Agnes Scott News 1941 42

WELCOME,
NEW HOTTENTOTS!

Freshman Edition

WELCOME,
NEW HOTTENTOTS!

The Agnes Scott News

VOL. XXVII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1941

NO. 1

New Schedule
Governs
Campus Life

Not to be outdone by Main's
bcautification, Father Time did
a bit of revising on the sched-
ule, and, for all the confused, a
statement of new hours is given
below.
Sunday:

7:55 Rising Bell

8:10 Breakfast

9:15 Freshman Bible Class

1:05 First Dinner Bell

1 : 1 5 Dinner

5:20 Vespers

6: 1 0 Supper
10:30 Retiring Bell
Monday:

7:25 Rising Bell

7:40 Breakfast

9:00 First Class Begins

1:00 Lunch

6:25 Dinner
Tuesday-Friday:

7:25 Rising Bell

7:40 Breakfast

8:25 First Class Begins
10:25 Chapel

1:00 Lunch

6:25 Dinner
Saturday:

Same as other week days,
except retiring bell at 1 1 P. M.

Montgomery Lauds
Honor System

Dear Freshmen and all new
students:

It is a pleasure to be able to
say to you "Welcome to Agnes
Scot t." I
have every
confid ence
that you
have made
a wonderful
choice in
coming here.
Agnes Scott
has much to
offer to each
ol us.

One of the important lessons
each of us learns is how to live
together in a happy group. Our

Davis Welcomes
New Students

Christian Association Asks
New Ideas, Enthusiasm

Welcome, Freshmen!

It's grand to see you, all you
shining new Hottentots, and
we hope you know already
how happy
we are that
you have
come at last.
If you feel as
if you are
floating in a
glorious
dream, know
even the
Davis sophomores,
juniors, and
ancient seniors feel the same
way. We are still in the world
enough to know how it is to
have an unlockable trunk, to
be overrun in the unpacking
process, or to stand in line for
half a morning; so let us know
when we can help.

Remember, too, that we need
you with your life and enthus-
iasm and new ideas. You will
be hearing more about how to
belong and how to serve
through the Christian Associa-
tion.

Sincerely.

Billie Davis,
President of Christian Ass'n.

Montgomery

college life is based on the
Honor System. We are proud
of this, and we believe in it.
Each of us is trusted to be re-
sponsible for the details of her
living at college.

We are glad that you have
arrved on the campus, and all
who are old "Agnes Scotters"
look forward to knowing you
soon.

Sincerely,
Virginia Montgomery,
President of Student Gov't.

Is It Main,

Or Is It Heaven?

The students are here, the
opening confusion, greetings,
and general air of energetic
activity are here but has any-
one seen the mellowed interior
of "dear ole Main," once so fa-
miliar to upperclassmen? It
seems to have disappeared, and
in its stead is the shining New
Era, long a prop for future
hopes, now a reality in spotless
plaster, newly dried paint, and
hardwood floors!

Of course, things are still in
the last-touch stage, but Ella is
already proudly presiding over
her new office (in the space
formerly occupied by Mrs.
Smith's office), dates have al-
ready begun to admire the
face-lifted parlors. Freshmen
have been duly impressed by
the elegance of the first campus
building they saw, upperclass-
men are still overwhelmed, and
the people with their noses
pointing to the regions above
(and the pleased looks on their
faces) could be none other than
the residents of the hall.

Things long prophesied have
now truly come to pass.

AA Invites
Frosh to Gym

Hello, Freshmen!

You know, the more I look
at the picture of me by this
word of welcome, the more I
realize why
I've never
made beauty
sections.

Maybe
your pictures
don't flatter
you either,
but don't let
little things
like that
Gellerstedr upset you.
Come on down to the gym and
take it out on a tennis game or
basketball, or maybe a badmin-
ton birdie.

Say, that reminds me did
you hear the one about the
birdie who was weeks late get-
ting to Florida where all his
friends had migrated for the
winter? When asked what had
happened, he raised his bedrag-
gled, weary head, and replied.
"Well, it was this way. As I
was coming over Atlanta,
Georgia, I flew too low and
got knocked around in a bad-
minton game at Agnes Scott."

That will show you what
unusual things we do, and
what good times we have down
at the gym.

The Athletic Association
welcomes all you new students
and hopes that it can help you
really enjoy the year at Agnes
Scott.

I'll be playing with you.

Ann Gellerstedt,
President of Athletic Ass'n.

Twelve New Members
Join Administration

Student Enrollment Reaches 456;
Classes Begin Monday

Classes will begin Monday. September 22, with student
enrollment totalling 456 and twelve new administration mem-
,bers, including three of last year's graduates and four alumnae.

Miss Susan Parker Cobbs, a former professor at Randolph-
Macon Woman's College, will be in the Latin and Greek
department. She received her B.A. from Randolph-Macon, her
M.A. from New York Univer-

Medlock Greets
Freshman Class
For Day Students

To you. Freshmen:

Hello! And we're glad you
are here. We know you are
excited, and so are we. It's so
much fun
meeting and
getting to
know each
one of you.
We do so
want you all
to be happy
and enjoy
your years at
Agnes Scott.

I want to

Medlock

extend a special welcome to all
the Freshmen from the day stu-
dens not a group apart, but a
group that is a very definite
part of the campus; for though
we are not here all of the time,
we are here most of the time!
And we love our college and
think it is a "mighty fine place".
We are delighted that you
have all come, and want to help
you in any way we can.

Please let me say to all you
Freshmen boarders and day
students alike to begin your
year by making the most of
each opportunity that arises for
you. Be cooperative, work
faithfully, play wholeheartedly,
enter into the campus activities,
and make many friends, then
may your years at college be
happy ones.

Sincerely,

Betty Medlock.
Day Student Representative
of Student Government.

sity, and her Ph.D. from the
University of Chicago.

Mrs. Florene J. Dunstan, re-
cently a member of the faculty
at Southern Methodist Univer-
sity, will be in the Spanish
department. She received her
M.A. from Southern Methodist
University and her Ph.D. at the
University of Texas.

Miss Clara Morrison, new
member of the English depart-
ment, was under appointment
to go to France as a fellow
from the Institute of Interna-
tional Education when the war
broke out. She received her
B.A. from Agnes Scott, and her
M.A. from Emory.

Miss Ann Vann, formerly at
Queens College, will serve as
an instructor in mathematics.
She was granted her B.A. at
Salem College and her M.A. at
Columbia University.

Mrs. Margaret W. Davis,
who received her B.A. from
Agnes Scott, will be in the
chemistry department.

Miss Nell Hemphill, an
Agnes Scott graduate with a
certificate in piano, will be an
instructor in music. She has
been on the faculty of Peace
Junior College.

Other additions are:

Miss Beverly Coleman, grad-
uate of William and Mary,
assistant to the librarian; Miss
Carolyn Hewitt and Miss Car-
olyn Dunbar, resident nurses;
Miss Betsy Kendrick, in charge
of the bookstore; Miss Beryl
Healy, fellow in biology; Miss
Grace Walker, fellow in Eng-
lish; Miss Louise Will, new
assistant dietitian.

Coming This Week

September 18 (Thursday)

10:15 A. M.j Library classes for all Day
Students.

11:00 A. ML, Opening exercises in Gaines
Chapel.

7:10 P. .m.. Vespers in tiu' old Chapel.
7 :30 P. M . Meeting of all Freshmen Board-
ers in the lobby dt inman.
September 19 (Friday)

9:00 A. M., Dr. McCain's talk to new stu-
dents in Gaines Chapel.

7 :10 P. M.. Vespers in the Old Chapel.

8:00 P. M ., Musieale in Gaines Chapel.

September 20 (Saturday)

! :0fl A. M ., Library elasses for Boarders
(A-N).

0:1.". A. M.. Library chisscs for Hoarders
(O-Z).

10:30 A. M.. Student meeting in the Old

Chapel for all students.
11 : : 1 0 A. M.. Handbook classes tor all new

students.

8:30 P. M., Reception on the Quadrangle.
LO :00-ll:00 P. M., Dormitory party in

In man.
September 21 (Sunday)

0:15 A. M., President McCain's Hible Class
for Freshmen in Miss Gooch's Studio in
Rebekah Scott Hall.

3:00 P. M.j Tour of Atlanta.

5 :30 P. M.. Vespers in McLean Auditorium.

6 :45 P. M.. Sing on the steps of Main.

September 22 (Monday)

5 :00 P. M., Handbook classes for all new
students.

7:10 P. M.j Vespers in the Old Chapel.
September 23 (Tuesday)

5:00 P. M., Handbook classes for all new
students.

7:10 P. M.j Sing on the steps of Main.
September 24 (Wednesday)

10:00 A. M.j Election of Freshman Stunt

Chairman in Chapel.
5:00 P. M.. Handbook test for new students

in Huttrick Hall.
7:1(1 P. M.j After-dinner Coffee in tbe Mur-

phey Candler Building.
September 25 (Thursday)
5:00 P. M.j Alumnae Tea for new students.
7:10 P. M.j Vespers in the Old Chapel.
September 26 (Friday)
7:10 P. M.j Vespers in the Old Chapel.
September 27 (Saturday)

8:00 l\ M.. Athletic Association Open House

in the Gym.
September 28 (Sunday)

5 :30 P. M.j Christian Association Reconse-

cration Service.
6:45 P. M.j Sing on the steps of Main.
September 29 (Monday)
7 .10 P. M., Vespers In the Old Chapel.
September 30 (Tuesday)

4:30 P. M.. Day students sign Student Gov-
ernment Pledge.

7 :30 P. M., Boarders sign Student Govern-
ment. Pledge.
October 4 (Saturday)

8:00 P. M., Sophomore party for Freshmen.
October II (Saturday)

:00 P. M.j Black Cat Stunt Contest.

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The Agnes Scott News

VOL. XXVII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 1, 1941

NO. 2

Classes Elect
Chairmen for
Stunt Night

Sophs Choose Mae Lyons;
Margaret Milam
Heads Freshmen

First signs of activity pre-
ceding the annual Black Cat
Stunt on October 1 1 came this
week with the election of fresh-
man Margaret Milam and
sophomore Mae Lyons as stunt
chairmen for their classes.

Hansel Cowser and Dusty
Gould were elected freshman
cheerleaders while Nell Turner
and Mary Louise Duffee will
continue in that capacity for
the sophomores.

Chairman Lyons has an-
nounced the Sophomore com-
mittees, which follow:

Writing committee: Mary
Louise DufFee, chairman; Leila
Holmes, Smiley Williams, Ma-
ry Maxwell, Ethelyn Coggin,
Carolyn Daniel, Patty Bar-
bour.

Publicity: Peggy Sunder-
land, chairman; Ruth KolthofF,
Squee Woolford, Mary Blox-
ton, Betsy White, Mary Carr,
Janet Nair.

Costumes: Betty Sullivan,
Evelyn Cheek, chairmen; Mar-
tha Ray Lasseter, Mary Beth
Danielson.

Make-up: Meg Bless, chair-
man; Margaret Cathcart, Betty
Pope Scott, Catherine Stein-
bach, Quincy Mills.

Decorations for stage: Claire
Bedinger, chairman; Eleanor
Abernathy, Nita Hurst, Sue
Mitchell, Martha Nimmons,
(Continued on Page 4, Col. 4)

McCain Announces
Class Honors

Thirty-One Girls
Achieve Distinction

Thirty-one girls attained
class honors in the 1940-1941
session, according to an an-
nouncement made in Chapel
last Saturday by Dr. J. R. Mc-
Cain.

They are as follows:

Class of 1942: Lavinia
Brown, West Union, S. C;
Billie Gammon Davis, Brazil;
Susan Dyer, Petersburg, W.
Va.; Mary Lightfoot Elcan,
Bainbridge, Ga.; Margery
Gray, Union, West Va.; Ila
Belle Levie, Montezuma, Ga.;
Mrs. Lois Ions Nichols, Atlan-
ta, Ga.; Jeanne Osborne, At-
lanta, Ga.; Julia Ann Patch,
Spartanburg, S. C; Priscilla
Reasoner, Bradenton, Fla.; Bet-
ty Sunderland, Decatur, Ga.;
Frances Tucker, Laurel, Miss.

Class of 1943: Charity
Crocker, Brazil; Martha Dale,
Atlanta, Ga.; Jane Dinsmore,
Atlanta, Ga.; Jane Elliott, At-
lanta, Ga.; Dorothy Holloran,
Lynchburg, Va.; Ruth Line-
back, Atlanta, Ga.; Jane Mc-
Donough, Fort Benning, Ga.;
Dorothy Wheeler, Alexandria,
Va.

Class of 1944: Claire Ben-
nett, Yazoo City, Miss.; Anas-
tasia Carlos, Atlanta, Ga.; Lu-
cy Cobb, Atlanta, Ga.; Barbara
Connally, Tampa, Fla.; Betty
Vee Converse, Atlanta, Ga.;
Mary Eloise Henry, Atlanta,
Ga.; Gwendolyn Hill, Atlanta,
Ga.; Ruth KolthofF, Miami,
Fla.; Maysie Lyons, Decatur,
Ga.; Mary Florence McKee,
Columbus, Ga.; Anne Ward,
Selma, Ala.

Dot Gives
Registrar Laugh

While chatting with our emi-
nent registrar and psychology
professor one day recently, Dot
Holloran remarked, "How can
you always laugh so much, Mr.
Stukes? I thought when people
got old they were so serious 'n
all that they didn't enjoy things
so much."

Whereupon Mr. Stukes
broke into the best laugh he'd
had in months, and Dot began
explaining furiously what she
meant.

Statesman From
Panama Lectures

As a veteran diplomat and
an eminent statesman of his
own country of Panama, Ricar-
do Alfaro brings a timely mes-
sage to the college community
when he lectures here Novem-
ber 5. The former president of
Panama will speak on the sub-
ject of the solidarity and de-
fense of the Americas.

During his thirty-five years
in the diplomatic service, Al-
faro has taken part in such fa-
mous events as the negotiation
of the Panama Canal Treaty
and the meetings of the Per-
manent Court of Arbitration at
the Hague. He has attended all
of the important Pan-American
Conferences of recent years.

Second on the Lecture Series
this year will be the Chekhov
Players , who will present
Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
Mary Louise Palmour, chair-
man of the Student Lecture
Committee, says that this en-
tertainment is scheduled for
January 20, 1942.

Girls, Meet the Intelligentsia!

C. A. Presents
Week of Programs

Coming This Week

Saturday, 10:30 A. M. Christian Asso-
ciation Recognition Service in Gaines
Chapel.

Saturday, 8:00 P. M. Sophomore Party
for Freshmen in the Gym.

Monday, 8:30 P. M. Piano Concert pre-
sented by Hugh Hodgson in Presser
Hall.

Tuesday, 10:30 A. M. Chapel Talk by
Dr. Leroy Loemker, of Emory Univer-
sity in Gaines Chapel.

Courtesy The Atlanta Journal
Here are the Atlanta girls who won class honors for 1940-41. Left to right, seated: Ruth
Lineback, Jane Dinsmore, Gwen Hill, Martha Dale and Lois Ions Nichols. Standing: Jeanne
Osborne, Jane Elliott, Anastasia Carlos, Lucy Cobb and Betty Vee Converse.

Service Recognizes New Members;
Candlelighting Ends Series

Continuing the programs of the annual Christian Association
Week in Chapel, Frances Radford, treasurer, will report on
the Association's budget tomorrow, October 2, and Ruth Far-
rior, vespers chairman, will speak on the topic "World Chris-
tian Fellowship" Friday. The Recognition Service of new
Christian Association members Saturday morning and the Can-
dlelight Reconsecration Service Sunday afternoon at 5:30 will
conclude the series of programs.

Ann Paisley, worship chair-
man of the association, intro-
duced the theme of the year, "I
am the Way, the Truth, and
the Life," in a Chapel talk yes-
terday, and Suzanna McWhor-
ter followed it today with a
presentation of the various op-
portunities for s'ervice that are
available to the student body
here.

Live by Serving

She emphasized the fact that
we cannot really live our
Christianity unless we are serv-
ing in some way, and through
Christian Association we can
do this. The organizations
with which the Association will
be affiliated this year include
the Scottish Rite Hospital, the
Decatur Negro Mission, Deca-
tur Negro Girls' Club, and
Family Welfare in Decatur.

Loemker Speaks

It was also disclosed that Dr.
Leroy Loemker, philosophy
professor at Emory University,
will speak in Chapel October 7
on the general theme, "I Am
the Way, the Truth, and the
Life."

Christian Association asks
the students to submit sugges-
tions for other speakers and
programs, and also invites them
to attend the meetings of Fresh-
man and Sophomore Cabinets,
as well as Big Cabinet.

Book Contest
Offers Award

Of interest to students is the
Louise McKinney-Book Award
Contest, offering a cash prize
of twenty-five dollars, and
open to members of all classes.

Merit is based on discrimina-
tion in selection, on the quality
and quantity of books, and,
foremost, upon the contestant's
understanding of her collection.
The emphasis is upon mental
as well as physical ownership
of the individual's ^selections.

Serving on the committee of
representatives from the Eng-
lish department who judge the
contest is Miss Louise McKin-
ney, professor of English,
Emeritus, in whose honor mem-
bers of the faculty and of the
alumnae contributed a sum of
money so that a literary
achievement award might be
bestowed annually upon some
deserving student. There is no
limitation where the type of
book is concerned, but to be
considered, a collection must
consist of at least fifteen vol-
umes (none procured before
May, 1941, or after May, 1942,
can be accepted).

Miss Janef Preston of the
English department has offered
her time to students wishing
further information concerning
competition, but she urges that
entrants submit their names to
her or to some other member
of the department before the
close of the fall quarter.

Those of the faculty who
promote this contest feel that
it is a worthwhile cultural op-
portunity because it tends to
cultivate taste and discrimina-
tion in literature by encourag-
ing the choice of substantial
material and because it gives
students a chance to begin a
good personal library while in
college. It provides a goal to-
ward which to work so that in-
terest is not easily lost.

Hodgson Plays in First
Evening Musical Program

With a varied program in
McLean Chapel, Presser Hall,
on Monday night, October 6,
at 8:30 o'clock, Mr. Hugh
Hodgson will introduce a new
series of musical entertain-
ments to the campus.

Replacing the weekly Friday
night musicales of last year,
Mr. Hodgson and Mr. Chris-
tian W. Dieckmann will co-
operate in bringing concerts to
the campus two Monday nights
of each month.

Mr. Hodgson's selections
for Monday night include:

Allemande, d'Albert; Ga-
votte and Musette, d'Albert;
Sonata in B Minor, Scarlatti;
Sonata in D Minor, Scarlatti;
Allegro brisso from Sonata in
Bb, Schytte; Nocturne in C#
Minor Chopin; Mazurka in G#
Minor, Chopin; Valse in C#
Minor, Chopin; Polonaise n C#
Minor, Chopin; Two Baga-
telles, Tscherepiun; Polka Dots,
Hodgson; and Ichuaway
Dance, Hodgson.

Page 2

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1941

Contest Picks
"Miss A. A." at Fair

Hockey Field Becomes Fairgrounds
For Annual Day of Fun and Frolic.

By EDWINA BURRUSS

Highlighting the A. A. fair Friday afternoon will be the
selection of "Miss Athletic Association". The judges, three
members of the faculty, will base their decision on the poise,
posture, and pulchritude of the contestants. Each class will
choose four girls to participate in the contest and to represent
the class.

Athletic Association will
transform the hockey field into
fairgrounds for the annual ral-
ly, to be held from four to six
next Friday. The entertain-
ment will consist of rides (the
famous merry - go - round ) ,
games of skill and chance, and
a bug house.

Although new students are
especially invited, Ann Geller-
stedt urges every member of
the college community to "come
to the fair!"

With no dissenting voice,
Saturday night's open house
was declared the most success-
ful in the history of open
houses at Agnes Scott. About
three hundred boys from Tech,
Emory, and Columbia attend-
ed. Songs and games and a
balloon-popping contest fur-
nished entertainment; boys
found their partners by getting
a shoe from the pile in the mid-
dle of the floor and finding the
girl to whom it belonged. Dr.
Jones, Mrs. Lapp, Miss Wil-
burn, and Miss Mitchell served
refreshments outside the gym.

Seen during the evening
were: Gay, Frierson, and Alta
frantically numbering their
groups, only, as they finished,
to have fifteen or twenty more
people walk up; Phi Delta The-
ta pledges, who were making a
list of freshmen, trying to get
Dr. Jones' name; Betty Ann in
a rat cap; A. A. board signing
out for Milledgeville at the end
of the evening.

Mary Maxwell, swimming
manager, announced this week
that the swimming club will
hold tryouts October 6-9, 13-
16. All girls interested in swim-
ming are eligible to try out; re-
quirements are distance, good
form and life saving.

Golf club will meet tomorrow
to play together for the first
time this year. After the return
from Forest Hills, Miss Wil-
burn will entertain the group.

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New Singers
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Mr. Johnson, head of the
music department, has an-
nounced the names of the new
members recently added to the
special chorus. First sopranos
are Ellen Arnold, Jeanne New-
ton, Joan Stevenson, and Agnes
Waters, with Mary Jane Bon-
ham, Laura Cummings, and
Betty Williams as second so-
pranos. Marjorie Haddock,
Susanna McWhorter, and Ma-
ry Rountree are first contraltos,
and second contraltos are Eth-
lyn Coggin, Margaret Erwin,
Ramona Isaacson and Zena
Harris.

These new members are all
advanced vocal students, and
will join old members of the
chorus in their present work on
"Indian Love Call" and "The
Italian Street Song".

Within the next few weeks
the chorus plans to sing at Fort
McPherson.

Mortar Board Honors
Transfer Students

On Saturday, October 4, at
5:30 P. M., Mortar Board will
have its traditional party for
all new transfer students. The
party will be an informal sup-
per party either at North Ful-
ton Park or Harrison Hut, and
Mortar Board is inviting dates
for the girls.

Sophomores Entertain

The Sophomores are giving
a "Vice Versa Party" for the
Freshmen in the Bucher Scott
Gymnasium on Saturday, Oct.
4, at 8:00 P. M., according to
Bobby Powell, class president.

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Dean Lists
Chaperones

Large Group of Seniors
Takes Responsibility

Miss Scandrett has an-
nounced that the following girls
have agreed to serve as senior
chaperones this year:

Billie Davis, Suzanna Mc-
Whorter, Martha Arant, Jean
Beutell, Lavinia Brown, Sylvia
Cohn, Margaret Erwin, Ann
Gellerstedt, Lillian Gish, Julia
Harry, Margaret Hartsook,
Suzanne Kaulbach, Ila Belle
Levie, Caroline Long, Mary
Dean Lott, Sara Massey, Mary
Louise Palmour, Elise Nance,
Caroline Newbold, Louise
Pruitt, Claire Purcell, Pat Rea-
soner, Mary James Seagle,
Margaret Sheftall, Shirley
Anne Smith, Rebecca Stamper,
and Annie Wilds. This list will
probably be supplemented lat-
er.

Within the past five or six
years the Student Government
Association, with the approval
of the dean's office, has given
to a number of seniors the priv-
ilege and responsibility of
chaperoning underclassmen on
dates after time limit. Before
the advent of the new rule,
seniors had only been permit-
ted to chaperon underclassmen
to Atlanta during the day.

Hodgson Begins Series

Mr. Hugh Hodgson, noted
Atlanta pianist and composer,
began a new course on "The
Drama of Wagner" last Satur-
day.

The classes are being held in
MacLean Chapel every Satur-
day at 1 1 A. M., as they were
last year. They are open to
students, faculty, and alumnae
without extra charge.

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German Girl Attends
Eleventh School

Entering a new school is nothing unusual for one of this
year's freshmen. Agnes Scott is the eleventh school for Inge
Probstein one of the campus's most interesting people.

Born in the city of Frankfurt on the Main, in Germany, Inge
began boarding school life at the age of three. She attended a
Quaker Progressive School in South Germany on the Danube
until she was nine. The next
two years were rather irreg-
ular, as her family moved fre-
quently. The summers were
spent in a camp in Holland.
The camp, based on a Friend-
ship Exchange system, includ-
ed both Dutch and German
children. It was lots of fun,
being very much like American
camps, Inge says.

In 1933 she and her mother
came to America. They crossed
the ocean without spending a
cent, for that time they were
allowed to take only $2.50 out
of Germany, and to land in
America they had to have at
least $2.50.

Inge went to another pro-
gressive school in Philadelphia,
where she specialized in art.
She loves painting and had two
pictures exhibited in the final
show of the University of
Pennsylvania Cultural Olym-
pics.

Her past two summers have
been quite unusual. Summer
before last was not much fun,
in fact Inge says it was terrible.
She hired herself out as a par-
lormaid to see what it was like.

"I only got thirty dollars a
month, and it was slavery/' she
said.

She enjoyed this past sum-
mer. With the money earned
from working in a biscuit com-
pany, she went to Plymouth,
New Hampshire, to a school
for European scholars, spon-
sored by the American Friends
Service Committee. Inge be-
longed to the Junior Work
Unit, and was a Junior tutor in
English to university profes-
sors, painters and musicians, all
but three of whom had Ph.D.'s.

This brings her down to the
present, where she is making a
very interesting addition to the
campus. She likes Agnes Scott,
and is not so very different
from the other freshmen, for
she told me exactly how many
days it was till Christmas holi-
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Page 3

THE BABBLING BROOKS

By Betty Ann Brooks

You can't say I haven't done my part in orientation; ex-
plained everything from the teahouse not being the T-house
(place to entertain Tech students) (good idea anyhow!) to
having to insist that Miss Phythian had not made a mistake,
"that she had not worn her academic robe wrong-side-out".
Then we've had to explain that

a Mortar Board pin does not
signify Seniorhood and that
they'll be lucky if this Black
Cat ever crosses their path and
that they'll be batty if they ever
see it in the act.

House-President Claire Pur-
cell, mortified and fortified, is
still saying "No, I'm not a
Freshman."

Questions come from other
rats, too: At the A. A. open
house one Tech freshman asked
in all earnestness if Joella
Craig's Hill-billy tune was ren-
dered seriously saying that he
"hated to laugh at her for fear
of offending, but that he did
enjoy it thoroughly."

Some people take Math be-
cause they consider it the least
of the scientific evils; others,
because "it just comes to them"
(in my jealousy I call this a
very subtle way of dragging),
but Catherine Thompson has a
reason unique: she couldn't re-
sist spending her extra fifteen
dollars, so the retailers got her
lab fee and she got a seat in the
calculus class.

And in Botany class is Mary

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Louise Palmour. It's a pleasure
to know that she'll learn that
chlorophyll isn't just another
anaesthetic.

Down at the gym, several
new students are finding out
that hockey isn't something you
play in a shop with three balls
amazing!

But the crowning quiz of the
week came from Helen Hurst,
junior transfer, when she asked
one night at dinner in Rebekah,
"Does Agnes Scott have a
newspaper?" It just so hap-
pened that the editor of the
publication was at the head of
the table, and the managing ed-
itor was sitting on her right.
(Ain't it gruesome?)

And at the gym also is Dr.
Jones, looking rather weary
these days since the dental fra-
ternities have started rushing
her husband!

Blackfriars Study
Summer Plays

Blackfriars met last night at
7:30. Those members who saw
productions of summer theaters
or who worked in them gave
reports. James Weems of the
Emory Players was guest of
the club and spoke of his work
in summer stock.

The Blackfriars Board held
its first meeting and had a pic-
nic at Coffee Hill on Monday
night.

How to Win Friends

in one easy lesson
Treat yourself and others to
wholesome, delicious Wrigley's
Spearmint Gum. Swell to chew.
Helps keep breath sweet, teeth
bright. The Flavor Lasts.

Forum Debates
Importance of
Black Cat Stunt

Student Government Asso-
ciation has chosen the Agnes
Scott ideal as its theme for the
year and has announced that
Betty Medlock will present this
theme in a chapel program
within the next few weeks.

Ila Belle Levie, vice presi-
dent of Student Government,
announces that the first Open
Forum will be on October 16.
The question for discussion is
whether the Black Cat Stunt
has come to be of excessive im-
portance in campus life. Topics
for future Forums will be post-
ed in advance and there will
be a box in the mail room to
receive suggestions.

Virginia Montgomery, Pres-
ident of the Association, re-
cently spoke in chapel setting
forth the purpose of Student
Government and explaining its
functions. Among the new
plans, she announced that Ag-
nes Scott is going to try to keep
the students in close contact
with the National Student Fed-
eration of America and bring
speakers occasionally to talk on
current events.

Association
Suggests Budget

The Student Government
Association suggests the fol-
lowing budget for the new
term:

Student Government
supper at Miss Scan-

drett's house $ 12.00

Food for retreat 12.00

Bowen Press 50.00

N. S. F. A. conventions

(2) 247.00

N. S. F. A. dues 25.00

Entertainments 20.00

Stamps, etc 11.00

Radio service 5.00

Lecturer 200.00

Campaign pledge 50.00

^ Total $632.00

Clara Rountree, treasurer of
the association, submitted the
budget.

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HOME-MADE CAKES
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Olivia White Keeps up with

^Jlie ^Jrottin ' J^ottentots

We've certainly come a long way from the little red school-
house and the song, "School days, school days, dear old golden
rule days," but most of us are really glad to get back to Agnes
Scott and to the friendships it provides. We are happy to see
our friends at Tech and Emory and to join in the mad whirl
of their rush week. Hottentots are always willing to "cooper-
ate."

At Emory
included:

the rush parties

SAE: Bet-
tye Ashcraft,
Mary Louise
Duffee, Nell
Turner, Su-
s a n Mont-
gomery, Pol-
1 y Cook,
Patty Bar-
bour, Claire

r\v - %a/l- a Bennett,
Olivia White Smiley Wil-
liams, Carolyn Fuller, Eugenia
Jones, Julia Ann Florence, Dot
Gay, Mas House, Mary Max-
well, Flake Patman, Martha
Liddell, Pat Stokes, Mimi Alex-
ander, Ann Hilsman, Mary
Dean Lott, and Suzanne Kaul-
bach.

CHI PHI: Sarah Massey,
Eleanor Abernathy, Martha
Nimmons, Margaret Shepherd,
Claire Johnson.

PHI DELTA THETA: Ma-
ry Louise Palmour, Martha
Nimmons, Margaret Shepherd,
Martha Rhodes, Flake Patman,
Scotty Newell, Anne Black.

PI K A: Bettye Ashcraft,
Evelyn Cheek, Margaret Cath-
cart, Flake Patman, Mary Vir-
ginia Evans, Mary Dean Lott,
Shirley Davis, Willeta Sartor,
Betty Sullivan, Eugenia Hailey,
Ruth Biggs, Lillian Gudenrath.

DELTA TAU DELTA:
Claire Purcell, Sterly Lebey,
Julia Scott, Betty Bacon.

SIGMA CHI: Claire Ben-
nett, Zelda Barnett, Patty Bar-
bour, Nell Turner, Mary Lou-
ise Duffee, Sue Mitchell, Mar-
tha Rhodes, Mary Louise Pal-
mour, Lib Beasley, Jean Beu-
tell, Shirley Ann Smith, Mar-
jorie Wilson.

ATO: Claire Bennett, Caro-
lyn Fuller, Martha Liddell,
Mary Louise Duffee, Leila
Holmes, Mas House, Sally
Knight, Martha Stone, Betty
Sullivan.

KAPPA ALPHA: Margaret
Shepherd, Betty Williams, An-
nie Wilds, Eugenia Hailey, Su-

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And at Georgia Tech the
fraternities entertained the fol-
lowing:

KAPPA ALPHA: Martha
Stone, Susan Montgomery,
Mary Louise Duffee, Carolyn
Fuller, and Eugenia Jones. .

PHI DELTA THETA: Bet-
tye Ashcraft, Sara Copeland,
Julia Ann Florence, Sally
Knight.

KAPPA SIGMA: Mary
Carr, Sally Knight, Carolyn
Steinbach.

ATO: Dot Gray and Sally
Knight.

CHI PHI: Martha Liddell,
Leila Holmes, JuJia Ann Flor-
ence, Cato Whelchel.

PHI KAPPA EPSILON:
Eugenia Mason, Quincy Mills,
Cathy Steinbach, Marjorie
Tippins.

BETA THETA PI: Julia
Scott.

PHI KAPPA PHI: Sally
Knight.

SIGMA NU: Becky Stamp-
er, Margaret Downie, Virginia
Carter, Penny Espy, Rebecca
Andrews, Betty Burress.

CHI PSI: Mary Ann Atkins,
Rebecca Andrews.
^ Among those at the Dental
College Functions were:

PSI OMEGA: Jean Beutell,
Sara Copeland, Betty Hender-
son, Mary Ann Atkins, Shirley
Ann Smith, Lillian Gudenrath,
Mimi Alexander, Ann Hilsman,
Alta Webster, Willetta Sartor,
Suzanne Kaulbach, and Mary
Lightfoot Elcan.

DELTA SIGMA: Betty
Henderson, Pat Evans.

ZIP: Mary Lightfoot Elcan.

PHI GAMMA DELTA
house dance Tuesday, Septem-
ber 16 at Tech: Virginia Barr,
Marion Barr, Louise Hawkins,
Betty Burress.

Current History Forum
Holds First Meeting

The Current History Forum
held its first meeting of the
school year on Tuesday, Sep-
tember 30, to make plans for
the year.

They decided to continue the
current events bulletin board
in the reference room of the
library; to have speakers, dis-
cussions, debates, probably
joint meetings with current
events clubs of other schools;
and to awaken interest on the
campus in the world happen-
ings by making news and an
interpretation available.

The Agnes Scott News will
hold try-outs the week of Oct*
8-15* All who are interested
are asked please to sign up on
the back bulletin board in
Buttrick before next Tuesday*
Freshmen are not eligible*

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Page 4

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1941

To Be Informed,
Or Not to Be
Informed

With vacations becoming hazy in the rou-
tine of campus activities, the world of war-
torn reality and news commentators, so
constantly with everyone the past few
months, has already begun to fade into the
mental distance.

Such remoteness may be natural in a
school such as Agnes Scott, ever busy with
its own activities, but this is America, 1941,
and events which formerly took years to
happen are now taken as almost daily oc-
currences, and it is not sufficient to read a
review of world news every month or so
to consider one's self well informed*

Realizing this, Current History Forum is
working harder than ever this year to obtain
outside speakers and to keep the bulletin
board in the basement of the library up to
date. It would definitely be a step forward
educationally if this board got half the at-
tention the clock does as students dash up
and down the steps.

Also, the news weeklies and daily news-
papers upstairs hold information and stories
which can be guaranteed to equal any start-
ling escapade which Dick Tracy or Little
Orphan Annie may be going through just
now, and accompanying pictures make the
society page seem absolutely farcical in
comparison.

For a group of students, presumed to be
intellectually alive, Agnes Scott girls as a
whole are exceptionally uninformed as to
current events. And after seeing many a
brother or friend leave home this past year
to pay Uncle Sam a rather lengthy visit, it
is quite evident that present world condi-
tions merely foreshadow a future which time
alone can predict and disclose, a future
which students of today will not only live
but also help form and control.

Thus it is not only desirable, but also nec-
essary to the maintenance of standards as
alert and educated members of society that
the student body strive this year, as a whole
and individually, to keep from becoming so
bound within its own narrow world that it
fails to keep up with what goes on in the
history-making news and must needs hang
its scholastic head in shame whenever cur-
rent events are mentioned*

Honors Are Due

Athletic Association for beginning their
open house with such a bang last Satur-
day night. Ann Gellerstedt states that the
walls were bulging, and at least 600 peo-
ple attended (which is a slight exaggera-
tion, she admits), but anyone near the
gym that evening can vouch for the fact
that attendants were plentiful and a good
time was had by all.

Congratulations, A.A., and more power
to you!

The campus regrets very much that Mrs.
Appling, assistant housekeeper, will be un-
able to return this year due to ill health.
Her absence will be a real loss to the college
community.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XXVII

Wednesday, October 1, 1941

No. 2

Published weekly, except during holidays and examination
periods, by the students of Agnos Scott College. Office on
second floor Murphey Candler Building. Entered as second
class matter at the Decatur, Georgia, post office. Subscription
price per year. $1.25; single copies, five cents.

Editor BEE BRAD FIELD

Managing Editor JEANNE OSBORNE

Business Manager SUZANNE KAL'LBACH

Reporters: Ann Wright, Leila Holmes. Betty Bates, Betsy
White. Qulncy Mills. Jano Dlnsmore. Mary Louise Duffee.
Mary Ann Barfleld. Martha Ray Lasseter. Marlon Knapp.
Madeline Hosrner. Martha Stone. Virginia Barr. Betty Bur-
ress. Evelyn Cheek, Tornella Stuckey, Leila Matthews. Ann
Chambless. Shirley Ann Smith.

Business Assistants: Nancy Thomlson. Martha LIddell. ITelen
Smith. M. S. Barker. L. Boone. A. Binnstead. A. Clements,
T. Craig. M. Dlllard. M. A. Hannah. D. Hopkins. B. Moore.
M. Toomey.

Jane Elliott

divisions being

Jane Elliott Sifts

Todays News

The Bear Facts?

As usual, no one knows exactly what is
happening in Russia. Official Nazi sources
report smashing successes at Kiev and near
Leningrad, while Russia
retorts with claims of
counterattacks and abso-
lute control of Crimea. If
as many of the soldiers
have been killed, on both
sides, as have been re-
ported, Russia's earth
must be redder than north
Georgia mud after a rain;
for first one side and then
the other tells of whole
"wiped out." The Russian
bear slashes at the German pig, and the pig,
become a wild boar, rips his opponent with
sharp tusks; the bear seems to be tottering
but the fight is not over yet.

I Sing of Arms and a Man

In this case the arms are those for U. S.
merchant vessels, and the man is President
Roosevelt. Since the sinking of the Stessa,
the Montana, and the Pink Star, it has been
obvious that there would soon be provision
for arming of merchantmen. Some legisla-
tors are advocating the repeal of the Neu-
trality Act in order that we may not "tie
the president's hands". But rumor has it that
the President will merely ask for a sort of
revision. It is almost a foregone conclusion
that he will get it.

Death Comes for the Bishop

Georgia's Bishop Warren A. Candler is
dead. From a circuit rider he came to be a
bishop of the Southern Methodist Church
and for ten years president of Emory Uni-
versity one of Georgia's leaders in the
church and in education. With him has gone
one of the strongest props of "the old time
religion"; Southern Methodism will miss
him.

Sabotage, Unlimited

Sabotage is a risky game for a conquered
nation to play, but France is playing, and
paying. A German official in occupied
France can not be sure that some one is not
going to put a bullet in his back; machines
have a curious habit of getting out of order;
V signs often appear; news of the location
of ammunition dumps and factories leaks
through to Britain. But . . . Germany makes
France pay in the blood of her people; a
murdered Nazi sergeant may mean ten dead
French "communists". Germany rules her
victims with an iron hand; but the French
believe that even iron is not impervious to
rust.

In Conference

The United States, Russia, and England
have their heads together, over a Russian
conference table. W. Averell Harriman,
chief of the U. S. mission, pledged our ut-
most aid to Russia: "There will be hundreds
of American planes and tanks sent to Russia
. . . The flow will be constantly increasing
and eventually will be limited only by the
problems of transport." Even now at least
three tankers have reached Vladivostock
with aviation fuel; more ships must follow.

Ediotrial Notes

The Senior Class began the traditional
Senior Coffees by sponsoring the one last
Sunday. These after dinner get-togethers
of students and faculty in Murphey Candler
on Sunday afternoons give both new and
old members of the campus a chance to "get
acquainted", and it is sincerely hoped that
the enthusiasm with which coffee was re-
ceived last week will be continued through-
out the year.

Campus Camera

With the world crisis becoming more
critical by the hour, it is only natural and
right that a Christian nation turn to prayer
for its guidance and aid.

Next Sunday, churches of all denomina-
tions will hold a special Communion Service
in view of the critical state of world events,
and nationwide cooperation of young people
and old alike is urged.

"That whatsoever ye shall ask of the
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When Shall We Sing?

Sings on the front steps of
Main have been so much fun in
the early fall that we have
tried to find
out if stu-
dents wish
.'or them to
De continued
t h r oughout
the year.
The consen-
sus of opin-
ion is that
we should
Barker have these
informal get - togethers fre-
quently.

Marjorie Wilson, '43: I think
they certainly should be con-
tinued not only for the sake
of the freshmen, but for the
upperclassmen as well. They
stimulate more school spirit and
cooperation between classes. I
think a regular time should be
set aside for these sings.

Julia Harvard, '44: I think
sings are fun. They offer a
good chance for boarders and
day students to get together. I
don't think once a week is too
often to have sings.

Sterly Lebey, '43: Yes. I
think we should continue the
sings. They help people to get
acquainted and improve school
spirit. I think we should have

them every other week, but
they should not last too long.

Becky Andrews, '42: I don't
think sings should be continued
regularly throughout the year.
I feel that they would be more
appreciated if they were held
about once every two months
and at a time when it would be
more convenient for day stu-
dents to attend.

Arline Bragin, '45: Provided
sings are not too long, they are
fun. I think everyone will come
if they are held once a week.

Martha Stone, '44: I think
that sings should be kept up
during the year, because they
are fun and give students a
chance to get together in a
friendly spirit. I think they
should be held once every two
weeks.

Dot Almond, '45: Sings
arouse a lot of school spirit.
They should be held once or
twice a week.

Hester Chafin, '43: I really
do think that everyone enjoys
the relaxation and recreation
afforded by sings; however, I
don't think they should be held
more often than once a week.

Annie Wilds, '42: I think
these sings should be held
about once every three weeks.
I feel that there is a definite
need for the sings.

(Continued from Page 1)

Stunt Plans

Virginia Tuggle, Ann Jacobs,
Margaret Shepherd.

Decorations for cheering sec-
tion: Nell Turner, Gwen Hill,
chairmen; Elizabeth Harvard,
Julia Harvard, Trillie Bond,
Billy Walker, Harriet Kunian-
sky, Susan Montgomery, June
Lanier.

Property: Elizabeth Ed-
wards, chairman; Betty Bacon,
Ann Ward, Martha Liddell,
Martha Stone, Zena Harris,
Mary Elizabeth Walker.

Margaret has announced the
freshman stunt committees, and
the writing committee is as fol-
lows: Isabel Rogers, chairman;
Wendy Whittle, Pauline Ertz,

Quotable Quotes

"The American college has
demonstrated both its vitality
and its usefulness, but to main-
tain it and to extend that use-
fulness to the world of today
and tomorrow, the college must
think harder and think straight-
er about its job than it has
thought up to the present." Dr.
F. P. Keppel, president, Car-
negie Corporation of New
Yor,k poses a straightforward
challenge. (ACP)

Julia Black, Ceevah Rosenthal,
and Rounelle Martin.

Lack of space prohibits list-
ing the other committees, which
are: Properties, Make-Up. Mu-
sic, Business, Costumes, Scen-
ery, and Decorations.

The Agnes Scott News

VOL. XXVII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE. DECATUR. GA.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 8. 1941

NO. 3

Silhouette
Wins Honor

Judges Give Yearbook
All-American Rating

American Collegiate Press
recently announced that it had
chosen last year's Silhouette as
one of the forty-three annuals
meriting all-American rating.
High school and college year-
books entered in the competi-
tion totaled 933.

With Gene Slack as editor
and Helen Klugh as business
manager, the 1941 Silhouette is
the fourth consecutive book to
receive the ail-American rat-
ing. Lutie Moore was editor in
1940, Adelaide Benson, 1939,
and V irginia Watson, 1938.

The Association especially
commended the Silhouette on
its school life section; views;
faculty section; underclass
treatment; organizations and
activities; coverage, treatment,
and pictures of the sports sec-
tion; typography; and physical
appearance.

Julia Ann Patch, present edi-
tor of the yearbook, has an-
nounced that this year's book
will also be entered in the com-
petition, whose purpose is
stated, "to aid and guide year-
book staffs in the production of
better books. This guidance
consists of a detailed criticism
of the present book and sug-
gestions for improvement for
the next book. In carrying out
this purpose, emphasis is logi-
cally placed upon the editorial
considerations of production."

Mr. Edmonds, judge of this
particular classification, noted
that the Silhouette was "an ex-
cellent book, full of life, and
makes good use of informals."

Marvin McDonald
Tells Program
Of Concert Series

An announcement of interest
to Agnes Scott students is that
made by Marvin McDonald,
manager for the Atlanta Music
Club, presenting the season's
program in the All Star Con-
cert Series.

The first attraction will be
the noted pianist-composer
Serge Rachmaninoff, on Satur-
day, October 25. Mr. Rach-
maninoff was to come to At-
lanta in last year's series but
was prevented by illness.

Monday, November 10, Hel-
en Traubel, dramatic soprano
of the Metropolitan Opera
Company, will present a con-
cert.

The Ballet Russe will present
a program of new ballets on
Tuesday, December 9.

The Philadelphia Orchestra,
conducted by Eugene Orman-
dy, will give a concert on
Thursday, January 22.

Nelson Eddy will sing on
Wednesday, March 4.

On Thursday, March 19, the
Atlanta Music Club will bring
the Cincinnati Orchestra to At-
lanta, with Eugene Goossens
as conductor and Zino Fran-
cescatti, violinist.

The closing program of the
series will be the Metropolitan
Opera Company in "The Bar-
ber of Seville", Thursday
April 23.

The concerts will be in the
city auditorium and will all be-
gin at 8:30, with the exception
of the opera which will beqin
at 8:00.

Tickets will go on sale in
the lobby of Buttrick Saturday
morning at 10 A. M., accord-
ing to an announcement made
yesterday.

Sophs, Frosh Keep Mum
As Cat Night Approaches

By Neva Jackson

The halls of Main and In-
man bustle with activity these
days as sophs and frosh delve
headlong into all-absorbing
preparations for the stunt.
Molly Milam can be seen at all
hours scampering from first to
third, bearing bedraggled wisps
of paper which contain certain
essential and secret bits of in-
formation. *

First floor Inman was a few
nights ago the scene of a
guarding party. It seems the
report had circulated that the
sophs were planning a raid for
the cat, reposing on the piano.
After a quiet three hours, the
guards, sleepy but relieved,
stumbled to bed.

Molly's room, repository for
properties, looks like a combi-
nation pawn shop and dump
pile. Two or three orange
crates, obtained in Decatur en-
joy one corner. The center is
left for plotting stage effects.
This operation, an original one,
consists in putting several ar-
ticles, such as a perfume bottle,
a box of powder, and a Coca-
Cola bottle on the floor, to rep-
resent the stage setting. The
object is to get the view which
the audience will have of the
stage. The members of the

writing committee found lolling
about under the beds or crawl-
ing along the walls a great in-
spiration during the composing
of difficult passages.

The supply of midnight oil,
though limited in Inman, has
lately burned plentifully in
Main. The sophs, however,
have been stealthy in their
movements, working quietly
and with tight lips. Table con-
versation in Rebekah is rather
broken just now, as sophs are
always remembering the pres-
ence of juniors a minute too
late.

At least one person, how-
ever, has enjoyed some of the
sophomore stunt first-hand.
One of the workmen in Main,
installing dresser handles,
laughed loudly and heartily at
every line and suggestion that
came from the writing commit-
tee, working in the corner.

Tension is getting stronger
in Inman and Main; class
pulses rise; the whole campus
is infested with curiosity; and
the kitty, staring from its perch
on the Inman piano, is no doubt
eagerly awaiting the contest
which will decide her residence
for the coming year.

Horsefly Race
Enlivens Library

We had been thinking that a
wave of "Indian Summer Fe-
ver" had swept the campus, but
we didn't know it was so seri-
ous until a few days ago. Si-
lence reigned over the crowded
reserve room of the Library,
and an unwary little horsefly
came cruising through the win-
dow to explore.

Did everyone continue to
study in true academic fashion?
Of course not!

Within a minute two biology
majors were on their feet in hot
pursuit of the insect. Seizing
someone's oilskin raincoat to
use as a net, Ruth Lineback
whirled around the tables to
the delight of a large audience,
and did not give up the chase
until Horace Horsefly was
caught.

She was not a minute too
soon, for as she bore him
proudly away to a new home in
the Science Hall, the Librarian
arrived to stop the confusion.

M

aunce

Mind

us,

Council Plans
Law Studies

Frances Tucker, President of
the President's Council, an-
nounces that as their 1941-42
project the Council will teach
Parliamentary Law on the
campus.

The Council, composed of
the heads of all campus clubs
and organizations and the edi-
tors of all publications, met on
September 29 to plan their
project. Miss Elizabeth Jack-
son, of the History department,
will assist them in teaching
Parliamentary Law. They plan
to work from the group of
presidents on the council,
teaching them and expecting
the work to be carried on with-
in their own organizations.
Later in the year the Council
will present a program in chap-
el to show the correct parlia-
mentary procedure.

Frances Tucker, Council
president, says that she feels
that the project will be of great
help on the campus, especially
during open forums, because
many of the students do not
know enough about Parliamen-
tary Law to be able to partici-
pate in the forums.

Faculty Fetes New Staff
With Annual Bacon Bat
At Harrison Hut

Honoring both the new and
former members of the faculty,
Misses Eleanor Hutchens,
Margaret Weir, and Dr. Eu-
genia Jones will entertain at a
Bacon Bat at Harrison Hut, on
Saturday, October 18, at 6
o'clock. More than sixty pro-
fessors and other administra-
tive officers are expected to at-
tend.

The Bacon Bat, an annual
custom at Agnes Scott, is given
by those faculty members who
have been on the college staff
for two years, and honors the
new members of the adminis-
tration.

Home From Europe,
Tells About Russia

Renowned Author, Commentator
Brings Timely Message to Campus
As Speaker at First Lecture

On October 24, Maurice Hindus, world-known author, lec-
turer, and radio commentator, will speak on the subject "What's
Happening in Russia?", Miss Emma Mae Laney has revealed.
The lecture will take place in Gaines Chapel at 8:30 P. M.

Mr. Hindus, having just returned from Europe, has authentic
information about the Russian situation, and the Lecture Asso-

ciation feels that the campus is

Coming This Week

Thursday, 10:30 A. M. Chapel talk by
Betty Medlock in Gaines Chapel.

Friday, 10:30 A. M. Dr. McCain's talk in
Chapel.

Friday, 4:00 P. M. Practice Heckey
Games.

Saturday, 8:00 P. M. Black Cat Stunt in
the Gym.

McCain Discusses
State Education

Chapel Talk Views
Political Interference

Dr. McCain, having been re-
quested by several students to
tell something of the present
situation in Georgia with re-
gard to the State educational
developments, has agreed to
talk briefly in chapel Friday
morning, October 10th.

The matters likely to be dis-
cussed are the dropping of offi-
cers and teachers without edu-
cational causes, the remodeling
of the Board of Regents for a
purpose, the power exercised
by the Governor over individ-
uals in the University System,
the possible action by the
Southern Association of Col-
leges and Secondary Schools,
and the program of action
which may prevent further in-
terference by political influ-
ences.

very fortunate in having an
opportunity to hear him at such
a pertinent time. He has been
on the border of Russia since
May, and has first hand news
about conditions there.

Lectured in '39

Seniors and faculty will re-
member his lecture at Agnes
Scott in 1939, soon after his ar-
rival from Czechoslovakia
where he had been gathering
material for one of his numer-
ous books. Among these are
Humanity Uprooted, Green
Worlds, We Shall Live Again,
Sons and Fathers, Moscow
Skies, the Great Offensive, Red
Bread, Broken Earth, the Rus-
sian Peasant and the Revolu-
tion*

Widely-Travelled

The Russian-born linguist,
student, and humanitarian has
travelled and studied in many
countries, including Russia,
Germany, England, Czechoslo-
vakia, Finland, the Balkans,
China, and Japan.

Mr. Hindus, who has been a
free lance writer since 1917,
will be the first lecturer of the
season, preceding Ricardo Al-
faro on November 5.

Dr. Jones Becomes Officer
Of Southern Health Group

At its convention in Atlanta
last June the Southern Student
Health Association elected Dr.
E. C. Jones, resident physician
of Agnes Scott College, as
vice-president of the Associa-
tion for the present year.

At the same time Dr. E. J.
Oppenheimer, head of Student
Health at Emory University,
became president.

The members of the South-
ern Student Health Association
include many of the leading
physicians of the Southeast.

In a discussion of school
health problems, they found the
common influenza epidemic to
be one of the most important.
Consequently they considered
ways of trying to prevent epi-
demics this year.

Association Takes Member

Mary Louise Palmour, presi-
dent of Lecture Association, re-
cently announced that Lillian
Roberts has been added to the
organization as Junior day stu-
dent representative.

Biologists Hold
Fall Seminar

Agnes Scott will be hostess
for the annual fall seminar of
the Biology Division of the
University System of Georgia
on October 31, according to a
recent announcement by Miss
Mary Stuart MacDougall,
head of the Agnes Scott Bi-
ology Department.

Invitations have been ex-
tended to all members of the
Biology departments of Geor-
gia Tech, the University of
Georgia, and Emory Univer-
sity to join the Agnes Scott
members in the meeting which
will start in the afternoon and
continue through dinner and a
coffee in the evening.

Speaker at the seminar will
be Dr. Eugene P. Odum, who
is known for his original re-
search and will present a report
and slides on "Studies in Physi-
ological Ecology of Birds."

The social hour, which will
follow the dinner in the Agnes
Scott Teahouse will be man-
aged by the Agnes Scott bi-
ology majors and will be open
to all attending the seminar.

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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1941

Hockey Teams Vie v s ue Seeks

i rk ri .i- (Graduation
In Pre-5tunt Event For Careers

Golf, Swimming Clubs Hold Tryouts;
Judges Choose Freshman as Queen

By Edwina Burruss

With class spirit running wild, the freshman and sophomore
hockey teams will meet at four o'clock Friday, the day before
the stunt, for the first game of the year. Although Friday's
game is only a practice game, it is expected to be one of the
most interesting of the year. The sophomore team, under Gwen
Hill as manager, will prove a menace this year with Farrior and
Harris playing stellar roles.

Burruss

The newcomers to watch are
Freshmen Young and Milam.

The hock-
ey season
will open of-
ficially Fri-
day, October
17, with
games be-
t w e e n the
s o phomores
and fresh-
men and the
juniors and
the seniors. The other games
scheduled are:
October 24th

Freshmen vs. Juniors
Sophomores vs. Seniors
October 31st

Freshmen vs. Seniors
Sophomores vs. Juniors
November 7th

Sophomores vs. Freshmen
Seniors vs. Juniors
November 14th

Freshmen vs. Juniors
Sophomores vs. Seniors
November 21st

Freshmen vs. Seniors
Sophomores vs. Juniors
November 28th

Varsity vs. Sub-Varsity
December 5th

Faculty vs. Students

Golf "Play Day"

The junior and senior man-
agers are Anne Paisley and
Annie Wilds; the freshman
manager will be named during
the week.

Marcia Shufelt, golf man-
ager, announced that all girls
interested in trying out for the
golf club should hand in two
scores of recent games. These
games may have been played
on any course. The club will
hold its first "play day" Satur-
day, October 18, at the Bobby
Jones course in Atlanta.

Class Swimmers

Heading the class swimming
teams this year will be Mary
Cummings, freshmen; Agnes
Douglas, sophomores; Martha
Ann Smith, juniors; and Vir-
ginia Watkins. seniors. The re-
sponse to the swimming club
tryouts. which started this
week, has been enthusiastic.
The tryouts will continue
through Thursday of next
week. Members of the swim-
ming club are at the pool at five
each afternoon to supervise
and help girls who are trying
out. The swimming club has
planned two swimming meets
to take place in the fall, but the
dates have not been announced
yet.

By an "almost unanimous de-
cision" the judges, Dr. Chris-
tian. Miss Cobbs. and Dr.
Hayes, chose Mary Virginia
Evans, freshman, as queen of
the A. A. fair last Friday. The
decision was based on posture,
beauty, and poise. The con-
testants wore sports clothes
and were judged as they

walked across the platform.
Other entrants were Mir
House, Mas House, Robin
Taylor, Nell Turner, Virginia
Lee Brown, Eugenia Jones, Re-
becca Stamper, Anne Cham-
bless, Pat Reasoner, Margaret
Sheftall, Ann Hilsman, Leona
Leavitt, Hester Chafin and
Mabel Stowe.

Library Publishes
Plan of Hours

The changes in the hours of
the Agnes Scott library have
probably confused a good
many old and new students this
year.

Every week day the library
is open from 8:20 A. M. until
6:00 P. M., closing only for
chapel at 10:30 A. M. The li-
brary will be open every night
except Saturday from 7:30
P. M. to 10:00 P. M.

Day students may take out
overnight books at 5:00 P. M.
on every week day except Sat-
urday. These books are due at
9:30 the following morning. On
Saturday day students may
take out books at 12:30 noon,
due not later than 9:30 A. M.
the following Monday.

Boarding students may take
out books at 9:00 P. M., and
must return them by 8:30 the
next morning. On Saturday,
they may take out books for
the week end at 5:00 P. M., due
not later than 8:30 the follow-
ing Monday morning.

Cotillion Club Membership
Receives Large Increase
In Election of Twenty-five

The Cotillion Club an-
nounces its selection of the fol-
lowing girls as new members
of the organization: Sarah
Copeland, Cato Whelchel, Jean
Newton, Kay Wilkinson, Eliz-
abeth Harvard, Julia Harvard,
Dot Nash, Mary Brock, Dot
Gay, Margaret Boulineau,
June Lanier. Margaret Sheftall,
June Reynolds, Liz Carpenter,
Carolyn Fuller, Sue Mitchell,
Nancy Terry, Frances Ellis,
Margie Wilson. Betty Bacon,
Myree Wells. Nancy Moses.
Scottie Newell. Martha Stone,
Mimie Alexander.

For the seventh consecutive
year, the editors of VOGUE
invite the college women of the
class of '42 to compete in the
Prix de Paris. The purpose of
this annual contest is to dis-
cover college girls with a flair
for fashion reporting and the
ability to write.

First prize is a year's job
with a salary on the New York
staff of Vogue. Second prize, a
special Vanity Fair feature
writing award, is a six month's
paid position with the fashion
magazine. In addition, five cash
awards are made for the five
best contest articles submitted.
These are purchased for pub-
lication in Vogue.

Numerous Honourable Men-
tions are also given. Winners
of these awards have the op-
portunity to be interviewed by
department stores, newspapers,
advertising agencies, and other
organizations who have jobs to
offer.

The contest is based on four
quizzes and a short article. Sen-
iors who are interested in a ca-
reer in fashion reporting or fea-
ture writing, should write to
Carolyn Abbott, Vogue, 420
Lexington Ave., New York
City, for further details.

LeRoy Loemker Discusses
Association's Theme

Patch Announces
Picture Schedule
For "Silhouette"

"All you camera fiends, get
out your cameras and start tak-
ing pictures," Julia Ann Patch,
editor of the Silhouette, said
today. "The more pictures the
students contribute, the more it
will be their annual."

She also announced that
Gaspar-Ware studios would
again take the student pictures.
During the week of October
13-20 the photographer will
take pictures of upperclassmen
and of any sophomores who
care to come then. Because of
the excitement of orientation
and the black cat stunt, fresh-
men and the rest of the sopho-
mores will be photographed the
week of October 22-28.

Student vote will decide the
problem of senior robes versus
sweaters sometime this week,
she said. Annuals showing each
will be on display in the library
throughout the week, and the
editor asks that each student go
and look at them to see which
she prefers. If robes are de-
cided upon, the other classes
will wear tailored pastel
blouses.

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By Frances Kaiser

"What is it that Jesus has to
offer to us in these perplexing,
destructive times when He
says, 'I am the Way, the Truth,
and the Life ?" asked Dr. Le-
roy Loemker of Emory as he
opened his talk on the theme of
Christian Association in Chap-
el yesterday.

"The most important conflict
that is going on in the world
today is the theoretical and
practical conflict about the soul
of man, about what man is ca-
pable of and how he is to be
appealed to." With this in
mind, Dr. Loemker began to
analyze the meaning of the
theme.

Full Experience

Beginning with the word
"Life", he pointed out that
"Jesus is talking about a full-
ness of experience, a growing
awareness of the great gifts of
the past."

"Unless college does more
for you than merely to sharpen
your critical ability, unless it
also deepens the warmth of
your appreciation and your re-
sponse to beauty and God, col-
lege is wasted on you."

Truth as Basis

Next Dr. Loemker touched
on the significance of truth in
today's life, of which he
thought the creed seemed to be:
"Nothing is true; everything is
permitted." He believes that
simple truth can withstand the
problems of life better than any
alternative system.

Challenging youth to at-
tempt the achievement of the
way of life Jesus lays down,
Dr. Loemker described this
way as being "a humble hun-
ger for every good thing. It
is a lack of curiosity and dis-

satisfaction, which keeps us
from growing to a fuller life.

In closing his remarks, Dr.
Loemker outlined the purpose
of colleges in the modern world
as being the creators of "an
aristocracy of culture, intelli-
gence, Christian righteousness,
and devotion to the things of
Jesus."

He summed up his subject by
saying that the literal words of
Jesus were too patent to be
more than nonsense for us "un-
less you and I are able to say,
in our small, restricted way %
too have a way; I, too, have a
truth; I, too, am a life because
I have been kindled by contact
with this Master.' "

Dr. Davidson's Book
Starts Second Printing

Dr. Phillip Davidson, history
professor, just received notice
that his book, "Propaganda in
the American Revolution," is
going into its second printing.

Besides presenting the meth-
ods of propaganda, Dr. David-
son brings forth a theory new
to historians, that the revolu-
tion was not a spontaneous up-
heaval of the common people,
but carefully planned and ex-
ecuted by the conservative mid-
dle class.

Club Plans Supper

The Outing Club will hold
its first meeting of the season in
the form of an outdoor supper
at Harrison Hut Thursday aft-
ernoon, 6 P. M.

Plans for the year will be
made, according to Elizabeth
Russell, president.

MARY'S MENDING SHOP

Welcomes the
New Students

CANDLER HOTEL

Near Agnes Scott

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For further information, address
J. R. McCAIN, President

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1941

Page 3

Olivia White

nooga game were: Lois Sulli-
van, Mary Weely Norris,
Mary Robertson, Anne Black,
Isobel Rogers, Wendy Whit-
tle, Margaret Hartsook, Sue
Mitchell, Julia Scott, Carolyn
Daniel, Mary Dean Lott.

I n c 1 uded
in the CHI
PSI hayride
were: Jean
Beutell,
Becky Stam-
per, Mary
Jane Bon-
ham, and
Mary Ann
Atkins.

Julia Scott
was at the BETA THETA PI
frat house and Patty Barbour
and Eugenia Jones were at the
K A house. Margaret Killem
went to the ATO house and
Jane Everett to the KAPPA
SIGMA and Phi Delta Theta.

Over at Emory at the SAE
house were Claire Bennett,
Mary Louise Duffee, and Mary
Maxwell. Bobbie Powell and
Marjorie Hoddock were at the
SIGMA CHI and at the CHI
PHI were Meg Bless and
Eleanor Abernathy.

Betty Ashcraft and Evelyn
Cheek were at the PI K A, and
Pat Bledsoe and Margaret Kil-
lem were over at the SIGMA

Olivia White Keeps up with

^Jlie ^Jrottin 9 ^JJottentotd

At last the long-awaited football season is here! And though
we are praying for the weather to turn cool so we can be com-
fortable in our new woolens, we cheer with boundless excite-
ment when the glorious colors of our favorite team appears on
the gridiron. So let's all give 15 for FOOTBALL!

Seen at the Tech-Chatta- x TTT D , R , ,

I\IU. Pat Bledsoe was at the

SIGMA PI. Julia Ann Flor-
ence, Polly Cook, Pauline Ertz,
and Jane Everett were at the
ATO Frat House.

Dancing at the Ansley Rain-
bow Roof were Julia Ann
Patch and Claire Purcell, while
at the Biltmore was Margaret
Sheftall.

Sally Knight was a sponsor
for the Furman-Wake Forest
game, and at home for the
week-end were Mary Cum-
ming, Martha Liddell, Shirley
Ann Smith. Jean Newton went
home for her sister Toni's wed-
ding.

At the PSI OMEGA rush
dance were: Betty Henderson,
Jean Beutell, Mary Lightfoot
Elcan, Clara Rountree, Dot
Holloran, Margaret Downie.

The Xi Psi Phi dance in-
cluded: Mary Carr, Cathy
Steinbach, Marjorie Hogan,
Peggy Page, and Marjorie
Tippins.

Betty Henderson, Flake Pat-
man, Betty Bacon, and Pat
Perry were at the DELTA SIG
dance.

Society on the campus last
week took the form of an out-
door supper for transfers at
Harrison Hut.

Plays Come
To Erlanger

"There Shall Be No Night"
Opens 1941-42 Season

Frank Winecoff, manager of
the Erlanger Theatre, has an-
nounced a full program for the
1941-42 season.

Opening the season on No-
vember 6, Alfred Lunt and
Lynn Fontaine will play in
Robert E. Sherwood's "There
Shall Be No Night." Novem-
ber 13th, 14th, and 15th an ac-
complished cast will present
"The Student Prince."

^ To start the New Year the
Erlanger will bring to Atlanta
Dorothy Gish and Lewis Cath-
erin in the favorite "Life With
Father." Two more attractions
are set for January, "Hellza-
poppin" on January 19th, 20th,
and 21st, and Al Jolson in
"Hold Onto Your Hat" on
January 29th, 30th, and 31st.

On February 19th, 20th, and
21st there will be a presenta-
tion of "Ziegfeld Follies."

"Boys and Girls Together,"
starring comedian Ed Wynn,
is the first March attraction.
On March 13th and 14th Erich
Von Stroheim heads the "Ar-
senic and Old Lace" company,

Tentatively booked, but no
dates set, are Ethel Barrymore
in Emlyn Williams' "The Corn '
Is Green" and "The Watch on
the Rhine" with Paul Lucas of
the cinema and Mady Chris-
tians.

The first feature of the sea-
son, "There Shall Be No
Night," is a tragedy of war-
torn Finland. Alfred Lunt
plays the role of Dr. Valko-
nev, a distinguished neurolo-
gist and international figure in
science and philosophy, while
Miss Fontaine portrays his
American wife. As the plot un-
folds, this amiable, pacific fam-
ily becomes willing to sacrifice
everything in the battle against
the powers of darkness.

THE BABBLING BROOKS

By Betty Ann Brooks

If I'd been one of those 16 Miss A. A. contestants (impossible
dream!), I'd certainly fix Ann Gellerstedt. For after having
them promenade before that mob (I was among them), then
Gellie had to announce: "And now, the results of our contest
Dr. Christian!" My, my! and he didn't even have to parade!
Saturday night among my

delightful duties at the party
for transfers was that of taking
the food and Wesley and Rob-
ert down to Harrison Hut.
After having Miss Harris re-
peat specific instructions sev-
eral times, we packed up the
car and inserted ourselves in
anywhere possible and chugged
off to our destination. "Well,
Wesley," I said, "do you think
you can remember all that?"
He replied assuringly, "Yes,
ma'am! You know, when Miss
Harris gets recited like that she
always says things over to me
so much that I couldn't forget!"
"You ain't just flappin your lip,
Wesley," I replied.

Rush Week?

Another interesting episode
at this party was a remark of
one of Emory's gifts to society.
He turned to Ann Frierson and
asked politely, "Is this a rush
party for Mortar Board?"

Absent-mindedness (some
pessimists might call it inatten-
tion) is by no means monopol-
ized by the traditional profes-
sor. Nancy Hirsch, in a recent
class, was listening so atten-
tively to the girl next to her
(on the back row, of course)
that she answered the roll call
with, "No thank you!"

Cheese it, the Cops!

Some world this is getting to
be when the law starts raiding
not only their usual highway
honky-tonks but also the wide
open fields! Some of our
schoolmates (Bonnie Bonham
among them) had gone on a
steak fry; when their dates had
started the blaze and had be-
gun exhibiting their culinary
i art, several shots were fired
(sounded like revenuers) and
the landlord stalked down with
officers to arrest them for tres-

Come One, Come All

The Agnes Scott News
invites the college commun-
ty to after dinner coffee in
the Murphey Candler Build-
ing tonight.

We'll see you there!

THREADGILL
PHARMACY
Phone DE. 1665
309 E. College Avenue
Decatur, Ga.

NOTICE

AGNES SCOTT
This is your drug store.

passing!

Triple Date

When Ceevah Rosenthal's
beau arrived from out of town
Sunday he was accompanied
by two nice-looking young
gentlemen whom he introduced
as his friends. Of course Cee-
vah rounded up two of her
classmates and the three cou-
ples spent an enjoyable after-
noon together.

Ceevah's date had to start
his return trip early, so these
two left the others, gayly en-
joying the Murphey Candler.
The boys had parted with heart
rending "Don't know when
I'll see ya, pal" acts, and Cee-
vah was almost overcome when
she had it disclosed to her that
her friend had never seen the
other fellows until 10 minutes
before introducing them.

Mademoiselle
Seeks Girls for
College Board

The Tobe-Coburn School
for Fashion Careers is offering
a scholarship for members of
the class of 1942 whose work
shows most promise. Those in-
terested see Eleanor Hutchens
before October 1 1 .

Eager to have a full quota of
college girls on its College
Board, Mademoiselle magazine
announces rules for applying
for place as a representative.
The present board, consisting
of several hundred students
from schools throughout the
country, is required to keep the
magazine informed of campus
fashions and events by com-
pleting assignments sent 4 or
5 times yearly. Members are
paid for ideas of theirs which
are used, while acceptance of
each snapshot which they send
brings a $2.50 bonus.

Advantages of being a repre-
sentative do not end merely
with this, since work on the
board counts toward an appli-
cation for a Guest Editorship
on the college issue. Winners
of such an editorship come to
New York one month after
school closes to assist in put-
ting out the August issue.

Have fun -be friendly

Treat yourself and
others to fresh-tasting
Wrigley's Spearmint Gum
The Flavor Lasts

J

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Farrior Reveals
Vesper Schedule

Ruth Farrior, vesper chair-
man, has announced the Sun-
day evening vesper programs
held in Maclean Chapel each
week from 5:30-6:00, for Octo-
ber and November.

October 12th, Vance Barron
of Columbia Seminary will
speak on the Christian Asso-
ciation's theme, "I am the
Way, the Truth, and the Life"
as it was shown in the life of
Paul.

October 19th, the program
will follow the same theme ex-
cept that there will be reference
to its working in the life of
Luther.

On October 26th, the subject
will be the Way, the Truth and
the Life as it affected the life of
Eduard Schnitzer, a Jewish sur-
geon of Prussian birth who
made his way to Africa and
who was at one time governor
of the equatorial provinces in
Sudan.

Speakers for these two pro-
grams will be announced later.

The different classes will
take charge of vespers for No-
vember, the seniors leading the
first program and the freshmen
closing the month's series with
the Thanksgiving service on
November 27.

Jackson Announces Play

Neva Jackson, president of
Blackfriars, announces that the
first play of this year will be on
November 20. The name of
the play, one of three which the
dramatic club will present this
year, will be announced soon.

Chi Beta Phi will hold its
first meeting on October 9. and
then make plans for this year.
Pat Reasoner is president of
the honorary science fraternity.

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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1941

The Lady to Whom
We Refer Is Our Dean-

Miss Carrie Scandrett

Miss Scandrett she's the person whom we first see when we
enter as knee-quaking freshmen, the last person we bid farewell
when we leave as very green alumnae the spring we graduate;
she's the person who sits, ever smiling and gracious, behind her
desk in Main or Buttrick, ready to stop whatever she may be
doing to listen to any and every student tribulation; and she's
the person who is the power behind the student throne.

Uniquely a member of both faculty and student body, she is
slated in the school catalogue as, "Carrie Scandrett, B.A., M.A.,
Agnes Scott College, Columbia University, Dean of Students."
Paralleling this, the students' hypothetical catalogue would give
her status as "Mother Carrie, Dean, C.U., (Cheerer Upper),
G.P., (Grand Pal), and A.U., (Always Understanding)." Such
degrees come, not from study in academic institutions, but from
experience in the school of human nature, and as products of
inborn gentleness, complete understanding, and the power to
create calm where calm is often needed.

So often we are apt to fail to recognize the close-at-hand for
its true value; fail to see it 'for what it really is, instead viewing
it selfishly for its value to us, and not for the service it is ren-
dering to others and the community as well.

It is this unselfish service, often so familiar that it is taken for
granted, that Dn Christian stated as the very essence of leader-
ship in his talk at the Mortar Board Recognition service last
year.

And it is in acknowledgment and appreciation, conscious or
unconscious, of this same quality that we have a feeling of pride
as we introduce the first lady of Agnes Scott to our parents, or
return her cheery "hello" (and inevitable wink) when we pass

her on the campus.

'Tis Miss Scandrett, first in the mind of all Hottentots, whom
we mean when we think or say, "That lady is our Dean/'

Jane Elliott Sifts

Today s News

Dunkerque the 3rd.

According to Red sources,
this week the Russians took a
lesson from Britain in her re-
treat from France and later
from Greece
and enacted
their own
D u nkerque.
The trapped
Red army of
Colonel
B o n a r e v
reached the
shore of
Lake Ladoga
northeast of

Jane Elliott

The Agnes Scott News

VOL. XXVII.

Wednesday, October 8, 1941

No. 20

Published weekly, except during holidays and examination periods, by the students
of Agnes Scott College. Office on second floor Murphey Candler Building. Entered as
second class matter at the Decatur, Georgia, post office. Subscription price per year,
$1.25; single copies, five cents.

Editor BEE BRAD FIELD

Managing Editor JEANNE OSBORNE

Business Manager SUZANNE KAL'LBACH

Martha Dale Jane Elliott Mary James Seagle

Frances Kaiser Current History Editor Jane Stillwell

Assistant Editors Burruss Jackie Illma Stearns

Caroline Newbold Sports Editor Assistant Society Editors

Copy Editor M;jry Es([1] Mar(ln Margaret Marv Toomey

Neva Jackson Picture Editor Circulation Manager

Feature Editor Iferferfe Gray

Mamie Sue Barker Club Editor Bennye LInzy

Betty Ann Brooks Olivia White Susan Spurlock

Assistant Feature Editors Society Editor Circulation Assistants

Reporters: Leila Holmes. Betty Bates. Betsy White. Qulney Mills, Jane Dinsmore Marv
Louise Duffee. Mary Ann Barfield. Martha Ray Lasseter. Marlon Knapp. Madeline
Hosmer. Martha Stone. Virginia Barr. Betty Burress. Evelvn Cheek. Cornelia Stuckev
Mary Estill Martin. Ann Chambless. Shirley Ann Smith.

Business Assistants: Nancy Thomlson. Martha Llddell. Helen Smith. M. S. Barker
L. Boone. A. Bumstead, A. Clements, T. Craig. M. Dlllard. M. A. Hannah, D. Hopkins'
B. Moore, M. Toomey.

Leningrad after 45 days of Fin-
nish encirclement. Over 18,000
Finns were reported killed; the
number of Russian casualties
was not mentioned.

On the other fronts the Rus-
sians seem to be more than
holding their own. Reported
on the southwestern front is an
18 mile advance with capture
of 30 settlements and infliction
of 15,000 German casualties;
on the far northern front, a
counterattack against German
forces which drove them back
across the Litsa River, and re-
capture of an important rail-
way junction on the Karelian
Isthmus; on the central front,
advances of as much as 12
miles and recapture of "dozens
of little rural settlements." We
can only hope that the news
and the facts will continue as
favorable.

Hot to Cold

Herr Hitler made a speech
this week, a speech that did not
sizzle with invective as usual,
but was a cold, or at most a
lukewarm, attempt at explana-
tion to a worried and suffering
German people. For the first
time the Nazi Fuehrer has
practically admitted that neith-
er he nor his military machine
is invincible. He stated that
the Russian preparations were
infinitely greater than had been
anticipated; in short he has ex-
cused the Nazi failure to
achieve a quick victory by ad-
mitting that he has not been all-
seeing.

Prior to this time the purely
military reason of not being
able to attack Britain effective-
ly while Russia remained on
the East had been Germany's
excuse to her people for the
eastern war; now Hitler has
added that Russia was plan-
ning to invade Germany and
Germany had to strike first for
self-protection. This reason is
given to appeal to German
patriotism. After all, Mother
must have a good answer when
little Fritz asks why Poppa
doesn't come home.

Defense Data

The United States will soon
announce the development of a
new anti-aircraft gun that is
believed to be the best so far.
It will be portable, will fire a
4.7 inch shell, and can double
as an anti-tank gun; but most
important, it is reported that it
will shoot higher than 36,000
feet which means that no
bomber can fly above its effec-
tive range.

American trucks will be im-
portant in future war plans.
Britain and her Allies report a
need for approximately 50,000
in the Far East, Middle East,
and North Africa. Plans are
already under way to send
some 10,000 to the Burma
Road.

Mamie Sue Barker Gathers Campus Quotes on

Shall Seniors Wear Robes?

Barker

opinion is in

This week's question is of
greatest concern to the Seniors,
but it is of interest to us all.
Formerly, the pictures of Sen-
iors for the
S i 1 h o uette
have been
taken in
their robes
and hoods.
W e have
asked a
numberof
the class of
1942 to try
to find out
whether or not
favor of continuing this prac
tice.

CLAIRE PURCELL: I think
sweaters and pearls are much
better than robes, because this
combination seems to make a
more classic sort of picture and
one that would be more useful
on later occasions. There is
very little danger of our public
not knowing that we are Sen-
iors, for we are first in the an-
nual and have SENIOR and
1942 written all over us. Any-
way, sweaters and pearls are
more becomirfj to the general
run of people than those robes
that have such unflattering
lines.

SARA MASSEY: I think we
should wear robes, because
they set the Seniors apart from
the underclassmen and add to
the annual; however, I do not
think the hood makes for an at-
tractive picture.

LAVINIA BROWN: I think
our annual pictures should be
taken in sweaters, because they
look so much better.

GAY CURRIE: I definitely
think our pictures should be
taken in robes and hoods, be-
cause they always have been
and they always will be. Al-
though sweaters and pearls
come and go, robes will stay in
style. I think sweaters make a
college annual look too much
like a high school annual, and
we don't need pearls to make
us look cute. I think robes and
hoods look just as well on peo-
ple as do sweaters and pearls.
We work for three years to

become Seniors, and we want
something to show that we
have earned a degree.

EDWINA BURRUSS: I am
going to wear my robe whether
anyone else does or not. To
me, it is one of the traditions of
Agnes Scott. Just because other
schools are doing new things,
we don't have to. We have al-
ways had successful annuals in
the past. Why should we
change because the trend is
away from robes?

SUNETTE DYAR: The
trend now is away from robes
and toward informal pictures;
therefore, I think we should
wear sweaters and pearls in
our annual poses this year.

MARGARET SHEFTALL:
I think the pictures should be
made in robes, because, al-
though it is away from the
present trend, the old way has
dignity and distinction that
should be characteristic of a
Senior class. Of course, sweat-
ers are more popular as a
fashion trend, but I think that
certain traditions should out-
last modern fads, as they grew
more dear and sacred through
the years.

MARY McQUOWN: I
think sweaters or campus
clothes have more individuality
than robes. As far as the gen-
eral impression of the whole
annual goes, Senior robe pic-
tures set it apart; but where the
individual picture is concerned,
campus clothes look more nat-
ural. If we do use campus
clothes, I think there should be
a uniformity about it not some
in shirts, some in dresses, and
some in sweaters, but all alike.

LOIS NICHOLS: I think it
is insulting to the tradition of
the universities to even think of
not wearing the robes. It is a
privelege to wear a cap and
gown. This practices ties us
back to the Middle Ages when
it was so honorable to be a stu-
dent when scholarship was a
badge of honor. Indeed I do
think we should wear our aca-
demic robes.

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VOL. XXVII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1941

NO. 4

Co-eds on the March

Courtesy of the Emory Wheel.

Three little maids from school are they, and what a commo-
tion there was at Emory last week when Jane Elliott, Grace
Walker, and Frances Ellis joined the co-ed ranks!

Emory's Higher Learning'
Lures Many Hottentots

By Leila Holmes

The Hottentots gracing the Emory campus are becoming
more and more numerous as time goes on, be it due to Emory's
lovely campus or a yen for higher learning on the part of the
maidens fair. At any rate, they all seem to find being co-eds
very interesting.

They seem to have a deep
devotion for their classes (and
we do mean classes!). Grace
Walker declares that she does
not love them enough to get up
at 1:00 A. M. and ride a bi-
cycle to get there on time,
though from what we hear,
maybe she should (you know
how late she always is). But
she likes her sociology course
at Emory in spite of all the
teasing.

"The Awful Truth"

Shirley Ann Smith says she
will never forget the day her
journalism class was divided
into couples to interview each
other. She declares it was the
most embarrassing day of her
life. When she heard some of
the personal questions her part-
ner asked, such as: "Which do
you consider the more impor-
tant, a career or marriage?",
she refused to answer. Inciden-
tally, Shirley Ann was recently
made Society Editor of the
"Emory Wheel."

Pete Stuckey likes "the co-
op" almost as well as her
course in English history. Be-
ing the only girl in a class full

of boys has its bad points as
well as good, though. "The
professor completely ignores
me," said Pete sadly. Virginia
Watkins has fared a little bet-
ter with her professor in her
money and ^banking class; for
she has been called on once.
Like Pete, she is the only girl in
the class (more fun).

Taken to Account

Pat Perry and Darlene Dan-
ielson take accounting together
at Emory. As they are the only
two girls in the class, the pro-
fessor learned their names in
no time. Now he calls on them
every day, much to their sor-
row. Pat says the labs remind
her of Grand Central Station,
because there is so much noise,
confusion, and general milling
around. She likes the infor-
mality, though.

Fifth Columnists

All the girls described study
in the Emory library as an im-
possibility because of the noise.
(Can you think of another
word that rhymes with noise to
make studying there impossi-
ble? We can! )

Dr. McCain Speaks
In North Carolina

Dr. J. R. McCain will travel
to North Carolina this coming
week, to speak at the inaugu-
ration of Dr. J. R. Cunningham
as president of Davidson Col-
lege on October 18, and to
address the North Carolina
Synodical meeting in Charlotte
on October 21.

At Davidson, Dr. McCain
will be one of three speakers.
As a representative of Agnes
Scott, the Southern Association
of Colleges and Secondary
Schools, and the Association of
American Colleges, he will give
a brief welcoming address.

The other speakers will be
Dr. Henry H. Sweets, repre-
senting the Presbyterian Edu-
cational Association of the
South, and President Frank P.
Graham, speaking for the Uni-
versity System of the State of
North Carolina and the North
Carolina College Conference.

Before accepting this new
post, Dr. Cunningham was
minister of the First Presby-
terian Church in Winston-
Salem, N. C. He is known on
the campus as the father of
Harriet Cunningham, a fresh-
man here last year.

Dr. McCain's subject at the
Synodical meeting, to be held
in the Second Presbyterian
Church in Charlotte, will be,
"The Christian College."

Hugh Hodgson, Pianist,
Features Melody, Song
In Evening Musicale

The Agnes Scott music de-
partment and Hugh Hodgson
will cooperate in bringing
music appreciation programs
to the campus this year, and
the programs for the fall quar-
ter have just been completed.

Hugh Hodgson opened the
season with a piano recital on
October 6, and the remaining
programs for the quarter, are:
October 22, two-piano and or-
gan recital by Mr. Dieckmann,
Miss Bartholomew, Miss
Hemphill; November 3, Mel-
ody, the song, Hugh Hodgson;
November 17, Agnes Scott
string ensemble; December 14
(Sunday), Christmas carols by
the Agnes Scott and Georgia
Tech choirs.

Mrs. Sims Speaks

On "The War Since 1939"

Mrs. Roff Sims, lecturer in
history, will speak in chapel,
Friday, October 17, on the sub-
ject, 'The War Since 1939."

Mortar Board is sponsoring
this informal talk, which will
serve as a background and
basis for similar discussions in
the future.

Tickets Now Available

Miss Laney recently announced
that student season tickets for the
lectures are now in the bookstore
for identification and 7nust be se-
cured before the lecture on October
2Jf. Faculty special price tickets
are also now obtainable in the
bookstore.

Students and faculty alike are
urged to get their tickets early so
the last minute confusion can be
avoided.

Carl Sandburg
Lectures at Emory

Fall Schedule Includes
Cornelia Otis Skinner

Opening with the presenta-
tion of Carl Sandburg in the
Glenn Memorial Auditorium on
November 3, the Emory Lec-
ture Association begins a va-
ried year's program, including
Cornelia Otis Skinner, John T.
Whitaker, Julien Bryan, and
The American Ballad Singers.

Mr. Sandburg will discuss
"The Laughter of Lincoln",
drawn from his biography of
Lincoln, which won him the
Pulitzer Prize in biography in
1939.

Mr. Whitaker, speaking No-
vember 20 on current events,
is a writer for the Chicago
Daily News Foreign Service,
knows Mussolini, was the first
American correspondent to ar-
rive in Eritrea with the Italian
troops during the Ethiopian
war, was in Berlin during the
1934 "blood purge", and saw
the downfall of Czechoslo-
vakia.

Cornelia Otis Skinner, who
has appeared at Emory several
times before, will give a per-
formance of her original char-
acter sketches on January 12.

Mr. Bryan, who has also ap-
peared at Emory before, will
present a motion picture lec-
ture March 6. It concerns the
true facts about Argentina.

The American Ballad Sing-
ers will close the series on
March 23 with their program
of three centuries of American
folk songs.

Library Acquires
Varied Collection
Of Non-Fiction

The Agnes Scott library has
added many new books to its
collection this year. Among
those added are religious, sci-
entific, sociological, historical,
and political types of books.
New copies have been pur-
chased of many of the old Eng-
lish classics, foreign language
and music books.

The religious books include:
Bewkes' "Experience, Reason,
and Faith", Albright's "From
the Stone Age to Christianity",
and Nilsson's "Greek Popular
Religion."

Several of the new scien-
tific books are "Fields of Psy-
chology" by Guilford, Crow-
ther's "Social Relations of
Science", Bartky's "Highlights
of Astronomy", Schmidt's "Or-
ganic Chemistry", and "Plant
Microtechnique" by Johansen.

New books of the Sociologi-
cal class are Colcord's "Your
Community", Thorndike's "Hu-
man Nature and the Social Or-
der", and Shugg's "Origin of
Class Struggle in Louisiana".

The historical and political
books include Soule's "An Eco-
nomic Constitution for Democ-
racy", Keynes' "How to Pay
for the War", and Corwin's
"The President".

The English books include
many Shakespearean plays,
Whiting's "Milton, and His
Age," Mantle's "The Best
Plays of '38-'39, '39-40, '40-
'41", and "Anthology of Public
Speeches" by Platz.

Dr. Davidson
Gives Address
At Investiture

Senior Class Chooses

Nancy Christian

As Mascot for Ceremony

Betty Ann Brooks, president
of the senior class, announced
Saturday that Dr. Philip Da-
vidson will deliver the address
at Investiture, Saturday, No-
vember 1.

Of Little Girls' Day, preced-
ing Investiture on October 31,
the senior president said, "That
will be our last fling." The
"little girls" will play on the
quadrangle and are planning to
have a Halloween party.

Nancy Christian, younger
daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
Schuyler M. Christian, has
been chosen as the senior mas-
cot. She will be present at the
Little Girls' Day festivities and
the Investiture service.

Dr. J. R. McCain, president,
will preside at Investiture and
Miss Carrie Scandrett, dean of
students, will cap the seniors
in the traditional service,
unique to Agnes Scott.

Betty Ann also announced
that the seniors voted Friday
on the question of. robes or
sweaters and pearls for the an-
nual, and they will wear robes
for their class pictures. The
robes will arrive October 23,
she reminded seniors.

Club's Program
Includes McGill

Speakers and discussion
groups will make up the pro-
gram of the International Rela-
tions Club, formerly known as
Current History forum, this
year. Proposed speakers for
the fall quarter are selected
representatives of the C. I. O.
scheduled to appear on Octo-
ber 28, Ralph McGill of the
Constitution due on November
1 1, and E. Cole Jones slated for
November 24.

Plans are underway for a
joint meeting of the Agnes
Scott and Emory International
Relations clubs. Further ar-
rangements and any changes in
schedule will be posted on the
bulletin board.

Besides the speakers, open
forums devoted to the discus-
sion of current questions will
be held. These are all open
meetings held at 4:30 every
other Tuesday afternoon and
members of the college com-
munity are invited to attend.

Dorothy Cremin is president
of the International Relations
Club and Myree Wells is
chairman of the program com-
mittee.

Coming This Week

Thursday, 10:30 A. M. Open
Forum in Gaines Chapel.

Thursday, 4:30 P. M. Discus-
sion of group of Agnes Scott
and Emory Students with
Dr. Musty in Murphey Can-
dler Building.

Thursday P. M. Pi Alpha Phi
debate, old Gaines ChapeL

Friday, 10:30 A. M. Mrs.
Sims' talk in ChapeL

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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1941

Sophs Win Game
After Hard Fight

Freshman Team Shows Promise for Fall
In Good Playing at Practice Game

By Edwina Burruss

Scoring only in the last minute of play, the sophomore hockey
team defeated the freshman 1-0. Friday in the practice game.
The freshman team, which shows great promise, played a grand
defensive game and threatened to hold the veteran sophomores
scoreless. The sophomores, handicapped by playing two teams,
lacked coordination. They continued to play the left side of
the field and all hit too fast. Gwen Hill made the single sopho-
more goal.

Burruss

Freshman
manager Jo
Young is the
only member
of her team
with pre-
vious hockey
training.
Fresh men
Equen, 'Tea-
sley, Gould,
Everett, and
Munroe all played extremely
well and will probably be the
strong freshman players this
fall. In next Friday's game be-
tween the freshmen and sopho-
mores, the sophs may find the
going hard.

Class Line-ups

The line-ups were:
Sophomores Freshmen

Tuggle LW Young

B.P.Scott LI Moses

M.F.Walker CF M.Cumming

Duffee RI King

J. Harvard RW Milam

Nair LH Frink

B.Walker CH Teasley

Farrior RH Equen

Harris LF Rogers

Liddell RF Espey

M.Walker G Everett

Substitutions Sophomores:
Bond, G. Hill, Holmes, Doug-
las, Maxwell. Freshmen: Gow-
er, Evans, Mack, Kay, Milford,
Carpenter, Slack, McCain,
Gould, Munroe, Norris, Mc-
Donough.

The contests this week, a re-
peat of Frosh vs. Sophs and re-
newal of the Junior-Senior
rivalry.

New Members

Of the twenty-two girls who
tried out for the tennis club,
Mary Munroe, Kay Wilkin-
son, Mary Cumming and Isa-
bel Rogers were accepted last
week for membership in the
club. Yesterday afternoon the
tennis club was hostess to eight
girls from NAPS who played
with the club at its regular
meeting.

Virginia Tuggle, tennis man-
ager, announced that the sin-
gles tournament is progressing
rapidly. With three matches
unplayed, the results of the sec-
ond round are Tuggle over
Currie, Thomas over Rogers,
M. Cumming over Willis,
Codington over Teasley, and
A. Webster over Goings. The
tournament is expected to reach

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Decatur, Ga.

NOTICE

AGNES SCOTT
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the semi-finals this week.
(Mitch, however, says we'll
simply have to wait for snow
for the finals just another Ag-
nes Scott tradition.)

Outing Club

Outing Club met Thursday
for the first time this fall for
supper at Harrison Hut. Under
Elizabeth Russell, president,
the club made extensive plans
for the year. These plans in-
clude trips with the Appal-
achian Trail Club and supper
hikes for freshmen and sopho-
mores in addition to the regu-
lar club meetings.

Chi Beta Phi Elects
Eight New Members

Pat Reasoner, president of
Chi Beta Phi, has announced
the election of the following
girls to the honorary science
organization: Mary Estill Mar-
tin and Dorothy Hopkins, jun-
iors; Jean Beutell, Doris Hen-
son, Mary Dean Lott, Sarah
Massey, Jane Stillwell, and
Lila Peck Walker, seniors.

The organization takes in
only eight members, two jun-
iors and six seniors, at each
election. The elections, held
every fall and spring, are based
on scholastic averages and
scientific interest.

Survey Shows
Varied Occupations
Of Class of 1940

Of vocational interest to the
campus is a survey of the ac-
tivities of the class of 1940,
made eight months after gradu-
ation.

The statistics stand: account-
ants, 2; designers, 1; dramatics
director, 1; fellowship holders,
6; graduate students, 19: jour-
nalists, 2; laboratory techni-
cian, 1; librarian, 1; sales as-
sistants, 5; secretarial assist-
ants, 10; statisticians, 4; tax
computer, 1; teachers, 27; wel-
fare workers (professional), 4;
church young people's direc-
tors, 2; Y. W. C. A. secretary,
1; married, 7; at home (no re-
quest to place them), 4.

The survey further states
that Agnes Scott graduates are
building careers in over fifty
fields today, including publish-
ing, radio, medicine, teaching,
law, business, journalism, avia-
tion, designing, the theater, ad-
vertising, interior decoration,
scientific research, architecture,
magazine editing, creative writ-
ing, and dozens of other occu-
pations.

Faculty Decides Against
Posting of Ineligible List

At the weekly meeting Tues-
day, October 7, the faculty de-
cided there would be no publi-
cation of the freshman ineligi-
ble list for the first six weeks,
as formerly. Instead, the girls
will be individually notified of
their scholastic status.

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THE BABBLING BROOKS

After that good entertainment Saturday night, the Juniors
and Seniors took over the tea-house. At one table there was a
queer combination of the two upper classes (me among'm).
We were gabbing and confabbing about preceding pursuits
after the Kitty; and Miss Sims, the alumnae secretary, passed
by. She gai-
1 y patted

Bee Br ad
field and Jo-
ella Craig on
the back,
"Just want to
tell you
freshmen
what a cute
stunt you
had and how
I did enjoy
it!" (In case
you don't know either, Bee is a
Senior, editor of this publica-
tion, and Joella is president of
the Junior class!)

Girls, we really must try to
be more lady-like and lower

B. A. Brooks

our voices in the corridors.
Why, just last week a little girl,
age 4 (nevertheless, a poten-
tial Hottentot) came with Mrs.
Zumwinkle to bring Gretchen
to school. They happened to
deposit her before Buttrick dur-
ing one of those between-class
mills when we're all trying to
get in our comments and con-
versation (?). Hearing the rab-
ble the child remarked, "It
sounds just like the zoo, doesn't
it?"

The way Nancy Moses had
me caged Thursday afternoon,
one would really have thought
this place to be a zoo!

But actually the blame is to
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Olivia White Keeps up with

^Jlte ^Jrottin J J^lottentots

The Black Cat Stunt is certainly one thing no Hottentot can
miss. So Frosh and Sophs gather at the gym along with Upper-
classmen in friendly rivalry. Everyone was there Saturday
night, and did they have the school spirit! The Stunt is the first
manifestation of spirit of the Freshman class, and it provides
wonderful entertainment on the campus. CONGRATULA-
TIONS, CLASS OF '45.

Olivia White

The Tech-
Notre Dame
game was
well attend-
ed by Agnes
Scott girls.
Among those
there were:
Eugenia
Hailey, Sa-
rah Cope-
land, Fran-

ces Kaiser, Jane Elliott, Martha
Sue Dillard, Dottie Nash, Re-
becca Andrews, Dot Miller,
Mary McQuown, Eloise Lyn-
don, Susan Spurlock, Betty
Jane Hancock, Mary Beth and
Darleen Danielson, Patty Bar-
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DELTA TAU DELTA
house dance: Margaret Bouli-
neau, Becky Andrews

Helen Schukraft, Frances
Kaiser, Dot Miller, and Mary
McQuown were at the New-
man Club dance Saturday.

At the Chi Phi tea dance
were Sarah Copeland, Nancy
Moses and Rebecca Andrews.

Beverly King and Doris
Henson went to the Georgia-
"Ole Miss" game in Athens;
and May King, Peanuts Ellis,
and Ann Hilsman attended the
opening dances and football
game at Auburn.

Among those at the DELTA
TAU DELTA house dance
were Myree Wells and Sue
Heldman.

Jane Dinsmore went to the
Rainbow roof Friday night and
Dot Hopkins was at the Para-
dise Room.

Majorie Simpson spent the
week-end in New York.

Sarah Copeland had as her
guest for the week-end Lillian
Hamilton of Dalton.

Polly Frink attended the
Barn Dance at the Officers
Club at Fort MacPherson Sat-
urday night.

At the CHI PHI house dance

Lower House
Holds Meeting

With special effort to make
Lower House a more definite
part of student government,
Ila Belle Levie outlined the pur-
poses of the organization in its
joint meeting with the Execu-
tive Committee Monday night.

Ila Belle explained that the
members of the Lower House,
besides representing student
government over the campus,
would serve as an organ of stu-
dent opinion as to rules, prob-
lems, and suggestions which
the students may have to offer.

The boarding members are:
Rebekah, Ruth Biggs, Eliza-
beth Jones, Betty Henderson,
Betty Peagram, Willetta Sar-
tor, Mary Ward; Inman, Julia
Slack, Mary Neely Norris, Isa-
bel Rogers, Florence Crane,
Josie Young, and Sara Milford;
Gaines, Agnes Waters; Day
students, Mamie Sue Barker,
Mary McQuown, Elizabeth
Edwards, and Dorothy Lee
Webb.

May Caught 'Catnapping 7

were Dot Holloran, Martha
Nimmons, Margaret Shepherd,
Eleanor Abernathy.

PHI DELTA THETA: Bet-
ty Bacon, Sally Knight, Martha
Liddell.

Those taking off to Ft. Mac
to the West Point Prep School
dance were: Margaret Sheftall,
Polly Frink, Carolyn Fuller,
Bobbie Powell, Rocky Stone,
Mary Beth Danielson, Joyce
Geist.

The ALPHA KAPPA PSI
banquet entertained Martha
Rhodes, and Camilla Moore.

SIGMA CHI at Tech: Claire
Bedinger and Agnes Douglas.

ATO at Emory: Leila
Holmes, Mas House, Mir
House.

DELTA SIG: Flake Pat-
man, Cathy Hill, Pat Perry,
Marjorie Tippins, M a b 1 e
Stowe.

SIGMA CHI steak fry at
Emory: Martha Rhodes, Jean
Beutell, Shirley Ann Smith,
June Lanier, Marjorie Had-
dock, Janet Nair.

Courtesy The Atlanta Constitution.

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to snatch the campus-famed Black Cat from May Lyons, sopho-
more stunt chairman.

Debaters Argue Question
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Pi Alpha Phi will meet on
Thursday evening, October 16.
Mrs. Sims will be the judge of
a decision debate on the neu-
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don't blame her; I'd have put
the iron grating back on, too.
But she didn't have to sit on it
so long!

It's amazing how overly
eager some of these new stu-
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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1941

Discussing
The Black Cat

With the stunts just over, and the Black
Cat patiently waiting for another gold bell
to be added to its heavily laden collar, it
seems a very opportune time to discuss the
place and importance of the contest on the
campus.

Established some time before 1916, the
Black Cat contest has been the first Agnes
Scott tradition with which the freshmen be-
came acquainted for many a college genera-
tion. It promotes ye ole class spirit, gives
the freshmen a chance to view the abilities
of individual members of the class, brings
day students and boarders together, and
helps deepen the relationship between sister
classes.

Apparently, then, it is a harmless form of
rivalry and a means of developing sports-
manship between all classes.

But is it entirely harmless, and are its dis-
advantages so insignificant they may be en-
tirely ignored?

Members of student government spend
the entire latter part of the summer making
plans for freshman orientation, sponsors dis-
cuss and plan how they can best help their
charges get the right start, the administra-
tion spends months placing roommates and
working on schedules. From every side after
they arrive, the new students are urged to
begin work at the very beginning, not to
wait until they get that "I'm a goner" feel-
ing to start studying, and to be sensible
about their habits of rest and play from the
start.

And from these first few weeks, because
human nature is human nature and deeply
impressed by early events in a new environ-
ment, come the attitudes toward the ideals
of the school, traditions, the honor system,
student government as represented here, and
studying.

It seems, then, that students and faculty
consider the beginning of the year exceed-
ingly important for the formation of habits
which will promote the scholastic and physi-
cal welfare of the student body*

Then into this readjustment comes the
Black Cat Contest, and with it the danger
of many students' becoming temporarily so
blinded by the emotion of newly formed loy-
alties that they fail to see the subsequent
scholastic events which may follow.

Though the stunts may end with festivities
after the performances in the gym, their ef-
fects are with the campus for many a week.
We refer to the campus recovery act, com-
paratively as far-reaching as the recent Na-
tional Recovery Act.

Instead of trying to arrange matters so
everyone can "recover" conveniently, it
would seem much more reasonable to change
the time of the contest, move it up at least
until the first tests are over and everyone
has gotten accustomed to campus routine and
scholastic schedules of the new session.

