Agnes Scott News 1945 46

The Agnes Scott News

VOL. XXXI.

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1945

NO. 1

29th Black Cat Fray
Stirs Sophs-Frosh

Freshmen Elect Hayes;
Walker Leads Sophomores

The fight's just beginning . . . the good natured fray is
on as the sophs, wiser by a year, and the frosh, with native
enthusiasm, begin the struggle for the traditional belling of
the Black Cat, Saturday, Oct. 13.

Mary Hays will lead the freshmen and Lida Walker heads
the sophomores. v

For the 29th consecutive year,
the two classes, backed by their
respective sister classes, will
create and produce in the short
space of a week, an original skit.
Stunt, A Substitute

The idea originated in 1916 and
was sponsored by Dr. Mary F.
Sweet, college physician from
1908 to 1937. The Black Cat
stunt which is now a popular tra-
dition of the college, was sugges-
ted as a much needed substitute
for the rough hazing system which
generally made the lives of fresh-
men miserable for the first weeks
of school.

Student-adopted and student-
organized, today the main purpose
of the Stunt is the unifying force
it gives as a result of the coop-
erative efforts of class members.
Styled rather as a "battle of wits"
than a "battle of fists," the stunt
is still much like the first stunts
with original pep songs written
by each class for the cheering sec-

Debaters Plan
Nov. Tourney

At the first meeting of the year,
Thursday night, Pi Alpha Phi laid
tentative .plans for an Intercol-
legiate Debate Tournament to be
held on campus around Nov. 30.
The schools to participate in the
tournament will probably include
those in the Universtiy Center
System and a few others interest-
ed in debating.

The plans include a three-
round tourney to be held in the
afternoon with a final debate
after dinner. Those participat-
ing: in the debates will probably
be entertained at dinner and a
reception following the last
round. Mr. Hayes, head of the
English department, will be in
c harge of ratings and judging.
The club also announced that
tryouts will be held Wednesday,
Oct. 3, from 4 to 6 o'clock in the
Old Chapel. Those trying out were
given questions to debate, and new
members will be taken in before
the next meeting, Oct. 11. Officers
of the club are in charge of try-
outs.

Members of the club will be di-
vided into various committees to
arrange for the coming tourna-
ment. Alice Gordon, president of
Pi Alpha Phi, points out that this
intercollegiate activity is for the
benefit and interest of the entire
campus. She stresses that coop-
eration from the student body as
a whole will add much to the suc-
cess of the tournament and will
be an important factor in determ-
ining the future intercollegiate de-
bates.

tions and the inevitable clever act-
ing and writing with which each
class seemingly is equipped.
Silver Bells
The stunts are judged by class-
elected judges. The class showing
.the most originality, skill, and
ability wins a silver bell. This
bell is initialed and placed per-
manently on the kitty's neck. A
class winning the Cat for two con-
secutive years, is* awarded a gold
bell. Recently, the class of '45 won
the bell two years in succession.

For the past two years, the cat
has reigned in Inman lobby, fresh-
man dormitory, after the frosh suc-
ceeded in belling the pussy.

Articles on the stunt and on the
hazing system as far back as 1916
may be read in the library's pres-
ent exhibit of old copies of the
college newspaper.

Dr. McCain
Announces
Honor Roll

The final 1944-45 honor roll for
sophomores, junior, and seniors
was announced in chapel Saturday
by President J. R. McCain. The
list of seniors now reading for
honors was also given.

The honor roll included: seniors, j
Jeanne Addison, Margaret Bear,
Lucile Beaver, Shirley Graves
Cochran, Nancy Hardy, Margaret
Karlson, Stratton Lee, Anne Noell,
Martha Polk, Mary Russell, Ruth
Simpson, Dorothy Spragens, Doris
Street, and Peggy Willmon.

Juniors included: Margaret
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Student Govt.
Presents Aims

Dear Agnes Seotters,

Hard as it is to believe, we are
already well into another year
of work and fun and living to-
gether at Agnes Scott. This
means that in every part of the
campus plans have been made,
and that now is the time for us
to begin to bring them to real-
ization.

One oi student Government's
aims for this year is to have its
entire student membership ac-
tive, conscious of campus hap-
penings, interested in the little
things we can do to make our
campus government meaningful
to every person here.

It is vital that every student
feel she is an integral part of
her Student Government. She
must know that the student body
is depending on her, as on every
other student, for support, ideas,
and real interest.

Here is our year let's make
it mean much to us as members
in a Student Government and
to A^nes Scott as our Alma
Mater.

Sincerely,
Mar jorie Naab, President.

Shirley Graves Cochran, edi-
tor of the Aurora, has issued an
appeal for material for the fall
isue of the college literary msr*
azine. Aspiring authors of
poems, essays, and short stories
are asked to place their contri-
butions in the Aurora box.

Hottentots Sacrifice
Posey to G. I. Joe

It's England now, not the "American Frontier" for Profes-
sor Walter B. Posey, head of the department of history and
political science.

Mr. Posey is on a year's leave of absence while on the
history staff at Army University Center No. 1, Shrivenham,
England.

The combination which proved
effective on Agnes Scott girls, that
of Mr. Posey and Hicks' "Short
History of American Democracy,"
has already helped 66 American
G. Us and officers back to mental
stability and an interest in as-
pects of the world today beyond
actual fighting. Mr. Posey's new
pupils are all taking the course
voluntarily, finding it a needed
relief after fighting the battle of
the Belgian Bulge or from duties
as occupational forces..

Will Stay in England

Mrs. Posey, who awaits her hus-
band's return at 131 College place,
said recently that, since Army
University Center No. 1 is now en-
tirely separate from Center No. 2,
Mr. Posey will remain in England
for the entire seven to twelve
months specified in his contract.
The original plan was that he
would spend about half of his
time in France. He plans to make
up for this, Mrs. Posey says, by
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War Council Views
Peace-Time Needs

Student Body Pledges $2500;
Faculty Advisors Changed

At a chapel meeting last week
Chairman Van Dyke announced
tne continuation of War Council
and stated that it will retain its
present name and keep on helping
with World War II problems not
solved by the victory.

Faculty Changes

The Council announced two
changes in its faculty set-up at a*
meeting last week at the home of
SEss Carrie Scandrett, dean of
students. Miss Mildred Mell, pro-
fessor of economics and sociology,
and Miss Margaret Phythian, as-
sociate professor of French, re-
place Miss Florence Smith and
Miss Susan Cobbs on the Council.
Miss Smith resigned because of
added duties in the history de-
partment this year. Miss Cobbs is
now dean of women at Swarth-
more college in Pennsylvania. Ad-
ditional members of the Council
will be two freshmen representa-
tives to be elected by this class
during the week of Oct 18.

The Council chairman has set up
the following committees to serve
the campus this y^ar: Miss Scan-
dirt t, faculty; Miss Mell and
Kathleen Hewson (Soph.), public
instruction; Dr. Schuyler Chris-
tian and Lura Johnston (Sr.), fi-
nance; Miss Laura Steele, Nellie
Scott (Jr.) and Nelson Fisher
(Jr.), publicity; Miss Phythian

New Majors
Now Offered

Majors are offered this year for
the first time in the art and music
departments.

Students majoring in art are
required to take the basic course
101 and courses 201a, b and 202c.
These are ajl courses in the history
of art.

Next year Mr. Forman is plan-
ning to offer a course in Mexican
art. Greek and Roman art also
may be included in this course.

There will be a year's course on
special topics in the history of art
in which the student will do in-
dividual work. All art majors are
advised to take a course in crea-
tive art.

Majors in the music department
must take courses 111, 211, and
213 (the history of music). The
language requirement for ,a major
in music is the same as it is for
a minor. French 103 or German
101 must be taken to meet the re-
quirement. English 211 also is
required.

An addition to the music depart-
ment is Mr. Hodgson's class on
listener's music, which meets for
one hour every Saturday. Next
year a course in counterpoint and
fugue will be taught. This ^course
will be given alternately with a
composition course. Students plan-
ning to major in music must apply
for degree credit on the basis of
two year's work.

and Nancy Deal (Soph.), knitting.
The freshmen will handle the sale
of war stamps.

Work Begins
Work of the committees began
when the finance committee re-
ceived a $2500 pledge from the
students. The fund covers con-
tributions to the Red Cross, World
Student Service Fund, War Fund,
Disabled Veterans, and other agen-
cies.

The public instruction group
plans a series of speakers begin-
ning with a representative of the
W. S. S. F., who will be on the
campus in October.

The knitting committee will dis-
tribute yarn for hospital sweaters
and wash cloths as soon as the De-
catur Red Cross receives supplies.
Once a week this winter the Deca-
tur chapter will be open at night -
to Agnes Scott girls for work on
layettes and other war relief gar-
ments.

Sunday afternoon trips to visit
wounded service men at Lawson
Hospital will begin when a means
of transportation is found.

Publicizing these activities
through The News and by posters
is the job of the publicity commit-
tee.

C A. Presents
'45-'46 Plans

Announcing the work, purpose
and theme for the year, members,
of Christian Association will lead
the chapel programs during C. A.
Week, Oct. 3-5.

C. A. president Dot Spragans;
this morning explained the pur-
pose and program of the associa-
tion for this year, stressing the
need for individual interest and
cooperation. Teddy Bear led the
devotional.

A discussion of the budget and
membership of C. A. will be given
by Bet Patterson Thursday, while
Miss Hale will present this year's
theme "Guard what has been en-
trusted to you" (II Tim.), Friday
morning.

As a climax to the program of
C. A. week the Sunday evening
vesper hour is set aside as a can-
dlelight service of reconsecratiort
and dedication.

Date Book

Wed., Oct. 3 Phi Alpha Phi try-
outs, 4 to 6 p. m., Old Chapel.

Thurs., Oct. 4 Chi Beta Phi meets
Blackfriars meets, 7:30.
C .A. Chapel program.

Fri., Oct. 5 Miss Hale speaks in
C. A. Chapel program.

Sun., Oct. 7 C. A. Reconsecration
service, 6:30 in MacLean.

Tues., Oct. 9 Election of lower
house at house meetings.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1945

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS

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Society Editor

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Sports reporters: Anne Register, Bettye Lee Phelps.

Cartoonists: Joan Crangle, Sally Sue Stephenson, Anne Lee, Anne Newbold.

Reporters: Nelson Fisher, Anne Johnson, Mildred Derleux, Dot Peace, Peggy Pat Home,
Jeanne Robinson. Lidie Lee, Pattie Dean, Mary Jane Fuller, Virginia Owens, Doris
Klssllng, Valeria Brown. Betty Turner. Jean McCurry, Jean Rooney, Conradlne
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Business Assistants: Carolyn Bodle, Betty Andrews, Mary Jane Schumaker, Doris* Street,
Ann Hough, May Turner.

How Are You?

For two weeks, you, freshmen, have been a part of the
Agnes Scott College community. You have met the faculty,
learned the members of your class and perhaps looked with
awe and wonder on the upperclassmen. You have heard
about the roommate's man and her crowd back home and
even enjoyed a good cry.

The first two weeks of orientation are over. Now you're
fast settling down to being a "college woman." Aim for the
happy medium in your work and in your play. Start out with
the idea of learning how to learn something more about this
thing called living. Know more than just the girls on your
hall. See the overall picture with graduation an ending and
a beginning.

Maybe we were big fish in a little pond before, but we
are all in a bigger lake now. So, come on in, the water's
fine . . . how are you?

Have You Noticed?

Have you noticed? The dining room has been painted, new
curtains hung. There's a genial atmosphere as well as the
aroma of "good food." But look, one pair of curtains is already
down. Guess someone sat in the window a bit too far over.
There are a few smudges on the walls from people leaning
against them as they stand in line.

It's not much effort, or should the motto be:
"We never stagger, we never fall,
We only lean!"

Tasks of Peace

With the ending of World War II, all Americans are tak-
ing stock of their achievement and of the task ahead. We
at Agnes Scott should do the same.

We may be proud of our part in America's victory. As
college students we could not do many things we would like
to have done, but we did what we could and did it well. Now,
perhaps, many of us feel that with the ending of the war
the excitement and glamour which made us achieve more
than we ever thought we could is gone. This is not true.
The incentive is still here: to bring lasting peace to the
world. The tasks, too, are still with us, but they will be
much harder than our wartime exertions because they are
harder to see and define.

We have won the war against the Japanese and Germans,
but we have not yet won the real war against intolerance,
international selfishness, oppression, and need. Perhaps
there is not much that we Agnes Scott girls can do about
-these things, but as long as there is a world we will keep
drying to improve it. If we here build up within ourselves
a feeling for tolerance, cooperation, and common sense, and
combine it with the conviction and strength to make our
voices heard, we, as college women of America, can do
more than we may think.

The tasks of peace are harder than the tasks of war. But
they are even more worth doing.

tjjdl, cpt-U uoe/^e o\o\ 4ke

C. A. 'Room-doctors Prescribe
Peppy Tonic for Freshmen

By Margaret Kinard

Attracting the attention of many newcomers on the cam-
pus were the bright-colored posters publicizing Christian
Association's Interior Decoration Clinic, held from Sept. 18
through Sept. 21. Peggy Pat Home headed the project,
and Teddy Bear gave ample support from C. A. June Terrell

was the assistant interior decora
tion consultant.

The purpose of these girls was
to stimulate the interest of the
freshmen in decorating their
rooms to give them ideas, and
to bring out their own originality.
The clinic was something new
on campus this year, but it has
proven its worth by its overwhelm-
ing success.

Headquarters were in the al-
cove of second floor Inman. The
"experts" made suggestions and
hints toward attractive rooms.
Many of the freshmen came with
Their roommates to get the advice
of "Miss Home" or "Mrs. Ter-
rell." The aim was to fix up the
rooms in the most livable and in-
viting, way with the least ex-
pense.

Seated at a table before one of
the consultants, the roommates
began by seeing mapped out before
them a scaled floor-plan of their
particular room. The furniture
arrangement could also be seen.
With give and take suggestions
from the consultant and the girls
themselves, they planned a room.
Special attention was given to
carrying out a color scheme in cur-
tains, spreads, floor coverings,
and wall decorations.

Peggy Pat and June not only
gave suggestions and hints to
stimulate creative thinking on the
part of the freshmen; they told
the girls where in Atlanta to find
the things they needed. Special
orders were taken for curtain ma-
terial which a C. A. representa-
tive will get for the girls.

The freshmen have already bo-
gun to carry out the plans made
with the consultants with zeal and
enthusiasm. As a final highlight
of the work of the Interior Decor-
ation Clinic, there will be an "at-
tractive-room" contest among thr
freshmen sometime in October.

Watchbird

Dear Hottentots:

I am a poor little watchbird
with a lot to do. It makes me
very sad when you:

1. Leave your things in the
lobby, or

2. on the porch, or

3. in the doors to the cloak-
room or Old Chapel. I won't put
<mt signs much longer, but I
shall be around all year, so
please help me keep the lobby
and porch free from clutter.

I shall think you very sweet
(Books in the lobby will NEV-
ER do!)

II you keep Rehekah neat . . .
(This is ;i watchbird watching

you.)

Love,

Watchbird.

Memories

Summertime is the time for
houseparties. At least, that's the
belief of a certain small majority
of seniors who treaked off to "the
island" just before the opening of
school.

As for the details of the outing
they varied with the tide also
much flotsom and jetsom was
collected along the way. Take the

case of the cagey meeting of the
dog. (Dogs do have owners, you
fcfidw.) Or the time the crew of
'em went crabbing. You were a
sissy if you couldn't bait your
own hook. Then those long nights
of bridge . . . bridge . . . bridge.
And the whole affair was topped
with a birthday party plus a
jaunt to a nearby army field. For
further information, see nine miss-
es who have only fast fading freck-
les now. But oh, the memories
they bring to mind.

Off the
Copy Hook

From the battered copy hook
in the News room come these
items of interest from hither,
thither and yon . . .

Brigadier-General Will Brough-
er, father of last year's War Coun-
cil president, Frances, came home
from three years in a Jap prison
camp. Sept. 8 was the date of his
homecoming celebration with oth-
er returning heroes.

Polly Wax, alumna, and her
paratrooper husband, Captain Ben
Wax, were splashed in Sunday's
Atlanta Journal. The news was of
their second honeymoon in the
Cyprus gardens in Florida after
his return from overseas.

Two hot-ten tots and their Al-
ma Mater were mentioned in
the Sept. 22 issue of the Satur-
day Evening Post in an article
by George Sessions Perry. Bar-
bara Coith and Rusty Rayfield
rated a color picture, while Ag-
nes Scott was listed with the
other schools of Atlanta.

On Friday, Sept. 28, the new
Episcopal students were honored
at a tea given at the home of Mrs.
George Lee. Between the hours
of 4:30 p. m. and 5:30 p. m., Epis-
copal students and faculty mem-
bers called. They were met in
the receiving line by Mrs. Lee,
Mrs. R. P. Glover, and the Rev.
and Mrs. Harry S. Tisdale.

Due to wartime priorities, the
bus purchased by Agnes Scott to
facilitate the exchange of students
between Agnes Scott and Emory
University will not be available
until the middle of November, ac-
cording to Miss Laura Steele, sec-
retary to the president. Wouldn't
a station wagon have been fun!

The Alumnae Association gave
a welcoming tea for the freshmen
Friday, Sept. 28.

The tea was held from four ta
six in the Alumnae Garden. Over
100 freshmen attended with their
sponsors.

Chinese students may soon be
using Miss Mary Stuart Mac-
Dougall's text, "Biology, the,
Science of Life."

A young Chinese student, en-
gaged in this country in research
work on malaria, has requested
permission to translate the text.
When he rrturns to China next
year, he plans to have the book
printed and to make it availahlo
to Chinese Schools.

The text, published by Mc-
Graw-Hill two years ago, is now
in its sixth printing.

More power to the ballet-mind-
ed on campus! After a long series
of social dancing, natural dancing,
square dancing, modern dancing
and call-it-what-you-will dancing,
there is at last to be a class in
advanced ballet and possibly toe
work. Miss Eugenie Dozier is to
be maestra and many members
of the last year's Dance Group are
working on plans.

The Dean's office asks that
all girls who have had the Red
Cross Staff Assistant's Course
Aid Course
sign up immediately on lists
posted in the mail room. The
Red Cross Chapter in Decatur
makes this appeal for workers.

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1945

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Frosh Become
Oriented

Rosebuds While Ye May

Wedding bells . . . school bells . . . and some of St. Agnes'
Delles are gathered once more in the sheltering arms. It's
good to see the old familiar faces, good to see that others
ion't get married, good to welcome new friends. Judging from
:he new rings, pins, and beaming faces around campus, a won-
derful summer was had by all

New York, Chapel Hill, Mexico,
Middlebury, Annapolis, and RE-
TURNING VETERANS were high-
lights for Hottentots.

Many familiar faces are back
with unfamiliar names. Frances
Malone del Rosso, Rosalind Price
Sasser, Betty Long Sale, Shirley
Graves Cochran, Mary Duckworth
Gellerstedt, and Nancy Harrington
Moore. And some didn't come
back. Betty Jo Turner and Tin-
kem Iverson preferred an MRS.
to a BA. The class of '45 lost no
time in marching down that mid-
dle aisle Harriette Daugherty,
Katherine Anne Edelblut, Flor-
ence Harrison, Lois Sullivan, Eu-
genia Jones and Mary Cumming
are a few who are disproving the
main points of "Live Alone and
Like It." Agnes Scott was well-
represented at these weddings as
well as at Joella Craig's, our fav-
orite hillbilly and forme- Book
Store manager.

MEN in these United States
once again provided excitement
galore. Things are looking up
this year, and we do like to see
the young folks enjoy themsel-
\ es. The sparkle of diamonds
was blinding at first. Harding
Ra gland, Robin Robinson, Mary
Jane Love, Martha Sunkes, Ann
Hoyt, and Pat Willmon are
proudly wearing new rings.
Among those pinned recently are
Mary Ellen Morrison, Harriet
Frierson, Beverly Gordy, Cile
Gibson, Betty Jean Barnes, Re-
becca Lacy, and Janet Liddell.

Tech and Emory, gayer than
ever since the war's end, attracted
many from our campus. Fraterniz-
ing: Betty Wood, Betty Jeanne El-
lison, Nancy Francisco, Olive Wil-
kinson, Nancy Hayes, Val Van
Lehe, Betty Davison, Dorothea
Fie, Ruby Lehman, Jessie Paget,
and Betty Beddingfield at the KA
barn dance; Betsy Deal, Jo Faulk-
ner, Marty Mizell, Pagie Violette,
and Mary Manly dancing with the
SAE's; Bobbie Whipple, Mildred
Claire Jones, Mary Brown Mahon,
Mary Jean Sims, Mary Beth Lit-
tle, and B. A. Ziegler at the Chi
Phi house; Lucy Turner, Jeter
Starr, Puddin Bealer, Louise
Starr, Ann Patterson, Binky
Stubbs, Betsy Baker, and Margaret

McManus at the ATO function. The
Tech SAE party attracted Mary
Jane Fuller, Punky Mattison, Ann
Hough, Ruth Ryner, Nancy Geer,
Mary Byrd Rutledge, and Betty
Ann Whitaker. Polly Grant, Mary
Humphries, Jane Fraser, and Ann
McCurdy had fun with the Chi
Phi's at North Fulton.

Night-clubbing: B. A. Zeigler,
Mary Jane Fuller, Nancy Deal,
Mildred Claire Jones, Dale Ben-
nett, B. J. Brown, Virginia Henry,
and Lib Osborne at the Rainbow
Roof; Pagie Violette, Mary Man-
ley, and Mary Brown Mahon at
the Mirador Room; and Anne
Woodward at the Empire Room.

The fair was fun, too. Enjoying
everything from Georgia's finest
Guernseys to cotton candy on the
midway were Carroll Taylor, Edith
Merrin, Anne Woodward, Ginney
Andrews, Mandy Hulsey, Nancy
Deal, Virginia Henry, Flo Bryant,
and Myrt Marianna.

Have you noticed the different
atmosphere in the dining room ?
It's beginning to look like the
good ole days with men (the
pre-war civilian variety) visit-
ing the campus. Clay and Mil-
ton had Sunday dinner with
Mary Jean Sims and Mary Man-
ley. Harriet Frierson, Lida Wal-
ger, June ThoniaSon, Mary Jane
Love, Jeter Starr, Laney Harris,
and Dale Bennett also entertain-
ed visitors. Roy Fierce and Will
P. Plowden with Betty Andrews
and Anne Hightower formed a
gay foresome.
HaU the conquering hero Sarah
Smith's Al, just back from France;
Cookie Miller's Bill, discharged
from the navy; Ruth Clapp's Jim,
home for a day.

The first football of the season
drew many away from Atlanta.
Ruth Limbert, Glassell Beale, Dot
Peace, and Kate Ellis spent the
week-end at Chapel Hill, and rum-
or hath it that Mary Russell was
there betting on Tech as yet un-
confirmed. Ann Patterson saw
Georgia beat Clemson at Athens.

Some preferred home. The week-
end found May Turner in McDon-
ough, Ga.; Maggie Toole in Au-
gusta, Leet Brewer in Birming-
ham, Sara Catherine Wilkinson in
Greenwood, S. C, and Annette
Neville in Walhalla, S. C.

Chi Beta Phi
Meets Thurs.

Phialosophy

By Phio Pedakis

"Now when you write this column
You must not make it solemn
Light, gay, and sprightly it must
be,

Or else a reasonable facsimile,"
Thus spake the editor to me.

And 1 in turn replied,
Not ever dreaming that I lied,
"Fear not, dear madam,
The blues I never had 'em."

But then, though feeling quite
elated

1 had to have my eyes dilated
And now alas, alas, alack!
Things do appear quite black.

As about the campus I did go
I heard a junior cry in woe,
"A senior I can never be
These lights will finish me!"

To her I then replied discreetly,
"If you're tired of life completely
Come to White House where you
may

Or so indeed they love to say
Hear the Atchison, Topeka, and
the Santa Fe!"

And as I walked away quite sad
I turned around to add,
"The engineer's quite a lad
I've got a real good hunch
He's got a crush on Bunch!"

And then I know a medico
Who came here not so long ago
From far away and all alone
About whom friend Bet Patters-on.

But a girl like me without her
glasses

Can't afford to miss her clasres
So as I stumble out to Plato
And my lovely Alpha-beto
I leave to you this one reminder
A girl should always look behind
her.

(Specially when somebody whis-
tles).

Yale Professor
First Lecturer

Tucker Brooke, professor of
English at Yale University and a
leading American authority on
Shakespeare and Marlowe, will be
on the Agnes Scott campus Mon-
day and Tuesday, Oct. 22 and 23,
when he will present three lec-
tures.

Monday night Mr. Brooke will
speak on Shakespeare. Tuesday
he will speak in Chapel on an un-
announced topic, and, at 4:30 p.
m., his subject will be Christopher
Marlowe.

A native of Morganton, West
Virginia, Mr. Brooke was educated
at the University of West Virginia
and was a fellow at the German
University of Chicago. He was
West Virginia's first Rhodes
Scholar. Before joining the Engl-
ish staff of Yale, he taught at Cor-
nell University. In 1920 he was an
exchange professor at the Uni-
versity of London.

His books include "The Shakes-
peare Apocrypha," "The Works
of Christopher Marlowe," "Tudor
Drama,' 'and "Shakespeare's Son-
nets."

Your blue horse wrappers
have given us a bicycle. With
your further effort, we can soon
have another one. Look for the
blue horse containers distribut-
ed throughout the campus, and
watch this page for information
concerning a campus newcomer.

Freshmen glimpsed the campus
only briefly during Orientation
Week, Sept. 17-23, as they hur-
ried from event to event following
the schedule set for them by Mil-
dred McCain and the orientation
committee.

Registration started Monday and
continued until Thursday. Classes
opened Friday, and the formal
reception Saturday evening gave
new students a chance, to meet
their professors informally.

Highlights of the week included
A. A. sings on the steps of Main,
Christian Association's picnic for
the new students Tuesday evening,
and a skit on campus customs
Wednesday night.

Dr. McCain's talk to all new
students was a feature event
Thursday, and a speech and musi-
cal program in Gaines chapel en-
tertained the whole campus Thurs-
day evening. Freshmen w 7 ere also
honored by their sponsors and
sophomore helpers during the
week.

A party for the freshmen and
sophomores Saturday, Sept. 29,
was sponsored by the Orientation
Committee and planned by Mar-
guerite Mattison.

Your Room
Expresses You

By Betty Allen

"Let your room express you!"
met our eyes every time we pass-
ed the front door of the old chapel
on our way to the dining room
during the first week of school.

Heaven forbid! If this be the
case, light has certainly been
thrown on some of the campus
personalities. What would a hula
skirt hung on the wall indicate,
or how would those ultra divine
"Back Home For Keeps" pic-
tures (sigh) express "you"? From
my experience (vast, I assure you)
with psychology, I would say that
these clues must indicate some
subconscious traits.

One aspiring young student tak-
ing to heart the Art Clinic's sug-
gestion of "letting your rooms ex-
press you" moved her desk com-
pletely out of her room and into
the hall.

But putting the exception aside
and dwelling on the rule the ma-
jority of the rooms look very at-
tractive. Already ruffled curtains
have been hung and rag rugs cov-
er the floor. The freshmen in par-
ticular have lost no time in put-
ting the finishing touches to their
rooms. Varga girls, "No Parking"
signs, and those good lookin' men,
add the touches which give a room
that "homey" atmosphere.

All Star Concert
Series Announced

Mr. Marvin MacDonald, man-
ager of the Atlanta All Star Con-
cert Series, has announced an in-
teresting and varied course.

The following program will be
presented: Oct. 18, James Melton.

Oct. 31, Rigoletto.

Nov. 20, Pittsburgh Symphony
Orchestra.

Jan. 12, Ballet. Russe De Monte
Carlo.

Jan. 25, Jussi Bjoerling.
Feb. 6. Luboschutz and Nemen-
off.

Feb. 25, Heifciz.
March 28, Cincinatti Sympnony
Orchestra.

Hodgson Concert
Presents

Familiar-Unusual

The first in a series of music
appreciation programs was pre-
sented by Hugh Hodgson, part-
time professor of music, Monday
night in Presser Hall. Mr. Hodg-
son played selections contrasting
the familiar with the unusual.

The program included: Prelude
in C major, from "Well Tempered
Clavichord," Bach; Prelude in F
minor, from "Unfinished Suite,"
Bach. Toccata, Bach; Toccata,
Scarlatti. Slow Movement from
"Moonlight Sonata," Beethoven;
Slow Movement from "Sonata, Op.
10. No. 3," Beethoven. Gavotte
from "French Suite," Bach; Gav-
ote in F sharp minor, Prokofieff.
Traumerei from "Scenes of Child-
hood," Schumann; Traumerei.
Strauss. Little Piece. Rameau;
'Three Little Pieces, Schonberg.
Two WaKzes: C sharp minor and
F minor, Chopin.

Dr. McCain

(Continued from Page 1)

Bond, Helen Currie, Mary Kath-
erine Glenn, Margaret Kinard.
Janice Latta, Ann Martin, Bet
Patterson, Sophia Pedakis, Betty
Jean Radford, Laura Winchester,
and Christina Yates.

The sophomores were: Dabney
Adams, Jane Alsobrook, Nancy
Haislip, Martha Hay, Anne Hen-
derson, Nan Honour, Martha
Kraus^, Sheely Little. Barbara
Plumley, Erin Rayfield, Virginia
Tyler, Anne Page Violette, Mar-
garet Yancey.

Seniors reading for honors in-
cluded: Jeane Addison, English;
Margaret Bear, English; Lucille
Beaver, math; Shirley Graves
Cochran, English; Margie Karl-
son, English; Stratton Lee, biol-
ogy; Ann Noell, economics and
sociology; Mary Russell, math;
Ruth Simpson, English; Dorothy
Spragens, math; Peggy Willmon,
English: Elizabeth Woodward,
English.

Chi Beta Phi, national honorary
science fraternity, will have its
opening meeting of the year on
Thursday, Oct. 4. This meeting is
to give the new members an op-
portunity to meet with the older
ones.

Chi Beta Phi elects members
twice a year, each spring and fall.
The formal initiation for those
chosen last spring is to be around
the first of November. Following
that, there will be informal initia-
tion which will feature a banquet
and short talks by the newly-made
members on scientific subjects.

In order to be eligible for Chi- '
Beta Phi, a student must be a
science major or minor and have
a high scholastic record.

The programs for this year will
be on subjects of current scientif-
ic interest. For one of the early
meetings, Mr. Holt, professor of
chemistry, is scheduled to speak
on the subject of the atomic bomb.
It is the plan of the program com-
mittee to obtain faculty members
from the science departments of
Agnes Scott and Emory as speak-
ers throughout the coming year.

The culmination of the year's ac-
tivities will be the annual Science
Key Tea which Chi Beta Phi gives
in honor of the senior who shows
the most interest in the field of
science.

New York Via
Mademoiselle

So you'd like to spend a month
in New York, eh? How about an
apartment with a Hudson river
view, dinner every night at the
Brown Derby, and of course shop-
ping at Saks Fifth Avenue? If
you'll brush aside all your silver
and gold day dreams and jostle
awake the artist and reporter in
your soul, Mademoiselle, the Mag-
azine for Smart Young Women,,
will gladly play your fairy god-
mother.

To taste these and other cos-
mopolitan delights you must try
out for the magazine's College
Board with the journalistic
plum of Guest Editorship in the
future. Would-be Board mem-
bers will be invited by the maga-
zine to send in a brief report
spotlighting anything newsy ou
campus, a snapshart of them-
selves, their college address, ex-
tra curricula! activities and in-
terests, and various other in-
formation. Victory bonds and
stamps are awarded for the best
reports-
Board members complete four
alignments a year which in-
clude a rounded report of cam-
pus life its activities, new cour-
ses, new trends, and anything
that's new. Everything submit-
ted during the year counts to-
ward the Guest Editorship and
New York. To quote the Mille-
gram, "Madamoiselle makes a
quick decision and then the fun
begins."

Not only do visiting editors go
everywhere with the regular staff
and edit the August Mademoiselle,
over which you poured goggle-
eyed before deciding on a gray
or fuchsia suit for the season;
but also these lucky lassies pose
for pictures, model for the col-
lege clinic and are paid a fat sum
for their thrilling experience.

AGNES SCOTT NEWS. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3. 1M5

Out of the
Woods

By Anne Noell

Ann Seitzinger was experiment-
ing with the boiling point of alco-
hol. She had artfully constructed
a tower of corrugated boxes and a
couple of ring stands in order to
get the Bunsen burner right next
to the little bulb of the thingum-
mybob in which she was boiling
her alcohol. Quite suddenly it
boiled over, and the whole works
blazed up. The fire extinguisher
crumbled in her hand, and Miss
Gower dashed out to the street.
But the only college employe she
saw was totally disinterested in
the fire she claimed she had up in
the lab. In the meantime Mr. Holt
had appeared on the scene and
dispatched Doris Street to sec-
ond floor for another extinguisher.
After he had puffed unsuccessful-
ly at the now raging blaze, he
turned around and asked, "Miss
Ann, will you please see what's
detaining Miss Doris?" To cut
the story for the editor's sake, the
second extinguisher also failed,
and, when the blaze had almost
burned itself out an hour later
Mr. Holt was successful in finish-
ing the job.

And then there was the student
who fell at the foot of the stairs
during registration week. By the
time Dr. Burns had finished her
examination and was about to send
said student on to the infirmary,
the girl's left shoulder was so sore
she could not lift her arm to get
back into her dress. Dr. B. oblig-
ingly peeled out of her own wrap-
around model, then tried to slip
into the student's dress. The at-
tempt was a failure and Dr. B.

<-d in her slip and students
t tited in the anteroom all for
the want of a dress.
# Just to prove the rarefied at-
mo?' lere in which Miss Agnes'
daughters of the move: on Sep-
tember 22 Frances Dubose (ex-
'46) became the bride of Nicholas
Lindsay, son of Vachel Lindsay.
Her sister Shannon (ex-'47) caught
the bouquet (she was the only at-
tendant). They have a cottage
with two guitars and a piano in
Chapel Hill where both are stu-
dents at UNC.

Blackfriars Give
Play at Meeting

Blackfriars will hold its open-
ing meeting of the year tomor-
row night at 7:30 in Miss Gooch's
studio. Presentation of Samuel
Olsley's play, "The Feast of the
Holy Innocents," will highlight
the program.

Included in the cast will be Ruth
Clapp. Minnie Hamilton, Bobbie
Coith. Betty Jean Brown and
Grace Durant.

The organization is making
plans for a play which will be giv-
en before Thanksgiving. An-
nouncements concerning fall try-
outs will be posted shortly.

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Faculty Makes
17 Additions

Seventeen additions have been
made to the Agnes Scott faculty
for this year following vacancies
in many departments.

Latest of the new faculty mem-
bers is John F. Messick, who
is assisting in the mathematics
department, during the absence of
Professor Henry Robinson. Mr.
Messick is a graduate of Randolph
Macon College, and received his
doctorate from Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity. He has taught previously
at Alabama Polytechnic Institute
and at Emory University.

Mrs. Gordon Sweet, for the past
several years instructor in the
mathematics department, retired
this month upon the discharge of
her husband from the army. Mr.
and Mrs. Sweet are making their
home in Charlotte, where he is
head of the department of music
at Queens College.

Other new faculty members pre-
viously announced are Professor
Henry C. Forman, who has come
here from Wesleyan College to
head the art department; his as-
sistant, Mrs. Leone B. Hamilton,
an Agnes Scott graduate; Mrs.
Rachel Sutton, who is assisting in
the education program; Miss Mar-
garet Buchner, who has come from
the University of Rochester as as-
sistant professor of Spanish; Miss
Anne Turner, Miss Claire Buck-
master, and Miss Gertrude Na-
tusch, who come as instructors in
Greek and Latin, music, and eco-
nomics, respectively.

Additions to the administrative
staff include Miss Mary Trammell,
'30, assistant in the library; Miss
Florence Kitchen, head dietitian,
and Miss Mary Anne Lambert, as-
sistant dietitian; Miss Betty Bow-
man, '44, and Mrs. L. A. Hunt,,
who are secretaries in the Dean's
office; Miss May Lyons, Miss Mar-
tha Jean Gower, and Miss Eliza-
Elizabeth Gower, and Miss Eliza-
beth Carpenter, who will assist
in biology, physics, and the book-
store. Miss Emily Higgins, '45, is
assisting Miss Eugenia Symms in
the Alumnae Association office.

Miss Janef Preston, assistant
professor of English, is on leave
of absence this quarter due to ill-
ness.

lampus Improvements
Made During Summer

At the total cost of approxi-
mately $40,000, the college campus
has undergone many improve-
ments during the last summer.
These changes were under the su-
pervision of J. C. Tart, treasurer,
and Howard MacGregor, business
manager. A more efficient heat-
ing system is now in operation due
to the use of a new Iron Fireman
stoker, a thermostat control sys-
tem, and orifice plates on radia-
tors.

New equipment for laboratories
and art department are among
other improvements. More mic-
roscopes have been purchased for
the biology and chemistry depart-
ments. Approximately a thousand
slides and two projectors have
been secured for the use of art
students.

More noticeable campus im-
provements include a complete re-
decoration of Murphey Candler,
new roof for Boyde and Lupton. a
coat of red paint for the barn, and
a new fireproof trash house be-
hind the steam plant. Portions of
Main, Lupton, Gaines, and White
House have been painted and plas-
tered.

7945-46 Enrollment
Totals 547 Students

Total enrollment for the 1945-
46 session is 541 students, 351 of
of whom are boarding students,
the Registrar's Office announ-
ced this week. The dormitories
are again filled to capacity.

A breakdown of the figures re-
vealed the following: informa-
tion:

Freshman boarders 110

Transfer boarders 7

Freshman day students . . 50
Transfer day students. . . IS

Special students 14

Total number of

boarders 851

Total number of day

students 190

Total enrollment. 541

Hottentots

(Continued from Page 1)

spending the Christmas holidays
in Paris.

Meantime, regular weekend bus
trips sponsored by the Center for
its faculty and students have en-
abled Mr. Posey to see much of
England. On these trips the Amer-
icans are billeted as paying guests
with English families, who are as
glad as the tourists of an oppor-
tunity to become well acquainted.
Mr. Posey spent most of last week,
a vacation between classes at the
Center, in Scotland.

Posey Gets Around

For shorter trips, he and his
colleagues travel by Army jeep,
or on the bicycles supplied by the
Center. With these vehicles Mr.
Posey has been able to visit near-
by Swindon, a city of 60,000, and
occasionally to join Oxford Uni-
versity history dons at tea.

V-J night found Mr. Posey in
London. There he celebrated the
end of the war until after 3 a. m.
with hilarious crowds in Pica-
dilly Circus.

Mrs. Posey said her husband
described his quarters as "luxur-
ious." The Center is housed in
buildings originally intended as a
military institute comparable to
West Point, she explained; as a
valet, Mr. Posey has a German
prisoner of war. American food
is plentiful there, he writes, but
in England the stores are virtual-
ly empty of goods.

ASC Not Forgotten

"Since it's chilly over there and

Pair-a-Dice
Opens in Week

With the election yesterday of
Caroline Squires as manager of
the junior's Pair-a-Dice, plans will
proceed immediately for the open-
ing of Pair-a-Dice some time in
the following week.

Inaugurated last year by the
present juniors, the enterprise
situated in Murphy Candler was
intended to supply the students a
place for relaxation in the late
afternoon and evening.

Pair-a-Dice will operate along
the same principles as last year ex-
cept it will not be open in the af-
ternoon. Sandwiches, cokes, danc-
ing and bridge is offered to the
entire student body.

Aurora to Make Plans

The Aurora staff will meet this
afternoon at 5 p. m. to make
plans for the first issue of the
college magazine. Shirley Graves
Cochran, editor, announced that
contributions from members of
the campus will be accepted now.
Girls are asked to turn in short
stories, essays, poems, and other
prose work.

clothes are rationed," Mrs. Posey
added, "one item in Mr. Posey's
Christmas box is going to be a
pair of outing flannel pajamas."

In spite of his preoccupation
with making the most of his op-
portunity to see England, Mr.

Posey has not forgotten Agnes
Scott.

"Every letter I get from him,"
said Mrs. Posey, "asks about var-
ious faculty members, who the
Chapel speakers are, and all about
the girls at Agnes Scott."

Seniors Name
Miss Leyburn;
Classes Meet

Miss Ellen Douglas Leyburn, as-
sistant professor of English and
senior class faculty advisor, was
elected at senior meeting this
morning to speak at Investiture.

Church services will be held on
campus the following day, Sun-
day, Nov. 4. The class voted to
cancel Little Girls' Day this year
due to certain restrictions that
would have to be enforced, and no
substitute for the annual occasion
has been arranged as yet. Class
mascot of the seniors is little Cath-
erine Christian, three-year-old
daughter of the Schuyler Chris-
tians.

Election of cheerleaders, dis-
cussions of the adopted war or-
phans, and plans for the Black Cat
Stunt highlighted the other class
meetings yesterday.

Student Government Presdent
Margie Naab spoke to the fresh-
men on the honor system.

Cheerleaders elected to repre-
sent each class throughout the
year were: seniors, Pudden Bealer
and Rite Watson I juniors, Punky
Mattison and B. A. Zeigler; soph-
omores, Sister Davis and Bobby
Whipple; and freshmen, Betty
Blackmon and Joyce Hale.

At the A. A. quiz in chapel Oct.
18, Gloria Anne Melchor will repre-
sent the seniors, Betty Andrews
the juniors, Ann Hayes the sopho-
mores, and Recjse Newton the
freshmen.

Various juniors volunteered at
their meeting to take charge of
scrap paper collection in the dorm-
itories.

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Tech to Present
Opera Oct 5, 6

The Georgia Tech Glee club un-
dSer the auspices of the Decatur
Lions club will present Flotow's
light opera, "Martha," Friday and
Saturday, Oct. 5 and 6, 8 p. m., in
Presser Hall. The Tech Glee club
will be assisted by the Agnes
Scott Glee club and young artists
from Atlanta and Decatur.

Mrs. Betty Jo Turner Boone,
former Agnes Scott student, will
have the soprano lead, and Mrs.
Alice Tomlinson will sing the con-
tralto lead. The leading male parts
will be sung by Hubbard Upchurch
of Georgia Tech and Bill Donahue,
a senior at Georgia Tech. Tom
Byerly, also of Tech, has the com-
edy part.

Tickets, ranging in price from
$1.00 to $1.50, are on sale at Ta-
tum's drug store in Decatur, as
well as the Agnes Scott Bookstore.
The proceeds will go to the DeKalb
County Educational Foundation to
be used as a scholarship fund to
send Decatur boys and girls to
college. Last year the Decatur
Lions club raised $1200 for this
purpose from the Drew Pearson
lecture.

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AGNES SCOTT

Math Ou I:
EST Is In

Time pause in thy flight, or at
least, Congress, wait a sec, let the
minutes catch up with you. For
going on 'four years now, those
sixty seconds have been madly
pursuing each other from one end
of the U. S. to the other. And,
somehow, in the rush, some val-
uable time (in more meanings
than one) got lost even on Agnes
Scott campus. To be specific, at
least a good hou'ver of "Roving
Time" was left behind, either in
the stacks or out on the hockey
field, or ? ? ? you guess.

Take the day that Aggie was
going to meet the twin sister, or
better still, the friend boy. "Let's
see, due in at 1:40 p. m. E. W. T.
Add one hour, makes it, nope,
subtract one hour and . . . yes,
that's right, 12:40 p. m. . . . and
I'm still in history. But I've used
my cuts, say, maybe the bus sta-
tion was wrong. . . .

The minutes are now chasing
the second hand of the clock as
Aggie rechecks. Look, she's got
the roommate doing it, too. "Add
one hour, no, substract . . . hound,
I wish I were a math major . . .
where was I, one minute ago, oh,
rats. ..."

The minutes are slowing down
. . . in fact, if Aggie will only hold
on a minute, 4 they'll make the
grade and deliver the boy friend
and not during history. See, one
has the minute hand, the other the
second hand, and now to sprinkle
star dust in the eyes of Congress.
Wham! That did it. It's Eastern
Standard Time . . . he's coming
1:40 p. m. and "Atlanta time is
our time, our time is your time."
Tempus can fugit it all.

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Senior-Sophomore War
Orphan Writes Foster Mothers

The senior and sophomore classes have received news of
their adopted war orphan in Europe. The "receipt" for a
twelve-year-old boy, Erick Reitmann, of German-Jewish
parentage, was received by Maudie Van Dyke, president of
War Council, late in June, along with brief case histories
which were sent to the officers of

the classes. As yet, the junior and
freshman classes have not com-
pleted plans for adoption of a fos-
ter child.

Maudie Adopts

Imagine the astonishment of
Maudie Van Dyke's mother when
the San Antonio newspaper call-
ed up to ask about Maudie's adop-
tion of a foster child! It was
necessary for the boy to be as-
signed in the name of only one
person the logical one was the
president of War Council.

Although Mr. and Mrs. Reit-
mann with Erick, their only child,
managed to escape from Austria
into Belgium, they welre later
taken back into the enemy country
after Erick was first placed in an
orphanage. Since then no defin-
ite news of them has been receiv-
ed. It is hoped that they may still
be alive.

Delicate in health, Erick has
made remarkable physical im-
provement, although he remains
very timid, particularly in the
presence of adults. Despite an
enforced lapse of formal educa-
tion, he has made such progress
that he received honor points in a
recent examination in competition
with children older than himself.
He prefers quiet amusements, and
it is said that he has quite an
inventive mind. A photograph of
him has not yet been obtained,
but one is promised as soon as pos-
sible. Plans for Erick's Christmas
are yet to be discussed by the two
classes.

Erick Writes

An interesting letter in very
neat and precise handwriting has
been received from Erick. Ac-
cording to present information,
three of his foster mothers have
written him. The content of his
letter follows:
Chere Marriane,

C'est votre petit Erick qui
vicnt. se presenter a vous et
d'avance vous remercie pour
Tinterest que vous voulez bien
temoinger.

J'ai 12 ans, je suis ne a Vienne
en Autriche, je suis venu en
Belgique depuis 1939. Je ne
ccmprenais pas alors pourquoi je
fus separe de mon Papa et de ma
Maman. A present je sais et je
commence a comprendre certaines
choses mauvaises de la vie, mais
fa] appris aussi qu'a cote du mal il
y a le bien que servent les honnetes
gens. Je n'oublierai jamais la
famille du foyer des orphelins qui
m'a accuenilli, ni nos grands amis
d'Amerique qui sont venus nous
delivrer de l'oppression.

Helas retrouveria-je mes par-
ents ? Chere merriane je vous ad-
dresse ma pensee la meilleure et
toute affectueuse.

Erick.

Dear Godmother,

This is your little Erick, in-

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troducing; himself to you and
thanking you for the interest
that you are kind enough to
take in him.

I am 12 years old, I was born
in Vienna,, Austria, and I came
to Belgium in 1939. I did not
understand then why I had been
separted from my father and
mother. Now I know, and I am
beginning- to understand certain
bad things about life, but I have
learned also that beside Evil
stands Goodness which honorable
people serve. I shall never for-
get the Institution for Orphans
Which took me in nor our great
friends from America who came
to deliver us from oppression.

Alas, shall I ever see my par-
ents again?

Dear Godmother, I send you
my best and most affectionate
greeting.

Erick.

(Translation by Miss Phythian)

All members of the two classes
are requested to write to Erick
as often as possible. His address
can be obtained from Maudie Van
Dyke.

Hansell Cousar, '45, Joins
Eastman Kodak Staff

Hansell Cousar, '45, has been
selected by the Eastman Kodak
Company, of Rochester, N. Y., as
a chemist. She was chosen from
students in the nation's leading
colleges for business and technical
training.

While at Agnes Scott, Hansell
majored in chemistry, served as
circulation manager of the Agnes
Scott News, and as sports editor
of the Silhouette.

Call DE. 4922

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Paper and Annua!
Announce Changes

Two changes have been made in
the staffs of the campus publica-
tions, The Agnes Scott News, and
The Silhouette, the college an-
nual.

Nancy Hardy (sr.), is the new
managing editor of The News. She
succeeds Jane Bowman (sr.), who
edited the paper the spring quar-
ter of the last year.

Martha Sunkes (sr.), was elect-
ed business manager of the an-
nual, to succeed Jean Rooney.

Other staff- changes for The
News will be announced next week
after the final tryouts for re-
porters are completed. Those
wishing to try out please sign the
notice on the back bulletin board
of Buttrick Hall. Tryouts consist
of two written assignments on one
side of the paper and doubled
spaced. Freshmen will be given
tryouts in the spring, but not un-
til this time. Girls interested in
working on the business staff are
asked to see Jane Anne Newton,
advertising manager.

Anne Woodward, (soph.), has
been added to the staff of The
News as a cartoonist. Last year
she did a major part of the art
work for the Frosh Annual.

Peggy Willmon, editor of the
annual, said that no official word
had been received on the rating
of last year's yearbook but some-
thing should be announced in the
near future. Plans for the 1945-46
annual are already underway.

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Page 6

Athlete
FEATS

By Ruth Ryner

Now that registra-
tion headaches have
subsided, ooohs and
liaahs over the sum-
mer have ceased and
that season of the
year between summer
and winter commonly
known as fall has fin-
ally hit (but hasn't hit
with such a big bang
from the looks of the
thermometer) things
are really getting into
full swing around A.
S. C. from classes to
hockey sticks and ten-
nis racquets.
The mild fall weather
so far has been "out of
this world" for members
of tennis club and other
enthusiasts for they
have really been knock-
ing themselves out tak-
ing advantage of the
newly conditioned
courts. The doubles
tournament will be starting soon
so dust off the old racquet and get
in the groove. Champs Hough and
Andrews have been needing some
competition for years!

A. A- Board has been on the
go making plans for the year
ever since their annual "re-
treat" the week-end before
school opened so be on the look-
out tor thinks to start poppin'
all over the place. The first of
the "sings" they've planned for
the whole year is coming off to-
night at 6:30 on the colonnade
steps. Here's hopin' everybody
will turn out to get hep and yo-
del awhile with the two A. A.
kids who'll be there to lead it.

As the fall calendar hangs be-
fore us here's a final plea for
old and young (meaning, of
course, ALL from the aged, owl-
eyed seniors down to the sparkl-
ing youths of the class of '49)
to go all out lor recreation this
fall, oil the ol' hinges, get a lit-
tle personal glory out of it, but
above all, support your class
team!

Animals Battle
Saturday Night

"Say, are you a mule?"
"Nope! I'm a skunk and she's a
dog."

"That's stuff! Cause I'm a cow.''
If the preceding conversation
wore translated into simple Engl-
ish, it would merely mean that a
party given in the gym by the ori-
entation committee last Saturday
ni^ht was well under way.

Attired in blue jeans and ging-
ham, the frosh and sophs turned
out to the gym in force to engage
hi live heated relay races. Four
teams the mules, cows, dogs, and
skunks were organized. Each
enthusiastically took part in the
strenuous relay which finally came
to an end. The worthy cows won
3 out of 5 races. Magnificent all
day suckers were liberally be-
Stowed upon the proud winners.

Following the relays, folk danc-
ing began. Everybody, however,
took time now and then to snatch
a doughnut and swallow some
punch.

There will surely be no dissent-
ing voice to a proclamation that
this "blue jean" party was a party
and a half!

A. A. Plans Full Year
With Equal Opportunities

I ley, frosh, now's the time for
each of you to become an Alice
Marble or an Eleanor Holm. A. A.
offers you the chance of a life-
lime to excel in any sport of your
choosing and now's the time to
start. .

On the fall sports list hockey
takes the spotlight.. Soozi Rich-
ardson is school hockey manager
serving on A. A. board and there
are managers for each class team
that have already been announced.
Each Friday afternoon double-
header games between the classes
are held and always prove to be
the most exciting events of the
week. Not only are the ol'hockey
veterans welcomed back on the
field but all the teams are always
on the look-out for "rookies.." It's
a great game for everyone so
come on out and play.

Tennis could never be over-em-
phasized as a solid sport for fall.
Tennis Club, managed this year
by Scotty Johnson, senior, invites
all you tennis aspirants to try out
for membership this fall. This
vear the doubles tournament will
be held in the fall and the singles
tourney in the spring, so be ready
and sign up when the^ ord comes.

Wintertime means basketball
1 ime at A. S. C. Jean Denning is
basketball manager and the class
managers will be elected at the
beginning of winter quarter. Bas-
ketball has always stimulated more
excitemnet and competiton be-
tween the classes than any other
sport as you'll see when the juniors
and seniors start fighting it out
again. The added attraction this
year will be the re-finished gym
floor. No more splinters!

Volleyball in the spring is grad-
ually beginning to be considered
one of the major sports but you'll
hear more about this later as you
will about such minor sports as
archery, badminton, golf and rid-
ing.

The all-season sport is swim-
ming and Swimming Club, headed
hy Margaret Scott, is always up

to something. Be on the look-out
for an announcement from Scotty
about the swimming pageant to
be held this fall and also about
the try-outs for new recruits to be
held soon.

Stables Welcome
Eight New Horses

The arrival of eight horses, the
completion of .a smaller ring, and
plans for a horse show highlight
the opening of the ring season.

The old horses which arrived at
the beginning of the week, are
Daisy Mae, Scatterbrain, and Sky
Rocket. A smaller riding ring is
being completed on the old tennis
courts next to the May Day Dell
and trails are being cut to the
Valley Road behind the stables.
Plans for the horse show at the
end of the seasons are being made,
Mrs. Harriette Haynes Lapp, rid-
ing instructor, stated.

Mrs. Lapp will be assisted by
Betty Andrews, (jr.) Evelyn Hill,
(Sr.) and Gene Goode, (jr.). These
girls who will help ride and school
the horses in the morning hours
for their co-op work are Fran
Ninninger, (soph.) Carolyn Bodie,
(sr.), Harriet Gregary, (soph.),
Lady Major, (soph.), Vickie Alex-
ander, (sr.), Lou McLaurin,
(soph.), and Gloria Anne Melchor,
(Sr.). Williard Capps, of Zirconia.
N. C, will again have charge of
the horses and the stables.

Hockey Plans
Announced

As practice gets under way and
the opening of the 1945 hockey
season approaches the names of
the new class managers have been
disclosed by Soozi Richardson,
school manager. They are, for the
seniors, Bet Long Sale; the jun-
iors, Louise Hoyt; the sophomores,
Sister Davis, and the freshmen,
Jean Frasier.

The schedule of class games for
the coming season is as follows:

Oct. 12, Sen. -Soph, team vs.
J un. -Frosh. team.

Oct. 19, Sen. vs. Juniors; Sophs,
vs. Freshmen.

Oct. 26. Sen. vs. Sophs; Juniors
vs. Freshmen.

Nov. 2, Sen. vs. Freshmen; Jun-
iors vs. Sophs.

Nov. 9, Sen. vs. Juniors; Sophs
vs. Freshmen.

Nov. 16, Sen. vs. Sophs.; Juniors
vs. Freshmen.

Nov. 23, Sen. vs. Freshmen; Jun-
iors vs. Sophs.

Nov. 30, Varsity vs. Sub-Vars-
ity.

Dec. 7, Varsity vs. Alumnae.

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Angel Robes
Hide Nothing

About the first thing that hap-
pens to a new Hottentot is the
physical." This academic term
implies a series of embarrassments
which one goes through clad only
in an angel robe, a garment which
would no doubt be banned in Bos-
ton not to mention heaven. From
ihat time the student is on most
intimate terms with the phys-ed.
instructors, and the gym becomes
a center of campus life.

One of the main attractions
there is the quartet, Miss Wil-
burn, Mrs. Lapp. Miss Ames, and
Miss Dozier. This year if they
seem unusually eager about be-
ginning sports plans, it. could be
because they had such fine ath-
letic summers.

.Miss Ames, who teaches funda-
mentals and archery, is still beam-
ing over her session at Columbia
University where she studied
recreational and theoretical cour-
ses. Needless to say she enjoyed
life as a New York cliff-dweller,
and she even added to an already-
perfect vacation a journey through
New England.

If anyone happened to pass by
the May Day Dell this summer,
she might have thought the "wee
folk" were actually a-dancing on
the green; for Mrs. Lapp, who is
teaching riding this quarter, con-
ducted a dancing class in the Dell
for children. According to reports
it was enhancing.

For anything from the rhumba
to the Virginia reel one should en-
roll in a class taught by Miss Doz-
ier. Miss Dozier, who had a busy
summer with her dancing classes
in Atlanta, managed to escape for
a while to her farm. She has one
class in fundamentals this year
and as usual will teach square and
social dancing as well as sponsor
the Dance Club.

At special invitation Miss Wi!~
burn was a staff member of the
sports clinic held at the University
of Georgia this summer. She
taught badminton and officiated
in basketball. During August she
was director of the USO at Dallas,
Texas. This fall she will be on
the hockey field and she hopes to
instruct golf later.

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The Agnes Scott News

VOL. XXXI.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1945

NO. 2

Saturday

Black Cat Battle

Campus Night Spot Opens Stunt Night

Seniors Given
10 P. M. Limit

Perhaps the greatest change
that has occurred in social regula-
tion on Agnes Scott campus in the
past years was revealed at a spe-
cial meeting of boarding seniors
Thursday night. Margie Naab,
president of Student Government,
stated that three seniors may go
into Atlanta at night unchaperon-
ed, provided they return by 10
p. m.

The rule which will go into ef-
fect immediately will remain on a
trial basis for this year and if it
proves successful will become per-
manent next year. Other provi-
sions of the regulation state that
transportation must be by street-
cars only. The area which is in-
cluded is metropolitan Atlanta
with the Fox Theater the limit.

Margie stressed the fact that the
time limit will be strictly enforced.
Lateness will result in the regular
campus restriction plus the loss of
the privilege for six weeks.

In the winter quarter of 1942,
" (Continued on Page 4)

First Exhibit
To Feature
Viennese Artist

Dr. Robert Scarf, Viennese lec-
turer and painter, will tell how he
smuggled his etchings out of Ger-
many when he speaks in the art
gallery at 4:30 p. m., Wednesday,
Oct. 16, opening date of the show-
ing of Dr. Scarf's collection of
modern etchings.

Members of the Art Students'
League and their guests are in-
vited.

The group of fifty etchings, lent
to the art department by Dr.
Scarf, constitutes the art depart-
ment's opening exhibit for the
year.

Subjects of the etchings include
Manet's "Au Moulin Rouge," Pi-
casso's "Two Lads," Daumier's
"Pretty Women of Paris," Mat-
tisse's "Dancing Girl at Rest," and
Kollowitz's "Arming in the Vault."

Miss Glick
To Speak

"Conformity and Individualism"
is the topic selected by Miss Kath-
ryn Glick, professor of classical
languages, for her address at the
Mortar Board recognition ser-
vice, Saturday, Oct. 20, in Gaines
Chapel.

The recognition service is an an-
nual program held by HOASC, the
local chapter of Mortar Board, for
the benefit of the student body.
As is customary, some member of
the faculty is invited at this time
to make the formal address. Veer-
ing away from tradition, the
speech this year is not to be lim-
ited to Mortar Board.

Miss Glick will be introduced by
Mortar Board President Maggie
Toole, who will lead the academic
procession. Others in the proces-
sion will be Vicky Alexander, vice
president; Stratton Lee, secre-
tary; Mildred McCain, treasurer;
Jeanne Addison, historian; Sarah
Walker, Margaret Bear, Dorothy
Spragens, Mary Russell, Helen
Roper, and members of the fac-
ulty.

Members are elected from the
junior class during the second
quarter on the basis of three ide-
als service, scholarship, and lead-
ership.

Annual Sets
Photo Plans

Class pictures will be taken for
the Silhouette the last two weeks
of October, although the photogra-
pher has not been definitely select-
ed, Peggy Willmon, editor, reveal-
ed Friday.

Organization and faculty pic-
tures will be made the first part
of November.

The selection of the traditional-
ly secret theme and an early be-
ginning to ad hunting have started
the year's activities. Engraving
will be done by Photo-Process,
Bowen, Long and Young presses.

Aurora Seeks
Universal View

Aurora, the campus literary
magazine, is planning a publica-
tion which will tie up campus life
with world events, it was an-
nounced this week.

In step with the nation-wide re-
construction trend, new features
such as book reviews, debates, il-
lustrated stories, and personal es-
says will be published, staff mem-
bers announced.

Plans for the first issue were dis-
cussed last week, Shirley Graves
Cochran, editor, announced.

Bunny Weems (sr.) is managing
editor while other officers are:
Joan Crangle (sr.), art editor;
Anne Murrell (sr.), poetry editor;
and Mary Cargill (sr.), assistant
editor. Staff members are Ruth
Simpson (sr.), Sophia Pedakis
(jr.), Bet Patterson (jr.), Alice
Davidson (soph.), Ann Page Vio-
lettc (soph.), and Mary Beth Lit-
tle (soph.). Joyce Gilleland is
business manager for the publica-
tion. Jufiiors interested in work-
ing on the staff are asked to
submit their names to Editor
Cochran. One new junior is need-
ed for the staff, the editor an-
nounced.

Think the Chinese and Bel-
gians had all they wanted lor
breakfast this morning"?

Have yon turned in your War
Fund pledge or do you think
the war's over?

See War Fund story, page 3.

Saturday night the victors of
the Black Cat stunt, as well as the
losers, may celebrate at the open-
ing of the Pairadice, junior rec-
reation room in Murphey Candler.
Freshmen are especially invited to
see the night spot of the Agnes
Scott campus.

Caroline Squires, manager of
the Pairadice, announces that
Pairadice has a dozen new and
lively discs, to which all the hep
cats and Black Cats may jitterbug
till their hearts are content. Nat-
urally, there will be a couple of
records for the Sinatra swooners,
too.

There will also be cards and
card tables for the bridge players.
Sandwiches, cokes, crackers, and
potato chips will be sold.

On. the opening night, every
twentieth person who comes in
will be given a FREE coke and
package of crackers!

Pairadice will be open this year
from 9:30 to 10:30 every night.
Juniors have decided to discon-
tinue last year's policy of opening
\u the afternoons.

Under the leadership of Dot
Peace, now president of the junior
class, the popular campus hangout
opened last February. The project
jcnlinued throught the remainder
of last year with sophomores shar-
ing the job of selling. Day stu-
dents were in charge during the
afternoons, while boarders took
over during the evening.

Chi Beta Phi
Elects Members

Eight new members were elect-
ed at the first meeting of Chi Beta
Phi, national honorary science fra-
ternity, Thursday, Oct. 4.

Those elected were Martha Jean
Gower, Helen Currie, Elizabeth
Horn, Margie Naab, Martha Polk,
Doris Street, Bonnie Hope, and
Kathleen Wade.

This group, with the members
elected last spring, will be initiat-
ed at a formal banquet now being
planned.

Each member of Chi Beta Phi
must be a science major and must
have a high scholastic standing.

Officers for this year are Jane
Oatley, president ; Stratton Lee,
vice-president; Jean Stewart, cor-
responding secretary; and Mary
Ann Courtenay, treasurer.

Telephone Duty
Begins Oct. 16

Telephone duty will begin the
night of Tuesday, Oct. 16, the day
the election of proctors is to be
completed. Lower House, under
the leadership of Mary Ann Craig,
will administer the program of tel-
ephone duty as it is scheduled by
the Dean's office.

This program will be synchron-
ized with dining room duty so that
each group will serve in some ca-
pacity for twenty-six days. One
night a week will be assigned to
each girl who will be on duty from
7:15 to 10:15.

Miss Hunter to Represent Frosh;
Sophs Choose S. G. Stukes;
Geo. P. Hayes Elected Jointly

Final preparations are being made today for Saturday
night's annual freshman-sophomore battle to bell the Black
Cat, with dress rehearsals scheduled for tomorrow and Fri-
day.

Lida Walker, sophomore chairman, and Butch Hays,

freshman chairman, this week an- ,

nounced cast members and com-
mittee heads for the two stunts to
be presented in the gymnasium.

Miss Charlotte Hunter, repre-
senting the freshman class; Mr.
S. G. Stukes, elected by the soph-
omores; and George P. Hayes,
elected jointly by both classes,
will judge the contest.

Dress Rehearsal Set

Dress rehearsal for the fresh-
man stunt is slated for tomorrow
night, when several faculty mem-
bers will be present. The same
group will preview the sophomore
skit Friday night.

Betty Blackmon and Virginia
Skinner, freshman cheerleaders,
will be joined Saturday night by
the junior cheerleaders, B. A.
Ziegler and Punky Mattison, in
leading the classes in original
songs and cheers. The freshmen
elected Virginia to replace Joyce
Hale, following her resignation.

Three sophomore and one senior
cheerleader will lead the sister
classes as they cheer for the soph-
omores, since Pudden Bealer, se-
nior cheerleader, cannot be present
at the stunt. Bobby Whipple, Sis-
ter Davis, and Pagie Violette,
sophomores, will lead the cheering
with Rite Watson, senior.

Large Casts Compete

Saturday afternoon each class
will decorate its part of the gym-

Dr. Will Howe
To Speak Here

Dr. Will Howe, former director
of Charles Scribner's Sons Pub-
lishing Company and noted author
and editor, will speak at Agnes
Scott on several occasions this fall.
He is a visiting professer at Emory
for two quarters this year.

Having studied at Butler College
and Harvard, Dr. Howe has been
on the faculties of Butler College,
the University of Indiana and Col-
umbia. He has published several
hooks on literary subjects, the
most recent being "Charles Lamb
and His Friends."

Dr. Howe will speak informally
in the Agnes Scott library on Sun-
day afternoon ,Nov. 11, in connec-
tion with book week. He will also
speajj at other times to be an-
nounced later.

Young Tarzons
Invade Main

Foiled almost before they start-
ed were two young men who at-
tempted Tuesday to reach Miss
tempted to reach third Main via
the fire escape. Betty Bowman
halted their climb, after viewing
it from the Dean's office. The two
gentlemen, boasting about seven
years apiece, are Miss Wilburn's
nephews, seeking her last year's
room.

nasium with its class colors: for
the freshmen, white and gold; for
.the sophomores, blue and white.

Included in the cast of the soph-
omore skit are Elizabeth Dunn,
June Driskill, B. J. Brown, Ruth
Clapp, Mae Comer Osborne, Ann
Elkin, Mary Beth Little, Nancy
Haislip, Ruth Richardson, Harriet
Reid, Mary Byrd Rutledge, Jenny
Wren, Rose Ellen Armstrong, Jean
Bellingrath, and Beth Jones.

Jean Frazer, Nelda Brantley,
Joyce Hale, and Dot Porter are
starring in the freshman bid for
the kitty. Others in the cast are
Mary Jo Simmons, Doris Sullivan,
Betsy Baker, Dot Quillian, Bunny
Brannon, Jean Tollison, Gene
Akin, Nancy Huey, Betty Flan-
ders, Binky Stubbs, Mary Ann
Broun, TDolly Cave, Jo Hanna
Richardson, Dot Morrison, Lorton
Lee, Nancy Dendy, Martha Far-
rell, Martha Goddard, Splinter
Board, Bit Wilson, Evelyn Foster,
Helen Crawford, Adele Lee, and
Sara Bell Rosenberg.

Writers Announced
Members of the writing commit-
tee for the freshmen were Ann
Anderson, Billie Powell, Reese
Newton, Steve Page, Weesie Du-
rant, Easy Beale, and Bobby Cath-
cart. Lou McLaurin, Ginny An-
drews, Alice Davidson, Dabney
Adams, and Margaret Yancey com-
posed the skit to be given by the
sophomores.

Freshman committee heads are."
decorating, Eleanor Bear; scenery,.
Eleanor Compton; and costumes.
Charlsie -Smith.

For the sophomores, Anne Wood-
ward and Nancy Deal head the
decorating committee; Clarkie
Rogers and Betzie Powers, scen-
ery; and Maxine Kickliter, cos-
tumes.

Folio Club Holds
Tryouts Oct. 15-20

The Folio Club met last week to
discuss organization for this year
and their summer writing.

Ginny Andrews, president, ap-
pointed a committee to read the
freshman tryouts for membership
into the club. Tryouts will be held
Oct. 15-22 and they should be sub-
mitted to the English teachers:.

Each candidate for membership
is to sign her entry with a pseudo-
nym. Accompanying this paper
will be an envelope with the per-
son's real name inside and pseudo-
nym outside. If the papers are-
accepted, the committee will open
the envelope and write a welcome
note to the new members. If the
papers are not accepted, the enve-
lopes will be destroyed unopened.
Folio members are looking for-
ward to a large number of new
members.

Page 2

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, OCTOBER 10, 1945

Congratulations

The campus welcomes the opening of Pairadice. The
News congratulates the junior class as last year's sopho-
mores on a splendid job well done. The initiative and the
cooperation taken by the class as a whole proved its ability
to pull together as a complete unit. The presence of "the
miniature co-op" increased campus awareness of the definite
need for such a "rec" room.

For the first time, there was some place to go on campus af-
ter time limit, absorb a different atmosphere, grab a coke
and play a quick hand of bridge in between the lib and the
dorm. This is a definite step towards a much needed, much
longed for, part of campus life more social doings and a more
informal atmosphere within the sheltering arms.

Go to it Juniors. You've done it once, you can do it again
but add an additional step. Make it a campus affair, not the
domain of a few.

Crosscurrents

By Dale Bennett

"Just call me 'Butch'," said blonde, vivacious Mary Hays,
freshman Black Cat stunt chairman. "It's what people always
call me, and I like to be called what they like." Chatting with
"Butch" it's easy to see that people and what they like
are what interest her most.

Coming to Agnes Scott from North Fulton High in Atlanta,
she brings a record of membership^

in the choral club, on the annual
staff, in the National Honor So-
ciety, in the senior play, and the
role of salutatorian for her class.
Here at Agnes Scott "Butch"
plans to major in psychology, with
religious education of young peo-
ple as her objective.

Bfer vital interest in working

with people is also exhibited by

the way she has organized the

freshmen for their work on the

Black Cat stunt. "We've got"

that feeling . . . we're going to

win," she says enthusiastically.

"Everybody's working hard, and

we've got enough pep for two

classes," she adds.
When the fire bell peals forth
around 10 every night in Inman,
theres no rush for the door 'midst
screams of alarm, but only a
march for pep meeting: more of

Butch 's work to spread some of
her enthusiasm to her class. An-
other of her favorite pastimes is
standing in the door of Gaines
Chapel to "get the word around."
The freshmen get first-hand stunt
news via Butch's own grapevine
started here.

