," she
says. "Education is wasted
on the young. Going back
to school in later years
gives one the benefit of
time and experience that
help you to put things
together and understand."

After graduating in
1974, the doctor joined the
city and county of Dan-
ville/Pittsylvania, Va., to
develop their mental health
services department. By
the time she retired. Dr.
Whitehead had become
executive director, super-
vising 65 employees in the
alcohol and drug, mental
retardation, mental health
and prevention divisions.
Her colleagues view her as
"an effective health profes-
sional, a most capable
administrator, a tough but

beloved supervisor, and an
advocate for those least apt
to speak on their own
behalf."

Dr. Whitehead's main
interest is promoting
health. She often felt that
in treating disease she just
"administered bandages,
not treated the underlying
maladies." The current
professional trend toward
prevention pleases her.

Dr. Whitehead sees a
liberal arts education as the
preparation every medical
student should have. And
while she gives high marks
to her education, she values
the friendships she made at
the College most.

In retirement, Dr.
Whitehead finds time to
clean out old files and
travel. "There is a lot of
peasant in me," she says.
Fond of doing things with
her hands, she enjoys
pulling weeds at her log
house near Chatham,
baking bread and knitting.
Donna Evans Brown
'68

Dr. Betty Cordon Willis Whitehead

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18 FALL 1987

I want to begin hy making a tew
announcements. Some ot the last,
thank God, announcements you
will ever have to listen to.

1) These have not necessarily
been the best years of your life.

2) You do not have to remember
everything you have read here. Just
the titles will be enough .... and

3) What they will think of you in
twenty years will not depend directly
on what they've thought of you here.

That's really all 1 have to say.
Those of you who wish to sleep or
write poems on the back of your
program, may do so at this time.

For the speech, like the rest of your
future, is inevitable now. And a
commencement speech, sadly
enough, must observe certain rules.

I learned these rules from the dean
of Fordham College in New York
City, where I gave my first com-

write a play, but how everybody does.
How you are writing a play as you
casually live what you think of as
your lite.

You may not feel as it you are
writing a play, but I promise you, you
are. Someday, when you are dead,
someone will come across a picture
ot you in a scrapbook, point and ask,
"Who is this?" And someone who
remembers you, will gasp and
whisper, "That's Aunt June."

All she ever wanted to do, she
said, was marry Uncle Rudy and
raise a brood ot children. But atter
one week, one week atter the wed-
ding, she walked out of his house.

The

that she had been afraid to confess.
Maybe a week with Uncle Rudy had
made the Wix Museum look like
fun. Or maybe Uncle Rudy was so
li\-ely, that she had to admit the
waxworks were more her speed.

Whatever it was. Aunt June
wanted something, and she changed
her lite to get it. That's what a play
is. It's one person wanting some-
thing. When you go to see a play,
you find out why they want it, you
find out what or who stands in their
way, and yoLi find out what happened
when they got it, or how they telt
about it when they didn't.

Now, in case you haven't guessed,
you are Aunt June. In your life, or as
we're talking about it today, in the
play of your life, there has to be some-
thing that you, as the central charac-
ter, want. Not something silly like
making a lot ot money or being

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mencement address a few years ago.
He said that graduates were a very
diverse group and that any attempt
to interest all of them in anything
would fail miserably. Then he said
that no intelligent person could be
certain there would be a future, so
there wasn't much point in my
looking into it in a speech.

Lastly, he said that though most
colleges were not specifically religious
institutions, and that their students
held widely divergent religious con-
victions, I should nevertheless refrain
from saying anything truly hateful
about God.

So since I can't talk about God,
the future, or something interesting
to all of you like how much you're
going to contribute to the alumni
association next year I'm going to
talk about writing a play. Not how I

LIFETIME

BY MARSHA NORMAN '69X

took the bus to Washington, D.C. ,
and spent her life doing we never
knew what because we never went
there, but working, we guess, at the
Wax Museum.

Now, that may not be a play you'd
pay $40 to go see, but it is a play.
Aunt June, tor some reason, changed
her plan.

If someone were actually to write
down this play, they would have to
figure out what happened in the
week Aunt June was married. They
would have to look for a single mo-
ment, when we could see her decide
to leave. Maybe the Wax Museum
was a dream of hers from childhood

happy. But something you can do
that will satisfy you, something that
will explain what you were doing
here, something that will say who
you were. It may be a particular line
of work, or it may be some achieve-
ment winning a prize, earning a
certain position. It could be a per-
sonal quality, like being tair, or help-
ful. It might be something as simple
as 'I want a house by the beach.'

It doesn't have to be complicated.
It just has to be clear. It has to be
sayable in one sentence. And it has
to be personal. Everybody wants to
make a lot of money and be happy.
Everybody wants to have a loving
family and be healthy. Everybody
wants to be respected and given a
chance to grow. So, if you're out
there thinking of what it is that you
want, it can't he anything vague like

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 91

love, all right? It has to he precise.
Mayhe you want to have your picture
on the cover of Time Magazine.
Maybe you want to set one of your
feet down on the moon. Maybe you
want to write the great American
novel or solve the problem of the
homeless in America. Any of those
will do. But you're the author, so you
decide. Just remember. Precise and
personal.

Now, the first scene in your play
will tell us what you want. If you
don't want anything, then that's
pretty much what you're going to
get. And when somebody asks who
you are in the scrapbook, the answer
is going to be "1 don't know. "

I am sure a great many of you can
already say what you want. And your
graduation today represents a step
you have taken toward getting it.
Good. That's the next scene in the
play. What you did to try to get what
you want. If the main character sim-
ply dreams or hopes, the audience
isn't going to get very involved.

Remember, in writing a play, you
want the audience rooting for the
main character. If the main charac-
ter does nothing, or stands in her
own way, then the audience will go
to sleep 'til intermission, at which
point they will leave. And you don't
want people leaving your play, your
life, I mean. You need them.

Now, along the way in the play,
you need some history. You need to
explain where this desire of yours
came from, what it was that made
you want this particular thing. The
audience doesn't like dreams that
come from nowhere. If you work at
it, you should be able to remember a
moment, or an incident that set you
on this path you are traveling.

The strength of that moment is
what enables you to go on walking
this path. Maybe it's a painful mo-
ment, mayhe it was an example
someone set. But something started
you moving. The audience needs to
know what that was.

Now, toward the middle of the
first act, the conflict has to start

building. You can't have a play with-
out conflict, just as you can't have a
life without conflict. I promise you,
whatever it is you want, something
is going to stand in your way. We
have to know what that is. It might
be you. It might be your family. It
might be some force in the world.
Whatever it is, it won't be a surprise.
You can sit here right here, right
now, and tell us what, if anything,
can stop you from getting what you
want. You don't know yet whether it
will stop you, but you do already
know what it is.