The danger lies not in the fundamental
good or evil purposes of the contest, but in
the outward execution of these purposes*
Sensible suggestion would be toward further
limiting the contest so it cannot continue to
grow in elaborateness (as time shows it has)
until it eventually outgrows its value; and
changing the time of presentation so fresh-
men and upperclassmen alike may get the
substantial foundation they need for a suc-
cessful, happy year, and which they can get
no other time save the first few weeks of
school. (Bee B.)

The Agnes Scott News

Campus Camera

Vol. XXVI

Wednesday, October

1941

No. 4

Published weekly, except during holidays and examination
periods, by tin- students of Acnes Scott College. Office on
fseconil floor Murphey Candler Building. Entered as second
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Mamie Sue Barker Gathers Campus Quotes on

Is the Stunt Too Important?

For the past two weeks the
Black Cat Stunt has been up-
permost in the minds of each
and every one of us Hottentots
Freshmen, Sophomores, Jun-
iors, and Seniors. As we look
back at the high interest and
excitement of those days, we
wonder if the stunt has grown
to be of too much importance
on the campus.

FRANCES RADFORD,

43: I think
the Bl a c k
Cat Stunt is
a wonderful
way of unit-
i n g the
classes and
creating
class spirit;
but I do
think we
should guard
it a fight be-

Barker

against making

tween classes, because this feel-
ing of enmity can defeat the
whole purpose of the occasion.

ELIZABETH EDWARDS,

44: The stunt is invaluable to
class spirit. It also promotes a
feeling of cooperation between
the classes that might be lack-
ing otherwise. I do think, how-
ever, that it would take less
time from our studies if we
were allowed to start work on
it sooner.

DOROTHY HOLLORAN,

43: I see two distinct sides to
the matter. The Black Cat !
Stunt has a definite function in
that it gets the Freshman class
together at the first of school.
It seems unfortunate to me,
though, that it comes at a time
when the girls are getting ac-
customed to a new way of
studying. No one can become
adjusted to two things at one
time. Therefore, I think the
stunt is both a handicap and a
good thing.

JULIA HARRY, 42: I like
the idea of having stunts. More
people should work on them,
because it is bad to leave so
much work up to a few stu-
dents.

JULIA SLACK, 45: I don't

believe the stunts are harmful,
because there is such a little
while that everyone works real
hard. It is very important that
the Freshmen have something
to unite them at the beginning
of their school careers.

MARY LOUISE PAL-
MOUR, 42: The stunt creates
good class spirit and teaches
the class to work together co-
operatively sooner than they
would if there were no such
project, but it has come to be
taken a little too seriously while
working on it, especially when
students should get a good
foundation in school work. I
don't think the idea should be
done away with, but if it could
be taken less seriously, it would
save some people's lowering of
grades. It is hard to realize
when you are working so hard
on it that it is not the most im-
portant thing in the world, but
later in the quarter you see that
right at first was the most im-
portant time of all to do the
best work. It seems to me that
right at first is the very worst
time to have the stunt. As a
change, I think it would be
better to have it later in the
year. If this is impossible, we
should try to let it gradually
calm back down to its original
intentions. From tradition, it
has grown up to be a bit out of
proportion to its importance.

MARY JANE AULD, 43:

No, the stunt does not occupy
too important a place on the
campus, because it enables peo-
ple to get to know each other
better. Friendship is to be val-
ued very highly. It would be a
definite improvement, however,
if more people would work on
the stunt, because too much of
a load falls on a few people.

MARY JANE BONHAM, 42:

The stunt is a wonderful dis-
play of school patriotism. We
act too old and sophisticated
for our own good anyway. I
think we need more events like
the stunt. It is a very good
way for those with talent to
show it.

Jane Elliott

Jane Elliott Sifts

Today's News

From a Cool Country to a Cooler

The United States Navy seized twenty
Nazis at an unnamed radio outpost in
Greenland, and the prisoners were sent to
an American port aboard a warship. The
agents were to broadcast
"weather and military in-
formation" to Germany.
The capture is especially
significant in view of the
steadily increasing use
being made of Greenland
as a U. S. naval and air
base; and then, it may be
an even nearer approach
to an all-out American
war on Germany, or vice
versa.

Moseying from Moscow

Moscow, in grave danger from the press
of German troops which have broken
through the central front, ordered all wom-
en and children not needed in vital war
industries to seek safety in the east. Al-
though tens of thousands of Red Army re-
servers were thrown into the battle around
Moscow, the Russians declared that the ad-
vancing Nazis outnumbered the defenders.
On other fronts, too, the Nazis seem to have
the upper hand. But the Russian officials
still announce their determination to fight
until the last invader has been driven from
their land. We should, however, remember
that nations often talk loudest about never
surrendering just before they do surrender.

The most important news to come out of
Latin America this week was the flight of the
pro-Nazi president of Panama, Arnulfo
Arias, as a new regime under the leadership
of Adolfo de la Guardia took over authority
shortly before 11 a. m. Thursday Ernesto
Juan Guardia, formerly second vice-presi-
dent, was sworn in as president. The first
vice-president was "described as missing."
The president had opposed the arming of
ships of Panamanian registry, and his cabi-
net had decided to cancel the registry of all
armed foreign-owned ships flying the Pana-
manian flag. The L C. White and the Pink
Star, lately sunk, were of Panamanian reg-
istry.

The Yankees Win Another Civil War

When Dem Bums won Brooklyn's first
pennant in twenty-one years, the town went
wild, and continued to go wild from the first
World Series game to the last. The Bums
lost the series to the tune of four to one;
but they went down fighting and with most
public sentiment on their side, for a good
many people would have liked to see New
Yorkers' ears worn several degrees lower.
Brooklyn's Hugh Casey, who apparently
was not ready, lost the most heart-breaking
game, after the catcher dropped the ball
which would have struck out the third Yan-
kee batter in the ninth inning. After that
there was no joy in Brooklyn; the mighty
Casey failed to strike them out.
South American Stew

Open Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor,

The cTiscussion in Open Forum tomorrow
is about the Black Stunt.

We come to school primarily to study.
Before we come we do not realize how hard
we really do have to work. When the
Freshmen have been at school about two
weeks, they are rushed into the stunt. Be-
cause they are so interested in it and want
to win so much, studies are pushed into the
background. Teachers are a little lax during
the time of preparation with all of those in-
volved in stunt work, but the minute the
stunt is over, they expect you to jump right
into work that you really are not prepared
to do.

I see the point about class spirit, but I
believe there are other ways to arouse it.
There is plenty of time for it later in the
year. If we are to continue to have stunts,
I certainly think we should wait until after
the first six weeks, for that is the time when
the Freshmen receive their grades and real-
ize whether they will make good or whether
they need a little coaching. Moreover, I
think the stunt arouses too much class spirit,
because it is over-organized to such an ex-
tent that it is put before really important
things.

Signed, Clara Rountree

The Agnes Scott News

VOL. XXVII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1941

NO. 5

Dr. Hayes
Addresses
Student Body

English Professor's
Chapel Talk Discusses
Intellectual Attainment

Dr. George P. Hayes, Pro-
fessor of English, will speak in
Chapel tomorrow, October 23,
Virginia Montgomery, Presi-
dent of Student Government
revealed recently. The first
speaker in the series presented
by Student Government deal-
ing with its theme, the Agnes
Scott Ideal, Dr, Hayes will dis-
cuss "high intellectual attain-
ment".

The Agnes Scott Ideal is one
that was originated by the
founders of the college and has
been upheld throughout the life
of Agnes Scott.

In regard to the emphasis on
intellectual attainment, it states
that: "The search for truth,
avoidance of shams and short-
cuts, maintenance of the honor
system, fearlessness of purpose,
and efficacy in every duty are
expected to characterize those
who study here."

According to Virginia Mont-
gomery, Student Government
selected the Agnes Scott ideal
as the theme for this year be-
cause the members felt that
now when other students of the
world find their college educa-
tion cut off by war, it is espe-
cially important for students
here to maintain the high
standards which have always
characterized Agnes Scott Col-
lege.

News Analyst

Assistant Librarians
Attend Georgia Conference

On October 9, 10, and 11,
Misses Laura Colvin, Agnes
Reagon, and Margaret Weir
represented Agnes Scott at the
biennial conference of the
Georgia Library Association at
Augusta, Georgia.

In a portion of the program
devoted to a study of library
catalogues, Miss Colvin, assis-
tant librarian at Agnes Scott,
made a talk on the Union cata-
logue of the Atlanta-Athens
Area, of which she is editor.

Many different phases of li-
brary work were discussed in
the meetings, including public,
children's, and college libraries.

The social highlights of the
conference were a banquet on
October 9 honoring the junior
librarians of Georgia, and a
book dinner held at the Augus-
ta Country Club October 10.

Walter Paschal Talks
On "Radio and Defense"

Current History Forum has
just announced that Walter
Paschal, commentator at WSB
radio station in Atlanta, will
speak and hold a discussion on
"Radio and Defense" next
Tuesday afternoon. The meet-
ing will be in Murphey Can-
dler at 4:30 and the entire stu-
dent body is invited to attend.

Mr. Paschal is well known
in Atlanta and vicinity as a
news commentator, and seniors
will remember his talk here
their freshman year.

Maurice Hindus

Hindus Lecture
Brings New Facts
On Russia's Status

Soviet Authority

Tells of Activities

On Eastern Battle Lines

Bringing to his audience
timely remarks on recent events
in Europe, Maurice Hindus
opens the lecture series by tell-
ing "What's Happening in
Russia." His talk takes place
Friday, October 24, at 8:30
P. M., in Gaines Chapel.

Mr. Hindus, long famous for
his studies of Russia, has be-
come renowned in recent years
for his accurate predictions of
world events. In 1936, when
American disillusionment about
World War I ran high, he de-
clared that the United States
would nevertheless act to pre-
vent the defeat of the British
Empire in case of a new war.
He said that such aid would
not be given from mere sym-
pathy or altruism, but from our
desire of self-preservation.

When Germany and Russia
became allies in 1939, it was
again Maurice Hindus who
forecast that they would inevi-
tably go to war against each
other. That his record experi-
ence and study of Russia since
the revolution qualified him to
make such a statement is
proved by world events today.

Immediately after the lecture
Friday night, Mr. Hindus will
be entertained at a reception in
Murphey Candler Building so
that his audience may have the
opportunity to meet him per-
sonally.

Emory's Chivalry
Waxes Quite Active

From Emory comes this is-
sue's story of the week, and we
warn you that it has a strong
masculine flavor.

Jane ' Eliott was sitting
through one of her only-girl-in-
the-class courses recently when
the professor, who had been
holding forth with vim, acci-
dentally leaned against a steam
pipe. He immediately jumped
sky-high and indulged in the
masculine prerogative of free-
dom of speech. Jane says the
air was rather blue for a min-
ute.

The point of this little story
is to show you the paternal
consideration which Emory
men are giving our little co-eds.
During the above accident no
one paid the least attention to
the scorched scholar at the
front of the room, but all turned
as one man to see whether poor
Miss Elliott had survived the
verbal onslaught.

Miss Mell Accepts Post
On Social Planning Council

Miss Mildred Rutherford
Mell, Professor of Economics
and Sociology, recently be-
came chairman of the Family-
Child Care Section of the So-
cial Planning Council.

She has been associated with
this kind of work for some time;
having been president of the
group in Decatur before her
present office.

This Council with its thirty-
four agencies works with the
underprivileged in Fulton and
DeKalb Counties. Dr. McCain
was one of those instrumental
in its organization and served
as its first president.

Blackfriars Stage
English Mystery

Thursday, November 20,
Blackfriars will present a mys-
tery, "Ladies in Waiting", by
the British playwright, Cyril
Campion.

The all-girl cast consists of
the following: Janet Garner,
Neva Jackson; Maude. Jackie
Stearns or Anne Ward; Una
Verity, Martha Sue Dillard;
Phil Blakeney, Anne Flowers;
Pat Blakeney, Rebecca Stam-
per; Lady Evelyn Spate. Polly
Frink; Dora Lester, Louise
Pruitt; Mrs. Dawson, Jackie
Stearns, or Anne Ward; Pa-
mela Dark, Elise Smith.

The setting of the play is laid
near the English moors.

Janet Garner and Phil and
Pat Blakeney are gathered at
the home of Una Verity's aunt.
Lady Evelyn Spate, for the oc-
casion of Una's marriage.
There is an attempted murder
and a girl detective, Pamela
Dark, is called in to solve it.
Janet Garner, who is psychic,
also tries to solve the mystery,
by holding a seance.

Maude and Mrs. Dawson
are Yorkish servants who
speak with an accent.

According to Neva Jackson,
Blackfriars is using a new sys-
tem in presenting the play. The
first two acts will proceed with-
out pause, and one twenty-
minute intermission will replace
the two ten-minute ones usually
observed.

Agnes Scott Students
Play in "Helen of Troy"

Two Agnes Scott students
will have important parts in the
mythological comedy, "Helen
of Troy", to be presented
Wednesday and Thursday,
October 29 and 30, 8:30 p. m..
at the Atlanta Woman's Club
auditorium.

Madeline Rose Hosmer, who
is making a name for herself
off campus as one of Atlanta's
promising young dancers, will
perform in the dancing cast;
and Zena Harris will be one of
three singers.

Service Recognizes
Mortar Board

Jean Bailey, Graduate of 39,
Recounts History of Honor Society

Jean Bailey, Mortar Board Alumna and graduate of the
class of 1939, will speak on "The Purpose of Mortar Board and
Its Place on the Campus" at the recognition service for this
year's chapter of Mortar Board in Gaines Chapel, Saturday,
October 25, at 10:30 A. M. The purpose of this annual service
is to honor Mortar Board and present its ideals of scholarship,
leadership, and service to the campus, and the speaker usually
discusses one of these ideals. Miss Bailey, however, will widen
the topic this year, giving a brief history of the organization at
Agnes Scott and explaining its real purpose on the campus.

The organization preceding
Mortar Board here was the
Honorary Association of Agnes
Scott College, popularly known
as "HOASC." In 1931 it be-
came affiliated with Mortar
Board, national senior honor
society for women. At that
time, all alumnae members of
HOASC became alumnae of
Mortar Board.

1941 Mortar Board

The members of the present
chapter are: Jane Taylor, pres-
ident; Betty Medlock, day stu-
dent representative on the Ex-
ecutive Committee of Student
Government; Bee Bradfield, ed-
itor of The Agnes Scott News;
Betty Ann Brooks, president of
the senior class; Ann Cham-
bless, chairman of discussion
groups and religious sources
for Christian Association; Billie
Davis, president of Christian
Association; Ann Gellerstedt,
president of Athletic Associa-
tion; Ila Belle Levie, vice presi-
dent of Student Government;
Virginia Montgomery, presi-
dent of Student Government;
Jeanne Osborne, managing edi-
tor of The Agnes Scott News;
Julia Ann Patch, editor of The
Silhouette.

Works at Rich's

The speaker, Miss Bailey,
now associated with the adver-
tising department at Rich's,
Inc., was student recorder her
senior year, a member of Mor-
tar Board, and prominent in
dramatic activities.

Jean Bailey

Freshman Cabinet Meets
To Elect Year's Officers

Freshman Cabinet will hold
its first meeting of the year on
Monday night, October 27, to
elect officers. The president of
the group will then become a
member of Big Cabinet.

The cabinet, composed of
any freshman interested in be-
ing a member, will be under the
direction of Doris Hasty, vice-
president of Christian Associa-
tion.

Formerly Freshman Cabinet
was a group of fifteen girls
elected by their class. At the
Christian Association retreat in
September it was decided to
make the cabinet open to any
freshman who wished to come.

Coming This Week

Thursday, October 23 Dr.
Hayes' talk in Chapel on
High Intellectual Attainment
as Part of the Agnes Scott
Ideal.

Friday, October 24 Hockey
game at 4:30 P. M. Freshmen
vs. Juniors, Sophomores vs.
Seniors.

Friday, October 24 Maurice
Hindus' lecture, "What's
Happening in Russia"; 8:30
P. M. in Gaines Chapel,
Presser Building.

Saturday, October 25 Piano
Concert by Sergei Rach-
maninoff; 8:30 P. M. at the
Atlanta City Auditorium.

Monday, October 27 First
meeting of the Freshman
Cabinet.

Wednesday, October 29
Presentation of Comedy,
'Helen of Troy"; 8:30 P. M.
at the Atlanta Woman's
Club.

Rachmaninoff Concert
Presents Famous Works
From Various Composers

The 1941-42 All-Star Con-
cert Series will be opened at
8:30 Saturday evening, Octo-
ber 25th, in the City Auditori-
um by Sergei Rachmaninoff,
Russian pianist of world re-
nown.

His program follows: Or-
gan Prelude and Fugue in A
minor, Bach-Liszt; Sonata in D
major, Opus 10, No. 5, Beetho-
ven. Presto, Largo e mestro,
Menuetto, Rondo; Nocturne,
G major (Moontide), J. Field-
Nocturne, E major, J. Field;
Novelletten, Schumann.

A group of songs arranged
for piano: Lilacs, Rachmani-
noff, (Transcribed for piano by
composer); The Trout, Schu-
bert-Liszt; Serenade, Schubert-
Liszt; Contrabandiste, Schu-
mann-Tausig; Maiden Wish,
Chopin-Liszt; The Return
Home, Chopin-Liszt; Lullaby,
Tschaikowsky ~ Rachmaninoff;
Liebesfreud, Kreisler - Rach-
maninoff.

Page 2

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1941

Sister Class Games
Show Twin Scores

Sophs Prove Mettle in Frosh Victory;
A.A. Gets Tips on Recreational Work

By Edwina Burruss

Upholding their record of the week before, the sophomore
hockey team Friday again defeated the freshmen, this time by
a score of 4-0; the seniors, still playing together beautifully,
downed the juniors with the same score, 4-0. The freshmen
lacked the spirit they displayed previously and no longer seem
as formidable as before. The sophomores passed well and
played a

Radio Star

Burruss

good offen-
sive game;
the goals,
one in the
first half,
three in the
second were
all made by
Bond. Far-
rior, at right
half, turned
in a particularly nice perform-
ance.

Fine Senior Team

The senior victory over the
juniors is accounted for by the
fact that there was no weak
point in the senior team. Every-
one played her position well,
and the scoring combination of
Gray and Wilds was excellent.
Wilds scored twice in the first
half and once in the second,
and Gray once in the second.
Juniors Radford, Holloran and
Downie were outstanding.

Next week the freshmen
match sticks with the juniors
and the sophomores meet the
seniors. The probability is
that the juniors and seniors will
be victorious, though the soph-
omores will give the seniors
plenty of competition.

The lineups were;

Frosh. (0)
Young
Monroe
Leathers
King
Milam
Frink
Teasley
Kay
Rogers
Gould
Everett

Substitutions. Sophomores:
M. F. Walker, Rhodes, J. Har-
vard, E. Harvard, White, Lid-
dell. Freshmen: McDonough,
Gower, Mack, Milford, Sear-

Soph. (4)

Tuqgle

LW

Bond

LI

Hill

CF

Duffee

RI

Scott, B.P.

RW

Nair

LH

Walker, B.

CH

Farrior

RH

Montgomery LB

Harris

RB

Walker, M.

G

son, Carpenter,
Slack, Rosenthal.

Junior Lineups

Seniors (4)

Gray LW

Gellerstedt LI

Wilds CF

Webster, D. RI

Webster, A. RW

Stuckey LH

Hasty CH

Brooks RH

Walker, L.P. LB

Currie RB
Davis G

Strickland,

Juniors (0)
Downie
Holloran
Moore
Cochran
Jones
Lancaster
Radford
Patterson
Paisley
Shaw
Smith

Substitutions Seniors:
Wagnon, Ncwbold. Juniors:
Bates. Lcbey, Frierson, Howe.

Sunday Miss Wilburn and
three members of the Outing
Club. Elizabeth Russell, Caro-
line Long, and Margery Gray,
joined a group from the Ap-
palachian Trail Club in a trip
to Amicolola Falls. The group
left Decatur at 6:30 and trav-
eled in cars to the falls, near
Dawsonville. They took
lunches with them and hiked
for several miles. The Outing

Club is planning other trips
with the Trail Club soon.

Recreation Leader

In cooperation with all the
organizations on the campus,
A. A. has arranged for an eve-
ning of recreational leadership
under the direction of Mr. J.
Lee Home. Mr. Home is Di-
rector of Recreation for the
City Parks in Atlanta. The
A.A. board and representatives
of each organization will re-
ceive instruction. The time is
eight o'clock Monday, October
27.

The tennis tournament we
have with us still. The semi-
finalists are Tuggle, Robertson,
Thomas, and A. Webster. In
the quarter finals Tuggle de-
feated D. Webster, 3-6,
6-4, 8-6; Robertson defeated
Brooks, 6-3, 10-8; Thomas de-
feated M. Cumming, 8-6, 2-6,
11-9; and A. Webster defeated
Codington, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Christian Association
Entertains Industrial Girls

Christian Association spon-
sored a picnic for the Industrial
Girls of Atlanta Sunday after-
noon at Harrison Hut. About
twenty-five Industrial Girls and
twenty Agnes Scott girls at-
tended the party, which lasted
from 5:00 to 6:30.

The girls were taken around
the campus and shown through
the library, after which they
were served refreshments
around a bonfire. They con-
cluded with a sing.

The Industrial Girls are a
group of working girls who
come together at appointed
times for the purpose of meet-
ing each other and having a
good time. The group is com-
posed chiefly of factory girls,
although there are a few office
workers.

Campus Club Announces
New Membership List

New members of the Inter-
national Relations Club are
Anne Frierson, Anna Branch
Black, Helen Smith, Mary Jane
Bonham, Betty Pegram, Nancy
Hirsh. Suzanne Kaulback, My-
ree Wells. Frances Ellis, and
Betsey White.

Club Elects Officers

The French Club announces
the following new officers:
Vice President, Margaret Er-
win; Secretary, Marguerite
Bless; Treasurer, Ruby Rosser.

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. Eloise Kummer is the girl you
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training camp, scene of Columbia
network's hilarious "Dear Mom"
comedies. Eloise wields a tennis
racket, and executes a ski turn
with the same degree of artistry
that marks her work at the mic-
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schedule, Eloise continues to work
for her Bachelor of Science de-
cree at N ^th western University

Magazine Contest
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"George Washington's For-
eign Policy Today" is the sub-
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contest being conducted by
Scribner's Commentator maga-
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The first prize is $1000. There
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prizes. The contest closes De-
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Scribner's Commentator is
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THE BABBLING BROOKS

When Sterley Lebey went home (to Savannah) Friday night,
a friend of hers from Emory happened (?) to be making the
same trip. He accompanied her to the train and they had an
enjoyable ride down together. But before Sterley could leave,
the gang on third Rebekah gave her a grand send-off singing
Beca use",

throwing old
shoes, and
ft 1 ling her
mind with a
magnani-
mous story
about the
w h isperings
that would
go on among
the coach *
passengers. Poor Sterley be-
came so upset that she went to
consult Miss Scandrett about
the matter!

Just To Make Sure

Speaking of consulting, one
Freshman asked Ginger if she
had to have a chaperon if she
was going to ride with her
mother and father!

Even after being a cheer-
leader, Hansel Cowsar doesn't
know her classmates. Why,
just the other day she asked
Miss Vann (the new Math
Professor), "Are you a Fresh-
man, too?"

But you can't say they'll
never learn. Take Suzie Wat-
kins, for instance. She became
so adjusted to the rules, that
the other night she found her-
self rolling up her hair in the
dark at 9:30! (Maybe she'd
been to the same party Mar.y
Olive Thomas went to.

M. O.'s Water-Loo

Yes, M. O. went to a party
supposedly an ordinary dance.
After consuming a maximum
amount of lemonade, she took
a wild tumble down the stairs.
Being on Exec certainly makes
one sensitive!

Even more strange happen-
ings occur in Main: Leila
Holmes called and was con-
nected with a Jean Clarkson.
"Have you tried to work those
awful things?" said Leila.
"What?" the voice replied. "I
said, 'Have you worked those
terrible problems? What

problems?" came the reply
through the black ear-piece.
"This is Jean Clarkson!" as-
serted Leila. "Yes." "And you
do go to Agnes Scott?" said the
Soph. "Why, no," said this
Jean Clarkson, "I'm married
and have two children!" Leila
stammered her way out of this
one and was too shocked to at-
tempt another call. By the way,
ask Leila about her recital in
Mr. Hodgson's class; I hear
she's a potential Horowitz
( Well, Horro-, anyhow!)

And while asking, you might
approach Scottie Newell about
that trip to the osteopath I've
not enough room to do it jus-
tice, but believe me it's more
ludicrous than I can say.

The science department has
come in for its share of mirth
recently.

Magnified Matters

Dr. Christian's astronomy
classes are long famous for
their star-gazing escapades,
and Gay Currie really helped
keep up their reputation by her
remark the other night. After
gazing intently for several min-
utes through the telescope, she
turned to Dr. Christian in her
characteristic enthusiasm and
said, "Gee, this sure is a swell

microscope

Also among the highlights of
the recent star-gazing is Miss
Hanley's passing remark. After
finally finding the tiny hole in
the eyepiece of the telescope
with the aid of her trusty flash-
light, our librarian looked a
moment, then said, "But I don't
see the five points. It's round!"
(We wonder if she were kid-
ding.)

Among the sophs, Sue Mit-
chell takes the cake this week.
She turned to Betty Bacon and
said, "Aw, you've got Botts in
the belfry." (For the unin-
formed, Botts is Betty's A-No.
1 these days.)

Let's Go To Main!

Games galore, including
bridge, dominoes, anagrams,
checkers, and Chinese Checkers,
have been put in Mr. Dieck-
mann's renovated studio in
Main for the use of students
and their dates. A neiv bridge
table is in the offing, and it
seems a grand time to begin
making this parlor the "gather-
ing place" for campus dates.

The administration wants the
students to use the games fre-
quently, but asks that they
please remember to put them up
carefully so the next group will
find them in good order.

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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1941

Page 3

Olivia White Keeps up with

^Jlie ^Jrottin 9 J^ottentots

(Note: Mary James Seagle ivrote the Society Column this week in the
absence of Olivia White, who, due to temporary illness, is at home.)

The Hottentots really deserted our old stamping-ground this
week-end. Even though the rush parties are well over, and
everyone has at least planned to get in the studying groove, we
found plenty of places to go

At the Med dance were: Ma-
ry Davis, Marjorie Wilson,
Eugenia Hailey, Lillian Guden-
rath, Suzanne Kaulbach, Mary
Olive Thomas, Mary Louise
Palmour, Betty Sullivan, Mar-
tha Arant, Martha Rhodes,
Mary Robertson, Polly Teas-
ley, Jean Satterwhite, June
Lanier, Laurice Looper, Mar-
tha Liddell.

Eating supper at the SAE
house were Mary Maxwell,
Flake Patman, Liz Carpenter,
Susan Montgomery, Claire
Bennett, Bettye Ashcraft, Mary
Louise Duffee, Smiley Wil-
liams, Julia Anne Florence,
Nell Turner, Laura dimming,
Patty Barbor.

Seen at the ZIP house at
Dental College were: Marjorie
Hogan, and Kathie Steinbach.

Eugenia Mason, Kathie
Steinback and Mary Lightfoot
Elcan went to the Psi Omega
house, while the Delta Sigs en-
tertained Becky Stamper, Ann
Hilsman, Betty Henderson and
Pat Perry.

At the Open House in the
"Y" at Tech were: Julia Harry,
Anne Hall, Betty Glenn, Jeanne
Lee, Betty Tuggle. Jean Moore.

At the ATO House: Julia
Scott.

Dancing at the Rainbow
Room were: Midge Haddock,

Scottie Newell, Hansell Cou-
sar, Eugenia Mason, Helen
Schukraft; Ann Wright, Mary
Carr, Libby Beasley, and Vir-
ginia Reynolds, Jane Stillwell
Martha Sue Dillard were at the
Paradise Room; Marjorie Simp-
son and Sue Heldemann en-
joyed the Henry Grady; and
Dot Hopkins went to the Pom-
peian Room at the Biltmore.

Watching the Camp Gordon
"Hurray America" show were
Julia Harry, Irene McCain and
Marjorie Hogan.

Lots of people went home for
the week-end Nancy Moses
to Chattanooga; Frances Re-
gan to Eufaula, Ala.; Agnes
Waters to Blakely, Ga.; Ann
Wright and Mary Carr to Al-
bany, Ga.; Flake Patman and
Irene McCain to Milledgeville;
Dot Gay to Gay, Ga.; Eugenia
Hailey to Hartwell, Ga.; Duck
Copeland to Dalton, Ga.

Willetta Sarter went to the
Citadel and then home to Au-
gusta. Betty Brower went to
Baltimore. Mabel Stowe also
ran down to the Citadel.

For the week-end at David-
son College: Mary Dean Lott,
Bobby Powell, Joella Craig,
Eleanor Abernathy, Martha
Nimmons.

Dot Nabers took in the
Tenn.-Ala. game in Knoxville.

No Cramming Necessary!

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real chewing fun -the
answer is delicious
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Have Recognition Service

-Courtesy Atlanta Constitution.

Above is the 1941-1942 chapter of Mortar Board, to be recognized by a service in Chapel
Saturday morning. They are: front row, Ila Belle Levie, Jeanne Osborne, Ann Chambless,
Jane Taylor; back row, Virginia Montgomery, Ann Gellerstedt, Billie Davis, Betty Medlock,
Bee Bradfield, and Betty Ann Brooks.

To a retreat at Brenau: Car-
olyn Newbold, Lib Jones, Betty
Bowman and Ruth Farrior.

Susanna McWhorter, Gay
Currie, Dale Drennan, Frances
Tucker, Betty Medlock, Mary
Ann Faw, Martha Buffalo went
with Miss Bee Miller and Miss
Frank McCalla to Montreat.

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Kay Kayser Award
Helps New Talent

A 17-year-old North Caro-
lina boy who has made amaz-
ing progress since he began
playing a piano at the age of
five, and a 19-year-old North
Dakota girl who already has
won many honors in writing
and acting, have been selected
as recipients of the first Kay
Kyser scholarships in music
and drama recently established
at the University of North Car-
olina.

The winners are Elaine Lu-
cille Berg, Grand Forks, N. D.
and John O'Steen, Kinston,
N. C

Established last June through
the Kay Kyser foundation,
which has been endowed by
the famous Tar Heel band
leader, a U. N. C. graduate
who organized his first band
here, the awards are based on
character, scholarship, leader-
ship, achievements and promise
of future distinction. They
provide tuition, room, and
board for one year. (ACP)

Wilson Leads Vespers

Miss Isabella Wilson will
speak at Sunday afternoon ves-
pers this week on the Way,
the Truth, and the Life as it af-
fected the life of Edward
Schnitzer, according to Ruth
Farrior, vesper chairman of
Christian Association.

M. I. T. Becomes
Vital Resource
In Defense Effort

Massachusetts Institute of
Technology now resembles a
branch of the government's de-
fense forces more than it does a
private institution of learning.

In his annual report to the
alumni, Karl T. Compton, pres-
ident, told of current activities
that are making M.I.T. of "vi-
tal importance ... as a great
national resource."

Nearly 100 members of the
teaching staff are working for
the government on advisory or
operating committees, their ac-
tivities ranging from technical
service with the navy to im-
provement of cultural relations
with South American republics.

The institute is offering
intensive defense training
courses. Compton explained
that these are in addition to
courses in naval construction,
naval engineering, meteorology
and aeronautical engineering
which have been made avail-
able to army and navy men for
years.

Largest of the institute's ac-
tivities in the defense field is its
research program. Compton
said more than 70 individual
projects are under way at
M.I.T. and that the research
will cost at least $2,000,000 this
year. (ACP)

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Page 4

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 22. 1941

How Styles Do Change!

Above, on the left, we have an example of what the campus
cutie wore back in the '20's. (The most familiar part of the
picture is the Alumnae Garden and White House in the back-
ground!) On the right, we see what the modern seeker-for-
knowledge wears on the campus. Styles have changed, as styles
will, thank goodness!

War Makes America
Fashion Center of World

By Margaret Sheftall

Don't we have lots to be thankful for in this year of 1941.
Especially, in the way of clothes. My dear, can you imagine
comparing those monstrosities of '29 with the casual, ultra-smart
individualism shown in this season's clothes.

America is, as a result of the

war situation, the fashion cen-
ter of the world. And American
designers have outdone them-
selves in presenting their cre-
ations for their 1941 world
debut. Drama in fashions mark
this season's wardrobes! This
year's clothes are smarter than
'ever. The prettier the better
for the sake of our morale and
our men's. You may hear de-
featists muttering that this is no
time for nonsense. But these

clothes aren't
can keep our

nonsense! We

chins up better
/ fur jabot and go

under a

more surefootedly

in good

shoes. And tell me what wom-
an isn't better able to face to-
morrow if tonight's dress is a
dream of frothy black tulle and
lace? Vanity? Of course! "But
vanity is self-preservation car-
ried to a fine point."

Emphasis On Gaiety

So we applaud this season s
collection. We love the gaiety
and quality the embroidery of
wool, jet, sequins and beads
the 5 P. M. glitter that adds
glamour even to the haggard
college gal after an especially
trying day. Don't you love the
new beige wools that go with
everything any place and are
fashionably at home, too? Black
velvet trimmed in flirt pink
spells romance and fun in any
girl's language.

Colors With Black

If you love black then by all
means add a dash of brilliant
color, because black and colors
are "fashion firsts."

This year s giddy colors
passion pink, cyclamen, cerise,
neon, victory blue they cer-
tainly sound exciting don't
they? We know they are ex-

treme but don't we feel ultra-
sophisticated in those daringly
long new tunics! The new
"covered up" look is so allur-
ing for evening especially in
tulle or net, and the more con-
servative maters will adore
them!

Suits Still Popular

We're certainly glad that
suits still hold their place in the
front along fashion row, and
colored suits are so bright and
becoming. Yes, bright purple,
Kelly green, gold and vivid red
are most popular for suits this
year.

The talk of the moment
among the fashion conscious
set is the black sweater. You
can wear it in town, dine in it,
"party" in it, wear it for danc-
ing or under a suit Main-
bocher has launched the idea
of beaded cardigans and they
are lovely.

What with taxes, money for
U. S. O., war relief, and de-
fense bonds, it would be down-
right unpatriotic to splurge on
clothes, wouldn't it? Well,
that's what is so very nice
about the price tag of '41. If
you're a careful, wise buyer,
you can be awfully smart on
very little.

Japanese
Find Work

Survey Shows Graduates
Have Better Chances Now

American-born college grad-
uates of Japanese parentage
have greater vocational oppor-
tunities outside the Japanese
communities than they had ten
years ago, enjoying better than
a 50-50 chance of breaking into
local American business and
industry.

That is the conclusion based
on a survey by the Japanese
Business Students club at the
University of California.

More than 800 American-
born Japanese are now en-
rolled in California colleges
and universities, but approxi-
mately 2,500 graduates have
yet to find employment in fields
for which they have been
trained.

The survey covered 70 firms
in southern California. In an-
swer to the question: "Are any
nisei (American-born children
of Japanese parentage) em-
ployed in your firm today?"
more than half of those who re-
plied answered in the affirma-
tive.

More than half of the firms
that answered indicated they
"might employ nisei today" if
business warranted additional
help and if competent nisei pre-
sented themselves.

The research effort is one of
a series undertaken as a means
of helping nisei graduates find
employment in technical fields
for which they have prepared
themselves in college. (ACP)

Wheel Gains Recognition

The Emory Wheel has been
named the nation's best college
weekly by the Associated Col-
legiate Press recently.

Professor

Advocates Budget

Special courses in mathemat-
ics to make easier in later years
the chores of figuring the fam-
ily budget and the cost of a
tankful of gasoline for the car
are advocated by a Colorado
professor for high school stu-
dents who do not plan to go tc
college.

Two separate curricula in
mathematics are the plan of Dr.
Harl R. Douglass, college of
education director for the Uni-
versity of Colorado and author
of several mathematical texts.

"Since various types of cal-
culation are needed more and
more in daily life, the curricu-
lum for those not going to col-
lege should be made practical,"
the professor says. "Use of the
automobile, for example, has
greatly stimulated use of math-
ematics in such problems as
calculating time and distance.
The person who isn't good at
arithmetic is handicapped in his
vocation, his purchases, and in
other phases of living."

(ACP)

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Shirer Gives Review
Of Hindus Latest Book

(The following story is a condensation of William L. Schir-
er's review of "Hitler Cannot Conquer Russia" by Maurice
Hindus. It appeared in the "Saturday Review of Literature"
of October 4, 1941.)

Shortly following the Hitler-Stalin pact on August 23, 1 939,
Maurice Hindus suggested to his publishers that he write a
book entitled, "The Coming War Between Russia and Ger-
many." His publishers, Mr. Hindus tells us, advised him to
continue work on his new novel of Czech village life.
Less than two years later,

the war which Mr. Hindus had
predicted had come. Despite
the general agreement among
the country's experts of press
and radio, Mr. Hindus was not
at all sure Hitler could conquer
Russia. In fact, the more he
thought about it the more posi-
tive he became that Hitler
could never do it.

The reasons which explain
not only why the Red Armies
have done better against Hit-
ler's panzer forces than all but
a very few expected, but why
Mr. Hindus thinks Hitler can
never conquer Russia make up
this book. He brings to light
many of Stalin's policies, dis-
cusses the fact that the desper-
ate Five-Year Plans, the too-
hasty and too-brutal collectiv-
ization of agriculture, the whole
lowering of the living standard,
turn out to be nothing more or
less than part of a general pol-
icy of "cannon instead of but-
ter."

The author shows how Sta-
lin carried out a prophetic
speech he made on February 4,
1931, in which he stated, "We
are fifty to a hundred years be-
hind the advanced countries.
We must cover the distance in
ten years. Either we do this, or
they will crush us."

Hindus points out the fact in
his book that Russia led all Eu-
rope, even Germany, in its vol-

ume of productivity before the
war started, in the production
of machines, and especially in
such things as agricultural ma-
chinery and engines. The qual-
ity of the goods may have been
doubtful, but three months of
warfare have shown them
comparatively good.

Another portion of the book
deals with Russia's industrial
system and reminds us that,
even if the Ukraine falls, there
is a second coal and metallurgi-
cal base in the East the Ural-
Kuznetsch Combine which
can furnish a great deal of ma-
terial.

He thinks that collectiviza-
tion of the farms, which cost
greater sacrifices in human be-
ings than any other phase of
the revolution, will serve as
one of the chief weapons
against Hitler.

Shirer's final remark on the
book is, "Many perhaps will
think that in calling his book
'Hitler Cannot Conquer Rus-
sia,' Maurice Hindus has stuck
his neck out. Perhaps he has.
Time will tell. But in the mean-
time here in this book are mar-
shalled most of the facts which
explain the 'miracle' of the
present Russian resistance and
why a man as sincere and as
expert on Russia as is Mr. Hin-
dus believes that at long last
Hitler has bitten more that he
bargained for."

IDENTICAL TWINS

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you like, contrast them if you care, (you
can choose a plain jacket or skirt, too.)
All of them as colorful as an autumn-
tinted campus. You'll find them sturdy
"stand-its" at allowance prices.

Jackets from $3.98
Skirts from $2.29

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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1941

Page 5

French Exchange Student
Enjoys Warmth of South

By Neva Jackson

Our French exchange stu-
dent this year, Ginette Girar-
dey, has lived in three coun-
tries, and is most at home in
Africa. Ginette was born in
Belfort, in Alsace, where her
family has a summer home.
When she was five years old
her father, a professor of
French at the University of
Paris, was transferred to Al-
giers. She lived in Algiers for
fourteen years, in Oran, a
coastal town recently the scene
of an English-Brench naval
battle. It is a beautiful town, in
a valley overshadowed by a
mountain on which is a four-
teenth century Spanish fort.
During the winters she attend-
ed a French lycee in Oran, but
it is her vacation trips Ginette
is most enthusiastic about. She
has travelled through Spain.
France, Switzerland, parts of
Italy and Germany, Morocc,
Tunis, and, most fun of all, the
Sahara. She spent Christmas
and Easter vacations in the
Sahara, visiting an Arabian
friend, chief of a village in an
oasis. He was a caid, owning
many pasture lands and herds,
and five wives. His city house,
where she visited, was a typical
one of mud and plaster, built
around an open courtyard. She
loved the desert, the date-trees,
and camel-riding.

Boat trips on the Mediter-
ranean were also fun. "We
danced, played all sorts of
games, and had many plays,"
Ginette said.

When she was fourteen her
father was transferred back to
Paris and she spent one winter
there. "It was terribly cold,"
was her first comment on Paris.
"At first I did not like it. I
missed Algiers, and Paris was
very strange. Then, I began to
take walks and got to know
people, and liked it very
much."

She belonged to an athletic
club and especially enjoyed
swimming and bicycling. She
took long bicycle trips through
the country. The operas and
the plays at the Comedie Fran-
caise and the Odeon were won-
derful, too. "They gave mostly
Moliere and Racine," she said.
"I sat in the box of the Presi-
dent de la Republique at the
Odeon."

In 1939, because of the war,
she was sent to visit her aunt

in New York. "I had lots of
fun on the boat by myself," she
said. "I met some very nice
American and French young
people and we had a good time
dancing every night."

She stayed eighteen months
in New York, finishing a
French lycee there. "I never
spoke English the whole eight-
een months," she said. While
in New York, she sang with a
group of French children,
taught by her aunt, at the New
York World's Fair. "I also
had the thrilling experience of
singing for television, in a
French costume, at Rockefeller
Center," Ginette said.

She was placed in Agnes
Scott as an exchange student
by the International Education
Board. She likes the atmos-
phere of American schools. "It
is not like a boarding school in
France. There you sometimes
have to stop because it's so
hard, and you are not allowed
to go out. Here it is like a fam-
ily, and the relation between
faculty and students is more
friendly, which is good. And
also," Ginette concluded, "I
like the south because it is
warm."

Johnson Selects
Choir Members

Elise Nance, president of the
Glee Club, announces the se-
lection of the following new
members of the college choir
by Mr. Johnson.

They are: Jackie Burns, Vir-
ginia Bowie, Elizabeth Carpen-
ter, Jean Carlson, Mary Cum-
mings, Louise Cantrell, Cor-
delia DeVane, Pat Elam, Eliza-
beth Espy, Jane Everett, Mar-
tha Jane Mack, Joyce Freeman,
Julia Slack, Jean Hood, Betty
Glenn, Betty Manning, Jose-
phine Young, Jean Rucks, Ma-
rian Knapp, Lucy Lee Ward,
Martha Jane Gray, Dusty
Gould, Wendy Whittle, Mar-
garet Shaw, Caroline Fuller,
Mary Munroe, Isabel Rogers,
Kittie Kay, Scottie .Newell,
Sally Knight, Martha Liddell,
Margaret Killam, Lois Sulli-
van, Emily Ann Pittman, Ethell
Searson, Florence Crane, Mar-
garet Mace, Jean Satterwhite,
Mary Neely Norriss, Barbara
Frink, Frances Stukes.

Bowen Press

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New Best-Sellers
Go On Sale Here

Inaugurating a new policy of
offering the latest modern
books for sale, the bookstore is
now showing a display of 27
new novels and books of non-
fiction from Rich's Department
Store. A new set of books will
be on sale every six weeks, ac-
cording to Betsy Kendrick,
book store manager.

Maurice Hindus' most recent
best-sellers will be put on sale
before his lecture, scheduled
for Friday evening, October 24.

Some of the books shown on
the display shelves behind the
main counter are: "Tar Heels,"
Jonathan Daniels; "Giulio Gat-
ti-Casazza, Memories of Op-
era"; "White Cliffs," Alice
Duer Miller; "Private-Papers of
Private Perky," H. I. Phillips;
"Backbone of the Herring,"
Curtis Bok; "Berlin Diary,"
William L. Shirer; "Lanterns
on the Levee," William Alex-
ander Percy.

"The Keys of the Kingdom,"
A. }. Cronin; "The Good Shep-
herd," Gunnar Gunnarsson;
"Oh, Doctor!" Betty Bacon
Blunt; "Evil Under the Sun,"
Agatha Christie; "The Stand-
ard Concert Guide," Upton
and Borowski; "Propaganda
and the American Revolution,"
Philip Davidson; "Reading I've
Liked," Clifton Fadiman; "The
Citadel," A. J. Cronin; "Disput-
ed Passage," Lloyd C. Doug-
las; "Kitty Foyle," Christopher
Morley; "The Rains Came,"
Louis Bromfield; and "The
Stars Look Down," A. }. Cro-
nin.

Books To Be Autographed

Miss Emma May Laney, f ac-
idly chairman of Lecture Asso-
ciation, requests anyone who
wishes to have books auto-
graphed by Maurice Hindus to
please have them in her office
on third floor Buttrick before
the time of the lecture Friday
evening, 8:30 P. M.

She once more urges students
and faculty to be sure they ob-
tain tickets before Friday night.
Tickets for faculty and students
of Emory, Georgia Techy and
Columbia Seminary are fifty
cents; those for outsiders are
seventy-five cents.

Americans Hear
Noted Lecturers

American lecture-goers, who
once sat spellbound before
lady - novelists, long - haired
poets and Yogi experts, are
today demanding and getting
eye-witness reporting and au-
thoritative interpretation of
events in Europe by top-flight
foreign correspondents, home
on leave.

And they are willing to pay
for their hour of the foreign
news reporter's time to the tune
of fees that range from $200 to
$1,000.

Dorothy Thompson, who is
in a class all by herself in lec-
turing circles, is reputed to get
$2,500 a lecture. The average
fee is nearer $400.

The 1941-42 lecture season
sees journalists more popular
than ever before, and the most
sought-after speakers in the
field.

Headliners include Vincent
Sheean; Walter Duranty of the
North American Newspaper
Alliance; Leland Stowe, Chi-
cago Daily News foreign serv-
ice; H. R. Knickerbocker, In-
ternational News Service; Wil-
liam L. Shirer, CBS; Quentin
Reynolds, Colliers; John T.
Whitaker, Chicago Daily
News; and Pierre Van Paas-
sen. (ACP)

CANDLER HOTEL

Near Agnes Scott

Dr. Davidson
Helps Plan
Convention

Dr. Philip Davidson is Co-
Chairman and several members
of the Agnes Scott faculty are
assistants on a committee mak-
ing local arrangements for the
meeting of the Southern His-
torical Society, it was revealed
recently. The seventh annual
convention of the Society takes
place in Atlanta from Novem-
ber 6-8, and will assemble near-
ly one thousand members from
all parts of the south.

Besides Dr. Davidson, other
Agnes Scott instructors on the
committee are Miss Elizabeth
F. Jackson, Miss Florence E.
Smith, and Mrs. Catherine
Strateman Sims.

The convention program this
year includes sessions on
Southern transportation and
trade, scientific development,
economy and politics, and lit-
erature and music. The Hon.
John M. Slaton, former Gover-
nor of Georgia, will preside at
the Association's annual din-
ner, to be held at the Biltmore
Hotel, Friday, November 7.

The Association meets in At-
lanta this year at the invitation
of Agnes Scott College, Emory
University, and the Atlanta
Historical Society.

Association
Honors Lecturer

Elise Nance, social chairman
of the Student Lecture Associa-
tion, has submitted plans for
the reception in honor of Mau-
rice Hindus on Friday night.
October 24, immediately fol-
lowing the lecture.

Dr. McCain, president, Miss
Emma May Laney, faculty
chairman of the Lecture Asso-
ciation, and Mary Louise Pal-
mour, president of the Student
Lecture Association, will re-
ceive.

The girls serving will include
Neva Jackson, Barbara Con-
nally, June Lanier, Ann Geller-
stedt, Margaret Downie, Su-
sanna McWhorter, Ruby Ros-
ser, Laura Cumming, Martha
Nimmons, Betty Williams,
Flake Patman, Jeanne Lee.
Hester Chafin, Mamie Sue Bar-
ker, Mary Jane Bonham, Anne
Wilds, Claire Bedinger, Ila
Belle Levie, and Louise Pruitt.

Miss Carrie Scandrett, dean,
and Miss Lucile Alexander,
professor of romance lan-
guages, will pour.

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PROFESSIONAL
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College Reveals
Change in Awards

High School Winner
Receives $600 Scholarship

The administration recently-
announced the requirements
and changes for this year's
competitive scholarship. Of the
four awards to be given, the
first is $600 toward the ex-
penses of a boarder at the Col-
lege, and the others are for
$300 each, for either boarders
or day students.

The decision will be based
on four items, each counting
approximately ' 25 per cent of
the total estimate. They are: a
brief aptitude test to be taken
at the school of the applicant;
the high school record to date;
an autobiography of 1,500
words or more; personal quali-
fications, based on data which
the College will try to obtain
on its own initiative.

If possible, the decision for
the $600 award will be reached
by January 15, 1942, and it is
planned to award the smaller
prizes by March 15, 1942. If a
student enters for the larger
scholarship and is not success-
ful, her papers will be referred
to the committee which will
consider applicants for the
smaller awards.

While school grades and
class rank compose only one of
the four bases of choice, appli-
cants who rank lower than the
top one-third of the class are
not encouraged to enter, unless
exceptional circumstances off-
set the grades.

Scotch Minister
Preaches 'Sermon
Of Water-Beetle'

Christian Association pre-
sented the Reverend Peter
Marshall as a surprise speaker
in Chapel yesterday. He spoke
on "Sermon of the Water
Beetle."

The Scotch minister is now
at the New York Avenue Pres-
byterian Church in Washing-
ton, D. C. Before going to
Washington, Mr. Marshall
was pastor of the Westminster
Presbyterian Church in At-
lanta.

The poem from which Mr.
Marshall took his subject is as
follows:

"The water beetle here shall
teach

A sermon far beyond your
reach;

He flabbergasts the human race
With ease, celerity, and grace,
But if he ever stopped to think,
Of how he did it, he would
sink."

Mr. Marshall said, "The
point of the whole matter is,
'Don't ask questions/ or at any
rate, 'Don't think too much.' "

He explained that if one
thinks too much, he is "sunk"
just as the water beetle would
be.

The speaker went on to ad-
vise, "Don't cease to ask ques-
tions or be curious."

Following up this point, Mr.
Marshall cited the fact that
Christ loved to put questions
before his people.

He concluded, "Do ask ques-
tions if you must, but do not
wait for your answers. Find
out things for yourself. Move
and go forward with ease, ce-
lerity, grace, but do not stop to
think how you do it."

Page 6

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1941

Chapel-Goers
Play "Scatter"

Five times a week, for half an hour, we
pause to relax and worship in our long-
awaited "new chapel" with its cushioned
seats, carpeted aisles, and spaciousness.

Yet this very spaciousness may present a
problem. The new seating arrangement of
having the upper classes, smaller in number,
sit on the sides and the larger upper classes
sit in the center was proffered as a remedy
to the problem of having the audience con-
front the speaker, not as a unit, but as a
group which had decided to play "scatter."

The seniors do right well about sitting
down front, be it due to deafness from old
age, a real desire to see and hear all, or con-
scientiousness. But there are always several
empty rows on the front of the center sec-
tion, giving the impression to anyone on the
platform that such proximity is undesirable,
and pushing the faculty section even farther
back than the new arrangement already has.
The juniors did well at first, but they have
gradually begun sitting farther and farther
toward the rear.

Besides perplexing speakers, and giving
the auditorium a rather disjointed appear-
ance, the situation is very undesirable from
the individual's point of view. Naturally
those in the rear cannot hear as well; thus
they talk and become restless, disturbing
those immediately in front of them who
would like to hear, if possible.

tl may seem a simple thing to spend so
much ink upon, but repeated requests seem
to have been to no avail to date, and it seems
only right to mention it again.

Appearance would be improved, better
impressions would be made on visitors, noise
from talking would be reduced to a mini-
mum, and everyone would get more from the
services and talks if they were in a position
which prompted attention rather than inat-
tention.

Where are the class proctors who were
supposed to serve as marshals until the new
seating arrangement became a habit? Per-
haps if someone were there everyday to re-
mind the students to fill up the front rows
and the gaps, perhaps it would help them to
remember.

Honors Are Due

Lecture Association in beginning this
year's series with the proverbial bang by
bringing us Maurice Hindus, a timely lec-
turer on a timely subject.

Under the able guidance of Miss
Emma May Laney, faculty chairman, the
Association has brought many famous
and interesting men to the campus in the
last several years, and the months ahead
promise a banner program.

The campus appreciates not only the
faculty's help in securing the men, but
also the little-realized work the student
committee does in making preparations
for the visitors.

To the Lecture Association goes our
vote this week for honors where honors
are due!

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XXVI.

Wednesday, October 22, 1U41

No. 5

Published weeklj, except during holidays and examination
periods, !>y the students of Agnes Seott College. Office on
second floor Murphey Candler Building. Entered as second
class matter at the Decatur. Georgia, post office. Subscrip-
tion price per year. $1.25; single copies, five cents.
Editor BEE BRADFIELD

Managing Editor jeanne osborne

Business Manager SUZANNE KATLBACH

Martha Dale
Frances Kaiser
Assistant Editors
Caroline Newbold
Copy Editor
Neva Jackson
Feature Editor
Mamie Sue Barker
Betty Ann Brooks
Assistant Feature Editors
Jane Elliott
Current History Editor
Edwina Burr ess
Sports Editor

Mary Estill Martin
Picture Editor
Marjorle Cray
Club Editor
Olivia White
Socie/y Editor
Jane Stlllwell
Jackie Illma Stearns
Assistant Society Editors
Margaret Mary Toomey
Circulation Manager
Bennye Llnzy
Susan Spurlock
Circulation Assistants

Reporters: Leila Holmes. Betty Bates, Betsy White, Quincy
Mills. Jane Dinsmore, Mary Louise Duffee, Mary Ann Bar-
field. Martha Ray Lasseter. Marion Knapp, Madeline Hosraer,
Martha Stone. Virginia Barr. Betty Burress. Evelyn Cheek,
Cornelia Stuckey, Mary Estill Martin, Ann Chambless, Shirley
Ann Smith.

Business Assistants: Nancy Thomlson. Martha Llddell. Helen
Smith. M. S. Barker. L. Boone. A. Bumstead. A. Clements,
T. ( ralg. M. Dlllard, M. A. Hannah, D. Hopkins, B. Moore,

m. Stanley*

Jane Elliott

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tag

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Jane Elliott Sifts

Today s News

Yellow Means Change

There is another new cabinet in Nippon
this week; and the rising sun seems more
bloody than ever. The new militaristic cabi-
net under Lieut. General Eilsi Tojo has al-
ready pledged its support
of the East Asia and Axis
adherence policies in spite
of increasing tension with
Britain and America in
the Pacific. The British
have already warned Jap-
an that the combined
navies of the United
States and Great Britain
are ready in case of Jap-
anese "interference" in
the Pacific.
Convoy Casualties

The Nazis claim to have sunk twelve
ships in a convoy en route to Britain from
North America. The ships were said to con-
sist of ten merchantmen, totaling 60,000
tons and two protecting destroyers. Mean-
while terse words had been received of a
submarine attack on the U. S. destroyer
Kearny; the Kearny gave no details, but re-
ported that she was able to "proceed under
her own power."

In Washington, the bill to approve the
arming of merchant ships went from
House to the Senate with a "Speed"
attached.

Pan-American Amity*

On October 14, in Buenos Aires,
United States and Argentina signed a trade
agreement which is a signal display of U. S.-
South American friendship. This three-year
pact, the first between the two countries
since 1853, contains reciprocal concessions
covering a large portion of the trade be-
tween the United States and Argentina;
however, the much-discussed item of fresh
meat is omitted. Congressional ratification
of the agreement is foreseen.

College Daze

Students and faculty at the University of
Georgia got quite a shock this week when
the Southern University Conference can-
celled its membership on grounds of political
interference in the management of the
school. But the resultant coma, if any, was
strictly temporary. The students recovered
enough to organize a motorcade to Atlanta
the next day to protest to the governor, who
was conveniently out of town. There may
be more trouble in Georgia's educational
system, as the accredited standing of Geor-
gia Tech and of 14 other units of the Uni-
versity System is also threatened.

Confidentially, It

Last week a $13,000,000 fire swept the
Firestone Rubber and Latex Products Co.'s
plant at Fall River, Mass., destroying huge
government-owned stocks of rubber and
crippling production of many vital defense
supplies. Sabotage was discounted by the
investigating officers.

Editorial Notes

We are glad to see Mr. Jones "up and at
'em" again. He was really missed around
campus during his absence, and it's good to
have him back on the job.

Mamie Sue Barker Gathers Campus Quotes on

Date Nights in Murphey Candler

Table manners are ever with us, verbally
and literally. It seems to be one subject you
just can't wear out.

So once more we call to mind the fact
that many an important impression is made
at the table; meals were made to enjoy, not
to spend one's time trying to avoid your
next door neighbor's elbow because she in-
sists on lolling in your plate; and it is only
right that the person serving have a chance
to eat before she is bombarded with requests
for "seconds."

It isn't a matter of knowing what to do
when; it is just a matter of being considerate
enough to do what one knows when one
knows it is correct.

Having current books as well as text
books in the book store is a real innovation.
It is sincerely hoped that the students will
make continuance of this service possible
by taking advantage of it.

The college has been won-
dering if it is advisable to keep
the Murphey Candler Building
open and provide a chaperone
on both Saturday and Sunday
nights, since so many people
have off-campus dates on Sat-
urday nights. We have asked
Freshmen and Sophomores, be-
cause this question concerns
them chiefly:

HANSEL CAUSAR, '45:

I think
Murphey
Candler
should be
open both
nights, be-
cause it gives
students
a place to
go on cam-
pus dates.

FLORENCE CRANE, 45:

Murphey Candler should be
open Friday nights, too. Often
we have campus dates, and it
is swell to have a place like
Murphey Candler to entertain
them.

MABEL THOMPSON, '45:

It seems to me that Sunday
night is enough, because most
people have dates off campus
on Saturday nights.

PATTY BARBOUR, 44:

Murphey Candler should be
kept open both nights, because
it is fun to have something to
do when you cannot go off the
campus.

MARTHA NIMMONS, 44:

I think Murphey Candler
should be open both nights;
that is, if the students will
really use it.

ELIZABETH CARPENTER,
45:

Murphey Candler should be
open both nights. After all. it
is the Student Activities Build-
ing and should be used as the
students think best.

CEEVAH ROSENTHAL,
45:

I think it is wonderful to
have it open both Saturday and
Sunday nights, because there
aren't but so many buildings to
name to an on-campus date. If

the couples do not have much
in common, Murphey Candler
is a grand place to go.

BETTYE ASHCRAFT, 44:

I think Murphey Candler
should be open both nights, but
it would be nice for the hostess
to be around to answer your
questions. We always have
trouble finding the Chinese
Checkers and Ping-Pong Balls.

MARY LOUISE DUFFIE,

44:

Any one who has been a
Freshman knows how hard it
is to take care of a campus
date. If you close Murphey
Candler on Saturday night, you
close out the last hope of
something to do on campus
dates. After all, only one or
two people can use the music
room in Main at the same time.
I do think it would be a good
idea to have card tables and,
most important of all, to keep
the records up to date.

CLAIRE BENNETT, 44:

It seems to me that Friday
night would be a better time to
have Murphey Candler open,
because more people go off for
the week end. Since we do not
have the Musicales on Friday
nights, we need some place to
go when we have dates on
campus. Murphey Candler is
the only solution to the prob-
lem.

Quotable Quotes

"A democratic education is
an education which helps hu-
man persons to shape them-
selves, judge by themselves,
discipline themselves, to love
and to prize the high truths
which are the very root and
safeguard of their dignity, to
respect in themselves and in
others human nature and con-
science and to conquer them-
selves in order to win their lib-
erty." Dr. Jacques Maritain,
noted French educator, visiting
professor of philosophy at Co-
lumbia University. (ACP)

Campus Camera

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The Agnes Scott News

VOL. XXVII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE. DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1941

NO. 6

Dr. Alfaro,
Of Panama,
Lectures Here

South American Diplomat
Discusses "Hemisphere
Solidarity and Defense"

Dr. Ricardo Alfaro, veteran
diplomat and student of Pan-
American relations, lectures on
"Hemisphere Solidarity and
Defense" Wednesday, No-
vember 5, at 8:30 o'clock in
Presser Building.

Serving his country as a
diplomat for thirty-five of his
fifty-eight years, Dr. Alfaro is
an acknowledged authority on
South American affairs. Be-
cause he is a fine speaker and
has a beautiful command of
English, he stands high on the
roster of American university
lecturers.

Dr. Alfaro was born in Pan-
ama, and he received his edu-
cation both there and at the
University of Cartagena in
Colombia. Besides serving in
various government positions
in his own country, including
the Presidency, he has been
minister plenipotentiary to the
United States. With Secretary
of State Hull, he negotiated the
Panama Canal Treaty.

He is also famous in the
realm of international law as
one of the founder-members of
the American Institute of Inter-
national Law. In recent years
he has attended every impor-
tant Pan-American Conference.

What Goes On
Behind Our Backs

Guess what, folks? The
worst has happened: the facul-
ty has begun to notice what
sort of clothes we college girls
wear! Gone are the days when
we can trip merrily into class
wearing the latest fad without
feeling silly. Perhaps it's too
early to predict such dire
things, but we're only going by
an experience which Dot Hop-
kins had last week:

Dot was writing something
on the blackboard during Biol-
ogy class when she heard two
people whispering behind her
back. One voice Miss Mac-
Dougall's asked in mystified
tones, "Doesn't Miss Hopkins
have her sweater on back-
wards-front?" The other voice
a student's answered,
"Yes."

Dot, feeling as much under
the microscope as one of her
lab specimens, glanced uneasily
over her shoulder straight in-
to Miss MacDougall's face.

"That's all right! Keep right
on working!" ordered her pro-
fessor. "But Miss Hopkins, do
they really wear sweaters that
way now?

Emory Invites Three Girls
To Join Biology Fraternity

The chapter of Phi Sigma,
national honorary biology fra-
ternity, at Emory has invited
three Agnes Scott biology ma-
jors to join. They are: Betty
Ann Brooks, Pat Reasoner, and
Bee Bradfield.

Committee Allows
Ineligible Students
To Join Activities

Faculty Announces Plan
Not to Post Ineligible List
This Winter for Freshmen

On Thursday, October 23,
the Administrative Committee
of the Agnes Scott Student
Government Association met in
j^uitrick Hall.

"rvliss Scandrett, chairman of
the committee, announced that
henceforth, in answer to a re-
quest made by the student body
last spring, students on the in-
eligible list may enter athletic
activities. However, those who
have not made their class
standing must enter into activi-
ties for the grade in which they
are classified.

The faculty plans tentatively
not to post this winter the list
of freshmen who are ineligible.
The ineligible list for upper-
classmen will be posted in But-
trick Hall as usual.

Miss Scandrett requested
that the various classes be
asked to fill up their respective
chapel seats and that the term
"excused absence" from chapel
be clarified to the student body.
She also explained that it is
necessary for pupils to write
out the pledge at the end of
each test and examination.

The Administrative Commit-
tee meets four times a year to
decide matters involving more
power than that delegated to
the Executive Committee.

Who's Who Names Eleven

Dr. Davidson Speaks
At An nual Investiture

Seniors Frolic As Little Girls
Before Solemn Capping Ceremony

Miss Carrie Scandrett, dean of students, will cap the ninety-
six members of the senior class at the annual investiture service
in Presser Hall, Saturday, November 1 at 12 noon. Philip
Davidson, professor of history and senior class advisor, will
give the address.

Coming This Week

Friday, 10:30 A. M. Dn Ash-
by Jones' talk in chapeL

Monday, 8:30 P. M. Music
Appreciation Hour in Pres-
ser HalL

Monday, 8:30 P. M. Carl
Sandburg at Glenn Memo-
rial Auditorium*

Tuesday, 8:30 P. M. Organ
Recital by Richard Ross in
Gaines ChapeL

Committee Leads
Student Fund Drive

A committee made up of two
members from each of the three
campus organizations, Student
Government, Christian Asso-
ciation and Athletic Associa-
tion, under the sponsorship of
Dr. Philip Davidson, will meet
on Monday October 27 to for-
mulate definite plans for the
campaign for the World Stu-
dent Service Fund.

Serving on this committee
from Student Government are:
Claire Bedinger, and Carolyn
Smith; from Christian Associa-
tion: Lavinia Brown and Mary
Carr; from Athletic Associa-
tion: Margaret Downie and
Gay Currie. The current his-
tory classes will be represented
by Eudice Tontak and Jackie
Stearns.

This second annual drive for
contributions will last from
November 25 through Decem-
ber 2.

Supported by the students
and faculties of various schools
throughout the United States,
this group was organized last
year when the need for educat-
ed leadership after the present
conflict was realized. Through
its grants of money, it keeps
impoverished schools open, and
distributes food and clothing to
needy students.

The above girls were nominated for inclusion in the 1941-42 edition of "Who's Who Among Students in America Universitie
Colleges.' They are, left to right: first row. Betty Ann Brooks, Ann Chambless. Billie Davis; second row, Ann Gellerstedt. Ma

lies and

Levie. Betty Medlock; third row. Julia Ann Patch,' and Jane Shannon Taylor/"^
Osborne, also named by the organization.

Davidson Concludes Talks
At Atlanta Alumnae Club

Dr. Philip Davidson, profes-
sor of history at Agnes Scott,
will deliver the last in a series
of three talks on present world
conditions to the Atlanta Alum-
nae Club on November 18.
The subject with which he has
chosen to conclude the series is
The Rising Note of Hope in
World Affairs.

In his first talk on September
16 Dr. Davidson outlined The
Different Explanations of the
War Its Causes and Cures,
and last Tuesday, October 21,
he spoke on Internal Difficul-
ties in the Crisis at Home.

Following tradition, the
sophomores, clad in white, will
precede the senior procession
and will form a double line
through which their sister class
will pass.

Last Fling

Friday, Hallowe'en this year,
the seniors will dress in child-
hood attirs to take their final
fling on Little Girls' Day. The
festivities of this day mark the
end of childhood theoretically,
before full seniority is assumed
at Investiture.

Unique Service

This service, unique to Ag-
nes Scott, was begun in 1908,
by Miss Nannette Hopkins,
first dean of the college. Up
until 1921, the seniors met at
Dr. Gaines' home, now Gaines
Cottage, where Mrs. Gaines
put on their academic robes
before the procession was
formed.

Nancy Christian, little
daughter of Professor and Mrs.
Schuyler M. Christian, and
mascot of this year's class, will
be present on Little Girls' Day
and at the Investiture Service.

Atlanta Musicians Present
'Melody in Music' Program

On November 3, Michael
McDowell, pianist, Margaret
Fountain, violinist, and Minna
Hecker, soprano, will present
the program of the regular
Music Appreciation Hour, en-
titled this week Melody in Mu-
sic. The concert will be in
Presser Hall at 8:30 P. M.

Mr. McDowell's selections
include Siliciano, Bach; Ro-
mance, Schumann; Nocturne,
Chopin; Fantasie Impromptu,
Chopin.

Margaret Fountain will play
Air, Bach; Romanza Andaluza,
Sarasate; Melodie, Gluck-
Kreisler; Mazurka, Wieniaw-
ski.

Minna Hecker's program is
as follows: My Sweet Repose,
Schubert; On Wings of Music,
Mendelssohn; Lovely Night,
Dachelet; Ah non credea Mir-
arti, Bellini.

Dr. Jones Discusses
Denominational Relations
In Chapel Thursday

On Friday, October 31. Dr.
Ashby Jones will speak in
chapel on the subject of "Better
Relations Between Denomina-
tions."

Dr. Jones writes a weekly
column for the Atlanta Consti-
tution and is one of the fore-
most leaders of the country in
the promotion of better inter-
racial and inter-denominational
relations.

Page 2

THE AGES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1941

Seniors, Juniors
DefeatSisterTeams

Virginia Tuggle Wins Championship
Defeating Mary Olive Thomas 6-3, 6-2

By Edwina Burruss

With a score of 2-0 the undefeated senior hockey team
downed the highspirited sophomores, and the juniors overcame
their sister class, 3-1, in last Friday's doubleheader. The sea-
son's best hockey was displayed in the first half of the senior-
sophomore game; the teams were well-matched and both were
fighting for the victory. Dot Webster, ably supported, scored
both of the senior goals, one in each half; and the whole senior
defensive was well managed. The sophomores have definitely
improved and show possibilities of defeating the juniors, whom
they meet next week. Outstanding were Trillie Bond and Ruth
Farrior.

Junior Strength

The junior-freshman game,
starting with a freshman goal
by Mary Cumming in the first
five minutes of play, showed a
new junior strength. By play-
ing Jean Moore at right wing
and Clara Rountree at center
forward the forward line was
greatly improved. Mimi Alex-
ander, left end, scored two of
the junior goals, and Dot Hol-
loran drove in the third. The
freshman combination of Liz
Carpenter and Jo Young was
good.

The Line-Ups

Next Friday's games are be-
tween the freshmen and the
seniors and the sophomores and
the juniors.

The lineups were;
Seniors (2)

LW
LI
CF
RI
RW
LH
CH
RH

Emory Lecturer THE BABBLING BROOKS

The Child Psychology class was studying out-dated discip-
linary methods last week. Miss Omwake described a somewhat
gruesome "slap-stick" type, in which the teacher slaps the
mouth and beats one over the head with a stick. She remarked,
with sorrowful expression, "I remember how I felt at those
times." (Just shows that our Professors are human after alt!)

Gray
Hance
Wilds
Webster, D.
Webster, A.
Lott
Hasty
Brooks
Gellerstedt
Currie
Davis

Substitutions
Walker.

Juniors (3)

Downie LW

Alexander Lf

Rountree CF

Holloran RI

Moore, J. RW

Lancaster LH

Radford CH

Patterson RH

Lebey LB

Paisley RB

Smith G

Soph. (0)
Tuggle
Bond
Hill
Duffee
Rhodes
Nair
Walker, B.
Farrior
LB Montgomery
RB Harris
G Walker, M.
Seniors: L. P.

ran, Jones, Howe, Shaw. Fresh-
men: Norris, Moses, Gower,
Mack, Kuniansky, McCain,
Searson, Equen, Killam, Slack,
Rosenthal.

Afternoon of Golf

The newly elected members
of Golf Club, Ann Hilsman and
Dorothy Kahn, will meet with
the club for the first time to-
morrow for an afternoon of
golf at Forrest Hills Club. The
other members of the club are
Marcia Shufelt, president;
Mary Olive Thomas, Gwen
Hill, Laura Cumming, and Pat
Perry.

The tennis tournament came
to an end last week when Vir-
ginia Tuggle defeated Mary
Olive Thomas, 6-3, 6-2, in the
finals Thursday and there
hasn't been a sign of snow yet.
In the semi-finals Virginia de-
feated Mary Robertson, 6-0,
6-0, and Mary Olive defeated
Alta Webster.

Carl Sandburg

Noted Poet Speaks
AtGlennMemoria

Opening the season, Novem-
ber 3 for the Emory Student
Lecture Association, Carl Sand-
burg, 1940 Pulitzer Prize win-
ner, will lecture on "The
Laughter of Lincoln." He will
appear in the Glenn Memorial
Auditorium at 8:30 P. M.

Mr. Sandburg's subject is
taken from his recently com-
pleted biography of Abraham
Lincoln. For this six-volume
biography Mr. Sandburg was
awarded the 1940 Pulitzer Prize
in Literature.

A creator of verse, Carl
Sandburg has been called
"America's most truly native
poet". His reputation was es-
tablished with his "Chicago
Poems." His works include
"Cornhuskers," "Potato Face,"
"The American Songbag," and
others.

Frosh. (1)
Young
Monroe
Cumming
King
Milam
Carpenter
Teasley
Kay
Rogers
Gould
Everett

Substitutions, Juniors: Coch-

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Of course all the girls who
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has some attachment for those
Auburn Tigers. She was won-
derfully adept at concealing
this till the third quarter: an
Auburn back made a beautiful
run; Gay jumped excitedly to
her feet and with characteristic
vociferousness, spirited him on
to keep it up! To say chagrined
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strainers?'' said Leila. "Haven't
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was so abashed that to say
anything was impossible; so
she stammered an 'adieu' and
sat down on the floor of the
phone booth for a few seconds.

It's been proven that you
can't always say which way
we'll run when we see a man.
At about midnight, Wednes-
day, Joella Craig, intending to
scare only Ruby Rosser and
Anne Flowers, had all of Re-
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put on slacks and coat and
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Page 3

Hindus Lauds Ambition
Of Russia's New Women

By Jane Dinsmore

"The Russian woman is the greatest example of her sex in
the world," said dynamic Maurice Hindus, who autographed
copies of his latest books, "Hitler Can Not Conquer Russia"
and "To Sing With the Angels"; gave an interview to an
Agnes Scott news reporter; and entertained an interested group
of girls with his political- and literary opinions in the book-
store Friday afternoon. Mr.
Hindus has an amazing amount
of energy and a slight accent.

"The Russian woman," ac-
cording to Mr. Hindus, "does
things. Russian novelists of the
nineteenth century are the
greatest in the world because
their heroines are so great, the
personality of the Russian
woman shines through their fic-
tion." Nineteenth century lit-
erary critics, who, says Mr.
Hindus, are also the greatest in

the world, are responsible for
the amazing part played by the
Russian woman of today. They
influenced her to leave the nar-
row sphere of family life and
to develop herself in other di-
rections. "She has come into
her place since the Czarist re-
gime went out," Mr. Hindus
asserted.

The faculty which the Rus-
sian woman has for engineer-
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Biology Divisions
Hold Seminar

The Biology Divisions of the
University Center will meet at
Agnes Scott Friday, October
31 for a Science Seminar.

At 5:00 P. M. the Semi-
nar will be opened by Dr.
Odum. His subject will be
"Studies in Physiological Ecol-
ogy of Birds."

At 6:15 Friday there will be
a buffet supper in the Alumnae
House for the faculties and
graduate students of the four
schools.

A social hour at 7:30 in the
Murphey Candler Building is
the concluding feature of the
program for the day.

the sciences accounts for the
100,000 women engineers in
Russia today as for the equally
amazing number of women in
medicine and law. The first
woman teacher in Europe was
a Russian, and she taught
higher mathematics!

Asked how he went about
writing a book, Mr. Hindus re-
plied, "A basic idea is abso-
lutely necessary or you just
cannot write. You stew for
days and months, walking
around, lying around, sweating
around. After you develop the
idea, you write." Maurice Hin-
dus often spends twenty hours
a day writing. "I rewrite end-
lessly," he says. "I write every
book at least three times some
pages as many as thirty-five or
forty times." There is more re-
writing in fiction than in non-
fiction, because one is never
satisfied with the dialogue.

Olivia White Keeps up with

in

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Fall is here at last, with its wonderful football weather. And
how a crowd of Hottentots are enjoying putting on the gold and
white colors to cheer Tech on to victory'
At the Tech-Auburn game

Saturday were: Margaret Hart-
sook, Mary James Seagle, Gay
Currie, Ann Gellerstedt, Jane
Taylor, Ann Frierson, Patty
Barbour, Martha Sue Dillard,
Susan Spurlock, Dusty Hance,
Annie Wilds, Margaret Down-
ie, Bobbie Powell, Martha Lid-
dell, Sue Mitchell, Betty Sulli-
van, Tommy Huie, Mardia
Hopper, Katherine Kollock,
Julia Ann Florence, Quincy
Mills, Flake Patman, Mary
Olive Thomas, Anne Equen,
Frances King, Dottie Nash,
Mary Block, Frances Ellis, Ro-
salie Sturtevant, Becky An-
drews, Marjorie Smith, Mar-
jorie Tippen, and Katherine
Thompson. Dottie Nash was a
sponsor for the game.

At the Emory Pan-Hellenic
dance: Mary Beth Danielson,
Annie Wilds, and Suzy Kaul-
bach.

At the Emory Interfraternity
dance: Eleanor Abernathy,
Margaret Shepherd, Margaret
Cathcart, Laurice Looper, Smi-
ley Williams, Julia Ann Flor-
ence, Susan Montgomery, Sa-
rah Massey, Suzy Kaulbach,
Marjorie Wilson, Martha
Rhodes, Ann Flowers, Mary
Frances Walker, Claire John-
son, Annie Wilds, Jean Beu-
tell, Mary Louise Duffee, Mary
Louise Palmour, Shirley Smith.
Patsy Bledsoe, Kitty Kay, Em-
ily Ann Singletary, Jackie
Burns, Jean Satterwhite, Nan-
cy Terry.

Interfraternity dance at Den-
tal College: Eugenia Mason,
Betty Bacon, Marjorie Wilson,
Pat Perry, Jane Edwards,
Clara Rountree, Mary Anne
Atkins, Marjorie Tippins,
Marjorie Hogan, Quincy Mills,
Kathy Steinback.

Eating supper at the Emory
ATO house Sunday night
were: Martha Liddell, Sally
Knight, Leila Holmes, Sue
Mitchell, Martha Stone, Mir-

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The Sigma Chi's at Emory
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Leila Holmes and Quincy
Mills, while at the SAE house
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Barbour, Flake Patman, Julia
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Tech frat houses were cen-
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Mildred Nicholson, and Mar-
garet Shaw; KA Patty Bar-
bour and Nell Turner; PiKA
Flake Patman. Patty Barbour
went to the Anak dance at
Tech.

With the Emory Chi Phi's
was Jean Newton, while Fran-
ces Ellis, Dottie Nash, and
Mary Brock were at the Tech
Chi Phi's tea dance after the
game.

Seen at the Paradise Room
were Polly Cook, Marjorie
Tippins, Quincy Mills and
Flake Patman, and at Peacock
Alley, Squee Woolford and
Julia Ann Patch.

Martha Sue Dillard was at
the Dioscesan convention of
the Y. P. S. L. in Atlanta.

Becky Andrews was at the
Sigma Nu House dance Satur-
day night, while Dot Webster
went to the Rainbow Roof.
Jean Dennison and Elizabeth
Moore saw the water follies.

Martha Sue Dillard was at
the rambling wreck contest.

Libby Beasley flew to Cam-
den, S. O, for the week-end,
and Margaret Sheftall went to
Augusta. Home for the week-
end were Eugenia Jones, Ana-
bel Bleckley, and Emily Hig-
gins. Liz Carpenter and Mary
Cumming went to Sewanee.

Clubs Take in Members,
Elect New Officers

Eta Sigma Phi will meet on
Monday afternoon, November
3, at 4:30 in Murphy Candler.

At its meeting last week
French Club elected three new
officers: Vice-President, Mar-
garet Erwin; Secretary, Mar-
guerite Bless; Treasurer, Ruby
Rosser.

Pi Alpha Phi has admitted
one new member, Patty Bar-
bour. At its meeting Thursday
night Virginia Watkins and
Margaret Toomey will debate
Ann Ward and Martha Rhodes
on the control of trade unions
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THE AGES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1941

Evaluating Agnes Scott's
Scholastic Ideal

"If you lapse into a whirl of social activities after you leave
school, forgetting the development of intellect, then you will
have been unworthy of Agnes Scott."

With these stirring words, in which Dr. Hayes clothed the
concluding statement of his inspiring chapel talk last week, still
echoing in many a student's ear, it would seem that time calls
for a pause to view this matter for which educational institu-
tions exist, and is thus essentially their first ideal.

Revised since the founding of the original "Female Institute"
but essentially the same today, the first ideal of Agnes Scott
states: "The standards of scholarship are equal to the best for
either men or women in this country. The search for truth,
avoidance of shams and short-cuts, maintenance of the honor
system, fearlessness of purpose, and efficiency in every duty are
expected to characterize those who study here. It is the aim of
the college to exhibit scholarship so ably and attractively that
it may be popularized."

Sympathetically aware of the appalling and deplorable dan-
ger in which the Georgia state educational system now stands,
no student in this section of the country can fail to consider
her own scholastic condition, realizing that the maintenance
of this First Ideal is not only desirable, but essential to the
intellectual well-being of the nation's youth*

Yet here at Agnes Scott, as on every campus, there is a great
danger of the student becoming so engrossed in learning the
details of a course that she loses sight of the real aim of high
educational standards, and that is: not to merely turn out a
human catalogue of information, but to furnish so strong a
stimulus to the intellect that the student is filled with the desire
to know more, not only about the course in question, but other
things as well.

Many Agnes Scott graduates, the majority in fact, do not
continue to study, but all who have gotten the true meaning of
that phrase, "the search Tor truth," never lose their desire for
further pursuance of knowledge, and it follows that their educa-
tion never stops. Going to classes and cramming for exams may
cease when June of her senior year comes, but development of
the intellect will continue.

So, when scholastic duties seem to be weighing heavily on
self-pitied shoulders, it might be well to remember that studying
is not just a duty, it is a privilege: and Agnes Scott students are
more than fortunate in being able to maintain a curriculum un-
hampered by politics or the horrors of a wartorn land.

If not, the girl is unworthy, not only of Agnes Scott, but of
life itself. Intellects were not meant to become stagnant pools
of reserve mental energy while the rest of the human makeup
enjoys life to the fullest of its physical capacity; they were meant
to be constantly developed*

Mamie Sue Barker Gathers Campus Quotes on

The Type of Plays Students Want

Blackfriars, the dramatic or-
ganization here on the campus,
presents several plays each

__ year and

would like to
know what
type of play
the students
want. Should
they present
light ones or
more serious
ones, such as
war plays, to
tone in with
?

Barker

current conditions.'

LEONA LEAVITT, '43:

I think Blackfriars should
present light plays, because
they are more capable of doing
this type. Another reason is
that light plays, in general,
have a greater appeal to the
students.

JEAN SATTER WHITE, 45:

I like both types of plays, be-
cause "Variety is the spice of
life." We need light ones for
more lively moods, and we
need serious ones for times
when we get a bit too gay for
our own good. Serious plays
would also keep us informed of
world situations.

CATHERINE STEINBACH,

'44:

I believe that people definite-
ly want lighter plays. This fact
is shown by the plays current
on Broadway "Life With Fa-
ther," "Ladies in Retirement,"
"The Man Who Came to Din-
ner." all are humorous. When
everyone is worried about the
war. we need to see plays that
are not depressing. The world
situation is such that we need

amusement to relieve the high
tension under which we are all
living at present.

ANNE PAISLEY, '43:

To keep the whole campus
interested, it is good to have a
combination of both types of
plays. Some like one type and
some another. I do think light
ones are good for relief, but I
think we need serious ones be-
cause, as college students, we
should have a chance to reflect
on the ideas that we learn in
classes.

EDITH DALE, '42:

I would rather have light
plays because they furnish bet-
ter entertainment than serious
ones; however, I say we should
leave the decision up to Black-
friars. Let them do the ones
they enjoy most, because they
are the ones who have to work
on them.

MARY LOUISE LAW, '45:

I think we need a variety.
All of the plays should not be
frivolous because there are
times when we all need to be
serious, but I do think we
would get tired of being serious
all the time; so we should have
some light ones, too.

ELIZABETH HARVARD,

'44:

Since we get the much need-
ed emphasis on the seriousness
of the war situation in the talks
presented by speakers at Ag-
nes Scott. I think the Black-
friars should offer entertain-
ment in a lighter vein. The
morale of the country needs to
be buoyed up by comedy and
not by tragedy.

Jane Elliott Sifts

Today s News

Jane Elliott

Hold That Line

The Nazis are hurling their
full armed might against the
Red line in
three savage
new drives
against the
western de-
fenses of
Moscow, in-
to the Cri-
m e a , and
at the ap-
proaches to
R o s t o v on
the road to the Caucasus. Ac-
cording to the Russian reports,
the Red army is more than
holding its own; the Moscow
defenders, fighting in a bliz-
zard, claim to have stopped the
Germans. Counterattacks are
reported successfully launched
in Crimea and near Rostov.

Ratio 100 to 1

For every Nazi official assas-
sinated in France, the Germans
execute from 50 to 100 alleged
communists. When two Ger-
man officials were shot this
week, 50 hostages were execut-
ed at Bordeaux, and many
more were scheduled to be
killed in the next few days.

Protest has come from both
President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Churchill. F. D. R.
lambasted the "depths of fright-
fulness" of the Nazi regime and
added: "These are the acts of
desperate men who know in
their hearts that they cannot
win." Churchill set as a major
goal of the war a "retribution
for these butcheries." It is in-
teresting to note that the
speeches were both broadcast
on short wave, in order that
they might be heard in Europe.

The Tie That Binds

New plans are under way
for further American-British
agreements, and certain guid-
ing principles have been pro-
posed by the U. S. as a part of
a new Lease-Lend understand-
ing. The principal provisions
are: (1) Britain should grant
the United States the use of
naval, military, and air bases
throughout their empire at any
time we consider it necessary
to our defense; (2) formal
American-British acceptance of
the principle of free trade; (3)
agreement to end the British
monopoly on such materials as
rubber and tin, substituting
some sort of international con-
trol in which U. S. power will
equal Britain's.

Defense Data

The defense cooperation of
the labor unions seems to be
more non-existent than ever.
John L. Lewis last week ig-
nored President Roosevelt's re-
quest and a strike of 53,000
miners of the steel industry's
coal mines began Saturday,
October 25, at midnight . . .
Donald Nelson, new priorities
allocations chief, seems a good
fit in his new job . . . Appar-
ently spy Lang could not have
given the complete plans of the
Norden bomb sight to Ger-
many; he did not have access
to them . . . The plans for or-
ganizing America's private
fliers into a trained defense
auxiliary are about to bear
fruit; top personnel is almost
complete, and instruction bulle-
tins are being printed . . . The
Senate Foreign Relations Com-
mittee voted 12 to 11 to permit
American vessels to sail any-
where on the high seas .

Campus Camera

Dn order to
attend the u.
of oregon a

STUDENT TRAVELED
ALONE IJOO MILES
FROM SITKA, ALASKA,
IN A \(o FOOT DORY/

The Agnes Scott News

VOL. XVII. Wednesday, October 29, 1941 No. 0

Published weekly, except during holidays and examination periods, by the students
of Agnes Scott College. Office on second floor Murphey Candhr Building. Entered as
second class matter at the Decatur, Georgia, post office. Subscription price per year,
$1.23; single copies, five cents.

Editor BEE BRAD FIELD

Managing Editor JEANNE OSBORNE

Business Manager SUZANNE KAULBACH

Hindus Asserts

Real Strength

Of Russian Morale

In a lecture which sounded
remarkably like the one he
made in the fall of 1938 on
Czechoslovakia, with names
and places changed, Maurice
Hindus said that "The Russian
is the most primitive, most un-
tamed person in the world. He
will fight always.''

Mr. Hindus spoke before a
packed crowd in the Gaines
Chapel Friday night on the
subject, "What's Happening
in Russia."

In emphasizing the relation
between the United States and
Russia, he said: "The time is
crucial the knife is on Rus-
sia's throat directly. It is not
on the United States' yet, but
the hand holding the knife is
sudden and powerful."

"The war between Russia
and Germany," he continued,
"cannot be spoken of merely in
terms of geography, military
tactics, arms it is a clash of
ideals also. It is the most stu-
pendous war ever, and our
lives will be affected profound-

ly."

Mr. Hindus supported his
statement that "The fight will
go on as long as there is any-
one left to fight" by five points:

1. The Russians, unlike the
French, are leaving nothing
behind them as they retreat, for
the Germans to take over and
use.

2. The Russian revolution
has inflamed them with fighting
spirit. It "does something to
the heart and mind and muscles
of the people . . . They just
fight until they die." The Am-
erican colonies, Cromwell in
England, the French Revolu-
tion have shown that revolu-
tionary armies have won often
in history.

3. There is something in the
Russian mind "a certain in-
nate cunning." In the Napol-
eonic war, Russia was beaten
at every battle, but there were
not many battles. The army
ran, burning the cities behind
them, so that the French would
have nothing with which to
face the hard Russian winter.
The same tactics are being used
in this war.

4. The Russian workers
have been trained for years to
fight if any foreigner should
try to take over their factories.
They would destroy them be-
fore they would surrender
them. "If Hitler rebuilds the
factories and makes the Rus-
sians work, he won't get much
production; the workers will
sabotage."

5. The German knows noth-
ing about how to treat other
peoples. Hitler regards every
other race as inferior to the
German, and treats them as
such. "This inability to make
friends with anybody will be
their defeat."

Mr. Hindus concluded with:
"The only way you can save
America from becoming mili-
taristic for years to come is to
get into uniform for 2 or 3
years and conquer Hitler. If
Hitler gets a hold, it will take
30 or 40 years to destroy him."

He denied that the talk of
Russia collapsing in a few
weeks is true. He said that
Russia has real strength. She
has been training her college
students and old people to fight
for 23 years. Even the gram-
mar school children know how
to shoot. Russia is enormous,
and she will continue to fight,
guerilla fashion, even if her
army is conquered, he said.

The Agnes Scott News

VOL. XXVII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR. GA., WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 5, 1941

NO. 7

Alumnae Meet
For Week-End

Davidson Presides
At Panel Discussion

"Agnes Scott Faces Facts"
will be the theme of Agnes
Scott's eleventh Alumnae
week-end, which will be on
November 15, Miss Eugenia
Symms, assistant alumnae sec-
retary, announced today.

Immediately after the college
chapel exercises, which the
alumnae are invited to attend,
there will be a two-hour panel
discussion on the theme in
MacLean auditorium.

Dr. Davidson will preside
over the discussion and give a
fifteen-minute historical back-
ground for the development of
these problems: (1) Housing,
household employment, and
health; (2) Education and its
effect on our economic status;
(3) Development of economic
inequality in the South through
the tariff, and the dearth of
statesmanship that made for the
undecreased power of politi-
cians; (4) Exploitation of nat-
ural resources, and misuse of
raw materials.

The participants will be:
Miss Josephine Wilkins, Geor-
gia Facts Finding Committee;
S. G. Stukes, Registrar of
Agnes Scott; Ralph McGill,
Atlanta Constitution; and Hen-
ry Mcintosh, editor of the
Albany Herald and chairman
of the Post-Defense Planning
of the National Resources
Planning Board. This discus-
sion will be divided into two

(Continued on Page 3, Col. 5)

Regents Plea

For 'Mere Warning'

By Association

A committee of five, headed
by Sandy Beaver, from the
Board of Regents met with an
investigating committee from
the Southern Association of
Colleges and Secondary
schools at the Ansley Hotel the
first of this week.

The committee of regents
pleaded that the Association
merely warn the University
System, point out its mistakes,
and be assured that steps would
be taken to comply with the
Association's requirements in
the future.

The investigators inquired
about the dismissal of Dr. Wal-
ter D. Cocking from the Uni-
versity of Georgia, and of Dr.
Marvin S. Pittman from the
Georgia Teachers' College.

It also called Dr. A. M.
Gates, now president of Geor-
gia Teachers' College, to in-
quire about the dismissal of
three of the administration
members after his appointment,
and how he had obtained his
office.

Bob Pottle and Bill Cromar-
tie led a group of University
and Tech students in pleading
for mercy, saying that Mercer
University, Emory, Agnes
Scott, and Shorter College
were with them.

Lending emphasis to the
events was word from the
American Association of Uni-
versities the latter part of last
week that it had dropped Geor-
gia Tech and the University of
Georgia from its accredited
list.

Unanimous Vote Sends Letter

Student Body,
University of Georgia,
Athens, Georgia.
Dear Fellow Students:

We who are students at Agnes Scott wish to assure you of
our very real concern for the institutions of the University
System of Georgia. Those of us who are natives of Georgia
realize that your University is "our" University even though
we are not to receive our degree from it. Those of us who are
not Georgians realize also the extreme value to be gained by
cooperation among all colleges. We are proud of your achieve-
ments and development and are distressed over anything that
threatens your welfare. We wish to work with you in any way
that will result in your benefit.

We are attempting to maintain a long range viewpoint be-
cause we realize that the issue is a tremendous one and impor-
tant for the future. Although many of us would agree as indi-
viduals with those who are opposing the present political admin-
istration, as a fellow student group we wish to see some action
taken which will permanently separate education from politics.
We understand that this is also your attitude.

Feeling very much the urgency of having something done
before the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary
Schools meets in early December, we wish to work with you
toward this end. We will be glad to:

'( 1 ) J oin you in petitioning the Legislature for a called meet-
ing.

(2) Express our hearty interest to the Board of Regents.

(3) Take further action should these immediate steps prove
unsuccessful.

We do hope that out of the present conflict there may arise
in Georgia a realization of the value of its state institutions and
a conviction that education must be independent from politics.
If this can be accomplished then even the present disaster may
have a brighter side.

We will wait to hear from you as to the action you feel is
advisable.

Cordially,

AGNES SCOTT STUDENT BODY
Virginia Montgomery,

Pres. of Student Government.
Bee Bradfield,

Editor of Agnes Scott News.

Georgia Students
Launch Campaign

Lecturer

Ricardo Alfaro

Noted Diplomat
Analyzes Defense
Of the Americas

Tonight the Lecture Associa-
tion brings to the campus the
noted diplomat, Dr. Ricardo
Alfaro, who will speak on
"Hemisphere Solidarity and
Defense" at 8:30, in Presser
Hall.

Dr. Alfaro has served his
country, the Republic of Pan-
ama, in many different ways
during his thirty-five years of
active service as a diplomat.
He has been Premier of the
Cabinet of Panama, Vice-Pres-
ident of the Republic, and Pres-
ident in 1932-1933. At the end
of his term as President he
came to Washington as For-
eign Minister and in this ca-
pacity was an important figure
in negotiating the Panama Can-
al treaty.

After the lecture everyone is
invited to attend a reception in
the Murphey Candler Building
to meet Dr. Alfaro. Receiving
with him will be Dr. McCain,
Miss Emma May Laney, Fac-
ulty Chairman of Lecture Asso-
ciation, and Mary Louise Pal-
mour, Student Chairman of
Lecture Association. Miss Dex-
ter and Miss Torrance will
pour.

In compliance with a request
made at the meeting of students in
Macon last Saturday, copies of this
issue of The Agnes Scott News
are being distributed to the 2,000
Georgia alumnae and the State
Legislators.

hi addition, Georgia students are
urged to send copies to their par-
ents and friends. If additional
copies are wanted for this pitrpose,
they may be obtained from the
"News" room in Murphey Candler
Building as long as the supply
holds out.

Macon Conference Urges
Extra Session of Legislature

Four Agnes Scott students, Virginia Montgomery, Betty
Ann Brooks, Joella Craig, and Bee Bradfield, were among the
seventy delegates from all the schools in the University System
of Georgia, and Agnes Scott, Emory, Mercer, and Shorter, who
met in Macon, Saturday, November 1. The group passed a
resolution to continue their campaign for a special session of

the State Legislature, to be
carried through no matter what
happened Monday at the meet-
ing of the Regents' committee
and the investigating committee
from the Southern Association
of Universities and Colleges.
The students felt .their colleges
could not be entirely safe from
the danger until political inter-
ference has been removed from
the state educational system by
legislation.

Mortar Board
Honors Sophs

Members of the Sophomore
class will take the social spot-
light next week, when they will
be honor guests at Mortar
Board's annual parties for their
class.

On Wednesday and Thurs-
day nights, November 12 and
13, boys from Emory, Tech,
the Atlanta Dental College,
Columbia Seminary, and local
boys from Atlanta and Decatur
will be present to meet the
Sophomores and will be enter-
tained in Murphey Candler
Building.

As an improvement over the
usual ten-minute dates of for-
mer years, Mortar Board plans
for each girl to have a series of
six or seven fifteen-minute
dates. A choice of various
games and entertainment will
be provided for each date pe-
riod as before.

Half of the class will be in-
vited each night, in alphabetical
order according to names, un-
less requests are made for spe-
cific nights.

Famous Soprano
Sings at Concert

Monday evening, November
10, at 8:30, the All-Star Concert
attraction will be Helen Trau-
bel, American dramatic so-
prano. Coenrad V. Bos will
accompany her at the piano.

Miss Traubel has sung with
the Metropolitan Opera Com-
pany, with the NBC Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Tos-
canini, and with the Philadel-
phia Orchestra conducted by
Eugene Ormandy.

She will sing Beethoven's
"Gottes Macht und Vorse-
hung," "Wonne der Weh-
muth," and "Ich liebe dich;" El-
sa's Traum, from Wagner's
"Lohengrin"; "Aufenthalt,"
"Wiegelied," and "Seligkeit,"
by Schubert; "Ruhe meine
Selle" and "Cacerie," both by
Richard Strauss; "Voi lo sa-
pete," from Mascagni's "Cav-
alleria Rusticana"; two Negro
spirituals: "Deep River" and
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot;"
Carl Engel's "Sea Shell"; Blair
Fairchild's "A Memory;" and
McNair Illgenfritz' "Blow,
Blow, Thou Winter Wind."

Coenrad V~ Bos will play
Rachmaninoff's "Elegie" and
Mendelssohn's "Song Without
Words."

County Divisions

The associated schools will
carry on thir campaign by a
setup based on a plan already
in operation at the University
of Georgia. Under this system,
the state will be separated into
fifteen divisions, by counties,
with a student leader appoint-
ed to have charge of each di-
vision. Names of legislators
not favoring a special session
will be passed on to these lead-
ers, who in turn will pass them
on to county leaders, who will
call upon each student from
that county to write the legis-
lator, write the county seat
newspaper, and write parents
and friends at home, urging the
special session. Similar organ-
izations will be set up in each
school, with the result that each
legislator not favoring the extra
session will be bombarded by
students from his county en-
rolled at each institution.

No Politics

The group restated its pre-
vious declaration that it had no
intentions of politically oppos-
ing any individual or group,
but was striving: ( 1 ) to retain
the rating of the school system
if at all possible; (2) to attempt
to bring about legislation to re-
move permanently political in-
terference from the educational
system as far as possible, de-
spite the outcome of efforts to
retain the rating.

Coming This Week

Wednesday, 8:30 P. M. Dr.
Ricardo Alfaro's lecture in
Presser Building.

Thursday, Friday, and Satur-
day, 2:30 P. M. and 8:30
P. M. Alfred Lunt and
Lynn Fontanne in "There
Shall Be No Night", Erlan-
ger Theater*

Monday, 8:30 P. M. Helen
Traubel, dramatic soprano
of the Metropolitan Opera
Company, in concert at At-
lanta City Auditorium.

Page 2

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1941

Seniors, Sophs
Win Hockey Games

Swimming Club Takes in Members,
Announces Plans for Initial Meet

By Edwina Burruss

In the presence of quite a few parents, biologists, and dogs
the senior and sophomore hockey teams emerged victorious
from their games with the freshmen and juniors Friday. The
senior-freshman score, 4-1, fails to indicate the good offensive
game the freshmen played; they were in scoring position fre-
quently and would have scored if it had not been for the excel-
lent guarding by goalie Billie Davis
The play in the sophomore-

Burruss

junior game was largely con-
fined to the
center of the
field, because
of the strong
defense
of both
teams. The
soph omore
goals, one in
each half,
were scored
by G w e n
Hill; Mimi
Alexander drove in the junior
goal. Although there were nu-
merous penalty corners taken
by the sophomores, they failed
to come through with more
than two goals. The spirit
shown by both teams height-
ened the interest. There was a
great deal of dangerous hitting
during the afternoon; the drives
and passes made by Mimi Alex-
ander were particularly good.

Coming Games

Friday the sophomores meet
the freshmen and the seniors
play the juniors.

The line-up was:
Seniors (4) Frosh. (1)

LW Young
LI Monroe
CF Cumming
RI King
RW Milam
LH Carpenter
CH Teasley
RH Kay
LB Rogers
RB Gould
G Everett
Substitutions: Seniors, Cur-
rie. Freshmen, Leathers, Mack,
Milford, Isaacson, Equen, Ro-
senthal.

Gray
Gellerstedt
Webster, A
Webster, D
Stuckey
Lott
Hasty
Brooks
Walker
Russell
Davis

L.P.

Sophs. (2)

Tuggle LW

Bond LI

Hill CF

Harvard RI

Scott RW

Farrior LH

Walker. B. CH

Nair RH

Montgomery LB

Harris RB

Walker, M. G
Substitutions:

Juniors ( 1 )
Bates
Alexander
Rountree
Holloran
Jones
Lancaster
Radford
Patterson
Frierson
Paisley
Smith
Sophomores,

M. F. Walker. Juniors: Down
ie, Moore, Howe, Shaw, Lebey.

Swimming Meet

Mary Maxwell, swimming
manager, announced this week
that the first swimming meet of
the year will be held tomorrow

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night at 8:30. Girls eligible for
participation are the members
of the swimming club and mem-
bers of the swimming classes.
All these are urged to take part
and the college community is
invited to attend. The next
meeting is scheduled for No-
vember 24.

As a result of the recent try-
outs swimming club accepted
eleven new members. They
are: Mary Jane Auld, Joyce
Freeman, Inge Probstein, Mary
Cumming, Jane Edwards,
Frances Radford, Nell Turner,
Flake Patman, Arline Bragin,
Julia Scott, Liz Carpenter.

McCain Speaks
At Emory Exercises

On Friday, November 7, at
10 A. M., Dr. J. R. McCain will
speak at Emory University
during the chapel devotional
exercises on the occasion of
Parent-Student Day. Dr. Mc-
Cain's subject will be "Chris-
tian Education as a Means of
Helping to Find a Remedy for
Current Problematical Situa-
tions."