In her spare (?) time, "Butch"
says she likes to doodle. She's
taking a practical art course to di-
rect these doodlings into the right
channels, she says hopefully. Evi-
dences of such are her fancy dec-
orations on all bulletin board no-
tices concerning the Black Cat.
She also likes swimming, riding
and "all kinds of sports."

Enthusiasm, interest in people,
and an all round likabilty . . .
these are qualities of "Butch"
Hays. More power to you,
"Butch." Agnes Scott needs gals
like you.

Opera Draws Hottentots

By Doris Kissling

Hottentots saw a first class comedy, full of laughs and
good music, Saturday night when the Georgia Tech Glee
Club under the sponsorship of the Decatur Lions Club pre-
sented the light opera Martha. Walter Herbert directed
the performance which lived up to past work attributed to

Mr. Herbert's initiative and guid- a , , r . . , , . , . .

a fool of himself by his absurb ef-
forts of Iovemaking, and his vain
attempts to maintain the dignity
of his rank. Just as ludicrous
was Johnny Eustis, Tech, who
took the part of the Sheriff of
Richmond. Not only did he pre-
serve law and order and due re-
spect to the Queen, but he was
also the first to become inebriated.

The chorus was well supported
by a 30-piece orchestra, composd
of local professional musicians,
high school students, Tech boys,
and four members from Agnes
Scott Miss Claire Buckmaster,
Verna Weems, Claire Kemper,
and Doris Kissling. Martha
Sunkes, also of Agnes Scott, gave
a fine performance as Molly Pitt,
one of the minor leads of the op-
eratta.

ance.

The leading role, Martha, was
taken by Betty Jo Turner Boone,
ex '48, who gave a brilliant perfor-
mance, which was climaxed by the
song, "Last Rose of Summer."
Hubbard Upchurch, soloist of the
North Avenue Presbyterian
church, played the tenor lead op-
posite Martha. Although he lack-
ed a complete realization of the
part, Mr. Upchurch excelled in his
singing, particularly in the popu-
lar song "Martha." The secondary
leads were taken by Mrs. Alice
Tomlinson, contralto soloist at
North Avenue, and William Dona-
hue Tech student.

IThe comedy was supplied by
Tommy Byerly, Tech, as Sir Tris-
tram, who was continually making

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Thirteen Frosh Sisters Turn
Campus Into Family Affair

By Nellie Scott

Like being pigeon-toed, coming to Agnes Scott seems to
run in the family. Some class periods have practically turn-
ed into family reunions, for out of the hundred and sixty-
one freshmen, thirteen frosh affectionately call some erudite
upperclassmen "sis." Hailing from any thriving metropolis
between Mobile and Minnesota

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these sisters are making a famijy
affair out of this business of edu-
cation.

Take for instance the strange
case of the Lee sisters of Deca-
tur. Freshmen Del and Kay (who
look like twins, but are not) are
often seen with their more dignifi-
ed relative, Anne, a senior. To
make the picture complete, Buzzy
Lee (in grammar school) plays in
the- May Day Dell with Blythe
Posey.

Keep the Tradition

"It's wonderful being with your
sister," says Billie Lowell, who
just had to come here to keep up
that powerful Powell tradition,
carried on by Leila. Sisters Lidie
and Lorton Lee of Atlanta both
have had room-mates from Co-
lumbia, South Carolina vv i t h
French names they never could
quite articulate. Lorton's slight-
ly masculine name arose from
the fact that she was " 'sposed to
be a boy, but didn't quite make
it."

Anne and "Binky" Stubbs from
Emory are also local girls. When
asked how she acquired her euph-
onious nick-name, "Bink$y" re-
torted, "I just picked it up, like
I do lots of things," pointing to
a picture of a "swooningly" hand-
some Navy lad, with eye-lashes
as long as a pine needle.

Reese Newton says she's caught
a passing glimpse of Jane Anne
who always yells, "Hello, cutie."
Jane Anne spends many sleeping
hours pursuing her Tech-nological
studies. Frosh Eleanor Bear sees
Teddy when she comes to borrow
hair shampoo or a sock. "El"
says Miss Agnes is the best col-
lege in the "Sooth." (She means
the South these Virginians!)

Glassell Beall meets "Easy"
every afternoon when "little" sis-
ter hikes up to third Main to
bring Glassy's fan mail. Such
records as "Leave the Dishes in
the Sink, Mama" and "Tico, Tico"
really send the Bealls, and they'd
rather munch a saltine cracker
than eat caviar.

Speaking of Sailing
For the latest information on
sloop-rigs and two-masted yawls,
refer to Grace and Weezie Durant,
who'd rather sail on the Gulf
than chew on a filet mignon.
Speaking of sailing and sailors,
Betsy Deal says sis Nancy has
just received an "eloquent" pic-
ture of one of the Navy's speci-
mens. If any of you Hottentots
"have a way" with the express
agency, please notify Betsy. If
humanly possible, she would like
to have her trunk by Christmas.

It's a good idea for upperclass-
men to have frosh sisters think
Sally Ellis, whose dad sent her
down here to "take care of Kate."
Sally confesses that hers is a big
job, because Kate often "acts up."
Vicky and Tilly Alexander really
don't ever quarrel now that there
are no dishes to wash. At home,
after mealtime, a bloody battle,
accompanied by the flip of a coin,
decides who will be the unlucky
dishwasher.

Agnes Scott is Lacks
If you should hail from Macon,
"Gawgia," no doubt you know the
Winchesters, Laura and Harriotte.
(Just to keep the records straight,
please spell it with an o). When
it comes to the masculine gender.
Harriot te says neither have a "spe-
cific" interest. Just any of the
fifty-seven varieties will do.

Out of the
Woods

By Ann Noell

How many times during the past
three years have we said, to our-
selves or aloud: "When the war's
over, I'm going to ... " have a
radio-phonograph, travel through
through the W r est, wear nothing
but nylon hose, unmentionables,
and all. There are quite a num-
ber of things we have all promised
ourselves, and now the day of
realization is here.
Or is it?

Nation Unprepared

August 14, with its news tre-
mendous in import for every one
of the world's two billion inhabit-
ants, came so suddenly. Ever
since V-E Day in May, we had
been schooling ourselves for a
long-continuing war in the Pa-
cific. Every speaker, news com-
mentator, or returning service-
man, even the magazine ads,
taught that this was no time for
slackening, no time for forgetting
the lessons we had learned so bit-
terly in the awful months of 1942.
Contrary to almost all predictions,
Germany had not cracked until
her own land was destroyed by the
invader, and then it, had been a
gradual crumbling, with first one
army and then another surrender-
ing. The more we learned about
the Japanese, from kamikaze at-
tacks and from men of Bataan and
Corregidor freed in the Philip-
pines, the more we feared that the
war would drag on at least a year
longer. And when the amazing
Japanese offer came on Aug. 12,
we had such a short time to con-
sider all that might be involved.
It's Up to Us

We can never go back to the
status quo ante, and guide books
which have been attempted are
woefully inadequate for the fu-
ture, but now is the time for cou-
rage and audacity. And it isn't a
matter for our elders alone. Pre-
ceding generations may have got-
ten the world into its present
state, but ours is the generation
which will make its future. If
that sounds like an idle platitude,
just stop to consider that most of
us on this campus right now will
be voting in the elections of 1948.
It is up to the rest o us to
know what is going on, to develop
an interest deliberately if we don't
already have one.

'Sideways
Coming in

You may think that the center
of attention at an Inter-Frater-
nity Council dance would be the
orchestra. Or perhaps you are
more interested in the beautiful
evening dresses (you would have
loved the green velvet one drip-
ping with ermines). But neither
Sonny Dunham's solid jive, nor the
exquisite dresses, nor even the
men were the object of attraction
at the IFC last Saturday night.

The spectacular moment came
when the girls and their dates
lined up for the leadout while ap-
proximately 2000 pairs of eyes
were glued on the dance floor. Ev-
ery one was seated in the grand-
stands when the guy who stole the
show strolled nonchalantly onto
the floor.

"It's 'Sideways,' " someone in
the stagline gasped. And yes,
there he was, a mangy little black
and white dog.

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Fund Lagging
With Quarter
Of Pledges In

Only 130 of the 541 Agnes Scott
students had turned in their War
Fund pledges through Oct. 7, Lura
Johnston, War Council treasurer,
announced this week.

Total amount of these pledges
was $625, an average of only $4.81
per student. An average pledge
of $5.00 per person is necessary in
order to raise the $2500 pledged by
the student body to meet pay-
ments to the Red Cross, National
War Fund, and other charities.

Expressing the disappointment
of the Council at the failure of
students to respond to the War
Fund drive, the treasurer assert-
ed: "The need for more money is
greater, now that the formerly oc-
cupied countries are open and
ready for relief."

Students may obtain pledge
cards from Lura Johnston, or may
turn in pledges on notebook paper.
Either should be sent to the War
Fund treasurer through local mail
or dropped in the pledge box in the
mail room.

Anyone wishing to increase a
pledge already submitted to help
bring up the average to a figure
that will insure Agnes Scott's abil-
ity to meet her pledges to the va-
rious charities covered by the
Fund may do so by notifying any
War Council member.

WSSU Task Described

Miss Judith Anderson, regional
secretary of the World Student
Service Union, described the work
of her organization in a chapel
talk Oct. 9, sponsored by War
Council. Last night C. A. pre-
sented Miss Anderson at its cabi-
net meeting, which was open to
the college community.

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When Far From the Reach

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The deserted dorm or Oh, What a Beautiful \Veek-end! That air
of expectancy that pervaded campus last week as well as that Mon-
day morning look told the tale of fun for Miss Agnes' sweet young
things. Grant Field, Emory, Tech, the Paradise Room, the Driving
Field, etc., beckoned and Hottentots with one accord dropped their
books.

* * * * *

... Of Happenings

WE YELLED FOR TECH

Saturday afternoon found most of Agnes Scott at the Notre Dame
game Doris Purcell, Claire Rowe, Jean Chewning, Joyce Gilleland,
June Campbell, Lillian Field, Joan Crangle, Lee Phillips, and about
500 others.

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yyt; danced

With men a dime a dozen (Hey, mister, can you spare a dime?) the
I.F.C. dances were tou jours gaie. At Emory Friday night were Jane
Smith, Polly Grant, Mary Humphries, Lanie Harris, Lou McLaurin,
Mary Jean Sims, Mary Manly, Louise Starr, Jeter Starr, Lou Cun-
ningham, Janet Liddell, Betty Turner, Marty Mizell, Nancy Haislip,
B. J. Brown, Margaret McManus, Mary Jane Fuller, June Thomason,
Dale Bennett, and Cissie Jeffries. Consoling . the Yellow Jackets at
Tech Saturday night were Dootsie Gardner, Carroll Taylor, Steele
Dendy, Charlotte Clarkson, Jane and Jean de Silva, Ruth Blair,
Gloria Anne Melchor, Edna Claire Cunningham, Pudden Bealer, Cile
Gibson, Mary Beth Little, Julia Ann Coleman, Nancy Geer, Sister
Davis, Scotty Johnson, Ruth Ryner, Alice Newman, Mary McCalla,
Mary Frances Anderson, Louisa Aichel, Sweety Calley, Sally Bussey,
Dot Peace, Kate Ellis, Glassell Beale, Dale Bennett, Betty Blackmon,
Bette Jean Ellison, Bunny Brannon, Sally Ellis, and Vellie Knight.

At the ATO house dance: Jane Barker, Nancy Deal, Weesie Durant,
Margaret McManus, and Sue Hutchens. Betty Beddingfield, June Thom-
ason, and Lanie Harris danced with the Phi Delts. Having a wonder-
ful time at the Chi Phi party were Steele Dendy and Mary McConkey.

There were other parties, too. Lucy Turner and Jimmy (just ar-
rived) and Robin and Fred were dancing at the Biltmore Empire
Room, as were Ginny Dickson, Mickey Williams, Phia Pedakis, and
Anne Woodward. Peggy Jones and Bob were seen at the Paradise
Room with Louise Starr and Alice Gordon. Week-end at the Biltmore:
Anne Hightower, Betty Andrews and Libby Woodward. Anne's cousin
George was the center of attraction at the Driving Club Saturday
night.

******

WE TRAVELED

Many left Atlanta for the week-end. Eva Williams and Jane and

Mary Byrd Rutledge saw Navy beat Duke in Durham. Martha Humber

and Charlien Sims went to Dothan. Margaret Kinard preferred

Clemson while Betty Wood and Barbara Kincaid favored Fort Valley

and Moultrie respectively. Caroline Little with Evelyn Rafferty as

her guest, Rebecca Lever; Zollie Ann Saxon, and Anne Kelly, went

home. Janet Liddell visited in Birmingham with guess who.

******

AND THE BOYS CAME HOME

Ann Lee's Floyd. June Irvine, Betty Abernathy, Doris Purcell,
Peggy Jones, Phia Pedakis, Marilyn Bridges, and Betty, Andrews all
had attractive visitors. Tommy Huie, '45, recently married in New
York City and The News extends congratulations. The whole campus
rejoices with the boys who've come home, but especially to Martha
Whatley Yates for George is back after three years overseas.

Concert Mon.
FeaturesOrgcm

Professor C. W. Dieckmann will
present a program of organ music
Monday evening, Oct. 15, at 8 p. m.
in Gaines Chapel. Except for the
duet, featuring Mr. Dieckmann
and Mrs. Betty Hancock Moore,
the entire program will be organ
music.

The program for the musical is
ns follows: Allegro con brio from
Sonata in E minor, Rogers; An-
dante con moto, from Sonata, Wol-
stenholme; Prelude and Fugue, E
minor, Bach; Scherzo, Hoffmann;
Angelus, Renaud; Elfes, Bonnet;
Lo Carillon, Wolstenholme.

Chorale Preludes: "Christ lay in
bonds of death," Bach; "If thou
but suffer God to guide thee,"
Dieckmann; Chorale Prelude on
the tune "St. Theodulph." Dieck-
mann; "Awake! Awake, a voice is
calling," Dieckmann; "Fantasia,"
(piano and organ) Demarest,
Mrs. Betty Hancock Moore and
Mr. Dieckmann.

May Turner, Mary Cargill
and Hertie McAllister of third
floor Rebekah, announce that
they will sell toasted sandwiches
at 15 cents apiece every Sunday
night throujrht the dorms.

Date Book

Thurs., Oct. LI -"Night Must Fall"
at Erlanger at 8:30.
Final Black Cat dress rehearsal
for Frosh.

Pi Alpha Phi meets 7:30 p. m. in
old "Y" Room.

Fri., Oct. 12 Frosh-Jr. and Sr,-
Soph hockey game 4:00.
Final Black Cat dress rehearsal
for Sophs.

Sat, Oct. 13 Black Cat Stunt.
Junior Pairadice opens.

Mon., Oct. 15 Dieckmann orgun
recital in Gaines Chapel at 8:00.
Folio Club try outs start.

Tues., Oct 16 Telephone duty be-
gins.

Dr. Scharf will speak in Art
Gallery at 4:30.

Atlanta Music Club presents
Egon Petri, pianist, at Erlanger.

BOZ Tryouts
For Oct. 20

The members of B. O. Z. and
their acting advisor, Miss El-
len Douglass Leyburn, have decid-
ed that this club will meet every
Friday at 4:30 p. m. At each gath-
ering, at. least three of the mem-
bers will present some original
composition for constructive criti-
cism.

At the first meeting of the club
the members selected Oct. 20 as
the deadline for submitting try-
outs to B. O. Z. All sophomores,
juniors, and seniors are eligible to
try out, and any composition hand-
ed in will be given to Aurora for
consideration.

Book Contest
Opens Again

The Louise McKinney book
award of $25 will again be offered
this year, Miss Janef Preston, head
of the award committee, announc-
ed this week.

The contest is open to all stu-
dents. The minimum collection,
gathered from May, 1945, to May,
1946, must be 15 books. Each en-
trant is judged by a group of mem-
bers of the English faculty on the
intellectual possession of her
books.

Interested students are urged to
begin their collections now in
preparation for this year's judging
in May.

Miss Louise McKinney, profes-
sor emeritus of English, founded
the book award to encourage stu-
dents to possess their own libra-
ries. Marie Beeson (jr.) won the
award last spring.

Petri to Play
Tues. Oct. 16

Egon Petri, Polish pianist who
fled to the United States in 1940,
will be presented by the Atlanta
Music Club, Tuesday, Oct. 16. at
the Erlanger Theatre.

Petri made his first concert ap-
pearance in Holland in 1902. The
artist, taught in England, Belgium,
and Poland during the summers,
touring Europe in the winter.

Blackfriars
Sets Tryouts

The annual fall tryouts for
membership in Blackfriars, dram-
atic society, for sophomores and

upper classmen will be held in the

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old chapel, Wednesday, Oct. 17,
at 5 p. m., it was announced last
Thursday at the club meeting.

The tryouts will constitute the
regular meeting and all old mem-
bers are requested to be present.
A list of the plays which can be
used for trying out has been post-
ed on the back bulletin board in
Buttrick Hall.

Initiation will be Nov. 1, fol-
lowed by a party and a visit to the
rehearsal of the fall play which
will be in production at that time.

"The Feast of the Holy Inno-
cents," by Samuel Olsley, high-
lighted the program last Thursday
with Ruth Clapp, Minnie Hamil-
ton, Bobbie Coith, Betty Jean
Brown, and Grace Durant com-
posing the cast. Eleanor Reynolds
was elected program chairman at
the meeting.

An announcement of the play to
be presented Nov. 21, the Wednes-
day before Thanksgiving, will be
released in the near future.

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ATHLETES

FEATS

FUTH RYNER

Things are "bursting out all
over" around the gym after an-
other week of tangy fall air and
Hottentots bashing about getting
even more into the spirit of
things.

'Course the main interest last
week was the Tech-Notre Dame
game and it's a nice bet that those
kids who weren't braving the mis-
ty air cheering from behind the
goal posts were at school glued to
the radio getting a play by play
description of that one and others
-probably from the home state.
It's good to note here, however,
that we do have a sports program
of our own and a full one at that.
Sisters to Clash Fri.

First, here's the latest word on
hockey. Practices have been go-
ing strong for over a week now
and with the sophs and seniors go-
ing up against the frosh and ju-
niors in that annual pre-Black Cat
stunt game Friday we should get a
real taste of what's coming this
fall. The senior champs are in
there plugging and the frosh seem
enthusiastic but predictions will
be more in order after Friday. Ad-
ded Attraction: 'Tis said that Mol-
ly Milam, last year's Student Gov-
ernment president and physical
education teacher at NAPS this
year, will be on hand to referee.

Swimming Club has already
been on the go making plans for
the pageant to be held probably
on Nov. 29. Practices are start-
ing in this week and "Scotty"
Scott, swimming manager, has is-
sued the plea for all, students who
would be interested'in working on
the pageant to see her or Miss
Ames immediately to arrange a
try-out. This applies especially to
freshmen!

Calling All Bowlers!

A poll will be taken in chapel
Thursday to see who's interested
in starting a bowling club on cam-
pus. If you're interested, sign
your name to a little white slip
and hand it in. It's a great idea.

Gene Goode is the newly elected
riding manager on A. A. board.
Congratulations to her from all
of us.

Keep Oct. 20 in mind as the date
of A. A. "Sports Night." It's Sat-
urday night week, so be on the
look-out for more plans to be an-
nounced. Fun's 'a brewin'.

"Scotty" Johnson, tennis mana-
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Dale Bennett, and Sweetie Calley.

Dancers to
Meet Oct. 11

A new dance group under the
direction of Miss Eugenie Dozier
will be formed here on campus
Thursday evening at 7:30 in Mur-
phey Candler. The group for ad-
vanced students will be allowed
experimentation in the choice of
their numbers and later may do
some creative work of their own.

The group will first execute the
ballet "Les Sylphides," with cho-
reography by Michael Fokine.
They are expected to present a re-
cital sometime winter quarter.

Members of the group include:
Dale Bennett, Dootsy Gardner,
Ellen Rosenblatt, Anne Murrell,
Eleanor Reynolds, Eleanor Calley,
Martha Jean Gower, Mrs. Marion
Leathers Daniel, Virginia Dickson,
Mynelle Grove, and Peggy Will-
mon.

Winter quarter last year, the
dance group under the direction of
Mrs. Harriette Haynes Lapp pre-
sented to the college community
a recital including a series of ten
dances.

Chapel Programs

Highlight

C. A/s Theme

During CA Week, Oct. 3-5, mem-
bers of Christian Association im-
pressed the students and faculty
with the vitalization of its work
on campus, in the community, and
over the world.

Highlighting CA Week was Miss
Louise Hale's talk on the theme
"Guard what has been entrusted
to you." (I Tim. 6:20). Miss Hale
stated that for peace and brother-
hood among nations each individu-
al should think of the world as "my
world." Problems among nations
are personal problems. Our per-
sonal Christian responsibility is to
help Europe and to make educa-
tion. Christian education. As in
the time of Timothy the Christian
need is great and we should accept
the responsibility that has been
entrusted to us to fulfill that need.

up to sign up for the doubles tour-
nament which will be under way
'fore you know it. Lists have been
posted in Buttrick and in the gym
so grab a pardner and add yer
name.

Hitting the dead line now but
here's one last passing thought
Don't throw those Blue Horse
wrappers away but stop and think.
They're even more valuable than
Octagon soap wrappers or
Wheatie box tops save 'em for
A. A.!

Poetry Tryouts
To Be Octl 5-24

Poetry' Club has announced that
sophomores and upperclassmen
will be given an opportunity to try
out Oct. 15-24 for membership in
the group.

Those interested may turn in
two or more poems to any of the
members or send them through
th<? local mail to Anne Murrell,
president, or Jean Fuller, secre-
tary.

At a recent meeting, held at the
home of Miss Emma May Laney,
faculty advisor, the club made
plans to read and discuss the poe-
try of Edna St. Vincent Millay,
who will lecture here later this
year.

Members of the club include
Ruth Simpson, Verna Weems, Sa-
ra Jean Clark, Mary Beth Little,
and Virginia Andrews.

Faculty Bacon Bat
Scheduled Oct. 20

Invitations are out this week for
the Faculty Bacon Bat, annual off-
the-record get-together of mem-
bers of the faculty and their fam-
ilies. This year's party will be at
Harrison Hut Oct. 20, it was an-
nounced Tuesday following a meet-
ing of . those in charge.

Traditionally, members of the
faculty of one year's standing are
hosts for the evening. This year's
Bacon Bat is to be given by Miss
Virginia Humphries, Miss Barbara
Ames, Dr. Margaret Burns, Miss
Margaret Trotter, Miss Martha
Ray Lasseter, Mrs. Martha Aiken
Pendegrast, and Miss Elizabeth
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Upper Classes
Name

New Proctors

Lower house members from the
sophomore, junior and senior
classes have completed a week of
duty as proctors in the dormito-
ries, following their election Tues-
day, Oct. 2.

Freshmen will nominate their
representatives Tuesday, Oct. 16,
and will hold elections the follow-
ing day. Installation of the entire
lower house is scheduled for the
Chapel period Thursday, Oct. 18.

New members, excluding fresh-
men, are Eleanor Davis, Ann Ez-
zard, Gloria Gaines, Louise Hoyt,
Martha Humber, Beth Jones, An-
nette Neville, Mae Conner Os-
borne, Peggy 'Perez, Harriet Reid,
Mary Byrd Rutledge, Frances
Sholes, Rite Watson, and Jean
Williams.

Day student representatives are
Margaret Yancey, sophomore;
Charlotte Clarkson, junior; and
Martha Sunkes, senior.

Physics Contest
Open to Students

The physics department announ-
ces a contest involving the solution
of a problem in electricity. The
prize will be 25 cents for each term
found by students entering.

The problem is: find the value of
the series:

2 N

2 N . N

N has the even values 2, 4, 6, 8, 10.
. ... to infinity. Thus the series
begins:

1 1 1 ...

2 12 135

The computation of these terms
must be checked by numerous in-
dependent calculators to insure re-
liability; therefore the physics de-
partment asks that all students in-
terested begin work immediately.
The contest will close on Decem-
ber 31, 1945.

Thomas to Talk
To Art League

Howard Thomas, head of the arr
department for 1943-45, is one of
a group of speakers scheduled to
speak to members of the Art Stu-
dent's League, Peggy Pat Home,
newly-elected president, announc-
ed this week.

At the first meeting of the year,.
Thursday, Oct. 4, plans were laid
for a series of lectures by persons
especially grounded in sculpture,
ceramics, clothes designing, arche-
ology, art history, and garden
planning. Speakers are to bet
chosen from southern colleges.

Mr. Thomas is now with the
University of Georgia department
of art.

Other officers elected at the
meeting were Dot DeVane, vice-
president, and Harding RaglandL
secretary- treasurer. Meetings will
be held at 4:30 p. m. the second
Tuesday of each month.

SENIORS

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the streetcar or busses. Last year,
the ruling which was passed in the
spring of 1944, was put into effect
when five juniors were allowed to
go into Decatur to the picture
show after time limit. This year,
five juniors or seniors, or five soph-
omores and seniors may go to foot-
ball games or church in Decatur
after time limit.

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The Agnes Scott News

VOLUME XXXI.

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1945

NUMBER 3

Ten Named to Represent
College in Who's Who

Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and
Colleges announces the selection of ten Agnes Scott seniors
whose biographies will appear in the 19,45-1946 edition of the
publication.

The following girls, selected by the senior class on a basis
of character, scholarship and lead-

ership in extra-curricular activi-
ties, and potentiality for future
usefulness to -business and society,
will represent Agnes Scott in the
directory. Listed also are the
main activities of the student since
entering college.

(1) Vicky Alexander, treasurer
freshman Bible class, secretary
senior class, Chi Beta Phi, presi-
dent Outing Club, Mortar Board,
house president Inman dormitory.

(2) Martha Baker, advertising
manager Silhouette, copy editor
News, editor of News.

(3) Teddy Bear, president Fresh-
man Cabinet, News, May Court,
secretary Christian Association,
Mortar Board, vice president
Christian Association.

(4) Marjorie Naab, secretary
freshman class, student recorder
for student government, Mortar
Board, president student govern-
ment.

(5) Blitz Roper, chairman lower
house, Chi Beta Phi, Mortar
Board, president senior class.

(6) Mary Russell, News, Chris-
tian Association cabinet, Intercol-
legiate Forum, Mortar Board,
vice president student govern-
ment.

(7) Betty Long Sale, French
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Mortar Board
To Sponsor
New Group

A new Social Standards Com-
mittee for the improvement of so-
cial activities on campus is the
highlight of Mortar Board plans
for the year. The committee will
begin its functions at once.

Beginning Sunday night, Oct.
21, the committee will sponsor an
open house in Murphey Candler
from 7:30 till 10 p. m. The entire
campus will be invited, including
girls with dates. Seniors 1 will act
as hostesses, and activities will
include corn popping and cooking,
with games, magazines, tea and
cookies supplied by Mortar Board.
During the year the Social Stand-
ards Committee plans to improve
the equipment in Murphey Cand-
ler, and to increase the number
of social functions on campus.

Those selected by Mortar Board
for the committee are: seniors,
Lucy Turner, chairman; Rite Wat-
son, Gloria Anne Melchor; juniors,
Nina Owens, Margaret McManus,
Polly Grant; sophomores, Mary
Manly, Sally Bussey.

THE PRELUDES Frosh can-can girls lay the setting for their skit, "The Forty-Niners" as they sing
to the tune of "Clementine." Super-trustees of years hence discuss the conditions of Jones Hall.

Fund Pledges Short of Goal;
Freshmen Ahead With $358

With pledges totaling less than one-half the promised
amount of $2500.00, war fund had tallied only $1219.20 at
the end of the week. Two hundred fifty-four girls, out of an
enrollment of 541, made pledges. The average amount given
was $4.80.

Freshmen with 165 members in their class led the other
classes with 76 pledges totaling
$358.80. Fifty-nine members of
the junior class of 125 girls prom-
ised $299.30 during the year. One-
half the senior class of 120 pledged
$281.10. The sophomore class of
125 girls made 59 pledges amount-
ing to $280.00.

War Council members plan to
make up the deficit of $1280.80 by
calls and notes to students who
have failed to make pledges. Lura
Johnston, War Council treasurer
has pledge cards and may be
reached with late pledges through
the local mail.

Is Your Mind
Campused?

The Nous questions you, the
Agnes Scott student*

1. What to do about the
Atomic bomb?

2. What sort of wage policy
should we develop?

3. What is back of the labor
disturbances?

4. Oan you pass judgment
farily on the part we should
play in fulfilling the need of
food in Europe?

Mortar Board
To Present
Service Sat.

The local chapter of Mortar
Board, national honor society, will
hold its annual recognition serv-
ice Saturday, at 10:30 a. m., Mag-
gie Toole, president, stated today.

The recognition service is held
each year for restating Mortar
Board aims and services. Miss
Kathryn Glick, professor of clas-
sical languages, will speak at this
time.

Miss Glick will be introduced
by Maggie who will preside
throughout the program. Mortar
Board members will march in aca-
demic procession.

Mortar Board President Toole
will lead the procession. Others
will be Vicky Alexander, vice pres-
ident; Stratton Lee, secretary;
Mildred McCain, treasurer; Jeanne
Addison, historian; Sarah Walker,
Margaret Bear, Dorothy Spragens,
Mary Russell, Helen Roper, and
members of the faculty.

Tucker Brooke
Lectures Here n . "

Oct 22 -23 Be " Km g s * or bophs

Frosh Spirit Unbowed;

The first visiting lecturer of the
year will be Tucker Brooke, dis-
tinguished professor of English at
Yale University, who will be on
the Agnes Scott campus Monday
and Tuesday, Oct. 22 and 23, for
a series of three lectures.

Mr. Brooke will speak Monday
at 8:30 in Gaines Auditorium on
Shakespeare. Tuesday he will dis-
cuss Queen Elizabeth, during
chapel period, and at 4:45 in Mac-
lean auditorium he will speak on
Christopher Marlowe.

Following the lecture Monday
night, there will be a reception in
Rebekah Scott lobby when stu-
dents will have the opportunity
of meeting Mr. Brooke.

Mr. Brooke is Sterling Professor
of English at Yale, and a fellow
of Calhoun college at the same
university. He was the first
Rhodes Scholar from West Vir-
ginia, graduating from Oxford
University with first class honors,
and has been an exchange profes-
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Record Crowd Attends
Gala Pairadice Opening

By Alice Beardsley, Staff Writer

As soft voices and the melodious strains of "Gotta Be This
or That" drifted down from the Pairadice Saturday evening,
stunt-goers listened below its windows and decided to an-
swer the invitation extended to all the weary to come to
Pairadice for the companionship of jive jumpers, bridge ad-
dicts and coke guzzlers who greet-

For the second consecutive year the Class of '48 copped
top honors at the Black Cat Stunt Saturday night, adding
the fourth gold bell to the Cat's collection in the thirty-year
history of the Stunt.
The winning skit, "Rat-ical Futurum," presented by the

sophomores, was a preview of 48th
Century life at Agnes Scott. The
freshman class of '49 presented
"The Forty-Niners," a barroom
skit flashing back nearly a hun-
dred years.

George P. Hayes, joint judge,
presented the Black Cat to Lida
Walker, sophomore stunt chair-
man. Other judges were Miss
Charlotte Hunter, elected by the
freshmen, and S. G. Stukes, sopho-
more judge.

Sophomore cheerleaders were
Pagie Violette, Sister Davis, and
Bobbie Whipple, aided by senior
cheerleader Rite Watson.

Sophomore committee heads
working with Chairman Walker
were Anne Woodward and Nancy
Deal, decorating: Clarkie Rogers
and Betzie Powers, scenery; and
Maxine Kickliter, costumes. Prom-
inent in the skit were Ruth Rich-
ardson, Harriet Reid, Ruth Clapp,
and Mary Byrd Rutledge.

The sophomore class presented
a corsage of gardenias to Lida
Walker, sophomore chairman. To
Mary Hays, freshman chairman,,
the class gave a box of candy.

The freshman gift to Lida was^
also a box of candy, while the class
gave its chairman, Mary, a sheath
of yellow roses.

Blackfriars Hold
Tryouts for Play

On^ Nov. 21, Blackfriars will
present the comedy, Pride and
Prejudice, as their major produc-
tion for the fall quarter. This
play had a long run on both the
London stage and on Broadway.
Blackfriars will use a special ar-
rangement of Helen Jerome's
adaptation of the play for their
production.

Any member of Blackfriars may
try out for a part in the cast of
eleven men and seven women on
Thursday afternoon, Oct. 18, and
Friday afternoon and night, Oct.
19.

ed the fatigued traveler within the
doorway.

Situated in the midst of the Ag-
nes Scott campus, Pairdice is a
part of the top floor of Murphey
Candler. Under the supervision of
Caroline Squires, (jr.), the night
spot opened Saturday for its sec-
ond consecutive season with a rec-
ord attendance of two hundred and
sixty-seven students and uncount-
ed numbers of families and gentle-
men visitors.

As a special attraction, the man-
agement offered each twentieth
visitor a free coke. This offer
caused several students to aban-
don the honor system temporarily,
in order to stand at the foot of
the stairs counting. The plan, it

seems, was to slip in the proces-
sion after number nineteen.

Number twenties include: Mil-
dred McCain, Gene Goode, Edith
Stovve, Jeanne Hale, Evelyn Hill,
Evelyn Phillips, Susan Neville,
Jean Williams, Virginia Tucker,
Ann Elcan, Vickie Alexander, Lou
McLaurin.

Caroline states that although
the net profit has not been calcu-
lated, the enterprise, with a $30.00
Saturday intake, indicates a future
of complete financial stability.

The management, the junior
class, urges all who need relaxa-
tion from 9:30 to 10:30, all who
find the entanglements of life
burdensome, to come to Pairadice
where, meeting you at the door-
way will be new life, new vigor
and a new Pairadice.

Student Body
Votes Budget

The 1945-46 student budget rec-
ommended by the budget com-
mittee was adopted by the student
body in chapel Thursday. The
committee, headed by the student
treasurer and including campus
treasurers, business managers, and
the student recorder, agreed to
recommend a budget slightly re-
vised from last year's distribution
of funds. Following is the revised
budget, showing percentages of
the total student government funds,
available to each organization.
1945 1945-46

Aurora 9% . . . . 8

Student Gov'ment. 5% 5

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1945

Agnes Scott's Fable

Once there was a mud turtle who was at peace with the
world. He spent his life lumbering along or else withdrawn
in his shell, until one day a six-year-old with a magnifying
glass found him. The six-year-old put the turtle in the sun
and held the glass over his brown and yellow back until he
extended his neck and legs and ran for the shade.

The incident brings to mind a comparison with the girls
who have failed to make a pledge to the war fund, or who
have failed to realize that a pledge of three dollars or less
must be apportioned between the Red Cross, Disabled Amer-
ican Veterans, World Student Service Fund, and United
Community and War Fund with its three different agencies.
Coming from a girl who is able to contribute much more,
such a pledge is ludicrous.

The time has come to cease speaking in generalities. Such
expressions as "we must shoulder our postwar responsibili-
ties and march to everlasting peace" have had no effect on
the campus crowd. Perhaps examples in primer style will.

The turtles who were burned by the war emerged enough
to give it time, money, and thought. They knitted socks,
were blood donors, and kept up with current events because
they had a personal interest in people taking part in the
"battle of the bulge" or on Saipan beachheads. Now ,that
their men are home or at least are out of danger the girls
have withdrawn in their shells and have made for the shade.
Here is where the far-fetched case of the turtle leaves
the example of the college. The turtle would be stupid to
remain under a glass in the sun; the college woman is not
justified in losing the alertness which was aroused by the
war. War fund pledges are the first contribution the college
crowd is privileged to make for peace. N.F.

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One World-Our World?

It has been six months since April 12. With each passing
months, some astounding event in world history has been
chalked up. There was the San Francisco Conference. Truman
met at Potsdam with Stalin, Atlee and Churchill. Two atomic
bombs devastated Jap territory and shook the rest of man-
kind with repercussions of what can result from atomic
energy. Russia entered the Japanese phase of the war. In-
crediblely, V-J Day really happened. Only two weeks ago,
the London Conference of Foreign Ministers broke up in
failure.

Each passing day sees history in the making. From every
direction evidence shows that as the college students of to-
day the citizens of tomorrow we should know just what
is happening.

Our bright postwar world is mortgaged mortgaged with
denunciations of failures of the past generation mortgaged
by promises of what we're going to do. The postwar world is
upon us. Only action will pay off the debt and give us the
world we want. Before action comes preparation. We are
"involved in mankind." Pick up the challenge which has
been given. Willkie called it "One World" but can we make
it our world?

Policy

The News takes time out as it marches forward newsbound
to restate its policy.

Accuracy and dependability rank high as essentials of The
News. Complete and unbiased coverage is a necessary re-
quisite. The News asks for the frank opinion of the student
body when it does not measure up to the standard any paper
should reach.

Mistakes have been made. In each instance the mistakes
have not been intentional. The News censures itself.

The News intends to cover the campus, link up the college
world with the outside world, to interest and stimulate the
student body. You make the news we give the news. To-
gether we are as one the voice of the campus.

Nice Going

To the freshmen and the sophomores alike, The News says
nice going! "Some got to win; some got to lose" but in los-
ing something is gained and in winning, something has been
proved.

The purpose of the past two weeks was culminated and the
atmosphere set for the coming year for the two classes. Nice
going, winners nice going, losers.

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Crosscurrents About
Ruth Richardson

By Joanne Benton

Maybe it's because she doesn't do things the ordinary way,
or for ordinary reasons. Maybe it's because she makes up her
own mind. At any rate, Ruth Richardson has more construc-
tive interest in more different things than almost anyone else
on campus.

For instance, Ruth sings, as no
one who saw the sophomore stunt
last Saturday night is likely to
forget. But she's never had a les-
spn; her first experience with
producing such songs as "Chloe"
was at camp several summers ago.
Exasperated by a fellow camper
who aspired to the Nelson Eddy
school, Ruth, gave forth with a
brief but effective imitation. From
that moment she has been asked
to sing in her own special way
at all sorts of gatherings, with
the stunt as her latest contribu-
tion to the musical world.

Even Ruth's town, Black Moun-
tain, N. C, is different. Come last
elections, the vote for mayor was
tied neatly with all voters of the
800 population accounted for. The
city fathers settled the matter in
no time by flipping a coin!
Ambitions Named

Ruth hopes to become a medical
missionary, perhaps in China. To-
ward that goal she plans to major
either chemistry or biology at Ag-
nes Scott before entering medical
school.

Doing all the dirty work and
loving it, Ruth worked last sum-
mer as a nurse's helper at a tu-
berculosis sanatorium in Black
Mountain. Watching three opera-
tions were the high points of the
summer.

Three labs a week leave very
little chance for Ruth to spend
time in one of her favorite ways
reading. It seems that since she
was four she has devoured every
book she could find, which ac-
counts for her famous ability to
quote passages from any classic
mentioned. But with her usual
modesty she gives the credit to
her high school English teacher.
Baby of the Family

Though she can talk about al-
most anything, it is easy to see
that Ruth's very favorite topic is
her family, including three big
brothers and big sister. One bro-
ther is in France; another will

graudate from medical school at
Winston-Salem in March I and the
third is the author of the play,
"Dark of the Moon," now starting
its second year on Broadway. Her
sister Mary graduated from Agnes
Scott in 1936.

At Ruth's school in Montreat
she was president of her senior
class, star of the senior play, and
sole winner of the school's medal
for high grades. (Ruth doesn't talk
about all this; her friends on third
Rebekah who "knew her when"
slipped it in when she wasn't lis-
tening.)

Active on Campus

Here at Agnes Scott Ruth is
treasurer of the campus Baptist
Student Union. She takes piano
and hopes to learn organ; her oth-
er ambitions are to learn to ride
and to attain absolute pitch. Fav-
orite sport is swimming favorite
music, good jazz, but "not (with
gestures) just banging on a drum."

Her favorite radio program is
"It Pays to Be Ignorant."

"I just hate to hear the Quiz
Kids," Ruth said. "They make me
feel so inferior."

Ruth's great charm is the warm-
hearted, sincere interest in people,
life, and ideas that's behind that
shy smile and quiet voice. She
ought to make a good doctor and
a fine missionery; she certainly
makes a swell Agnes Scotter.

Mrs. Lewis Johnson, who has
been ill for the past weeks at
tho Emory Hospital is now back
at her home, 115 Ansley place.

By Ann Seitzinger

All the hustle and bustle is
over, only the mental muscle re-
mains.

The time has come to tear
one's self away from the com-
mitter meetings that are plan-
ning for taller grass on the
quadrangle and bury oneself in
either the science hall or li-
brary.

Now is the time to stop posing:
for the benefit of our newer
comrades, and be one, so to
speak, with the books.

That is all the preliminary
work save one thing.

I can tell you of a certain
group who are s^ill "getting
ready to begin to commence."

The quarter may soon close
and I wager they'll still be in
process of beginning. When
Santa's sleigh is perched on the
Main tower this group will
be calibrating and not celebrat-
ing! You can spot them by their
weighing-room eyes.

Slowly and bit by bit the day
student rooms are putting on a
bright face for '46. They're
hoping for big things in bridge
hands and rugs this year.

You stay-at-homes here on
campus will have to stick your
noses in and say "Hi" one of
these days. We might even al-
low you to enter into a bridge
game.

My life is so much simpler
now that I'm a Boarder, I). S.
S. S. (day student still some-
times).

There are day students who
only stay out here their allotted
twelve hours a day. Then there
are those who live in Atlanta
or Decatur only w hen no one oi-
lers a bed in Rebekah.

They laughed when I moved
Into 72's annex, namely Soozi's
bed they didn't know 1 had
come to stay till June '45 or
whatever year it will be when I
manage to get those few neces-
sary hours.

Sally Boo and I have a race
on to see who can stay here the
longest without losing our day
student standing among that
elite group.

Gas rationing has brought
more cars to the campus this
year. Some students though still
take to those street cars. Blue
Horse and her fellow bikes are
much in demand these days too!

Might as well close this jab-
bering no one has had time to
read this far, not because this
is bad (I flatter myself) but be-
cause a cat (not another gal,
though), has monopolized their
attention for the last two weeks,

The following are corrections
from the Oct. 10 issue of The
Xews :

The first art exhibit opened
Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 4:30 p. ra.,
in the art gallery.

B O Z meets every third Fri-
day.

In the physics contest, the
prize will be 25 cents a term to
the student who finds the larg-
est number of terms.

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Club

Tryoats

Cotillion Club

Tryouts for membership in Co-
tillion club will be held Wednes-
day and Thursday, Oct. 17 and 18
from 4:30-5:30 p. m. in Murhpey
Candler. All members of the stu-
dent body including freshmen are
eligible to try out.

Peggy Jones, president of Cotil-
lion club, said the prospective
members will be judged on per-
sonal appearance, personality,
dancing ability, and poise. She
urged that all girls who are in-
terested come for an hour on eith-
er date.

Spanish Club

Six new members have been
elected to the Spanish club on the
basis of tryouts recently complet-
ed. Mildred Claire Jones, Harriet
Gregory, Liz Jackson, Susan Ne-
ville, Peggy Pirtle, and Tattie Mae
Williams qualified for membership
by memorizing and singing, "El
Rancho Grande," giving readings
from Spanish plays, and talking
in Spanish with Spanish club of-
ficers.

The new members will be hon-
ored by a picnic at Harrison Hut,
the date to be announced later.
Sponsored by the Spanish depart-
ment faculty members, Miss Mu-
riel Ham, Mrs. Florence J. Dun-
stan, Miss Melissa Cilley, and Miss
Margaret Buckner, the Spanish
club meets once a month. Officers
are Bettye Smith, president; Joan
Crangle, vice president; and Helen
Pope, secretary.

Poetry Club

Tryouts for Poetry club began
last Monday and will last through
Wednesday, Oct. 24. Any sopho-
more or upperclassman who is in-
terested in becoming a member of
the club may try out by handing
in two poems to a club member or
sending them by local mail to
either Anne Murrell or Jean Full-
er, president and secretary of the
group. 0 i

Blackfriars

The annual tryouts for mem-
bership in Blackfriars are to be
held this afternoon, Oct. 17, in
the old chapel at 5 o'clock.

ETA SIGMA PHI
INITIATES MEMBERS

Eta Sigma Phi, national honor-
ary classical society, initiated
eight new members Monday at 5
p. m. in the day student room in
Main.

New members taken in on the
basis of scholarship and interest
in the classics, included: Janie
Coith, Angela Pardington, Marian-
na Hollandsworth, Sophia Peda-
kis, Margaret Yancey, Adele Dieck-
mann, Ruth Glindmeyer, and Alice
Davidson. Old members include
Maggie Toole, Jane Smith, Eliza-
beth Osborne, and Mary Cargill,
president. Miss Kathryn Glick,
professor of classical languages, is
faculty advisor.

A regular meeting of the group
will be held in two weeks, it was
announced by the club president.

THE THREE MICE They paraded and jeered and pestered all the
girls of Jones Hall. Even the atomic bubbles had no effect, but the
sophomores conquered, mice and all.

Class of '48 Wins Cat
Second Consecutive Year

By Betty Allen

The Black Cat Stunt, "Battle of the Classes," has come and

gone. Saturday night at 8 p. m. Bucher Scott gym fairly shook
with the cheering and singing of the frosh and sophs.

For the two weeks previous to the Stunt the two rivals
had been meeting behind closed

doors, carrying on secretive din-
ner table conversations, yelling
"Pep meeting 10:15 p. m.," and
furiously pouring over scripts.

The final decision, based on
scenery, costumes, singing and
cheering, and the stunt itself, was
a close one. The spohomores, how-
ever, captured the kitty for the
second consecutive year, thus
hanging a gold bell around its
neck the fourth time in 30 years.
"Some gotta win, some gotta lose"
proved the good sportsmanship of
that junior-freshman combination
indomitable in spirit at least.

The gym was gaily bedecked in
yellow and white, the freshman
colors, and the soph's black and
red. Ingenuity had "star billing"
in the frosh and soph motifs es-
pecially in the soph "seeing eye"
cat and the freshman kitty bal-
loons.

The two classes and their big sis-
continued from Page 1)

Student Body

A. S. News 12 ... .12

Pi Alhpa Phi 2^4.... 3%

Silhouette 37 38

A. A 3% 3Yz

C. A 1 .... 1

Mortar Board .... 2% .... 2*4

Lecture Assoc 14 ... .14

Handbook 2% 3y 2

Blackfriars 2% 2Y 2

May Day 2% 2V 2

Int. Rel V 2 . . . . %

Glee Club % . . . . %

Reserve 4 . . . . 3

ters, led by those vivacious cheer
leaders, displayed that character-
istic Hottentot PEP in their cheer-
ing and singing.

Looking back a century, the
freshmen chose as their theme the
"Forty-Eighth Century" sopho-
mores predicted, for the Forty
Eighth Century, a landing strip
for day students and a plastic hoc-
key field. Laughs were the order
of the day during both stunts.

Bustles, boots, and breeches
characterized the "Forty-Niner"
frosh while the ultra modern
"Forty Eighth Century" sopho-
mores were clad in streamlined
fashion.

The mood of both stunts was set
by their scenery. The freshman
back drop of the bartender pour-
ing pink lemonade was especially
good. The sophomore's elevator
and the huge rat hole gave the
needed atmosphere for their play.

Outstanding in the freshman cast
was Bunny Brannon, as sheriff.
Ruth Richardson, sophomore own-
er of the cat who for the first time
in history of Walt Disney got
the best of the rat, made a big hit
with the audience.

Every one looks back on Sat-
urday night with pleasure. It was
worth the "blood, sweat and tears"
which went to make both stunts
what they were, and so 'til next
October, let's remember
"Some gotta win, some gotta lose,
There'll be another year for the

Black Cat to choose."

OFF THE RECORD TO YOU . . .

Come everything fro/// Boogie to Beethoven! Come on down to
Rich's. Listen and make your selection from the gobs of
records in . . .

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A. A. A A A A

Emory C. A.
Gives Forum

Problems confronting the world
today will be discussed at a series
of weekly forums during the fall
quarter on human relations spon-
sored by the Emory Christian As-
sociation at 8:30 p. m. Sunday eve-
nings at the Glenn Memorial
Church School building.

War Council urges that Agnes
Scott students attend these forums
on current day issues.

The next forum, Oct. 28, will
be led by Miss Lucy Randolph
Mason and will have for a subject,
"Labor and the Peace." Miss Ma-
son is public relations representa-
tive in the south for the Congress
of Industrial Organizations.

On Nov. 18, Alexander F. Miller,
Southeastern Regional Director of
the Anti-Defamation League of
B'nai B'rith, will discuss the pos-
sibility of Fascism achieving pow-
er in this country. His talk is
titled, "Can It Happen Here?"

Four Emory University students
will conduct a panel Dec. 9 on
"The College Student's Social Re-
sponsibility." The discussion will
include a resume of the preced-
ing forums and will discuss a pro-
gram of action that can be initi-
ated to make sure that democracy
will continue as the American phil-
osophy.

Professor John A. Griffin, of
Emory, will serve as moderator at
all the forums.

JAMES MELTON
OPENS SERIES

The All Star Concert Series op-
ens its 1945-46 season with James
Melton, tenor, who will sing at
8:15 p. m. tomorrow at the Atlan-
ta Municipal auditorium.

Born in Moultrie, Georgia, his
boyhood was spent in this state.
While a student of law at the Uni-
versity of Florida, he sang in the
glee club and played saxaphone
in the college band. It was at the
advice of the college president that
he turned all his attention to a
musical career. He transferred to
Vanderbilt University in Nash-
ville in order to study under the
famous teacher, Gaetano de Luca.

After many unsuccessful at-
tempts with the New York book-
ing agents, he staged an improm-
tu tryout in the Roxy theatre and
was immediately given a contract,
eventually to the opera.

His program is a varied one, of-
fering selections of Handel,
Brahms, Arensky, Delibes, and De-
bussy.

G. Ray Jordan
To Speak Nov. 4

G. Ray Jordan, professor of
homiletics of the Candler School
of Theology, Emory University,
mil speak at Investiture Sunday,
Nov. 4, Blitz Roper, senior class
president, announced today.

SOUTHERN
DAIRIES

Delicious

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CREAM

Supervised by Sealtest

DieticiansDraw
Long Food Line

By Doris Kissling

Flash ... a new addition has
been made to the kitchen . . .
another Kitchin (Miss Florence)
and Miss Mary Anne Lambert,
both dietitians. First-hand rumor
has it that they have really made
a dining room line a line worth
waiting in. In fact the story goes
that one pour soul got so excited
seeing the array of good food that
she accidentally dropped a full tray
on the floor.

Then there is the new policy
of serving no butter at some
meals. Many hottentots report
their appetite for bread has al-
most vanished. How nice it
seems that all those clothes
packed away from freshmen
years can now be squeezed into:

The "no-seconds" board has also
had a good effect on many. The
new. dietetic theory: Anyone able
to eat ALL the food on their tray
the first time and still want more
must really need food. Anyone
who cleans her plate of everything
is entitled to all the seconds she
wants.

Besides the food, there are
the improved looks of the din-
ing room. A new coat of paint
and now curtains add much,
down and out though the latter
often are. For those who notice
the curtains only when ready to?
swing from one to the next like
a trapese artist, a bit of advices
there is no future, not even a
major, for such an artist as this.

But there is one factor about
the dining room, unpleasant
though ' it may be, which will be
with us for some time to come*
There'll always be that line, and
any suggestions concerning avoid-
ing it, abolishing it, or even miss-
ing it ,will be greatly appreciated.

Ten Schools Invited
To Debate Tourney

At the regular meeting Thurs-
day night, members of Pi Alpha
Phi discussed further plans for the
coming All-Southern Intercolleg-
iate Debate Tournament. Ten-
schools have been invited to par-
ticipate in the tourney.

Class Meetings
Set for Friday

Class meetings will be held at.
chapel time Friday.

Blitz Roper, president of the
senior class, said that the seniors
will discuss plans for Investiture
and Little Girls' Day.

The juniors will make plans for
the Reader's Digest sales. They
will also elect a junior advisory
council and a chairman for the pa-
per salvage drive. A financial re-
port will be made by the Pairadice
manager, Caroline Squires, and the
class treasurer, Marie Adams, to
determine whether or not the class
will be able to adopt a war orphan,
with the freshman class\,

A class project for making mon-
ey will be discussed by the sopho-
mores. The date for the project
will be set during winter quart er^
according to Lou McLaurin, presi-
dent. The sophomores will be giv-
en the latest reports from their
adopted war orphan and will be
urged to write to him.

The freshmen will meet in Mac-
lean for a devotional service, bat
they will not have any important
business until the election of their
officers at class meeting on Nov. 1.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1945

ATHLETE^

FEATS

FUTH RYNER

You may think you've heard of
unusual happenings before but in
case you're "hankering" to hear
something a little more unusual
than usual read on here and see
about getting a personal inter-
view with "B. Lee" Phelps, Scotty
Scott, Cookie Miller or Jenny
Wren, Agnes Scott's now famous
bathing beauties.

These four swimming bugs went
out to Tech the other night to do
some showing off at the Navy P.
T. unit's "Swimming Smoker.'
"Wotta' night'", chorus all, or
"What an embarrassing way to
spend an evening whew!*'
Ballet for 300
After making their bold ap-
pearance in chic A. S. bathing
suits (imagine!), and all cat-
calls had died down (well, al-
most anyway) they proceeded
to do a so-called water-ballet
for the approximately 300 Navy
boys present. Outnumbered 300
to 4 and still they went through
with it.

Yep, these gals are real \va-
fcer lovers. They even went so
far as to cooperate in rescuing a
lone sailor who accidently (?)
fell in.

* * *

All Hottentot's are looking for-
ward to the first regularly sched-
uled inter-class hockey games that
are coming off Friday when the'i
seniors will close with those an-
cient rivals, the juniors, and the
sophs will meet the freshmen.
Support those class teams in two
games that really promise to be
thrillers. Every little bit helps.

* * *

A. A. is going right along with
fall nlar.s concerning such sports
as tennis, ping pong and bowling.
Fifteen couples have signed up for
the doubles tennis tourney which
will be underway as soon as
weather permits. A ping pong
tournament is being planned and
further announcements will be
made about it this week. The
new bowling idea has created
quite a bit of interest and eigh-
teen people have signed up to form
the new club which will go in to
Atlanta to practice and have some
huge times at least one afternoon
a week.

* * *

Mary Ann Courtenay, badmin-
ton manager, is issuing a bird

SPORTS

Hockey Opener

Sr.-Soph Team Wins, 4-0
Over Jr.-Frosh Eleven

The sister classes battled together last Friday afternoon
in an exciting revival of the annual pre-Black Cat stunt hoc-
key game. The senior-sophomore team claimed the victory,
4-0.

Scotty Johnson, (sr.), starred throughout, scoring all four
points for her team. The senior-

soph defense was backing the line
up and kept the ball in enemy
territory most of the time .

The junior-freshman combina-
tion, putting up an excellent fight,
ought to threaten for the cham-
pionship. The freshmen show
promise of a fast team but need
more players.

Before the game, Soozi Richard-
son, hockey manager, demon-
strated the correct strokes, dodges,
and defenses for the benefit of the
spectators. She announced that
emphasis this year will be upon a
smoother, more skillful game.

Sr.-Soph.: Johnson, Cf; Sale,
RI; Richardson, LI; Courtenay,
RW; Stephenson, LW; Orr, Goalie;
Weems, CH; Walker, LH; Rag-
land, RH; Hayes, RF; Neville, LF;
substitutes, Major, Davis.

Jr.-Frosh: Fraser, CF; Hoyt,
LI; Rentz, RI; Goode, LW; Wil-
liams, RW; Dobbins, Goalie; El-
lis, CH; Newman, RH; Price, LH;
Currie, RF; Yates, LF; substi-
tutes, Radford, Buchanan, Adams.

POEM LURES FACULTY
TO BACON BAT

Faculty members have received
news that the annual Bacon Bat
plans for Oct. 20 are well on their
way.

Bright yellow invitations with a
saucy jack-o-lantern on the front
were delivered this week. The
invitation inside was in the form
of a poem (author unknown)
which read as follows:
"Every year about this time
The harvest moon begins to shine;
It tells us all to. grab our hats
And rush to the Hut for the 'Ba-
con Bat.'
Now let us know if you can come
To join the faculty in the fun."

oall for members of the club,
both new and old, to meet with
her Thursday at five to discuss
plans for the future. Be there,
kids, and see what's up.

Read this and remember! The
usual Wednesday night A. A.
sing will be held tonight at 6:30
in Bebekafa in the "pi-anna"
room.

ACNES 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

Tech Football Schedule
Home Games

Oct. 27 Auburn
Nov. 3 Duke
Nov. 17 L. S. U.
Nov. 24 Olemson
Dec. 1 Georgia

A.A. to Hold
Sports Night

Athletic Association is sponsor-
ing a sports night to be held Sat-
urday night, Oct. 20, at 8 p. m. at
the gym. Everyone is invited to
come out for recreation and re-
freshments.

Highlighting the program of the
night will be a' volleyball game
and folk games and dances. For
those seeking aquatic fun there
will be swimming and diving.

Hottentots will be doing: rec-
reational leadership work again
this fall in various Decatur
schools. The work consists of
directing playground activities,
sports and games. Most of
the girls have taken the recre-
ational leadership course offered
in the gym department during
winter quarter of last year. The
following girls will be doing the
work this fall: Betty Long Sale,
Carolyn Gilchrist, Mary Cargill,
Millie McCain, and Evelyn Mc-
Gariry.

DeKALB

A Community Theatre

TODAY - TOMORROW

Cornel WIJLDE
Merle OBERON
in

"A SONG TO
REMEMBER"

in Technicolor

FRIDAY

Pearl BUCK'S
CHINA SKY"
with

Randolph SCOTT

MONDAY-TUESDAY

Cary GOOPER
Ivoretta YOUNG
in

4 ALONG CAME JONES"
"THE CORN IS GREEN"

NEXT WEEK

Quiz Draws
Sports-Wise

When four sports- wise students
and a sports-as-well-as-othervvise
professor come together in a ques-
tion and answer duel, the chapel
program takes a swing toward the
hilarious. At least that is what
happened last Friday when Reese
Newton, freshman, defeated Anne
Hayes, sophomore; Betty Andrews,
junior; Jean Stewart, senior; and
Dr. Paul Leslie Garber, professor
of Bible, in A.A.'s Sports Quiz.

Although all the participants
were whizzes in answering ques-
tions ranging from: "Who are the
officers of A.A. ?" to "Name four
fundamental swimming strokes."
Dr. Garber's hole by hole explana-
tion of the term "eagle" in golf
was the high point of the program.

Genet Heery. A.A. treasurer, was
quizmistress, and Sheely Little,
publicity chairman, scorekeeper.

Others taking part were Mary
Ann Courtenay, who planned the
program, and Margaret Scott, who
led the devotional.

May Day Script
Deadline Nov. 6

May Day Committee urges stu-
dents of all classes to submit
scripts for this year's May Day
scenario, Dootsy Gardner, chair-
man, announced today.

There will be a May Day ex-
hibit in the library beginning this
week and lasting until Nov. 6
when all scenarios are due. Some
of the old scripts from past May
Days will be included in the dis-
play. Scripts may be handed in to
Dootsie Gardner.

McCON NELL'S 5 & 10

147 Sycamore Street

11? and 114 Ponce de Leon Ave.

Shea Wants
Swimmers

Edward J. Shea, swimming in-
structor at Emory, has announced
that expert swimmers at Agnes
Scott may become members of
the best girls' aquatic team in
the south, that of the Atlanta
Swimming Association. The pur-
pose of the association is to stim-
ulate interest and develop good
performance in swimming.

This summer two freshmen,.
Ann Sproesser and Bunny Bran-
non, were members of the Atlanta
Swimming Association, and at a
meet held in Birmingham Bunny
won second place, in woman's div-
ing championship for the south-
east. The association is composed
of boys and girls between nine and
17, but Mr. Shea hopes to bring
college students into the group,
and says that he would especially
like to have in its membership'
Agnes Scott girls who can quali-
fy. Coach Shea believes that such
girls could make a definite con-
tribution in increasing interest in
swimming at ASC and throughout
the south. All girls interested
should call Mr. Shea or come to*
the Emory pool from 5-6 p. m. any
time except Saturday and Sunday..

Anne Hayes, member of the
sophomore hockey team, will ap-
ear in Sunday's Atlanta Journal
Magazine. The color photograph
shows Anne in the position uf
goal if.

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Page 5

Out of the
Woods

By Anne Noelf

The Hayes family was dining
with two students Sunday noon
when a third English major prof-
ferred a good-sized chunk of her
birthday cake. Dr. Hayes did the
honors, but Henry, before starting
on his share, inquired: "Mother,
will this make me fat?"

A freshman in Miss Jackson's
History 101 listened attentively
as the effects of a hurricane on
a Japanese invasion fleet of an-
cient times were described, then
asiked: "But isn't it also true
that the morality of the Chinese
people was lowered?"
And then there was the under-
classman who always looked long-
ingly upon the lengthy letters a
certain upperclassman received
regularly from her father. After
some months she burst out with
the ardent wish that her parents
would write "such nice, voluptuous
letters."

Moral, if any: Always carry a
pocket Webster if you plan the
use of more than two-syllable
words.

Pate Book

Wed. Oct. 17 Cotillion Club try
outs, 4:30-5:30 p. m., Murphey
Candler.

Poetry Club tryouts.

Thur., Oct. 18 Blackfriars try-
outs all afternoon.
Ail-Star Concert with James
Melton, 8:15 p. in.
Installation of lower house in
Chapel.

Meeting of Georgia registered
voters directly after Chapel.

Fri., Oct. 19 Class meetings dur-
ing Chapel.

Blackfriars tryouts afternoon
and night.
Sat., Oct. 20 Mortar Board rec-
ognition.

Snorts Night, 8 p. m., at the
gym-
Faculty Bacon Bat.

Sun., Oct. 21 Junior-freshman
vespers, 5:30 p. m. in Maclean
Auditorium.

Mon., Oct. 22 Tucker Brooke to
speak, 4:45 p. m. in Maclean
Auditorium, 8:30 p. m. in Gaines
Auditorium, followed by recep-
tion in Rebekah Lobby.

Tues., Oct. 23 Tucker Brooke
speaks during Chapel period.

Tucker Brooke

(Continued from Page 1)
sor at the University of London.

Two members of the English
faculty have studied under Mr.
Brooke, Miss Emma May Laney
and Miss Ellen Douglass Leyburn.
Inge Probstein, '45, is planning to
do graduate work under him.

A master of expression, he pos-
sesses a delightfully keen wit. Ac-
cording to Miss Leyburn, his most
outstanding characteristic is his
power to convey to his audience a
sense of excitement about his sub-
ject, bringing to a period 250 years
past a reality which turns schol-
arly research into vivid life.

Mr. Brooke has also been asso-
ciated with many literary works
on the Elizabethan period. He is
the author of "Tudor Drama,"
"Shakespeare of Stratford," and
^Shakespeare's Sonnets"; general
editor of "The Yale Shakespeare";
editor of "The Shakeaspeare
Apocrypha" and "The Works of
Christopher Marlowe."

When Far From the Reach

By Libby Woodward

A GALA WEEK-END exciting doin's on the old campus and fun
galore Black Cat visitors from home visits home and always Tech
and Emory to keep things lively.

... 0/ Events

RING THAT BELL, YOU SOPHS!

And they did! The little gold bell 'round the Kitty's neck says '48.
Everyone from Mr. Jones on enjoyed the stunts, the clever decora-
tions and the loud and lusty cheering. There were many visitors on
hand. Sister Davis, Margie Naab, Anne Elcan, Jane Meadows, Daisy
Sundy, Alice Gordon, Billy Powell, Margaret Kinard, and Fluff Pais-
ley were entertaining friends Saturday night. Margaret Ann Richards'
aunt, Beth Jones' cousin and sister, Edna Claire Cunningham's sister,
Doris Kissling's sister, Susan Neville's mother, and Mary Jo Ammon's
mother and father were here for the big event.

YEAH, TECH!

It was Howard this week, and Anne Wilson, Betty Wood, Charlsie
Smith, Robby Robeson, Irene McLeod, Betsy Deal, Betty Jeanne Elli-
son, Ginny Andrews, Jane Alsobrook, Mildred Clair Jones, Pagie Viol-
ette, Jean Chewning, and Martie Farrell yelled for Tech.

HOUSE-DANCING

The Phi Chi's had a gay party Saturday night, and Robin Robinson,
Lucy Turner, Polly Grant, Anne Hoyt, Anne Hightower, and Liz
Carpenter joined in the fun. At the Delta Tau Delta house Nancy
Deal, Dabney Adams, Nancy Haislip, and June Irvine were having
a wonderful time. Mary Brown Mahon and Sweetie Calley went to
the Chi Phi tea dance and supper. At the Campus Club party at
Emory: Bunny Weems and Lib Osborne. Peggy Pat Home picnicked
at the Seminary Friday night. Eva Williams and Arthur danced at
the ATO house.

. Of Places

HOME, SWEET HOME

Artn and Barbara 'Sproesser went home to Ft. Benning. Marjorie
Harris spent the week-end in Albany. The North Carolina mountains
were perfect, according to Betty Andrews and "B," who had a splendid
visit in Flat Rock. Shorty Lehmann went home to LaGrange (and
some sad farewells), and Nancy Dendy took Dot Porter with her to
Gainesville. It was Fitzgerald for Reggie, while Camden, Ala., attract-
ed Janet Liddell. Jeter and Louise went north to Calhoun and Dalton,
respectively, and Fran Nininger met her folks in Louisville.

ANCHORS AWEIGH!

Annapolis 100th Anniversary costume ball traditional hops all
are memories for Laney Harris and Cissy Jeffries as they spent last
week at that wonderful place on the Severn.

WHITE STAR OF SIGMA NU

The Sigma Nu dance at Auburn was loads of fun-
terson, who spent the weekend down in Alabama.

-just ask Ann Pat-

Stukes Outlines
Way to Study

S. G. Stukes, dean of faculty,
spoke to the freshmen on the sub-
ject "How to Study" during chapel
this morning.

According to Mr. Stukes, there
are only four necessary habits to
acquire in order to get the most
out of the time spent in studying.

First, the student must master
her environment. This means the
ability to concentrate over the
noise of a radio, the talk of her
roommate, or any other distrac-
tions of her surroundings.

Second, the student must make
her classes real hours of study, and
not merely sit through classes
without absorbing something from
them.

Third, the student must know
how to read rapidly, efficiently,
and easily. The student must be
able to get the most important
information from an article at a
rapid reading.

Fourth, a student must have
confidence in her own ability to
do her work.

Following Mr. Stukes' talk to
the freshmen, Miss Hunter will
begin having individual confer-
ences with the freshmen.

Of People

OH, YOU WONDERFUL MAN!

They were so many and so handsome. Lucy Turner's Jimmy Eve-
lyn Hill's Ralph Jane Barker's Bob Betsey Baker's Bob Ellen Mor-
rison's Murphey. Cal, on his way home on leave, lingered in Atlanta
several days visiting Mildred Claire. Scotty Johnson's friend, cousin
of Laura and Harriotte Winchester, is captain of the North Carolina
track team. Nancy Geer shifted into high and had a heavenly time
with Bob, of the Merchant Marine. Dick and Paul were vying for
Ann Hightower's attention Friday afternoon. Floyd's back and Anne
Lee has a bee-yoo-to-ful ring. Dot DeVane's Jack was here on his way
to Goldsboro. And did you see Mary McCalla's visitor, a prisoner of
the Germans for several years ? His arrival was quite unexpected and
their meeting at the Fox was a wonderful surprise for Mary.
WEDDING BELLS PEAL FORTH!

And another's made the grade! Pat Willmon was a lovely bride
Monday afternoon when she and Lt. Frank Thomas said, "I do," at the
Decatur Methodist Church. Peggy was her maid-of-honor, and her
younger sister and Frank's sister were the other attendants. Some
who were on hand for the ceremony were Mary Manly, Bobbie Whipple,
Pagie Violette, and Ginny Andrews.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

To Grace Durant, Bunny Weems, Evelyn Hill, Ellen Hayes, Ann
Stubbs, Janet Van de Erve, Martha Baker, Anne Woodward, Issy As-
bury, Dabney Adams, and Frances Sholes. And may you have many
more happy ones!

Scharf Exhibits
Originals Here

"The difference between classic
and modern art" was the highlight
of Dr. Robert Scharf's talk Tues-
day, Oct. 15, at 4:30 p. m. in the
art gallery. He spoke discussing
a collection of his etchings and
lithographs.

Dr. Scharf, a native Viennese,
came early to know the art gal-
leries in Europe, such as the
Louvre, being introduced to them
at an early age by his father. Mu-
sician and composer also, he came
to America in 1938.

The exhibit now on display in
the art gallery includes over 50
original etchings and lithographs,
which Dr. Scharf began collecting
over 20 years ago. Works of Ma-
net, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec, pi-
casso, Matisse, Munch, Israels, and
Kate Kollwitz, the only outstand-
ing woman painter in Germany,
are included in the collection.

Off the
Copy Hook

From the copy hook this week
comes a smattering of news re-
lating to past, present and future
Hottentots.

*****

In the Senior Reader from

NAPS comes news of Molly Milam,

class of '45. The Reader salutes

"our new physical education

teacher" who is often mistaken

for "a new senior."

****

Little did the sophomores know
(or did they?) that Life would
beat them to the draw by only a
few days, showing a page of bub-
ble-blowing Atlanta citizens in a
downtown department store. The
new-fangled "blowers" which the
sophs exhibited Saturday night,
were not only effective, but fam-
ous by that time to the audience.
****

Tee-Toe Williams thought the
third atomic bomb had come to
rest in 400 Main one night last
week. She dragged her dazed self
out of bed just in the nick of time
to watch the ceiling come tumbling
down. RESULT: Tee-Toe .and
two white-faced roommates roll-
ed their beds to the room across
the hall.

Ten Named

(Continued from Page 1)
Club, May Court, secretary stu-
dent government, varsity, hockey,
president Lecture Association.

(8) Dorothy Spragens, Chris-
tian Association cabinet, French
Club, Chi Beta Phi, Mortar Board,
president Christian Association.

(9) Marguerite Toole, president
junior class, Eta Sigma Phi, presi-
dent Mortar Board.