When you tell the audience what
could stop you, you must tell them
what you have to use against it. How
strong are you? How long are you
willing to fight? What resources do
you have? What friends do you have?
But most importantly, how badly do
you want it?

The audience watches now, as
near the end of the first act, the con-
flict erupts. You are really up against
it. Everything seems to be against
you. Your faith in yourself wavers, or
maybe your friends forsake you, or
maybe you realize you had no idea
how strong the enemy really was. At
any rate, you the writer send them
off to intermission wondering how
on earth you are going to get yourself
out of this. What is going to happen?

As I am talking, you are probably
deciding, individually, where you
are in your play, where you are in
your life. Have you walked on stage
yet? Have you faced the conflict yet?
Have you lost a few battles or won a
few battles? Where are you in your
story?

This is a good moment to remind
you that whatever else happens, you
must remain the central character in
your story. And you must remain
active. You can't write plays about
victims. Nobody wants to watch for
two hours while things just happen
to somebody. You cannot write a
play about a passive central charac-
ter. Well, I guess you can, but no-
body's going to come see it.

If you find that, from time to time,

you lose interest in your life, it's put-
ting you to sleep, that even you
would like to walk out of it, you prob-
ably have the passive central charac-
ter problem. If you're bored, it's prob-
ably because you haven't done any-
thing lately.

Incidentally, I've forgotten to say
that the audience for this play of
your life is not the ticket-buying
public. It's you. Oh sure, your family
will watch it, and your friends will
see it from time to time, but you are
the one who's stuck there watching
your life, full time, day and night.
You, the audience, are the only one
who's ultimately going to care what
happens to you, the main character.
And you, the author, are the only
one who can make it something
worth watching, something worth
being in.

Aristotle wasn't perhaps thinking
quite this way when he talked about
the unities, but then he wasn't giving
a commencement address. And, as a
matter of record, he didn't write any
plays. I am giving a commencement
address and 1 have written plays.
And I say, you are the author, and
you are the central character, and
you are the audience. If you want to
have a good time on stage in your
life, all you have to do is write well
and follow the script.

Now, it's time for the second act. 1
don't know how old you are at this
point in the play, it's hard to say.
Thirty, maybe? Forty, fifty, sixty.
The audience comes back, and
they're all dying to know what's
going to happen to you. They've
been to the bathroom and had their
orange drink. They sit back down
and dare you to finish your life.

This is a good time to let the audi-
ence like the character for a moment.
It's true in the theatre, and 1 think
for the most part true in life, that if
the audience doesn't like the charac-
ter, they're not going to care what
happens to her.

So, what's likeable about you?
Anything? Everything? Maybe you're
kind to animals or maybe you know
more words to more songs than any-

10 FALL 1987

body else you know. It helps if you're
funny, but if you're not, well, at least
you can laugh when other people are
funny.

It is important to show the audi-
ence that you're likeable. That
doesn't mean you try to make them
like you. No, they'll hate you if you
do that. Just allow them to see what's
good in you. Just let it come out,
your sweetness or your silliness or
your devotion to your mother or your
passion tor chocolate, or whatever.

If you know any magic tricks, do
them. If you know how to dance,
dance. If you can sing, sing. What-
ever you can do to make your life,
your play, pleasant, do that. It won't
kill you to he liked. It might even
help. If you don't have any likeable
qualities, then the thing tor you to
do is admit it. We'll like you tor that,
I know.

As the play progresses, we see
more and more clearly what is at
stake tor you. We know what will
happen it you don't get what you
want. We know what it means in
your lite.

Sometimes, in the course of seeing
what is at stake, you discover that
everything is at stake, and you begm
to think that you're going to lose
everything, because what you want
is just not reasonable. It was not, as
they taught you in psychology class,
an achievable goal. Well, that's a
pretty big problem in a play. The
character could never have gotten
what she wanted because it wasn't
ever possible.

There are some things, even in
this land of opportunity, that some
of us just can't have. I can't win the
Nobel Prize in physics. I can't be a
veterinarian. I can't be a man. Fortu-
nately, I don't want any of those
things. But it I did, I would have to
do a considerable rewrite of my play.

Rewrites are possible. You can
pitch a play in the wastebasket and
start over. And there are times when
you should. Maybe that's what today
will mean. That you're starting to
rewrite your play, that you're wanting

something new, another chance. It
so, I salute you. Rewrites are hard.
Harder than writing for the first
time, because you can never quite
forget what it was you originally
wanted. As a fellow writer, I encour-
age you to use what you used to
want, to strengthen your resolve to
get what you want now. We all make
mistakes, even about what we want.
All that mistakes cost us is time and
energy. But we have time and energy
to spend. The play isn't finished 'til
the curtain comes down. Any
changes you want to make along the
way are fine. It doesn't all have to
add up until the end.

Which ending we are getting to
now. You'll remember that I said a
play has to start with the character
wanting something, and end with
the character getting it or not. But I
will tell you what I know about
endings.

First of all, don't count on a sur-
prise ending to thrill the audience.
Surprises are only tun in mysteries.
You want your life to be a play, not a
mystery.

The ending of a play, of a life,
should come naturally and easily
from everything that's gone before
it. What happens to the character,
happens because of who the charac-
ter is. We are no longer writing plays
where the gods come in and save
people, or destroy them either. The
audience just doesn't believe it. The
audience likes to see justice, see the
character get what she deserves.
That makes the audience teel good.
It makes them feel that order is re-
stored in the world.

Now, we all know, that people
don't always get what they deserve.
There is tragedy in the world, there
is injustice. There are awful acci-
dents and unpredictable events
which affect our lives. But you can't
write those things. You should simply
pray to the one whose name we are
not mentioning that those things
don't happen to you. Or for the
strength to deal with them if they do.

The ending you should be think-

ing about, the ending you should
have in mind as you write every day,
is what should happen if justice is to
be served. You must think, as author,
what will happen to me if I get just
what I deserve. That's the kind of
ending most plays have. There is
more justice than we'd all like to
think, in the theatre and in life.

One last thing. You're going to
need a title. It can be a working title,
based on what you think the subject
of your lite is now. And you can
change that title later, it you want.
But if you find you're changing the
title of your life a lot, then you will
probably have to admit you don\
know what it's about.

I like short titles. Getting Out,
'Night, Mother. But Cat on a Hot
Tin Root sold a lot of tickets, so a
long title is not necessarily a bad
idea. Knowing what we know about
Tennessee Williams now. Cat on a
Hot Tin Root seems quite accurate
for his lite, I think. Actually, that
title could describe all our lives from
time to time. Perhaps that is why
this play is so well-loved.