The Presbyterian Church
has set aside two years in
which to study Christian Edu-
cation. From April, 1941, to
April, 1942, the object of those
concerned is to expound help-
ful and constructive ideas and
thus to form something of a
basis for future action. The
second year, 1942-43, will be
devoted to raising funds for the
cause.

Lunt and Fontanne
Star at Erlanger
In Sherwood Play

Opening the 1940-41 season
at the Atlanta Erlanger The-
ater will be the presentation of
Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fon-
tanne in Robert Sherwood's
Pulitzer prize-winning play,
"There Shall Be No Night" on
November 6, 7, and 8. Mati-
nees will be at 2:30, and eve-
ning performances at 8:30.
Frank Winecoff, manager of
the Erlanger, announces that
excellent seats are still avail-
able for both performances.

"There Shall Be No Night,"
one of the outstanding contri-
butions to last year's Broadway
season, was produced under
the auspices of the Play-
wright's Corporation and The-
ater Guild; opened in March,
1940; played the New York
spring and summer seasons and
toured from October, 1940, to
June, 1940.

The invasion of Finland by
Russia forms the background
of the story, which presents
Lunt and Fontanne as a de-
voted couple, Dr. and Mrs.
Kaarlo Valkonen, of Helsinki.
Dr. Valkonen, a profound
thinker and distinguished neu-
rologist, pessimistic about man's
mechanical defenses, is optimis-
tic about man himself; the play,
tragic in itself, leaves, however,
a distinct note of hope for the
future.

Murphey Candler Building
Receives Gift of Cups

The Administrative Commit-
tee of Agnes Scott Student
Government Association has
presented to the Murphey Can-
dler Building some new demi-
tasses for the use of the student
organizations.

In order that good care will
be taken of these cups, each
organization will be responsible
for those broken. Clare Bedin-
ger, sophomore representative
on the Executive Committee, is
in charge of the care of these
cups, and Lower House may
work with her on this project.

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THE BABBLING BROOKS

You who don't believe the fears of the sub-conscious mind
come out in one's dreams should see Julia Anne Patch. For,
though she'd remained wonderfully calm and self-possessed
through the Friday before the memorable Investiture day, on
Friday night there came to her a vivid vision: Mary Olive T.
and herself waiting at the end of the line, ready to traverse the
stage to

B. A. Brooks

kneel, when
they discov-
ered their
caps were
lacking!
F r a ntically
they sent
someone
from the au-
dience to get
the forgotten
caps; but Miss Scandrett wait-
ed as long as possible, then
stepped out to the center of the
stage to announce: "The cere-
mony is ended. There is no
more." Nevertheless, the caps
got there, and Patch and M. O.
in their stubborn determination
turned to Betsy Kendrick for
their Investor. Then came the
dawn and Julia Ann was so up-
set that she wouldn't tell the
dream till after the ceremony.

And Then, Oblivion

Saturday night Pat Evans
enjoyed a hay ride with an
Emory fellow (not stealing
your stuff, Olivia, just read
on). They certainly must have
been engrossed in each other,
for it wasn't until the truck had
gone 5 or 6 miles that they real-
ized that this was the wrong
truck, that they were in the
midst of a Tech function.
Moral: Birds of a feather don't
flock together if distracted; so
be sure to get on the right
truck.

Last week in the library
"Raddy" Radford put on her

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coat to leave and noticed her
roommate in shirt sleeves
sharpening her pencil. Raddy
acknowledged her presence
with the usual salutation and
trudged on upstairs and out of
the library only to find Sterley
right in behind her. "Wait,"
said Sterley, "and I'll walk to
the room with you." "Oh," said
the other, "I thought you were
studying in the library." "No,
I've just been down there to
sharpen my pencil. I'm study-
ing up in the room." Poor Ster-
ley has been going from her
room on 3rd Rebekah to the
basement of the library each
time her pencils became dull!

No Vacancy

It's no wonder Raddy was
asking about roommates for
next year (truly she was kid-
ding, though). When she asked
the head of her table (a senior
of course), Lillian Gish, "Gitz"
replied blushingly, "Yes, I do
have one for next year." (In
case you don't get this one,
look on her sweaters, etc. on
the region over the heart and at
the pictures on her dresser and
at the bracelet on her arm and
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AGNES SCOTT NEWS. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1941

Page 3

Olivia White Keeps up with

^Jlte ^Jrottin 9 ^J^ottentots

Black cats. and witches, not to mention those people covered
with white sheets, were floatin' around everywhere last week-
end. Somebody said it was Hallowe'en, so naturally there were
loads of Hallowe'en parties. And, by the way, did you see any
of the costumes? They really were screams!
At the Tech-Duke game

were: Margaret Hartsook, Sa-
rah Copeland, Mary James
Seagle, Martha Sue Dillard,
Virginia Barr, Virginia Rey-
nolds, Jean Everett, Martha
Mack, Louise Pruitt, Eugenia
Hailey, Lillian Gudenrath, Pat-
ty Barbour, Betty Glenn, Betty
Jackson, Alice Clements, Ann
Frierson, Elise Nance, Dottie
Nash, Annie Wilds, Elise
Tilghman, Mary Dean Lott,
Mary Ann Atkins, Leona Lea-
vitt, Julia Slack, Betty Ann
Tuttle, Lois Sullivan, Scotty
Newell, Ruth Doggett, Mar-
jorie Killum, Elizabeth Farmer,
and Mary Robertson.

Among those at the Delta
Tau Delta house dance were:
Rebecca Stamper, Claire Pur-
cell, and Rebecca Andrews.

Jean Beutell, Lucy Lee Ward
and Mildred Frierson went on

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Ladies' and Men's

Ready-to-Wear

the Newman Club hayride, and
on the Christian Association
picnic were: Jodele Tanner,
Emily Ann Pitman, Suzanne
Watkins, Margaret Mack, Jane
Middlebrooks, Frances Stukes,
Lillian Dalton, Betty Manning
and Mabelle Thompson.

At the Sigma Chi barn dance
were Shirley Smith, Mary
Dean Lott, Mary Louise Pal-
mour, Martha Rhodes, Martha
Mack, Jean Beutell, Dot Hop-
kins.

The SAE hayride attracted
Marjorie Wilson, Mimi Alex-
ander, Jane Edwards, Betty
Brower, Annie Wilds, Shirley
Davis, Eugenia Jones, Claire
Bennett, Patty Barbour, Mil-
dred Nicholson, Grace Brown,
Jean Newton.

Beta Theta Pi house dance:
Betty Henderson, Duck Cope-
land, Kay Wilkinson, Nancy
Moses.

Emory Non-Fraternity hay-
ride: Mary Rountree, Dusty
Gould, Mary Ann Turner, Jean
Ruck.

Chi Psi Hallowe'en dance:
Mary Ann Atkins, and Re-
becca Andrews.

Chi Phi Tea dance: Dottie
Nash, Nancy Moses, Duck
Copeland" Rebecca Andrews,
Frances Ellis.

Schools Give
Skating Party

Tech Y.M.C.A. Entertains
Students at Dinner

In an effort to further coop-
eration between the schools of
the University Center, Athletic
Association of Agnes Scott and
the Y. M. C. A. of Georgia
Tech will entertain 50 Agnes
Scott and 50 Georgia Tech stu-
dents at a skating party at the
Rollerdrome in Atlanta, on Fri-
day evening, November 14,
from 5 until 7 o'clock.

The party will be followed
by a dinner in the ODK ban-
quet hall at Georgia Tech and
games ,and dancing in the
Y. M. C. A. Girls from Agnes
Scott who wish to attend the
party may sign their names on
a list which will be posted on
the back bulletin board in But-
trick Hall tomorrow (Thurs-
day) morning, according to
Gay Currie, vice-president of
Athletic Association.

Plans for this party, which
has been agitated for a long
time, were completed last Mon-
day evening at a meeting of the
Executive Committee of Ath-
letic Association and members
of the Tech Y. M. C. A., with
Miss Llewellyn Wilburn, Asso-
ciate Professor of Physical
Education.

Setting Her Cap for a Diploma

Poetry Club Conducts
Tryouts for Membership

Poetry Club is now holding
its tryouts for new members,
according to Margaret Sheftall,
president of the club. The try-
out consists of submitting two
original poems to Margaret or
to Annie Wilds before Novem-
ber 10, to be judged by the
members of club in regard to
style, form, and originality.

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Only once to every senior comes this solemn moment of
officially donning cap and gown, so Polly Frink makes the most
of her investiture by Miss Carrie Scandrett, Dean of students.

Club Invites Membership

Blackfriars is having tryouts
this week for associate mem-
bers who are interested in the
technical phase of dramatic
work, according to Neva Jack-
son, president.

Those interested should see
Miss Winter at once.

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parts with an intermission
about 12:00.

After the panel discussion,
the college will be host at a
luncheon at 1:00 in the Re-
bekah Scott dining hall. Miss
Symms urged that all reser-
vations must be made by
Wednesday, November 12, in
the Alumnae office.

- Alumnae week-end has al-
ways lasted two days, but Miss
Symms said that it had been
changed because it was thought
that more people would be able
to come if it were just one day.

Agnes Scott College

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1941

Let Us Help Our
Fellow Students

Feeling that it would be best to hold
verbal fire until the student body itself felt
the time for action had come, the Agnes
Scott News has purposely kept its pages
free from news of the dilemma in which the
students of state schools find themselves.
But the unanimous vote which sent the letter
of support to the University of Georgia and
the unanimous consent of the students to
have Agnes Scott represented at the meeting
in Macon Saturday show that the students
are unitedly willing, even anxious, to help
their fellow Georgia students in whatever
way possible.

Thus the greater portion of the news area
this week has been devoted to the recent
action in the matter, and priority will con-
tinue to be given to such news as long as the
paper feels it can help by keeping the stu-
dent body informed about the conditions and
actions concerning the question. But in
order to make this effort a success, we ask
for your cooperation, not only in reading
the information we print, but by keeping up
with the articles in the daily papers, attend-
ing student meetings, joining in discussions
there, and making a special effort to serve,
if asked, on a committee delegated for some
work connected with the support we have
pledged to the Georgia students.

The meeting of the seventy delegates in
Macon Saturday revealed the deep-rooted
determination of the students in seeing this
matter through to an end which will "per-
manently remove the evils which have
brought about the present conditions."

It further showed the wholehearted co-
operation which has so suddenly arisen
around the common aim, not only of the
youths attending state institutions, but also
of private schools whose concern is over a
soundly grounded student problem in which
the students are fighting for a principle
which is just and right.

Reaffirming the purpose stated there, it
would be well for us to emphasize in view-
ing the situation and forming opinions that
opposition to any one political faction is not
intended, but the fight is for an ideal which
sees the only salvation for the state educa-
tional system in a new setup, made possible
by legislation, which will guarantee the stu-
dents of the state system that their schools
will not be discredited for "unwarranted
political interference."

Students who are residents of Georgia are
urged to write parents and friends concern-
ing the special session, realizing that real
hope of its convening and bringing about
the desired legislation lies largely in the un-
tiring, persevering efforts of the students
themselves.

With the main aim of the campaign in
mind, with remembrance to keep our minds
open and judgments sound, with a real de-
sire to help students of the University Sys-
tem as much as possible, and realizing that
the issue concerns all educational institu-
tions, be they state or private, it is hoped
and thought that Agnes Scott will join the
campaign as a willing unit of support and
encouragement.

James Freeman Clarke once remarked,
"It may make a difference to all eternity
whether wc do right or wrong today." Not
supporting what is right is just as wrong as
any action in the opposite direction.

(Bee B.)

Campus Camera

Honors Are Due

The students of the schools in the Uni-
versity System in organizing their drive
for saving their schools' standing and for
striving to remove permanently the evils
which have brought about the present
situation.

Their leaders are showinq keen, sensi-
ble judgment in the matter, and the re-
mainder of the students are cooperating
with a vigor and sincerity of motive
which is inspiring to observe.

Agnes Scott recognizes the fine work
being done, and will follow the lead of
these students, aiding wherever possible.

Let's carry on!

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Mamie Sue Barker Gathers Campus Quotes on

A Convenient Time for Vespers

(Note: Mary Estill Martin collected Campus Quotes this week in
the absence of Mamie Sue Barker, who was out of town.)

Sunday night vespers, spon-
sored by the Christian Associa-
tion, are held at 5:30 o'clock in
the MacLean Chapel. Would
the attendance be larger if the
time of vespers were changed
until after Sunday night sup-
per? What types of programs
do the students prefer?
Willetta Sartor, '42:

The attendance at Sunday
night vespers would be larger
if they were held after supper
because students who are off
campus in the afternoon sel-
dom return until time limit.
The programs are good. How-
ever, student speakers attract
their fellow students; special
music is very inspirational.

Joella Craig, '43:

I like to have our own stu-
dents and an occasional outside
student as speakers. Special
choir music adds a great deal
to the program. To increase the
attendance vespers should be
held after supper; people are
often off campus until time
limit.

Emily Ann Pitman, '45:

I think vespers should be at
5:30 o'clock because the attend-
ance is better then. After sup-
per the students have other
plans. Dusk is the perfect time
to have the most important ves-
pers of the week. The pro-
grams are good and inspira-
tional. I believe student and
faculty speakers are the most
popular.

Mary Maxwell, '44:

It seems to me that vespers
are better at the present time;
people are often going to
church or on dates immediately
after supper. It is much more
convenient and easier to go to
vespers at 5:30 than later.
Why Sunday night vespers do
not have a better attendance. I
do not know. Vespers are mar-
velous; I get more from them

than any other service on the
campus.

Katherine Wilkinson (K, W.)>
'43:

When Sunday vespers are at
5:30 P. M., one can attend ves-
pers and church Sunday night.
To attract a larger number of
students, the speakers should
include the student, faculty,
and outside speakers. Special
music adds to every program.
Martha Jane Mack, '45:

The attendance at Sunday
vespers would decrease if the
time of vespers were changed
until after supper because the
majority of people have plans
for the evening. Sunday ves-
pers are inspiring; more people
should attend. The programs
are exceptionally good. How-
ever, I would like more special
music.

Betty Pegram, '43:

I do not think the time ele-
ment affects the attendance at
Sunday vespers, but I do be-
lieve the attendance would be
increased if vespers were held
in the "Old Chapel". The "Old
Chapel" is more centrally lo-
cated. I like the programs; they
are very interesting.

Julia Harry, '42:

Sunday vespers have a bet-
ter attendance before supper
because a great many people go
out on Sunday night. As it
stands, people can go to church
and to vespers. Vespers are
now at a time of day when
there are not any other activi-
ties. The programs as a whole
have been good. They are very
helpful and inspiring.

Claire Bennett, '44:

Because of league and dates
on Sunday night, vespers
should be continued to be held
at 5:30 P. M. I think the pro-
grams are interesting because
they are usually connected or
related to each other.

Jane Elliott Sifts

Today s News

Fire at the Fireside

On Navy Day, Monday, October 27.
President Roosevelt stated his case to the
American people. In a fiery speech he re-
defined American policy: "We are pledged
to pull our own oar in the
destruction of Hitlerism."
America's "colossal task"
is to supply the British,
Russian, and Chinese Ar-
mies as well as its own, in
spite of the opposition of
"a small but dangerous
minority" of businessmen
and labor leaders. He

cii:u promised "that America
Jane tlhott u u it. ,i j

shall deliver the goods.

saying that "Our American merchant ships
must be armed to defend themselves against
the rattlesnakes of the sea . . . must be free
to carry our American goods into the har-
bors of our friends . . . must be protected by
our American Navy . . . (which) . . . be-
lieves in the tradition of 'Damn the torpe-
does; full speed ahead!' "

Of Steel and Strikes

The great John L. finally called off the
strike of 53,000 workers in the steel com-
pany's captive coal mines. After receiving
the president's third plea, Lewis accepted its
terms; that is, the mines were to be reopened
pending the further consideration of the
issues involved by the full membership of
the Mediation Board. Neither side will be
forced to accept the board's recommenda-
tions. The chief Significance of the strike is
the impetus it will give . . . we hope ... to
the adoption of restrictive measures on
labor.

News Men Sting Yellow Jackets

The Association of American Universities
has removed Georgia Tech from the list of
approved institutions issued by the associa-
tion. The reason for the action is, as usual
lately, unjustified political interference. "The
action was taken on the same evidence as
that on which the Southern University Con-
ference dropped the University of Georgia
from its membership." Question: How will
the infuriated hornets meet such a chal-
lenge?

Destroyer Destroyed

Announced this week was the sinking of
the U. S. destroyer Reuben James, casualties
unknown. 44 members of the crew have
been rescued; 77 are still missing. However,
hope has by no means been abandoned for
the other 77; as the Reuben James was on
convoy duty, it is more than possible that
some member of the convoy has picked up
survivors. Since the ships are in a danger
zone, naturally they hesitate to use the radio.

"Yet Each Man Kills the Thing He Loves"

It is reported that in Serbia several score
Axis adherents were executed by mistake,
Serbian police, sympathetic to the Yugoslav
guerrillas, were said to have substituted the
Nazis for Serbians who were to be shot. Up
to this time I have never cared for practical
jokes.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XXVI. Wednesday, November 5, 1941 No. 7

Published weekly, except during holidays and examination
periods, by the students of Agnes Scott College. Office on
second floor Murphey Candler Building. Entered as second
class matter at the Decatur, Georgia, post office. Subscrip-
tion price per year, $1.25; single copies, five cent*.

Editor BEE BRADFIELD

Managing Editor JEANNE OSBORNE

Business Manager SUZANNE KAULBACH

Martha Dale Mary Estill Martin

Frances Kaiser Picture Editor

Assistant Editors Marjorlo Gray

Caroline Ncwbold Club Editor

Copy Editor Olivia White

Neva Jackson Socie/y Editor

Feature Editor Jane stlllwell

Mamie Sue Barker Jackie Illma Stearns

Betty Ann Brooks Assistant Society Editors

Assistant Feature Editors Margaret Mary Toomey

Jane Elliott Circulation Manager

Current History Editor Bennye Llnzy

Edwlna Burrcss Susan Spurlock

Sports Editor Circulation Assistants

Reporters: Leila Holmes, Betty Bates, Betsy White. Qulncy
Mills, Jane Dlnsmorc, Mary Louise Huffee. Mary Ann Bar-
field. Martha Kay Lasseter, Marlon Knapp. Madeline Hosmcr,
Martha Stone, Virginia Barr, Hetty Burress, Evelyn Cheek.
Cornelia Stuckey, Mary Estill Martin, Ann Chamblcss, Shirley
Ann Smith.

Business Assistants: Nancy Thomlson. Martha Llddell, Helen
Smith, M. S. Barker, L. Boone, A. Bumstcad, A. Clements,
T. Craig, M. LMJlard, M. A. Hannah, I>. Hopkins, B. Moore,
M. Toomey.

The Agnes Scott News

VOL. XXVIL

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE. DECATUR, GA WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1941

NO. 8

Investigators
Defer Verdict
On Universities

Regents Capitulate,
Promise That Governor
Will Interfere No More

After a final hearing of the
Board of Regents, the Investi-
gating Committee of the South-
ern Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools issued a
general statement Tuesday aft-
ernoon, November 4, to the ef-
fect that a verbatim record of
all facts presented during the
two-day hearing would be pre-
pared for each member of the
committee, which was to as-
semble again around Novem-
ber 11 in Nashville, Tenn., to
decide whether or not it will
recommend that the Georgia
University System should lose
its accredited standing. The In-
vestigating Committee will pre-
sent this latter report to the full
association in Louisville, Ky.,
December 1-5, for final de-
cision.

Regents Promise

The final resolution of the
Board of Regents Committee
was an actual plea for mercy,
promising full capitulation and
blaming Governor Talmadge's
"impatience of restraint" for
the irregularities that took
place in the University System.
The state board further prom-
ised that the Governor would
' carry out the orders of the in-
vestigating committee to the
letter, stating that he was well-
known for "keeping his prom-
ises."

Broad Pledge

At the first hearing on Mon-
day the regents had only par-
tially capitulated, promising
that political interference would
be eliminated from the Univer-
sity System in the future. Fear-
ing that anything less than
complete cooperation would be
hazardous, however, the board
has, as stated above, amended
its position, pledging "in ad-
vance" to do anything the
Southern Association may con-
sider "correct and proper" to
keep the Georgia University
System on the accredited list.

Dieckmann Offers
Variety of Music
In Weekly Concert

On Monday night, Novem-
ber 17, at 8:30 o'clock the
Music Department will present
a concert in Gaines Chapel, di-
rected by Christian W. Dieck-
mann.

The program is as follows:
String Ensemble, "Concer-
to", Handel; "Panius Angeli-
cus", Franck; "Shepherd's
Dance", Ed. Herman; "Orien-
tale", Cui. Miss Nelle Hemp-
hill, accompanied by the string
ensemble, will play the first
movement of Grieg's "Piano
Concerto".

Mr. Dieckmann will con-
clude the program with an or-
gan number.

The Chorus Stops;
The Solo Begins

It happened in Chapel last
week, and we like it because it
gives such a good peep behind
the wall of dignity we usually
build around the faculty.

Everyone was singing the
morning anthem with custom-
ary vim, and in the faculty sec-
tion Eleanor Hutchens and
Miss Winter were sharing a
hymn book. Towards the end
of the song, Eleanor shifted her
hand to a more comfortable
Dosition under the book, and
found herself holding it alone.

"So you're going to let me
do all of the work?" she whis-
oered to her negligent neigh-
bor.

Miss Winter hastened to re-
ply, but before she realized
what was happening, the hymn
was over and everyone had
sung "Amen."

Then, loud and clear through
the stillness came her voice:

"Oh, but you're so big and
strong!"

Lecturer Analyzes
Current Situation

Mrs. Rolfe Sims, lecturer in
history, will speak in Chapel on
Friday, November 14, continu-
ing her analysis of the current
war. The International Rela-
tions Club, which presented her
in Chapel several weeks ago,
is again bringing her before the
student body, in response to the
requests of a number of stu-
dents.

Mrs. Sims will sum up the
war and then discuss any new
situations which have devel-
oped in the meantime.

Mortar Board
Entertains At
'Movie Parties

Mortar Board will entertain
the Sophomores at 8:30 tonight
and tomorrow night at the an-
nual parties in their honor. For
the occasion Murphey Candler
Building will become a theater,
decorated with movie stars'
pictures, and posters.

A roulette wheel, paper mon-
ey, and a bar will be the theme
of the first "movie", called
"Dodge City" and starring an
Agnes Scott student as the
singer of well-known western
songs. As the second feature,
"Ghost Breakers" is advertised
to be a real house of horror.
"You'll Find Out" stars our
own Agnes Scott orchestra,
while all types of games will
be the entertainment under
"State Fair".

Boys from Emory have been
invited from the following fra-
ternities: S. A. E., Sigma Chi,
A. T. (X Pi K. A., Sigma Pi,
K. A., Phi Delta Theta, Chi
Phi, Delta Tau Delta, Sigma
Nu, and from two medical fra-
ternities, A. K. K. and Phi Chi.
Members of the S. A. E., Chi
Phi, Kappa Sig, Chi Psi, Pi K.
A., A. T. O., Phi Delta Theta,
Sigma Chi, Beta Theta Pi, Phi
Gamma Delta fraternities have
been asked from Tech. Boys
from upper classes, freshmen
especially requested, and non-
fraternity men have received
invitations at Tech and Emory.
Boys are also invited from Co-
lumbia Theological Seminary,
Atlanta Southern Dental Col-
lege, and from Atlanta and De-
catur.

Order, Serenity Go VouF
At Topsy-Turvy Rehearsal

By Leila Holmes

Wanted one "pouf"
whatever that may be to end
the poufless search of the char-
acters in Blackfriars' play,
"Ladies in Waiting". Anyone
knowing the whereabouts of
said "pouf", notify Blackfriars
immediately with pouf of
their discovery. That is all.

P. S. I'll give you a hint. It's
a necessary article of furniture
for all English plays.

Friday night at their first re-
hearsal in the auditorium, loud
stage whispers were often
heard from behind stage, telling
some character on the stage to
"go sit on a pouf" (not a
tack). It's a standing joke that
when a character doesn't know
what to do next, she goes and
sits on a "pouf" (which is
nothing) .

Just Imagine!

The two people who were
absent from rehearsal furnished
almost as much amusement as
the absent "pouf". Other char-
acters attempted to take their
lines, but often had to shift
around in order to take their
own parts. It was not unusual,
then, to hear two entirely dif-

ferent voices being the same
character. Their absence was
realized even more when peo-
ple started making love to the
"little man who wasn't there".

From backstage at different
times the barking of dogs or the
howling of wind is supposed to
be heard. Imagine the confus-
ion, though, when Friday night
one character had just said,
"List-the wind" (or somethin'),
and the loud barking of dogs
was heard.

Hurdles, To Boot

In one scene Neva comes in
wearing wet shoes. After tak-
ing them off and leaving them
in the middle of the stage like
she was supposed to do, she
suddenly discovered that there
was no possible way to get
them off the stage during the
entire act. Consequently, there
was a great stumbling over
shoes.

In spite of the absence of the
"pouf", the absence of two
characters, the absence of fur-
niture, the absence of heat, the
rehearsal was a success and
the play will be super with the
addition of all these things.

Miss Hale Discusses
Academic Honesty

Ruth Slack Represents Alumnae
In Speech During Honor Week

Honor week will be concentrated into three days, November
18-20, Ginger Montgomery, president of student government,
announced Saturday. Honor and the honor system will be dis-
cussed at the regular chapel period from the faculty, student,
and alumnae viewpoints respectively.

Alumna Speaker

Ruth Slack

Unanimous Vote
Pledges Support
To State Schools

In a student meeting Thurs-
day the students of Agnes Scott
unanimously agreed to support
the decisions of the delegates
from all the schools in the Uni-
versity System of Georgia, Ag-
nes Scott, Emory, Mercer, and
Shorter, who met in Macon,
Saturday, November 1.

An issue of last week's "Red
and Black" and a copy of a pa-
per published by the Council at
Georgia Tech have been sent
to the alumni of these schools
and to the Legislators of Geor-
gia. Following their example
and in compliance with a re-
quest made at the meeting at
Macon, copies of the Novem-
ber 5 issue of the "Agnes Scott
News" have been distributed to
the 2000 alumnae now residing
in Georgia and to the State
Legislators.

In her report in open forum,
Thursday, on the meeting in
Macon, Virginia Montgomery
said: "This meeting was valu-
able because it gave proof that
students in Georgia could be
unified. The delegates under-
stood the issue under discus-
sion and were not biased by
their political beliefs. Through-
out the entire discussion there
was a marked objectivity."

Noted Columnist Explains
Critical World Situation

Dorothy Thompson will lec-
ture in Atlanta, Tuesday night,
November 18, on the subject
"These Crucial Days." The
lecture will be in the City Au-
ditorium at 8:30 P. M.

International Relations Club
is sponsoring the sale of tickets
on the campus. They may be
obtained from Eudice Tontak
for fifty-five cents (balcony).

Miss Louise Hale, associate
professor of French, will speak
on "Honor in Academic Work"
from the faculty point of view
in Chapel Tuesday.

Wednesday there will be a
student panel discussion on
honor and the honor system.
The representatives who will
lead the discussion will include
a senior, a transfer, a day stu-
dent, and a freshman.

Outstanding Alumna

Ruth Slack, '40, will speak
on honor from the alumnae
viewpoint Thursday. For the
benefit of those who did not
know Ruth, she was president
of her freshman class, a mem-
ber of student government her
sophomore year, treasurer of
Athletic association her junior
year, president of Mortar
Board and a member of May
court her senior year. She was
chosen as one of the most out-
standing seniors on the campus
by "Who's Who" and won the
Hopkins award, signifying that
she most nearly measured up to
the ideals of the college.

Freshmen Work

The English department has
agreed to cooperate with stu-
dent government in giving the
freshmen an opportunity to
choose honor as the topic for
one of their themes.

Honor week is an annual
custom, and the purpose of it
is to acquaint the students with
the ideals of the honor system,
giving them an opportunity to
study its merits and the possible
improvements, and to make
them realize their responsibility
as individuals to uphold the
honor system.

Coming This Week

Thursday, 5:00 P. M. Meet-
ing of Granddaughters' Club
in the Alumnae House.

Friday, 4:00 P. M. Hockey
games, Freshman vs. Sen-
iors, Sophomores vs. Juniors.

Friday, 4:30 P. M. Skating
party sponsored by A. A.
and Georgia Tech.

Friday, 10:30 A. M. Mrs.
Sims, talk in Chapel.

Monday, 8:30 P. M. Concert
of Music Department in
Gaines Chapel.

Tuesday, 10:30 A. M. Miss
Hale's speech in Chapel,
opening Honor Week.

Tuesday, 8:30 P. M. Dorothy
Thompson's lecture in the
City Auditorium.

Page 2

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1941

Freshmen Win
Swimming Meet

Seniors, Sophs Take Games;
Board Makes Final Plans for Party

By Edwina Burruss

Friday's hockey games proved the most interesting of the
year with the seniors and sophomores victorious over the jun-
iors and freshmen. All four teams showed exceptionally high
spirit.

Burruss

The goals,
driven in by
Trillie Bond
and G w e n
Hill for
t h e sopho-
mores, Mary
Monroe for
the fresh-
men, Mimi
Alex ander
for the jun-
iors, and Annie Wilds and Ann
Gellerstedt for the seniors,
were the result of accurate
passing from the backs and ex-
cellent stick technique by the
forwards. There was much less
dangerous hitting than there
has been in previous games.

Seniors, Juniors

The line up was:
Seniors

LW
LI
CF
RI
RW
RH
CH
LH
RF
LF
G

Grey

Stuckey

Wilds

Webster, D.

Webster, A.

Lott

Hasty

Brooks

Gellerstedt

Currie

Davis

Substitutions:
Seniors: Walker.

Juniors
Downie
Alexander
Rountree
Holloran
Moore
Patterson
Radford
Lancaster
Paisley
Frierson
Smith

Sophs. (2)
Tuggle LW
Bond LI
Walker,M.F. CF

Frosh. (1)
Young
Monroe
Cumming
King
Milam
Carpenter
Teasley
Equen
McCain
Rosenthal
Everett

Duffee RI
Rhodes RW
Farrior RH
Walker, B. CH
Nair LH
Montgomery RF
Harris LF
Walker, M. G
Substitutions:

Sophomores: Douglas, Do-
zier, Maxwell, Hill, Lasseter.

Freshmen: Brown, Mack,
Searson.

Freshmen Triumph

The freshmen, with a wealth
of new material, came through
with forty-two points Thurs-
day night to win the first swim-
ming meet of the year. They
were followed by the sopho-
mores with thirty-four points,
the juniors with twenty-seven.
Joyce Freeman, swimming un-
der freshman colors, broke the
A. S. record for the twenty-
yard dash back crawl with her
time of 13.4 seconds. The
standing record of 13.6 seconds
was set by Virginia Milner,

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'40. The final results of the
meet were:

L 20 yd. dash back crawl:

1. Joyce Freeman (F)
13 2-5.

2. Jane Edwards (J)
Mary Maxwell (So)
15 1-5.

3. Liz Carpenter (F)
^ 16 3-5.

II. Form Swimming

A. Breast

1. Douglas (So)
Probstein (F)

2. Cumming (F)
Radford (J)

3. Auld (J)

B. Front Crawl

1 . Bragin

2. Auld, A. Webster

3. J. Howard
Nimmons (Co)

C. Back Crawl

1. Auld

2. Watkins

3. Powell

III. 40 yd. Dash Free Style:

1. Edwards, 28

2. Maxwell, 28 1-5

3. Bragin, 29

IV. Surface Dives:

1. A.Webster

2. Cumming

3. Douglas

D. Webster.

V. Free Style Relay:

1. Freshmen, 52

Bragin, Probstein, Free-
man, Carpenter.

2. Sophomore, 52 3-5.
Douglas, Harvard, J,
Scott, Maxwell.

3. Seniors, 58 1-5
Walker, Webster, Wat-
kins, Gellerstedt.

Results:

1. Freshman, 42

2. Sophomore, 34

3. Junior, 27

4. Senior, 23.

Final arrangements for the

Whitaker R eveais
Winners of War
At Emory Lecture

John T. Whitaker, veteran
foreign correspondent of the
Chicago Daily News Foreign
Service, who recently returned
to America after ten years
abroad, most of it spent in the
totalitarian countries, will lec-
ture at Glenn Memorial Audi-
torium at 8:30 p. m., Thursday.
November 20, under the aus-
pices of the Student Lecture
Association. His subject will be
"Who's Winning the War?"

Rome was Mr. Whitaker's
headquarters until May when
he was asked by the Italian
government to leave because of
the anti-totalitarian tone of his
dispatches. He then went to
Switzerland and stayed there
until mid-summer when he flew
to England for a tour of that
country before returning to the
United States in late August.

He now predicts the early
entry of Spain, Portugal, Japan,
and part of Latin-America into
the war on the side of Ger-
many. He also regards United
States participation in the con-
flict as inevitable and believes
that the sooner we begin "the
shooting" the better it will be
for us.

THE BABBLING BROOKS

My hearty thanks to all you students who so graciously
addressed the 2,000 copies of last week's issue. Why, your
humble columnist only put her pen to ten papers! In fact, all
I did was go over to the Alumnae Office when hungry and
lick a few of the "stickums". We were a silly crew and, I fear,
very distracting and disturbing to the patient Alumnae secre-
taries; how-

ever, these
imposed up-
on two were
afforded
some amuse-
ment at the
remarks con-
cerning their
detailed (co-
dified) files.
Joella want-
ed to know if an asterisk meant
the Alumna had a star in her
crown for some reason (there
were many with such a mark
it really means an active) or

B. A. Brooks

under chin, sheet swung across
shoulder like a Roman toga, she
glided in to the foot of Raddy's
and Sterly's beds, made weird
mutterings, and then nearly
fainted herself at the shrieks of
her victims. Maybe the old say-
ing about "last laughs" will go
for last shrieks, too.

Guest Technique

There was also a truly fic-
titious intruder in Rebekah last
week. Mardia Hopper was all
ready (except for studying and
racking) to leave for Davidson

whether they were those who d c . , . ~> ,.

i i 7 ii i i i i on Saturday morninq. Realiz

worked superbly hard here and

had consequently passed on!
(I felt sort of despairing my
Junior year, too, Joella; don't
let it worry you too much.)

Same Old Jo!

From what the Third Re-
bekah Dwellers tell me, said

Junior is up to her old tricks of convenient, that Cutie could
scaring others on her wing.
Having stayed up till the very

ing the inconvenience of a visi-
tor at this time, her friends (?)
wrote a note on her door Fri-
day afternoon, saying "Cutie"
would spend the night. Mardia
wrote back that it would be in-

joint skating party sponsored
by A. A. and Ga. Tech were
announced this week. Buses
will come for students whe
have signed up to go. They
are to meet in the front of Main
at 4:30 P. M. on Friday, Nov.
14. Margaret Downie and Ann
Frierson will be on hand to col-
lect forty-five cents for supper.
There will be no charge for the
skating.

Amid shivers and steaks, the
A. A. board spent an enjoyable
week-end at Camp Civitania.
Chaperoned by Miss Wilburn
and Miss Mitchell (attired in
clothing suitable for Siberia),
the group of twelve left Agnes
Scott Saturday afternoon. New
and interesting experiences in-
cluded: eating in utter dark-
ness, sleeping in hockey pants
and eating dough boys (burned
on the outside and raw on the
inside).

wee hours to study, she per-
formed the necessary rituals of
teeth-brushing et cetera and
ended in putting on a wKite
mask of face cream. Since she
practically scared herself into
hysterics when she went to
wash her hands and saw the
ghost-like face staring back at
her, she decided to take advan-
tage of the effect. Flashlight

utilize the Day Student room,
and that she was spending the
evening in the library, to which
"Cutie", consisting of pillows
in the bed and a dimmed light,
answered "Have gone on to
sleep, but do wake me and let's
chat awhile." Poor Mardia was
so upset that she didn't discov-
er the dummy until the penitent
tricksters could suppress them-
selves no longer.

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Page 3

Olivia White Keeps up with

^Jke ^Jrottin 9 ^J4ottentotd

We certainly are fortunate this year in having so many good
plays coming to the Erlanger. "There Shall Be No Night"
was the first of this year's plays, and although it wasn't a play
to make one very happy and joyful, it gave us Americans cause
to be thankful. If you didn't see the play, be sure to read it.
It's by Robert Sherwood.

Carolyn Calhoun, and Robin
Taylor.

At the Tech-Kentucky game
were: Margaret Hartsook, Lou-
ise Pruitt, Mary James Seagle,
Martha Sue Dillard, Ann Hils-
kan, Sarah Copeland, Kay
Wilkinson, Betty Jackson,
Joyce Freeman, June Reynolds,
Annie Wilds, Rebekah An-
drews, and Dottie Nash.

Eleanor Clay and Cato
Whelchel went to the Hallo-
we'en ball at the Piedmont
Driving Club.

At the Seminary steak fry
were: Julia Harry, Anne Pais-
ley, Dale Drennan, Kay
Wright, Caroline Newbold,
Betty Pope Scott, Anne Scott,
Carolynn Dague, Wallace Ly-
ons, and Beth Irby.

Pat Reasoner, Sarah Mas-
sey, and Alta Webster were at
the S. A. E. House at Emory.

Frances Ellis was at the
Theta Chi House at Tech, and
Dot Miller and Jane Stillwell
went to the Anak dance.

The Tech Sigma Chi House
dance claimed Virginia and
Marion Barr and June Rey-
nolds, while the Emory Sigma
Chi's dance claimed June La-
nier.

Sarah Copeland and Rebek-
ah Andrews went to the Chi

Those who
went to the
play are Ma-
ry Florence
K e e ,
m m i e
Cath-
erine K o 1 -
1 a c h , Bar-
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r\V ' \A/L-i. nally, Ethlyn
Olivia White C o g g i n ,

Kathy Hill, Miriam Walker

and Bobbie Powell.

Thursday at noon Mae Ly-
ons entertained at her home on
Sycamore Street with a four-
course luncheon for Evelyn
Cheek, who left on Saturday
for Winston-Salem, where she
is to be married on December
27. Those invited were Mar-
garet Cathcart, Betty Sullivan,
Jean Chester, Eleanor Manley,
Hazel Taylor, Catherine Stein-
bach, Quincy Mills, Margaret
Williams and Laurice Looper.

The football games of the
past few weeks have been well-
attended by Agnes Scott girls.
Among those at the Georgia-
Auburn game were Frances
White and Claire Johnson,
while the Tech-Duke game at-
tracted Virginia Barr, who was
one of the sponsors, and Ma-
rion Barr, Virginia Reynolds.

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Wagnon Tells
Suggestions
For Scripts

May Day Committee
Permits Wide Range
Of Scenario Subjects

Margaret Wagnon, Chair-
man of the May Day Commit-
tee, recently announced the be-
ginning of the scenario-writ-
ing contest. Anyone who
wishes may submit a scenario
to Margaret before November
29.

This year, instead of decid-
ing on a definite theme for May
Day, the committee has listed a
number of suggestions and left
the choosing of a theme to the
one writing the scenario. The
suggested themes follow: A
spring festival in Norway,
Spain, South America, or Rus-
sia; Strauss Music; Combina-
tion of Flower Festivals in the
United States, such as the Rho-
dodendron Festival and the
Dogwood Festival; the Sea-
sons; A Colonial May Day.

Those who are interested in
writing a scenario should see
the back bulletin board in But-
trick for further details. Mar-
garet Wagnon will be glad to
answer any questions.

Alumnae Follow Careers
n Far-Flung Places

Phi tea dance, and Kathy Hill
and Martha Stone were at the
Sigma Nu buffet supper.

At the West Point Prep
School dance were Barbara
Frink and Squee Woolford.

At the Tech Newman Club
hayride were Betty Carver,
Margaret Boulineau, and Anne
Dodson.

Sue Heldmann, Marjorie
Simpson, Jane Dinsmore, and
Helen Schukraft were at the
Paradise Room.

Off-campus for the week-end
were Mardia Hopper and Anne
Paisley, who went to David-
son, and Elise Smith, who went
to The Citadel. The A. A.
Board went to Camp Civitania.

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According to latest reports half the members of the class of
1941 have bells ringing in their ears! One-fourth is hearing
wedding bells; the other fourth is listening to telephone bells.
Among the brides are: Martha Boone (who acquired a seven-
year-old daughter with her new husband, John M. Shaver, Jr.);
Betsy (Culver) Iverson; Ellen (Gould) Howison; Martha
(Moody) Lasseter; Dorothy (Peteet) Mitchell; Elta (Robinson)
Posey, who is now living in New Orleans while her husband
studies medicine at Tulane; Frances (Spratlin) Hargrett; Ellen
(Stuart) Patton; Gay (Swagerty) Guptill; Connie (Watson)
Dasher; and Jeanne (Davidowitz) Kann. June (Boykin) Tin-
dall and Nina (Broughton)
Gaines both joined the army
family, but now their husbands
are stationed "far, far away"
June's is in South Carolina
while she stays in Atlanta,
while Nina's is in Alaska!

Southern Belles

Now for the telephone
belles. These are: Ruth All-
good, Virginia Corr, Stuart
Arbuckle, Val Nielsen; Lillian
Schwencke, Ethelyn Dyar,
Louise Meiere, Elsie York,
Sarah Rainey, Margaret Falk-
inburg, Flonnie Ellis, Aileen
Kasper, Dorothy Travis, Betty
Stevenson, Mary Madison
Wisdom, Gladys Carr, Gentry
Burks, who is keeping up with
her classmates by working for
Southern Bell in Charlotte;
Betsy (Culver) Iverson, who
has a two-time job; and Marcia
Mansfield.

Different

Some of the new crop of
alumnae decided to be differ-
ent, however, and neither got
married nor went to work for
the telephone company. Har-

Healy, now a biology fellow,
is living in White House with
Betsy.

Helen Hardie is secretary to
the personnel officer of the Pan-
American Airways in Miami.
Frances Breg paid her alumnae
dues out of her first check
signed by her dad; she is his
secretary. Keeker Newton is
the class debutante.

Nicole Giard sailed for
France on an American ship
August 9; no word has been re-
ceived from her since she land-
ed at Lisbon.

Dr. McCain
Will Address
Business Alumnae

"Present Educational Condi-
tions in Georgia" is the subject
of a talk Dr. J. R. McCain will
make to the Business Women's
Alumnae on November 12, at
the Cox Carlton Hotel in At-
lanta. The Business Women
Alumnae are unable to attend

the afternoon meetings of the
riet Cochran and Miriam Bed- regular Atlanta-Decatur Alum-

inger are at the Assembly
Training School in Richmond,
Virginia. Ann Fisher is at-
tending "Pendle Hill", a center
for religious and social study
maintained by the Society of
Friends. Tine Gray got a
close-up of the Duke and
Duchess when they came to the
building where she is studying
in Washington, D. C.

Betsy Kendrick is back at
school in the bookstore, and
Grace Walker is assistant in
the English department. Miss
Walker was impersonated in
both the Black Cat stunts. Beryl

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arate alumnae group.

Dr. McCain will also make
a talk on the following
day, November 13th, at the an-
nual fall meeting of the Parent
Teachers' Associations of De-
Kalb County. He will discuss
"Cooperation Between Home
and School for Good Citizen-
ship".

Clubs Announce
Latest Activities

Granddaughters' Club will
meet on Thursday, November
13, at 5 in the living room of
the Alumnae House. With the
new members from the fresh-
man class the club has thirty-
five members. The new mem-
bers are: Emily Anderson,
Hansell Cousar, Beth Daniel,
Harriet Daugherty, Ann
Equen, Betty Glenn, Nancy
Green, Rosemary Moore, Nan-
cy Moses, Mary Rountree,
Julia Slack and Wendy Whit-
tle.

Bible Club met on Monday
afternoon. The program in-
cluded a discussion of religion
on the campus.

Plans are still being made for
the Chi Beta Phi banquet,
which will be held on Thurs-
day, November 20.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1941

Calling Attention
To Odds and Ends

Jane Elliott Sifts

Today's News

Campus Camera

The Rains Came Not

Those of us who were in Atlanta after
school closed last spring remember the short-
age of rainfall which made conservation of
electricity necessary. Mother Nature is
again proving difficult about the matter, and
the Georgia Power Company has requested
that everyone reduce his use of power to
the very minimum, especially between the
hours of 6-7:30 when the supply is being
strained to the utmost.

A request was made in Chapel last week
concerning the matter, but, except for the
members of the dean's office turning off
lights hither and yon, and house presidents
snapping a switch or so in the dormitories,
little thought seems to have been given the
matter.

When the stores downtown leave their
display windows dark over the week-end,
and the streets have the aspect of a London
blackout, it doesn't seem unreasonable to
ask students to please remember it takes
only one light where many of us use several,
and unless we pay heed now, we are apt to
be repeating Abe Lincoln's habit of study-
ing by firelight (which is only partially a
joke!)

Help the Nurses

With the "cold season" getting well
under way, the infirmary has been besieged
by students lately. By besieged, we do not
mean particularly overworked, but rather
distracted by the number of girls who walk
into the vestibule, suitcase in hand, to be
treated, and put to bed if necessary.

It is mostly misunderstanding on the part
of the new students, and perhaps a bit of
carelessness with others, but let it be remem-
bered that the infirmary is under Dr. Jones'
supervision and controlled by her orders.
The nurses have no authority to administer
treatment except through her direction.

Thus, it would save the girls time and
trouble if they could see the doctor during
her regular office hours. This does not mean
for anyone to remain in her room if she be-
comes sick between hours. In such a case,
she is urged to go to the infirmary and have
the nurse call Dr. Jones. But often it is so
easy to "drop by" the infirmary that we for-
get there are regular hours.

The inconvenience to the patient is often
more than to the medical staff, so it would
benefit both parties equally if girls would try
to see Dr. Jones during office hours, if at all
possible.

Thanks a Million!

The Editor would like to take this oppor-
tunity to thank Betty Ann Brooks and all the
girls who helped her for addressing and
mailing the last issue of the Agnes Scott
News to the Georgia Alumnae and State
Legislators.

Volunteers began working the very hour
after the request was made, and such coop-
eration is not only appreciated, but valued
as one of the finest qualities which the Agnes
Scott student body possesses.

Week By Week

Every Tuesday night, the house presi-
dents gather their dormitory chicks for a
compulsory house meeting. Matters which
undergo discussion include Student Govern-
ment's latest innovation of the rules to an
inquiry about Mary's lost fountain pen.

These weekly meetings serve not only as
a simple medium for announcements which
the house presidents must make, but also
bring the dormitory dwellers more closely
together in thought and action. The fre-
quency of the meetings effects a minimum of
misunderstanding about rules, etc. which
often arises simply because the girl takes
no opportunity to inquire the reason.

All in all. Student Government is to be
highly commended on this project, and its
value will rise as time goes on.

Jane Elliott

Reich Raid

Friday, November 7, saw Berlin's heav-
iest raid so far. The exact number of R.A.F.
planes participating in the raid was not
announced; but thirty-
seven plane losses with
200 men were admitted
by London. Bombing op-
erations were also report-
ed in Italy's Brendisi and
over Cologne and Mann-
heim; approximately half
of the losses were due to
bad weather, and as a re-
sult severe criticism has
been directed at the Brit-
ish Air Ministry for the bad timing which
made the losses outweigh the gain.

Both Faces Are Anxious

If the Japanese politicians were as short
on oil for their tongues as they are on oil
for their machines, they would truly be in a
bad way. Japan is estimated to have an oil
reserve of 60 to 70 million barrels, or about
enough for two years; but they face the
friohteninq prospect that the democracies'
embargo may eventually bring to a halt their
entire war and industrial machine. Mean-
while, the Nipponese government is trying
to face two ways at once; they cling to the
Axis and are planning another attack to cut
the Burma road, while, in a last desperate
effort to placate the United States, they are
sending Caburo Kurusu, as a sort of super-
envoy, to America.

Birthday Party

On the twenty-fourth anniversary of the
October revolution, the Soviet troops
launched savage drives on the Moscow
front, and the Red radio announced that
German armies had been forced on the de-
fensive both at Moscow and "on many sec-
tors of the front." Russia toasted its revolu-
tionary anniversary in a bath of blood and
fire, an exceedingly appropriate celebration.

Christmas Gift

The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
announced that 350,000 men would leave the
rolling stock on December 5, leaving trans-
portation all tied up for the pre-Christmas
rush season. The five railroad unions have
demanded a 30% increase in wages for the
trainmen, engineers, switchmen, firemen, and
enginemen; the railroads themselves ac-
cepted the recommendations of President
Rooveselt's Fact-Finding Board for an im-
mediate temporary increase of 7^%, with
a reconsideration of wage needs at the end
of next year, but the unions flatly refused to
accept the board's recommendations. The
chairman of the Fact-Finding Board,
Wayne Lyman Morse, said: "The railway
case now rests entirely in the hands of the
President."

Another strike that lies heavy on Mr.
Roosevelt's hands is the walkout of 60
A. F. of L. truck drivers against the Railway
Express Agency in Detroit. Daniel J. To-
bin, president of the A. F. of L. Teamstjers's
Union, has refused the President's second
request to send the men back to work, say-
ing that action could not be taken until Mon-
day. Apparently the only thing the Presi-
dent does not have on his hands is time.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XXVI. Wednesday, November 12, 1941 No. 8

1941 Member 1942

Plssocided Golle&ide p ress

Published weekly, except during holidays and examination
periods, by the students of Agnes Scott Collepe. Office on
second floor Murphey Candler Bulldinp. Entered as second
class matter at the Decatur, Heorpia. post office. Subscrip-
tion price per year, $1.25; single copies, five cents.

Editor BEE BRADFIELD

Managing Editor JEANNE OSBORNE

Business Manager SUZANNE KAULBACH

Reporters: Leila Holmes. Betty Bates. Betsy White. Qulncy
Mills. Jane Dlnsmore, Mary Louise Duffee. Marv Ann Bar-
field. Martha Ray Lasseter. Marion Knapp. Madeline Hosmer,
Martha Stone. Virginia Barr. Betty Burress. Evelvn Cheek,
Cornelia Stuckey. Mary Estill Martin, Ann Chambless, Shirley
Ann Smith.

Business Assistants: Nancy Thomlson. Martha Liddell. Helen
Smith. M. S. Barker. L. Boone. A. Bumstead. A. Clements,
T. Craig. M. Dlllard, M. A. Hannah, D. Hopkins, B. Moore.
M. Toomey.

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Mamie Sue Barker Gathers Campus Quotes on

Red Cross First Aid Courses

Barker

With the national situation
as it is today, we at Agnes
Scott want
o do our
:>art. If we
had First
A i d courses
on the cam-
pus under
the auspices
of the Red
Cross, would
they be sup-
ported?

Mary Estill Martin, '43:

I think we should have Red
Cross classes on campus be-
cause everyone wants to take
them and the majority of girls
don't have time to take them
off campus. They would be
beneficial in more ways than
one:

L Everyone wants to do her
part for our country NOW.

2. It will be helpful for girls
who are going to be coun-
selors at summer camps.

3. It is practical knowledge.

Mary Olive Thomas, '42:

I think that although our pro-
gram at Agnes Scott is already
full, we should have this First
Aid course because it is a prac-
tical link between us as a school
and the national defense pro-
gram.

Ann Wright, '44:

The Red Cross course would
be very beneficial for all of us.
if it were arranged so that it
did not take too much time
away from our studies.

Betty Bates, '43:

I think we have so many out-
side activities at Agnes Scott
that we should not bring in any
more. Those who want to help
are knitting, anyway.

Polly Frink, '42:

With the national emergency
as it is today (and it really is
an emergency), I think each
and every one of us ought to
take the extra time and effort
for a Red Cross course, even if
it may cost us active participa-
tion in some of our other ac-

tivities. Otherwise, we will
have to use precious time when
the war actually overtakes us
to learn First Aid before we
can do anything to help our
country and men.

Ann Jacob, '44:

I think we should have a
First Aid course on the campus
because it would make us feel
that we are taking an active
part in the defense program.
Some girls missed the oppor-
tunity of taking such a course
this summer and would like to
have the chance now.

Julia Ann Patch, '42:

I think it would be a good
thing to have a Red Cross
course on the campus because
it will give us the foundation
we need to go on with war
work during summer vacation
or when we graduate. A
knowledge of first aid is always
useful under any conditions.
This would be one of the least
things we could do for defense.
Ruth Gray, '45:

I think a course such as the
one suggested would be sup-
ported if we did not have meet-
ings too often. Everyone is in-
terested in first aid or anything
concerned with war.
Anne Frierson, '43:

The Red Cross course is a
thing of great value, but I don't
think we should bring it to the
campus, because we have so
many extra-curricular activities
and those who are interested
enough can go to Decatur to
get the training.

Tessie Carlos, '44:

I think we really should have
this course on campus because
no one knows as much as she
should about first aid with the
world in its present crisis. Stu-
dents would attend these meet-
ings because the thoughts of
war are uppermost in their
minds now. We will have to
know about this work, so why
not learn now?

The Agnes Scott News

VOL. XXVII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1941

NO. 9

Dean Explains
Student Fund's
Purposes, Uses

Campus Organizations
Open Campaign to Help
Students in War Areas

On Tuesday, November 25,
a talk in chapel by Miss Carrie
Scandrett will open the cam-
paign of the World Student
Service Fund on the Agnes
Scott campus. Miss Scandrett
will explain the purpose of the
fund and will illustrate its use-
fulness.

The students and faculties of
all the colleges of the United
States contribute to the World
Student Service Fund, which is
managed by a national com-
mittee in New York, composed
largely of college presidents.

This year's goal is $100,000
to be equally divided between
the students of Europe and
China. The object is to provide
the food, books and other
equipment (rather than cash)
needed to enable students in
these war-torn areas to con-
tinue their education.

Student Government Asso-
ciation, Christian Association,
Athletic Association, and Inter-
national Relations Club are
sponsoring the drive at Agnes
Scott. The committee in charge
is as follows: Gay Currie,
chairman; Lavinia Brown, sec-
retary; Margaret Downie,
treasurer; Mary Carr and Jack-
ie Illma Stearns, publicity;
Caroline Smith and Clare Bed-
inger, program chairmen; Eu-
dice Tontak, special project;
Dr. Philip Davidson, faculty
advisor.

A larger committee, com-
posed of representatives from
the dormitories and the day
students, will contact every
student and faculty member.
The chairmen of these dormi-
tory committees follow: Re-
'bekah; Laura Cumming, second
fioor; Marjorie Wilson, third
floor; Main, Barbara Connally,
second floor; Kathryn Hill,
third floor; Inman, Emily Ann
Pitman, first floor; Isabel Rog-
ers, second floor; Scottie New-
ell, third floor; White House,
Shirley Davis, Sara Cummings;
Gaines, Polly Teasley, Helen
Hurst, and Day Students, Betty
Sunderland.

Club Sponsors
Holiday Dance

Extending to all students an
invitation to attend, the Co-
tillion Club holds its Thanks-
giving Dance on November 27,
from 8 to 1 1 P. M. The affair
will take place in Murphey
Candler Building, with music
furnished by machine. Leona
Leavitt is in charge of decora-
tions, while Sally Knight is han-
dling the sending of invitations.

The club is making its first
plans for a Christmas buffet
supper to be held for members
and their dates at the Anna
Young Alumnae House, on
December 18.

Members attended a special
meeting yesterday afternoon,
at which Miss Sandra Lee,
Arthur Murray dance instruc-
tor, gave a free rhumba lesson.

Emory Man Slips
Into News Again

Thanks to our "Intelligence
Department" of Emory co-eds
emphasis on the intelligence,
girls we heard a little story
last week that gives us clois-
tered Hottentots a choice pic-
ture of Emory classroom life.

In one of the co-ed classes
recently, a boy in the back of
the room caused quite a stir.
He had been sitting with his
chair tipped back against the
wall, when suddenly he met his
downfall. In the ensuing com-
motion the professor was heard
to remark:

"My face must have been a
study in consternation. I've
been watching Mr. X slipping."

Whereupon the indignant
Mr. X, who had picked himself
up by this time, replied:

"I beg your pardon, sir, I
was not sleeping!"

Publ ication Heads
Go to Convention

Misses Julia Anne Patch, Bee
Bradfield, Mary Robertson and
Suzanne, Kaulbach will repre-
sent Agnes Scott at the national
convention of the Associated
Collegiate Press, to be held in
St. Louis, Missouri, from No-
vember 20 to 23. The conven-
tion will assemble over five
hundred editors and business
managers of college newspa-
pers and annuals for an ex-
change of ideas and techniques.

The Washington ^University
Press Club opens the activities
with a "Mixer" on Thursday
evening; while Sigma Delta
Chi, national journalism frater-
nity, will honor the visitors at
luncheon Friday. On the pro-
gram for the dinner and dance
Friday evening will be Fitz-
patrick, an internationally-
known cartoonist. Convention
headquarters are in the Hotel
Statler.

Business sessions will center
around the many round table
discussions scheduled for edi-
tors and business managers.
There will also be a Short
Course available for newspaper
editors and an Editorial Survey
for the heads of the vearbooks.

Coming This Week

Thursday, 8:30 P. M. John T. Whitaker's
lecture at Glenn Memorial Auditorium.

Friday, 10:15 A. M. Charles Morgan's lec-
ture in chapel.

Friday, 4:00 P. M. Hockey games.

Friday, 5:00 P. M. Party for Agnes Scott
and Emory freshmen.

Tuesday, 4:00 P. M. Varsity - Faculty
hockey game.

Tuesday, 10:30 A. M. Miss Scandrett's talk
on World Student Service Fund, in
chapel.

Mortar Board Has Party
For Freshman Classes

On Friday evening, Novem-
ber 21, Mortar Board will join
Emory LIniversity's chaper of
ODK in entertaining 'the fresh-
men of the two schools. For
the Emory freshmen the party
will follow their annual push-
ball contest.

At 5:00 P. M. they will
march single file to Agnes
Scott. Supper will be served
cafeteria style in Murphey
Candler Building at 6:15. After
supper there will be a brief in-
formal entertainment.

History Lecturer
Gains Award
For Research

Dr. Catherine Strateman
Sims, lecturer in history, has
received an award of $100
with which to work toward the
publication of a critical edition
of Henry Elsynge's treatise,
"Expedicio Billarum Antiqui-
tus."

The award was one of
twelve announced by the Uni-
versity Center Research Com-
mittee as the first grants from
the University Center Research
Fund.

Henry Elsynge was a Clerk
of the Parliaments in England
about 1625. As such he wrote
a treatise entitled "The Man-
ner of Holding Parliament in
England," the printed portion
of which describes 17th cen-
tury parliamentary procedure.
The second volume of his work
was never printed, but in the
fifth chapter of this volume he
described 14th and 15th cen-
tury procedures. The manu-
script of the fifth chapter is in
the British Museum in London.

Mrs. Sims' intention is to
publish Chapter Five, together
with an introduction and notes.
Her publication will compare
the_ manuscript data with actual
conditions and will show how
accurate and how complete was
the author's description.

The ambition to carry out
this project is long-lived. Mrs.
Sims became interested in the
subject in 1934. In 1937 she
published an article identifying
Henry Elsynge in the Ameri-
can Historical Review. She
has prospects of completing her
inquiry within the next few
years.

British Novelist

Blackfriars Give
Mystery Play

Blackfriars will open their
season tomorrow night, No-
vember 20, with the production
of the English mystery play,
"Ladies in Waiting," by Cyril
Campion.

Neva Jackson, president of
Blackfriars, has announced a
few changes in the cast. Zena
Harris will take the part of
Lady Evelyn Spate, Ann Ward
will play Mrs. Dawson, Jackie
Stearns will be Maud.

There will be no admission
charge for students. They may
get reserved seats, however,
for fifteen cents. The charge
for the public will be thirty-five
cents, or fifty cents for reserved
seats.

Phi Beta Kappa at Emory
Initiates Dr. Christian

The Emory University chap-
ter of Phi Beta Kappa recently
announced the election of Dr.
Schuyler M. Christian, Profes-
sor of Physics and Astronomy.

Dr. Christian, with seven
other newly-elected members,
was initiated into the organiza-
tion last Thursday. The others
elected were; James Rhodes,
Dick Rohrer, and Hugh Greg-
ory, undergraduates; Dr. Igna-
tius Brock, of Emory; Dr. Da-
vid A. Lockmiller, of North
Carolina State College; Dr.
Hermon W. Martin, of Emory,
and Dr. William B. Redmond,
of Emory.

Lect

ures in

Chapel

Novelist

Charles Morgan, Drama Critic,
Discusses Creative Imagination

Charles Morgan, eminent British novelist and dramatic critic,
will speak in Maclean auditorium at the regular chapel period
Friday morning. The subject of his talk will be "The Values
of Imagination and Reason: A Study of the Power of Creative
Imagination to Affect the Lives of Men and Nations."

Mr. Morgan, who is on a
lecture tour of the Southeast,
has recently written "The
Empty Room", which he will
autograph for students, in the
bookstore after chapel.

From 1926 to the outbreak
of the present war, he was the
principal dramatic critic for
the London Times. He was
educated for the Navy and
served in the Atlantic and
China fleets of England, but
left the Navy to become a
writer in 1913. He rejoined the
Navy during the last World
War, then returned to writing.
In 1919 he went to Oxford
where he won honors in mod-
ern history, and was president
of the Oxford University
Dramatic Society.

Resident Novelist

Mr. Morgan will arrive on
the campus Thursday after-
noon and will spend' the night
in the Anna Young Alumnae
house. He will have lunch in
Rebekah dining hall Friday
with the officers of BOZ, Poe-
try club, and Aurora. Friday
night the lecture committee will
entertain him at dinner in the
tea house. Immediately after
dinner the French club will give
coffee for him in Murphey Can-
dler, after which he will leave
for Charleston.

Wide Renown

Among his more famous
novels are: "Portrait in a Mir-
ror", "The Fountain", "Spa^k-
enbroke", and "The Voyage",
a recent "best seller" in the
United States. His novels have
appeared in fourteen lan-
guages, and he is particularly
famous in France where he has
been given the Legion of Hon-
our and invited to lecture at the
Sorbonne. In England, Jie has
been made a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Literature.

He has also written a play
which ran six months in Lon-
don and was going to be pre-
sented to other European capi-
tals when the war broke out.

His talk in chapel will be
open to the public.

Courtesy of Atlanta Constitution.

Charles Morgan

Library Plans
Special Exhibit
Of Best Sell ers

With the theme of making
this "A Book' Christmas", the
Library announces its annual
exhibit of latest best-sellers and
other popular reading, which
will go on display Saturday,
November 22. Students may
browse in the Library on Sun-
day afternoon from 2:30 to
5:30, and on Thanksgiving Day
from 10 A. M. to 5:30 P. M.
The display will be removed on
Friday, November 28.

Through the generous coop-
eration of Rich's, Inc., this
year s collection will be un-
usually large and varied. Be-
sides the regular works of fic-
tion, biography, travel, music,
drama, gardening, etc., the ex-
hibit will include cookbooks, a
collection of Russian art, and
several volumes on modern
problems.

Among the latest non-fiction
books to be included in the ex-
hibit are: John Gunther, "In-
side Latin America"; Douglas
Miller, "You Can't Do Busi-
ness With Hitler"; Jan Valtin,
"Out of the Night"; Archibald
MacLeish, "A Time to Speak".

The fiction will include: Col-
lier, "Fire in the Sky"; Jeffer-
son, "Small Town Murder";
Lee, "No Measure Danced";
Steen, "The Sun Is My Un-
doing"; Ferber, "Saratoga".

Familiar works to be exhib-
ited under the heading of music
are Deems Taylor's "A Treas-
ury of Gilbert and Sullivan",
and Oscar Levant's "A Smat-
tering of Ignorance".

Faculty Revises Laws,
Alters Curriculum

Making the first thorough
revision of faculty laws since
1922, the faculty convened on
November 1 1 to review the
present code and to docket for
future consideration any pro-
posed changes. A second meet-
ing will take place on Decem-
ber 8, when the revision will
be completed.

The new code, with its vari-
ous alterations of the point
system, curriculum, and other
customs, will be printed shortly
so that copies may be distrib-
uted to the students after
Christmas.

Page 2

AGNES SCOTT NEWS. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1941

Sophs, Juniors Vie
In Hockey Game

Council Plans to Announce Varsity,
Sophs Make Hockey Stick Award

By Edwina Burruss

With Friday's games between the seniors and the freshmen,
and the sophomores and the juniors, the hockey season will
come to a close. The seniors, undefeated, lead the other classes
with five games won; the sophomores have won three games,
and the juniors two. The result of the sophomore-junior game
will determine the second-ranking team.

A t t h

Burruss

e

game Friday
t h e varsity
council will
announce the
varsity and
s u b v arsity
teams, com-
posed of the
best players
from the four
teams. Tues-
day, November 25, the varsity
will play a faculty team at four
o'clock, and on the next Fri-
day, November 28, the varsity
will meet the subvarsity. At
this time the sophomore hockey
stick will be awarded to the
most outstanding and valuable
member of the sophomore
team. Last year the stick was
won by Mardia Hopper and
the year before by Gay Currie.

Uneven Fight

Last Friday the senior-
sophomore and the junior-
freshmen games were uneven
contests, the seniors winning
5-0 and the juniors, 3-0. The
sophomores were greatly weak-
ened by the absence of several
regular players. Three of the
senior goals were driven in by
Annie Wilds, the others by Dot
Webster and Doris Hasty.
Frances Radford, Marg Down-
ie and Betty Bates scored for
the juniors.

Class Line-ups

Seniors (5) Sophs. (0)

Grey L.W. Scott

Hance L.I. Harvard, }.

Wilds C.F. Walker,MF

Webster, D. R.I. Harvard, E.
Webster, A. R.W. Rhodes
Lott L.H. Nair

Hasty C.H. Farrior

Brooks R.H. Douglas

WalkerX.P. L.B. Harris
Currie R.B. Montgomery

Davis G. Walker, M.

Substitutions:

Seniors: Stuckey, Newbold,
Russell. Sophomores: Tuggle,
Dozier.

Jones R.W. Milam

Lancaster L.H. Carpenter

Radford C.H. Teasley

Howe R.H. Kay

Frierson L.B. McCain

Paisley R.B. Rosenthal

Smith G. Everett
Substitutions:

Juniors: Bates, Patterson,

Lebey. Freshmen: King, Mc-
Donough.

The second swimming meet
of the year will be held Mon-
day, November 24, at eight-
thirty, according to Mary Max-
well, swimming manager. Fac-
ulty and students are urged to
be present. The upper classes
are planning to give the fresh-
men, who now lead in swim-
ming, a good deal of competi-
tion.

Mexican Art Treasures
Take Library Spotlight

On exhibit in the lobby of
the library until Thursday, No-
vember 20 is a collection of
Mexican art, books, and handi-
work, the properties of Misses
Harn, Lewis, and Omwake,
The curios and souvenirs, gath-
ered from all parts of Mexico
on their trip this summer, in-
clude autographed Spanish
novels; wax, cotton and wood-
en figures, Christmas cards
with Mexican scenes and col-
orful maps and pictures.

Juniors (3)

Downie

Cochran

Moore

Holloran

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Clubs Announce
Large Membership

Newly-elected members to
Eta Sigma Phi are: Ruth Kol-
thoff, Gwen Hill. Anastasia
Carlos, Catherine Kollock,
Elise Nance and Mary Flor-
ence McKee.

The new officers of Grand-
daughters Club are: President.
Alta Webster; Vice-President,
Susan Spurlock; and Secretary.
Pat Stokes.

French Club initiated its new
members with a picnic at Har-
rison Hut last Tuesday. The
new members are: Sally Sue
Howe, Gwen Hill, Madeline
Hosmer, Betty Sullivan, Mar-
tha Nimmons, Quincy Mills,
Catherine Kollock, Jane Dins-
more, Adelaide Humphries.
Nancy Thomison and Olive
Hansen.

Ginette Girardey will speak
today at the French Club meet-
ing.

New members of B.O.Z. are:
Mary Olive Thomas, Jean
Moore, Shirley Ann Smith,
Joyce Geist, Betty Jones, and
Mary Florence McKee.

Christian Association
Sends Officers to Retreat

Billie Davis, Doris Hasty,
Susanna McWhorter, and
Frances Radford represented
Agnes Scott at the Student Of-
ficers Retreat held the week-
end of November 15-16 at the
University of Georgia, in Ath-
ens.

Officers of the various Y. M.
C. A.'s, Y. W. C. A.'s and
Christian Associations of col-
leges throughout the state met.

for the

Holiday Whirl

Sweet sophistication in black and
white (17.95) just one of a col-
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dresses in our junior-deb shop,
14.95 to 22.95.

Second Floor

THE BABBLING BROOKS

A. A.'s skating function was quite an affair, everyone enjoyed
everything from the dust and music at the rink to the punch
and mints at the Tech Y (to say nothing of the nice engineers!).
However, one member of our party must have been bored or
fired or something! After our bus had already loaded and de-
parted, some stranger, notcing the Agnes Scott atmosphere
around snoozing Irene McCain, scattered her slumber and sent
her tearing

B. A. Brooks

out of the
lounge. For-
t u n a t e 1 y,
Gay Currie
and her car-
1 o a d were
within shout-
ing distance,
so the story
isn't quite
one of
"maiden in distress".

Mary Robertson must have
been half asleep as she rode the
street car Tuesday: There was
a poster in the front reminding
riders of Poppy Day. As Mary
dismounted from the trolley she
read the placard heading and
resolved not to forget her
"Poppy". "In fact, I'll just go
buy his present right now," she
thought.

Here's another of Morpheus'
victims (she blames it on pow-
erful concentration!): Frances
Tucker was munching on an
apple as she read her Latin:
Dale Drennan, who, was study-
ing there too, all of a sudden

heard a loud thud. "Tucky",
having devoured all the apple,
had held the core in her lap and
slung the Latin text into the
waste basket! (Perhaps that
was her subconscious mind at
work. One never knows. I'll
leave it to the psychologists to
analyze! )

That lazy Minnie Moore
took the forbidden way to go
from third to second floor
Main. When the elevator
stopped at second, there was
Mary Olive Thomas, house
president, so the stop was
shortened to a pause and Min-
nie descended to first floor.
Who should be in the hall there
but Miss Scandrett; the poor
Hottentot frantically ducked
and punched the next button
which took her to the basement.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1941

Page 3

Survey of Girls' Clothes
Shows Sweater Favorite

The college girl and her sweater-skirt ensemble is fast becom-
ing as traditionally American as the cowboy, his boots and
saddles, DESIGN FOR LIVING'S C. B. I. (campus bureau of
investigation) agents reported today.

College women spend 75 per cent of their waking hours in a
sweater-skirt outfit, they fur

ther elaborated. Cardigan or
slipover, long or short sleeves,
"V" or crew necklines, one
rule is steadfast sweaters
must be plain.

Average Budget

Querying coeds at Cornell,
Temple, U. of Syracuse, Bryn
Mawr, Texas U., Smith, U. of
Vermont, Oregon State, Mich-
igan State, Iowa State, U. of
Colorado, Kansas State, Iowa
U., and Barnard, C. B. L agents
discovered that Miss Average
College Girl spends $240.33 a
year on clothes. Texas beau-
ties, however, have the fattest
pocketbooks they spend $768.

Campus feet are the same as
ever in saddle shoes. But moc-

casins are owned by 40 per
cent of the girls.

The stocking shortage or the
troublesome "nick" in nylons,
is no concern of DFL's Young
Moderns. They cut stocking
bills in half by baring legs in
ankle socks despite wintry
Blasts. A good number of the
girls call time out from patriotic
"bundling" to knit their socks.
The average college girl, how-
ever, vetoed the knee length
type now on the market. Only
6 per cent wore them. Twenty-
six per cent rate the rubber
boot functional and sensible for
rainy campuses.

Dickeys are definitely "in",
but big hats collect dust on
closet shelves. Bandanas, bean-
ies, hoods, baseball skullies,

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Olivia White Keeps up with

^Jlie ^Jrottin 9 J^ottentots

By Olivia White

(Olivia is replacing her column this week with the article below, feeling it
more important to defend the Agnes Scott viewpoint toward the "defense pro-
gram" than to state the school's social program for the iveek.)

We notice by the daily press that some fair maidens of so-
called swanky Eastern colleges have gone on record opposing
social relations between co-eds and soldiers.

To put it rather mildly, this sends our blood a few degrees
above the boiling point. It is difficult for us to understand why
at a critical time such as our nation is facing today the coy
co-eds of any college could do anything to lower the morale
of our national military forces.

Our attention has been called
particularly to a news story
which was given national cir-
culation. It was originated at
Mount Holyoke College from
the lips of one Rosamond The-
resa Purdy, president of the
student body.

Said Miss Purdy: "It's a
waste of time for co-eds to date
soldiers because they are poor
matrimonial prospects."

Then to make her comments
more smudgy, she added:
"Army men have only short

calots, stocking caps, pill boxes,
baby bonnets, berets and ear
muffs are "in the know", C. B.
I. agents reported.

They noted, in addition, that
southern lassies are all for the
effeminate formal, while east-
ern and north western college
gals rate the dinner gown and
evening skirt-sweater combine
"super duper." (From "Design
for Living" magazine.)

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range value. They are not
good matrimonial risks, so why
dance with them? They're here
today and gone tomorrow."

Some of us have brothers,
cousins and friends in the
Army. We don't like to see
them snubbed by anybody.

Now, let us tell where we
students of Agnes Scott stand
on the subject.

In the first place, when we
go out, we go for fun. We
don't go out husband hunting.
From experience, we know that
some of the best sports in the
world are soldiers.

And further, we students of
Agnes Scott realize that the
men of the Army are serving
our country in a grim serious
business. Is there any reason
why if we can make their life
more enjoyable we shouldn't do
it? They're doing us a favor in
preparing to protect us, our
liberties, our happiness. Is
there any reason then that we
shouldn't in turn be willing to
offer a friendly attitude to our
men in the service?

We don't mean that every
soldier is a gentleman. Neither
is every male civilian. We
know that. But gentlemen sol-
diers are not to be snubbed and
looked down upon by some
high-browed female who has
nothing in her mind but making
a financial haul through matri-
mony.

Agnes Scott is for the Army.

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Treat yourself and
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FOR GOOD MEASURE

Remember when you were just a little kid how you used
to go down to the candy store on the comer with your
penny or nickel . . . and remember how the old fellow
who ran the store used to give you a little more than your
money's worth . . . remember how he'd say . . . "Here's
your licorice . . . and a little over for good measure."

Folks tell us that's the way it is at Rich's . . . the feel that
they get more than their money's worth, whether they
buy a spool of thread or a house full of furniture. They
know that Rich's aims to give every customer their
money's worth . . . and a little over for good measure.

RICH'S

Correspondent

John T. Whitaker

Journalist
Talks on War

Tomorrow night at 8:30,
John T. Whitaker, correspond-
ent for the Chicago Daily
News Foreign Service, will
lecture in Glenn Memorial Au-
ditorium on "Who's Winning
the War?" The Student Lec-
ture Association of Emory Uni-
versity is sponsoring the- lec-
ture.

Mr. Whitaker has recently
returned from Europe where he
achieved distinction as a politi-
cal and military observer. He
was the first to send news to
America from Eritrea during
the Ethiopian war; he covered
Hitler's blood purge in 1934;
he barely escaped execution as
a Czech spy as he was report-
ing the fall of Czecho-slovakia.

The thirty-three year old
correspondent is a native of
Chattanooga, Tennessee. He
received his education at the
University of the South. Im-
mediately after his graduation.
Mr. Whitaker entered the field
of journalism, writing for the
Chattanooga News and then
for the New York Herald Trib-
une. After a year in Washing-
ton, he entered their European
service in 1931.

In 1938 Mr. Whitaker
toured South America, writing
a number of dispatches which
have been published as a book
entitled "Americas to the
South".

The price of admission for
Agnes Scott students and fac-
ulty members is 50c and tickets
are on sale in the bookstore.

THREADGILL
PHARMACY
Phone DE. 1665
309 E. College Avenue
Decatur, Ga.

NOTICE

AGNES SCOTT
This is your drug store.

A Personalized Optical
Service

J. N. Kalish &
W. N. Ainsworth, Jr.

Prescription Opticians
380 Peachtree Street

(2 doors from Medical Arts Bldg.)

Page 4

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1941

Let the Campus Take Action Now
To Establish a Course in First Aid

The greater portion of the
neutrality act has been re-
pealed; relations with Japan are
being strained to the breaking
point; and our own defense
program is being daily revised
to meet new demands. Even
the most optimistic now feel
that our active participation in
the war is only a matter of
months (or sooner). Realiza-
tion of the gravity of the situa-
tion cannot be postponed until
the first expeditionary forces
have left for heaven-knows-
where. It must come now.

In abnormal times, life must
proceed as nearly normal as
possible; yet modifications are
necessary if the emergency is
to be met Lectures, conversa-
tions, reading, and thoughts
have been more or less directed
this fall by the world crisis;
yet we have partially lapsed
into our own sheltered Agnes
Scott shell, seemingly content
to speak with horror of world

events very sincere in our
concern, but quite insufficient
in really taking an active part
in the matter.

Specifically, there is much
that can be done, and is being
done, here on the campus, but
one thing in particular is pos-
sible. The American Red Cross
would be glad to give a first aid
course here if we could organ-
ize a class.

"Campus Quotes" last week
showed that many of the stu-
dents have thought about it al-
ready, and are in favor of it.
Others think we are too busy.

When a goodly portion of
America's men today are sus-
pending their entire lives to
train for the crisis, it seems
very little to ask for an hour
once or twice a week to ac-
tively participate in our coun-
try's essential program of prep-
aration.

If it means the clubs must
temporarily suspend member-

ship, let the clubs temporarily
suspend membership; if it
means curtailing social activi-
ties a bit, curtail social activities
a bit; if it means putting off a
letter a day or so, put off a let-
ter a day or so. For when it is
all boiled down, it isn't time
from studies that need neces-
sarily be taken. No one is ask-
ing that those be neglected. Full
time can be applied to academic
work and quite a few extra
hours found, perhaps occupied,
but not so importantly as they
could be.

It is up to the students. The
choice and action must be
theirs. With ample opportunity
within our grasp, and such a
definite need to identify our-
selves as cooperative, thought-
ful American citizens, it would
seem the time to let the first
come first, and definitely take
such action as we can in this
matter of national defense.

Campus Camera

ft y

^sLTWOUGH HE HA9 BEEN
BLIND 5INCE EARCf BOYHW

IS THE SUCCESSFUL BAND
DIRECTOR OF RAVER. FOR.D
COLLEGE /

Mamie Sue Barker Gathers Campus Quotes on

Having an Art Lecture Series

Lecture Association always
wishes to bring to the campus
those types of speakers that the
students most enjoy. With this
(act in mind,
we have
tried to find
out if there
is a desire
for a lecturer
on art, since
t h e student
. te r j body, in gen-

mm kTTBim j itt j e Q ppor-

Barker t unity to
learn about it on the campus.
Would the students like to
have someone such as Mr. Ede,
who was on the campus last
year, give one or a series of
lectures on art? i

Neva Jackson, '42:

I think lectures on art are
most enjoyable and instructive.
I believe there are lots of peo-
ple on the campus who do not
have much opportunity to learn
about the various types of art
and who are very interested in
such lecturers as Mr. Ede. A
series of art lectures would be
grand.

Lauricc Looper, '44:

I think anything dealing with
the fine arts is just as important
as any other phase of our edu-
cation. Further lectures by Mr.
Ede would no doubt be re-
ceived enthusiastically by the
majority of students.

Claire Purccll, '42:

Lectures on art are always
very interesting to me, because,
even though there are several
Art History courses on campus,
there are some of us who can-
not work them into our sched-
ules, and any opportunity to
hear such noted lecturers as
Mr. Ede is always welcome. 1
think the majority of students

are interested in art and either
one or a series of lectures on
art would be very well re-
ceived.

Martha Ann Smith, '43:

I like Mr. Ede a lot. I think
it would be a very good idea to
have him on the campus again,
because he made art seem so
interesting to those of us who
know so little about it. His
combination of music and
painting was more interesting
than just showing slides of pic-
tures. If he could give a series
of lectures instead of just one,
perhaps more people would
have the opportunity to hear
him. We have the musicales
and the All-Star Concert se-
ries to hear music, and yet we
don't have the background that
is necessary to appreciate
really artistic paintings; there-
fore, I think that there is a real
need for a lecturer on art.

Betty Ann Brooks, '42:

I feel that there is a definite
need on the campus for a series
of lectures on art. Perhaps
everyone does not feel the
same, but I am sure that we
could all gain something in the
way of appreciation and under-
standing of the subject. Mr.
Ede is definitely an attractive
authority and would make his
subject interesting to the ma-
jority.

Betty Medlock, '42:

I certainly think we should
have a lecturer on art. I would
rather hear Mr. Ede than any-
one else I can think of right
now. He was such a success
last year that I think we should
ask him to come back. Very
few people know enough about
art to appreciate it. We have a
lot of emphasis on music and,
to me, art is just as important.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol xxvi.

Wednesday. November 19. 1941

No. 9

Published weekly, except during holidays and examination periods, by the students
of \nnes Seott College. Office on second floor Murphey Candler Buildinp. Entered as
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Editor - a u,
Managing Editor.-.
Business Manager

BEE BRAHFIELD

JEANNE OSBORNE

SUZANNE KAULBACH

Quotations Cite

Importance

Of Personal Honor

Honor week is held annually
to help the students better un-
derstand their honor system
and to give them a chance to
discuss possible improvements.

Agnes Scott's honor system
is unusually proficient, not be-
cause the system in itself is so
excellent, but because the in-
dividual members of it realize
its value and necessity and are
willing to uphold it.

Student Government has
compiled the following quota-
tions on honor, and their sig-
nificance should be doubly
pointed at this time.
"All is lost save honour and

my life/' Francis I

"My honour is dearer to me

than my life." Cervantes

"My honour is my life; both

grow in one;''
Take honour from me, and my

life is done/' Shakespeare

"We attempt difficult things,
but there is no honour which
is not difficult" Quid

"If it be a sin to covet honour,
I am the most offending soul
alive/' Shakespeare

"If I lose mine honour,
I lose myself/' Shakespeare
"An honest man's the noblest
work of God/'

Robert Burns

"He that loseth his honesty,
hath nothing else to lose/'

John Lyly

"Against truth falsehood hath
no might/' John Lydgate

"To thine ownself be true,
And it must follow, as the night

the day,
Thou canst not then be false to

any man/' Shakespeare

"Keep honour, like your sabre
bright."

George Washington Patten

"Thy honour, thy name and
thy praises shall endure for-
ever." Virgil

"You cannot believe in hon-
or until you have achieved it.
Better keep yourself clean and
bright; you arc the window
through which you must see
the world."

George Bernard Shaw

BUCKSHOT

the Senior Walk at the

UNIVERSITY OF ARKAK5A9
HA^ THE NAMES OF ALL GRAD-
UATES (OVER 4000) ENGRAVED
ON IT/

BUTLER IN THE LAMBDA
MS CHI HOUSE AT ALABAMA
HAS NAMED THREE OF HIS"
Aft OFFSPRING LAMBDA, CHI
AND ALPHA /

Jane Elliott Sifts

Todays News

Jane Elliott

Non-Stop to the Thames

After a close House vote of
212 to 194, the revision of the
Neutrality Act authorizing the
arming of American merchant-
m e n and
the! r d i s-
patch into
the war zone
was passed.
There seems
no reason
n o w why
A m c r i c an
escort v e s-
s c 1 s should
not go all the
way across the Atlantic into the
Mersey or the Thames. The
revised act will probably be
signed by the President on
Monday. It is typical of Amer-
ica that such an important act
should pass by so close a mar-
gin; the opposition went down
fighting. The President now
"seems to be over the hump of
foreign policy opposition, short
of war."

Shades of Shakespeare

If the sea nymphs change the
bones of every man and every
ship lies "full fathom five" into
coral, they must be very busy
these days. Even the German
death toll is rising. For, while
the British have iost the great
Ark Royal, the Cossack, and
have suffered damage to the
Malaya, they claim the sinking
of thirteen German ships in the
Mediterranean. Meanwhile the
Russians report twenty boat-
loads of Nazis sunk in the
Barents Sea at the Rybachi
Peninsula; and the American
Navy seems to have at least
eight German subs to its credit.
Perhaps the pearls and coral
will give out before the bones
for life is cheap, and coral
and pearls are expensive;
meanwhile, the sea-change to
Germans sunk instead of sink-
ing, is. in a manner of speak-
ing, rich.

Undermining the Nation

At midnight Saturday, No-
vember 15. the truce in the cap-
tive coal mine strike of the

C.I.O. United Mine Workers
Union expired; a few hours
previously, a lieutenant of John
L. Lewis' union served notice
on the Illinois operators that "it
may become necessary momen-
tarily" to call out all of the
miners in that state. Lewis has
said that workers will not go
back to the mines Monday, and
that the conferences between
the steel executives and the
labor officials are ended. So the
specter of an industry-wide
coal strike comes to haunt the
dreams of the President and
his aides. The government, of
course, refuses to pass a law
forcing a closed C.I.O. shop in
the coal mines So what now?
Military control? Special legis-
lation? There must be a speedy
solution, either the call of a
bluff or the playing of a strong
winning hand. (

Japanese Janus

Saburo Kurusu, special Nip-
ponese emissary bearing new
proposals for abatement of the
Far Eastern crisis, arrived at
Washington the afternoon of
Saturday, November 15. He
stated that: "I still have a fight-
ing chance of making a success
of my task ... 1 will try my
best for peace." But in Japan
the head of the Japanese cabi-
net has said that some day the
Japanese attitude of concilia-
tion to the U. S. must end and
that nothing must stand in the
way of the Far Eastern policy
of Japan. The two-faced god
Janus has nothing on the Jap-
anese.

Atlanta's Royalty

Preston S. Arkwright and
Ryburn Clay, two well known
business and civic leaders of
Atlanta, have been named
Knights of the Order of the
White Rose of Finland by the
president of Finland. The
knighting resulted from their
work in connection with the
Finnish Relief Drive. The next
time you call up to complain
about your light bill, just ask
for Sir Preston.

The Agnes Scott News

VOL. XXVII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR- GA.. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1941

NO. 10

Council Votes
To Start Work
For Red Cross

Tucker Dispenses Yarn
For Campus Knitters;
Plans First Aid Course

Red Cross activities, includ-
ing both a First Aid course and
a knitting department, will get
under way at Agnes Scott im-
mediately, Frances Tucker an-
nounced Monday after Presi-
dent's Council had voted to
start the work. The First Aid
course may be offered for cred-
it as a gym course during the
morning hours of the second
quarter, while seniors will be
allowed to work from 5 to 6
P. M. in the afternoons.

Wool and needles for knit-
ting sweaters will be available
starting today, and students
may take home their work over
the Christmas holidays. Fran-
ces Tucker, who is in charge of
distributing the yarn, will give
printed directions for knitting,
while experienced knitters will
post their names on the bulletin
board so that beginners may
come to them for help. The
Red Cross is setting the college
a quota of eight hundred sweat-
ers to be finished by the end of
this school year. Sizes of the
garments will range from two
years to adults.

A room to be used as head-
quarters for folding bandages
will be equipped in Main Build-
ing, so 'that students may drop
in to do a little work whenever
they have a spare minute.

The First Aid course, a basic
one for all Red Cross courses,
gives training valuable in both
war and civilian life. Lessons
will consist of an hour of lec-
ture followed by an hour of
practice; and an examination
will be given at the end of the
course. There will be no charge
for the instruction, but a man-
ual costing about sixty cents
will be necessary.

The problem of attendance
at club meetings has been ten-
tatively solved. Seniors who
are doing defense work will be
excused for their absences from
meetings.

Student Fund
Campaign Opens

The annual World Student
Service Fund campaign opened
yesterday with a talk in chapel
by Miss Carrie Scandrett. The
daily progress in contributions
is shown on a large cardboard
thermometer in the lobby of
Buttrick.

According to Gay Currie,
student chairman, the goal for
Agnes Scott is $500. In addi-
tion to the student; committees,
there is a faculty committee
which will send a circular to
each member of the faculty.
Mrs. Rolfe Sims is chairman of
the committee.

A number of national organ-
izations are supporting the cam-
paign this year, including the
World's Student Christian
Federation, the Intercollegiate
Christian Council, the Council
of Church Boards of Education,
and the International Student
Service Refugee Department.

College Elects
Representative

Virginia Montgomery, presi-
dent of Student Government,
announced recently that Agnes
Scott will send a representative
to the National Student Fed-
eration of America Convention
which will be held in Minneap-
olis, Minnesota, during the
Christmas holidays. In chapel
Wednesday the student body
elected this representative, who
was chosen from among the
juniors on the Executive Com-
mittee.

Student Government has
been working on several proj-
ects during the last few weeks,
including the presentation of
music in the dining rooms. For
the first time last Wednesday
night, classical music was
played in Rebekah Scott din-
ing room, and the trial was so
successful that White House
will soon have music, too.

Student Government has also
been sponsoring the writing of
letters to the state senators
asking them for a called meet-
ing of the Legislature. A num-
ber of students volunteered to
help with the writing of the let-
ters.

In chapel soon students will
have an opportunity to suggest
what new records they would
like for Murphey Candler
Building. Then Student Gov-
ernment, which has charge of
the machine, will buy a number
of them to add to the present
supply.

English Teachers
Confer Here in
Annual Meeting

When the National Council
of Teachers of English held its
annual meeting in Atlanta, No-
vember 20-22, Miss Laney was
a member of the local commit-
tee on arrangements and chair-
man of the entertainment com-
mittee.

This was the thirty-first an-
nual meeting of the National
Council and was one of the
largest conventions ever held
in Atlanta. Headquarters were
at the Biltmore hotel. The
council was made up of 2,000
delegates from all states, for the
most part representing high
schools and normal schools but
including a section of college
delegates.

Saturday morning there was
a joint meeting of the college
section of the National Council
and the English section of the
South Atlantic Modern Lan-
guage Association at Agnes
Scott. Part of the delegates met
in Presser Hall, the others in
the old chapel.

Eric Underwood Speaks
On British Empire, India

The Honorable Eric Under-
wood, a British member of the
English Speaking Union, talked
yesterday, Tuesday, November
25, to the college community as
a guest of the International Re-
lations Club at their bi-monthly
meeting. His subject was "In-
dia and Its Relation to the Brit-
ish Commonwealth."

The Honorable Mr. Under-
wood attended the National
Council of Teachers Union
Convention.

Mains Family Life
Causes Heightened
Maternal Instinci

There's going to be a Bless-
ed Event! They've already
converted the second floor of
Main into a Maternity Ward,
in preparation for the new ar-
rivals.

Worst of all, the father is
carrying on in a terrible way;
he actually intends to devour
his children the moment they
are born! All Main is in a state
of feverish expectancy, for
someone must stay % with the
little mother constantly to pro-
tect her from her husband. Last
week, when there was a false
alarm one night at midnight,
everyone in the dormitory
crowded down to the second
floor to separate the pair.
Nothing happened after all,
and so the sophs are still eager-
ly waiting.

Certainly dear old Agnes
Scott Hall has never seen such
a disruption of habits as now,
when Mr. and Mrs. Tropical
Fish are expecting their first
family.

Famous Artist
Speaks at Tech

Thomas Hart Benton, called
by Life Magazine "America's
best known contemporary
painter," will take the lecture
platform in the Georgia Tech
Auditorium, on Monday, De-
cember 1, at 8:30 P. M., dis-
cussing the subject, "Art and
Democracy."

Mr. Benton has been largely
responsible for the growth of a
native art in America. He
knows America and has paint-
ed all of America. He has given
leadership to the growth of
realism in American art and
with the aid of Wood and Cur-
ry, founded the trend toward
regionalism in this country. His
creation of a clay model in per-
spective before beginning an
important work has been hailed
as a change in art technique.

He recently exhibited in
New York the work he has
done since 1908. Thomas
Craven in "A Treasury of Art
Masterpieces," published in
1939, says, "Benton stands to-
day as the foremost exponent
of the multifarious operations
of American life. His painting
is a complex instrument; in
popular appeal, a folk art, but
fundamentally an intellectual
performance."

Admission to the lecture is
55 cents (tax included).

Dr. McCain Addresses
Local Chapter of DAR

Dr. J. R. McCain, president
of Agnes Scott College, will
speak to the Baron DeKalb
Chapter of the Daughters of
the American Revolution on
Friday, November 28. His sub-
ject will be "National Defense
Through Patriotic Education."
He will speak of national de-
fense in other times of stress
and of the invaluable educa-
tional background of the lead-
ers who brought the country
out of its difficulties.

Dr. McCain Attends
Association Meeting

Educators Study Georgia Affair
As Alumni Question Talmadge

Dr. McCain, Dr. Davidson, and Mr. Stukes will go Decem-
ber 1 to Louisville, Kentucky, where the Southern Association
of Colleges and Secondary Schools are holding a meeting at
which the fate of several Georgia institutions will be decided.

Dr. McCain will be able to

Coming This Week

Friday, 4:00 P. M- Hockey
Game between the Varsity
and the Sub-varsity*

Friday, 4:00
Show*

P, M- Horse

Monday, Tuesday, Wednes-
day evenings Course for
recreation leaders at Clark
Howell School Auditorium*

Radio Enthusiasts
Write Constitution
For New Group

The Radio Script Committee
has recently organized into the
Radio Group, headed by Miss
Roberta Winter, advisor; Cor-
nelia Stuckey, president; and
Jean Beutell, secretary-treasur-
er. The group has just com-
pleted its constitution.

The Radio Group is com-
posed of five committees: Com-
mittee on Production, of which
Mary Ward is chairman; Com-
mittee on Writing, presided
over by Anastasia Carlos; and
Committees on Sound Effects,
Acting, and Programs. Chair-
men for the last have not yet
been appointed.

Meetings are held twice each
month in the production' room
in Presser Hall and are devoted
to script writing or to practice
on existing scripts.

Membership is open to stu-
dents who desire to try out in
the Fall or in the Spring. Ap-
plicants are admitted on satis-
factory microphone tests, which
determine the suitability of
one's voice for radio work.

The purpose of the club is to
bring about improvement in the
abilities of the individuals in
the realm of voice, acting, and
such things as might prove of
value to one considering radio
as a career.

Life Photographer
Visits Emory, Scott

A photographer for Life
Magazine, Gabe Benzer, and
an editor, William Howland,
came to Emory early on Fri-
day morning, November 21, to
cover Emory's Freshman Day,
including the party at Agnes
Scott for Agnes Scott and
Emory freshmen.

Emory freshmen with their
clothes on backwards, the push-
ball game, Agnes Scott fresh-
men at the game, and the Mor-
tar Board ODK party at Ag-
nes Scott were some of the
many features photographed.

meet with the association Mon-
day, Tuesday, and Wednes-
day; Wednesday night he will
fly to Williamsburg, Virginia,
for a meeting of the Gen-
eral Education Board, and,
therefore, will not be present
on Thursday when the asso-
ciation votes on whether Geor-
gia institutions will be dropped
from the accredited list. The
committee of which Dr. Mc-
Cain is chairman deals with
admission of new members into
the association.

Alumni Challenge

In the meantime, the Univer-
sity of Georgia Alumni Asso-
ciation took an active step in
the education controversy
when it asked Governor Tal-
madge to state just what he in-
tends to do. Pointing out that
he has not made his position
clear, it demanded to know
whether he will keep his prom-
ises by allowing the board of
regents "to correct any wrongs
which might have been done".

Although the regents have
authorized the re-employment
of educators whom Governor
Talmadge ousted, the Gover-
nor has declared their action
void, saying he will never let
Dr. Walter Cocking or others
come on the state pay roll
again.

Rehiring Cocking

This week Dr. Harmon W.
Caldwell, president of the Uni-
versity of Georgia, has been
considering whether to rehire
Dr. Cocking, but it is not
known whether Dr. Cocking
would accept his former job if
it were offered to him. At pres-
ent he is working in Washing-'
ton as a planning consultant for
the United States Government.

Exhibit Features
Miss Lewis' Art

A collection of Miss Louise
Lewis' paintings, in both oils
and water colors, are now on
display on the third floor of the
library. The exhibit, which in-
cludes many varied pictures,
will remain on display for sev-
eral days.

Miss Lewis has painted
scenes in a number of foreign
countries and has included
some of these in the present ex-
hibit. She has painted, for ex-
ample, in Mexico, Spain, Eng-
land, France, Germany, Italy
and Greece. She believes how-
ever that a person should "stick
to painting in his own country
because he is already familiar
with it."

The library will be open
from 9 A. M. to 5:30 P. M. on
Thanksgiving Day so that stu-
dents may browse in the book
exhibit.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1941

Top-Notch Seniors
Make Varsity Team

Barker Announces Horse Show Plans;
Sophomores Win Swimming Meet

By Edwina Burruss

Highlighting the hockey
games Friday was the an-
nouncement of the varsity and
sub-varsity teams. The varsity,
composed of seven seniors, two
juniors, three sophomores and
one freshman, includes: for-
wards: Margaret Downie, Jo-
sephine Young, Dusty Hance,
Annie Wilds, Dot Webster and
Alta Webster; halfbacks: Betty
Ann Brooks, Ruth Farrior,
Frances Radford, and Billy
Walker; fullbacks: Gay Currie,
Zena Harris; and goalie: Billie
Davis.

On Sub-Varsity

Players on the sub-varsity
team are: forwards: Virginia
Tuggle, Trillie Bond, Gwen
Hill, Dot Holloran, Mimi Alex-
ander, Jean Moore and Mar-
gery Grey; halfbacks: Mary
Dean Lott, Polly Teasley, Dor-
is Hasty and Page Lancaster;
fullbacks: Ann Gellerstedt,
Anne Paisley, and Aurie Mont-
gomery; and goalie: Jane Ever-
ett. The varsity-sub-varsity
game will be Friday at four
o'clock; between the halves of
this game the sophomore
hockey stick will be presented.
The faculty-varsity game, pre-
viously scheduled for Novem-
ber 25, will take place on Fri-
day, December 5.

Friday's Games

In the games Friday the sen-
iors defeated the freshmen 5-0,
and the sophomores overcame
the juniors 4-1. The frosh
played extremely well the first
half, holding the seniors score-
less. In the second half Ann
Gellerstedt scored three goals
and Annie Wilds two, for the
seniors. Gwen Hill was re-
sponsible for the four sopho-
more goals and Junior Dot Hol-
loran scored once.

Mamie Sue Barker, riding
manager, announced this week
the plans for the horse show.
The show will be next Friday
from 4 to 5:30 with a picnic
supper afterward. Sue Mitch-
ell is chairman of the food com-
mittee. The judges will be Dr.
Jones and Miss Hanley. There
are to be ten classes and a

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are: beginners' three-gaited,
potato race, bare back, saddling
and bridling, advanced three-
gaited, a pair class, musical
choirs, rumble-seat relay, bend-
ing race, and a drill.

Transportation will be pro-
vided for people wishing to at-
tend the show. These people
are asked to meet in front of
the gym at three-thirty.

The Social Planning Coun-
cil of Atlanta will sponsor a
course for recreation leaders in
Atlanta on December 1, 2, and
3. The course will be given in
the evenings at the Clark How-
ell School Auditorium.

Agnes Scott students plan-
ning to do recreational leader-
ship are invited to attend the
course.

Swimming Meet

With a total of thirty-one
points the sophomore class
emerged victorious from Mon-
day night's swimming meet.
Inge Probstein, freshman, and
Doris Hasty, senior, broke the
Agnes Scott record for the 20-
yard dash in breast-stroke.
Inge's time was 16 1-5 and
Doris' was 16 4-5; the previous
record was 17 seconds.

The freshmen placed first in
tandem form swimming, front
crawl, the sophomores first in
back crawl tandem. Jane Ed-
wards, junior, was the 80-yd.
free style, with a time of 1 min-
ute, 4 1-5 seconds. Ruth Gray,
freshman, came first in the
flutterboard race. Alta Web-
ster, diving for the seniors,
placed first, and the sophomore
relay team, Julia Scott, Eliza-
beth Harvard, Julia Harvard,
and Mary Maxwell, won the
80-yard race in a time of 1 min-
ute 53 seconds.

The final results were: soph-
omores, 31 points; freshmen,
29; seniors, 26; and juniors, 16.

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Bra in and Brawn
Take to the Field

By Quincy Mills

"Oh. sure, two practices is
all the faculty will need." ex-
claimed Dr. Hayes. Then he
added, "For the varsity to beat
us five to nothing."

What he was speaking of is
the battle between the Agnes
Scott faculty and the varsity
hockey to be fought on Decem-
ber 5 at 3 o'clock. The lances
will be in the form of hockey
sticks; the armor will consist of
knee pads; the knights will be
none other than your favorite
teachers.

For some strange reason this
contest has not been played for
the last two years, although it
used to be an annual event.
Could it be that there was too
much blood shed last time, or
was dignity the only thing
lost?

Unlike bullfights, hockey
games are not a fight to the fin-
ish. Rest assured that none of
the professors will be killed or
even mauled. The chief point
of concern is for the pupils,
since this is the only opportun-
ity for the poor teachers to pick
up a (hockey) stick and hit
(accidentally) just as hard as
they can the brats that pester
all year long.