(10) Sarah Walker, varsity vol-
ley ball, varsity hockey, secretary
Athletic Association, Chi Beta
Phi, Mortar Board, president Ath-
letic Association.

The purpose of the publication
is to help the students make con-
tacts with firms of their choice.
Copies of the students' biogra-
phies will be sent to various com-
panies to be filed.

Who's Who was first published
in 1935 with a representation of
250 colleges. The publication now
lists outstanding students from
600 colleges and universities.

Visit Your Neighbor

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301 Church St. DE. 3309

Call DE. 4922

One Day in Advance for Your
' Birthday Cakes, etc

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FOOTE AND DAVIES

Announces its new
College Annual Department
250 PEACHTREE STREET

Faculty and students are cor-
dially invited to visit the con-
venient and comfortable work-
ing quarters for Annual Staffs
provided at this new location.

Allen's "2 19" Shop has had its
face lifted! We're ready with
the smartest fashions in town
to say "hello" to both old and
new friends at Agnes Scott!

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VOLUME XXXI.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1945

NUMBER 4

Classes Meet;
Elect Chairmen

Classes whipped organization
plans into shape with the election
of various chairmen at class meet-
ings Friday.

Seniors nominated Rite Wat-
son, Soozi Richardson, and La-
Nelle Wright for the chairmen of
senior opera. Final plans for In-
vestiture were discussed and robes
issued to all members. The class
will vote on the nominees for op-
era chairmen at the next class
meeting, it was announced.

The junior class elected Carol
Giles to succeed Nelson Fisher as
their delegate to War Council.

Ann Wheeler was named chair-
man of the Readers' Digest com-
mittee. The sale of the Digest in
the college is an annual junior pro-
ject.

The 1945-46 Junior Advisory
Board elected at the class meet-
ing includes Lorenna Ross, Mar-
garet Kinard, Margaret Kelly,
Glassell Beale, Janet Liddell, Jean
Rentz, Betty Allen, Sweetie Cal-
ley, Edith Merrin, Jane Cook,
Louise Hoyt, and Alice Newman.
(Continued on Page 4)

Verdi Opera
Here Oct. 31

"Rigoletto," by Guiseppi Verdi,
will be presented to Atlanta op-
era-goers on the All-Star concert
series program, Oct. 31.

Charles Wagner is bringing a
full opera company complete with
Metropolitan artists, an orchestra,
a ballet, and scenery. Miss Jean
Dickinson, star of stage and ra-
dio, will take the part of Gilda,
the daughter of Rigoletto.

The story begins in the Duke's
palace with the cursing of the
hunchback Jester, Rigoletto, be-
cause of his cruel mockery of the
nobles. At the same time the
Duke, a young profligate who
loves every pretty girl, has taken
a fancy to Gilda, the beautiful
daughter of Rigoletto. After he
captures her love, his courtiers
kidnap her and bring her to the
palace without Rigoletto's sus-
pecting it.

When Rigoletto finds out the
disgrace the Duke has brought to
his daughter, he resolves to take
vengeance on the Duke. However,
when Gilda learns of this, she sac-
rifices her life in place of the
Duke's. The opera ends with the
lovely duet, "In Heaven Above,"
as Gilda lies dying in her father's
arms.

Is Your Mind
Campused?

How do you feel about these
questions of current impor-
tance ?

1. What ought to be done with
Hirohito?

2. Are the war criminal trials
reconcilable with Christianity?

3. How can we avoid a depres-
sion like the one that followed
the First World War?

4. How long should we occupy
Germany and Japan?

College to Give
Honor Students
Annual Banquet

On Oct. 30, a new tradition will
take its place with Investiture at
Agnes Scott. The college plans to
entertain those students reading
for honors, their faculty advisors,
the honors committee, and Dr. J.
R. McCain at the Alumnae House
with a dinner, which is expected
to become an annual affair.

Dean S. G. Stukes will preside
at the banquet and Mr. Hayes will
talk on the honors progrom at Ag-
nes Scott, after which each stu-
dent guest will tell something of
her reading work. Each who suc-
cessfully completes the program
will receive an award at com-
mencement and the topic which
she has followed will* be announ-
ced.

There is a distinction between
the student who follows the hon-
ors reading program and the
graduate who receives With Hon-
or on her diploma. The senior
who graduates With Honor must
either read for honors, receive a
recommendation from her faculty
advisor, and have a 370 merit
point standing or she may make a
390 merit standing. Under the
present program reading for hon-
ors and 425 merit points are re-
quired for graduation With High
Honor.

Those reading for honors are as
follows: Jeanne Addison, English;
Margaret Bear, English; Lucile
Beaver, mathematics; Shirley
Graves Cochrane, English; Marjo-
rie Karlson, English; Stratton Lee,
biology; Ann Noell, economics and
sociology; Mary Russell, mathe-
matic; Ruth Simpson, English;
Dorothy Spragens, mathematics;
Peggy Willmon, English; and
Elizabeth Woodward, English.

The honors committees includes
Dean Stukes, ex-officio, Miss Lu-
cile Alexander, Mr. Schuyler
Christian, Miss Leslie Gaylord
and Mr. George P. Hayes.

Marquis Child s
Will Lecture
Here Nov. 2 7

Marquis Childs, distinguished
journalist and author, will be the
first lecturer at Agnes Scott this
year under the auspices of Lec-
ture Association, Miss Emma May
Laney, faculty adviser, has announ-
ced.

Interprets Washington

Scheduled to speak here on Nov.
27, the forty-two year old writer
is best known for his "clear, tren-
chant analyses of events in Wash-
ington and their repercussions in
America." He is associated with
the Washington press and is the
author of such books as "Sweden,
the Middle Way," "They Hate
Roosevelt," "This Is Democracy;
Collective Bargaining in Scandi-
navia," and "I Write from Wash-
ington."

April 4, Lecture Association will
present The Chinese Theatre, a
group of ten gifted Chinese play-
ers and musicians who will give
modern plays of China in English.
(Continued on Page 4)

Criticize Self Says
Miss Kathryn Glick

Soozi Richardson Named
1 1 th Mortar Board Member

The announcement of a new member to the 1945-46 local
chapter of Mortar Board, national honor society, highlighted
the annual recognition service last Saturday at chapel.

Soozi Richardson is the eleventh member. Soozi was elected
by last year's chaper of Mortar Board but because her class

landing record was incomplete due

Forman to Give
Informal Art Talks

Mr. H. C. Forman, head of the
department of art, will present a
series of informal talks on art of
half-hour's duration or less. Ad-
vantage will be taken of the new
color slides, recently added to the
equipment of the department, be-
cause these slides represent paint-
ings in their original colors.

The first Art Appreciation half-
hour will be held in the Old Chap-
el on Wednesday. Oct. 24, at 6:45
p. m. Everyone is invited.

1944-45 Annual Wins
Ail-American Rating

Peggy Willmon, editor of this
year's Silhouette, received notice
last week that the 1944-45 year-
book was awarded Ail-American
honor rating by the National
Scholastic Press Association.

All-American is the highest rat-
ing awarded to college annuals. In
sending this rating the NSPA par-
ticularly praised the layouts of the
book.

Edited by Elaine Kuniansky,
last year's Silhouette featured
this generation's first " w a r
class," and included many action
snapshots. The staff included

Handcraftsmanship vs. Mass Production

Oxford Time Limit'
Disciplines English

By Nelson Fisher *

With the statement, "I've found the South full of people
with whom I've studied," Tucker Brooke turned this inter-
view toward the college systems of Oxford University and
those of Yale and Harvard, patterned after the English
school's.

Dr. Brooke, tall and white-haired, has a keen, humorous
look. On his way to Yale at New

Haven, Connecticut, from a visit
with his daughter in Birmingham,
he made Agnes Scott his only
stop for a series of lectures the
last two days.

The Yale professor went to Eng-
land in 1904 with one of the first
groups of Rhodes scholars. Com-
ing from the comparatively mod-
ern University of West Virginia,
one of the things that impressed
him was the difference between
dormitory life at Oxford and at an
American university. At Oxford
all halls were built on a court
plan with gates which' were closed
each night at 9 p. m. Students

might leave before this time, but
were fined by the door keeper if
they entered after the hour. The
Oxford "time limit' was 12 p. m.
after that, no one was admitted.
Dr. Brooke's description of a stu-
dent's rush to reach his hall com-
pares to the Saturday night rush
in Atlanta to reach the Decatur
car line.

Dr. Brooke, who was last at
Oxford in 1937, said that there
were many women undergrad-
uates and graduate students
there. These live in colleges
of around 100 students each.
(Continued on Page 4)

Marion Leathers, associate edi-
tor; Penny Espey, business man-
ager; Martha Baker, advertis-
ing manager; Maud Van Dyke,
assistant editor; Celetta Pow-
ell, assistant editor; Eloise Lyn-
don, class editor; Lura John-
ston, organization editor; Mar-
tha Jean Gower, sports editor;
Ann Equen, feature editor; Hel-
en Pope, literary editor; and
Peggy Perez, snapshot editor, as
well as many editorial and busi-
ness assistants.
The NSPA sends critical ratings
each year to annuals and newspa-
pers, which are judged in the same
class with those from other col-
leges of equal enrollment.

Art Department Head
Receives Recognition

Dr. H. C. Forman, head of the
department of art, has recently
had a brief archaeological report
pubJished in the "Year Book" of
the American Philosophical Socie-
ty, Philadelphia.

The report is a digest df the
new discoveries on the history and
archaeology of St. Mary's City, a
buried settlement noted as the
birthplace of religious freedom in
America. ^The Society has award-
ed a grant for research studies in
this subject. It is the oldest sci-
entific society in America and was
founded in 1734 by Benjamin
Franklin.

Phi Beta Kappa Names
Mrs. Sims Ga. Director

Mrs. Roff Sims, assistant pro-
fessor of history and policital sci-
ence, was elected a director of the
Georgia Association of Phi Beta
Kappa at a recent meeting of the
organization.

to illness, the announcement of her
election could not be made public
until this time.

Soozi was president of the fresh-
man class, treasurer of the fresh-
man stunt, freshman hockey cap-
tain, senior hockey manager, and
member of A.A. board. The an-
nouncement was made by Maggie
Toole, president,- who presided at
the service.

Miss Kathryn Glick, associate
professor of classical languages,
spoke at this time on "Conformity
and Individualism." Quoting Soc-
rates as saying "uncriticized life
is not worth living," Miss Glick
stated that individualism is more
important in character building
than conformity, and that bargain-
counter attitudes are just as un-
desirable as bargain counter
clothes. Miss Glick closed citing
that tolerance is essential.

Members of Mortar Board and
faculty marched in the procession
which was led by President Toole.

Cast Begins
Rehearsals

Rehearsals have begun for
"Pride and Prejudice," Blackfriars'
fall production scheduled for Nov.
21, with a tentative cast chosen on
the basis of tryouts Thursday and
Friday.

Included in the cast are Mar-
garet McManus (jr.) as Elizabeth,
Jane Anne Newton (sr.) as Jane,
Pat McManmon (soph.) as Mrs.
Bennet, Alice Beardsley (jr.) as
Lady Catherine, Jean Estes (jr.)
as Lydia, Gloria McKee (jr.) as
Miss Bingley, Anne Hill Jackson
(jr.) as Hill, and Sail Sue Steph-
enson (sr.) as Mrs. Lucas.

In the incompleted male cast,
Robert Gunther will portray Dar-
cy, Sidney Owen will be Mr. Ben-
net, Bob Corley will be Fitzwil-
liam, and Jim Loring will be Mr.
Collins.

Grace Durant, Bobby Whipple,
and Mary Manly, all sophomores,
are acting as understudies, while
Lidie Lee (jr.) and Rite Watson
(sr.) will prompt. Stage manager
is Joanne Benton (jr.).

Up to now, everyone has been
at liberty to hope what he pleas-
ed about the future. But hence-
forward, it will be every man's
business to inform himself of
what can happen and what, ir-
respective of personal ideals,
hopes, or desires, will happen.
Oswald Spengler, "The De-
cline of the West."

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1945

The Privileged Few

At Gettysburg, Lincoln defined our government as one , of
the people, by the people, and for the people." Most of us
are easily conscious of the privileges and benefits that this
definition affords, but where responsibilities enter in, we are
prone to sink back into a pleasant state of semi-consciousness.
The "by the people" phrase involves an equal share of im-
portance. And that importance should be realized by those
of us here at Agnes Scott.

The state of Georgia has led the way in progressive gov-
ernment by giving its young people, those of us of college
age, a chance to participate in the making of the state mach-
inery. It has given this privilege to us, when for centuries
men have been fighting and dying for it.

But "dear" is not the proper word to describe this
privilege at Agnes Scott. Last Thursday after chapel, a
meeting was called of all registered Georgia voters. Out
of 304 Georgia girls enrolled and eligible to vote, only about
25 girls showed enough interest to come. And why did they
not come? Are we here on campus not interested in the
workings of our state government? Are we too high in the
clouds, too safe in our ivory tower, too sure of our position
in the world we must face, to be concerned with the opera-
tion of our state?

"Old enough to fight, old enough to vote" was the cry
when the franchisement act was passed in Georgia. But we
didn't fight, we didn't even work for this privilege . . . and it
may be taken away from us unless we can at least contribute
interest in our government. A college degree does not insure
a pleasant life, based on the principles of democracy, even in
America. Our government is "by the people," and the peo-
ple includes us at Agnes Scott.

When a student League of Women Voters is organized
here on campus, there should be 304 registered voters as
members. By interesting girls on campus, we can lead the way
for other states, we can make our own life better . . . We are
the privileged few who can . . .

Campus Survey:

"Should We Release
Atom Bomb Secret?"

The campus community favors release of the atom bomb
secrets to the United Nations, judging by a survey of campus
opinion on the question, "Should research on the atomic bomb
be released to the governments of other nations?"

The majority felt that actually we had no secret, but only
had what other countries will very

soon discover for themselves.

Following are answers given by
representatives of the campus:

Jo Snow (fr.) : "I think research
on the atomic bomb should be re-
leased to the nations of the world.
After all, they're almost up with
us now. and the bomb might not
be so successful as a weapon of
peace if other nations had the idea
that we have been holding this
invention out on them, and thus
came to resent us."

Mary I'fllfam Allen (sr.): "Ab-
solutely; if we hold back, they'll
think we want another war."

Maggie Toole (sr.): "Scientific
information is not the property of
one country alone. Judging from
my limited knowledge, releasing
our information is vital for world
peace. Other nations will get the
information; we might as well be
.gracious about it."

Anna George Dobbins (jr.):
"Other scientists will be able to
figure it out for themselves. We
might as well give it to our allies.
The question must be settled be-
fore peace can be obtained. If we

know that others have the bomb
and can drop it on us too, the bomb
will outlaw itself."

Mrs. Roff Sims, assistant pro-
fessor of history and political sci-
ence: Actually our country has no
secret connected with the atom
bomb, but only a two- or three-
year head start on other nations.
If we withhold what we know, oth-
er countries may interpret the ac-
tion as dangerous to them. We
ought to take credit as soon as
possible for turning over to them
all our technical know-how."

Chris Yates (jrj : 'Might as well
give others the bomb they'll fig-
ure it out pretty soon anyway."

Looking at the Navy point of
view, Dr. Fred Boykin, USXK,
says: "Other nations are going to
find it out sooner or later, so I
say keep our own knowledge, per-
fect it, and stay one jump ahead
of the rest of the world."

Ensign Jimmie Currie, USX,
says: "We can't keep our informa-
tion anyway, and at least by re-
leasing the information we'll have
their friendship."

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS

Published weekly, except during holidays and examination periods, by the students
of A*nes Scott College. Office on second floor Murphey Candler Building. Entered as
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But my dear, if HE only knew :

Member

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Crosscurrents

By Alice Beardsley

Maybe you know Soozi as the little blond from Taichow,
China who lives in third Rebekah and likes to study in a
rain hat. Maybe you know Soozi as the senior who wields
a wicked hockey stick and who was taken in Mortar Board
last Saturday in chapel. Maybe you just know her as the
individual who always walks into

the meal line following her loping
roommate, Blitz. But however
you know Soozi you realize that
she's the kind of person you like
to drink cokes with in the book
store and yell "hello" to across
the campus.

Soozi says she first played
hockey in the Shanghai American
School in China. Playing with the
boys there, she undertook their
games and wasn't bothered with a
little girl's pastime. "I had a doll
once," she said, "but I didn't know
that you played with it."

Soozi a Moron

Soozi's droll way of telling
things interest all who know her,
and several days ago the occu-
pants of third Rebekah literally
rocked their collective sides over
Soozi's account of her trip to the
Holiness church with Mr. Garber's
Comparative Religion class. It
seems the evangelist there was
anxious to acquire converts to
come up to the front of the church.
When he started up Soozi's aisle
asking various individuals to come
up front with him, she resolved to
give the gentleman a firm "no."

The evangelist changed his style
with Soozi, however, and instead
of to his question, "Will you come
up front?", to his question "Do
you know God?" Soozi replied her
predetermined firm "no!" "Are
you a Christian?" he then asked

and after her "Yes" he passed on
thinking as she explains it, that
she was a complete moron in
which case she wouldn't be of
much value to his sect.

Studies extrp -curricular
Soozi and Blitz spent last sum-
mer studying anthropology and
philosophy at Columbia Universi-
ty in New York. They shared a
four room apartment and shared
also the hazards of each other's
cooking.

"Studies were sort of extra-cur-
ricular," Soozi disclosed. "We
went to lots of radio programs
and rode the Fifth avenue bus all
the time." They decided to stick
together all the time since Soozi
couldn't find her way below
ground in tfye subway and Blitz
couldn't find her way above
ground. They went up the Empire
State building the first day it was
open after the plane crashed
there.

And so if you don't know the
little blonde from Taichow, China,
who lives in third Rebekah and
likes to study in a rain hat, or the
senior who wields a wicked hockey
stick, or even if you don't know
the individual who follows a lop-
ing roommate into the meal line,
(hen you'd enjoy going up to room
72 to meet Soozi and let her feed
you salted peanuts. But if you
already know Soozi, chances arc
you have often traveled the path
up to room 72, Rebekah.

Lioing Home

There seems to be an inconsistency in the policy of the ad-
ministration.

According to the present plan, the student body will remain
two days after fall exams for organization of classes. This
means most of us will board trains and buses on the same
day for home, instead of leaving over a two- or three-day
period as we have done for the past several years.

But the ticket agent at one of the Atlanta railroad stations
said Sunday that just as many servicemen are traveling now
as last fall, and that civilian travel has dropped off only
slightly.

In the light of this fact, Agnes Scott's proposed reconver-
sion to a peacetime procedure seems a little premature.

If it was worth while in wartime for the college to stagger
our departures in order to help the transportation situation,
it is still worthwhile. In many ways, the war is not yet over.

Bet

Patters On

Contrary to the
Ordinary
Notion of
Freshmen being
Overworked and others
Resting or at least resting
More than freshmen.
I

Think juniors have the worst time;
don't

You?

All right, you don't.
Not to be

Dogmatic. I'll say why.

It is so hard to get used to having
lights.

Now take the case of the
Dear little girls
In Lupton who decided
Very late one night to be
Ingenious and make
Delicious pancakes for the
Uthers in Lupton to have
At an unearthly Sunday morning
hour.

Let us also take the case of rugged
Individuals who
Sing Christmas carols and
Molest their more conforming

neighbor at 2:30 a. m. with

Happy Birthday to her.
Which all shows to go that if you

don't get enough sleep you

will not be able to sing
O what a beautiful morning when

it comes because you
Won't see it come, especially if

you tie a muffler around

the bell.

Melton Stresses
Folk Music
For Americans

By Dale Bennett

"I think American songs are
right for American audiences, and
that's why I like to sing folk
songs, cowboy ballads, and other
music by American composers,"
said James Melton, Metropolitan
Opera tenor, after his concert last
Thursday night. "And especially
do I like to sing here in Atlanta
where I always receive such a real
homecoming."

A native of Moultrie, Ga., Mr.
Melton was eager to talk about
old friends and familiar places
here in his home state. He wao
quite tired, but ready to chat
genially with someone from Ag-
nes Scott. "I used to know all
about Agnes Scott when I was a
little younger," he added. When
told that he had delighted Ag-
nes Scott girls in his 1944 con-
cert by singing "The Surrey
With the Fringe on Top," Mr.
Melton said he hoped they en-
Joyed his number from "Carou-
se]," popular Broadway show,
as much this year.
Mr. Melton's program presented
a contrast between the classical
and the modern. Works by
Brahms, Greig and Handel were
featured as well as more modern
works such as "Weary Cowboy"
by Rosamine Larson, and "I Rise
When You Enter" by Theodore
Chandler. His encores included
many such familiar numbers as
Schubert's "Serenade," Gershwin's
"Summertime" and a medley of
cowboy tunes from the old West.

Singing each year with the
Metropolitan Opera Company, Mr.
Mellon said he might do some
work in the popular Saturday af-
ternoon matinee performances. He
also said he planned to come to
Atlanta in the spring, if the com-
pany comes late enough.

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1945

Page 3

Club News

B. O. Z. meets Friday Oct. 26,
ttjt 4:30 p. m. with Miss Ellen
Douglass Leyburn, faculty spon-
sor, at her home, 380 South Cand-
ler.

Bible Club will meet Tuesday,
Oct. 30, at 5 p. m., in Murphey
Candler. Barbara Coith will lead
the discussion on Matthew 6:1-18,
a part, of the Sermon on the
Mount, the club's topic of discus-
sion this quarter.

Two sophomores have been in-
vited to join Blackfriers following
the club's fall tryouts Wednesday
afternoon, Oct. 19. They are Jen-
ny Wren and Janet Van de Erve.

There will be another tryout pe-
riod later in the fall.

A Spanish Club picnic given in
Ihonor of the club's new members
will be held this afternoon at 5:30
p. m. at Harrison Hut. Learning
of Spanish songs, which will be
one of the club's projects for the
year, will be part of the entertain-
ment.

Mortar Board Has
First Open House

Magazines, an open fire, hot
chocolate, cookies and popcorn
were all attractions to be found
at the first of a series of open
houses in Murphey Candler on
Sunday from 7:30 to 10 p. m.,
sponsored by the Mortar Board
Social Standards committee.

In an effort to help Hottentots
get more social experience Mortar
Board has appointed a committee,
composed of representatives from
each class, to make these Sunday
night affairs an established part
of the gracious living at Agnes
Scott. The seniors will take turns
at being hostesses

Members of the special commit-
tee are Lucy Turner, chairman,
Rite Watson and Gloria Ann Mel-
-chor, seniors; Margaret McManus,
Virginia Owens, and Polly Grant,
juniors; and Sally Bussey and Ma-
ry Manly, sophomores. Freshmen
members of the committee will be
elected at a later date. Senior
hostesses for last Sunday night
were Harding Ragland, Dot De-
vane and Lu Cunningham.

Call DE. 4922

One Day in Advance for Your
T Birthday Cakes, ete.

DECATUR CAKE BOX

Brooke Reviews
Plays, Early Life

Attributing to Shakespeare a
"human understanding of simple
stupid men" as well as an amaz-
ing ability to create a complete
psychological character, Tucker
Brooke, Sterling professor of Yale
University, spoke in Presser Hall
Monday at 8:30 p. m.

Mr. Brooke gave a concise re-
view of the early life of the dram-
atist and a brief discussion of
most of his plays. One of the keys
to Shakespeare's greatness is that
"While imitating others so easily,
he resolutely refused to imitate
himself." His creations thus rep-
resent a variety of dramatic types.
The history plays show the devel-
opment of his style 7 , and among
them Richard II could hardly be
surpassed for "pure eloquence."
The comedies of 1590-1600 are re-
markably "heterogenous in pat-
tern," and the comedy Twelfth
Night marked an interlude in the
career of the writer, who was now
aware of his maturity of styl?,
Mr. Brooke said. Hamlet is uni-
versally accepted as Shakespeare's
standard play. "It's a play of life
and death and man's ambiguous
relation to both."

In the three tragedies King
Lear, Macbeth, and Othello the
dramatist shows villainy in all of
its terrible aspects. Before this
such characters as Cassius, Shy-
lock, and Claudius, though evil,
had eventually won the sympathy
of the reader. Mr. Brooke re-
gards Othello as the "most per-
fectly constructed of all trage-
dies." In Lear and Macbeth we
find the very evil "springs of con-
duct laid bare."

Mr. Brooke continued his dis-
cussion of Shakespeare yesterday
afternoon and showed the rela-
tionship to Marlowe. A leading
authority on the Elizabethan pe-
riod, he spoke on Queen Elibabeth
in chapel yesterday.

Date Book

Wed., Oct. 24 Spanish Club pic-
nic, 5:30 p. m. at Harrison Hut.
Mr. Forman speaks, 6:45 p. m.,
in Old Chapel.

Badminton Club meets, 7 p m.,
in the gym.

Thurs., Oct. 25 Dance at Lawson,
bus leaves 7:15 p. m.

1 ri., Oct. 26 B O Z meets, 4:30
p. m., at 380 South Candler.

Sun., Oct. 28 Vespers, 6:30 p. m.,
Maclean.

Tues., Oct. 30 Banquet for hon-
ors students.

Bible Club meets, 5 p. m., in
Murphey Candler.

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When Far From the Reach

By Joyce Gilleland

YES, DAY STUDENTS DO HAVE A SUNNY SIDE they actually
do things in their spare moments off campus! The baffling problem,
however, is to persuade them to admit it!

*****

... Of the Single

The senior members of the Day Student clique have assumed
their position with surprising dignity and admirable grace. After
school hours we find the serious (!) mask discarded and even at the
risk of divulging important secrets, we reveal the seniors unmasked.

Beginning appropriately with Ann Seitzinger, our representative
on student government, we find that the man power shortage hasn't
beaten her yet. She probably echoes the sentiments of Irene Jacob
who says she's looking for a brunette Naval Lieutenant over six feet.

Maybe it's the uniform, could be the men, but the Nay-vee is far
ahead in the popularity poll among the seniors. Be sure and look
behind a blue uniform next time you're out at the Naval Base and ten
to one it will be Gloria Anne Melchor telling Pete how to fly without
making so much noise. Mary Partee and Minnewil Story are both
interested in blue jackets from North Carolina and Florida respect-
ively. Peggy Trice and Ellen Hayes say they just love the Navy in
general and anybody in bell-bottomed trousers will do. The Naval
buzz boys suit Marianna Kirkpatrick and particularly the one who
recently left for the Pacific. The Army is giving the Navy a pretty
hard time for the affections of Sally Sue Stephenson, vice-president
of A.A., while the attractive men at the University of Georgia make
Bettye Lee Phelps wonder if the Navy really is so wondeful! Ruth
Limbert, another one of the "has been" debs, still can't decide about
Sonny! Maybe it would be better if he'd either just stay here or stay
away! Peggy Willmon, editor of the Silhouette, is undecided between
an Army lieutenant and a sailor here, while Edwina Davis has

more than usual interest for the Paratroopers.

* *i * * *

... 0/ the Prospective

There is a group of "almost but not quite engaged," girls, with
Hattie Kuniansky and Connie Fraser 'way up in front. Hattie and
Berney are almost a legend of faithfulness to their friends. Last
week she received his fraternity pin, and it really is a knockout! Con-
nie is still wondering how C. G. has 59 of the required 60 discharge
points. After six years of courting him, Connie, isn't it about time
for a decision?

Lorraine Griffin is expecting her ex-V-12 man back soon, so you'll
probably be seeing a great deal of her at Emory. Mary Mell Fleming
says she would like to wait and see what the returning school veteran
is like.

******

. . . Of the Married

The married girls compose a congenial part of the senior class and
devote all spare moments composing masterpieces to their husbands in
the service. Mary Duckworth Gellerstedt is both perturbed and ex-
cited because her Lawrency's Tokyo bound. Shirley Graves Cochrane,
editor of the Aurora, keeps herself occupied by reading for honors
while Bill is helping Uncle Sammy's Navy. "It's fun to live with
Barnes' family," sighs Betty Long Sale, chairman of Lecture Asso-
ciation, "makes me feel he's closer than the Pacific Ocean." Rosalind
Price Sasser, who arrived a week late for school, still maintains it was
worth being with Bob all that time. Betty Jane Hancock Moore
laughs and says she really isn't sure what class she's in, but having
Jimmy home again is more incentive to complete this year as a^
senior! The envy of all the brides on campus is Nancy Moore Har-
rington whose husband wears a brand new gold button in his lapel
and is a student at Tech. But Eugenia Mason Patrick can go one
better than that, for her interest not only revolves around her first
lieutenant husband but also on her year old daughter Betsy.

Six of us are practically permanently attached. Diamonds are flash-
ing on the fingers of these girls and are an indication that if you see
them out they'll be with their OAO, (or they had better be!). Anne Lee,
the most recent of our "she's lovely, she's engaged" (must be Pond's!)
girls will be married in December. Anne Hoyt, one of last year's debs,
went to summer school at Emory and finished both with a great
many extra hours, and a gorgeous diamond. Jane Oatley, president
of Chi Beta Phi, and Emily Bradford are among the old-timers at
this business of being engaged. Emily's Linn has been home for
about two weeks and she's crossing her fingers to make his furlough
last until after Investiture. Kathryn Burnett's only outside interest
is Allen, who has been hers alone for many months. Martha Sunkes,
newly elected business manager for the Silhouette, finally persuaded
Bill to give in, and is now wearing a sparkler on the correct hand.

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Scharf Exhibit
Displays
Modern Art

Impressionism and modernism
characterize the etchings and
lithographs of the Scharf collec-
tion on exhibit until Oct. 31 in
room 321 Buttrick. The collec-
tion, containing artists such as Re-
noir, Matisse, and Manet was
termed "degenerate" art by the
Germans.

Representative of the first
French impressionist (one con-
cerned with effects of light),
Manet, is the lithograph "Exe-
cution of Emperor Maximilian
of Mexico." As in his paintings,
Manet has used large flat areas
of suggestive tones subordinated
to darker, fresh and sketchy
lines and tones of more impor-
tant areas and figures.
Exquisite and delicate as a spi-
der-web is Max Liebermann's lit-
tle 3x5 inch "Landscape." With a
few minute lines this German im-
pressionist has captured the spirit
of a flat-land city in the distance.
His small lithograph of a bent
"Peasant Striding Through
Dunes" might have come straight
from the page of a sketchbook.
The most humorous of the
impressionists is French Tou-
louse-Lautrec, painter of Paris
low-life and back-stage scenes.
Amusing is the series of sketchy
lithographs of long-nosed, long-
necked French women.
In contrast to Matisse's fine ex-
ample of modern line drawing in
the "Nude with Six Toes," is a
rose-colored lithograph "Back of
Nude" done in a classic manner
by the contemporary sculptor
Maillol. Etchings by realistics
Draumier and Gavarni are strik-
ingly similar in execution and sub-
ject matter. Gavarni is more ele-
gant in his use of detail.

The most popular etching in
the exhibit is "The Mother Pic-
ture" by the contemporary Ger-^
man Kathe Kollwitz. Delicate-
ly well-formed head and hands
are surrounded by a soft, dark-
black area. Full of feeling are
her other pictures of lowly pea-
sants crught at dramatic mo-
ments. The rhythm of entwined
forms in "Woman and Dead
Child" is created and held to-
gether by extremely sensitive
lines, varied and beautiful.

P. P. H.

Attention Students

Class pictures for the annual
will be made in the basement of
Murphey Candler beginning Oct.
^4 through Nov. 7. Sign up for
an appointment on the back bul-
letin board in Buttrick. The
schedule is as follows: Monday
through Friday 9 a. m.-12:30 p,
m; 4-5:30 p. m.; Saturday 9 a.
m -12:30 p. m.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1945

Modern Man
Is Obsolete

(Editor's note: The following ex-
cerpts are taken from the edito-
rial "Modem Man Is Obsolete" by
Norman Cousins, editor of "The
Saturday Review of Literature."
The editorial appeared in the Aug-
ust 18 issue of the same maga-
zine.)

We have saved for last the most
crucial aspect of this general sur-
vey relating to the first course;
the transformation or adjustment
from national man to world man.
Already he has become a world
warrior; it is but one additional
step though a long one for him
to develop a world conscience.
This is not vaporous idealism, but
sheer driving necessity. It bears
directly on the prospects of his
own survival. He shall have to
recognize the flat truth that the
greatest obsolescence of all in the
Atomic Age is national sovereign-
ty. Even back in the old-fashion-
ed racket age before August 6,
1945, strict national sovereignty
was an anomalous and preposter-
ous hold-over from the tribal in-
stinct in nations. If it was anom-
alous then, it is the quintessence
of anomaly now. The world is a
geographic entity. This is not only
the basic requisite for world gov-
ernment but the basic reason be-
hind the need. A commond ground
of destiny is not too large a site
for the founding of any commun-
ity.

Reject all other arguments for
real world government reject the
economic, the ideological, the so-
ciological, the humanitarian argu-
ments, valid though they may be.
Consider only the towering prob-
lem of policing the atom the
problem of keeping the smallest
particle of matter from destroying
all matter. We are building on
soapbubbles if we expect this
problem to be automatically solv-
ed by having America, Britain,
and Canada keep the secret to
themselves. That is not only high-
ly improbable, but would in itself
stimulate the other nations to un-
dertake whatever additional re-
search might be necessary over
their present experimentation to
yield the desired results.

Far from banishing war, the
atomic bomb will in itself consti-
tute a cause of war. In the absence
of world control as part of world
government, it will create univer-
sal fear and suspicion. Each na-
tion will live nervously from one
moment to the next, not knowing
vyhether the designs or ambitions
of other nations might prompt
them to attempt a lightning blow
of obliteration. The ordinary, the
inevitable difference among na-
tions which might in themselves
ho susceptible of solution might
now become the signals for direct
action, lest the other nation get
in the first and decisive blow.
Since the science of warfare will
no longer be dependent upon arm-
ies but will be waged by push-but-
tons, releasing radio-controlled
rocket planes carrying cargoes of
Atomic explosives, the slighest sus-
picion may start all the push-but-
tons going

That is the double nature of the
challenge: to bring about world
government and to keep it pure.
It is a large order, perhaps the

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Sr. Team Wins Over Jr.;
Soph, Frosh Score, 3-2

The junior-senior hockey game
Friday afternoon was a fast mov-
ing one with the seniors wining
5-1. The first thrill of the game
came when Scotty Johnson ran
the length of the field for a goal.

The senior guards were very
adept in the handling of their
sticks and kept the juniors from
doing much passing.

The junior goal was made in the
last minute of the game by Kath-
ryn Johnson.

The sophomore-freshman game
was closely matched. The sopho-
mores got off to an early lead and
won 3-2. The frosh fought hard
and managed to keep the score
tied most of the game.

The forward line of the frosh
was noticeably fast and many
plays were made near the goal.

Classes Meet

(Continued from Page 1)
The sophomores discussed their
money-making project, The Agpnes
Scott Directory, in which are pub-
lished the names and addresses of
the faculty and student body. The
Directory will probably be on sale
by the first of December.

Dr. Burns spoke to the freshmen
on the subject, "How to Keep Out
of the Infirmary, and Why to Go
There When You Are Sick."

The freshmen will elect their
class officers on Nov. 1.

Oxford

(Continued from Page 1)
Assigning students to small
communities does away with
much of the high competition
found in large schools. Under
the English university system,
each student does more individ-
ual work with his teachers than
with a class, contrary to the
American system. Dr. Brooke
said that this method shows the
British "love for the personal
touch." Especially in graduate
work students are privileged to
study independently and ac-
cording to their own needs.

Bach with its own advantages,
the English university system
compares with the typical Am-
erican one, as does handcrafts-
manship with mass manufactur-
ing.

largest order man has had to meet
in his 50,000-odd years on earth,
but he himself has set up the con-
ditions which have made the order
necessary

The second course is relatively
simple. It requires that man de-
stroy, carefully and completely
everything relating to science and
civilization

Thus emancipated from science,
from progress, from government,
from knowledge, from thought, he
can be reasonably certain of safe-
guarding his existence on this
planet.

This is the alternative to world
government if modern man wish-
es an alternative.

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A rarely seen play occurred in
the game when a bully was exe-
cuted a few feet from the frosh
line between the goalie and cen-
ter field. All other players stood
behind the 25 yard line. The play
resulted in a goal for the sopho-
mores.

Lineup: seniors, Johnson, cf;
Richardson, li; Sale, ri; Stephen-
son, lw; Courtenay, rw; Chevvning,
ch; Walker, lh; Ragland, rh; Nev-
ille, If; Rowe, rf; Phelps, g; Mc-
Cain, sub.

Juniors: Radford, cf; Rentz, rf;
Craig, li; Harnsberger, rw; Goode,
lw; Yates, ch; Newman, lh; Ma-
hon, rh; Dobbins, If; Currie, rf;
Denning, g; Johnson, Heery, sub.

Soph: Hatch, cf; Tucker, ri;
Little, li; Haislip, rw; Davis, lw;
Major, ch; Dieckmann, rh; McLau-
rin, lh; Cunningham, rf: Hayes,
If; Orr, g; Kemper, Deal, Dunn,
Hayes, sub.

Frosh: Frazier, cf; Marsh, ri;
Lee, li; Turner, rw; Blake, lw; El-
lis, ch; Russell, rh; Price, lh;
Sullivan, rf; Cuthbertson, If;
Brannan, g.

Marquis Childs

(Continued from Page 1)
Highly praised by authoress Pearl
Buck, the Theatre features Wang
Yung, v one of China's leading
stage and screen actresses.
Niebuhr, Frost to Speak

Other speakers on the series are
Reinhold Niebuhr, brilliant philos-
opher and professor at the Union
Theological Seminary in New
York, who will lecture on May 16,
and Robert Frost, poet and three-
times Pulitizer prize winner, who
will visit the campus for confer-
ences on his way to Florida. Mr.
Niebuhr made a great impression
on students when he spoke here
two years ago. Mr. Frost, residing
on the campus for a few days last
spring, endeared himself to the
entire college community.

Miss Laney announces that in
February the Association plans to
present a distinguished French-
man, who will gives one public
lecture and several conferences
especially for the French depart-
ment. His name is to be announ-
ced later.

'The Quiet Atmosphere of Study'

Members of Athletic Associa-
tion are geting out their blue
jeans and coffee pots and are
packing up their knapsacks in
preparation tor the much look-
cd-forward-to overnight outing
at Kidd's farm this week-end.
The truck picks up the would-
be campers in front of the gym
at 3:30 p. m. Saturday and they
are hoping to be back Sunday
morning in time for church.

Library Session Reveals
All But Wife of Bath

By Nellie Scott

Ho, hum! Two hours to spend in the library, reading about
the Wife of Bath, her "five husbands she has had at the church
door," as well as the "other company of her youth. ,, The
best place to do honest-to-gosh concentration is in the "quiet
(??) atmosphere of study" in the stacks. Except for the girl
in the next corral, who has come

to enjoy her Milky Way, the only
companions are rows upon rows
of books books about everything
from Egyptian mummies to the
rise of nihilism in Russia, and
about everybody from Genghis
Khan to Bob Hope. Gee, but it
is dark and lonely in here. What's
that moving behind that book
shelf? It's a bird, it's a fly, it's
Superman! (Just wishful think-
ing.)

Since a change of scenery is
necessary to read about the Wife
of Bath's last two husbands the
first two were "sour pusses" the
main reading room would be a
more interesting place to seek
further wisdom "a word that all
men love." (It says on one of the
ceiling beams in the library.) All
the Hottentots have their noses
deep in the heart of a book, when,
hark, what young gentleman is
that who has just strolled in to
use the card catalogue? (No dobut
he wants further enlightment on
the blonde situation). While this
iLVoot, blue-eyed specimen of
masculine intellect uses the cata-
logue, all the girls suddenly find

Radio? No,
Sports Nite

If you were near the gym Sat-
urday night you probably heard
such shouts as "Spike it, Betty!"
"Look at that girl dive!" "An-
other touchdown!"

No, not a push-button radio, but
V. A. Sports Nite.

The party opened with a volley-
ball game. From the looks of the
freshman players they should have
an excellent team next spring.

Sidelights included bridge, darts,
ping-pong, the Tech-Navy game,
and a jam session to top it off.
The pool was open for all the cam-
pus mermaids. During the eve-
ning participants disposed of 25
dozen doughnuts, with punch to
match.

The oddest sight came after the
party was all over, when Mr.
Jones and the clean-up committee
carried the ping-pong table back
to Rebekah, stopping every few
feet to knock a few balls!

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it necessary to approach that par-
ticular vicinity of the library. Two
ladies just must look up ju-jitsu
in the files. Another finds it
necessary to read the afternoon
paper. Another dazed girl gazes:
at the boy from the water foun-
tain, only to let the water over-
flow on the floow. A fourth young
lady mistakes him for her cousin
who was to meet her here.

The bewildered lad flees in mor-
tal terror, and silence reigns su-
preme for a half second. Then one-
Hottentot dashes in to tell her
roommate the exciting news. Her-
long lost lover, Joe Blow, has just
called her all the way from Tim-
buckto and will arrive here tomor-
row on the Atchison, Topeka and
the Santa Fe. Trembling, she tries
to sit down, but alas, the chair
is not in the right place and the
floor is! Spasms of laughter rock
the foundations.

Well, it's ten o'clock, and the
student assistant sounds "Taps"
on the bells. The library closes.
The Wife of Bath's fifth husband
is "six feet under," and I never
did get to read about the "other
company she had in her youth/"

Badminton Club
Meets Tonight

Members of the Badminton club"
will meet every other Wednesday
at 7 p. m. in the gym, Mary Ann
Courtenay, president, stated to-
day.

The first meeting will be held
tonight and all girls who are in-
terested are invited to meet with
the group. Plans will be under
way for the annual tourney, Mary
Ann announced. No plans have
been made for exhibition matches
as yet.

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VOLUME XXXI.

Cotillion Club
Chooses 25

As a result of the tryouts on
October 25 and 26, the Cotillion
club, Agnes Scott's social organiza-
tion, has chosen 25 new members
who will be formally initiated into
the club at a party to be given in
Murphey Candler on Thursday af-
ternoon, Nov. 1, from 4:30 to 5:30.

Four of those selected are fresh-
men: Betty Jean Ellison, Adele
Lee, Katherine Lee, and Johanna
Richardson ; seven are sophomores :
June Driskill, Mildred Claire
Jones, Lou McLaurin, Harriet
Reid, Mary Gene Sims, Lida Wal-
ker, and Anne Woodward; nine
are juniors: Sweetie Calley, Jean
Estes, Polly Grant, Cissy Jeffries,
Margaret McManus, Nina Owens,
June Thomason, Betty Turner, and
Beth Walton; and five are seniors:
Lu Cunningham, Leila Powell,
Doris Purcell, Jeter Starr, and
Louise Starr.

The president of Cotillion Club,
Peggy Jones, announced that
plans for several parties this quar-
ter have already been made. On
Nov. 9 all members and their dates
will attend a buffet supper at the
tea house. On Nov. 15, the Cotil-
lion club will give a party for
Miss Dozier's social dancing class,
and on Thanksgiving evening, it
will unite with War Council to
sponsor a Thanksgiving dance for
the soldiers at Lawson General
Hospital.

War Fund $800
Short of Goal

Only $1750 of the $2500 prom-
ised by the Agnes Scott student
body has been pledged to the War
Fund to date, Lura Johnston, War
Council treasurer, stated this
week.

This is only a $500 increase over
the first pledge which tallied
$1219.20 some two weeks ago. Ap-
proximately 341 out of the 541
members of the student body have
turned in pledge cards.

Envelopes have been sent to stu-
dents for their October pledges.
Boxes have been in the book store
and mail room for the pledges or
they may be turned in to Lura.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1945

NUMBER 5

Schools
To Enter

Debates

The subject of the All-Southern
Inter-Collegiate Debate Tourna-
ment to be held on the campus
Dec. 1, is announced today by
George P. Hayes, debating coach.

Six schools have accepted and
plan to enter two teams each, it
is revealed.

The topic for debate will be,
Resolved: that the United States
should direct its foreign policy to-
ward the establishment of free
trade among the nations of the
world. It has been sent to Georgia
Tech. Emory, Georgia Evening
College, the University of Georgia,
and Berry School, who have en-
tered the tourney. .

The teams to represent Agnes
Scott will be selected on a com-
petitive basis from the members of
the argumentation class. These
same teams will represent Agnes
Scott in the Dixie Forensic Tour-
nament in Charlotte, N. C, in De-
cember.

Art Professor
Will Discuss
Robert Henri

Emil Holtzhauer, professor of
Art at Wesleyan Conservatory,
will give an illustrated lecture
Tuesday, Nov. 6, at 4:30 p. m. in
the art lecture room in Buttrick
hall. *

Lecturing on his former profes-
sor, Haltzhauer will speak on
"Robert Henri and His Group."
Holtzhauer is the 1930 winner of
the International Watercolor Ex-
hibition at the Chicago Art Insti-
ture. His paintings hang in the
permanent collections of art gal-
leries throughout the country.

Holtzhauer studied sculpture at
Beaux Arts School in New York
where he served a four-year ap-
prenticeship as designer, modeler,
and engraver of jewelry and sil-
verware. Among his chief charac-
teristics are an unusual sensitivity
to brilliant color, a crispness in the
treatment of patterns of sunshine
and shadow as they emphasize the
form of objects in space, and above
all, a dexterity and skill in signifi-
cant textures.

He is well known to the college
/ campus having lectured and shown

his work here last year.

THE LAST LAP Some of the seniors line up to practice for the
big: moment Saturday when they'll receive the rights and privileges
rewarded for three years' work.

Traditional Cappin
To Honor 120 Seniors

Jordan, Miss Leyburn to Speak;
Class of '46 Plans Picnic as Tina! Fling'

One hundred twenty students, the largest senior class ever
invested at Agnes Scott College, will receive their caps Satur-
day at 11:45 a. m. in Presser hall, at the traditional Investiture
ceremony which highlights a three-day program honoring
the College's senior class.

Miss Ellen Douglass Leyburn, as-
sociate professor of English, will
speak at the Saturday morning ex-
ercises on "Thoughts on the Cau-
ses of the Present Discontent."
President J. R. McCain will pre-
side, while the Rev. L. R. Scott,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church of Rome, Ga.. will give
the invocation.

Campus church services, for the
past several years a part of the
Investiture program, will be held
Sunday morning at 11 a. m. in
Presser. Dr. G. Ray Jordan, pro-
fessor of homiletics at the Candler
School of Theology, Emory Uni-
versity, will discuss "The Power
of a Christian Imagination."

Dr. McCain will lead the service,
and S. G. Stukes will offer
the prayer. Bunny Weems will
play, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Deside,"
Bach; "Litany for Feast of All
Saints," and "March in G,"
Smart. The choir will sing "O
Lord Most Holy," by Franck.
The collection will go to the World
Student Service Fund.

Three hundred invitations have
been mailed for this "Agnes Scott
family service" to the faculty,
trustees, friends of the College,
and the families of each day stu-
dent attending Agnes Scott.

A senior class supper will start
Investiture weekend, when the

Halloween to Win If 'Basic Imperative' Junked

By Clarkie Rogers "

When all the leaves vie with my
fall frocks in Autumn's beauty con-
test and the crisp nights whisper
that Ole Man Winter's a'coming
soon, I get the mad urge to throw
Shakespeare out the window and
to junk the "basic imperatives" of
sociology for a wild caper in the
twilight. My psychology tells me
that such subconscious urges come
from activities of my childhood.
But what urge could be distract-
ing me so from my pursuit of
knowledge ? I look at the calendar,
and of course, it tells all Hallo-
we'en !

Ah for the day when I could

don a sheet and find a false-face
funnier than my own! Then the
neighborhood gang would set out
to ring every sourpuss' door bell
and to hide the lawn furniture of
any and all snobs in the town. The
streets were dotted by weird fig-
ures who fled in terror from their
own shadows. Not a car was left
unsoaped or a house unraided.
When at last the crowd grew tired
of the sport, some patient parents
would hold open house with a fire-
place for popping corn and plenty
of apples and cider. Then each
one would retell his exploits and

paint in glowing colors his courage
in bearding in his den the meanest
man in town or in crossing the
graveyard.

But why should I dream when
one look at the mirrow shows me
I'm too big for the hole in the
picket fence anyhow? No, I must
stick to gracious living, pull on
my hose an# heels for Rigoletto
and leave the younger generations
to celebrate the witches' night.
But who knows, perhaps Hamlet's
ghost will tread across the Quad-
rangle tonight perhaps "Miss Ag-
nes" will slide down Main bannis-
ters at the stroke of 12 perhaps!

class will spend Friday evening at
Harrison Hut. The picnic, start-
ing at 6 p. m., takes the place of
the traditional "Little Girls' Day"
which is being discontinued this
year.

Winding up the weekend will be
a coffee in Murphy Candler Sun-
day afternoon to which the hos-
tesses are inviting members of
the senior class and their families.
Hostesses are Lura Johnston, Mary
Ann Courtenay, Eleanor Reynolds,
Dorothy Spragens, Stratton Lee,
Maud Van Dyke, and Anne Mur-
rell.

Miss Louise McKinney, professor
Emeritus of English, who is com-
piling a history of Agnes Scott
traditions, has written an account
of the beginnings of the tradition
of Investiture.

(Continued on Page 4)

Honor Program
Based on
European Plan

George P. Hayes .head of the
English department, spoke last
night to the students reading for
honors, their faculty advisors, the
honors faculty committee and Dr.
J. R. McCain.

Speaking on the honors program
at Agnes Scott, Mr. Hayes pointed
out that it is based on systems
used by Oxford and other Euro-
pean universities. He stressed the
values of specialization as involved
in the hoi ors program, the new
Student-teacher relationship fos-
tered by the program, and the re-
wards of the program.

Those reading for honors are as
follows: Jeanne Addison, Er.glish;
Margaret Bear, English; Lucile
Beaver, mathematics; Shirley
Graves Cochrane, English; Mar-
jorie Karlson, English; Stratton
Lee, bioliogy; Ann Noell, econom-
ics and sociology; Mary Russell,
mathematics; Ruth Simpson, Eng-
lish; and Elizabeth Woodward,
English.

Sophs Select
Directory Staff

Co-chairmen Betzie Powers and
Marian Yancey have named com-
mittees to assist in the compiling
of the Student Directory, annual
project of the sophomore class.

The Directory includes the
names of all faculty members, and
students' names, home and school
addresses, birthdays, and the
names of their parents or guar-
dians.

Martha Humber is treasurer of
the project. Committee members
include Betty Abernathy and Anne
Elcan, art; Ann Ballard, Virginia
Andrews, Jane Barker, Edna
Claire Cunningham, Maxine Kick-
liter, Mary Beth Little, Anne Pat-
terson, and Mary Gene Sims, typ-
ing.

Harriet Gregory, Lee Brewer,

Virginia Henry, Marianna Hol-

landsworth, and Teetoe Williams,

materials; June Driskill, Jean da

Silva, Ruth Blair, and Tina Hew-

son, publicity; Rosemary Griffin,

Betty Kitts, Anne Hayes, and

Theresa Rutland, advertisements.

Margaret Yancey, Nan Nettles,
>

Barbara Marris, and Nancy Deal,
proofreading; Mary Manly, Rose
Ellen Armstrong, Zollie Ann Sac-
son, and Dot Staunton, selling.

Chapel Speaker
Doctor From
Blgian Congo

William Rule, III, medical mis-
sionary to the Belgian Congo, will
speak to the student body in chapel
on Nov. 6 and to the Life Service
Group in the afternoon. Dr. Rule
is one of three missionaries sent
by the Executive Committee of
Foreign Missions of the Presbyter-
ian Church in the United States
to speak in colleges throughout the
south.

Dr. Rule was born in Knoxville,
Tenn., and attended the public
school there. At Davidson college
he was active in the campus activi-
ties, was a member of the Student
Volunteer Group and volunteered
for service in the foreign field
during his junior year. He took
his medical training at the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania Medical
school, serving his internship at
Bryn Mawr hospital and served
one year as resident surgeon at
the Pennsylvania State hospital.
He went to the Belgian Congo
in 1940.

Is Your Mind
Campused?

1. What is the significance of
General George Marshall's Bien-
nial Report to the Secretary of
War?

2. Who are the Indonesians?
Why are they revolting?

3. What did President Truman
say in his "most important"
speech on foreign policy Saturday?

4. Can you distinguish between
democracy, communism, and fasc-
ism?

5. State your views on universal
military conscription and justify
them.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1945

Voice of The Turtle

"Without food there can be no peace, " General Eisenhower
has warned. You agree complacently. Rationing is on the
way out and even Hottentots are finding more breakfast
bacon these mornings. "Logical reasoning/' you admit, but
go beyond the General's statement. It is true and the peace
is here at home, not remotely removed from "the sheltering
arms." *

Independent experts of the Food for Freedom Committee
state that at least 15 million tons of imported foods will be
required to rebuild the health of the people of Europe suffi-
ciently to enable them to do the necessary work of repair
and construction.

True, to fulfill this supply of 15 million tons, we, here at
Agnes Scott, along with other Americans might have to un-
dergo a longer period of rationing. It means rationings of
meats, fats, and oils, and sugar and probably the return of
cheese to the ration list. But, it looks as if the American con-
gress isn't going to attempt to ship one of the 15 million tons.
Are you the turtle still basking in the sun? Or better still,
the voice of the turtle, mimincing, "It's hot "no food, no
peace"? Take advantage of democracy democracy that
Attlee says is the rule of the majority with respect for the
minority." If true, you are the minority, but lifting voices,
see if the majority, congress, has respect for the minority!

BustiV Out All Over

So you're learning lo park! Pardon, you were in a hurry
and you had to make that 8:30. Well, another car could have
squeezed in behind you only, well, you do hang over just
a little.

Haste doesn't make space. Student and faculty alike should
heed. Slap the jalopy in carefully and think of the other fel-
low. Think what happened when Germany began to "hang
over just a little." Hangovers are good for nothing and they
can begin right on back campus in even this atmosphere.

Cross Currents About
dene Goode

By Dale Bennett

"I guess the thing everybody knows me by is the way I love
horses," said Gene Goode with a modest smile. Having been
chased for three days for an interview, Gene finally consent-
ed to tell about herself. Hockey and horses . . . keynotes to
her interests were what she chatted most about.

"I had my first horse when I
was in the seventh grade," she
.said. "None of my family knew
anything about horses then, but
the particular horse I wanted and
bought had such a 'friendly' look."
Keeping up her riding through high
school Gene rode in many horse
shows and at present is planning
a horse show on campus for the
riders, as riding manager for AA.
She has also taught riding in the
summer at Camp Greystone.
Room Reflects Interests

Even Gene's room reflects her in-
terest along equestrian lines. Her
shelves are adorned with horses of
all sizes and descriptions which
she buys in every ten cent store
she goes into, and her walls are
full of most interesting O.A. O.'s
. . . not the usual men however,
but her own horse "Ginger," Gin-
ger's colt, "Flip," and Flip's sire,
"Peagreen."

And of course everybody re-
members the day Gene answered
that question that had the entire
student body and faculty stumped
on the A. A. sports quiz in chapel

about the meaning of bishoping
horses "Thought everybody knew

I* yom think tj ^f <s Sc&tey,
wai+'ll you. see the real
On - u-nctQrneath f/i

that," said Gene, "They just carve
ridges in their teeth to make them
look younger" a stickler that
would stump all but the inner cir-
cle of the horse world.

Pla^s Hockey

And then there's Gene's interest
in hockey that makes her a "stand-
out" on campus. Making the sub-
varsity her freshman year, she
played hard last year until she
stopped a hard hit ball with her
eye and had to miss most of the
season. This year Gene is trying
a new position, left wing, and
from all reports is headed for a
stellar role on her class team.

.Gene is also on the Baptist Stu-
dent Council for all the churches
in and around Atlanta. She does
outstanding work among the Bap-
tist students on campus.

As for a career, Gene says her
psych major is "just cause I like
it," since marriage is her one and
only goal. Of course she plans to
have some stables for herself and
friends, but "just for fun," she
adds. And with her shy smile and
pleasing personality there's no
doubt Gene will have that goal
before many more years roll
around.

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555

Calico Finds Men, Food, Fun
At Sunday Night Open House

Member

Pbsocided GoHc&iale Press

Who said "Saturday night is
the loneliest night in the week?"

Well, even if it was Sinatra, I
don't agree. At least on Saturday
night you can count on being dead
tired from a Saturday afternoon
spree if you aren't among the elite
who had a date.

But Sunday night hardhearted
as I am, that's a time when my
thoughts wander homeward.

Soo the other Sunday night I
took myself down to Murphey
Candler to socialize for a while. I
had heard that the Social Stand-
ards Committee was sponsoring an
Open House every Sunday from
7:30 p. m. to 10 p. m., food includ-
ed. And when food's free, who am
I to resist?

As my pedal extremities guid-
ed me toward Murphey Candler,
I heard the radio going strong
with "L'Aniour" and people were
laughing. Sounded nice. Next
thing to do was to get in there
and see what manner of men
were those who laugh and sing
on Sunday night.
It was a nice sight. Lucy Tur-
ner's Jimmy was sitting on the
floor in front of an open fire su-
pervising the popcorn popper.
Numerous girls were seated around
him I later discovered that Lucy
was in the kitchen fixing hot choc-
olate. Fred and Robin were en-
grossed in a game of Chinese
checkers, while Lu Cunningham
and others were passing around
cookies.

Mary Cargill and Herty McAl-
lister were attempting why I
don't know to work one of those
jig saw puzzles which come in
3003 pieces. Jane Meadows was
seated nearby to give spiritual, if
not other, aid.

Harriet Frierson and Van were
taking the whole situation in, and
finally settled down to a game.

Mary Catherine Vinsant, Jeanne
Hale, Mary Ann Courtenay, Mar-
gie Naab joined one group after
another, and seemed to be having
a nice time.

Lida and Jack sat on the sofa
next to the fireplace, and the last
time I looked, June Driskill had
gone over to chat with them. Dot
Spragens and Lamar were sipping
hot chocolate and eating cookies
next to them.

Over in one corner a group of
freshmen were writing letters.
They probably find more than a
campus slip in their mailboxes
bright girls.

Bark in the kitchen Dot De-
v;mr and .lack were talking- with
Rite Watson and Sissy Jeffries,
feck ha* given up his Air Corp*
uniform for tweeds, and fftt
sport ing a 14-carat (sez Jack")

discharge button. He's back at
Tech now, and said the closest
place to Tech he could find to
live was a nearby Decatur ad-
dress. This housing situation is
really getting convenient.

Ann Noell, Vera Orem and
"Butch" Pope came in and got in-
volved in a Post-School or Where-
do-we-go-from-he-ah discussion.
Vee was a little sleepy from her
Athens trip, so she's still undecid-
ed.

I liked what I saw. All was in-
formal and cozy. There were girls
with dates and girls sans dates,
but all were having fun. Later El-
eanor Reynolds started playing the
piano, and a gang gathered around
to sing. Just about that time the
"Comparative Religions" class got
back on campus, and came down
en masse. Scotty Johnson, follow-
ed by Leila Powell and Susie Rich-
ardson, dashed in Scotty immed-
iately requesting "Battle Hymn of
the Republic." But somebody
thought of the victrola about then.

Just as Open House was clos-
ing, Bet Patterson, Agnes Harns-
berger. and Chris Yates made a
dramatic entrance and demanded
food. One of the hostesses found
something and they promised to
be early next Sunday.

So, if you're bored next Sunday,
meet me at Murphey Candler be-
tween 7:30 p. m. and 10 p. m. and
we'll eat and gossip. . . . See yo.
Calico

Wee Beasties
Make Campus
Squirrel Cage

If you should ever see any of
these squirrels gazing into the rip-
pling water of the fish pond and
looking wistfully at the darting
fish, don't "shoo" them away, but
be sympathetic and realize they
have a touch of nostalgia. These
bushy-tailed creatures were
brought here from Clearwater,
Fla., and are used to the placid
blue water of the Gulf of Mexico,
rather than the Alumnae garden
pond. These are sea-side animals
and are accustomed to throwing
scorns at crabs instead of Hotten-
tots.

Many years ago, Bucher
Scott, for whom the gym is named,
brought several of these little rod-
ents from his father's home in
Florida to his own home on 312
S. Candler street. He was fas-
f -mated by the creatures who would
eat out of his hand and he thought
I hey would prove a nice attraction
n his front yard.

Angling
with Fisher

The long lines in the dining room
present a poser these days in the
form of what to do while you stand
in line. Schedule-minded people
begrudge the fifteen-or-so wasted
minutes; everyone hates the mo-
notony of seeing on the outside
the familiar houses of McDonough
street and on the inside the famil-
iar faces.

It s a Line

For a while knitters passed the
time away with an industrious eye
toward socks for Christmas gifts,
until they were curtailed by the
hazards of dropping stitches or
dropping the ball of yarn, which
usually rolled under tables and
around chair legs. Readers per-
haps could follow Maggie Tulliver,
(correction), Antonia through sev-
eral pages until, intent on the book
they bumped into a hot radiator.

Even conversation, which seems
to be the only safe means for lift-
ing boredom, is on the lag.
Still It's a Line

Since knitting and reading are
hazardous, conversation is the only
outlet for the bored. In the long
lull between September and ex-
aminations topics for chat languish
except when complaints of papers
and tests take the lead. During
this period the NEWS ought to of-
fer a prize a Hershey bar, or
since Hershey's are plentiful, a
box of Lux to the girl who can in-
troduce an original and interesting
topic to be picked apart in the
cafeteria line each week.

Here are a few fanciful ideas
that bother some brains which
should be thinking about the bin-
omial theorem or the present sub-
junctive of "etre." "If you had a
million dollars and wanted to leave
some tangible gift to the college,
what would you give?" Labor sav-
ing devices are generally the an-
swer. One sophomore would like
to invest in a set of large pneuma-
tic tubes like the ones at Davi-
son's which will suck reference
room books from the dormitories
to the library at eight-thirty each
morning.

A more sensible suggestion is
that of a kitchen at the end of
each hall. You can imagine its
condition after a session of brownie
or spaghetti making. Cooking al-
ways conjures up the picture of a
closet pantry in Inman with dirty
dishes never washed until needed.
If anyone endows the college with
kitchens they'd better include
some D.D.T. along with the gift.

However, to return to talking
about things to talk about, the
eternal trend seems to follow class
room events. Sometimes some-
thing that is worth telling emerges
from the usual line of talk. This
one, too choice to keep, happened
in a speech class week before last.
A freshman was reciting, "What
can I do, O lover dear?" when
the teacher called from the aud-
ience, "Speak through your dia-
phragm."

MORK FOOD FACTS

If you're interested in investi-
gating the situation, stop by the
day student room in Main, the
Mortar Board reading room, and
Murphey Candler and get The
Spotlight. This will give food
for thought. It will give you the
facts and it will eall for con-
st motive notion.

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1945

Page 3

AS Book Week
November9-16

Agnes Scott Book Week will be
held Nov. 9-16, Miss Edna Hanley,
college librarian, announced today.

During this time, exhibits of
books which have been purchased
by the library within the last year
will be shown. On Sunday, Nov.
11, the library will 'be open from
2 p. m. until 5:30 p. m. for the col-
lege community and friends. Dr.
Will Howe, former director of
Charles Scribner's Sons Publishing
company will be in the library and
will speak informally on "book
collecting' 'at 3:30 p. m. Members
of Mortar Board will assist in
showing the collections. Dr. Howe
is visiting professor at Emory Uni-
versity at present.

The Robert Frost collection
which recently has been added to
by the poet himself will be one
of the foremost collections in the
exhibit. Also, approximately 50
first volumes from new sets will
be shown.

It is hoped that the collection
of last year's winner of the Louise
McKinney Book Award, Marie Bee-
son, will be on display.

Art Appreciation Talk
Cites Italian Renaissance

Italian Renaissance painting was
the subject of H. C. Forman's first
art appreciation talk held in the
old chapel last Wednesday eve-
ning. With the aid of the new
colored slides in the Art depart-
ment, Mr. Forman gave a brief
outline of Italian painters begin-
ning with Giotto.

Mortar Board is sponsoring these
programs, the next of which will
be on Mexican Art.

Silhouette Pictures

Students are urged to notice
the new hours for pictures for
the Silhouette. New schedule
blanks have been placed on the
back bulletin board and those
who have not already had their
pictures made are asked to sign
up for a new time. The club pic-
tures will be taken in a few
weeks and presidents are urged
to ^arrange convenient times
with the members.

DeKALB

A Community Theatre

TODAY and THURSDAY
Johnny WEISSMULLER

"TARZAN and the
AMAZONS"

FRIDAY
Dick POWELL
Anne SHIRLEY
In

'MURDER MY SWEET"

MONDAY and TUESDAY
ABBOTT and COSTELLO
In -

"NAUGHTY NINETIES"
Also MARCH of TIME

NEXT WEEK Wed.-Thurs.
Cornel WILDE
Evelyn KEYES
In

"A THOUSAND AND ONE
NIGHTS"

In TECHNICOLOR

When Far From the Reach

By Libby Woodward

Hallowe'en parties the goblins'll git you if you don't watch out
and Agnes Scott donned masks to haunt Tech, Emory, and other points
in Atlanta autumn leaves and football games some yelled for the
Jackets and some cheered for the Tigers all had fun in this week-
end's gay whirl.

Who

JUUBBA HUBBA!

Demobilization, returning soldiers and sailors, and just-reconverted
civilians added to the excitement. Lida Walker and her red-headed
sailor Mary Byrd Rutledge and George from Duke Pagie's Frank
Glassell's Bob Frances Sholes and Bill Betty Turner and her at-
tractive captain from Savannah Binky Stubbs' Duncan Gene Akin
and her interesting visitor Virginia Skinner's cute friend Mary Mc-
Calla and AUBetty Gesner entertaining an ensign Evelyn Puckett
and her V-12 from Virginia. It's mighty nice when HE comes home.
WELCOME TO OUR CAMPUS

Visitors were many and attractive. From neighboring Georgia
and Furman, came Teddy Sue Harrison to see Sister Davis, and Glennie
to visit sister Lou McLaurin. Gene Goode and Fran Ford entertained
friends from Tallahassee. Once-upon-a-time-Hottentots returning were
Betty Mann, Mary Mohr, Marty Hay, and Susan Kirtley. Margaret
Kinard's father came over from Clemson. Jane Frazer and Susan
Bowling went with their families to the Auburn-Tech game. The
Akins and the Dendys came to see Gene and Nancy. Mary Cargill was
entertaining her brother, and another interesting couple were Harding
Ragland and George's father. Ruth Ryner and Bettye Lee Phelps en-
tertained on campus, Clifton Wight, student government president at
Wesleyan, and Carolyn Alexander.

What

BEHIND THE MASKS

Hallowe'en parties highlighted the social life of many fraternities
and many came back with grinning jack-o-lanterns and fantastic
masks. At the ATO party: Nancy Deal, Pagie Violette, and Nan Hon-
our. The Dental IFC dance at the Starlight Roof was fun; Betzie
Powers, Mary Jane Fuller, June Thomason, Billie Powers and Ann
Hough were there. Hallowe'en party by the med students attracted
Jane Barker and Anne Woodward. Dancing at the Empire Room:
Eva Williams, Peggy Jones, Alice Gordon, and Betty Turner. Sweetie
Calley, Anne Eidson, Sissy Jefferies, and Mary Brown Mahon danced
at the Mirador Room while Mary McCalla, Jane Anne Newton, Pagie
Violette, Butch Hays, Frankie Francisco, and Anne Hightower pre-
ferred the Rainbow Roof. At the Paradise Room: Glassell Beale and
Kate Ellis. Betty Jean Ellison and Charlsie Smith had fun at the
Harvest Ball in Decatur.

BLACK THAT TIGER'S EYE

All over Grant Field Saturday there were familiar faces from Agnes
Scott. Settie Davison, Mim Steele, Weezie Durant, Steve Page, Lil
Fields, Rebecca Lacey, Jean Barnes, Ruth Limbert, Puddin Bealer,
Peggy Willmon, Gloria Ann Melchor, Jane Campbell, Nan Honour, Jane
de Silva (with Bob), Sister Davis, Anne Hightower, Peggy Jones, Eva
Williams, Libby Woodward, Nancy Deal, Ginny Dickson, Harriet Greg-
ory, Alice Gordon and an attractive captain, Jeter Starr, Jean Chewn-
ing, Lee Brewer, Anna Clarke Rogers, Maxine Kickliter, Betzie Powers,
Grace Durant, Margaret McManus, Janet Liddell and her father,
Dot Peace and a cute Greenville visitor (who left his SAE pin behind),
and Teetoe Williams and her family.

Where

HELLO, MOM, IT'S ME

Homeward bound for the week-end: Rosemary Jones went to Vin-
ings. Mariflyn Bridges took Jean Tollison home to Dawson with
her. B .A. Zeigler spectated at a wedding in Bamberg, S. C, while Dot
DeVane and Jack were practicing aisle-marching. Spartanburg and
Murphy were the main attractions for Ellen Morrison (in reverse
order). It was Seneca for Marie Adams and Anderson for Gloria
Gaines and Lady Major, while Edna Claire Cunningham went to Eaton-
ton. Katherine Johnson had a big time in Columbus. Pattie Dean
with Ellen and Ann Hayes went to Anderson, and Carolyn Bodie
took roommates Eleanor Davis and Louise Reid home to Forest City,
N. C, for a visit. Scotty Scott went to Rome.

MORE TRAVELERS

Dalton beckoned to Johanna Richardson and Louise Starr. Gail
Stewart had a glorious time in Monroe, La. Mary Russell's was a
restful weekend, doing "not one constructive thing," in Griffin. Soozi
went home to Augusta, and Anniston attracted Lucy Turner. Jane
Bowman weekended in Gainesville and Isabel Asbury went to Athens.
G.S.C.W. was the big attraction for Sara Belle Rosenberg.

OFF THE RECORD TO YOU . . .

Came everything from Boogie tp Beethoven! Come on down to
Rich's. Listen and nuke your selection from- the gobs of

records in . . .

Rich's Record Sh*f, Sixth Floor

RlCH'S

CltlamicL

Art Exhibits Feature
Modern Variety

Nine art exhibits covering col-
lections of modern etchings, water-
colors, woodcuts, and student art
work, will be shown on campus
throughout the school year, H. C.
Forman, head of the department
of Art, announced this week.