So what are you going to call this
play that has you at the center of it?
Making It Big? Doing It Right?Tak-
ing My Time? Fooling Around? Get-
ting More Sleep? Who knows? Only
you know that.

And we're back to where we
started. I said it was an old writing
maxim that you should write what
you know. So, you have your degree
now, or you will at the end of this
ceremony. There are no more as-
signed topics, no more term papers.
You're free to write whatever you
want.

Write your Life. If you do it well, 1
promise you, a great many people,
some people you love, some people
you don't even know, will see it, and
stand, and applaud you.

Marsha Norman won a Pulitzer Prize
for her play, "'Night Mother, " in 1983.
This article is taken from her commence-
ment address at Agnes Scott in May.

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 111

B Y
GAYLE WHITE

Playing
Your Cards

Right

Gayle Gellerstedt Daniel '71, panel
moderator tor the recent "Prisms of
Power" symposium at Agnes Scott,
enviously eyed the closed door of the
empty men's room in Presser Hall as
she stood in a long line outside the
women's room. Then she and several
of her companions realized the irony

ot their posi-
tion: no men
in sight, and
yet women
were intimi-
dated hy the sign on the door.

"Here we were talking about
power, and none of us were willing
to go into the men's bathroom," she
later told her audience. "We staged
our own powerful takeover."

Although women's increasing
power may not be frequently telt in
men's rooms, their economic and
social influence usually pervades
most other realms, especially
women's causes and institutions.

Ms. Daniel's own influence affects
the session of Central Presbyterian
Church, the boards of Exodus Inc. ,

the Central Health Center, the
YWCA and the Girl Scouts. She
was selected one of Ten Outstanding
Young People in Atlanta in 1985.

"Institutions like Agnes Scott are
going to be affected by women who
can provide financial resources, and
who can raise financial resources
and community consciousness," she
said. 'As we gain power, we have to
give back to institutions like Agnes
Scott which have supported us."

Women's support of their institu-
tions measure their status in the mar-
ketplace, said Frankie Coxe, presi-
dent of Haas Coxe & Alexander,
the oldest and largest fund-raising
firm in the Southeast. Ms. Coxe
served as a member of the symposium
panel "Reflections on Women and
the Power of Money. "

"I think as women have more
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112 FALL 1987

better the power of money and what
money can do," she said.

Educational institutions have a
built-in support system in their grad-
uates, she said. As alumnae accumu-
late influence, the institution can
expect to gain. Women's control
over money is steadily growing, in
corporations and foundations and
over the family checkbook.

"We are seeing indirect effects of
women being in more control ot
their lives," said Lucia Howard
Si:emore '65, director ot alumnae
affairs. "We have had several record-
breaking years in alumnae gifts to
the College. It may be that as women
are earning more, [they are] more in
control of their lives, and are giving
more to their own institutions."

As women's economic power in-
creases, so increases their fund-raising
abilities with major corporations
and foundations, organizations with

"the big bucks," said Ms. Coxe.

"It's a confidence situation. As
women see themselves on a peer
level with people they're asking for
money, they will be better fundrais-
ers."

The acceptability of women's aspi-
rations to power, especially eco-
nomic power, is a new one, noted
Betty Smulian, chair of the board ot
Trimble House Corp. , which man-
utactures outdoor lighting fixtures.

Traditionally, it was considered
unladylike to discuss money, she
said. "It was OK to take money from
Daddy, OK to take it from husband,
but not OK to think ot money as
something to achieve on your own as
a career goal or a reward." Money
was not a nice word, she said, "espe-
cially in mixed company.

"Women are coming to realize the
value of economic power that

there is power in money and it's not
a crime to recognize and aspire to it,
and to realize what money can ac-
complish in a positive sense."

Ms. Smulian serves on the Com-
mittee of 200, a group of women
who own businesses with gross sales
over $5 million annually or who run
companies with assets of $20 million
or more.

"This is a fantastic group of achiev-
ing women," Ms. Smulian said.
"They serve on important boards.
They are catalysts tor projects to
improve their states and cities. They
are lobbyists for many concerns.
And they are listened to, not only
because of their considerable talents,
but also because of their economic
clout. They are the button-pushers
and they get involved." Most Ameri-
can women, especially Southern
women, have yet to reach this stat-
ure, however.

AGNES scon ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 131

"The Southern woman's attitude
toward money is holding her hack,"
Ms. Coxe believes. "We've been in
the suppliant position regarding
money for too long to change over-
night. And many don't want to
change roles. They're not unhappy
with the mink and the emeralds."

Other drawbacks to power are fear
ot rejection and lack of understand-
ing of the good-old-boy network,
she said. 'A number of studies indi-
cate that men are greater risk-takers.
You know the old saying that you
can't make an omelette without
cracking the eggs. If you're going to
accomplish anything significant
you're going to cross or offend some
people. They will reject you. They
will reject your ideas. And again, we
curly-haired, little darlings were
taught by our Southern mamas not
to offend anybody. "

Coxe said that most men under-
stand the exchange of favor. Women
hesitate to collect on a debt duly
owed. "In the male world when you
do somebody a favor, you have a chip
out, and they know that you're going
to collect at some time," she said.
'And, they don't resent it. These are
the rules of the game. This is what
makes the world turn and most men
enjoy the game. This is power."

For these reasons, most women,
although excellent at raising money
through events and fund-raisers, feel
inadequate to seek large donations,
especially from people they know,
she said.

Oi course, women exert power in
other ways. One way to influence is
their work with organizations.

James A. Crupi, former director
of the Georgia World Congress
Center Institute and now president
of the International Leadership Con-
ference in Dallas, is a "power consult-
ant." In an analysis of Atlanta's
power structure Crupi concluded
that "women, by and large, are
locked out." For them, he said, the
real route to power is through volun-
teer work.

Candy Kaspers is president of Kas-
pers and Associates, which special-
izes in management and team build-
ing. "Probably the best, easiest way
to [become] a part of the power base
in the community is to join an or-
ganization. You can benefit through
collective power."

She cited Women Business Own-
ers, an organization she served as
president, as one example. After
members of the organization realized
that women receive a much smaller
percentage ot foundation grants and
funding than their male counter-
parts, they started their own
foundation.

Organizations also offer "a marvel-
ous opportunity to really get in-
volved," she said. "You have to un-
derstand this is a terribly ironic
statement coming from me, because
up until a few years ago, I equated
volunteerism with exploitation."

Through Women Business Own-
ers, whose members served as men-
tors for other women starting out,
she learned confidence and commit-
ment, she said. From there, she
moved onto the boards of directors
of nonprofit organizations.

"The benefits of being on a non-
profit board are many," she said.
"First of all, you have an opportunity
to help other people. If that isn't
enough, you get to help other people
while you help yourself, because it
provides a terrific opportunity for
networking, for making tremendous
contacts, for skills and leadership
development. All of these are ex-
tremely important elements in build-
ing a power base."