Those members of the facul-
ty who will be able to get re-
venge next Friday will prob-
ably be Dr. Hayes, center; Dr.
Davidson and Dr. Robinson,
forwards; Dr. Runyan, wing;
Misses Miller and Wilburn,
backs; and Dr. James Ross Mc-
Cain, goalie. Dr. Hayes, man-
ager of this team, is keeping the
other players as "dark horses"
until the eve of the game.

It will be a fierce struggle be-
tween brain and brawn. May
the best one win!

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THE BABBLING BROOKS

In Rebekah it's very evident that term paper time is here
groans and scratchy pens can be heard proceeding from those
old halls at all hours. It seems distressing that some are taking
the strain so seriously, however. When Caroline Newbold left
her room to sharpen a pencil in the hall, she walked to the phone
on the wall and stuck her pencil at it. Really. Caroline, does
Chaucer effect you that way?

In keeping
with the
a t mosphere,
but really
sent to be-
m o a n a
"campus," is
the funeral
wreath in
Mary Dean
Lott's room.
It seems that
two young gentlemen caused
M. D. and Annie Wilds to be
13 minutes late. The usual pen-
alty resulted. In expression of
their sympathy and sorrow, the
dates sent a real "honest and
true" wreath!

B. A. B

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Jacks in the Box

After the play Thursday
night, Frances Stukes was
filled with that frightened feel-
ing and, surrounded with nerv-
ous tension (Weren't we all?
the cast was most effective!).
Taking advantage of the situa-
tion and mood, her friends hid
beneath her absent roommate's
bed, beneath her own bed, in
the closet, and in the little cub-
by-hole, characteristic of all our
dorm rooms. The first one's ap-
pearance gave Frances a big
enough scare, but as each made
her entrance she pretended to
be the only one left and feigned
a fright at her successors, until 1
poor "Stukey" was too jittery
to retire (and I don't mean jit-
tery like a bug either!)

How many were like Ma-
mie "Screw" Barker in just
now noticing the red tint to
Louise Pruitt's hair? Well, do

wake up! We have a real
bunch of actresses on our cam-
pus just as Robert Taylor
grows a mustache and Norma
Shearer becomes a blonde,
Miss Pruitt became a red head.
It was very becoming too
bad she had to jump out of the
window ! x !

No St. Louis Blues

I hear the cooperation be-
tween Emory and Agnes Scott
is developing more every day
(Well, at every convention,
anyhow!) Ask Suzy Kaulback,
Mary "Rob", or Patch; each
discloses more about the others
than about herself, of course.
But from Suzy's air mail post-
cards saying "Charlie and
Martin are very cute. I'm go-
ing to spend my honeymoon at
a Statler Hotel!" What can we
gather?!?! Investigating a little
further, I found that the two
young gentlemen are Martin
Worthy, editor of the
"Wheel," and Charlie Harris,
editor of the "Campus. " They
escorted our delegates every-
where from a search for the
panda in the snake parlor of
the zoo, to midnight breakfasts
of the Purple Cow, to the very
formal dances, dinners, et cet-

era!

Allow me to advise you Hot-
tentots as did Maxwell Shatzen
of "The Technique" his Engi-
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from the Thanksgiving birds
exams are coming up and we'll
need 'em (the wishbones, not
the examslx!) .

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Page 3

Olivia White Keeps up with

^Jlie ^Jrottin 9 ^Jottentotd

Autumn leaves, brisk breezes, and the thought of savory tur-
key dinners tell us that Thanksgiving is here. Everyone is
happy because the long awaited 1 holiday has come at last. We
will all be "having a wonderful time," but amidst the fun and
gaiety, let us not forget the real spirit with which Thanksgiving
was originated and the purpose for which it was established.

enjoyed the tea dance at Emory
were Shirley Ann Smith, Mary

Olivia White

those who
went to Ath-
ens for Geor-
gia's Home-
coming game
were: Caro-
lyn Calhoun,
Cato Whel-
Julia
Eliza-
Har-
Sarah

chel,
and
beth

vard, Alice Steadman
Copeland, Rocky Stone, Mary
Beth Danielson, Anne Scott,
Betty Pope Scott, Claire John-
son, and Beckie Andrews.

Mary Louise Palmour went
down to Gainesville to the
Tech-Florida game, while Jane
Edwards spent the week-end
at Clemson.

At the Press Convention in
St. Louis were: Suzanne Kaul-
bach, Julia Ann Patch, Mary
Robertson.

On the Sigma Chi hayride
were: Shirley Ann Smith, Han-
sell Causar, Mary Jane Auld,
Anne Chambless, Mary Louise
Duffee, Claire Bennett, Patty
Barbour, Emily Higgins, Mar-
tha Jane Mack, Quincy Mills,
June Lanier, and Beut'l Baby.

The Frosh from Emory cer-
tainly seemed to enjoy the Sup-
per on our campus; and some
of the Agnes Scott girls who

Louise Duffee, Claire Bennett,
Helen Hale, Carolyn Fuller,
Ruth Biggs, Betty Ashcraft,
Florence Crane, Jackie Burns,
Mary Neely Norris, Elizabeth
Jones, Jean Newton, Eugenia
Jones, Anne Ward, Nell Tur-
ner, Camilla Moore, Mas and
Mir House, Patty Barbour,
Betty Bacon, and Martha
Rhodes.

The Greenville girls (Dot
Nabers, Mary Jane Auld, Mary
Ann Cochran, and Frances
Radford) were home for the
week-end. Miriam Waters
went to Greer, S. C; Mabel
Stowe to Belmont; Joella Craig
to Walhalla, S. C; Ann Flow-
ers to Thomasville; and Kay
Wilkinson and Margaret Er-
win went home to Charlotte,
N. C. Ann Wright, Betty Sul-
livan, Rebeccah Smith, and
Meg Bless were also home for
the week-end.

Marion Barr and Nancy Mc-
Donald visited Polly Drinnon
and Betty Tuttle in Morris-
town, Tenn. Katherine Thomp-
son spent Sunday in Lakemont.

Frances Ellis went to the
Delta Tau Delta House Dance
Friday night and Beckie An-
drews went on the Delta Tau
Delta Hayride Saturday night.

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Navy, Writing

By Neva Jackson

Charles Morgan, with his
clipped British accent, warm
interest in people beneath a
manner of quiet reserve, slen-
der nervous fingers and rest-
less, searching eyes made a de-
lightful combination of English-
man and artist.

Though Mr. Morgan evinced
no pleasure at the idea of a
formal interview, he let fall, at
random, several interesting
facts about himself. His life has
been crammed with varied oc-
cupations, the navy, journalism,
the theatre, and creative writ-
ing.

Attended Oxford

His home has always been in
London. He was educated for
the navy, attended Oxford
University, and since 1923 has
written for the "Times," as a
dramatic critic.

Ever since he was a small
boy, Mr. Morgan has wanted
to be a writer. In fact, he pre-
tended to be a writer before he
knew how to write. "I used to
get a pencil and several sheets
of paper and sit, scribbling on
the paper, just for the feel of
writing," he said.

In writing today he retreats
to the specially built top story
of his London home. "There
are windows so that I can look
out all over the city," he told
us, "and it's quiet up there. No
one bothers me." He prefers to
write beginning about five
o'clock ("after tea") and con-
tinues indefinitely, depending
on the inspiration.

Writes Carefully

He takes extreme care in his
writing. "I have three tests for
each word," he said. "First, is
it necessary. Second, is it the
best possible word I could get
for that meaning. Third, is it in
the best possible place in the
sentence. I also read aloud, to
be sure the sounds are pleasing.
Not too many Y sounds, for in-
stance." He doesn't write with-
in a daily schedule, since seeing
London plays, writing for the
paper, and work as a naval
officer also claim his time.

While in Oxford, he did
quite a bit of amateur acting,
and was president of the Ox-
ford Dramatic Society the year
following the war. He speaks

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M's Ben AH Fred Allen, folks, Grand Vizier of Vinegar who's
giving out with the blew notes on the Fortispan an ancient ances-
tor of the lyre (spelled 1-i-a-r). If that!s what it takes to put a
microphone into a serpentine swing, imagine what a beating the
loudspeakers have to take when Fred and his "Texaco Star Theatre"
hit the air Wednesday nights on the Columbia network.

of this society with great inter-
est. "As college women were
not allowed to appear with us,
we had leading actresses from
the London stage to take the
women's roles. Since almost
every great actress has the am-
bition to do Shakespeare at
sometime or other, they were
always glad to come down."

His interest in dramatics
while in college led him to the
position of dramatic critic for
the "London Times." On the
nights of plays, he goes to the
theatre about eight o'clock, re-
turns home and writes a review
until about two or three o'clock
in the morning. He averaged
about 120 first nights a year.
"I have only seen three plays
since the war began, and so
was very glad to see your
school play Thursday night,"
he said.

This is the first time he, his
wife, "Becky," and his small
son have ever been in America.
He spoke of his surprise at the
great difference between the
north and south, and was much
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frills in packaging will be elim-
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notice which the Wrigley
Company is placing in boxes of
its chewing gum going to near-
ly a million American retailers.

There are, this manufacturer
explains, many good substitutes
for wrappers, but there are no
substitutes for aluminum in air-
planes. That is why Wrigley
welcomed the opportunity to
co-operate with the Govern-
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for aluminum foil in its gum
packages, wrappers made of tin
and composition foil which
have the same appearance and
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of all products, Wrigley points
out that "frills in packaging are
not important" and tells retail-
ers that "your customers enjoy
the gum, not the wrapper."

There is also a prediction
that additional changes may be
necessary in the future "to save
materials needed for the de-
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The notice which is enclosed
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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 26, 1941

Real Opportunity

To Help Fellow Students

Yesterday in chapel Miss Scandrett discussed Agnes Scott's
share in the national campaign which the World Student Serv-
ice Fund is launching in schools and colleges all over the
country. The national goal has been set as $100,000; our own
campus goal has been set as $500.

With the preliminary work over, the real success or failure
of the campaign now lies with the student body itself, for the
total sum which the campus committee sends to the national
organization will be comprised of exactly what the individuals
choose to give, no more, no less.

Lately it has seemed only right to join in the protest against
the evils which are undermining the educational system of
Georgia. As students, Agnes Scotters have felt it disastrous
and disgraceful for prevailing conditions to continue. Why?

Because the students of today, if we may repeat Miss Scan-
drett's thoughts for emphasis, are the leaders of tomorrow. Be-
cause on the shoulders of the people in college today that
means us will fall, and not so far in the future, the task of
forming the new way of life which is bound to result from the
present military upheaval. Because an educational system which
does not uphold accepted standards is narrow in its scope and
value.

Our reasons for cooperating in bringing aid to foreign stu-
dents are merely an enlargement and modification of these fun-
damentals.

The dire need is not for a single educational system; it is for
education itself, in any form. But the reason for preservation is
the same. Many of the boys and girls in Europe and Asia, of
college age, within whom the hope of the future lies, are hope-
lessly stranded in their educational progress unless outside aid
can reach them.

Within our material grasp lies the opportunity to bring this
help to students who speak a different language, but whose
hearts throb with the same desire for knowledge and hope of
the future which characterizes the American college youth of
today.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day. Among our countless
blessings, we will give thanks for our country, safe from the
horrors of war, and for our chance to shape our lives unmolested
by the rules of a dictator or the physical difficulties of insuffi-
cient food and shelter. Let us remember this as we take or pass
the opportunity which is being set before us to contribute to
the welfare of our fellow students across the sea.

HONORS ARE
DUE

President's Council for es-
tablishing a knitting depart-
ment and the Physical Edu-
cation Department for offer-
ing a Red Cross first aid
course as a regular part of
its curriculum next quarter.

Agnes Scott can now con-
tribute to national defense
in a material way. A definite
need has been rilled by the
action, and it is appreciated
very much.

EDITORIAL
NOTES

Charles Morgan, writing to
Miss Laney from the train en-
route to Charleston, included
the following remark in his let-
ter:

"What a good place Agnes
Scott is. I was very happy
wandering in the sunshine and
watching archery a pleasant
pastime in the year of grace!
All my hostesses were charm-
ing to me and I wish I could,
through you, let them know
how much their kindness meant
to a wandering Englishman."

Agnes Scott scores again!

Julia Ann Patch has an-
nounced that the vote for beau-
ty section nominations will be
held in chapel Friday of this
week.

The beauty section is always
one of the most popular and
most discussed sections of the
"Silhouette." Now is the time
for the students to choose those
whom they think deserve this
honor.

See you in chapel Friday!

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Today's News

Mamie Sue Barker Gathers Campus Quotes on

Music With Wednesday Night Dinners

Last Wednesday night in
Rebekah Scott dining hall, mu-
sic was played during the eve-
ning meal. Do the girls think
that it is
worth while
to continue
this practice?
Do they
prefer classi-
cal or popu-
lar music?
Would it be
better to use
n the victrola

barker each week,
or would the girls prefer Gay
Geyser sometimes?

Sylvia Cohn, '42:

Music fits in very well with
formal dinners hope we will
continue to have it. I am not in
favor of popular music, because
it seems to me that dinner is the
time for classical music. We
ought to use the victrola or a
piano; preferably the victrola,
because of the greater variety
possible.

Anne Paisley, '43:

I think the idea is good, but
it fizzled last week, because the
music was the wrong kind, i.e.,
it was soft and then it would
get loud. etc. I think something
which would carry steadily
would be good, but if it has to
blare into people's ears at one
end of the dining room to be
heard at the other, it is definite-
ly bad. A piano sounds good
and perhaps Gay Geyser would
be good sometimes. We need
variations classical pieces
some and popular some.
Anne Chamblcss, '42:

Music definitely improves

Wednesday night dinners. We
should have classical music
played on the victrola. Person-
ally, I like the waltzes best. I
do think it would be better to
put the victrola in the middle
of the dining room so that
everyone would be able to hear

At.

Anne Sale, '44:

Dance music would be more
suitable than classical, because
the classics should be reserved
for a time when we could listen
to them alone. I thought the
music was too loud it should
be softer. It made people talk
too loud to be heard above it.
Since we can't have Gay Gey-
ser every time, it would be bet-
ter to have records.

Mardic Buffalow, '42:

I would like to try the music
on Wednesday nights for a
while and then take a vote-on
whether we should continue the
practice. I would not want to
have it any oftener than once a
week. We should have classi-
cal pieces, but those that are
familiar to us that we love
and enjoy. A piano would not
be satisfactory; the vie is much
better, because we can hear or-
chestrations on records. If the
victrola could be more centrally
located, it would be better. If
it has to stay where it is. we'll
know where it is, and those of
us who want to hear it can sit
at that end. The others can sit
at the opposite end of the din-
ing room and it won't annoy
them.

Sterly Lcbey, '43:

The practice is worth con-

tinuing if we can have appro-
priate music. Last Wednesday
night it was too loud and not
suitable. Lighter music should
be played, perhaps something
semi-classical. The victrola is
good.

Alice Willis, 44:

I do like music for Wednes-
day night supper, if when they
change the records, they would
change to a popular piece occa-
sionally. I think "Tonight We
Love," "Time Was," and some
other slow popular pieces
would be good.
Alta Webster, '42:

It would be a good idea to
have music every Wednesday
night for a short time to test it
out. I really enjoyed it; but I
was sitting near the victrola,
and at times the music was a
bit loud. I prefer classical mu-
sic, personally. I suggest that
the victrola be placed at the
side-center, if possible.
Betty Pegram, '43:

We should have semi-classi-
cal and popular music, played
on the victrola. It should be
more centrally located. Last
week, some of us could not talk
above it and others, probably,
could hardly hear it. More fa-
miliar pieces should be played.
Bettye Ashcraft, 44:

I liked the idea, but it seemed
to me that there was a poor se-
lection of pieces. Everyone
would like slow popular pieces.
Something should be done
about the arrangement of the
victrola. but I do think we
should use it instead of a piano,
because we need something
smooth.

Jane Elliott

At Long Last

After a turbulent period of
spreading strikes, riots, and
verbal warfare, John L. Lewis'
and the United Mine Workers'
policy com-
mittee called
off the coal
strike Satur-
d a y and
u nanimously
voted to ac-
c e p t Presi-
dent Roose-
velt's sug-
gestions for
arbitration of
the union shop issue in the steel
company's captive mines. Lew-
is' phrasing was "We accept in
the public interest." In the
opinion of many people, the
public interest would have been
better served if he had accepted
earlier.

Desert Drive

The British have reopened a
battle front in Africa in a series
of smashing drives. They have
broken the siege at Tobruk and
swept west over Libya, captur-
ing the Italian stronghold of
Fort Capuzzo and dealing
crushing blows against German
panzer units trapped in the
desert.

American-built tanks are said
to have "borne the brunt of the
battles" in which the British re-
port that they have "won every
tank clash." The British offen-
sive, on the basis of the latest
communiques, has gained domi-
nation of the air for the first
time in the war. In Ethiopia,
Gondar is reported as imper-
illed, and two Italian outposts

I have fallen. The African arena
I is seeing action.

' Shhhh

On the national defense
front, .production seems to be
picking up. In spite of Admin-
istration censorship, it is known
that unpublished figures show
that U. S. plane production is i
finally turning sharply upward.
Army Ordnance officials wish
to publish and be damned, in
order to refute criticism of
Army methods and to # reassure
the public and give thought to
our enemies. F. D. R.'s sense
of the dramatic makes him wish
to keep silence until a startling
announcement can be made. In
a democracy the former method
seems better.

Goodbye General

"Private advices" from Eu-
rope report that General Max-
ime Weygand nas been dis-
missed (or 'has retired') as pro-
consul of French Africa. Ger-
man insistence that he be re-
moved from his post as defend-
er of the French Colonial Em-
pire in North Africa is credited
as being the motivating force
behind his dismissal. It seems
the General was not enough of
a yes-man.

American Eagles

Two great airplanes have
been born in America recently;
one, the Mars, is a seaplane;
the other is the land bomber the
Douglas B-19. The four-mo-
tored B-19 is a block's walk
from one wing-tip to the other;
the Mars, with a wing spread
of 200 feet 12 less than that
of the B-19 weighs 140,000
pounds.

The

Agnes Scott News

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Wednesday. November 1 !4 1 No. 10

Published weekly, except during holidays and examination periods, by the student*
of Agnes Scott College. Office on second floor Murphey Candler Building. Entered as
second class matter at the Decatur, Georgia, post office. Subscription price per year,
$1.25; single copies, five cents.

Editor

BEE FRAD FIELD

Managing Editor

JEANNE OSBORNE

Business Manager_

-SUZANNE KAULBACH

The Agnes Scott News

VOL. XXVII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1941

NO. 11

Carol Program
Unites Singers
Of Schools

Combined Choirs Sing
Traditional Favorites
Of Christmas Season

On Sunday, December 14,
at 8:30 P. M., the combined
choirs of Agnes Scott and
Georgia Tech will present a
program of Christmas carols in
Presser Hall.

The program will open with
an organ overture from Han-
del's "Messiah" by Mr. C. H.
Dieckmann.

The seventy voices of the
Agnes Scott choir under the
direction of Mr. L. H. Johnson
will follow this selection with a
group of carols, "God Rest
You Merry, Gentlemen," "The
Holly and the Ivy," "Jesu
Bambino," "Carol of the Rus-
sian Children," and "Sleep
Holy Babe,".

The combined choirs will
then sing "Good Christian
Men, Rejoice," "Shepherds on
This Hill," and "Carol of the
Bells", followed by Mr. Dieck-
mann's rendition of the Pas-
toral Symphony from the
"Messiah."

The forty-five members of
the Georgia Tech choir will
then present a group of tradi-
tional Czech and Polish carols,
"Hark to Me, Mother Dear,"
"Gloria in Excelsis," "Hark! in
the Darkness," "Sleep, Thou
My Jewel," and "Hark! Bethle-
hem."

The program will close with
the combined choirs singing
"Ninna Nanna," "Shepherd's
Song," and "Silent Night."

Miss Miller Talks
On Religious Ideal

As its second speaker on the
Agnes Scott Ideal, Student
Government is presenting Miss
Blanche Miller on December
5, Virginia Montgomery, presi-
dent of Student Government,
announced Friday.

Miss Miller's topic will be
the second emphasis of the
Agnes Scott Ideal, "Simple Re-
ligious Faith." The ideal states:
"We are seeking an attitude
that is not childish but child-
like. Religious services are
marked by simplicity and ear-
nestness, the aim of this phase
of our life being to make relig-
ious life wholesome and sincere
without being ostentatious."

During her four years at Ag-
nes Scott, Miss Miller, instruc-
tor in biology, was very active
in student affairs. Her senior
year, she was president of Ath-
letic Association and a mem-
ber of Mortar Board.

Dr. George Hayes, professor
of English, spoke on the first
emphasis, "High Intellectual
Attainment."

Committee Meets
To Choose Script

. Margaret Wagnon, chair-
man of the May Day commit-
tee, announced today that the
committee met with Miss Wil-
burn, Tuesday, December 2, to
read the scripts which were en-
tered in the May Day Scenario
contest and to choose one of
them for presentation on May
Day.

Delegates to Conventions

f

Frances Radford, treasurer of Christian Association, will rep-
resent Agnes Scott at the national assembly of the Student
Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A., which is to convene at Miami
University in Oxford, Ohio, December 27-January 3. Virginia
Montgomery, president of Student Government, and Dot Hol-
loran, secretary, will attend the 17th annual congress of the
National Student Federation of America in Minneapolis, Min-
nesota, December 27-31.

Christmas Exhibit
Shows Art Work,
Songbooks, Cards

During the week from De-
cember 11th to 18th, there will
be a Christmas exhibit on the
main floor of the library, spon-
sored by Miss Edna Ruth Han-
ley, librarian, and Miss Muriel
Ham, professor of German and
Spanish.

Contributions to the show
from Miss Harn will include
several candelabra and tin
Christmas trees from Toxco,
Mexico and a Madonna de los
Remedios from Mexico. There
will be several creche scenes
belonging to Miss Harn. One
she obtained in Oberammer-
gau, Germany, from the man
who played the Christ in the
Passion play. A painted one
was found in Nuxemberg, and
a carved one made of pear
wood she got from Obersalz-
berg, near Berchtesgaden.

Besides those things belong-
ing to Miss Harn, there will be
a collection of Christmas cards
which are copies of famous
paintings of the Madonna and
Child, and a number of books.
Some of these books contain
Christmas stories and carols
and others treat Christmas cus-
toms and traditions.

Student Delegates
Attend Conventions

Radford, Holloran, Montgomery
Go to National Conferences

Billie Davis, president of Christian Association, and Virginia
Montgomery, president of Student Government, announced
Friday the Agnes Scott delegates to two national conventions.
Frances Radford, treasurer of C. A., will attend the National
Assembly of the Student Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. Dot

Holloran, secretary of Student
Government, and Virginia

Coming This Week

Friday, December 5, 10:30 A. M. Miss
Miller's talk in Chapel.

Friday, December 5, 4:00 P. M. Varsity-
Faculty hockey game.

Tuesday, December 9, 8:30 P. M. Ballet
Russe in Atlanta City Auditorium.

Sunday, December 14, 8:30 P. M. Christ-
mas Carol Program presented by choirs
of Georgia Tech and Agnes Scott, Presser
Hall.

Thursday, December 18, 3:00 P. M. Christ-
mas party for underprivileged children,
Day Student Room in Main.

Ballet Russe Gives
Atlanta Concert

The Ballet Russe de Monte
Carlo will appear at the city
auditorium in Atlanta on De-
cember 9 as the third attraction
on the All-Star Concert Series.

The Ballet Russe will pre-
sent two entirely new produc-
tions. "The Magic Swan" is a
restaging of the third act of
Tschaikowsky's "Swan Lake,"
and it has never before been
seen in America. The second
novelty has been named "Sara-
toga" and is set in the gay New
York racing center, Saratoga
Springs.

In addition to these two nov-
elties, "Spectre de la Rose" and
"The Three-Cornered Hat"
will be given.

After more than a decade of
dancing the Ballet Russe is said
to have reached its highest de-
gree of perfection.

Debaters Enter
Annual Tournament
Of Coll ege Teams

Two teams of debaters will
represent Agnes Scott this year
at the State Debate Tourna-
ment, to be held in Milledge-
ville, Georgia, Saturday, De-
cember 6. Pi Alpha Phi, which
is sending the girls, announces
that Margaret Erwin and Sara
Massey will be the affirmative
team, while Quincy Mills and
Catherine Steinbach will take
the negative side of the argu-
ment. The subject is, "Re-
solved: That Freedom of
Speech and Freedom of Press
Should Be Curtailed in Time of
National Emergency."

The Georgia State College
for Women, which has invited
all Georgia colleges to send
delegates to the tournament,
will be host to the visitors.

Christmas Party

Brings 'Santa'

To Local Children

Christian Association will
give its annual Christmas party
for the underprivileged children
of Decatur Thursday after-
noon, December 18, at 3:00
P. M. The party will be in the
Day Student Room in the base-
ment of Main and everybody is
invited to come play with the
children.

Fifty children between the
ages of five and ten have re-
ceived invitations and the sug-
gestion that they write to Santa
Claus, in care of Virginia Lam-
beth, who is in charge of the
party. Any student who wishes
may then help Santa Claus by
buying the children's presents
which he will distribute at the
party.

Virginia stated that a list of
the children and their ages will
be posted soon so that two stu-
dents may sign up for each
child. They may not spend
more than one dollar on each
one.

At the party the children
will play games and sing
Christmas carols as well as lis-
ten to a Christmas story. Then
Santa Claus will give out the
gifts and stockings filled with
nuts, fruit and candy. The
money saved by having a de-
sertless dinner will provide ice
cream and cake for refresh-
ments.

Mortar Board
Suspends Classes

Mortar Board announced
this week that marriage classes
for seniors will not be held
during the winter quarter. Dis-
cussion brought out the fact
that the class showed least in-
terest in marketing, architec-
ture, and the other topics of the
course that are discussed usual-
ly during the second quarter;
and the majority of the class
decided the time could be better
devoted to the Red Cross first
aid course which will be of-
fered. The above subjects will
be taken up briefly with the
other discussions in the spring
quarter.

Montgomery, president, will
represent Agnes Scott at the
17th annual congress of the
National Student Federation
of America (N. S. F. A.).

Emphasize Defense

The N. S. F. A., a federation
of student governments, will
meet December 27-31 at the
University of ^Minnesota at
Minneapolis, Minnesota. The
purpose of this congress is to
discuss student organizations
and current affairs, and special
emphasis will be placed on de-
fense and the problem of fur-
thering the principles of democ-
racy on the American cam-
puses.

The National Assembly of
the Student Y. W. C. A. and
Y. M. C. A., convening at
Miami University in Oxford,
Ohio, December 27-January 3,
will have as its theme "Chris-
tian Faith for Social Recon-
struction." The assembly will
examine the basic Christian be-
liefs and attempt to find the
feelings of students toward the
"present-day" world.

Plan Action

It is the purpose of the as-
sembly to determine what
Christians can do at a time of
war and unrest. The delegates
will outline a program of ac-
tion.

This assembly meets only
every four years. Although
Frances Radford is the only of-
ficial Agnes Scott delegate to
the assembly, Margaret Killam
will also attend. The regional
Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C A.
groups hope to have a special
train for the delegates from this
section.

Musicale Features
Dance Rhythms

Dance rhythms, including
gavottes and waltzes, furnished
the theme for the music depart-
ment's musicale December 1 in
Gaines Chapel. Hugh Hodgson
and Michael McDowell were
the pianists and Minna Hecker,
the vocalist.

The program was as follows:
Hugh Hodgson, "Minuet,"
Hodgson; "Dance," Navarro;
"Laendler," Sgambati; "Mala-
guena," Lecuona, "Gavotte,"
Prokofieff; "Waltz," Chopin;
"Tarantella," Liszt. Minna
Hecker sang two songs, Ga-
votte from "Manon" by Mas-
senet, and the waltz from
"Romeo and Juliet" by Gounod.
Mr. Hodgson and Mr. Mc-
Dowell played Raff's "Ga-
votte," Chabrier's "Espana,"
and Gould's "Rumbolero" in
duet.

Page 2

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1941

Final Hockey Game
Shows Teams' Skill

Faculty Game Benefits Orphans;
Zena Harris Wins Soph Hockey Stick

By Edwina Burruss

The 1941 hockey season culminated last Friday in the varsity-
sub-varsity game. The varsity was victorious by a score of
3 to 0. The game proved far the most interesting of the year
since both teams played well together and they seemed unus-
ually well matched. On numerous occasions both teams came
within the

Burruss

striking cir-
cle, but the
excellent de-
fensive play
by the backs
proved effec-
tive in stop-
p i n g the
drives to~
ward the
goal. Varsity
Goalie Billie Davis showed ex-
cellent stick technique in block-
ing the sub-varsity offensive.
Both the varsity and sub-var-
sity players showed excellent
driving and passing. They
combined flicks, scoops, and ac-
curate drives in their efforts to
score. The three varsity goals
were driven in by Jo Young,
Marg Downie and Dusty
Hance.

The lineup was:

Varsity (3) s Sub-Var. (0)

Young LW Tuggle

Hance LI Bond

Wilds CF Hill

Webster RI Holloran

Downie RW Moore

Brooks LH Lancaster

Radford CH Teasley

Farrior RH * Lott

Harris LB Gellerstedt

Currie RB Montgomery

Davis G Everett

Substitutions: Varsity: Wal-
ker, B., Gray, Alexander.

Substitutions for sub-varsity:
Hasty, Paisley.

Honor for Zena

The sophomore hockey stick
awarded yearly by the senior
class to the sophomore player
whom they think most deserv-
ing on the basis of stick work,
skill, and sportsmanship was
won this year by Zena Harris.
Zena has proved one of the
season's best players, and has
been the spark plug of the
sophomore defenses.

Next Friday the college com-
munity has a real treat in store
in the varsity-faculty game.
The faculty team will consist of
such outstanding players as the
following: Dr. Hayes, Miss
Wilburn, Miss Mitchell, Miss
Smith, Miss McCalla, Dr. Run-
yon, Dr. Davidson, Miss Wal-
ker, Dr. McCain, Miss For-
man, Mrs. Sims, Miss Hutchins
and others. Virginia Milner is
expected to be on hand for the
game to bring several guest
participants who will play with
the faculty.

A small admission will be
charged for the game, to be
sent to orphan children in
England. These children are
known as "hockey babies" and
are being cared for through
English hockey players. The
appeal for money has come to

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American colleges from the
hockey players in England with
whom a close bond of friend-
ship has been maintained for
many years. Field hockey was
begun in America by English
coaches, the most outstanding
of whom is Miss Applebee, di-
rector of the hockey camp at
Mt. Powna, Pa. Three times
Agnes Scott has sent represen-
tatives to this camp. Opportun-
ities such as this have strength-
ened our friendly feeling for
the hockey players in England.

America Helps

Last year American hockey
players sent contributions to
England to buy ambulances to
be used in the present war.
Three ambulances were pur-
chased with the money raised
in America. Even more imper*
ative than last year's is this ap-
peal for money to care for or-
phaned children, and any help
that we can give will be grate-
fully accepted by our English
hockey friends. Tickets for the
game may be obtained from
A. A. board members.

Last Friday the horse show
was held with Miss Hanley,
Dr. Jones, and Mrs. Lapp serv-
ing as judges. There was a
spirit of fun and informality
shown throughout the entire
afternoon. In the beginners'
horsemanship class and in the
potato race Ruth Doggett
placed first and Betty Campbell
second. In the bareback riding
Patty Barbour placed first and
Peggy Goings second. In the
saddle and bridle event Sara
Cummings placed first and
Quincy Mills second. Sara
Cummings won the drill with
Mary Brock taking second
place.

Advanced Class

In the rumble seat relay Dr.
Jones and Miss Hanley exhib-
ited rare technique. In the ad-
vanced horsemanship class Pat-
ty Barbour placed first and Ha-
zel Taylor second. May Lyons
and Hazel Taylor placed first
in the pair class with Mamie
Sue Barker and Louise Taylor
taking second place. The bend-
ing race was won by Hazel
Taylor, and Patty Barbour
placed second. Sara Cummings
won the musical chairs event
with Mary Brock taking second
place.

SOUTHERN
DAIRIES

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MILK AND ICE CREAM

Supervised by Sealtest

Emory Club
Sings Carols

Program Features
Old European Songs

The Emory Glee Club in-
vites the public to attend its
1 7th Christmas Carol Services,
to be held at 4 P. M., Sunday,
December 14, at the Glenn Me-
morial Church. There will be
no admission charge, but vol-
untary offerings will go to the
Golden Cross, the charity work
of the Emory University Hos-
pital. Those who wish to at-
tend should reserve seats by
mailing a card to the Glee
Club, since seating at the
church is limited.

The program will be: Organ
Prelude, Puer Natus Est; Car-
ols: Concordi Laetitia, (Latin
Hymn XIV Century), Lo, How
a Rose e're Blooming (from
XII Century), Les Cloches de
Noel, The Holy Mother Sings
(XIV Century), While By My
Sheep (XVII Century), At His
Cradle (Old Gascon French),
Glory to God in the Highest
(VIII Century), Carol of the
Sheep Bells (Traditional Slo-
vak), Adeste Fideles (XVIII
Century), The Christ Child,
Silent Night (XIX Century),
and The First Noel (Tradi-
tional).

Sophomores Edit
Campus Directory

Bobbie Powell, president of
the sophomore class, has an-
nounced that the campus direc-
tory, compiled by the sopho-
more class, will go on sale on
December 11. The directories
will be available in the dormi-
tories and also at the maid's
desk in Buttrick. The price is
twenty-five cents.

The directory will include
the Christmas addresses of
both faculty and students and
will also give students' birth-
days.

Freshman Elections
Decide Class Officers

The results of the freshman
elections Friday, November 28,
in Inman Hall were:

Molly Milam, president; Julia
Scott Newell, vice president;
Julia Slack, secretary-treasurer;
Mary dimming and Josephine
Young, representatives on the
executive committee.

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THE BABBLING BROOKS

Is there a new clerk at the nearby drug store or is it just that
he's so well seasoned that he knows exactly what those sopho-
mores need? When Martha Ray Lasseter ordered medicated
soap in which to wash her lengthy locks, they sent her Glover's
Imperial Kennel Dog and Flea Soap! But it was sent to Squee
Wolford! I

B. A. Brooks

don't under-
stand; but
perhaps we'd
best all send
our wigs to
the laundry,
(better still
senior dry
clean ing!)
and make
sure that
there's no epidemic or plague
or anything.

Out of the Night

Ginger Montgomery thought
something worse than any epi-
demic had struck her Saturday
night when three wicked look-
ing kidnapers entered her room
via door and window at 12
o'clock. She offered strong
blows and weak mutterings as
they gagged and tied her. Then
Gay Currie's inimitable chuckle
and Jean Moore's laughter
caused "Gellie" to give forth
and Ginger sank back to her
warm bed weak with fright.
Her most memorable and her
strongest remark was, "I was
really annoyed!" Such restraint
is enviable. Those seniors
should be ashamed! Why,
Ginger probably had horrible
nightmares all that night!

'Nuff Said!

Leila Holmes won't disclose
what sort of dream or night-
mare or what-have-you she
was undergoing when she truly
talked aloud (Well, she could
have been mumbling inaudi-
bly!) the other night. Her
roommate and a friend came in
from a dance; Leila asleep sev-
eral hours hence, was in the
midst of some tune resembling
"I guess I'll have to dream the
rest" (could be some sort of re-
action to that opera course
she's taking.) Then she broke
into a series of statements:

"Stop that." "I'd love it, but not
here." "What would your
mother think?" "She's cute, but
ugh!" "Behave yourself." All I
can say is, "Leila, what would
your mother think?"

A Real Date Dress

Last summer when Mary
Maxwell" met a young draftee,
she was bedecked in a brand
new frock, and the date made
no little matter of admiring it
(so she says probably what
it was adorning!) When Mary
first came to school, she had no
word (despair, despair) from
him until the second week,
when she put on the dress.
Then for several times after-
wards the only days she'd get
letters from said army man
were those upon which she
donned the dress. In fact, once
when he called (or came up, I
can't remember which) sure
enough that number was the
one she wore! Oh for a new
dress and an introduction to an
attractive army man!

Dean's Office Entertains
At Pre-Holiday Coffee

The Dean's office will enter-
tain Wednesday night, Decem-
bem 17 with the last after din-
ner coffee before the holidays.
Miss Scandrett, Miss Hunter,
Miss Wilson and Miss Pate
will receive.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1941

Page 3

Early Catalogue Reveals
Life at Female Seminary

By Neva Jackson

On September 24, 1889, the elegant building of the Decatur
Female Seminary, opened its doors to young lady students.
This "massive edifice" (our Main), was located on "a com-
manding ridge", six miles northeast of Atlanta on the Georgia
railroad, in a climate "bracing and healthful" and with facilities
for "Croquet and Tennis." Tuition for one boarding year
$185.00.

Agnes Scott then boasted a
faculty of fifteen well qualified
instructors, with Miss Hopkins
as "principal." The young fe-
male could obtain courses in
English, History, "Moral
Sciences", Mathematics, etc., as
well as "vocal culture" and
"free elocution embracing or-
thography, correct articulation
and correct expression."

Calisthenics Program

Not only this, but D. F. S.,
an up-to-date school, offered a
modern curriculum in calisthen-
ics (gym, to you) "now con-
sidered an important auxiliary
to female education", with
great care taken "not to pro-
long lessons to the extent of
tiring the pupils." During the
second year of the school, cal-
isthenics were stressed still
more, as the rather strong evi-
dence of the "stooped shoul-
ders, weak backs, poor lungs
and shattered nerves of many
of our girls" testified to the
need for more play and less
work. Accordingly, "horizon-
tal and vaulting bars, horse,
flying - rings, chest - weights,

clubs, wands, dumb-bells, rings,
hoops, etc." were supplied.

Shopping Limited

Life for the young female
was directed by the "Domestic
Government." She was not al-
lowed to go to Atlanta for
shopping purposes oftener than
once a quarter. "Rigid inspec-
tion" took place daily, with the
report of any "dereliction" to
the principal. Weekly visits
home on the part of Atlanta
girls were discouraged, as they
decidedly retard the progress
of the pupil and tend to de-
moralize and distract the oth-
ers, evidently subject to the
well-known malady of home-
sickness. Certain violations of
health were prohibited, such as
"eating imprudently at night",
"promenading out of doors
with the head uncovered," and
"the too early removal of flan-
nels."

Outside activities were then
incorporated in a single literary
society, founded in 1891, with
the object of developing a taste
for "polite literature." The so-
ciety put out a monthly maga-

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bright. The Flavor Lasts^

Interstate Chorus
Presents Program
In Presser Hall

The Chattanooga Civic Cho-
rus and the Atlanta Choral So-
ciety will present their Christ-
mas program Saturday, Decem-
ber 6, at 8:30 in Presser Hall.

The two conductors, J. Oscar
Miller and Haskell Boyter have
formed an interstate chorus of
two hundred voices which will
sing "The Swan and the Sky-
lark" by Thomas, and "The
Christmas Oratorio" by Saint-
Saens.

The soloists will be Agnes
Davis, soprano; Lydia Sum-
mers, contralto; Joseph Victor
Lederoute, tenor; and Glenn
Darwin, baritone. All are na-
tionally known in opera and
oratorio.

Accompanying them will be
Mrs. Haskell Boyer and Mrs.
Charles Chalmers at the piano
and C. W. Dieckmann at the
organ.

Society Entertains
At Christmas Tea

Eta Sigma Phi entertained all
Greek and Latin students Mon-
day afternoon with a Christmas
tea at the home of Miss Cath-
erine Torrance, Professor of
Greek and Latin. Miss Tor-
rance, Miss Cobbs and the of-
ficers of the organization were
in the receiving line. Miss
Glick poured tea.

Olivia White

zine very popular with all the
females.

Social life consisted in the
"mingling of teachers and pu-
pils of the same household",
with the view of inspiring in
girls an ambition for the "orna-
ments of true womanhood." So
whenever your campused, hide- '
bound, hampered life becomes
too boring, a glance through
the catalogue of our early days
is recommended as a stimulat-
ing tonic.

THREADGILL
PHARMACY
Phone DE. 1665
309 E. College Avenue
Decatur, Ga.

NOTICE

AGNES SCOTT
This is your drug store.

KNIT-TO-FIT

Instructions Free

BUDGET PLAN

968 Peachtree HE. 9233

Olivia White Keeps up with

^Jrottln 9 ^JJottentotd

Tech home coming is a great week-end for Hottentots as well
as for the Ramblin' Wrecks. When Tech and Georgia get to-
gether, it's a great day for every one. And since Georgia seems
to be the best man we will all cheer him on to victory in the
Orange Bowl. To the Ga.-Tech Freshman game on Thanksgiv-
ing afternoon went Mary McQuown, Dot Hopkins, Rosalie
Sturtevant, Katherine Thompson, Sylvia Mogul, Virginia Hale,
Sylvia Piassick, Jean McCurry, Louise Hankins, Sue Dillard,
Becky Andrews, Elise Nance, Dale Drennan, Caroline New-
bold, and Katherine Philips.

At t h
Tech - Geor-
g i a game
S a t u r d ay

rHP^ & l8K| w e r c :

*1*4&$HH genia Hailey,
Martha Sue
Dillard, Dar-
ken Daniel-
son, Rebecca
Andrews,
Lillian Rob
erts, Louise Hankins Eloise
Lyndon, Sylva Mogul, Jane
Dinsmore, Sue Heldmann, Em-
ily Anderson, Margaret Hart-
sook, Sarah Copeland, Lib
Beasley, Mary Ann Hannah,
Elise Nance, Ila Belle Levie,
Mary Louise Palmour, Mar-
garet Sheftall, Jane Edwards,
Ann Bumstead, Mary James
Seagle.

And at the Tech Homecom-
ing dances were: Ann Hilsman,
Jean Beutell, Sarah Copeland,
Sally Knight, Claire Johnson,
Dot Gay, Mary Louise Pal-
mour, Elizabeth Moore, Becky
Andrews, Suzanne Kaulbach,
Susan Spurlock, Jackie Burns,
Jane Dinsmore, Carolyn Fuller,
Nell Turner, Jane Edwards,
Eugenia Hailey, Leona Leavitt,
Bobbie Powell, Camilla Moore,
Martha Rhodes, Helen Schu-
kraft, Jane Dinsmore, Mary
Hill.

Among those at the Pi KA
German Breakfast were: Su-
zanne Kaulbach, Eugenia Hai-
ley, Ruth Biggs, Betty Hender-
son, Clara Rountree, Martha
Rhodes, Mir House, Carolyn
Daniel, Elizabeth Harvard, Eu-
genia Mason.

Mary Neely Norris, Betty
Henderson, Pat Perry, and
Flake Patman were at the Del-
ta Sig House dance*

And loads of people went out
of town. They are: Shirley
Ann Smith, who went to Louis-
ville, Ga.; Margaret Milam to
Clarkston, Ga.; Sara Milford to
Greenville, S. C; Martha Pat-
terson and Jane Hinton to Cov-
ington; Emily Ann Pitman to
Cartersville; Isabel Rogers to
Marietta.

Caroline Long went to Mau-

Girls, give us a trial and you'll be
satisfied.

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Two Hour Service
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Bowen Press

Commercial Printing and Stationery
TYPEWRITERS AND RIBBONS

Blotters Note Paper Poster Paper

16 Church St.

Office Supplies

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Decatur, Ga.

mee, Ohio, for her sister's wed-
ding. Mary Cumming went to
Griffin; Lillian Dalton, Mildred
Claire Beman went to Mil-
ledgeville; Polly Drinnon to
Morristown, Tenn.; Ila Belle
Levie, Margaret Hartsook and
Louise Pruitt to Montezuma.
Frances and May King and
Mary Davis spent the week-
end in Newnan. Anabel Bleck-
ley was in Clayton; Arline
Bragon, in Tampa, Fla.; Ruth
Doggett and Nancy Terry, in
Columbus, and Grace Brown,
in Raleigh, N. C.

At Sewanee this week-end
was Liz Carpenter, and at Au-
burn homecoming was Midge
Haddock.

Among those at the Tech,
Anak dance were; Patsy Bled-
soe, Jane Everett, Suzanne
Watkins, Carolyn Fuller. Jane
Dinsmore went to the Evening
College dinner dance Wednes-
day night.

To the Silver Room went:
Dot Kahn, Lucy Lee Ward,
Jinny Carter, Penny Espy, Pie
Ertz, Dot Almond, Arline
Bragon.

To the Chi Phi dinner dance
went Laurice Looper, Eleanor
Abernathy, Margaret Shep-
hard, and Cato Whelchel.

To the Delta Sigma Delta
dance at the dental college
went Flake Patman and Eu-
genia Mason. And to the Xi O
house at dental school went
Cathy Steinbach and Marjorie
Hogan.

Group Extends
Campaign Period

The committee in charge of
the World Student Service
Fund campaign announced re-
cently that it has extended
the time limit for the drive until
Friday, December 5. This ex-
tension is for the benefit of
those who have not yet had an
opportunity to give to the
fund. Then in chapel on Fri-
day the final results will be an-
nounced.

Gay Currie, chairman of the
committee, wishes to emphasize
the fact that "this is our only
opportunity." She says further,
"We need to help now even
from a selfish point of view,
and not just a little bit but real-
ly sacrifice so we can be useful
in making the world better.
Post-war reconstruction is the
only hope of the world and to
have this reconstruction you
must have trained leaders not
only intelligent leaders, but
ones trained in the sciences,
economics, and other skills."

Party Favors

of Every Description

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Page 4

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1941

College Maintains
Intellectual Ideal

We have censured everything we can find
to censure. We have exhorted until we are
weary of exhortations. We have attempted
to reform everything that's wrong around
here. So, this week we have decided to hand
out a little honest, well-deserved praise
addressed to the intellectual integrity of an
institution like Agnes Scott.

Every year we see all around us more and
more educational institutions losing their
heads. Especially among the ranks of the
grammar schools and junior highs we see
the doctrines of so-called progressive educa-
tion becoming more and more prevalent.
Education seems to be regarded as a thing
which comes easily and naturally without
any effort at all from the would-be recipient.
The creed of many teachers and administra-
tors appears to be, "Entertain the children
at any cost. Make them enjoy everything
they are doing. If anything is unpleasant
at all, remove it from the curriculum." Knit-
ting, handwork, the study of vocations, and
moving pictures shown in the schools have
usurped the place of history, math, the clas-
sics, and many of the good solid studies.

Now we certainly don't believe in making
school and studies as dry and boring as
possible, and there is a certain amount of
truth in the fact that we learn while we are
being entertained. But, the error is in the
emphasis. A program omitting anything
which does not capture the child's immediate
attention does not allow for the factor of
growth. When one outgrows his present
interests, what then? He has no broad back-
ground on which to draw for future inter-
ests.

We have always believed that a certain
amount of hard work and honest effort to
overcome a difficult task was character-
building, A pride and joy in real achieve-
ment comes only after brains and energy
have been bent over a seemingly great ob-
stacle. What we have strived to get, we
value more and remember better. We be-
lieve that a good solid, substantial education
rooted in the things which endure gives a
surer background for real understanding of
life and the modern world than a superficial
study of this culture and civilization, planned
so as to capture immediate interest.

In this chaos of modern experiment, we
are thankful that Agnes Scott refuses to
adopt doctrines which have not yet and per-
haps may never be proved best. We are
glad that a diploma from Agnes Scott means
a liberal arts background, based on litera-
ture, languages, science, and the classics.
We are made confident in knowing that no
matter how much the world may change in
the coming years, we are possessors of the
keys of knowledge and understanding.
Whatever the new emphasis may be, our
education, like a chameleon, can change
color and adapt itself to any shifting trend.

(J. Q)

Quotable Quotes

"A man is not free if he cannot read or
write or speak. He must be able to commun-
icate with his fellows, express his ideas, criti-
cize theirs; if he is never critical, he soon
will be in chains. If we are to have a nation
of free men we must have a nation that is
at home in the world of ideas, a nation well-
informed, a nation able to profit from the
lessons of history, a nation that does not
shrink from critical thought, a nation that
reflects on ends or will or means. Freedom
cannot be purchased like paint. It cannot be
acquired over-night. The development of
intellectual power comes only by long and
close association with other minds. It re-
quires much practice." Dr. William P.
Tolley. (A.CP.)

Campus Camera

Merry Christmas!

This will be the last issue of the Agnes
Scott News until after the holidays. With
exams fast invading our scholastic peace,
Christmas cannot be far behind.

So to faculty and students, the News
wants to extend sincere wishes for a Merry
Christmas (and to remind the students in
their perplexed state of these strenuous days
that there is a new year!).

Yale university

HAS 7UE ADDRESSES
OF ALL BUT 80 OF
ITS 3L0C3 GRADS/

Prof. Isaac M.

COCHRAN

of carlefon college
entertains by solo-
actik1g scores of
xthakespearean and
modern plays. he
mas memorized over

1,000,000 words/

1UE

ONE-MAN]
L GA5T/ '

At OHIO STATE U. A
TREE IS PLANTED ON
THE CAMPUS IN HONOR
OP EACH STUDENT
NAMED ON AN ALL-
AMERICAN football
team/

Jane Elliott Sifts

Today s News

PPC COCHRAN USES NO
MAKEUP AND BY INTON-
ATIONS AND ACTIONS LETS
HIS AUDIENCE RECOGNIZE
"THE CHARACTERS

PORTER H0U5E
TAVERN N

A FAVORITE
WITH HARVARD
STUDENTS
IN THE EARDf
leoo's, WAS

FAMOUS FOR
IT'S .DRINKS
AND STCAKS-
HENCE PORTER-
HOUSE STEAKS/

Mamie Sue Barker Gathers Campus Quotes on

Double Cuts Before, After Holidays

For some time there has been
a question as to the use of the
cut system.
This week
we are dis-
cussing the
possibility of
having the
privilege of
double cuts
before and
after holi-

Barker days:

Emily Anderson, '43:

I think it would be good to
have double cuts, because if
people want to use them bad
enough, they should be able to.
I don't believe enough students
would cut to affect class attend-
ance very much.
Mary Robertson, '42:

The double-cut system works
fine in other schools. We
should have it, too, because
sometimes it is necessary to
stay over. The rule, as it is, is'
too strict. Not too many peo-
ple would take advantage of a
double cut system.
Dot Cremin, '42:

I think it would be much bet-
ter to have double cuts before
and after holidays than to lose
cuts when absences are un-
avoidable. Sometimes a cut
really is necessary and it would
be much fairer to have privilege
of the double cut.
Peggy Sunderland, '44:

It is a good idea to have dou-
ble cuts, because it is not fair
for girls not to be able to go
home if they want to take that
risk. Other colleges do.
Gay Currie, '42:

We are supposed to be ma-
ture enough to use our intelli-
gence in the matter of when we
shall use our cuts. If we want
to use our cuts before and after
holidays, we should have the
privilege. I don't think it is fair

to penalize those who forget
and cut. As long as we have
the rule, we have to follow it.
If we can't change the rule, we
should do something about the
length of the penalty. I don't
think it should run on into the
next quarter. Other schools
have used the double cut sys-
tem and found it profitable. The
majority of people won't take
their cuts then, anyway, and it
would be a much fairer situa-
tion.

Caroline Smith, '43:

Since many people do not cut
then unless it is really impor-
tant, I think we should have a
double cut system. Those peo-
ple would probably be willing
to give up two cuts for the ex-
tra time. They realize what
could happen later, so I think it
should be their privilege, if they
want to do it.
Annie Wilds, '42:

I like double cuts. Of course,
cuts are to take care of sick-
ness, but if we want to double
cut, we should have the priv-
ilege. It is the student's risk,
his responsibility.
Mary Ward, '43:

I think it's a wonderful idea.
Lots of times, when people
want to go home, they'd be
willing to take double cuts.
This is especially true over
Thanksgiving. There is a ter-
rible penalty for those to pay
who forget accidentally. The
penalty should be lighter.
Classes before and after holi-
days are not the most important
classes of the year. If we can't
have double cuts, there should
be some change.
Joella Craig, '43:

I am in favor of the double
cut system, because it would
enable some people who live a
long distance to go home for
Thanksgiving.

One for the Home Team

Saturday night the Russian communique
reported that Rostov, a key city in the de-
fense of the Caucasus, had
been delivered from the
Nazi horde and that the
southern German army of
Field Marshal General
Ewald von Kleist had
been put to rout, with five
of his tank, motorized and
SS divisions in flight. In
the north, the Germans
have been subjected to
successful counterattacks,
visiting" team had been

Jane Elliott

In short, the
thrown for a loss
So Sorry, Uncle Sam

Saturday Japan's premier Tojo declared
his determination to purge American and
British influence from East Asia "with a
vengeance for the honor and pride of man-
kind." Meanwhile Washington waited for
the reply to its note. The answer was under-
stood to be formulated; but the Nipponese
cabinet had not yet sent the reply to Amer-
ica no optimism justified.
The Righeous Road-Hog

The House Labor Committee Friday put
its stamp of approval on legislation to give
the government power to take over a de-
fense plant when strikes hinder production,
and on plans to create machinery for volun-
tary arbitration of labor disputes.

Later the Senate Judiciary Committee
voted, 12 to 2, to recommend the Senator
Connally bill which authorizes the govern-
ment to take over striking plants and freeze
the open or closed-shop status in them.

Ramspeck of Georgia described the bill as
a "middle-of-the-road bill" which "under-
takes to settle disputes on a voluntary basis."
This is one case when it is best for the driver
to take his half of the road out of the middle.
Nazi Nemesis

In Libya a major tank battle raged as
German and Italian forces, trapped east of
Tobruk, "reassembled" their remaining
tanks" and tried to stage an Axis Dunkirk
by smashing through British lines to escape.
The British Middle East command has re-
ported that the ensuing tank battle is at a
deadlock, after a long day of fierce battle,
"without either side having given or gained
ground." If the British can keep these Pan-
zers isolated, break them into smaller units
and then annihilate them, they will win a
battle of, as they blushingly claim, "consid-
erable importance."
Puzzle: Find the Silver Lining

In Warm Springs Saturday President
Roosevelt made the following statement: "In
days like these, our Thanksgiving next year
may remind us of a peaceful past; it is al-
ways possible that our boys in the military
and naval academies may be fighting for
the defense of these American institutions
of ours."

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XXVII

Wednesday, December 3, 1941

No. 11

Published weekly, except during holidays and examination
periods, by the students of Agnes Scott College. Office on
second floor Murphey Candler Building. Entered as second
class matter at the Decatur, Georgia, post office. Subscription
price per year. $1.25; single copies, five cents.

Editor BEE BRADFIELD

Managing Editor JEANNE OSBORNE

Business Manager SUZANNE KAULBACH

Martha Dale

Mary Estill Martin

Frances Kaiser

Picture Editor

Assistant Editors

Marjorlo Gray

Caroline Newbold

Club Editor

Copy Editor

Olivia White

Neva Jackson

Socle// Editor

Feature Editor

Jane Stlllwell

Mamie Sue Barker

Jackie Illma Stearns

Betty Ann Brooks

Assistant Society Editors

Assistant Feature Editors

Margaret Mary Toomey

Jane Elliott

Circulation Manager

Current History Editor

Bennye Llnzy

Edwina Burress

Susan Spurlock

Sports Editor

Circulation Assistants

Reporters: Leila Holmes, Betty Bates, Betsy White, Qulncy
Mills. Jane Dlnsmore. Mary Louise Duffee, Mary Ann Bar-
field, Martha Ray Lasseter. Marion Knapp, Madeline Hosmer,
Martha Stone. Virginia Barr, Betty Burress, Evelyn Cheek,

Cornelia stuckey. Ann Chambleaa, Shirley Ann Smith.

Business Assistants: Nancy Thomlson. Martha Llddell, Helen
Smith. M. S. Barker, L. Boone, A. Bumstead, A. Clements,
T. GralK. M. Dlllard, M. A. Hannah, D. Hopkins, B. Moore,
M. Toomey.

The Agnes Scott News

VOL. XXVII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1942

NO. 12

Dr. Elliott
Leads Series
Of Services

Christian Association
Brings Atlanta Pastor
For Chapel Addresses

As the speaker for Religious
Emphasis Week, Dr. William M.
Elliott, Jr., pastor of the Druid
Hills Presbyterian Church in At-
lanta, will be on the Agnes Scott
campus February 17-21. Dr. El-
liott is a well-known and popular
speaker with Agnes Scott, having
spoken in chapel services several
times during the past few years.

In presenting plans for the
week, Billie Davis, president of
Christian Association, announces
that Dr. Elliott will speak in
chapel each morning and will lead
discussions on Tuesday, Wednes-
day, and Friday nights.

On Wednesday, Christian Asso-
ciation is inviting the entire col-
lege community to meet Dr. Elliott
at after-dinner coffee in Murphey
Candler Building. The speaker will
meet a group representing a cross
section of the campus Monday aft-
ernoon at a tea at Miss Scandrett's
home.

Dr. Elliott will be available for
group and personal conferences
during the entire week. Anyone
desiring such a conference is re-
quested to get in touch with Mary
Dean Lott.

Dr. Elliott, who was born in In-
diana, spent much of his early life
in Texas. He was educated at
Park College, Parksville, Missouri,
and at Louisville Presbyterian
Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky.
He received his doctor's degree at
the University of Edinburgh.

In 1928 and 1929 Dr. Elliott was
an instructor at Louisville The-
ological Seminary. From 1930 to
1935 he was pastor of the Fifth
Avenue Presbyterian Church in
Knoxville, Tennessee, and since
1935 Dr. Elliott has been pastor of
Druid Hills Presbyterian Church
in Atlanta.

Make Haste With
Your Waste

With the supply of paper
seemingly on the decline in pro-
portion to the rising demand, the
nation has asked everyone to
conserve and save paper for de-
fense.

To comply with this request,
boxes have been placed on each
hall of the dormitories, in the
mail room, book store, and Day
Students' room. Also, the maids
have been instructed to save all
usable paper which is thrown
away.

But the real task of coopera-
tion in this project lies with the
students themselves. It is much
simpler for all concerned if we
remember not to throw our pa-
per in the trash basket, where it
may end on the fire heap (be-
cause Agnes Scott has none but
a personal "sifting system"),
but to put it in the box provided
for it on the hall.

This is one visible way we can
do our part for national defense,
and one case in which haste re-
moves, not makes, waste!

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

Ann Chambless is the first May Queen ever to be elected in the
first poll, by which the nominees have been selected in the past.

VOTE NAMES CHAMBLESS
QUEEN OF MAY COURT

Queen Presides Over Modernistic Pageant
Dealing With Sectional Activities in America

Ann Chambless, an attendant in
May Court since her freshman
year, will rule over the May Day
festival on Saturday, May 2, ac-
cording to a recent announcement
by Margaret Wagnon, May Day
chairman. She is the first Queen
ever to be elected in the first poll,
from which the nominees are us-
ually selected and the queen chosen
later.

Ann has been active in student
affairs since her early days at Ag-
nes Scott and is now chairman of
discussion groups and religious
sources for Christian Association,
a member of Mortar Board and
vice-president of that organiza-
tion.

She and her court, to be chosen
on January 29, will reign at the
presentation of a scenario written
by senior Myree Wells. Interpret-
ing the more representative of
sectional activities, it is an Amer-
ican pageant whose contemporary
import will lend a modernistic
touch.

The production includes such in-
terpretations as a group of fac-
tory people doing modernistic
dancing to represent the northeast,
and Indians representing the west.

Committees for the presentation
include: Costumes, headed by
Marjorie Wilson, under whom are
Aileen Still and Myree Wells; the
Dance, with Mary Ann Faw, chair-
man, and Alice Clements; Music,
supported by Marjory Gray; and
Properties, headed by Becky
Stamper, assisted by Darleen and
Mary Beth Danielson. Robin Tay-
lor is the Business Manager, and
the Committee on Publicity has
not yet been appointed.

Tryouts for participation will
take place from 8:30 A. M. to 1:00
P. M. on March 2 and 3. Desire
and ability, as judged by the au-
thorities, are the only measures
for eligibility. For those who cfe-
sire to take part, it is convenient
to know that May Day is offered
as a spring quarter gym course.

Science Groups Unite
In Defense Discussions

Dr. Schuyler Christian, professor
of Physics, announced Friday that
the Georgia Academy of Science
will hold its annual meeting the
first week of April in Atlanta. Ag-
nes Scott College, Georgia School
of Technology, and Emory Uni-
versity will be joint hosts at Em-
ory.

The Southern Association for
the Advancement of Science will
convene in Atlanta at the same
time. The two organizations will
hold joint meetings to discuss Na-
tional Defense and the special way
southern scientists may partici-
pate.

Speakers and the program will
be announced later.

Mrs. Roff Sims Continues
oeries of Chapel Talks
With Far East Analysis

On Friday, January 30, Mrs.
Roff Sims will speak in chapel on
international affairs, with em-
phasis placed on the Far East.
This is one of a series of talks
that she will give in chapel once
a month throughout the year.

Every Thursday afternoon Mrs.
Sims makes a special visit to the
campus to conduct a class on cur-
rent events, leading a discussion
on the news as it happens from
week to week.

These meetings will be held ev-
ery Thursday throughout the yea*r,
at 3:30 o'clock in 104 Buttrick
Hall. They are open to everyone.

College Amasses
Millon-Dollar Fund

Campaign for University Center
Sweeps to Successful End

The successful close of a million-dollar campaign for funds
to continue the University Center movement at Agnes Scott
has been announced by Dr. J. R. McCain. The drive, which
started on the day that Germany invaded Poland in 1939,
swept on to its goal before the official deadline in December,
1941, and has already made possible the erection of Presser

Fine Arts Building.

War Council Acts
To Unite/ Direct
War Activities

Announcing that it intends to
coordinate war activities on the
Agnes Scott campus, the Faculty-
Student War Council held its first
meeting last week and made plans
for supervising future work. Dur-
ing the session special attention
was given to defense courses on
the campus, conservation of elec-
tricity and waste paper, public in-
struction in the form of lectures
on current events, and blackouts.

Miss Carrie V. Scandrett, the
chairman, presided at the meeting,
and the following members of the
faculty were present: Dr. Schuy-
ler Christian, Miss Susan Cobbs,
Miss Eleanor Hutchens, and Miss
Florence Smith. The student body
was represented by Polly Frink,
Frances Tucker, Betty Sunderland,
and Dorothy Cremin.

Dr. Christian and Polly Frink
were chosen to head the blackout
committee, while Miss Smith and
Dorothy Cremin are to handle the
public instruction activities. Miss
Eleanor Hutchens will take charge
of publicity, and Miss Cobbs and
Betty Sunderland will head the
conservation committee.

Lower House Gets
New Members

Members of the Lower House of
Student Government have been
elected and have taken up their
new duties. The new members are
as follows: Hazel Taylor, Gaines
Cottage; Irene McCain, Anabel
Bleckley, Jodelle Tanner, Frances
King, Emily Anne Pittman, and
Martha Jane Mack, Inman; Martha
Stone, Kathie Hill, Marjorie Ho-
gan, and Jean Chester, Main; Mar-
gery Gray, Joyce Geist, Mary Lou
Palmour, Mary James Seagle,
Anne Frierson, and Lib Beasley,
Rebekah; Inge Probstein, White
House; and Mamie Sue Barker,
Dorothy Lee Webb, Elizabeth Ed-
wards, and Mary McQuown, day
students.

Committee Makes Changes
In Bell System, Meal Prices

At the last meeting of the Ad-
ministrative Committee, January
20, two decisions were made. The
first was to have a bell ring at
10:15 in the dormitories beginning
on January 27. It was also decided
to lower the price of Sunday night
suppers from fifty to twenty-five
cents for guests, providing that
guests are registered beforehand
with the dietitian. This is subject
to change.

Of the

$1,000,000 now subscribed or prom-
ised, $896,000 has already been
collected. An additional $500,000
will be added to the entire fund,
in accordance with the promise of
the General Education Board of
the Rockefeller Foundation to con-
tribute that amount if Agnes Scott
was able to raise $1,000,000 by its
own efforts.

New Dormitory

The fund will be used, says Dr.
McCain, to construct a new dormi-
tory and science hall, as well as to
increase the college endowment so
that a greater income for scholar-
ships will be available. It is also
hoped that enough money will be
left after these improvements to
build a new central dining hall and
kitchen. However, no buildings
will be erected until conditions be-
come more favorable to construc-
tion and until all the money neces- '
sary for them is on hand.

When the drive first opened, an
intensive campaign on the campus
raised $52,000. Since then a recent
endowment of $186,000 was added
to the other collections. The re-
modeling of Main Hall last sum-
mer and its complete refurnishings
was made possible by the fund al-
ready collected, and now land and
equipment amounting to $22,000
has also come from it.

The next advance is to be an
effort to provide adequate funds
so that young women of limited
means may enjoy a college educa-
tion.

More Endowment

At present, scholarships and
student aid are given from the in-
come of more than $500,000 of en-
dowment. Because a great increase
is needed, $400,000 will be added
to the endowment when collections
are complete.

The 1939-1941 campaign is the
seventh inspired by a conditional
offer made to Agnes Scott College
by the General Education Board of
New York. Beginning in 1909, all
have been successfully completed.

Coming This Week

January 27, 28, 29 Mortar Board
parties for freshmen.

January 29 Election of May
Court.

January 30 Chapel talk on "Far
East" by Mrs. Roff Sims.

January 30 Louise Arnoux con-
cert, Presser Building.

January 31 A. A. Open House. 8
o'clock in Gymnasium.

February 3 Cotillion Club fashion
show.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1942

A. A. Board Plans
Unique Open House

Seniors Continue to w in in Basketball;
Freshmen Succeed in Downing Juniors

By Edwina Burruss

After the second game of the basketball season, the seniors
are upholding the record they made in hockey by being the
only undefeated basketball team. The first week they de-
feated the juniors, 40-22, and last Friday overpowered the
sophomores, 39-26.

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The freshmen, winning over the
juniors with a score of 31-22,
showed great
improvement in
Friday's game.
There was a
great deal of
team play, and
the use of the
bounce pass by
t h e .forwards
repeatedly baf-
fled their op-
ponents. Fr > n
man forwards Mary Monroe and
Mary Cumming showed great
ability in leading the freshman at-
tack. Guard Ruth Grey frequently
rifled the ball toward her own
goal. In the first game of the
season, the sophomores downed the
freshmen, 26-12.

Sophomores Rally

There was evidence of great
spirit in the sophomore-senior
game. The seniors led throughout
the game, although the lead was
threatened in the third quarter by
a sophomore rally.

Alta Webster was high scorer
for the seniors while Ruth Farrior
and Elizabeth Harvard led the
sophomores.

The line-ups were:

Seniors (39) Sophs (26)

Webster (16)
Brooks (10)
Lott (13)
Sartor
Gellerstedt
VVagnon

F
F

C
G
G
G

Harvard. 2
Farrior (10
Bond (6)
Walker

Bond

Substitutions: Sophomores, Tug-
gle, E. Harvard (10), Bedinger.
Seniors, Currie.

Juniors (22)

Moore (1)
Uownie (5)
Frierson (6)
Rountree
Howe

Cumming, L.
Freshmen:

F
F
C
G
G
G

Freshmen (31)

Monroe (12)
Milam (1)
Cumming (16)
Grey
Leathers
Searson

Post (12), Teasley,
Rogers, Killam, Manning, Caban-

iss.

Next week's games will be the
Seniors against the Freshmen and
the Sophomores against the Jun-
iors'.

Open House

A. A. has decided upon a unique
plan for this month's open house,
to be held at eight o'clock Satur-
day night. The gym will be open
for all people on the campus. There
will be equipment for badminton,
ping-pong, bridge, and other
games. The pool will be open for
people wishing to swim, and re-
freshments will be served later in
the evening.

The girls who have been chosen
to servo as class basketball man-
agers are: freshman, Martha
Jean Gower; sophomore, Gwen
Hill; junior. Jean Moore, and
senior, Mary Dean Lott.

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Erlanger
Announces
Coming Plays

Coming to Atlanta after a long
run on the New York stage, Olsen
and Johnson's unique production,
"Hellzapoppin," opens a two-day
engagement in Atlanta on Febru
ary 13, at the Erlanger Theatre.
The stars of the show, Billy House
and Eddie Garr, did much to make
it America's most popular stage
show.

Management of the Erlanger
Theatre announces the following
tentative schedule of plays for the
spring:

March 13-14, "Arsenic and Old
Lace"; March 24-25, "My Sister
Eileen"; April (the exact date has
not yet been decided), Helen
Hayes' new show, "Candle in the
Wind."

Ethyl Barrymore has been ten-
tatively booked for "The Corn Is
Green," but definite information
about her coming to Atlanta will
have to be given later.

Episcopal Club, B. O. Z.
Hold Regular Meetings

Mr. Cyril Best, Curre at All
Saints Episcopal Church in Atlan-
ta, spoke to the Episcopal Club at
its meeting Tuesday.

At the meeting next Friday of
B. 0. Z., creative writing club,
Mary James Seagle and Cornelia
Stuckey will read.

Miss Osborne Discusses
Charm in Chapel Talks

Student Government announces
that Miss Elizabeth M. Osborne
will be at Agnes Scott during the
last of February for chapel talks
and student discussions on per-
sonality, poise, charm, personal
attractiveness, character integra-
tion, and other topics of general
interest to the student body.

Gellerstedt, Wilburn

Attend Meeting

Last Saturday Miss Wilburn and
Ann Gellerstedt attended the
meeting of the G. A. F. C. W.
council at Macon. The purpose of
the meeting was to make plans for
the convention to be held in the
spring at Statesboro.

A Personalized Optical
Service

J. N. Kalish and
W. N. Ainsworth, Jr.
Prescription Opticians

380 Peachtree Street
(Two doors from Medical Arts Bldg.)

Latest novels, humorous fiction,
and editions of popular classics
comprise the shipment of books
now on display at the Book Store,
Betsy Kendrick announced this
week. Through the cooperation of
an Atlanta department store, Ag-
nes Scott students may shop on
the campus for additions to their
private libraries. The exhibit for
the next few weeks will include:

Katherine Mansfield, The Garden
Party; Gunnar Gunnarsson, The
Good Shepherd; Evelyn Hanna,
Sugar in the Gourd; Mary Ellen
Chase, Windswept; Edna Ferber,
Saratoga Trunk; Alice Duer Mil-
ler, The White Cliffs; Paul Gal-
lico, The Snow Goose; Laurence
McKinney, Lines of Least Resist-
ance.

Johnny Viney, Hi, Hattie, I'm in
the Navy Now; Pork Kendall, Gone
With the Draft; Kendall and Vin-
ey, A Dictionary of Army and
Navy Slang; Edward Streeter,
Dere Mabel; Stellar and Yeatman,
1066 and All That.

Cameo Classics: Housman, A
Shropshire Lad; Rubaiyat of Omar
Khayyam ; Elizabeth Barrett
Browning, Sonnets From the Por-
tuguese; Rudyard Kipling, Barrack
Room Ballads; Rostand, Cyrano de
Bergerac; Voltaire, Candide.

Edna St. Vincent Millay, Col-
lected Sonnets; William Shakes-
peare, Complete Works; Rudyard
Kipling, Collected Verse.

Modern Library Editions: Dante,
Divine Comedy; Plato, Philosophy;
Pascal, Pensees and Provincial
Letters.

Cotillion Reviews
Dancing Clothes

"Clothes to Dance in," is the
keynote of the Cotillion Club's
coming fashion show, to be held
on Tuesday, February 3. Members
of the club will model dresses to
show the college girl how to be
well-dressed no matter where or
when she dances be it tea-time,
dinner-time, or formal-time.

Margaret Wagnon, Sally Knight,
Dusty Hance, Julia and Elizabeth
Harvard, Polly Frink, Leona Leav-
itt, Sarah Copeland, Nancy Terry,
and Anne Hilsman will model the
clothes, to be furnished by an At-
lanta department store.

The club asks that you remem-
ber the time, 7:15, and the place,
the Old Chapel, on Tuesday, Feb-
ruary 3. A small admission will be
charged.

Duke University

SCHOOL OF NURSING
DURHAM, N. C.

The Diploma of Graduate Nurse is
awarded after three years. Quali-
fied students are eligible for the
degree of B. S. in Nursing after an
additional year of hospital and uni-
versity work.

The entrance requirements are
intelligence, character, and one
year of college work.
The annual tuition of $100.00 cov-
ers the cost of maintenance and
uniforms.

Because of the urgent need for |
nurses, the next class will be ad-
mitted July 5 instead of September
30. as previously announced.
Catalogues application forms, and
information about requirements
may be obtained from the Dean.

THE BABBLING BROOKS

Don't be surprised if Decatur storekeepers throw piercing
glances your way and seem less eager to serve you than you
are to lose your lacre. For, one sophomore, Kathy Hill, im-
pressed the clerk at Weil's ten cent store with the idea that
Hottentots are impetious imps with no respect of age or
what-have-you. Thinking Squee was beside her, Kathy vig-
orously spank

B.

ed the hand
that reached
out to investi-
gate a trinket
on the coun-
ter, only to
turn around
and find the
owner to be a
rather mat-
ronly lady.
May I suggest, Kathy, that next
time, you say a few "Ughs" and
'"How's" and war-hoop away non-
chalantly; for from what Squee
says, your hue was enough that
of Indians to warrant a take-off
on such.

Last of First Aid

Other Decatur citizens have been
impressed, too, but not in exactly
the same manner: Dr. Hayes is
the member of a first aid class at
the local chapter of American Red
Cross, and a vigorously attentive
student, considered an asset, too.
But the ladies outnumbered the
men; and the night they studied
pressure points, our Professor
drew a lady as his partner. She
hasn't returned to the class
since!X!

Cameraderie

We are becoming more and more
engrossed in various defense ac-

tivities. A group of our classmates
went to a dance out at the Army
Aviation Ground School at Can-
dler Field and had an enjoyable
time. I think this is swell, but we
mustn't become too filled with
zeal. For instance, "Raddy" Rad-
ford was among those entertain-
ing the cadets and must have
wanted to make sure they didn't
think us snooty or something; she
was seen guzzling something from
a brass mug! she says it was
grape juice, but whoever heard of
drinking grape juice from a mug?
as bad as water through a straw
but I've done that, under some
conditions; so who am I to doubt
"Raddy?"

I just want to tell all you day
students to do what Jane Taylor
told Mortar Board to do that is,
"Be sure and preserve Sunday,
February the eighth, as that's the
date of the Day Student Tea."

Presbyterian Students
Hear McMullen

Rev. John McMullen, of the
Druid Hills Presbyterian Church,
reviewed "Foundations of the
World Order" at the meeting of
the Presbyterian Student Associa-
tion Tuesday, January 27. The
book treats foreign missions and
their phases.

Have fun -be friendly

Treat yourself and
others to fresh-tasting
Wrigley's Spearmint Gum
The Flavor Lasts

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1942

Page 3

Olivia White Keeps up With

*lke Inattui' JtottetdoU

We Hottentots certainly want to do our part in helping
Uncle Sam win this war, and even if it's as small a part as
buying Defense Stamps or entertaining soldiers, we will do
that with glad hearts.

Saturday night Agnes Scott boarded a bus to Candler Field
to spend a gala evening with the men in uniform. Among
those going were :

craft with the Phi Delts. Patty
Barbour, Mir House, and Margaret
Shepherd were over Sigma Chi
way at Tech. And taking in the
open house at the Psi Omega Cas-
tle were Quincy Mills and Cathy
Steinbach.

The girls who spent the week-
end at home: Mary Cumming, to
Griff m; Neva Jackson, to Colum-
bia, S. C.; Sarah Copeland, to Dal-
ton; Frances and May King and
Mary Davis, to Newnan; and
Julia Ann Patch, to Washington.

Marjorie Haddock and Frances
Reagan went to the Rainbow Roof,
and Margaret Erwin and Barbara
Connelly went on a Church Sca-
venger Hunt.

OLIVIA WHITE

Betty Brough-
er, Helen Hale,
Nancy Thomp-
s o n Caroline
Long, Becky
Stamper, Sarah
Massey, Clara
Rountree, Dot
Holloran, Mar-
garet Downie,
A n n Friers on,
Joella Craig,
Pat Stokes, Susie Kaulbach,
Frances Radford, Mary Jane Auld,
Jane Edwards, Lillian Gudenrath,
Eugenia Hailey, Betty Pegram,
Elizabeth Hartsfield, Nancy Green,
Lillian Gish, Mary Louise Pal-
mour, Margaret Sheftall, Edith
Pale, Mary Robertson, Mary Jane
Bonham, Ann Flowers, and Ruby
Rosser.

The Phi Delta Theta Formal was

the biggest event of the week for
us and those who "had a wonderful
time" were: Joyce Freeman, Ann
Equen, Laurice Looper, Marjorie
Tippens, Bettye Ashcraft, Patty
Barbour, Susan Montgomery,
Claire Bennett, Julia Ann Florence,
Shirley Ann Smith, Suzanne Kaul-
bach, Ann Chambless, Jean New-
ton, Rebecca Stamper, Mary Jane
Bonham, Mary Louise Palmour,
Julia and Elizabeth Harvard, Nell
Turner, Margaret Shepherd, Mar-
tha Rhodes. Here we would like to
pause to mention the beautiful
quilted chartreuse taffeta of Mar-
tha Rhodes, Susan Montgomery's
black velvet with white ostrich
feathers, and Laurice Looper's
gorgeous midnight blue net with
sequined bodice. These dresses
stood out in the crowd.

The ATO's had College Night at
the Biltmore, and Patty Barbour
and Dot Gay were the Agnes Scott
gals there.

At the SAE House this week-
end: Claire Bennett, Mary Louise
Duffee, Julia Ann Florence, and
Susan Montgomery.

Laurice Looper had Sunday din-
ner with the KA's and Bettye Ash-

Emory Sponsors
Showing of Kukan

The Student Lecture Association
of Emory University will present
as a feature of its program Rey
Scott's "Kukan," an all-color, all-
sound motion picture of great
value as a documentary of modern-
day China, to be shown in Glenn
Memorial auditorium Wednesday
night at 8:30 o'clock.

Acclaimed by many New York
newspapers and by Time and oth-
er magazines, the ninety-minute
film will come to Emory direct
from a 17- week run in New York
City. The picture was 1 "so explo-
sive it had to be smuggled out of
the Orient."

Foreign Correspondent and
Cameraman Rey Scott experienced
more than 200 air raids and trav-
eled 10,000 miles throughout
China's interior, often by mule
cart, goat-skin raft, or on foot,
while filming the remarkable "Ku-
kan/'

Admission to the film is free to
the general public, according to Dr.
Ross McLean, faculty sponsor of
the association.

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Blackfriars
Enact Play

Varied Cast Portrays
Barrie's 'Dear Brutus'

Blackfriars, supported by the
Emory Players, will present J. M.
Barrie's "Dear Brutus" Thursday,
February 19 at 8:30 P. M., Gaines
Chapel, Presser Hall.

The cast includes Elise Smith as
Mrs. Coade, Zena Harris as Mrs.
Dearth (Alice), ' Polly Frink as
Mrs. Mabel Purdie, Martha Rhodes
as Miss Joanna Trout, Neva Jack-
son as Margaret Dearth, and
James Reese as Lob.

Typically Barrie, the drama is
ruled by whimsy, pathos, and
humor.

Lob asks a group of people to
visit him on Midsummer Night's
Eve, all of whom have one thing
in common, unknown to them.
When they begin discussion, how-
ever, they discover that each one
wishes he or she had a chance to
make again some decision which
vitally changed his life. They all
believe such a reversion could
make them more successful and
happy than does their present lot.

The main action of the play cen-
ters around Lob's giving them this
second chance in the "Magic
Wood."

Lecture Association
Lists Final Speakers

Lecture Association has an-
nounced the two final lectures of
the year to be Fay-Cooper Cole
on Monday, February 9, and H. S.
Ede, Tuesday, April 7.

Professor Cole, professor and
chairman of the Department of
Anthropology of the University of
Chicago, will speak on "An An-
thropologist's View of Race." His
lecture will deal with race and
race problems, particularly as they
relate to the present conflict . in
Europe and Asia.

Mr. Ede, for fifteen years cura-
tor at the National Gallery of
British Art, London, will lecture
on our National Gallery of Art,
Washington, D. C. He will show
slides of pictures of the Mellon-
Kress collection and will discuss
the relation of people's art to
their history and philosophy.

Pi Alpha Phi
Holds Debates

At the regular meeting of Pi Al-
pha Phi tomorrow night in the old
chapel, 7:30, Claire Bennett and
Ruth Kolthoff will debate against
Jack Hancock and Charlie Harris,
members of the Emory debating
society. Agnes Scott will uphold
the affirmative of the question:
"Resolved: That during the time
of present national emergency, the
profits of corporations should be
limited to six per cent of invested
capital."

Monday night, January 26, Quin-
cy Mills and Cathy Steinbach up-
held the negative of the same
question in a debate with Stoke
Tolbert and Paul Keenan, both of
Emory.

CANDLER
HOTEL

Near Agnes Scott

Valentine Parties
Fete Freshmen

Mortar Board Plans
Varied Entertainment

Using the valentine theme for
decorations and program, Mortar
Board entertains the freshman
class at its annual parties on Tues-
day, Wednesday and Thursday
nights, January 27, 28 and 29. Over
two hundred young men from
Tech, Emory, and the Atlanta
Southern Dental College have been
invited as dates for the occasion.

Entertainment will consist of a
variety of games as well as a ser-
ies of outdoor proms. One-third of
the freshman class is to attend
each night.

Invitations have been sent to
the following fraternities: At
Tech, Pi KA, KA, ATO, SAE, Sig-
ma Chi, Sigma Nu, Theta Chi, Phi
Delta Theta; at Emory, KA, Sigma
Chi, Phi Delta Theta, SAE, ATO,
Sigma Pi, and Chi Pi; and at the
Dental College, Delta Sigma and
ZIP.

The boys invited include for to-
night:

Bill Vaughn, Joe Sowell, Dexter
Clayton, Bill Stubbs, Jack Broad-
water, Ed Richardson, Carlton
Lawson.

George Jones, Max Brantly,
Willie Wilson, George Wells,
George Vance, Jimmy Sewell, Wal-
ter Bunly, Arthur Evans, John
Howell, Billy Jamison, Van Hunt,
Bob Mitchell, Tommy Barnes,
Buddy Brock, Upton Clary, Dave
Dennison, Leland Ferrell, Carrolle
Forrest, Bunk Likefoot, Jimmy
Nelson, Harry Hutchins, Frank
Phillips, Jack Byrd, H. A. Thorn-
ton, De Lovey Hull, John Brasel-
ton, Jack Davidson, Wade Atkin-
son, George Roach.

Bill Ingram, George McCrary,
Tom Edmondson, Lewis Tolabert,
Boyce Meyers, Jimmy McQuown,
Doug Acosta, David Grable, Al
Kennedy.

Wendell Williams, Gordon
Daves, Tom Wilkinson, Roy Jones,
Julian Carter, Harvey Black, Mor-
ris Miller, Dewey Gillespie, Sam
Tinkler, J. D. Booth, John Kernan,
Jim Seamans, John Liemenstowal,
Charlie Spencer, George Perryman,
Charlie Middlebrooks, John Blas-
ingane, Bill Dickens, Bob Loren-
son, Frank Morgan, Bernard Swaf-
forh, Bob Lawler.

Billy Kirkland, Ben St. Clair,
Ralph Colbert, Sydney Goss, Paul
Keenan, Bob Wamock, Robert
Young, Whatley Duke, Stuart
Watson, Claude Van Sant, Carrol
Bowie, Collier Espy, Led Brown,
Arthur Moore, Malcolm Boone,
Jack Boozer, George Atwell, Billy
Hodges, Ed Hanton, Lindsey Hol-
land, Bill Brooks, Jim Lewis, Ken-
neth Cooksey, Charles Davis, Bob
Huie, Jack Rowald, Ed Jackson,
John Inman, Jimmy Irwin, Sidney
Goss, Thad Horton, Hollis Hope,
Bubba Glass 1 , Ed Jackson, Asa
Kelley, Harry Holden, Bill Thomp-
son.

T. L. Johnson, Robert Riner, Bil-
ly Rinse, Johnny Rodgers, Charlie
Allen, Herbert Arnold, George
Bates, Tommy Bixler, Billy Bry-

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AGNES SCOTT
This is your drug store.

Miss Arnoux
Presents
Folk Music

Louise Arnoux, famous French
singer, diseuse, and lecturer, will
make an appearance at Agnes
Scott in Presser Hall, on Friday
night, January 30. She will pre-
sent a varied program selected
from her repetoire of chansonniers,
arias, and folk songs, giving each
m its respective language and
with the proper costume. Her se-
lections range from medieval
works to the latest twentieth cen-
tury compositions.

Miss Arnoux, who in private life
is Mrs. L. B. Swift, is en route
home to New York from a recital
in Miami. She will stop here for a
few days to visit fler niece, Gin-
ette Girardey.

Mrs. Swift is a native of the
French province of Burgundy, but
she came to the United States
twenty years ago as the bride of
an American soldier in the first
World War. She is a graduate of
the Music Conservatory of Lyons,
and has sung and lectured exten-
sively in France, Algiers, Canada,
and the United States.

At the World's Fair in New
York in 1940, she was chosen to
organize a number of French pro-
grams. Besides giving her own
performances, she has directed a
group of students who, since 1940
have been reciting on the stage,
on the radio, and on television.

Having studied each of her
songs minutely, she is able to pre-
sent them with a great deal of
feeling. She is renowned for her
voice, interpretation, personality,
and public appeal.

An announcement of the hour
and place of her recital will be
posted on the bulletin board as
soon as plans are completed.

ant, John Bulwer, Jordon Calloway,
Archie Coffee, Zack Cowan,
Charles Dickens, Rowe Driver,
Oscar Freeman, Randy Goldthwait,
Bert Herndon, Clinton Horton, Bob
Morris, Jimmy Morgan, Dick Mon-
roe, Clyde McCarver, Ashby Mc-
Cord, Ned McMillan, Homer O'Cal-
logan, Billy Rainwater, Alan Sec-
ord, Burton Trimble, Walter Watts,
Cecil White, Arthur Wood, Martin
Worthy, Jimmy Wiltshire, Bobby
Swinck, Azury Flowers, David Al-
britton, Arthur Anderson, Paul
Swann, Sam Smith, Forrest Tay-
lor.

Dr. Mike Murphey, Dr. Roy
Cambell, Dr. Dave Russell, Dr. Ed
Marks, Dr. Dicky Cook, Dr. John
Slade, Dr. Jimmy Cook.

Sterling Richardson, Pierce All-
good, Jim Anderson, Willis Pope,
Paul Bradley, George Beale, Bill
Ainsworth.

Al Brixle, Marion Curry, Mc-
Nab Morrison, Arthur Sanders,
Ed Davis, Elmer Enlow, Benjamin
Franklin Moore, Hogue Smith, J.
D. Philips, Bill Hart, Bill Hume,
Bill Boyd, Will Ormond, Basil
Hicks, Charles Bixler, David Wil-
kinson, Robert Stamper, Sid An-
derson, Preston Stephenson, Carl
Herrick, Holmes Smith, Richard
Scoggins, Fritz Widemer, Frank
Alexander, Carl Phillips, Clyde
Pratt, Ernest Weaver, Fred' Hor-
man, Ed Overcash, Harold Cum-
ming, Melvin Magee, Eugene Reid,
Harry Barnett.

When You're
Looking for
VALENTINES

Mrs. Cooper's Gift Shop

Page 4

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1942

Civil Service
Makes Request
For Students

The United States Civil Service
Commission has just announced
two examinations of particular in-
terest to college students. They
are the annual "Junior Profession-
al Assistant" and "Student Aid"
examinations designed to recruit
young college graduates and jun-
ior and senior students for posi-
tions in the Government service.
Applications for both these exam-
inations must be on file with the
Commission's Washington office
not later than February 3, 1942.

Types of Jobs

Optional branches included in
the Junior Professional Assistant
examination this year are (all in
the junior grade, $2,000 a year:
Agricultural economist, agronom-
ist, aquatic biologist, archivist,
bacteriologist, biologist, chemist,
entomologist, forester, geologist,
junior in household equipment, ole-
riculturist, pomologist, public wel-
fare assistant, range conservation-
ist, soil scientist, State Depart-
ment Assistant, and statistician. A
four-year college course leading to
a bachelor's degree is required,
with major graduate or undergrad-
uate study in the field of the op-
tional subject. Senior or graduate
students may be admitted to the
examination, and may, upon at-
taining eligibility, receive provis-
ional appointment, but cannot en-
ter on duty until evidence of the
successful completion of the re-
quired college course is furnished.
Applicants must not have passed
their thirty-fifth birthday.

Junior Work

There are four optional subjects
in the Student Aid examination:
Engineering, political science, pub-
lic administration and statistics.
Applicants must have completed at
least three years of college study,
and must have indicated at the
college or university their inten-
tion of majoring in the optional
subject chosen. No applicant may
enter the examination who com-
pleted the third year of college
study prior to May, 1939. Provi-
sion is made for the acceptance of
applications from Junior students
who expect to complete their jun-
ior college year not later than July
I, 1942. They may also receive
provisional appointment, but they
may not enter on duty until they
give evidence of completing their
junior college year. Student aid
positions pay $1,440 a year. Us-
ually employment is during the
school vacation periods; when fur-
loughed, appointees may return to
their college studies. Applicants
for these positions must not have
passed their thirtieth birthday.

Copies of the examination an-
nouncements and application forms
may be obtained at first and sec-
ond-class post offices or from the
Civil Service Commission, Wash-
ington, D. C

Lichwardt Speaks
To Hygiene Class

Dr. Hartman A. Lichwardt, for
many years a medical missionary
in Iran (Persia), will speak to the
Hygiene Class Thursday afternoon,
January 29, at 2 o'clock. The
meeting is in Buttrick Hall, Room
219.

Girls, pive us a trial and you'll
be satisfied.

GILL BROS.

Odorless Dry Cleaning
Two-Hour Service
DE. 4476 412 Church St

Dr. Nicolson

Eminent Scholar
Delivers Address

By Quincy Mills

Dr. Marjorie Hope Nicolson,
first woman president of Phi Beta
Kappa, spoke in Gaines Chapel,
Presser Hall, at 11:10 on Satur-
day, January 25, to a record chapel
audience of Agnes Scott girls, par-
ents, alumnae, faculty, and wives
of the faculty. At this time, Dr.
Muriel Harn, head of the Agnes
Scott German department, made
the semi-annual announcement of
Agnes Scott girls elected into the
national scholarship fraternity.

The versatile Miss Nicolson, au-
thor, lecturer, scholar, teacher, and
administrator, introduced by Miss
Emma May Laney, of the Agnes
Scott English department, spoke
on "The Romance of Scholarship."
She explained that scholarship is
not concerned with marks, but
with a search for the truth, being
a matter of consuming interest and
fun for the scholar. Then she
showed the similarity between a
professor and a detective, who
have in common the objective
search for the unknown.

Romance enters scholarship, she
continued, through the feeling that
you are getting at something new,
something that to you is all-impor-
tant. She gave a most amusing
account of her varied experiences
at the British Museum, full of ro-
mance despite its coldness; at the
Christ College library, an ancient
structure with absolutely no heat;
and at the Great Advocates* Li-
brary in Edinburgh, where a man
in a long black gown sat on a high
stool to watch her study. Miss
Nicolson brought out in a most en-
tertaining way the delightful
Ihrills of making an intense study
of the intricate details of some-
one's life.

In summary she said, "Just live
in the past so much that the past
becomes so clear and vital to you
that you suddenly have the aware-
ness there is no past or present;
they are fused into one. Then you

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tel. Atlanta, Friday, January 30,
and Saturday, January 31.

Dean Martin Hoor, of Tulane
University, will be the principal
speaker at the Opening session
Friday night, discussing "The Mor-
al Obligations of Education."

Saturday, beginning at 9 o'clock,
Professor John L. Daniel, of
Georgia Tech, presiding as head of
the association, will lead a discus-
sion of "Colleges and the War
Emergency."

Dr. Philip Davidson, of Agnes
Scott, will report on the Sewanee
Work Conference held recently,
and discussions of education in the
emergency will be led as follows:

"Accelerating the Student's
Progress," M. C. Huntley, execu-
tive secretary of the Southern As-
sociation of Schools and Colleges;
"Counselling the Student in the
Present Emergency," Dean Harris
Purks, of Emory; "College Service
to the Civilian Population," Presi-
dent Thomas J. Askew, of Arm-
strong Junior College, Savannah;
"The Woman's College in the
Emergency," President Paul M.
Cousins, of Shorter College, Rome;
"The Supply of Teachers During
the Emergency," J. I. Allman, as-
sistant superintendent of educa-
tion in Georgia.

The conference will close after
officers are elected at the noon
session Saturday.

are as much a discoverer as was
Columbus when he discovered Am-
erica."

Miss Nicolson's charming per-
sonality was evidenced in this very
entertaining speech, which was a
challenge to everyone to become a
scholar for the fun of it.

She received her B.A. and M.A.
degrees at the University of Mich-
igan, her Ph.D. degree from Yale,
her Litt.D. from Mount Holyoke
College, and she also studied
abroad. Upon her recent resigna-
tion as dean of Smith College, she
became dean of English in the
graduate school at Columbia Uni-
versity. Dr. Nicolson also contrib-
utes to learned journals and has
edited several books on poetry.

After the address, Miss Ham,
secretary of the Georgia Beta
chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, an-
nounced the 1942 elections. They
are Billie Gammon Davis, Susan
Arnette Dyar, Jeanne Osborne, and
Julia Ann Patch.

Other officers of the local chap-
ter are Miss Emma May Laney,
president; Miss Florence Smith,
vice-president, and Ernest Runyon,
treasurer. Dr. James Ross McCain
is a senator in the national organ-
ization.

Day Dreams
Of the Way
It Might Be

By Frances Kaiser

It is Sunday afternoon some-
where far away in an isolated
army camp, and Private X. Col-
legeman has just heard that the
camp library has received a car-
load of books, thanks to the gen-
erosity of a group of college stu-
dents. We see him racing out of
barracks to the recreation center,
unable to let another minute pass
before he gets to look at the gift,
for he has not had anything but
magazines to read in some time.

Soon he is helping the other sol-
diers as they open a large crate,
and with the utmost curiosity* they
get a first glimpse of its contents.
What do they see? Some thought-
ful girl has sent them a copy of
Pollyanna.

However, the boys are undaunt-
ed, and, rummaging deeper into
the box, they find a book quite ap-
propriate to world conditions:
L'Europe en Zigzag. Private X,
who has just returned from an all-
night march around the country-
side, cannot help groaning at the
sight of Seven League Boots, Rich-
ard Halliburton's travel story.

While he is nursing these pain-
ful thoughts, he hears a shout.
Over the top of an ever-growing
pile of French grammars and ele-
mentary algebra books he sees
Private Screwy, the simple soul of
the camp, tearing up a copy of
English for Immediate Use. "I'm
not going to leave this where any
Nazi parachutists can find it," he
is yelling.

"Don't worry about that," one of
the boys tells him. "Here's a book
telling about The Death of a Fifth
Columnist.

The boys are all in accord with
Lin Yutang when he tells of The
Importance of Living, and one of
them is quite happy because he has
found The Silver Lining in the bot-
tom of the crate. Just then the bu-
gle sounds taps, and everyone hur-
ries to stack Little Women and
the other books on the table be-
fore leaving for the night. As they
go out the door, the librarian gives
private X A Toast to Tomorrow, in
case he needs something to occupy
him 'til reveille.

Students Advance
Under Liberal Teachers

Students of liberal teachers
learn more rapidly and study
harder than pupils of non-liberals,
reports Dr. Harry M. Mason, of
the United States bureau of agri-
cultural economics.

He said a national study of
higher education and secondary
schools disclosed a direct ratio be-
tween liberalism of instructors and
the learning ability of pupils.
(ACP.)

Library Group
Is Sponsoring
Book Campaign

Shouldering its responsibility of
keeping alive cultural opportuni-
ties and making desired informa-
tion available in the war emer-
gency, the American Library As-
sociation, of which Agnes Scott li-
brary is a member, is sponsoring
a nationwide "Victory" campaign
for books. These books will be
combined with the collections of
the American Red Cross and the
United Service Organization and
used to supplement the purchases
made with government funds'. All
the books will be added to the
present library facilities, now in-
adequate because of the increased
demand placed on them, at forts,
camps, posts, stations, and on
ships.

A receptacle has been placed in
the Agnes Scott library, just in
front of the desk on the main floor,
and Miss Hanley urges all stu-
dents to give as many of their
texts and other books as possible.

Among the types of books de-
sired are: applied psychology, cur-
rent affairs, English grammars,
arithmetic, algebra, geometry,
trigonometry, calculus, business
books, photography, cartoons, mu-
sic, sports, creative writing, poetry,
plays, geography, travel, bio-
graphy, history, and all fiction.

The nine other organizations
cooperating with the R. L. A. in
this project are: American Mer-
chant Marine Library Association,
Boy Scouts of America, Catholic
Library Association, Camp Fire
Girls, Inc., Girl Scouts, Inc., Na-
tional Congress of Parents and
Teachers, National Recreation As-
sociation, Special Libraries Asso-
ciation, and WPA Library Service
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Page 5

FIRST AID REPLACING
WEATH ERIN CAMPUS TALK

By Martha Dale

First Aid has recently stepped into a position of honor and
esteem not only in the curriculum at Agnes Scott but also
in the lives of at least a hundred Hottentots. First Aid, now,
not the weather or the war, has become the topic of conver-
sation. It's even rather unsatisfactory now to discuss your
operation, for some First Aid student is almost sure to launch
into the explanation of how you

could have prevented it, or at least
what you should have done instead
of what you did.

First Aid has definitely made a
place for itself on the Agnes Scott
campus, having already proved its
usefulness in at least one crisis.
The prospective First Aiders in
Virginia Tuggle's class listened
carefully during the first few
meetings and learned (quote) Keep
your patient lying down and
(quote) Keep your patient warm
and yourself cool. Then Instructor
Tuggle herself passed out in her
German class. When she woke up,
she found herself peering into the
faces of several of her First Aid
students, one of whom remarked
pathetically, "And she is the teach-
er!" Then Virginia burrowed out
from under the coats which had
been keeping her warm and re-
turned to her place at the black-
board "before the services of a
physician could be secured."

The course that is being offered
on the campus is the Standard Red
Cross course in First Aid, which
teaches, in addition to valuable
wartime treatments, such every-
day necessities as how to remove
foreign objects from the eyes,
treat blisters and prevent common

colds. But the part of the course
that seems to appeal most to Ag-
nes Scott students is the practical
work such as pressure points and
artificial respiration. It seems
perfectly natural now for one's
circulation to be stopped by a
zealous roommate doing her First
Aid homework on pressure points,
and it is not very astonishing
either to find oneself on the floor
of a classroom in Buttrick being
resusitated by a First Aid fan.
Soon the classes will begin to
study the use of several varieties
of splints in treating fractured
limbs. Apparently life at Agnes
Scott won't be normal again until
the course concludes at the end of
the quarter.

But, really, both the students
and their instructors are taking
First Aid very seriously so seri-
ously in fact that those who were
planning to teach devoted about
ten hours a week to First Aid in
order to qualify as instructors
Now Agnes Scott has fifteen First
Aid instructors, including Miss
Eugenia Symms who was already
an instructor and Dr. Jones who
took the course in spite of her
M. D.

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Improvement
Of Machine

Agnes Scott is marching for-
ward, at least a glance at the Phy-
sics department would tell one so.
Dr. Christian and his freshman
lab students have shown their in-
genuity by improving an inven-
tion nearly 2,000 years old.

In his usual modest manner, Dr.
Christian says that "the invention
is trivial but interesting." Hero,
a Greek geometer and physicist;
invented the first steam engine.
This engine is comprised of a
sphere with two or three openings,
When the sphere was filled with
water, and the water converted to
steam by heating with a Bunsen
burner, the sphere rotated. This
action is similar to lawn sprinklers
which rotate when the water is
turned on.

Such simple steam engines are
used in modern physics laborator-
ies today for simple evperiments
with heat. However, there has al-
ways been one handicap in using
the Hero engine: since the sphere
is supported from above by three
chains, the rotation is soon stopped
by the chains' wrapping around
one another. One 0 f the students
suggested using a piece of light
chain and an attachment which al
lows free rotation of the sphere.

Recognizing the value of this
improvement, Dr. Christian wrote
the apparatus company which pro
duces the engines, and the com-
pany sent Dr. Christian and his
students sincere thanks, saying
that a piece of light chain would
be included in all following ship
ments of Hero engines.

"The interest lies," said Dr.
Christian, "in the fact that fresh
man students can discover how an
improvement can be made in an
invention of 100 B. C."