The schedule includes the fol-
lowing exhibits: The Robert
Scharf collection of modern etch-
ings and lithographs which will
continue through today; Nov. 3-16,
painting of the art staff of the
High Museum of Art; Nov. 20-30,
Canadian Watercolors by Mr. For-
man; January, modern Chinese
woodcuts from the American Fed-
eration of Arts, and the Bechtell
Collection of Daumier and Callot
Prints; February, drawings and
paintings by Mrs. Leone B. Ham-
ilton; March, photographs of sculp-
ture by Carl Milles; April, con-
temporary watercolors from the
Whitney Museum of American Art,
New York; and in May, student
work from the art department.

The exhibits, with the exception
of the Bechtell collection of Daum-
ier and Callot prints, will be shown
in Buttrick hall. The Daumier
and Callot collection will be shown
in the art gallery in the library.
The Scharf exhibit now on display,
includes over 50 original etchings
and lithographs.

Frosh Rooms
To Be Judged

The Day of Judgment is coming!
At least, the freshmen of Inman,
White House and Gaines will feel
that way Friday, Nov. 9, when
Christian Association's three jud-
ges from the Interior Decorating
Clinic begin to inspect their rooms.

Miss Charlotte Hunter, assistant
dean of students, Mrs. Leone Ham-
ilton, assistant in the art depart-
ment, and Helen Pope, (sr.), will
conduct the "judgment day" tour
as the judges of C.A.'s contest.
Rooms will be judged on three
points, originality, the expansion
of ideas given by the interior dec-
orating clinic at the beginning of
school, and liveable appearance.

Culminating the aid given by
Peggy Pat Home and Mrs. June
Terrell, advisors of the clinic, the
announcement of the winners will
appear in the next issue of The
News. Prizes will be awarded to
both roommates and will be in-
dividually chosen to fit into the
scheme of the room.

General Will Tell
War Experiences

Brig. Gen. William E. Brougher
will emphasize the personal re-
sponsibility of the individual in the
present peace effort in a chapel
talk tomorrow.

General Brougher who fought on
Bataan and survived Jap impris-
onment, was awarded the Disting-
uished Service Medal Monday. He
was liberated in August and is now
at home at 326 Adams street. He
is the father of Betty Brougher,
'44, and Frances Brougher, '45.

Students are asked by Rus-
sian War Relief to eontribute
classies or works of modern au-
thors to help replaee the Rus-
sian libraries destroyed by the
Nazis.

Donations may he made in
the reading: room of the library
where a box has been provided.

Club News

FOLIO CLUB

Seven freshmen have been tak-
en into Folio club as a result of the
tryouts submitted last week. New
members are Newell Turner, Mary
Price, Jo Snow, Katherine Geff-
chen, Ann Mason, Louisa Beale,
and Veelie Knight.

The first meeting will be in the
Alumna House, Tuesday, Novem-
ber 6, at 7:30. At this meeting Jo
Snow, Mary Price, and Veelie
Knight will read their tryouts,
and the officers for the new year
will be chosen.

BLACKFRIARS

Blackfriars will give a rehearsal
party backstage in Presser Thurs-
day night at 8:30 in honor of the
cast and crew of "Pride and Preju-
dice.' ' Following formal iniatiation
of the two new Blackfriar mem-
bers, Jenny Wren and Janet van
de Erve, there will be games and
refreshments.

c. A.

Marianna Hollandsworth is this
year's president of Sophomore Cab-
inet, according to Christian Asso-
ciation president Dorothy Sprag-
ens. Freshman Cabinet elections
are scheduled for Wednesday, Nov.
7, at 5 p. m.

Miss Rosalie Oakes, southern
regional director of the Y.W.C.A.
will be on campus Nov. 5-7, when
she will visit in the individual cab-
inets as well as on the rest of the
campus.

C.A.'s highlight for this week
was a chapel program Tuesday
led by Miss Annie May Christie,
assistant professor of English. The
program featured a half-hour of
poetry and music.

Barbara Coith, '48, will lead the
program continuing the study of
the Sermon on the Mount when
Bible Club meets.

Life Service Group, which meets
alternate weeks with Bible cl^ib,
will hear Dr. William Rule Nov. 6.
Mrs. Richard Gillespie of the Pres-
byterian Foreign Missions Com-
mittee will speak to the group Nov.
9, followed by Dr. Kerr Taylor
Nov. 20.

FRENCH CLUB

French club completed its try-
outs Friday, Oct. 26. New mem-
bers accepted were Louise Cousar,
Anne Hayes, Marian Yancey, Anne
Jackson, Nan Honour, Dorothy
Stewart, Nan Nettles, Pris Hatch,
Alice Davidson, Barbara Smith,
Frances Ford and Theresa Kemp.

B.O.Z.

Anne Noell, '46, was elected
to membership to BOZ on tryout
basis last Friday at the regular
meeting, Ruth Simpson, president,
stated.

The next regular meeting will
be held Nov. 16.

Eta Sigma Phi

Eta Sigma Phi, honorary classi-
cal fraternity, elected officers at
its organization meeting Monday,
Oct. 29, at the home of Miss Kath-
ryn Glick, advisor.

Mary Cargill, president, announ-
ced new officers as Phia Pedakis,
'47, vice-president; Alice David-
son, '48, secretary; and Adele
Dieckmann, '48, treasurer.

The group will meet the first
Monday afternoon of each month
at Miss Glick's home. Study of the
works of four philosophers will
comprise the programs.

Page 4

AGNES SCOTT NEWS. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 31, 1945

ATHLETES

FEATS

"Did you ever sit by a campfire
When the wood has fallen low
And the ashes start to whiten
Round the embers crimson glow"

And so it goes. Take heed all,
for tomorrow night at 9:30, mem-
bers of A. A. will gather down be-
hind the gym with all who want to
celebrate a belated Hallowe'en. A
blazing campfire, blue jeaned Hot-
tentots, "starlight snacks," sing-
ing, and all else in keeping with
the atmosphere will be the order
of the night. A beautiful chance
like this comes none too often so
even if you forget the traditional
Hallowe'en mask, drift over from
the library, the dorm, date par-
lors or wherever you happen to
find yourself at said hour and join
in the fun. Fall weather like this
was just made for celebratin' like
that.

Be on the lookout next week
for news about the horse show
which will be held Saturday,
Nov. 24. This should be an ex-
citing event since nothing of its
kind has been held since any of
the present classes have been at
A^nf's Scott. 'Tis heard that
practices last Saturday were
very successful and come Nov.
Z4 things will really be smooth.
Speaking of practices, Swimming
club is still on the go getting ready
for the Pageant which is now just
a month off. The frosh have sup-
plied many outstanding swimmers
to the ranks of water-lovers and
heed a prediction that comes
"meet" time next winter that team
will give the others plenty of com-
petition in speed and form.

Harriet Gregory has been elec-
ted manager of the newly form-
ed Bowling club so remember
whom to see if you ever decide
it would be fun to "join up."

Pate Book

Wed., Oct SI Gen. Brougher talks
in chapel.

Freshman Cabinet hears Dean S.
(i. Stakes* 5 p. m. in Murphey
Candler.

AU-vStar series presents "Rigolet-
to," 8:30 p. m.

Thurs., Nov. 1 Rabbit-rabbit day!
Pri., Nov. 2 Senior supper, 6 p,
m., at Harrison Hut.

Class meetings in chapel
Sat., Nov. 3 Investiture, 11:45 a.

m., in Presser.
Sun, Nov. 4 Campus church serv-
ice, 11 a. m. in Presser.

After dinner coffee for seniors,
Murphey Candler

Tues., Nov. 6 Dr. William Rule
speaks during chapel.

Kmi! Holt/.hauer speaks, 4:30 p. m.,
in the art lecture room.

Eliminate Negative
Outing Club Aim

Hottentots who love outdoor
life, mountain music, or any kind
of music, hiking, blue jeans and
outdoor cooking, and who are
members of Outing club not only
in name but in spirit will have
much of the same in store for
them for the remainder of the
year. A letter has been sent to all
members by Bettye Lee Phelps,
Outing club manager, concerning
plans for the year, and those wish-
ing to remain active in the club
are requested to answer immed-
iately. This is the first step in a
new policy to try to limit the club's
membership to only those who
are genuinely interested in the
club's activities.

The innate pioneer spirit in all
active members finds an outlet in
the various trips taken during the
year. The most outstanding trips
last year were those supper hikes
to "Coffee Hill" and one overnight
hike to North Fulton Park. The
latter, held last spring and chap-
eroned by Miss Ames was quite an
affair. Everyone returned breath-
less, happy, tired and saying only,
"I don't see how we lived through
it all, but wasn't it wonderful!"
And aren't they always.

Edgar DeWitf Jones,
Detroit Minister,
Will Speak Nov. 6-7

Dr. Edgar DeWitt Jones, of De-
troit. Michigan, will speak in
chapel Tuesday and Wednesday,
Nov. 6 and 7.

Dr. Jones is the minister of one
of the nation's largest Christian,
or Disciples churches. He has
written many books and was
president of the Federal Council
of the Churches of Christ for two
years. He has travelled extensive-
ly throughout the world, being at
one time exchange minister to
Scotland and also residing in Ire-
land for a year.

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AGNES SCOTT

Seniors Beat Sophs 3-0
Juniors Down Frosh 2-0

By Edna Claire Cunningham

In clear, cold weather made for hockey the seniors beat the
sophs, 3-0, Friday afternoon in a hard-fought game, and the
juniors defeated the freshmen 2-0.

The halves in both games were shortened to ten minutes and
every minute was made to count. The senior-soph game was
fight to the finish and each

a

team remained scoreless at the
end of the first half. As play pro-
gressed in the last period, how-
ever, the old Scotty Johnson-Soozi
Richardson passing teamwork
started clicking and the seniors
drove on to goal for three tallies.
Sister Davis made some excellent
runs for the sophs in the right
wing position but due to the strong
senior defense was unable to score.
Defense play on the part of both
teams highlighted the game. The
sophs were never able to threaten
once the seniors got on the top side
of the score.

The junior-freshman fray was
also a close affair and defense
play by both teams kept the scor-
ing very low. Their hard plugging
together to break the freshman
line and make two accurate shots
at the goal saved the day for the
juniors. It was a hotly contested
game throughout and play was
locked near the center of the field
most of the time. Each goal was
a result of a slow march into en-
emy territory. In the first period
B. J. Radford made the first junior
goal, and the second was made by
Gene Goode in the second period.

The line-ups were as follows:

Seniors Johnson, CF; Richard-
son, RI; Sale, LI; Stixrud, RW;
Stephenson, LW; Walker, CH;
Burnett, RH; Ragland, LH; Rowe,
RF; Neville, LF; McCain, G.

Sophomores Hatch, CF; Tuc-
ker, RL; Little, LI; Haislip, RW;
Davis, LW; Major, CH; Deick-
mann, RH; Cunningham, LH;
Clapp, RF; Treadwell, G.

Juniors Radford, CF; Hoyt, RI;
Williams, LI; Rentz, RW; Goode,
LW.

Freshmen Fraser, CF; Whitak-
er, RI; Lee, LI; Newton, RW;
Blake, LW.

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Agnes Scott college and the Uni-
versity System of Georgia will pre-
sent Minna Hecker, soprano, and
Hugh Hodgson, pianist, in a pro-
gram of opera music, Nov. 5 at 8
p. m. in Presser hall.

The program will be in five
parts. First, Miss Hecker will sing
Handel's "Oh, Sleep! Why Dost
Thou Leave Me" from 'Semele"
and "Ach, ich funis" from Mo-
zart's "The Magic Flute." Mr.
Hodgson will play "Gavotte" from
"Iphingenie en Aulide" by Gluck-
Brahms and "Ballet of the Blessed
Spirits" from "Orpheus" by Gluck-
Hodgson. Miss Hecker will sing
"Casta Diva" from Bellini's "Nor-
ma." Mr. Hodgson will play 'Spin-
ning Song" ("Flying Dutchman"),
Wagner-Liszt; "Fire Music" ("Die
Walkure"), Wagner-Brassin; "Love
Music" ("Tristan and Isolde"),
Wagner-Hodgson; and "Liebestod"
("Tristan and Isolde"), Wagner-
Hodgson. To close the program
Miss Hecker will sing "Depuis le
jour" ("Louise"), Charpentier, and
"Caro nome" ("Rigoletto"), Verdi.

The program is open to the pub-
lic.

Emory Holds
Forum on
Human Relations

Miss Lucy Randolph Mason,
C.I.O. public relations officer for
the south, spoke Sunday night at
G'enn Memorial church at the
third of the human relations for-
ums sponsored by several groups
on the Emory campus. The sub-
ject was Labor and Peace.

Briefly sketching the history of
labor unions, which she defined as
aggregations of working people for
mutual protection and benefit, hav-
inb broad human interests, she
called attention to the fact that
labor unions in Norway, Sweden
and Denmark have contributed re-
cently by their cooperation with
the underground movements of
these countries.

Tennis Sharks
Polish Off
First Round

The results of the first round

of the tennis tournament show

three matches have been played

off with only one default re-
corded.

Despite the week of bad weath-
er, the following scores have been
chalked up. Joan Crangle-Scotty
Johnson defeated Jean Rentz and
Peggy Pat Home 6-1, 6-0; while
Betty Jeanne Ellison and Irene
McLeod beat Marie Cuthbertsorr
and Hunt Morris 4-6, 6-2 and
6-4. In the third match of the
first round, Lady Major and Vir-
ginia Tucker won over Betty Jo
Sauer and Nancy Francisco 7-6,
6-2. Mary Price and Julia Blake
defaulted to June Terrell and Bet-
ty Jean Brown.

Traditional Capping

(Continued from Page 1)

"There seems to be some ques-
tion as to when this public cere-
mony was inaugurated (though the
class of 1913 has no doubt of their
having started it)", writes Miss
McKinney, "but there are certain
facts as to the donning of caps and
gowns.

"The first class to assume cap
and gown was the class of 1908,
two years after the actual grant-
ing of the B. A. degree. In the An-
nual of 1912, for the first time,
the assuming of cap and gown to
denote seniorhood was spoken of
as "investing," but in 1913 the
class was publicly invested. . .

"Up to this time there had been
a ceremony of investiture but it
had taken place in Dr. Gaines's
study. The reason for this private
rather than public ceremony is
rather interesting: it came as the
climax of the traditional freshman-
sophomore feud .... for as the
time for assuming cap and gown
drew near, it was the signal for
the then-juniors to attempt to
steal the costumes before the sen-
iors could get them, even from the
express office. So to avoid this
difficulty the class announced in.
chapel that the ceremony of in-
vestiture would take place at a
certain time in chapel. From that
day to this the first Saturday in
November has been appointed as
the time for Investiture, and has
become a regular date in the col-
lege calendar."

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The Agnes Scott News

VOL. XXXI.

Directories
Sell Dec. 1

Sophomore Directories went to
press Monday and will be sold in
the lobby of Rebekah beginning
December 1, according to co-
chairmen Betzie Powers and
Marian Yancey.

Selling at 25 cents per copy, the
Directory' is the traditional pro-
ject of the Sophomore class and
proceeds will go the class treasury.
Orders will not be taken before
the date of distribution.

The 1945-46 Directory will con-
tain all information included in
former issues with the addition
of the year of expected graduation
of each student. Other details cov-
ered will be the name, nickname,
father's initials and birthday of
each girl. For day students the

telephone number will be given;
for boarders, the school address.

Betty Abernathy designed the
modernistic cover. Other commit-
tee heads were Harriet Gregory,
materials; June Driskill, publicity;
Rosemary Griffin, advertisements;
Margaret Yancey, proof reading;
Ann Ballard, typing; and Mary
Manly, selling. Martha Humber is
treasurer of the project.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, G A., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1915

No. 6

To Feature Frost Works,
Art Books, Classics Sets

Agnes Scott Book Week which opens Friday will include
new additions to the Robert Frost collection, as well as sets
of the classics, an exhibit of art books, and material on
"Rivers of America."

Miss Edna Hanley, college librarian, announced that the
collections will, be up through

Nov. 16. During this time exhibits
of books which have been purchas-
ed by the library within the last
year will be shown. On Sunday,
Nov. 11, the library will be open
from 2 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. for the
college community and friends.

Dr. Will Howe, former Director
of Charles Scribner's Sons Pub-
lishing Company will be in the li-
brary, Sunday and will speak in-
formally on "Book Collecting" at
3:30 p.m. Dr. Howe is visiting pro-
fessor at Emory University at pres-
ent. Members of Mortar Board will
assist in showing the collections.
Some of the recently purchas-
ed material includes sets of Mat-
lie w Arnold, Ruskin, Shelley,
Galsworthy, and Bernard Shaw.
The 'Walpole Correspondence,"
which is edited by W. H. Lewis
and published by Yale Univer-

sity, is being ordered. It is only
partially published, and thus will
arrive a.s it comes off the press.

The Robert Frost collection
which recently has been added to
by the poet himself will be one of
the foremost collections in the ex-
hibit. A copy of his first book
which was published in England in
1913 will be in the exhibit. This
copy is being donated for the ex-
hibit by Miss Emma May Laney.
"North of Boston," his second book
which was also published in Eng-
land, 1915, will be among the col-
lection. Other works of his which
will be shown include the "Mask
of Reason," "Christmas Cards,"
published by Henry Holt, "Witness
Tree," and "Collected Poems" pub-
lished in 1930.

There will be an exhibit of new
(Continued on Page 4)

RAINED OUT For the first time since 1914, seniors march up
rom the basement of Presser on their way to Investiture in Gaines
auditorium, Saturday.

Flexible Viewpoint
Called Vital to World

Miss Ellen Douglass Leyburn, associate professor of Engl-
ish, urged more pliable human relationships, at the Saturday
Investiture service where 120 members of the class of '46
were capped in the traditional manner.
Rain, falling on Investiture Saturday for the first time

in 31 years, prevented the custom-
ary procession from the colonnade
to Presser.

Dr. G. Ray Jordan, professor of
homiletics at the Candler School
of Theology, Emory University,
spoke at the annual campus church
service Sunday morning.

Miss Leyburn spoke on
"Thoughts on the Causes of the
Present Discontent." She stressed
the similiarity between the prob-
lems of yesterday and those of to-
day. "Our problem is not the want
of prophets," she said, "but the
want of wisdom within ourselves,
the want of willingness to look at
ourselves and to understand our
natures as they must be related to
the world of the future."

The difficulty lies in being com-
pelled to live in two worlds at once,
(Continued on Page 4)

Men
Swell Cast

Six male actors have been nam-
ed to the cast of Pride and Pre-
judice, Blackfriars' major produc-
tion for the fall quarter.

Sidney F. Owen of the Atlanta
Theatre Guild will play the part
of Mr. Bennett; Robert Gunther of
the University of Buffalo Blue
Masquers, Mr. Darcy; James Bush
of the Emory Players, Bingley;
Clyde Ryals of Emory Players,
Col. Fitzwilliam; James Loring of
Cherry Lane Theatre, New York
City. Mr. Collins; and Warren
Crater of the Lafayette Marquis
Play, Mr. Wickham.

16 Teams
Accept
Debate Bids

Pi Alpha Phi announces today
that sixteen teams have accepted
invitations to compete in its All-
Southern Intercollegiate Debate
Tournament Nov. 30. The teams
will represent about six Georgia
schools.

Teams from the intercollegiate
group will meet Tech and Emory
to debate the tournament question
;>t early dates. These will "be in-
formal debates to prepare for the
tournament in November.

Members of last year's intercol-
legiate debate teams have prepar-
ed a pro and con discussion on the
subject of compulsory military
:raining. It will be published in
the first issue of the Auroa.

The subject for debate will be
Resolved: that the United States
should direct its foreign policy to-
ward the establishment of free
trade among the nations of the
world.

THIRTEEN JOIN
AS NEWS STAFF

The News announces the follow-
ing new staff members, accepted
on the basis of tryouts during Oc-
tober. Each new reporter turned
in two stories as her trial.

News story reporters accepted
are: Mary Frances Anderson,
Louise Reid, and Teetoe Williams.
Harriet Gregory, Mary Beth Lit-
tle, and Clarkie Rogers are new
feature writers, while new assist-
ants on the sports page will be
Edna Claire Cunningham.

New society reporters are Ellen
Morrison, Eva Williams, B. A.
Zeigler, Mary Brown Mahon, Beth
Jones, and June Driskill.

Tryouts have not been completed
and further additions will be an-
nounced at a later date.

NOT THE KLU KLUX KL.AN Just Blitz applying the flame to
"Tissie" as members of the senior class watch youth leave
for senior dignity.

Up In Smoke

Little Girls Cone With Tissie

Eighteen years of traditions went up in smoke at Agnes-
Scott Friday night. A bit of the rebel South, a hint of the
old Klu Klux Klan se the atmosphere for the burning of
Tissie 'Bouthru" in commemoration of Little Girl's Day.
On the eve of their investiture, 120 chanting members of*

the class of '46 marched solemnly

Cabinefs Hear
Rosalie Oakes

Miss Rosalie Oakes, southern
regional director of student YWCA
work, has been visiting on campus
for several days this week to speak
to the individual Christian Asso-
ciation cabinets as well as the col-
lege community.

The highlight of Miss Oakes' vis-
it was her talk Sunday night, Nov.
4, at vespers on "Christ." She will
terminate her visit with a talk to
Sophomore Cabinet tonight at 7
p.m.

At vespers Sunday night, Nov.
II, there will be a student discus-
sion on "The Place of Missions in
the World Today." The panel will
Ye headed by TVggy Willmon.

is YOUR MIND
CAMPUSED?

1. Do you favor a merger of
Array-Navy command as a meas-
ure toward more efficient nat-
ional defense?

2. Is China headed toward
Communism? What is the signi-
cance of the fighting going on
in China now?

3. What are the specific aims
of the present labor - manage-
ment conference? How are these
aims to be carried out ?

4. Is the ending of the war
bringing an increase in criminal
offenses in this country?

*>n tfhe quadrangle, wearing their
academic robes. Lifting high the
pinafored effigy, class president,.
Blitz Roper lit the fire.

First mention of this custom of.
Little Girl's Day is made in the
192b Silhouette. From this, time un- -
;ii the present, on the day before
Investiture, the seniors have dress-
ed as kids, carried their toys with
them and played the whole day.
This was long symbolic of the sen-
iors last fling before formal recog-
nition of their class standing.

The burning came as a suprise
and only hint of any senior activi-
ty on this day was the senior pic-
nic at Harrison Hut at 6 p.m. True,
no pistol -packing juniors or Dibnne
Quintuplets froliced on campus for
the first time in 18 years. No an-
noying little girls piayed. Farmer
In The Dell while the harrassed
professor tried to cite the basic
imperatives, but the class of '46
had its say.

Perhaps a precedent was set,
perhaps the old tradition will be
reinstated but no matter what,
eighteen years of little girls' spirits
went into the making of Tissie-
eighteen years of blood, sweat,. and
tears.

CORRECTIONS

The following corrections ar*
made from last week's News.
Dorothy Spragens and Peggy
Willmon are numbered among
the 12 seniors reading for hon-
ors. Both are reading in math..

Page 2

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1945

First Down Payment

August 6, 1945, man first applied atomic energy. The ap-
plication was destructive . . . the results appalling. But in
death was a new beginning the birth of a new epoch.

In acting as midwife to this atomic era, man shouldered
the responsibility of watching over its development. As
college women, citizens of tomorrow, have we not some
some small part to play in the guardianship of our destiny.

Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont, has drawn up a
petition requesting President Truman to propose definite
action on the part of the United States government for the
creation of an international commission for the control of
production and use of atomic energy. If Bennington stu-
dents have shown constructive thinking and action, why
can't Agnes Scott students follow such a lead? Better still,
why don't we make our own first down payment for this
thing called permanent peace?

Thanks

Though oohing and aahing Hottentots expressed open-
ly their appreciation, The News also desires to thank
Misses Mary Anne Lambert and Florence Kitchen, dietitians,
for a wonderful party last Wednesday night. Halloween
still brings happy thoughts to those of us who, though wiser
and older, would still prefer carving pumpkins and chasing
spooks to dignified watching and opera going on this partic-
ular night.

Jack-o-lantems, candles and other festive decorations, with
a post-war dinner, made Halloween a real occasion last
Wednesday night. While the food situation is still difficult
here and desperate in other places, such a surprise treat
meant much to the entire campus.

The October birthday celebrations also added to the festive
air. This new event promises to go far in reviving the birth-
day spirit hitherto left at home.

Crosscurrents About
Bet Long Sale

By Martha Baker

Take four short years plus a giggle, a bright smile and a
characteristic hurriedness. Scramble them together and see

if you have as potent a compound as Bet Long Sale. See if
such a mixture will produce the same results for you as for

this senior who has the MRS degree before her college
cliploma.

If you ask her about it, she'll
just give a giggle and explain.
Following Bet's tale, perhaps its
logical to conclude in the begin-
ning that one, tall, out of the or-
dinary Joe who answers to the
name of Barnes is a prerequisite.
Throw into the picture, a bush be-
hind which you as a freshman can
hide and another girl to walk out
with the "Barn one." Now, watch
a year go by as you struggle to be
a class officer, play hockey on the
team, swim and end up in May
Court. Now, as sophomore, stage
an accidental meeting which is
really accidental in the dean's of-
fice. Hurrying the production up
with several more characteristic
giggles, a smile and a bit of poe-
try, you compete with the Pond's
girl as you wear a sparkler as a
junior. And to climax the deal,
marry him on a two week notice
July 14 while you're a senior at
Agnes Scott.

Smooth As Pond's

The outline sounds as clear as
a central idea for English 101. but
more ingredients must be added
to make the smooth compound
Bet has acheived. No doubt her
diverse interests are the answer,
filgta on the list is her love for
children "sweet and hugable."
"Girls, preferablely she adds,
"They're easy to handle, boys are
trouble/ 1 Looking into the situa-
tion this statement could be a
hangover from the summers of
nursing her two nieces, Prior and
kit. blonde heartbreakers who al-
most disrupted Bet's wedding as
they dumped their basket of roses
in the middle of the aisle. Perhaps
it reverts back to the time spent

in doing recreational work. isnme, <mu names are necessary. |

Music is one of the added extra
curricular activities which came
with being Mrs. Barnes Sale, she
claims. Now, she's taking a musi-
cal appreciation course which
"may keep me from graduating,
but will make Barnes happy if I
learn just a little about it." Bet's
a top swimmer and spends time
working out for the Swimming
Club. Also, she likes to give read-
ings.

Add Two New Activities

Regardless, two activities have
been added to her growing list of
events "ever about to be." As Mrs.
Sale, she's learned how the other
half lives meaning the day stu-
dent contingency. And secondly,
she now has the problem of get-
ting Barnes' pay check which she
always wants to frame, but
"eventually has to use."

Being a college girl, a matron,
writing to a husband half around
the world and serving as model
for the photographic fiends of the
family is a big order. Perhaps, the
formula calls for a bit of steel
in the form of character and en-
durance but the giggle, bright
smile, and Barnes are necessary.

UeU.i-V really adds dignU^

doesrV-r i+?

'No Writing 7 Label Encloses
Robert Frost First Editions

A box of Robert Frost limited and first editions personally
inscribed was received by Miss Emma May Laney, associate
professor of English, last week.

The sender, the poet himself, had stamped the following
words on the package, "sender claims no writing enclosed."
Perhaps Robert Frost does not

admit that his musical words
half poetry, half prose are writing,
but the personal messages in these
ten odd volumes mean more than
mere writing to Hottentots.

These invaluable volumes with
a collection of Frost Christmas
cards from past years, two facim-
iles of manuscripts, one of them of
a page from the first draft of an un-
published play, will be added to
the growing collection of Frost
Works in the library. The new
books together with the others of
the group will be on display dur-
ing the library Book Week, Nov.
9-16.

But, come and take a look at the
collection and picture Robert Frost
as he selected and signed each copy.
Surely he can never claim Agnes
Scott "the road not taken." Neith-
er can Hottentots deny the charm
the genial poet holds for the cam-
pus community.

Here, there is West-Running
Brook, limited edition No. 872. "A
Way Out,' 'a one act play and look,
inscribed is, "For Emma May
Laney if she will accept the dam-
aged copy of this, my only prose
play so far. Robert Frost, Ripton,
Vermont, Sept. 1945."

There's another limited edition
of West-Running Brook, A Collect-
ed Poems of Robert Frost, "his
poems in the form he has most en-
joyed seeing them in; A Witness
Tree, first printing; A Masque of
Reason, limited edition; another
Number 631; A Further Range,
"What comes over a man, is
it soul or mind?"; North of Bos-
ton, first edition, printed in Great
Britain, second volume to be pub-
lished and inscribed with a bit of
poem. Listen; you can almost hear
him reading it:

"Have I not walked without an up-
ward look
Of caution under stars that very
well

Might not have missed me as

they shot and fell?
It was a risk I had to take and

took."

There he's chuckling, too.
Here's a part of Robert Frost,

tangible yet untouched in value.
Here's a part of the man which
takes on richer meaning from ac-
tual contact with the man himself.
Look at his books, read his poems,
his personal .messages for Agnes
Scott. Catch, if you can, his phil-
osophy of the part for the whole
and learn to touch with Robert
Frost, the "hem of the goddess."

Elite Achieve
Opera Fame

From Agnes Scott to grand op-
era . . . one quick leap for 15
lucky Hottentots last Wednesday
night.

A last-minute request for "ex-
tras" in the mob scenes of "Rigo-
letto" sent them scurrying to don
make up and court dress for
their debut.

Flooring point of the evening
came when the Russian wardrobe
mistress took one look at the
girls and exclaimed, "Good heav-
ens, I did not order so much peo-
ple."

Hottentots who took part in the
opera were: Millie Evans, Kath-
leen Buchanan, Grace Durant,
Lura Johnston, Dot Spragens,
Margaret McManus, Ninia Owens,
Rite Watson, Nancy Hardy, Al-
ice Beardsley, LaNelle Wright,
Helen Currie, Martha Polk, Jean
Stewart and Evelyn McGarrity.

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Skeletons
In Rebekah

By MARY BETH LTTTLB

This past week was one for the
rattling of skeletons in closets.
Consequently all the Halloween
spooks and I have been poking our
funny faces into everyone's secret
life, looking for news to drag away
as one would carry off a gate or a
chair.

The funny-bone of our little
skeleton rattled the loudest of all
this week. One time it was accom-
panied by the clattering of the
many not so funny ones of the vic-
tims in the dining room; I hear
Libby Woodward, Mary Manly,
Pagie Violette, and Sheely Little
are planning to put a hex on the
little varnish - mad goblins who
made the dining room an ice-skat-
ing revue.

Professor Is Pillow

Speaking of the dining room,
Mary Manly hasn't yet gotten over
an experience, that happened in
line one sleepy morning. Thinking
the person in front of her was her
roommate, she put her arms
around her neighbor's shoulders,
whispered a few groggy words, and
lay her head against, her for a
quick snooze. Mary was as red as
the rosy dawn to find her human
pillow w r as none other than a fac-
ulty member.

Another weird situation con-
cerns a mad scientist (namely,
Adele Dieckmann). It seems she
concocted a potent ink eradicator
find put it in an old nose drop bot-
tle. The next a.m. when she awoke
with a cold, she promptly forgot
and used this liquid brimstone.
"Just call me No-Face," were her
last words as she dashed madly to
the fire department.

Jones Buzzes Dates

Everyone has been buzzing about
the reminder to leave dates at the
Colonnade rather than at the door
to Rebekah. Could it be a result of
the episode between Mr. Jones and
a certain couple (case no. 199x) ?
It seems the couple was in the
cloakroom off the porch when Mr.
Jones said "Time to lock up!"
"Just a minute," came the answer
from behind the screen. A few min-
utes later the routine was repeat-
ed. Then most politely Mr. Jones
walked through the lobby and
locked the other doors. When he
returned, he rattled his keys in a
most subtle way. Silence. What
happened then is anybody's guess.

Along the romantic line (the
wish-bone, perhaps ? ) the imps
seem to have taken Cupid's place
this week. For example, little did
Nancy Geer and I know as we
boarded the trolley for Atlanta,
Saturday, that we were headed for
excitement. Accepting the enthusi-
astic invitation of two cute blondes
to sit with them, we were greeted
by the duet, "Aren't we wolves \ n
What a ride! We were amazed; the
other passengers were fascinated.
By the time we had reached the
end of the line (that of the boys as
well as that of the trolley) we had
been promised letters, proposed to,
and bid farewell with a resounding
smack. Of course they were just
nine years old but even so . . .
Hoi ten tots Wed
Back to Hallowe'en; there must
have been something in t lie* air
that night. At least twelve Hotten-
tots became wives. All right, all
right. What if it was just for a
night, just for the opera our pri-
ma donnas got a large charge re-
gardless. And after all, what's life
anyway but .a masquerade?

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1945

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Of f the
Copy Hook

It's not often that the strains of
the Agnes Scott Alma Mater come
floating over the air waves on a
national hook-up, but there's al-
ways a sometimes. And that some-
times was last Friday night on the
Cities Service Program. In the
midst of a medley of college Alma
Maters, "When Far From the
Reach of Thy Sheltering Arms"
came forth. The only girls' school
to be represented on the program!
And when our song rates along
with "On Wisconsin" and Notre
Dame that's coming up in a big
way.

* * *

The Day Student Room in Main
has had its face lifted! Take a
look, there are new drapes and
two reasonable facimilies of beds.
The trash cans are new, glimmer-
ing with green paint, proudly bear-
ing the initials, ASC. In Buttrick
hall, a few industrious day stu-
dents spent their Saturday paint-
ing the wicker furniture green.

* * *

Who says we don't have a sense
of humor?. What if it is perverted?
Or did you miss the sign fastened
to the broom stuck in the hole in
the walk to keep campus guests
from falling in? (It doesn't matter
about us . . .) To get to the point,
some thoughtful Freshmen label-
ed said broom in these eloquent
terms :

This Piece of Shrubbery Dedicated

By The Class of '49
In Loving Memory of Those of our
Class

Who Have Not Swept in Vain.

Presbyterians
To Hold Rally

The Young Presbyterians of
Georgia are holding their annual
rally Saturday, Nov. 10 at 3 p.m.
at the Westminister Presbyterian
Church, Atlanta.

The afternoon program which
will be held from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
consists of a worship group which
will be led by Wade Huie and a
talk by Dr. Harry G. Goodykoontz,
director for Young People's Gener-
al Assembly, Louisville, Ky. Dis-
cussion groups will be held im-
mediately following.

Dr. W G. Gardener, First Pres-
byterian church, Atlanta, will be
the main speaker at the banquet.
The election of officers to organize
the Synod Westminister Fellow-
ship will come before the consecra-
tion which ends the Saturday pro-
gram.

Dr. J. R. McCain, president, Dr.
S. G. Cartledge, and Professor
Paul Garber will conduct the Bi.ble
hour Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m.

Robert Henri
Subject of
Art Lecture

The 'ashcan painters," group of
American artists led by Robert
Henri, were discussed by Emil
Holtzhauer, professor of art at
Wesleyan Conservatory, in a talk
here yesterday sponsored by the
department of art.

Mr. Holtzhauer explained that
Henri, as teacher, led the group in
rejecting mere charm as a stand-
ard of good painting. They earned
their nickname, he said, because
they painted the back alleys and
the tenaments of New York City.

Henri's group represented some
of the first painters of the "Amer-
ican Scene," asserted Mr. Holtz-
hauer. Pioneers of the "paint
American" idea, they considered
the National Academy of Design
in New York tyrannical in its ad-
herence to the models of Europe.

The speaker studied in Henri's
studio for five years.

Pictures illustrating Mr. Holtz-
hauer's talk were of members of
the group and their works.

Date Book

W ed., Nov. 7 Chi Beta Phi ban-
quet, 6:30 p.m. in the Alumnae
Holism.

Miss Rosalie Oakes speaks to
Soph. Cabinet, 7 p.m. in Mur-
phey Candler.

Women League of Voters'
meeting: in Murphey Candler
4:30.

Freshman Cabinet elects offi-
cers, 5-6 p.m.
Thurs., Nov. 8 Art Student Lea-
gue meets in 321 Buttrick, 4:45
p.m.

Fri., Nov. 9 Cotillion Club supper.
Rabbi Herbert S. Walker will
speak in chapel.

Sat., Nov. 10 Church rally, West-
minister Presbyterian Church, 3
p.m.

Sun., Nov. 11 Student panel dis-
cussion, MacLean Auditorium,
6:30 p. m.

Tues., Nov. 13 Folio meets, 7:30
p.m. in the Alumnae House.

When Far From the Reach

By Libby Woodward

FOOTE AND DAVIES

Announces Its new
College Annual Department
250 PEACHTREE STREET

Faculty and students are cor-
dially invited to visit the con-
venient and comfortable work-
ing quarters for Annual Staffs
provided at this new location.

ACNES 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. McCAFN, President

A JL X X X A i

Rush parties Investiture Senior Coffee fond, adoring parents
oh-so-proud of just-capped seniors lot of weather and a damp foot-
ball game. This was a big week-end for Miss Agnes, and a "special"
atmosphere pervaded the whole campus.
WE'RE REALLY SENIORS NOW!

It all started with the picnic and Tissie 'Bout Thru's cremation Fri-
day night. After that came the parents. Almost every senior was

complete with a relative of some
sort. There were the Tooles,
the Bovvmans, the Starrs, the
DeVanes, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Reid,
Mrs. Gordon, Mrs. Kincaid, Ma-
ry Cargill's grandmother, Peggy
Jones' mother and aunts, the
Hightowers, the Watsons, the
Woodwards, the Rogers, Mary
Russell's pretty mother, and
dozens of others. Then Investi-
ture, football for some and a delightful evening for all, the church ser-
vice Sunday, and after-dinner coffee. The hostesses Anne Murrell,
Dot Spragens, Eleanor Reynolds, Stratton Lee, Maudie Van Dyke,
Lura Johnston, and Mary Ann Courtenay looked lovely, almost as
lovely as their mothers receiving with them. Undaunted by so much
femininity, Mr. Murrell enjoyed it as much as anyone. Pouring were
Miss Scandrett and Miss Ham.
YOU CAN'T WIN EVERY TIME

And Tech doesn't. Real fans were those who braved the elements
Saturday to watch Duke take the sting out of the Yellow Jackets
Mildred Claire Jones, Scotty Johnson, Mary Manly, Lou McLaurin,
Ann Elcan, Mary Gene Sims, Leila Powell, Louise Starr, Charlien
Simms, Peggy Jones, May Turner, Ann Patterson arid her visitor from
Georgia, Jane da Silva, Elizabeth Blair, Jane Campbell, Bet Long
Sale, Joyce Gilliland, Joanna Gee, Bettye Lee Phelps, Jean Tollison
and her family, Caroll Taylor, Lorenna Ross, Lidie Lee, Sue Hutchens,
Carolyn Squires, Mary Jane Fuller, Punky Mattison, Louisa Aichel,
Dot Peace, Mary Brown Mahon, Sweetie Calley, Beth Walton, Ninia
Owens and her family, Steele Dendy, Liz Carpenter, Lanie Harris
Marie Cuthbertson, Joyce Hale, Betty Jeanne Ellison, Betty Wood,
and Eva Phillips.
CURRENT HE-VENTS

There were lots of attractive men on campus this week-end, and
equally as many excited and starry-eyed girls. Lamar was here to
see Mary Helen Phillips.' Pagie and Warner Mary Manly and
Jamie Mary Gene Sims and Wis Peggy Jones and Bobbbb Lou-
ise Hoyt and Bob Mary McCalla and Al (Getting to be a habit).
Nancy Haislip and Bill had an eventful week-end. Cissy has been
living on a little pink cloud 7,495 miles up for several days. Reason:
Mitch, just back from over there, called and will be here Wednesday
or Thursday. Another long-awaited call Anne Sproesser's from Cal-
ifornia. Have you seen B. J. Brown's pin? He's a Beta at Vandy.
She's lovely, she's engaged, she's a Hottentot she's Sara Smith. And
whatta rock her ring is! Ummmm!
VISITORS HERE AND THERE

Great big welcome signs for Lisa Marshall, who's come to see us
on her way back from West Point. Barbara Kincaid's visitor is Mary
Louis Davis of Wesleyan. Pat Russel's family was here this week-
end. Margaret Ann Richards visited June Driskill (and incidentally
Bill's family) in Lynchburg. Maggie Toole went back to Augusta
with her family. 'Bama-bound were Lucy Turner, Jane Barker, and
Harriet Gregory. Visiting in Anderson, S. C, with the Cathcarts
were Bunny Brannon and Bobby Cathcart. Evelyn Foster went to
McDonough. Betty Turner and Anne Eidson spet a delightful week-
ed in Thomasville.

Club News

COTILLION CLUB

Cotillion Club is planning a buf-
fet supper on November 9 to be
held at the tea house. Members
and dates will meet there for sup-
per and then go to Atlanta for
dancing at the Rainbow Roof of
the Ansley Hotel.

One of the date parlors in Main
will be reserved for girls who do
not wish to go into town.

FOLIO CLUB

Folio club will meet Tuesday
night at 7:30 in the Alumnae
House. New members, Jo Snow,
Mary Price, and Veelie Knight will
present readings.

BIBLE CLUB

Bible Club met Tuesday after-
noon in Murphey Candler. After a
short business meeting the study
of the Sermon on the Mount was
continued with the discussion of
Matthew 6:1-18.

CHI BETA PHI

Chi Beta Phi, national honorary
Science society, will entertain its
newly elected members and the
science faculty at a formal ban-
quet in the Tea House, Wednes-
day, November 7 at 6:30 p.m. The
program for the evening will in-
clude reports made to the society
by the new members.

c. A.

Dorothy Spragens, president of
C. A., will speak to Freshman Cab-
inet, Wednesday at 5 p.m. on "In-
dividual Faith."

Rabbi Herbert Waller to
Discuss Jewish Problem

Under the sponsorship of the
Jewish Chautauqua Society, Rab-
bi Herbert S. Waller will speak in
chapel on Friday, Nov 9. His sub-
ject will be the "Jews in the Post-
war World."

A citizen of Columbus, Ga., Rab-
bi Waller is active in various in-
tellectual and civic organizations.
He is a member of the Phi Beta
Kapa, Kiwanis Club, and the Ex-
ecutive Board of Muscogee County
Red Cross and U.S.O. Council. He
has participated in Jewish work
throughout the country and is well
qualified to speak on the place of
his people in the world today.

BOTTLED UNDER / UTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY

ATLANTA COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1945

ATH LETE

FEATS

(Editor's note: This week's
Athletes Feats is written by
Bobby Fitzgerald, Atlanta Jour-
nal sports writer. Bobby is re-
membered for his friendly feud
with Dot Lee Webb, last year's
sports editor. He also was an
avid Blue Horse collector for
A. A.)

Once woman's place was in the
heme now they're more likely to
be found on the athletic field, beat-
ing each other over the head in a
friendly game of hockey. And get-
ting their pictures in the paper as
a result.

(Notre Dame once almost gave
up football in favor of field hockey.
The idea was abandoned when
the school president said that he
wouldn't tolerate a game that put
a stick in the hands of an Irish-
man. Now Notre Dame has neither
hockey nor Irishmen).

Agnes Scott also has a riding
ran g e y 0 u get bruises in differ-
ent places than in hockey. Leave
us be lady-like and not discuss the
matter further.

There's also the Water Pageant.
Ann Curtis, perhaps the outstand-
ing woman athlete of all time, left
a water ballet troupe because their
activities were ruining her swim-
ming stroke. You who wish you
could swim well enough to make
the team might remember that.

Basketball isn't too far off and
we'll risk a long-range prediction,
sight unseen. We'll take the fresh-
men team. They have Reese New-
ton of Decatur's fifth district
championship team and Bunny
Brannan and Binky Stubbs from
the Druid Hills' squad that won 17
straight only to lose to Decatur in
the finals. Reese was the best
guard in the state last year in my
opinion, and Binky was only a step
behind. Bunny is a forward who
handles the ball like a boy.

Oh yes, don't forget to turn in
those Blue Horse wrappers. I don't
remember what they're for, but I
was doing it myself.

Frost Works

(Continued from Page 1)
art books. In connection with these
books, several of Daumier's etch-
ings will be on display.

"Rivers of America," another
new addition in the library, will be
shown and illustrated with a map
of the United States.

Attention will be given to books
dealing with various hobbies, such
as flower arranging, gardening,
book collecting, photography, and
sports.

JUST A* BULLYING AWAY- Scotty and Jean battle in the be-
ginning of the senior- freshman hockey game Friday.

Seniors Thrash Frosh;
Juniors Trample Sophs

By Edna Claire Cunningham

In two spirited hockey games Friday afternoon the sen-
iors added another victory to their glory by downing a game
freshman team 5-2, and the juniors trampled the sophs 5-1.

The senior-frosh fracas was an exciting affair as the frosh
seemed to be determined to match the senior goals. The

first half was very evenly match-
ed but as the minutes ticked on in
the second half of play they
couldn't seem to get started again.
The senior offensive play as out-
standing as ever, determined the
victory. Scotty Johnson made one
beautiful run down the field for a
senior goal. The two freshman
goals were made by Mary Price
and Jean Frazer.

In the junior-soph game play
was rather close in the opening
minutes but as the first half wore
on the sophs got behind and were
never able to rally. The game was
well played with excellent dodg-
ing and passing by members of
both teams.

Flexible Viewpoint

(Continued from Page 1)

in attaining reconciliation of the
life of the flesh with the life of the
spirit. "We are driven by the pow-
er within us, by the very condition
of our humanity, to try to find the
satisfaction of our own natures by
relating ourselves in the most sig-
nificant way to other people." This
is the purpose of a liberal educa-
tion.

Sunday morning Dr. Jordan dis-
cussed "The Power of a Christian
Imagination." "Without imagina-
tion," he said, "Christianity will
not be successful. In order to make
it work effectively, we must have
the ability to place ourselves in
the position of people of all levels
* -the laborer, the Negro, the less-
fortunates. It is only on such a
basis of understanding that we
can make the world a better place
in which to live."

OFF THE RECORD TO YOU . . .

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Rkh's. Listen <md make your selection from th* gobs of
records |fl . . .

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Tech Sponsors
Housing Project
For Veterans

ATLANTA, GA. (ACP) Al-
ready ten Georgia Tech veterans
and their families have moved or
are in the process of moving into
their new homes at the Marietta
Federal Housing Project some dis-
iance from the campus.

So far as is known, this is the
first project of its kind launched by
a college for the benefit of veterans
returning to school.

The school is arranging for bus
se r vice to transport the veterans
to and from classes. At the pres-
ent only married men are allowed
to live in the project, but there is
a possibility that arrangements
will be made for unmarried vete-
rans to live there also.

The hollow-tile units consist of
a living room, bath, and one, two,
or three bedrooms. The kitchen is
well equipped with a gas range, a
hot water heater, an ice box, a
double sink, and shelves. A coal
stove is used for heating purposes
in winter.

Included in the project are a
nursery, . playground, community
center, motion picture theater, and
a swimming pool. The units are
furnished and rental rates run
f r om $14 to $22.50, including utili-
ties.

Horse Show
Scheduled
For Nov. 24

The first horse show in several
years will be held on the Agnes
Scott campus, Saturday, Nov. 24.
Outside judges will be on hand and
many awards will be given.

The classes for the show will be
the exhibition class including bare-
back riding, figure eights, "a treat
in the way of a surprise," the be-
ginner's class, the intermediate
class, advanced class, and the
champion class. Those who ride in
the latter class will be the hold-
ers of the first, second and third
place ribbons of the intermediate
and advanced classes.

Besides the ribbon awards in
the beginner, intermediate, and
advanced classes two cups are of-
fered. One cup will be awarded to
the rider who has made the most
improvement during the quarter,
and one to the winner of the
championship class. Riders will be
judged on their performance of the
standard seat, mounting and dis-
mounting, and their control of the
horses at the gaits required in the
respective classes.

Riders who will participate in
the exhibition class are Harriet
Gregory, Carolyn Bodie, Lady Ma-
jor, Frances Sholes, Fran Ninin-
ger, Betty Andrews, Chip Hill and
Grace Goode.

Other riders will be Jean Estes,
Harriet Lurton, Geva Harper, Mar-
tha Humber, Charlien Simms, Wil-
la Wagner, Ann Woodward, Eliza-
beth Woodward, Valeria Brown,
Millie Evans, Glassell Beale, Lura
Johnston, Myrtice Mariani, May
Turner, Louise Isaacson, Steve
Page, Tillie Alexander, Carol Giles,
Ann Hightower, Lou McLaurin,
Gloria Ann Melchor, Daisy Sundy,
Vicky Alexander, Louise Reid. Mrs.
Harriette Lapp will be ring-mast-
er, and Molly Milam will an-
nounce.

tmory Glee Club
Presents Quartet

The Decatur Junior Service Lea-
gue and the Emory Glee Club will
present the operetta quartet,
"Footlight Favorites", Nov. 30 at
8:30 p.m. at Glenn Memorial Audi-
torium.

Members of the "Footlight Fav-
orites" include Ed Kane, former
tenor of the Emory Glee club; John
Brownlee, Metropolitan Chicago
and San Francisco Opera Com-
panies baritone; Adelaide Abbot,
coloratura soprano; and Lucielle
Browning, contralto of the Metro-
politan Association.

This is the first of a series of
concerts to be presented by the
two groups. The proceeds will be
donated to the Pediatric Depart-
ment of the DeKalb County Clinic.

Celius Dougherty, composer, and
Vincenz Ruzicka, concert pianist,
are scheduled to appear March 21
at Pressor hall.

Tickets are now on sale at the
DeKalb County Chamber of Com-
merce office.

Visit Your Neighbor

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FLOWER SHOP

301 ( hurch St. DE. 3309

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Can Salvage
To Be Renewed

The Agnes Scott community will
smash tin cans again this year.
Nancy Deal, sophomore represent-
ative of War Council, will schedule
and be in charge of the activity
which will begin the first of next
week.

Schedules will be made as in
previous years when wings of dor-
mitories were responsible for
smashing cans for a week at a
time. The faculty will again this
year smash cans during exam
weeks.

Cans are secured from the trash
bin behind the dining room and are
washed, opened, and smashed in
the basement of Murphey Candler.

DeKALB

A Community Theatre

TODAY THURSDAY

A THOUSAND AND
ONE NIGHTS"
Cornel WILDE-Evelyn REYES <
In Technicolor

FRIDAY
Linda DARNELL
Greg McCLURE in
THE GREAT JOHN L.'

MON., TUES., WED.

"VALLEY OF
DECISION"

with Greer GARSON
Gregory PECK

I You Are ALWAYS WELCOME J
at Thi* FRIENDLY THEATRE

The Agnes Scott News

VOL. XXXi.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1945

No. 7

Exec Inaugurates
Individual Theme

Jitterbug Contest, Student Talks
Spark Student Government Week

"Student Government Is You" is the theme of Student Gov-
ernment Week which starts today and continues through Sat-
urday night.

Exec plans a series of daily chapel programs, with a party
for the college community Saturday night climaxing the

Government means to them.

PRIZE-WINNING ROOM Room 43 Inman's yellow and red motif won it the title of most attrac-
tive room belonging to new students in the recent contest sponsored by C. A.

Betty Lou Baker, Dorothy Quillian
Win CA Interior Decorating Contest

Three to Judge
For Bennett Cup

Judges for the Claude S. Ben-
nett cup award have been chosen,
Lura Johnston, Blackfriars publi-
city manager, announced last
week.

The cup is presented each year
by Claude S. Bennett, Inc., to the
girl who has done the best indi-
vidual acting during the year.

This year's judges are Paul
Jones, dramatic critic of the At-
lanta Constitution; Mrs. William
C. Pauley of Decatur, an Agnes
Scott alumna; and Miss Para Lee
Brock of radio station WATL.

Winner of last year's Bennett
cup was Peggy Willmon of Deca-
tur, who was judged best actress
of the year for her part as Salem
in "Spider Island."

Date Book

Wed., Nov. 14 Movies of Diego
Rivera, foremost Latin- Ameri-
can painter, will be shown in
Old Chapel at 6:45 p. m.

Thurs., Nov. 15 Student talks in
chapel.

Outing club, 5 p. m., A. A. Board
room.

FH., Nov. 16 B.O.Z. meeting in
Old "Y" room in Main.
Hockey games, 4:00 p.m.

Sat., Nov. 17 Student Govern-
ment party in the gym, 8:00 p.
m.

Sun., Nov. 18 Vespers, 6:30 p.m.,
Miss Betty Bowman, speaker.

Mon., Nov. 19 Dress rehearsal of
"Pride and Prejudice".

Tucs., Nov. 20 Concert, Philadel-
phia Symphony Orchestra. Bus-
es leave Main at 7:30 p.m.

Betty Lou Baker and Dorothy
Quillian, second Inman, room 43,
are the winners of the C.A. In-
terior Decorating Clinic room con-
test, advisors stated today.

Inman rooms placed first in the
number of winning rooms with
room 7, first Inman, runner up,
and seven honorable mentions
throughout the rest of the dormi-
tory. Two honorable mentions
were made in White House and in
Gaines.

Virginia Skinner and Gene Akin
were runners-up in room 7 Inman
while those receiving honorable
mention were Pat Russell and
Mary Jo Ammons, 8 Gaines; Ivey
Morris and Mary Hanson Patridge
18 White House; Mary Price and
Julia Blake, 1 Inman; Mary Hays
and Nancy Francisco, 16 Inman;
Susan Bowling and Jane Frazer,
29 Inman; Reese Newton and
Betty Blackmon, 42 Inman; Juli-
anne Cook and Elizabeth Williams
46 Inman; Miriam Steele and Jan-
et Aurada, 62 Inman; and Alice
Jean Caswell and Veelie Knight,
66 Inman.

Red Accents Add Zip

Winning room 43 was termed
neat, with a n uncluttered ap-
pearance. "Nice red accents gave
zip to the room and heightened
the brightness of - the yellow
spreads," the judges stated. Com-
ment was made on the curtain
length and the matching closet
and window curtains.

Good color combination of
greens characterize the appear-
ance of the second place room.

As a whole, the best points of
the majority of arrangements and
use of rooms were in plants, the
wall maps and the decorative ef-
fect of books.

Judges Criticize

In adverse criticism, the judges
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MEADOWS HEADS
WOMEN VOTERS

Jane Meadows was elected pres-
ident of the Georgia League of
Women Voters at a meeting Fri-
day.

Other officers are Ellen Hayes,
vice-president; Jean Rentz, secre-
tary, and Chris Yates, treasurer.

Members at a second meeting
Friday at 1:30 p.m. in Murphey
Candler will discuss the adoption
of a constitution which will be pre-
sented at that time, as well as a
project for writing the Georgia
Congressmen requesting that UN
RRA action be speeded.

week

Come To The Fair

Entertainment, r e f r es h ments
and decorations at the party will
be in the spirit of a fair, with the
gym transformed into a center of
booths with free wares. Through-
out the evening groups and indi-
viduals will present varied enter-
tainment.

The committee in charge an-
nounces that a distinguished con-

Speakers will be Jo Snow, fresh-
man; Pris Hatch, sophomore;
Punky Mattison, junior; and Bet
Long Sale, senior.

Exec members will portray the
evolution of present student gov-
ernment regulations in a skit at
Friday morning chapel. Laura
Winchester will be narrator, and

Blackfriars Authenticate
With Antiques, Sideburns

Authenticity is the object of Blackfriars' production staff
as they prepare for the presentation of "Pride and Prejudice''
on November 21 at 8:30 p.m. in Presser hall.

The adaptation of Jane Austen's story by Helen Jerome is
to be used for the first presentation of "Pride and Prejudice"
on the campus. Theatre Arts

Monthly says of the Broadway
production of 1936, "All the wit
and sentiment of Jane Austen's
classic novel are preserved in Hel-
en Jerome's adaptation for the
stage.

In working on the two sets
lor the play the production staff
is trying aslb to make the set-
ting as nearly like Jane Aus-
ten's England as possible. Stage
furnishings will be provided by
the Decatur Agnes Scott club
with the advice and assistance
of Mrs. Li la Kennedy, decora-
tor for Biggs Antique Company.
Period pieces will come from
Biggs, from the homes of the
various club members, and from
the campus itself. Costumes
will be made as authentic as
possible, and one member of the
cast is already growing side-
burns in an effort to look like
an Englishman of the period.
Members of the production staff

cert pianist whose name cannot j every member of exec will appear.

Dabney Adams, chairman, Anne
Register, and Ann Seitzinger for-
med the writing committee for the
skit.

LaNelle Wrighl
Wields Senior
Opera Baton

LaNelle Wright is chairman of
the Senior Opera. She was recent-
ly elected at a senior class meet-
ing. For many years shortly be-
fore graduation, the senior class
has presented an original musical
production. Titles in past years,
often parodies on Metropolitan
classical operas, have been "Wil-
hem Tell, Or Wont'um", "Give Him
the Aria", and "Lo-he-grins." The
timely theme of last year's pro-
duction, "Faustasia", was 'Gather
ye rosebuds while ye may.' Julia
Slack directed the opera which
dealt with the temptations and fait
of 'Faustasia'!

Tentative committees, to be or-
ganized later, include those on
writing, production, costumes, and
makeup. LaNelle says, "We are
going to talk and think about it
during Christmas and really start
work during winter quarter." Oth-
er nominees for the position were
Soozie Richardson and Rite Wat-
son.

be revealed is scheduled to play.

Another feature of the occasion
will be a jitterbug contest. Judges
are to be Betty Allen, Dootsie
Gardner and a faculty member.

Jean Stewart, chairman of the
program committee, is in charge
of the affairs. Members of the
committee are Jane Meadows,
Laura Winchester, and Sister Da-
vis. Lower house is in charge of
food, headed by Louise Hoyt; and
of the booths, headed by Margaret
Yancey.

The entire campus is invited to
attend the party and bring their
dates.

Chapel Features Theme

Other features of Student Gov-
ernment Week include three chap-
el programs. Miss Mary Jane
King, '38 opened the series with a
talk this morning.

A student representative of each
class will speak during chapel to-
morrow morning on what Student

for the play are: Joanne Benton,
stage manager; Laura Winchest-
er asssitant stage manager; Mar-
tha Polk, scenery; LaNelle
Wright, chairman, Betty Jean
Brown, Janet van de Erve, Kath-
leen Buchanan, and Jean Estes,
properties; Anne George Dobbins
and Mariella Miller, lighting; El-
len Hayes, chairman; Anne Hill
Jackson, Lilaine Harris Jenny
Wren and Mary Emily Harris,
costumes; Barbara Kincaid, make-
up; Alice Beardsley, Jean Rentz,
and Carolyn Gilchrist, furniture.
Nancy Shelton and Betty
Long Sale are house managers.
Eleanor Reynolds heads the
program committee assisted by
Jean Estes and Barbara Coith.
Lura Johnston, publicity chair-
man, is aided by Ruth Clapp
and Virginia Dickson.

Students trying out for techni-
cal membership in Blackfriars who
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Debate Tourney
Teams Named

Peggy Willmon and Lib Osborne,
affirmative, and Jane Meadows
and Dale Bennett, negative, will
represent the college in the All-
Southern debate tourney here Nov.
30.

Agnes Scott's intercollegiate
team for the Dixie Forensic to be
held in Charlotte later in the sea-
son are Peggy Willmon and Lib
Osborne, affirmative, and Louisa
Aichel and Dale Bennett, negative.

Peggy Willmon is reading for
honors in English, not in math
as stated in last week's News.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1945

How Wise Is An Owl?

Remember the old rhyme about the wise old owl who sat
on an oak? The more he heard the less he spoke. But was
he such an "exceedingly wise old bird" after all?

As we hear others talk, we formulate opinions. As we talk,
others gain new concepts. If each of us decided to be silent
and listen, none would gain the stimulation of another's ideas.

It is not enough just to think about current problems.
We must learn to think creatively. Group discussion directs
thinking, gives it an aim. C. A.'s panel discussion on mis-
sions at Sunday night vespers shows that we aren't all owls.
The first step has been taken. Shall we continue this? Will
you really see? How wise is the owl?

Crosscurrents About
Anna George Dobbins

By Alice Beardsley

Sitting in Presser's audience to witness a play, you never
see the green eyed girl with brown hair, a few freckles, two
well-placed dimples and an infectious personality who stays
backstage to manipulate the light buttons.

She seldom takes a curtain call but it's a safe bet that the
lighting effect is the creation of i

a friendly junior, Dobby. come Practiced in the arts of their

Aside from her duties as a day elders. "My brother led me to it,"
student representative, Dobby
finds time to work with her phy-
sic major theoretically, here in
the Science Building; and practi-
cally, during the summer in the
powder plant of the Alabama Ord-
' nace Works.

Good With A Stick
Whether watching hockey games
from the grand stands, through
the stack windows or on the act-
ual battlefield, Dobby's efficiency
with the stick at left full is soon
apparent.

The hockey stick, the light
switch, the physics major and du-
ties of a day student representa-
tive loom large in Dobby's present
existence, but delving more deep-
ly into her life, it is found that
the past, too, plays a big part in
the formation of the Dobby of to-
day.

Nothing Unusual

Dobby when asked, "did any-
thing strange ever happen to you"
she gave a puzzled look, and re-
plied, "Strange? Not that I know
of. I fell out of a tree on my head
once." Following this disclosure,
came "Oh, I ate strychnine too.
Thought it was candy."

After much conversation, Dob-
by said quietly, "Once I was very
wicked." Continuing, she explain-
ed that when very small, her par-
ents had gone away leaving her
and her brother in the care of an
aunt. Finding some com silk,
they promptly utilized it to be-

alibied Dobby, "I always did what
he did. Anyway, it wasn't any
good."

"Young 'un" Love* Lazy Life

After studies are ended here,
and 'Dobby is faced with the fu-
ture, her fond desire is to be lazy
to go "sit in the country with
the trees, and birds and babbling
brooks."

At present, Dobby is living with
three ladies, aged 79, 82, 87. She
answers to the call of "young
'un". But someday you'll find
Dobby in a physic lab; behind the
light switches on Broadway;
maybe on the professional hockey
field; or perhaps just in a shack
in a wood with the birds and a
babbling brook.

Dear Mr. President

'Firsts'

There are two campus events which are "ever about to be."
Each, in its own field takes on added significance other than
its actual happening.

Each is a "first" of the year each can lead on to some-
thing more. Each offers food for thought and opens the way
for constructive action.

Blackfriars presents Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice,
Wednesday, Nov. 21. Marquis Childs, Washington corres-
pondent, will lecture Nov. 27. The campus is familiar with
the Bennets of 18th century England. It should know Mr.
Childs for his column appears in one of the daily papers.

Blackfriars' production will culminate in the award of the
Bennett Cup. Marquis Childs* lecture will stimulate a cam-
pus to a more active knowledge of world affairs. Mr. Childs

will let you in on the inside of today Pride and Prejudice

is a good study of human nature. But both will yield more
if our minds are receptive and ready to receive. See what
you remember of 18th century England. Read Marquis
Childs and know at least one side of the man before he
comes.

The Agnes Scott student body and faculty recently signed
and sent the following petition to President Harry S. Tru-
man.

The petition sent in letter-form was mailed on the eve of
the opening of the atomic bomb control conference in Wash-
ington .

Honorable Harry S. Truman,
President of the United States,
The White House,
Washington, D. C.
My dear President Truman,

In view of the opinions expressed by qualified scientists
that the control of atomic energy by one nation is utterly
impossible, we are very much distressed by the position you
took on October 3 in favor of a United States monopoly.

We feel that the United States, as the leading advocate
of world co-operation, should not jeopardize its position by
refusing to share its technical and scientific knowledge. Our
withholding the technical information can delay production
of the bomb in other countries only a short time, but our
selfish attitude now will create strained relations for years
to come.

Therefore we, the undersigned students and faculty of
Agnes Scott College, urge:

(1) That immediate steps be taken for the establishment
of an international commission for the control of the produc-
tion and use of atomic energy.

(2) That this commission be empowered to publish re-
ports on the scientific research of all nations.

(3) That we concentrate our attention now on the con-
structive uses of atomic energy.

Up to You, Mr. Dooley

This is no time for kibbling. It's time to take stock check
up on number one man you.

With Student Government Week hitting the individual
theme, what points can you chalk up for the positive side of
the ledger? Take a square look in the past six weeks' mir-
ror and see how murky or how clear its reflection is. Is
your mind still campused? If so, is it at least campus-mind-
ed? How much time have you given to outside activity?

This thing of learning how to learn is no laughing matter.
It's a day by day task which tends to become a grind once
you let it. Taken in the proper doses, with a receptive atti-
tude, it can be the antidote for being bored.

Six weeks have gone by and one quarter is almost over.
How do you measure up. How far short does the yardstick
fall from the integrated personality you meant to be? It's
up to you, Mr. Dooley, so get going.

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On and On

THIS Georgia weather was al-
most too much for Miss Buck-
master the Yankee, who showed
up at Christmas choir Monday a
week ago without a voice. She
squeaked and wheezed and the
choir doubled up with first so-
prano laughter, second soprano
laughter and two kinds of con-
tralto laughter. After five minu-
tes Mr. Johnson came to the res-
cue and directed the choir, not be-
fore he'd added a few good tenor
chuckles.

IS it any consolation to know
that one develops a strong, reson-
ant, ever- ready voice after living
here for years and years? People
in Buttrick one afternoon last
week were startled to hear the
staid halls resound from the tones
of a 90-year old visitor in lengthy
conversation with Dr. McCain and
Mr. MacGregor. Curious people
from all ends of the building
sneaked by to get a drink of wa-
ter or look at the bulletin board
or somehow get a glimpse of the
man with the voice.

JUST another Winchell is Lou
Cunningham, people decided after
she coined the term "justice of the
priest" in a report to the social
psych class on marriage and di-
vorce.

TO have and to hold, Ginny
Dickson hung onto her milk bot-
tle the other day as her tray and
all things thereon took their mer-
ry way down the rollers. Ginny
was left holding the bottle, look-
ing helpless, but not so helpless
as the girl who let her only foun-
tain pen roll down the way of all
dishes.

MAKE way, said the freshmen,
for Mimi Arnold and Henry who
came down from the University
of Virginia to see Mimi, who had
let it be widely known that he
was coming. The welcome started
when Kate Elmore, meeting the
two on campus, said, "Hi, Hen-
ry," without even waiting for an
introduction It had its finale
when Erma Miles, swooping out
of the dining room and seeing
them in Rebekah lobby, slid to a
seat on the floor and sat just
quietly, staring at them.

IT was a great day, 'twould
seem, for the day student who was
overheard in the little 'phone-
cloak room in Buttrick, pleading,
"Oh, Mama, read it! Go on and
read it!" After a moment she set-
tled back in the chair, sighed,
breathed, "Dear Jean!"

MORE than a little confusion
developed in the junior chapel
section when Dr. DeWitt Jones
was talking about Madam Bem-
hardt's car. Everybody, including
Beardsley, was taking it all right
until he mentioned, first the pic-
tures on the wall and finally the
piano on one side of the car. At
that Beardsley gasped in unbe-
lief, Kinard poked her head in and
muttered loudly, "train-car,"
Beardsley was satisfied, and three
rows of juniors tried to muffle
their laughter.

INTERESTING to the scientists
and also to the eavesdripping his-
tory and English majors was the
Chi Beta Phi banquet. Dot Spra-
gens spent the day casually men-
tioning to new members the com-
prehensive test they had to take
as a national requirement, and
they looked worried and said they
hadn't heard anything about it,
and she told them not to worry
too much: most people pass, she
said.

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1945

Page 3

High Museum of Art Exhibit
Features Varied Topics, Media

Variety in subject matter and media characterize pictures
by the faculty of the High Museum of Art on exhibit Nov. 4-
16 in room 321 Buttrick. Landscapes, portraits and still lifes
are interpreted in oil, pastei ana water color in the second
1945 exhibit brought to Agnes Scott by the department of art.
continual

Evidence of continual expert
mentation and creation of new
problems to be solved makes the
work of Julia Watson outstand-
ing. "Old House" is a spontaneous
watercolor drawn in blue ink and
painted "wet". Almost abstract in
pattern, the composition is held
together by two perpendicular
thrusts.

Julia Watson's oil portrait of
**PauP' is deeply felt. Both the
sensitive face and yellow scarf
are accented with light, giving
Importance to the center of the
canvas. Color is good except for
a disturbing splash of pink be-
hind the right shoulder.
Entirely different in execution
-and feeling is Elizabeth Oliver's
oil portrait of Margaret H. Wel-
<on which is more conventionally
conceived than the former. The
figure, in the well-spaced compo-
sition, is seated solidly in a chair.
Head and hair are excellently
formed. As a whole the picture is
clear and airy. Other portraits in
the exhibit, done in pastel, are
-crisp .realistic, and warm in color.

"Franklin Farm" by Ben Shute
Is a water color experimentally
executed, first sketched with pen
And ink. It is rich in color and
sensitive in its line quality. An-
other interpretation of the sub-
ject, done in oil, shows the same
love of color and understanding
of rhythm. Again in his "Still
life", Shute creates a wealth of
color harmony.

A scintillating pattern of poles
and water fills Elizabeth Oli-
-ver's oil "Under the Pier." Paint
is applied unflinchingly with
vigor and freshness. The use of
grayed green gives a mossy feel-
ing of dampness warmed by a
touch of red.
Startling is the oil "Portrait of
a Girl" by Refoule. Color is raw
and bright, and the figure poorly
proportioned, yet the whole is
alive and exciting. In solving the
problem set for himself that of
color dimension, the artist has been
most successful. P. P. H.

Club News

Jo Snow, president, and Newell
T^irner, corresponding secretary,
were elected officers of Folio club
Tdesday night, Nov. 6.

Meetings will be held every
three weeks at the home of Miss
Margaret Trotter, club advisor.
+

Dr. J. R. McCain entertained
members N of the Freshman Bible
Class at his annual taffy-pull
Monday night at 7:30. Refresh-
ments included popcorn, candy,
sugar cane,.and punch.

Mission Work
Subject of
Panel Discussion

Each student of a four-person
panel discussed some phase of the
importance of home or foreign
missions in the post war world at
vespers last Sunday. Panel mem-
bers were Elizabeth Osborne, El-
len Hays, Soozi Richardson. Peggy
Willmon was coordinator. Mary
Ann Johnson, also scheduled to
speak, did not appear. A question
period followed the panel.

Betty Lou Baker

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stated the following 15 points.