On many such boards, she said,
"the drawing card is power by associa-
tion. " And by associating with
power, otherwise powerless women
can learn where power lies who
has it, why they have it.

Women may have great ideas, but
lack the resources to carry them out,
said Ann Wilson Cramer, section

chief for the commercial and indus-
trial development part of the Georgia
Department of Community Affairs
and a former Georgia Volunteer of
the Year and YWCA Outstanding
Woman of Achievement. "It's our
job to be the connector, to find
where that influence is," she said. To
do that, women must understand
the system, or how to get things
done. Then, they can pull the forces
ot the system together.

'And that's where we as women
can do what we do best," she said.
"What we've done traditionally in
our feminine perspective is to col-
laborate, communicate, coordinate."

Southern women in particular
know how to combine strength and
gentleness, a mix that puts people at
ease, said writer Sharon McKern in
her book "Redneck Mothers, Good
or Girls and Other Southern Bel-
les." Ms. McKern wrote, "The old-
fashioned Southern belle, helpless
and vain, could not be taken seri-
ously by [real] women, long accus-
tomed to getting their hands dirty
when the ox is in the ditch."

Women undervalue their abilities,
tending to see their talents and
strengths as somehow less valuable
than other traits. They look instead
at what they don't have.

In a speech at the "Prisms of
Power" seminar. Dr. Siegel quoted a
story by journalist Celestine Sibley.
Ms. Sibley wrote of an old woman
who as a child went to the circus and
saw a huge elephant tied to a stake.
She thought the stake must be huge
to hold an enormous elephant. She
was amazed when the gamekeeper
picked up the stake, and it was no
longer than a pencil. "Celestine
Sibley makes the point that what
keeps us tethered in our lives is not
the stake it's the idea of the stake. "

One such stake, said Dr. Siegel, is
beauty. Women spend fortunes on
lotions, potions, powder, and per-
fume, to make themselves feel more
beautiful. "Beauty is a peg that we
need to get rid of. "

114 FALL 1987

A "second peg," she said, is age,
and a third is wealth.

Instead, women need to use their
talents and positions from wife to
Supreme Court justice to do the
best they can tor themselves and the
community, said Ms. Cramer.

But to do so, they must overcome
their own insecurities, or pull away
from the stakes.

"It is very uphill work being inse-
cure, and profoundly exhausting,"
says a character in "The Tightrope
Walker," a murder mystery by writer
Dorothy Oilman, best known for her
Mrs. Politax series about a middle-
aged widow who becomes a CIA spy.

Women who feel insecure and
embarrassed about power should
tocus on goals instead, speakers at
the seminar said.

"I didn't think of the power in any
of the jobs I've had," said Marjorie
Fine Knowles, dean of the college of
law at Georgia State University. "I
thought ot what I could get done.
That's an aspect ot women's socializa-
tion that I wish were spread more
widely among men."

Even Frankie Coxe, a successful
and influential woman by anyone's
standards, said she prefers not to
talk about power. "I prefer to think
of goals, challenges."

After poring through self-help

to

'Success!

to

books from "Power!
"Dress for Success," and even "The
Art of Deception" and "Eat for Suc-
cess," Dr. Siegel gave up on her blue
blazer, closed pumps, Rolex watch
and burgundy brief case the "power
uniform" and turned instead to a
book called "In Search of Excellence."

"It points out that good leaders,
successful leaders, powerful leaders,
are not those who dress for success,
not those who do all the things in
the art of deception. It's those who
truly are feeling good about them-
selves, feel good about others, see
their role as freeing, not restricting,"
she said. "[Those] who think of
themselves as being authentically
themselves."

Once women decide to spend their
energy on pursuits more constructix'e
than treading the waters of their
own insecurities, they must decide
how to channel their efforts. Change
will happen anyway, noted Ann
Cramer. But women need to know
not only how to change things, but
how to affect the change that's natu-
rally going to occur.

Women have to make sure they
use their energies, power, or influ-
ence in ways that benefit themselves,
their communities, and all of society.
The burden of touting many causes
has historically fallen to women.
Network newswomen point out that
only when those organizations hired
female reporters were stories about
battered women, child abuse, and
the inequalities of the divorce laws
treated as serious national issues on
the nightly news.

For example, one speaker took
part in a Chamber of Commerce
project on "The Community in the
Year 2000." It fell to the three
women among 80 committee mem-
bers to discuss the arts, children,
education, health and human ser-
vices, while the men focused on
transportation, development, and
economics.

So in considering their uses of
energy, women should not forget the
continuing battle to wipe out dis-
crimination, noted Dean Knowles.
She expressed frustration with law
students who fail to see the need to
work for change, until they are shut
out of major firms or denied promo-
tions because quotas for women have
already been filled. "I thought we
learned a long time ago that as long
as we kept it an individual problem
it never got solved," she said.

As women combine their talents
and resources to work on community
and gender problems, they may find
their individual problems easier to
solve. Women's institutions, already
doing great things for women, can

do even more as their graduates sup-
port them to a greater degree.

"Prisms of Power" was the idea oi
Lowrie Alexander Eraser '57, then
chair of the Alumnae Board's con-
tinuing education committee and a
member of the Atlanta Women's
Network. "Doing the symposium
appealed to us because we felt Agnes
Scott had always provided women
with an opportunity to find their
e^wn abilities," noted Lucia Sizemore.

She cites other examples: Mary
Duckworth Oellerstedt '46, first
woman president of the Atlanta
Symphony Board of Directors not
the auxiliary and a member of
"forty 'leven" other boards; Susie
Ooodman Elson '59, president of
the National Mental Health Associa-
tion; and Dr. Carolyn Piel, '49, the
first woman president of the Ameri-
can Pediatrics Board.

Whether they are in the board-
rooms or the nurseries, managing
employees or their own children,
drawing six-figure salaries or volun-
teering in a church soup kitchen,
women can exert tremendous power.
But once women gain power, they
share the same dilemma as men.

"What is our power for?" asked the
Rev. Nancy Hastings Sehested, who
had the courage and the conviction
to become a Southern Baptist minis-
ter at a time when few women can.

"It is power to say 'no' to those
who build separations, and 'yes' to
those who build communities. It is
power to call people and institutions
to break down barriers that divide
people, whether they are barriers of
race or sex or clout or intelligence or
economics. It is the power to heal
pain and brokenness. It is the power
to facilitate change. It is the power
to play midwife, assisting people to
give birth to their full humanity.
And somewhere we've got to build a
community where people are trans-
formed from old oppressive ways,
where the old ways pass away and all
things become new. "

Gayle White is a uriterjor The
Atlanta Journal.