Phi Beta Kappa Initiates Four Members

Physically Speaking,
She Put Her Foot In-

A sock, we mean shock, to any
professor's classroom decorum
would be the incident in Dr. Chris-
tian's physics class yesterday. Mrs.
Mills' little daughter, Quincy, had
always been told, no doubt, that
damp feet meant a bad cold. So,
when she slushed in from Chapel
for her class in the Science Hall,
she only thought long enough to
hield her deed by a classmate's
coat before she put her wet foot
coverings, and we do NOT mean
shoes, on the radiator. The read-
ers cannot see the expression on
Dr. Christian's face when he went
over to tend to the manually-con-
trolled air-conditioning, but they
can be sure Miss Mills was fully
clad from head to toe in two sec-
onds, with no asking on anyone's
part.

well as for their students, First
Aid represents a substantial con-
tribution to the defense effort here
in DeKalb County, where there are
at least three thousand defense
workers and teachers required to
take First Aid.

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was out of town when the announcements were made in chapel Sat-
urday morning by Miss Muriel Harn, secretary of the local chapter.

TO THE READERS

> Rumors have reached the ed-
itorial ears to the effect that
some students feared the publi-
cation of the paper might be sus-
pended because paper and other
materials are increasing in cost.

The AGNES SCOTT NEWS
will come out every week as
scheduled from now until vaca-
tion and' will resume operations
as soon as possible after the
holidays, just as usual. As far
as the staff can judge now, there
is no necessity to reduce either
the size or number of the issues.

Ant Kingdom Passing Man
In Race for Survival

In a neck-and-neck race for sur-
vival, man is lagging behind the
ant, according to Prof. William T.
Heron, a University of Minnesota
psychologist.

"It seems to me that up to now
the small-brained insects have
been winning the race, ,, he says.

The reason for this, he explains,
is that man-made civilization has
gone in cycles while ants and sim-
ilar insects flies, social beetles
and bees have continued steadily
for 15,000,000 years. (ACP.)

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Columnist Praises
Chekhov Players

The music editor of the Consti-
tution, Eugenia Bridges Hardy,
commended and described the re-
cent performance of the Chekhov
players here in her column, "In-
termezzo." Directly quoting:

"So cleverly has the music been
tied in with the Chekhov Players'
production that the usual between-
scene waits are eliminated entire-
ly. For these youthful actors, who
design and make their own scen-
ery, also act as their own stage
hands. As a scene ends, the char-
acters simply pick up their props,
toss them over their shoulders and
bow off the stage. This procedure,
which is accompanied by approp-
riate graphic music, is a cue for
the actors in the following scene
to bring on their respective props.
The audience seems to find this
realistic touch almost as amusing
as the play itself.

''Backstage it is interesting to
note that the prop-moving is no
phoney! It continues right on out
to the waiting truck, which carts
the company's belongings around
the country. Complete with make-
up, the stars and minor actors
alike carry whatever scenery will
not be used again past the foot-
lights, out the stage door, and into
the waiting van. Then they scurry
back to await their cues."

The company was threatened
with being stranded when they
could not find a tire in Atlanta for
their truck, which suffered a blow-
out between here and town.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1942

TODAY'S STUDENTS campus camera
FIND THEIR PLACE

On December 7, 1941, World War II invaded the
United States, bearing- a banner inscribed "Remem-
ber Pearl Harbor." On December 8 came the actual
declaration of war, bringing with it a reality which
most of us are still struggling to grasp and to place
in our personal lives.

Since that historic week-end all thought, all ac-
tion, all talk has been justly directed toward the
vast expansion of defense work. The fighting forces
already have their work grimly outlined; the indus-
tries are fast becoming modified to meet necessary
production demands; cities and towns are organizing
defense units and programs but wherein lies the
duty and opportunity for the students of the coun-
try and thusly for the Agnes Scott students of
1941-42?

To the present student generation falls an oppor-
tunity and responsibility far greater than any other
student group has ever known. For when this mili-
tary fracas (Sherman had a more effective if less
literary phrase for it!) is over, a new order of life
will arise. And the leaders of the new order, the es-
sential basis of any progressive movement, will be
the educated people, made up of the students of
today the present freshmen, sophomores, juniors,
and seniors of Agnes Scott and every other college
which is able to continue its program despite con-
ditions.

What to many may seem a rather passive exist-
ence compared to that of the millions actively em-
ployed in defense work is really the greatest na-
tional service within our means. To avail ourselves
of our educational opportunities, to obtain a sound
foundation for intelligent, and constructive reason-
ing is to insure the sanity and order of the peace
which, with God*s help, will come. To the students
and to the students alone comes the opportunity to
make sure that the means do not destroy the end
for which our fathers, brothers, and friends are
suspending and giving their lives.

To disregard such a challenge, to fail to equip
ourselves as effectively as possible for the task
ahead, is to be unfaithful not only to the trust laid
in the present generation of American youth, but
also to "the nation indivisible for which we stand."

The task is immense, but simple. The main diffi-
culty, in fact, would seem to be in realizing that
making a Merit in English, doing good work in a
biology lab, or being prepared for a history class
is relatively just as important as the work a muni-
tions employee gives to making a gun. By doing
our work to the best of our ability until we are
called upon to do something more urgent is of just
as much value as the task of that munitions worker
in making arms.

Our reasons for being in school are greater than
they ever were before or probably will be again.
For now we know our work will be put to some
visible, practical use, and that our education is an
integral part of the vast preparations of the nation
for the defense of our country and its future.

BOOKS, PLEASE!

Those novels we have stuck away will help lift
many a soldier's spirit, and those textbooks we have
been hoarding for some fate which we know not are
just what the army, navy, and marine libraries want.

Sitting on our bookshelves they may fill empty
space; sitting in a Service library they will fill a
far emptier space.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XXVII Wednesday. January 28, 1942 No. 12

Published weekly, except daring holidays and examination
periods, by the students of A^nes Scott College. Office on
second floor Murphcy CandU-r Building. Entered as second
class matter at the Decatur. Georgia, post office. Subscription
price per year. $1.25; single copies, five cents.

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Curtailing Activities for War

With the safety of our own
country threatened by the ruthless
destroyers with whom we are at
war, Agnes Scott students want to
do their part for national defense.
A First Aid course has already
been introduced on the Agnes Scott
campus and many of the students
are knitting for the Red Cross.
However, a vital problem on the
campus today is whether we should
give up campus activities for na-
tional defense. Are we doing our
best for defense? Do we have
enough time to work on defense?
Should the schools continue to re-
duce the importance of functions,
such as the formal dances at Em-
ory, or continue as before?
Mary Robertson '42:

I think some of the extra-cur-
ricular activities should be done
away with and replaced by defense
work. Defense is the all important
interest now. We could help the
country also by reducing the dues
in many of the clubs and contrib-
uting the difference to the Red
Cross.

Dot Hunter '45:

Some of the smaller clubs could
be disbanded for the present de-
fense emergency and more time
could then be spent on First Aid
and knitting.

Ruth Lineback '43 :

Some who would like to take
First Aid do not have time for it
because of their outside activities.
I definitely think that we should
disband some of the clubs to give
time to those who want to cooper-
ate.

Meg Bless '44:

In my opinion, regular groups
should be organized for defense
and the campus clubs should be
temporarily abolished. I do not
believe that defense work could be
carried on in the clubs because ev-
eryone does not belong to a cam-
pus organization. The defense
groups should meet at scheduled
times just like classes.

Claire Purcell '42:

Our part right now is to lead
a normal school life. If we want to

do more for defense, why can't we
do defense work in the clubs?
Working as groups would prob-
ably arouse more interest anyway.
Placing less emphasis on functions
is a good defense measure.

Jean Rucks '45:

Knitting in class for the Red
Cross should, I think, be permit-
ted. Some of the campus activi-
ties should be given up for de-
fense. In these ways we can have
so much more time to do our part
for defense.

Eleanor Abemathy '44:

I do not think that extra-curric-
ular activities interfere with de-
fense work. But I do think that
the club projects could include de-
fense work. I do not think that the
functions should be reduced in im-
portance because we have all
looked forward to them. I do not
believe the contribution resulting
from reducing the costs is worth
the disappointment.

Frances Radford '43:

There is too much organization
on the campus during peace times.
Frankly, I don't see that we could
do any more defense work than we
are doing now. If any new kind of
defense work is introduced, how-
ever, I think we should be free
from organization to do this de-
fense work.

Martha Rhodes '44:

Defense work should be re-
quired. We are able bodied and
capable of taking more responsi-
bility than we have now. I think
we have enough time and would
shoulder more work if it were re-
quired. Look what the boys are
doing!!

Mary Rountree '45:

Abolishing campus activities
would do more harm than good, I
believe. We are already war-con-
scious, and are doing all we can
with knitting and First Aid. It
would only give us more time to
think of the horrors of war which
we are not able to do anything
about.

Jane Elliott Sifts

TODAY'S NEWS

Battles of the Giants

In Libya, mobile columns of the British Eighth
Army fought the counterattacking forces of Nazi
General Erwin Rommel in a smashing tank battle
on the eastern side of the Cirenaican Desert hump.

British Middle-Eastern head-
quarters had, as yet, no word
of precise results.

On the other great western
front, the Russian bear hugged
tighter the retreating German
army, consolidating its gains
far to the northwest of Moscow
and beyond Smolensk, mean-
while smashing further west-
, ward toward the vital Lenin-

JANE ELLIOTT j TT1

grad - Ukraine Railroad, and
capturing vast stores of provisions and war material
in a drive that has dislodged the northern strong-
hold of the Germans, Rzhev.

Lookin' Eastward 'Crost the Sea

Saturday American and British fliers shot down
16 more Japanese planes in another unsuccessful
enemy attack on Rangoon. The two-day score of
the R. M F. and American Volunteer Group is 36
definite and 7 probable planes destroyed. No bombs
fell on Rangoon.

Imperial forces were holding the Japanese assault
60 miles above the island fortress of Singapore.

In the Phillipines, Gen. MacArthur's troops held
doggedly on in spite of new landings on Luzon and
of long-distance shelling from Jap warships off the
China Sea coast. Enemy advances have been made,
with losses on both sides. The Philippine communi-
que has aroused "grave apprehension" i n Washing-
ton officialdom.

They Forgot to Remember

The Pearl Harbor Board of Inquiry Saturday
night charged Admiral H. E. Kimmel and Lieut.
General W. C. Short with "dereliction of duty" and
errors of judgment that "were the effective causes
of the success" of Japan's Pearl Harbor raid on
December seventh. The White House has announced
that action to be taken on the charges is "under
study." These men should have "remembered
Pearl Harbor" before it was attacked.

Bi Boss

Last week saw the fulfillment of what press and
people have been clamoring for since the beginning
of the national emergency the appointment of one
director for the entire war effort. The new boss is
Donald Nelson, former head of the S. P. A. B.
(Special Priorities Allocation Board now discon-
tinued). Nelson is the chief of the War Production
Board and final authority on our war production
machine.

Reducing Rations

Sugar rationing, it was announced Saturday, will
begin next month with about a pound per week for
each person. Henderson stated that an actual
shortage of approximately one-third existed in the
sugar supply, and that this, rather than hoarding,
has caused the first food rationing of the war. Ra-
tioning books will be issued for the sugar. The
one bright spot seems to be that it should make
dieting easier.

Quotable Quotes

"It is a paradox that, although military defense
has been a perennial problem of the American peo-
ple, there has been until recently no conscious, in-
tegrated and continuous study of military security
as a fundamental problem of government and so-
ciety. It is another paradox that, although we live
in a warlike world, there has been almost no system-
atic consideration by American scholars of the role
of war in human affairs. As democracy is based
upon belief in the power of public opinion and other
moral sanctions, we have understandably given
great weight to the problem of collective security.
It is now necessary, without decreasing our interest
in post-war problems of political and economic re-
organization, to restore a balance as between such
studies and studies of national power. Indeed, there
can be no permanent security unless statesmanship
understands the role which controlled and socially
directed military forces must play in maintenance
of order and stability." Edward Mead Earle, of the
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N. J., says
de-emphasis on military study has resulted in a
missing link in American security. (ACP.)

The A gnes Scott News

VOL. XXVII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1942

NO. 13

Dormitories
Try Blackouts
This Week

War Council Discusses
Public Instruction

Dr. Christian and Polly Frink,
blackout chairmen of the Faculty-
Student War Council, announced
after the second meeting last Fri-
day at West Lawn that practice
blackouts will be held in Rebekah,
Main, and Inman on three separate
nights this week, if possible.

Each blackout will last long
enough to make sure that every
part of the building has been com-
pletely darkened, monitors on each
hall being responsible for the ac-
tion there. The council urges that
all girls turn out their lights on
leaving their room and shut the
door so that the hall light will not
shine through the windows. A
campus-wide blackout will follow
within a few days.

Monitors have been announced
as follows: second Rebekah: Sus-
annah McWhorter, Gay Currie,
Helen Smith; third Rebekah: Bet-
ty Peagram, Alta Webster, Mary
Ward; first Inman: Frances Ra-
gan, Julia Slack; second Inman:
Barbara Frink, Wendy Whittle;
third Inman: Ceevah Rosenthal,
Bess Sheppard; second Main:
Quincy Mills, Barbara Connelly;
third Main: Squee Woolford, Mar-
tha Nimmons; White House: Susan
Guthrie; Gaines: Emily Higgins.

The conservation committee,
headed by Miss Susan Cobbs and
Betty Sunderland, reported that
boxes for collection of waste paper
have been placed in each dormitory
hall, cottage, and in other campus
buildings.

The public instruction commit-
tee, headed by Miss Florence
Smith and Dot Cremin, reported
that they had arranged for Mrs.
Roff Sims to speak in chapel ev-
ery other Wednesday on current
events, and the college will supply
large maps for use during her dis-
cussion. She will also continue her
talks every Thursday afternoon.
Plans were brought up for regis-
tering students for civilian de-
fense.

Miss Carrie V. Scandrett, as
chairman of the general council,
expressed the* hope that every Ag-
nes Scott student would have some
reponsible part in the defense pro-
gram.

Chinese Dinner
For War Relief

Food, Entertainment
Follow Oriental Theme

The Orient will come to the Oc-
cident for a brief stay when Mur-
phey Candler Building becomes a
corner of China for the China War
Relief dinner, to be given Satur-
day, February 7 at 6:30 P. M.
Chinese food will be featured on
the menu, and after dinner a Chi-
nese fashion show and motion pic-
ture will heighten the oriental at-
mosphere of the evening. Tickets
may be obtained from Frances El-
lis, and the proceeds of their sale
are to be donated for Chinese War
Relief.

The main dish of the dinner,
which guests must eat with chop-
sticks, will be cooked according to
an old Chinese recipe calling for
many ingredients, including meat,
soy sauce, bean sprouts, water
chestnuts, and bamboo shoots.

A motion picture of the life and
people of China is to be shown
during the evening. A technicolor
film of Manila, showing scenes of
the city and harbor, is also being
furnished for the occasion by Miss
Margaret Sells, who took the
movie personally when she was a
missionary in the Orient.

In the fashion show, students
are to model several Chinese cos-
tumes, including a very old dress
worn at the emperor's court, an
everyday ensemble, and a bridal
gown. Virginia Montgomery, Ruth
Farrior and Gay Currie, the owners
of the clothes, have lent them for
use in the costume parade.

Gay Currie is in charge of gen-
eral arrangements for the evening,
and, with Dorothy Cremin and
Nancy Hirsh, is supervising prep-
aration of the dinner.

Coming This Week

Thursday,
speaks i

Feb. 5 Dr. William Hamm
i 105 Buttrick Hall, 7:30 P. M.

Thursday, Feb. 5 Swimming Club presents
Aquacade in gymnasium, 8:30 P. M.

Saturday, Feb. 7 Chinese War Relief din-
ner in Murphey Candler Building, 6:30
P. M.

Sunday, Feb. 8 Mortar Board entertains
day students and their parents at tea in
Murphey Candler Building, 4:00-5:30
P. M.

Monday, Feb. 9 Dr. Fay-Cooper Cole, an-
thropologist, lectures in Gaines Chapel,
Presser Building, 9 P. M.

Psychologically,
Margie's Visit
Was Devastating

Several students may still be
suffering from shock and amaze-
ment, and Margie Simpson is still
blushing, we'll bet, after what hap-
pened in Economics class last
week. The morning lecture was
going along with its usual smooth-,
ness, when suddenly the door burst
open and Margie rushed into the
room. Seizing Miss Mell by the
hand and vigorously pumping her
arm up and down, she said:

"Good morning, Miss Mell! I
just wanted to thank you for that
marvelous grade you gave me on
my sociology test. You know, I
didn't crack a book the night be-
fore I took it, and I just knew I
was going to flunk! But I was so
thrilled when I saw the mark I
made on it. Er would you like to
go to Senior Coffee with me Sun-
day?"

Miss Mell, smiling broadly, nod-
ded her head, and Margie bolted
from the room with a face the
color of Molly Milam's new socks.

Miss Mell good naturedly let the
secret out: it was all for a test in
experimental psychology, and she
had known for hours that Margie
was coming! We are still wonder-
ing, though, whether poor Margie
knew that Miss Mell knew. We
hope she finds out what a hilarious
five minutes followed her little
blitzkrieg.

McCain Will Address
Guild on Monday

Dr. McCain will speak to a meet-
ing of the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee
Guild on Monday, February 9, at
the Piedmont Driving Club. He
will discuss with the group the ed-
ucational program of the Rabun
Gap-Nacoochee School, for which
it is the Guild's purpose to raise
funds. The school is located at
the border of Georgia and North
Carolina and is an incorporation
of two schools, Rabun Gap and
Nacoochee. Both had been in op-
eration for about twenty-five
years when the ravages of fire
destroyed them within a few
months of each other and the de-
cision was made to incorporate
them upon reconstruction.

Anthropologist Talks
On Race Problems

Dr. Fay-Cooper Cole Emphasizes
Relation of Race and War on Monday

The relation of race and race problems to the present con-
flict in Europe and Asia will receive particular emphasis from
Dr. Fay-Cooper Cole, eminent anthropologist, when he lec-
tures at Agnes Scott on "An Anthropologist's View of Race"
Monday, February 9, at 8:45 P. M. in Presser Hall. Dr. Cole,
who lived four years among Philippine native tribes known to

practice head hunting and human

ANTHROPOLOGIST

Fay-Cooper Cole

Student Government, A. A.
Present Chapel Skit

On Thursday, February 5, stu-
dent Government will present its
third ideal through a skit which
will be given in cooperation with
Athletic Association. \

The skit will present the third
part of the Agnes Scott ideal,
which is physical well being: "The
college believes that a sound body
is essential for happiness and effi-
ciency in any kind of educational
program."

A joint committee of Athletic
Association and Student Govern-
ment is in charge of putting on
the skit.

AGNES SCOTT RECEIVES CHECK FOR $350,613.41

eneral Education Board

;NiEW York"

86702

Tin: Vn\m: Xatmkv.Mj IU\k

Above is a photostatic copy of the check for $350,613.41 which
the General Education Board recently sent to Agnes Scott. The sum

is the amount promised to the school when the campaign for funds
was completed, and the finale came several weeks ago.

sacrifice, in an authority on the
culture of the East Indian and Ma-
laysian peoples as a result of his
research in that part of the world.

During the past two decades he
has headed three expeditions to the
Far East, two of which were
among the pagan Philippine tribes,
while the third traveled in the
Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java,
and Borneo. His research on Ma~
laysian culture is regarded as the
best study in the field.

Studied Indian Culture

However, Dr. Cole's efforts have
not been confined to the Far East-
ern races; he has also made out-
standing studies in the Indian
culture of the Mississippi Valley.

For seventeen years he was a
member of the staff of the Field
Museum of Natural History, in
Chicago, after which he joined the
faculty of the University of Chi-
cago. Since 1929, when he was
made chairman of the anthropol-
ogy department, his administrative
skill has made it one of the lead-
ing centers in the United States
for graduate study and research.

Dr. Cole is originally from Plain-
well, Michigan, but he has made
his home in Chicago for many
years. He has studied in the Uni-
versities of Southern California,
Northwestern, Berlin, Columbia,
and Chicago.

He is the author of several
books, including The Wild Tribes
of Davao District, Mindanao; Re-
discovering Illinois; and The Story
of Man. During the Century of
Progress Exhibition, in Chicago,
he was chief of the social science
division.

Entertainments

Social activities for Mr. Cole
will include luncheon with mem-
bers of the student Lecture Asso-
ciation in Rebekah Scott dining
room, a dinner in the Alumnae
House before the lecture for Dr.
Cole and gathering various mem-
bers of the Agnes Scott and Em-
ory faculties who are interested in
anthropology.

Lecture Association invited the
college community to a reception
honoring Dr. Cole in Murphey Can-
dler immediately following the lec-
ture.

Plastic Surgeon Will Speak
Here Tomorrow Night

At the invitation of Chi Beta
Phi, Dr. William Hamm, of At-
lanta, one of the leading plastic
surgeons in the south, will speak
in 105 Buttrick Hall on Thurs-
day night, February 5, at 7:30.
His lecture includes slides showing
patients before and after opera-
tions. The community is invited
to attend.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1942

Aquacade Features
Diving, Formations

Juniors Triumph Over Sophomores, 24-22,
In Hardest-Fought Game of the Season

By Edwina Burruss

Formations, diving, and comedy highlight the aquacade
which the Swimming Club will present tomorrow night.
About twenty swimmers, led by Mary Marwell, president of
the club, will participate. Admission is free and everyone is
invited to be at the gym tomorrow night at eight-thirty for
the Agnes Scott Aquacade.

Last Friday's basketball game between the sophomores and

the juniors proved by far the most

E. BURRUSS

exciting of this season. The jun-
iors fought against a high-spirited
sophomore team whose guards
made excellent
attempts to pre-
vent scoring.
Marg Downie
led in scoring
for the juniors,
while Virginia
T u g g 1 e led
the sophomores.
Guards Billy
Walker and
Gwen Hill, sophomores, and Clara
Rountree, junior, played unusually
well. The hard-fighting juniors
were led by the sophomores until
the fourth quarter, when Raddy
Radford came through to sink four
much-needed goals. The last goal,
which made the junior score 24 to
the sophomores* 22, was sunk al-
most as the final whistle blew.

Seniors Win

The senior-freshman game was
won by the seniors with a score of
26-13. Although the freshmen
showed great improvement since
last week, the seniors, as usual,
proved too strong. The freshmen
frequently had the ball near their
goal but were unable to score be-
cause of the strong opposition of
the senior guards. B. A. Brooks
led the senior scoring and Molly
Milam led the freshmen.

Class Team

The line-ups were:

Seniors (26) Freshmen (13)
Webster, A. (2) F Teasley (2)
Wagnon (11) F Monroe (3)
Brooks (13) C Milam (6)

Gellerstedt G Grey
Sartor G Searson

Currie G Gower

Substitutions Seniors: D. Webs-
ter, Hasty. Freshmen: M. Cum-
ming (2), Drinnon.

Juniors (24) Sophs (22)
Moore F Harvard, E. (4)

Frierson (4) F Farrior (4)

Downie (12) C Tuggle (8)

Gumming, L. G Walker
Rountree G Hill

Hirsh G Bedinger

Substitutions Juniors: Radford
(8). Sophomores: Bond (6),
Douglas.

Watch the AGNES SCOTT
NEWS next week for announce-
ment of the May Court. Elec-
tions will be held this week in
Chapel and the complete list
published next Wednesday.

A Personalized Optical
Service

J. N. Kalish and
W. N. Ainsworth, Jr.
Prescription Opticians

3S0 Peach tree Street
(Two doors from Medical Arts Bldg.)

Mortar Board
Entertains Parents

On Sunday, February 8, from
4:00 to 5:30 P. M., Mortar Board
will have its annual tea for day
students and their parents. The
purpose of the tea is to give the
parents an opportunity to meet
the faculty and to see the campus.

Forming the receiving line will
be Jane Taylor, president of Mor-
tar Board; Dr. J. R. McCain, Miss
Carrie Scandrett, and the sponsors
of Mortar Board, Miss Murial
Harn, Miss Ellen Leyburn, and
Dr. Schuyler Christian. Several
transfer students have been asked
to serve.

Immediately following the tea,
at 5:30, the day students will spon-
sor a special vesper service, which
Anne Scott will conduct. The en-
tire college community is invited.

Al

umnae

Conti

nue

Watch Your Clock

Trouble enough came when we
went on Eastern Standard Time,
but come next Monday we will
not only be asked to change our
clocks up an hour when the na-
tion goes on daylight saving
time, but the campus schedule
will move up an hour. We will
be starting classes at 9:30, eat-
ing lunch at 2 P. M., beginning
labs at 2:40, and eating dinner
at 7:30.

WATCH YOUR CLOCK, STU-
DENT!

MONTAG'S

BLUE HORSE

Paper School Goods
and

Fashionable Writing
Papers

Education, Careers

Last year's crop of graduates
:ire making names for themselves
in various fields. Ann Henry, sec-
retary of the 1941 Alumnae Group,
reports on what the girls are do-
ing.

Six of the class are taking busi-
ness courses. They are Lib Barrett,
who is at L. S. U., where she has
pledged Chi Omega; Freda Cope-
land, who is studying at her home
town, Brunswick, Ga.; Betty
Waitt, who is taking a course in
Washington, D. C; and Anita
Woolfolk, who is at Draughon's in
Atlanta. Marion W. and Sue Phil-
lips are living in New York City,
and manage to see a lot of the city
in between hours at their business
school.

Still others of the class are con-
tinuing their education by doing
graduate work. Jeanne Dennison
is studying at Emory Graduate
School, and from all reports they
like her plenty! Margaret Eise-
man and Marjorie Merlin are two
others from our ranks who have
succumbed to Emory's fatal charm.
Marjorie is working on her Mas-
ter's Degree in history. Gene
Slack is still in Boston. Mary
Bon Utterback is doing grad-
uate work in English at the
University of Kentucky, where
she is living at the Tri Delta
House. Ida Jane Vaughn and Mar-
tha O'Nan who are also taking
courses at Kentucky, are both liv-
ing in Jewell Hall.

Not all the class of '41 are
studying, however. Frances
(Spratlin) Hargrett and Dorothy
(Peteet) Mitchell are two of the
new members taken into the At-
lanta Junior League in November.
Dot wa*s a soloist at the League
Silver Follies, December 5-6.
Keeker Newton made her bow to
society at the Piedmont Driving
Club in Atlanta on Thanksgiving
Day. Charlene Burke and Helen
Gilmer have been commuting to
Atlanta frequently to attend par-
ties given for Keeker. Allie (Ma-
lone) Pate, ex-'41, is turning much
of her excess energy over to club
and civic welfare work.

At the class reunion held on No-
vember 29 in the Tea Room of the
Alumnae House, thirty girls were
present, and it is reported that
they had a wonderful time re-visit-
ing their Alma Mater!

THREADGILL
PHARMACY

Phone DE. 1665
309 E. College Avenue
Decatur, Ga.

NOTICE

AGNES SCOTT
This is your drug store.

Agnes Scott College

DECATUR, GA.

A college for women that is widely recog-
nized for its standards of work and for the
interesting character of its student activities.

For further information, address
J. R. McCAIN, President

THE BABBLING BROOKS

Never rush to a conclusion, even if the voice over the
phone is the maid and even if she does ask for Miss Roberta.
You might be fooled, as was Sally Knight, and think she
means Bella Wilson's visitor and stick your head in Bella's
door and say, "Roberta, your date's here," only to find that
the intended is Miss Roberta Winter, whose order has arrived.

Contrary to my preceding ac

B. A. BROOKS

of this poem:

counts of "malimpressed citizens,"
we still have a reputation of being
well versed in academic matters
(you see that 1st person as the
subject in this
statement
ahem!): The
other night our
switchboard op-
erator gave her
unique saluta-
tion and was
answered with
"Pardon me, but
will you please
tell me the rest
The goose hangs
high'?" And finding that this was
not the sixty-four dollar question
or the pot of gold, she didn't strain
her brain to complete it, but re-
ferred the call to the office folk
who finally relayed it on to Miss
Hanley, who found the poem.

Saturday was a day of much
note, Margaret Hartsook Emmons'
wedding being the gala event.
There are usually one or two un-
rehearsed events in the ceremony,
but I noticed none in Margaret's,
until several seniors asked me if
I saw the best man drop the ring.
Perhaps yours truly was in one of
those sweet lethargies that candle-
light and wedding music precipi-
tate. But, anyhow, it really hap-
pened.

Another happy occasion Satur-
day was Dottie Cohn's surprise
birthday dinner at the Biltmore,
with Miss Scandrett, Miss Bee Mil-
ler, and about a dozen freshmen.

These Inmaninies were most
pleased and delighted when a
group of Navy pilots sent over
their credentials par le waiter and
they were smiled upon by the
chaperones ; introductions issued
and a beautiful evening was had
by all (even when the Army came
in and followed pursuit).

Our paper is being imitated by
the editorial page of one of the
big Atlanta papers, in that they
are now initiating the practice of
printing the pictures in their col-
umns. Honestly, when I look back
over my picture and think of the
wonderful publicity I've given
some of you Hottentots, I just
don't understand why I wasn't
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Page 3

Olivia White Keeps up With

^Uz ^tottifi' Jiattentati

Many thanks to Catillion for a lovely fashion show Tues-
day night. There's certainly no doubting the old saying that
there's nothing like a new hat to raise a woman's spirits.
And when a college girl sees such an array of dresses, she
simply overflows with ecstasy. Remember, girls, there are
lots more formals to come, so don't delay in choosing your
gown.

OLIVIA WHITE

At the Delta Tau Delta Formal

last week-end were: Pat Reasoner,
Anne Chambless, Bettye Ashcraft,
Patty Barbour, Julia Ann Flor-
ence, Susan Montgomery, Claire
Purcell, Claire Bennett, Martha
Rhodes, Leila
Holmes, Julia
Scott, Betty Ba-
con, Miriam
House, Flake
P a t m a n , Dot
Gay, Sterly Le-
bey, Jane Ever-
ett, Edith Dale,
Julia and Eliza-
Harvard,' and
June Reynolds.
Among those at the PiKA House
were: Flake Patman, Pobey Crane,
and Betty Campbell, Camilla
Moore, Susan Montgomery, Mary
Louise Duffee, and Mildred Ni-
cholson.

And at the Sigma Chi buffet
supper were: Claire Bennett, Ruth
Koltoff, Jean Beutell, Becky
Stamper.

Mary Louise Duffee, Susan
Montgomery, Smiley Williams,
and Julia Ann Florence were at
the SAE House for Sunday dinner,
and Bettye Ashcraft had Sunday
night supper at the Phi Delta
Theta House.

Ceevah Rosenthaul and Dot Hoi-
loran were among those at the
AEPi House last week-end.

A student conference of Metho-
dists was held in Athens, and from
Agnes Scott went: Mary Dean
Lott, Helen Smith, Elizabeth
Hartsfield, Nancy Green, Emily
Ann Pitman, Ann Flowers, Emily
Ann Singeltary, Martha Jane
Mack, and Jean Newton.

Dancing at the Rainbow Roof
was Margie Wilson, and at the
Paradise Room were: Claire Ben-
nett, Lillian Gudenrath, Julia Ann
Florence. At the Biltmore for a
birthday party were: Dot Kahn,
Pie Ertz, Dot Almond, Virginia
Carter, Jane Everett, Penny Espy,
Inge Probstein, Lucy Lee Ward,
Susie Watkins, Mary Rountree,
and Annabelle Bleckly.

At home for the week-end were:
Martha Nimmons, Dot Gay, Polly
Cook, Quincy Mills, May King,
Shirley Ann Smith, Margaret
Sheftall. Ann Hilsman went to
Tate to visit Georgia Tate, Kay W.
was in Charlotte, Miriam Waters
in Covington.

Margaret Hartsook was married
to Arnold Emmons at an impres-
sive ceremony Saturday afternoon.
They have returned to Decatur
after a honeymoon in Rome.

No Cramming Necessary!

For swell flavor and
real chewing fun-the
answer is delicious
Wrigley's Spearmint Gum

ims Talks
In Chapel

Noted Scholar Outlines
Purpose of Education

On Tuesday, February 3, Dr.
Edwin Mims spoke briefly to Ag-
nes Scott students concerning the
various qualities of mind, thinking,
imagination, and beauty that com-
prise the education scholars strive
to attain.

Dr. Mims has achieved success
in a number of ways, and has been
notably successful in training
young teachers of English. He has
been Professor of English at Van-
derbilt University since 1912, a
member of the board of electors of
the Hall of Fame since 1939. Sev-
eral times he has been sent abroad
as an exchange professor of Eng-
lish by the Carnegie Corporation,
and, as a member of the General
Education Board and as a friend
of Agnes Scott, he helped the col-
lege in obtaining two appropria-
tions from that body, one in 1928
and one in 1929.

Added to his list of achieve-
ments goes credit for the author-
ship of several books, among which
are "The Life of Sidney Lanier,"
"The Advancing South," and "Ad-
venturous America." He has edit-
ed numerous publications and has
contributed to such scholarly ref-
erences as Encyclopedia Britan-
nica, Encyclopedia Americana, and
the Dictionary of American
Biography.

He Meets Bare Facts
Without Flinching

The psychology class was listen-
ing attentively to Mr. Stakes' ac-
count of a certain artist who paint-
ed the same number of eyelashes
3n all his portraits.

Suddenly an eager student
raised her hand. "Does that
mean," inquired the student, "that
your eyelashes are numbered like
the hairs^of your head?"

Mr. Stukes hesitated, a little
confused, and finally stammered,
"Well, yes, mine are!"

STUDENTS FIND ANSLEY
INTERESTING STUDY PLACE

By Neva Jackson

(Editor's Note: Any resemblance of characters in the following
article to faculty, either living or in Ansley, is purely coincidental.)

Innocently, we went to Ansley one evening with the full
intention of burying ourselves in intense study. We were
seeking a quiet and peaceful cell. Although we knew there
were varied and interesting characters on the campus, we
were amazed to thus discover that there is actually a corner
given over to lunatics. "Ansley" must be an innovation of
asylum by some intellectual quirk

of imagination.

While I was talking (and eat-
ing) in Miss Winter's room, Hut-
chens offered to show my studious
companion to our study room. With
ill-conceived humor, Hutchens ush-
ered her into Miss Cobbs' room,
saying, "Don't mind her she's
studying too.' r (Miss Cobbs curled
up in a chair, reading.)

Naturally, the said friend
plopped on the bed, arranged her-
self, and began to open books and
notebook. After a few seconds of
strained silence, conversation was
as follows:

"Is this really a quiet room?"

Miss Cobbs: "Yes, this is a quiet
room."

"Isn't it nice so good to study
in?" (She plunges into study.)

After a few minutes the grin-
ning Hutchens stuck her head
through the door, saying, "This is
Miss Cobbs' room dear. The empty
room is across the hall if you want
it."

Horrified, the fervent senior
sprang up, gathering books, mum-
bling apologies, and stumbled out.

After this distressing beginning,
we set forth on an evening of ex-
ploration and are happy to say
that we have made several worth-
while discoveries to add to the
scientific knowledge of lunacy.

It is the habit of Miss Winter to
sit at her desk and write letters,
"which is in itself foolish," as one
commentor said. She also clips
from the New York ^imes. "She
clips and clips and clips" symp-
toms of schizophrenia.

Miss Cobbs affords an interest-
ing study in criminology. Detec-

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ing, she often announces that she
has just read "a good book a
really good book." Listeners, ex-
pecting something like Rebecca or
G. W. T. W. are startled to hear
titles such as The Body Rolled
Downstairs or The Skull Grins
Horribly.

Both Miss Winter and Miss
Cobbs are accustomed to practice
the mazurka at night.

Imagine my surprise when I
heard someone answer the tele-
phone, and say calmly, "Hello,
Lois. Forsan et haec olim memin-
isse iuvabit . . ." Only Hutchens,
conversing with a friend.

Realizing her own condition,
Hutchens helped our investigation
by suggesting possible causes of
lunacy. Her own she attributes to
fiendish persecution on the part of
the others. "I am shown," she said,
"no mercy no mercy."

Though we were slightly de-
pressed by what we had seen, we
left with these cheering words
ringing i n our ears, "But, under-
stand there ain't never a dull mo-
ment!"

Library Maps
Furnish Picture
Of War Effort

Maps of Europe and the East In-
dies, with areas of occupation and
battlelines marked off in colored
pins, are now on display in the
reading room of the library, Miss
Edna Hanley announced Monday.
The exhibit has been prepared by
Mrs. Roff Sims so that students
may follow the progress of the
war more easily. \

A group of books about the war
generally and the various nations
involved in it have been selected
from the library collection and*
put on display with the maps. They
include the following works:

A Cartoon History of Our
Times; Japan Since 1931, Borton;
Business and Politics in the Far
East, Ware; Blood, Sweat, and
Tears, Churchill; Union Now,
Streit; Union Now With Great
Britain, Streit; America's Dilem-
ma, Angell; The Imperial Soviets,
Wolfe; I Saw It Happen in Nor-
Way, Hambro; Government in
Japan, Fahs; American Foreign
Policy in the Far East, 1931-1940,
Bisson; Versailles Twenty Years
After, Birdsall.

Several copies of the reports of
the Foreign Policy Association
have also been placed in the exhib-
it.

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Page 4

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1942

HOW TO SAVE BY
WILLING GIVING

With war has come inevitable economic
problems and on every side the citizens
are being asked to conserve and give, both
forcibly and voluntarily. Knowing the
cause for which the nation is girding it-
self economically, physically, mentally,
and spiritually is right and just, everyone
seeks an opportunity to do his or her in-
dividual share.

Last week it was mentioned that our
greatest task is to maintain normal rou-
tine as nearly as possible until our services
are needed elsewhere. Yet there is a dan-
ger of retaining this normality to such an
extreme that we forget the vast possibili-
ties which are within our power without
upsetting drastically our daily routine.
Here at Agnes Scott are vast resources for
helping financially as well as otherwise,
as groups as well as individuals.

Looking at the situation as it stands:
Before us lies the spring quarter with its
numerous traditional activities sister
classes feting each other, the juniors en-
tertaining the seniors and numerous other
entertainments. Also, gifts will be given
to the school by various organizations.

These occasions are an eminent part of
every student's college career and to abol-
ish them would be not only disappointing
but unnecessary.

However, it does seem rather incon-
gruous to think of our spending approxi-
mately $175 on a breakfast or luncheon
which lasts only an hour or so when the
Red Cross and other worthy national or-
ganizations are seeking funds to render
work whose good cannot be counted in
hours, but in life itself.

It would seem wise to consider some
means of reducing the expense of the
functions, yet retain the full meaning,
which, after all, is the whole object. Why
not combine the entertainments which the
sister classes give each other into one and
either contribute the money saved to the
Red Cross or invest it in defense bonds?

One of the organizations has discussed
making its annual gift in the form of one
or several defense bonds which, when they
mature, may be used as scholarship funds.
Such action is highly commendable and
sets a pace which no group or organiza-
tion can go wrong in following.

Not only as groups, however, can we
help the government by combining our
traditional expenditures with the need at
hand, but as individuals also.

Defense stamps are on sale in the book-
store. Most of us receive ample allow-
ances yet can account only vaguely for a
goodly portion of the sum. Why not help
ourselves by helping the government?
Little stamp books into big defense bonds
grow and no matter how little we can
spare, it could find no better use than an-
swering the request ever in our ears and
before our eyes BUY UNITED STATES
DEFENSE STAMPS AND BONDS.

This is only one of the numerous ways
which are within our means to show our
deep desire to cooperate in every way pos-
sible.

Missing sugar in our demi-tasse is only
the first wee shadow of the necessary con-
servation to come; only willing giving and
sacrificing can lessen the pressure and
help keep necessities available. Let us not
pass up a single chance to do our part, no
matter how small.

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Leila Holmes Gathers Campus Quotes on

Annual Mortar Board Parties

"Miss Jones, this is Mr. Smith."
Does this have a familiar ring* to
you Mortar Board members?
Three times a year Mortar Board
entertains at parties the Fresh-
men, Sophomores, and transfer
students for the purpose of intro-
ducing them to boys from Emory,
Tech, and other schools. With the
Freshmen entertainments just
over, Mortar Board is wondering*
how the girls feel about the par-
ties. What do the students think
about the program ? Are there any
suggestions for improvements?
And do they like formal or infor-
mal affairs?
Barbara Frink '45:

I enjoyed the Freshman party
this year; but I prefer informal
ones such as picnics or barbecues.
Sport clothes help the whole at-
mosphere of friendliness.
Sally Knight 1 1 :

Having a planned program so
that it goes off with a bang- is im-
portant. The play in the Gym last
year at the Freshman party was
fun. Using the Gym for the pro-
gram and Murphey Candlar for
the refreshments helps vary the
party.

Martha Stone '44:

I think we should dress formally
because it gives the girls a chance
to look their best. I like group
entertainment because it's so hard

to talk to a perfect stranger.
Group games are more fun, too.
Margaret Cathcart '44:

We don't have enough formal
affairs, so I like for the parties
to be formal. The prom idea is a
good way of meeting a number of
different people.
Jackie Burns '45:

If the parties were varied each
year from the formal to informal,
we would enjoy them more. The
kind of entertainment this year,
like playing bridge, having for-
tunes told, and Lovers' Lane was
well planned.
Kathie Hill '44:

People naturally feel more at
ease at informal parties.
Lois Sullivan '45:

Eight proms was just the right
number. In that way more boys
were circulated, and every girl
had a chance to meet some she
liked. I believe it would be fun
to have an informal picnic next
year just to be different..
Squee Woolford '44 :

It would be better if Mortar
Board would concentrate all its
efforts on the Freshmen and
Transfers. If the Sophomores
haven't met any people by now, in
all probability, they never will. I
think the parties should be infor-
mal because formal clothes go
with music and dancing, and we
can't have either here.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XXVII Wednesday. February 4. 1912 No. 13

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of Agnes Scott College. Office on second floor Murphey Candler Building. Entered as
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Marg Drummond. Kathryn Thompson. Mary Carr.

JANE ELLIOTT

Jane Elliott Sifts

TODAY'S NEWS

Digging In

Saturday saw the beginning of the siege
of Singapore, the test hour of one of the
world's greatest fortresses. Malaya won,
the Japs press on for the conquest of the
marshy little wooded island at the south-
ern tip of Malaya. The defenders have
some advantages a con-
solidated position, the
armed might of the is-
land, the mile-wide wa-
ter barrier of the mined
Strait of Johore, whose
causeway has been blast-
ed. On the other hand,
Japan has superior man-
power and probably air-
power, and the weakness of the defense
system to landward attack from the north,
plus the potential food shortage on the is-
land, is in favor of the Nipponese. The
British are digging in for a last stand.
By the Old Moulmein Pagoda

In Burma, the Japanese, pushing to
within less than 100 miles of the Burma
Road, forced the evacuation of the strate-
gic port of Moulmein. The Allied forces
fell back to defend the east bank of the
Salween River against the Rangoon-bound
drive of the Japanese troops. Kipling's
Tommy no longer rules Moulmein.
Victory Visit

This week President Roosevelt an-
nounced one important accomplishment of
Winston Churchill's visit to the U. S. An
order came from the White House setting
up three new boards, jointly with Great
Britain, which will, in effect, pool U. S.
and British (a) raw materials, (b) muni-
tions, and (c) shipping facilities. At the
same time the news was issued in London.
Another "unite for victory" effort.
Over There

Last week the first big contingent of
U. S. troops landed in the European war
one, in Northern Ireland; they landed
quietly, with effortless discipline. Offi-
cially "outpost troops," no an A. E. F.,
they were nevertheless camped, in quar-
ters long since U. S.-built, on a possible
German invasion route to Britain or on
a possible take-off point for continental
invasion.
Over Here

German U-boats have been harrying
shipping off America's Atlantic Coast.
U. S. ships have been sunk and American
lives lost by the agency of the Nazi wolf-
pack in a Battle of the Atlantic which is
awesomely close home. It is considered
likely that the original objective of the
submarines was the convoy carrying
American troops to Europe; failing in in-
tercepting this, they are nagging shipping
along the Atlantic Coast.

But this week the U. S. Navy indicated
that the German Navy might pay a first-
rate price for its second-choice attacks.
The Navy's announcement: "Some of the
recent visitors to our territorial waters
will never enjoy the return portion of
their voyage. . . . But there will be no in-
formation given out about the fate of the
enemy submarine excursionists who don't
get home, until that information is no
longer of aid and comfort to the ene-
my . . ."

Welders' Walkout

Saturday night, a WPB spokesman de-
nounced as "intolerable" the strike of in-
dependent welders on the west coast,
which affected wartime orders not only
at six shipyards but also at Boeing Air-
craft Company and four lesser plants.

The A gnes Scott News

VOL. XXVII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1942

NO. 14

Next Week

Dr. William M. Elliott

Dr. Elliott
Chooses Theme
For Speeches

Minister Discusses
Personal Living Ideal
During Chapel Series

Using the theme "Personal
Christian Living," Dr. William M.
Elliott, Jr., pastor of the Druid
Hills Presbyterian Church, will
speak during Religious Emphasis
Week, Tuesday, February 17,
through Saturday, February 21.
His theme will be based to some
extent on the theme of Christian
Association "I am the way, the
truth, and the light."

Dr. Elliott will speak in Chapel
every morning during the three-
day period and will lead discus-
sions on Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Friday nights.

Mary Dean Lott is in charge of
personal conferences and anyone
desiring to confer with Dr. Elliott
during the week should see her.

'The aims of Religious Em-
phasis Week," said Billie Davis,
president of Christian Association,
"are (1) to make one conscious of
the need to feel dependent on God
and spiritual truth, (2) to make
the way of life more vital, to put
one's beliefs into practice, (3) to
make one's faith in God's way for
the world in this time of wars and
strife. The ultimate aim is a re-
newed vision of Christ and a dedi-
cation to Him in our lives."

Dr. Elliott is an outstanding
leader of young people. He re-
ceived his education at Park Col-
lege, Parksville, Missouri, and at
Louisville Presbyterian Seminary,
Louisville, Kentucky. He received
his doctor's degree at the Univer-
sity of Edinburgh.

Chinese Scholar
Lectures at Tech

Col. Tchou Discusses
Presents World Trends

The former secretary to Gen-
eralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, Col-
onel M. Thomas Tchou, will speak
at the Georgia Tech Auditorium,
Thursday, February 12, at 8:45
P. M., War Time. His career as a
brilliant philosopher, scholar, and
statesman is reflected in the sub-
ject which he has chosen for the
occasion; "The World, Bond or
Free?"

Col. Tchou was the director of
the Labor Department of the Chi-
nese government for three years,
represented it at three Interna-
tional Labor Conferences in Gen-
eva, and was elected vice-president
of the Fourteenth Conference. At
home, he drafted China's housing
plans, factory laws, and labor re-
lations laws, and wrote a number
of articles on these subjects.

He is a direct descendant of Chu
Hsi, an eminent Chinese philoso-
pher and Confucian scholar of the
12th century. At the age of 12,
Col. Tchou w^is a master of Chi-
nese classics, and since then he has
made a careful study of the phil-
osophy of his famous ancestor. He
studied nine years in Europe, re-
ceiving a degree from the Univer-
sity of Glasgow, Scotland, in me-
chanical, civil, and naval engineer-
ing. Four visits to Russia in re-
cent years have enlarged the al-
ready great knowledge he has of
Europe and its politics.

There will be no admission
charge.

Juniors Sponsor
Davidson Band

On February 28 the Davidson
College Symphonic Band will pre-
sent a concert at Agnes Scott,
sponsored by the Junior Class.
James Christian Pfohl will conduct
the band.

Following the concert, the Jun-
ior Class will serve coffee in Mur-
phey Candler Building.

Since 1933 Davidson College has
had a music department offering
an A.B. degree with a major in
music. Other musical activities at
Davidson include a chapter of Phi
Mu Alpha, national honorary
music fraternity.

Expert on Charm
Speaks in Chapel

Elizabeth MacDonald Osborne,
charm expert, will be on the cam-
pus February 23-27, according to
Jane Taylor, president of Mortar
Board. Mortar Board, aided by
various other campus organiza-
tions and the administration, is
sponsoring the "charm lady."

She will talk in chapel the four
days she is here, including the fol-
lowing topics: "The Impression
We Leave," "Vitality" (physical
grooming), "Poise," "Esprit"
(mental grooming).

Miss Osborne will also be avail-
able for personal half-hour con-
ferences. These will be held with
six or eight girls at a time and
those desiring to see Miss Osborne
should sign up on the back bulle-
tin board in Buttrick as soon as
the hours are posted. More infor-
mation concerning the conferences
will be available next week.

A graduate of Mount Holyoke,
Miss Osborne has been active in
the fields of teaching, fashion, edi-
torial work, and designing. She
has been working with college stu-
dents at various kinds of univer-
sities and schools in widely differ-
ent parts of the country for the
last ten years. For six years before
she was a consultant in New York
City.

Miss Osborne visited Agnes
Scott once before, in 1939.

Emory Professor
Finds Good Cure
For Restlessness

Again rumors have seeped
through concerning the antics of
our brothers at Emory. The latest
report is that a certain young gen-
tleman, with not too much zeal in
regard to class attendance, went
to class to catch up on his sleep.

As this was a habitual classroom
feat, he was soon sound asleep and
snoring audibly.

The kind professor refrained
from arousing him and when the
bell rung at the end of the period
admonished the class to leave
quietly so as not to disturb Mr,

J . Slipping out on tiptoes, he

softly closed the door.

And a half an hour later Mr

J awoke in the gloomy vacan

cy of the classroom!

Junior Class Holds
Traditional Banquet

Valentine Decorations Brighten
Dining Room in Rebekah Scott

Valentine's Day will serve as the theme for decorations as
the junior class holds its annual banquet Saturday, February
14, at 6:30 P. M., in Rebekah Scott dining hall. "Over sixty
members of the junior class and their dates will be present

for the traditional event.

In Chapel tomorrow the stu-
dent body will vote on the May
Court, Margaret Wagnon, chair-
man of the May Day Committee,
urges that everyone be present.

War council
Studies Problems
Of consumer

At its meeting at 4:30 Friday
afternoon at West Lawn, the Fac-
ulty-Student War Council an-
nounced plans involving the con
servation of materials here on the
campus, and instructions to the
students on the consumer in the
war.

The conservation committee an-
nounced plans for a chapel pro
gram devoted to ideas for conser
vation of water and electricity on
the campus.

The public instructions commit
tee, in addition to the current
events talks which it is sponsoring,
announced that it will direct a
program on the consumer in the
war. Its object is to explain why
it is necessary to give up certain
things, and how we may save vital
materials for war purposes.

This committee is also anxious
to place newspapers in strategic
places on the campus for the bene
fit of the students. Miss Cobbs
has arranged to place her morning
paper in Murphey Candler imme-
diately after breakfast.

At the meeting next Friday Miss
Antonio Bell, from England, will
speak about consumer and conser-
vation methods in England.

English Woman Scholar
Describes Wartime Britain

Miss Antonia Bell, the Walter
Hines Page scholar, is to be the
guest of Agnes Scott at the Alum-
nae House from next Friday, Feb-
ruary 13, through Monday. Miss
Bell, who is now in Atlanta under
the auspices of the English-Speak-
ing Union of the United States,
will probably visit classes while
she is here. She is scheduled to
make several talks in Atlanta on
conditions in England.

Miss Bell received her B.A. de-
gree with honors from Oxford
University, and also attended
King's College, London University.
In England she taught Latin,
Greek, and English. She has trav-
eled extensively in France, Ger-
many, Switzerland, and other
European countries.

Friday morning she will address
the college community in Chapel,
telling what measures England
has adopted to conserve electricity
and other consumer goods.

Popular Team
Gives Concert

A world-famous piano team,
Jacques Fray and Mario Braggiot-
ti, are scheduled to give a concert
at the Atlanta Woman's Club on
Tuesday, February 17. The two
young pianists made their debut at
the Salle Playel, in Paris, and since
then they have given hundreds of
recitals in both Europe and Am-
erica.

Their forming a team was the
result of an accidental meeting in
a Parisian music store, where each
was playing in a separate studio.
Fray was playing one of George
Gershwin's latest successes, and
Braggiotti, overhearing him, be-
gan to interpolate fragments of
"Rhapsody in Blue" into Fray's
playing. Suddenly both realized
the excellent contrapuntal effect
that resulted, and, rushing out into
the hall, they shook hands and con
gratulated each other. Since then,
no matter how severe their concert
program may be, they never fail
to play a Gershwin composition
during each recital in tribute to
the part that composer played in
their meeting each other.

Fray and Graggiotti are not
only masters of the great compos-
ers, but they also have a flair for
lighter music. One of their popu-
lar concert selections is a rendi
tion of "Yankee Doodle" as it
might have been arranged by Bach,
Beethoven, Brahms, and several
other classical composers.

Tickets are on sale at the At-
lanta Woman's Club, Vernon 0761.

McC ain Gives Opinions
In Seminary Address

Dr. McCain spoke to Columbia
Seminary students during their
chapel period today in expression
of the layman's opinion of "What
the Preacher Ought to Preach
About During War Times."

He will again express his views
as a layman when he appears be-
fore a convening of the Southeast-
ern Conference of Chests and
Councils, which is to be held in At-
lanta on February 13 and 14. His
subject will be "The Role of the
Chest and Council When the Na-
tion Is At War." His purpose will
be to make known his views, as
one not involved in social welfare
work, concerning the manner in
which funds should be appealed
for and concerning what should be
done with the funds after they
have been gathered. The talk will
eally be a forecast of the needs
that will probably oppress us after
the war is over and of the means
and financial pledges by which
those needs are to be alleviated,
according to Dr. McCain.

As the guests enter the dining-
room, they will be greeted by Dr.
J. R. McCain, Miss Carrie V. Scan-
drett, Joella Craig, and Jane Tay-
lor. The banquet table will be ar-
ranged to form a giant "E," with
students sitting around the three
outer sides of the figure and the
faculty occupying the center arm.
Invitations have been issued to the
following members of the faculty:
Dr. and Mrs. J. R. McCain, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Holt, Dr. and Mrs.
Schuyler Christian, Mr. and Mrs.
S. G. Stukes, Miss Muriel Ham,
Miss Ellen Leyburn, Miss Carrie
Scandrett, Miss Charlotte Hunter,
Miss Frances Gooch, Mrs. A. W.
Sydenstricker, Miss Louise Lewis,
and Miss Blanche Miller.

At the end of the meal, Mortal
Board will entertain the guests at
after-dinner coffee in the lobby of
Rebekah Scott Hall. The evening
will end with the separation of
couples into private parties for
.lancing, attending "Hellzapoppin/'
or enjoying other entertainment in
Atlanta.

Custom has been waived in a
few details of this year's banquet,
it was announced, because the jun-
ior class felt obliged to sacrifice
some of its own leisure in order to
feel justified in giving such an ex-
pensive social affair during war
time. As a result, juniors are do-
ing the entire job of decorating
the dining room and banquet table,
instead of having the work done by
florists as in former years. Mar-
gie Wilson, the general chairman
of the decorating committee, in be-
ing assisted by the following heads
of sub-committees: Laura Cum-
ming, actual decoration; Alice
Clements, flowers; Mary Ann
Cochran, place cards; Margy Weis-
mann, wall decorations; Mary
Brock, containers; and Jane Dins-
more, materials.

Betty Henderson is head of the
committee on seating arrange-
ments, while Mabel Stowe is sup-
ervising the music committee. Jean
Moore is handling the distribution
of invitations, and Dot Holloran is
directing the date committee.

During the banquet, music will
be played by the pianist from Bill
Clark's band.

Coming This Week

Thursday. Feb. 12 Bernard Hub-
bard speaks at Erlanger Theatre.
8:30 P. M.

Thursday. Feb. 12 M. Thomas
Tchou lectures at Georgia Tech
Auditorium. 8:45 P. M.

Friday, Feb. 13 Miss Bell talks in
Chapel, 11:30 A. M.

Saturday, Feb. 14 Junior Ban-
quet in Rebekah Scott Dining
Hall, 6:30 P. M.

Monday, Feb. 16 Musicale in
Presser Hall.

Tuesday-Thursday, Feb. 17-19
Religious Emphasis Week, Dr.
Elliott

Page 2

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1942

Seniors, Freshmen
Win Close Games

Sartor and Wagnon Star for Seniors;
Frances Radford Leads Junior Team

By Edwina Burruss

Last Friday night's games with the seniors and freshmen
winning by scores of 16-15 and 16-14 closely paralleled last
week's junior-sophomore game as to spirit, interest and score.

The seniors, led by Margaret Wagnon, who accounted for
13 points, battled a determined junior team. The addition of
Martha Dale as a junior guard greatly strengthened the de-
fensive junior
play. The sen-
iors' 16 points

E. BURRUSS

were the result
of good team
play by the for-
wards. Senior
Guard Willetta
Sartor turned
in an unusually
good perform-
ance in guarding junior Raddy
Radford.

Of equal interest was the
freshman-sophomore game. Al-
though the sophomores- led until
the latter part of the fourth quar-
ter, the freshmen made a last-
minute rally. The sophomores
were greatly handicapped by a
lack of team play on the part of
both forwards and guards.
The line-up:

Seniors (16)
Webster, A. (3)
Wagnon (13)
Brooks
Sartor
Gellerstedt
Currie

Substitutions ;
Juniors Howe.

Freshmen (16)

Teasley (2)
Rogers
Milam (10)
Post

Cabaniss
Young

Substitutions:
roe (4), Grey,

Juniors (15)
Radford (5)
Downie (9)
Moore (1)
Rountree
Dale
Cumming, L.
Seniors Hasty.

Sophs (14)

Farrior
Howard, E.
Bond
Walker
Hill
Bedinger
Freshmen Mun-
Searson. Sopho-
mores Tuggle, Jacob, Douglas.

Outing Club, according to Eliza-
beth Russell, president, will go to
Coffee Hill next Tuesday after-
noon on a supper hike. The group
will gather at the gym at 6:30 and
plan to be back by 8:30.

University Gets Records
Of Speeches by Hitler

Phonographic records ot
speeches by Adolf Hitler and other
German leaders during the early
part of the Nazi regime have been
presented to the University of
Pennsylvania.

The recordings, believed to be
the only ones now in existence,
were donated by Dr. Robert M. W.
Kempner, legal adviser to the
Prussian police under the Weimar
Republic. They were confiscated
by state police in raids on early
Nazi headquarters in Berlin.

Professors at the University
plan to use the records in teaching
European history and political
science. ( ACP.)

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Students Volunteer
For Defense Work

Thursday, February 5, following
Mrs. Ayres' talk on civilian de-
fense in chapel Wednesday, Agnes
Scott faculty and students regis-
tered for the American Women's
Volunteer Service under the direc-
tion of Mrs. Dieckmann in the Old
Chapel from 9 to 1:00 P. M. The
number of registrations, according
to Mrs. Dieckmann, reached ap-
proximately 250; not including
those who preferred to register in
their own states or in Atlanta.
Registrations are still being taken
in the Civilian Defense headquar-
ters on Atlanta Avenue for De-
Kalb County.

Eta Sigma Phi Gives Bond
To Scholarship Fund

B. O. Z. will meet Friday after-
noon at 4:30 in the old Y-room in
Main. Jane Elliott and Mary Flor-
ence McKee are reading.

The members of Eta Sigma Phi
have decided to use the money for
a club banquet, which they had
planned, to buy a twenty-five dol-
lar defense bond. This bond will
be given to the college to be added
at its maturity to the fund for
scholarships.

Dieckmann Publishes Work
Dedicated to Canon Turner

Mr. C. W. Dieckmann's latest
composition, "Benedictus es, Do-
mine," has just come off the press.
It is dedicated to Canon William
S. Turner and the choir of the
Church of Our Saviour, in Atlanta.
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Dr. Cole Refutes
Hitlers Pretense
Of Superior Race

"There is no word as important
or as misunderstood as the term
'race'/' Fay-Cooper Cole told
large audience in Maclean auditor
ium Monday night in a talk on "An
Anthropologist's View of Race.'

Dr. Cole, who is a professor in
the chemical department of an-
thropology at the University of
Chicago, and who has been on ex-
peditions to South America, the
Philippines, the Malay Peninsula
Sumatra, Java, and Borneo, tried
to explain the fundamentals of an-
thropology so that his audience
would know the real meaning of
the term "Race."

Eminent since 1906, Dr. Cole
was awarded a gold medal by the
Chicago Geographical Society in
1923 for his Malayan research. In
1932-33 he was made chief of the
Social Science Division at the Cen
tury of Progress Expedition in
Chicago. He is also well-known as
the author of many books.

Among the misunderstandings
that he cleared up are the use of
the word "race" as in "French
race" or "Aryan race." The first,
he said, is a nationalistic division,
and the second is a purely linguis-
tic division.

He said that there are three
grand divisions of race: the Ne-
groid, the Mongoloid, and the Cau-
casoid or Caucasian. Each grand
division has many subdivisions
For instance, the Caucasian is di-
vided into the Nordic, the Alpine,
the Mediterranean, and the Hindu,
which is really a special division
of the Mediterranean group.

Each race, he explained, has cer-
tain well-defined characteristics
which are stamped on the skeleton
as well as on the body. He said
that there are about 30 tests to be
applied to the body and 30 to the
skeleton to determine race, sex,
and age.

In refuting Hitler's claim that
"Right is what Aryan men deem
right," he said there is no super-
ior race. The Egyptians were con-
sidered superior in their day, the
Minoans in Crete about 1500 B. C,
etc. He said, "All people consider
themselves superior; all are mis-
taken."

As an anthropologist, he defined
"race" as "A group of people who
have in common certain clear-cut
physical characteristics charac-
teristics which are so alike as to
set them completely apart from
the rest of mankind."

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today. Make every pay day Bond
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Bonds coat $18.75 and up.
Stamps are 101, Mi Mnd up.

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THE BABBLING BROOKS

Most of our commendable faculty don't fret over when or
how we use our cuts, and Miss Cilley is not to be excluded
from this group. However, Frances Tucker seemed unaware
of this attitude, and after cutting a Spanish class last week,
she stopped by the book store to chat with Betsy. In came
Miss Cilley. Down behind the counter went "Tucky." Out
went Betsy to

b. a. BROOKS

stall off the
professor at the
Coca-Cola grab
'(or should I
say "gab") box.
When Miss Cil-
ley had trans-
acted lengthy
business mat-
ters and was
making- an ex-
tended departure, she really floor-
ed Miss Tucker by remarking:
"My, but Miss Tucker must be
taking an intensive inventory
clown there. ,,

Several other events concerning
faculty necessitate reiteration, too:
I still am not certain as to
whether they got Mr. Armstead to
go in the window or whether they
climbed in themselves; at any rate,
Miss Omwake and Miss Harn have
forgotten their key twice (and one
a psychology professor, too!
goodness!).

And if you didn't see Dr. David-
son's modeling of Chinese fashions
in a semi- strip-tease style, you
missed more than just that good
Chinese food Saturday night.

Many varied functions were held
in the Murphey Candler this week-
end. And at one of them, Claire
Bedinger was telling of an en-
gaged alumna (still hope!) whose
house burnt down and whose
"torso with it." Don't worry she
meant "trousseau."

When Dr. Jones told Betty Ash-
craft that her cold was really too
severe to permit her to go to the
dance, Betty seriously implored of
our young physician: "Aw, now,
Dr. Jones, can't you remember

way back when ?"

And in closing, I want to pass
on to you a charming piece of
poetry by one of our Phi Beta
Kappa's, Julia Ann Patch. She
was only seven or eight on com-
posing this number and her stroke
of genius was already showing it-
self. I shan't give more than the
last stanza, but, really, it is all as
fine as this excerpt:

A Birdie

Next time I saw him I ask

Do you now clean your floor
with a mop
He started away, but I called

"stop," "stop."
Then he answered, "Of course I

do" and "who are you?"
Right then and there I answered
him,

But I could not see him better
because the fog was thin.
Patch's imagination was nearly
as wild as mine (which was really
extreme, just ask me about it
sometime), for she would tell how
her father spanked her with a
board which had nails in it, and
she says it was her vivid imagina-
tion. It was probably her consci-
ence telling her what she honestly
deserved.

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Page 3

Olivia White Keeps up With

7<4e llaUUt' JtotUtdoU

Harry James poured out hot rhythm not only for the Yel-
low Jackets, but for Atlantans and Agnes Scott Hottentots.
Though the style of the Jitterbugs was kinda cramped, that
old saying held good, "the more the merrier."

At the Tech Mid-Winter Dances were : Arline Bragin, Dot
Holloran, Margaret Downie, Emily Higgins, Jodelle Tanner,
Lois Sullivan, Jackie Bums,

Frances Reagan, Carolyn Fuller,
Mary Cumming, Barbara Frink,
Susan Montgomery, Julia Ann
Florence, Mary Louise Duffee,
Claire Bennett, Patty Barbour,
Dot Gay, Bettye Ashcraft, Sally
Knight, Smiley Williams, Margery
Hogan, Margar-
et Shaw, Mar-
j o r i e Tippens,
Margaret Shep-
herd, Flake Pat-
man, Sue Mit-
chell, Mir House,
Alice Steadman,
Betty Jackson,
Helen Summer-
our, Alice Clem-
ents, Jane Dins-
more, Becky Andrews, Dottie
Nash, Mary Brock, Martha Sue
Dillard, Sue Heldman, Frances
Ellis, Mary Ann Atkins, Leona
Leavitt, Caroline Daniels, Eugenia
Jones, Mary Louise Palmour, Julia
and Elizabeth Harvard, Mary Beth
and Darleen Danielson, Virginia
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Sarah Copeland, Edith Dale, Susan
Spurlock, Jean Beytell, Ann Hils-
man, Annie Wilds, Marjorie Wil-
son, Helen Schucraft, Martha
Arant, Martha Rhodes, Dot Al-
mond, Virginia Carter, Jane Ever-
ett.

At the Interfraternity Dance at
Emory were: Suzanne Kaulbach,
Martha Rhodes, Annie Wilds, Duck
Copeland, Anne Chambless, Betty
Brougher, Bettye Ashcraft, Julia
Scott, Edith Dale, Claire Purcell,
Alice Steadman, Cato Whelchel,
Alice Clements, Susan Montgom-
ery, Julia Ann Florence, Mary
Louise Duffee, Claire Bennett,
Patty Barbour, Laurice Looper,
Dot Gay, Flake Patman, Margaret
Shepherd, Lelia Holmes, Marjorie
Wilson, Betty Bacon, Pat Bledsoe,
and Jean Newton.

Among those at the ATO Dance
at Emory were: Jackie Burns,
Joyce Freeman, Bettye Ashcraft,
Rebecca Stamper, Mas House,
Edith Dale, Carolyn Fuller, Claire
Purcell, Lelia Holmes, Martha
Liddell, Mir House, Betty Bacon,
Laurice Looper.

Over at the Lions Den last week-
end: Susan Montgomery, Julia

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Craig Gives
Date List

The following list of dates for
the Junior Banquet Saturday eve-
ning includes all those which had
been turned in to Joella Craig,
class president, by Monday after-
noon:

Langdon Quin, Hal Powe,
Charles Hammond, Cuyler Coulin,
Billy Massengale, George Camp-
bell, Frank Cheyney, Bob Cruger,
Forrest Abbott, Rudy Nimmons,
Howard Burnette, Johnny Harris,
Frank Lowe, Max Welden, Arthur
Jemott, Richard Corry, Harold
Smoak, Gene Kirkman, Luten
Teate, Bonner Thomason, Jr., John
Leedy, Morris Abram, Milton
Brown, Dick McClure, Thompson
Brown, Alvin Deas, Jack Hassell,
Joe Hopper, Don Weir, Lewis
Willner, Davison Phillips, Stokes
Ramsaur, Pelham Wilder, Carlisle
Phillips, Bob Cain, Joe Gay,
George Bates, Jack Bohannon,
Harry Arthur, Bill Boyd, Jim Mc
Neely, Peter Mock, Bill Totherow,
Gordon Hicks, Hans Butzon, Har-
old Couch, Bob Stamper, Charlie
Czegledi, Jimniie Vardell, Bob
Foss, Leonard Wilkins, Sid Query,
Charles Carver, Albert Staton, Al-
len Harlan, Julian Kassewitz,
Louis Gerland, Johnny Miller, Jim-
my Daniels, Steve Kinsey, Jimmy
Swofford.

Anne Florence, Bettye Ashcraft,
and Claire Bennett. And at Sigma
Chi Date Nite was Bettye Ash-
craft. Anne Chambless and Joyce
Freeman were at the Chi Phi
House.

Davison had Mid-Winters, too,
and there were: Cathy Steinbach,
Frances Tucker, Grace Walker,
and Eugenia Jones. And to Sewa-
nee went Nancy Moses, Liz Car-
penter, and Jane Middlebrooks.

Jackie Burns went to the Beta
Theta Pi party at the Biltmore.

Mary Louise Palmour had a
birthday luncheon at the Henry
Grady for her guest, Katsy Blair,
of Fort Smith, Ark. Included in
this courtesy were: Claire Purcell,
Neva Jackson, Mary Robertson,
Edith Dale, Mary Olive Thomas,
Bee Bradfield, Margaret Sheftall,
Lillian Gish, Olivia White, Julia
Ann Patch, Katsy, and Mary Lou.

Among those at the Rainbow
Roof were Sue Heldman, and Mar-

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Betty is currently heard on CBS
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Sue Kaulbach Becomes
Society Editor at Emory

Suzanne Kaulbach, business
manager of the AGNES SCOTT
NEWS, has recently assumed the
duties of society editor of THE
EMORY WHEEL. Suzanne re-
places Shirley Ann Smith, also an
Agnes Scott senior, who had to re-
sign because she had too many
duties.

tha Sue Dillard. And at the
Paradise Room was Dot Hopkins.

And those who spent the week
end out of town were: Micky Bea-
man, who went to Milledgeville;
Annabell Bleckly, who went to
Clayton; Kitty Kay, in Bryan;
Frances King, in Newnan; May
King, in Macon; Molly Milam, in
Valdosta; Bess Shepherd, in
Waynesboro; Dot Nabers, who
went to Greenville, S. C; Mary
Dean Lott, at Davidson; Lib Beas-
ley, in Camden, S. C; Mary Davi-
son, Newnan; and Ann Hilsman, in
Montgomery, Ala.

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Famous Scientist
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Aids Red Cross

Hubbard, Explorer
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America's foremost authority on
Alaska, the Reverend Bernard
Hubbard, S. J., will speak on
"Alaska in Its Relation to the
War" at the Erlanger Theatre
February 12. His lecture in Atlan-
ta is one of a series he is making
throughout the United States, from
which the gross proceeds are be-
ing given to the Red Cross.

Father Hubbard has spent many
years in Alaska in connection with
his extensive scientific explora-
tions there, and has been chosen
as President Roosevelt's chief ad-
viser on Alaskan matters as a re-
sult of his complete knowledge of
the country. In an interview grant-
ed Atlanta newsmen during his
brief visit here en route to Savan-
nah last week, he pointed out that
the Aleutian Islands could not be
used by the Japanese as air bases
for attacking the United States be-
cause weather conditions in that
region are very bad at all times.
He also mentioned that the entire
population of Alaska is barely
75,000, but that these few settlers
could amply defend themselves
^rom Japanese aggression because
they had established themselves at
the only tenable points of the
country. The very fact that most
of Alaska is undeveloped makes it
a useless area for wholesale occu-
pation.

Tickets for Father Hubbard's
lecture are on sale at the Erlanger
Theatre. On the campus they may
be bought at the Book Store in
Buttrick Hall.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1942

JUNIORS CONTINUE
TO LOSE MONEY

Year 1938-1939: The Junior Class has lost much money
on Junior Chocolates.

Year 1939-1940: The Junior Class has lost more money
than did last year's class on Junior Chocolates.

Year 1940-1941: The Junior Class continues to lose money
on Junior Chocolates. An open forum and general discussion
brings temporary results but no permanent remedy.

Year 1941-1942: The Junior Class loses more money than
it makes on Junior Chocolates. The service has been removed
from Main since Christmas as more money is lost here than
anywhere else. Talks by various house presidents have re-
minded the students to be a bit more careful.

This history of the biggest project of the Junior Class ex-
tends back only as far as the present student generation can
recall, but record shows its early history to be almost as black
as that of recent years.

Every year the new Junior Class cheerfully begins the
project of selling candy, peanuts, and other portable foods to.
the student body. Every year this new class has high hopes
that their inherited project will furnish them with a good
portion of much-needed funds. And every year by January
the entire class is tearing their traditional hair and gnashing
their financial teeth because the chairman in charge can only
report repeted losses, every remedy having been tried and
having failed.

Since more food than money has been missing to date, the
trouble would seem to lie in the minute personal carelessness
of the students in not paying when the food is taken, for-
getting to drop the money in when they come back by, or
when they get change.

Such carelessness may seem small in its singular effect,
but the net loss of such forgetfulness to the present Junior
Class has been approximately $76.50, which exceeds their
profits and seems inexcusable in a school where each stu-
dent's personal honor is the basis of an apparently successful
honor system. But the system is not successful until it ap-
plies to small matters as well as large.

From an individual's point of view, the disintegration
which has brought about the disintegration of the popular
food service offered by the Junior Class seems small. Yet,
if we consider it as one of several hundred boarders, the rea-
son for the situation is apparent. A few hundred nickels add
up to dollars.

Like any other abused privilege, since every plausible
method of removing the situation has been tried, year after
year, and failed, it would seem wise to discontinue Junior
Chocolates until some plan can be worked out whereby the
sponsoring class will not lose money.

This should not and will not be necessary, however, if each
student will just remember to be careful about the matter,
and remember that personal honesty means honesty in all
matters, not just the bigger, more obvious ones.

Honors Are Due-

Gay Currie and her assistants for making such an
unusual affair of the Chinese dinner in Murphey Can-
dler last Saturday evening. From the fashion show
featuring Dr. Davidson to the genuine Chinese food
served with chopsticks, the function was a marked
success.

This effort, the proceeds of which will be contributed
to the fund for Chinese war relief, was a fine example
of cooperation for a worthy cause.

More power to such energetic enthusiasts !

The Agnes Scott News

V 1 XXVII Wednesday, February 11, 1942 No. 14

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Leila Holmes Gathers
Campus Quotes on

Junior
Chocolates

A very serious dormitory prob-
lem at Agnes Scott now is the
question of whether to continue
having Junior Chocolates or not.
The juniors have been putting
candy o n the halls of the dormi-
tories on the condition that each
student should pay upon getting
the candy. Some students have not
been regarding this trust as a part
of the honor system, and the Jun-
iors have continued to lose money.
What does the student body think
could be done about it? Should we
continue to have the Junior Choc-
olates ? If so, how could the Jun-
iors be sure of not losing money ?
Susanna McWhorter '42:

If the losses aren't too great, we
should continue to have Junior
Chocolates. But it definitely
should be impressed upon the stu-
dent body that putting the nickles
in is as much a part of the honor
system as anything else.
Margaret Downie '43:

Although the profits are small,
Junior Chocolates are very conven-
ient and should be continued for
the benefit of the boarders.
Mary Ann Turner '45:

Junior Chocolates should be con-
tinued. The only way to solve the
problem of money disappearing is
to find out who is guilty in a quiet
way and thus prove that it is part
of our honor system.
Pattie Barbour '44:

I think it would be nice if they
could work it out and get some
kind of machine to insure the peo-
ple's paying. I think they could
pay for the machine by not losing
any money.

Susan Montgomery '44:

I think they've tried it enough
and if they are still losing money,
they should cut it out altogether.
Dot Holloran '43:

The consensus of opinion in
Gaines Cottage is that Junior
Chocolates are a necessity and
should be continued. Gaines Cot-
tage has lost no money so far and
should not be punished for the mis-
demeanors of others.
Mary Miller '45:

Putting Junior Chocolates in
somebody's room would help solve
the problem, I think. Having
money boxes with slits in them are
a help, too, I believe.
Ann Wright '41:

We might give one more week's
trial, and if money or candy con-
tinues to disappear, we should dis-
continue Junior Chocolates.
Margaret Erwin '42:

If money continues to be miss-
ing, we should discontinue the
Chocolates. But if the situation at
present is no worse than it has
been in former years, we should
continue this sale.
Flake Patman f 4 1 :

For both years that I have been
here the same thing has happened.
It's disgraceful to lose money like
they have. If the Juniors want to
make money, the only solution is
to have somebody in charge at cer-
tain hours.
Jo Young '45:

The idea of having the candy is
a good one, but the only way to
keep the money would be to have
some sort of automatic machine.
Mabel Stowe '43:

I think that we ought to have
them but we ought to get the
candy machine idea developed to a
place where it's workable, so that
we can do away with unnecessary
loss. We've tried every way for
two years and haven't found a
better way of handling the prob-
lem.

Jane Elliott Sifts

TODAY'S NEWS

General Douglas MacArthur's
troops in the Philippines are fac-
ing what is apparently a major
Japanese push to wipe out resist-
ance in the islands. Saturday saw
a three-hour bombardment of
Forts Drum,
Mills, and
Hughes, in
Manilla Bay,
intensified ar-
tillery fire on
Bataan Penin-
sula, and in-
creasing a i r
duels between
Nipponese and

JANE ELLIOTT

American

planes.

Japanese planes have been drop-
ping pamphlets addressed to the
"Dear Filipino Soldiers" in the
time-honored propaganda method.
Gen. MacArthur reports a good
laugh enjoyed by all.

On the Road to Singapore

The Japanese, seeking the con
quest of the island fortress of
Singapore, have made what is per-
haps the first feint at invasion of
the island. British batteries on the
North Singapore shore shelled the
attacking sampans out of the wa-
ters of the Johore Straits, break-
ing up what may have been the
first Singapore invasion attempt.

Overhead, Japanese bombers and
British fighter planes engaged in
spirited combat. Outlying residen-
tial districts of Singapore were
bombed; but at least one bomber
was downed and two more dam-
aged.

Wings for America

Saturday the Army set its even-
tual goal at 2,000,000 men inthe
air force. Half that number is to
be mustered before the end of this
year. This program, which aims
to give America the world's larg-
est air force, was disclosed by
Secretary of War Stimson. Our
previous goal had been set at a
400,000-man air force by next June
30th.

Java Jive

The Dutch defenders of Amboina
last week sank one Japanese
cruiser, damaged another and a
submarine before relinquishing
control of the second most impor-

tant air and naval base of the
Dutch East Indies.

Jap planes have made reconnais-
sance flights over Java, even over
its capital of Batavia. Other signs
also seem to point that the next
major thrust will be there. If the
Japs get any Java, however, you
may be sure that the Dutch will
give it to them HOT.

Bombers Over Burma

Rangoon has been heavily bomb-
ed by Japanese fliers, and Nippo-
nese thrusts have been heavy
against Allied lines. However,
R. A. F. Hurricanes had routed a
reconnaissance flight of 24 planes,
shortly after a heavy bombing at-
tack on Rangoon Saturday, and
the lines at the Salween River are
still holding firm.

Pensions, Payrolls and Pork

The well-known pork barrel
made more clatter than usual when
Congress rolled it out this time.
The pension plan, now a law, for
the $10,000-a-year Congressmen,
has aroused a storm of protest
throughout the country.

The Office of Civilian Defense
was also stormed last week, when
Mrs. Roosevelt was disclosed as
having put her friends on the pay-
roll; two outstanding examples
were Movie Star Melvyn Douglas
at $8,000 a year and Dancer May-
ris Chaney at $4,600 a year.
Weather report for "Eleanor's
Day" cloudy with possible heavy
precipitation.

KEEPING UP

To be commended and recom-
mended to everyone interested in
keeping up with the world today
is the work of Current History
Forum and Mrs. Symms in the li-
brary.

The maps with colored markers
designating the territory in Axis
and in Allied hands is a great help
to those who do not have maps nor
the complete knowledge at hand.
Also, the newspaper items on the
bulletin board in the Reserve Room
are a convenient way to keep up
with daily events.

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The A gnes Scott News

VOL. XXVII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1942

NO.

Decatur Joins
Community
In Blackout

Davidson Heads District-
College Community
Prepares Air Raid Drill

Decatur and the surrounding
communities will join Atlanta in a
total blackout on Thursday, Febru-
ary 26. In case of possible air
raids, the community realizes the
necessity of being completely
ready with blackout preparations.

J. W. Battle, of Decatur, is chief
air raid warden of the Decatur
district which has been divided into
sub-districts.

Mr. Philip Davidson, Jr., profes-
sor of history, is head of District
H of Section IV, including the Ag-
nes Scott campus and the terri-
tory within the bounds of College
Avenue and Davis Street on the
north and south, and McDonough
Street and Columbia Drive on the
west and east.

The Agnes Scott campus will co-
operate in this blackout under the
immediate direction of B. S. Arm-
istead, R. B. Holt, Charlotte Hun-
ter, R. M. Jones, J. R. McCain,
Carrie Scandrett, Mrs. Annie Mae
Smith, Sj G. Stukes, J. C. Tart,
and Dexter White.

For this trial the various dormi-
tories will be blacked out as they
have been before, but in the near
future preparations will be made
for the residents of the campus to
gather in the basements of Presser
Hall and the library for air raid
shelter.

The blackout of the college cam-
pus on February 10 was inspected
by Battle, the chief warden,
and was considered very success-
ful.

Juniors Find
The "Eyes" Have

Along with all of the other his-
tory-making tales of the Junior
Banquet should go this little story
of what happened to one junior
after she and her date had left the
campus at the end of the banquet.
The Paradise Room was the order
of the evening for them, and be-
fore long we see them blissfully
established at their table there.

But what is this sudden diffi-
culty that our heroine meets?
Alas, she thought that pride knew
no pain, and so she didn't wear
those ugly old rimless glasses that
help bring the world closer to her
on school days. Now she must
suffer the consequences by not be-
ing able to see the floor show
without squinting.

But wait! Help is at hand! A
thoughtful lady at the next table
notices poor Polly yes, Miss Lyn-
don is our damsel in distress,
folks and insists that Polly use
her glasses. And so our little
drama ends with the heroine sur-
veying the scene in triumph. What
a picture she was, all dressed up
in her lovely blue evening gown
and her unasked-for horn-rimmed
spectacles!

Coming This Week

Thursday, Feb. 19 Blackf riars'
play, "Dear Brutus," in Presser
Hall at 8:30 P. M.

Friday, Feb. 20 Basketball game
in Gymnasium at 5:00 P. M.

Monday, Feb. 23 Founder's Day
banquet and pageant in Rebekah
Scott Dining Room at 7:00 P. M.

Tuesday, Feb. 24 Dance Recital
in Gymnasium at 8:45 P. M.

Tuesday, Feb. 24-27 Miss Os-
borne's series of talks on charm

TIME CONFUSES ACTORS
IN BLACKFRIARS' PLAY

By Neva Jackson

Rehearsals for Dear Brutus con-
tinue at a rapid rate with all the
usual fever that marks the ap-
proaching date of a performance.
In spite of such a hindrance as
actors arriving from all quarters
of Atlanta on different schedules
of time, ragged edges and gaps in
action are beginning to smooth
themselves out.

Entering into the spirit of Bar-
rie, to play at being guests of a
Lob, or Puck, to change a charac-
ter back into what he "might have
been" while wandering in an en-
chanted wood, then to return to
the original character, and (of
course) to assume an English ac-
cent are main problems for the
actors. Lob, an agile and fantastic
Puck, seems a spirit closer kin to
his own flowers than to his guests.
Matey, his butler, who tucks him in
at bed time, is a dignified, reserv-
ed character, a little on the shady
side. Lob's guests include three
(unhappily) married couples and
a Lady Caroline, all of whom share
the longing for a second chance in
life. In the second act we see them,
plus Margaret, who "might have
been," in Lob's magic wood which,
' for better or worse has brought
them the second chance. The wood,
which appears out of nothing ev-

ery Midsummer's Eve, since Queen
Elizabeth's time, has an air of
Merry England about it, with Phil-
omel, the nightingale, singing in
the trees.

Backstage work has been going
on for two weeks. Anne Ward and
Agnes Douglas, surprised one aft-
ernoon, were swathed in aprons,
busily painting dark green tree-
tops and cutting out leafy fringes.
Very realistic rocks, trees, and
moonlight have been manufactured.
Queer things are treasured in the
domain of the stage trimmers.
One precious waste-basket con-
tains dry brown leaves which are
strewn about a stump before one
scene, carefully gathered up after-
wards and packed away. Compar-
ed with the wood, the interior of
an English house is relatively dull,
though no easier. Such details as
making the mantel secure enough
to be leaned on, hemming yards of
curtains, and getting the right
size and color for all vases, pic-
tures, etc., keep the stage commit-
tee busy.

The play was written during the
last war at the request of a people
who felt themselves too conscious
of the world situation, and thus
has "relief appeal" as well as "fun
appeal."

Speaker Tells
Tips On Charm

Miss Obsorne Holds
Personal Conference

"No matter what happens, life
will go on and college girls will
continue to be desirable or unde-
sirable, happy or unhappy," says
Elizabeth MacDonald Osborne,
who will be on the campus Monday,
February 23, through Friday, Feb-
ruary 27, to discuss factors con-
trolling this statement.

The purpose of bringing Miss
Osborne to the Agnes Scott cam-
pus is two-fold, according to Jane
Taylor, president of Mortar Board.

(1) A charm expert has never
spoken to this campus generation.

(2) In such troubled times college
students should analyze and take
stock of themselves. One should
be intelligent about oneself.

Monday evening, from 5:00-6:00,
Miss Osborne will meet with a rep-
resentative cross-section of the
campus at Miss Scandrett's home
to discuss the topics upon which
she will speak. This group will in-
clude four freshmen, four sopho-
mores, five juniors, and five sen-
iors.

The basis of Miss Osborne's dis-
cussions will be physical and men-
tal growth and grooming, poise,
and the impressions we leave.

In addition to four chapel talks
and private conferences, Miss Os-
borne will conduct dormitory dis-
cussions from 8:30 to 9:30 P. M.
Day ' Students are invited to attend
the discussions of their particular
class. These meetings will be held
in Inman, Main, and Rebekah. For
day students who can not attend
these meetings, there will be a spe-
cial day student discussion group
Thursday afternoon.

Miss Osborne, a graduate of
Holyoke, has been for sixteen
years studying people: their types,
their undesirable habits, and their
latent possibilities. Jane Taylor
stresses that she is not a beauty
specialist, fashion advisor, or
charm school. Miss Osborne will
help us to know ourselves better.

Recital Shows Talent,
Progress of Dancers

The Department of Physical Ed-
ucation, under the direction of
Miss Eugenia Dozier and Mrs.
Lapp, will present a dance recital
at 8:45 Tuesday, February 24, in
the Bucher Scott Gymnasium.

Miss Dozier's Modem, Social,
and Folk Dancing Classes, and
Mrs. Lapp's Advanced Natural
Dancing Class will take part in
the program. The Natural Dancing
Class will open the program
with a processional. The mu-
sic for this was composed by
Mr. Dieckmann several years
ago and was dedicated by him to
Miss Hopkins.

This group will also present
several waltzes, a polka, and a
contre dance. Follolling these num-
bers, the social dancing class will
do the conga, after which the folk
dancing class will give a Mexican
dance and two American dances
a quadrille, and a Virginia Reel.

"Design in Walking," "Music
Visualization," and one other num-
ber given by the Modern Dancing
Class will conclude the program.

Senior Class Stages
Founder's Day Show

Portrayal of Famous Characters
Honors Birthday of G. W. Scott

At dinner on Monday night, February 23, in Rebekah Scott
dining room, the senior class will present as floor show the
annual Founder's Day pageant, honoring the birthday of
George Washington Scott, on February 22.

Betty Ann Brooks, senior class president, has. appointed
the following committees:

committee

Djanel In barmen 1

Starts Season

Of Atlanta Opera

Marvin McDonald, of the All-
Star Concert Series, and Edward
Johnson, of the Metropolitan Op-
era, met last week in New York
and decided upon a new schedule
for the "Met" season in Atlanta.
The first night, April 21, will
bring Lily Djanel in "Carmen" in-
stead of Grace Moore as "Tosca,"
as was originally announced.

On the second evening, April
22, Bidu Sagao will be seen in
"The Barber of Seville," and on
April 23 the audience will see Lily
Pons in "The Daughter of the
Regiment." The distinguished
English conductor, Sir Thomas
Beecham, will conduct for the first
performance. Frank St. Leger is
the conductor for the two closing
performance.

The supporting artists for "Car-
men" include Licia Albanese, a re-
cent addition to the "Met" galaxy
of stars; Charles Kullman, Richard
Bonelli, Norman Gordon and Ar-
thur Kent. Other singers for "The
Barber of Seville" are Bruno
Landi, Salvatore Baccolini, John
Brownlee, Ezio Pinza, Wilfred En.
gleman, Irra Petina and John Dud-
ley. In "The Daughter of the
Regiment" the following artists
will appear with Lily Pons: Irra
Petina, Salvatore Baccolini, Raoul
Jobin, Povis D'Angelo, Arthur
Kent and John Dudley.

Dr. McCain Speaks
On Founders* Broadcast

Honoring Colonel George W.
Scott, there will be a special
Founder's Day broadcast over Sta-
tion WSB, Sunday afternoon, Feb-
ruary 2, at four o'clock. The out-
standing feature of the program
will be a talk on Colonel Scott and
George Washington by Dr. J. R.
McCain, president of Agnes Scott
College.

Mr. C. W. Dieckmann, head of
the music department, will play
"Ancient of Days," the hymn
which is traditionally used for aca-
demic processions.

After Dr. McCain's talk, Mrs.
S. Guerry Stukes, an alumna, will
sing "On Guard, America," which
wa scomposed by another alumna,
Polly Stone Buck.

Miss Carrie Scandrett, Dean of
Students, will discuss "The College
of Today," followed by Frances
Tucker, a senior, who will tell of
the defense activities at Agnes
Scott.

Mrs. Stukes will close the pro-
gram by singing the Alma Mater.

Decorations committee: Chair-
man, Betty Sunderland; Charlotte
Davis, Cornelia Stuckey, Mary Ann
Hannah, Annie Wilds, Louise
Pruitt, May King, and Olivia
White. Seating committee: Chair-
man, Shirley Anne Smith; Mary
Jane Bonham, and Margaret Er-
win. Costume committee: Chair-
man, Mary Louise Palmour; Kath-
erine Greene, Sylvia Cohn, Sara
Massey, and Dot Nabors. Program
committee: Chairman, Mary Ann
Faw; Mary Dean Lott, Elizabeth
Russell, Mary James Seagle, and
Mary Olive Thomas. Minuette
committee: Claire Purcell and
Neva Jackson, who will direct as
well as take part in the minuette.

Great Patriots

The class has elected these girls
to portray famous characters in
the performance: George Wash-
ington, Betty Ann Brooks; Martha
Washington, Anne Chambless;
Daniel Boone, Ann Gellerstedt;
LaFayette, Virginia Watkins; Bet-
sy Ross, Pat Reasoner; Patrick
Henry, Jane Taylor. Mrs. Daniel
Boone, Paul Revere, Benjamin
Franklin, and Lord Cornwallis will
also be present.

Instead of the customary 7:15
warning bell, at 6:45 "ye olde
towncrier" (Gay Currie) will
march through all the dormitories
ringing a bell and shouting the
time, s Then she will make the
rounds again to announce dinner,
which will be at 7:00.

The sophomores, sitting at ta-
bles near those of their sister
class, will vary the program by a
ditty to the tune of "Yankee Doo-
dle."

To save for national defense, the
committees will economize in ev-
ery way, using leftover costumes
and decorations.

Victory Book Campaign
Assembles Many Books

The Victory Book Campaign, in
progress since the third week in
January, has resulted so far in the
collection of 239 volumes, includ-
ing a variety of fiction and non-
fiction works.

This drive for books for the en-
lightenment of our fighting forces
will not close until March 1. Miss
Hanley urges those people who
have books that they have enjoyed
and would like to contribute to
bring them to the library as soon
as possible.

This week's issue of The Ag-
nes Scott News is an apprentice
issue, edited and made up by the
two assistant editors, Martha
Dale and Frances Kaiser. Mar-
tha acted as editor and Frances
as managing editor.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 18, 1942

Seniors Hold Lead
In Basketball Race

Frosh, Juniors Tied For Second Place;
Friday Will Close Ball Season

By Edwina Burrus

With the undefeated seniors well in the lead at the close
of the basketball season, it's still uncertain which team will
rank second. Anything can happen. The juniors and fresh-
men have both won two games ; if either wins Friday, that
team will take second place, but if both win, the tie will con-
tinue. There is another possibility, however: the sophomores,
game to their

BURRUSS

credit, have a
good chance of
defeating the
juniors and, if
the seniors down
the freshmen,
there will be a
three - way t i e.
The games Fri-
day afternoon will decide the ques-
tion and conclude the regular bas-
ketball season.

The game last Friday night be-
tween the freshmen and juniors
was exciting and interesting to the
very last second. The freshmen
triumphed with the close score of
22-21. Mary Cumming was back to
lead the freshman scoring with ten
points, while Mary Munroe ac-
counted for eight. Junior Raddy
Radford led her team by scoring
eleven points.

Webster Stars

The seniors took the lead over
the sophomores early in the game
and ended with a score of 41-12.
Senior Alta Webster turned in her
best performance of the season,
accounting for almost half of the
senior goals. Sophomore Ruth Far-
rior sank several spectacular goals
and scored eight of the sopho-
mores 7 twelve points.

The lineups were:

Seniors (41) Sophs (12)
Webster, A. (20) F Farrior (8)

Wagnon (2)
Brooks (15)
Lott

Gellerstedt
Sartor

Substitutions-

F Harvard, E. (2)
C Bond (2)

G Walker
G Hill
G Jacob
-Seniors: Lott (4),

Currie. Sophomores: Tuggle, Go-
ings, Douglas, Bedinger.

Freshmen (22) Juniors (21)

Munroe (8)
Milam (4)
Cumming (10)
Gray
Manning
Killam

Substitution -
son.

F
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G
G
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Radford (11)
Downie (7)
Frierson (3)
Moore
Dale
Rountree

Freshmen: Sear-

Dr. McCain Discusses
Tuberculosis Crusade

In connection with the program
of the Tuberculosis Association of
Fulton and DeKalb Counties, Dr.
McCain will speak on "The Next
Steps in Tuberculosis Work in This
Vicinity" at the meeting tomorrow,
February 19.

Due to the war time program,
the Association has increased its
funds and campaign and Dr. Mc-
Cain's talk will be in connection
with the present situation.

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Blackfriars Enact
'Dear Brutus 7

On Thursday evening, February
19, Blackfriars' will present a roU
licking, imaginative play written
by Sir James Barrie during the
last war. In Presser Hall at 8:30
Blackfriars' will enact Barrie's
"Dear Brutus."

The members of Blackfriars'
who have roles in the play are as
follows: Polly Frink, Mabel Pur-
die; Martha Sue Dillard, Joanna
Trout; Martha Rhodes, Lady
Caroline Laney; Zena Harris, Alice
Dearth; Elise Smith, Mrs. Coade;
and Neva Jackson, Margaret
Dearth.

The men's roles in the play will
be taken by Julian Rawlings in the
part of Mr. Purdie; James Reese
as Lob; James Weems, Matery;
Wesley Jenzen, Mr. Dearth; and
Tom Paxton, Mr. Coade.

The play is free to all students
and faculty members. Tickets for
outsiders may be obtained in the
book store for thirty cents or fifty
cents (reserved seats).

War Council Considers
Study of Food Shortage

The Agnes Scott War Council
held a meeting last Friday, Febru-
ary 13, at five o'clock at West
Lawn. Guests at the meeting in-
cluded Miss Mell, Miss Hunter, Mr.
and Mrs. Davidson, and Virginia
Montgomery, president of Student
Government.

Miss Mell suggested that some
study of consumer problems, such
as food shortages, be started on
the campus. She thought a lec-
ture course might be useful.

It was also suggested at the
meeting that a recreation program
be organized to prepare for the
time when usual recreational forms
have to be curtailed.

The conservation committee of
the War Council sponsored the
chapel program Saturday on con-
servation. Dot Holloran, Ann
Ward, and Betty Sunderland gave
addresses at that time, giving
specific examples of the way stu-
dents could cooperate.

Elliott Speaks
On Happiness

Christian Living Forms
Religious Week Theme

Dr. William M. Elliott, speaker
for Religious Emphasis Week,
spoke in chapel yesterday on "The
Pursuit of Happiness," and this
morning "On Making Your Faith
Your Own," based on the theme,
"Personal Christian Living." Dr
Elliott has chosen the following
topics, based on the same theme,
for his talks during the three re-
maining chapel periods of the
week: "A Technique for Spir-
itual Growth," "Forward With
Christ in Spirit of Doubt,"
and "Christ Is at the Door."
Chapel periods will be from 11:15
to 12:10 every day.

Dr. Elliott will lead discussions
on Wednesday and Friday nights
in Murphey Candler at 8:30. His
subject for Wednesday will be "The
Christian in the World." The topic
for Friday has not yet been de-
cided upon.

After dinner coffee on Wednes-
day night will be turned into a re-
ception for Dr. Elliott. Emory,
Tech, and Theological students are
invited to take part in the discus-
sion which will follow.

Committee Urges
M ore Conservation

Reminding civilians that every
small bit of scrap metal and cloth
will serve a useful purpose in our
nation's defense program, the At-
lanta Citizens' Salvage Committee
issued another appeal Saturday for
conservation of these articles.
Harlee Branch, Jr., who is chair-
man of the committee, explained
that all pieces of iron, regardless
of how rusty they may be, can be
utilized. He also urged civilians
to save toothpaste and cosmetic
tubes, as well as bases of electric
light bulbs, for the metals they
contain. There is a demand for all
copper, brass, aluminum, and lead
The Red Cross is already sponsor-
ing a drive to collect tin and lead
foil, he announced.

While all kinds of cloth should
be saved, silk, nylon, and rayon
hose are especially needed for
many war industries in which no
substitutes for them can be found.

THE BABBLING BROOKS

With Valentine's Day and the Junior Banquet and a Black-
out all coming within the same 24 hours, this past week-end
has put us all in a daze. Joella Craig was in some sort of
stupor before dinner was served Saturday night; for, after
she realized how she'd replied to Dr. McCain's question as to
what would occupy them after the banquet, her mind became
clogged with

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superfluous ex-
planations. She'd
said, "Oh, some
of us are going
t o 'Hellzapop-
pin' and others
are going danc-
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ing^,
evening came the
why? Simply be-
cause Miss Scandrett was trying
to show Dr. McCain how to
change the bells for Sunday's
schedule. The results were as-
toundingly perfect. And as I
stood in front of Main waiting for
my taxi, two Tech boys drove up,
stopped, and started toward the
door, one saying; "Ye gods, a
Blackout!" and the other, "Why,
this is the time to go on in, boy!"

Cherchez laVictim

What I like is the practical at-
titude our girls are taking toward
defense projects. However, the
First Aid students are liable to
endanger our welfare in their first
few weeks of classes. (Don't let
your insurance company know
you're in the vicinity of one of
these novice nurses it's not a
good policy.) It's really wonderful
to see their eager approach,
though: On the way to Decatur,
Miriam Waters and a chum notic-
ed a parked truck with tightly
closed windows; inside was a man,
mouth open, eyes shut, green

around the gills, and hardly
breathing at all! All the symp-
toms of asphixiation! They
rushed over and frantically pound-
ed on the car windows. The poor
farmer jumped from his slumber
and is probably still wondering
who those rosey cheeked pests
were that troubled to wake him
and then ran away.

Professor 'Demoted'

The faculty is doing much more
than just conserve, too: Mr. Holt
is one of the paper haulers. And
last week when he and one of the
colored men were taking a truck
load of paper to Decatur, he waved
and spoke to Mrs. Stukes who was
walking down the street. She
stared unknowingly and has yet to
speak to him. Mr. Stukes, do tell
your wife that it's all for the
cause, that Mr. Holt hasn't really
been degraded to position of jani-
tor or what-have-you.

I feel compelled to pass on to
you a Valentine greeting received
by one of our girls:
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Sugar is scarce,
'Cause where are you.
In spite of scarcity of that car-
bohydrate, many boxes of candy
were received here. And Scottie
Newell devoured hers so greedily
(in one day!) that she spent the
rest of the week-end in the infir-
mary. But shes out now so all's
well there is a moral, however.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1942

Olivia White Keeps up With

Inottin' Jlotte+itoU

The Sophs were saying, "0 we can't wait till next year," and
the Seniors were saying, "Remember this time last year?"
But the Juniors were saying, "Gosh, ain't it wonderful!"
And it really was. In accordance with St. Valentine's Day,
the dining hall was decorated with red hearts and on the
tables red tarletan streamers stretched from heart to heart,
gladioli and

white carnations
formed the cen-
terpiece.

Most of the
Juniors went to
the Rainbow
Roof. Among
those were: Ann
Hilsman, Mar-
OLIVIA WHITTE gie W il S on,

Frances Radford, Joella Craig,
Pat Stokes, Sterley Lebey, Helen
Hale, Nancy Thomison, Ruby
Rosser, Dot Nasn, An n Frier-
son, Mary Brock, Ann Flowers,
Laura Cumming, Caroline Smith,
Susan Guthrie, Mary Jane Auld,
Mary Ann Cochran, Emily Ander-
son, Leona Leavitt, Kay Wilkinson,
Marjorie Weisman, Joyce Geist,
Pat Perry, Mary Ward, Benny
Linzy, Dot Hollorarl, Margaret
Downie, Betty Bates, Betty Hen-
derson, Betty Pegram, Clara
Rountree, Martha Ann Smith,
Barbara Wilbur, Mary Carr, Mar-
jorie Tippins, Ruth Doggett, Gin-
ette Girardey, and Margaret Shaw.