I. Monotonous spacing of rugs.

2. Doubly spotted effect caus-
ed by mirror reflection of too
many pennants.

3. 10th effect o flittle pictures.

4. Cluttered effect of snapshots
in mirrors' edges.

5. Too many disturbing pat-
terns.

6. Mirrors a rvd pictures too
high or too low.

7. General effect cluttered.

8. Desk not in good light.

9. Use of diagonals in placing
pictures.

10. Colors shades or tints
should harmonize.

II. No rugs or curtains.

12. Lack of pictures.

13. Designs, using different ma-
terials, conflict.

14. Large pieces of furniture
not placed with back parallel to
wall.

15. Too many stripes or two
much flowered material, show that
variety is needed.

The rooms were judged Friday
afternoon on attractiveness, origi-
nality, livable qualities, color
scheme, room arrangement, room
must have curtains or a substi-
tute. It was taken into considera-
tion if girls had had their rooms
fixed before the clinic posted rul-
es for the contest. Judges were
Miss Charlotte Hunter, Mrs. Le-
one Hamilton, and Helen Pope.

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COTILLION CLUB OFFICERS and their dates are caught at the
banquet: President Peggy Jones, Vice-President Janet Liddell and
Secretary-Treasurer Mary Manly.

When Far From the Reach

By Libby Woodward

LET'S DANCE

And to the strains of Benny Goodman's theme A. Hottentot and her
friends tripped the light fantastic. Sue Hutchens, Mary Manly, Mar-
garet Anne Richards, June Driskill, Nancy Haislip, Beverly Gordy,
Susan Pope, Mary Beth Little and Mary Gene Sims were among the
lucky ones at the Auditorium Saturday night.

Cotillion Club did things up in a big way Friday night with dinner
at the Tea House. President Peggy Jones, looking oh-so-lovely with
an orchid, was with Bob Huntland, Tenn.'s outstanding physician and
Peggy's favorite doctor. Other familiar twosomes were Mary Beth and
Charles, Mary Gene and Clay, Mary Manly and Milton. After dinner
the crowd dispersed to the Rainbow Roof, the KA house and the Tech
High-Boys' High football game.

WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME AGAIN

Hurrahs and a hearty welcome it was for Mitch when he arrived
last week-end to see Sissy. Sweetey's good-looking ensign was Buddy
Waldkirch. Don't talk to Betty Turner and Sister Davis about the man-
power shortage. Tom and Bobby have been visiting Betty, and two
friends of Sister's came home from the wars the same night. Scotty
Scott's Lock was here for the week-end. Dot Flenniken had lots of
company the family and her OAO. Jessie Paget's brother, home from
overseas, is on his way to Atlanta.
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY

'Twas just that for Jeter Starr who flew home with Rite Watson to
South Carolina and Guy. The University of Virginia and its wonderful
dances highlighted the week for June Irvine, Glassell Beale, and Kate
Ellis. Mary Catherine Vinsant visited in Macon several days. Lou Mc-
Laurin was off to Dillon, S. C, to welcome home her brother in brand
new civilian clothes. Also homeward bound were Nancy Deal, Nancy
Geer, Martha Humber, Anne Hightower, Sidney Cummings, Val von
Lehe, Betty Wood and roommate Betty Ellison, Geva Harper, Jean
Stewart, Irene McLeod, Mary Jo Ammon and her visitors Pat Russell
and Jean Tollison. Betty Crabill spent the week-end in Athens. Mimi
Arnold took Jo Snow to Griffin with her.
THROUGH A CO-OP'S EYES 1ST SHIFT

One gets to see all the interesting visitors on campus from behind a
coffee pot or jerking H20 Will Howe with the Hayes and Miss Hanley,
Sara Milford, Ruth Anderson, and Lib Farmer, old grads visiting their
alma mater, Maggie's sister Grace from the University of Georgia,
Anne Scott, one of last year's most popular sophomores now going to
Randolph Macon, Janet Dox, who, by the way, is to be married soon,
visiting Mary Byrd Rutledge, Mildred Claire's visitor from Wesleyan,
Betty Abernathy's parents, Ruth Clapp's sister from Wesleyan, Robbie
Robeson's mother, Nancy Huey's family, Becky Lever's friend from
Cave's guest from the same school (The girls down in Macon must
like it here) Harriet Frierson's SAE, Margaret Anne Richards and
Johnny and the French flier.
TEA TIME

At Miss Scandrett's she entertained Junior tranfers, officers, and
special students Monday night. Clara Jones, Mickey Williams, Jane
Cook, Ann Kelly, Fran Ford, Virginia Barksdale and Anne DuPre
were there, with junior class officers Dot Peace, Margaret McManus,
Marie Adams, and Charlotte Clarkson.

A group of about 20 sophomores report lots of fun Saturday night
at Miss Scandrett's open house. Those attending were Martha Beach-
ainesville, Harriette Winchester's visitors from Wesleyan, Dolly
am, Jane Campbell, Martha Cook, Joanna Gee, Lucy Grovenstein, Mary
Humphries, Mary Elizabeth Jackson, Shirlee Lengerich, Myrtice Mari-
ani, Sue Meaders Jenn Payne, Jane Rushin, Anne Saxon, Elizabeth
Blair and Mary Noras.

Lida Walker, Pagie Violette, Lou McLaurin, and Margaret Yancey,
class officers, also attended.

Is Your Mind
Campused?

1. Do you agree with Churchill-
Bevin comments on the release of
atomic information?

2. Should the U. S. intercede in
the Soerabaja outbreak in Java?

3. What is the four-point pro-
gram set forth by Truman for La-
bor-Management relations?

4. What is the new atom bill
which Joseph H. Ball (Rep. Minn)
introduced in the Senate last
week? What is its significance in
relation to the May - Johnson
Atomic Energy Bill?

5. What countries are represent-
ed on the Far Eastern Advisory
Commission in Washington?

6. Does the election of O'Dwy-
cr, mayor of New York City, bear
national significance?

Anderson Heads
Freshman Cabinet

Angie Anderson was elected
president of freshman cabinet at
the Monday night meeting.

Other 1945-46 officers chosen by
the group were Nancy Dendy,
vice president; Tillie Alexander,
secretary; Eleanor Bear, treasur-
er, and Doris Sullivan, day stu-
dent representative.

Installation service for the new
offices will be held some time dur-
ing the next week. At this time,
the newly elected officers will as-
sume their duties. Miss Carrie
Scandrett, dean, will entertain the
officers immediately after the ser-

Will Howe Suggests Use,
Individuality, Quality

"Book collecting is the richest
thing you can do," said Dr. Will
Howe, speaking at the open house
held in the library Sunday af-
ternoon.

For the particular benefit of
those students who are entering
the Louise McKinney Book Award
Contest, Dr. Howe gave three
pieces of advice: to buy individual
volumes, instead of whole collec-
tions; to purchase good editions;
and to really read and use them
when bought.

DeKALB

" A Community Theatre <

Last Times Today . . .

Greer G ARSON
Gregory PECK in
I "VALLEY OF DECISION"

Thursday - Friday

James CAGNEY in
"BLOOD ON THE SUN"

Mon. - Tues.

Wed.

Van JOHNSON
"THRILL OF A
ROMANCE"

Coming Soon . . .
INCENDIARY BLONDE"

You Are Always Welcome
At This Friendly Theatre

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1945

ATHLETE

FEATS

HVTH RYNER

Somebody said something once
about the "ups and downs" of life
and now we really know what they
meant. There has to be some kind
of explanation for the seniors'
abandoning the heights of success
for the depths of defeat! Pin a rose
on every junior player and mark
up that victory over the seniors
Friday as the major upset of the
season. The seniors went through
all last season undefeated and as
they continued to mount up victory
after victory this season were well
on the way to making a real rec-
ord for t hemselves. Now,, the jun-
iors can stand and gather all the
glory being thrown at them for
they really deserve it. The seniors
were playing with a make-shift
line-up Friday but don't blame it
all on that. Attribute everything
to the valiant fight put up by the
Juniors. These two teams will be
running neck and neck from here
on out, so the rest of the games
this season will be well worth
watching. Need you be told!

People and more people still
plow with excitement when any
mention is made of the coming
horse show. November 24 is still
the date and one not to be for-
gotten. Those who exclaimed for
hours over the magnificent horse
exhibit at ttie great circus the
other night ain't seen nuthin'
yel just wait'll you see "Hot-
tentots on Parade." (Unpaid
ad . . .)

Don't fret, the finals of the ten-
nis tourney will roll around soon-
er or later. Take our bet that
Johnson and Crangle will move up
to challenge champs Hough and
Andrews and what a match that
will be! Anything can happen,
however, so watch the "tennis
board" in the gym for latest de-
velopments.

ATTENTION ALL OUTING
CLUB MEMBERS "B. Lee"
Phelps, club manager, is urging
one and all to meet in the A. A.
board room tomorrow afternoon
at 5. Don't miss it cause some-
thing must be brewing.

Blackfriars

(Continued from Page 1)
are helping in the production are:
Betty Gesner, Ruth Richardson,
Jane Rushin, Virginia Andrews,
Martha Humber, Anne Elcan, Beth
Walton, Dorothy Wadlington, and
Jane Barker. Assistant to the di-
rector is Elizabeth Carpenter.
Glenn James of Atlanta is in
charge of the execution of the set,
and H. C. Forman of the de-
partment of art is acting as ad-
visor.

Music for the performance will
bo provided by a quartet compos-
ed of Claire Kemper and Doris
Kissling, violins; Miss Claire
Buckmaster, viola; and Sgt. Geor-
ge Flexman. cello .

Junior Eleven Topples
Senior Champs 4-3

By Edna Claire Cunningham

In a contest that put the Black Cat Stunt to shame for riv-
alry, the junior hockey team halted t h e two-year senior
champs Friday. The victors toppled from their hockey throne
with a 4-3 upset.

Freshmen downed a fighting sophomore eleven 2-0 as the
senior team bowed to a superior

force. In a game unexcelled for have each won three S^es now
speed, these age old rivals played and as the end of the season a P"
furiously until the final whistle. , P roaches the championship seems
The stands were sitting on edge | ^ b , e be P^ ndin S between the two.
as the last minutes ticked away

and the score remained tied 3-3.
The juniors with an inspired burst
of spirit, broke through for the
final goal that put them on top.

The defense made the difference
in the junior game. While the sen-
ior defense was weakened by the
absence of several members, the
junior guards kept the seniors
stalemated. Chris Yates proved a
stumbling block for the fast sen-
ior line.

The senior and junior teams

Tennis Doubles

Approach

Semi-Finals

The first round of the doubles
tennis tournament has been play-
ed off, despite prolonged delay due
to bad weather. The results are
as follows:

Crangle-Johnson defeated Rentz-
Horne 6-1, 6-0; Ellison-McLeod
defeated Cuthbertson-Hunt 4-6,
6-2, 6-4; Walker-Ryner defeated
Davis-Little 6-3, 6-4; Major-
Tucker defeated Sauer-Francisco
7-5, 6-2; Rosenblatt-Gibson de-
feated Phelps-Stephenson 6-4, 6-
2; Price - Blake lost to Farrell-
Brown by default.

Several matches in the second
round have been played off: Gib-
son-Rosenblatt defeated Major-
Tucker 6-4, 6-1; and Hough- An-
drews defeated Price-Baker 6-0,
6-1.

To be played before Friday,
Nov. 16 are matches between
Crangle-Johnson and Ellison-Mc-
Leod, and between Jackson-Ellis
and Walker-Ryner.

The dates for the semi-finals are
yet to be announced. Visitors are
invited to come down to the ten-
nis courts to witness the matches.

Each has beaten the other once.

Archery Club
Aims High
For Tourney

Looking forward to participat-
ing in the Telegraphic Tourna-
ment in the spring, the Archery
club is working to organize a team
of expert archers for this inter-
collegiate contest.

Virginia Tucker, archery man-
ager, announces that Jean Wil-
liams and Margaret Kelly have
already completed the requirement
for making the team, a score of
250 in a Columbia round.

The Archery club is working
through the archery classes to en-
courage students to try out for the
team. Archery equipment for prac-
ticing is available during the
morning hours when classes are
not using it.

Any who would like to try out
for the archery team are invited
to attend the next, meeting of the
Archery club, Monday, Nov. 19,
at 4:30 p.m. in Murphey Candler.

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SHE'S THE GAL ITou've seen Her pushing those long legs down
the hockey field. You've watched those long arms strike an even
stroke in the swimming pool or deftly shoot a basketball goal. This
is "Pretzel" as she's known in the sporting world. So the sports
page Of The News heralds Sally Sue Stephenson, wearer of the
AA pin and guard, as this week's Queen of Athletic Feats.

Watchbird

1. Did you block the entrances
to the old chapel and the cloak-
room with books this week?

2. Did you leave books on the
windowsills of Rebekah porch and
Presser ?

3. Did you leave books on Re-
bekah stairs for people to fall
over?

4. Did you leave books and
wraps in Rebakah lobby or on the
porch ?

Visit Your Neighbor

Vernon Frank's Decatur
FLOWER SHOP

301 C hurch St. DE. S809

Tickets for the Marquis Childs
lecture, Tuesday, Nov. 27, will
be available to students In the
bookstore the week of Nov. 19,

Each student may obtain her
season lecture ticket at this time
as well as one guest ticket to tin?
initial lecture of the series.

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The Agnes Scott News

VOL. XXX i

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1945

No. 8

Reece Newton 'p ric | e anc | Prejudice' Tonight

Frosh Prexy

Reese Newton, last week, officially
assumed leadership of the freshman
class.

Fellow officers who will wield the
gavel with Reese are Matilda Alexan-
der, vice-president; Rachael Stubbs,
secretary-treasurer; Eleanor Bear
and Marie Cuthbertson, student gov-
ernment representatives. A War
Council representative will be elect-
ed in the near future, the officers

Just as we go to press, it is learned
that the freshman class has elected Jean
Fraser and Charlsie Smith its repre-
sentatives to A.A. Board and War Coun-
cil, respectively.

stated.

Reese, who is a graduate of Decatur
Girls' High, was editor of the Stylus, school
annual, as well as Best Citizen, one of the
three graduation speakers, and a member
of the national honorary society. Since en-
tering Agnes Scott in the fall, she has been
active in school affairs, having been on the
writing committee for the freshman stunt
and swimming in the swimming club pag-
eant. She also captained the champion Fifth
District basketball team in High school.

Tillie was secretary of Girls' Hi Y in high
school, a member of the Beta club, the
Girls Sextex, and a member of the Journa-
lism club. Binky was student treasurer of
Druid Hills, Tri-Hi-Y president, and best
all-round. She also co-captained the bask-
etball team.

Marie was national honor society presi-
dent, advertising manager of the Snips and
Outs and member of the Student Assembly
Association in the Charlotte, N. C. high
school. Eleanor was assistant managing
editor of the Jeffersonian, school paper, as
well as member of the National Honor So-
ciety, and a member of Quill and Scroll.

Since the beginning of the school year,
the new officers have been active in school
activities. Eleanor Bear was chairman of
the decorations committee while Binky
Stubbs was a "miner" in the cast of the
freshman stunt. Marie helped on decora-
tions.

The elections were run off by Marie
Adams, secretary-treasurer of the juniors,
in the absence of President Dot Peace.
Class plans for the year will be discussed
in the near future, the officers stated.

STARS WHO WILL GLITTER in tonight'
James Loring as Rev. Collins, Margaret Mc

League Urges
Registration
Of Ga. Voters

The League of Women Voters of Agnes
Scott College met Friday afternoon, elect-
ing Miss Mildred Mell, professor of econo-
mics and sociology, its faculty advisor.

The group also adopted a constitution.

The League elected nine to a governing
board, which will determine policies and
plan programs.

The purpose of the organization is to reg-
ister every Georgia student -of voting age.

Saturday, Nov. 24, is the last day for
Decatur girls to register in order to vote
in the city commissioners election Dec. 5.
Election of a representative, sheriff, and
coroner will be held in Decatur Dec. 12.

s "Pride and Prejudice." From left to right are: Alice Beardsley as Lady Catherine,
Manus as Elizabeth, and Helen Currie as Charlotte.

Curtain Up On Glenn James
Backstage King For Tonight

By Joanne Benton

Only once has Glenn James ap-
peared on the Agnes Scott Stage: dur-
ing Act 2 of "Cradle Sang" when he
found himself and his bucket of scene
paint in front of the backdrop instead
of behind it.

But without Mr. James, the curtain
probably would rise in Presser tonight on
a "Pride and Prejudice" without set or
scenery.

Agnes Scott girls know him from the
"Set designed and executed by . . ." on the
program of nearly all Agnes Scott plays
and from his famous walk-on in "Cradle
Song." But to the few who work with him
backstage, Mr. James is not only a director
who knows his job, but a breath of Theater
with a capital T.

With an air of calm and sureness that

somehow, some way, there will be a set
when the curtain rises, Mr. James directs
the entire backstage crew in painting, as-
sembling, and changing scenery.

The smell of scene paint won over the
chalky smells of a schoolroom soon after
he finished college.

"Falstaff was my favorite role," he re-
minisced. "I remember it always took two
pillows to help me fill that part."

But that was 1918 and soon it was war
camp France, with the famous 89th, and
Mr. James in the biggest role of his life.

While he was at OCS behind French lines
the armistice came, but not before a face
wound put him in the hospital at Langres.

The next several years he spent doing
recreation work and teaching in Utah, Il-
linois, and Virginia. But his acting experi-
ence that he had considered finished had
hardly begun.

(Continued on Page 6)

C. A. Leads Campus
In Holiday Observance

Thanksgiving services lead b y various
groups in Christian Association began Sun-
day night, Nov. 18, and will continue
through tomorrow.

Freshman Bible Class will be in charge
of a morning service at 10 in MacLean.
Eleanor Compton will speak, and Margaret
Batton will sing. Angie Anderson, presi-
dent of Freshman Cabinet, will lead an
evening prayer service in Murphey Cand-
ler at 10:15.

There will be no Morning Watch Thurs-
day morning.

The council of the Baptist Student Union
will present a special Thanksgiving ser-
vice Wednesday for its members on cam-
pus. The program will be held in Murphey
Candler at 5 p.m. and will have as its
theme, the blessings we, in America, have
received in 1945.

Maxine Kickliter, Ruth Richardson, Jane
Cooke, Dottie Dunstan, and Martha God-
dard will participate. Special music will be
provided by Nan Nettles and Jenn Payne,
and Peggy Trice, president of the B.S.U.,
will preside. *

Dining room schedule for Thanksgiving
Day is breakfast, 8:15-9; lunch, 11:30-12:30;
and dinner, 5-6:45.

Is Your Mind
Campused?

h In the light of the recent Pearl Harbor
disclosures, what blame is justly due Kim-
mell and Short?

2. Are the Indonesians justified in their
fight for freedom? Does this revolt show-
up British Colonial policy or is it merely
indicative of a desire for more democratic
government among peoples all over the
world ?

3. What was back of Gen. Charles De
Gaulle's failure to form a cabinet? Should
the French assembly reaffirm his interim
presidency despite this?

Campus Service

Ups War Fund
By $100.90

War Council's present funds total $56.-
98, according to a report given by Lura
Johnston, treasurer, this week. Of this
$719.40 has been collected since September,
$100.90 having been received at the cam-
pus service during Investiture.

Only 293 boarders have turned in pledges,
Lura stated. Eighty-four day students have
pledged. The box for turning in money is
in the book store.

In addition to the campaign for the War
Fund, War Council is selling Victory
Stamps and has chosen as a slogan, "Con-
vert your stamps into Victory Bonds."

Christmas Box
Excites Orphan
Sponsors Hear

Erich Reitmann, war orphan, adopted by
the present senior and sophomore classes
wrote the following letter which was re-
ceived last week. The senior class has sent
him a Christmas box filled with clothes,
food, and toys. The letter written in French
was translated by Anne Murrell.

Molenbuh, Oct. 8, 1945.

Dear Godmother,

It is with great joy that I write you this
letter and tell you that at the end of this
year I have succeeded in making 23% in
points (evidently a scholastic achievement)

I hope you are well. As for me, I am
In good health and am enjoying my vaca-
tion. The sun is bright and warm and I
hope the weather will stay as pretty as it
Is now. 1 want to thank you in advance for
the package you are going to send me. I
can hardly wait to see what it contains.

Someday I hope to meet you, but while
waiting to hear from you, I remain affec-
tionely yours.

Erich Reitmann-

AGNES SCOTT NEWS Wednesday, November 21, 1945

Campus Survey

College Group Okays
Nominating Committee

This year, the campus is again be-
ginning to consider the age old ques-
tion of the value of a nominating
committee in student elections.

Most of those interviewed in a
News survey felt that the nominat-
ing committee is a necessary part of
elections, although a few felt it is not
the ideal solution, but only the best
that has been offered.

Miss Emma Mae Laney, associate profes-
sor of English: "In my opinion, a nominat-
ing committee is essential to the election
of qualified officers of large groups, such
as the student body at Agnes Scott. Nomi-
nations at large are likely to fail to con-
sider necessary qualities and to be based
merely on popular favor or prejudice. The
system of popular plus committee nomi-
nations now in use at Agnes Scott gives
public opinion a sufficient opportunity."

Jeanne Hale, senior: "When people come
off to college, they are old enough to vote
for themselves. If they didn't have a nomi-
nating committee, they would take more
interest in the elections as a whole. Other-
wise they shouldn't vote."

Helen Currie, junior: "The basic idea is
good if students will do their own thinking

and not just accept the committee's recom.-
mendations blindly.''

Margaret Kelly, junior: "People as a
whole aren't in a position to judge; unre-
strained government by the masses is very
democratic but not practical. A nominating
committee, even with its fallacies, is, I
think, the only way."

Vannesse Orr, sophomore: "The nomina-
ting committee is good for those who
haven't had a chance to get acquainted
with all the candidates. The people on the
committee have a better opportunity of
knowing the abilitiies of the nominees. Of-
tentimes they put up deserving persons
that the students hadn't considered, and
give new people a chance to serve.

Adele Dieckmann, sophomore: "I think
that the nominating committee helps since
it suggests capable students for the offices.
However, instead of serving as a dead end,
it ought to stimulate the students' inter-
est in thinking of other candidates who
would serve as well."

Eleanor Compton, freshman: "By having
a nominating committee careful considera-
tion can be given to nominate a person
with the abilities required to carry out the
responsibilities of the office in question."

Crosscurrents About
LaNelle Wright

By Dale Bennett

The girl with ideas . . . that's La-
Nelle Wright, best known on campus
as president of Blackfriars, a stand-
out in dramatic affairs on campus,
and the leader of this year's coming
Seniorpolitan Opera.

Hailing from Anniston, Ala., LaNelle dis-
plays little of the true Southern drawl,
perhaps a credit to her speech training. She
has been "playing at acting" since early
in high school when she starred in "Stage
Door" and "June Mad," her senior play.

She's a 'two stage' gal here at Agnes
Scott. LaNelle has worked with Black-
friars all four years, doing stellar roles in
last year's "Spider Island," "Gretna Green,"
and one act plays. This year she is work-
ing "behind the scenes" for the forthcom-
ing fall play, "Pride and Prejudice." "I
like to work with the props, the scenery
and the real production, to really know
what putting on a play is like. Just being
in plays, you don't really know what all it
takes to get the whole thing working," she
says. And good ideas mean much for those
little extra touches that make Blackfrair
plays well known . . . LaNelle has rounded
up a very, very old silver punch bowl and
a pair of old and valuable horn rim glasses
that will add much to "Pride and Preju-
dice."

Despite her work in dramatics however,
LaNelle says she plans to do no more with
it after June has come and gone. "I would
like to try directing, on a small scale," she
says, "but I'm planning a wedding as my
only near time future plans." Expecting a
call from the O.A.O. in Switzerland daily
LaNelle also has hopes of a real Back Home
For Keeps scene soon, with wedding bells
afterwards. Her history major and English
minor are like dramatics "just for stand-
bys" too, she adds.

Ideals in other fields show LaNelle's
touch also. When the seniors were lament-
ing no Little Girls' Day recently, they us-
ed her handiwork, in the person of Tissie
Bout-thru. "My own creation ... I called
her Jezebelle. and she was a real person
to me. but she became Tissie when she was
burned on the gallows for senior glory."
commented LaNelle.

Then, too, we know LaNelle for those
super-idealistic hair-dos she brings forth

on special occasions. "I always allow my-
self several hours," she confides "and have

to be sure the occasion doesn't call for a
hat." That upswept round bun with pearls
on Sunday is her specialty.

For hobbies LaNelle says she collects
things, many things, any old thing. Right
now she has an unusual display of bright
colored scarves from Germany, France and
Switzerland, and more Paris perfumes
than we've seen in many a day, all from
the O.A.O. But for a real hobby, a real in-
terest, and a good idea in anybody's langu-
age, LaNelle's collections of cook books
and aprons are the most fun to think about.
And by the time "June is bursting out,"
she should have a Grade A lemon pie ready
tor that man.

STUDENTS

To Answer
Race Query

A questionnaire about the Negro prob-
lem has been sent to all boarders in an
effort to determine what the attitude of
the girls is toward race relations.

A social psychology student compiled the
questions, which include a summary' of the
background of the girls who answer. Oth-
er pertinent queries are: Would you be
willing to attend classes with Negroes at
Agnes Scott? and Please state what the
Negro's place is, in your opinion.

All students are urged to answer the
questionnaire and return it to the box in
the mailroom labeled "Aggie," by Nov. 24.

Time Will Tell

So, they all came to the fair! But
our story is only beginning. True,
the fair was the culmination of Stu-
dent Government week, but in reali-
ty it is only the beginning of the part
"exec" will play in strudent activity
for this year.

The campus feels as a whole the
outstanding work the Council is car-
rying on. It feels for the first time
in several years that "Exec" is not
only close to the students but is the
channel for student opinion and ac-
tion.

If student opinion continues along
indicated trends, there will be stiff
waters to buck; but with student-
wide condifence in Student Govern-
ment, eventually they will be quell-
ed. Student Government Week
brought home to all on campus, those
who are satisfied with the status quo
and those who are not, the fact that
Student Government is the only pos-
sible and only desirable means of stu-
dent progress. "Exec" is not a sep-
arate organism fighting change but
height of all that is best in the stu-
dent body. It can bring yet better
things.

Every story has a beginning and
an ending. With our Student Gov-
ernment, there are chances for a fai-
ry-tale ending only time will tell.

Thanksksgivmg

Unto Thee, O God, be praise and
thanksgiving for every splendid deed
of sailors, soldiers, and airmen, for
every act of devotion to workers at
home. May Thy blessings rest upon
them and keep them in all their
ways. More especially we praise and
bless Thy Name for those who have
been faithful unto death. Into Thy
holy keeping we commend their
souls beseeching Thee to grant unto
all of us, for whom they died, that
their love and devotion may bear
fruit in us more abundant love for
others.

May our heads bow low in humil-
ity for freedom of mind and body
and soul, for the ever moving stream
of life, and the dreams that move us
forward. On this day of Thanksgiv-
ing, incline our hearts to every man,
blotting out color and creed, help us
in the realization that man is involv-
ed in mankind. Help us to find ful-
fillment of this day of thanks by
grasping the ideals of One World that
really lies about us. In Thy name,

Amen.

FOOTE AND DAVIES

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provided at this new location.

A Mixture
Of Madness

By Mary Beth Little

Are you an idiot ? Are you crazy ? Or do
you just have a few idiosyncrasies? (See
Webster's Collegiate I did)

With these questions I addressed millions
of Hottentots in my scientific research, my
hypothesis being Lew Lehr's statement,
"Monkeys is da cwaziest peoples!" I was
well received (overlooking the books, buck-
ets of water, and buckshot that irate sub-
jects tossed my way) and strangely enough
I have jumped to a profound conclusion
(or is it concussion ... oh well. . . . ) It.
seems that the eccentric people are those
who insist they are normal, for the major-
ity of the students I questioned had the
wierdest of traits.

Traits Are Weird

For example, Dot Morrison insists on
practicing her clarinet at all hours. (I hear
she has been receiving threatening notes
as a result of her dreadful ones!) Mary
Frances Anderson never fails to look un-
der her bed to see if a man is there. June
Thomason talks baby talk in her sleep,
while roommates Betty Smith and Gloria
Gaines, Nancy Dendy and Dot Porter, carry
on complete conversations in the realms of
Morpheus. Other peculiar bedtime habits
are: Lee Brewer's wearing a night-cap with
ASC on it, Doc Dunn's and Charlesie
Smith's tradition of sleeping with a baby
pillow, Reese Newton's wearing her glasses
so she'll be able to see when she gets up,
Easy Beale's bunk-sharing with a teddy
bear which she ties to her wrist so she
won't kick it out of bed, Beverly Gordy's
wearing her frat pin even on her pajamas,
and Peggy Jones' insistance upon light
(imagine a great big senior being afraid of
the dark.)

Bedtime primperations bring to light
many dark secrets. Adele Dieckmann, for
example, uses pliars in rolling up her hair.
Lou McLaurin has to be chased and dunk-
ed in the bath tub habitually, Milly Mc-
Cain makes a poor freshman (there's a
good pun there, but I won't delve further)
scratch her back each night. Joyce Hale,
Mac Compton, and Mary Byrd Rutledge
knock the house down with bumping exer-
cises. Dot DeVane is so modest she even
goes into a closet to change her mind. Caro-
lyn Bodie and Mary McConkey are known
for their wierd apparel. Going from the
ridiculous to the sublime, Jane Alsobrook
always puts on a dash of perfume just be-
fore going to bed, to insure sweet dreams,
I guess.

Garbs Of Personality

On the other hand there was a glove.
And speaking of gloves, Janet Liddell, to
be sure of having some nail polish left on,
often wears them to the library. Many
other people have special garbs which are
a vital part of their personalities. Soozie
Richardson's rain hat, for example, is a
tradition. Harriet Frierson always wears
something blue to a test, while Jo Heinz
must weai 7 blue jeans, Mary Jo Amnions
must wear her rain coat, and Ginny An-
drews must be able to pace in her rain
coat and red glasses for successful study-
ing.

Variety is the spice of life, they say,
and one surely finds it in likes and dis-
likes. Jean Fuller could eat (and her room-
mate swears she has) seven bowls of
squash. Martha Ray Lasseter collects
string, and Lib Woodward and Bebo Bow-
man simply can't resist boxes. Dot Peace,
Nancy Dela, and Dot Cave are going to
turn to tea, apples, and ice cream respect-
ively their anxious friends fear. One of the
most unusual, perhaps, of likes, was the
freshman who insisted she liked fire-extin-
guishers. (That, translated, meant senior
chaperones.)

Violent Aversions

In my research, I also found some violent
aversions. Beth Walton practically has lit-
tle fits at the thought of anything gelatin.
Ruth Simpson has similiar reactions about
vinegar. Virginia Tucker, strange as it may
seem, detests telephone calls of any kind.
Sue Hutchens almost has hysterics when
she sees a train. But the most hopeless of
(Continued on Page 4)

AGNES SCOTT NEWS

Wednesday. November 21, 1945

Bare Facts

Backstage Drama Sets
Action for Opening Night

By Alice Beardsley

Does it never occur to the theater-
goer, as he sinks down into his plush
seat, that backstage drama might in-
terest him quite as much as actual
stage play?

Say, for the novelty of it, that the setting
is removed tonight, and that the audience
can see the bare facts of the scene back-
stage.

Backstage Play, Scene One

Up left are Mr. Darcy, Charlotte Lucas
and Colonel Fitzwilliam. Mr. Darcy is vio-
lently pacing a short space of the floor area
while his lips murmur, "No, my dearest
only the prejudiced one . . . dare I ask you
again again ?".

Charlotte wears a frown on her brow as
she examines in the mirror the red and
orange costume which arrived to match
her red hair; and over her shoulder peers
Colonel Fitzwilliam who wants to be sure
he didn't shave off any of his sideburns
that morning.

The stage manager has set the costume
vogue to comprise blue jeans and a loud
shirt which gives a workable appearance.
The furniture chairman adds a blue fatigue
hat, an dall the stage crew seem to be
following the general style.

Backstage Play, Scene Two

As the scene opens, one of the tryouts
for technical membership in Blackfriars is
seen conscientiously trying to remove a
"return", the piece of scenery which is far-
thest downstage and which is supposed to
remain untouched throughout the play. She
pulls and strains; finally calls over Mr.
Forman from his painting of a mural to
help in pulling out a vital nail.Tn the back-
ground there is a flurry as Mr. James, in

charge of execution of the set, rushes for-
ward to rescue his "stationary'" return.

Down left, LaNelle Wright, property
chairman, carefully instructs Lady Cather-
ine on the use of the gold lorgnette which
the former has secured after much discour-
agement and many setbacks. The furniture
chairman admires the famous bell-pull, that
made the most trouble of all.

Anna George Dobbins, down right, sits
by the switchboard to manipulate her spots.
The eternal argument between the light
crew and the stage crew over the amount
of acting space rages while the actors of-
fer their suggestions as to placement of
furniture.

Backstage Play, Scene Three
The three musicians arrive and make
ready to settle offstage to play for the
ballroom scene. The painting crew dashes
up to say they can't sit there, it's the
only place they can put the flats when
they are not on stage. The three gather
their instruments and wander from place
to place, finally being hounded to "the
flies." Even here, a stage hand trips over
them when she has to let a different back-
ing down to the stage.

While the actors emote, with growing
perfection, over the bedlam of hammering
an amoving of furniture, Mrs. Bennet, and
Lady Catherine, temporarily off-stage, lose
their dignity long enough to improvise a
jitterbug step to "Put on Your Old Gray
Bonnet."

And so, as you sit in your plush seats at
8:30 this evening, as the curtain goes up
on Pride and Prejudice, and as the players
begin to live their new lives, think also of
the people who are prompting, the people
who are sewing costumes, the people who
move scenery the people who rule back-
stage drama.

Variety Adds Spice to
Life of Switchboard Gal

Off the
Copy Hook

Four freshmen who have Miss Glick for
Latin teacher and faculty advisor, wrote
her a gracious note in Latin, requesting
that she meet them at the Tea House at
6:00 p.m. for dinner. Miss Glick likewise
replied in Latin, saying that she would
meet them at the hour, "duodecem," in the
lobby of Rebekah. Since duodecem meant
12 noon (they thought), the freshmen as-
sumed that benign Miss Glick had given
them a cut in their 12-1 Latin class, and
four happy frosh sat down in Rebekah to
wait for their teacher. After waiting sev-
eral minutes, one strolled out to the quad-
rangle to meet Miss Glick, who approached
in her characteristic gait. She burst out,
"Why aren't you in Latin class? Where is
the rest of my class?" The frustrated frosh
tried to explain the situation and madly
dashed back to Rebekah to tell the horrible
truth. When the terrified class finally con-
vened, Miss Glick, trying to surpress her
amusement, pointed out that duodecem
doesn't mean 12-1 at noon, but 6-7 at night.

* * *

Dr. McCain called up freshman Joyce
Hale to speak about matters concerning
the Freshman Bible Class. A lonesome frosh
who answered the phone thought the voice
sounded like a friendly lad and so she be-
came quite friendly also. She asked wheth-
er he was from Emory or Tech, and wheth-
er there were any extra boys where he hail-
ed from pointing out that frosh do get real
lonesome for some cute boys. After exert-
ing all her conversational charms on this
supposed "lad," the freshman with the help
of her diaphragm, screeched up and down
the hall, "Joyce, a man wants to talk with
you!" When Joyce picked up the 'phone
and pleasantly asked about the health of
Dr. McCain, the said frosh practically had
a stroke of apoplexy and passed out cold.

* *

Most Hottentots consider a long distance
telephone call from "the one and only" a
momentous occasion. But to Margaret An-
ne Richards a call from somewhere in the
States is mere routine to be taken in a
day's course. Her "number one" telephon-
ed last week from London, the next night
at 11:30, when all sophs are supposedly
snoozing , Margaret Anne and the rest of
Second Rebekah, South Wing raced to the
booth at the first faint tingle of the phone.
After a brief conversation Margaret Anne
emerged breathless with excitement and
who wouldn't! Not every girl is able to say
she had a call from London!

Worms to You

By Jane Alsobrook

And feet first they carried her out.
The physiology of the Lumbricus ter-
restris (Earthworm, to you) had been
too much for her, poor dear. Silence
prevails. Sorrowing students turn
reluctantly back to their wax pans,
in which is regally enthralled their
specimen for today, and carefully
they begin once more to dismem-
ber it.

And There Is The Brain

"My brain, Mrs .Pendegrast, I've lost my
brain," wails a horrified freshman.

"Silly girl," replies her cynical neighbor.
"I can't even see the brain." But it is so
simple to find. Why, all you have to do is
follow the ventral nerve cord to the sub-
pharyngeal ganglia to the circumpharyn-
pharyngeal connectives and there is the
brain.

But, once the brain is found the horri-
fied freshman wails again. This time it is
not her brain, but something else she's
about to lose. "Oh," Mrs. Pendergrast
drawls, in blase boredom. "I've done this
so many times." Or, least, the freshman
knows she must feel like saying it.

Our meditations on the proposed Agnes

The Prejudice

The stage is set. The judges have
been chosen and the first act of the
drama for the Bennett Cup is on.

Some conditions should be quali-
fied before the actors con their part.
The winner of the cup is merely the
girl who does the best piece of acting
throughout the dramatic year. The
award is not limited to seniors only.
Three times in the history of the cup,
other classes have captured the prize.

Judge your Bennett Cup winner,
beginning tonight, but throw out past
prejudices and preconceived ideas.
Judge on the girl and how she lives
her part.

On this first opportunity to judge
for the potential winner, watch voice,
diction, pantomine, ability to live in
the situation, character interpreta-
tion, and general stage presence.

Worry Bird

Saturday, Nov. 10, more than 500
Texas State College women went to
the fair the Southwestern Book
Fair. The same weekend, approxi-
mately, 20 Agnes Scotters walked
across the quadrangle to the Library
Open House.

Yet, we are the hand picked few?
Our tastes, it seems, are hand picked
too with no time reserved for certain
"campus extras." In this incidence,
there is only one question to ask. Is it
school spirit that is lacking or is it
you?

You answer this question. Forget
the open house you missed, it's over.
But quit being the worry bird. Po'
Joe, he was so worried over noticing
"what was" that he didn't do any-
thing constructive about "what is."
In fact, he only stumbled and got
campused mentally and physically
in the whole deal.

Scott branch of Milledgeville are broken
only by a burst of spasmodic coughing
from below. "Bromine." Fearfully, the word
is spoken, and we who have plowed our
way through Chemistry 101 can nod our
heads knowingly and say, "Just wait 'til
H. S."

It's Torture

Today we have a practical, which is a
biological synonym for torture. We study
demonstrations and then try to guess what
those pink and purple buttons are. They do
look like amoebas, but really, they can't be
for we had the Protozoa on our last prac-
tical. With bowed heads, we turn in our
papers, after having tried our best to make
the handwriting completely illegible.

The alarm clock from Technique lab
shakes us out of our lethargy, and gingerly,
we take our worm, carefully, we wash him,
and happily, we drop him in the trash can.
We are through for today.

Freedom

Down the stairs we rush, past a group
of gasping Chemists, past the Physics lab,
where future Einsteins are bobbing their
heads keeping time with their pendulums,
and out through the door to Freedom.

Oh, but don't get me wrong, Miss Mac,
I love Biology, really I do.

By Lidie Lee

Behind the voice that answers all
calls at the Agnes Scott switchboard
is not one girl but many. A group of
nearly twenty girls is needed to op-
erate the switchboard at all times.

Not every girl can qualify for switch-
board work. Operators at Agnes Scott
are chosen from the student body and
trained specially for the job of handling
the enormous amount of calls coming into
the college daily. A pleasant, distinct voice,
an even temper, and a vast amount, of pa-
tience are all qualities needed for one of
the college's most interesting part-time
jobs. Operator are trained for twenty-four
hours before they are allowed to take over
on the board alone. Written instructions
about the procedure in handling calls must
be read and learned, and girls are expected
to be well versed on college happenings so
they may give information to callers.

Operators have learned that variety is
the spice of life. Besides the usual re-
quests for inormation about college people
and college doings, the switchboard girl
ofen is asked about alumnae or teachers
no longer with the college. People call,
too, to find out unusual information. One
lady called recently to see if any of the
Hottentots could qualify as sitters to stay-
wit h her young baby for the evening.
Beware The Problem Boy!

Men are among the most frequent call-
ers to the college. After a few weeks most
operators assert they can tell the dormi-
tory in which most of the college beauties
live by counting the male callers to each
one. Sailors invariably ask for "Third
deck, Main Hall," and operators often have
to face the caller who wants to speak to a

girl named Jane he met at a dance a week
before. The worst problem boy, most op-
erators agree, is the college wolf who tries
to flirt with the girl on switchboard while
waiting for his call to go through.

Ignorance among the student body about
the telephone system often causes trouble
for operators. Girls who become angry
when they can't get an outside line prob-
ably do not know that the college has only
three lines that can be used at once for
outside -calls. Since there are approxi-
mately 300 boarding students at the col-
lege, free lines are hard to get.

Makes Exciting Life

Mishaps are unavoilable at times. Many
operator reports that slip of the tongue
has caused her much embarrassment. Op-
erators, too, find life full of little tempta-
tions. A flick of the wrist is all you need
to open a key and listen in on a call. One
girl suffered in silence recently while her
best beau, unaware she was on duty, called
another girl.

Long distance calls are among the most
exciting for the school operator. Here she
has the school's permission to listen in on
the call until the caller has the right par-
ty. One operator on a long distance call
from New York had to tell a boy just back
from overseas that his girl was not in
eight times.

Operators Baffle Detectives

Accidents on campus can affect the
switchboard too. One operator spent fif-
teen minutes calling off the campus for the
doctor last year when a girl fell down
stairs and hurt her back.

Despite the fact that girls on a switch-
(Continued on page 4)

Frantic Frosh Trace Lumbricus
Terrestris From A to 'Zoo

AGNES SCOTT NEWS

Wednesday, November 21, 1945

Club News When Far From the Reach

COTILLION CLUB

The Cotillion Club honored Miss Eugenie
Dozier's dancing class with a party last
Thursday afternoon in Murphey Candler.
Various Cotillion Club members entertain-
ed the social dancing class with exhibitions
of the rhumba, jitterbugging, and the slow
fox trot. In return Miss Dozier's group
presented a waltz and a rhumba. later
reaching their hostesses the waltz.

The party took the place of the dance
usually given on campus Thanksgiving
night by the club.

Members of Cotillion Club and their
guests will attend a formal dance at Law-
son General Hospital tomorrow night.

FRENCH CLUB

French Club met Monday, Nov. 12, to en-
joy a program of French games and songs,
including some brought from the French
Camp at Middlebury this summer.

By Libby Woodward

B.O.Z.

B. O.Z. held its regular meeting on Fri-
day, Nov. 16, according to Ruth Simpson,
president. Nelson Fisher and Nancy rAoore
Herring read prose selections, which were
discussed and criticized by the other mem-
bers of the club

FRESHMAN BIBLE CLUB

The Freshman Bible Club made its an-
nual visit to the DeKalb County Home last
Sunday afternoon.

Each member took a Thanksgiving pack-
age to give to one of the 17 people at the
home. Short services were held in both the
white and negro sections. Dr. J. R. McCain,
teacher of the class, and Mildred McCain
accompanied the group

FRESHMAN CABINET

Freshman Cabinet will have its regular
meeting today from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. in
Murphey Candler. There will be a general
discussion of such problems as which
church to attend, tolerance, the value of
bull sessions, and Sabbath observance.

I. R. C.

The first meeting of the International
Relations Club was held Monday afternoon
in Murphey Candler with Rite Watson,
president, presiding. Mary Catherine Vin-
sant, vice president, announced plans for
membership in IRC this year. Following
this report Bunch Beaver, program chair-
man, announced that for the most part the
program this year will be given by stu-
dents.

Elizabeth Osborne was in charge of the
program which was a review of the World
Charter up to the present time. In the
succeeding meetings, world problems since
the charter will be discussed.

Variety

(Continued from page 3)

board try to keep an impersonal tone in
their voices, callers often try to guess who
is on duty by listening to the way she
talks. Teddy Bear reports that her rich
Virginia accent is a dead give-away on
words like "house" and "about." Girls do
not always look as they sound either. Bar-
barba Smith, whose low husky voice
sounds as if it might belong to a tall bru-
nette, and Mac Craig's businesslike switch-
board tones are quite different from her
usual easy-going drawl and personality.
The switchboard has two twins, the Yan-
ceys, whose voices, which are as much
alike as their features, baffle all switch-
board detectives.

SHINE OX HARVEST MOON

A perfect night for picnics, hayrides.
dancing, and romancing. And the Chi Phis
at Emory had a wonderful hayride. With
them were Frances Russell, Betty Jeanne
Ellison, Betty Blackmon, Jean Caswell.
Sally Ellis, Peggy Willmor., Lib Osborne,
and Mary Beth Little. The "Zip" hayride
was fun, too at least Lucy Turner, Maudie
Van Dyke. Dale Bennett, and Billie Powell
thought so.

Dancing feet and sparkling eyes At the
student Council dance at Tech Marie Cuth-
bertson, Joyce Hale, Punky Mattison, Betty
Turner, Martha Polk, Carolyn Gilchrist,
Sue Hutchens, Mildred Claire Jones, Nancy
Deal, Mary Manly, Nancy Geer, Julia Ann
Coleman, Dorothy Stewart, and Ruth Blair.
Another med dance and another gay even-
ing it was for Louise and Jeter Starr, Glo-
ria Gaines, June Thomason, Scotty John-
son, and Mary Byrd Rutledge. Ruth Ryner,
Dorothy Stewart and Ruth Blair had fun
at the SAE house. Some prefer KA's es-
pecially June Thomason, Gene Goode, Kate
Ellis, Alice Newman, Mary Jane Fuller,
and Ann Hough. It was a dinner dance at
the Ansley Hotel that attracted Millie
Evans and Lorenna Ross Friday night.
TeeToo Williams and Beth Jones joined in
the festivities at the Georgia Junior Col-
lege dance while Dootsie Gardner was over
at Emory at the ODK banquet and dance.
There were lots of Hottentots dancing at
the Empire Room: Jean Estes, Pat Mc-
Manmon, Eva Williams and Scotty Johnson
ivho sat near the Wilde twins, Lucy Turner.
Sally Bussey, Bettye Smith, Mary Brown
Mahon, B. A. Ziegler, Mary McCalla, and
Louise Isaacson, in whose honor the orches-
tra leader played 'Tiight and Day," danced
at the Rainbow Roof. At the Paradise Room
Betty Gesner and Gloria Gaines.

Oh, come to the fair, and Saturday night
on campus can be lots of fun. Everyone
agreed that the Student Government fair
was a huge success. The transfers had a
good time at Mortar Board's bridge party
Friday night at TVIiss Scandrett's.

Thursday was a big day in B. J. Rad-
ford's young life. Occasion her first cir-
cus.

HOLD THAT TIGER!

Tech didn't, but Agnes Scott liked foot-
ball and they was certainly at Grant Field
Saturday. Yelling like Hottentots, beating
dates to pulps, and having a wonderful
time were Bit Wilson, Betty Jean Ellison,
Charlsie Smith, Robby Robeson, Lynn Phil-
lips, Joyce Hale, Marie Cuthbertson, Dot
Porter, Jo Snow, Mimi Arnold, Weesie Du-
rant, Steve Paige, Betty Wood, Marguerite
Born, Charlotte Clarkson, Jane da Silva,
Gloria Ann Melchor, Jane Rushin, Nancy

Annual Sets
Schedules

Faculty pictures for the Silhouette are
scheduled to begin today, to be taken
from 2 to 4:15 p. m.

Other faculty photographs will be taken
Friday, Monday and Tuesday afternoons.

The schedule for Wednesday, Nov. 28,
calls for various members of the News
staff, 1:30 to 2:35 p. m.; Mortar Board,
2:35-3 p. m.; Aurora, 3 to 3:50 p. m.;
Folio Club, 3:50 p. m.; and Sophomore
Cabinet officers, 4 p. m.

An exhibit of children's Christmas
nooks and stories is on display on the
main floor of the Library. It will re-
main until the holiday with the addition
later of Christmas cards.

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS

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of Agnee Soott Co Here. Office on necond floor Murphey Candler Building. Entered as
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Haislip, Polly Grant, Jean da Silva. Bobbie
Whipple. Connie Fraser, Jane Campbell,
Glassell Beale, Caroline Squires, Betty
Turner, June Thomason, Bettye Smith,
Gloria Gaines, B. A. Ziegler, Mary Brown
Mahon, Scotty Scott, Janet Liddell, Lidie
Lee, Louise Reid. Carolyn Bodie, Anne
Kelly, Martha Polk, Beth Jones, Mary Mc-
Conkey, Sue Hutchens, Ruth Ryner. Jane
Anne Newton, Theresa Kempt, Joanne
Benton, Rosemary Jones, Nancy Deal, Rob-
in Robinson, Dot DeVane, Jean Chewning, '
Louise Starr, Harriet Gregory, Jane Bark-
er, Gail Stewart, Fran Ninger. and Anne
Hightower.

IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME

And it's mighty good when they return,
Annette Neville and James Sister Davis
and L. E. Glassell and Ray Caroline
Squires and Kay Anne Eidson and Dal
Helen Pope's Landon from San Francisco
Ruth Clapp and Jim (again!) Eva and
Dave Gail Stewart and Tommy, and LSU
cheerleader Fran Nininger and Joe from
the University of Georgia Anne Hightow-
er and Will Scotty Scott and Locke. E.
Home and Brother B. were a cute couple
and quite a sensation at the fair as judges.

And speaking of sensations, were you in
the dining room Thursday night about half-
past six? Frank Sinatra? Van Johnson?
Mr. Hayes? No, it was Mr. Thomas with
his attractive wife, and we all enjoyed hav-
ing them back.

We were glad to have some more old
friends back. Kitten Phillips was here vis-
iting B. J. Radford, and Erlene Millstead
has been here to see Liz Carpenter. Mary
Helen House came up from Auburn to
spend the week-end with Martha Humber.
Other interesting visitors were Hertie Mc-
Allister's sister, good-looking in her Red
Cross uniform, Susan Neville's friend from
Brazil, Kagie's sister from Shorter, Tuck's
sister, Nancy, Eleanor Davis' friends, the
two Dots, Caroline Little's visitors from
Marietta, Anne Woodward's friend Rachel
Sharpe from the University of Georgia and
Jeter's sister Bobbie Starr, who came down
for the med dance.
WE ARE AT HOME

Barbara* Sproesser, Mariflyn Bridges
(Joe aussi), Charlien Simms, Mary Gene
Simms and with her Anne Elcan, Nancy
Hardy and Maggie Toole, Valeria Brown,
Jean Bellingrath and Jo Faulkner, Mar-
garet McManus and Dot Peace, Margie
Graves, Frankie Francisco, Betty Lehmann.
4 Steele Dendy* took Easy Beale and Betty
Beddingfield to Pilzer with her, and Har-
riet Reid and June Driskill went with Mar-
garet Anne Richards to Columbus and the
Georgia-Auburn game as did Mary Cargill.

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AGNES SCOTT

Bus Expected
Here In Dec.

The bus serving Agnes Scott co-eds tak-
ing Emory classes is not expected to begin
running before Dec. 1 and may not start
until after Christmas holidays.

The administration announced that the
barn by the tennis courts is completed,
but the bus has been held up due to re-
conversion slow-ups. It is being assem-
bled in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Schedules for the bus' regular runs will
be published as soon as enrollment for the
various Emory classes is completed.

No decision has been definitely made as
to whether the bus will be available ex-
cept during regular day-time class hours,
or to what extent it will serve Emory stu-
dents taking classes on the Agnes Scott
campus.

Is It Needed?

The following is part of an editorial

which appeared in the Nov. 15 issue of
the Emory Wheel:

"Universal military training nas serious
implications for our foreign policy. It is a
nationalist tool. Those who advocate it
engender little faith in an international
organization. Military preparation has
never inspired anything but mistrust in
the international arena. People who ad-
vocate it are thinking in terms of war, not
of peace.

"The military mind always thinks in
terms of war, and the military is the most
vocal advocate of peacetime conscription.

"But we glamorize the military in this
country, prefering the glitter to reason
and, as polls show, public opinion is being
wooed and won by the false prophets, with
the help of a large segment of the press."

Miss Ridley To Speak

Miss Margaret Ridley will speak to the
Decatur Girls' High School Parent-Teach-
er Association at its meeting Wednesday,.
Nov. 28. Her topic will be "The Tcen-
Age Girl."

Dupont Cites
Exchange Work

Major Henri Dupont who visited on the
campus Friday, Nov. 16 is attached to the
French Consulate in New Orleans.

With the Cultural Relations Department
of the French Embassy, Major Dupont is
touring this country discussing with au-
thorities of schools and universities the
extension of cultural relations between the
United States and France.

In an interview Friday, he also discussed
plans which are to be based on his research
for the exchange of French and American
students.

Major Dupont explained that the system
of exchanging students has been delayed
this year because of the food shortages,,
but is expected to be resumed fully in 1947.
In the meantime some exchange on a very
small scale will be carried on. This year
100 young men have been chosen to come
to America from France and are now on
their way. They will be particularly con-
cerned with the study of sciences. They are
all outstanding young men between 25 and
30 years of age, many of who have already
obtained their Ph. D.'s.

When asked what he considered the most
outstanding differences between French
and American students, Major Dupont re-
plied that the French students are more de-
veloped on the intellectual side and are
less atheletic and socially developed. He
stated that interest in atheletics is more
prevalent than formerly, but that the
French student remains generally more se-
rious and intellectual than the American.
He explained that the French schools em-
phasize the humanities, believing that
there is great advantage in studying those
subjects thoroughly before entering the
more techinical branches of education.

AGNES SCOTT NEWS

Wednesday, November 21, 1945

"BABY" BMOC'S Xewly elected frosh officers caught on Inman st4ps. From top
to bottom they are: Reese, president, Tillie, vice-president, Binky, secretary-treasurer.

PEOPLE, COLOR
ART TO RIVERA

H. C. Forman, department of Art head,
.spoke on Diego Rivera, South American
artist, at the second Art Appreciation Hour
last Wednesday night.

Citing Rivera as one of the foremost
painters of today, Mr. Forman stated that
the artist's studies abroad served to en-
hance rather than eliminate his native
Mexican individualism.

One can catch the spirit in Rivera's
works from the attitudes of his personali-
ty. To him, "painting is color," Mr. For-
man said. The lack of color in the English
fog makes it unconducive to the art of the
brilliant Mexican painter. Rivera likes peo-
ple immensely "That's my subject, he is
quoted as saying." His style is that of
primitive painters, that of using much
bright color and curves. Mr. Forman il-
lustrated his lecture with slides which gave
his audience a better understanding of
the artist.

Third Art Exhibit Introduces
Canadian Watercolor Sketches

The third Art exhibit of the season, a
-collection of "Canadian Watercolors" went
on exhibit yesterday.

The exhibit includes recent scenes of the
St. Lawrence River in Ontario and Quebec
Provinces. It is the work of H. C. Forman,
head of the department of Art. The exhibit
is hung^ in room 321 in Buttrick hall and
will be up through Nov. 30.

The war is over, the boys are on the
way home, and this is Thanksgiving . . .
in America. Have you turned in your
War Fund Pledge yet?

Call DE. 4922

One Day in Advance for Your
9 Birthday Cakes, etc,

DECATUR CAKE BOX

STUDENT TALKS
HIGHLIGHT
EXEC WEEK

Student talks on "What Student Gov-
ernment Means to Me" highlighted Student
Government week, just concluded. Jo Snow,
freshman, Pris Hatch, sophomore, Punky
Mattison, Junior, and Bet Long Sale rep-
resented their classes in the Thursday
chapel discussion.

"Student Government Is You" was the
theme of the week's programs, climaxed
by a party in the gym Saturday night.
Martha Ann Board and Irene McLeod won
a jitterbug contest while Joan Crangle and
Libby Woodward copped honors for the
fox trot.

Other features of the week included a
talk by Miss Mary Jane King, '38, and a
skit presented b members of exec on the
evolution of the social rules.

Markova, Dolin
Present Recital

Markova and Dolin, foremost classic bal-
let dancers, were presented in a recital by
the Atlanta Music Club at 8:30 in the Er-
langer theatre Monday night. Both Alicia
Markova and Anton Dolin are English-
born and were trained by Diaghilev. As
prima ballerina and primier danseur, they
toured the country with the Ballet Theatre
company and this season have their own
ensemble.

Incredible lightness and technical perfec-
tion combined with romantic eloquence
have won Alicia Markova praise of audi-
ences and critics. Anton Dolin has made
witty creations of new ballets as well as
revisions of classic favorites and designed
the Billy Rose presentation on Broadway,
"The Seven Lively Arts."

LOST AND FOUND

Tuea., 12-1 SCOTTY JOHNSON.
Wed., 5-6 GENE GOODE.
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MARQUIS CHILDS TO DISCUSS
THE POLITICS OF PEACE'

Marquis W. Childs, author and col-
umnist, will lecture Tuesday, Nov.
27, at 8:30 p. m. in Presser Hall. This
is the opening lecture of the 1945-46
season.

Speaking on "The Politics of
Peace," Mr. Childs bases his informa-
tion on twenty years of experience as
a columnist both in this country and
abroad.

Mr. Childs' views on national, political,
and economic problems have been termed
as "sound and temperate, bolstered always
with unassailed facts, with information
gleaned from sources accessible to few out-
side official circles/'

In regard to his personality, one critic
has said, "He seems to like people, and
he likes, as he occasionally dislikes, wtih
discrimination."

The columnist has made several trips to
France. In 1930, he took a leave of ab-
sence from his paper, the St, Louis "Post-
Dispatch," to attend a housing expedition
in Sweden, remaining there to write a se-
ries of articles on Sweden's social and eco-
nomic advances. He went to Spain to
cover the Spanish War and was in Madrid
and Valencia while these cities were be-
sieged.

First coming into literary prominence
with the publication of the best seller,
"Sweden: the Middle Way" a book which
inspired President Roosevelt to send a spe-
cial commission abroad to study co-opera-
tive systems in Europe Marquis Childs
has since written "This is Democracy;
Collective Bargaining in Scandinavia,"
"Toward a Dynamic America," "This is
Your War," and "I Write From Washing-
ton." "Washington Calling" is his only
novel.

Two of these books, "Sweden: the Mid-
dle Way" and "This is Democracy," may
be found in the school library. A third
book, "I Write from Washington," is on
order, according to Miss Edna Hanley, li-
brarian.

A Mixture

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these cases, is Alice Newman's and Betty
Turner's absolute refusal to use the eleva-
tor in Main. They have claustrophobia, they
say.

And then there are the strange habits
that we tactfully call individuality. Susan
Neville, for instance, talks to herself in
Portuguese. Helen Pope always walks on
the brick border, tight-rope fashion, rath-
er than on the sidewalk. Carol Giles can't
resist charging through and scattering piles
of leaves. Blitz Roper always avoids step-
ping on lines in sidewalks or floors. Sally
Bussy and Virginia Henry always look like
Chen-Yu cultists. Steve Page has the Yan-
kee (this is probably how the Civil War
began) habit of rubbing her nose when she
thinks. And poor Pris Hatch! If she starts
laughing when lying down, she can't stop
until turned over.

And so it goes. But after all, its the foi-
bles of mankind that keep life interesting.
And (in case any of you my most long
suffering examples are contemplating sue-
ing me for liable) I'll conclude with the
words of Aristotle himself, "No excellent
soul is exempt from a mixture of madness."

Date Book

Wed., Nov. 21 "Pride and Prejudice" i*
Pressor at 8:30 p. m.

Baptist Student Union service at 5 p. m.
in Murphey Candler.

Freshman Cabinet meets in Murphey
Candler 5-6 p. m.
Library will be closed Wed. night.
Don't cut the day before a holiday!!
Thurs., Nov. 22 Thanksgiving service led
by Freshman Cabinet at 10 a. m. in Mac-
Lean.

Evening prayer service in Murphey

Candler at 10:15 p. m.

Library closed all day Thursday.
FrL, Nov. 23 Hockey game at 4 p. m.

Don't cut the day after a holiday!!
Sa,t. Nov. 24 Horse show at 3:30 p. m., in

the ring.

Sun., Nov. 25 Vespers at 6:30 p. m.
Tues., Nov. 27 Rev. Brockoff, Lutheran

minister, will speak in chapel.

Marquis Childs lecture, 8:30 p. m. in

Gaines Chapel.

Guest Lecture Tickets
Available Now

Guest tickets for the Marquis Childs
lecture next Tuesday will be available in
the book store until the day of the lecture,
according to Miss Emma Mae Laney, fac-
ulty chairman of Lecture Association..

Students are urged to obtain their sea-
son lecture tickets from the book store as
soon as possible. The tickets are free of
charge to students.

One guest ticket will be given to each
girl desiring one. She may invite as her
guest a relative, a friend, a date, or a
member of the faculty.

Following the lecture, a reception hon-
oring Mr. Childs will be given in Murphey
Candler with member of Lecture Asso-
ciation serving as hostesses. These mem-
bers include Bet Long Sale, president of
the association, Ellen Hayes, treasurer,
Elizabeth Woodward, Margaret Mizell,
Carol Giles, Nelson Fisher, Mary Beth
Little, and Anne Burkhardt

B'nai B'rith League Leader
Speaks at Emory Forum Nor. 18

Alexander s. Miller of the Anti-
Defamation League of the B'nai B'rith,
Sons of the Covenant, discussed "Can it
Happen Here?" Sunday, Nov. 18, in the
next-to-last of Emory's Human Relations
Forums.

B'nai B'rith was organized by a group
of Jewish refugees who wanted to make
some concrete expression of their grati-
tude to America for giving them refuge.

Glee Club to Present
'Pirates of Penzance' in Feb.

The first rehearsal for "Pirates of Pen-
zance" was held Thursday night with mem-
bers of Glee Club being prepared for cast-
ing after Christmas.

The Gilbert and Sullivan operetta will
be given in Presser Feb. 22 and 23, in
conjunction with the Georgia Tech Glee
Club.

: OFF THE RECORD TO YOU . . .

Come everything from Boogie to Beethoven* Come on down to
Rich's. Listen and make your selection from the gobs of
records in . . .

Rich's Record Shof, Sixth Floor

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS

Wednesday, November 21 , 1945

Athlete's Feats

By Ruth Ryner

This Friday will see the last games of
the hockey season and then the tale will
be told. A passing thought that hits with
a bang is that if the juniors and seniors
end up with a tie for the hockey cham-
pionship, anything can happen when bas-
ketball season starts in January 'cause
they've tied for that for the past two years.
Somebody better do something quick, this
could go on forever and it probably will.
Moan! (Just a typical senior response
when the word junior is mentioned in the
sports realm.)

Another gold star event Friday will
be the announcement of the season* s
Varsity and Sub-Varsity teams. Soozi,
hockey manager, will read out the names
of the honored players and everybody
oughta' be out there to give 'em a big
band.

Hockey season will not be over Friday
by any means for there's still the Varsity-
Sub-Varsity game a week from Friday and
then the Varsity vs the Alumnae Hockey
Club on Dec. 7. Also, the tourney between
the various dorms scheduled for next week
should be quite an event. Managers will
be chosen to scrap up a team from each
dorm, each cottage, and from the day stu-
dents and they'll all get out there and
fight each other a week from Thursday.
Call out the Forest Rangers and all
that sort of stuff, for Outing Club has
decided they, have been out of the w r oods
long enough. They decided at last
Thursday's meeting to hit the road next
Wednesday for some clump of trees out
of nowhere (NOT Coffee Hill, the old
haunt, for some public spirited citizens
have made the place too civilized) and
try their hands at burning bacon, etc.,
on the open fire. Anyway, they have as
many members as ever since every sin-
gle one answered the letter sent out by
the manager two weeks ago to see who
wuz eager and who wuzn't. More power
to you, kids.
The freshman fundamentals classes
proved that jive and gymnastics mix when
they executed precision exercises in -the
gym yesterday afternoon to the tune of
"My Dreams Are Getting Better All the
Time." Directed by squad leaders, the
girls demonstrated co-ordination exercises.
In their colorful yellow suits the frosh re-
minded the spectators of the famed Rok-
ettes with their routines of bending, neck,
knee, arm, balance, airplane and other ex-
ercises. Judging from the exhibition of
grace, co-ordination, and rhythm, the quar-
ter of sore muscles, tired backs, and ex-
haustion was worth it

SOUTHERN
DAIRIES

Delicious

MILK AND ICE
CREAM

Supervised by Sealtest

QUEEN OF ATHLETE'S FEATS None other than Scotty Johnson with her versa-
tile ways and sports minded-outlook. Usually it's Scotty with the ball and doing the
most with it in the shortest amount of time.

Sr. Eleven Crush Sophs5-0
As Rival Jrs. Down Frosh 1-0

By Edna Claire Cunningham

The question of the week is who
will win the hockey championship:
the seniors, whose fast teamwork
crushed the sophs 5-0 Friday, or the
juniors, whose powerful line over-
came the freshmen 1-0. These two
teams are still tied in the number of
victories they have copped.

The senior-soph game was a fast and
rough tumble. The seniors began with a
clatter of sticks and long drives. The sophs
could not cope with the Chewning-Johnson-
Richardson line and were thwarted by the
hard-hitting defense pair. Ragland and
Walker.

Anne Hayes was "on the ball" for the
soph defense, but they could not prevent
the pinks from scoring twice in the first
period and three times in the second one.

The junior-frosh game was a clash to be
remembered.

The first half was tight with neither
team giving .in. Back and forth from one
goal to the other play was taken without
a score. The whistle blew for the first half
with a 0-0 tie.

Back they came and the juniors repeat-
ed last week's feat by scoring to win in
the last few minutes of the game.

B. J. Radford scored the winning goal.

The lineups were: Seniors: Courtenay,
RW; Chewning, RI; Johnson, CF; Richard-
son, LI; Stephenson, LW; Harding Ragland,
RH; Burnett, CH; Walker, LH; Stixrud,
RF; Neville, LF; and McCain, G.

Juniors: Haislip, RW; Deal, RI; Hatch,
CF; Dunn, LI; Davis, LW; Dieckmann,
RH; Major, CH; McLaurin, LH; Hayes,
RF; Cunningham, LF; and Orr, G.

Juniors: Williams, RW; Johnston, RI;
Radford, CF; Rentz, LI; Goode, LW; Buch-
anan, RH; Yates, CH; Newman, LH; Cur-

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Curtain Up

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"I got hungry to act," said Mr. James.
He joined the Richmond Theater Guild,
playing comedy and character roles. Later
he spent several years in Chicago, acting
and stage managing for the Hullhouse
Theater. In 1925 Mr. James moved his
family to Atlanta to spend the winter
they've been here ever since.

After twenty years in one city, Mr. James
isn't even restless. His work combines all
the fields he had interested himself in be-
fore 1925 he teaches English at Commer-
cial High School, and is connected with
the boys' athletic program. He is dramatics
manager for the Music Department of
Georgia Tech; and about three times a
year, he is production manager for Agnes
Scott's major plays.

Mr. James is the realistic idealist who
knows and loves every phase of building a
play, from author through crew and actors
and scenery to the people who "want to
see that thing done right."

He is still growing in his love for, and
gifts to, dramatics, because he has never
lost his ideals. Mr. James loves theater
throughout his life he's gone back to it
again and again. But he loves it, not for
himself, but because people love it, and he
:an give it to them.

Equestriennes
To Perform Sat

Two years of horseback riding will
culminate in the first official horse-
show since prewar days, Saturday at
2:30 p. m.

Two loving cups will be awarded
at this time as well as ribbons for
riders in the first three classes. The
rider who has made the most im-
provement during the fall quarter
will rdteive one cup, given by Mrs.
W. P. Andrews, Flat Rock, N. C. Bet-
ty Andrews will present the cup for
her mother at this time. The An-
drews cup will be given annually and
will remain in the permanent posses-
sion of the rider who wins it two
years in succession.

Davison-Pason Company is presenting
the second trophy which will be awarded
to the winner of the Championship Class.
This class will be composed of the winners
from the beginners, intermediates, and ad-
vanced riders.

Miss Jeanette McKibben, Atlanta eques-
trienne, will be judge for the event. Other
officials of the show are Mrs. Harriette
Haynes Lapp, ring moster, Molly Milam,.
'45, announcer, and Gene Goode, manager.

One highlight of the program will be an
exhibition in which the following riders
will participate: Vicky Alexander, Caro-
lyn Bodie, Harriet Gregory, Evelyn Hill,
Frances Sholes, Betty Andrews, Fran Nin-
inger, and Gene Goode.

Judging of horsemanship will be on the
basis of seat, hand, and control of the
mount at a walk and at a trot. Riders of
the three classes as follows: class one,
Mary Lillian Allen, Martha Humber, Har-
riet Lurton, Charlien Simms, Willa Wag-
/ier, Anne Woodward, and Lib Woodward;
class two, Glassell Beale, Valeria Brown,
Jean Estes, Millie Evans, Geva Harper,
Myrtice Mariani, and Steve Page; class
three, Tillie Alexander, Carol Giles, Ann
Hightower, Lou McLaurin, Gloria Ann
Melchor, Fran Nininger, and Daisy Sun-
day.

Jean Stewart, Sheely Little, May Tur-
ner, and members of the exhibition will
help in mounting outside the ring.

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The Ag nes Scott News

VOL. XXXI. AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1945 No. 9

All-Southern Debate Teams to Clash Friday

+ + + + + + + +

Louise McKinney Book Competition Draws 19 Entrants

WOULD BE COLLECTORS Some of the contestants in the Louise McKinney Book
Award Contest are seen in the library with Dr. Will Howe, visiting professor of Eng-
lish at Emory University.

Entries Exceed
Past 14 Years

Nineteen students have already en-
tered the Louise McKinney Book
Competition, Miss Emma Mae Laney
of the English department announced
this week.

This is the largest number of stu-
dents in the history of the contest to
enter, officials stated.

Other students wishing to enter the
competition must register with some
member of the English department before
exams start.

Students already entered are Dorothy
Dunstan, Ruth Simpson, Bet Patterson,
Nelson Fisher, Angela Pardington, Kath-
leen Buchanan, Ruth Richardson, Chris-
tina Yates, Sophia Pedakis, Margaret
Bear, Anne Noell, Mary Beth Little, Mar-
garet Yancey, Claire Kemper, Virginia
Andrews, Anne Mason, Jane Barker, Mary
Cargill, Barbara Coith.