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Sexual issues have
brought controversy to
nearly every generation.
Because of the threat of
AIDS, students choices may
novu involve deadly risks.
On campuses nationwide,
there's a new message:

In Africa, where AIDS has reached
epidemic proportions, an idiom is
making its way into the vernacular
that translates into English as "love
carefully."

U.S. college administrators find
themselves grappling with ways to
get students to listen to and
heed this message.

Agnes Scott began last February
with a series of lectures on sexuality.
For three days Dr. Isabel Rogers
'45X, recently elected moderator of
the General Assembly of the Presby-
terian Church and a professor of
applied Christianity at the Presbyte-
rian School of Christian Education,
spoke with students individually and
collectively on sexual ethics and
morality.

"What I liked about Izzie's presen-
tation is that she didn't tell us what
to do or what to believe," said one

student later. Instead Dr. Rogers
hoped her lectures would "help build
in young people the kind of maturity
[where] you don't have to tell them
what to do."

According to College Chaplain
Miriam Dunson, the idea for the
series came about after faculty, staff
and students discussed issues of
importance to students. "One of the
first topics that emerged was: 'How
do you make ethical decisions?' " said
the chaplain. But it soon became
clear that the greatest concern to
students was how to make ethical
decisions about sex and sexuality.

Dr. Rogers' task was to allow
students to create a context within
which to think about these issues and
make their own decisions, explained
the Rev. Dunson. "There's a need for

BY STAGEY NOILES

a community like this to engage in
moral discourse," she says, "not to
pull back or polarize, but to engage
in conversation."

Dr. Rogers had lots to say about
sexuality and a person's response to
it. "On the one hand, we say we want
to be free, we want to enjoy sex as
simply a natural part of life," she
notes. "On the other hand, for us
[sex is] not natural. We are preoc-
cupied with it, titillated by it. It's
something mysterious and evil and
sort ot forbidden to us."

Within a theological context,
sexuality becomes as complex as the
whole spectrum of human relation-
ships, she says. She quotes British
theologian Norman Bittinger as
saying: "Sexuality is not only part of
God's creation; it is perhaps the
central clue to what God is up to in
the world."

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 171

Lessons on casual sex

Young women in the '80s seemed
to learn a lesson from their predeces-
sors of the previous decades. Casual
sex might be fun for a while, hut in
the long run it alienates making
the body a "pleasure machine," in
Dr. Rogers' words, with no real
connection or feeling for each sexual
partner. But what constitutes casual ?

Among female college students
there is more often an ambivalence
about sex. At a single-sex institution
like Agnes Scott, differing ideas
about sex and morality can clash
loudly in such a close setting.

Some young women are adamant
about abstaining from sex until

way than I am now. A lot of that is
maturity being able to accept
other people's ideas as well as my
own being secure in what I feel is
right and what I don't feel is right."

Social scientist Mirra Komarovsky
studied college sexual norms as part
of her book, "Women in College."
Her study followed 232 students at a
northeastern women's college from
freshman to senior year. Of these
students, 51 percent were still virgins
their sophomore year, 40 percent had
had one or more lovers and 9 percent
gave no conclusive information.

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marriage. Others, realizing that
women are getting married later in
life, may prefer not to wait until the
ultimate commitment. Deciding
whether or not to have sex is not like
choosing a party dress. It takes lots
of reflection and thought about what
life may hold further down the line.
"I don't have premarital sex and I
haven't made the decision that I'm
going to wait until I get married,"
says one Agnes Scott junior.

She thinks people should make
their own choice based on their
maturity and what they think is right
for them. "When I get around people
perhaps they might^feel guilty be-
cause they have sex when they find
out I don't. But I think what bothers
me most is people of whatever kind
condemning the other. I know in
high school, I was a lot more that

ence in their four years of college.
Ideally, what is desired is a relation-
ship based on friendship and love,
though not necessarily involving a
commitment to marriage. One-night
stands and sleeping around are
disapproved [of], as are the sleazy
teasers who are out to collect men. "

"By and large, having a boyfriend
bestows prestige, " says another inter-
viewee. "When you are sleeping with
someone, it does give you a slight
edge. You are somehow considered a
little tougher, a little better."

Most students Ms. Komarovsky
interviewed expressed annoyance
about the pressure for casual sex.
Most young men, spurred on by the
promise of "easier" sex and a relaxed
social climate, are confused when
women don't share their attitudes.
"They cannot as easily as in the past

explain their failure by chastity
[which was the norm], and are apt
to experience some sense of inade-
quacy or rejection." Often they
attempt to deflect these feelings back
to women. Still, the women Ms.
Komarovsky interviewed were more
likely to reject casual sex and attempt
to build friendly relationships with
men before engaging in sex.

Male students exert one type of
pressure, but sometimes peer pressure
played a role as well. "Most people
won't jump on someone whose
reasons are religious," remarked a
student in "Women in College. " "But
if a woman expressed just a moral
compunction, then other women will
most likely argue and attempt to
convince her that sexual relations
with a boyfriend are not immoral.

"The variation of sexual norms
confront(s) the individual with
moral choices," Ms. Komarovsky
writes. "Those fully integrated into
a group of like-minded friends en-
joyed the security of ... a consen-
sus." However, notes the author,
this did not always solve problems if
a person had friends outside the peer
group with different attitudes. "For
some," she says, "this confusion
created a tormenting problem of
choice. Even the degree of
sanctioned communication about
sex varied enough to generate stress."

During a discussion with a group
of students from this campus, one
Agnes Scott student echoed that
sentiment. "When I came here, I
expected it to be a lot more
closemouthed than it is about sex.
You walk down the hallway, you can
hear people talk talk loudly. Not
necessarily about their [experiences]
but about the sexual issue in general.
Nobody's concerned about whether
you hear or not. It's a funny issue, I
guess, and a lot of people laugh and
they like to talk about it." Her dis-
comfort was clearly evident as she
continued to explain her disap-
proval. "I'm from a small southern
town. If sexual things go on, they
stick out of the rug. In high school,
we had maybe one or two girls who
were known to be sexually active."

118 FALL 1987

Other students may feel that their
more experienced peers are the best
source of information regarding sex.
Mary Lu Christiansen, a certified
nurse-practitioner who attends to
students at the College's health
clinic, admits it is sometimes an
uphill battle for them to gain stu-
dents' trust. "Maybe one of the fears
is that everybody is going to assume
that you're sexually active [if you ask
about sex]," she says. "The value
judgments that their parents and
teachers instill might make them
assume that anyone over college age
won't understand."

"I'm close to my mother," says one
Agnes Scott student. "But her at-
titudes and belief systems are so dif-
ferent from mine. She was reared in
a small town in Mississippi. Pre-
marital sex, 77131 mother?" the student
asks rhetorically.