At the Chi Phi Formal were:
Cato Whelchel, Eleanor Abernathy,
Margaret Shepherd, Julia Ann
Florence, Bettye Ashcraft, Mary
Louise Duffee, Claire Bennett,
Martha Rhodes, Jean Newton, and
Ann Equen.

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SAE Date Night included Mary
Louise Duffee, Susan Montgomery,
Julia Ann Florence, Claire Ben-
nett, and Quincy Mills. Phi Delt
Date Night included Bettye Ash-
craft, and Mary Ann Turner.

Among those at the Sigma Chi
Skating Party were: Rebecca
Stamper, Jean Beutell, Martha
Rhodes, Kitty Kay, Aileen Still,
Hansell Cousar, and Martha Jane
Mack.

Julia Harvard was at the KA
House and Betty Zumwinkle at the
Sigma Nu House. Catherine
Thompson went to the Tech Engi-
neers' Ball.

Out of Town for the week-end
were :

Sarah Copeland and Julia Scott,
who went to the University of
Georgia for the SAE Formal.
Nancy Moses went to Vanderbilt.

Martha Liddell went to Colum-
bus, and Julia Ann Florence and
Susan Montgomery went to Cedar,
town. Patty Barbour went home
for the week-end, and Jean Rucks,
Martha Patterson, and Emily Ann
Pittman went to Emory at Oxford.
Sarah Milford went to Greenville,
S. C.

At the Paradise Room were:
Martha Dale, Polly Lyndon, Dot
Hopkins, Jane Dinsmore, Jeanne
Osborne, Susan Spurlock, Betty
Jackson, Alice Clements, Helen
Summerour, Eloise Lyndon, and
Elizabeth Moore.

At t< Hellzapoppin ,, were Frances
Kaiser, Jane Elliott, Martha Sue
Dillard, and Ruth Lineback.

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and in the Fox Theatre on Febru-
ary 26. As each costume is shown,
Miss Helen Virginia Meyer, direc-
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it and tell an anecdote about the
well-known person who wore it.

The famous women who will be
represented include: Priscilla Al-
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Betsy Ross, Martha Washington,
Dolly Madison, Mary Todd Lincoln,
Barbara Fritche, Susan Decatur,
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Stanton, Evangeline Booth, The-
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Earhart.

The climax of the pageant w/ll
come with the appearance of the
Goddess of Liberty, who will wear
a specially designed costume in-
spired by the Defense Bond Cam-
paign.

The show will be given daily at
3:30 P. M. in the sixth floor res-
taurant of Davison's, while at the
Fox Theatre it wil ltake place be-
tween the two evening showings of
the feature picture.

AMERICA'S TOWN MEETING OF THE AIR
National Network Feature
Broadcast from Georgia (Atlanta) April 2

We suggest the following subject for discussion:
Name

Address..

(Subject should be of national significance.)
Mail Before February 25 to
Citizens' Fact-Finding Movement of Georgia

411-14 Forsyth Building, Atlanta

N. B. C.'s 'Town Hall' Comes
To Atlanta Early in April

Dr. Jones Will Teach
New First Aid Course

Providing a sufficient number
enroll, a new First Aid class,
taught by Dr. Jones and open to
seniors and members of the facul-
ty, will begin meeting next week.
This class will give an opportun-
ity to those who were unable to
take the course this quarter to re-
ceive the course.

The class will meet at the time
most convenient for the greatest
number of those enrolled, and the
plan is for the entire twenty-hour
course to be completed as soon as
possible.

All interested are requested to
sign up immediately on the back
bulletin board in Buttrick, giving
the time for class meetings they
prefer.

Georgia college students, whose
interest in public affairs this year
has hit an all-time high, will have
a chance to air their views to the
nation on April 2 when America's
Town Meeting of the Air, network
feature of half-century old Town
Hall and of the National Broad-
casting Company, holds forth in
Atlanta's municipal auditorium.

The glorified bull session is be-
ing brought to Atlanta by the Citi-
zens' Fact Finding Movement of
Georgia, according to Otis Brumby,
Marietta editor, chairman of the
movement and president of the
Georgia Press Association.

In accord with the democratic
policy that has characterized both
the meeting and its sponsoring
agency, the people of the state are
being asked to select the question
to be discussed. Agnes Scott stu-
dents can make their nomination
by using the blank appearing
above.

Speakers, to be chosen later,
will be nationally known authori-
ties competent to discuss the sub-
ject selected.

The Georgia meeting will be
broadcast from the city auditorium
over an hour's long network hook-
up of NBC. Admission to the
meeting will be by tickets avail-
able without charge to anyone on
request, Mr. Brumby said.

No cut-and-dried harangue, the
Town Meeting is dynamite proof
that discussion of a serious subject
can be as exciting as a prize fight.
Authorities clash on national is-
sues on which the American peo-
ple have not yet made up their

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either side.

"For months we have been try-
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Georgia of America's Town Meet-
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are gratified that Atlanta is in-
cluded among its tour cities this
year. Millions of Americans have
made this program their own and
have organized thousands of town

James G. Layburn Wins
Anisfield Award

New York judges announced a
few days ago that the book, "The
Haitian People," written by Dr.
James G. Leyburn, brother of one
of the faculty members and a Yale
professor, had been awarded the
$1,000 John Anisfield award.

Dr. Leyburn is the brother of
Miss Ellen Douglass Leyburn, as-
sistant professor of English.

"The Haitian People" is spoken
of as "the best scholarly book of
the year in race relations." Dr.
Leyburn is also the author of
"Frontier Society" and a "Hand-
book of Ethnography."

Mrs. Sims Coutinues
Current Events Series

Under the auspices of the Inter-
national Relations Club and the
public instruction committee of the
Faculty-Student War Council,
Mrs. Roff Sims, lecturer i n history,
will again analyze the world sit-
uation in a chapel talk on Wednes-
day, February 25.

This will be the fourth in her
series of speeches designed to help
students keep up with the news
and understand the importance of
the various current happenings.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1942

FOUNDER'S DAY
BRINGS HERITAGE

We are all more or less familiar with
the development of our college from its
beginning as the "Decatur Female Sem-
inary" in 1889. But we feel that on the
occasion of our founder's birthday, it
would be worth while to think again of
the heritage which Colonel Scott and his
associates in the early days of the college
have bequeathed to us a heritage which
will always be an integral part of Agnes
Scott.

This heritage consists in the spirit, and
faith, and ideals of our founder and of all
who worked and prayed together in order
to establish Agnes Scott and to keep it
functioning during the difficult first
years.

It is the spirit that is now represented
in our President and our faculty. It is the
spirit that we seek to live up to through
our Agnes Scott ideal.

Colonel George W. Scott said that the
Lord had given him prosperity, and he did
not want it to harden his heart. In that
spirit of grateful humility to God, he gave
the funds for the erection of the first
building on the campus. In speaking of
Colonel Scott in The Story of Agnes Scott
College, Dr. McCain says :

"He gave himself, his prayers, his inter-
est, his counsel, his constant support. With
all his power, influence, and ability, he
stood squarely behind the school."

The college is named in honor of his
mother, Mrs. Agnes Scott, who embodied
the ideal qualities of womanhood that he
hoped would be instilled in each student
by her association with the school. Every-
one is familiar with the portrait of Mrs.
Scott in the parlor of Main, but few know
of the quaint custom that prevailed for a
number of years. All freshmen knelt be-
fore the portrait and swore allegiance "to
the spirit of Mrs. Agnes Scott."

We no longer kneel before her picture,
but we still feel her spirit in the Agnes
Scott ideal with its principles of "high in-
tellectual attainment," "simple religious
faith," "physical well being," and the "de-
velopment of charming personalities."

Until his death fourteen years after the
founding of the college, Colonel Scott was
a member of the Board of Trustees and he
himself met many of the financial needs.
During these years he was the guiding
light of the institution.

But he was not alone in his work. Dr.
Frank H. Gaines, who was Agnes Scott's
first president, and Miss Nannette Hop-
kins, who was the first dean, were also
outstanding in the development of the col-
lege and its ideals. Miss Hopkins, through
her intimate contact with the students,
furnished an example in her own life of
the "spirit of Mrs. Agnes Scott."

Dr. Gaines formulated this spirit into
an Ideal which has guided the adminis-
tration and the Board of Trustees during
the fifty-one years of Agnes Scott's his-
tory: "1. A liberal curriculum, fully
abreast of the best institutions of this
country. 2. The Bible a textbook. 3.
Thoroughly qualified and consecrated
teachers. 4. A high standard of scholar-
ship. 5. All the influences of the College
conducive to the formation and develop-
ment of Christian character. 6. The glory
of God the chief end of all."

The administration tries to maintain
these standards for us. But it is up to us
individually to strive to prove ourselves
loyal to the ideals of Colonel Scott and to
the spirit of his mother, Mrs. Agnes Scott.

(M. D.)

AT THE TOP OF THE LIST

Jane Elliott Sifts

Leila Holmes Gathers Campus Quotes on

Economizing On Class Parties

With the Junior banquet over,
the students at Agnes Scott are
eagerly looking forward to grad-
uation. Each year the classes fete
each other and the seniors just be-
fore graduation. As many changes
are being made on the campus be-
cause of world conditions, we are
wondering now if these gradua-
tion parties should be changed.
What do the Hottentots think of
combining the parties? Should we
cut down on expenses, but still
have separate parties? If we do
cut down on the expense of the
parties, what shall we do with the
money saved ?
Ruth Biggs '42:

The parties at graduation time
should be combined into one sim-
ple affair. We can have just as
much fun, and even more, by all
being together.
Doris Hasty '42 :

Some schools have cut out their
entire extra-curricular program.
The least we can do is to cut down
on a few of our pleasures. To com-
bine the parties at the end of the
year would be a simple way of
helping our country.
Martha Ray Lasseter '44:

Instead of the seniors giving the

Editorial Note

Shortly following the vote for
May Court members in Chapel
last Thursday, an anonymous note
came to light among the ballots.
It was addressed to the May Day
Chairman and rather strongly ob-
jected to the lists which have been
compiled the last three years and
to the method using in choosing
the Court.

Perhaps the practice of the
May Day Committee has not been
as efficient as possible; perhaps it
has.

The point of the matter lies in
the principle involved. Anonymous
notes are a despicable means of
rendering undesirable informa-
tion.

Anything worth saying is worth
saying directly to the source one
wishes to reach. Direct criticism
is much more appreciated than in-
direct slander. (Bee B.)

sophomores a breakfast, the sopho-
mores alone should give their sis-
ter class a party. Since the sen-
iors have already done so much
for the sophomores, the money
saved here could be given for de-
fense.

Mabel Thompson '45:

I think we could combine the af-
fairs at the end of the year. But
I do think it's essential to have
at least one party!
Arline Bragin '45:

If the seniors and sophomores
would agree to just one party, it
would be a good idea. The stu-
dents here should be willing to
sacrifice a few pleasures to do
their part in the emergency.
Anne Frierson '43:

At a time like this we need to
combine these social affairs to
save for defense. This would be
a simple sacrifice for all of us.
The money could go for a much
worthier cause defense.
Betty Henderson '43:

It seems to me that we should
either modify the entertainments
or combine some of them. Perhaps
the juniors and sophomores could
entertain the seniors jointly. I
think it would be a good idea to
have a committee composed of the
three upper classes to decide how
to entertain the seniors and yet
not do it in as an expensive way
as has been done in past years.
Bobbie Dowell '44:

We certainly should cut down on
the cost of any entertainments we
give. Perhaps instead of formal
luncheons and breakfasts, we
could have something much less
elaborate that would be just as
much fun. Or we could save by
giving just one big event with all
three classes combining to work
on it. At any rate, we should
save some money for the Red
Cross or for a defense bond.
Julia Anne Florence '44:

We don't have many social ac-
tivities as a class. Therefore, I be-
lieve that if we have separate par-
ties and make them less elaborate
than usual, we could save as much
as if we combined them. Then, the
traditional parties could still be

TODAY'S NEWS

The Dark Hour

In what Prime Minister Winston Churchill
called "this dark hour," the Japanese exult over
the fall of Singapore. This is the greatest blow
so far to the Allies in the Far East as it will
probably, more than any other factor, force a
longer war. Apparently Gen-
eral Wavell, chief in com-
mand of the Allied armies in
the Far East, had decided it
was better not to attempt to
reinforce the island but, so
far as possible, to evacuate
it. Churchill, in his speech
Sunday, called the fall, after
only a one-week siege, a
British, and Imperial, de-

JANE ELLIOTT fe;U

Bulldog Breed

In the Philippines, General Douglas MacAr-
thur and his men still hang grimly on. However,
Japanese pressure was described as constantly
increasing, and the enemy seems to be preparing
for fresh attacks.

The Doughty Dutch

Saturday saw the beginning of the real battle
for the Netherlands East Indies when Jap as-
sault troops in 100 transports, protected by
fighters, attacked the oil refining area of Palem-
bang in Sumatra. The defenders fought back
savagely, killing parachute troops "by the doz-
ens." But Sunday reports came of the beginning
of the dynamiting of the oil-rich area. It seems
apparent that Wavell has decided not to try to
hold Sumatra; but reinforcements have been
poured into Java, and the strongest stand will
probably be there. There will be not only men
and supplies but also probably superior airpower.

The Ramparts of Rangoon

In Burma last week the Allied defenders still
held the upper hand. Their bombers, skipping at
tree-top level, dropped thousands of pounds of
bombs on enemy troops concentrating in the
Paan area afterwards Japanese pressure eased
along the entire front. The defenders were hold-
ing the approaches to Rangoon, but the Nippo-
nese seem to be better trained for jungle fighting.

Song of the Desert

Churchill hinted in his speech Sunday that de-
cisive battle may soon be joined in Libya, where
now, Egyptian reports indicate, far-ranging Al-
lied columns are hurling back Axis forces west of
El Gazala. The R. A. F. is bombing key enemy
bases through the eastern Mediterranean; and on
the whole the British here seem to have superior
air power.

Escape Artists

The British got a shock to their pride Friday,
February 13 an appropriate date when three
of Germany's mightiest warships, the battleships
Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the cruiser Prinz
Eugen, escaped from their dry dock at Brest and
raced to freedom through the English Channel.
Over forty British planes were lost as against
eighteen German losses in the attempt to prevent
the escape. All in all, a black Friday for Great
Britain, a black Friday and a black week.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XX VII Wednesday, Febru ary IX, 11)42 No. 15

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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1942

NO. 16

Maid of Honor to the Queen Davidson Band

Gives Concert

According to Margaret Wagnon, chairman of May Day Commit-
tee, Modesta Hance has been selected as the Maid of Honor for the
annual May Day celebration. According to an announcement by the
May Day Committee, the following girls were selected by the vote of
the student body to compose the May Queen's court: Margaret
Sheftall, Jane Taylor, Edith Dale, Mary Robertson, Rebecca Stamper,
Olivia White, Margaret Wagnon, Ann Hilsman, Marjorie Wilson,
Leona Leavitt, Mabel Stowe, Martha Rhodes, Sally Knight, Virginia
Lee Brown- Ann Chambless was selected several weeks ago by un-
animous nomination of the student body to serve as May Queen.

Council Plans
Blackout

The entire Atlanta and Decatur
areas will cooperate in a total
blackout on February 26, as fur-
ther precaution against the possi-
bility of air raids in the commun-
ity.

The procedure to be followed on
the Agnes Scott campus will be
similar to that of February 10,
when the local blackout was con-
sidered very successful by Mr. J.
W. Battle, the chief warden of the
Decatur district. In the future,
plans will be made to assemble the
residents of the campus in the
basements of Presser Hall and the
library.

Dr. Philip Davidson, Jr., is head
of District H, which includes the
Agnes Scott campus and the sec-
tion between College Avenue and
Davis Street on the north and
south, and McDonough Street and
Columbia Drive on the west and
east.

The blackout here on February
26 will be under the supervision of

B. S. Armistead, Dr. Schuyler
Christian, R. B. Holt, Charlotte
Hunter, R. M. Jones, J. R. Mc-
Cain, Carrie Scandrett, Mrs. An-
nie Mae Smith, S. G. Stukes, J.

C. Tart, and Dexter White.

Coming This Week

Thursday, Feb. 26 Total blackout
in Atlanta and Decatur areas.

Friday, Feb. 27, 12:00 Noon.
Group photograph of student
body, faculty in front of Butt-
rick.

Friday, Feb. 27, 8:30 P. M. Var-
sity-Sub-Varsity game in gym.

Saturday, Feb. 28, 8:30 P. M.
Davidson College Symphonic
Band concert in Gaines Chapel.

Campus Blacks Out
Accidentally

Some news mellows with age, cir-
culation increasing its interest;
and so goes the claim-to-fame
story for this week.

The night of Junior banquet,
shortly after the frolicing class
had dispersed to amusement points
and the rest of the campus had
settled down for the evening, a
startling jangle of bells pervaded
the halls. A few seconds later,
another jangle came forth.

By this time the students had
gathered their wits, realized this
must be the promised unexpected
blackout, and were hustling about
to pull down windows and shades
and hurry into the appointed
rooms to wait for the "duration. "
In the basement of Main, dates
gathered in the day student room
to discuss the matter. Over in In-
man, Miss Hunter, air raid war-
den, gathered the volumninous
skirts of her evening dress (in
which she had attended the ban-
quet) about her, grabbed a flash-
light, and dashed to her duty of
inspection.

Amid all this confusion, one
might have seen a uniformed fig-
ure racing across the campus to
Buttrick, rushing up to Dr. Mc-
Cain who was calmly showing the
bell controls to a visitor, and ask-
ing him if he would mind ringing
two more short bells to relieve the
campus of its accidental blackout.

Junior Class Sponsors
Visit of Young Players

The Davidson College Symphon-
ic Band, which in its short exist-
ence has made a name for itself
as one of the finest college bands
in the south, will give a concert in
Gaines Chapel on Saturday, Feb-
ruary 28, at 8:30 P. M. The Jun-
ior Class is sponsoring its appear-
ance on the campus.

Since its organization in 1933,
the band has made several tours
and has played on a series of radio
broadcasts in Charlotte, North
Carolina. It is one of three orches-
tras on the Davidson College cam-
pus, and many of its sixty players
are also members of the other two
bands, which play for football
games and for the R. O. T. C. unit.

The first musical organization
at Davidson was born under
unique conditions, when the R. O.
T. C. unit of 1919 found it needed
a marching band. In order to se
cure the necessary funds for it,
the colonel of the R. O. T. C. ar
ranged with the college officials
and faculty for the student body
to be given a series of holidays in
which they could earn money by
picking cotton in neighboring
fields. Permission was granted,
and at the end of four days the
students had raised four hundred
dollars. Using this and additional
funds given by the government,
the college was able to equip a
twenty-five piece band.

The conductor of the Symphonic
Band is James Christian Pfohl, a
talented young musician who was
made head of the music depart-
ment in 1933, when he was only
twenty years old. At that time he
reorganized the R. O. T. C. band,
creating the three separate groups
which exist today.

The Symphonic Band will play
a varied program, including both
popular and classical music. Craig
Schmidt, trumpeter, and B. L.
Watkins, marimbist, will be solo-
ists for the evening.

Tickets are being sold by mem-
bers of the junior class.

Roy Young Photographs
Student Body, Faculty

A group photograph of the stu-
dent body and faculty will be tak-
en by Roy Young immediately aft-
er chapel Friday morning in front
of Buttrick. Enlargements will be
made and may be purchased by
anyone desiring them.

Author

Roth String Quartet
Presents Concert

The celebrated Roth String
Quartet will appear in concert as
the last presentation of the Art-
ists' Series Sunday, March 1, at 3
o'clock in the Atlanta Woman's
Club. The musicians will be Feri
Roth, violin; Rachmael Weinstock,
violin; Oliver Edel, cello; and Jul-
ius Shaier, viola. Hugh Hodgson
will accompany them at the piano.

The quartet returns to Atlanta
after playing three times during
the week-end at the annual music
festival of the University of Geor-
gia.

Their program for Sunday aft-
ernoon will be: String Quartet in
D Major, Opus II Tschaikowsky:
Moderato e semplice; Andante
cantabile; Scherzo; Finale.

Tres lent Ravel; Assez vif et
bie rythme Ravel; En bateau-
Debussy; Minuet Debussy.

Piano Quintet in A, Opus 81
Dvorak: Allegro ma non tan to;
Dumka: andante con mo to; Scher-
zo souriante; Finale allegro.

PIERRE VAN PAASSEN
DISCUSSES WORLD WAR

A. A. U. W. Sponsors Lecture
Of Foreign Correspondent

Pierre van Paassen, noted foreign correspondent and au-
thor of the best-sellers, Days of Our Year and This Day
Alone, will lecture in Presser Hall at 8:30 on Tuesday eve-
ning, March 3, under the auspices of the American Associa-

iton of University Women. _ ,

Fresh from Europe's battle-
fields, he will bring to his audi-
ence an account of today's truths
from the newsfronts of Europe,
Asia, and Africa, and their mighty
consequences for the future. His
subject will be "The War of the
Continents."

Bom in Holland and reared in
Canada, during the first World
War he left theological school
there to join the Canadian army
in France. After the war, repor-
torial work on the Toronto Star
led him back abroad, where he
traveled for many years, having
various extraordinary experiences.
One of the first foreign corres-
pondents to interview Hitler and
Mussolini, it was he who first com-
mented on their ominous threat to
mankind's future welfare.

A staunch denunciator of Jew-
ish persecution everywhere, he has
made great efforts to help the
Jews .create a homeland in Pales-
tine.

For a time after his return to
this country, he was connected
with the Atlanta Constitution. At
present he is on a lecture tour.

Mr. van Paassen is noted for his
forceful personality, intellectual
honesty, eloquence, penetrating
judgment, and humor in presenting
fresh anecdotes of world-renowned
figures.

He will appear under the aus-
pices of the Atlanta branch of the
American Association of Univer-
sity Women, which will use the
proceeds for furthering the edu-
cation of worthy women. The
prices will be $1.00 plus tax for
visitors, and 50c plus tax for all
students.

Pierre Van Paassen

Mrs. Sims* Chapel Talk
Postponed; Scheduled
For Next Wednesday

Mrs. Roff Sims will address the
college community in chapel in
her semi-monthly talk on current
affairs on March 4, instead of on
February 25, as originally sched-
uled. The postponement is due to
Miss Elizabeth McDonald Os-
borne's chapel talks during this
week.

The series of war maps which
Mrs. Sims has been preparing and
keeping up-to-date in the library
now contains a new addition, show-
ing South America and the South
Atlantic Ocean.

Miss Elizabeth Jackson, Agnes
Scott history professor, is a vice-
president and an active member of
the national A. A. U. W.

To Campus Voters

Last year Article XI of the Agnes Scott Constitution was revised
by student vote. This portion of the Article now reads:

"An alphabetical list of girls who have worked in any year in
various organizations and the positions which they have held shall
be published a month before spring holidays by the Student Recorder.
During the month in which the list is posted, the head of each organ-
ization shall make known, either in chapel or through the paper, the
requirements for the positions in her organization which are elected.
Attention shall be called weekly at student meetings to the date and
importance of nominations. Popular nominations by the entire stu-
dent body take place on the first Saturday after spring holidays at a
student meeting. These nominations are posted Monday and elections
take place on the following Thursday."

The remainder of the Article deals with facts concerning the
Nominating Committee and the fact that its nominations are posted
with the popular ones the Monday of election week.

This is just a reminder that, in accordance with this rule, the list
has been posted on the back bulletin board in Buttrick and is there
for the interested perusal of all.

On the back page of this issue of the NEWS is a condensation of
the duties of the elected members of the editorial staff of the paper.
Those of the business staff will appear next week.

Any organization heads who wish to present this information
through the NEWS are reminded that next week's issue is the last
before the holidays, and the information should be in the editor's
hands by Sunday night

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1942

Selection of Varsity
Climaxes Season

Varsity, Sub-Varsity Teams Clash Friday;
Seniors, Sophs Win Last Double-Header

By Edwina Burruss

The 1942 basketball season came to a climax today with
the announcement by the varsity council of the varsity and
subvarsity teams. The teams, composed of the most out-
standing players of the school, include five seniors, four jun-
iors, four sophomores and three freshmen.

The players earning a place on the varsity team are : Betty

Ann Brooks

Ruth Farrior,
Mary Munroe,
Frances Rad-
ford, Alta Web-
ster, forwards,
and Gwen Hill,
Clara Rountree,
Willetta Sartor,
and Billy Wal-
E. burruss ker, guards.
The subvarsity team has as for-
wards Marg Downie, Trillie Bond,
Mary Cumming, and Mary Dean
Lott; the guards are: Martha
Dale, Ann Gellerstedt, and Ethel
Searson.

The varsity-sub varsity game
will be played at the gym Friday
night at eight-thirty.

Seniors Undefeated

The double-header last Friday
between the seniors and freshmen,
and the sophomores and juniors
brought the season to a thrilling
close. The seniors and sophs won
by the close scores of 20-18 and
18-17, respectively. The games
left the seniors undefeated and
the sophomores, juniors, and fresh-
men tied for second place.

The seniors led the frosh
throughout the game although
their lead was threatened toward
the close of the game. Alta Web-
ster led the seniors with 12 points
and Freshman Mary Cumming was
high scorer for her team.

Photo Finish

Throughout most of the game
the sophomore - junior struggle
seemed to be going to the juniors.
It was not until the last quarter
that the sophs secured the slight
lead by which they were victor-
ious. Both teams battled furiously
and the suspense continued until
the last whistle was blown.

The lineups:
Seniors (20)
Webster (12)
Lott (4)
Brooks (4)
Sartor
Gellerstedt
Hasty

Substitutions:

Freshmen (18)

Munroe
Milam (7)
Cumming (11)
Searson
Manning
Gray

Seniors, Currie,
Wagnon. Froshmen, Rogers.

Juniors (17)
F Radford (13)
F Frierson (1)
F
G
G
G

Sophs (18)
Farrior (8)
E. Howard (2)
Bond (6)
Hill
Walker
Jacob

Substitutions:
Harvard (2).

Downie (3)
Moore
Rountree
Dale
Sophomores, J.

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Count Carlo Sforza
Lectures at Emory
On World Situation

Count Carlo Sforza, visiting
Carnegie Professor of Internation-
al Relations and leader in the Free
Italian movement, will act as hon-
or guest at the luncheon scheduled
by the Emory and Agnes Scott In-
ternational Relations Clubs for to-
day, at 2:15 P. M., at the Candler
Hotel in Decatur.

The Count is presenting a series
of lectures on the current world
situation in Glenn Memorial Audi-
torium at Emory from February 7
to April 1. These lectures, begin-
ning at 8:30 P. M., are free to the
public as part of Emory's war
emergency curriculum.

Count Sforza will lecture this
evening on "France: The French
Defeat and the Future of Democ-
racy in France." His subject for
Wednesday, March 4, will be "Ger-
many: Why Democracy Failed in
Germany; Hopes and Fears for the
Future/'

At dates to be announced later,
he will discuss these topics: "Italy:
The Permanent Italian Realities
Behind the Fascist Screen"; "The
Catholic Church: Its Doctrinal and
Practical Position in Relation with
Nazism, Fascism, and Commun-
ism"; "Upper Classes and Person-
alities in Europe"; "America: Her
Interests and Her Duties in Rela-
tion With the World of Today and
Tomorrow."

Frances Kaiser edited this
week's apprentice issue of The
Agnes Scott News, while Mar-
tha Dale acted as managing ed-
itor. Each year it is the custom
for the two assistant editors of
the newspaper to serve in each
of the two principal editorial
capacities for one issue in order
to obtain valuable experience.

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By Quincy Mills

The first few words which Miss
Osborne said gave an uncanny key
to her personality: it was 9:30
"Agnes Scott War Time," which
seems rather early now that the
Hottentots are accustomed to it.
Yet this was how Miss Osborne
greeted the interviewer who stood
at her boudoir door: "Don't you
feel lazy on this slow time?" Oh,
Miss Osborne is an active, energe-
tic, crisp somebody, with an in-
teresting personality and a win-
ning smile.

The outstanding change that she
has noticed in Agnes Scott girls
since her last visit six years ago is
the improved complexions, which
she attributes to less starches in
the diet. Good circulation and not
eating between meals are some of
the most important means of ac-
quiring nice skin. A characteristic
of all southern girls that she rec-
ognizes especially here is the abil-
ity to be always thoughtful in such
a charming manner. These girls
seem to have, she says, an instinc-
tive desire to be pleasing. Too, she
finds them efficient a quality
that northerners are always so
surprised to find in people from
Dixie. Through many years of in-
tensive study of people, she has
realized that although a southern
woman may appear light and help-
less, she can be extremely effi-
cient; even after long years in the
cruel business world she does not
acquire that hardboiled look that
Yankee businesswomen usually
wear.

Another thing that impresses
her especially is the pleasing man-
ner in which Agnes Scott girls
wear evening clothes. Their car-
riage is better than that of girls in
most colleges.

Most striking, however, of all
traits is the naturalness of south-
ern girls, such as those here or at
Randolph Macon, in contrast to the
self-consciousness of girls in other
localities.

She used this little illustration
as the basis of her opinion that
Agnes Scott girls are charming
and gracious. After her first meal
here, she was delightfully surpris-
ed that each of the girls who had
eaten at the table came up to her
to say how much she had enjoyed
being there, showing "such little

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There are several good picture shows on in town this week
and in one of them Rebecca Hogan was so enraptured and en-
thralled in the dramatic episodes that she never realized
when or how someone occupied the empty seat beside her.
But she was later made well aware of the result, for as she
took purse in hand, unscrewed herself from the seat, and
reached for her hat, there came
the despairing realization that it
was being squelched sat upon.
With mixed passions of anger and
self-contempt, she asked the man
if he would kindly rise and permit
her to get her chapeau. (P. S. She
wore it again Sunday.)

Talk about being squelched!
wow! That's a mild form of what
one of our alumnae was when she
eyed a renovated date parlor in
Main. She re-

marked to Eu-
g e n i a Symmes
(it may have
been vice-versa
one never
knows) that this
was "where he
first kissed
me"; then her
eye noted Nell
Turner and date
at the other end of the room and
no more need be said.

The radio furnishes food for
much thought, news for much wor-
ry, and nonsense for cheerful chat-

B. A. BROOKS

ter. That last is rather paradoxi-
cal since one advertisement fea-
tures a dismal fog horn. Betty
Bowman's nickname is B. Bo. and
this is an extra-special fog horn
which emits noises similar to her
nickname. So Smiley Williams
borrowed 50 cents from Betty,
bought her some Ljfebuoy and pre-
sented to her as a gift (of course
Main had been sounding like a well
travel foggy spot on the bound-
ing long before the gift was
bought). All I have to say is she
ain't guilty!

This week we're fortunate in
having Miss Osborne. And, of
course, we're all sporting our best.
At the cross-section gathering at
Miss Scandrett's on Monday after-
noon, we were taking matters very
seriously when Jane Shannon Tay-
lor started to resume her seat; as
she sat on a pretty foot stool with a
pillow on it, the pillow slid off the
other side and Jane with it. Any-
how, she was graceful as Bhe top-
pled.

thoughtfulnesses which, after all,
are the essence of good manners."

Nor is Miss Osborne narrow,
confining her interest solely to one
field. On the contrary, she keeps
up with the times in all sorts of
subjects, including the sugar
shortage and the college girl's bit
in the war. From personal obser-
vation during Y. M. C. A. canteen
service in England, Luxemburg,
and France in the last war, she
believes that, along with a little
knitting, the best help which col-
lege girls can give is by writing
letters "frequent and good let-
ters" to boys in the service.

Nevertheless, she quickly re-
turns in conversation to her chief
interest in life that of aiding
others. Because of her love for
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Afterwards, she realized that just
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sire to help them to realize their
hidden possibilities. Her dose she
compares more to a vitamin piU
than to a favorite piece of candy.
But really, her requirements are
not so hard to fill if a little effort
and will power are exerted.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1942

Page 3

Olivia White Keeps up With

7<4e llattiH,' JlatienUU

Daniel Boone and Martha and George all came to life at
the Founder's Day Banquet Monday night, and though they
really weren't as they seemed it was fun to go back in spirit
to the old days and dance the minuet. It seems that we have
really come a long way in two hundred years, just contrast
the Founder's Day Dance with the formals of today.

At the KA Formal Friday night

were: Sarah Copeland, Laurice
Looper, Chunky Hale, Ann Flow-
ers, Pat Rea-
soner, Joyce
Freeman, Mary
Louise Palmour,
Martha Rhodes,
Julia Ann Flor-
ence, Annie
Wilds, Suzanne
Kaulbach, Eu-
genia H a i 1 e y,
Olivia white Ann Chambless,
Jeanne Newton, and Mary Frances
Walker.

Included among those at the
Med Dance are: Becky Stamper,
Jean Satterwhite, Mary Louise
Palmour, Margaret Shepherd.

Those at the Rainbow Roof last
week-end are: Martha Arant,
Sarah Copeland, Mary Brock,
Mary James Seagle, Ruth Kun-
iansky, and Joyce Freeman.

Some chose to spend the holiday
out of town, and they are: Virginia
Watkins, who went to Clemson,
S. C; Margie Simpson and Margie
Wilson, at the Clemson dances;
Joella Craig and Nancy Thomson,
at Wallhalla, S. C; Kay Wilkinson,
in Baltimore; Ann Hilsman, in Al-
bany; Pat Stokes, in Greenville;
May King and Mary Davis, in
Newnan; Margaret Erwin, in

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Eugenia Jones and Sara Milford,
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Have you seen Margie Wilson's
new spring outfit? It is a lovely
printed silk in the brightest colors
you ever saw with a woolen coat
of Chinese red. She even has the
red shoes to match. And if you
saw Duck Copeland at the KA
Formal, you couldn't help but love
the beautiful flesh chiffon with
the sorta lacey bodice and the pert
shoulders she wore.

Calendar of Events
Banishes Confusion

Mortar Board has taken a load
off of everyone's shoulder, from
the freshman whose schedule al-
lows her only so much time for
"every little thing" to the senior
who never can seem to do all she
wishes and invariably forgets
something on the campus that she
has been anticipating for a long
time. A simple glance at the con-
venient "cure-all" calendar posting
events four weeks ahead of time
will show what's when and when's
what. On a table in the mail room,
this welcomed predictor of events
brings relief to all.

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College Joins
City Blackout

Committee Urges Saving
Of Electricity, Water

At a meeting of the War Coun-
cil Friday afternoon, February 20,
the main discussion was concerned
with the city-wide blackout which
will take place on Thursday night,
February 26.

Agnes Scott will cooperate with
Atlanta and Decatur in the at-
tempt to make this total blackout
a successful one. Ten whistles
given at various intervals by the
Agnes Scott laundry, Decatur and
Atlanta fire departments, and fac-
tories will launch the blackout
while eight whistles will signal its
close.

This blackout will differ from
the others that have taken place.
Students and faculty living in Re
bekah Scott and Main will go to
the basement of Presser Hall
while those in Inman, White House
and Gaines will proceed to the
basement of the library.

Other plans were made at the
meeting of the War Council by the
Conservation Committee, to ap-
point students in each dormitory
to keep the students conservation
conscious as to the use of heat,
electricity, and water. The Public
Construction discussed the possi-
bility of appointing more students
to help them and to make sugges
tions.

A, A. Holds Auction
Of Lost, Found Articles

A. A. will hold an auction of
lost and found articles which have
not been redeemed tomorrow aft-
ernoon in the A. A. board room at
the gym. The auction will start
at three o'clock and continue un-
til all the articles have been dis-
posed. Margaret Downie, who
is in charge of the sale, urges ev-
eryone to come you're sure to get
a bargain!

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I

Pictured is B. L. Watkins, who will play a marimba solo, "Valse,"
by Durand, when the Davidson College Symphonic Band appears in
Presser Hall, Agnes Scott College, on Saturday evening at 8:30 P. M.
The Junior Class at Agnes Scott is sponsoring the concert.

Atlanta Rotary Club
Fetes Foreign Students

The Atlanta Rotary Club enter-
tained fourteen Agnes Scott girls
from foreign countries at a lunch-
eon, which took place on Monday,
February 23, at the Ansley Hotel.

Agnes Scott girls invited to the
luncheon were: Florence Crane,
Gay Currie, Mardia Hopper, Ruth
Farrior, Billie Davis, Anne Pais-
ley, Page Lancaster, Ginette Gir-
ardey, Mary Moffat Miller, Trina
Perez, Inge Probstein, Anne T.
Wilds, Josephine Young, and Aurie
Montgomery.

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SCHOOL OF NURSING
DURHAM, N. C.

The Diploma of Graduate Nurse is
awarded after three years. Quali-
fied students are eligible for the
degree of B. S. in Nursing after an
additional year of hospital and uni-
versity work.

The entrance requirements are
intelligence, character, and one
year of college work.
The annual tuition of $100.00 cov-
ers the cost of maintenance and
uniforms.

Because of the urgent need for
nurses, the next class will be ad-
mitted July 5 instead of September
30, as previously announced.
Catalogues application forms, and
information about requirements
may be obtained from the Dean.

Associations Drop
Colleges From List

Four national organizations
took action last week to show their
disapproval of Governor Eugene
Talmadge's interference in the
Georgia educational system. As a
result, four more Georgia institu-
tions lost valuable accredited
standing.

The American Medical Associa-
tion withdrew the University of
Georgia from its list early in the
week, but assured students who
will graduate this year that they
will be recognized.

The National Association of
Teachers' Colleges, following an
investigation of conditions, an-
nounced from San Francisco that
it was dropping from its accredit-
ed list the Georgia State Teachers'
College at Statesboro and the
Georgia State College for Women
at Milledgeville. This action may
result in the inability of graduates
from those schools to obtain
teaching licenses outside the state.

Latest action was taken by the
American Association of Univer-
sity Women, which sent out a no-
tice Monday from Washington say-
ing that it had dropped the Uni-
versity of Georgia from its ap-
proved list because of "unprece-
dented and unjustifiable political
interference" on the part of Gov-
ernor Talmadge.

Agnes Scott College

DECATUR, GA.

A college for women that is widely recog-
nized for its standards of work and for the
interesting character of its student activities.

For further information, address
J. R. McCAIN, President

Page 4

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1942

PRESCRIPTION
FOR VICTORY-

The easiest and yet the most valuable
help we can give our country at this time
is being neglected because it seems so sim-
ple that we do not stop to think it is very
important. As the war looms more real
in daily life, we are apt to feel frus-
trated because there is so little real service
we can give. Of course, it helps wonder-
fully to do such tangible things as knit
sweaters for draftees, take Red Cross
courses, and buy Defense Stamps. Btft we
have an even bigger job to tackle after we
have done our best in these things: we
must keep morale at a high level.

"Why talk about morale now, when
most of us are optimistic?" someone may
ask. The answer is that now is the real
time to talk about it to become acutely
conscious of it before the emotions of a
moment have a chance to destroy any of
this confidence. Often we drift inpercep-
tibly from one point of view to another,
and it is too late to undo the bad effects
of a moment's discouragement after we
have destroyed someone else's peace of
mind by thoughtlessly voicing our fears.
This is not to say that an era of gloom is
lying ahead of us; however, trite as it may
sound, "In time of peace, prepare for
war."

Good morale does not mean that we
must be latter-day Pollyannas, glossing
over unpleasant facts by finding good in
every disagreeable situation. But it does
mean that, after we have given such mat-
ters all the attention they deserve, we
should put them out of our minds and con-
versation.

Occasionally, alarmed by news of a tem-
porary military reverse, we are prone to
condemn. But before speaking, we should
remind ourselves that we do not know the
whole story behind the event, and that
nothing we say can change what has taken
place. Our speaking at such a time will
only destroy others' unity of thought.
After all, there is nothing the Axis wants
more than a division of thought among its
enemies. It is working constantly to instill
petty doubts and prejudices in the minds
of our people, so that innocent citizens
will undermine morale by quibbling among
themselves.

And so we must always be on guard
against rumors. Unless we have checked
their truthfulness, we should not pass
them on to others merely because they
make interesting conversation.

And now, familiar with the "don't's" of
preserving morale, let us look at a few of
the "do's." First of all, we can exert a lit-
tle extra effort to keep our conversations
and letters bright with all the pleasant
things we know. It is not hard when we
make up our minds to do it, and we raise
our own spirits merely by conscientiously
trying to keep others cheerful.

The very best antidote for discourage-
ment, though, is religious faith. A cor-
respondent for Life, who spent several
months last summer covering the north
African campaign, wrote that men in both
armies even the fighters of the godless
Third Reich had developed an ardent re-
ligious fervor in the face of the horrors of
desert battle. That is always the case: we
can go just so long under our own power,
but when the real test comes we must turn
to God for the strength to carry on.

All of our exterior rules for building
morale will be useless unless they are
based on inner peace. Then let us seek it
from Him who said: "Come unto Me, all
ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I
will ^ive you rest." (F. K.)

HELPING UNCLE SAM

1 L1L' AftNlTR

** AL CAPP

Lelia Holmes Gathers Campus Quotes on

Increasing Defense Work

"Keep 'Em Knitting" should be
our slogan on the campus. The
Red Cross is thankful for the
work we are doing at Agnes Scott.
Could we do more if we suspended
the organizations on the campus
and devoted our time to defense?
Some form of a central branch of
the Red Cross on the campus
might be a good idea. What do
the students think of these sug-
gestions? Here are their honest
opinions:

Camilla Mtfore '44:

The organizations do more good
as they are, I believe. We are al-
ready doing as much defense work
as we possibly can during the
school year.

Clara Rountree '43:

I don't think that any organiza-
tions should be suspended because
the President has asked that all
colleges should carry on their nor-
mal activities. But I do think that
the clubs could devote some of
their time to defense work for
example, one meeting a month
could be given over for this pur-
pose.

Betty Lynn Reagan '45:

They should keep the clubs and

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do defense work along with the
other activities of the clubs.
Some central form of organization
should be established to supervise
the defense work. That would
stimulate more interest in the de-
fense work.
Marilyn Schroder '45:

Through the clubs we should do
defense work. It would be a good
idea to have a central branch of
the Red Cross out here to super-
vise our work and introduce any
new type of work.
Mary Carr '44:

I don't think that the clubs
should be suspended because they
are part of college. But I do think
that we should do more defense
work on the campus. Those who
have time should be able to choose
from more defense work exactly
what they want to do.
Marjorie Tippins '44:

The work of the clubs could be
lessened in face of the need of de-
fense work, but they should not be
suspended. A central organization
linked with the Red Cross of At-
lanta should be set up here.
Margaret Shaw '43:

I think that the clubs should not
be disbanded, but that there should
be a central branch of the Red
Cross on the campus to coordinate
the activities of the various clubs
so that there won't be any wasted
efforts.

Marjorie Hogan '43:

If it's a choice of defense or
clubs, we should do defense work.
But if we aren't sure the time will
all be spent on defense, we should
not take any clubs away.
Dot Nabers '42:

The smaller clubs could be done
away with to spend more time on
defense. We should leave the main
organizations on the campus as
they are. Having a central branch
of the Red Cross should be care-
fully considered before deciding.
Shirley Anne Smith '42:

All of the clubs should devote
half of their time to defense, such
as rolling bandages, knitting, etc.
It would be a wonderful idea to
have a branch of the Atlanta Red
Cross here to supervise our work.
They could meet at definite times
and teach us the defense work.

JANE ELLIOTT

Jane Elliott Sifts

TODAY'S NEWS

Nipponese Nutcracker

The fall of Singapore has put Java in the jaws
of the Japanese pincers. Java has excellent rail-
ways and roads, and contains strong forces of
troops and many air fields; in short, although it
is in the grip of the Jap nutcrackers, it will al-
most surely prove a hard nut to crack we must
pray, an impossible one; for
at its kernel, according to
noted war commentator H.
B. Knickerbocker, lies the
possibility of using it to con-
quer Australia and from
Australia to launch an at-
tack on continental U. S. A.

In a three-day battle rag-
ing in the Sumatra and Bali
approaches to Java, Allied
forces have sunk or damaged
perhaps as high a total of enemy ships as 32, an
even greater loss than that of Macassar Straits.
But despite the heavy cost in ships, planes and
men, it has been admitted that the Japs are mov-
ing ahead, consolidating their positions on Suma-
tra and Bali at ftie west and east ends of Java.
Eleanor Abdicates

Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt last week gra-
ciously resigned from her position as associate
director of the Office of Civilian Defense on the
ground that "no individual is more important
than a good program." I cannot help feeling that
the office would have been beter off if Mrs.
Roosevelt, with her "ideas on civilian defense . . .
better suited to the realm of sociology or esthe-
tics than to the urgent business of providing
safeguards against enemy bombs and sabotage,"
had resigned before the taxpayers started paying
movie stars and fan dancers.
Tightening America's Belts

Price Administrator Leon Henderson Saturday
warned the nation that it faces a 12 per cent cut
in its standard of living, calling on labor to cease
demands for wage increases except for "those
workers who are really on a substandard level."
Henderson, in a speech to the National Farm In-
stitute, also warned that increased incomes for
industry and agriculture under war conditions
can only lead to dangerous inflation. Everyone
must be prepared to tighten his or her belt.
Red, White and Blue

In Russia's snows, the Red army moves on,
making the Germans blue. According to their
communique, Saturday night the Russian troops
attacked furiously along the entire 1700-mile
warfront, killing Nazis by the thousands and pil-
ing up gains which the High Command is expect-
ed to announce on the army's anniversary, Feb-
ruary 23. Perhaps they can claim the capture of
such key cities as Novgorod, Rzhev, Smolensk, or
of various Crimean strongholds.
Conversation Piece

Last week Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek vis-
ited India for staff consultations with his allies.
Behind this trip lay more than a desire to
smooth the path of domestic peace in India by
persuading its divergent and quarreling forces
to close ranks and aid China in defense against
the Japs. China faces its gravest problem of the
war in the possible closing of the Burma Road.
In that case the Chinese would be militarily iso-
lated except for such new roads as may link
China and India; good relations with India, as an
outcome of these conversations, would be defi-
nitely helpful.
Grounded

Aviatrix Laura Ingalls got her wings clipped
last week in a District of Columbia court room
where she was convicted on a charge of failing
to register as a paid agent of the German gov-
ernment. ((Translation spy.) Fraulein Ingalls
described her activities as a campaign of coun-
ter-espionage against German officials in this
country and characterized herself "as a sort of
Mata Hari"; prosecution witnesses portrayed her
as a $30O-a-month German agent, spending her
time "spreading Nazi propaganda from one end
of the country to another."

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XXVII Wednesday, February 25, 1942 No. 16

Published weekly, except during holidays and examination
periods, by the students of Agnes Scott College. Office on
second floor Murphey Candler Building. Entered as second
class matter at the Decatur, Georgia, post office. Subscription
price per year, $1.25; single copies, five cents.

Editor _._ BEE BRAD FIELD

Managing Editor. ..JEANNE OSBORNE

Business Manager 8UZANNE KAULBACB

Reverters: Betty Bates, Betsy White. Quincy Mills,
Jane Dinsmore, Mary Louise Duffee, Mary Ann Bar-
field, Martha Ray Lasseter, Marion Knapp, Madeline Hosmer,
Martha Stone, Virginia Barr, Betty Burress, Ann Cbambless,
Shirley Ann Smith, Nancy Greene. Marg Drummond, Kathryn
Thompson, Mary Carr.

The Agnes Scott News

VOL. XXVII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1942

NO. 17

Glee Clubs
Give Operetta
Together

Agnes Scott, Tech Groups
Plan Presentation of
Gilbert and Sullivan

The glee clubs of Agnes Scott
and Georgia Tech will present the
Gilbert and Sullivan operetta,
"Pirates of Penzance," in Gaines
auditorium of Presser Hall at 8:30
on the evenings of Friday and Sat-
urday, March 27 and 28.

The cast is composed as follows:

Richard, a pirate king, A. B.
Johnson; Samuel, his lieutenant,
Don Frey; Frederic, a pirate lieu-
tenant, William Wyatt; Ruth, a
piratical maid of all work, Elise
Nance or Mabel Stowe; Major
General Stanley, of the British
Army, Warren Lee Terry; Mabel,
Gen. Stanley's youngest daughter,
Barbara Connally or Nina May
Snead; Edward, a sergeant of po-
lice, William Baker; General Stan-
ley's daughters: Kate, Dorothy
Hopkins or Annie Wilds; Edith,
Laura Cummings; Isabel, Joella
Craig or Jeanne Newton.

It is of particular interest that
Warren Lee Terry will be a mem-
ber of the cast. Mr. Terry was a
popular member of last year's pro-
duction "Pinafore."

The glee clubs' original choice
for an operetta was "The Mikado,"
but they were forced to change
their plans early in December as a
result of the international situa-
tion.

Committee Consults
Dietitian About Meals

The Executive Committee of
Student Government Association
has taken up with Miss Harris, our
dietitian, the student suggestions
which have to do with the dining
room. Miss Harris has looked into
the suggestions and will follow
those that are reasonable. Already
students have noticed a great deal
of improvement in the meals.

Sforza Will Speak
Here Friday

Club Brings Italian Count
As Chapel Speaker

Count Carlo Sforza, leader in the
Italian Movement, will speak in
chapel on Friday, March 6, under
the auspices of the International
Relations Club. Count Sforza is the
visiting Carnegie professor of in-
ternational relations at Emory
University.

Count Sforza, who is a leader in
the free Italian movement, began
his series of lectures at Emory on
February 7, and will continue them
until April 1. On Wednesday,
March 4, he will speak on "Ger-
many: Why Democracy Failed in
Germany; Hopes and Fears for the
Future." The dates will be an-
nounced later for his lectures on
"Italy: The Permanent Italian
Realities Behind the Fascist
Screen," "The Catholic Church:
Its Doctrinal and Practical Posi-
tion in Relation with Nazism, Fas-
cism, and Communism," "Upper
Classes and Personalities in Eu-
rope," and "America, Her Interests
and Her Duties in Relation with
the World of Today and Tomor-
row."

Count Carlo Sforza is an Italian
statesman who was born in Lucca,
1872. He entered the service of the
Italian government and held sev-
eral important diplomatic posi-
tions. He was made a member of
the senate and under secretary for
foreign affairs. In 1920 he was
minister of foreign affairs. Ar-
dently anti-fascist, he resigned his
post as French ambassador when
Mussolini came into power.

Dinner will be served tonight
at 7 P. M. instead of 7:30 so the
people going to the concert in
town can be ready to leave in
the buses in front of Main at
7:45.

Students are also reminded
that during exam week, begin-
ning Thursday, March 12, the old
time schedule will be resumed.
The rising bell will ring at 7:25,
morning exams at 9 A. M M after-
noon exams at 2 P. M.

Campus War Group
Will Sponsor
Weekly Speaker

As an initial feature of the bet-
ter preparedness program of the
Agnes Scott War Council, there
will be weekly discussions in
chapel beginning spring quarter by
Mrs. Sims and guests from Atlan-
ta and also talks on Wednesday
afternoons at 5 o'clock for the stu-
dent body. These discussions are
part of an effort to keep the cam-
pus in contact with defense activi-
ties and aware of the war situa-
tion.

At the latest meeting, on Friday,
February 27, with Miss Scandrett
as presiding chairman, ways of
improving the blackout were dis
cussed. It was decided to correct
the lighting situation in the base-
ment of Presser Hall so that stu-
dents will not have to sit in dark-
ness during the next blackout.

A committee for the promotion
of the sale of defense bonds was
also announced. Dr. McCain has
appointed Miss Emma Mae Laney,
J. C. Tart, and S. G. Stukes as fac-
ulty members of the committee.

The War Council has been func-
tioning since January 25 with Miss
Carrie Scandrett as presiding
chairman and Miss Eleanor Hut-
chens as secretary.

Broadway Hit Play
Comes to Atlanta

"Arsenic and Old Lace," the
comedy in which two sweet old
ladies stage a murdering race
with their crazy nephew, comes to
the Erlanger Theatre on Tuesday,
March 10. Leading roles are being
played by Laura Hope Crews, the
Aunt Pitty of "Gone With the
Wind," and Erich von Stroheim.

Howard Lindsay and Russel
Crouse, the authors of "Life With
Father," are presenting the play.
It was originally written to be a
serious drama, but an observing
producer, who realized the great
possibilities it had as a comedy, al-
tered it and started it on the road
to success.

CAMERAMAN SHOWS FILM AT EMORY;
TALKSON LIFE, PROBLEMS OF ARGENTINA

Julien Bryan, noted cameraman
who has specialized in motion pic-
ture views of real life in various
countries of Europe, Asia, and
South America, will appear in per-
son at Glenn Memorial Auditorium
Friday, March 6, at 8:30 P. M. The
subject for Mr. Bryan's motion
picture lecture, which is sponsored
by the Emory Student Lecture As-
sociation, will be "Argentina."

The film on Argentina is one of
many that Mr. Bryan has made on
South American countries during
the last two summers. Other pic-
tures are of Brazil, Chile, Colum-
bia, Peru, and Venezuela.

In each of these countries Mr.
Bryan has traveled extensively and
filmed real people as they actually
live. Instead of choosing just un-
usual incidents of bizarre elements
he has tried to get a comprehen-
sive view of the country in its en-
tirety.

He will accompany the showing
of the picture "Argentina" with a
lecture discussing the customs and
problems of the people, the extent

Julien Bryan

of Axis influence, and the relations
between North and South America.

Julien Bryan volunteered in the
American Field Service in the first

World War and returned to this
country after the war with pic-
tures of the front that appeared
in numerous magazines and news-
papers. He then completed his edu-
cation, graduating from Princeton,
and later from a theological sem-
inary.

In 1929 he went to Russia with
a group of American tourists and
took his first documentary pic-
tures. Since that time he has
made documentary films of Japan,
China, Poland, Finland, Manchu-
kuo, Turkey, Mexico, Nazi Ger-
many, and the South American
countries. In 1939 he was the only
cameraman to remain in Warsaw
throughout the attack on Poland.
Afterwards he smuggled his pic-
tures through the Nazi lines and
returned to America with his film
of World War II which he calls
"Siege."

Tickets for Mr. Bryan's lecture
at Emory are on sale in the book-
store. The price for Agnes Scott
students and faculty is fifty cents,
tax included.

Group Suggests
Change in Budget

Student Committee Proposes
Economy for Emergency Duration

Meeting as an enlargement of the normal Budget Commit-
tee, the presidents, editors, treasurers, and business man-
agers of all campus organizations which receive money from
the student budget drew up two resolutions last Friday as a
result of their discussions of the past several weeks.

Striving to provide for such organizations as the Silhouette

and May Day Committee which

Nelson Eddy
Sings Tonight

Nelson Eddy, baritone, will be
presented in concert at part of the
All-Star Concert Series tonight at
8:30 o'clock in the Atlanta Muni-
cipal Auditorium. Theodore Pax-
son will accompany him and play
several piano solos. The program
includes:

"Where'er You Walk," from "Se-
mele," Handel; "Come, Let's Be
Merry," Old English.

"My Heart's in the Highlands,"
Jensen; "At the Cotillion," Tschai-
kowsky; "The Miller," Dargom-
yzhski; "At Night," Rachmaninoff.

"La Maison Grise," from "For-
lunio," Messager; "Gloire a Van-
na," from "Monna Vanna," Fev-
rier.

"The Vagabond," Williams;
"Trade Winds," Keel; "Mother
Carey," Keel; "My Song Is of the
Sturdy Night," German.

"Serenade," Carpenter; "The
Wedding of Miss Duck," North
Carolina Folk; "Red Rosey Bush,"
Appalachian Folk; "Tally-Ho!"
Leoni.

String Ensemble
Plays Monday Night

Organ selections by Mr. C. W.
Dieckmann, Professor of Music at
Agnes Scott, will be the outstand-
ing feature of the regular Music
Appreciation Hour at 8:45 Monday
night, March 9. The musicale,
originally scheduled for last Mon-
day, will also include several selec-
tions by the string ensemble.

The program follows: Toccata
(Organ), d'Evry, played by Mr.
Dieckmann; "Zampa" overture,
Herold, played by two pianos and
the string ensemble; "The Bells of
Aberdovey" (Organ), Stewart, by
Mr. Dieckmann; C-major Concerto
for Two Pianos and Strings, "Alle-
gro," Bach, with Betty Jane Han-
cock and Claire Purcell playing the
solo parts; "Finlandia" (Organ),
Sibelius, by Mr. Dieckmann; "At
the Convent," Borodine, "Claire de
Lune," Debussy and Hungarian
Dance, No. 5, Brahms, played by
one piano and the string ensemble.

Coming This Week

Friday, Mar. 6, 11:30 A. M. Count

Carlo Sforza speaks in chapel.
Friday, Mar. 6, 5:00 P. M. Brown

Jug Tournament in the gym.
Friday, Mar. 6, 8:30 P. M. Julien

Bryan's motion picture at Glenn

Memorial Auditorium.
Monday, Mar. 9, 8:45 P. M.

String Ensemble gives concert

in Presser Hall.

will be heavily affected by the rise
in prices, the group proposed the
following resolutions to be pre-
sented to the student body after
the holidays for discussion and
vote:

Resolutions

Resolved: That the changes
made in the budget are to be tem-
porary, only for the coming year,
and that each year hereafter dur-
ing the emergency the presidents
and treasurers of the organiza-
tions receiving money from the
student budget will meet in the
winter quarter to discuss the tem-
porary budget

Resolved: That the new changes
made in the budget will be in ef-
fect only as long as the emergency
lasts, and that after the emer-
gency we shall return to the nor-
ma] function of the budget commit-
tee, using the budget of 1941-1942
as a basis in considering revision
of the budget.

Changes

The changes made include . the
reductions of Pi Alpha Phi by $25;
Student Government, $23; Athletic
Association, 1%; Agnes Scott
News, 2%. The Christian Exchange
will discontinue publication for the
duration of the emergency. May
Day will receive 2^% instead of
2%.

The Silhouette and Agnes Scott
News will not send delegates to
the regional and national press
conventions, as formerly, feeling it
more important to use that money
in maintaining publication stand-
ards on the campus during the
emergency.

Reserve Fund

These contributions will be put
into the reserve fund and may be
drawn from by these organizations
if any group must have money dur-
ing the year to meet unforeseen
needs. If the resolutions are
passed, any amount left at the end
of the year will be used to buy de-
fense bonds, which at their ma-
turity will be set up as a fund for
scholarships or some other urgent
student aid. However, the sum of
$25 will always be carried over as
a reserve for the beginning of the
coming year.

The student budget as it now
stands, unrevised, is as follows:

Aurora, 6 4/5%; Student Gov-
ernment, 6%; Agnes Scott News,
14% ; Pi Alpha Phi, 2%%; Sil-
houette, 37%; Athletic Association,
\ ( .'< ; Christian Association, 4%;
Mortar Board, 2 J A>%; Lecture As-
sociation, 14%; Student Handbook,
2%; Blackfriars, 2%%; May Day,
2%; International Relations, Vz%\
Christian Exchange, Glee
Club, 1% ; Reserve, 0.7%.

Page 2

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1942

Varsity Downs Subs
By Scant Margin

Cumming, Sub-Varsity Member, Leads
Scoring of Teams With Eleven Points

By Edwina Burruss

The varsity triumphed over the sub-varsity with a score
of 24-23 last Friday night in one of the best exhibitions of
basketball seen this season. Both teams functioned excep-
tionally well as units. Skillful passing, combined with unus-
ually accurate shooting from all parts of the court, provided
the spectators with thrills.

Sub-varsity forward, Mary
Cumming, led the scoring of both
teams. The
game as a whole
was one of the
most evenly
matched var-
sity - sub-varsity
games Agnes
Scott has seen
for a long time.

The line-up:
Sub-varsity (23)
Downie (4)
Bond (4)
Lott (4)
Searson
Dale
Gellerstedt
Varsity, Farrior

E. BURRUSS

Varsity (24)

\. Webster (4)
Brooks (6)
Radford (8)
Rountree
Walker
Sartor

Substitutions:
(2), Munroe (4), Hill; Subs, Cum-
ming (11).

Brown Jug

The annual Brown Jug basket-
ball tournament will be held Fri-
day afternoon at 5 o'clock. Six
teams will participate. They are:
a faculty-alumnae team, Atlanta
day students, Decatur day stu-
dents, Main, Rebekah, and Inman.
Gaines and White House will play
with the Main team.

Registration for spring physical
education classes will be held in the
gym next Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday, March 9-11. This
spring there will be classes in ten-
nis, swimming ,archery, golf, May
Day practice, and First Aid. There
will be two advanced First Aid
classes taught by Miss Hutchens
and Miss Symms and a standard
course under Dr. Jones.

Sargent Instructs

Harold Sargent, from East Lake,
will again be the golf instructor;
he will teach the classes on Friday
afternoons. For actual playing,
the classes will go to Forest Hills
golf course.

This spring Agnes Scott will
again enter the telegraphic arch
ery meet. For the past few years
two teams have been sent, and the
gym department expects to con
tinue this practice. For people tak-
ing swimming and Swimming Club
members, A. A. is planning a
spring swimming meet. The two
scheduled meets were held in the
fall, but a third has been requested.

Eta Sigma Phi Initiates

Three New Members

Eta Sigma Phi initiated three
new members last week. They are:
Hester Chafin, Carolyn Michaux,
and Mabel Stowe.

Heads List Office
Requirements

In accordance with Article XI of
the school constitution, below are
printed the requirements for the
elective offices of Student Govern-
ment, Christian Association, Ath-
letic Association, the Aurora, the
business staff of the Agnes Scott
News, and May Day Committee.
STUDENT GOVERNMENT

The first seven offices below in-
volve membership to the Executive
Committee. Those who hold these
offices should be deeply interested
in the welfare of all in the student
body, trusted by the student body,
and capable.

.President: The duties of the
President as given on Page 13 of
the Handbook are to: (1) Call and
preside over all meetings of the
Association and the Executive
Committee; (2) Act as Chairman
of the Nominating Committee; (3)
Call special meetings and appoint
special committees; (4) Aid in the
annual revision of the Handbook;
(5) Act as Secretary of the Ad-
ministrative Committee; (6) Pre-
side at student elections.

The student body will be able to
judge who will best be able to rep-
resent them in connection with ad-
ministrative affairs, and to lead in
the integration of student activi-
ties for one year. She should un-
derstand student problems and be
absolutely impartial in dealing
with cases.

Vice-President: The duties of
the Vice-President as given on
Page 13 of the Handbook are to
(1) Assume the duties of the
President in her absence or at her
request; (2) Preside at Open
Forum; (3) Direct orientation; (4)
Act as chairman of Lower House;
(5) Act as Fire Chief.

The essential consideration
should be that orientation be con-
ducted in a way that will help the
Freshmen to become well adjusted
at Agnes Scott.

Secretary: The duties of the Sec
retary as given on Page 14 of the
Handbook are: (1) Keep minutes
of the meetings of the Executive
Committee; (2) Keep all the files
of the Association; (3) Attend to
the correspondence of the Asso
ciation; (4) Act as House Presi-
dent of a small dormitory.

Treasurer: The duties of the
Treasurer as given on Page 14 of
Continued on Page

College Gives

Insurance

Opportunity

To the Parents and Guardians of

Agnes Scott Students:

In view of the successful experi-
ence of many schools and colleges,
Agnes Scott College is glad to co-
operate in offering to its students
a Students' Accident and Sickness
Reimbursement Insurance Plan
underwritten by the Connecticut
General Life Insurance Company,
of Hartford, Connecticut.

The plan is designed to provide
protection, at reasonable cost,
against unexpected and frequently-
heavy expenses for accidents and
illnesses which cannot be included
without charge in the college serv-
ice.

The company states that last
year it paid eleven Vassar stu-
dents an average of nearly $300
each for appendectomies alone,
with similar experiences at Bryn
Mawr, Hollins, and Bennington.

A survey of expenses incurred
during the college year 1940-41 by
parents for doctors' and surgeons'
fees, hospitals' and nurses' charges
for accidents and illnesses shows
that a very Considerable number of
our patrons would have received
substantial benefits under the
terms of the plan. It is the hope
of the college that this insurance
will relieve parents of financial
strain in meeting this type of un-
anticipated expense.

The college has no financial in-
terest of any kind in this plan, and
it is some trouble to handle the de-
tails, but it is believed that the
benefits which are possible will
justify the careful consideration of
all parents.

J. R. McCAIN,

President.

The plan is designed to provide
protection, at reasonable cost,
against unexpected and frequently
heavy expenses for accidents and
illnesses which cannot be included
without charge in the college serv-

In return for a premium of $9.00
for the period April 1 to October
1, the policy provides for reim-
bursement, within certain limita-
tions, of actual expenses for hos-
pital, nursing, medical, and surgi-
cal care up to a total of $450.00
for each accident or illness occur-
ring within the six-month period,
including the summer vacation.
This last provision applies to mem-
bers of the graduating class as
well as to undergraduates. In case
of withdrawal from college, the
unearned premium is refunded.
Any regularly enrolled full-time
student may subscribe. The policy

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The Brooks couldn't babble this week if Miss Osborne
hadn't honored us with a visit. People just aren't being as
funny or maybe I'm asleep or perhaps my subject matter has
lost its appeal or publicity isn't wanted anymore or maybe
they're all scared that they'd feel obligated to vote for me for

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George White's
Scandals or
something since
I didn't get May
Queen or Court!
Anyhow, my
class put me
through as
George Wash-
ington; so who
am I to get a

complex?!?!

Leila Holmes was later to chapel
than Miss O. on Wednesday, and
when Granddaughters Club lunched
with the charming lady, Mary
Louise Palmour entered late and
was apologizing as charmingly as
possible; Miss O., in order to
be tactful, remarked, "O, you
should worry as far as I'm con-
cerned think of how I've delayed
matters." She was referring to be-
ing late to chapel. Leila came out
in her most charming manner that
"that was perfectly all \ right" that
"the girls loved it and wished she'd
done that more." Not until two
hours later did Leila find out that
Miss Osborne was not referring to
the event of keeping us overtime
Tuesday and making us late to
class !

And during the course of the 4
meal, chatter went on about the

does not require a physical exam-
ination. No reimbursement is
made, however, for dental or opti-
cal treatment, or disability due to
war or due to air travel except as
a passenger of a licensed transport
company on a regularly scheduled
flight. The plan was operated as
an experiment at Vassar for sev-
eral years before it was offered to
any other school or college in the
United States. During the past
year it has been in effect at many
colleges, including Vassar, Bryn
Mawr, Bennington, Hollins, Well-
esley and several girls' schools.

The policy in fact provides rea-
sonable assurance of no heavy ex
pense for either illness or accident
during the entire six months to Oc-
tober 1. Applications must be in
the president's office by April 1.

blackout. Leila remarked that
"she'd be on switchboard." "The
dates will all be in the dean's of-
fice why not call them on into the
switchboard room and enjoy them
for the duration," said someone.
Thinking of the problem of manip-
ulating the switchboard in the
darkness, but uttering only half
her thought, Leila said, "But we
haven't practiced in the dark."
Wonder what Miss O. thought
then at least she considered Leila
a frank soul.

There is a moral in that tale and
one here, too: Eager psychology
students of Gaines Cottage decided
to practice a little of their newly
acquired knowledge no, not hyp-
notism not splitting a personality
nor lie detecting just to test
the power of suggestion. They
framed up and took turns confab-
ing with Hazel Taylor, each one
mentioning "how pale she looked"
or "how weak her eyes seemed"
or inquiring "how do you feel
your forehead seems hot." Hazel,
who had been as fresh as new
cream, acquired a sort throat in 10
minutes, and was on her way to
bed when they all came back in to
ask her to go to a show and to con-
fess their guilty act. Hazel went
to the picture.

To Mary Olive Thomas who has
been inquiring as to what Dusty
Hance means when she says: "Aw,
don't hand me any of that 'who
pushed Mamie off the raft' stuff."
All this columnist (a-hem!X!) can
say is: "Aw, Mo., don't hand us
any of that 'who pushed Mamie off
the raft' stuff."

LAST ISSUE

This will be the last issue of
the AGNES SCOTT NEWS un-
til after the spring holidays,
due to non-activity week and
examination week.

The issue of April 1 will be
the last one published by the
present staff. Except for this
one issue, there will be no
papers until the new staff has
become organized after elec-
tions.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1942

Page 3

Olivia White Keeps up With

*7<4e Itottin' JtotUntoU

Though the periodic exams seem to be once again star-
ing us in the face, we can also imagine that spring is just
around the corner. This is the reason we feign dullness in
our work, this reason we give for wearing our new spring
outfits, and this the reason we are putting down the tops on
the convertibles.

They
spring
man's
know

say "In
a young
. ." You
the rest.

OLIVIA WHITE

Flake Patman,
Ashcraft, Patty

How about Hot-
tentots ?

At the ATO
formal this
week-end were :
Claire Bennett,
Dot Gay, Bettye
Barbour, Martha
Ray Lasseter, Jackie Burns, Nan-
cy Moses, Jane Everett, Laurice
Looper, Martha Liddell, Mir Hoise,
Marjorie Smith,. Joyce Freeman,
Julia and Elizabeth Harvard, and
Mas House.

At the Phi Delta Theta house
dance were : Bettye Ashcraft, Mar-
tha Rhodes, Margaret Shepherd,
Scott Newell, Mary Louise Pal-
mour, and Ann Equen.

Among those at the SAE house
dance were: Julia Ann Florence,
Susan Montgomery, Patty Barbour,
Mary Louise Duffee, Claire Ben-
nett, Mary Neely Norris, Betty
Williams, Ann Flowers, Margie
Wilson, Jane Edwards, and Ruth
Doggett.

There was a house dance at the
Delta Shelter also, and over there
were: Laurice Looper, Kitty Kay,
Marjorie Tippins.

Jean Satterwh.ite and Becky
Stamper were at the Phi Chi Med
dance, and at the Pi K A Black
and White Ball were: Ruth Biggs,
Dot Gay, Jean Chester, Polly Teas-
ley, and Helen Hirst.

Dining and dancing at the Roof

were Mary Louise Palmour and
Margaret Sheftall.

Anne Chambless and Doris Hen-
son went to Georgia for the Mili-
tary Ball. Margaret Sheftall went
to Augusta, and to Athens went
Flake Patman. Polly Cooke and
May King were guests of their
parents in Newnan, Ga.

Office Requirements

Continued from Page 2

the Handbook are: (1) Be in
charge of all the financial matters
of the Association; (2) Act as
House President of a small dormi-
tory.

House Presidents: (1) To be in
charge of the dormitories in see-
ing that the students are kept up
to the highest standards; (2) To
give especial attention to the wel-
fare of the students in the dormi-
tories by working with them and
representing their desires in all
matters under consideration.

Student Recorder: (1) Edit the
Handbook; (2) To be president of
Presidents' Council; (3) To keep
the record of students' points.

Day Student Representative: (1)
To represent the Day Students on
the Executive Committee; (2) To
preside over meetings of Day Stu-
dents and conduct their affairs.

Student Treasurer: (1) To ap-
portion the Student Budget to all
organizations that receive money
from it; (2) To preside over the
Budget Committee which consists
of all Treasurers and Business

FOSyiCTORY

BUY

UNITED

STATES
DEFENSE

BONDS
STAMPS

WAR NEEDS MONEY!

It will cost money to defeat our enemy aggressors.
Your government calls on you to help now.

Buy Defense Bonds or Stamps today. Make every
pay day Bond Day by participating in the Pay-roll Sav-
ings Plan.

Bonds cost $18.75 and up. Stamps are 10^, 25 and up.
The help of every individual is needed.

Saturday Review Includes
Report on Davidson's Book

Dr. Philip Davidson's book,
Propaganda in the American Revo-
lution, will be reviewed in a spe-
cial issue about propaganda and
censorship of the Saturday Review
of Literature on March 7. The
"long and interesting review" by
Peter Odegard, president of the
Treasury Department, will be one
of twelve feature articles in this
issue.

Managers of organizations receiv-
ing money from the budget. (The
duties of the Budget Committee
may be found in the Handbook,
Pages 39-40.)

It is preferable for the Student
Treasurer to have taken a good
deal of math at Agnes Scott.
CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION

The first prerequisite for all of-
ficers of C. A. is a strong, work-
ing Christian personality, having
the inner resource of a vital rela-
tionship with God.

President: Duties: Preside over
Cabinet and Council meetings and
retreats; keep in touch with the
various phases of C A. work; see
that the program planned for the
year is carried forward.

Qualifications: A primary and
enduring interest in the spiritual
growth on our campus; a vision of
the scope of work on our campus,
of Christian works in other col-
leges and throughout the world;
a personal contact with the cam-
pus; ability to recognize varying
abilities and opinions, and main-
tain an attitude of fellowship and
cooperation.

Vice-President: Duties: Have
charge of writing letters of wel-
come to the Freshmen; direct the
meeting of Freshmen at trains; ad-
vise Freshman work.

Qualifications: Enthusiasm, un-
derstanding, sound judgment, gift
of drawing out the ideas and pos-
sibilities in others.

Secretary: Duties: Correspond-
ence with speakers, keeping min-
utes of Cabinet meetings and re-
treats, keeping in touch with the
various activities of C. A.

Qualifications : Initiative,
promptness, contact with campus.

Treasurer: Duties: Collecting
pledges, sending out pledge enve-
lopes, keeping up payments speci-
fied in the budget.

Qualifications: Ability to take
responsibility in money matters,
carefulness, attention to details.
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

CANDLER
HOTEL

Near Agnes Scott

Dr. McCain Reminisces,
Tells How He Met Wife

By Neva Jackson

Caught in his office one busy Monday morning our able
and beloved president put aside his papers and smilingly con-
sented to reminisce. His life, beginning in a small town in
Tennessee, spans two definite eras. As a small boy, Dr. Mc-
Cain had no formal schooling. "I could not even pass the en-
trance exams to Agnes Scott," he said. There were no public
schools then in Due West, S. C,

where he was brought up. His
father, mother and aunt taught
him at home, his father teaching
him Latin. He had only three years
of regular schooling before college
one year at the Woman's Col-
lege, one at Erskine Prep School
and one at his aunt's private
school. "I could not even teach
first grade in the state of Geor-
gia," he said. "In fact, very few
of our faculty could."

One of his 'earliest recollections
is that of the discipline that re-
sulted from a fight between him-
self and his brother, Paul. They
threw rocks at each other over the
house one Sunday afternoon, thus
committing two crimes that of
fighting and that of breaking the
Sabbath. Being older, Dr. McCain
was switched harder.

Allowances being small, he and
his friends used to get extra money
by picking cotton. Dr. McCain was
not a good picker, he reveals. A

President: Interest in athletics,
dependability, belief in the impor-
tance of Athletic Association, abil-
ity to conduct meetings of the
board in orderly manner, a friend-
ly spirit.

Vice-President: Ability to plan
good open houses, ability to con-
duct meetings in absence of presi-
dent, willingness to help plan A. A.
rally in the fall and banquet in the
spring.

Secretary: Ability to take clean,
accurate minutes, willingness to
spend much time with A. A cor-
respondence, willingness to check
up on the points of girls qualifying
for "A. S." pins and numerals.

Treasurer: Dependability, will-
ingness to keep the Lost and
Found two afternoons a week and
track down lost articles, ability to
keep orderly accounts of A. A.'s
finances, willingness to keep athle-
tic trophies engraved up to date.

Continued on Page 4

THREADGILL
PHARMACY

Phone DE. 1665
309 E. College Avenue
Decatur, Ga.

NOTICE

AGNES SCOTT
This is your drug store.

Agnes Scott College

DECATUR, GA.

A college for women that is widely recog-
nized for its standards of work and for the
interesting character of its student activities.

For further information, address
J. R. McCAIN, President

hundred and twenty-five pounds a
day was his best worth only
about twenty-five cents.

Baseball, hunting and fishing
were his favorite amusements. As
to girls, he said, "We had no sweet-
hearts but got together in groups."

"One of my boyhood terrors," he
said, "was meeting the line of col-
lege girls from the Due West Fe-
male College on the daily walks.
There was a teacher at each end
of the line. They were harmless
girls, I'm sure, but I used to go a
block out of my way to avoid
them."

At Erskine College, his main in-
terests were debating, tennis, and
work on the literary magazine. "I
once won a medal for oratory, to
my great surprise. There were not
many candidates for it," he said
with characteristic modesty.

After college he went to law
school for a year at Mercer, then
practiced law for two years at
Spartanburg, S. C. From there he
went to Covington, Tenn., as prin-
cipal of the high school there.

In 1905 he came to Rome, Ga.,
where he started the Darlington
School there. He was the only
teacher the first year and taught
grades 5 through 11, morning
and afternoon, a total of 25 or 30
classes daily. In cases of discipline,
the boys were given a choice of
whipping or being expelled. They
usually chose the whipping.

In addition to teaching, he was
football coach that year. "We
played McCallie, which had just
been started, and they beat us, 67
to 0," he said with a grin.

"My assistant the second year,"
he said, "was W. F. Ogden, now
head of the Sociology Department
at the University of Chicago."

Asked about meeting his wife,
he said, with a twinkle in his eye:
"My father advised me to get ac-
quainted with her and later a
friend of mine got me to double
date with him so that he could date
another girl. So we really met on
a blind date."

Dr. McCain was president of the
American Association of Colleges
in 1935-36, is a senator of Phi Beta
Kappa and moderator of the Gen-
eral Assembly of Georgia. His
main interest, however, has been
maintaining standards in the south.

For 10 years he has served on
the committee of the Southern As-
sociation of Schools and Colleges
and receives reports from all the
institutions. He helped to organize
the Southern University Confer-
ence and has always been on its ex-
ecutive committee. He is, also ex-
tremely interested in bringing the
rest of Georgia together, working
through the University Center
program.

For Good Food
Try

H olma ns

HOME-MADE CAKES
AND PIES ARE OUR
SPECIALTY

Page 4

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1942

Revise Budget
To Meet Crisis

Among the many sacrifices and changes
in plan which will have to be made be-
cause of the exigencies of this present na-
tional crisis, is a much-needed reunion of
our own student activities budget, reduc-
ing the percentages received by each cam-
pus organization, for the carrying on of its
activities.

Some sort of temporary adjustment in
student finances needs to be made for two
reasons. First, prices are steadily mount-
ing. Printing jobs, paper, wood, and metal
cuts are going to be more expensive next
year even than they are now. Cloth and
material for costumes will cost more.
Therefore, it seems inevitable that organ-
izations like the Silhouette and May Day
Committee are going to need a larger
share of the budget in order to keep on
functioning at all. In order to give them
a larger share, others are going to have to
make a cut.

In the second place, it seems a little
thoughtless of us to spend money on cer-
tain unnecessary phases of the activities,
which might be termed luxuries, when it
needs so vitally to be diverted into other
important channels. We do not suggest a
discontinuation of student activities. They
compose a vital phase in the college edu-
cation. We simply mean that a lot of dead
wood can be cut away without injuring the
living part of the tree.

To accomplish these two aims, a com-
mittee, consisting of the presidents and
secretaries of all organizations which re-
ceive money from the budget, has met and
proposed two resolutions dealing with an
emergency budget for the next school
year. These resolutions propose that the
reduced budget be temporary and that it
be reconsidered each school year by a com-
mittee, consisting of student officers. The
money saved by reductions in each organ-
ization's budget is to be used tentatively
to purchase defense bonds. These bonds
will be set up as a scholarship fund (or
some other needed student fund) when
they mature. Then, two good purposes are
being served aid to national defense and
educational opportunity to some future
student of Agnes Scott.

The student body as a whole will have
an opportunity to vote on these resolu-
tions soon after spring holidays. Agnes
Scott students in the past have always
been courageous in facing new situations
with uncompromising honesty and in solv-
ing problems that arise from them with
foresight and practicability. This year
many have already shown themselves
eager to aid in national defense by Red
Cross work, first aid courses, and a con-
servation program. It only remains for
us now to confront this new financial
problem and solve it satisfactorily, never
forgetting that sacrifices must be made in
the "times that try men's souls."

(J. O.)

Office Requirements

Continued from Page 3

AURORA

Editor: Be responsible for gathering the ma-
terial; decide what is to be printed; edit all copy
and see that it gets to the printers; take care of
all correspondence; oversee the makeup; check
with the printers as to the final draft of the
magazine.

Managing Editor: Help judge the material
handed in, as well as help gather it; make up the
magazine.

Business Manager: Take care of all financial
matters; that is, be responsible for getting ads
and collecting for them; take care of the money

Jane Elliott Sifts

TODAY'S NEWS

Japs on Java

On Saturday, the Japanese landed at three
points on the island of Java, the last strategic
stronghold of the Allies in the Far East. The
showdown battle started with a landing on the
extreme west of the island opposite the tip of
Japanese-occupied Sumatra. Later, landings
were made on the north central coast, 90 miles
east of Batavia. The size of the forces has not
been disclosed.

In the naval battles off Java this week nine
enemy ships were sunk or hit; four have been
put out of action; no allied
ships have been seriously
damaged. In spite of this, the
enemy forces consisted of a
"superior group of combat
vessels covering 40 trans-
ports." In all, considering
the serious situation in Bur-
ma, the allied position in the
Far East is weak.
Remember Pearl Harbor
jane elliott Ma j or General Walter C.

Short and Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, the
officers in command at Pearl Harbor last Decem-
ber 7, were ordered Saturday to stand trial by
court-martial on the charge of "dereliction of
duty." It is possible, indeed probable, that due
to matters of policy their trial will not take place
until after the war; meanwhile the officers will
retire to civil life on the regulation retired pay
for officers of their rank. One thing is sure,
they will always remember Pearl Harbor.
Sea Serpent, Modern Style

At the very time last Monday night when
President Roosevelt was warning America of the
hard struggle ahead, an Axis submarine surfaced
off the coast of California and started shelling
the Bankline Oil Refineries near Goleta. Appar-
ently the raid was in the nuisance class, a token
attack; no damage was reported from the shells
and the citizenry showed no signs of panic. If it
was intended to disturb American morale or to
damage oil supplies, it was a dismal failure.
Churchill's Cabinet

In England all was not well. Prime Minister
Churchill, to quiet the rising storm of public and
Parliamentarian opinion, shook up his cabinet.
The War Cabinet was reduced from nine to seven
members. Sir Stafford Cripps, strong pro-Rus-
sian, became Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the
House of Commons; Oliver Lyttelton, "champion
red-tape slasher/' became Minister of State sup-
ervising production shifting Beaverbrook to
Washington as coordinator of United Nations re-
sources; Sir James Grigg, first civil employee to
gain such rank, became Minister of War. Other,
perhaps less individually important, changes took
place. Moral: not even a square jaw and a black
Havana can eternally circumvent the criticism
arising from continued military reverses.
Powers, Priorities, and Penalties

The House Saturday passed and returned to
the Senate the second war powers bill providing
drastic penalties for the violation of priority or-
ders and expanding the Government's powers to
seize private property needed in the war effort.
It provides a maximum penalty of one year im-
prisonment and a $10,000 fine (equal to a year's
Congressional pension) for violation of priorities
orders and also allows the seizure of machinery
for operation of an ordinary industrial plant
providing, of course, that it is essential in war
production.
The Unemployed

Mrs. Roosevelt has announced, after the un-
pleasantness of the OCD affair has died down a
bit, that she will not take another government
post so long as her husband is President. What,
Mrs. Roosevelt never!

from the student budget, and pay all bills.
MAY DAY COMMITTEE

Chairman: Qualities: leadership, originality,
perseverance. Duties: direct faculty-student
committee for writing and direction of May; di-
recting costumes, dances, properties, music, scen-
arios, publicity committees.
AGNES SCOTT NEWS

Business Manager: Must be senior with at
least one year's experience selling ads, keep
books, keep up with national advertising, oversee
whole business staff, collect money.

Assistant Business Manager: Senior, in charge
of circulation, help with collecting, assist business
manager whenever necessary.

Advertising Managers: Two juniors with at
least one year's experience getting ads. Adver-
tising Managers are responsible for getting all
local ads. They may invite all students interested
to work on their staff.

CAMPUS CAMERA

WHO INVENTED THE
GAME OF BASKETBALL,
PLAYED IT ONI* TWKE '

On A CLAS5" RUSH AT 1ME UNNEJSrTY OF
GLASGOW, SOT LAND, 20,000 EGGS AND A
TON OF FlOJR N SOOT AND FISH HEADS WERE
HURLED. GIRLS ALSO JOINED THE BATTLE/

Leila Holmes Gathers Campus Quotes on

Affiliation of War Council; Aye or Nay?

V for Victory calls for the coop-
eration of our whole campus to do
war work. Since the student chair-
man of War Council is to be elect-
ed for next year, and with elections
right after spring holidays, we
need to think who should be chair-
man. Should she be affiliated with
any organization; such as, Student
Government, Athletic Association,
or Current History Forum? Or
would it be better to have War
Council as a separate group?
Why? Here are your opinions:

Betty Bacon '44:

There are girls capable of doing
this job who are not even in organ-
izations. Therefore, I think that
the most efficient girl should be
chosen whether she is in an organ-
ization or not. War Council
should be a separate organization
with students chosen from the
whole campus.

Ann Ward '44:

It would be more effective to
have War Council separate from
other organizations. The chairman
will have so many specific duties
as chairman that she should be
free from other duties.

Margaret Wagnon '42:

The chairman should be elected
from the whole student body, and
not affiliated with any special or-
ganization. I believe the students
will feel more a part of War Coun-
cil if it is not connected with any
other organization.

Martha Jane Mack '45:

War Council is so important that
it should be entirely separate from
other organizations. The chair-
man should have enough free time
to devote all she can to war work.

Other organizations will cooperate
better if War Council is made sep-
arate, and not connected with any
campus group.

Ann Frierson '43:

If War Council were a separate
organization, other campus groups
would give their support, I believe.
No organization could sponsor the
War Council satisfactorily because
other groups would feel that they
were left out.

Elizabeth Carpenter '45:

There would be more cooperation
if the War Council were sponsored
by an established organization.
The first aid courses prove that
the students will cooperate with
the gym department. Therefore, I
think that A. A. should sponsor
War Council.

Leon a Levitt '43:

It would be more effective if
War Council were not sponsored
by any one organization. It
should remain separate from other
groups because it is not connected
with any group already on the
campus. War Council is too wide-
spread for that. It should include
members from the entire student
body with the cooperation of other
campus groups.

Jean Beutell '42:

Chairman of War Council is a
big job in itself which has so rniany
phases that I don't think it could
be connected with any one organi-
zation. The chairman should de-
vote all of her time to the War
Council and should have no other
important duties. She could make
the other campus clubs function
under her during this crisis.

The Agnes Scott News

VOL. XX VII Wednesday. March 4. 1942 No. 17

Published weekly, except during holiday* and examination periods, by the student*
of Agnes Scott College. Office on second floor Murphey Candler Building. Entered is
second class matter at the Decatur, Georgia, post office. Subscription price per year,
$1.25 ; single copies, five cents.

Editor BEE BRADFIELD

Managing Editor JEANNE OSBOBNK

Business Manager SUZANNE KAULBACH

Reporters: Betty Bates. Betsy White. Quincy Mills. Jane Dlnsmore, Mary Louise Duffee.
Mary Ann Barfield, Martha Bay Lasseter. Marion Knapp, Madeline Hosroer, Martha
Stone, Virginia Barr. Betty Burresa. Aiui Chambless, Shirley Ann Smith, Nancy Greene,
Marg Drummond, Kathryn Thompson, Mary Carr.

The A gnes Scott News

VOL. XXVII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1942

NO. 18

Montgomery
Goes to L. S. U.
For Convention

Student Government
Sends Three Delegates
To Annual Meeting

The Southern Federation of Col-
lege Students and Press Repre-
sentatives will hold its annual
convention at Louisiana State Uni.
versity i n Baton Rouge, April 2-5.
Colleges from thirteen southern
states will be represented.

Our representatives from Stu-
dent Government will be Virginia
Montgomery, who will be in the
Women's Division of Student Gov-
ernment, and Frances Radford,
newly-elected president, and Clara
Rountree, new vice-president of
Student Government for next year.

Several of the guest speakers
will be Major General Campbell
B. Hodges, president of L. S. U.,
and Louisiana's governor, Sam H.
Jones.

Among topics to be discussed
are: the place of the college stu-
dent, the college's governing body
and publications in war time; the
necessity of setting up War Coun-
cils; the connection of SFCSPR
with the National Student Federa-
tion of America; the necessity of
adopting a constitution for the or-
ganization; and also the honor sys-
tem and problems of orientation.

For recreation, an old-fashioned
Louisiana Hayride has been
planned. A sight-seeing trip will
take in the L. S. U. campus, Baton
Rouge, and New Orleans. The
climax of the convention will be
the Sunrise Services on Easter
morning which are to be held on
the Tulane-Newcomb campus.

Lecturer

H. S. EDE

Juniors Tell Plans

For Mardi Gras Evening

The Junior Class will present its
annual Mardi Gras at 8:30 P. M. on
April 11, Joella Craig, class presi-
dent, announced Monday. The gen-
eral theme for the floats will be
"Women in the War."

Each class will elect a king and
queen in a few days to represent
it in the campus-wide contest for
king and queen of Mardi Gras. Re-
sults of the voting will be an-
nounced at Mardi Gras, when the
royal pair will be crowned and will
reign over the evening's fun-mak-
ing.

A committee of faculty members
chosen by the Junior Class will
judge the costumes worn and the
floats entered in the parade.

Margie Wilson has been elected
general chairman, and has appoint-
ed the following committee heads:
Pat Patterson, food; Betty Bates,
decorations; Martha Ann Smith,
tables; Anne Frierson, votes; Ann
Paisley, floats; Joella Craig, pub-
licity. The program is in charge
of the following people: Joyce
Geist, writing; Mable Stowe, play;
and Hester Chafin, production.

Jackson, Gellerstedt, Dyer
Write Senior Documents

The senior class elected
Class Day officers in chapel last
Thursday.

Neva Jackson will write the
prophecy; Suenette Dyer will com-
pile the history; and Ann Geller-
stedt will inscribe the last will and
testament.

its

H. S. Ede Lectures
On National Gallery

English Critic Speaks
Of Art and Philosophy

H. S. Ede, well-known art critic,
will lecture in Gaines Chapel Tues-
day night, April 7, at 8:30 Eastern
War Time. His talk will concern
the National Gallery of Art in
Washington, D. C, and he will
show sixty slides of pictures in the
Mellon-Kress collection.

Mr. Ede, who left his home in
Tangiers, Africa, in order that it
might be used for British Relief,
has been lecturing throughout the
United States since January, 1941,
He has lectured at Yale, Harvard,
the Boston Museum of Art, the
Frick Galleries in New York, the
Phillip Galleries in Washington,
and others.

For fifteen years a curator at
the National Gallery of British Art
in London, Mr. Ede has achieved a
reputation for unusual ability to
communicate to his audiences
throughout America the true
meaning of art.

The lecture will discuss the rela-
tion of a people's art to their his-
tory and philosophy. Outsiders
may secure tickets at Rich's, Dav-
ison's, and the book store for 75
cents. The entire proceeds from
this lecture, as from all of his oth-
er ones r will be donated to British
Relief.

Mr. Ede was accompanied to
America by his wife, but she will
not be able to come to Atlanta. He
has one daughter in England who
is a medical student, and one who
is a "farmerette." He himself will
proceed to Charleston after he lec-
tures here.

Mrs. Sims' Talk in Chapel
Analyzes Current Events

Mrs. Roff Sims will continue her
series of talks on current events
during the chapel period on Thurs-
day, April 2, it was announced by
the War Council. She is being pre-
sented in connection with the pub^
lie education program of the War
Council, in which a speaker with a
timely message will address the
campus community at least once a
week.

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College Entertains
Visiting Seniors At
"High School Day

On Friday afternoon, April 10,
Agnes Scott will entertain a group
of girls selected from the senior
class of a number of high schools
in Atlanta and vicinity. Just those
students taking a college prepara-
tory or a general course have been
invited.

Upon their arrival at 3:30, they
will be escorted by freshman and
sophomore hostesses to Murphey
Candler, where they will meet Dr.
McCain, Miss Scandrett, Mr.
Stukes, and the newly-elected stu-
dent officers. Punch and cookies
will be served. Immediately after-
wards, the hostesses, many of
whom are alumnae of these
schools, will conduct the visitors
on a complete tour of the campus.

From 4:30 to 6:00 the physical
education department will present
an exhibition of tennis, badminton,
archery, and swimming. At the
same time, Gay Geysey's orchestra
will be playing in Murphey Can-
dler for dancing. The high school
seniors have the privilege of be-
ing either of these places or of go-
ing swimmings in the college pool.

A buffet supper will be served
in Murphey Candler at 6:00. The
entertainment will end with a sing
on the front steps of Main.

The schools from which seniors
have been asked are Atanta Girls'
High, Decatur Girls' High, Druid
Hills, Richardson, Fulton, North
Fulton, West Fulton, Sacred Heart,
Washington Seminary, North Ave-
nue Presbyterian School, Avondale,
Russell, and Hapeville.

Marriage Classes
Convene Again

Dr. Amey Chappell will continue
the discussion she began last
week on "The Anatomy and Phy-
siology of Marriage" at the second
meeting of the Marriage Class Fri-
day, April 3, at five o'clock. The
class, which is being sponsored by
Mortar Board for seniors and en-
gaged underclassmen, will meet ev-
ery Friday at 5 o'clock for the next
eight or nine weeks.

On April 10 Dr. Robert Rhodes,
from Emory, will speak on "Bio-
logical and Genetic Considerations
in Choosing a Mate." Following
him, Dr. W. W. Young, of Emory,
will speak on "The Psychology of
Marriage," a subject involving ad-
justments that must be made and
the hazards of marriage.

There will be two talks on fam-
ily life. "Life Within the Family"
will involve children and religion,
while "The Family As a Social
Unit" concerns the position and
responsibility of the family in so-
ciety. There will also be speakers
on "Budgeting Marriage" and
"Marriage and Careers." A lecture
on "War Marriages" will be open
to the entire student body and will
probably be held in chapel. Dates
and speakers for these subjects
have not been announced.

The Town Meeting of the Air,
which was originally scheduled to
be broadcast from Atlanta on April
2, has been postponed until Sep-
tember, .1942, it was announced
this week.

Alfred Noycs Talks
At Commencement

Bishop Clare Purcell Addresses
Class on Baccalaureate Sunday

According to an announcement by Dr. McCain, Alfred
Noyes, the distinguished English poet, will address the grad-
uating class at Commencement Exercises on June 2, taking
as the theme of his message, "Poetry and Reality." The
speaker for the baccalaureate sermon, on May 31, will be
Bishop Clare Purcell, of Charlotte, North Carolina, who is thte

father of Claire Purcell, a member

She's An Expert
On Manpower, But
Gives No Samples

Just think! An authority on
manpower in our midst, and not a
soul would have known it if Miss
Mell hadn't had a slip of the
tongue. But the news is out now,
after Miss Mell made a special re-
quest last week that Miss Frink
be allowed to give the Economics
class a report on the subject. Yes,
it seems that being an army offi-
cer's daughter has its moments;
certainly Polly had one of them
that morning, when Miss Mell
added:

"Perhaps Miss Frink can bring
us something "

And then Miss Mell was a little
startled because the class burst
into laughter! But, catching the
drift of- their thought, she tried to
straighten things out by saying:

"I just thought that her ac-
quaintance with the army might be
valuable "

Laughter redoubled. In a last
vain attempt to explain herself,
Miss Mell made this crowning
statement:

"I mean, the things she has
learned from her father!"

'Nuff said. For any further in-
formation on the state of Ameri-
can manpower, we refer you to
Polly herself.

Helen Hayes Stars
In Anderson Play,
"Candle In Wind"

Helen Hayes is starred in a time-
ly new Maxwell Anderson play,
"Candle in the Wind," which comes
to the Erlanger Theatre for three
nights, beginning April 9. The
drama is a story of the adventures
of an American actress and the
French journalist and naval lieu-
tenant whom she loves, during the
eighteen months following the fall
of France.

The leading male role is played
by Louis Borell, while others prom-
inent in the cast are John Wen-
graf, who is seen as the comman-
der of a Nazi concentration camp
near Paris; Tonio Selwart, Philip
White, Robert Harrison, Lotte
Lenya, Benedict MacQuarrie, Har-
ro Meller, Michelette Burani,
Brian Connaught, and others.

The play is staged by Alfred
Lunt and presented by the Theatre
Guild and the Playwrights' Com-
pany. Tickets are being sold by
mail until April 6, when the box
office opens.

of the graduating class.

An ardent defender of those
aesthetic and religious values
which are under fire today, Dr.
Noyes has recently published his
first novel, "No Other Man," em-
bodying his credo. "Hitler at Judg-
ment," a long poem of his which
appeared in May, 1941, upholds the
same ideals and is an indictment
of Hitlerism. In it, the poet ar-
raigns Hitler before an interna-
tional bar of justice. Shortly after-
the poem was published in book
form, a special copy of it was
flown to England for presentation
to Prime Minister Winston
Churchill.

Dr. Noyes began his literary-
career soon after his graduation
from Oxford, and has published
many volumes of poetry since then,
which have steadily increased his
fame. He is responsible for the
modern revival of interest in nar-
rative poetry through his long nar-
rative, "Drake." In his "Tales of
the Mermaid Tavern" he gained
new success for his rollicking stor-
ies of the Elizabethan gentlemen
who frequented the Mermaid:
Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Kit
Marlowe, Thomas Nash, Sir Walter
Raleigh, and others. Among his
many volumes of verse are: "The
Golden Hynde," "The Elfin Artist,"
"Beyond the Desert," "Voltaire,"
and the America-inspired "Avenue
of Allies."

Bishop Purcell is a native of
southern Alabama, but has been
living in North Carolina since his
appointment in 1938 to the head-
ship of the Methodist Church
there. He graduated from Vander-
bilt University, and received de-
grees from Birmingham-Southern
College and from the University
of Alabama. During the first
World War he served overseas as
a chaplain, spending eighteen
months in Luxembourg.

Speech Recital Features
Agnes Scott Students

A speech recital, featuring
works of classical and contempor-
ary literature, both poetry and
prose, will be held in Presser Hall
April 1, at 8 o'clock. The recital
will include readings by Neva
Jackson and Martha Marie Trim-
ble.

Coming This Week

Wednesday, Apr. 1, 8:00 P. M.
Speech recital by Neva Jackson
and Martha Marie Trimble in
Presser Hall.

Thursday, Apr. 2, 10:30 A. M.
Mrs. Sims' talk in chapel.

Tuesday, Apr. 7, 8:30 P. M. H. S.
Ede's lecture in Presser Hall.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1942

A. A. Invites Campus
To Square Dance

Tennis Club Holds Spring Tfy-outs;
Miss Bonham Tells of Camping Course

The first open house of the spring will be in the form of a
square dance next Saturday night. Miss Dozier and Miss
Wilburn will teach and lead the dances.

Everyone on the campus is invited and urged to wear cos-
tumes. The dancing will start at 7:30 at the gym; there will
be refreshments later in the eve-

ning-.

Miss

Eleanor

Bonham, Atlanta
Girl Scout di-
rector, will be
on the campus
next Tuesday at
five o'clock to
discuss the
course for camp
leaders, to be
sponsored by the
Social Planning
e. burruss Council. At this
time she will also interview pros-
pective camp counselors.

Tennis Club Try-outs

Tennis Club will hold tryouts
tomorrow and Friday, April 2 and
3, from three to four-thirty. The
annual spring- doubles tournament
will begin on Friday. Any two
girls on the campus may play as
partners. Sign up for Tennis Club
tryouts and the tournament on the
bulletin board at the gym.

Supper Hike

Outing Club is having a supper
hike, which is open to anyone on
the campus, tomorrow afternoon
from five to seven o'clock. Every
one who is going must sign up by
noon tomorrow. The group will
leave from the gym and hike down
McDonough Street. The cost of
the supper will be twenty or twen-
ty-five cents.

Dr. McCain Makes Report
At Board's Annual Meeting

Dr. J. R. McCain will fly to New
York this week to report to the
General Education Board the re
cent grant of $350,613.41 which
Agnes Scott received. The board
holds its annual meeting there on
April 2 to make a formal report
of the progress of its work for the
previous six months and to discuss
plans for future appropriations.

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Students Complete
First Aid Courses

Eighty-eight girls have been of-
ficially recognized by the National
Red Cross headquarter^ and the
Agnes Scott physical education de-
partment as having completed the
standard first aid course, and four-
teen instructors who finished the
advanced course in the winter
quarter are now teaching in Red
Cross courses this quarter.

The new instructors are: Edwina
Burruss, Laura Colvin, Laura
Cumming, Elizabeth Harvard,
Julia Harvard, Emily Hewitt, Elea-
nor Hutchens, Eugenia C. Jones,
Lou Pate, Agnes Reagan, Jane
Stillman, Mrs. S. G. Stukes, Eu-
genia Symms, Elise Tilghman, and
Virginia Tuggle.