Fourteen years ago the Agonistic, the
forerunner of the Agnes Scott News, an-
nounced that an award would be offered
to the student with the best book col-
lection for the year. This announcement
has been made every year since.

Agnes Scott, in offering a book award
annually, was following in the footsteps
of Swathmore college. Rules for the first
contest were similar to those of today. The
contest is now held in honor of Miss Lou-
ise McKinney, professor emeritus of Eng-
lish, who was one of the sponsors of the
first contest.

An award of $25 is given each year from
a fund established by the English depart-
ment in collaboration with the alumnae to
the student who assembles from May to
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NewAlumnaePlan
Nets Higher Funds

Final tallying of the first Alumnae Fund
revealed that 11 per cent of the 7,700 Agnes
Scott alumnae contributed during 1944-45.

Of 2,542 graduates, only 28 per cent con-
tributed to the fund.

This is an increase of approximately 400
more alumnae taking an active part in
the Alumnae Association as compared with
the 450 who were members in 1943-44. In
dollars and cents, the gain jumped from
$900 to $3,657.63 in undesignated gifts.

Under the Alumnae Fund plan, alumnae
may contribute anything from a three-cent
postage stamp to $100,000,000 and become
members of the Alumnae Association for
that year. This plan was adopted in May,
1944 and replaced the "dues system." Con-
centrating in a drive for interest rather
than amount, the average gift now is high-
er than the old required dues.

Charles W. Gilkey
To Speak Dec. 5

Dr. Charles W. Gilkey, dean of the
Rockefeller Memorial chapel on the Uni-
versity of Chicago campus, will speak in
chapel on Dec. 5.

Dr. Gilkey will speak under the auspices
of the Central Congregational church of
Atlanta. He has lectured all over the world
and has written extensively in the fields
of philosophy and religion.

Marquis Childs Cites
National Vigor'
For US-Russia Unrest

By Dot Peace

"The vigor of our own society" was giv-
en by Marquis W. Childs, author and col-
umnist, as the real answer to United
States' strained relations with Russia.

Concerning the probability of war with
the Soviet. Union, Mr. Childs expressed the
opinion that we have nothing that the
Russians desire and they have nothing
that we want. He contends that it is "cruel
and criminal to make the deliberate effort
to get us in war."

He believes that the trouble is confined
to small groups of fanatics, but that the
"vigor of our own society" is the real an-
swer. It is foolish to stir up contention
between the two powers, Mr. Childs in-
sists. He referred to the absurdity of the
idea of threatening our 'Sound, healthy
going ssociety here as a "Hallowe'en
bogey."

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Delegates Will Attend
Furman SG Congress

Agnes Scott delegates will attend an in-
tercollegiate student government confer-
ence Dec. 6-10 for the first time since De-
cember, 1941.

Ten colleges will meet in Greenville, S.
C, at the invitation of Furman College, to
discuss problems and policies of their va-
rious governmental systems. This will be
Agnes Scott's student government's first
direct contact with comparable groups
from other colleges since the dissolution of
the National Student Federation of Ameri-
ca four years ago.

Delegates elected by the students to ac-
company student government President
Marjorie Naab to Greenville are Mary Rus-
sell, vice-president; and B. J. Radford, sec-
retary.

Dot Holloran, secretary, and Virginia
Montgomery, president, represented Agnes
Scott at the last congress of the N.S.F.A.,
held Dec. 27-31, 1941 in Minneapolis, Minn.

Swimmers to Star
In Pageant Tonight

Musical swimming events on a Christmas
theme will make up the annual swimming
pageant to be given tonight and tomorrow
night in the gymnasium at 8:30 p. m. under
direction of Miss Barbara Ames and Mar-
garet Scott.

Members of the Swimming club and oth-
ers will participate, with Jennie Wren as
Santa Claus, and Bettye Lee Phelps as
Jack-in-the-Box, starring.

Students are invited to attend the final
dress rehearsals tonight at 7:30. Admission
to the regular performance tomorrow night
at 8:30 must be by. invitation only, although
vacant seats will be open to anyone after
8:15. This arrangement is necessary this
year due to lack of space to accomodate
everyone on former occasions.

Miss Ames and Scotty will participate in
the pageant as Jack and Jill in a doll
dance.

Elves are to be Bunny Weems, Betty
Blackmon, Dolly Cave, Sally Sue Stephen-
son, Bet Long Sale, Cookie Miller, Splinter
Board, Bunny Brannan, Marie Beeson, Jan-
et Liddell, Eva Williams, and Reese New-
ton.

Portraying toys will be Sweetie Calley,
Beth Walton, Martha Baker, Kate Elmore,
Jean Eraser. Joan Hungerford, Jane Bar-
ker, Betty Andrews, Louise Durant, and
Mimi Arnold.

Nancy Dendy recorded the music for the
program. Committee heads are Sally Sue
Stephenson, decorations; Edwina Davis,
costumes; Anna George Dobbins, lights;
and Sweetie Calley, program.

Is Your Mind
Campused?

1. Is the lifting of U. S. rationing on
meats and fats justifiable in view of world
affairs?

2. What is inflation?

3. Who is Premier Feruccio Parri? Why
was he recently in the news?

4. Can you identify the Four Horsemen
of the Apocalypse as they ride today?

5. What is your opinion of the United
States' policy of assuming responsibility
with Britain for Zionist hopes in Pales-
tine?

Pi Alpha Phi Backs
First Inter-College
Debate on Campus

The All-Southern-Intercollegiate
Debate Tournament will be held on
campus Friday, Nov. 30. Six colleges
and universities will participate in
the tourney, represented by sixteen
teams.

The first intercollegiate debate tourna-
ment ever held on the Agnes Scott cam-
pus, this tourney is sponsored by Pi Alpha
Phi, debating society. Georgia Tech, Em-
ory University, Georgia Evening College,
the University of Georgia, Berry Schools
and Agnes Scott will take part in the
event. There will be three rounds of de-
bate in the afternoon, and a final exhibi-
tion debate at 7:30 p. m., in MacLean aud-
itorium between the two top ranking teams
representing each side of the question.
The question for debate will be Resolv-
ed: that the foreign policy of the United
States should be directed toward the es-
tablishment of .free trade among the na-
tions of the world. Tins is the same topic
that will be used at the Dixie Forensic
Tournament in Charlotte, N. C, in early
December.

There will be a dinner for those parti-
eipating in the debates Friday night to
the cafeteria. After the exhibition debate
there will be a reception in Murphey
Candler for the public and for those
participating in the debates, when the
winner of the tournament, will be an-
nounced. Awards will be made on the
basis of points and will be presented to
both individuals and teams.
Judges will be coaches from the institu-
tions attending ,as well as Mrs. Roff Sims,.
Miss Elizabeth Jackson, associate profes-
sor of history, Paul Garber, professor of
Bible, and F. K. Baskette, of the journal-
ism department of Emory University.

The campus is invited to attend the after
dinnner debate at 7:30 p. m.

Lecture Association

Chooses Fourteen
As 1945-46 Ushers

Fourteen ushers for this year's lectures
have been selected by the members of
Lecture Association, officials stated recent-
ly.

Each member chose two girls who will
be asked to serve as ushers at one of the
forthcoming lectures. Those chosen were
Betty Andrews, Billie Powell, Harding Rag-
land, Rite Watson, Lorenna Ross, Mary
Jane Love, Betty Turner, Janet Liddell*
Alice Crenshaw, Jo Snow, Nancy Geer,
Sheely Little, Anne Hoyt and Margaret
McManus.

Scottish Rite Doctor
Speaks to Scientists

Dr. J. H. Kite, chief surgeon at the Scot-
tish Rite Hospital, will speak on the treat-
ment of crippling diseases at a meeting of
Chi Beta Phi in the art lecture room in
Buttrick Thursday night at 7 p. m.

Dr. Kite will speak in connection with
his work at Scottish Rite with the crippled
children. The campus is invited to attend.

2 AGNES SCOTT NEWS Wednesday, November 28, 1945

VACATOW THO'TJ \

Crosscurrents About
Evelyn Hill

Wanting!

Social Standards Committee has
been functioning for some six weeks
now.

Through their efforts, Sunday
nights have been changed. Murphey
Candler has been opened for all stu-
dents and dates. An open fire lends
atmosphere, there's the radio or ''vie 1 '
to play magazines or just room for
"chit-chat" and letter-writing. Ev-
erything of late has been provided
but you!

You, the Agnes Scott student body,
have fussed for some time now.
"There's no sociau atmosphere on
campus," you wail. "We can't dance
what is there to do?" With the op-
portunity before you, you scoff.

True, this is a small beginning to-
ward developing "that social atmos-
phere" you speak of. Nonetheless, it
is a beginning. Take advantage of
time for leisure and forget your
vague terms of atmosphere.

The News backs Social Standards
Committee. It once again attacks not
the institution, but the lethargy of
the student body, drugged wih lethal
ideas of what should be dreaming
passively at what ought to be. "Thou
art weighed in the balance and found
wanting."

By Joanne Benton

Evelyn Hill is a real Virginia
sportswoman some of her best
friends are her horse and her guns.

She is happiest when, dressed in
riding clothes and accompanied by
her father and brother, she is riding
and hunting on the Hill's big farm
near Orange, Va. Evelyn rides her
own horse, Rinda, whom she broke as
a colt; she shoots quail, rabbits and
squirrels with her own rifles.

"My prize catch was the time I was
cocking my gun it went off and I shot,
plumb center, through my big toe!" Evelyn
said The bullet is still with her, a little
black dot that keeps her from bending her
toe.

She's a Rebel

Evelyn's room at home is decorated with
her gun collection, from pistols to army
rifles.

Evelyn is Virginia through and through,
as has been her family since the Civil War.
Besides her typically Virginia sports of
fox-hunting, riding and shooting, she still
love to rehash the famous battles. Her
favorite books are about the Civil War,
"especially when they're prejudiced one
way or the other. I argue for the South,
naturally."

Who's a Tomboy?

Living a mile from the small town of
Orange, Evelyn grew up a tomboy under
the teachings of her brother and father.
"When she was about five, she always wore
a boy's bob and overalls.

"We had one hired man who worked for
us six months before he fouund out that
Mr. Hill didn't have two little boys," said
Evelyn.

She has been riding as long as she can
remember until she was big enough to
sit the horse alone, she rode in front of
her father. As soon as she was old enough
to shoot without falling over backwards,
'her family put a gun in her hands and took
her along on their hunts. For the past two
.years she his added quail-hunting to her
Sports. Just now she's looking forward to
long rides and hunts this Christmas.
Chip Off the Old Blork

Her dream man is big brother Rowland,
a lieutenant in the army who has been in
Germany for 14 months. She has promised
her horse to "Bud" when he returns home,
probably around Easter.

"Bud" calls his sister "Chip." a nickname
that has stuck by her since the family no-
ticed how much little Evelyn looked like

her father in fact, a "chip off the old
block."

Elected riding manager on A. A. board
for this year, Evelyn, due to illness this
summer, had to give it up and confines her

riding here to teaching a beginners class
for student aid, and to participation in
Saturday's horse show. But she has taken
this setback in the only way a girl like
Evelyn could with the heads-up attitude
of a really good sport.

Evelyn likes other pastimes, too. She
loves to swim and to take long walks into
Atlanta before breakfast. During the last
two weeks her health has improved enough
for her to play hockey with the senior
team "without whooping."

She Holds the Reins

Living in the country as she does, Evelyn
has had the chance to participate in few
horse shows. But she remembers one at
Prospect Hill, Va.. about five years ago.
Evelyn came off with a yellow ribbon,
barely noticing the blonde girl who took
the blue. But when she arrived at Agnes
Scott, she and the winner recognized each
other all over again it was Vicky Alex-
ander who had won the blue ribbon that
day.

Evelyn is one of those people who gives
an impression of calmly knowing where
they are going and why she seems stabil-
ized and has complete control of her own
reins.

'Pride and Prejudice'
Hailed As Success

From the time the house lights were low-
ered until the final drawing of the curtain.
Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" drew
both actors and audience into the magic
spell of the romantic past. Exceptional sets
and cosiumes created a responsive mood in
the audience while individual performances
and smooth working backstage crew sus-
tained the interest and polished the pro-
duction.

The portrayal of the flighty, match-mak-
ing Mrs. Bennet by Pat McManmon was
well described by Paul Jones in his Sun-
day Constitution column as superb "with
slightly Billie Burkish accents." Margaret
McManus as Elizabeth Bennet displayed
unusual stage poise and to paraphrase
Jones again, her Hepburn touch completed
an outstanding performance. Other sup-
porting roles deserving mention: Anne Hill
Jackson as Hill, Alice Beardsley as Lady
Catherine de Bough, Jean Estes as Lydia,
Helen Currie as Charlotte Lucas, and
Ninia Owens as Lady Lucas.

Set and props were well knit with these
performances to make the finished product.
The paneled library with wall portraits, ex-
cellent lighting effects, despite the tardy
morning sunlight in one scene, and the
silver punch bowl and cups authenticated
the 18th century atmosphere. As Jones
says, "artistic . , , reflecting many hours
of work" were the details of the play. Pro-
fessional was the comment of the apprecia-
tive audience.

Mr. Jones predicted that the judges of
the Bennett Cup may have to draw straws
"for the most able thespian", mentioning
Margaret McManus, Pat McManmon and
Jean Estes. This prognostication may be
quite premature, considering the long role
of Blackfriars talent still to be shown. Mr.
Jones may be right however, when he says
that Broadway scouts would do well to
look at the Agnes Scott Blackfriars for
talent. "Pride and Prejudice" would cer-
tainly substantiate such a theory.

Calico.

Chapel Talk Reviews

Mrs. Roff Sims, assistant professor of
history and political science, spoke in
chapel today, reviewing the present world
situation.

The occupation of Germany, the Pales-
tine Question, the National Revolutions in
Indo-China and Java, and the conflict % in
China between the Nationalist and Com-
munist forces, were analyzed.

Alice Sans
Malice

By Alice Davidson

When Saturday night rolls around
there are always some forlorn souls
(like me) who spend the gala eve-
ning in the dorm. (Oh, you know
your father calls you long distance
and you can't be located right away
and what does your father tell the
dean's office? "Why, of course she's
there. Where else would she be? A
date?" In a scoffing tone, "Of course not!
NO, I'll hold the ware 'til you find her. I
know she's on the campus.") It is with
the purpose of showing the gayer spirits
of the campus how the other half spend*
its leisure time and with the benevolent
desire to circulate new ideas for entertain-
ment among the sisterhood of The Satur-
day Night Stay-at-Homes, that I'm going
to retail some leisure pastimes peculiar to
Hottentots.

There's the athletic type who begins
preparations early in the evening by
snitching a hard roll from the supper ta-
ble, repairs to her wing, gathers the team,
and plays football up and down the hall
for the rest of the night or until the hard
be-set roll crumbles into powder.

Seniors Tell Pranks

And there was the bunch who sat en-
thralled while a dignified senior related
the scintillating pranks which she perpe-
trated during her freshman year. Thor-
oughly inspired they went out and made
a night of it, achieving impressive results,
the most impressive of which almost made
Beebow's bed give up the ghost under
their heavy artillery attack.

But say you're' a gentle soul, the fragile
and retiring type you prefer brains to
brawn. For you there's the example of the
sophomore who was found deeply absorbed
in Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. She
claimed it was tremendously interesting
reading said the only trouble was that it
changes the subject too often. If you like
that sort of thing and want to go into it
in more detail there's always Webster's
Unabridged or even the New International.
Teatime Is Old Custom

Or, if you are a tea ddict, you may pre^
fer the custom of a group of freshmen
whose chief amusement is pouring proper-
ly aged Russian tea through the transoms
of their friends' domiciles. They say ice-
cold water works just as well, if there's
no tea available. When everything else
fails to give them a lift, they crawl out on
their window ledges. This last amusement
provides chills and thrills for the uneasy
spectators as well.

For an exciting evening other dwellers
in Inman recommend a stiff gamfl of cops
and robbers played around door comers.
And the most profitable pastime on the
campus is the raiding expedition of masked
frosh who crawl in and out windows in the
dark of the moon to raid their friends'
food boxes; obviously it's wise to take your
roommate along on these forays other-
wise you may return to a locked window
and have to spend the rest of the night
on the window ledge:

Stay-at-Homes invent

Do let's have it understood that these
methods of entertainment are not all prac-
ticed by professional stay-at-homes. Some
of the most diverting (and strenuous) ones
are the inventions of yotmg ladies who
were amazed to find themselves in the
dorm, come Saturday night. But we pe-
rennial members of the sisterhood simply
jump at the chance of including these cas-
ualties in our ranks they (since travel and
dates are broadening, we hear) are among
the most original in our order.

Now that you've heard these varied di-
versions, some of you may still prefer the
less strenuous atmosphere of the Paradise
Room or the Rainbow Roof. But surely
many of you have gained a new apprecia-
tion of the inner resources of those who
stay at home on Saturday nights, and have
been inspired to strive toward newer and
more shining achievements. Do I hear a
feeble shout "Excelsior!"?

AGNES SCOTT NEWS

Wednesday, November 28, 1945

'Experiencing Art 7
Theme of Talk
By Leone Hamilton

"Experiencing Art" is to be the theme
of the last Mortar Board Art Appreciation
talk of the quarter by Mrs. Leone Hamil-
ton at 6:45 in the old chapel. Contribution
of teachers, fellow artists, and past study
to her art experience, will be climaxed in
her talk, with the sharing of her rich op-
portunity of painting under Hans Hofmann
in Provincetown, Mass., during the sum-
mer of 1945.

Experiencing art impressed this striking
thought of Picasso in Mrs. Hamilton's mind:
"One person paints the sun and it is a yel-
low spot, another paints a yellow spot and
it is the sun."

Classes Map Plans
For Winter Quarter

Class meetings will be held during
chapel Friday, Nov. 30. This will be the
last meeting of fall quarter.

The juniors will discuss plans for fresh-
man parties. These parties will be given
the first of winter quarter in cooperation
with Mortar Board. A discussion will be
held about the Junior Joint which will be
some time in February.

Plans concerning activities for next
quarter will be discussed by the sophomore
class. They will also decide how the money
made from the directory will be used.

The Directory is scheduled to go on
sale Monday morning, Dec. 3, in the book
store and Buttrick Lobby.

Date Book

Wed., Nov. 28 Mrs. Sims speaks in Chapel.
Spanish club meets at Miss Harn's home.
Swimming pageant dress rehearsal, 7:30
p. m. in the gym.

Mrs. Leone Hamilton speaks in Old
{Chapel at 6:45 p. m.
Thurs., Nov. 29 Spanish club tryouts, 4:30
p. m.

Swiinming pageant, 8:30 in the gym.
Chi Beta Phi hears Dr. J. H. Kite, 7:00 in
art lecture room of Buttrick.

Fri., Nov. 30 Class meetings in chapel.
Spanish club tryouts, 4:30 p. m.
"Footlight Favorites" sing at Glenn
Memorial auditorium, 8:30 p, m.

Sat., Dec 1 Rabbit-Rabbit Day!

Make-up tests, 1:45 p. m., in 209 Butt-
rick.

Sun., Dec 2 Vespers 6:30 in Maclean, led

by Bet Patterson.
Tues., Dec. 4 Inactivity- week begins.

When Far From the Reach

By Libby Woodward

Thanksgiving Day found Agnes
Scott thankful thankful for a day of
rest, a day of peace, a day of fun. A
few fortuunate ones ate turkey with
the folks. Grant Field beckoned to
many. Thq dining room was festive
with fall -decorations and gay with
dozens of interesting visitors. And
the evening's climax was the dance at
Lawson sponsored by Cotillion and
War Council.

WELCOME TO OUR COLLEGE

Many little sisters came to spend
Thanksgiving with their collegiate soeurs.
Anne Eidson, Ninia Owens, Dale Bennett,
Dot Wadlington, Bit Wilson, June Thom-
ason (both of hers), and Mary Jane Love
were among the lucky ones. Vicky Alexan-
der was entertaining Mary Lou Steck
from Salem College. Dot Peace's visitor
was Virginia Walker, and Marie Adams'
was Mary Ann Blackwell. June Driskill's
and Lou Cunningham's friends were from
Alabama, while Louise Reid's visitor Kath-
erine was from Virginia. There were lots
of families here Betty Turner's, Dot Por-
ter's, Joyce Hale's, Eleanor Compton's,
Martha Ann Board's, Jessie Paget's, Lucy
Turner's, Jane Barker's, the McManuses,
the Squires, the Beesons, the Carpenters
(Mrs. C. and Jessie).

A-VISITNG

Jeter and Guy spent Thanksgiving with
the Starrs in Calhoun. Mary Russell and
Anne Hightower had a wonderful time in
Griffin. So did Mimi Arnold, Jo Snow,
Weezie Durant, and Steve Page. Washing-
ton, Ga., and Bob were plenty exciting for
Lou Cunningham. Popular place that
Griffin. Claire Rowe visited John's family
in LaGrange. To Columbus with Frankie
Francisco went Jessie Paget, Betty Black-
mon, Dolly Cave and Marge Graves. With
Carolyn Little to Marietta were Ann Carol
Blanton, Evelyn Rafftery, Robbie Robeson,
and Marie Cuthbertson. Week-end in Sav-
annah Scotty Johnson and Herty McAl-
lister. Jack and Dot visited the DeVanes
in Greenville. There were lots of Hotten-
tots in Thomaston Anne Hightower, Bet-
ty Andrews, and Mildred Claire Jones.
Dalton was popular, too Mary Manly,
Mary McConkey, Anne Noell, and Rite
spent the week-end in Batesburg, S. C.
Punkie Mattison, Gloria Gaines, and Bet-
tye Smith had fun in Anderson. It was the
University of Alabama for Alice Beards-
ley this week-end.
KISS THE BOYS HELLO

There's something about a soldier. Es-
pecially when it's Tom (just got back from
India), according to Dot Spragens, who
has been beaming the last few days. An-
other veteran to welcome back is Eleanor
Reynolds' brother, Frank. Anne Sproesser

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has been entertaining Lt. Paul Weber. Not
quite here but almost is Pat Russell's
Walter. Buddy was here to visit Mary Jane
Fuller, anS Jane Anne Newton's Harold
came for the week-end again! Jack came
to spend Thanksgiving with Lida. Beth
Jones and Jo Faulkner had three attrac-
tive visitors from Clemson Jo, Wilton,
and Connie. Dootsie and a red-headed Ma-
rine, Alice Crenshaw and Mac, Sweetie and
Buddy were other cute twosomes.
TECH DID IT AGAIN

And the South Carolina girls went wild.
At the Clemson game Saturday were Bet-
ty Jean Ellison, Shorty Lehmann, Betty
Beddingfield, Val von Lehe, Steele Dendy,
Marie Cuthbertson, Mim Steele, Miriam
Goldstein, Sara Belle Rosenberg, Beth
Jones, Lorenna Ross, Mary Brown Mahon,
B. A. Ziegler, Lib Osborne, Dot Peace,
Scotty Scott, Robin Robinson, Jean Chew-
ning, Peggy Jones, Louise Starr, Lida
Walker, Anne Hightower, Doc Dunn, Vir-
ginia Tucker, Marion Knight, Anne Hoyt,
Irene Jacob, Ruth Limbert, Betsy Deal,
Mary Jo Ammons, Ruth Ellis, Isabel As-
bury, Peggy Pat Home, Margaret Kinard,
Rosemary Jones, and Mildred Claire Cur-
tis..

ANOTHER BRIDE

Day Student Society Editor and one of
Agnes Scott's loveliest Joyce Gilleland.
James Dickinson is the lucky man and
the wedding will be sometime in Decem-
ber.

CONGRATULATIONS

To the Joneses Beth and Rosemary
have a little sister, just arrived last week.

Can Smashing Program
Is Planned for f 45-'46

Here is the schedule for tin can smash-
ing which began Tuesday, Nov. 27. Stu-
dents are urged to watch their turn says
Nancy Deal, War Council representative.
Proctors on each wing will be in charge of
the work.

Week of Nov. 27 Rebekah S 2nd
floor.

Dec. 4 Rebekah E 2.

Hodgson to Present
All-Chopin Program

Frederic Chopin's music will compose the
program of a concert by Hugh Hodgson,
pianist, assisted by the Chamber Ensemble
of the University of Georgia, Monday, Dec.
3, at 8 p.m. in MacLean auditorium.

Katherine Dozier and Mary Quigley, two
Agnes Scott alumnae, will play with the
eight-piece Ensemble. Both play the violin.

Mr. Hodgson, accompanied orchestrally
by the Ensemble, will play "Polonaise -in A
Flat," four preludes, "Nocturne in B" an
etude, two mazurkas, and selections from
"Piano Concerto in E Minor."

PI ALPHA PHI MEMBERS: Impor-
tant short compulsory meeting Wednes-
day at 7 p. m. for Tournament.

Campus Booth
For Registration
Stimulates Voters

From 8 a. m. until 5 p. m. on Monday,
88 Agnes-' Scott students "registered to
register" at a red, white and blue booth
set up by the League of Women Voters.
The League had tried to arrange for regis-
trars to come on campus but discovered a
six months' residence in DeKalb county
was required.

The members of the League stationed at
the booth gave students cards instructing
them to register for voting while they are
at home for the Christmas holidays. They
also gave them as reminders, red, white
and blue pins.

The future voters were asked to sign
their names and addresses on a list which
will serve as a mailing list for the League.
During the holidays, members of the Lea-
gue will send cards to the girls as remind-
ers.

Carols and Games
Planned for
Spanish Club Fete

The Spanish Club is entertaining its
members at a Christmas party today at
the home of Miss Muriel Ham. Spanish
carols and games will be featured in the
afternoon.

Spanish Club annouces that it will hold
try-outs on Thursday and Friday of this
week in the old day student's room in
Main. The try-outs will be held at 4:30 in
the afternoon. Everyone interested in the
club and its work is invited to come.

Students must sign up for books for
next quarter before the Christmas holiday,
since classes will not be organized until
January. Lists will be in Miss Carrie Scan-
drett's office in Buttrick until Wednesday,
Dec. 5.

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interesting character of its student activities.

For further information, address
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4 AGNES SCOTT NEWS Wednesday, November 28, 1945

Hockey Season Closes As Seniors Triumph

Sophs Lam Juniors
:>rs. Thrash Frosh 3-2:

By Edna Claire Cunningham

The seniors have done it again! With
their triumph over the freshmen Friday
and the defeat of the powerful juniors by
the sophs, went the championship this
year.

In cold weather the seniors and fres-
man grappled for the victory. They swap-
ped goals during the first period but the
seniors soon rushed out front to win 3-2.

A long run by frosh Blake and goals by
Fraser and Lee were highlights for the
freshman. Soozi Richardson, playing two
positions at once, and Scotty Johnson,
shooting three goals, were features for
the seniors

Interest, almost rabid, was evident in
the second game. The sophs played their
best game of the year, with each player
pulling as a team.

The juniors, however, were not helpless
and exchanged goals with the sophs at
first. Near the end of the second period
Sister Davis made the second goal for the
sophs. This one-point lead was held
throughout the game. The sophs managed
to keep the ball near the opponents'
goal the entire second half. The game
ended with a 2-1 victory for the sophs

The line up was:

Seniors Freshman
Toole RW Turner

ale RI Marsh

Johnson CF Fraser

Hill LI Lee

Stephenson LW Blake

Ragland RH Bishop

Burnett CH Ellis

Richardson LH Price

Stixrud RF Sullivan

Richardson LF Cuthbertson

McCain G Brannon

Juniors
Hough
Johnson
Radford
Hoyt
Goode

Hamsberger

Yates

Newman

Currie

Dobbins

Denning

RW
RI

CF
LI
LW
RH
CH
LH
RF
LF
G

Sophomores
Hatch
Dunn
Tucker
Little
Davis
Dieckmann
Major
McLaurin
Cunningham
Hayes
Orr

Entries Exceed

(Continued from Page 1)

May the most interesting and discriminat-
ing addition to her personal book collection.
Books received as gifts may be included in
the collection which must contain at least
15 books. They may reflect the student's
general or specific interest in any field.
The books must be possessed intellectually
as well as physically.

The English department urges all stu-
dents desiring to enter the contest to
hand their names to any members of the
department before the end of the first
quarter.

The winner of last year's contest was
Marie Beeson. Her collection of books
about the South is on exhibit in the li-
brary.

Fran Nininger,
Ride for Silver Cups

Sundy

Fran Nininger and Daisy Sundy
took top honors Saturday at the Horse
Show, an annual sports event renew-
ed after a two-year war-time sus-
pension.

Displaying the best horsemanship at a
walk, trot, and canter in competition with
winners in preliminary events, Fran gain-
ed possession of the Davison-Paxon trophy.
Also winner in the advanced class, Fran
showed excellence in form.

Competing in this event were Tillie
Alexander, second place winner in the ad-
vanced class; Lou McLaurin, third place
in the advanced class; and Jean Estes win-
ner in the intermediate group.

As the rider who has made the most
outstanding progress during the fall quar-
ter, Daisy Sundy won the loving cups giv-
en by Mrs. W. P. Andrews of Flat Rock,
N. C. Betty Andrews awarded the cup for
her mother.

Valeria Brown came second in the in-
termediate class, and Glassell Beale, third.

In the beginners' class Harriet Lurton,
winner, and Willa Wagner, runner-up, add-
ed another sports laurel to the freshman
class' record. Lib Woodward, third-place
winner, upheld the senior hopes.

Faculty side-saddle experts, Mrs. Adolph
Lapp, Miss Charlotte Hunter, Miss Eu-
genia Symms, Miss Barbara Ames, and
Mrs. H. C. Forman, added humor to the
show by their exhibits of the way young
ladies once rode. They afterwards gave
an exhibition of horsemanship at a walk
and a trot.

Preliminary to the main show, Betty

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on the part of colleges in defense problems.

Mr. Childs regards the statement com-
piled by Mackenzie King, Attlee and Tru-
man concerning the release of atom power,
as "sensible and reasonable." From Mr.
Truman's political standpoint, the Wash-
ington columnist does not believe that the
statement could have been stronger. The
good sense of the statement does not off-
set, according to Mr. Childs, the fact that
it came too late. If it had come Sept. 1,
it would have eliminated the past two
months in which suspicion and district
have have increased in Russia.

He cited the opinion of one Americen
scientist who believes that scientists and
scientific information should be exchanged
at once. This perhaps would put on end
to the loose childish talk of "you throw
them at me, and we'll throw them at you,"
as Mr. Childs expresses it.

Mr. Childs said that the Pearl Harbor
investigation would have very little effect

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Andrews, Gene Goode and Evelyn Hill,
students instructors in riding classes,
gave an exhibition of skillful, riding at a

walk, trot, and canter.

Participating in the bareback riding
were Fran Nininger, Harriet Gregory,
Vicky Alexander, Carolyn Bodie, Frances
Sholes, Betty Andrews, and Evelyn Hill.

Miss Jeanette McKibben judged the
event, and Mrs. Adolf Lapp and Molly
Milam were ringmaster and announcer,
respectively. Gene Goode is riding man-
ager.

on the next presidential election, unless
the Republicans continued to be "childish
by trying to show that the whole thing
was a plot to get into war." He smiled to
tell about one senator who even plans to
make a speech in which he will say,
"Roosevelt beat you four times while he
was alive and now he is going to beat you
once after he is dead."

Mr. Childs is of the opinion that the
Pari Harbor investigation will render a
great service by pointing out our mis-
takes in unpreparedness, but he is afraid
that it will become too mixed up in poli-
tics.

Hockey Pro's
Number 24

Hockey varsity and sub- varsity teams
are practicing for the varsity sub-varsity
game Friday, following announcement of
honor teams last Friday.

Varsity team members are Scotty John-
son, Betty Sale, Gene Goode, Jean Fraser,
and Soozi Richardson, forwards; Sarah
Walker, Harding Ragland, Kathryn Bur-
nett, and Alice Newman, halves; Anna
George Dobbins, Chris Yates, and Helen
Currie, backs; and Jean Denning, goalie.

Members of sub-varsity are Sally Sue
Stephenson, Agnes Harnsberger, B. J.
Radford, Louise Hoyt. and Sister Davis,
forwards; Lady Major, Mary Price, and
Sally Ellis, halves; Edna Claire Cunning-
ham and Anne Hayes, backs; and Bunny
Brannan, goalie.

Dormitory Hockey
Begins Tomorrow

Inter-domitory hockey tournament
games tomorrow afternoon will wind up
the 1945-46 hockey season except for ex-
hibition matches.

The day students will play a team from
Main and a Rebekah team will clash with
Inman tomorrow beginning at 4 p.m.

Managers for the tournament are Mary
Price, Inman; Alice Newman, Main; Vann-
esse Orr, Rebekah; Isabel Asbury, cot-
tages; and Ruth Clapp, day students.

The Rebekah team will practice today at
5 p.m.

Former Emory Student
Star in Quartet Concert

Edward Kane, former Emory Glee Club
tenor and brother of the former La Myra
Kane, now Mrs. Homer Swanson, Atlanta,
will appear in concert with "The Footlight
Favorites" Friday at 8:30 p. m. The con-
cert will be held in Glenn Memorial audi-
torium.

The solos, duets, trios and quartets have
been selected from "The Merry Widow,"
"Rosalinde," "La Vie Parisienne," "Merrie
England," "New Moon," "Maytime,"
"The Desert Song," "The Vagabond King,"
"One Touch of Venus," and "Oklahoma."
Walter Hatcheck is the accompanist.

The operetta quartet is appearing under
the auspices of the Decatur Junior Service
League and the Emory Glee club.

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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1945

It's Christmas again.

There is an extra light in wide upturned children's eyes ... a deep
joy in the eyes of the old. Joy, always new, sounds in the ringing of bells
by bonneted girls on city streets . . . shines in the stillness of snow on the
fields. It lives in the hearts of families whose sons are home again to
climb the ladder and hang a star on the topmost branch of the tree.

Peace on earth ... no more Saipans, or Belgian Bulges ... no more
roar and rattle of monstrous war machines . . . quiet settles . . . peace . . .

Good will toward men ... no more intrigues ... no more demands for
what does not rightfully belong, no more hate, no more suspicion, no more
fear of others . . . men looking to each other for signs of the Divine Light
that can flow from man to man . . .

These are the things that Christmas can mean to us this year . . . Peace
on earth begins in the little places with the little people . . . tolerance,
brotherly love, the principles of the Sermon on the Mount in our everyday
life, these can be our Christmas presents to each other this year and every
year.

VOL. XXXI.

Agnes Scott Girls
Play In Symphony

At the opening concert of the Atlanta
Youth Symphony Orchestra Dec. 9, two
Agnes Scott musicians will play. Doris Kis-
sling, concert mistress, and Claire Kemper,
assistant concert mistress, will begin their
second season with the Youth Symphony.

To the orchestra members these positions
are ones to be coveted. Doris as concert
mistress will have her hand vigorously
pumped by the conductor at the end of the
performance. Should the conductor be
absent the concert mistress takes over.

Doris has played in several orchestras in
Jacksonville, Fla., and since her fresh-
man year has been a member of the Agnes
Scott string ensemble. She has had pre-
vious experience as concert mistress since
last year she held the honored position in
the orchestra for Faustasia. She participat-
ed as a freshman in the orchestra for the
production of "Pinafore" and for this year
as in "Martha."

Clarie, a sophomore, who attended Na-
ional Music Camp at Interlocken, Mich.,
and took eight credit hours of music,
is also violinist for the string ensemble and
was a member of orchestra for "Martha."
At Interlocken Claire studied orchestra,
"fiddle," conducting, and orchestration. She
is very enthusiastic about music camp and
plans to spend her summer vacation there
again.

Under the direction of Henry Sopkin,
one of the nation's outstanding youth sym-
phony orchestra conductors, the Atlanta
group will present their first program in,
the Municipal Program at 3:00 Sunday.
Among the scores offered is Mr. Sopkin's
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CA Devotional Booklet
To Appear After Xmas

"Our Father," devotional booklet edited
and published by Christian Association un-
der chairmanship of Stratton Lee, will be
distributed to the rooms of each dormitory
before students return from the Christ-
mas holidays.

Members of the editing committee were
Mary Jane Love, Peggy Perez, and Jane Al-
sobrook. Contributions are anonymous and
represent both faculty members and stu-
dents.

Devotionals for each day of winter quar-
ter are included.

Dear Santa:

Hottentots, make ready. Arise and
prepare for H-hour. 23, 22, 21 only
17 more shopping days 'til Christmas.
And to help you during these trying
days of hustle and bustle, people and
parties, exams and term papers, I
have prepared this truly "Handy
Little Handbook of Handsome Gifts."
(Special Christmas rate, $1.25, com-
plete with a pair of green mink ear
muffs, large, medium, or small, to
fit any shape of ears.) So step right
up frosh and sophs, and when you
are through, you can carry in the up-
per classmen.

Tis the night before Christmas, and from

Dec. 10 Release
Set For Aurora

Reviews, Poetry, Debate
Compose First Issue

Editor Shirley Graves Cochrane announ-
ced today that the first issue of Aurora
will come out on December 10. Aurora,
Agnes Scott literary magazine, is made up
of creative writing contributions of the stu-
dent body.

A feature of the fall issue will be a writ-
ten debate, made up by Elizabeth Osborne
and Louisa Aichel. The subject of the debate
is "Resolved: That compulsory military
training should be adopted in the United
States."

Margaret Yancey will edit a n article
made up of exerpts from letters she has
received from a girl in England. In these
letters the English college-age girl tells
about life during the war, and conditions
since the war has ended.

Other prose contributors will be Marga-
ret Mizell, Edwina Davis, Louise McLaurin,
and Elizabeth Woodward.

Some of the poetry for this issue was
written by Ruth Simpson, Anne Murrell,
Mary Anne Craig, Mary Beth Little, Vir-
ginia Andrews, and Minnie Hamilton.

Joan Crangle designed the cover, and
Peggy Pat Home did much of the illustra-
ting.

Vermont to New Mexico, old St. Nick is
flitting from chimney to chimney, seeking
out the girls of Agnes Scott. Down into the
fireplace he bounces, slides across the din-
ing room, 'till he finds Little Aggie, sitting
primly by her tree.

"And what, my child," he chuckles, cluck-
ing her under the chin and twirling his
long, white mustache, "do you want for
Christmas?"

"Well,"- she says, "I want Joe and Pete
and Ricky and Ralph and Bob and George
to come home for Christmas, but PLEASE
not at the same time." Or maybe she's like
a great many girls who just want a man.
Perhaps she desires a French poodle puppy,
or a football as does a prominent Soph. Or
a tank to ride around Atlanta in or even
a freshman history book. (Poor girl, I
(Continued On Page 5 )

Messiah Chorus
Feature Of
Dec. 9 Service

The annual Christmas Carol service will
be presented Sunday afternoon, Dec. 9 at
5 p.m. in Presser Hall.

The chorus is to be made up of the Agnes
Scott College choir and the Georgia Tech
choir, which are under the direction of Miss
Claire Buckmaster and Walter C. Herbert
of Georgia Tech.

The Christmas service has been an event
since about 1900, when it was begun by
Joseph MacLean.

The program this year, which will consist
entirely of old familiar Christmas music,
will be divided into five groups of selec-
tions. Two wilt be sung by the girls' choir,
one by the boys' choir, and two by the mix-
ed chorus. Of these last two groups the
highlight will be the singing of the "Halle-
lujah Chorus" from the Messiah.

The audience will be invited to join the
chorus in singing some of the traditional
carols.

C. W. Diekmann, professor of music,
will furnish accompaniment on the organ.

Candlelight Services
Lend Campus
Yuletide Atmosphere

Christian Association groups will spon-
sor Christmas programs for the college
community throughout Inactivity Week.

There will be an informal candlelight
carol service in Rebekah chapel tonight at
10 p.m. Similar services are planned for
the evenings of Dec. 7, Dec. 10, and Dec.
12. Freshman Cabinet, Sophomore Cabinet,
Student Government, and Christian Asso-
ciation are sponsoring the sings.

Early morning Christmas carolers will
meet Sunday morning, Dec. 9, in Murphey
Candler at 4:45. Coffee and doughnuts will
be served before the group begins its an-
nual tour of the domitories.

Miss Claire Buckmaster directed a pro-
gram of Christmas music yesterday morn-
ing in chapel.

Is Your Mind Campused?

1. What was the outcome of the Labor-
Management Conference which recently ad-
journed?

2. What is the significance of CIO ac-
ceptance of General Motors offer to pro-
duce parts for their competitors?

3. Do you see any failure on the part of
the public in the resignation of Representa-
tive Bob Ramspeck of Georgia?

4. Do you advocate Big Three mediation
in China?

NO. 10

Debate Teams
To Attend
Dixie Tourney

Agnes Scott debaters will go to Char-
lotte, N. C. Thursday, Dec. 6, to take part
in the Dixie Forensic Tournament. Two
teams will represent the school.

Peggy Willmon and Lib Osborne for the
affirmative and Louisa Aichel and Dale
Bennett for the negative will debate the
question Resolved: That the foreign policy
of the United States should be directed to-
ward the establishment of free trade among
the nations of the world. These are the
same teams that represented Agnes Scott
in last year's intercollegiate debates in
Charlotte.

The teams will participate in six rounds
/ of debate on Dec. 7, and the tournament
winners will debate that night. In last
year's debates the Agnes Scott affirmative
team won the tournament with five wins
and two losses. The negative team won
six out of seven.

Tuition Rises for '46
To $900 Says McCain

Expenses for the Agnes Scott College
1945-46 session will be increased $75 for
boarders and $30 for day students, accord-
ing to an announcement from President J.
R. McCain.

In letters mailed last week to parents
of students expecting to attend Agnes
Scott next year, Dr. McCain explained that
the increase was necessary in order to
maintain the high educational standards of
the college.

"Agnes Scott has always endeavored to
furnish education of real quality. At the
same time, because we have many patrons
whose means are limited, we try to keep
the cost as low as possible without missing
our high objectives," explained Dr. Mc-
Cain.

"We regret the necessity of making an
increase in charges for the next session,
but believe that even with this increase
our rates will be lower than those of any
other college of our acquaintance which
has educational recognition and facilities
equal to ours."

Atomic Energy Subject
Of Emory Symposiom

Schuyler Christian, professor of physics
and astromony, announced today that Ag-
nes Scott students are invited to a public
symposium on atomic energy at Emory
University, Friday, Dec. 14, at 8 p.m.

This discussion will be held in the as-
sembly room of the church school building
under the sponsorship of the Emory Chap-
ter of Sigma Xi.

A group of outstanding speakers has been
planned for the program. Dr. Goodrich C.
White, president of the University, will
preside. Other speakers include Dr. J. Har-
ris Purk, Jr., who will discuss "The Funda-
mental Concepts of Atomic Energy," and
Dr. Robert Lagemann, whose subject will
be "Possibilities of Harnessing Atomic
Energy for Peacetime Use." A forum will
follow the formal discussion.

Ten Named to Frosh Council

x Ten freshmen are formulating class plans'
this week following appointment to the
Freshman Advisory Council.

Those chosen were Butch Hays, Jo Snow,,
Mary Price, Nancy Parks, Easy Beale,.
Betty Baker, Leo Cousar, Dot Porter, Betty
Blackmon, Frankie Francisco, Steve Page,
and Dot Quillian.

Aggie Snows Under Saint Nick
With Postwar Christmas List

AGNES SCOTT NEWS

Wednesday, December 5, 1945

Campus
Capers

By JANE ALSOBROOK

You know, it is really hard to think of
a name of a column. Now, some people have
it easy. Bet Patterson and Alice doesn't
have any Malice. But I just wanted to show
you that Jane Also can snoop up some
news.

The Varsity may have beaten the Sub-
Varsity, but the Kampus Kats, Beepy's
beautiful band, beat the game out of a
great deal of its glory. Looking like the
Pied Piper of Hamlin, Betty led her con-
glomeration of waste-paper-basket drums,
combs, and violins on the field. Their intri-
cate formations were very well-nettled,
and their rendition of the Alma Mater had
a touch of finesse, to say the least. But the
act that pleased the spectators most was
their departure with Simp giving a real
performance of "shaking on down."

Speaking of the game, it seems that we
have some very individualistic souls on the
teams, namely Chris Yates in her long blue
pants and Bunny Brannan in her plaid
shirt.

Treasurer's Tip Billie Powell meekly
asking Mr. Tart how to spell her big sis-
ter's name, Celetta.

Psych class must have made a profound
impression on some adventurous sophs,
who went scurrying to Miss Kitchin to bor-
row some potatoes and apples. It seems
that when you close your eyes and hold
your nose they both taste the same. (But
don't let them fool you, they don't in the
least.) The change of milk companies made
a bigger hit with the boarders than was
expected. Witness the little coat hangers
that sprouted overnight on the ivy plants.
Some Hottentots, of the more artistic lean-
ing have fashioned animals and little men.
Why, someone even constructed a bicycle
complete with handle bars and chains. The
perfect gift for Junior this Christmas.

If you were surprised to hear the notes
of Rock-a-by-Baby" pour forth from third
Rebekah this week, don't worry. It was only
that May Turner blossomed forth as an
aunt. The coming-out party was highlight-
ed by poems of sincere, if not poetic quality
and many flowery toasts in milk.

The debating tourney was quite a success,
but let us pity the poor students, who had
to sit through the tantalizing odor that
floated through Buttrick and the poor
maids who had to pick up all the cigarette
butts.

And now, Merry Christmas to you all,
and may you have a beau-ful holiday.

Choking from 'Plenty'

Life is a rather reciprocal process.
But, in the light of present events,
has the world learned this lesson yet?

The Senate Appropriations Com-
mittee recently voted to contribute
$550,000,000 to the United Nations
Relief and Rehabilitation Administra-
tion's winter program. Americans re-
joice over the lifting of all food ra-
tioning except sugar. Our allies over-
seas would be thankful for any ra-
tioning of foods, for it would mean
there was food to be rationed to be
distributed. ,

Can you say that you have worked
under the reciprocal process for the
past weeks? Did you give a can of
peas or beans or what have you to
the "Food for Peace".., containers in
the Atlanta grocery stores? Better
still, did you know that such a cam-
paign was going on in this commu-
nity?

You had your Thanksgiving but
was it just another day or did you
really put your thanks to work for

Crosscurrents About
la Pedakis

By Alice Beardsley

"MADAME SOPHIE
"60 Years Experience
"World's Greatest

"Without you saying one word tells the object of your visit; tells you
all about your troubles and how to overcome them. Tells your greatest
wish and how to obtain it. No charge unless successful. Evil influence
removed and hamronized.' ,

Thus reads the sign on Sophia's door in White House where she holds
communication with all curious Hottentots who hope with Madame So-
phia's help to peer through the veil of the future. "I learned it from a
wealthy lady who lives in a big house in Pensacola," said Sophia in an
interview several days ago.

It must be imagined that she proved an apt student, for her ability as
a fortune teller is only one reason why her companionship is a stimulat-
ing experience.

Finding interest in things and situations around her, Phia has several
times been too interested for her own welfare. Once, for instance, she was
left in a graveyard because she became fascinated with reading the grave
inscriptions. When the family cars left, Phia was still reading inscrip-
tions.

And once again, when small, her mother took her daughter to the
Greek Orthodox church to participate in the service. The small daugh-
ter, however, becoming impatient and restless slipped from her seat, found
her way downstairs into the kitchen and there discovered a big black fry-
ing pan like the one in her own house.'

Becoming attached to the frying pan, the dark haired child made her
way through the kitchen door as the service continued; walked uncon-
cernedly in front of the altar, and to the consternation of her mother up-
stairs, proceeded to beat the frying pan with a steady, relentless rhythm.

Phia's mother was born in Sparta, and her father in Athens. When
she was five, she went to Greece to visit her grandparents. Impressions
of her visit are vague of course, but she can still remember the small vil-
lage in the valley surrounded by the great mountains; the threshing of
wheat by horses. She remembers falling down the steps of her grand-
father's home and she remembers the small white houses with their
thatched roofs.

When Phia graduates from Agnes Scott in 1947, she wants to visit again
her people in Athens and Sparta, but here on campus will long be remem-
bered the black eyes and thrilling fortunes of Madame Sophia.

Marquis Child!

vou? You can give your

cake and

have it too, but most of us only keep,
it, choking from "plenty."

Faculty and students alike had a chance to prove how campused or
lincampused their minds really were Tuesday a week ago.

Marquis Childs, Washington columnist, spoke at this time and aroused
the majority to some form of active thought. In his analysis, Mr. Childs
pointed out the obvious as well as more subtle facts. Some thought the
columnist not as daring in his lecture as he is fearless in his daily column,
but reaction showed that he stimulated the Agnes Scott student body.

The News urges that more men like Marquis Childs be brought before
the campus. The News urges that the student body follow what lines of
thought Marquis Childs stimulated, take what he gave and profit by the
knowledge.

Split Mankind?

Split the atom split mankind?
Perhaps, this will be the answer to
the world's number one question
what to do with the atomic bomb?

Some three weeks ago, President
Truman, Prime Minister Attlee, and
Premier Mackenzie King went into
conference and emerged with "a pro-
posal which in effect was a proposi-
tion to the world in general and to
Russia in particular." The plan em- '
bodied three main divisions: (1)
America, Britain, and Canada would
keep inviolate the secret of the
atomic bomb until international con-
trols could be set up; (2) such con-
trols were to be set up by the United
Nations Organization including the
outlawing of the bomb as a weapon
and insuring the use of atomic ener-
gy "only for peaceful purposes;" (3)
the tentative approval of America,
Britain, and Canada for a free ex-
change of scientific knowledge and'
the invitation for other nations to
adopt the same policy, "thereby crea-
ting an atmosphere of reciprocal con-
fidence."

Without the cooperation of all na-
tions, the life of the plan promises to
be short. H. G. Welles has predicted
the end of the world Winchell
enumerated events of the third
world war. Experts, scientists,
and even the man on the street
keep pointing the finger of impend-
ing doom but, the job is still up to
us. It lies not in hazy terms of ideal-
ism but in sober thought on the part
of every man in concrete action on
the part of the officials prompted by
an informed, definite people facing
facts squarely in the strong light of
day. The atom split your 'one world'
in twain and it will take more than
"all the king's horses and all the.
king's men to put it together again."

Quarterly Epidemic

The quarterly epidemic of exam
panic is breaking out. Maybe you're
susceptible. Maybe you aren't.

Now it's too late to wish you'd done
every assignment in every course ev-
ery day. But it's not too late to de-
velop a more mature attitude toward
this business of exams.

Do you see why any supposedly
clear-thinking college student should
feel the faculty is conspiring against
her to find out how many minute
details she doesn't know about this or
that? Allegedly we're here to devel-
op what mental capacities we hav e,
to equip ourselves to live full, well
adjusted lives. Just how brilliant we
are or how our mental capabilities
measure up in comparison to those
of others isn't too important. What
matters is, how are we using what
we have?

Look at exams as a challenge. It is
safe to say that the way we face them
is the way we will face bigger things
later on. Take those exams. Don't
let them take you!

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Exhibition Debate Climaxes Three Round Tourney

Tech Seizes Top
Debating Honors

Georgia Tech's affirmative team took
top honors at Agnes Scott's All-Southern-
Intercollegiate Debate Tournament held on
campus last Friday afternoon and night.
Agnes Scott's two teams copped second and
third places in team rating.

Sixteen teams representing six institu-
tions took part in the tournament. There
were three rounds of debate in the after-
noon and a final exhibition debate at 7:30
p.m. between the top affirmative and nega-
tive teams rated on a basis of points. Wil-
liam Stringfellow and Edward Foss were
members of the winning team for Georgia
Tech, while Jane Meadows and Dale Ben-
nett held second place in tournament hon-
ors for Agnes.

In individual debating, also based on
points, Dale Bennett took first place. Ed-
s ward Foss, Peggy Willmon, Jane Meadows
and Guerry Thornton tied for second
place.

Honorable mention went to: Mary Jo
Hills, Georgia Junior College; Elizabeth
Osborne, Agnes Scott; Eva Cohn, Univer-
sity of Georgia; Peggy Crosby, Berry;
Elizabeth Edwards, Emory; W. A. String-
fellow, Tech; A: M. Bork, Tech, and W. W.
Cooper, Gesrgia Junior College.

Judges for the debates were: Edwin H.
Folk, Georgia Tech; Oscar Guinn, Emory;
Mrs. H. R. Pierce, Berry; Mrs. Picket
Hynes, Georgia Junior College; Glenn W.
Rainey, Tech; Linton Hopkins, Georgia
Junior College; Dr. W. B. Stubbs, Emory;
W. S. Yenawine, University of Georgia,
Paul L. Garber, Mrs. Roff Sims, Miss Eliza-
beth Jackson, S. M. Christian, Agnes Scott.

Those participating in the Tournament
were entertained at dinner Friday night in
the cafeteria and at a reception following
the exhibition debate.

The tournament will be an annual af-
fair, sponsored by Pi Alpha Phi. George P.
Hayes, head of the English Department, di-
rected this year's tournament; Alice Gor-
don, president of Pi Alpha Phi was man-
ager and Louisa Aichel assisted. Members
of Pi Alpha Phi were in charge of advertis-
ing, decorations and the reception.

Juniors Shape Plans
For Frosh Tea, Joint"

Committees for the Freshmen Tea to be
given January 9th by the junior class were
appointed at the junior class meeting Fri-
day. Nominees were also made for "Junior
Joint" chairman.

Margaret McManus heads all the com-
mittees, with the following chairmen: invi-
tation committee, Jane Meadows; food
committee, Sue Hutcherfs; decorations,
Mary Jane Love.

Nominations for "Junior Joint" chairmen
are: Dale Bennett, Janet Liddell, Punky
. Mattison, Jane Meadows and Nellie Scott.

Till the End of Time

Chopin's Music
Thrills Campus

Hugh Hodgson, pianist, presented an all
Chopin program Monday night, Dec. 3 in
Gaines auditorium. He was assisted by the
String Ensemble from the University of
Georgia.

The program opened with a brief sketch
of the life of Frederic Chopin and a gen-
eral evaluation of his music by Mr. Hodg-
son. The first selection was the A-flat Polo-
naise, popularized by the movie by Chopin's
life. Four preludes, including the "Rain-
drop" prelude, followed. Nocturne in B, and
two mazurkas concluded Mr. Hodgson's
numbers.

The piano concerto in E minor concluded
the program. Mr. Hodgson was accompani-
ed by the String Ensemble and another
piano.

' The Music Appreciation Hour will be
continued after Christmas, beginning Jan.
7.

Future Events

Just in case you're bored during the holi-
days, just in case you long for that old
daily mental exercise, The News has dep-
ped into the future for a preview of next
quarter. Here's food for holiday thought:

Classes begin the morning of Jan. 4 while
the first Hodgson concert is the following
Monday, Jan. 7. Folio meets in the after-
noon and the next night, the Atlanta Music
Club presents a concert. The All-Star Con-
cert is Jan. 12 and marriage classes will
begin Jan 16. On Jan 17, Howard Lovvry
of Worchester College will speak.

Here are the faint aromas of winter
quarter activity. It'll be yours only too
soon.

Study-Help Groups
To Meet Today

A pre-exam study-help group will be #
held today from 5 to 6 p.m. in Buttrick hall.
Teddy Bear, vice-president of C.A., will
give practical hints on studying for exam
week for new students.

The study-help group is sponsored by the
orientation committee which is headed by
Mildred McCain, chairman.

Emory Invites Hottentots

A schedule of winter quarter classes of-
fered at Emory University has been posted
on the back bulletin board in Buttrick.

Upperclassmen are eligible to enroll for
classes in certain departments with the
consent of the Registrar.

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

IT'S SAINT NICK The bathing beauties are his helpers and his toys who swam
in the Christmas pageant last Wednesday and Thursday nights.

Sleep!

Dr. Burns Issues
Flu Precautions

With an increasing number of girls los-
ing precious pre-exam time and cuts be-
cause of illness, Dr. Margaret Burns yes-
terday urged greater precautions against
colds.

The most important thing is to get
plenty of sleep, the doctor said. If students
must lose sleep from studying, they should
at least be sure to eat regular meals and to .
report to the infirmary for treatment with
the first signs of a cold or flu.
i Yesterday saw even girls in the infirm-
ary: Geva Harper, Georgia Powell, Lorton
Lee, Virginia Henry, Manda Hulsey,
Jeanne Addison, and Julia Blake.

To prevent further spreading of colds,
Dr. Burns urged that no one visit the in-
firmary. No students will be allowed to
see patients. Girls suffering from colds are
asked to keep away from others.

This will be the last issue of The News
until after Christmas.

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Wednesday. December 5, 1945

Varsity Whips Subs
As A. S. Band
Cavorts in Tempo

The varsity defeated the sub-varsity 3-0
in a hard fought skirmish Friday. The
game got off to a roaring start when a
bluejeaned, becapped band, string ensemble
or comb brigade goose-stepped around the
field playing .

To the delight of the crowd they per-
formed many 'difficult' figures, played "I'd
Rather Be A Hottentot," and formed an AS
as a climax. The company was led by Betty
Patrick. The crowd cheered as the band
heeled-toed it off the field to the tune of
"The Caissons Go Rolling Along." Gene
Goode added to the pregame halarity with
some gymnastic feats.

Two seniors were elected captains of the
teams, Sarah Walker for the varsity and
Sally Sue Stephenson for the subs. After the
starting bully it was anybody's game. First
the varsity would threaten the subs goal
then the subs would take it down the field.
The varsity made two of their goals by
unexpected break-throughs followed by a
long run. The third goal was made by
Scotty Johnson in a penalty goal bully.

The finesse and passwork on both teams
was extremely good. The varsity, however,
showed superior skill both in blocking the
subs in gaining the ball.

Fleeting Feats

By Ruth Ryner

Week after week after week since Sep-
tember rolled around things have been pop-
ping around the 'ol gym, and those fall
athlete's feats have been something to rave
about. Now it's good-bye to one more glori-
ous hockey season and hail to the seniors,
champs again; it's a pat on the back for
Scotty Scott and her swarm of swimmers
for putting on an excellent swimming pag-
eant; it's a page full of congratulations to
Gene Goode and her horse lovers for a
highly successful and "jam-up" horse show;
it's a good word for everyone for keeping
"in the spirit of things."

FOOTE AND DAVIES

Announces its new
College Annual Department
250 PEACHTREE STREET

Faculty and students are cor-
dially invited 1o visit the con-
venient and comfortable work-
ing quarters for Annual Staffs
provided at this new location.

QUEEN OF ATHLETE'S FEATS You've seen her walking in that short, brisk
manner always with some purpose in mind. Ten to one she's headed down to-
wards the gym where she reigns supreme over AA. She was the winner of the
Sophomore hoekey stick in '43-44 and she is a cagey guard on the Senior basket-
ball team. She can wield a tennis racquet as well as cut a wide swath in the
water. Just an all-athletic gal Sarah Walker.

E* Claire Cunningham
Wins Sr. Hockey Stick

Edna Claire Cunningham, right full
back on the sophomore class team,
was awarded the much coveted hoc-
key stick for her brilliant playing in
the back field. The winner was an-
nounced amid loud cheering during
the half at the varsity-sub-varsity
hockey game Friday.

Each year for many years a sophomore
player, selected by the senior class team,
has received this award. The selection of
the winner is based on the greatest develop-
ment in stick-work, the most contribution
to her team, and the most improvement
since her freshman year.

This tradition was started by Athletic
Association in order to encourage good
hockey playing, and the stick is still being
bought every year by A. A.

Winners of the stick in the most recent
years have been: Jo Young, 1942; Sara
Walker, 1943; and Alice Newman, 1944.

War Council announces that the bus
will not leave for Lawson this Sun-
day.

U. of G a. -Varsity
Will Combine
In Hockey Tilt

The varsity and sub-varsity have played
their game, but hockey season is not over.

The season will come to a dramatic end-
ing Friday when a combined University of
Georgia and Agnes Scott varsity team will
clash at 4 p.m. At 5 p.m., the Agnes Scott
alumnae, will play our sub-varsity.

Tuesday afternoon, the tournament of
dormitory hockey continued. At 5 p.m. the
cottage3 and RebeKah clashed. The victori-
ous team will play Main on Thursday at
five. Consequenuy those who triumph in
this tilt will be proclaimed officially as the
winner of the dormitory hockey tourna-
ment.

Dormitory hockey is not an Agnes Scott
tradition, but there have been tournaments
between dormitories in the past.

Carol Service, Clothes Drive
Close Frosh Cabinet Activity

Freshman Cabinet's final meeting of the
year, last Wednesday, was a Christmas pro-
gram. Hunt Morris led the worship por-
tion on "Christ, the Light of the World."

During the business part of the meet-
ing plans were discussed for the carol ser-
vice to be sponsored by the cabinet, Dec. 5
at 10 o'clock in the old chapel.

The cabinet is planning a drive for col-/
lecting old clothes to send to needy people
overseas.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS Wednesday, December 5, 1945

Out Of The Trashcan

RIDE 'EM, HOTTENTOTS It's not the rodeo, but a back flash of the horse show
which excited all campus with its authenticity. *

Magazine Offers $1500
To Collegiate Writers

A $1500 prize contest open to all official-
ly enrolled college students throughout the
United States has been announced by To-
morrow magazine.

The best short story and best article
will each receive a first prize of $500, while
second prize in both of these categories
will be $250. The choice of subject for both
will be left to students; manuscripts will
be judged on literary merit and clarity of
expression. Length may range from 2500 to
5000 words. The notation "Entry for Col-
lege Contest" with the name and address'
of the contestant must appear on the en-
velope and first page of the manuscript.

Return postage must be included. The
contest closes May 1, 1946. All entries
should be mailed to College Contest, To-
morrow, 11 East 44th Street, New York 17,
N. Y.

1945-46 War Fund
Shows $956.98 Tally

The amount collected to date for the War
Fund is $956.98. This includes funds left
over from last year and the collection made
at the senior church service. One hundred
Sixty - one students have turned in no
pledge card at all.

The finance committee reports that $500
was sent November 30 to the World Stu-
dent Service Fund. This amount will be in-
creased when, final pledges are in.

The Allocation of funds is as follows:

35 7r to World Student Service Fund

307r to War Fund

25 % to Red Cross
5% to Infantile Paralysis Fund.
5% to Miscellaneous

The treasury requests that December
pledge envelopes be turned in before exam-
inations.

Dean's Office To Remove
Exam Tension With Tea

As in former exam periods, afternoon re-
laxation will be provided foe students with
writer's cramp and over-crammed memor-
ies.

On Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and
Monday, tea will be served by the Dean's
Office in Murphey Candler, from 3:30 to
5 p.m. The earlier time has been arranged
to accomodate students with short exams.
C. W. Dieckmann, head of the music de-
partment, will present a program of organ
music in Gaines Chapel, from 4 to 5.

Date Book

Wed., Dec. 5 Candlelight carol service 10
p.m. Rebekah chapel.

Candlelight carol service 10 p.m. Rebekah
chapel.

Thurs., Dec. 6 Delegates leave for stu-
dent gov. conference at Furman.
Debaters leave for Dixie Forensic Tour-
ney in Charlotte.

Fri., Dec. 7 Candlelight carol service 10
p.m. Rebekah chapel.

Sun., Dec. 9 Atlanta Youth Symphony
Christmas Carol service, Presser Hall 5
p.m.

Christmas dinner 5:15 to 6:45 p.m.
Dormitory Christmas parties.
Mon., Dec 10 Aurora comes out.
Last day of classes.

Candlelight carol service 10 p.m. Re-
bekah chapel.

Corrections: Virginia Tucker, forward
was omitted from last week's list of the
sub-varsity hockey team.

McCONNELL'S 5 & 10

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112 and 114 Ponce de Leon Ave.

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A Lucius McConnell Store

144 Peachtree, N. W.
Piedmont Hotel Building

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

NOTICE

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AGNES SCOTT

Verbage So Much Garbage
To Haggard 'News' Reporter

By Lou McLaurin

9:30 Friday morning. Haggard and
weary, I staggered down into the
mailroom. My one hope of surviving
the day lay in mail. I squinted long-
ingly at my box for a full three min-
utes before daring to open it then
cautiously I thrust my hand into the
yawning hole, and there it lay. My
mail! One small insignificant, thin
piece of paper! Gratefully I snatched
it and fled up the stairs. There, in
the seclusion of Buttrick lobby, I
closely examined this unnatural
phenomena of fate. Elation filled me.
Just what I had wanted! An assign-
men from The News. I read the
instructions quickly, then again,
slower.

"Write an article on the present situa-
tion of the strike of the Atlanta Trash-
man's Society against corrupt politics.
Please include the opinions of every day
student on this subject. Due 6:00 Friday."

My mouth hung slightly open as I glee-

Methodists Elect Three
To Illinois Conference

The Methodist Student Movement has
elected delegates to, the national Methodist
Student Movement Conference. The Meth-
odist students have also joined with Emory
in forming a social study group.

Mary Ann Martin, president of the Ag-
nes Scott Methodist student movement,
Ruth Blair and Butch Hays will attend
the national meeting at the University of
Illinois, December 28 through January 1.
Mary Ann will attend as a representative
of C.A. Council. Ruth and Butch were
elected at an after-chapel meeting.

Agnes Scott and Emory Methodist stu-
dents have organized the Atlanta Youth
Chapter of the Methodist Federation of
Social Science. This group will investigate
social problems. Ruth Blair (sophomore,)
is recording secretary of the group.

The Agnes Scott Methodist Student
Movement will elect permanent officers
other than president after Christmas.

Dear Santa

(Continued From Page 1)

didn't think A. S. C. could affect you so
soon.)

Maybe she just wants to add another
day to every week or get two or three sets
of hair, so it wouldn't have to be washed
so often.

If she is a boarder, she might order ele-
vators in Inman and Rebck. ,i, a private
telephone in every room, a vacuum cleaner,
or an ice box. But, personally, I would like
nothing better than a pair of rose coloewi
glasses for Mrs. Smith to wear on her
weekly inspections.

Perhaps, she might wish for something
exotic like nylons or a fur coat, or some-
thing simple like the whole Hundredth Di-
vision. (Ask a certain Frosh on Second In-
man about this.)

Then maybe she would want to take ad-
vantage of these new inventions. A jeep to
travel to West Point, Annapolis, King's
Point, or other points north, south, east or
west. And she will probably desire an
atomic theme writer with built in reference
books. '

So, Santa recovers from his swoon,
shakes his head unbelievingly, and empties
his heavy bag. And Little Aggie goes smil-
ingly to sleep with visions of passing grades
dancing 'round her head.

fully anticipated long hours in the phone
booth. I capered about the lobby, then
marched off for an aspirin.

Time passed . . . and I had become a
permanent fixture in the phone booth. Hour
after hour I dialed numbers with the stump
of my once good forefinger. Half the day
was gone when with red eyes and parched
throat I crawled to my room. Haggard
though I was, I was satisfied that this
would be' the most complete article ever
written. At 5:57 p. m., I triumphantly put
in the last period and dashed madly over to
the mailroom to plunk my thick six-page
manuscript into the "News" box. Return-
ing to my room I promptly had a nervous
breakdown.

Wednesday rolled around, and everybody
was reading their News. Proudly I got a
copy and began to scan the pages for my
article. Where was it? I became uneasy!
No, they couldn't do this . . . frantically I
flipped through the pages what was this!
Oh, no! no! no! I grabbed myself by the
neck and beat my head on the floor for
there, on the back page beneath an ad
was my lengthy epistle condensed into two
short dignified lines informing the general
public that all the day students attending
Agnes Scott College seemed to have form-
ed very definite opinions about the strike
of the Atlanta trashmen.

Off the
Copy Hook

From the now bent and completely
twisted Copy Hook flutter the following
items, shaking in the high gale of pre-
holiday ecstacy.

It's getting to be a regular habit with
second Main to know automatically what
a paper bag contains. Usually, the rare
prize is not a sweet nothing to munch, but
a dead rabbit just another link in the
long chain that Stratton Lee is collecting
for that honors problem she's working on.
And the original bearer of the gifts is Mr.
Christian !

The infirmary has another patient a
shaggy, droop eared one. It's Miss Leyburn's
dog and after several transfusions, she's
now with Mr. Lapp. The tale is that Miss
Glick with Mr. Lapp and Dr. Burns spent
the night putting mustard plasters on her.

Poor Sweetie Calley is now the Miss
Sideways of Agnes Scott after that tum-
ble Sunday night. Seems that with six
chums, Sweetie wearily made her way
homeward from a week-end in Camden,
Ala., at 2:30 a.m. As the others struggled
up the Main stairs dragging "their suit-
cases behind them, Sweetie made the fatal
mistake of looking upwards. Bang, the sight
was too much and she fell backwards down
two flights of stairs. Moral: two flights is
worth one good stiff crick in the neck.

Last Wednesday, Mary Katherine Glenn,
sat busily conmuning with Chaucer in the
top tier of the library when the lights
went out. Groping blindly toward the door,
she meekly yelled to the librarians to the
effect that she was not yet out of library.
Finding no response, Mary Katherine felt
her way cautiously down stairs where in a
period of inspiration she called the switch-
board 'operator who then contacted the
hostess girl who then went to the dining
room, informed Miss Hanley of the trap-
ped student, and several moments later a
meek individual was liberated, after a
group of sympathetic students had collect-
ed outside one of the windows giving in-
struction on the method of escaping
through a window on the bottom floor.

6

AGNES SCOTT NEWS

Wednesday. December 5, 1945

French Student
Mirrors School
Under Germans

"France feels she can trust no one,
even our friends here in the U. S.,
and she must therefore look after
herself and her own interests," said
Miss Francine Boullion, of Paris,
France, who spoke in chapel Satur-
day under the auspices of War Coun-
cil. She represented the World Stu-
dent Service Fund.

Miss Boullion spoke in chapel of her ex-
periences as a student at the University of
Paris under the German occupation. She
cited the extreme cold, lack of shelter and
materials, and the "few to eat" which stu-
dents had to face. "At first we did not know
what to do . . . how to resist, but finally
we realized that by teaching those who had
not advanced as far as we had, we could
help most," said Miss Boullion. "The Ger-
mans wanted the good will of the French
students and did not bother us so much at
first, but in protest of the Jewish students
being forced to wear yellow stars, there
were student street demonstrations. Since
we were so unorganized they did no good,
and we decided to take to the woods and
form a maquis, similar to guerilla bands,
to resist." she said.