Says another, "My parents have a
different attitude about my brothers
having sex than about me having
sex. They realize when they say it
that it sounds stupid, but it's still
there. [Parents] are not teaching
sons that they need to be responsi-
ble. It's still the woman's burden.
Women are whores if they sleep
around, men are masculine." For
more than a few, parents can be a
source of misinformation regarding
sex. Some stories are funny, others
painfully dramatize how little people
continue to know about sex.

"My grandmother told my mother
that she came out of the Sears
catalog," said one student, laughing.

Instead, witty,
sophisticated comedy
such as that
honed to an art by
Tracy and Hepburn
in the '30s and '40s
became the norm.
As for melodrama,
all bai gins (and
girls) got their
comeuppance in the
end.

Another related how her mother
explained menstruation. "She told
me, 'You release this egg and the
reason it hurts is that it's coming
down this little tube and it's so tight
that when it gets down the tube, if
there's not a sperm right there
waiting for it the egg bursts open
and blood comes out.'"

Such tales cry out for the need for
education. At Agnes Scott, students
are free to ask for as much informa-
tion as they desire. "I don't think
young women can make an intelli-
gent, rational choice unless they
have all the information available,"
says Mary Lu Christiansen. "Our
number one responsibility is educa-
tion."

Some students are very knowledge-
able about sex when they arrive at
college, others know little. "I think
we have a very normal population
here. Both ends of the spectrum and
everything in between," says Ms.
Christiansen. Higher education

Life magazine
wrote in 1940, "U.S.
producers, knowing
that things banned
ir)' the Code can
help sell tickets,
have been subtly
getting arour\d the
Code for years."
This stiR of "From
Here to Eternity"
( 1953) attests to that.

allows even encourages the indi-
vidual to seek information on her
own. But some people might ask:
can we afford to wait until a person
gets to college to line up their p's
andq's about sex?

Part ot the problem is that the
country can't quite agree when and
if sex should he discussed in public
school systems. "Human sexuality is
a moral issue in every society," Har-
vard Psychology Professor Jerome
Kagan told Time magazine. "But
while some societies have a consen-
sus on sex, ours doesn't."

Although surveys show that about
80 percent of Americans favor sex
education in public schools, Mary
Lee Tatum, a sex-education consult-
ant, said in the same article, "Under
15 percent of U. S. children get really
good sex education. We are only
beginning to institute adequate
programs."

Because of the threat of AIDS,
Surgeon General C. Everett Koop
controversially proposed teaching
about the disease "at the lowest grade
possible" in an ongoing sex-education
curriculum. He later clarified that
grade as three. His proposal came
from a now- infamous 36-page report
on AIDS requested by the Reagan
Administration and released last
year. "We warn our children early
about the dangerous consequences
of playing with matches or crossing
the street before checking for traf-
fic," he said upon the report's re-
lease. "We have no less a responsibil-
ity to guide them in avoiding behav-
iors that may expose them to AIDS.
CONTINUED

AGNES SCOTT ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 191

Most opponents believe that sex
education as taught now is not used
to guide students in "avoiding be-
haviors." What is now considered
"value-free" instruction includes
information on homosexuality or
other alternative lifestyles that rub
many parents the wrong way. Secre-
tary ot Education William Bennett
derisively calls this type ot sex-educa-
tion the"feel-good philosophy"
whatever teels good, do it.

"Sexual behavior is a matter of
character and personality we cannot
be value-neutral about," Bennett
told the National School Boards
Association in January. "Neutrality
only contuses children, and may
lead them to conclusions we wish
them to avoid. Sex education courses
should teach children sexual re-
straint as a standard to uphold and
follow."

As one grows older, neutrality can
turn to ambivalence, which tor
adults can be just as confusing. Dr.
Rogers believes that Christian theol-
ogy sees sexual sin not only in terms
of specific acts, but in terms of how
people feel about themselves and
their bodies.

"We tend to think of sexual sin as
things we do," she says. "But Chris-
tian theology, while quite aware
that sin expresses itself in acts, sees
it as so much deeper than that.

"Sin is the condition of aliena-
tion," she explains. Sexual sin can
be seen as alienation from oneself.
"It's making my body, which is sex-
ual, into an object that's apart from

For perennial good-
girl Doris Day, sex
was forever a sticky
subject. Here, in a
scene from "Pillow
Talk (1959), "an
irate Rock HiiJson
barges into her
bedroom. The
epitome of 1950s
virility, Hudson
died of AIDS in '85.

me. 1 can use it as a pleasure
machine and sex becomes recre-
ational. Or, I can see my body as a
threat to the rationality and spiritu-
ality that is me and so I repress my
body and teel guilty about it.

"Either way," Dr. Rogers con-
cludes, "I'm making my body some-
thing ditterent from the real me.
This is sin as alienation from the
bodily wholeness that God has
created." The sexual explicitness
and freedom that occurred in the
'60s and '70s challenged prior as-
sumptions about human sexuality
and its relationship to God. In an
article published in The Christian
Century, Dr. James B. Nelson,
writes, "While the recent sexual
revolution often seemed more intent
on selt-tultillment through unfet-
tered pleasure than on the quest for
intimacy, it did prompt new theolog-
ical reflection on the spiritual signifi-
cance of sexual hunger.

"Theology has been giving new

B)' the late '60s
the Production Code
had vanished, a
victim of the emerg-
ing permissiveness
of the decade.
In 1969, audiences
U'ere titilLited by Ann
Bancroft's seduction
ofDustin Hoffman in
"The Graduate. "

attention to the insight that sexual-
ity is crucial to God's design that
creatures not dwell in isolation and
loneliness but in communion and
community."

Becoming fearful to tread

While some may argue that the
pendulum is swinging the other way
in terms of casual sex, another more
chilling and odious signal to the end
of sex for sex's sake is Acquired Im-
mune Deficiency Syndrome. AIDS
has made sexual freedom the inti-
mate equivalent of a minefield in
the '80s one misstep could end a
life.

Unfortunately, administrators
realize that the last group to grasp
the significance of that fact are col-
lege students. Said one UCLA stu-
dent in Time magazine, "I've been
in situations where it's fun and you're
at the point where you're so aroused,
you're not going to want to stop.
You're not thinking five years down
the line, you're thinking now." An
Agnes Scott junior concurred.
Would the threat of AIDS make her
think twice before having sex with
someone she doesn't know too well?
"I think the physical want for sex
overrides that," she says. "It could
happen to you, but you think you're
careful."

The denial and feelings ot immor-
tality of youth are what college
health officials are attempting to
fight on their campuses. Some
schools, such as Berkeley, Dartmouth
and Rutgers, have passed out safe-sex

120 FALL 1987

kits to students. At Columbia Uni-
versity the graphic, clinical language
of its 30-page pamphlet on sate sex
gets the facts across clearly, with "no
room tor contusion," according to
Time magazine.