Applications Increase
For Student Insurance

Progress of the drive for appli-
cations for student insurance was
announced this week by the Presi-
dent's Office, and the hope ex-
pressed that enough students will
be interested in the plan to make
its adoption possible. According to
Dr. J. R. McCain, there have been
numerous applications for Stu-
dents' Accident and Sickness Re-
imbursement. Unless approximate-
ly fifty per cent of the student
body applies, the insurance com-
pany will not establish the system
at Agnes Scott.

College President
Attends Banquets

Dr. McCain Addresses
Local Alumnae Club

Dr. J. R. McCain, now a member
of the Committee of Investigation
for Phi Beta Kappa, has taken
part in several recent events of
that organization. On March 26,
he traveled to Wofford College for
Men, in Spartanburg, S. C, to at-
tend a banquet given on the first
anniversary of its chapter of Phi
Beta Kappa, which received a char-
ter last spring.

He spoke at another , birthday
banquet in Birmingham. Ala.,
on March 30 when Phi Beta Kappa
at Birmingham-Southern College
celebrated the fourth anniversary
of its formation. While he was
in the city, Dr. McCain also spoke
at a meeting of the Agnes Scott
Alumnae Club.

Every three years, Phi Beta
Kappa confers recognition upon
those institutions whose qualifica-
tions meet its requirements, but
before any school can be consid-
ered it must stand on the approved
list of the Association of American
Universities. The intervening pe
riod is taken up with rigid investi
gation on the part of the authori-
ties.

This year Dr. McCain is taking
the place of one of the members of
the Committee on Qualifications
who is ill. In this position he will
investigate Converse College, at
Spartanburg, S. C; Mary Baldwin,
at Staunton, Va.; Hollins College,
at Hollins, Va.; Sweetbriar, at
Sweetbriar, Va.; Wilson College
for Women, at Oxford, Ohio; and
the University of Maryland, at
College Park, Maryland. He has
undertaken this work in addition to
his duties on another committee.

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Students and Committee
Nominate New Officers

Popular and committee nomina-
tions for student offices for 1942-
43 are listed below; committee
nominations are in bold type:
Student Government

President, Frances Radford,
Clara Rountree; Vice-President,
Clara Rountree, Carolyn Smith,
Betty Bates; Secretary, Aurie
Montgomery, Claire Bedinger, Bob-
bie Powell, May Lyons; Treasurer,
Aurie Montgomery, Claire Bedin-
ger, Alice Willis; House-President
Rebekah, Mary Ann Cochran, Car-
oline Smith, Joella Craig; House-
President Main, Joella Craig, Ann
Flowers, Caroline Smith; House-
President Inman, Joella Craig,
Caroline Smith, Kay Wright.
Student Recorder

Betty Bates, Caroline Smith,
Clara Rountree.

Day Student Representative

Clara Rountree, Mamie Sue Bar-
ker, Martha Ann Smith.

Student Treasurer

Mary Jane Auld, Betty Bates.
Christian Association

President, Mardia Hopper,
Frances Radford, Ann Paisley, Kay
Wright, Mamie Sue Barker; Vice-
President, Mardia Hopper, Ann
Paisley, Kay Wright, Frances Rad-
ford; Secretary, Ruth Farrior, Bet-
ty Bowman, Ruth Kolthoff, Ann
Ward, Bunny Gray; Treasurer,
Ruth Farrior, Ann Ward, Ruth
Kolthoff, Bunny Gray, Elizabeth
Edwards.

Athletic Association

President, Ann Frierson, Mar-
garet Downie; Vice-President,
Margaret Downie, Ann Frierson;
Secretary, Mary Maxwell, Virginia

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(Two doors from Medical Arts Bldg.)

Tuggle, Billy Walker; Treasurer,
Virginia Tuggle, Mary Maxwell.
Billy Walker.

Silhouette
Editor, Ruth Lineback, Betty
Brougher, Pat Perry; Assistant
Editors, Claire Bennett, May
Lyons, Catherine Kollock, Ann
Jacobs, Kathie Hill; Business Man-
ager, Laura Cumming, Nancy
Hirsh, Pat Perry; Advertising
Manager, Meg Bless, May Lyons,
Carolyn Daniel, Martha Liddell.
Aurora

Editor, Jean Moore; Managing
Editor, Jane Elliott, Jean Moore;
Business Manager, Sterley Lebey,
Mary Ward.

Agnes Scott News

Editor, Martha Dale, Frances
Kaiser; Managing Editor, Frances
Kaiser, Jane Elliott; Assistant Ed-
itors (2), Mary Louise Duffee,
Leila Holmes, Quincy Mills, Made-
line Hosmer, Martha Ray Lasse-
ter; Business Manager, Mamie Sue
Barker, Alice Clements, Jane Dins-
more, Mary Estill Martin; Assist-
ant Business Manager, Alice Clem-
ents, Mamie Sue Barker, Mary Es-
till Martin; Advertising Managers,
Squee Wolford, Martha Liddell,
Mary Frances Walker, June Lanier.
Lecture Association

President, Betty Henderson,
Leona Leavitt; Treasurer, Leona
Leavitt, Lillian Roberts.
May Day

Chairman, Margie Wilson, Alice
Clements.

War Council
Nancy Hirsh, Betty Brougher,
Mary Ward.

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Helpful Hints in Biology L Is your life simply full of but-
tonhooks all because when it comes to BTO's, your
life is strictly stock? Do you yearn to hear a doll sound
off with "Come on worm, squirm?" Then brush up on
your picture painting, look to your she-math, and do
your fingernails with longer lasting Dura-Gloss. Then,
witch, see how you'll blitz your convoy!

Glossary: Man-trap: popular gal. In the cage:
at school. Biology I : boy problem. Buttonhooks:
question marks, i.e. problems. BTO: Big Time
Operator, i.e. boy who takes you out. Strictly
stock: nothing much doing. Doll: eligible male.
Come on, worm, squirm: Let's dance. Picture
painting: use of cosmetics. She-math: your fig-
ure Dura-Gloss: the nail polish for fingernail
S.A. Witch: gal. Blitz your convoy: impress
your escort.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1942

CAMPUS THANKED
BY NEWS STAFF

With elections comes the annual turn-
over in student offices and responsibili-
ties. The old officers retire in favor of the
newly-elected who now have a year of op-
portunity before them opportunity to
serve, improve, and maintain Agnes
Scott's traditional high standards.

And with this election upheaval comes
a chance for the editorial farewell address
of the Agnes Scott News, this being the
last issue of the present staff. Publication
will be resumed under the new officers as
soon as they have organized their staff
and made any necessary changes.

As the success of any student organiza-
tion is dependent on the cooperation and
support of the individual students, so the
chance to serve and credit for any degree
of campus success which the NEWS may
have attained is entirely due to YOU, the
loyal readers and willing sources of many
stories.

Also, the News would like to take this
opportunity to thank the heads of the stu-
dent organizations for their help in the
paper's aim to become a true organ of stu-
dent opinion and a means of keeping the
campus well informed on current student
matters. Their aid has been invaluable.

Likewise, to the faculty and adminis-
tration goes a vote of appreciation for
their patience and willingness to help. The
cooperation of the various offices and pro-
fessors has proved an inspiration and un-
limited aid to the staff.

The staff would like to express its
thanks to those mentioned above not only
for their constant cooperation but also for
the vast opportunity for service which they
gave in allowing the members to work un-
hampered during the past year.

But above all, credit should go to the
staff itself: to Jeanne Osborne, the Man-
aging Editor, for her ever-present help and
willingness to work; to Martha Dale and
Frances Kaiser, the Assistant Editors, for
their cheerful grasping and execution of
any task assigned to them, and their utter
dependability ; to the various columnists
and editors for their faithfulness; to all
the reporters whose weekly work may at
times go thankless but never unappreciat-
ed ; and to Suzanne Kaulbach and her co-
horts on the business staff goes credit for
a hard job in hard times.

The work of the paper may be limited
next year, due to war conditions; but the
opportunity for service is greater than it
has ever been in the history of the Agnes
Scott News and we are confident the new
staff will see that this unusual opening is
converted into work well done.

Quotable Quotes

"Japan is at war with the United States and
Great Britain because her aggression policy has
cost her some 75 per cent of her normal imports
and because her economic life w r as bound up with
the nations blockading her. Thus Japan is in a
state of economic as well as military siege, and
she is extremely vulnerable in both respects."
Dr. William 0. Scroggs, dean of the graduate
. school at Louisiana State University, says Japan,
of all nations, was the one that needed most to
live under peaceful trade terms with the rest of
the world.

TOMORROW MAY BE TOO LATE

TORDKENSE
BUY

UNITED
STATES
SAVINGS

Leila Holmes Gathers Campus Quibbles on

Bashful, Barefoot Girls

Vassar girls are noted for their
stringy hair, Wellesley girls for
their sloppy sweaters, and Agnes
Scott girls for what? Since all the
shoes are going for defense and
not de-feet, what do you think of
our not wearing shoes? We could
then be ^barefoot girls with
cheeks of tan" (pancake makeup).
Here you . will find the students'
honest opinions on this most im-
pertinent question of the week.
Kathie Hill 4? :

We should all go barefooted be-
cause criminals don't like flat-
foots because they're arch ene-
mies (with apologies and thanks to
Kathie's literature).
Virginia Montgomery '4Z:

Northerners always think of
Southerners without shoes; so why
disappoint them? We must be
true Southerners.
Ann Flowers '43:

MacArthur \s men are fighting so
hard that we should walk softly
like little ducks. Besides, we had
ice cream for supper last night.
It would be so much more home-
like not to wear them.
Erline Milstead '45:

The main cause of appendicitis
on this campus is wearing shoes.
I am sure of this because I never
had my appendix out before I wore
shoes. From my hospital bed,
therefore, I plead for no shoes.
Ann Chambless '42:

I'm out campaigning for no

shoes. If May Court could just go
barefoot, we'd be so much happier.
We could even wear rings on our
fingers and bells on our toes.
Dot Holloran '43:

I hate shoes. Tom hates shoes.
Maggie hates shoes. "But do we
love each other?" You guess.
(Tom says, "Harvard men aren't
wearing shoes this year.")
M. O. Thomas '42:

In the Russian five-year plan the
Russians gave out of shoes. We
might do the same thing in our
four-year plan here. So off with
our shoes now, I say.
Virginia Tuggle '44:

Fine idea! Shoes cramp the feet
and cause corns. Besides, shoes
tend to inhibit one's natural grace
which can only show to best ad-
vantage in a flit class.
Benny e Linzy '43:

I think it is definitely a good
plan to adopt, because it will cut
down on the time required for
dressing in the mornings. That
way everybody should have plenty
of time to get to breakfast.

Nancy Hirsh '43:

Can you imagine us Yankees
wearing shoes? We've been the
shoeless wonders since Uncle Sam
grew a beard. Besides, if the
armies don't have to wear shoes,
think of the leather we can save!
SAVE FOR DEFENSE is our
motto!!

The Agnes Scott News

"As a generation, we have been using up the
principal of <ur religious capital. Ethical ideals
are rooted in religious faith; when one genera-
tion discards religion, the next generation may
discard ethical ideals." Dr. William P. Tolley,
president of Allegheny College, sees cause for
alarm in the trend away from religion.

VOL. XX VII Wednesday. April 1. 1942 NO. 18

Published weekly, except during holidays and examination periods, by the students
ff Agnes Scott College. Office on second floor Murphey Candler Building. Entered as
second class matter at the Decatur. Ceorgia. post office. Subscription price per year.
$1.25; single copies, five cents.

Editor BEE BRADFTKLD

Managing Editor JEANNE OSBORNE

Business Manager SUZANNE KAULBACH

Martha Dale Leila Holmes Olivia White

Prances Kaiser Betty Ann Brooks Society Editor

Assistant Editors Assistant Feature Editors

Jane Elliott Jan& Stlllwell

M Y!V e Ba ^ kir Current History Editor . J ^t A 9 n HL5 t 2SS!

Alice ( It-merits .... _ Assistant Society Editors

Advertising Managers hdwina Burruss

Sports Editor M.irgaret Mary Toomey

Carollm Newbold \\uy Fstill Martin Circulation Manager

C0PY future "iter Bennye Llnzy

Neva Jackson Marjorie Cray Susan Spurlnek

Feature Editor Club Editor Circulation Assistants

Reporters: Betty Bates. Betsy White. Qulncy Mills. Jane Dlnsmore. Mary Louise Duffee.
Mary Ann Barf U Id. Martha Ray Lassetcr. Marion Knapp. Madeline Hosmor, Martha
*ton< Virginia Harr Rett} Rurn - Ann c'harnbb Shlrlej Ann Smith. Nancy GreeBe,
Marg Drummond. Kathryn Thompson. Mary Carr.

Business Assistants: Mary Frances Walker. Squee Wool ford, Jan.: Nnir. .Turn Lanier.
Martiia Liddell, Imotrene Cower.

JANE ELLIOTT

Jane Elliott Sifts

TODAY'S NEWS

Bis: Boss

The biggest news of all in the last few weeks
on the war front is the appointment of General
Douglas MacArthur as commander-in-chief of
the United Nations' forces in the Far East. When
MacArthur arrived in Australia, Lieutenant Gen-
eral Jonathan M. Wain-
wright was left in command
on Bataan of the defending
American and Filipino
forces, still holding three-
fifths of the Philippines.

MacArthur has the task of
defending a land strange to
him. an area nearly as large
as the United States, with a
coastline as long as ours. Not
only that, his is the task, in
time, of organizing an American offensive
against Japan.

Perhaps the key words for us in General Mac-
Arthur's brief speech upon taking over supreme
command of the Pacific .forces are: "My success
or failure will depend primarily upon the re-
sources which our respective Governments place
at my disposal."
Soldiers of Fortune

Labor has hit the front page again with a bang.
This time the home fight is raging over the issue
of the 40-hour week, meaning time-and-a-half for
time over that and double-time on Sundays and
holidays. On the basis of reports from war pro-
duction plants, it is obvious that labor has a good
thing in the war as far as overtime wages go
and the public objects. WPB's Donald Nelson has
advocated the discontinuance of double pay for
Sundays and holidays; Rayburn, Speaker of the
House, has recommended a 48-hour week. Labor
fights with machines as soldiers with guns; the
public's criticism is that it is gaining material
profit while the soldiers have only sacrifice.
Harmony of the Hemispheres

In Washington, the United Nations at last has
a High Command. In the same building are the
military representatives of most of the Allies,
the British have the third floor; the Americans,
the second; China, the Netherlands, Australia, are
in on the ground floor. All of the Chiefs of Staff
and their top officers meet around one table, to
make the decisions that shall guide this war and
influence the fate of empires, of nations, of peo-
ples. The fulfillment of a dream of General
George C. Marshall, the U. S. Army's Chief of
Staff, this effective joint command makes possi-
ble effective joint military action.
No Crip

Sir Stafford Cripps, Lord Privy Seal, has been
sent to India by Churchill to settle the India
Problem (well worthy of capitals). Sir Stafford
has a job on his hands which will take all his dip-
lomatic skill to solve, for India's varied parties
and peoples have all different goals, different de-
mands. Important phases of empire strategy
hinge on the solving of the problem. Rumor has
it that Britain's offer will comprise: (1) India
to obtain autonomy similar to that of Egypt;
(2) territorial integrity to remain untouched
no split into Hindu and Moslem states; (3) India
to take part in postwar conferences as an inde-
pendent nation.
The Battling Bear

In Russia savage fighting still flames. All
along the 1200-mile front Nazis hold grimly on
while Russians slash deep into their positions.
The Germans hold doggedly to key points while
Russians seek to close the pincers on them. Losses
are heavy on both sides; progress is agonizingly
low. Behind the fighting lines, both sides make
ready for spring offensives experts say the Ger-
mans will have 250 divisions about five million
men on the battle line this spring; the Russions
will probably outnumber anything the Germans
can muster. Bodies from the new battles will join
the numberless dead of the old.
Thunderbolt

Britain's commandos struck last week-end at
the German-occupied French coast in a lightning
raid. Converting a former United States des-
troyer into a giant time-bomb, they blasted the
main dock gate of the German submarine base at
St. Nazaire. The success of the attack is not as-
sured, but if it was gained, the commandos have
wrought havoc in one of the home ports of the
submarines which have been harrying the U. S.
Atlantic Coast.

EDITORIAL NOTE

Thanks for the removal of the blinds from the
windows of the reserve book room in the library.
If the blinds are really necessary, we can bear
with them, but the feeling of depression and ache
from necessary hours spent under artificial light
was by no means conducive to learning.

The Agnes Scott News

VOL. XXVII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1942

NO. 19

Mortar Board for 1942

The new members of Mortar Board shown receiving their scrolls from Jane Taylor, retiring president,
are, left to right, front row: Mardia Hopper, Anne Frierson, Dot Holloran, new president; back row:
Ruth Lineback, Martha Dale, Frances Kaiser, and Frances Radford. photo Courtesy Atlanta Journal.

Mortar Board
Installs Group
For New Term

Jane Taylor, president of the
1942 Mortar Board, announced the
names of seven juniors and one
honorary member of Mortar Board
for next year in chapel Saturday
morning.

Dot Holloran will be the new
president of Mortar Board with
the following members: Martha
Dale, Ann Frierson, Mardia Hop-
per, Frances Kaiser, Ruth Line-
back, and Frances Radford. Miss
Lucile Alexander was elected to
Mortar Board as an honorary
member.

Jane Taylor introduced Dr. Mc-
Cain, who gave a short history of
Mortar Board and its accomplish-
ments. He said that Mortar Board
was originally called HOASC,
which meant Honorary Organiza-
tion of Agnes Scott College. This
organization was replaced by the
national organization of Mortar
Board.

Mortar Board members are
elected each year on the basis of
leadership, scholarship, and serv-
ice.

Saturday night the new members
were entertained with a banquet in
the Alumnae House. Dr. McCain
and the three faculty advisors,
Miss Harn, Miss Leybum, and Dr.
Christian, were guests at the ban-
quet. The members were formally
initiated before the banquet.

War Council Plans
Meetings For April

At a recent meeting of the War
Council, plans were made for
speakers and meetings for the
month of April.

Miss Gilchrist will speak on
"Nutrition" this afternoon at 5
o'clock in the chemistry lecture
room. On May 6 at 5 o'clock Davi-
son's will present Mr. O'Garraugh,
a company officer, who will speak
on "Clothes and the War." He will
discuss various points of clothes
shortage, what to buy, and how to
buy.

Alumnae Give Aid
In Choice of Work

Requested by Mortar Board to
do again what they did last year
in an effort to help Agnes Scott
students in the choice of vocations,
the Alumnae Association is spon-
soring a series of vocational guid-
ance conferences at which Agnes
Scott alumnae from various voca-
tional fields will take part in in-
formal discussions about their par-
ticular vocations.

The conferences, which meet in
the Alumnae House at 8 P. M., be-
gan April 15 with a discussion of
the work of buyers, stylists, and
personnel workers in retail stores.

The next discussion, April 24,
will be on advertising, commercial
art, and journalism. The third con.
ference, April 27, will be a discus-
sion of the vocations of techni-
cians, nurses, biologists, and chem-
ists. Work in government agencies,
such as N. Y. A., Department of
Public Welfare, and Red Cross,
will be the topic for discussion
April 30, and on May 5 a group
will discuss the teaching profes-
sion.

Mrs. Nelle Chamlee Howard, ex-
ecutive alumnae secretary, who,
with Miss Eugenia Symms, assist-
ant alumnae secretary, leads the
discussions, says: "It is felt that
alumnae who have advanced from
the graduating class at Agnes
Scott to the higher positions in
their respective fields will be able
to give much more valuable guid-
ance than persons not identified
with Agnes Scott.

"The general discussion which
opens the session brings to light
information about positions avail-
able to college girls, training avail-
able at Agnes Scott and at other
schools which will be advantag-
eous, salary scale in the specified
field, positions which are stepping
stones to the ultimate one desired
by the student, mental and physi-
cal characteristics which are nec-
essary, and interview technique.
The group subdivides for the lat-
ter part of the session, and each
student gets a chance to talk with
the alumna who is active in her
chosen field."

Metropolitan Stages
Operas In Atlanta

Bidu Sayao, Lily Pons,
Salvator Baccaloni Sing

The Metropolitan Opera Com-
pany will present tonight at 8
o'clock in the Atlanta Municipal
Auditorium Rossini's "The Barber
of Seville" and Thursday at the
same time, Donizetti's "The
Daughter of the Regiment."

"Carmen'' was presented last
night, starring Lily Djanel as
"Carmen," Licia Albanese as
Micaela, and Charles Kullman as
Don Jose. The opera was conduct-
ed by Sir Thomas Beecham.

Sung in Italian, "The Barber of
Seville" tells how Figaro, the Se-
villian barber, interests himself in
the affairs of two lovers and brings
about their marriage. "Rosina,"
the heroine, is portrayed by Bidu
Sayao, Brazilian soprano. Salva-
tore Baccaloni, famous Italian
basso, will portray Dr. Bartolo,
Rosina's father.

Salvatore Baccaloni will also ap-
pear in "The Daughter of the Regi-
ment." Lily Pons, famous and be-
loved opera star, will portray "the
daughter." The opera is sung in
French. The scene is Italy in the
time of Napoleon I. Frank St.
Leger will conduct both the "Bar-
ber of Seville" and "The Daughter
of the Regiment."

Around The Corner

Wed.-Thurs., April 22-23, 8:00
P. M. Operas in Atlanta.

Fri., April 24, 8:00 P. M.
Vocation Guidance Discus-
sion in Alumnae House.

Sat., April 25, 8:00 P. M.
"Sophomore Bond Night"
in Murphey Candler.

Mon., April 27, 8:00 P. M.
Vocational Guidance Dis-
cussion.

Tues., April 28, 10:30 A. M.
Miss Fletcher's talk in
chapel.

Tues., April 28, 8:30 P. M.
Dr. Luis A. Baralt's lecture
in Presser.

Wed., April 29, 6:00 A. M.
Barbecue on Hockey Field.

Seniors To Present
Annual Comic Opera

Mysterious, Medieval Tragedy
To Be Theme of Operatic Show

With a medieval setting including knights and ladies, duels,
and midnight elopements, the senior class on Saturday, May
2, will present an operatic production entitled "Eve of Saint
Agnes," or "The Romance of Scholarship," or "The Daughter
of the Intelligent." The opera will be in Bucher Scott Gym-
nasium at 8:30 P. M.

Mary Jane Bonham plays the role of Eva B. de Gree, the

heroine; Elise Nance is the hero.

Message on Door 1
Foxes Miss Junior
Into Calling Lyon

"Call Main 5580 and ask for Miss
Fox or Mr. Lyon!" was the urgent
message written on Marjorie Ho-
gon's door not so long ago.

Excitedly she ran to the phone
with exclamations and conjectures
as to who on this earth Mr. Lyon
could be. During the tedious pro-
cess of getting an outside line, she
explained to the large group of her
friends gathered around the booth
that she thought he must be a
Naval air cadet whom she had met
the week before or maybe that
lieutenant that she knew in Colum-
bia last summer.

Finally she got the number. The
nice man who answered the phone
said that he was Mr. Lyon. How
lucky! Very much chagrined that
she did not remember having met
him recently over at Tech, he nev-
ertheless asked to come out to see
her. Of course, our typical Hotten-
tot agreed immediately.

A few minutes later, our Mr.
Lyon called back to say, "Listen,
lady, somebody must be playing a
joke on you. This is the zoo!"

Barak Lectures on
Pan-American Topics

Dr. Luis A. Baralt, professor of
philosophy at the University of
Havana, Cuba, will lecture in Mac-
Lean Auditorium at Agnes Scott
on Tuesday, April 28, at 8:30 P. M.
The subject will be "Hemispheric
Intellectual Cooperation."

The Cuban educator comes as
the guest of the Spanish depart-
ments of Agnes Scott, Emory Uni-
versity, and Georgia Tech, for a
three-day program from April 27-
29. At 4 o'clock on Monday after-
noon, April 27, in Murphey Can-
dler, the Spanish department of
Agnes Scott will hold a tertulia to
invited. At that time he will lec-
ture in Spanish on "Contemporary
Cuban Poetry." Monday night at
Emory, he will speak on "Contem-
porary Cuban Poetry," showing a
color film of the University of
Havana and of the city of Havana.

Dr. Baralt, who received a part
of his education at Harvard Uni-
versity, will make the stop in At-
lanta as a part of an extensive
lecture tour of Southeastern insti-
tutions, during which he will speak
at thirteen schools, colleges, and
universities.

Ro Mance; and Gay Currie por-
trays Sir X, the villian.

Other leading characters are:
M.A., Dot Cremin; Ph.D., Ann
Gellerstedt; Knight Watchman,
Betty Ann Brooks; Lillian, Annie
Wilds; Mme. Charmaine, Margaret
Erwin; and Job, the court fool,
Susanna McWhorter.

The opera is a mysterious trag-
edy in which everyone is killed in
the end, according to Marjorie
Gray, opera chairman. As the story
opens on Saint Agnes' Eve, Eva B.
de Gree, who represents Scholar-
ship, finds herself besieged by an
unwelcome suitor, Sir X. Sir X is
an "unknown quantity" and is fav-
ored by Eva's family, while Eva
herself loves Ro Mance who is
seeking adventures in far-away
lands.

Betty Ann Brooks was chairman
of the writing committee. Other
committee chairmen in charge of
the production include Mary
Louise Palmour, scenery; Mary
Robertson and Edith Dale, cos-
tumes; Jean Osborne, publicity;
Mary Lightfoot Elcan, lights;
Elizabeth Russell, programs and
librettos; May King, properties.

The admission price is thirty
cents. There are no reserved seats.

Thirty Girls Complete
Advanced First Aid Class

This week thirty more Agnes
Scott girls are completing the ad-
vanced First Aid course, under the
direction of Miss Eugenia Symms
and Miss Eleanor Hutchens. The
advanced course follows the
standard course, and includes the
handling of more difficult prob-
lems.

All those who have completed
the advanced course or the in-
structor's course in First Aid are
eligible for the First Aid unit
which is being organized under Dr.
Jones' direction. The unit, the first
in DeKalb County, is of the type
being organized by the Red Cross
all over the country in schools, fac-
tories, and places where large
numbers of people are gathered.
The unit is organized into groups,
which are subdivided into squads,
for work in air raids. Miss Eugen-
ia Symms, Miss Eleanor Hutchens,
and Miss Agnes Reagan are assist-
ing Dr. Jones in organizing the
unit. All those who did not attend
the first meeting and are interest-
ed in becoming members of the
unit may contact Dr. Jones.

On April 27, Mr. Lewis Cook, of
the Decatur Red Cross chapter,
will stayt an instructors' course
on the campus. All those taking
this course are expected to teach
when called upon.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1942

A. A. Boards Honor
Naval Air Cadets

English Hockey Expert Coaches Players;
Ann Frierson Announces New Board

The old and new A. A. Boards were hosts Saturday night
at open house. The guests of honor included sixty cadets
from the Naval Air Base. The entertainment included ping
pong, badminton, and a community sing in the May Day dell.
This open house is reported to have been one of the very best.

In the finals of the annual Dou-

bles Tennis Tournament Friday-
night, Virginia Tuggle and Mary
Monroe defeated Mary Codington
and Peggy Goings (6-Love; 7-5)
Virginia Tuggle won the Singles
Tournament last fall.

English Coach

Miss Constance Applebee was on
the campus this week to advise and
instruct hockey players. Coming
in 1902 from Burley, England, she
introduced hockey to America
While a student at Harvard, she
was invited to teach hockey to in
structors and students of Vassar,
That same year she established the
game at Bryn Mawr, Mount Holy
oke, and several other eastern col
leges.

For twenty-five years Miss Ap
plebee was physical education in-
structor at Bryn Mawr. During
the summers, she operates the hoc-
key camp at Mount Pocono, but
this spring she has been advertis-
ing hockey in various Florida
schools.

Miss Applebee says she likes all
sports but particularly hockey,
"because it requires skill and
brains. It is an excellent game
because of the team work it in
volves."

Anne Frierson, president of Ath
letic Association, announced Sat-
urday the new members of the
A. A. Board. They include the
newly-elected officers : Margaret
Downie, vice-president; Virginia
Tuggle, secretary; Mary Maxwell,
treasurer. Basketball manager is
Isabel Rogers; tennis manager,

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Robin Taylor; hockey, Jo Young;
and swimming, Dot Hunter. "Bil-
lie" Walker is social chairman;
Agnes Douglas, archery; Gwen
Hill, golf; Mary Jane Auld, Outing
Club; Jane Dinsmore, poster chair-
man; and Mary Estill Martin, pub-
licity.

Elizabeth Russell announced
that classes for Outing Club try-
outs will continue for two or three
weeks.

The new members will be enter-
tained on a hike to Stone Moun-
tain.

Mortar Board To Give
Giant Picnic on Campus

From 6:00 until 8:00 on Wednes
day afternoon, April 29, the Agnes
Scott chapter of Mortar Board will
sponsor a barbecue in the hockey
field for the whole college com-
munity, faculty and their fam-
ilies, day students, and boarders.

Representatives of the senior
class will take members of the fac-
ulty, providing an opportunity for
teachers to know students unaca
damically and for them to eat,
sing, play, and have fun together.

There will be no admission or
collection. Rebekah Scott and
White House dining rooms and the
alumnae tea house will be closed.
Students are requested to inform
their class presidents if they are
unable to attend. t

The War Council talk previously
scheduled for 5:00 will be post-
poned until Wednesday, May 6, at
the same hour.

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intelligence, character, and one
year of college work.
The annua] tuition of $100.00 cov-
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Because of the urgent need for
nurses, the next class will be ad-
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Professors
Receive Aid
For Studies

Three Agnes Scott professors,
Dr. Davidson, Dr. Runyon, and
Dr. MacDougall, were among four-
teen faculty members of Univer-
sity Center institutions to receive
grants-in-aid for research from
the University Center Research
Fund this week.

Dr. Philip Davidson, head of the
Agnes Scott history department,
was awarded $500 for work on
"The Southern Colonies in the
Eighteenth Century," second vol-
ume of a collaborative history of
the south now in process of be
ing written by ten outstanding
southern historians.

Dr. E. H. Runyon, of the biology
department, received $175 for re-
search in biology. Dr. Mary Stuart
MacDougall, head of the depart-
ment, was granted $100 for re-
search in the same field.

Established for the promotion
and support of researches in the
sciences, social studies, and the
humanities, the University Center
Research Fund is administered in
grants to permanent, salaried
members of the teaching or re
search staffs of the six University
Center institutions who possess the
highest earned degrees in their
field or who have demonstrated
their ability to do productive re-
search.

Over The Hill

By Kathryn Hill

You've no idea how frightened I am! I know one should
start a new job with confidence and courage but as I step into
the competent shoes of the Babbling Brooks, whose easy,
chuckling column we all looked forward to each week, I'm just
plain scared.

I find, however, that the best cure for fear is laughter and
we have plenty of that necessity

Miss Dexter Gains
New Recognition

Miss Emily S. Dexter, associate
professor of psychology and edu-
cation, has been recently elected to
the Council of the Georgia Acad-
emy of Science, automatically be-
coming a fellow of the organiza-
tion in which she has held mem-
bership for a number of years.

At the meeting of the Southern
Society for Philosophers and Psy-
chologists at Nashville, Tennessee,
on April 3 and 4 she served as
chairman for one of the sections.

around the campus.

For instance, the other day I
heard one of our young ladies say,
"Ah! I smell they are cutting the
grass today." It took me a min-
ute to catch on. How 'bout you?
And when Dr. Runyon told his
biology class to go out and talk
to the dogwood, Margaret Cathcart
had to say she didn't mind talking
to dogwood, for its bark was worse
than its bite.

Miss Murphey Candler

Jean Clarkson has a new name
now. It seems that on High School
Day as she was serving punch in
the Murphey Candler Building a
Hottentot came up with one of the
visitors to get a pinch of punch.
While waiting for Jean to serve
their drinks, the hostess remarked
politely, "This is Murphey Can-
dler." Not to be outdone in polite-
ness, the little Decaturite turned to
Jean and said, "How do you do,
Miss Candler!"

And speaking of politeness, this
little story actually happened to a
member of the sophomore class,
and her name, for obvious reasons,
will forever remain a mystery.
(We'll call her Sophie.) Sophie ac-
cidentally heard some imprudent
person say that when one goes
through a receiving line one may
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Sophie went to a tea soon
after and decided to experiment
with the apparently engrossed
receiving line. Accordingly, she
stepped up and as she tripped
down the line she said sweetly^
"I'll just bet you don't know
what I am saying to you, do
you?" The ladies looked at Sophie
rather frigidly and when she got
to the end of the line, a friend of
hers who had been standing by
asked her if she were absolutely
crazy. We wonder.

Do You Know An Anecdote?

The administration has come in
for its share of laughter, too. Miss
Wilson, one of the most avid
first aiders, was given a quiz
last week on what to do for a vic-
tim of poison. After writing at
length on pouring soap suds and
hot milk down the victim's throat,
Miss Wilson ended the paper with
this little gem: "If you know an
anecdote, give it to the patient"
When Miss Hutchens corrected the
paper, she could not help adding,
"This for morale, I suppose!''

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Page 3

A Page From

Aggie's Date Book

By Caroline Smith

Military guards, favors of letter-openers like tiny scab-
bards, special leadout with an arch of swords, supplied ample
atmosphere for Georgia Tech's SCABBARD AND BLADE
dance at the Biltmore Saturday night. At the dance were
Mary James Seagle, Mildred Nicholson, Helen Schucraft,
Becky Andrews, Martha Arant,

Mary Louise Palmour, and Dot
Gay,

Agnes Scott was very much
there throughout EMORY FROL-
ICS last week-end. In fact, at
the masquerade Friday night Bet-
ty Brougher was selected as wear-
ing the prettiest costume at the
dance. Her dress was really lovely
wide pink organdy skirt, with a
little hemp jacket, topped off by
a great big straw hat. The whole
effect was "Philippinoish" if you
understand.

During the evening "DoolieV
hat was awarded.

The theme of Hellzapoppin' pre-
vailed at the Emory dance Satur-
day night. Peculiar things hap-
pened continuously. A table, stand-
ing vacant in the middle of the
dance floor for the most part of
the evening, became suddenly oc-
cupied by a very calm man eating
a very complete meal. An "Ugly-
Boy" contest was staged. Six
girls with dark glasses were ap-
pointed to select the contestants
from among the crowd. Lights
were turned low, and "spiders" in
the form of peanuts rained from
above. No-breaks were disrupt-
ed . . .!

Then there was the EMORY
TEA DANCE Friday afternoon at
which many Agnes Scott girls were
seen. For full details about the
frolics see Becky Stamper, Jean
Beutell, Ducky Copeland, Ruth
Biggs, Shirley Ann Smith, Anne
Chambless, Mary Dean Lott, Eu-

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Saturday night Cathie Stein-
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Ruby Rosser entertained her
wing of Rebekah with a luncheon
at her home Saturday. Those
present were Lillian Gish, Mary
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Sophomore Class
Holds Bond Night

As its contribution to the stu-
dent project of raising money to
buy a United States War Bond,
the sophomore class is sponsoring
"Sophomore Bond Night" at 8
o'clock Saturday night, April 25,
in Murphey Candler Building.

Under the direction of. Smiley
Williams, the entertainment will
include bridge and other games, re-
freshments, and take-offs on var-
ious students by faculty members.

The sophomore class will add the
proceeds from "Sophomore Bond
Night" to the general fund being
raised on the campus to purchase
war bonds which, at maturity, will
become a Student Loan Fund.

All those desiring to play bridge
should make up their own tables
and notify Bobbie Powell by Friday

Miss MacDougall Heads
Association of Biologists

Dr. Mary Stuart MacDougall,
professor of biology, was elected
president of the Southeastern As-
sociation of Biologists at the an-
nual meeting of that group held in
Miami from Thursday, April 16, to
Saturday, April 18. Miss MacDou-
gall is a charter member of this
association, which was founded six
years ago.

Lecturer

Miss Lucy Fletcher

Newspaper Heads
Attend Convention

Georgia Collegiate Press Asso-
ciation will meet this year at G. S.
C. W. in Milledgeville on April 24
and 25. Four Agnes Scott girls
will attend the convention. They
are Martha Dale, editor of the
Agnes Scott News ; Frances Kaiser,
managing editor; Mamie Sue Bar-
ker, business manager; and Jane
Elliott, current events editor.

Miss Fletcher
Tells of China

"China" will be the subject of a
talk by Miss Lucy Allene Fletcher
in chapel Tuesday, April 28. Miss
Fletcher, former evangelistic work-
er in Yencheng, Kiangsu, China,
has only recently returned to the
United States and thus has first-
hand knowledge of Far Eastern
conditions today.

Tuesday night at 7:30 in Mur-
phey Candler, Miss Fletcher will
lead a discussion group on some
phase of religious work in China.
She went to China in 1930 as a
teacher of missionaries' children.
In 1933 she received appointment
as a regular missionary, and from
then until her return to America
she continued her work in this
field, experiencing many bombings
and air raids and helping distrib-
ute relief to homeless multitudes.

Before going to China, Miss
Fletcher studied at Galloway
Woman's College, at the Biblical
Seminary in New York City, and
at Columbia Theological Seminary.
Her home church is Augusta Pres-
byterian Church, Augusta, Ark.

Many Agnes Scott girls will re-
member Miss Fletcher as one of
the speakers at the Memphis
Young People's Conference last
December.

Christian Association is sponsor-
ing Miss Fletcher's talks at Agnes
Scott.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1942

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XX Vn Wednesday, April 22, 1942 No. 19

Published weekly, except during holidays and examination
periods, by the students of Agnes Scott College. Office on
second floor Murphey Candler Building. Entered as second
class matter at the Decatur, Georgia, post office. Subscription
price per year, $1.25 ; single copies, five cents.

Editor MARTHA DALE

Managing Editor FRANCES KAISER

Business Manager MAMIE SUE BARKER

QulDcy Mills Jane Elliott

Leila Holmes Current History Editor

Assistant Editors ^ ^ Mart|n

Bennye Linzy Sports Editor

Assistant Business Manager

Martha Lidde-11 iV.tll* _ S "?

Oneida Woolford Society Editor

Advertising Managers Polly Lyndon

Mary Carr Club Editor

Copy Editor Trillie Bond

Kathryn Hill Caroline Calhoun

Betty Pegram Suzanne Watklns

Assistant Feature Editors Ci rculation Assistants

Reporters: Betty Bates. Betsy White, Jane Dinsmore, Mary
Louise Duffee. Mary Ann Barfield Martha Ray Lasseter
Marion Knapp, Madeline Hosmer. Martha Stone, Virginia
Barr, Betty Burress, Nancy Greene, Marg Drummond, Katn-
ryn Thompson.

Business Assistants: Elizabeth Carpenter, Anne Equen,
Penny Espy. Barbara Frink. Frances King, June Lanier.
Janet Nair. Jane Po st. Mary Frances Walker.

Leaders Want To Cooperate

All of the officers of the various campus
organizations, having just received new
responsibilities, are naturally fresh and
enthusiastic about their jobs. They are
eager to fill their positions successfully
and are full of new ideas and ideals.

They all felt no doubt that "Raddy"
Radford was speaking for all of them
when she made her first speech as presi-
dent of Student Government, stating the
ideals we should live up to during the next
year. Raddy emphasized, for example, the
fact that all organizations on the campus
need to cooperate in their activities this
year more than ever before so that they
may not be wasting energies that should
be turned into some kind of war activity.

We were probably already thinking in a
general way that we needed to cooperate,
but it was good for us to hear the state-
ment made again by one of the new offi-
cers. What we need now is to accept the
statement as applying to each of us indi-
vidually and to take definite steps to fur-
ther cooperation among the organizations.

In the past the NEWS has fully demon-
strated its loyalty to the principle of coop-
eration. It has urged that clubs either
disband or devote a large part of their time
to war work. It has suggested that the
classes save money by combining or sim-
plifying the traditional spring parties and
either give the money to the Red Cross or
buy war bonds with it.

The NEWS wishes now to join in the
program of cooperation in any way it can.
It shall strive to further the work of all
organizations by keeping the campus well
informed about their activities and by fur-
nishing the column of letters in the Ed-
itor's Mailbag through which any student
or faculty member may express his opin-
ions freely and make constructive criti-
cisms and suggestions.

Two Groups Buy Bonds

This week two groups on the campus
have showed us that Agnes Scott really
intends to do something more than talk
about helping to win the war.

Saturday Jane Taylor presented to Dr.
McCain a twenty-five dollar war bond that
Mortar Board bought with the money it
received from the silver survey.

The sophomore class has just announced
that it will hold a special entertainment to
raise money for war bonds.

Both Mortar Board and the sophomore
class deserve recognition for their efforts.

THE CAMPUS SAMPLER

By Betty Pegram

As graduation draws nigh, it is
only natural that many of the stu-
dents should be thinking of getting
^obs. Mortar Board has tried to
help us choose the right vocation
by giving vocational guidance tests
on the campus. What types of
work that have not been discussed
would you like to be included? Do
you wish any changes in hours and
days selected for the meetings
(they're now at 8:30 on Wednes-
day nights)? Do you think all
four classes should be allowed to
take the vocational guidance
exams? Do you have any sugges-
tions of other ways the student
body could be given vocational
guidance besides exams and meet-
ings with alumnae now used? Here
are the students' honest opinions
of these suggestions:

Ruby Rosser '43:

- I think that sophomores, juniors,
and seniors, and those of the
freshmen who wish to take exams
should be allowed to do so. Also
important business executives in
Atlanta who are not alumnae
might be profitably invited to
speak. It seems to me that the
only two methods of giving voca-
tional guidance are those of exams
and meetings.

Mary James Seagle '42:

I think all classes should be al-
lowed to take tests because a lot
of people stop school before finish-
ing college. I certainly think they
should have a discussion on school
teaching as a good many girls here
do make this their profession.
Wednesday night at 8:30 suits me
just fine.

Cathy Steinbach '44:

If more emphasis were placed on
vocations such as chemistry, phy-
sics, etc., it would not only be help-
ful to you after the war is over
but would be especially helpful
now in defense work. Instead of
just having vocational guidance
exams and meetings with alumnae,
it would be very worth while if
students could go observe someone
actually working in the vocation
you wish to choose.

Suzanne Kaulbach '42:

I think freshmen should be re-
quired to take vocational guidance
tests so they can find out for
which field of work they are most
suited, and then they can plan their
courses accordingly.

Helen Smith '43:

Discussions with social workers,
religious workers, and laboratory
technicians should be included in
vocational guidance. The present
plan of exams and meetings with
alumnae are good but they should
be given more publicity.

Jean Clarkson '44:

I think all classes should' be al-
lowed to take the vocational guid-
ance tests if they wish, so they
will realize in what field they are
most capable. It would be a good
idea to have the discussions at
5:00 some afternoon for the day
students. Important business ex-
ecutives in Atlanta would be very
helpful in discussing various fields
of work with us.

On Friday, April 24, from 7:00
until 8:00 P. M., the entire cast
for May Day will assemble in the
pym for the second rehearsal.
Dress rehearsals are to be Tues-
day, April 28, at 4:30, and
Thursday, April 30, at 4:30. All
participants in the performance
are required to be at the gym
for these practices.

Then on Saturday, May 2, at
5:00 P. M., the pageant, AMERI-
CANA, will be presented in the
May Day Dell.

Cornelia Stuckey '42:

Defense jobs should be discussed,
it seems to me, as there are so
many openings in these fields now.
Thursday night at 7:30 seems the
best time to have these discussions.
Exams and meetings with the
alumnae seem all that is neces-
sary to me in giving vocational
guidance.

Eleanor Manley '44:

It seems to me that the voca-
tional guidance tests should only
be given to sophomores and sen-
iors as the juniors have already
planned their major by this time
and the freshmen would have a
chance during their sophomore
year to make up their minds.

Anne Wilds '43:

It seems to me that they should
have as many discussions on dif-
ferent phases of vocations as pos-
sible. All classes should be allowed
to take the exams but especially
the freshmen as this would aid
them a great deal in planning their
college work. I don't think
Wednesday night is a good time to
have these discussions due to the
fact that we dress formally and
have coffee then.

Betty Sullivan '44:

Social work, teaching, and nurs-
ing should certainly be quoted as
they are probably the three fields
in which we as a whole are most
interested. Conducting tours to
different places of business such as
hospitals and offices of social wel-
fare would be a great help in giv-
ing vocational guidance to the stu-
dents.

Julia Slack '45:

Home Economics should be one
of the things discussed in voca-
tional guidance as this is one of the
subjects we don't have on the cam-
pus and yet is one in which most
of us are interested. Every class
should certainly be allowed to take
these tests if they wish.

Editor's Mailbag

Dear Editor:

While our country is in this time
of stress, I feel, with many other
students, that we are not making
enough sacrifice for her.

Our faculty and the Student War
Council have cooperated to offer
Red Cross courses which will be
beneficial not only for the dura-
tion, but also at any later time. Al-
though our education is of supreme
importance and should not be
lightly regarded, there are extra-
curricular activities which take up
too much of our time. Some ad-
vantages of club work have been
learning to serve others, working
together, and having wholesome
recreation. If First Aid, for ex-
ample, isn't all of that, what has
it been? Students and faculty
have added this topic to the weath-
er subject in their conversation.
Pressure points and artificial res-
piration are real fun. Just ask any
of us in that Home Nursing class
if we do not enjoy learning to
soothe the fevered brow.

The Wednesday lectures, both in
morning and afternoon, have been
a storehouse of practical and stim-
ulating information. There are lit-
tle things we can do to help. I am
one of those guilty girls who took
the map stand for Mardi Gras and
delayed returning it. That's not
the spirit we all need to check
ourselves and do our part by tak-
ing full advantage of all these op-
portunities which are being given
us. Let's do it now before it's too
late.

Sincerely,

Anne Paisley.

Jane Elliott Takes A Glimpse

Behind the Headlines

Fall of Bataan

Perhaps the greatest shock to her complacency
that America has ever had was the fall of Bataan
and the loss of 36,000 of her most heroic troops
Filipinos and Americans. Defeat had been vir-
tually certain for some time, but the bitterness
of it had not been tasted. Speaking from a mili-
tary viewpoint, the chief significance of the fall
of Bataan is the release of some 150,000-200,000
Jap fighters to be used on other fronts, but closer
home came the loss of our men and our pride.
For 15 days these men withstood the battering of
the Japs' strongest blows, until, hopelessly out-
numbered, exhausted, not
ever well fed, they were
forced to unconditional sur-
render; how many of them
are still alive no one knows.

Lieutenant General Wain-
wright, seeing the certain
outcome, managed to with-
draw his naval forces to Cor-
regidor, which still flies the
American flag. But Corregi-
dor is a wonderful target for

JANE ELLIOTT

the Jap gunners of Bataan.

Tokens for Tokyo

Japan has reported American bombing raids
over her territory. American planes are said by
the Nipponese to have dropped both incendiary
and explosive bombs on Tokyo, Yokohama,
Nagoya, and Kobe. Nine planes were announced
as shot down, leading to the supposition that
many more participated in the daring attack. No
official confirmation of a raid has come from
any American source, as the usual practice is to
wait until the planes have returned to their base.
The Japanese High Command as a matter of
course reported the damage as "slight."

India: Words and Guns

Last week in New Delhi, India, Sir Samuel
Cripps announced the failure of the plans for
the cooperation of India and Britain. The Indian
Congress rejected Britain's plan of self-govern-
ment after the war, with control of the war to
remain in British hands, and instead demanded in-
dependent government at once, which would mean
ultra-confusion. Cripps did his best but was de-
feated mainly on account of political disagree-
ment between the Congress and the Moslem
League.

Meanwhile, the Battle of India started with a
Jap invasion striking in the Bay of Bengal, which,
if won, will practically be the winning of India-
The Japanese have not won yet, but after a week
of fighting, the British are weaker, the Japs
relatively stronger.

France Falls Again

Vichy has a new cabinet. Pierre Laval, French
Quisling, reorganized the French Government on
a pro-Axis basis Saturday, although Marshal Pe-
tain is still the final authority on French policies.
Laval split the civil and military divisions of the
government, abolished^ the national defense min-
istry and kept three important ministerial posts
for himself foreign affairs, interior, and ad-
ministration. This is sure to mean close collab-
oration with the Nazis and will perhaps lead to
America's severing diplomatic relations with
France.

Goodbye Burma

In Burma the Allies are outnumbered 10-to-l
in the air, 3-to-l on the ground; the natives are
in large part disloyal, the Chinese troops are val-
iant but against heavy odds. The Allied retreat
has been steady, marked by the scorched earth be-
hind them, and last week they all but conceded
the loss of Burma. No more trucks on the Burma
Road, and with India's refusal of Sir Stafford
Cripps' offer, the situation in China seems almost
hopeless.

Manpower for McNutt

President Roosevelt last Saturday named Paul
V. McNutt chief of a new commission charged
with broad authority to make policies and carry
out plans for the full utilization of the nation's
man (and woman) power during the war. Mc-
Nutt's commission will have charge of the labor-
ing recruit for war agencies. So far there are no
arbitrary powers for moving laborers from one
part of the country to another or drafting work-
ers for the war effort, but such legislation may
be passed. "I'm working at Lockheed" may soon
be our standard answer, girls.

The Agnes Scott News

VOL. XXVII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1942

NO. 20

plan is to present the purposes
and aims of the group through a
chapel program as soon as possi-
ble. Within a few days after the
program there will be a registra-
tion day, giving everyone an op-
portunity to indicate the amount
of aid she wishes to pledge.

GEORGIA STUDENTS UNITE
IN POLITICAL LEAGUE

Agnes Scott Joins Student Political League
To Try To Prevent Gubernatorial Interference

Agnes Scott this week joined with college students
throughout the state in endorsing the formation of the Stu-
dent Political League, whose purpose is to free Georgia
schools from political interference.

The decision to join in the statewide movement came after
thoughtful discussions with Bill
Clearman, chairman of the Student
Council Committee of Georgia
Tech, who explained that the
League does not intend to back any
one gubernatorial candidate but to
campaign against Talmadge, be-
lieving that only with his defeat
will the state schools be re-accred-
ited.

The members of the newly
formed Student Political League
have adopted a resolution setting
forth the reasons for the organi-
zation of the League and the prin-
ciples for which it stands. Student
leaders from Georgia Tech, Emory
University, the University of
Georgia, Shorter College, Georgia
Teachers College, Middle Georgia
College, Mercer, and Georgia State
College for Women have endorsed
the resolution.

The resolution states as the ob-
jects for which the League will
campaign "(1) removal of the gov-
ernor from the Board of Regents;
(2) removal of the governor's con-
trol of the budget and return of
this control to a commission; (3)
elimination of politics in educa-
tion; (4) removal of the governor
from the State Board of Educa-
tion."

Betty Ann Brooks will head the
organization at Agnes Scott. Her

Hugh Hodgson Presents
Violinist and Celloist
On Musical Program

Mr. Hugh Hodgson will conduct
his regular musical appreciation
hour in Presser Hall, Agnes Scott
College, on Monday, May 4, at 8:30
P. M. The guest artists will be
Margaret Fountain, violinist, and
Rudolph Katrina, celloist. Mr.
Hodgson, as pianist, will complete
the trio.

The first part of the program
will be the Petite Suite, ar-
ranged for the trio by Mr. Hodg-
son. The four movements are en
batean, cortege, minuet, and bal-
let.

The feature part of the program
will be the Trio, written by Mr.
Hodgson, with three movements,
allegro, andante religioso, and al-
legro multo-ritmico.

-ormer

Amb

assador.

War Correspondents
Speak In Symposium

Joseph E. Davies, former am-
bassador to Russia, and James R.
Young will announce the features
of the world affairs symposium in
chapel on May L The symposium
is to be presented by Rich's, Inc.,
in the municipal auditorium for the
benefit of the Atlanta chapter of
the Red Cross on May 4 and 5.

The admission will be for series
in reserved section, $2.55; for re-
served auditorium box seats, 85
cents; and for general auditorium
admission, 55 cents. Tickets are
on sale at the Red Cross headquar-
ters, 848 Peachtree; Penelope
Penn, Rich's sixth floor; and
George Muse Clothing Company,
first floor.

The features of the series are
the following:

1. Monday evening, May 4, at
8:30 at auditorium, Joseph E.
Davies, speaking on "Russia's In-
fluence on Western Civilization."

2. Tuesday afternoon, May 5, at
4:00 in Rich's Magnolia Room,
Marjorie Rawlings speaking on
"The Modern Woman's Viewpoint."

3. Tuesday evening, May 5, at
8:30, at auditorium, James Young
and Louis Fischer will cover the
present world crisis from Berlin to
Tokyo. Mr. Young, author of "Be-
hind the Rising Sun," will tell
"Why Japan Will Fall." Louis
Fischer, author of "Men and Poli-
tics" and "The Dawn of Victory,"
will discuss 'America's Part in the
War" and establishment of a per-
manent peace.

Hottentots Do "Birdie In The Cage"

May Day To Depict
Nationwide Pageant

Grand Spectacle of All American Peoples

To Parade Before May Queen and Court

In the Agnes Scott May Day dell, at 5:00 o'clock on Satur-
day afternoon, May 2, the annual May Day festivities will
take place.

The play, "Americana," written by Myree Wells, winner of
the scenario contest held last fall, depicts the desire of the
people of the United States to have a nationwide pageant.

Having organized, the citizens

Grandma; The Sheep
In Wolfs Clothing
Confuses Poor Jean

Jean Moore wishes more people
would be honest with her, for she
was deceived good and proper this
week-end. It started last year
when Hutchens started calling her
grandmother "My old drunken
grandmother" as the result of a
joke between Bee Bradfield and
Hutchens. Well, this week-end
who should come to visit Hutchens
but her grandmother, who knows
of and appreciates the joke (but
not so outsiders). Many people,
who have heard of her for years,
were anxious to meet her. Jean
Moore ran into the living room and
Dot Holloran, who was sitting by
the grandmother, jumped up and
said:

"Jean, come and meet Hutchens*
old drunken grandmother !"

Of course, everyone smiled
sweetly and that left Jean more in
a daze than ever. To this day she
avoids H's glance. "That's good
for snake bite, Jean."

Six High School Choruses
To Give Musical Program

Choruses from six high schools
in the Atlanta and Decatur area
will present a concert for the
members of Mu Phi Epsilon, na-
tional music society, on Thursday,
April 30, at 8:15, in Presser Hall.

All six of the choruses, from At-
lanta Girls' High, Atlanta Boys'
High, Tech High, Decatur Girls'
High, Decatur Boys' High, and
North Fulton High, received rat-
ings of "one plus" at the State
Music Festival in Milledgeville a
few weeks ago.

The public is invited to the con-
cert.

d The Corner

Left to right: Aileen Still, Joella Craig, Jane Edwards, and Ann Jacobs wear gingham dresses and
overalls to square dance in May Day pageant. Photo Courtesy Atlanta Journal.

A\roun

Wed., April 29, 6:00-8:00
P. M. Barbecue for college
community on the hockey
field.

Thurs., April 30, 8:15 P. ML
Concert by high school glee
clubs in Presser Hall.

Sat., May 2, 5:00 P. M. May
Day.

Sat., May 2, 8:30 P. M. Sen-
ior Opera in the gym.

Mon., May 4, 8:30 P. M. Mr.
Hodgson's musical in Pres-
ser Hall.

Tues., May 5, 8:30 P. M. Vo-
cational discussion on
teaching.

elect a queen and her court
to represent the "Spirit of Am-
erica. " Showing their coopera-
tion with the pageant idea, some
army and navy officers form an
arch under which the royalty en-
ter the garden. Chosen delegates
from the four sections of the con-
tinent northeast, southeast,
southwest, and northwest and
from South America come to dance
before the queen.

May Court

First, Anne Chambless, Queen of
the May, and her maids will enter
with a military escort of officers
from nearby Fort McPherson and
Camp Gordon. Her court will be
composed of Modesta Hance, maid-
of-honor; Virginia Lee Brown,
Edith Dale, Ann Hilsman, Sally
Knight, Leona Leavitt, Martha
Rhodes, Mary Robertson, Margaret
Sheftall, Rebecca Stamper, Mabel
Stowe* Jane Taylor, Margaret
Wagnon, Marjorie Wilson, and
Olivia White. Tiny Nancy Christ-
ian, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
Schuyler Christian, will bear the
crown.

Processional

After witnessing a grand march
by representatives of all the peo-
ples of America, the court will
witness a series of dances by vari-
ous groups.

At the close of the entertain-
ment, the queen and her court,
their escorts, and the sectional
deputations will recede from the
stage.

Agnes Scott faculty and stu-
dents will be admitted free. The
thirty cents charge for all visitors
will be used for expenses of the
production.

The May Day committee is as
follows: chairman, Margaret Wag-
non; business manager, Robin Tay-
lor; costumes, Marjorie Wilson,
Myree Wells, and Aileen Still;
publicity, Jean Clarkson; proper-
ties, Rebecca Stamper and Daiieen
and Mary Beth Danielson; music,
Marjorie Gray; dances, Mary Ann
Faw, Alice Clements, and Joella
Craig.

College Community Enjoys
Giant Barbecue Supper

Mortar Board will have a barbe-
cue for the college community,
faculty and students this after-
noon from 6 until 8. The bar-
becue will be held on the hockey
field, where singing, playing, and
eating will take place.

Both dining rooms and the tea
house will be closed, and everyone
is urged to come. All students are
requested to let their class presi-
dents know if they plan to attend.

Page 2

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29. 1942

Cunningham Reveals
What Used to be Where

By Madeline Hosmer

Do you know where the gymnasium used to be? Do you
know what the little round house on the front lawn near Re-
bekah was formerly used for ? Did you know that the center
of the college life was once in Main Building? And did you
know that there are at least two buildings on the campus
which have been moved four times
in their existence?

Many years ago before Bucher
Scott Gymnasium was built, the
gymnasium was located on the
quadrangle. The building was
known then as the Academy build-
ing, for Academy classes were held
on the second floor. The gymna-
sium rooms and the swimming pool
were on the first floor. Evidences
of that swimming pool may be
seen on the walk leading from the
center of the quadrangle toward
Presser Hall. When electric lights
were installed on the quadrangle,
one corner of the former pool was
boxed in, covered with a grating
and used as a power box for the
lighting fixtures.

Versatile Main

During the period when Agnes
Scott was not a College but only an
Institute, Main Building was the
center for all activity. The present
Day Student Room served as the
college dining room and the room
directly above it on the first floor
was the library. Even class rooms
were located in the building.

According to stories told by Mr.
Cunningham, the college business
manager, there are at least two
buildings on the campus which
have been moved four times. In
the years since it stopd on the west
lawn where Rebekah is now, West
Lawn has undergone four moving
days. The Infirmary has also been
moved four times.

Mystery Solved

For years the little round house
on the lawn of Rebekah has been
a mystery to students who did not
know its history. Some students
have even come to believe that it
"just grew." That little house has

Martha Buffalow Renders
Famous M usic in Recital

Martha Buffalow will give her
certificate piano recital on May 6
at 8:30 in Gaines Chapel. She will
be assisted vocally by Elise Nance.

Martha's selections will be the
Prelude and Fugue in A flat ma-
jor by Bach; first movement of
Beethoven Sonata, Opus 31 num-
ber 3; Concert Etude by R. L.
Smith; Cordova by Albeniz; Zordas
by McDowell; and the first move-
ment of the C major concerto by
Beethoven, in which Martha will
be accompanied by Mr. Dieckmann,
who will play the second part at
the organ.

Between selections Elise Nance
will sing an operatic aria, "My
Heart at Thy Sweet Voice," by
Saint-Saens; "Clouds," by Ernest
Charles; "Bird Songs at Eventide,"
by Eric Coates; and "Over the
Land Is April," by Ernest Charles.

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a very intriguing past. Years ago
when there was a well and a lovely
flower garden in front of Main, the
framework of the small round
building stood around the well as
a place for the girls to rest while
they refreshed themselves at the
well. It was necessary to remove
the flower garden and close the
well when the semi-circular drive-
way was laid. The framework was
moved to the lawn close to Rebe-
kah and built into a small house to
be used as a place for meditation
and as a meeting place for student
clubs. And there it has stood the
campus mystery.

Expert Girls Play
n Bridge Tourney

Miss Susan Cobbs recently an-
nounced the names of the eight
girls who comprised the team rep-
resenting Agnes Scott College this
year in the nationwide Intercollege
Bridge Tournament, which was
conducted entirely by mail between
April 20 and 24. The girls were
May King, Mary Davis, Olivia
White, Marjorie Wilson, Alta Web-
ster, Cornelia Stuckey, Polly
Frink, and Sarah Copeland. Alter-
nates were Claire Bennet, Bettye
Ashcraft, Julia Anne Florence, and
Patty Barbour.

First prize this year will be a
check for $100 made out to the
American Red Cross, which the
winning team will have the honor
of presenting to its local chapter.
Small individual cups will be
awarded, however, as well as the
permanent Intercollege Challenge
Cup, which will go to the winning
pair. Last year Harvard won the
cup and in 1940, Radcliffe's team
placed first.

All colleges are playing the same
hands in the tournament, sending
their scores in to the New York
Committee for scoring and nation-
al ranking. Scoring is done by the
"par" system of bridge competi-
tion, so that a pair's ranking will
be unaffected by the bidding or
play of its opponents.

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A. A. to Have
Banquet in May

By Mary Estill Martin

At a joint meeting on Monday
night the old and new A. A. boards
made plans for the annual A. A.
Banquet which will take place
Wednesday, May 13. Ann Geller-
stedt announced the following
committees: theme, Mary Max-
well, Virginia Tuggle, and Miss
Llewellyn Wilburn; decorations,
Jane Dinsmore, "Billie" Walker,
Agnes Douglas, and Edwina Bur-
rus; and invitations, Ann Frierson,
Dot Nabors, and Dot Hunter. The
place card committee includes Dot
and Alta Webster; the ribbons
committee, Margaret Downie and
Marcia Shufelt; the awards com-
mittee, Jo Young and Elizabeth
Russell. Ann Gellerstedt and Gay
Currie are co-chairmen of the en-
tertainment committee.

Tuesday, May 5, in the finals of
the annual spring golf tournament,
Gwen Hill, who defeated Peggy
Goings, will play Mary Olive
Thomas, who beat Dottie Kahn
with a score of 3-2 yesterday aft-
ernoon. Last year Mary Olive won
this tournament. Gwen Hill, who
was the medalist, had the lowest
score in qualifying for the current
tourney.

Interuniversity Group
To Elect New Officers

This afternoon at 4:00, the In-
teruniversity Center Faculty Or-
ganization will hold its regular
spring meeting. The council in-
cludes twenty members from the
six institutons concerned, Agnes
Scott, Emory, Georgia Tech, the
University of Georgia, Columbia
Seminary, and the Atlanta Art
Center. Mr. S. Guerry Stukes,
dean of the faculty; Dr. George
P. Hayes, professor of English;
and Dr. Philip Davidson, profes-
sor of history, are the members of
this council from Agnes Scott.

The purpose of the meeting is to
elect officers, to make reports on
the progress of research provided
for by the University Center Re-
search Fund, and to investigate
cooperative possibilities.

Of interest is the fact that Dr.
A. R. Mann, president of the Gen-
eral Education Board, will be pres-
ent as a guest.

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After the performance the faculty put on Saturday night
at the Sophomore Bond Night (I couldn't resist that plug) I
am loathe to display my pitiful sense of humor. But, you know,
I could not help thinking how lucky we are to be part of a
college community that can give and take with equal good
humor and how nice it is to have

a faculty that knows how to grin.

Not all of our professors, how-
ever, can sing as well as Mr. Dieck-
mann, who is taking first aid now
and is well on his way to being a
splendid artificial respiration-
isf. ( ? ) However, he owes his
success to rhythm, for as he la-
bors and belabors his prostrate
victim, Mr. D.
hums a tune
Beethov-
en's third? No!
Tschaikow-
sky's seventh ?
No! The mon-
key wrapped his
tail around the
flagpole!

And speaking
KATHRYN HILL of the first aid
class, Miss Phythian has a com-
plaint to make. She says that all
her classmates want to use her as
the subject in the Fireman's Drag.
Says Miss Phythian bitterly:
"They figure that if they can drag
me, they can drag anyone."

Little Herbie: Chemist

And then there is the story of
the alumna who recently came
back to Agnes Scott after twelve
years' absence. A small dinner was
given for her in the Tea House, to
which several of her old friends
and classmates were invited. At
a time when the eye begins to fill
and the heart begins to throb with
memories of a long forgotten girl-
hood, this alumna leaned over to
one of her good chums and whis-
pered: "You know, twelve years
ago I learned a poem that com-
pletely captivated me, but unfor-
tunately I can remember only the
first line. Would* you help me?"

"Of course," answered her sym-
pathetic friend, thinking that some
beautiful love lyric was being
sought. "What is the first line?"

" 'His name was Little Herbert
Jones'," answered the alumna.

Her friend stared at her a mo-
ment and then laughed. She laugh-

ed and laughed 'til she could laugh
no more. Then she finished the
poem to a bewildered group of lis-
teners :

"His name was Little Herbert
Jones,

But Herbert is no more;

For what he thought was H20

Was H2S04."

Liz Faces The World

If you ever have to take change
from Liz Carpenter, be sure you
count it carefully. Sunday, on her
way to church on the street car,
Liz tried for fully five minutes to
put a nickel in the dime slot of a
downtown bus before the ever-pa-
tient conductor told her only a
dime would do.

"But a nickel's all I have!" wail-
ed Liz.

"Is there anyone else on here
you know?" asked the conductor.

"No," said Liz, trying to steady
her voice.

"Well, that's all right, little girl.
I'll let you ride for nothing. But
don't let it happen again." So the
conductor handed her a transfer
and Liz sat down. But she was not
through yet. After church, she
boarded a crowded street car and
put her transfer down while the
conductor was talking to a lady.
When Liz reached her destination,
she started to get off, and the con-
ductor said:

"Young lady, you didn't pay me
when you got on. Please do so
now."

Liz told him she had put her
transfer down, and he believed
her. Tell me Agnes Scott girls
don't have honest faces!

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1942

Page 3

Vogel Park, Georgia, and Betty
Jane Hancock went to a house par-
ty at Camp Rutledge.

Lots of people spent the week-
end off campus. Among these folk
were Elizabeth Blincoe, Martha
Patterson, and Jane Hinton, who
went to Covington; Ann Campbell,
who went to Mansfield; and Cee-
vah Rosenthal, who took a trip to
Savannah.

Margie Wilson and Margaret
Cathcart went to South Carolina,
and Jackie Burns went to Macon.

Julia Ann Florence and Susan
Montgomery spent the week-end
in Mississippi.

A Page From

Aggie's Date Book

By Caroline Smith

PHI CHI, Emory Med fraternity, held a picnic Saturday
afternoon at "Paradise," which, in case difficulties arise in
the process of signing out, is really a lovely place all woodsy
with "piggy-plants" and sweet shrubs ! Alice Clements, Mar-
tha Ann Smith, and Mary Lou Palmour say the fun was in-
terspersed with botany quizzes
never a dull moment!

And that brings up the PARA-
DISE ROOM, where Edith Dale,
Pat Perry, Laura Cumming, and
Mary Ann Han-
nah spent Sat-
urday evening.
Mary Ann and
Edith attended a
faculty function
at Tech first.
. At the RAIN-
IS 0 W ROOF
' w " > Friday night

were Pat Perry,
Caroline smith Kay Wilkinson,
Polly Frink, Marg Downie, and
Hazel Taylor.

What about Nancy Hirsh's going
to Annapolis for the week-end?

Frances Tucker went to the op
era Thursday night, and to the
Empire Room at the Biltmore
Friday night (these two facts
have a common denominator)!

Marjorie Hogon went to the
SIGMA NU dance at Tech, and at
the Phi Delta Theta House were
Patty Barbour, Bettye Ashcraft,
and Claire Bennett. Marjorie Tip-
pins went to the Phi Sigma Kappa
dance.

Agnes Scott was mildly evac
uated by people going to OUT-OF
TOWN dances last week-end. Joel-
la Craig, Neva Jackson, Smiley
la Craig, Neva Jackson, and
Smiley Williams attended the
Davidson dances; to the Cita-
del Senior Hop went Jean Carl-
son, Lois Sullivan, Mary Cum-
ming, Betty Sullivan, Clara Roun-
tree, and Carolyn Daniels; and
Betty Pegram went to the North
Carolina State dances. Cathie
Steinbach sponsored for the .KA's
Cotton Pickers' Ball at Wofford.
Quincy Mills attended Flue Cured
Frolics at Duke.

Sara Massey and her visitor,
Helen Rountree, went to the ZIP
HOUSE at the Dental College Sat-
urday night.

Friday night there was a picnic
at Stone Mountain, and those pres-
ent were Martie Buffalow. Dale
Drennan, Ann Paisley, Billie Dav-
is, and Doris Hasty with their
dates.

The EMORY SIGMA CHI
STEAK FRY Saturday night was
really fun! The party took place
at Fulton Park, and afterwards
everybody went back to the House
and danced. Agnes Scott was
there Rockie Stone, Sue Mitchell,
Martha Rhodes, Claire Bennett,
Julia Scott, Kitty Kay, Nita Hurst,
and Nancy McDonough prove it.

Carolyn Fuller and Eugenia
Jones attended a house party at

Organizations Tell
Activities, Members

Blackfriar's announces that in
the recent spring try-outs the fol-
lowing people were admitted: Ruby
Rosser, Mary Ward, Anne Camp-
bell, Martha Jane Mack, Pauline
Ertz, Jean Hood, Carolyn Daniel,
Martha Marie Trimble, Jean New-
ton, Emily Ann Pitman, Ceevah
Rosenthal, Elizabeth Carpenter.

International Relations Club will
have a joint meeting with the
Georgia Tech organization Thurs-
day, May 7, at 7:30 o'clock, in Mur-
phey Candler Building. There will
be a discussion of the questions
which arose at the conference held
in Atlanta March 13 and 14. The
club extends a cordial invitation to
the college community to attend.

Eta Sigma Phi, on April 6, held
the election for the officers of the
coming year. They are: president,
Polly Lyndon; vice-president, Wal-
lace Lyons; recording secretary,
Anatasia Carlos; treasurer, Anne
Paisley.

Pi Alpha Phi announces the fol-
lowing new members: Martha Ar-
nold, Liz Carpenter, Virginia Car-
ter, Penny Espey, Martha Jane
Gower, Mary Alice Hunter, Jean
Hood, Dottie Kahn, Susy Watkins.

Poetry Club has announced its
spring try-outs. All poems should
be submitted to Margaret Sheftall
as soon as possible.

Seniors Strain
Wits to Create
Queer Scenery

By Neva Jackson

"This business of opera produc-
tion is no joke," declares Marjorie
Gray, manager for the seniors'
Eva of St. Agnes, which will be
launched this week-end. Trials and
calamities vary in sort from arth-
ritis in a vicious attack on the hand
of pianist Martie Buffalow to the
disappearance of the script, which
the panic-stricken producer, after
much searching, found in her own
room.

Senior ingenuity has risen to
several fateful occasions. For in-
stance, Jane Taylor, star of a dis-
tinguished past, has always found
it impossible to be present at the
rehearsal of any role, be what it
may, ON TIME. The opera was
slightly revised to accommodate
this. It was an easy matter to push
back her entrance from the open-
ing lines of the scene, and have
each character on the stage call
her loudly.

Trouble was plentiful in creat-
ing just the correct shade of grey
for a canvas background. Mem-
bers of the stage crew dumped
black paint into a bucket of white
paint, being horrified to find the
dirt-colored mixture appear on the
canvas as solid black. But by dint
of sitting and blowing and fanning
the canvas, it soon dried into a
beautiful grey, to the great jov of
all.

The medieval nature of the work
causes excitement, as well as wor-
ry. Bonnie Bonham screams only
too realistically at witnessing a
duel between Gay Currie and Ann
Gellerstedt. These master per-
formers play their roles with
fierceness and gusto.

Awaiting the first night, we may
look forward to a true medieval
setting and plot gloomy, tragic,
foreboding, black in spirit where
cold and massive rooms furnish a
fitting background for a tale of
love, hate, despair, and death.

Vocational Groups

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JEWELRY SHOP

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THREADGILL
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Phone DE. 1665
309 E. College Avenue
Decatur, Ga.

NOTICE

AGNES SCOTT
This is your drug store.

Girls, give us a trial and you'll
be satisfied.

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Discussions Help Students

Understand Opportunities

The April vocational groups
which feature Agnes Scott alum-
nae successful in their various
fields are doing excellent work in
leading Agnes Scott students to
understand the opportunities of-
fered in their chosen vocations and
to select subjects and courses
which will be helpful to them lat-
er, according to Miss Nelle How-
ard and Miss Eugenia Symms, who
are in charge of arranging and
selecting speakers for the confer-
ences.

At 8:30, April 24, a group met
in the Alumnae House to discuss
advertising and journalism. Speak
ers were Jane Guthrie Rhodes, '39,
formerly connected with Rich's ad
vertising department; Betty
Mathis Holt, '38, Constitution fea-
ture writer on fashions and cosme
tics; and Jean Bailey, '39, former
ly with the advertising department
at Rich's, and now with the per
sonnel department.

On April 15, personnel work was
discussed with Catharine Happoldt
Jepson, '33, personnel department
at Rich's; Joyce Roper McKey,
'38, buyer for the Peacock Room
at Rich's; and Lutie Moore, '40,
of the training department at
Rich's.

April 27, the work of techni-
cians, chemists, and the public
health department was discussed
by Florrie Erb, '36, field supervis-
or of nurses for the department of

Paying Bills Must Be
A Strange Language

I think something definite
should be done about the tea house!
Dot Hopkins went in to pay her
bill last week and when Mrs. Ken-
namin asked her what she wanted,
she said, "Ohlwannapaymybill."
"Want what?" asked Mrs. K., in
a horrified tone of voice.
"Iwannapaymybill," said Dot. "You
want what!" said the almost hys-
terical Mrs. K. "I . want - to -
pay - my - bill!" shrieked Dot.
"Oh," sighed Mrs. K. in relief. "I
thought you said you wanted a
pint of beer!"

SOUTHERN
DAIRIES

Delicious
MILK AND ICE CREAM

Supervised by Sealtest

public welfare; Ruth *Bastain, for-
merly nurse at Agnes Scott, and
now instructor in nursing at
Grady; Louise Plumb Stephens,
milk analyst in the State Depart-
ment of Chemistry; and Gail Nel-
son Blaine, blood technician for a
prominent Atlanta doctor.

On April 30 representatives from
N. Y. A. and government agencies
will hold discussion groups, and on
May 5 members of the teaching
profession will speak.

Cotillion Club has elected the
following officers for the coming
year: president, Marjorie Wilson;
vice-president, Julia Harvard; sec-
retary-treasurer, Jeanne Newton.

Duke University

SCHOOL OF NURSING
DURHAM, N. C.

The Diploma of Graduate Nurse is
awarded after three years. Quali-
fied students are eligible for the
degree of B. S. in Nursing after an
additional year of hospital and uni-
versity work.

The entrance requirements are
intelligence, character, and one
year of college work.
The annual tuition of $100.00 cov-
ers the cost of maintenance and
uniforms.

Because of the urgent need for
nurses, the next class will be ad-
mitted July 5 instead of September
30, as previously announced.
Catalogues, application forms, and
information about requirements
may be obtained from the Dean.

in

Helpful Hints in Biology 1. Is all your time taken up u
harpy huddles when what you've really got is a yen to
herd with a looloo who'll take you shin cracking? Even
though you don't want to be an absolute calendar, there's
harm being in the bloom. And that':

no

s where good

grooming comes in. Look to your country air -and do
your fingernails with longer-lasting Dura-Gloss. Then
watch the way you catch a Cj 2 H 22 O, , .

Glossary: Man-trap: popular gal. In the cage:
at school. Biology 1; boy problem. Harpy hud-
dles: girls meetings. Ken: desire. Looloo: eli-
gible male. Shin cracking: dancing. Calendar:
gal who thinks about nothing but dates. In the
bloom: blossoming out. Country air: make-up
Dura-Gloss: the nail polish for fingernail S.A.
Cis H JS O,,: (formula for sugar) eligible male.

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Page 4 AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1942

VOTE TO FREE
OUR SCHOOLS!

Acting for the whole student body,
"Raddy" Radford, Ginger Montgomery,
and Betty Ann Brooks agreed last week
that Agnes Scott would support the Stu-
dent Political League in its efforts to
make political interference impossible in
the University System of Georgia.

After careful discussion with the leader
of the organization at Georgia Tech and
after consulting Dr. McCain as to what he
felt was best for the college, these girls
decided that Agnes Scott ought to affiliate
with the Student Political League.

While the governor's policy of trying to
run the state universities has not affected
Agnes Scott directly, all of us who are stu-
dents can not help but feel that what af-
fects other students affects us also. The
colleges of the University System have
lost their accredited standing. This means
that the degrees of students who graduate
after 1942 will not be recognized should
they want to do graduate work and that
students can not transfer from a state
school to an accredited school without a
loss in credits.

In joining this campaign, then, Agnes
Scott students feel that they are doing all
that they can to help their fellow students
throughout Georgia and to support the
cause of education itself. But they do not
wish in any way to cause unfavorable no-
toriety for Agnes Scott or to involve the
college in any political controversy.

What we do, we will do as individuals
and no student should feel compelled to
take part in the organization. There will
be no drive for 100 per cent membership
or for financial support. There will be no
high-pressure campaigning.

What the League plans to do at Agnes
Scott is to coordinate our efforts to defeat
Talmadge with those of all students in
Georgia. Since this political group is non-
partisan, we will not support any certain
candidate for governor but will try to de-
feat Talmadge and Talmadge-ism.

There are a few definite steps which we
must take immediately. First, Atlanta
and Decatur students who are twenty-one
should register NOW so that they may
vote in the primary in September. It is
not possible to register after this coming
Saturday, May 2. Thus it is imperative
that all who wish to cast their votes
against Talmadge-ism in September regis-
ter now.

Second, all students from the state of
Georgia who are interested in defeating
Talmadge should write immediately to
their families urging them to register be-
fore the deadline. Such letters should be
mailed tonight without fail.

Within the next few weeks the Student
Political League will present a program in
chapel, outlining more definitely the meas-
ures to be taken by the Agnes Scott unit
and emphasizing the objectives which the
League hopes to attain. Soon after the
chapel program, every student will be
given the opportunity to register, if she
wishes, the amount of aid she will pledge
to the campaign through voting herself
and through influencing the members of
her family to vote for some candidate who
definitely states his intention of separat-
ing politics and education.

X\ ttt ANA

THE CAMPUS SAMPLER

By Betty Peg ram

In most schools in this country
attendance at chapel is compul-
sory, whereas on our own campus
this is decidedly not the case. Al-
though we all realize that we are
responsible for the announcements
made by Student Government in
chapel on Thursdays, do you think
we should make chapel compulsory
on this day? Let us see what the
students think of this idea.

Lib Jones '43:

The student body would feel a
better sense of unity if it met as
a group at least
once a week. If
Student Govern-
ment activities
were presented
to all students
there would be
more interest
and participa-
tion in campus

BETTY PEGRAM activities.

Mary Lightfoot Elcan '42

I think that we do miss many
important announcements by fail-
ure to go to chapel on Thursday
and for this reason a compulsory
chapel would be good. But it would
be rather complicated to manage
the excuses which would at times
be absolutely necessary-

Polly Teaslep '45:

It's a good idea to have chapel
compulsory because a lot of girls
don't read the bulletin board daily
and there are a lot of worthwhile
announcements made in chapel
that they would miss. Moreover, it
would also help to keep the stu-
dents interested in Student Gov-
ernment in general.

Bobbie Powell '44:

It seems to me that instead of
having chapel compulsory every
week, it would be better to have
students required to go to chapel
on Thursday of every other week.
In this way, important announce-
ments could be made to the entire
student body and yet there would
be some Thursdays in which stu-
dents would not have to attend
chapel.

Betty Sunderland '42:

I don't think Thursday chapel

should be compulsory. Since every-
one is responsible for knowing all
that goes on during the Thursday
chapel, it is each person's respon-
sibility to find out. Compulsory
chapel would be unnecessary and
rather childish, it seems to me.

Nancy Thomison '43:

I think it would be a good idea
to have chapel compulsory on
Thursday because so often we don't
attend and miss important an-
nouncements. If we know it's com-
pulsory we can prepare to go ahead
of time and won't plan on doing
something else.

Dot Cremin '42:

We should have chapel compul-
sory on Thursday because it's so
hard to get the entire student body
together. Quite often very impor-
tant announcements are made on
Thursday and it would aid greatly
if everyone would meet together
one day each week.

Margaret Shaw '43:

Chapel should not be compul-
sory, it seems to me. All of us
realize that we are responsible for
the announcements made on Thurs-
day and it is up to us to ask some
of our friends about them if we
were unable to attend chapel our-
selves.

Miriam Walker '44:

It seems to me one special rea-
son that chapel on Thursdays
should be compulsory is in order
for the students to come together
as a group and function as an en-
tire student body.

Mary Munroe '45:

I don't think chapel should ever
be compulsory because if people
are really interested in school ac-
tivities, they'll come in order to
hear what chapel is about.

Anne Equen '45:

Chapel should be compulsory on
Thursdays because in spite of the
fact that the students should be in-
terested enough to come, some of
them are not and would have to
be dependent on their friends for
the announcements made at this
time.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol XXVII

Wednesday. April 1942

No. 20

Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler M. Christian
announce the birth of a daughter yes-
terday morning- at 4 o'clock in Emory
University Hospital.

Published weekly, except during holidays and examination periods, by the student*
Of Agnes Scott College. Office on second floor Murphey Cajidler Building. Entered as
second class matter at the Decatur. Georgia, post office. Subscription price per year,
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Editor MARTHA DALE

Managing Editor FRANCES KAISER

Business Manager MAMIE SUE BARKER

Jane Elliott Takes A Glimpse

Behind the Headlines

Friends for the Free French

The United States announced Saturday that
American troops have landed on Free French
New Caledonia, the vitally strategic island which
flanks the supply route between this country
and Australia. This is the first
report of American troops mov-
ing onto Free French territory.
The number of men was not an-
nounced.

The move was made, the War
Department said, "with the ap- .
proval of local authorities,"
consistent with our announced
policy of maintaining relations
with French citizens who are in
jane elliott actual control of French terri-
tory. A squawk is expected from Vichy.

Bombs for Bums

The R. A. F. is still smashing at Nazi bases
on the continent. Last week, Britain's bombers,
night after night, crashed tons of explosives and
incendiary bombs on such cities as Rostock, war
factory center and important Baltic port.

Reports indicate that Britain is staging what
is almost a 24-hour-a-day offensive, breaking
records not only for British but also for German
raids. The Nazis announced "a damage to some
houses and civilian casualties" as the result of a
raid in which more bombs were dropped in one
hour than in any other raid so far.

Drafting Dad

Pop and Grandpop went to be registered last
week-end as all men between 45 and 65 signed up
for emergency service. An estimated 13,000,000
men, to be used on home defense lines or in ex-
treme emergency, joined their names to those of
their juniors on draft rolls, ready at Uncle Sam's
call. They've drafted Grandfather, Dad, and
Junior guess we're next, girls.

*l, Hitler, Have Made a Decree . . ."

At a meeting of the Reichstag Sunday, Herr
Hitler made another speech and succeeded in
having passed a law which makes him even more
supreme than before, as it gives him the power
to remove Goering from office whom alone he
could not touch not only as air chief, but as his
successor and as head of German home defense.
To carry out the dramatic irony, Goering himself
was forced to read the message to the Reichstag.
Hitler has made the decree; we can only piously
add, "Let it be done with speed."

Streamlining America

The average American figure should be .better
in the days to come. Sugar rationing starts May
5 with two pounds for an 11-day period per per-
son ample but not over-generous. Not only that
but gasoline rationing will start in the middle of
May; and while most motorists will have little
trouble on the proposed 30 to 50 gallons per
month, it will leave a good many errands to be
done on foot. Diet and exercise are the two best
ways of reducing, and both are forced upon us.

Strange Interlude

Malta on April 18 had its first bombless day in
weeks. The most bombed spot on earth, Malta is
probably also the best protected for its size. It
is protected by at least 10 big fortresses mount-
ing 16.5-inch guns, by numerous smaller forts
and Lt. Gen. Dobbie, an efficient and distin-
guished officer. BuJb Malta had only a little peace,
the next day the Germans were back.

Agnes Scott News
Goes to Army Camps

Beginning with this week's issue, the
AGNES SCOTT NEWS will be sent to sev-
eral army camps throughout the south-
east, so that soldier friends and relatives
of the students may keep in touch with
campus life.

The plan is being inaugurated as the
result of a suggestion made by the faculty
advisor of the G. S. C. W. newspaper, THE
COLONNADE. After talking to numbers
of selectees during the past few months,
he has learned that the men in camp enjoy
knowing the news of the colleges which
many of them knew well before entering
the service. They particularly enjoy pub-
lications from women's colleges.

The Agnes Scott News

VOL. XXVII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1942

NO. 21

Girls Register
For Rationing

Registration for Sugar
Will End Tomorrow

Miss Scandrett has announced
that registration for War Ration
Book No. X, begun Monday, May 4,
will continue through tomorrow,
May 7. She urges all those eligi-
ble who have not yet registered to
do so tomorrow in Murphey Can-
dler, between two and four in the
afternoon and 7:30 and 9:30 at
night.

All faculty members, boarders,
or day student residents of Deca-
tur who are eighteen or over may
register here at Agnes Scott.
Boarders under eighteen or day
students not living in Decatur are
to register at their local boards
or are to have their families regis-
ter for them.

The dean's office will keep the
boarders' cards on file until the
end of the term. Boarders are
cautioned not to forget to take
their ration cards home with them,
for it will be very difficult to get
a card to replace the one that has
been lost or left behind.

Registration is not compulsory,
but those who do not register now
will have to wait two weeks be-
fore they will be able to apply for
their ration cards.

Worley to Address
Annual Youth Dinner

Rev. Paul Worley, Emory grad-
uate and a leader in young peo-
ple's work, will be the speaker at
the Annual Youth Banquet at
Glenn Memorial Church school
building May 11 at 7:30. For two
years Mr. Worley has been director
of the Youth Caravan Movement,
and at present he is serving as
pastor of the First Methodist
Church in Marion, Va.

This Annual Youth Banquet is
for young people of all denomina-
tions. The Junior Board of Stew-
ards and the Young Peoples De^
partment of Glenn Memorial,
sponsors of the affair, are anxious
for a large number of Agnes
Scott students as well as young
people from Atlanta and surround-
ing communities to attend.

Tickets for the banquet are
twenty-five cents each. They may
be secured from Helen Smith,
Anne Campbell, or Martha Jane
Mack.

Emory Honorary Group
Elects Ruth Lincback

Ruth Lineback, Agnes Scott
junior and editor of next year's
Silhouette, has been elected to
membership in the Emory chap-
ter of Phi Sigma, honorary biology
fraternity. The requirements for
election into Phi Sigma are inter-
est, scholastic achievements, and
biological research.

The initiation will take place on
Thursday evening at the home of
Dr. R. C. Rhodes, professor of
biology at Emory.

Two other Agnes Scott students,
Pat Reasoner and Betty Ann
Brooks, were elected to the fra-
ternity last fall.

Cruel Blows Crown
Mary Estill Martin,
Convention Delegate

If you don't think a one-day con-
vention can be eventful, just ask
Mary Estill Martin to tell you her
experiences last week-end as a
delegate to the Georgia Collegiate
Press convention in Milledgeville.

And did she get off to a crown-
ing start! It so happened that
Flake Patman was on the same
bus, and before long she and Mary
Estill had put their heads together
in order to chat rather, shout
over the din of the bouncing bus.
Suddenly Mary Estill's suitcase
came plumping out of the rack and
down on their heads! Don't worry,
no harm done at least, nothing
that could be noticed.

But that was only the beginning
of her unusual experiences. For
instance, she never really saw the
girls whose room she stayed in
overnight. They were out when she
arrived, she was out when they
came home, and they were asleep
when she left the next morning.

The crudest blow of all came on
the trip home, when a friendly bus
passenger inquired whether Mary
Estill and those with her were
school teachers. It must be that
haggard Hottentot look, girls.
There was some consolation for
Mary Estill, though, in remember-
ing that one of the little G. S. C.
Women had become very excited
when introduced to Miss Mary
Martin. That was probably before
the Agnes Scott delegation sang
in the bathtub and disillusioned
her.

McCain Tells Place
Of Woman in World

Dr. McCain will address the
Randolph-Macon College alumnae
at their regular meeting on May
9, using as his subject, "The Prob-
lem of the Woman's College in
This Emergency."

"Agnes Scott College and Ran-
dolph-Macon College have always
been close in sympathy," said Dr.
McCain. "The subject is certainly
a timely one.

"This is undoubtedly an age of
women. The most notable change
of the last forty years has been
the emancipation and expansion of
the woman's world. Women haven't
done quite as much about it as I
had hoped they would, now that
they can vote. But now I believe
that women will take their stand
to win the war and even more so
the peace."

Traditional Spring Picnic
To Entertain Freshmen

Christian Association will give a
picnic for freshmen on Thursday,
May 14, at 6 P. M. at Harrison
Hut.

The picnic has been a custom at
Agnes Scott for many years. It
serves to get the whole freshman
class together once more and to
have them look forward with
Christian Association to the com-
ing year.

Miss Eugenia Symms will give
a short talk to the class after
which there will be a sing.

Christian Association cordially
invites all freshmen to attend.

Kaltenborn
To Talk Here

H. V. Kaltenborn will speak
Friday evening, May 8, at 8:30 un-
der the auspices of the Atlanta
Lions Club at the Atlanta city
auditorium. According to George
B. Brown, secretary of the Lions
Club, Kaltenborn's procedure will
be to talk one hour and then an-
swer as many questions from the
audience as a half hour will per-
mit.

Seats for the lecture will sell
for seventy-five cents, a dollar
ten, and a dollar fifty, the receipts
from which will pay expenses and
go toward the Lions Club's milk
fund for underprivileged children.

Last year when Kaltenborn was
in Atlanta, he talked about rea-
sons for past happenings in world
affairs and possible developments
for the future.

Agnes Scott students may ob-
tain tickets in advance by notify-
ing Mrs. Mary Walker Fox, Dr.
Davidson's secretary, at Crescent
2227. A street car from Agnes
Scott will be provided if as many
as fifty students sign up in the
Dean's office requesting this serv-
ice.

Delegates to Attend
Student Convention

B. A. Brooks and Martha Dale Represent
Agnes Scott at Convention in Athens

Saturday, May 9, Betty Ann Brooks, head of the Student
Political League on the campus, and Martha Dale, editor of
the AGNES SCOTT NEWS, will represent the Agnes Scott
student body at the convention of the Students' Political
League, which will meet at the University of Georgia. Two

delegates from each college in the
state will organize themselves and

Parent Group Hears
Speech By President

Dr. J. R. McCain, president of
Agnes Scott, will speak Thursday
night, May 7, at the Boys' High
School P.-T. A. on the place of re-
ligious education in building citi-
zenship. As Dr. McCain said, this
is an unusual subject for considera-
tion in a public school, but this dis-
cussion at Fathers' Night, the last
P.-T. A. meeting of the year, will
be the climax of a series on the
general subject of the essentials
for building citizenship.

"My thesis," said Dr. McCain,
"is that the essence of religious
training is looking unto Jesus."
He plans to divide this idea into
two points.

The first point is looking at
Jesus for an example, for as Dr.
McCain said, "As we look at Him,
we see the perfect character, that
shows us what ours should be;
we see the good works which show
us what we might do."

That Jesus will give strength is
the second point which Dr. McCain
will bring out in his talk. "The es-
sence of looking unto Him is to
get help to do things we couldn't
do by ourselves," said Dr. McCain.
"We should take Him as a part-
ner."

Around The Corner

Friday, May 8, 8:30 P. M.
H. V. Kaltenborn at the
city auditorium.

Monday, May 11, 7:30 P. M.
Youth Banquet at Glenn
Memorial Church.

Tuesday, May 12 Golf Club
picnic at North Fulton golf
course.

Wednesday, May 13, 6:30
P. M. A. A. Banquet in
Rebekah.

Friday, May 8, 10:30 Lec-
ture Association reports on
year's series of speakers in
chapel.

McCain Checks
Institutions for
Phi Beta Kappa

President J. R. McCain, a mem-
ber of the senate of the national
Phi Beta Kappa, honorary scholas-
tic fraternity, will inspect six col-
leges and universities during the
week of May 12, and one in Octo-
ber, in response to their applica-
tions to have a chapter of Phi Beta
Kappa. Dr. McCain is one of seven
inspectors who will visit and re-
port on the 42 colleges and uni-
versities in the United States and
Canada who have applied for mem-
bership. The reports will be con-
sidered at a meeting next Decem-
ber.

Dr. McCain's schedule includes
Western College, Oxford, Ohio,
May 12; Wilson College, Cham-
bersburg, Pa., May 13; University
of Maryland, College Park, Md.,
May 14; Mary Baldwin College,
Staunton, Va., May 15; Sweetbriar
College, Sweetbriar, Va., May 16;
Converse College, Spartanburg,
S. C, May 20. Also, in the fall, Dr.
McCain will inspect Hollins Col-
lege, Hollins, Va.

All phases of a college's admin-
istration are considered carefully
before any sort of recommenda-
tions are made. Some of these
phases are finances and business
management, graduate and alumni
records, type of examinations giv-
en in the school, library facilities
and administration, entrance re-
quirements, and extra-curricular
activities.

Christian Association Tells
Program For Vespers

Taking as their topic "Looking
Forward/' the freshman class will
conduct vespers on Sunday, May
10, at 5:30 P. M. in the May Day
Dell. Harriet Daugherty will use
Luke 14:30-33 as the text for her
speech. Martha Jane Mack will
lead the services.

Mardia Hopper, president of
Christian Association, announces
that the following topics have been
chosen by the other classes, and
will be used for vespers in succeed-
ing weeks:

The sophomores will discuss
"Steadfastness of Purpose," based
upon Hebrews 12:1-2.

The topic for the junior class
Vespers will be "The Challenge of
Changing Circumstances," which
will be developed in the light of
the third chapter of Habakkuk.

"Seek Ye First the Kingdom of
God" is the title of the senior class
topic, which has as its text Luke
12:31.

their respective colleges to work
during the summer to exert their
influence as thinking students
against state politics in Georgia
colleges.

Next week Agnes Scott students
who wish may register for mem-
bership in the Political League.
The University of Georgia Alum-
nae Association has donated but-
tons which each registrant will re-
ceive. Registration will be volun-
tary as the whole Political League
movement is, and those students
who register may make voluntary
contributions.

Bill Clearman, from Georgia
Tech, has asked the Agnes Scott
student government to send dele-
gates to Athens and to provide
for student registration. Students
will learn the details of the volun-
tary registration in the Political
League tomorrow in a student
meeting after chapel, led by Betty
Ann Brooks and Mary Dean Lott.

Students to Choose
Speakers for Year

The Lecture Association will ask
the student body to say in chapel
on Friday, May 8, what speakers
they would like to have for next
year. At the same time the asso-
ciation will make a report of this
year's series. The list of possible
lectures for the coming year is
posted on the bulletin board in the
mail room, and Mary Louise Pal-
mour, retiring president of the
Lecture Association, asks that ev-
eryone look over these names and
think of the speakers whom they
would like to bring to the campus
next year.

Famous Personages
Promote Bond Sales

Ben Bernie and Dorothy Lamour
will share the spotlight at the
"Buy a Bomber" ball in the city
auditorium Saturday night, May 9.
Many other screen celebrities will
be present.

The ball is to start the house-to-
house bond pledge campaign which
the civilian defense organization in
Fulton County and the A. W. V. S.
in DeKalb County will conduct for
the Georgia war savings staff.

Ben Bernie will be co-mas-
ter of ceremonies with Ernest
Rogers, of the Atlanta Journal.
Dorothy Lamour will present a
$50 war bond to a person whose
name will be drawn from a hat.

All of the proceeds will go to
the Treasury Department of the
United States to buy a bomber.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1942

A Page From

Aggie's Date Book

By Caroline Smith

DELTA SIGMA DELTA'S annual Hobo Party took place
at the Dental College Saturday night. There was dancing by
music of a nickleodeon, and almost everybody came in cos-
tume. Guess That's Why the Lady Was a Tramp . . . ! Hob-
nobbing with the hoboes were Squee Woolford, Sara Massey,
and Olivia White.

Tony Pastor played for Tech
finals Friday and Saturday, and
Agnes Scott had

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her best foot
forward. The Ln-
terfrater-
nity dance Fri-
day night was
especially inter-
esting because
of the black-
robed members
of the Anax So-
c i e t y , who

roamed through the crowd of danc-
ers carrying out the annual "Anax
Tappings." Jane Edwards was
among those in the leadout. At the
dances were Martha Rhodes, Syl-
via Mogul, Mary Hill, Patty Bar-
bour, Virginia Reynolds, Susan
Montgomery, Betty Ann Brooks,
Camilla Moore, Virginia Carter,
Jeanne Newton, Pobie Crane, Bar-
bara Frink, Jane Everett, Cathy
Steinbach, Virginia Barr, Betty
Burress, Scottie Newell, Nancy
Moses, Jackie Bums, June Rey-
nolds, Edith Dale, Sally Knight,
Jodele Tanner, Jean Beutell, Jane
Edwards, Eugenia Hailey, Lib
Beasley, Mary Louise Palmour, and
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Holmes, Betty Bacon, and Mas
House. Small tables decorated with
red checked cloths and lighted
candles were scattered throughout
the "joint."

The same night at the SAE
house dance at Emory were Betty
Ann Tuttle, Mary Neely Norris,
Carolyn Fuller, Frances Reagan,
Liz Carpenter, and Pat Reasoner.
Pat was also at the house for din-
ner Sunday.

Ann Hilsman was in Albany
Monday through Wednesday to be
in Georgia Tate's wedding. On
Friday Mary Ward and Pat Perry
left for the Kentucky Derby.

Alice Willis spent the week-end
in Wilmington, Delaware, attend-
ing her brother's wedding.

Mary Carr was at the Emory
PHI DELTA THETA house for
dinner Sunday.

On Saturday night, Cathy Stein-
bach and Quincy Mills attended the
PSI OMEGA house dance at Den-
tal College.

Billie Davis, Gay Currie, Flora
Campbell, Mardia Hopper were
among those who climbed STONE
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B. O. Z., at a recent meeting,
elected the officers for the coming
year: president, Betty Jones; sec-
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The organization will announce
the new members next week.

The Granddaughters* Club met
April 31 at the alumnae house to
elect the new officers. They are as
follows: president, Pat Stokes;
vice-president, Leila Holmes; sec-
retary, Hansell Cousar.

Chi Beta Phi has elected the fol-
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Betty Pegram, Mary Jane Bon-
ham, Jane Edwards, Jean Moore,
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Gay Currie Reveals Truth
And Gets Consequences

Poor Gay! She really put her
foot in her mouth the other day!
It happened in history class, when
Dr. Davidson was asking the girls
what books they had been reading
recently.

"And what have you been read-
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raising a quizzical eyebrow.

"I've been reading Dumond,'"
was the reply.

"And how do you like him?"

"I don't!"

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"Well, he says the same things
you say in class!"

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Page 3

If you were around the science hall about five o'clock last
Wednesday you probably noticed ten or fifteen girls stag-
gering out of physics lab muttering softly to themselves:
"Jane Hortense Lilly Bell Penelope " And you might
have thought that they were either memorizing formulas or
slowly going crazy but they were
doing neither. They were trying
to help Dr. Christian think of a
name for his lit-
tle baby girl,
who, by the
way, celebrated
her first week-
aversary yester-
day. Everyone
felt so sorry for
the little name-
less one, until
D r . Christian
kathryn hill reminded them:

"She really doesn't mind, you
know. Right now we refer to our
little daughter as Her and She al-
though . . ." But Flake (Quick-on-
the-Trigger) Patman drawled out:
"Why don't you call her Hershey?"

Dr. Christian's Daughters

At May Day Dr. Christian's
daughter, Nancy, was worried
about her little sister's name, too.
"She just must have a name by
next week for she'll have to sign
her sugar rationing card." Dr.
Christian has had a daughter sure
enough. When May Day was over,
someone noticed him standing in
front of the gym with a blank ex-
pression on his face, watching the
little pickanniny cotton pickers
troop by. When someone asked him
what was wrong, he just asked
helplessly, "Which one oh, which
one of these pickaninnies is mine!"

Miss Cobbs has a car!! It has
four tires, oil, a full gas tank and
even a chromium fender. Well, it
was only right that when this rare
object had its first anniversary
last week, Miss Winter and Miss
Hutchens should want to you
know do something for it. So

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Miss Hutchens typed this wee
poem, which she tacked over the
bow:

An azore young Plymouth whose
natal

Anniversary's here, hopes the
date'll

Not set you to thinking
It ought to stop drinking
As some do on quitting the cradle.