After many months of more hardships
vividly described by Miss Boullion, several
members of her maquis were captured
and -sent to Germany. Miss Boullion escap-
ed from a train in Alsace and spent the last
weary months of war in a French nunnery,
hiding from the Germans. "The fear of how
you would react to German tortures was
the worst fear a prisoner had to face . . .
to wonder how much physical endurance
you had, how much you could stand, before
you would betray your best friends. It was
just physical endurance, not courage . . .
and that fear made you determined to es-
cape or be killed."

In an interview, Miss Boullion said that
she felt France was definitely headed to-
ward Communism, not necessarily the kind
that exists in Russia, but a reaction again-

Dr.McCain Attends
Tour of Institutions

During the week, November 25, through
December 1, Dr. McCain was one of a
group which toured 26 different institutions
in the southern area.

The party consisted of Devereux C. Jo-
sephs, new president of the Carnegie Cor-
poration, Dr. Walter W. Stewart, chairman
of board of Rockfellar Foundation, and
chairman of the board of general educa-
tion of New York, Dr. Jackson Davis, as-
sociate director of the General Education
Board, and trustee McCain of the General
Education Board.

The object of the tour was to allow Mr.
Josephs a view of southern institutions and
a chance to know college personnel.

The climax of the tour took place in
Richmond, Va., where a meeting of 7 dif-
ferent institutions in Richmond took place.
Dr. A. R. Mann, vice-president of the Gen-
eral Education Board, spoke to the group
on the University Center in Richmond.

st inefficiency in her past government.
"France felt alone so long and wondered
so much whether the outside world was
still coming to her aid, that she now feels
she must do as much as she can by herself
to protect herself. She added that she felt
France would resume universal military
training as one protective measure. "Most
foresighted Europeans realize that a united
states of Europe would be most desirable,
and in this they sympathize with the Ger-
man idea. Only Germany must not be the
autocratic head of those states. Now we
fear Russia will take over the lead, and if
and when she does perhaps you in the Unit-
ed States will realize what it is to have
a strong, powerful threat constantly at
your throat. You can no longer feel safe
in your isolated little island."

"One good result of the war," said Miss
Boullion, "is the fact that Europeans have
mixed and mingled so much that many of
our racial prejudices have been broken
down. Perhaps now we can realize each
other's differences and ancient customs and
live in peace in the years to come."

When Far From the Reach

Exams to Reveal Sins of Delay
As Hottentots Prepare Nerves

By Betty Allen

Exams are upon us again! Just
one more week before our sins of
procrastination will find us out! And
what a week! Term papers, parallel
books, and even those daily assign-
ments in the text which we had so
strongly resolved in September to do
faithfully!

Already the little blue books are staring
us in the face from the shelves of the book-
store. They even have a deluxe new double
length size for upper classmen's two and a
half hour exams.

Each of us is looking forward with anti-
cipation to that week of hibernation in the
library with only fifteen minutes out for
meals! Of course, you could carry your own
K ration and thus eliminate the necessity
for that forty-five whole minutes of wasted
time. Besides emerging for meals that time
comes when we must leave our little cell in
the stacks to face the "firing squad" be it
Biology 101, English 211, or History 215.
Not once must we go through this agony,
but four or five times, and for a few un-
lucky souls six times.

With watery knees and a stomach turn-
ing like the ferris wheel at the fair you
enter the assigned room only to be met by-
frantic last minute questions which rattle
you like a Model T Ford, and you feel sure
that you've spent hours studying exactly
the wrong thing. When the professor and
the exam finally arrive, you are in a state

of helpless mental confusion. Then there is
that terrible moment before that mimeo-
graphed sheet reaches you when you hear
the groans of your co-sufferers as they re-
ceive theirs.

As dubious as you may be, the dreaded
time always comes and goes, and you live
through it.

Although most of us look forward to
exams if not with fear and trembling (cer-
tainly not with anticipation) we each know
that:

"There's a silver lining, through the dark
clouds shining" That is Christmas vaca-
tion.

Constance Warren
Visiting Campus

Dr. Constance Warren, retired president
of Sarah Lawrence College, is visiting on
campus this week while touring southern
institutions.

She arrived last night from West Georgia
College in Carrollton, and will remain
through Friday.

Holder of the Litt. D. degree from Keuka
College in New York, Dr. Warren received
her A.B. from Vassar and has studied at
the New York State College for Teachers.
From 1929 to 1945 she was a trustee and
president of Sarah Lawrence.

Well-known contributor to journals and
magazines, Dr. Warren wrote "A New De-
sign for Women's Education."

By Libby Woodward

This was Atlanta's week-end of the year
and Agnes Scott was right there in the
midst of all the fun, cheering, dancing, and
making merry.
FOOTBALL FINALE

Mingled with white and gold and red and
black at Grant Field were many Hottentots
Lida Walker, Martha Humber, Robin
Robinson, Nancy Deal, Louise Starr, Alice
Gordon, Peggy Jones, Anne Hightower,
Jeter Starr, Liz Carpenter, Mary Russell,
Daisy Sundy, Mimi Arnold, Steele Dendy,
Betty Ann Whitaker, Zollie Anne Saxon,
Bunch Beaver, Betty Andrews, Mary Jane
Fuller, Punky Mattison, Ann Hough, Alice
Newman, Ann Wheeler, Kate Ellis, Mary
Brown Mahon, B. A. Ziegler, Mary Mc-
Calla, June Thomason, Caroline Squires,
Margaret McManus, Dot Peace, Ruth Ry-
ner, Gene Goode, Beth Jones, Eleanor
Davis, Louise Reid, Carolyn Bodie, Sally
Bussey, Newell Turner, Betty Beddingfield,
Jean Caswell, Mim Steele and Betty Jeanne
Ellison.

Others went out of town for the big
game. Sue Hutchens and Fran Ford went
to the University of Alabama, and Gail
Stewart saw LSU and Tommy in Baton
Rouge.

MAY I HAVE THIS DANCE?

Post-game festivities were wonderful
even for loyal Jacket rooters. Consoling
the Tech boys at the Student Council dance
were Punky Mattison, Alice Newman, Ann
Hough, Betty Turner, Glassy Beale, Kate
Ellis, Martha Polk, Jo Faulkner, Edna
Claire Cunningham, Ruth Ryner, Carolyn
Gilchrist, Nancy Deal, Sister Davis, Mary
Manly, June Irvine, Nancy Geer, Mary
Beth Little, Ginny Andrews, Julia Ann
Coleman, Scotty Johnson, Louise Starr,
Veelie Knight, Eleanor Compton, Newell
Turner, Miriam Steele, and Louise Gehr-
ken.

The Driving Club was tres gaie Saturday
night and Anne Hightower, Betty Andrews,
and Anne Burkhardt were having lots of
fun. Dancing at the Empire room were
Laney Harris and Charlien Simms; at the
Paradise Room, Mary Jane Fuller and Mary
Brown Mahon; at the Rainbow Roof, Nancy
Deal, Maudie Van Dyke, Anne Murrell,
Punky Mattison, and Sally Bussey.
THAT POPULAR MIDDLE AISLE!

"Here Comes the Bride" vied with foot-
ball songs this week as several left At-
lanta to see that friends were properly con-
fettied and riced. Janet Liddell went to
Camden, Ala., to be in a wedding, and
Marie Adams was a brides maid in Red-
springs, Va. Myrtice Mariani and her moth-
er went to her cousin's wedding here.

Wedding bells haven't pealed forth yet
but it won't be long for Anne Lee, who an-
nounced her plans this week.

And have you seen Miss Humphries' love-

A Backward Glance-

December, five years ago in the Agnes
Scott News, revealed the following "finds."

"Dr. McCain, president of Agnes Scott,
will fly to New York City, December 10,
for a one day meeting of the Phi Beta Kap-
pa Senate."

* * *

"Ushering in the spirit of the season in
appropriate manner, Eta Sigma Phi will
present its first Christmas play since 1935,
Christus Parvulus in MacLean Auditorium
at 4:30."

* * *

At the Erlanger Theatre this season will
appear Katherine Hepburn in "The Phila-
delphia Story," January 24-25. Also Tal-
lulah Bankhead in "The Little Foxes," Feb-
ruary 14-15.

Agnes Scott Girls

(Continued From Page 1)

own arrangement of "I'm Getting Senti-
mental Over You." This will be the first
public performance. "The Bat" and "Per-
petual Motion" by Richard Strauss, Haydn's
"First Symphony," "Jazz Pizzicato," and
"Dance of the Comedians" from "The Bart-
ered Bride" complete the afternoon's enter-
tainment.

ly diamond? He (and ring) arrived last
week, back home from the wars, and plans
are being made for next September.
NEWS FROM ALUMNAE

It surely was good to see Mary Munroe,
Jeanne Robinson, Bea Miller, and Mary
Maxwell on campus again. And wasn't
Molly Milam the perfect master of cere-
monies at the Horse Show? Frances:
Brougher, a flight stewardess for Eastern,
and based in Atlanta, brought news from
old friends in New York. Ceevah is there-
visiting doin' the town, and Betty Camp-
bell is learning to be a French-English sec-
retary. Eugenia Jones Howard and Bob
have been in the city this fall, and
Clara Rountree Couch and her husband
are stationed there. Carolyn Fuller is
teaching chemistry in Laurel,- Miss., high
school. Mary Cumming Fitzhugh is teach-
ing school and keeping house for Fitz in
Arkansas.

Quarterly Scheduled
To Appear Dec, 15

Miss Mary King, editor of the Alurrmae
Quarterly, announces that the Quarterly
will go on sale December 15th.

Included in this issue will be the Investi-
ture address, "Thoughts on Causes of the
Present Discontent," delivered Nov. 3 by
Miss Ellen Douglas Leyburn, associate pro-
fessor of English; a biography of Dr. Mc-
Cain by Jane Guthrie Rhodes, an alumna,
and an article by Mrs. Roff Sims assistant
professor of history, on the United Nations
Charter.

The cover design will be done by Anne
Elcan. The quarterly also contains designs
by other students.

Due to uncertain conditions, the issue
date, December 15, will be tentative.

Live Santa Thrills
Young Guests At
C.A/s Christmas Party

Children ranging from three to nine years
of age were invited to the gym Saturday
afternoon for the C. A. Christmas party.
There they found a beautiful Christmas
tree and a real live Santa Claus, alias Doe
Dunn.

The Christmas party is given each year
to under-privileged children by C. A. Agnes.
Scott girls signed up to take the children
to the party and to buy gifts for them
which will be sent to the children nearer
Christmas.

Herty McAllister was in charge of the
party and Caroline Hodges was chairman
of the day student committee in charge of
delivery of the presents to the children.

The student body voted to give up des-
sert for supper Dec. 1, in order that the-
children might have refreshments.

Dorms Will Celebrate
Christmas With Parties

Lighted trees, presents, and Christmas
decorations in each dormitory will put.
boarders in the holiday spirit Sunday night.

Student Government is sponsoring the
parties and is furnishing trees and deco-
rations. House presidents of each dormi-
tory and cottage will be in charge, with the
aid of Miss Charlotte Hunter, assistant in
dean's office. Name-drawing at last week's
house meeting will bring a gift to each girl.

Miss Scandrett Entertains Sophs
Dec. 1 at Third Informal Party

The third in a series of informal get-
togethers for sophomore boarders was
held Saturday at the home of Miss Carrie
M. Scandrett, dean of women.

The first gathering was an open house
held Nov. 10 at Miss Scandrett's. A coffee
was held before the Blackfriars production,
"Pride and Prejudice" for the second group
of students.

The Agnes Scott News

VOL. XXXI.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESD$Y, JANUARY 0, 1946

NO. 11

Building Plans Await Governmental Signal

$100,000 INFIRMARY The green light from governmental high-
er ups is all that's needed for the construction of the Frances

Winship Walters Infirmary. The infirmary will have more con-
tagious wards, a large number of beds, and a well-baby clinic.

Drama, Music
Will Highlight
Frosh Interests

Three freshman interest groups,
in dramatics, music, and litera-
ture, sponsored by Christian As-
sociation, will open their first
quarter of activity with meetings
tomorrow night.

The organization meetings will
follow a joint social from 7
p. m. to 8 p. m. in Murphey Can-
dler.

Hunt Morris has been elected
chairman of the groups, while
each separate group will elect a
secretary. All members of the
freshman class are eligible for
membership except members of
the Folio club.

Feeling that freshmen need out-
lets for their interest, Christian
Association has created and help-
ed organize these groups to pro-
vide opportunity for freshmen,
otherwise excluded from campus
activities during their first two
quarters, to become better ac-
quainted with play production,
literature, and music.

Each freshman chose* one group
for membership before the Christ-
mas vacation.

The dramatics group, advised by
Miss Roberta Winter, instructor in
speech, will study play produc-
tion and hopes to present a play.
Led by Miss Claire Buckmaster,
of the music department, the mu-
sic group plans to study the sym-
phony and its parts and to listen
to various recorded symphonies.

Georg P. Hayes, head of the
department of English, will lead
the literary group in a study of
the poetry of Edna St. Vincent
Millay, lyrical poet.

Glee Club
To Produce
'Pirate Opera

The combined Agnes Scott and
Georgia Tech glee clubs will pre-
sent Gilbert and Sullivan't oper-
etta "The Pirates of Penzance,"
Feb. 8 and 9 at 8:30 p. m. in Pres-

ser hall.
I

The opera, one of the most popu-
lar ever written by Gilbert and
Sullivan, was presented at Agnes
Scott five years ago. Miss Mar-
tha Ray Lasseter '44, who sang
in that performance will be in the
current presentation also. Soloists
have been at work all fall on their
parts but practive for the 48 mem-
bers of the chorus has just started.

Hubbard Upchurch, soloist at the
North Avenue Presbyterian
Church will sing the tenor lead.
All other parts will be taken by
student at Agnes Scott and Tech.

The girls' solo parts will be tak-
en by a different person for each
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Howard L. Lowry
To Lecture Jan. 17

President Howard L. Lowry of
The Wooster College, Wooster,
Ohio, will lecture on "Man and
Some Victorian Verities" Thurs-
day, Jan. 17, at 8:30 p. m. in
Presser hall.

Dr. Lowry will lecture the next
day in chapel on the "Christian
Liberal Arts College." This is the
first visit of the former Princeton
professor of English to Agnes
Scott. He is sponsored by the
English Lectures foundation of
the English department. Tucker
Brooke, professor of English at
Harvard, and Will Howe, visiting
professor of English, from Emory,
were brought to Agnes Scott by
the English Lestures last quarter.

Marriage Class Begins
Wednesday, Jan. 16

The first marriage class will be
held Wednesday, Jan. 16, from 4
p. m. to 5 p. m., in Buttrick, ac-
cording to Maggie Toole.

Four Members
Join English,
Science Staff

Four members have been added
to the Agnes Scott faculty and
staff with the winter quarter.

Miss Marian H. Blair, of Win-
ston-Salem, N. C, is serving as an
instructor in English. She is a
graduate of Wellesley College and
received her master's degree from
Columbia University.

Mrs. C. A. Stubblevine of De-
catur is a new lab assistant in the
chemistry department, replacing
Miss Jodele Tanner who, due to
illness, is not teaching this quar-
ter. Mrs. Stubblevine is the for-
mer Roberta Kilpatrick, an Agnes
Scott graduate.

New lab assistant in the biolo-
gy department is Miss Betty
Sands, an alumna of the Univer-
sity of Tennessee.

Ruth Gray -Walker, '45, returns
to Agnes Scott this quarter, also
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Bored of Education

Under the Mistletoe or We Can Dream!

By Nellie Scott

The sweet harmony of "Sym-
phony" sounds throughout the
ball room. Gowned in shimmer-
ing satin, you glide easily across
the marble floor, accompanied by
the dashing young ensign who has
won your heart. You two dance
under the boughs of mistletoe
hanging from the dazzling lights,
and he is about but what is that
blood-curdling noise?

Waking up to the stark reality,
you realize it is the 7:25 bell,
warning that you are no longer

at the Christmas Eve ball, but
back in your lumpy bed at ASC.
The melody you hear is not Sam-
my Kaye's orchestra, but the per-
petual knock of Mr. Armistead's
radiators. .Like Cinderella, your
satin has changed back to polka-
dot cotton pajamas. No longer
are you being whirled across the
floor in the strong arms of hand-
some Robert Montgomery Jones.
It was the bell that whirled you
on the floor.

Aggies Plumb the Depths

Your "eager-beaver" room-mate

springs out of bed while you lie
there wishing you could have
stayed under the mistletoe. Pry-
ing open your eyes, you finally
stumble to class, falling over the
"Please" signs and polking every
innocent, cheerful Hottentot in
the eye with your umbrella. Oh,
Education, what agonies are suf-
fered in thy name!

How far away those carefree
holidays seem to us as we fall in-
to our regular 8:30 chairs! No
more sleeping till 12 p. m. Since
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Five Buildings
In Blueprints

Governmental okay is all that
remains between Agnes Scott and
a start on the program to enlarge
and completely modernize the
college campus.

When the present detailed plans
are realized, the campus will cov-
er approximately thirty acres,
with an additional twenty acres
beyond the steam plant for future
development. Five new buildings
will harmonize with the present
campus to form a more unified
community.

Funds are on hand for the
building of a new infirmary, and
work will begin as soon as the
government releases materials,
Dr. J. R. McCain said Monday. It
will be named for Frances Win-
ship Walters, an alumna of the
college, who donated the neces-
sary $100,000 for its building. Lo-
cated across the street from the
site of the present infirmary, it
will have about 30 beds, with
more contagious wards than are
now available.

In the basement of the infirm-
ary will be a well-baby clinic,
probably operated by a group of
doctors in connection with the De-
catur clinic.

Science Hall to Cost $350,000

Next on the schedule is the new
science hall, a memorial to John
Bulow Campbell, trustee and ben-
efactor of Agnes Scott for many
years. The new building will form
the southern boundary of a sec-
ond quadrangle, an enlargement of
the present one between Presser
Hall and Buttrick. The $350,000
science hall will be the largest
building on campus.

Four other buildings are includ-
ed in improvement plans. Hopkins
Hall, to cost $150,000, will house
about 100 students. The new dor-
mitory will be built where the

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Frost Here
January 28

Robert Frost, New England
poet, will open the winter quarter
lecture series Monday, Jan. 28,
it was announced today.

Edna St. Vincent Millay, lyrical
poet, recently cancelled her lec-
ture here scheduled for Saturday,
Jan. 26, the department stated.
Miss Millay is unable to lecture on
account of ill health and trans-
portation difficulties. Ill health
kept Miss Millay from filling her
engagement last year also.

John Mason Brown, dramatic
critic and associate editor of the
Saturday Review of Literature,
will lecture Monday, April 29. Dr.
Brown is the author of several
books including Inside Cut and
Accustomed As I Am, written in
1942; Broadway in Review, 1940;
Two On An Aisle, 1938; and Let-
ters From Greenroom Ghosts,
written in 1934. Dr. Brown is
sponsored jointly by the English
department and the Lecture As-
sociation.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1946

.abor and ASC

In his latest talk to the people of America, President Tru-
man put forth an appeal that affects those of us here on the
Agnes Scott campus more than most speeches or appeals from
::he outside world. The President proposed and begged for
fche passage of a bill for fact-finding boards to investigate
.abor disputes and report their findings to the country. The
Idea that the President has turned to the American people,
which includes college students as vitally as others, should
challenge us here to reply to Mr. Truman's appeal and let our
Congressmen know what we the peope believe.

This appeal does not mean, however, that we should read
one newspaper account of the strikes and then write Wash-
ington to "do something about those awful strikes, and get
together with the president." These are mammoth orders
about a mammoth question which has many sides. Organized
labor demands a 30% wage increase because, it points out,
management can afford to pay this increase. But be
lore management is condemned for not paying what it sup-
posedly is able, these facts should be considered: the ability of
an employer to pay has never governed wages under the
American system; if management has raised wages, then
it cannot lower the price of what it sells as it otherwise would
be able to; if wages are raised, prices will rise, and then not
only the General Motors workers and other strikers will
demand wage increases, but raises for all America to meet
higher prices will be necessary. In other words, the need
for higher wages should primarily be considered, if industry
is to remain under private management rather than govern-
ment.

Especially should this plea stir Georgia girls to action
and other who are eligible to vote. Our Congressmen will
listen to the voters. What we think and feel, what we want,
and even our soutions, are vital to those who represent us
in Washington. And this responsibility rests directly on
se of us here at Agnes Scott. We may feel that we live
in a world apart from politics and labor but a little cool
thinking will point out that this is the world we must step
into . . . where we must take out place in a very short
time.

And would we have this world we move into one of
strikes, more chaotic relations in industry, higher prices, gov-
ernment controlled business, because some lawmakers, un
guided by the opinions of the people, had bungled the job
of converting America back to a peacetime basis? Or would
we be more willing to take our places where we had lent
a hand . . . where we who have had the advantages of
.good, useful educations and observation from an impartial
viewpoint, had stepped in and in our small ways, aided in
Vhe settling of these great domestic problems?

Agnes Scotters have a responsibility to consider these is-
sues and then let Washington know what we want. It's our
world and we have to live in it. It's up to us to see that it's
Ihe best world it can possibly be.

Congratulations

The News congratulates the Aurora staff on its fall quar-
ter publication. The News is proud to see the inclusiveness
.A the college magazine ... to note the linking of the world
affairs with affairs of the college community.

The range of material in the magazine not only includes
a variety of subject matter, but is contributed from a good
..ross-section of the campus. Any person, no matter where
..lis interest lies, can find something of interest in the first is?
: ue of the 1945-46 Aurora.

The fiction is not merely figments of the imagination, but
.akes you to the purple, snow-capped Rockies during a New
lexican autumn or to Parley's Canyon in Utah.' There is
1st) the lighter love fiction with sense impressions of the
reashore. The poetry deviates from the modern lament of a
newspaper lassie to the nature poetry and love lyrics. The
ouk reviews are unusually fine, while "Letters from Mar-
>rT give a clearer understanding of life in England. The
/ritten debate on universal military training stimulates
ihought.

The Aurora is indeed to be commended. The News looks
forward to the second issue with high expectations.

Resolving

By JAXE ALSOBROOR

It's a funny thing about reso-
lutions. It seems that the bigger
they are, the smaller they grow,
and it appears, through the find-
ings of Alsobrook's Agency for
Arresting Facts, that most of the
Hottentots have discovered this.
But no matter how healthy or
sick these New Year's babies may
be, the fact remains that they are
with us.

So many of these resolutions
spring from exterior motives such
as not eating one piece of candy
all year. Others are produced by
sheer necessity like not wasting
any time or reading all four par-
allels at least three days before
the paper is due. But other reso-
lutions are more individual. There
was one freshman who vowed that
she would not break any rules,
except five a week. And I won't
tell you who she is. She's paying
me hush money.

Cats Chase Bull Still

Some Aggies promised to "chew
the rag and chase the bull" every
day. Then there were the two
girls talking in one deep, dark
corner of Main, who swore they
had given up being catty.

One smart frosh resolved never
to date any men, unless they were
marrigable prospects, which is
nice work if you can get it. And
some girls, whose eyes were simply
floating in that far-away-look,
promised to love that man always.
But others, whose peepers were
filled with a ruffish gleam, de-
clared that they would get a frat
pin or a ring before next Christ-
mas.

Classes Determined
Ther were many, many resolu-
tions on studying. The fresh and
bubbling '49er declared that she
would merit everything. The aging
but still smiling soph resolved, for
sure, that she would pass. The
restless junior worried atyout es
^aping a berth on the inel list
But the wise and winsome senior
hoped only to graduate.

And then, there was the girl
who couldn't swear off smoking
because she had resolved never to
cuss. With that I will leave you.

Off the
Copy Hook

Mistletoe is dangling limp from
the Copy Hook and only a faded
Christmas ribbon hangs with it,
Lift the ribbon and see what lies
beneath.

Seen on a Sunday afternoon-
well-known senior pushing the
iron with a "mean second" across
a GI uniform. The GI turned out
to be the kid brother who was
drenched in the heavy rain.

Overheard in the doctor's office:
"Dr. Burns, when I see Joe, I feel
funny in my tummy. Is anything
wrong?"

Dr. Burns: "Go back to Inman,
child, and be glad you're normal!"

On third Rebekah, the nightly
practice of one wing is to bump
and exercise in true Dubarry style.
Could be that the two engaged
girls have made them jealous.

Modern Chinese Woodcuts will
be exhibited by the Art depart-
ment Jan. 8-31 in room 321 But-
trick. The sixty woodcuts are on
mounted panels with photographs
depicting life of the Eigth Route
Chinese Army. They were exe-
cuted by contemporary Chinese
artists.

Crosscurrents About
Dot Spragens

By Dale Bennett

A real student who under-
stands and likes people is Dot
Spragens, president of Christian
Association. Red hair, freckles
and a ready grin are her campus
trademarks, and math and physics
are her majors.

Her interest in people led Dot
into church work in high school.
At Agnes Scott she carried
through her work by visiting
Scottish Rite Hospital for crippled
children her first two years. As a
junior she served as Y. W. C. A.
secretary and spent much time
with the Industrial Girls' Club of
Atlanta. "They're not the kind of
poeple you might expect," Dot
points out, "they're working girls
who are really interested in public
affairs and what's going on in the
world. They want to be friends
on an equal footing with those of
us who go to their meetings."

Besides being president of C. A.
Dot is vice-president of her Sun-
day School class at Oakhurst
Presbyterian Church here in De-
catur. She is closely associated
with many other religious activi-
ties on campus also.

Her large family form the roots
of Dot's love of people. "There
are 20 of us," she explained, "and
then added, "five boys, all mar-
ried, two girls, five nephews, one
niece and a mama and papa. Con-
centrating on the niece and
pephews is my chief summer oc-
cupation," says Dot.

One of those rare persons who

likes to study and admits it, Dot's
real love is math. She is an honor
roll student as well as reading
for honors in her favorite subject.
Dot's other major is physics and
she has enough minor hours for
English. Modern poetry is high on
her list of likes, while summers
and spare time are devoted to
much general reading.

After Agnes Scott, Dot wants
to do graduate fellow work in
math. Having coached math in
the summer, she thinks she would
like to teach math in some college
when she completes her studies.
State politics twinkles as an en-
ticing star on the horizon of Dot's
interest also. "I'd love to begin as
a County Court Clerk," she says.

A real leader, Dot's friendliness
has carried her far in campus
life. With her high scholastic
record also, her aims can't be too
high.

Is Your Mind Campused?

1. Why are the Koreans revolt-
ing? What is the theory concern-
ing the withdrawal of Allied oc-
cupation force?

2. Can you discuss the agree-
ment of the Chinese Communists
and the government leaders on
procedures for ending hostilities?

3. What do you think of the la-
bor situation of this country?

4. Can any good come of the
Pearl Harbor investigation or is
"the buck" being passed in a po-
litical way?

It's All Yours

The News is your paper. Its staff tries to mirror accurately
your campus. It's aim is to represent your ideas and your
opinions.

Ironically enough, The News has received one student let-
ter this school year. This letter was unsigned. Obviously
opinions cannot be printed without statement of their source
i. e. the signature of the person or persons expressing their
feelings.

The staff realizes that the complete lack of written com-
ment on campus topics and The News' handling of these
topics cannot be due to lack of student thought. The News
will print what you as a constructively-thinking student body
wants it to print. The character of the paper as well as the
college community would profit by a little constructive
criticism.

Take time to let The News know what's going on in your
mind. Remember, it's your paper. It's all yours.

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS

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, postoffce. Supserlption price per year, $1.25;
single copies, five cents.

Associated Collegiate Press

Editor

EDITORIAL STAFF

- MARTHA BAKER

Manaclnc Editor

_ NANCY HARDY

Assistant Editors

Joanne Benton
Dale Bennett

Copy Editor

Alice Beardaloy

Feature Editor

Nellie Scott
Day Student Society
Joycb Gllleland
Sports Editor
Ruth Ryner

Editorial Assistants

Anne Noell

Society Editor

Lib Woodward

Reporters: Llda Walker, Nelson Fisher, Dot Peace, Peggy Pat Home, Lldle Lee. Pattio
Dean, Mary Jano Fuller, Virginia Owens, Valeria Brown, Conradlne Fraser, Cissy
Jeffries. Helen Currie, Margaret Kinanl. Sara Jean Clarke, Slieely Little. Lou Mc-
Laurln. Mildred Claire Jones. Mary Frances Anderson, Louise Held, Margaret Ann
Klehanls. Vera Orem, and Mae Comer Osborne.
Feature: Doris Klssling. Hetty Allen, Harriet Gregory, Mary Beth Little, Jane Also-

brook, and Clarkle Rogers.
Society: Ellen Morrison, Eva Williams, H. A. Ziegler, Mary Brown Mahon, Beth Jones,
June Driskill.

Sports: Edna Claire Cunningham. Margaret Yancey, Virginia Andrews, Bobble Whip-
ple, and Tattle Mae Williams.

BUSINESS STAFF

Business Manager PEGGY JONES

AdvertlsiBg Manager JANE ANNB NEWTON

Asst. Advertising Managers

Mary McCalla
Alice Newman

Circulation Manager

Doris Purcell

Circulation Assistants

Lorena Ross
Marl* Adams

Business Assistants: Carolyn Bodie, Betty Andrews, Mary Jano Schumakcr, Doris Street,
Ann Hough, May Turner.

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1946

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Necessary Trip?

Holiday Travel Troubles
Belittle Horrors of Exams

By Clarkie Rogers

"Stop the train, my bags aren't
on yet!" shrieks agonized Aggie,
clutching her purse and half tumb-
ling out the door to try to see
where that redcap could be. As
the whistle blows and the train
pulls out she rouses half the sleep-
ers in the coach and all the por-
ters and conductors only to fine}
her luggage safely in the proper
berth. With those horrid little
monsters, exams, behind, Helen
Hottentot and all her tribe set out
for home and peace. But, alas,
the' hazards of travel made even
exams look like a ride on the mer-
ry-go-round compared to a caper
on Coney Island's roller coaster.

Some of those lucky day stu-
dents had only to hop on their bi-
cycles and whirl around the cor-
ner to begin the holidays. The rest
of us had to battle obstinate suit-
cases, don shin guards and snap on
our brass knuckles before we could
begin the long trek home. Natur-
ally all trains and busses were
hours behind schedule, but the very
latest seems to have been the
Florida train that was due to leave
Atlanta at 9 p. m. and departed
this town at 5 a. m. the next morn-
ing.

Everyone has heard the numer-
ous anecdotes about berth mix-ups,
but did you know that a certain
exam-weary student bumped heads
with an early celebrator who was
trying to get into the same berth
and was then asked if she prefer-
red the right or the left side? If
you braved the coaches or the
busses, mobs were waiting for
seats. One faculty member sug-
gested that one of those in her
group pull a faint, but then they'd
only drag you to the ladies room
and douse you with water while
the bus pulled out.

The day coaches held certain
"attractions" to liven the trip's
tedious hours. One group of home-
ward bound sophomores fresh
from the beauties of Beowulf and

HOTEL CANDLER

L. L. TUCKER, JR.
Operator

McCONNELL'S 5 & 10

147 Sycamore Street
112 and 114 Ponce de Leon Ave.

Canterbury Tales were entertain-
ed by a group of Georgia students
reading Forever Amber aloud. If
you were lucky you got a seat by
a cute soldier or sailor but more
than likely it was some 1918 vet-
eran who slyly offered you a
"swig." Perhaps the biggest ex-
citement of the holidays for one
senior was the night she had to
spend alone in a hotel because
her planes missed connections en-
tirely! But by some hook or crook
every Hottentot got home at last
for a glorious holiday. And on
the way back ah, but that's an-
other story!

Piano Duet
Mon. Musical

The following program of two
piano music was presented by
Hugh Hodgson and Michael Mc-
Dowell at the regular musicale
Monday night:

Organ Fugue in G Minor, Bach-
Mednikoff; Celebre Menuet, Bac-
cherini-Werner; Gavotte and Mus-
ette, Roff.

Duettino Concertante (in style
of Mozart), Busoni.

Prelude, Afternoon of a Faun,
Debussy; Nocturne, Festivals, De-
bussy-Ravel; Two Hungarian
Dances, Brahms.

Polka from Ballet "Age of Cold,"
Schostako vitch-Luzoshutz ; Brazil-
eria from "Scaramouche," Mil-
haud; The Music Box, Sauer; The
Blue . Danube Watz, Strauss-Sch-
ultz-Eveler-Chasinc.

CA Plans Unique
Campus Mission

A campus Christian Mission,
Feb. 18-20, will replace the an-
nual Religious Emphasis Week
this year, with five speakers ad-
dressing the various classes in the
place of one central speaker.

Speakers scheduled to visit here
during the Mission are Dr. J.. A.
Jones, Presbyterian minister from
Charlotte, N. C; Harry Goody-
koontz, Presbyterian student
worker from Louisville, Ky.; Dr.
Joseph Garrison, Presbyterian
minister from Greensboro, N. C;
Mrs. Martha Stackhouse Grafton,
Agnes Scott alumna and dean at
Mary Baldwin College; and Wil-
liam Hall Preston, worker among
Baptist young people.

PRINTING

Business Stationery -

Personal Stationery

Announcements
Placards

Your Particular Job the Way You Want It

New Era Publishing Co.

128 Atlanta Ave.

DE. 5785

Council Begins
Winter Service

War Council president Maud
Van Dyke this week announced
Council plans for the coming
months.

Trips to Lawson General will
be resumed next Sunday after-
noon, with the bus leaving at
2:15 p. m. from Jacobs' Drug Store
in Decatur, and returning about
6 p. m. Plans will probably be
made soon, she said, for skating
parties and dances in the Lawson
recreation hall.

Evening trips to the Decatur
Red Cross will also be resumed
next week. Girls will leave from
the Dean's Office at 7:15 p. m. on
Wednesday to work on layettes
for the needy in Europe and in
this country.

War Council announced that 450
cans of food were collected on
campus in the pre-Christmas cam-
paign for UNRRA.

With the clothes collected be-
fore Christmas, Mrs. George P.
Hayes, Miss Margaret Phythian,
and Miss Janef Preston filled
boxes for friends who are in Eu-
rope.

Annual Offers
Pix Contest

Camera bugs get your shuttles
ready!

The Silhouette announces the
opening of a candid camera con-
test, with $5 in cash as first prize.
The winning picture will be in the
annual with appropriate recogni-
tion Other pictures entered in the
contest will be used as the edi-
tors see fit.

The contest continues through
January. Honorable mention win-
ners will be recognized.

Requirements for entering the
contest are as follows: each pic-
ture must have a point of inter-
est; the picture must be clear;
a caption for the picture is neces-
sary; the negative should be turn-
ed in if possible.

There will be boxes in the mail
room and the dormitories. Each
entrant must put the picture she
is entering in a separate envelope
with her name and college address,
as well as the caption for the
snapshot, on the outside.

A committee of the Silhouette
staff will judge the contest. Stu-
dents and faculty member are eli-
gible to enter the contest.

'Aggie' Taxis to Emory
While Bus Is Driverless

The Agnes Scott bus arrived in
Decatur during the Christmas hol-
idays but has not yet been put to
use.

Due to unexpectedly light en-
rollment among Agnes Scott stu-
dents for Emory classes, taxis,
^ther than the bus, are providing
transportation to Emory when it is
necessary. The college is bearing
half of the expense.

FOOTE AND DAVIES

Announces its new
College Annual Department
250 PEACHTREE STREET

Faculty and students are cor^
dially invited to visit the con-
venient and comfortable work-
ing quarters for Annual Staffs
provided at this new location.

When Far From the Reach

By Libby Woodward

Christmas bells, wedding bells, Agnes Scottbeiles, and we're
still dreaming of a wonderful holiday season. A goodly portion of
Santa's pack this year was filled with rings and pins. Some of the
old, familiar faces are not back, and some old faces are back with
new names. It is now Joyce Gilleland Dickinson. Ann Lee McRae,
Betty Ann Whitaker Kelly, and Mary Boyd Rutledge Veihmeyer, have
taken up housekeeping as a full-time job. The new diamonds around
campus are bee-yoo-ti-ful Jean Fuller's, Leila Powell's, Conradine
Fraser's, Hattie Kuniansky's, Harriet Frierson's and Anne Patter-
son's. Mary Gene Sims is now wearing Clay's SAE pin.
RUSH PARTIES

The SAE's have been having a wonderful time and helping them
out this week-end were Mary Gene Sims, Mildred Claire Jones, Mag-
gie Toole, Scotty Johnson, June Thomason, Betty Smith, Ninia
Owens,, Cissy Jeffries, Beth Walton, Anne Eidson, Betty Andrews,
Punky Mattison, and B. A. Zeigler. Sally Bussey and Mary Brown
Mahon danced with the Chi Phi's Saturday night, and Marie Beeson
rushed for the ATO's Sunday. Veelie Knight went to the Sigma Nu
house Saturday.
DANCING TOES

The Empire Room was gay with Hottentots Saturday night
Mary Jane Fuller, Louise Starr, Peggy Jones, Jean Chewning, and
Alice Gordon. Pagie Violette, Ann Hayes, Anne Woodward, Mary
Brown Mahon, May Turner and B. A. Ziegler danced at the Rainbow
Roof. Cissy Jeffries, Nina Owens, and Betty Turner went to the Para-
dise Room, while Lu Cunningham and Eva Williams visited the Capital
City Club.

WEEK-END VISITORS

Several O.A.O.'s were here to make the opening of school less
painful Harriet Frierson, Lu Cunningham, Virginia Henry, and Dot
Porter were the lucky girls. It was mighty nice to see Lelia Holmes
again, too.

FRESHMAN PARTY

Saturday night Inman was the scene of much fun and frolic as
the frosh had a party with contests, prizes, and refreshments.

Kate Ellis and sister Sally went to Monroe for a Christmas vacation
post script. Mary Russell went home to Griffin and Lowell. Claire
Rowe visited in LaGrange and Thomaston.

Peace Problems
Featured In
Fall Quarterly

The autumn issue of the Agnes
Scott Alumnae Quarterly which
is now on sale is dedicated to
"The Will to Peace."
The Quarterly includes an analy-
sis of the United Nations Charter
by Mrs. Catherine S. Sims, as-
sistant professor of history and
political science; "Present Dis-
contents" by Ellen Douglass
Leyburn, associate professor of
English, a talk which was made
at the Investiture service this fall;
"Portrait of a President," a bi-
ography of Dr. J. R. McCain, by
Jane Guthrie Rhodes, former
Alumnae secretary; and the ex-
periences of Eliza King PaschalL
'38, in England and France dur-
ing the war. There is also a pro-
voctive discussion of unions and
the race question by George S.
Mitchell, sociologist.

Anne Elcan designed the mod-
ernistic cover with an explanation
on the inside. Various drawings
by Jane Frazer, Vera Orem, Elea-
nor Compton, Newell Turner,
Evelyn Foster and Mary Heinz,
and an etching of Dr. McCain by
Mrs. Leone Hamilton, art depart
ment assistant, illustrate the
magazine.

There is a full news coverage
of activities for 1944 and 1945.
The Quarterly is on sale in the
book store and the tea house.

Visit Your Neighbor

Vernon Frank's Decatur
FLOWER SHOP

301 Church St.

DE. 3309

Ballet' to Perform
Here Jan. 77, 12

Two full programs of ballet will
be presented this week-end by the
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, at
the Municipal Auditorium. The
first, Saturday evening, Jan. 11,
at 8:30, is on the program of the
regular All-Star Series, while the
second, at 3 p. m. Sunday, Jan. 12,
is a special added attraction.

The Saturday program will in-
clude 'The Snow Maiden" with
choregraphy by Bronislav Nijin-
ska; "Mozartiana," with music by
Tschaikowsky; "Commedia Bal-
letica," with music by Stravinsky;
and "Divertissement" from "Cop-
pelia," music by Delibes.

The Sunday program will con-
sist of "Ballet Imperial," music
by Tschaikowsky; "Danses Con-
certantes," music by Stravinsky;
"Concerto Barocco," with music
by Bach; and "Le Bourgeois Gen-
tilhomme," music by Strauss. The
choregraphy for these four bal-
lets is by George Balanchine.

The stars of the Ballet Russe
are Alexander Danilova and Fred-
eric Franklin; among the cast are
Nathalie Krassovska, Maria Tall-
chief, Stanley Zompakos, and
Nora White.

Four Members

(Continued from Page 1)

as assistant in the biology depart-
ment.

Miss Janef Preston, assistant
professor of English, returns to
the faculty after a leave of ab-
sence last quarter due to illness.

Miss Martha Jean Gower, '45,
has added teaching of a repeat
class in mathematics to her du-
ties. She will continue as lab as-
sistant in the physics department.

Emily Hughes, '45, has returned
to help the alumnae secretary
with changes in addresses. Former
assistant to the alumnae secre-
tary, she will be here only a short
time.

Page 4

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1946

ATHLETES

FEATS

KUTH RYNEO.

What a season this is gonna' be!
From all appearances it'll take
nothing short of some equivalent
to the atomic bomb to slow things
up. Last year's three way tie may
seem rather freakish but it
has been whispered in many cor-
ners that history could easily re-
peat itself. Trying to make pre-
dictions now, for the basketball
season, however, is just plain
gettin' nowhere fast. Tis better
to say that every game is gonna'
be fast and furious and anything
can happen.

Take this and remember. The
seniors have been champions for
three years, being sole champs in
'43 and tying with the juniors for
the past two years. They're com-
ing into this season just as eager
as ever and aren't going to be
knocked down with any amount
of ease. That goes for the juniors
as well who didn't lose a single
first string player from last year.

In addition, 'tis seen from all
angles that the sophs have -prom-
ise of a faster, stronger team this
year. Keep this in mind and gath-
er what you can from talk that
the freshmen are lining up a team
that will lay 'em all low. "How
can it be?", echo all. Many say
it'll be because of players like
Reese Newton and Binky Stubbs
who made real records for them-
selves in high school. Maybe
it's knowledge that the frosh al-
ways have de spirit. Also, say the
deah ol' seniors, "They're young."

Class managers are Doris Pur-
cell, seniors, Betty Andrews, jun-
iors, Edna Claire Cunningham,
sophs, and Sally Ellis, for the
freshmen.

Above all basketball achieves its
purpose. It promotes class spirit,
it gives hours and hours of relaxa-
tion, it is the best substitute in
the world for Vitamin Bl when it
comes right down to "gettin' heal-
thy." All in all, it's what makes
winter quarter seem the shortest
and the best. It's basketball!

date Book

Wed., Jan. 9 Junior tea, 4 p. m.
to 5 p. DDL in Murphey Candler

Thurs.. Jan 10 Freshmen Interest
Groups meet at 7 p. m. in Mur-
phey Gaudier

Frt, Ian. 11 B.O.Z. at 4:45 p. m.
in Old V room, Main

Sat., Jan. 12 Ballet Russe de
Monte Carlo at 8:30 p. dql, Muni-
cipal Auditorium

Site., Jan- 13 Ballet Russe de
Monte Carlo at 3 p. m., Munici-
pal Auditorium

Wed., Jan. 16 Marriage class

Club News

OUTING CLUB

A "cook-out" will be the first
meeting of this quarter for the
Outing Club, said Bettye Lee
Phelps, president.

Soon after this meeting, the try-
outs will begin. In order to be
eligible for membership, girls must
have some knowledge of woodlore,
hiking, camping, and first aid.

The high point of this year's
meetings will be the annual all-
night hike, which wil take place
late this spring.

B.O.Z.

B.O.Z. will meet Friday at 4:45
p. m. in the old Y room in Main.
Sophia Pedakis, Bunny Weems,
and Ruth Simpson will read some
of their own work. Plans will be
discussed for a meeting with Dr.
Will Howe later on this month.

Five Buildings

(Continued from Page 1)
present science hall and infirmary
are located.

Additional Funds Needed
The college has on hand only
$80,000 of the necessary $300,000
for the projected dining hall and
kitchen. Plans show this building,
which will cover the area from
Gaines Cottage to Ansley, as
equipped with three private din-
ing rooms, and one large room
where both cafeteria and formal
meals may be served. The hall
will seat about 500, or 125 more
than the present hall in Rebekah
Scott.

A Faculty apartment building,
including about 20 apartments, is
scheduled to be just south of
Presser Hall on McDouough
Street. Just southeast of the new
science hall is to be a practice
home to serve as home economics
department.

(Dr. McCain explained, how-
ever, that no major in home eco-
nomics seems in the immediate
future.)

Murphey Candler to Be Moved

Other improvements call for the
removing of Murphey Candler to
the intersection of South Candler
Street, and the street on which
the infirmary is located. Mur-
phey Candler will remain the stu-
dent activities building.

Improvements totaling $100,000
in Inman and Rebekah Scott dor-
mitories are planned. Housing
capacity will be slightly reduced
to make room for additional fa-
cilities, including running water in
each room. The present dining
room and old chapel in Rebekah
will be converted into date par-
lors.

Landscaping Planned

It is hoped a certain amount of
landscaping can be done soon, Dr.
McCain said. Shrubbery on the
quadrangle and along the drives,
and five gateways to the campus,
are plannned.

The physical education depart-
ment also shares in the improve-
ment, with six hard-surfaced, en-
closed tennis courts planned be-
low the hockey field. The May
Day dell will be about one-third
larger and will have a raised plat-
form and tile drainage.

Logan and Williams of Atlanta

Eligibility
'Standing'
Reconciled

The Laws of Eligibility have re-
cently been changed to conform
more closely with the require-
ments necessary to be met for
class promotion, the administra-
tion announces. The change was
based on the study of student rec-
ords of the past three years. The
administration hopes these
changes will help the student to
realize the importance of merit-
ing a given number of hours each
quarter. The Laws of Eligibility
are as follows:

Fall Quarter

All students are eligible for the
privileges of the class to which
they are officially classified.
Winter Quarter

Freshmen to be eligible must
have passed all work taken OR
must have passed and merited
in addition to make 15.

Sophomores to be eligible must
have merited six hours AND have
passed enough hours in addition
to make 15.

Juniors and Seniors to be eligi-
ble must have merited nine hours.
Spring Quarter

Freshmen to be eligible must
have passed and merited enough
hours to make 15.

Sophomores, Juniors, and Sen-
iors: requirements are the same
as for the winter quarter.

The requirement for classifica-
tion as a sophomore, junior or
senior are as following:

Requirements for classification
as sophomore. (All three of these
must be met.)

1. A passing grade in 45 quar-
ter hours of academic work, or
sufficient hours merited plus the
number of hours passed to give a
total of 45.

2. Completion of 30 quarter
hours of academic work.

3. Sufficient hours scheduled
during the current year to give a
total of 78 quarter hours for jun-
ior standing.

Requirements for classification
as junior. (All three must be met
by student.)

1. Completion of 78 quarter
hours of work.

2. Minimum of 27 merit hours,
of which at least 18 must have
been acquired during the preced-
ing year.

3. Sufficient hours scheduled
during the current year to give a
total of 129 quarter hours for
senior standing.

are the architects for the new
buildings on campus, as well as
of the more modern of the build-
ing now standing. The architec-
ture typical of Buttrick Hall and
the Library has been carried over
into each new building planned.

To make room for the new
buildings, the cottages must be
torn down. Lupton, Boyd, Gaines,
Ansley will go, as well as White
House, the building in which the
Decatur Femal Seminary was
founded and begun in 1899.

FOR BETTER SERVICE, at no extra
cost, look in your phone book for the
nearest plant of the . .

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JUNIORS DEBATE
PAIR-A-DICE

In the class meeting Friday the
Juniors will decide whether or not
to continue the Pair-a-Dice this
quarter. Caroline Squires has ser-
ved as chairman for this past quar-
ter, and a new one may be elected
at the class meeting.

The Pair-a-Dice, located on sec-
ond floor, Murphey Candler, open-
ed early in the spring quarter of
last year. The class treasury paid
for the "juke box" and other open-
ing expenses. During the last few
weeks the class cleared a profit
of approximately $15.00. During
this past fall quarter the total
amount cleared was $36.45.

Under the Mistletoe

(Continued from Page 1)

ours is not to reason why, we
firmly resolve to forget those gol-
den days and put our harassed
minds on the liberal arts of life.
Still the holiday hangover per-
sists. As the teachers outline
their "programs" for the quarter,
our spirits sink lower and lower.
In English you only have three
"little" papers to write, or per-
haps you just can't become en-
tranced by the bladder of a slimy
frog. In music, when .asked ttye
author of the Hundredth Move-
ment of Flat E in F," you can
only blurt out, "Johnny Mer-
cer." Still that oh-so-wonderful
date of New Year's Eve keeps
your blood pressure high.

Weary Grind Gets Wearier
When asked in history about
the whereabouts of the Big Three
meeting, you come out of the fog
long enough to respond, "The Par-
dise Room." And so you go on,
saying that the big event of 1849
in California was the Rose Bowl
game and that Gregory Peck
wrote Pilgrim's Progress. At last
comes gym and you can relax
your feeble mind for a while. But,
unable to lift your tired size ten
and a half feet off the floor in
dancing class, you decide that
Milton had never tried "flit" when
he wrote, "Come and trip it as you
go, on the light fantastic toe."
And so when that 6 p. m. bell tolls
the knell of parting day, you, like
Kipling, feel that you could lie
down and sleep for an "aeon or
two."

Ballet Group Joins
Classic, Modern
In Feb. Recital

The Agnes Scott ballet group
will present a recital in Gaines
chapel Feb. 28, under the direction
of Miss Eugenie Dozier, instruc-
tor of dancing.

The group will present the bal-
let, "Les Sylphids," a dance ar-
rangement of Rhapsody in Blue,
and a Hungarian dance.

Students and alumnae partici-
pating in the recital are Anne
Murrell, Dale Bennett, Dootsie
Gardner, Elearnor Calley, Martha
Jean Gower, Marion Leathers
Daniels, Molly Milam, Ellen Ros-
jenblatt, Dolly Cave, Penny Rog-
ers and Mynelle Grove.

The art department is helping
design the costumes which the
group plans to make.

Glee Club

(Continued from Page 1)
performance. Mabel, the soprano
lead, will be sung by Mildred
Evans and Mary Beth Little. Hel-
en Currie and Martha Sunkes will
sing Ruth, the leading contralto
part.

Isabel will be sung by Marguer-
ite Watson and Mary Beth Little,
Edith by Bobbie Whipple and Mil-
dred Evans, and "Kate" by Kath-
leen Buchanan and Helen Currie.

Hubbard Upchurch will sing the
part of Frederick. Buckey Walters
will take the part of the pirate
king, and William Donahue will
play the role of Major-General
Stanley.

A full orchestra of Agnes Scott
and Tech students will be directed
by Walter Herbert of Georgia
Tech. Lewis Johnson, associate
professor of music, will be m
charge of staging. Miss Claire
Buckmaster will help with the or-
chestra. Scenery will be handled
by Glenn James. B. S. Armistead
will be in charge of lighting.

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Phone DE. 1665
Decatur, Ga.

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One Day in Advance for Your
' Birthday Cakes, etc

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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 Agnes Scott News

VOL. XXXI.

May Day Heads
Pick Scenario

"Festival to Beauty," scenario
by Mary Beth 'Little, sophomore,
has been chosen by the May Day
committee, Dootsie Gardner, chair-
man, announced today. The sce-
nario will be presented the first
Saturday in May at the annual
May Day.

"The Creation," by Martha
Jean Gower, '45, was presented
last May Day.

The May queen will be elected
tomorrow in chapel. The nine se-
nior nominees are Teddy Bear,
Shirley Graves Cochrane, Gloria
Anne Melchor, Annette Neville,
Jane Anne Newton, Robin Robin-
son, Betty Long Sale, Margaret
Scott, and Sally Sue Stephenson.

The two runner-ups will auto-
matically be in the court. Class
representatives in the court will
be elected by the classes in indi-
vidual class meetings this year. In
previous years the student body as
a whole elected the court.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1946

NO. 12

Four To Steer
Jr. Pair-a-dice

Junior joint plans dominated
class meetings Friday, with elec-
tions held for stunt chairmen and
the competing "gentlemen."

The juniors will continue to op-
erate Pair-a-dice throughout this
quarter under leadership of a com-
mittee of four. Betty Allen is
chairman, aided by Isabel Asbury,
Ninia Owens, and Betty Crabill.
According to Dot ^eace, junior
president, plans are now under
way to turn Pair-a-dice over to
the freshman class at the end of
this quarter. The campus night
spot is scheduled to open this
week.

The class received as a gift a
photograph of four-month-old Mi-
chael Lloyd Hughes, son of the
former Miss Ann Stine, ex-'47.

The freshmen elected Miss Bar-
bara Ames and Miss Margaret
Buchner their faculty advisors.
Kate Elmore will head the fresh-
man shoe shop, and Easy Eeale
will head a committee to arrange
a stunt night for the junior joint.

'Alice In Wonderland'
1946 Junior Joint Theme

"Through the Looking Glass" will be the name of this
year's Junior Joint, Jane Meadows, chairman, announced
this week.

The Joint, which will be held Feb. 16, will carry out the
Alice in Wonderland theme, and a king and quenn of hearts
will be elected to reign over the

party.

Pianist, Band to Play

A surprise feature of this year's
joint, also announced this week,
will be the appearance of Graham
Jackson, versatile Atlanta Negro
pianist, as guest performer. Jack-
son has played before many fam-
ous celebrities including President
Truman and the late President
Roosevelt. Discharged from the
Navy in September, he has con-
tinued his playing in civilian life.
One of , his specialties is to play
Georgia Tech's "Ramblin' Wreck"
with one hand while he plays
"Glory, Glory to Old Georgia"
with the other.

Another attraction will be an
orchestra from Ft. McPherson
which will play between skits.

Skies for this year's stunt will
be entered by the four classes and
by major campus organizations.
Short introductions to each skit
will be written by Nellie Scott.
Prizes Offered

Smaller organizations are invit-
ed to enter floats which will be
judged for attractiveness and orig-
inality, and prizes will be offer-
ed for the best skit and the best
float. The king and queen of
hearts will be chosen from the
class which contributes the most
money to the 'joint. All proceeds
will be given to the War Fund.

A skit in the old chapel on Fb.
13 will introduce each class can-
didate for king.

Chairmen Announced

Chairmen of the committees for
the Joint are Punky Mattison, re-
freshments; Kathryn Johnson, pub-
licity; Cookie Miller, posters; Nel-
lie Scott, program; Dorothy Gal-
loway, card tables; Janet Liddel,

clean up; Peggy Pat Home and
Nelson Fisher, decorations; Laura
Winchester, tickets; Anna George
Dobbins, lights; Agnes Harnsber-
ger, music.

Class skit chairmen are Dale
Bennet, junior; Mildred Claire
Jones, sophomore; and Louisa
Beale, freshman. The senior skit
chairman and the three judges for
the stunt have not yet been chosen.

Miss Trotter Reads
Paper at University

Miss Margaret Trotter, assist-
ant professor of English, was re-
cently invited to read a paper on
Sir John Harington's Italian Read-
ing at the fifteenth annual meet-
ing of the South Atlantic Modern
Language association at the Uni-
versity of South Carolina.

long distance

When a long distance call
comes into the Agnes Scott
switchboard, the operator can-
not answer any other incoming
or outgoing call until the long
distance call has been put
through to the girl being called.
When students do not answer
quickly a long distance call, the
entire college switchboard sys-
tem is tied up.

For this reason, the switch-
board operators urge students
to answer to long distance
ring, three shorts and a long, as
quickly as possible.

L

owry

Will

Interest Groups
Plan for Quarter

At a joint meeting Thursday
night in Murphey Candler, mem-
bers of the three freshman inter-
est groups discussed plans for the
activities of the quarter and elect-
ed secretaries.

The three groups, music, drama,
and literature, met in an informal
party at the beginning of the eve-
ning and later divided into groups
for a business meeting.

The members of the literature
group received copies of Collected
Lyrics by Edna St. Vincent Millay,
which they had ordered at a prev-
ious meeting. They plan to .divide
the next several meetings between
discussions of Millay's sonnets and
her lyrics.

The dramatic group began plans
for a play to be presented soon.
They have not decided which play
they will give.

The music interest group start-
ed its study of the parts of the
symphony and the organization of
the symphony orchestra. Later in
the quarter they will study the
symphony through records.

Refreshments were served to
more than 100 students.

The secretaries of the various
groups are: music, Alice Cren-
shaw; drama, Joyce Hale; and lit-
erature, Leonora Cousar. The
groups will meet every two weeks
under the direction of the faculty
advisors, Miss Claire Buckmaster,
instructor in music, George P.
Hoyes, professor of English, and
Miss Roberta Winter, instructor
in speech.

Rain, Weather's
Best Bet Any
Time, Any Day

By Betty Allen

The Atlanta weather is as un-
predictable as next week's serial
of "Our Gal Sal." It is as fruit-
less to play weatherman and try
to predict the weather as to try
to guess what questions will be
asked on your history exam. Sat-
urday morning (any Saturday
morning) you get up with the sun
shining brightly in your window
and by 10 a. m. it is raining gal-
lons.

I just said a minute ago that
the weather is unpredictable but
on thinking it over again, I've
changed my mind and decided
that it is almost predictable. If
it is Saturday morning and you
are planning a week-end trip, you
can rest assured that it will rain.
Remember this when you're in
doubt as to what the weather is
going to do just take it for
granted that it'll rain and then if
it turns out a nice day it'll seem
twice as nice as it really is. The
very best way to be sure that it'll
pour down is to wear your new
hat or best dress to town, and, of
course, it needs not be said, no
umbrella or rain coat.

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Lecture Thursday

Victorian Verities
Feature of Talk

Dr. Howard F. Lowry, president of the College of Wooster,
will open the lecture season of the winter quarter, tomorrow
at 8:30 p. m. in Gaines chapel. He will speak at this time on
<: Man and Some Victorian Verities."
Dr. Lowry will speak Friday at 10:15 a. m. in Gaines chapel

on "The Christian Liberal Arts
College."

Dr. Lowry was a graduate stu-
dent at Yale Uni-
versity in 1931
with Miss Emma
May Laney, asso-
ciate professor of
English. "He is a
colossus for
work," Miss Lan-
ey stated, "and
he showed insight
then that has
made his work
since conspicuous
in the academic
world." Dr. Lowry

Dr. Lowry's studies in English
literature took him to England and
France in 1928, in 1930-31, and
again in 1933. He is the editor of
the "Oxford Anthology of English
Poetry," the "Letters of Matthew
Arnold to Arthur Hugh Clough,"
and the "Emerson-Clough Let-
ters." With C. B. Tinker he is the
author of "The Poetry of Matthew
Arnold."

As a development of his re-
search work, he was invited by
the Oxford University Press to

Voters League
To Meet Friday

The Agnes Scott College League
of Women Voters will meet Fri-
day for its -'first discussion group
of the new year. President Jane
Meadows has announced that Bet-
ty Patrick will give a talk on
"People Who Don't Vote."

The league will examine and re-
port on material gathered about
the candidates for the position of
congressman from the Fifth dis-
trict to succeed Robert Ramspeck.
The counties concerned in this
election are Fulton and DeKalb.

In coming programs the mem-
bers of the league will hear com-
ments on the election for governor
of the state of Georgia which will
be held this year.

Marriage Class
To Begin Today

Mortar Board marriage classes
will begin today at*5 p. m. in room
3, Buttrick hall. Seniors and en-
gaged girls are eligible to attend.

The subjects for the classes will
be: Jan. 16, "The Psychology and
Problems of Courtship and Mar-
riage," lecture by Dr. James W.
Brawner, Jr.; Jan. 23, "The Anat-
omy and Physiology of Marriage,"
Dr. Amy Chappell; Jan. 20, "Birth
Control and Pregnancy," Dr. Eliz-
abeth Martin; Feb. 6, discussion
period, Dr. Margaret Burns; Feb.
14, "Motherhood and Child Care,"
Dr. Leila Denmark.

join its American branch. From
1935 to 1941 he served as general
editor and educational manager in
New York, while maintaining his
college affiliations.

Wooster conferred the honorary
Litt. D. degree upon him in 1942.
He is a member of the Phi Beta
Kappa and Delta Sigma Rho hon-
orary societies.

Although a layman, Dr. Lowry is
a lifelong Presbyterian and is in-
terested in the. maintenance of the
liberal arts college under religious
auspices. He is the author of an
article, "Liberal Education Tomor-
row," which appeared in the April
(1944) issue of "Theology Today."

With Men!

Frosh Feted
At Jr. Parties

Four informal parties will be
held within the next two weeks
for the freshmen, Dot Peace, ju-
nior class president, announced
today. The men invited are from
Georgia Tech and Emory.

The initial party, a barn dance,
is scheduled for night at Munroe
Gardens. The busses will leave
Main at 7:30 p. m. Janet Liddell
is in charge.

A bowling party will be held
Saturday at the Lucky Strike
Bowling alley at 7:30 p. m. Ann
Hough is junior chairman in
charge of all arrangements. Jan.
23 has been set for the third par-
ty, a hayride at North Fulton park.
The busses will leave Main at 7
p. m. A wiener roast will be held
at Masher grill after the ride.
Sweetie Calley and Glassell Beale
are junior chairmen.

The last party will be a skating
party held at the Rollerdrome.
Busses will leave Main at 8:30 p.
m. Virginia Dickson and B. J.
Radford are the juniors in charge.

Date Book

Wed., Jan. 16 X-rays of chests in

gym

Barn da-nee for freshmen at
Monroe Gardens at 7:30 p. m.
Marriage class, No. 3 Buttrick
at 5 p. m.

Bowling club meeting
Thurs., Jan 17 X-rays of chests

in gym from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m.
Fri., Jan 18 Meeting of Agnes

Scott College League of Women

Voters

Sat., Jan. 19 Bowling party for
freshmen at 7:30 p. m. at Lucky
Strike Bowling Alley
Sun., Jan 20 Eleanor Calley to

speak at vespers at 6:30 p. m.
Mon., Jan. 21 Dieckmann reci-
tal in Presser hall at 8:30 p. m.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1946

Smoking Out the Issue

In times past, The Agnes Scott News has not taken a def-
inite stand on the smoking issue. In fact, this issue has been
a hush-hush affair pushed into the background. Only once
in the history of the paper has an editorial staff had the for-
titude to openly discuss the matter. It was branded radical.

The 1945-46 Agnes Scott News is not radical. It does not
advocate radical measures, but it does say the time has
come when the matter of smoking should be brought into
the open. The rule is here and cannot be combatted but
should be dealt with in a constructive way.

We have an honor system a double honor system, but
the irony of it all is the fact that it is double in more ways
than one. If yo ubreak one rule, say the smoking rule, it
gives you one less chance of keeping the rest of the honor
system. You can't buck constituted authority. You cannot
have a personal honor system, then an Agnes Scott honor
system. You must combine the two and make them one, a
consolidated workable code to live by.

The smoking rule involves much more than merely the
choice of smoking a Camel or Lucky. It is not a question of
changing the rule. It is a question of making the best of
present circumstances. It is a question which gnaws at the
very roots of your honor system.

You have an honor system. Its integrity is not unimpeach-
able, but has stood the challenge of time. You have a smok-
ing rule. Whether it is impeachable or not isn't the real
issue. No matter what your personal sentiments are, act ma-
turely and recognize the factor of constituted authority. Look
beyond the rule. See other factors involved and act accord-
ingly.

The News staff is a part of the student body. We aim to
mirror your opinion. We feel the smoking question is on your
mind. We, therefore, ask the privilege to bring the smoking
issue to the front. We ha ve 1 rought it to the surface. If we
try to keep it strictly a hush hush affair, we feel we are ad-
mitting a weakness, the inat lity to discuss a problem calmly
and with sober forethough.1

The News is not radical We are frank.

You'll Be Sorry

If The News conducted a campus poll to ascertain the most
oft-mentioned topic on campus, the results wouldn't put the
weather at the top of the list. Certainly the answer wouldn't
be the classroom and even men would come out second to the
ever-present "flu."

Influenza reached near epidemic proportions before Christ-
mas holidays. The situation is little better now. We're so
constantly bombarded with preventions and cures that we
tend to become deaf to the whole situation.

A long list of "dos" and "don'ts" isn't necessary. Each of
us needs to exercise a little mature judgment and common
sense. Eat properly, don't expose yourself unnecessarily, and
above all, get plenty of rest. If you think you're immune,
you may be wrong. Better be careful or you'll be sorry.

UNO

The United Nations Organization has met. The Securities
Council has admitted five nations to membership for the
next two years.

It was not an easy beginning for the foundation is seven
years of bloody, relentless war. There was talk of intense
nationalism, of unwillingness to surrender any sovereignty
in common cause and even a lack of faith on the part of the
delegates in themselves and their mission. But the first ac-
tual step towards permanent peace, as we see it, has been
taken.

We at home who only read the action of UNO hear the
commentators give their brisk analysis, also have to take
every step with this organization. We, too, must don the
seven league boots of the fairy tale in making an effort to ac-
quaint ourselves with its problems and objectives. It is up
to us to hold on to the rare quality of faith in an age of atomic
energies. The seven league boots will make for completing the
steps, but faith and knowledge will fishion the way.

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS

Published weekly, except during holidays and examination periods, by the students
of Agues Scott College. Office on second floor Murphey Candler Building. Entered as
socotul el*Si matter at the Decatur. Georgia, postoffee. Supscrlptlon price per year, $1.25;
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Crosscurrents About
Blitz Roper

By Joanne Benton

Blitz Roper is worried. Not very
worried, but a little.

"Most people have one main in-
terest," she complains. "Me, I
like music about as much as I do
science."

That's one way to look at it, but
we think Blitz is one of those rare
people we hear so much about:
The Well-Rounded Personality.

An otherwise normal child, Blitz
showed at a tender age a passion-
ate desire to be educated. Blitz,
then just plain Helen, age about
four, watched big brother Jack
start for his first day at school.
Disconsolate at the window, Blitz
cried suddenly, "Mother, I'm just
wasting my life away!"

Mrs. Roper's little girl grew up
to be one of the three girls in her
high school physics class, an ar-
dent camp-goer and snake-killer,
and a faithful practicer of violin
scales.

"Blitz" Arrives

Famous for always flying into
physics class just after the bell
instead of just before, Blitz got
here the nickname that still
sticks. A juvenile wit once re-
marked, as Blitz dashed in just as
her name was called, "Well, we
can start now, the blitzkrieg has
arrived."

Helen, where art thou?

Blitz was a girl scout long
enough and hard enough to attain
first class and to attend three dif-
erent camps. At Camp Juliette
Lowe, Cloudland, Ga., Blitz be-
came famous for her "home meth-
od" of tanning snake skins (per-
sonally collected), and she horri-
fied her mother, come autumn, by
producing the skin the minute she
hit the station platform.

Add, to all this camping, an an-

At Camp Andre, Pleasantville,
N. Y., Blitz distinguished herself
by nearly cutting off her leg chop-
ping wood.

nual two-family hiking and camp-
ing tour, and you have a picture of
the mountaineer in Blitz. Her
great hope now is to cross the
Mississippi new worlds to con-
quer!

Violin Gets Good
Throughout Blitz's childhood
there is the persistent squeak and
strain of violin scales, gradually
getting bearable, and finally so
good that Blitz has played at sev-
eral of her friends' weddings.

"I don't think anyone here
knows I play the violin," Blitz
said. "That's quite an achieve-
ment, to keep something quiet for
four years!"

When she was about 10, Blitz

played "The Doll's Funeral" in a
recital. But Blitz, already the
budding scientist, informed her
teacher that dolls are inanimate
objects, therefore they don't die
and they don't have funerals.
Blitz played the piece but the
program read "The Bird's Fune-
ral." ,

Campus Offices

Since coming to Agnes Scott,
Blitz has been sophomore stunt
chairman, lower house chairman,
cast member of two operettas,
member and officer in the Glee
club, and member of Mortar
Board. She also arranged the
music for the sextet for "Black
and White," musical production
given by the class of '46 in 1943.
This year she is president of the
largest senior class in Agnes Scott
history.

She has spent a lot of those
three and a half years collecting
things hair clips and classical
records, for instance, and a repu-
tation for being a fanatic for or-
der. Some of the rest of the time,
when she's not in the physics lab,
goes to reading: poetry, and
Thomas Hardy and Thomas
Wolfe.

Summer Fun

In summer, there's no sitting
around for Blitz, unless she is
working hard on that famous sun-
tan. She and roommate Soozi
spent last summer in New York,
studying at Columbia and defend-
ing the South. Just to show which
side they were on, the two cooked
the following supper their first
night in New York: sausage, bis-
cuits, spinach, and hominy grits.

Blitz confesses that her chief
motive in going to the City was to
get over her pathological fear of
subways, dating back to that aw-
ful time in her youth when she got
on the wrong express, leaving a
frantic family on the platform,
the end of last summer, she was
used to them again, Blitz said,
and she had also gratified her am-
bition to ride th eStaten Island
ferry at midnight.

Blitz and Soozi got in three
weeks on Cape Cod, and probably
broke some kind of record by
catching 65 crabs in three hours.

One last word Blitz claims to
have ridden from Johnson City,
Tenn., all the way to the Chicago
world's fair in a rumble seat. But
then, she admits herself that
Soozi's accusation is probably
tru: "I love to exaggerate," says
Blitz. "Just take whatever I say
and divide by two!"

Hanging
Around

By Calico

So you think the situation is
tough. You think that the strikes
are the apex, but let me tell you
the cherry that tops this political
pie. The steel workers and GM
employees put ideas in the heads
of the AS girls . . . they've struck
too some for not the convention-
al things such as 30 per cent wage
increase, but a week of not writing
a column. With such sabotage
brewing, lif is tough man can't
make a di*ne or an 8:30, but some-
how, it must be done. So, snoop-
ing through the keyholes hang-
ing on shower curtains and be-
hind radiator pipes we now will
tell all.

A Senior Saturday

Cutting a mean second across
campus to the domains of Inman,
listen to this account of the Sat-
urday night of Vickie, Stewart,
Millie, and one Rebekahite Car-
gill. Seems as though they had
a dinner (late at 6 p. m., there-
fore with the timing of true math
majors, they left campus at 5:59
sharp. Now scorning the trolley
as it labored and lumbered up the
hill, they charged back to Millie's
car. Finding a poor little heap of
a sophomore forgotten by one
Frances Sholes, they picked her
up. By this time, it was 6:01.
They arrived at the said destina-
tion of the said sophomore at time
limit. Then they abandoned the
car. "Seniors may not ride in a
car unchaperoned after time lim-
it." So, the story has logic
enough. The car was left parked
as the dutiful foursome proceeded
to the concert. To wind up such
a virtuous tale, the concert over,
the girls found or at least bribed
a chaperone to take them out
Peachtree to get the car. Reach-
ing the car, they coasted until, as
luck would have it, they got to the
one remaining filling station open.
Back at school, the case was prov-
idential. We agree, for only provi-
dence could have gotten them
through such a night.