At Agnes Scott, the health center
has pamphlets prominently displayed
for students' perusal on topics from
AIDS and other sexually-transmitted
diseases (STDs) to birth control
methods. Shortly before the last
term ended. Dr. William Budell,
staff physician at Emory University
Student Health Center, was invited
to speak to the College community
about the threat of AIDS. "AIDS
and sexually transmitted diseases
continue to touch the lives of an
ever increasing number of young
adults," wrote Director of Student
Health Pat Murray in a College-wide
memo. "We as a college community
must openly and honestly deal with
these issues. With this in mind, I
encourage you to attend this pro-
gram."

Health services officials here hope
to do even more next year to educate
students about the dangers of AIDS
and other STDs. "Part of our role as
health practitioners is to be their
advocate and help them in any part
of the health process [including edu-
cation]," says Mary Lu Christiansen.

Dr. Budell's presentation was met
with very straightforward and inci-
sive questions from students about
AIDS, for which a cure has not yet
been found. "It's not sex that causes
AIDS," he told his audience. "It's
having sex with someone who has
the virus."

The HIV (human immunodefi-
ciency virus) seeks out T-4 lympho-
cytes the center of the body's im-
mune defense system. The T-4
coordinates the immune activities of
white-blood, antibody producing
cells and the like. The T-4's destruc-
tion leaves the body unable to cope
with very common and otherwise
non-lethal infections, according to
Dr. Budell. The T-4 is the achilles
heel of the human immune system.

The only effective way for people

not to become infected with the
\'irus, which is known to be trans-
mitted only through bodily fluids
like blood and semen, is through
abstinence or safe sex. Since no one
foresees mass abstinence in the near
future, colleges hope to educate
their students on the importance of
choosing sexual partners wisely.

That is proving to be no easy task.
"It's hard enough for health educa-
tors to teach this age group to teach
each other about using contracep-
tion," says Jeffrey M. Gould, a
member of the American College
Health Association's AIDS Task
Force, in a recent Chronicle of
Higher Education article. "If it's
impossible to talk about contracep-
tion, how much more impossible to

Films like "Love
Story" (1970) broke
down the last
barrier in films.
The frank iise of
four-letter words
in Erich Segal's
collegiate tear-jerker
was novel for
its time. Underneath
it all, however, the
movie was strictly
1940s melodrama.

talk about past sexual history?" he
asks. Says another health educator
in the same article, "We know from
working with college students that
while they're very bright and very
intelligent, they don't know how to
translate what they learn about
AIDS into the way they live."

"Their ignorance may come in
assessing their own risk," says Agnes
Scott's Pat Murray. "This is not just
a gay men's disease."

Love carefully. "That's a message
that is hard to hear in our times,"
Isabel Rogers told the young women
she faced here at Agnes Scott, many
just contemplating the intricacies of
sex and intimacy for the first time.
"It points to a complete reversal of
the sexual liberation of the 1960s.

'A majority of people will find
some time in their life the deep inti-
macy of sexual intercourse, so love
carefully is the word for that. Not
just because of fear of AIDS
though that's real and valid, but
mainly because of the way God has
created us.

"I believe God intends tor us to
use [sexual] union not for fleeting
contact . . . but for the kind of
union in which you give yourselves
to each other in long-term, intimate
sharing. The deepest physical inti-
macy is only part of that larger shar-
ing of all levels of life, that sharing
of responsibility and continuing car-
ing over a long lifetime," she says.

Ironically, the spread of AIDS is
forcing people to reexamine how

they should become more responsi-
ble to themselves and to their
partners. Monogamous relationships
are coming back into vogue as AIDS
insidiously weaves itself into the
fabric of an already knotty sexual
landscape. What most health care
officials hope is that the process of
self-examination does not take too
long. Their main concern is that
young people start to understand
that the very things that make bur-
geoning adulthood vital and excit-
ing openness to alternatives and
experimentation may signal the
beginning of the end for a new gener-
ation of young adults.

AGNES scon ALUMNAE MAGAZINE 211

FINALE

Gala inaugurates
Centennial
Campaign
festivities

In the weeks leading up to
the Centennial Campaign
kickoff, the excitement was
almost palpable. The kickoft
to Agnes Scott's largest fund-
raising campaign began with
a gala dinner on Sept. 22 at
Atlanta's Commerce Club.
The campaign goal is $35
million. Of this amount, the
administration has earmarked
$17.9 million toward the
academic program and endow-
ment, $15 million for campus
improvements and $2.1 million
for annual operating funds.

Board of Trustees Chairper-
son L. L. Gellerstedt, Jr.
admits the amount is "ambi-
tious" when the size of Agnes
Scott is compared to that of
Emory and Georgia Tech and
their campaign goals. "But
there isn't any question in
my mind that we'll make it, "
he says.

Agnes Scott already boasts
one of the largest endowments
per pupil in the country. So
why the additional funds?
"Unlike other small liberal
arts institutions who will
most likely struggle through
1990 just to maintain the
status quo, Agnes Scott is in
a principal position partly
because of our endowment
and partly because of our
heritage as a quality institu-
tion to continue its distinc-
tive role as a college for
women in its next century,"
says President Ruth Schmidt.
The administration hopes
that a seven-point academic
plan with an emphasis on
fine arts, writing, interna-
tional awareness, physical
activities, transmission and
formation of values, science
education, women's studies,
and writing will insure the

5.2.1M Annual
Fund

$15M Campus
Improvements

$ 17. 9M Academic
Endowment

College's distinction. The
plan was developed and
unanimously endorsed by the
faculty last year.

"Our ability to become an
even more outstanding in-
stitution hinges on raising
the money to underwrite
these programs," says Presi-
dent Schmidt. "We also want
to continue to meet 100 per-
cent of student's financial aid
needs in an era in which re-
ductions in federal aid pose a
threat." A $3 million scholar-
ship goal included in campaign
planning would make this
possible.

Sometime in early 1988,
the dust will begin to settle as
contractors finish the last of
the major campus improve-
ments. The new physical
activities building will be
completed and two existing
buildings, the Bucher Scott
Gymnasium and Walters
Infirmary will be transformed
into the Wallace M. Alston
Campus Center. Already
finished are the track and
field, renovations of Agnes
Scott, Inman, Rebekah Scott

and Walters Halls and Evans
Dining Hall, and the newly
landscaped George and Irene
Woodruff Quadrangle, dedi-
cated September 26.