Explanation: Miss Cobbs and
Miss Hutchens have been reading
mystery stories and recently they
read one that had a lot of lime-
ricks in it. The above result is a
bit subtle but after all, it's pat-
terned after a mystery story.

Lou Lets Down Her Hair

This business of sleep has some
people worried. Lou Pate, for in-
stance, was spending the night in
Bella Wilson's room during the lat-
ter's absence last week-end. Some-
time during the night she began to
dream. She dreamt she dwelt in
Inman Hall, and she knew she
should be in Main chaperoning on
third. So up she jumped (still
asleep) and started taking down
her hair. In the midst of this pro-
cedure, she woke up and realized
that there she stood in the cold
taking down her hair in Main
building in the middle of the
night!

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Dr. Jones Head
Of Red Cross
First Aid Unit

Agnes Scott College organized a
Red Cross First Aid Unit last
Thursday with Dr. Jones at its
head. It will function as a unit
during blackouts and while meet-
ings are in session will fly a Red
Cross flag.

The unit is composed of four
helpers under Dr. Jones with a
squad under each helper. In the
Presser Hall group the helpers
are Miss Eugenia Symms with a
squad of Miss Susan Cobbs, Miss
Blanche Miller, Miss Page Acker-
man, and Mary Estill Martin; and
Miss< Eleanor Hutchens, with a
squad of Miss Kathryn Glick, Miss
Ellen Douglas Leyburn, and May
Lyons, Pat Perry, and Laura
Cumming.

In the library group the help-
ers are Miss Agnes Reagan, assist-
ed by Miss Ann Vann, Miss Grace
Walker, Miss Bella Wilson, and
Emily Ann Pittman, Virginia Tug-
gle, and Jane Everett; and Miss
Frances McCalla, assisted by Miss
Betsy Kendrick, Miss Lou Pate,
and Betty Lynn Reagan, Emily
Higgins, and Helen Hurst.

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Athletic Clubs Plan
Games and Picnics

Bobby Jones to Play at East Lake Club
For Red Cross in Hail America Game

By Mary Estill Martin

Although the sports news is very quiet, several of the ath-
letic clubs are planning social functions. Tuesday, May 12,
the Golf Club is going to North Fulton Golf Course to play
and have a picnic supper. On Thursday of the same week the
Tennis Club is having a game and picnic at North Fulton

Park.

Notice all golf
fans: Bobby
Jones will play
in the Hail Am-
erica Tourna-
ment at East
Lake Country
Club May 5 and
June 6 and 7.
This is spon-
sored by the
U. S. G. A. to raise money for the
Red Cross. Bobby Jones, since his
retirement from competitive golf,

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Tournament at Augusta. This
would be a good time to see him
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Gwen Hill Wins

Gwen Hill beat Mary Olive
Thomas by one hole in the finals
of the golf tournament played
yesterday afternoon at the Forest
Hills course. Both Gwen and Mary
Olive played excellently and the
game was very close.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1942

All Quiet in the Library!

Again and again throughout the period
since the entry of the U. S. into the war,
we have been reminded that our first duty
as students is to take full advantage of
our opportunities in school in order that
we may be properly trained to assume
after graduation the greater responsibili-
ties imposed by the present situation.

We all recognize this to be our aim, but
in our feverish desire to do something
concrete and immediate we have often
found that we were forcing ourselves to
neglect the studying which we acknowl-
edge as our first duty.

Now, as the end of the year approaches,
term papers and book reports are added
to the accumulation of the work that we
have been putting off. As we think of ap-
proaching exams we begin to feel over-
whelmed by the quantities of studying we
must do. Now, above all, we must consider
the importance of our education to our-
selves and our government, and concen-
trate all our efforts on studying.

Into our life of the past few months
chaotic because of the great number of
diverse activities crammed into a crowded
schedule we must introduce an element
of orderliness, serenity, and harmony.
During the next few weeks we must culti-
vate a peace of mind and calmness of
spirit which will enable us to use each
minute to the best advantage without the
distractions that result from disorderly
thinking.

If we are to achieve the highest success
possible, we must organize our daily
schedule at least to the extent of sleeping
and eating regularly and of allowing def-
inite times for uninterrupted study, fol-
lowed by short periods of relaxation.

An important factor contributing to the
effectiveness of our studying is the ability
to concentrate. Through a little conscious
effort all of us could improve our powers
of concentration and we would find that a
short period of intense application could
replace many longer intervals of less con-
centrated effort.

But even those who have excellent hab-
its of study occasionally find a situation
which is extremely distracting and seems
to defy all efforts at concentration. Such
a condition exists almost constantly now
in the library, for recently we have all
been carrying on our conversations there.

We used to be able to count on finding
in the library an atmosphere of peace and
quiet that encouraged us in our efforts to
concentrate. During these next few weeks,
why not keep the library as the one place
that is really consecrated to study?

Let s Get Together!

Apparently everybody has been choos-
ing the same days to cut chapel lately.
Even on days that we have had guest
speakers the audience has been discourag-
ingly small. Perhaps it only seems so be-
cause we spread out in all directions.

For a while one member of each class
stood at the back to urge us to sit in a
compact group at the front. This method
seemed to be effective, for we soon began
to go to the front seats automatically
without being coaxed.

Now. however, we have slipped back
into our bad habit of dropping into the
first vacant seat in the back. We all need
to remember that the view from the speak-
er's platform is quite distressing when we
are distributed throughout the chapel. Per-
haps it would be good to have someone
standing at the door again to remind us of
this.

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The Editor's Mail bag

Dear Editor:

The student-faculty barbecue
was a great success and is such
a good idea that it should be made
an annual function. It is a time
for students to be with faculty on
an informal occasion. Sitting
around eating picnic style is con-
ducive to ease and results in a re-
laxed, natural conversation which
is not always present when one is
trying to balance a cup of coffee.
I would like to suggest that the
barbecue be held a little earlier in
the spring before the afternoon
sun is very hot on the hockey field.

Elizabeth Russell.

Dear Editor:

The purpose of this letter is to
express my appreciation to the
students and faculty of Agnes
Scott who have cooperated so
wholeheartedly during the past
few months to make our First Aid
program a success. I know that
every other First Aid instructor
will voice this same opinion.

Agnes Scott, at the present time,
has a First Aid Detachment all its
own, made up of students and fac-
ulty who have had the advanced
course in First Aid. In addition to
this unit there are well over a
hundred students who have had
the standard course in First Aid.

Aitnuugh the choruses heard
for so long over our campus of
"First Aid is the immediate, tem-
porary treatment . . ." and "Can
you remember the way she said to
do this hand bandage" have died
down, I am sure that the students
who took First Aid will not forget
the unusual cooperation shown
by the whole college community.

A new bond has grown up be-
tween students and faculty. The
professor standing before you sud-

denly has become a much more
understandable creature. It has
even been rumored that Ph.D.'s
have just as much trouble with
the hinged half-ring splint as we
undergraduates do.

It seems to me that in times
such as these the bonds of coop-
eration which have grown up as a
result of the First Aid program
are those same bonds of coopera-
tion which enabled America to
maintain her independence after
1776.

Virginia Tuggle.

Dear Editor:

The sings on the steps of Main
were so popular last fall, and those
which have been held lately were
so much fun, why wouldn't it be a
good idea to have them regularly?

The screen and slides used at
Mardi Gras and in the May Day
Dell at the last A. A. open house
were a grand success! If this were
used, all the students could learn
the words to all the songs, and
new songs could be taught easily.

Everyone had a grand time sing-
ing at the barbecue last Wednes-
day. Why doesn't somebody offer
to lead songs on certain nights of
the week during this last month of
school ?

Bobbie Powell.

Dear Editor:

Now there is an opportunity for
us to show our true patriotism. In-
ternational Relations Club is con-
ducting a clothes campaign for
British War Relief Fund. Someone
will come to our very door to col-
lect any garments we can't wear,
so forgetfulness or lack of time
will be no excuse.

Let's don't miss this grand
chance to give for others!

Cathy Steinbach.

The Agne$ Scott News

Vol. XXVII

Wednesday, April 29, 1942

No. 20

Published weekly, except during holidays and examination periods, by the student*
of Agnes Scott College. Office on second floor Murphey Candler Building. Entered as
second class matter at the Decfttur, Georgia, posl office. Subscription price per year,
$1.25; single copies, five cents.

Editor MARTHA DALE

Managing Editor FRANCES KAISER

Business Manager MAMIE SUE BARKER

Qulncy Mills Mary Carr Caroline Smith

Leila Holmes Copy Editor Society Editor

Assistant Editors Kathrvn Hill , ,

Betty Pegram r n >' Lyndon

Bennye LInzy Assistant Feature Editors Club Editor
Assistant Business Manager _ ltI

Jane Elliott Tri |e Bon(1

Martha LiddeJJ Current History Editor Caroline Calhoun

Oneida Woolford Mary Estill Martin Suzanne Watklns

Advertising Managers Sports Editor Circulation Assistants

Reporters: Betty Bates. Betsy White. .lane Dinsmorc Mary Louise Duffee. Mary Ann
Barfield. Martha Ray La^seter. Marion Knapp. Madeline Hosmer. Martha Stone, Virginia
Barr. Betty Burress. Nancy Crecne. Mary Itrummnnrl. Kathrvn Thompson. Ruth Doggett.
Molly Milam. Martha Jane Mark. Jean MeCwrry. Suzanne Wat kins, Martha Arnold, Caro-
lyn Fuller. Camilla Moore. Lib Farmer. Rounelle Martin. Wendy Whittle. Pauline Erlz.
Betty Ctlenn. Inge Probst ein.

Business Assistants: Elizabeth Carpenter. Anne Equen. Penny Espy. Barbara Frink,

Frances King, June Lanier. Janet Nair. Jane Post. Mary Frances Walker.

Jane Elliott Takes A Glimpse

Behind the Headlines

Fireside Chats

President Roosevelt spoke last Tuesday night
in a message to a country at war, a talk some-
what parallel in its tone to Churchill's "blood,
tears, and sweat" speeches, exhorting America
to sacrifice to win. In it, the President outlined
his important seven-point program to avoid in-
flation: a. the highest taxes in our history a
limit on individual incomes of $25,000 a year and
cutting of business profits to the "utmost limit
consistent with continued production"; b. a uni-
versal price ceiling; c. "stabilization" of wages
without change in time and a half for overtime;
d. a ceiling of farm prices at parity levels; e.
vastly increased purchases of war bonds with
forced savings to follow if sales lag; f. rationing
of scarcity items; g. strict limits on credit and
installment buying to keep down spending. A
stringent but necessary program for America's
victory.

Gandhi Again

The All-India Congress Party's working com-
mittee decided Saturday to urge the Indian peo-
ple to pursue a policy of passive resistance
against the Japanese, of "non-violent non-cooper-
ation." Gandhi has urged the adoption of this
method in spite of the opposition of Jawaharlal
Nehru and other party leaders who have of late
declared that India must fight. Gandhi has car-
ried his argument even to the point of opposing
the scorched earth policy in case India is invaded;
he and his followers, of course, blame the atti-
tude of the British government, declaring it
"prevented organization of national defenses by
the people in any other way." It seems to me this
policy is equivalent to that of a lamb asking a
lion to eat it, giving the lion only the trouble of

first skinning it keeping the fleece, of course.
/

Battered Burma

A Japanese communique Saturday reported
that their troops had marched Kipling's road to
Mandalay and invaded the pagodaed city itself;
Allied sources confirmed this Sunday. The with-
drawal of the British Imperials and their courag-
eous Chinese comrades has been a retreat, but
not a rout; they still fight grimly and bravely,
leaving, as far as is possible, a scorched and
smoking land behind them. Now, within 45 miles
of China, the Japs threaten her more gravely
than ever before.

Broken Records

America's "home tragedy of the week" was the
crash late Friday night of a sleeper transport
airliner, which ploughed into a storm-lashed ridge
within sight of Salt Lake City's airport. Seven-
teen are dead, among them army officers and
workers at war plants not all America's man-
power dies on the battlefronts; accidents at home
take a heavy toll. It was the company's first
passenger fatality since 1940; last year it had a
perfect record and received the safety award for
major air lines.

Crimson Tide

The Reds sweep on to new gains, claiming vic-
tories on the sea, the land and in the air. Last
week, the Red Navy announced the sinking of
its one hundred fifteenth transport, a 9,000-ton
German ship; the land Army reports 900 more
dead Nazis on the Kalinin front in two days of
fighting, and the air branch boasted of 38 Ger-
man planes downed as against nine Russian on
April 30th alone, making a total of 248 for the
month of April. German communiques, while
claiming destruction wrought by their own forces,
admitted Russian damage. The tide of battle is
still in favor of the Reds.

Dark Horse

Kentucky's famous Derby (pronounce it to suit
yourself) was run Saturday for the 68th time.
Shut Out, a chestnut stablemate of the favorite
Devil Diver, who did not even place, came in
first, with two and one-quarter lengths between
his hoofs and second-placer Alsab; Valdina Or-
phan ran third. Winning this richest of all der-
bies, Shut Out pulled down a $64,225 purse
which ain't hay, even for a horse like him.

Quotable Quotes

"The contemporary attitude that the schools
should not teach controversial issues and should
teach children 'how to think' but not 'what to
think' is sheer moral pussyfooting and a betrayal
of the real purposes of education. If we educa-
tors do not correct this moral deficiency in edu-
cation we are going to lose the confidence and
support of the people." Dr. Homer P. Rainey,
president of the University of Texas, holds that
it is the ultimate purpose of liberal education to
develop moral and spiritual leaders. (ACP.)

The A qnes Scott News

VOL. XXVII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1942

NO. 22

WAR COUNCIL AIDS IN REGISTRATION

Shown above are some of the members of the Agnes Scott War Council, who aided the faculty in the registration for ra-
tioning cards last week. They are, left to right, Pat Stokes, Frances Tucker, Nancy Hirsh, Flora Campbell, and Dot Cremin.

Photo Courtesy Atlanta Constitution.

Professors Are
In Who's Who

Psychologist and Biologist
Make American Honor List

Two Agnes Scott processors,
Miss Mary Stuart MacDougall and
Mr. S. Guerry Stukes, are now on
the roll of the American Who's
Who. Mr. Stukes, professor of
philosophy and education, regis-
trar, and dean of the faculty, is
listed in the new 1942 edition of
"Who's Who in America, " while
Miss MacDougall, head of the biol-
ogy department, will be in this
summer's supplement and in the
next regular volume to be pub-
lished in 1944.

Mr. Stukes holds membership in
the American Association for Ad-
vancement of Science, the National
Education Association, and Phi
Beta Kappa, national honorary
scholastic fraternity.

Miss MacDcugall is noted
throughout the country for her
Protozoa research. She was the
first to find a tetraploid among
Protozoa (Chilodonella) in pedi-
greed cultures, and was the first
to find migrating macronuclei in
free living Protozoa.

In addition to protozoology, Pro-
fessor MacDougall has done re-
search in the fields of cytology,
bird malaria, and genetics. She
has published 14 scientific arti-
cles in four countries, United
States, Germany, France, and Eng-
land. She is also the co-author,
with Robert Hegner, of "Biology:
the Science of Life/' now in press
at McGraw, Hill Book Company,
Inc.

She is a member of the Ameri-
can Society of Zoologists and was
president of Southeastern Biolo-
gists, Georgia Academy in 1929
and in 1942. She is also a member
of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi,
national scholastic fraternities.

Trustees and Alumnae
To Entertain Seniors;
Old Classes Reunite

On Saturday, May 30, at 1:00
P. M., the trustees will give a
luncheon for the seniors in Rebe-
kah Scott dining room. The grad-
uating class, faculty, and all alum-
nae who are paid members of the
Alumnae Association for the cur-
rent session are to be guests of the
college. Immediately following
lunch, there will be a general
Alumnae Association meeting.

In the alumnae gardens on Sun-
day, May 31, at 6:30 P. M., the
alumnae will entertain with a gar-
den party for the seniors, their
families and friends, and the fac-
ulty.

Class reunions will take place
cn Monday, June 1. There will be
reunion luncheons at 12:30 P. M.
for the classes of 1897, 1899, 1900,
1916, 1917, 1918, and 1919. At 6:30
P. M., there will be reunion din-
ners for the classes of 1935, 1936,
1937. 1938, and 1941.

Dr. Vernon Broyles Talks
Tuesday on Theme of Year

Dr. Vernon S. Broyles, pastor
of North Avenue Presbyterian
Church, is going to speak in chapel
on Tuesday, May 19. He will talk
on "I Am the Way, the Truth, and
the Life." His subject is the theme
of Christian Association for this
year.

Notice to All GEORGIANS:

TOMORROW is the day to
register with the Student Poli-
tical League (SPL).

PLEDGE CARDS and SPL
buttons will be available at ta-
bles on the quadrangle all day.
Before and after chapel there
will also be a table on the ter-
race between Presser and Butt-
rick.

CONTRIBUTIONS are en-
tirely voluntary.

Guest Soloists
Join Choir in
Final Musicale

Mrs. Helen Ardale McGee
and Miss Eunice Curry
To Sing Here Monday

The Agnes Scott College choir
will present a program of oratorio
music at 8:30 on Monday, May 18,
in Gaines Chapel, Presser Hall.
Mrs. Helen Ardale McGee, soprano
soloist of Druid Hills Baptist
Church, and Miss Eunice Curry,
contralto soloist of Second Ponce
de Leon Baptist Church and for-
mer assistant voice teacher at Ag-
nes Scott, will be the guest solo-
ists.

First on the program will be
"Now Behold and Jerusalem" by
Gounod, soprano solo and choir,
and "List the Cherubic Host" from
"The Holy City" by Gaul, soprano
and contralto solos and choir. 1

The second part of the program
includes: "He Shall Feed His
Flock" from "Messiah" by Han-
del, contralto solo, and "Oh Rest
in the Lord*' from "Elijah" by
Mendelssohn, contralto solo.

Next will be "How Lovely Are
the Messengers" from "St. Paul"
by Mendelssohn, choir; "Lift
Thine Eyes 'to the Mountains"
from "Elijah" by Mendelssohn,
choir; and "I Waited for the
Lord" from "Hymn of Praise" by
Mendelssohn, soprano and contral-
to solos and choir.

"Hear Ye, Israel" from "Elijah"
by Mendelssohn, soprano solo, will
be next, and the program will con-
clude with "Unfold Ye Portals"
from "The Redemption" by Gou-
nod, soprano solo and choir, and
"Inf lammatus" from "Stabat
Mater" by Rossini, soprano solo
and choir.

The public is cordially invited to
attend this last Agnes Scott music
appreciation hour.

Seniors To Receive
Degrees on June 2

Bishop Clare Purccll and Alfred Noyes
To Address Seniors in Final Exercises

Betty Ann Brooks, president of the senior class, has an-
nounced plans of the class and the college for commencement
week, May 30 through June 2.

The seniors will have a class picnic on Friday, May 29. The
picnic, sponsored by the school and the day students, will be

held at North Fulton Park if trans-

Student Group
Hears McCain

President Tells Graduates
Of "Women's Movement"

On May 25, Dr. J. R. McCain,
president of Agnes Scott, will de-
liver the commencement address to
the graduating class of the Florida
State College for Women on what
he terms "the revolutionary thing
in our ^ civilization the Women's
Movement."

In regard to the topic he has
chosen for his talk, Dr. McCain
said by way of explanation, "I am
going to draw a parallel between
the development of education for
women and the development of the
'Women's Movement'." He went
on to explain that by the term
"Women's Movement" he meant
the complete revolution that has
taken place in our civilization as
a result of the movement of wom-
en out of the limited activities
that have been theirs. He believes
that when history is written a hun-
dred years from now the changes
in the lives and activities of wom-
en will be the most significant
changes to be recorded.

He also stated that his idea was
that the changes women have
brought about and taken part in
have been more revolutionary in
our age even than have been wars,
or the coming to power of dicta-
tors.

Through these changes, Dr. Mc-
Cain will trace the work of 'wom-
en's colleges in the past, and tell
something of the responsibility
faced in the immediate years to
come as a result of the activities
of most of the men in military op-
erations. He will point out that
the responsibility of women's col-
leges in the next fifty years will
probably be even greater than in
the last fifty changing years, be-
cause women may be the only ones
to receive higher education for
some time to come.

portation can be arranged.

For Saturday, May 30, the plans
include the trustees' luncheon to be
held in Rebekah Scott dining hall
at one o'clock, followed by the an-
nual meeting of the Alumnae As-
sociation at three o'clock. That
night at 6:30 will be the sopho-
more-senior dinner.

Baccalaureate Sermon

At 11:00 A. M. on Sunday, May
31, Bishop Clare Purcell, 0 f the
Methodist Episcopal Church, Char-
lotte, North Carolina, will give the
baccalaureate address. Early in
the afternoon, Miss Carrie Scan-
drett and the staff of the Dean's
office will preside at afternoon
coffee. At six in the evening, the
senior class will hold vespers in
McLean Chapel, Presser Hall. Im-
mediately afterwards, at 6:30, the
alumnae will entertain the seniors
at open house.

The festivities for Monday, June
l| will begin at 12:30 P. M. with
the luncheon for the reunion
classes. At 4:00 P. M. will be
class day exercises for which the
sophomore class will carry the tra-
ditional daisy chain. Dinner for
the reunion classes will be served
at 6:30. I n McLean Chapel at 8:30,
:he speech department will present
a recital of Alfred Noyes' poetry.
Later that night in front of Main
building will be the traditional
senior book-burning and junior
capping ceremony.

"Poetry and Reality' 7

On Tuesday, June 2, at 10:00
A. M. in Gaines Chapel, will come
the final event of the week. Dr.
Alfred Noyes, the distinguished
English poet, will address the
graduating class on "Poetry and
Reality." Then Dr. J. R. McCain
will confer degrees upon the grad-
uates.

The prominence of the speaker
and the courtesy of Dr. McCain
have combined to provide reserved
seating accommodations for the
immediate families of the graduat-
ing class.

Telephone Representative
Advises Future Employees

Mr. E. B. Emery, of the South-
ern Bell Telephone Company, of
Atlanta, will speak in chapel here
next Friday, May 15, on what the
interviewer looks for in a pros-
pective employee. Mortar Board
is presenting the speaker for the
benefit of seniors and other girls
who might wish to seek employ-
ment this summer.

Mr. Emery has had much experi-
ence in interviewing girls for
Southern Bell. After his talk Fri-
day he will answer any questions
which girls would like to ask.

Around The C

orner

Thursday, May 14 Registra-
tion tor the Student Poli-
tical League.

5:00 P. M. C. A. freshman

picnic at Harrison Hut.
Friday, May 15 Mr. Emery's

talk in chapel.
Monday, May 18, 5:00 P. M.

Miss Scandrett's talk to

sponsors.

8:30 P. M. Oratorio musi-
cale in Presser.

Tuesday, May 19, 6:30 P. M.
Junior-senior banquet in
Rebekah.

Thursday, May 21, 5:30-7:00
i P. M. Sponsors' picnic in
Harrison Hut.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS. WEDNESDAY. MAY 13. 1942

Banquet Assembles
Campus Sportslovers

A. A. Board Presents Annual Trophies;
Delegates To Attend State Conference

By Mary Estill Martin

Using the third ideal as the theme, Athletic Association
will hold its annual banquet tonight. Miss Charlotte Hunter,
assistant dean of students, will be the speaker. She will use
for her subject 'The Third Ideal and Our Responsibility to
It in Time of War."

All members of class teams and
athletic clubs, participants in
tournaments, and those in May
Day are invited
to the banquet.
At the banquet
the new A. A.
board takes of-
fice. Also indi-
vidual and class
awards are
made.

The decora-
tions will be
M. E. martin purple and
white flowers.

Ann Frierson announced Mon-
day that several Agnes Scott dele-
gates will attend the Georgia
Athletic Conference next week-
end, the 15th and 16th of May.
The conference will be held at the
Georgia State Teachers' College at
Statesboro.

Miss Llewellyn Wilburn, Ann
Gellerstedt, Anne Frierson, and
Virginia Tuggle are planning to
attend. Ann Gellerstedt, the out-
going president of A. A., is also a
council member of the conference.

About fourteen years ago the
G. A. C. was organized at Agnes
Scott. Since that time it has met
annually at various colleges
throughout Georgia.

The local archery tournament
started Monday. The high scorers
of this tournament will participate
in the National Telegraphic Tour-
nament. Those shooting are Dot
Nabors, Lila Peck Walker, Ann
Gellerstedt, Jean Chester, Mary
Maxwell, Alta Webster, Betty
Medlock, Elizabeth Moore, Trina
Perez, Marjorie Haddock, Martha
Rhodes, Mildred Nicholson, Mar-
tha Liddell, Margaret Norris, Ag-

War Council Concludes
Bond Interview Series

War Council today, after three
days of interviewing, ended their
bond campaign. A 100 per cent
census of students and faculty was
taken as to their attitudes toward
buying war bonds.

One . person selected by War
Council from each wing of the
dormitories conducted the inter-
Views of each individual. Certain
faculty members interviewed the
resident faculty members. The non-
resident faculty members were in-
terviewed by the house-to-house
campaign in Atlanta.

The cards were not filled out as
pledges, but simply to get an idea
of the interest of buying war
bonds. Triplicate copies were made
to be sent to the state and nation-
al governments with the individual
keeping one copy.

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fee, and Mary Estill Martin.

The archery cup will be award-
ed tonight. A good guess seems to
be that the senior class will "carry
it home" with them, since a large
number of the competitors are
seniors and all of them shoot well.

Last year Louise Musser
broke an all time record on the
campus with a score of 453. Dot
Nabors, however, was not too far
behind with 412 points.

Campus Clubs Tell
Recent Activities

Chi Beta Phi, Blackfriars
Announce New Officers

Chi Beta Phi announces the fol-
lowing officers for the coming
year: president, Mary Estill Mar-
tin; vice-president, Mary Jane
Auld; corresponding secretary,
Dorothy Hopkins; recording secre-
tary, Betty Bates; treasurer, Eliz-
abeth Hartsfield. The initiation of
the new members took place Tues-
day, May 12, just before the an-
nual picnic. On May 7, Miss Emily
Dexter addressed the club. She
discussed experimental psychology,
reading excerpts from her paper
which will be published in the near
future.

Glee Club's special chorus will
sing at Lawson General Hospital
Saturday afternoon, May 16. On
Monday, 8:30 P. M., on the regular
music appreciation program, the
choir will present several oratorio
selections. Two Atlanta soloists
will be guest singers.

B. O. Z. has chosen as a new
member Inge Probstein.

In the recent publication of the
names of officers of Eta Sigma
Phi, Catherine Kollock was omit-
ted through an error. She is the
newly-elected recording secretary.

Blackfriars, at their last meet-
ing, elected the following officers
for the coming year: president,
Page Lancaster; vice-president,
Ruby Rosser; secretary, Hester
Chafin; costumes, Agnes Douglas;
property, Mary Louise Duffee;
program, Dorothy Hopkins; pub-
licity, Zena Harris.

Nancy Hirsh, newly elected pres-
ident of War Council, has announc-
ed the other members who will
work with her next year. The
chairmen of the committees will
be Flora Campbell, conservation;
Pat Stokes, publicity; Margie
Weismann, blackout; and Betty
Brougher, public instruction.

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Alumnae Plan
Three Parties
For Graduates

Monday, May 11, Tuesday, May
12, and Wednesday, May 27, are
the dates on which the Alumnae
Association will entertain for the
senior class.

Instead of the usual large tea
honoring the seniors, the alumnae
are inviting the class over for re-
freshments after dinner on Mon-
day, Tuesday, and Wednesday
nights.

Mrs. Nelle C. Howard and Miss
Eugenia Symms, alumnae secre-
taries, will discuss with them plans
for setting up the permanent or-
ganization of the class of '42.

The class has been divided into
groups, and a chairman appointed
for each group to serve as liason
agent between the alumnae office
and the individuals, and to turn in
to the office news of the individ-
uals for publication in the Quar-
terlies.

Chairmen for the groups are
Claire Purcell, Olivia White, Mary
Dean Lott, Gay Currie, Ila Belle
Levie, Lila Peck Walker, Mary Mc-
Quown, Myree Wells, and Sue
Heldman. Each group includes
people who have been good friends
in college and are most likely to
keep in touch with each other aft-
er leaving Agnes Scott.

At a meeting on Friday after-
noon, May 29, the class will
choose a class president to serve
for life, and a class secretary, who
is to serve until the first reunion
of the class. These officers, with
the group chairman, complete the
permanent class organization.

Alfred Noyes' Work
Highlights Program

The speech department of Agnes
Scott announces a program of
poetry which will be given at 8:30
P. M., June 1, in Presser Hall.

Miss Gooch will read poems by
Alfred Noyes, "Forty Singing Sea-
men, " and "Litany of War"; and
"Milk for the Cat," by Harold
Monroe. Miss Winter will give
Archibald MacLeish's "America
Was Promises."

Neva Jackson will read "The
Barrel -Organ,'' by Alfred Noyes,
and Martha Trimbell will present
Noyes' "The Highwayman." There
will also be choral speaking by
members of the department if
enough students remain at school.

Recent initiates into Pi Alpha
Phi are Martha Arnold, Elizabeth
Carpenter, Virginia Carter, Penny
Espey, Martha Jean Gower, Mary
Alice Hunter, Jean Hood, Dottie
Kahn, Margaret Killam, and Susy
Watkins.

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A good many people on the campus registered for their
sugar rationing cards last week. It wasn't always convenient
for them and it certainly wasn't convenient for some of the
patient people who issued the cards but not one word of
complaint has been heard floating around. Smiles, a jest or

two, but most everyone realized
the seriousness and the import of
"rationing sugar," and took it like
a n American.

KATHRYN HILL

But shucks,
this isn't writ-
ing the column
I am supposed
to write. What
made me think
of sugar ration-
ing was a tale
told on Mr.
Stukes. He was
industri-
ously signing for his card: weight,
age (?), color of eyes, and then!
color of hair. He paused looked
thoughtfully into the distance
and then was heard to mutter,
"My gracious! It's been such a
long time since I've seen it, I've
forgotten what color my hair used
to be."

Visions of Iron Bars

And then there's poor Betty
Bowman who's going to jail next
month (she says). It seems that
she signed for her sugar ration-
ing card and her mother signed
for her, too. Bee Bo came into
the Dean's office trembling, and
shaking with visions of iron bars
and the F. B. I. men floating be-
fore her eyes. "It's been nice
knowing you all," she announced
to everyone in general. "I'm go-
ing to jail soon." "How nice," ev-
eryone murmured absentmindedly.
"What!!!???" After she had ex-
plained her predicament, it took
quite a while to convince her that
she could sing "If I Had the Wings
of an Angel" just for fun. If you
see Bee Bo just pat her sympa-
thetically on the shoulder.

Telephone Telltales

There've been plenty of tele-
phone antics lately. Mary Flor-
ence McKee answered a phone on
second Main and when asked to
call Mildred Nicholson to the
phone, she very politely said, "Oh
yes, I'd be more than glad to call
her," and hung up the phone. She
was halfway down the hall before
she realized her mistake.

The other day, one of the
switchboard girls was working
hard when a call came through.
"May I speak with Miss Hale?" a
very nice masculine voice asked.
"Just a minute, please," sang out
the switchboard girl, plugging in
the call to Buttrick. She noticed
that the little light stayed off a
long time, which meant that the
maid had had to go way up to
third floor Buttrick for Miss Hale.

After a while, the light went on
and almost immediately the same
young man rang the switchboard
and with a tired, patient voice
asked, "Please, may I speak to
Miss HELEN Hale?" (I wonder
what happened!)

Quincy Mills answered the
phone the other day in Main. It
was for Ruth Kolthoff. "Ruth!"
yelled Quincy, "the maid wants to
speak to you!" Miss Winter still
laughs when she thinks about
hearing Quincy yell, "The maid
wants you," when all the time it
was Miss Winter.

Did you all know that Miss
MacDougall is an avid motion pic-
ture fan? She is. It even got- so
serious that she persuaded Miss
Vann, Miss Hale, and Miss Laney
to go down town Saturday to see
Dorothy Lamour and then she
talked about how lovely her eyes
and eye lashes are. That part was
all right birt what had to happen
but that they got their pictures
spread all over the front page of
The Atlanta Journal. Of course,
they were part of a huge crowd
come to view "Dotty" but with a
magnifying class you could see our
faculty plainly.

A Young Girl's Fancy

One of the Dean's office per-
sonnel was telling about a girl
(she went here a year or so ago)
who was engaged to a boy named
Henry. He occupied a great deal
of her mind and once when she
was signing up for a cut she
signed it Henry 103. (What a
course!) That made us think about
Ann Chambless. If she would only
sign an archery cut with "Archie,"
what a good story it would make.

Dot Cabiness was on phone duty
the other night. Someone finished
a call to a day student and left the
phone booth, remarking as she left
that the day student was building
a dog house. "What!" said Dot, in
that deep bass voice of hers. "Is
she married?"

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Page 3

Nancy Terry, and Liz McWhorter.

Mary Dean Lott, Annie Wilds,
and Ann Chambless went on a
house party at St. Simon's over the
week-end.

At the steak fry given by Dr.
and Mrs. Hayes right on the Chat-
tahoochee River were Jane Taylor,
Doris Hasty, Mary Lightfoot El-
can, and their dates.

Polly Drinnon was seen at the
Tech K. A. HOUSE Saturday
night.

Lib Beasley skipped from the
Rainbow Roof Wednesday night to
the Biltmore Thursday night. At
the Rainbow Roof Saturday night
was Helen Hurst.

So many people went out of
town for the week-end that I don't
believe there's room to list them
all. It was easy to see that every-
body remembered Mother's Day.

A Page From

Aggie's Date Book

By Caroline Smith

Were you kidding? Tech's BETA KID PARTY took place
Friday night at the Brookhaven Country Club with music by
the Emory Aces. The affai *as strictly costume even the
orchestra complied. The Iiarvard twins were quite fetching
in pink and blue pinafores with matching sunbonnets, and
Julia Scott looked 'specially cute
in a bright red playsuit carrying a
big doll. Some of the girls really
"let down their
hair" as Dot
Gay, who ap-
peared with
long shiny
braids, and Mir
House, who sud-
d e n 1 y display-
ed multitudin-
ous curls. Nina
Mae Snead was
Caroline smith there, too,
which just goes to show that just
because you're graduated, you
aren't really an adult! Other tod-
dlers were Julia Harry, Mary
James Seagle, Nita Hurst, Becky
Andrews, Marian Barr, Patsy
Bledsoe, Barbara Frink, Nancy
Moses, Jean Newton, Scott Newell,
Virginia Carter, Jean Carlson,
Jackie Burns, Camilla Moore, Mar-
jorie Tippins, Dot Gay, Mas House,
and Sally Knight.

And after the ball was over . . .
the Emory Aces played again for
the Emory INTERFRATERNITY
DANCE Saturday night at Em-
ory's Little Auditorium. Present
were Nita Hurst, Betty Tuttle,
Jean Newton, Pat Reasoner, Eliza-
beth and Julia Harvard, Joyce
Freeman, Pat Bledsoe, Liz Carpen-
ter, Martha Rhodes, Camilla
Moore, Mary Carr, Bettye Ash-
craft, Anne Flowers, Mary Mc-
Quown, Susan Montgomery, Patty
Barbour, Claire Bennet, Mary
Louise Duffee, Julia Scott, and
Laurice Looper.

For the BOMBER BALL Satur-
day night the city auditorium was
"decked out" in ' red, white, and
blue, V's for victory, and all the
other patriotic symbols. I guess
most of us know the particulars
about the event. Did you see Nan-
cy Terry, Jean Satterwhite, and
Ducky Copeland there ?

At the A. K.~K. dental frater-
nity dance Friday night were
Leona Leavitt, Marjorie Haddock,
Ducky Copeland, and Pat Rea-
soner.

The Tech CO-OP CLUB had a
hayride Saturday night, and at-
tending it from Agnes Scott were
Margaret Williams, Elizabeth Ed-
wards, and Mildred Nicholson.

Quite a group from Agnes
Scott attended the Clemson TAPS
BALL over the week-end. Compos-
ing the group were Quincy Mills,
Mary Jane Auld, Margaret Cath-
cart, Anne Frierson, Margie Wil-
son, Virginia Barr, Eugenia Jones,
Sara Massey, Jane Edwards, Ruth
Gray, Lois Sullivan, and Betty
Bacon. Also, sent as a special dep-
utation by Christian Association,
were Pat Patterson, Mabel Stowe,
Joella Craig, Catherine Philips,
and Mary Jane Auld.

At the Tech "Y" OPEN HOUSE
were Smiley Williams, Anne Hall,
Margaret Killam, Pobie Crane,

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Christian Association
Installs New Members
To Serve on Council

Christian Association Council
was installed last night at a serv-
ice held in Murphey Candler build-
ing, after having been chosen on
May 5 at the last cabinet meeting.

The new council includes Betty
Bowman, chapel chairman; Mamie
Sue Barker, president of the Bap-
tist group; Helen Smith, president
of the Methodist group; Laura
Cumming, president of the Episco-
pal group; Ann Scott, president of
the Presbyterian group; Bobbie
Powell and Virginia Carter, Inter-
Collegiate Council; Jeanne New-
ton and Cordelia De Vane, sub-
chairmen of the recreation commit-
tee; Elise Tilghman, head of the
Chinese Mission; Sally Sue Howe
and Tommie Huie, Scottish Rite
heads; Martha Jane Mack, head of
Industrial Girls; Hester Chafin, in
charge of the Christmas party;
Anne Wilds, president of Bible
Club; Flora Campbell, Maids' Sun-
day School; and Martha Ray Las-
seter, the bulletin board.

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Clara Rountree
Reveals Plans
For Orientation

Miss Scandrett Addresses
Sponsors and Helpers
At Meeting on Monday

Clara Rountree, vice-president of
Student Government, in charge of
the 194 orientation program for
freshmen, announces the following
plans for sponsors and helpers.
Juniors will again serve as spon-
sors with the aid of sophomore
helpers. This year, for the first
time, a group of junior assistants
is to be used to give additional
help when needed.

Miss Carrie Scandrett will speak
to the three groups on Monday,
May 18, at 5 P. M., and on Thurs-
day, May 21, they will be enter-
tained at a picnic at Harrison Hut
from 5:30 to 7 P. M. All sponsors,
helpers, and assistants are asked
to attend both functions.

The 1942 sponsors are Virginia
Barr, Marguerite Bless, Betty
Bowman, Betty Burress, Carolyn
Calhoun, Mary Carr, Jean Clark-
son, Mary Codington, Barbara
Connally, Carolyn Daniel, Mary
Beth Danielson, Betty Dickson,
Agnes Douglas, Margaret Drum-
mond, Mary Louise Duffee, Elinor
Gershon, Martha Jane Gray, Zena
Harris, Tommy Huie, Ann Jacob,
Marion Knapp, Catherine Kollock,
June Lanier, Martha Ray Lasse-
ter, Martha Liddell.

Also serving as sponsors are
Eugenia Mason, Mary Maxwell,
Quincy Mills, Sylvia Mogul, Camil-
la Moore, Flake Patman, Trina
Perez, Bobbie Powell, Martha
Rhodes, Anne Sale, Julia Scott,
Marcia Shufelt, Cathy Steinbach,
Martha Stone, Betty Sullivan,
Robin Taylor, Katheryne Thomp-
son, Johnnie May Tippen, Marjorie
Tippins, Virginia Tuggle, Maiy
Frances Walker, Miriam Walker,
Betsey White, Frances White, Bet-
ty Williams, Alice Willis, and
Squee Woolford.

The following will serve as as-
sistants: Ellen Arnold, Anatasia
Carlos, Jean Clarkson, Barbara
Daniels, Patricia Evans, Mary
Florence McKee, Barbara Pennell,
Eudice Tontak, and Ann Wirght.

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Dionne Quins Surrender
To Hottentot Army Brats

By Margaret Drummond

An unsuspecting- Hottentot, upon reading "Hark Unto
Me, Lady Fair; I Long Only for Your Missive/' would prob-
ably be inclined to dismiss this plea as a line from the King
Arthur tales or the French "jongleurs." But if, on further
perusal, she came upon a sentence that could be deciphered

to the effect that "I'm thirty but

flirty," and another request for
correspondence, she could come but
to one logical conclusion that
what she was reading* was one of
the many fan letters received by
Agnes Scott's famous "quintup-
lets," who are fast doing for this
campus what the Dionnes did for
Calendar.

Mail From All Branches

Ever since Betty and Frances
Brougher, Polly and Barbara
Frink, and Julia Ann Patch had
their picture printed in the Atlan-
ta Journal, and later in newspa-
pers and magazines throughout
the United States, they have been
swamped with mail from boys in
all branches of the service (the
army predominating, of course),
from old friends they had lost
contact with, former schoolmates,
and even so-called "relatives" all
saw their picture and "just
thought'' they'd write.

Fan Mail From Ten-pals"

Frances Brougher even had a
letter from a 73-year-old man, who
just wanted someone to write to.
Julia Ann Patch has received let-
ters from two "Patches," one in
the navy and the other a little girl,
both wanting to know if she were
kin to them. Polly Frink had an
invitation from a boy in prep
school to attend his spring dances.
One young man, whose spelling
and grammar, to say the least,
were a bit extraordinary, wrote to
Betty Brougher: "I also in lover
lane but know car. So you don't
haft to worry." Another, a non-
service man himself, begged the
group to look beyond the army
horizon, to the navy and Marines,
in their choice of husbands, assert-
ing that there are "plenty of good
fellows" in the latter two branches.

Betty also received an invita-
tion in her mail. A boy with whom
she went to high school in Wash-
ington, who now attends Annapol-
is, asked her to come up for the
June Week festivities. Barbara

Frink, too, has been flooded with
requests for correspondence,
though none has been conspicuous-
ly humorous. All want her to
write back (some even enclosed
self -addressed stamped envelopes),
and to become their "pen-pal."

Post-marks From Afar

Julia Ann has heard from sev-
eral of her father's former stu-
dents at Staunton Military Acad-
emy in Virginia, and says she re-
members several of them very
well, although she was only ten
when her family moved away.

Judging from the postmarks on
the letters received, the famous
photo of Agnes Scott's five "Gen-
erals' daughters" has been printed
in the outstanding newspapers all
over the country in Philadelphia,
Washington, Denver, New Orleans,
Detroit, New York, Baltimore,
Louisville, Dallas, and even in a
small town out in California.

Junior Class to Fete
Seniors at Banquet

On Tuesday evening, May 19, at
6:30, the junior class of Agnes
Scott will honor the seniors with
the annual banquet, the first event
in the series of graduation festiv-
ities. This year the occasion will
be informal. Afterwards, the jun-
iors will be hostesses at coffee for
the senior class in Murphey Can-
dler building.

Committee chairmen are as fol-
lows: faculty invitations, Mary
Ann Cochran; senior invitations,
Pat Stokes and Martha Ann
Smith; decorations, Margie Wil-
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AGNES SCOTT NEWS. WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1942

SPL Remains Non-Partisian

With the Student Political League's reg-
istration day coming tomorrow, it seems
advisable to explain more fully the SPL's
immediate and ultimate aims and to clear
up a few points that seem to be confusing
some people.

In the first place, we should reiterate
that the SPL is not backing Ellis Arnall
or any other candidate for governor. It
is campaigning directly against Governor
Talmadge, because he embodies the prin-
ciples of political interference in education
which the SPL considers unjust.

The reason for the League^ action in
refusing to support a candidate is the de-
sire of the students to retain their dignity
and self-respect in a campaign which is
sure to include much "mud-slinging. " As
long as the League maintains its non-par-
tisan attitude the sincerity of its motive
in entering politics cannot be reasonably
questioned. As long as the student group
does not affiliate with a candidate, no one
can accuse it of being a bunch of hot-
headed, heedless college students organ-
ized as the tool of a grasping politician.

Refusing to support a candidate is a
necessary safeguard of our integrity as
students.

As for the aims of tjie organization, the
immediate aim is the defeat of Talmadge
and the re-accrediting of the university
system. Ultimately, however, the SPL
wants a reform in the educational setup in
Georgia that will prevent the governor's
control of the university system.

In order to achieve such a revision of
the state laws, the SPL will incorporate
with the anti-Talmadge campaign a pro-
gram concentrating on the persuasion of
the state legislators to the students' point
of view. j

If the League is able to defeat Talmadge
and to gain the support of the legislature,
the future N of education will be bright in
Georgia.

ese ^amps Receive /vews

Since the announcement was made that, the
NEWS would be sent to army camps, the staff
has received many inquiries as to which camps
would receive copies. This week we are glad to be
able to announce those that have been chosen.

1. United States Naval Reserve, Northwestern
University.

2. United States Naval Air Base, Jacksonville,
Florida.

3. Camp Wheeler, Macon, Georgia.

4. Fort Benning, Georgia.

5. Cochran Field, Macon, Georgia.

6. Marine; Officers Training School, Quantico,
Virginia.

7. Camp Davis, North Carolina.

8. Camp Croft, South Carolina.

9. Camp Blanding, Florida.

10. Camp Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina.

11. McDill Field, Tampa, Florida.

12. Fort DeSoto, Sarasota, Florida.

13. Fort Monroe, Virginia.

14. Fort Moultrie, South Carolina.

15. Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, North Carolina.

16. Camp Gordon, Augusta, Georgia.

17. Randolph Field, Texas.

IS. Fort Mcfherson, College Park, Georgia.

19. Camp Stewart, Savannah, Georgia.

20. Camp Shelby, Biloxi, Mississippi.

21. Maxwell Field, Alabama.

22. United States Naval Air Base, Pensacola,
Florida.

23. Spence Field, Moultrie, Georgia.

24. Camp Lee, Virginia.

25. Fort Meade. Baltimore, Maryland.

Nt

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XXVII Wednesday. May 13. 1942 No. 22

Published weekly, except durLne holidays and examination
periods, by the students of Apnea Scott College. Office on
second floor Murphey Candler Building. Entered as second
class matter at the Decatur. Ceorgla, post office. Subscription
price per year. $1.25; single copies, five cents.

Editor MARTHA DALE

Managing Editor FRANCES KAISER

Business Manager MAMIE SUE BARKER

Jane Elliott Takes A Glimpse

Behind the Headlines

Found: One Fleet

Americans have been asking for several months
past, "Where's our fleet?'' Last week they had
their answer. In what was even by Saturday a
six-day-old fight. Allied forces in the Coral Sea,
according to communiques from General MacAr-
thur, had repulsed the Japanese enemy, and was
still continuing attacks. Indications were that the
Nipponese navy, less eleven ships sunk, six badly
damaged, and thousands of men lost, was in
flight before the pursuing might of the Ameri-
can fleet. Sunday came word that our navy had
lost no capital ships in the battle centering
around the Louisiade Islands in the Coral Sea.
The navy has so far in this war accounted for 178
Jap ships, the army for 81 a grand total of 259
and not so bad for a weak army and a lost navy.

The Ghost Goes East

The Chinese army has been reviled by the
Japs as a battered ghost on the retreat westward,
a ghost soon to be laid forever; but last week
Chinese forces led by Lieutenant Ben Joseph
W. Stilwell, U. S. A., proved they were very
much alive, battering their way into the outskirts
of the bloody old town of Mandalay, recapturing
Maymyo, former Allied headquarters, on the way.

However, it is to be feared that the success is
temporary, and the Japanese may be able to push
on into China within a short while but all delay
is precious.

John Bull Horns In

There was action from the British defending
the vital Allied supply lines last week, as they oc-
cupied the Vichy island of Madagascar in the
Indian Ocean. As late as Saturday, some resist-
ance was still continuing, but the main forts of
the island had already been taken and its control
virtually assured. The British losses amounted
to 1,000 men; but the keeping open of the eastern
supply line is vital to Allied success in the Pa-
cific.

Our ABCs

Last Wednesday Corregidor, valiantly defended
garrison of Manila Bay, surrendered. General
Jonathan M. Wainwright and his men, tired and
at the end of their resistance, were forced to
acknowledge defeat and ask for the Japanese
terms of capitulation. Six thousand five hundred
men in this and in its three sister fortresses were
lost. The Philippines are now totally in Jap
hands; we have lost men, supplies and confi-
dence. But these men, Filipinos and Americans,
fighting grimly to the final day of their surren-
der, inevitable for weeks past, have given us a
lesson and an inspiration American bravery at
Corregidor will live even after the peace is
written.

America's Buy-Laws

America signed up for sugar rationing last
week and most of her motorists on the Eastern
Seaboard looked forward with weeping and
gnashing of teeth to the gasoline registration
this week three gallons a week, to be given the
"non-essential" motorist, is about enough to en-
able him to drive his car to town one week and
back the next. Not only this, but the Federal Re-
serve Bank, ruling on debt payments, announced
that personal accounts of less than $1,500 must
be settled by July 10th. "Sacrifice to win" is be-
ginning to mean something.

Cheer From Churchill

Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill
spoke Sunday in one of his most optimistic
speeches so far, lauding the Allied victory in the
Coral Sea and saying that British bombing raids
have already cost Germany ten per cent of her
productive capacity.

Perhaps one of his most significant remarks
warned the Nazis against the use of poison gas,
in Russia or elsewhere, threatening that Britain's
now superior air force would drop gas bombs on
Germany if the Germans used it anywhere.

Today's AGNES SCOTT NEWS is the last of
the regular issues for this year, but a special
graduation issue will come out immediately after
the commencement exercises.

This issue is of particular interest, since it con-
tains the texts of the senior class' last will and
testament, the prophecy and poem, the bacca-
laureate speech and the commencement address.

As the graduation edition is an extra one, it
is necessary to charge ten cents for each copy.
All who wish copies should make arrangements
in advance with Martha Dale, Frances Kaiser,
Leila Holmes, or Quincy Mills in order to avoid
confusion after commencement.

Those who are going home before graduation
may arrange to have the paper mailed to them.

The Editor's Mailbag

Dear Editor:

The chapel attendance and the
way we do NOT sit nearer the
front is in need of more attention
to the eyes of the student body, it
seems. The repeated request in it-
self is very small, so small it is
overlooked to come for a few
minutes to chapel five days a week,
and to sit. a reasonable distance
from the front, if not on the front
rows. Many colleges have special
seats assigned to their students
and chapel is compulsory. Whether
some realize it or not, we have
been seriously told that our chapel
is going to become compulsory if
improvements are not shown.

It might be necessary to station
ushers at the back of the chapel
in order to establish better habits
in complying with one of the re-
quests, but that won't improve at-
tendence.

Let's each take it upon ourself
to better our chapel services.
Since they've been made ours, we
should take a due amount of in-
terest in them. We can make them
better not only with larger attend-
ance, but with, more compactness
shown in our class seating sections.

Let's cooperate now!

Yours sincerely,

Caroline Long.

t . S. I, for one, have appre-
ciated the organ music preceding
the service.

o

Dear Editor:

I would like to commend the
sophomore and senior classes for
the splendid way in which they
have worked out plans for their
entertainments at the end of the
year.

For years it has been the tradi-
tion that the sophomores give their
sister class a reunion luncheon
during the last week of school, and
the senior class in return give a
breakfast. These two entertain-
ments have always been looked
forward to with much excitement,
and have been greatly enjoyed.
With the enjoyment, however,
there has been a great deal of ex-
pense.

This year, because of the war,
the classes have ^agreed to combine
the affairs. Thus they will have
the same opportunity of fellowship
with which much less expense.

Mardia Hopper.

Dear Editor:

Spring has come, thoughts of
vacation are here, extra-curricular
activities fill our days' programs,
but what do you say we try to
cut down on the noise in the li-
brary ? Exams are coming and we
do need a quiet library so we can
concentrate.

It may have been a wonderful
dance last night or there may have
been that extra-special letter in
the mail this morning, but if you
do want your friends to know
about them, try to wait until
you're outside of the library to
tell them. It seems we've all got-
ten to the place where we carry
on our daily visits in the library
and we waste not only our time by
talking but also the time of those
nearest to us.

Let's all turn over a new leaf
even though it's not New Year's
and try to keep the library quiet
for study.

Anne Frierson.

* HAL'S REALLY CRAIY ABOUT ME... HE SAY9 I'M WORTH
MY WEIGHT IN SAVINGS 9TAMPS "

Quotable Quotes

"Education for national unity
was achieved by the Nazis at the
cost of a general depreciation of
intelligence, lowering of scholastic
standards, and corruption of na-
tional morality. Absolute indoc-
trination was achieved by gro-
tesque falsifications of history and
by inculcating certain emotions
before the critical faculties had a
chance to develop. The Nazis prov-
ed masters not only in the psychoL
ogy of education but in its organ-
ization, as they did in all other
fields. They organized new educa-
tional agencies and institutions
which took educational leadership
away from the schools. I am re-

ferring to labor camps, so-called
land j years and, above all, the
youth organization of the party.
The result has been a reversal of
educational values: of 'greatest im-
portance now are physical fitness,
indoctrination, the development of
the 'will,' silent obedience and ab-
solute loyalty; of least importance
is intellectual development." Dr.
Frederick Lilge, instructor in ed-
ucation at the University of Cali-
fornia, who came to the United
States from Germany in 1934, says
the Nazi regime, by its debase-
ment of education, has dealt in-
tellectual development in Germany
a severe blow, whatever the result
of the war. (ACP.)

The A gnes Scott

ews

VOL. XXVII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1942

NO. 23

Bishop Purcell
Gives Sermon

Minister Chooses light'
For Baccalaureate Talk

At 11 o'clock Sunday morning,
May 31, Bishop Clare Purcell, of
the Methodist Episcopal Church,
Charlotte, North Carolina, deliv-
ered the baccalaureate sermon to
the graduating class in Gaines
chapel, Presser Hall. His subject
was "The Light That Still Shines,"
and the well-known first chapter
of the Gospel of St. John, fifth
verse, constituted a very complete
central idea.

Having quoted the passage:
"The light shineth in the darkness,
and the darkness comprehendeth it
not," Dr. Purcell proceeded to
point out that Christ, "the ex-
pressed thought of God, came as

light to a darkened world." He
remarked on the use of the present
tense in the Gospel which was
composed years after Christ had
left this world. The fact that the
light was still shining then is sig-
nificant. Note was made of the
word "comprehendeth" which con-
noted that "Darkness could not
extinguish the light nor envelop
it." In the words of Moffatt,
"The darkness could not master
it," could not control it.

In the current world, said Dr.
Purcell, the privilege of free wor-
ship is one of the most potent fac-
tors in seeking and in finding the

(Continued on Page 3, Col. 1)

Administration Discloses
Changes in Personnel

Changes in the Agnes Scott" fac-
ulty and administration for the
coming year were disclosed recent-
ly by Dr. J. R. McCain, president
of the college.

Several of the changes will be
on the library staff. Miss Laura
Colvin is leaving Agnes Scott to
take a position as acting head
cataloguer in the library at
Swarthmore College. Miss Agnes
Reagan has a scholarship to con-
tinue work on her master's degree
at the University of Illinois. Mrs.
Margaret Weir Bennett also is
leaving.

Coming to fill these places in the
library will be Miss Emily Philipps,
who received a B.A. degree at
Florida State College for Women,
and Miss Lucy Cline, who got her
B.A. degree at Wesleyan College.
Both Miss Cline and Miss Philipps
attended Emory Library School
after receiving their degrees.

(Continued on Page 2, Col. 5)

Alfred Noyes Speaks
To Graduating Class
On * Poetry, Reality'

Commencement speaker for the
1942 graduating class was the
well-known poet, Dr. Alfred
Noyes ,author of "The Highway-
man" and "Forty Singing Sea-
men." The address, which was
made at the graduation exercises
at ten o'clock Tuesday morning,
June 2, was on the subject, "Poet-
ry and Reality."

Dr. Noyes and his family, exiled
from their home in the Isle of
Wight by Nazi bombings, are liv-
ing temporarily in Canada.

He arrived in Decatur Monday
night just in time to attend an in-
formal supper given in his honor
by Mr. S. Guerry Stukes, registrar
of the college. Later in the eve-
ning Dr. Noyes read some of his
poetry as an addition to the speech
department's recitation of contem-
porary poetry, which was given at
8:30 in Presser Hall.

After the program, a small
group of faculty members had an
opportunity to meet Dr. Noyes in
an informal gathering.

Tuesday morning before the
commencement exercises, D r .
Noyes autographed copies of his
books. His latest ones are "No
Other Man," a novel published in
1940, and "Hitler at Judgment," a
long poem published in 1941. These
two works show Alfred Noyes as
a defender of the permanent esthe-
tic and religious values in contrast
to the materialistic philosophies.

Other works by Dr. Noyes are
"Loom of Years," "Collected
Poems," and "Drake."

Members of the class of 1942
who are interested in keeping up
with activities at Agnes Scott dur-
ing the coming year may do so by
subscribing to the AGNES SCOTT
NEWS. With a copy of the paper
coming in each week, it would be
no trouble at all to keep well-in-
formed on what the alma mater is
doing.

The subscription price is $1.25
per year. This amount should be
sent, with complete name and ad-
dress, to Mamie Sue Barker, busi-
ness manager.

Jane Shannon Taylor Wins
Hopkins Jewel Award

Winner of Jewel

Jane Shannon Taylor

Princeton Ranks Top
In Annual Collegiate
Bridge Tournament

Princeton University's eight-
man contract bridge team won
first place in the third annual In-
tercollegiate Bridge Tournament,
which Agnes Scott entered. Ac-
cording to a recent announcement
of the tournament committee, the
University of Oklahoma was sec-
ond and Harvard, the 1941 winner,
was third in the team standings.

The tourney also determined
the top-ranking college bridge pair
of the year. Jay Reynolds and
Keck Kimball, of Kansas State
College, Manhattan, Kansas, who
outplayed the 215 other contract
duos representing men's, women's
and co-ed colleges.

In keeping with the times, in-
stead of a trophy the Princeton
players will receive a $100 check

(Continued on Page 2, Col. 2)

Dr. McCain Presents Collegiate Prizes
To Outstanding Seniors, Underclassmen

At the commencement exercises, June 2, at ten o'clock Dr.
J. R. McCain, president of Agnes Scott, announced the follow-
ing collegiate awards:

The Hopkins Jewel Given by the college in honor of Miss
Nannette Hopkins, former Dean of the college. It is awarded
by a committee of the faculty to

the member of the senior class who
most nearly measures up to the
ideals of Miss Hopkins, as the
committee can interpret them, in-
cluding conspicuous loyalty to the
college, ideals of service, ability to
cooperate, physical fitness, poise,
and graciousness. Awarded this
year to Miss Jane Shannon Tay-
lor, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The Collegiate Scholarship-
Awarded by the faculty to the stu-
dent in the junior, sophomore, or
freshman class who makes the
best all-round record for the year.
It covers part tuition $285.00
for the next session. Given this
year to Miss Jean Moore, Lewis-
burg, W. Va. Honorable mention,
Miss Anne Ward, Selma, Ala.

Rich Prize The sum of $60.00
given annually by Rich's, of Atlan-

Seniors Burn Class Notes,
Cap Juniors in Ceremony

Last night the class of '42 added
a new touch to the annual book
burning ritual, which was held in
front of Main building, at ten
o'clock. Instead of burning books,
each senior burned the notes of
the course that was her bugaboo
and brought at least one book to
present to the Victory Book Cam-
paign in a special book stacking.

The seniors gathered around the
fire, candle in hand, for the cere-
mony. As each one tossed class
notes into the flames, she recited
a few verses which expressed her
feelings about the course.

Immediately after book burning,
the junior capping ceremony took
place.

Graduation: Class Bells to Wedding
Bells, Alarm Clocks to Time Clocks

Seniors Go To Avondale
For Traditional Picnic

Agnes Scott's annual senior
class picnic took place at the Avon
dale swimming pool Thursday,
May 28. At 10:30 A. M. the sen
iors boarded special street cars on
Candler Street to carry them to
Avondale. At about four that aft-
ernoon the class of 1942 returned
to the campus somewhat sun-
burned but happy, according to
Betty Ann Brooks, class president.

Other attractions besides swim-
ming and the picnic lunch were
card games, tennis matches, music
from a "juke organ," and the us-
ual playground facilities such as
swings and trapeze bars.

By Frances Kaiser

"Trained nurse, DuPont chemist,
junior economist, English fellow,
and bride, bride, bride!" If there
were a list of all the things 1942's
graduates are going to do after
leaving school, this is how it would
read. Surely no group of seniors
has ever blossomed forth in such
a variety of careers as this year's.
They seem t 0 break all of the rec-
ords: First, they get the highest
marriage and engagement quota in
history, and now, as if they hadn't
caused enough jealousy among the
underclassmen, they prepare to
scatter to the four winds and
make a name for themselves in al-
most every conceivable type of
work. Let's just take a flying trip
down the list, to see what great
plans are afoot.

What better place could we be-
gin than with our inimitable Bab-

bling Brooks? She is all set to
spend the next two years at Geor-
gia, where she won a fellowship in
biology. She tells us that she
plans to specialize in parasitology
during that time, and hopes to get
her Master's degree for work in
that field. But that won't be all
that she will do at Georgia, since
she is to be an assistant in the biol-
ogy department as well. Her plans
for this summer are rather indefi-
nite, but she admits that she would
like just to rest which is perhaps
the most unusual thing we could
think B. A. would do!

The English department will
profit by the efforts of another
well-known senior. Ann Geller-
stedt is to have the fellowship this
year, replacing Grace Walker, who
taught a freshman English class
throughout last year. It's a real

thrill to know that we will still
have Gellie on the campus, and
we'd give almost anything to be a
freshman again so we could share
some of the fun that will take
place in Inman while she is living
there.

Someone else we are glad not to
lose so soon is Claire Purcell. We
will get to see a lot of her, since
she is going to be in charge of the
book store.

"All out aid in the war effort"
is the cry today, and the seniors
won't be found lacking there. We
have several science majors among
them who are all stepping into key
war industries. Both Margaret
Wade and Jean Beutell are going
to work for DuPont, in their
Charleston, W T est Virginia, plant,
where the girls will put their ex-

( Continued on Page 4, Col. 3)

ta, to the member of the freshman
class making the best record for
the session. Given to Miss Virginia
Carter, Norton, Va. Honorable
mention, Miss Inge Probstein,
Drexel Hill, Pa.

Piano Scholarship Divided be-
tween two girls this year: Miss
Elizabeth Edwards, Decatur, Ga.,
and Miss Alice Jean Rucks, Nash-
ville, Tenn.

Voice Scholarship A warded
this year to Miss Barbara Connal-

ly, Tampa, Fla.

Speech Scholarship Miss Vir-
ginia Lucas, Atlanta, Ga.

Art Scholarship Miss Florence
Crane, Jackson, Miss.

Laura Candler Prize in Mathe-
matics Given by Mrs. Nellie Can-
dler, of Decatur, for best work in
the department. Given this year to
Miss Susan Dyer, Petersburg, W.
Va.

Morley Medal in Mathematics

Given by the head of the depart-
ment for the most original work
in the subject. Awarded this year
to Miss Mary Florence McKee, Co-
lumbus, Ga.

Louise McKinney Hook Award of
$25.00, named in honor of Profes-
sor Emeritus Louise McKinney, of
the English department, and given
annually to a student who, during
the current year, makes the most
interesting and discriminating col-
lection of books that represent her

(Continued on Page 6, Col. 3)

Seniors, Sophomores
Hold Joint Banquet

Carrying out their plan of com-
bining the traditional spring func-
tions, the senior and sophomore
classes held a joint banquet at
Rich's Tea Room Saturday, May
30. The sophomores and their sen-
ior dates arrived at the tea room
at 6:30 after riding to town to-
gether in special street cars.

Dr. J. R. McCain, president of
the college, asked the blessing and
then Betty Ann Brooks, president
of the senior class, and Bobbie
Powell, president of the sophomore
class, welcomed the guests with a
short poem which they recited to-
gether.

During the meal, Rich's, Inc.,
presented a fashion show to enter-
tain the sister classes and Jean
Rucks played several selections on
the piano.

Special guests at the banquet
besides Dr. McCain included Miss
Martha Crowe and Mr. George P.
Hayes, faculty sponsors of the
sophomore class; Mrs. Harriette
Haynes Lapp and Mr. and Mrs.
Philip Davidson, Jr., sponsors of
the senior class; Miss Carrie Scan-
drett, dean of students; Miss Char-
lotte Hunter, assistant dean; and
Miss Bella Wilson, secretary to the
dean.

Page 2

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1942

SUENETTE PLAYS BACK
RECORD OF SCHOOL LIFE

By Susan Dyer

It was one of those bright September days for which the
south is famous that welcomed us to this seat of learning.
We arrived by train, by bus, and by car remember those
days? all dressed up in new clothes bought to make that
first impression on the Dean a good one. The efficiency of the
Student Government helpers and
our sponsors made us feel impor-
tant. But it wasn't long until we
were just regular Hottentots, a
little green-

er than the
others per-
haps, but
learning
fast. To
show every-
o n e we
meant busi-
ness when
the shout,
"We want
that big black cat," rang out we
won the stunt. Poor Sophs! They'd
lost the year before, too. It wasn't
long until Mortar Board decided
that we needed socializing. At the
parties there were men, men ev-
erywhere, but did anyone get a
date? That was the era of knit-
ting and jitterbugs. Remember?
There was even time to have a
candy pull and a gambol on the
green when the day students came
to spend the night and to get a
taste of campus life.

In December we had our first
exams. We managed to survive
the few intervening days before
Christmas vacation. With the new
year came a big surprise in athle-
tics. The freshmen had an unde-
feated season is basketball. We
were mighty proud to have Brooks
and Webster make the varsity.
The campaign came then, too. We
ran a close second to the winner
in the student contest. We even
got an extra day on spring vaca-
ton and another holiday for going
over the top. Came spring and we
got to vote not on i white slips,
but on pink. And what was that
aroma that hung over the campus
for days? Right onions. The

Seniors' Program
Ends Vesper Series

The senior class led the final
vesper program of the year Sun-
day evening, May 31, at six o'clock.
Betty Ann Brooks led the devo-
tional and Lillian Gish presented
special organ music. Neva Jack-
son made a talk.

The text for Neva's talk was
the verse, "Seek ye first the king-
dom of God and all these things
will be added unto you."

Neva related this text directly
with the ideals which she felt the
seniors had gotten from their as-
sociation with Agnes Scott. She
said that they are going out into
the world prepared, not only with
happy memories of college, but
with the deeper spiritual things
that have made up the Christian
life at Agnes Scott. That is what
will give the seniors strength to
face with courage their new posi-
tion in a world at war.

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grass was cut and the winter was
gone.

Before we knew it vacation was
over and another stunt was upon
us. We took the cat again. That
stunt was our masterpiece. Some-
one had a brilliant idea of a cam-
pus directory. From that time on
there was no more rushing to the
Registrar's office to find the ad-
dress of a teacher whose good
opinion you wished to cultivate.
Gay got the hockey stick and our
team won the hockey champion-
ship. We made it two years in a
row for winning the basketball
championship. That was the win-
ter we'll all remember. The ice
and snow came. Boarders were
jubilant when day students
couldn't make it and classes were
dismissed. By this time we were
supposed to know, or else find out
quick, what subjects were to be
our majors and minors. It would
mean five dollars fine next year
if we didn't. We worried profes-
sors and finally got in under the
deadline. This was the year we
stayed for graduation to escort our
sister class and to pick twelve
bathtubs full of daisies. We were
miserable while we cut the daisies,
tied them in bunches, tied them on
the rope, and tried to stay awake
during Baccalaureate. Now we
can forget how sleepy we got with
only four hours sleep a night and
(Continued on Page 5, Col. 2)

BridgeTourney

(Continued from Page 1)
to be presented to the local chap-
ter of the American Red Cross. In-
dividual plaques will also be
awarded to the team champions
and to the high-scoring Kansas
State pair, for permanent posses-
sion.

Agnes Scott's team in the con-
test, which was conducted by mail
between April 20 and 24, included
May King, Mary Davis, Olivia
White, Marjorie Wilson, Alta
Webster, Cornelia Stuckey, Polly
Frink, and Sarah Copeland.

Neva Jackson

Neva Jackson Wins
Award for Actins

Neva Jackson, president of
Blackfriars, received the Claude S.
Bennett trophy for outstanding
acting last night, June 1, at the
close of the speech department's
program of contemporary poetry.
Mr. Bennett, Atlanta jeweler, of-
fers the eup e&ch year to the girl
who has done the best individual
acting.

The trophy rewards general ex-
cellence in acting based on quality
and responsiveness of voice, ability
to speak good English carefully
and clearly, ability to express
thought and feeling through body
actions, ability to live in the situa-
tion and respond truthfully and
sincerely to changing situations,
ability to understand and interpret
the character with truthfulness
and sincerity in accordance with
the author's conception, and gen-
eral stage presence and poise.

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Next Year's Contest
For McKinney Prize
Begins Immediately

Booklovers may begin now to
collect books to enter in the 1943
competition for the Louise McKin-
ney Book Award, Miss Janef Pres-
ton, assistant professor of Eng-
lish, announced a few days ago.

Books acquired between May 15,
1042. and May 15, 1943, may be
entered in the 1943 contest, for
which a prize of twenty-five dol-
lars will be awarded at commence-
ment next year. Therefore, it
would be advantageous to begin
getting books during the summer
when there will be plenty of time
to read them.

The object of the contest is to
encourage students to have their
own libraries and to have an in-
tellectual possession of all their
books. For this reason the rules
provide that each contestant
shall discuss them informally be-
fore a committee from the English
department.

Each collection to be considered
for the award must consist of at
least fifteen books. They may all
represent reading in one field in

Staff Changes

(Continued from Page 1)
Miss Eleanor Hutchens, who has
been in charge of all school pub-
licity, will continue to do this work
and will also be on the staff of
the DeKalb New Era. She will
continue to live on the campus and
will take over Miss Lou Pate's
work in the Dean's office. Miss
Pate, winner of the Quenelle Har-
rold Fellowship, will go to the Uni-
versity of Chicago to study. Miss
Eugenia Symms, who has served
this year as assistant alumnae
secretary, will take Miss Pate s
place as secretary to the registrar.

Ann Gellerstedt will hold the
English fellowship next year and
Clare Purcell will be in charge of
the book store.

which the contestant is particular-
ly interested or they may include
a variety of types.

Miss Preston feels that students
will be particularly interested in
the contest this summer because
many of them will not be able to
spend the summer as they have in
the past because of the gas ration-
ing. Reading, then, can serve as a
pleasant substitute for vacation
trips.

Gosh, a camper needs

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Going to camp this summer? Or, maybe you're going
to be a camp counselor ! Then, of course, you're inter-
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how you'd feel if you hadn't a sleeping bag or even a
knapsack ! And gosh, you can't blame Jane for wanting
her own snapshots of Carnival Day or other camp
events. Anybody on the block can tell you the things
you really need don't cost much at Rich's. Rich's two
new camp centers are now open.

GIRLS' CAMP CENTER

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from sheets and toothbrushes to writing paper and
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the minute you et home. The other Camp Center is
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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1942

Page t

Baccalaureate

(Continued from Page 1)
light. The light has competition
to overcome. "This? generation is
in peril of cynicism and of disillu-
sionment because it has seen more
lights go out than has any other
generation. This has been a mat-
ter of necessity because so many
lights have been turned on. Men
have discovered so many defects in
ancient" posits. Illustrations of
these new lights were given. The
collapse of the Manchu dynasty in
China^, secure for centuries, was
sudden and unexpected. Many na-
tional dynasties have fallen today,
and others are threatened as never
before, Britain, for example. In
this world of strife and conflict
and collapse, "There is a tempta-
tion to be cynical, to say 'what's
the use.' . . . That is a positive
peril to the intellectually honest
young person of today." The shak-
ing thing is that "what is law to
one generation is theory to the
next." "The only sure thing is
change, and life itself cannot be
confined within a constant sphere."
According to Dr. Purcell, we
should not become cynical and dis-
illusioned by a statement such as
this. Rather, it should be a chal-
lenge to discover the true light.

"It behooves young people to
follow the true light and to build
on a secure foundation." A ques-
tion of doubt was introduced.
"Have we not . . . been building on
insecure foundations and follow-
ing a light that is phosphorescent,
fading, and deceptive?"

In Bishop Purcell's mind, the
supreme message of this passage
from the Scriptures is that Christ
is "the living word who is the liv-
ing light and can't be controlled or
mastered. ... It is foolish to think
that the light can be forced out.
. . . The inherent lights in Christ
can't be extinguished."

One of the " unquenchable lights
in the person of Christ is the light
of Truth. Truth is "an essential
quality that can't be subject to
tragic changes. Truth is as eternal
as the stars ... as God. . . . It's
a light which blazes more and
more, day by day, and a lighted
mind will discover it. . * . It is a
quality that laughs in derision at
those who would be its murderers.
. . . The surest guarantees that the
light will be discovered and not
destroyed are the free institutions
we have and the free Church of
Christ."

The light of beauty is another
unquenchable light. Beauty cannot
be destroyed though the temporal-
ities of art and architecture can be.
"The light of beauty will shine un-
til time shall end. ... It is a spirit-
ual quality and cannot be des-
troyed. ... It exists deep in the
hearts of men, women, and little
children."

A third light that cannot be put
out is the light of freedom. "Free-
dom is a quality of the spirit and
it cannot be destroyed." The in-
dividual who enjoys freedom can
be destroyed and can be enslaved,
but freedom itself is eternal "else
men would not fight for it." "So
long as Christ is the living light,
freedom will live."

The last unquenchable light
mentioned by Bishop Purcell is the
light of the eternal dream of a
realized kingdom of God on earth.
There will be a new, free world
and "there will be a generation
that will help until the light
reaches all. The living spirit of

HERE ARE THE LUCKY SENIORS WHO RECENTLY RECEIVED PHI BETA KEYS-

Six Seniors received Phi Beta Kappa keys at a banquet
and initiation service held Friday night, May 29, follow-
ing the announcement of their election in chapel that
morning. They join the four who won this honor in Jan-

uary to raise the 1942 total to ten. Left to right, above,
they are Lavinia Brown, Mrs. Lois Nichols, Frances Tuc-
ker, and below, Ila Belle Levie, Margery Gray, Mary
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light is indestructible." Dr. Pur-
cell here cited twelve ecumenical
conferences held by 450 citizens
of various nations when, before
this war, many people had a "sense
of an impending pentecost of cal-
amity." Their proclamation of
united faith was great and will go
down in ecclesiastical history.

On the question of hate in con-
nection with the new lights of this
war, Dr. Purcell said that the word
Japanese brings to his mind the
name of the great Christian, Kag-
awa. When he considers the brutal
Germans, he still recalls the im-
mortals Mendellsohn, Wagner,
Beethoven, Martin Luther. He ex-
horted his audience not to "make
the mistake of thinking that all
those who have citizenship in ene-

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my countries are enemies.
. . . There are Christians every-
where."

Saying that we should follow
the gleam until someday it is real,
the Bishop quoted Alfred Lord
Tennyson's prophecy of a world
"Lapped in Union of Law" and
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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, TUESDAY, JUNE 2. 1942

WILL ENABLES SENIORS
TO GET IN LAST WORD

By Ann Gellerstedt

STATE OF GEORGIA DeKalb County.

We, the senior class of Agnes Scott College, being of sound
and disposing mind and memory, do make this our last will
and testament, hereby revoking and annulling all others by

heretofore made.

Section I. To our alma mater we leave our best wishes for
bigger and better campaigns. The

last one meant so much to this
:lass.

Section H. To the faculty and
board of
trustees as
a token of
our deep
grati-
tude we
give, be-
queath, and
devise our
hard earn-
e d shares
in Presser
Hall.

Section III.
To the junior class as a whole we
leave the dignity and knowledge
of Sunette Dyer with the guaran-
tee that there will be enough to go
around.

Section IV. The undersigned
members of the senior class do be-
queath to our friends and under-
classmates their traits and posses-
sions.

Article 1. I, Rebekah Andrews,
leave my supply of chewing gum
to Mrs. Lapp to be used in her
flit I mean, natural dancing
class

Article 2. I, Martha Arant,
leave my carefully scheduled
times for study to Martha Dale.
This enables me to get nine full
hours of sleep each week. Martha.

Article 3. I, Mary Jane Bon-
ham, will to Barbara Connally my
refusal to sing anywhere except
in the privacy of my own little
practice room in Presser.

Article 4. I, Martha Buffalow,
leave a piece of my wedding cake
to Elizabeth Moore. Oh, that glor-
ious week of opera.

Article 5. We, Squint Hinton,
Pete Stuckey, Ginna Watkins,
Dope Smith, Silf Cohn, Swooney
Jyer, and Slug Gray, leave our es-
thetic appelatives to the Dead End
Kids. Hey, cheese it, de cops.

Article 6. We, Sarah Copelancl
and Mary Davis, bequeath our
reputations of being the last ones
to leave the dining room after
each meal to Marjorie Wilson and
Ann Hilsman.

Article 7. I, Mary Lightfoot El-
can, leave my feeling that "every-
thing's Jake" to the most optimis-
tic members of the junior class.

Article 8. I, Frances Peanut El-
lis, leave my latest painting to
Mr. Ede. The job wasn't an easel
one.

Article ( J. I, Mary Ann Faw, do
bequeath to the music collection
at Columbia Seminary two of my
favorite records, "My Heart Be-
longs to Daddy" and "Daddy. I
Want a Diamond Ring, Bracelets.
Everything."

Article 10. [, Kathryn Greene,
leave my high standing among the
senior physics majors to Mary
Jano Auld. Too bad, Mary Jane,

but they named the Christian baby
Katherine.

Article 11. I, Virginia Hale,
leave my interest in the Panama
region to Current History Forum
I'd love to be there right now, by
George. a

Article 12. I, Mrs. Margaret
Hartsook Emmons, leave my won
derful luck of having a test as
signed on the day I got back from
my honeymoon to any junior who
deserves such a punishment.

Article 13. I, Mary Sue Held
mann, leave to Eta Sigma Phi my
firm conviction that many are the
benefits to be derived from a study
of Latin, besides, it will help you
too. Sorry I never could make Bet-
ty Medlock see the values of Latin.

Article 14. I, Neva Jackson, who
will soon know the joy to be out
in June, bequeath my established
fundamental to the speech depart-
ment with the request that they
keep trying to pluck that flower
out of the crannied wall.

Article 15. I, Ila Belle Levie,
leave to Clara Rountree the for-
mula for my successful fire drills.
You've got to be able to blow a
whistle, ring a bell, and make a
noise like the attack at Pearl Har-
bor all at the same time.

Article 16. I, Mary Dean Lott,
leave to my successor, Eugene Tal-
madge, the fight for education
freed from politics in Georgia.

Article 17. I, Mary McQuown,
leave to posterity my confession
of how I kept out of those lively
discussions in Dr. Davidson's his-
tory class. I was asleep most of
the time. Gosh, I hope the grades
are in.

Article 18. We, Betty Medlock,
Lillian Gish, and Dot Nabers, leave
the honor of being in the colored
beauty section of the annual to Lil-
lian, the maid.

Article 19. I, Dot Miller, leave
my favorite parlor trick to any
practical jokers in the junior class.
Just " leave a note on someone's
door telling them to call Walnut
0644 immediately, then watch their
surprise when they find they have
called the Grant Park Zoo.

Article 20. I, Virginia Montgom-
ery, leave to the Aurora magazine
a blood chilling account of my ex-
perience in the hands of three des-
perate kidnappers. It will put new
life in the magazine.

Article 21. We, Caroline New-
bold and Jane Stillwell, want Ma-
mie Sue Barker to have the secret
of our golden locks. It comes in

Career Girls

(Continued from Page 1)
perience in chemistry to productive
use.

And did you hear about the won-
derful government job which La-
vinia Brown wfll start very soon?
She took civil service examina-
tions, with the result that she will
now be a junior economist in
Washington, D. C.

Civil service work has attracted
several other seniors, too. Frances
Ellis has about decided to accept
a very attractive job offer she re-
ceived from the Office of Price
Administration. Kay Greene, who
was being sought simultaneously
by the Navy, the TVA, and several
other organizations last month,
has finally cast in her lot with the
TVA. She will go to work soon in
Chattanooga, Tennessee.

And what do you think of Mar-
garet Mary Toomey, who has
stepped right into the thick of the
business world? She is to be the
only chemist on the staff at the
Ironized Yeast Company in Atlan-
ta, and henceforth will be known
as "Miss Toomey, Chemical Analy"-
sist."

Gay Currie has a full schedule
ahead of her for the next few
years. This summer she will be
director of recreation for young
people at Montreat, near Asheville,
North Carolina. And then, best of
all, she will enter nursing school in
the fall at Presbyterian Hospital,
in New York City. She says she
is a little worried at the thought
of being in such a busy big city as
New York, but we are sure that
good-natured Gay will get along
splendidly wherever she goes.

What happens to our May
Queen? Happily enough, she, too,
will stay in Atlanta, and do her
part to prove that there are more
pretty girls on Peachtree Street
than anywhere else in the world.
Of course, she won't be there very
often, because most of the time
she will be busy keeping the rec-
ords in the Record Room at Geor-
gia Baptist Hospital.

Perhaps the most heroic of all
the seniors is Ila Belle Levie, who
says that she wants to teach school
'somewhere in Georgia." Suzanna
McWhorter is also going into a
salf-sacrificing type of work, since
she will do welfare work in her
own home town.

And now for the wedding bells!
Their joyous chime is very famil-
ial- to Agnes Scott, because already
four of our seniors have married:

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can be purchased at any drug
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Article 22. We, Margaret Wag-
non, Mary James Seagle, Willetta
Sartor and Jeanne Osborne, extend
to any underclassmen who are do-
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of the Adjutant General's College at Fort Washington. Ever since
he left Agnes Scott, he has been head of the reception center at
Fort IVIcPherson. Army Signal Corps Photo.

Margaret Smith Wagnon, Martha
Sue Dillard Anderson, Lois Ions
Nichols, and Margaret Hartsook
Emmons. But Cupid has been
working overtime for this year's
class, and so the parade goes on.
Engagement rings flourish in the
atmosphere of Rebekah, it seems,
for now Polly Frink, Mary James
Seagle, Dusty Hance, Elise Smith,
Jeanne Osborne, Dot Nabors, Mar-
garet Mary Toomey, and Virginia
Hale all have one. This- does not
include the two newest additions
to the Cupid Reserve: Margery
Gray and Suenette Dyer.

And then there are all the
brides-to-be, who will say their
vows during the coming summer.
Lillian Gish leads the list, with her
wedding scheduled for June 6.
Then comes Suzanne Kaulbach,
who will be married on June 16.
Bee Bradfield will be married in
Charlotte, N. C, on June 20, and
then will go to California, to be
with Bart while he trains in the

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married soon, too, and Dorrs Hasty
will wait until September for her
wedding.

And so our survey comes to a
close on a high note of joy and ex-
citement. We have only had a
chance to peek behind the scenes
of a few graduates and their car-
eers, for it is still too early to
know what everyone will do. But,
from the glimpses that we have
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Page 5

M adame Neva, Famed Seer, Tells
Adventures in Store For Seniors

By Neva Jackson

Double, double, toil and trouble,
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Claws of wombats
Eyes of blind rats
Hides of black cats
In the seething caldron stew.
f Lend your ears

To your seer's
Words of years
Awaiting the class of '42.

The shadowy curtain that veils
the eyes of the prophet grows dim.
The dark mists that enshroud the
future are slipping away. I can see
forms moving
moving swiftly
like thoughts
taking shape
and they are.

Forms of the
senior class,
wending their
way through
the worlds of
m business 1 , poli-
tics, and dish-
washing; proving the prediction of
President J. R. McCain that the
future lies in the hands of woman.

At Washington, D. C, we find
the president's chair occupied by
B. A. Brooks, who was recently
elected president for life. Cam-
paign Manager May King has re-
tired to Newnan, Ga., where she
lives on any old bonus she can dig
up. Speaking every two weeks,
Dot Cremin keeps Congress in-
formed on current events in the
near, middle, and far east. Gay
Currie is assisting at the map.
Leading in the social life of Wash-
ington is Lillian Gish Alfriend. In-
terested in charity work, she spon-
sored last week an exhibition or
the paintings of Betty Medlock. In-
troducing was done by Mary
Louise Palmour.

Ship-keeping to Navy Wife Bee
Bradfield is no easy task. She
manages daily scrubbing of port-

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hundred students.

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Class History

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remember that we had to walk for
a gallon of gas before we could
drive back to school with a load
of daisies.

The next year we helped the
freshmen to get oriented. Perhaps
they were more than a little neg-
lected until we finished looking
over and exclaiming about Presser
Hall. In November Presser was
completed and in December Virgil
Fox dedicated the new organ. "0
Come All Ye Faithful" will always
remind us of that. Again we won
hockey and basketball, but this
time we also received the athletic
cup. February brought the Junior
Banquet. It was even better than
we thought it could be. After-
wards people were off to "The
Little Foxes," the Rainbow Roof,
or the midnight show. We mustn't
forget B. A.'s little run-in with the
tomato juice. This was our year to
have Mardi Gras. Music was the
theme and Gay Geyser's orchestra
was a big success. For the first
time in elections we filled impor-
tant offices. There were twelve
who made Honor Roll and eleven
were elected to Mortar Board.
With capping we began our role
as seniors. Oh, yes, it rained the

hop-

holes, manholes, cubbyholes
ing to find a few loopholes.

Billie Davis is selling Phi Beta
Kappa keys to the natives in Bra-
zil. She was pleasantly surprised
the other day to meet G-Woman
Jean Beutell in the jungle. Beu-
tell is scouring the jungles for
traces of Missionary Eugenia
Hailey. Hailey was finally found
being entertained royally by Jun-
gle Queen Anne Chambless.

Supreme Court Judge Ann Gel-
lerstedt just awarded a fourth di-
vorce to prominent socialite Mary
Robertson, after a brilliant defense
by criminal lawyer Becky
Stamper.

Dot Miller is leading labor
groups. She has arranged for the
groups to hear Lecturer Lavinia
Brown, director of the Amalga-
mated Clothing Union.

Darleen Danielson is touring the
country these days as leader of the
(Continued on Page 6, Col. 3)

DOROTHY CREMIN GIVES CLASS POEM

From harbor now the little ships set out,
Frail cockleshells to breast a raging sea.

The martial music and the ringing shout
Of challenge stir the June wind's prophecy.

For college is a port of trees and towers,

Of walks and books the world all students know

But something else shines through the quiet hours
And on the walls there is a kind of glow.

A light that says, "Remember, I am here,
My truth I gave to you that shall endure

So shall the strength that sounds the knell of fear,
Remember me and you shall be secure/'

As when confronted by the tearing blast

Lashing the sullen billows into foam,
Flamed in warmth, out of the living past

A sailor bears a memory of home.

For who can know what dangers lie ahead
Or who shall play Cassandra to our Troy?

Even raging time shall come to dread
The citadel of hope that we enjoy.

| This influence shall spread through all our years
Blending in the shadows and the laughter
Like sunshine through an iron grillwork gate
Tjhe portal's past, but still the light comes after.

President for Life

night of capping and the ceremony
took place in the gym.

At last we were seniors and
there was Jane Shannon taking
Biology 101, B. A. in 211, and
"Chum" in Bible 205. More and
more hours of the day were being
spent in the Bookstore in spite of
the shortage of Coca-Cola. We had
a final fling on Little Girls' Day
and then came Investiture. Dr.
Davidson spoke. There was hardly
itme to get out of cap and gown to
get to the football game. It was
getting to be an old story, but we
were still overjoyed at winning the
hockey and basketball champion-
ships, and finally the athletic cup.
"Dot" shot a 413 to cinch the
school archery tournament. For
another year our float at Mardi
Gras was voted the most beautiful.
"Marty" hurt her arm, but she
came through with a grand recital.
May Day week-end was a big one
for us. Anne was our queen and
we had eight in the court. Satur-
day night the Seniorpolitan Opera
Company presented "Eva of St.
Agnes" and Annie made a hit with
"My Momma Done Told Me." Mar-
riage classes were extremely popu-
lar. And no wonder! Our per-
centage was 260 per cent above av-
erage. We didn't need those Mor-
tar Board parties after all. And
the biggest wonder of all was the
Annual came out early. Nine sen-
iors made the beauty section. But
besides having poise, pulchritude,
and whatever 'else you might wish
to add we did learn something.

The end of the year has come.
Exams are finished, the picnic has

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Pat Reasoner has been awarded
the Chi Beta Phi key, the local
chapter has just announced. The
key is presented annually to the
senior science major who shows
the greatest interest and highest
attainment in her scientific work.
The award is made by the national
organization through the local Chi
Beta Phi chapter, which chooses a
student for the honor.

Betty Ann Brooks

gone by, our Baccalaureate service
is over. After tomorrow we're on
our own, but w e can't forget col-
lege. There will always be the
campaign pledge and Alumnae
dues to pay.

Seniors Announce
Alumnae Officers

Permanent officers of the class
of 1942 are Betty Ann Brooks,
president, and Frances Tucker,
secretary. They were elected at
a class meeting Friday afternoon,
May 29.

Betty Ann, who holds office for
life, and Frances, who will serve
until the first reunion, will help to
keep the alumnae offce in touch
with each member of the class. The
special job of the president is to
plan class reunions and to preside
at them. The class is divided into
nine life groups with a chairman
of each, whose responsibility it is,
through the class secretary, to
help the alumnae association keep
its files up to date and to submit
news of the individual members
of the class for publication in the
Alumnae Quarterly.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS. TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1942

Summary Shows Year's
Many Outstanding Events

SEPTEMBER

16 Bewildered freshmen arrive amid a mad scramble of screams, hugs,
and kisses which the upperclassmen are exchanging right and left.

22 Imagine! Classes begin! Vacation is definitely over.
OCTOBER

11 Of all things, the freshmen win the Black Cat by the cutest stunt

all about ''Mice and Men."
24 Maurice Hingus, Soviet authority, opens the lecture series with

startling accounts of Russia today.
31 On Hallowe'en Day the seniors dance and sing all around the

campus for the last time as "little girls."
NOVEMBER

1 Dr. Philip Davidson addresses the now adult seniors at investiture.

5 Dr. Ricardo Alfaro, veteran diplomatic from Panama, tries to im-
prove Pan-American relations by stressing the importance of hem-
isphere solidarity in defense.

18-20 Honor Week. Miss Louise Hale gets everyone in the mood with

her talk on "Honor in Academic Work."

20 Charles Morgan, eminent British drama critic, discusses creative

imagination.

In the evening, Mortar Board joins Emory's ODK to entertain the
freshmen of both schools after the annual pushball contest.

27 Thanksgiving Day a holiday, believe it or not!
DECEMBER

10-17 Exams! !! with much coffee-drinking and cramming. The

freshmen are scared to death.
19 That day has actually arrived!! Christmas holidays have come,

tra-lal! My, what confusion there is and nobody minds at all.
JANUARY

20 Those original Chekov players present their version of Twelfth

Night.

24 Dr. Marjorie Hope Nicolson, first women president of Phi Beta

Kappa, speaks on "The Romance of Scholarship" at the announce-
ment of the first four Phi Betes of 1942.

26 Eh\ McCain receives check for $350,613.41 from the General Educa-
tion Board to continue the University Center movement here.
That's the largest amount ever paid to the school in one check.

28 Ann Chambless is announced to be May Queen, the only one ever
to be elected in the first poll.

FEBRUARY

9 Schedules go hay-wire, as nation assumes daylight saving time,
after Georgia's recent adoption of Eastern Standard Time. Classes
begin at 9:30 but lunch is not until 2, so we get awfully hungry.
That night, Dr. Fay-Cooper Cole, anthropologist, shows the rela-
tion between race and war.

13 Miss Antonia Bell, the Walter Hines Page scholar, tells us how
it is to live in England without eggs, butter, stockings, or make-
up and like it.

14 On Valentine's Day, the juniors have their long-awaited banquet.
Afterwards we have an accidental blackout as Dr. McCain shows
off our new bell system.

17 19 Dr. William M. Elliott, of Druid Hills Presbyterian Church,

draws record crowds to chapel by excellent discussions in Religious
Emphasis Week.

23 We have another holiday to celebrate Colonel George W. Scott's
birthday.

The seniors present a cute pageant at annual Founder's Day
banquet.

24 27 Miss Elizabeth MacDonald Osborne, "the charm lady," tries to

encourage us' to have "that well-scrubbed look."
MARCH

2 Snow and in the spring, too!

3 Pierre Van Paassen, 'Dutch author and foreign correspondent, dis-
cusses "The War of the Continents."

APRIL

7 H. S. Ede, English art critic, speaks of art and philosophy.

18 Jane Taylor announces Mortar Board initiates; Dot Holloran is the
new president.

18 A. A. has open house with oodles of men from the Naval Air Base.

25 "Sophomore Bond Night" is fun, and profitable for the sophs, too.

28 Miss Lucy Fletcher, former evangelistic worker in China, tells of
Far Eastern conditions today.

That night, Dr. Luis A. Baralt, Cuban educator, lectures on "Hem-
ispheric Intellectual Cooperation." (He talks to us in English, but
in Spanish to those Emory boys.)

29 The whole college community turns out for Mortar Board's giant
barbecue on the hockey field.

MAY

2 May Day is beautiful!! The girls look lovely; the 'dances are cute

and original; the men in uniform are handsome; the theme is

"Americana"; and the weather is perfect!!

And Senior Opera, a mysterious medieval tragedy, is a riot!!
5-7 We know what war is going to mean, as we have to register for

sugar rationing cards.
31 Bishop Clare Purcell, of Charlotte, North Carolina, delivers the

baccalaureate sermon in Presser Hall.

The alumnae have garden party for the seniors in of all places
the alumnae gardens.
JUNE

1 Various classes hold joint reunions.

In the afternoon, sophomores carry the daisy chain for class day
exercises.

The speech department presents a recital of Alfred Noyes' poetry,
with Dr. Noyes reading, too.

In front of Main, the seniors burn their books and place their caps
on the rising seniors.

2 "And finally the great day cometh!" Alfred Noyes returns to the
campus to give the seniors a last word on "Poetry and Reality."
Dr J. K. McCain delivers the sheepskins to a beaming senior class.
And school is out !

Prophecy

(Continued from Page 5)
saxophone section in Stokowski's
orchestra. Singing at the Metro-
politan this season is Opera Star
Margaret Erwin. Featured in the
ballet are the trained toes of Helen
Shukraft. Dimple Girl Dale Dren-
nan is now starring on Broadway.

Foreign Correspondent Kath-
ryn Greene keeps connections hot
between the White House and
Generalissima Julia Ann Patch,
stationed in Siberia.

Being president of the Ladies'
Aid and teaching Sunday School
keeps Suzy Kaulbach rather busy
these days.

Martha Dillard Anderson rivals
Mrs. Dionne now, as mother of
quintuplets.

Congresswoman Lillian Guden-
rath is agitating for all-woman
control of Wall Street.

Carolyn Michaux is heard on the
radio every evening at 6:15 on the
Sleepy Time Story Hour, spon-
sored by Dale's Dynamic Drugs.

Elise Nance is killing rattle-
snakes and avoiding dust storms in
Texas, where she keeps house for
Fred.

Dot Webster is manager of the
Woman's National Basketball
Team.

Mary Olive Thomas, editor of
"Life" Magazine, is featuring this
week a pictorial account of Sara
Massey's and Jeanne Lee's flight
to Mars in an air ship of their
own invention. She has pictures
of the take-off only, as the fliers
have not yet returned.

Polly Frink Bonnell is directing

Honor Awards

(Continued from Page 1)
personal tastes, goes this year to
Miss Anastasia Carlos, Atlanta,
Ga., with honorable mention to
Miss Mary Olive Thomas, Auburn,
Ala.

Certificate in Piano Miss Mar-
tha Jane Buffalow, Chattanooga,
Tenn.

Graduation Honors Covering
the work of the entire four years:
"With High Honor" Miss Billie
Gammon Davis, Virginha, Minas,
Brazil; Miss Susan Arnette Dyer,
Petersburg, W. Va.; Miss Margery
Ellen Gray, Union, W. Va.; Miss
Julia Ann Patch, Decatur, Ga.
"With Honor" Miss Lavinia M.
Brown, West Union, S. C; Miss
Mary Lightfoot Elcan, Bainbridge,
Ga.; Miss Ila Belle Levie, Monte-
zuma, Ga.; Mrs. Lois Ions Nichols,
Atlanta, Ga.; Miss Jeanne Osborne,
Atlanta, Ga.; Miss Frances Tuc-
ker, Laurel, Miss.

Senior Honors (based on the
work of the Session 1941-42 only):
Miss Lavinia M. Brown, West Un-
ion, S. C; Miss Martha Jane Buf-
falow, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Miss
Billie Gammon Davis, Varginha,
Minas, Brazil; Miss Susan Ar-
nette Dyer, Petersburg, W. Va.;
Miss Mary Lightfoot Elcan, Bain-
bridge, Ga.; Miss Margery Ellen
Gray, Union, W. Va.; Miss Ila
Belle Levie, Montezuma, Ga.; Miss
Mary Dean Lott, Waycross, Ga.;
Miss Dorothy Miller, Atlanta, Ga.;
Mrs. Lois Ions Nichols, Atlanta,
Ga.; Miss Jeanne Osborne, Atlan-
ta, Ga.; Miss Julia Ann Patch, De-
catur, Ga.; Miss Priscilla Reason-
er, Bradenton, Fla.; Miss Frances

hemispheric blackouts by remote
control from her home.

Ringling Brothers Circus claims
Tightrope Walker Susanna Mc-
Whorter, while Julia Harry and
Lila Peck Walker are operating an
amusement center on Coney Island.

Movie Magnate Caroline Long
has just bought an island in the
Caribbean, where she week-ends
with Leading Actress Jackie
Stearns.

Margaret Wade and Olivia
White are busy extracting the cof-
fee from the coffee bean, under
the direction of Miss MacDougall.

Wedding bells ring out for Tina
Ransom and Edwina Bumiss, who
got their men through Jane Tay-
lor's s^yndicated column, "How to
Get Your Man."

Pulitzer Prizewinner Lois Ions
Nichols just received her Ph.D.
from the University of Chicago,
where she was vacationing for the
sudhner.

And now
Darkness is falling
Over the crawling
Caldron of the simmering stew.
O happy band
Stretch our your hand
The world is yours, class of
forty- two.

Class Will

Senior Class Takes
Lead in Athletics

Athletic victories were just
another feather in the cap of the
just-graduated senior class. They
played well and fought hard, there-
by winning the A. A. cup for 1942,
awarded to the class that has the
most points from championship
wins.

With ease the seniors walked
away with the hockey plaque. In
March they won the basketball
plaque. Mary Olive Thomas was
runner-up in the golf tournament.
With a score of 413, Dot Nabers
beat Jean Chester in the annual
archery meet.

Owen Tucker, Laurel, Miss.; Miss
Mary Virginia Watkins, Clemson,
S. C; Miss Myree Elizabeth Wells,
Decatur, Ga.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XXVII

Tuesday. June 2, 1942

Published weekly, except during holidays and examination periods, by the students
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ing their bit toward raising the
percentage a cordial invitation to
become members of our exclusive
Got Rocks Club. Our watchword
is "Third Finger, Left Hand."

Article 23. I, Louise Pruitt,
along with my European classic-
mates, leave to the junior English
majors our ability to go through
hell, purgatory, and paradise and
still come out alive.

Article 24. I, Ida Claire Purcell,
leave this word of advice to Joella
Craig. Your freshmen will have
a tendency to date freshmen. How
green has been my valley in In-
man.

Article 25. We, Pat Reasoner
and Margaret Toomey, leave our
afternoons of leisure in lab with
nothing to do but count the flies
that go by to Ruth Lineback.

Article 26. I, Elizabeth Russell,
leave my skill in handling fires to
Page Lancaster with, thrown in
for what it may be worth, "Two
Can Ride a Bicycle As Cheaply
As One."

Article 27. I, Marjorie Simpson,
leave my intense interest in my
academic standing to Hester
Chafin. Why, I've even been known
to interrupt a class to find out my
grade on a certain test.

Article 28. I, Shirley Ann Smith,
leave my pioneering spirit at Em-
ory University, which has resulted
in many conquests, to Jane Elliott.
My most effective weapon has
been a simple line.

Article 29. I, Betty Sunderland,
leave my intense concentration in
sociology class to Mark Downie
and Lillian Roberts.

Article 30. I, Myree Wells, be-
queath my extensive research on
the subject of the Bustle to the
Encyclopedia Brittanica.

Article 31. I, Annie Wilds, leave
my ability to harmonize with one
of the south's sweetest singers to
Joyce Freeman (more powers to
you Annie).

Article 32. I, Frances Tucker,
leave my secret spot where I do
most of my serious work to Jane
Dinsmore. You'll find it under the
counter in the book store, Jane,
but don't stay there until it gets
Cilly.

Article 33. I, Alta Webster, leave
to next year's freshmen my excel-
lent taste in picking a roommate.

Article 34. I, Ann Gellerstedt,
leave quickly.

Witnesses: Miss Scandrett and

the Little Morons.
Ann Gellerstedt, Class Testator.