College officials borrowed
more than $18 million to
finance these improvements.
"We believed it was finan-
cially astute to borrow the
money rather than waiting to
raise funds and allowing build-
ings to deteriorate further,"
says the president. "We wanted
to offer tine residence halls
and facilities to students.
Before the renovations, some
residence halls were a negative
factor in recruiting students,
rather than the positive one
they are now. "

The campaign will move
through three stages. The
first will concentrate on
major gifts, the cornerstone
being a $14 million bequest
to the College by George W.
Woodruff. Any amount above
$50,000 is considered a major
gift.

Primary gifts, in the $10-
49,000 range, follow. And
mass canvassing by direct

mail and other means will
begin during the summer or
fall of 1988. Gifts to the Col-
lege can come in various
forms, including stocks,
bonds or gifts-in-kind.
Pledges made to the campaign
can be paid over a five-year
period.

Officials hope that there
will be productive fallout
from the extensive research
and effort being put into the
Centennial campaign. "We'd
like to establish permanent
and solid corporate and foun-
dation support," says Rickard
B. Scott, vice president for
development and public af-
fairs. "Most important, by
such mass canvassing [of
alumnae and friends] , the
College can uncover a whole
new network and dimension
of volunteers and financial
support.

"We can tap the talents
and resources of lots of people
out there just waiting to be
asked," he adds.

The campaign's theme is
"keeping the promise." That
promise was set down by
Agnes Scott's first chair of
the board of trustees,
Dr. Frank Henry Gaines,
during the first year of the
institution. He envisioned
Agnes Scott possessing "a
liberal curriculum fully abreast
of the best institutions of this
country."

"Our task is to fulfill the
promise to women who will
live most of their lives in the
21 St century, " says President
Schmidt. "Agnes Scott must
provide an education that is
appropriate to their needs
just as it has for women of the
19th and 20th centuries."

A successful Centennial
campaign will achieve those
goals and help insure that
Agnes Scott remains a vital
and productive institution for
years to come.

122 FALL 1987

FINALE

Fall Annual Fund
drive gets underway

The Office of Development
plans a big year, says Mary
Ann Reeves, the new director
of development.

An October phonathon for
the Annual Fund will begin
the fall calendar and Parent's
Day will he November 7.
"Parents are invited to come
to Agnes Scott to see what's
happening on campus and
what their daughters are

doing. They'll have a chance
to see new buildings and
other changes, " says Ms.
Reeves.

Campus improvements are
part of the Centennial cam-
pus being readied for the
College's big birthday in
1989. The Annual Fund
provides for the day-to-day
College operations and al-
though last year was a record
one for the fund, it still fell
short of the goal. "Obviously,
we had hoped for a higher
percentage of alumnae giving
than 39 percent," says Dr.

Rickard Scott, vice president
for development and public
affairs. This year the develop-
ment office hopes to raise
$450,000 from alumnae with
45 percent participation.

"Our number one goal is to
add an Annual Fund direc-
tor," says Ms. Reeves. This
person would educate alum-
nae, friends and parents about
the fund what it is, why it's
important. "The Annual
Fund is ongoing and impor-
tant every year," she says.
"We want people to be aware
of that.

"Any gilts to the Fund will
also be credited to the An-
nual Fund component of the
Centennial Campaign," she
adds.

In addition to monetary
goals, Ms. Reeves says she
hopes to start a newsletter on
taxes and financial planning
tor interested individuals.
She also wants to create an
investment planning seminar
tor women in the spring,
perhaps in conjunction with
the Alumnae Association.

The scramble is on
in renovated Evans
Dining Hall

Cafeteria style is out. "Mod-
ified scrambled" is in. For
those who like their eggs over
easy without having to wait
behind someone who prefers
theirs with a side of bacon,
the remodeled dining hall will
be just the ticket.

Modified scrambled serving
areas are designed "so that if
you only want a soup and
salad, you can go directly to
that area, bypass the rest and
walk out," explains Vice
President for Business and
Finance Gerald O. Whit-
tington. Cafeteria style slows
the line because diners must
walk by every single menu
item offered to get what they
want.

Mr. Whittington expects
initial confusion as students
learn where to turn for what,
but he believes that in the
long run, they'll like it much
better. "There were always
complaints about slowness
around peak times," he says.
And "the nature and variety
of offerings will be greatly
enhanced."

Not only the serving area
was spruced up. In the
kitchen, gleaming new
ranges, freezers and holding
bins replace old equipment in
place since the 1950s. The
vaulted ceiling was lowered
and the long pendulum light
fixtures prone to catching
dust that could fall in food
were supplanted by brighter
fluorescent lighting. A sleek
fire-suppression system over
the grill area completes the
picture.

The facelift also includes

new windows and flooring in
the main dining hall. Seating
by the windows will be par-
titioned to provide meeting
areas or quiet mealtime con-
versation. Both the main
room and the faculty/staff
dining room have new paint.
Architects created a presiden-
tial dining room from a former
cloakroom situated at the
front of the building.

The project was delayed a
year or two, according to Mr.
Whittington, "because there
wasn't the time to do it during

the summer, and we couldn't
do it when the students were
here." Summer conferences
on campus often intervened,
but this year the City of
Decatur allowed College
personnel to use the kitchen
facilities at Decatur High
School to serve meals to
conference participants in
Rehekah Hall dining Room.
Jack Bailey and Associates
served as architects for the
$600,000 renovation, and
Joseph Comacho consulted
on the kitchen design.

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In A LITTLE I.KSS THAN
100 YEARS, AUNES

Scott College HAS

EMERGED AS A LEADER

IN EDU;ATING WOMEN -

IN THE South AND

ACROSS THE NATION.

Now, Lit a time when
nianv nrher women's
ciilleges are ahandoninK
their original mission,
Agnes Scott holjs tirmly
to its vision: to educate
women who make a
difference in the world.

The College was
founded on this promise.

So that we may keep
our promise to students
ot the future, the College
is undertaking a capital
tundraising effort the
scope of which is unpre-
cedented in its history.
The Centennial Cam-
paign for Agnes Scott
College seeks to raise
$35 million.

Of that total, $17.9
million will support pro-
grams in the tine arts,
international studies,
physical activities, trans-
mission and lormation
of values, women's
science education, com-
puter technology, the
study of women, writing,
and academic services.

Another $15 million
will go toward maintain-
ing and updating our
exceptionally lovely

campus: reno\'ating
three residence halls,
landscaping, creating
a new campus center
from existing huildings,
and constructing a new
gymnasium. Finally,
$2.1 million in annual
fund contributions
will holster day-to-day
campus operations.
The Centennial
Campaign demonstrates
Agnes Scott's commit-
ment to women who

will li\'e most ot their
lives in the 21st century.
Agnes Scott must provide
an education that sup-
ports their talents,
dreams, and amhitions
just as it has for women
of the 19th and 20th
centuries. That is our
goal. That is our promise.

1889-1989

the centennial

campaign for

agnes scott

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