Yarn Results
It's funny what a piece of pink
yarn and knitting needles can do
for one. Take the case of the ju-
nior who with the rest of the mad-
dening crowd was being jostled
back and forth in true streetcar
rhythm the other afternoon. As
our junior, still innocently knit-
ting, struggled to get off, a solicit-
ous gentleman came forward and
taking her arm said, "Madame, let
me help you off."

Here's one that will make for
good talking when a certain fresh-
man is a dignified senior relating
her adventures to a freshman.
Seems she went down the receiv-
ing line of the junior tea the other
afternoon and this was the con-
versation: Junior class president:
"Hello, this is Dot Peace." Junior
class advisor: "Hello, this is Mar-
garet Ridley." Freshman: "Hel-
lo, Margaret."

One good thing came out of the
telephone strike B. A. Zeigler
picked up the phone Saturday
night, thinking the strike was off,
arid dialed for the operator. "Long
distance," she said, "I want to call
Bamberg, S. C A man's voice
boomed back at her. "The strike's
on, but that's funny, I was try-
ing to call Bamberg myself." It
didn't take a minute for reflex ac-
tion to hit B. A. "Who're you,"
she shrieks. Well, he was a home-
town man she'd known all her
life. The strike was certainly
hitting home then, n'est-ce pas?

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1946

Page 3

J.V. McDonough
To Speak on Art
And Archaeology

The first visitor this season to
speak on art and archaeology at
Agnes Scott will be a Princeton
and Harvard scholar, James V.
McDonough, head of the division
of fine arts at Georgia State Col-
lege for Women.

He will speak Jan. 24, using his
own color slides, on "What to look
for in Modern Painting."

Feb. 7, George Cress, of the art
department at Judson College,
Ala., will speak in connection with
his exhibit of water-colors to be
shown at that time in Buttrick
hall. Mr. Cress recently exhibited
his work at Emory university.

Dr. Richard Aldrick will speak
Feb. 28 on Chinese painting. A
painter and archaeologist, he re-
ceived his Ph.D. at the Institute
of Far Eastern Studies, University
of Michigan, and suceeded Dr. H.
C. Forman, Agnes Scott art de-
partment head, as holder of the
Comer chair of fine arts at Wes-
leyan college.

A demonstration and talk by
Emil Holzhauer, professor of art,
Wesleyan conservatory, is being
scheduled for March.

Philip Raymond Noble, New
York travel lecturer, who is wide-
ly known for his color sMdes of
gardens, will speak April 11 on
"The England We Have Known."

Chinese Woodcut
Display In Library

Contemporary history is graph-
ically presented in the modern
woodcuts and photographs of the
8th Route Chinese Army on ex-
hibit from Jan. 9-31 in 321 Butt-
rick.

Humor, pathos, and steadfast-
ness are treated symbolically or
realistically in these woodcuts of
a people at war. Excellent filling
of limited space with light and
dark patterns and variety of tex-
tures shows the delicate feeling
for design possessed by the ori-
ental artists. Especially effective
are the colored prints, clear rep-
resentations of everyday customs,
almost lace-like in pattern.

Chinese art students have used
their talents since the beginning of
the war in 1937, working with
wood, chisels, cheap rice paper
and ink, the only available mate-
rials. Their pictures record the
impact of their army as do the
American "combat artists."
Though lacking the romantic for-
rmalities element of old Chinese
art, the creations of these modern
Chinese artists hold firmly to
their great heritage of good art.

P. P. H.

Dorm Life

But

College Is Knowledge
Book Learning Isn't All!

"Ah, dormitory life!" they said, "That will be such an
important part of your education. Everyone ought to live
in a dormitory." I know now that they did not exaggerate
I also know that it would be very difficult, perhaps impossible
to exaggerate the importance of dormitory life in the matter
of becoming educated. To con

When Far From the Reach

By Libby Woodward

Editor's Note: Ginny Andrews is guest edutor this week replacing

Libby Woodward

This past week-end has been a gay one for the Hottentots.
Many of us went home, had visitors, or went to the smooth
rush parties at Emory.

Seen around town: At the Paradise Room, Anne Hightower
and Maxine Kickliter; at the Empire Room, Punky Mattison

and Sue Hutchens, and at the
Rainbow Roof, Betty Turner, Lura
Johnston, and May Turner.

Among those gals who traveled
far from the reach of Agnes Scott
were Rite Watson and Caroline
Little who went home for wed-
dings. Annette Neville went home
for the week-end to Walhalla, S.
C, while Kate Ellis spent the
week-end in Nashville, Tenn. Alice
Gordon went to Macon, and Jeter
Starr spent a marvelous week-end
in Columbia, S. C.

But those stay-at-homes on cam-
pus had fun too, with the many,
many interesting visitors. Ruth
Ryner's Joe is back from overseas
and is visiting in Atlanta for a
while. Sue Hutchens had a hand-
some visitor too. Jo Snow's man
was here for the week-end as was
Margie Marks'. Jo Culp and Bil-
lie Powell had friends up from
Clemson.

The Frats had some grand par-
ties this week-end. Mary Brown
Mahon, Mary Frances Anderson,
Mary Jane Fuller, Janet Liddell,
Dot Peace, and Ruth Ryner were
at the A.K.K. med dance. The
Emory S.A.E.'s had a grand rush
party, say Alice Newman, Glassell
Beale, Gene Goode, Mary McCalla,
Louisa Aichel, Bettye Smith, Beth
Walton, June Thomason, Ninia
Owens, Sweetie Calley, and Mary
Gene Sims. Ellen Morrison, Sally
Bussey, Lib Osborne, Mae Comer
Osborne, and Mildred Claire Jones
were at the Chi Phi party. Lou
McLaurin and Nancy Deal had a
super time at the A.T.O. dance
at the Georgian Terrace.

vince skeptics who hold that where
one lives has little or no effect
upon how much knowledge one ac-
quires I shall describe a typical
day in the life of a dweller in a
dorm.

Spanish Loses Out
I get to my room, pick up my
Spanish book and the phone rings.
I let it ring for awhile before an-
swering it just like everybody else
knew somebody would. I pick up
my Spanish again, and people start
running down the hall sounding
excited.

Somebody's Big Moment is down-
stairs in the lobby. I find a vacant
banister and peer down. When
the pro and con discussion is over
I trudge back to the room, work-
ing a cross word puzzle and look-
ing at a "Vogue" on the way.

This time I get a whole para-
graph translated before the .peo-
ple from across the hall suggest
that we go down stairs to wait for
the dining room to open. Since I
am becoming depressed by the

Spanish, I go. After all, I can
study at night, can't I?

Life Is So Daily
That night I get down to busi-
ness. I wash my hair and a few
clothes, help the roommate clean
up the room, and write some let-
ters very fast so I can start study-
ing early. And I would too, if
somebody didn't have a feast at
10:00.

Yes, everybody should live in a
dorm. It plays an important part
in the process of education and
develops character. Either you de-
velop a strong one and go to the
library or one like mine and enjoy
life. After all, (ask anyone in Re-
bekah) "It's not for knowledge
that we came to college. . ."

C.A. Sponsors
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The speaker in chapel Tuesday
was Alexander R. Blackledge from
Yorkshire, England. He has serv-
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Navy for ten years and has spent
most of this time at sea. He has
been in the United States for
three months and says that he
likes the South better than any
other part of the country.

The Episcopal students will be
in charge of vespers next Sunday
night and Eleanor Calley will be
the speaker.

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Tech Exams
Delay Operetta
Till March 29

Because of an unexpected con-
flict with the Georgia Tech exam
schedule, the Glee club presenta-
tion of "The Pirates of Penzance"
has been postponed until March
29 and 30.

Rehearsals for the operetta,
originally scheduled for Feb. 8
and 9, will continue as planned,
according to Director Lewis John-
son, who hopes the delay will re-
sult in much improvement in the
production.

The postponement may necessi-
tate some changes in the Tech
cast, but the feminine singers will
remain the same, with Millie Ev-
ans, Mary Beth Little, Martha
Sunkes, Helen Currie, Rite Wat-
son, Bobbie Whipple, and Kathleen
Buchanan singing important roles.

Byron Reece
Reads Poetry

Take a love of the red hills of
North Georgia, plus the rough-
hewn features of a man of the
country, put in- a certain shyness,
and you'll recognize Byron Her-
bert Reece, Georgia's newest poet.
Reece, who has recently published
Ballad of the Bones, was guest
speaker at "An Evening With the
Poets" at the Druid Hills Baptist
church last Friday.

Reece was reluctant to read his
poems, for, as he said, "Modern
day poetry is written to be read
silently, not aloud." However, he
did read a representative number
of poems .which showed the re-
markable adaptation of his own
imagery and basic wisdom to the
traditional lyric and ballad form.

Although Robert Frost and his
contemporaries have been exacting
influences upon Mr. Reece, his
basic technique has been molded
by the 17th century lyricists. That
their traditional forms will be-
come more important in the next
few years than the now popular
free verse is Mr. Reece's belief.

He encourages anyone interest-
ed in writing to observe carefully
everything around them and to
feel life; to learn the rules of
good writing as an excellent dis-
cipline, then to forget them and
write!

G. A.

CORRECTIONS

The Marriage class will be
held from 5 to 6 p. m. instead of
4 p. m. to 5 p. m. as stated in
last week's News.

Ballet Success
Despite Delay

"Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo,"
magic words to the world of ballet
lovers and aspirants, lent an aura
to Atlanta and Agnes Scott con-
cert goers Saturday night with a
top notch performance. Despite
technical difficulties requiring two
hours of waiting, the variety of
the dances and the excellence of
the individual performances rated
the evening high among the fa-
vorite concerts of the year.

Saturday night's program in-
cluded the familiar Nijinska
"Snow Maiden," based on the old
Russian folk legend of the girl of
snow who melts and disappears
when spring somes. The leads in
this ballet were done by Nathalie
Krassovska as the Maiden and
Leon Danielian as Lell, the shep-
herd, rising members of the Bal-
let Russe. Miss Krassaovska in-
terpreted the lovely classical role
of the maiden with ease and per-
fection and Mr. Danielian execut-
ed the many leaps and turns, so
characteristic of Nijinska's work,
with true skill.

The unusual scenery of the
"Preghiera" number of the Moz-
artiana, with choreography by
George Balanchine was outstand-
ing. The Danilova and Franklin
combination had its same brilli-
ance and sparkle of past years,
with Danilova's technique and ex-
ecution exceptionally flawless.
The five person "Comedia Ballet-
ica" was a contrast with the Per-
golesi-Stravinsky music lending a
modern air to the classical form.

The costumes and group num-
bers of the "Divertissements"
from Copelia continue to make
this ballet one of the most effec-
tive. The abstract figures of
Dawn and Prayer, with the Dani-
lova and Franklin touch again,
continuded the Drogram with fi-
nesse and polish.

D. B.

B.O.Z. Members
Plan to Attend
Fine Arts Forum

B.O.Z. drew up tentative plans
for some members to attend the
Fine Arts forum to be held in
March in Greensboro, N. C, at the
last meeting.

The forum of southern colleges
will be held March 14, 15, 16 for
the purpose of stimulating inter-
est in creative work. Discussions,
exhibitions, and lectures will be
heard at this time in the fields
of art, music, theatre, and writ-
ing. Definite plans for sending
representatives will be made at a
later date, Ruth Simpson, presi-
dent, stated.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16. 1946

ATHLETES

FEATS

FUTH RYNEO.

Editor's note: Genet Heery,
this week's guest columnist,
give us some hints on how to
win your man the gymnastic
way.

The gym is one place we can all
go and forget our troubles books
and men that is, if we really
want to. Maybe that's why so
many of us spend half our lives
drooling around the place. There
is one sophomore I know, however,
whose man said he would marry
her if she didn't have such bird-
legs; so she went to the gym,
signed up for L G. and is well on
the way to gams that would put
Grable in the shade. Moral if
you can't forget your man, come
to the gym and make plans for
getting him.

It seems like most of the funny
stories this week have come out
of the I. G. classes. One group
that is getting in ship-shape un-
der the direction of Mrs. Lapp,
found themselves locked inside the
I.G. room much to their horror ( ?).
This really could have been a
calamity, since there is no key to
the lock on the door, if Miss Dor-
othy had not heard their wailing
and pounding and come to the res-
cue with a pair of scissors. You
see, she knows the special techni-
que of opening the lock with this
deadly weapon. However, I heard
that Mrs. Lapp, immediately after
being rescued, went to the carpen-
ter and had the lock fixed and a
key made, fearing Dorothy might
misplace her scissors!

Talking about misplacing things,
the girls in the badminton classes
really do put the birdies out of
everybody's reach namely, in the
rafters. Miss Wilburn says that
every girl who is guilty must re-
trieve her birdie at the end of the
quarter. The girls with areopho-
bia are getting greyer every day.

In my search for little stories
from the big gym, I went to Dr.
Burns and asked her if she knew
anything humorous that had hap-
pened on the premises this week.
Her reply was, "Humorous?", fol-
lowed by an emphatic "No!" You
see, she's the poor soul that has
to worry about everybody's dizzy
spells, sore muscles, insomnia and
above all influenza. Maybe when
spring comes she can look at a
healthier bunch of girls and easily
tell us a few funny stories that
arise in her office or in the infirm-
ary.

Not everything that happens in
the gym is to be treated lightly,
however, as can be gathered from
the above paragraph; so if its
possible, let's get down to busi-
ness. Make a few more grooves
in your grey matter by remember-
ing to sign up for X-rays, to come
to the lost and found sale Wed-
nesday, to try out for swimming
club, to save Blue Horse wrappers,
and to come to the basketball
game and badminton exhibition
Friday night. So come to the gym
with us and forget your troubles.

Visit Your Neighbor

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FLOWER SHOP

301 Church St. DE. 3309

Class Tilts To Open Cage Season Friday

Students, Profs
Vie With Bird

Badminton club is sponsoring its
first exhibition match of the sea-
son Friday night at 7:30, immed-
iately before the basketball game.
The match will feature faculty
versus students. Miss Wilburn
and Miss Ames will play on one
faculty team. The other team is
uncertain, but will probably in-
clude Mr. Hayes and his son, Hen-
ry. Student opponents are Jackie
Stewart, Jean Smoot, Mac Craig,
and Ginny Andrews.

Meetings of the club are plan-
ned for Tuesdays at 4 p. m.
during this quarter. Points
will be given for attendance, and
membership will be based on at-
tendance rather than skill. Ev-
eryone interested in playing is eli-
gible for membership.

The doubles tournament will be-
gin next week. Tomorrow is the
last day to sign up. The ladder
will be posted Friday and the
games will begin immediately.

The gym will be open from 2
p. m. till 4 p. m. every Tuesday,
Thursday, and Saturday after-
noon. Two out of three games
will determine the winners. Play-
ers must get their own referee.
Each participant receives 25
points, and the winners will be giv-
en extra points.

Dietitians Urge
Signing of Guests

Several times in the past the
food has given out during a meal
because students have failed to
register guests in the dining room
ahead of time.

In an effort to avoid this em-
barrassment to both the students
and the dietitians, you are asked
to sign for week-end guests
by the preceding Thursday night
and to register week day ones at
least a full day in advance.

While it is all right to have un-
expected persons for meals, you
are requested to notify the dieti-
tians immediately.

Swimming Meet
Scheduled Feb. 7

The A. A. board has made plans
to combine the usual two swim-
ming meets of this quarter into
one which has been tentatively
scheduled for Feb. 7. This meet
will be the only one of the year
that will count for points towards
the swimming cup.

For spring quarter another
meet has been tentatively sched-
uled which will be a contest of
juniors and seniors versus the
freshmen and sophomores. No
definite date has been set for this
meet.

The board Jan. 7 selected the
following girls as managers of the
class swimming teams: Bunny
Brannan, freshmen; Ann Sproes-
sor, sophomores; Janet Liddell,
with Cookie Miller assisting, ju-
niors; and Bettye Phelps, seniors.

The annual tryouts for swim-
ming club will end Friday, Jan. 18.

Dieckmann, Music
Instructors to Play

Organ music by C. W. Dieck-
mann, F.A.G.O., professor of mus-
ic, will highlight the bi-weekly
musical in Presser hail Monday
night.

Included on the program will be
several numbers by Miss Ruth
Dabney Smith, instructor in violin.

A presentation of "Andante and
Variations, Opus 46," Schumann's
composition for two pianos, played
by Mr. Dieckmann and Miss Claire
Buckmaster, instructor in music,
will open the musical. This is Miss
Buckmaster's first concert appear-
ance since joining the Agnes Scott
music department this fall.

Mr. Dieckmann's organ recita-
tions will be "Concert Overture"
in E Flat Major, Faulkes; "Ga-
votte," Martini; "Evening Song,"
Bairstow; "Humoresque," Yon;
"Angelus," Massenet; and "Fin-
landia," Sibelius.

Miss Smith will play on the
violin "Concerto No. 1," Paganini;
"Air for G String," Bach; and a
"Gypsy Dance," Nachez.

D-Day Alerting
Hottentots

This is D-day for all lost and
found articles. Today the invas-
ion starts. We're alerting all Hot-
tentots interested in buying un-
claimed articles. Head straight for
Murphey Candler sometime be-
tween 4 and 6 p. m. Genet Heery
will give all necessary instruc-
tions for the purchase of anything
from raincoats to fountain pens.
Everything will move according
to plan. There will be no auction
scramble. All articles will have a
price attached. Come on girls.
Let's get in the fight and help
A.A. put the big sale over the top.

X-ray Survey
Here Jan. 16

An X-ray chest survey, spon-
sored by the Georgia department
of health, is being held on campus
Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 16
and 17.

The purpose of the survey is to
check on all chest abnormalities.
Tests are compulsory for all stu-
dents and employees of the school.

Students who failed to have the
test made during their regular
gym period or by appointment
Wednesday are asked to report
for examination on Thursday.
Tests will be made in the gym on
Thursday from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m.

Ra

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Just as you never think of Amos
without Andy, or corned beef
without cabbage, so, too, you nev-
er think of Atlanta without rain.
Just as Chicago is called the
"windy city," so Atlanta could be
called the "rainy" city. Like your
mother-in-law (or so they tell me),
wet feet and stringy hair are al-
ways with you! Too bad we're
not ducks!

But as "into each life some rain
must fall" so does the sun shine,
and when it does we can easily
forget about the fret of the bad
weather.

Practice Games
Predict
Fight to Kill

Jan. 18 looms a bright date on
the sports calendar. On Friday
the first basketball games will be
played. The opposing teams will
not be announced beforehand but
any combination will provide
plenty of rivalry and thrills.

Watching the seniors practice
easily explains their champion-
ship. Those girls are fast on the
ball and have some smooth work-
ing plays that really bring them
to the basket. The seniors have
long been known for their use and
perfection of the crip shot. The
addition of Susan Richardson
makes their team an even larger
threat this year.

The juniors have the advantage
of returning with their entire
first string. Many of the juniors
are local girls who have played to-
gether for years. The junior
menace lies in their unerring abil-
ity to shoot long shots.

The sophomores seem to have
many new additions to their team
and will probably play many girls
who were not out last year. This
sextet is determined to redeem
themselves from last year's no
victory season.

The freshmen have both quan-
tity and quality. They are prac-
ticing three full teams. Though
these girls are new at Agnes Scott,
they are experienced basketball
players. They bring with them
many tricky plays from high
school.

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VOL. XXXI.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1946

NO. 13

Gloria Anne Melchor M6 May Queen

Lowry Expounds
Man, Mind, God

Making the abstract concrete,
Dr. Howard F. Lowry, president of
The College of Wooster, vitalized
man, his mind, and his Maker in
three talks to the college com-
munity last week.

Stressing the necessity of crea-
tive and critical effort, Dr. Lowry
spoke Thursday night on "Man
and Some Victorian Verities."
"There needs be creative activity
that prevents a spiritual death,"
he stated. The critic, he said, is
more than an impersonal seeker
of the truth, for unless you free
man from the shackles of the pres-
ent, he is no- man. "Man is not
man without things from the
past," Dr. Lowry emphasized. He
pointed out that art and life are
one, and that the two are interde-
pendent, that it is through art
that truth becomes "a living
flame."

In chapel Friday, Dr. Lowry's
subject was "The Mind's Adven-
ture," with reference to the Chris-
tian liberal arts college. "The un-
examined life is not worth living,"
Dr. Lowry stressed. Dr. Lowry
explained away those who would
deny the necessity of placing
Christianity at the base of fi
strong world brotherhood. "The
intellectual error of the century,"
he said, "lies in the concept of a
brotherhood of man without con-
sidering that brothers must have
a Father."

Dr. Lowry discussed some of
the aspects of tragedy in an in-
formal talk Friday afternoon. He
pointed out some of the concepts
of the philosophers and established
the theory of "the selfless self."

Educators

Observe

Institutions

Representatives from seven Vir-
ginia educational institutions will
be in Atlanta for the next few
days visiting Atlanta university
and members of the university
center.

Dr. Jackson Davis of the Gen-
eral Education Board of New York
accompanied the party. The dele-
gation is here to study and observe
the actual operational features of
the university center plan.

Agnes Scott entertained the
group at a luncheon today at the
various institutes in the univer-
ty center faculty group will en-
tertain with a dinner at the Ath-
letic club today at 6:30 p. m. The
program in the morning stressed
the administrative side of the Uni-
versity plan while the evening
program will emphasize faculty
relationships between members of
various institutes in the Univer-
sity center.

The colleges represented are
Hampden-Sydney college, Ran-
dolph-Macon college, Union The-
ological seminary, University of
Richmond, Medical College of Vir-
ginia, College of William and Ma-
ary, and the University of Vir-
ginia. This group has previously
visited Toronto unversity, Toron-
to, Canada, next going to Nash-
ville, Tenn., where they visited
Vanderbilt university and Peabody
college.

The University System of Geor-
gia was set up in 1939.

Stephenson, Maid of Honor;
Cochrane, Sale, Attendants

Gloria Anne Melchor is the 1945-46 May Queen.

The three-times attendant in the Queen's court was elected
queen by the student body Thursday in chapel to reign over
this year's May Day festivities.

Sally Sue Stephenson, vice president of Athletic associa-
tion, who polled second place, was

Boarders Must
Claim Rooms
By February 16

February 16 looms as the dead-
line for all old boarding students
to reserve definite room space in
the dormitories for the 1946-47
session. The $25 is payable on or
before this date.

In making plans for the incom-
ing freshman class, the office on
admissions must know the approx-
imate space available for accept-
ance of new boarding students.
The students who pay the regis-
tration fee by this date have the
privilege of reserving their pres-
ent rooms if desired. Other room
assignments will be made accord-
ing to the dates of registration.
As far as possible, definite rooms
will be assigned before June 1.

Robert Frost To Lecture Monday

By Martie Mizell

Agnes Scott says "welcome." We
are waiting. Robert Frost, one
of America's outstanding and best-
loved poets, will arrive Sunday to
spend three days on campus as
resident poet, and to give a public
lecture in Presser hall, Monday
at 8:30 p. m.

It is with pride and affection
that we welcome him back this
year; for this makes the third year
that he has stopped off on his way
to Miami to spend several days
with us giving individual confer-
ences and staying at the Alumnae
House. It is with pride and affec-
tion that we look for the familiar
white hair and blue eyes that twin-
kle, and listen for the familiar
voice reading his poems; poems of
"an earthiness, a tenderness, and
a humor which belong not only to
America, but to humanity.'
Wins Pulitzer Prize

This man has four times been
awarded the Pulitzer Prize for
poetry and yet he retains his na-
tive simple, friendly charm. Mr.
Frost who is deemed by many the
chief interpreter of New England,
was born in San Francisco in 1875,
but after the death of his father,
returned to New England, the

home of his ancestors. He taught
school upon graduating from high
school and then studied for two
years at Harvard.

He then moved to a New Eng-
land farm where he taught, and
did some writing, until 1912 when
he and his family moved to Eng-
land. Here Mr. Frost entered a
literary circle, and^ had hi? first
works published, "North of Bos-

ton" and "A Boy's Will."

Finds Himself Famous

Three years later he returned to
America to "find himself famous."
From then on Mr. Frost has been
professor of English at Amherst,
and according to Louis Untermey-
er, has become, with his many
honors and degrees, "the poet with
no contemporary rival in Amer-
ica."

Robert Frost has completely
captivated Agnes Scott on his pre-
vious visits, and the feeling of
cordiality is mutual. Last
year he presented some autograph-
ed editions of his poems to Miss
Emma May Laney, faculty chair-
man of the Agnes Scott Public
Lecture association. Miss Laney
has given the volumes to the col-
lege library.

Lecture Plans

The poet will be here Sunday
through Tuesday. The Monday
night lecture is open to the public
and free of charge. Monday and
Tuesday he will grant individual
conferences, and Tuesday, Jan. 29,
at 4:30, he will be honor guest
at a tea for members of the writ-
ing clubs.

Agnes Scott welcomes her poet
Robert Frost.

automatically named maid of hon-
or. She will crown the queen.
Shirley Graves Cochrane, editor of
the Aurora, and Bet Long Sale,
president of Lecture association,
runners up, will serve as senior
attendants in the court.

Gloria Anne has been a member
of the class basketball team for
three years, serving as captain her
sophomore year. She has been in
beauty section of the Silhouette
and a member of A. A. board. She
was freshman king of the junior
Mardi Gras.

A scenario by Mary Beth Lit-
tle (soph.) was recently chosen for
May Day, Dootsie Gardner, chair-
man, stated.

A speaking chorus directed by
Miss Roberta Winter, instructor in
speech, will participate.

Election of the other class May
court attendants will be held sep-
arately in class meetings Feb. 25.

Met Stars
Here Fri

day

Dorothy Kirsten, outstanding
young American lyric soprano, and
Jussi Bjoerling, world-renowned
Swedish tenor, will give a joint re-
cital at the city auditorium Fri-
day evening as the fifth feature of
this season's All Star Concert se-
ries.

Both members of the Metropol-
itan Opera company, Miss Kirsten
and Mr. Bjoerling (pronounced
Bee-url-ing) are appearing in
their first Atlanta concert.

The program, consisting of
songs, arias, and operatic duets,
will include the famous "Love
Alone" duet from Puccini's opera
"La Boheme" and the "Garden
Scene" from Gounod's "Faust."

Among Miss Kirsten's solos will
be Rimsky - Korsakoff's "The
Nightingale and the Rose," Han-
del's "Care Selve," "Kentucky
Mountain Song," and "I List the
Trill in Golden Throat" from Vic-
tor Herbert's opera "Natoma."

Mr. Bjoerling will sing "Die
Mainacht" by Brahms, "Staend-
chen" by Strauss, Schubert's "Die
Boese Farbe," and Beethoven's
"Adelaide."

Clothing Collection
Begins on Campus

In line with a community drive,
War Council has inagurated a new
opportunity for Agnes Scott girls
to contribute clothing to stricken
European families. Beginning last
Monday, the drive will continue
three weeks.

Boxes have been placed in each
dorm to receive the clothes, which
should preferably be warm. They
will be sent directly to student re-
habilitation centers in Europe.

Student Body
To Test
Election Issue

Recommended changes in the
existing system of elections will
be advocated tomorrow in student
meeting by the nominating com-
mittee, Marjorie Naab, student
government president, stated.

The student body will vote to
accept or reject the proposed res-
olution of the committe at this
time. By parliamentary proced-
ure, a majority of the votes will
be required to carry the resolution
of the committee.

"If accepted," Marjorie said,
"the changed system will be put
into effect for a trial period of one
year, at the end of which time the
student body will vote to incor-
porate the changes into the consti-
tution or to extend the trial pe-
riod."

The new plan provides that the
nominating committee suggest at
least two candidates for each of-
fice on the ballot, instead of one
candidate as under the present
system. These nominations will
be listed in alphabetical order be-
side the popular nominations for
each office. Committee nominees
will not be informed of their nom-
inations before lists are posted
after popular nominations. The
second principal change in the
proposed plan is that any student
may add to the list of girls who
have worked in campus organiza-
tions the names of any girls whom
she considers will qualify for a
certain office because of her par-
ticipation in campus activties.
Names may be added by applying
to the student recorder before the-
deadline which will be sometime
before spring holidays.

The question of the nominating
committee was discussed in open
forum in the spring of 1943. At
this time the student body voted
to keep the present system with
no changes. Last spring, the 1945
nominating committee drew up
plans providing for no committee.
The present resolution was drawn
up after this year's committee
considered the plan of the 1945
committee.

G.S.C.W. Sculptor
To Clarify Moderns

"What to Look For in Modern
Painting" will be the subject of an
illustrated lecture by James Ver-
non McDonough tomorrow in
room 103 Buttrick. Mr. McDon-
ough, versatile chairman of the
division of fine arts at Georgia
State College for Women, is a
sculptor, illustrator and teacher,
interested in ceramics.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1946

No Ordinary Man

He is no ordinary professor. And his message of no ordin-
ary import, though its text was harbingered last year by Dr.
Theodore Greene of Princeton.

Professor Howard F. Lowry of The College of Wooster
quickened the minds and kindled the spirits of the cam-
pus community last week in the opening lecture of the
winter quarter. Stressing the importance of the crea-
tive in keeping the spirit alive, Dr. Lowry offered a personal
challenge to each of us. It is a challenge not limited to the
remaining time left at Agnes Scott, but for living the life
ahead.

And it is important that the creative effort of not a single
lesser one of us be lost. Dr. Lowry offered the challenge in
living words that should be grasped every day in each class-
room. It is ours to accept or to reject, but it is a two-fold
proposition a challenge to be given and fulfilled by both
the faculty and by the students. We are all of the same
substance man. We ultimately seek the same goal the
Christian ideal in our mind's adventure.

Ten Fish

Ten fish died last week. No longer will they swish their
tails in the Alumnae Garden fish pond.

The only evidence of crime was tell-tale paper bags, wax
paper, and soggy bits of leftover sandwiches. There's no
need for feeding the fish. There is plenty of greenery grow-
ing in the pond, but there are not plenty of goldfish to feed
on the greenery now.

Ten fish died last week. Paper bags and bits of sandwich
bread floated with the bodies.

On The Way-

(Editor's Note: The following is reprinted from an article, "We Are
On the Way to Peace" by Virginia C. Gildersleeve in the January
Woman's Home Companion. Miss Gildersleeve is dean of
Barnard College, Columbia University).

We cannot move out to another planet; we must continue
to live and work in the now narrow confines of this earth.

Remember, therefore, the unconquerable heroism of Bri-
tain, how she threw everything she had into the war and
held out alone against the enemy on the front line for a
whole year until the other forces of democracy could come
up to help. Without that heroic stand of Britain we could
not have won the war.

Remember our old friendship with France, and how she has
been a beacon to the world in developing human rights, in
emancipating the human mind. Remember, too, how bitterly
she has suffered and be patient.

Remember the dogged endurance of the Chinese in the
war, their ancient and beautiful culture, their wisdom, the
friendlv understanding between Chinese and Americans over
these latter years.

Remember our long admiration for the artistic gifts of
the people of Russia, and our more recent realization of
their great power of organization and their shining heroism
Remember also that what Russia now needs is peace peace
to rebuild her ruined cities, to develop her vast natural re-
sources. Let us hope that there may be a freer exchange of
information with Russia so that we can learn to know her
better.

These four great powers, with our country as the fifth, suc-
ceeded in reaching unanimous agreements at San Francisco.
Sometimes it seemed very difficult, but always we succeeded.
In the future it will often be very difficult again, but
again we can succeed. So we must all be patient and
understanding. We must not sink into discouragement. With
all the comrade peoples of the United Nations we have made
a good start on the road to peace. In spite of the obstacles
we are sure to encounter, let us keep on confidently marching
forward.

T E AGNES SCOTT NEWS

Crosscurrents About
Laura Winchester

By Dale Bennett

Given: One large interest in math.

One large interest in chemistry.

One large interest in campus antics and activities.

One vital interest in Episcopalianism.

One pleasing personality rating A-l with friends

and associates.

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To Prove: That the above in-
gredients are those which make
Laura Winchester.

A large interest in math did we
say? Just ask Miss Gaylord or
all those people whom Laura has
pulled through that fatal course
with her advice and encourage-
ment. (Or what some might call
coaching). Or ask the high school
senior in Decatur who needed an
86 average to graduate and came
to Laura for help . . . and success.

Ingredient number two: chem-
istry. This interest begins back
in high school where Laura also
helped people pass . . . and led
to honor roll at Agnes Scott and
membership in Chi Beta Phi, na-
tional honorary science fraternity.
Combine these first two items and
you have the fields from which
Laura will choose to go on to
teaching. She would like to work
on a masters while she's doing
that teaching, and after that . . .
Laura would like to choose be-
tween an Episcopalian minister
and a chemist for a full-time job.
Plot Thickens

Next on the list comes interest
in campus doings. Laura's debut
in the theatrical sense came with
a dance in the Black Cat stunt
last year. She became the pomp-
ous grand vizer of Somewhere,
with about sixty lines, to say in
about ten seconds, a tongue twister
for the most aspiring Catherine
Cornell, much less a math major,
says Laura. Appearance number
two came in the junior joint with
Laura as a chorine whose shoes
were entirely too tight. "My first
and last attempts^ to be a dancer,"
she adds.

Other types of campus interests
include for Laura participation in
several Blackfriars productions as
stage manager and property chair-
man, ad gathering on The News,
and work on the business staff of
the Silhouette. This year Laura
is treasurer for student govern-
ment, an office that takes patience
and lots of time as well as all
that math background.

B0gan As Publisher

Laura's interest in Episcopalian-

ism also began way back when.
She was an active member of her
young people's League in high
school. She liked it so well that
when her crowd broke up and the
boys went off to war, Laura and
a friend gathered together inter-
esting bits of information and sent
it, along with names and addresses
to all the boys. This newspaper
was entitled "Dagweed and Dod-
son Dirt," (the significance comes,
we believe, from the middle names
of the publishers.) Here at Agnes
Scott she is vice president of the
Episcopal club and assists with the
communion services on campus.

"Pleasing personality" can cover
a variety of things . . . with Laura
it means the cute way she sleeps,
all curled around an eight-year-old
rag elephant. "She looks so sweet
and innocent when she sleeps," re-
port friends who come in to watch
the show. "I have an aunt who
gives me a new animal each year
to try to make me forget my old
elephant, Salla," says Laura, "but
the result has only been an ac-
cumulation of a rag zoo for my
room."

Inky Urge Revealed

Or perhaps you've wondered
with the best of them why Laura
keeps so many bottles of colored
ink. Perhaps it's just a hidden
artistic urge seeking an outlet in
this scientist who declares she
likes variety in the lettering of her
stationery. (

There are many other items that
go into the makeup of Laura . . .
Like being the valedictorian of her
class, a member of a senior coun-
cil of five for her high school, or
the fact that she placed first in
a state contest in Latin grammar.
But Laura would have us remem-
ber that she likes her majors, likes
her jobs, likes her school, and
likes her state." I'm going to
live here and teach here/' which
facts lead us to the

Conclusion: that Laura Winches-
ter has the ingredients which make
a successful and likable person-
ality.

Galley Slave

Alice Beardsley

Animals are important. They
add meditative pathos, aesthetic
gratification, and manifestations
of a delicate presence in our col-
lege community. Animals seen
most frequently here include
squirrels and rats and dogs and
cats.

Squirrels and rats:

Rats stay inside Boyd. They
have long tails, like cheese, and
frequently play on the rafters,
slide down the banisters, and sleep
in wastebaskets.

Squirrels stay outside.

Drama begins:

.Boydite: Mrs. Smith, the ro-
dents over in our house are just
terrible, Mrs. Smith. We're just
scared to death, Mrs. Smith.

Mrs. Smith: Nonsense, child,
they're just squirrels playing on
the rooftops. /

(Boydite then goes home. Tells
fellow 'ites, "rats not rats, just
squirrels.")

Unbelief abounds. Result: Sci-
entific 'ite procures, mouse trap
which she places behind bookcase.
(Authors comment: ASC rodents
like food for thought.)

Morning comes. Scientific 'ite
investigates.

Conclusion: Less "squirrels"
play on rooftops.

Dogs: Kathryn Johnson is inter-
ested in dogs. She feels their
pleading eyes look up to her for
protection. We look in on this
scene as Cagie and* Kathleen Bu-
chanan walk back to college from
Decatur.

Cagie: There's a dog following
us.

Buck: I know.
Cagie: Oh.
(Silence reigns.)
Cagie: He's rather thin, Buck.
Buch: I noticed.
Cagie: I bet he's hungry, Buck.
(Silence reigns longer.)
Cagie: He really looks hungry,
Buck almost starved, even.
Buck: Well?

Cagie: Well, let's feed it, Buck.
Think how he would appreciate it.
Bless its little skinnny starved
heart. There's a store. Come on.

(Two figures about face/ walk in
grocery store to meat counter,
where they press noses against
the glass covering making momen-
tous selections.)

Meatman: What for you, young
ladies ?

Cagie: 20c worth of meat, please.
(Meatman busies himself.)
Cagie: It's for a dog. He's hun-
gry.

Meatman: Well then, I'll give
him some scraps. (Meatman hands
Cagie brown bag 5 feet in height.)
(Outside again.)

Buck: Where's Ihe dog?

Cagie: He must be around here
somewhere. Here, doggy, doggy,
doggy.

Buck: He's gone. Let's go.
Cagie: What'll we do with the
meat?

Buck: There will be other dogs.

(Two figures call "Here, doggy,
doggy, doggy," all the way home.)

Cagie: What'll we do with the
meat? Reckon the dining room
might use it?

Buck: Pat it in the wastebasket.

Author's comment: Kathryn
Johnson will found here on cam-
pus the college society for propa-
gating the humane feeding for
thin dogs. C.S.P.H.F.T.D. All
interested will send their meat
to Kathryn, 401 Main dormitory.
Get your pledges in now.

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1946

Page 3

ASC Throngs
To Jr. Opening
Of Pair-a-dice

By Dot Peace

In a burst of music and bright
balloons, Pair-a-dice reopened Sat-
urday night under new managa-
ment. The junior coffers were
swelled by $13 as an unusually
large crowd celebrated the winter-
quarter launching of the Campus
Copacabana.

Gay decorations adorned both
rooms of the junior recreation
spot. New red, yellow, and blue
curtains framed the windows,
more crepe paper decorated the
shelves and walls, and groups of
balloons hung from the chande-
liers in the "ballroom." A large
beaver board invites the auto-
graph of each visitor to Pair-a-
dice, signed in red paint.

First-nighters found doughnuts
and sandwiches, made by the girls
in Boyd, on sale, as well as sev-
eral new records on the juke box.
Music played continuously "on the
house."

Pair-a-dice will be open each
week-day night from 9:30 to 10:30
and on Saturday until 11:15 p. m.

The juniors are running the
campus night spot under a new
system this quarter. Instead of
having a single chairman, the
work is being done by a commit-
tee of four with Betty Allen as
head. Members of the committee
are Ninia Owens, Betty Crabill,
and Isabel Asbury.

With Saturday's opening the ju-
niors began their final quarter as
managers of Pair-a-dice, class pro-
ject since they founded the recre-
ation spot during their sophomore
year. Plans to turn Pair-a-dice
over to the freshman class next
quarter are nearing completion.

Robert Frost
Feted at Tea

Robert Frost, New England
poet, will be honor guest at a tea
Tuesday, Jan. 29, given by the
Agnes Scott Public Lecture asso-
ciation, Miss Emma Mae Laney
faculty chairman, announced. The
tea will be held in Murphey Can-
dler at 4:30 p. m.

Members of the writing clubs:
Folio, BOZ, and the Poetry clubs
will attend the tea. Members of
the Lecture Association will act as
hostesses for the occasion. Eliza-
beth Woodward, social chairman,
will be in charge of arrangements,
while other hostesses will be Bet
Long Sale, Ellen Hayes, Margaret
Mizell, Carol Giles, Mary Beth
Little, Peggy Pat Home, Anne
Burckhardt; and Nelson Fisher.

Emory-Agnes Scott
Episcopal Clubs
To Meet Sunday

The Rev. J. Milton Richardson,
rector of St. Luke's church, Atlan-
ta, will be the featured speaker
before a special convocation of
Emory and Agnes Scott Episco-
palians at Holy Trinity church
Sunday, Jan. 27, the program
starting at 6:30 p. m.

Mr. Richardson will discuss some
of the problems involved in "The
Reconversion of the Church."
Members of Holy Trinity's young
adult forum will be hosts for the
occasion, which will mark the in-
auguration of an expanded pro-
gram for college students and
young adults of the parish. Mem-
bers of the Canterbury club of
Emory will be special guests.

Berth of a Nation

From Ole Natchez to Mobile
Winds Blow Hottentots Together

By Nellie Scott

East may be East, and West may be West, but they both
meet at ASC, for out of the 550 girls here, many foreign coun-
tries, like Texas and Africa, are represented. If ycu should
ever be on a "slow train through Arkansas," don't miss Eu-
doria, a thriving metropolis of 2000, where Fluff Paisley lives.
And they do wear shoes there too

New Mexico is the only state in
the U. S. where Espanol is spoken
in the state legisature. Habla Vd.
Espanol? Here is the place where
that "rootin' tootin' son-of-a-gun"
Billy the Kid lived. Dolly Cave
says this is the only place in our
country where the horses sleep in-
doors and the people outside.
(Turn about is fair play). Virginia
Henry will tell you that very sel-
dom does sky juice (rain to you)
fall in New Mexico, and it is al-
most impossible to buy a raincoat
there.

God's Country

You haven't lived till you've
been to God's country, Texas, or
the devil's abode, El Paso. Three
Hottentots are mighty proud of
their country Texas, that wants
to organize a private Navy. And
if you value your life, don't speak
of the Texas prairies as deserts.

"From Natchez to Mobile, from
Memphis to St. Joe" all are the
homes of Agnes Scotters. A li'l
closer to the "civilized" part of
our nation is Missouri, the home of
Ginny Andrews and the "Show
Me" state. Place of bayous, Cre-
oles, and pralines is Louisiana.

Life really begins in the "pic-
turesque French Quarters" at New
Orleans, just ask Jane Alsobrook.
The "New York of the Mississippi"
is Kosciusko, the city that gave
"Kosy" Wadlington her nickname,
and if you can spell it, you're a
better woman than I am.
The Buckeye State
Rocky River, Ohio, of which
Cleveland is a suburb, is the home
of Helen Currie and Sammy
Kaye. Yes, the one that swings
and sways. Rocky River raises the
best drivers in the country. They
have to be good to dodge the best
jay-walkers in the country, also
from the same place.

Crossing the Mason-Dixon line,
we come to Virginia, which is
strangely like Japan because of its
custom of ancestor worship. Glas-
sell Beale says, "Everybody knows
everybody's ancestors." Virginia
has many historical monuments,
such as the stone placards that
read, "George Washington slept
here," and "Easy Beale stopped
at this filling station."

Land of the Carolinas
When you'd been at A.S.C. for
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When Far From the Reach

By Libby Woodward

'Twas a gay week-end for Aggie and all her little friends,
as they made merry in Atlanta and nearby cities. And as the
faculty remarked, the Monday morning-after stupidity was
even stupider than usual.
Big Doin's
Those good ole Emory dances!
And Friday night found June
Thomason, Mary Brown .Mahon,
Ninia Owens, Bunny Weems, Lib
Osborne, B. A. Ziegler, Jane
Smith, Betty Gesner, Nancy Deal
Mildred Claire Jones, Charlsie
Smith, Mary Gene Sims, Pat Mc
Manmon, Jean Estes, and Nan
Honour at the IFC dance. The
KA banquet and dance at the Bilt
more was wonderful too. So said
Mary Jane Fuller, Ann Hough
Alice Newman, Mary Ellen Mor-
rison, Mary Humphries, Nancy
Geer, Julia Ann Coleman, Frankie
Francisco, Pudden Bealer, and
Mimi Arnold. Louise Isaacson,
Dot Archer, Mary Jane Fuller,
Lucy Turner, and Nancy Geer had
a big time at the Alpha Omega
dental formal Saturday night.

At the Emory SAE house: Anne
Eidson, Sweety Calley, Ninia Ow-
ens, Louisa Aichel, Charlotte
Broyles, B. A. Ziegler, and Mary
McCalla were having fun. Mak
ing merry at the Phi Delt house
Saturday night were Mary Manly,
Genet Heery, Lu Cunningham,
Lou McLaurin, Mary Humphries,
June Driskill, Beverly Gordy, and
Laney Harris. Pat Russell, Mary
Jo Ammons, and Jean Tollison
went to the Sigma Nu house at
Tech, and Anne Ezzard and Nancy
Haislip danced with the ATO's.
Anne Hightower, Barbara Kin-
caid, Kate Ellis, and Glassell Beale
were having a gay time at the
Rainbow Roof, while Carol Taylor
Nan Honour, Sarah Smith, and
Mary Ellen Morrison were doing
likewise at the Paradise Room.
Must Be Beautiful Babies
This week the juniors and sen
i o r s received
pictures of class
babies. The ju-
niors are proud-
ly disp laying
Michael
Hughes, son of
the former Ann
Stine, ex '47,
while the seniors
sighed to juggle
little Ann Haggard Merritt,
daughter of the former Ann Hag-
gard, ex '46.

There's Something about a Soldier

Or sailor or marine or civilian
and there were many interesting
ones here to
join in the fun.
Lee came u p
from Jackson-
ville to see Gin-
ny Andrews,
and James was
here vi s i t i n g
Annette Neville.
Surprise visit
for Anne and Barbara Sproesser:
Brother Bill just back from over-
seas. Punky's friends were John
Martin and Oren Jones. Buddy
McCall was here to see Kate Ellis.
Dootsie's Bill came down from
Danville. Frances Sholes' nauti-
cal O.A.O. Betty Andrews' Berk-
ley Margaret Ann Richards' par-
atrooper, another hero back from
the wars Peggy Jones' Cecil.
Just arrived in the States but
not quite here yet; Patty Dean's
Jim. Have you seen Mildred
Claire's Chi Phi pin from Tommy?

Clubs Plan
New Activities

BOZ, Poetry Club Enter
Stories in Writing Panel

Clubs on campus have held their
first meetings of the new quarter.

On Monday, Jan. 21, H. C. For-
man, professor of art, spoke to
French club on Mont St. Michel et
Chartes at 4:30 p. m. The lecture
was open to the college commun-
ity.

BOZ and Poetry clubs decided at
their last meeting to send the best
work of several of the members to
be considered for discussion at the
writing panel on March 14 in
Greensboro, N. C. A committee of
the Women's college in Greensboro
will select the better writings to
be criticized in the panel of the
arts forum. Should a work of
BOZ or Poetry club be chosen it
will be printed in a mimeographed
booklet at the arts forum.

Eta Sigma Phi held a discus-
sion of Plato's Republic at the
meeting last Monday Jan. 14, in
the home of the sponsor, Miss
Kathryn Glick.

Miss Margaret Buchner, assist-
ant professor of Spanish, will tell
the Spanish club about her expe-
riences in Cuba and Mexico at the
meeting held in the Old Y room,
Thursday at 4:30 p. m.

Two representatives of the Ag-
nes Scott branch of the Georgia
League of Women Voters met
Monday night, Jan. 14, with the
executives of the various branches
of the Georgia league to discuss
the legislation for Georgia now on
the floor of the present session
and the candidates for the coming
election. Representatives Jean
Rentz and Polly Grant reported on
the discussion to the Agnes Scott
voters Friday, Jan. 18. Plans were
made for a bulletin board in the
mail room and % a box for league
pamphlets.

Members of the college com-
munity are invited to listen to
readings of Robert Frost poems
by speech 105 students Thursday
and Friday.

Recordings made by the poet
during his visit last year will be
played.

The classes meet at 12 noon and
2 p. m. Thursday and at 8:30 a. m.
and 9:30 a. m. Friday.

Father Shehan of the Decatur
Catholic church will speak to all
sophomores and freshmen today
at 5 p. m. in Murphey Candler.

This is a continuation of a series
of denominational talks sponsored
by sophomore and freshmen cabi-
nets. The Rev. Schwab, Decatur
Church of Christ, spoke on Protes-
tantism.

Rabbi Marx from the Synagogue
will speak on Judaism next week.

Dr. Garber will hold a round
table inter-faith discussion Jan.
30.

Current Broadway plays will be
discussed at the regular Black-
friars meeting tomorrow night at
7:30 in Miss Gooch's studio.

Miss Annie May Christie, assis-
tant professor of English, will tell
the group about the modern pro-
duction of "Hamlet"; Jean Estes
(jr) will discuss "The Glass Men-
agerie"; and Dr. Paul Garber, pro-
fessor of B^ble, will describe the
play "I Remember Mama."

Off the
Copy Hook

The poor bent Copy Hook isn't
covered with dust, but it stands
sturdy and staunch. After every-
thing worth printing had been
snatched off by a zealous staff,
the following fragments were left:

At operetta practice Saturday,
Ruth Simpson created a sensation
by saying what everyone else was %
thinking. It seems that only half
enough Tech boys turned up so
there was a whole row of man-
less women. Said Simp to the di-
rector in her usual matter of fact
tone: "Could you please tell me
when we're going to get us some
men?" That's what we'd all like
to know.

* * *

We quote a question from Cliff
Owsley's column in the Emory
Wheel. Question: Can you tell me
why a certain lipstick failed to sell
when named "Lady" but soared on
sales when changed to "Hussy"?
Answer: That's because most
women had rather be looked
around at than up to.

We have no comment.

* * *

Seen in Rebekah lobby at 12:01
p. m. Sunday three figures sleep-
ing oblivious of passer-bys. They
say the week gets you down and
here is proof.

* * * .

Speaking of sleep, did anyone
hear the shrieks of the startled
Hottentots in the early morning
light when they discovered a Ford
with two sleeping males. And
they were parked on back campus
in the driveway of Main. How
true is the saying "the sheltering
arms" or maybe, the housing
shortage is really getting acute.

Blackfriars Act
For Alumnae Club

The Feast of the Holy Innocents
by Samuel Ilsley will be presented
by Blackfriars to the Decatur Ag-
nes Scott Alumnae club. The club
will meet here Monday, Jan. 28, at
3:30 p. m. in Miss Gooch's studio
in Rebekah.

The cast includes Barbara Coith,
Betty Jean Brown, Ruth Clapp,
Minnie Hamilton Grace Durant,
and Carolyn Gilchrist.

Members of the Granddaughters
club will be guests of the Decatur
club.

FOOTE AND DAVIES

Announces its new
College Annual Department
250 PEACHTREE STREET

Faculty and students are cor-
dially invited to visit the con-
venient and comfortable work-
ing quarters for Annual Staffs
provided at this new location.

SOUTHERN
DAIRIES

Delicious

MILK AND ICE
CREAM

Supervised by Sealtest

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1946

ATHLETE

FEATS

J2UTH RYNER

Do you have that tired rundown
feeling? Feel irritable and a bit
"beaten" ? Do you have the feel-
ing that it wouldn't happen to a
dog, but it would happen to you?
Then, my deah, you're a senior and
still haven't gotten over Friday
night's "drubbing" at the hands
of our invincible junior inmates.
Of all people to "bump into" when
wandering around the gym on a
moonlit Friday night casaully
looking for someone to team up
against in a nice friendly game of
basketball for, incidentally, that
was how they got to play each
other.'

While on this touchy subject it
might go well to add that the
freshmen are definitely everything
they're cracked up to be and the
sophs had to be good to make
the excellent showing they did.
Amen!

The "Poisonal" Touch

It's bad form for columnists ( ? )
to use the "foist poison," but I'd
like to make just one personal
statement "my aching back."

Now to turn the attention from
the cage aspect of this week's
sports to none other than "the
tank" or more commonly known
as the swimming pool. Swimming
club members are as black and
blue as the basketball players for
they've been playing lackey for
prospective members. Should have
seen the grip one of the sophs had
on a certain member as she suc-
cessfully drowned the senior in
passing the approach and rescue
test of the tryout. Fooling aside,
a good bunch of underclassmen
tried out for Swimming club with
a sparse sprinking of upperclass-
men.

A. A. is still collecting "blue
horses" and it has been suggested
that points be awarded for those
spending their Saturdays collect-
ing 'em. It does take energy, you
know.

Do You Need Exercise?

For a really good workout, try
the MacGregor's acting bar, slide,
swing, and even the see-saw. Quote
Mr. Mac, "They'll hold me. Go
ahead." What's good for Mr. Mac
ought to serve for the rest of us.

As a closing word, who said the
students could beat the faculty?
Did you see the badminton game
Friday before the basketball
game? I'd say they're really "on
the bird."

Doubles Match Postponed

The tennis doubles tournament
which was started in the fall has
been postponed due to bad weath-
er conditions, Scotty Johnson, ten-
nis chairman, announced this
week.

A singles tournament will start
in the spring when new members
are chosen.

IN THE BASKET! Junior forwards play high, wide and handsome
to ring that goal for a big beginning in the basketball world against
the seniors last Friday night.

From Natchez

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three minutes you've heard of what
the post cards call, "The place
where you ought to be," or "The
best place I know," Spruce Pine,
N. C. What does Mac care if it
contains only three spruce pines?
According to the very unprejudiced
viewpoint of Mac Craig, No. 1 cit-
izen, Spruce Pine is the world's
center for the war's No. 1 strateg-
ic metal, mica. Civic pride goes
only so far.

South Carolina is the native
state of such celebrities as John
Calhoun, Marie Adams, and Angie
Anderson. Of course you've heard
of Seneca, pronounced "Suneca,"
the garden spot of the world. In-
cidentally, it got a new post office
window last year. The inhabitants
of Angie's home town, Charleston,
are very much like the Chinese.
They eat rice and speak a foreign
language.

But now let's cross the stormy
blue (or maybe green) Atlantic
Ocean to the Belgian Congo, the
home of Helga Stixrud and Louise
Cousar, who really aren't Afri-
cans. Louise, who lives in Lub-
gondi, emphatically affirms, "We
don't have tigers in Africa." But
there are lions, as you well know
if you have ever seen one of those
zombi double features. Helga's
home station is Luebo. There are
snakes, boa constrictors and py-
thons in Africa as well as canni-
bals, who are quite afraid of the
white man. However, surprising-
ly enough, Louise says one has not
eaten her yet. If you'd like all the
gory details, the cannibals like
human hands better than anything

Correction :

The Agnes Scott ballet group
will present a recital in Gaines
chapel, Feb. 27 instead of Feb.
28 as stated by The News.

Date Book

Wednesday, Jan. 23 Marriage
class at 5 p. m. in room 3, But-
trick hall

Thursday, Jan. 24 Tryouts for
play given by Freshman Dram-
atic Interest Group
James Vernon McDonough
speaks, 103 Buttrick, on modern
painting

Spanish Club meeting, old Y

room, 4:30 p. m.

Blackfriar's meeting, Miss

Gooch's studio, 7:30
Friday, Jan. 25 Class meetings
Sunday, Jan. 27 Group leaves for

Lawson General, 2:15 p. m. at

Jacobs' Drug store

Episcopal club meets with Em-
ory Canterbury club, 6:30 p. m.

at Holy Trinity church
Monday, Jan. 28 Robert Frost

lecture, 8:30 p. m. in Presser

Tuesday, Jan. 29 Tea given by
Writing clubs honoring Robert
Frost, 4:30 p. m. in Murphey
Candler

else. Hands contain salt which the
cannibals crave; also they are soft
and smooth. The story of this mor-
al is: Use a rough, harsh soap,
so your hnnds will have that
scratchy look in .just ten days.

Visit Your Neighbor

Vernon Frank's Decatur

FLOWER SHOP

301 Church St. DK. 3309

HOTEL CANDLER

L. Li TUCKER, JR.
Operator

McCONNELL'S 5 & 10

147 Sycamore Street
I !; and IH POBOe <1e Leon Ave.

Cage Season Opens

Juniors Beat Seniors, 23-1 8
Frosh Drub Sophs, 31-18

By Lou McLaurin

Agnes Scott ushered in basketball season with a flourish
last Friday night when the powerful juniors triumphed over
the fleet senior team to the tune of 23-18, and the frosh team
showed its strength by overwhelming the battling sophs, 31-18.

Jean Smoot, basketball manager : "
for '46, introduced a novel method
3i selecting opposing teams. The
manager of each team was placed,
blindfolded, in a corner of the
gym. Then the two who found
each other first automatically be-
came opponents.

Juniors Fight Seniors

The junior-senior fracas was a
fight from start to finish with
neither side able to gain the ad-
vantage. At the half the score
was tied 10-10. Tension was high
in the third and fourth quarters
for neither side could forge ahead.
In the last few minutes of the
game, the junior sextet, working
with furious speed, pulled in front
with a slight five point lead to
tilt the score in their favor, 23-18.

Though less exciting, the fresh-
man-sophomore bout revealed the
hitherto unknown strength of the
newcomers. Playing a fast skill-
ful game, the frosh piled up score
after score with Jean Fraser tal-
lying 19 of their 31 points. Even
with hard playing, the sophs failed
to threaten the lead taken by their
opponents in the opening minutes
of the game.

Guards Top Players

The best playing of the night
was done by the guards of these
two teams. The sophomore guards
displayed an unusual ability at in-
tercepting passes, while fast frosh
guard, Reese Newton, proved the
mainstop in her team's defense.

Lineups for the games follow:

Seniors
Stephenson, S.
Richardson, S
Purcell, D.
Johnson, S.
McCain, M.
Phelps, B. L.

Substitutes:
Sophomores
Gibson, L.
Patterson, A.
Humphries
Hayes, A.
Powers, B.
Cunningham

Juniors

RF Andrews, B.
LF Hoyt, L.

CF Hough, A.
RG Smoot, J.

LG Liddell, J.
CG Radford, B.J.
Limbert, R.

Freshmen
RF Frazer, J.
LF Ellis, S.

CF Brannan, B.
RG Stubbs, B.
LG Cook, J. A.
CG Newton, R.

Substitutes: sophomores, Dieck-
mann; freshmen, Alexander, Lee,
swimmer.

Faculty Takes
Over Gym

We students may romp and play
our lives away every day at the
gym but on Tuesday night it's
faculty-family night.

What do the faculty and their
families do at the gym? Why
the same thing we do. The pool
is open and guarded by Anne
Hayes. It is said that Mr. Hayes
has a powerful crawl, but Mrs.
Hayes is still just a-learning. Then
there's badminton and shuffle-
board. The Formans swing a
mean racket 'tis said. However,
Miss Wilburn and Miss Ames give
them stiff competition in any
game.

The "children" aren't left out
either. Henry Hayes is quite the
swimmer,

Students and Faculty
Battle With Birds

Badminton club will have its
meetings on Tuesdays from 4 to
5 p. m. says Mary Ann Courte-
nay, president. It is sponsoring
the first badminton tournament of
the year during these next few
weeks. The first set of the tour-
nament is to be played off by
Jan. 26.

Last Friday night there was an
exhibition of badminton doubles
played before the basketball
games. Miss Llewellyn Wilburn
and Mrs. H. C. Forman, Miss Bar-
bara Ames and Mr. H. C. Forman,
were the two faculty teams. Jac-
kie Stewart (soph) and Jean
Smoot (jr), Mac Craig (jr) and
Ginny Andrews (soph) were the
two student teams. The results
of the games were evenly divided,
the faculty teams winning two
games, and the student teams win-
ning two games.

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

NOTICE

This Is Your Drug Store
AGNES SCOTT

The Agnes Scott News

VOL. XXXI.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1946

No. IS

Vote League
Sets Up
Notice Board

The Agnes Scott League of
Women Voters now has a regular
bulletin board in the mail room
where regular reports on cur-
rent news and local government
will be posted.

The league, which is a national
organization, is new on the campus
this year. Its purpose is to instruct
and inform girls and women about
current affairs, to encourage wiser
voting and better government.

Six members of the Agnes Scott
league attended a luncheon to-
day in the Ansley hotel, given by
the Atlanta league. The occasion
was in honor of candidates for
state representative to congress.

WHO CARES?

see page 2

Campus Marches
With Polio Dimes

Agnes Scott has its own March
of Dimes, Maud Van Dyke, War
Council president, announced this
week.

"The student body pledged
$1800 at the beginning of the
year," Maud stated. "Of this
amount, 20 per cent or $90 is set
aside for the infantile paralysis
fund/' A financial committee
made up of the class treasurers
and representatives appointed by
the class presidents decided on
the March of Dimes contribution
at the beginning of the year. The
contribution will be made through
R. B. Holt, professor of chemistry,
who is in charge of the faculty
contribution.

Students desiring to add to the
contributiion are asked to contact
War Council.

Nylon Yarn
Makes Legend

So you're down to your last
pair. In fact, you say, you're going
to try a good d'ye job on some
white ones. Hold that dye just for
a minute and listen to our story.
It does sound like another yarn
but really, it is genuine nylon!

There is a gold mine up on
third Rebekah. Follow the gams
up to the room at the head of the
stairs and there, unclaimed lies the
loot nylons. For exactly three
weeks, they have lain on the bed
sheer and lovely. Once last Sat-
urday, the right foot wiggled as
if itching to go places and see
things.

Now the moral of this yarn is
think up a story which has as the
central idea of tres grande adven-
ture involving the loss of one pair
of nylons sheer and lovely. Don't
forget to add the right foot wig-
gles when the urge hits. Further-
more, now this is confidential,

they are size , but that would

unravel the yarn!

Skits to Reveal
Class * Kings'

The "kings" for this year's Jun-
ior Joint will be presented to the
campus Feb. 13 through special
skits in old chapel. The "kings"
have been chosen in secret ballots
by the classes.

Nancy Parks will be in charge
of the skit for the freshmen; Jo
Benton and Margie Bond will di-
rect the juniors, Bobby Blair, the
sophomores and Jane Anne New-
ton and Narvie Lou Cunningham,
the seniors.

Directors for the organization
skits for the "Joint" itself will
be: C. A., Marianna Hollandsworth;
student government, Jean Stewart;
Blackfriars, Helen Currie; Glee
club, Millie Evans.

Organizations entering floats
will be the Silhouette, The News,
Spanish club, French club, the
writing clubs, War Council, Co-
tillion club, May Day, I. R. . C,
Pi Alpha Phi, Art Student's
league, Granddaughters' club.

Frosh Join Activities

WHO CARES?

see page 2

Classes Frame
Plans for Joint

Jane Anne Newton was elected
chairman of the senior stunt for
Junior Joint at the class meeting
Friday, January 25. The class
also looked over the displays of
Towle silverware and each girl
chose and recorded her favorite
pattern for the company.

Miss Katherine Omwake, as-
sociate professor of psychology,
J. T Gillespie, associate professor of
Bible, and S. G. Stukes, registrar,
were elected by the juniors to
judge the stunts for the joint.

Class rings were discussed by
the sophomores and a chairman
in charge was nominated.

Freshmen elected a day student
for the advisory council and two
members to the social standards
committee. Results have not yet
been announced.

Frost Lecture
Tonightat7:30

The Robert Frost lecture will be
held today at 7:30 p. m. in Mac-
lean auditorium, Public Lecture
association officials stated today.
The lecture will be open only to
the college community.

This lecture was scheduled for
last Monday night but due to ill-
ness of Mr. Frost was postponed.
Mr. Frost was taken sick after
lecturing at the University of
Georgia Friday. He was confined
at the Atlanta home of Hugh
Hodgson of the Georgia music de-
partment until yesterday when he
came to the alumnae house. Mr.
Frost will be here on campus un-
til he leaves Friday for Miami.

Freshman Dramatic
Group Casts Play

Tryouts for "Slave with Two
Faces" were held by the freshman
dramatics group under the direc-
tion of Miss Roberta Winter, Tues-
day, January 22, and members of
the cast were chosen. Those se-
lected were Val von Lehe, Gene
Akin, Johanna Richardson, Eve-
lyn Foster, Reese Newton, and
Binkie Stubbs.

"Slave with Two Faces" is an
exciting one-act play, containing
a mob-scene. It is to be given by
the frosh group before Blackfriars
on February 14. After being judged
by Blackfriars, it may be present-
ed to the student body at a later
date.

WHO CARES?

see page 2

French Author
ToTreat Pascal
In Feb. Lecture

Emile Caillet, French authority
on Pascal will lecture in Gaines
auditorium Tuesday, Feb. 12, at
8:30 p. m., Miss Emma May Lan-
ey, faculty chairman of the Public
Lecture association, announced
this week.

Mr. Caillet will speak on the
subject of "Pascal, and the Genius
of France." He will speak on
Wednesday, Feb. 13, during the
afternoon on "Christianity and
Naturalism."

Mr. Caillet was born and edu-
cated in France, and holds a
French Ph. D. in literature as well
as a Th. D. with high honor at the
University of Strasbourg.

He has become a naturalized
American citizen, and holds the
permanent chair of French litera-
ture and philosophy at Wesleyan
University, Middletown, Conn. He
is author of many books and lec-
turer at the Princeton Summer
School of Theology.

William Scharren,
U. of Ga. Pianist,
Plays Here Mori.

The music appreciation hour on
Monday, Feb. 4, will feature Wil-
liam Schatten, pianist, from the
University of Georgia. The pro-
gram will begin at 8:30 p. m. Mr.
Schatten is a pupil of Hugh
Hodgson and has been on similar
programs here before.

His program is as follows: Fan-
tasia in C Minor Bach; Sonata
in D Major and Sonata in A Ma-
jor Scarlatti; Capriccio in F
Sharp Arensky; "Ocean" Etude,
B Minor Brahms; Etude in F
Sharp Arensky; Opus 25, Num-
ber 12, and Scherzo n B flat Minor
Chopin; Three Preludes Gersh-
win; and Sixth Hungarian Rhap-
sody Liszt.

New Students to See Campus Clubs in Action;
Orientation Committee Plans Novel Week

Activities week, an innovation sponsored by the Orientation
committee to help freshmen get acquainted with the clubs on
campus, will be conducted during the first two weeks in Feb-
ruary, Mildred McCain, orientation chairman, announced
recently.

Meetings of all campus organizations are being planned for
these two weeks, and freshmen
are invited to attend the ones they
are interested in joining. The pur-
pose of the new plan, said the
chairman, is to help freshmen
know what each club does so they
may decide which ones they want
to join.

Replaces Tea

These two weeks will replace
the activities tea which has been
given in former years. The com-
mittee feels that by attending a
regular meeting of campus organi-
zations, freshmen can learn more
than they could by attending a
tea at which exhibits from all
clubs were presented.

Club meetings are to be center-
ed in Murphey Candler as much
as possible. Day students espe-
cially are urged to come to the
afternoon meetings.

This will be the first opportunity
for freshmen to join campus clubs.
During the first two quarters of
the school year, they are not
allowed to join.

Members of the Orientation com-
mittee are Mildred McCain, chair-
man, Peggy Pirtle, Punky Matti-
son, Vicky Alexander, Teddy Bear
and Sally Sue Stephenson.
Schedule Announced

The schedule for club meetings
follows :

Monday, Feb. 4, the Agnes Scott
News will meet at 7 p. m. Tues-
day, Feb. 5, the Aurora will meet
at 5 p. m. and May Day at 7 p. m.
Thursday, Feb. 7, the Silhouette,
the college annual, meets at 5
p. m.

Bible club will meet at 5 p. m.
on Tuesday, Feb. 12. Blackfriars,
college dramatic club, will enter-
tain at 7 p. m., Wednesday, Feb.

13. Spanish club meeting will be
held at 4:30 on Thursday, Feb.

14, and Pi Alpha Phi, debating
society, meets at 7 p. m. Interna-
tional Relations club meets at
4:30 on Friday, Feb. 15.

French club meeting is to be
arranged later. The schedule will
be posted on the bulletin boards,
and further information will be
available later.

Tea Fetes Student Body

The entire college community is
invited to the duty student tea this
afternoon from 3 to 5 o'clock in
Murphey Candler.

The third in a series of teas
sponsored by the day students, the
entertainment is "strictly infor-
mal," according to Ann Seitzinger,
day student representative. Guests
are free to dance, play bridge, or
merely to talk and eat.

Hostesses for today's tea are
Jean Estes, Betty Gesner, Nan
Hoonur, Barbara Macris, Pat Mc-
Manmon, Dot Stewart, Margaret
Yancey and Marian Yancey.

Student Body
Endorses
Election Plan

Students unanimously approved
the changes in the nominating sys-
tem as recommended by the nom-
inating committee in student
meeting Thursday.

The changed system will be put
into effect for a trial period of one
year, at the end of which time
the student body will vote to in-
corporate the changes into the
constitution or to extend the trial
period.

The adopted plans provides that
the nominating committee suggest
at least two candidates for each
office on the ballot, instead of one
candidate as under the present
system. These nominations will
be listed in alphabetical order be-
side the popular, nominations for
each office. Committee nominees
w ill not be informed of their nom-
inations before lists are posted af-
ter popular nominations.

The second principal change in
the proposed plan is that any stu-
dent may add to the list of girls
who have worked in campus or-
ganizations the names of any girls
whom she considers will qualify
for a certain office because of her
participation in campus activities.
Names may be added by applying
to the student recorder before the
deadline which will be sometime
before spring holidays. There is
no limit to the number of names
which may be added or to the
number of offices to which a stu-
dent may be nominated.

WHO CARES?

see page 2

To Represent AS
In Song Fete

Special chorus will represent
Agnes Scott at a song contest at
Emory university Sunday, Feb. 3.
The contest is part of a series of
dngs sponsored by the Emory In-
terfaith council, being held on
Sunday evenings following the
regular vesper and fellowship
hours.

The participants, including va-
rious Emory fraternities, the Em-
ory school of nursing, and Agnes
Scott, will be judged on selection
of numbers, quality of singing, and
appearance of the group. The Ag-
nes Scott girls will sing "Will You
Remember," by Victor Herbert;
Rose Marie" and "Gianina Mia,"
both by Rudolph Friml.

Who Cares?

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30. 1946

The News

EDITORIALS

Decatur, Ga.

Jan. 30, 1946

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS

Pik hed 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, postoffce. Supscnptlon price per year, $1.25;
single copies, five cents.

Member

Associated GbUe6iate Press

Who
Cares?

A Boring Drama

Scene: Presser hall.
Characters: Ernest Leader, Lethar-
gic Mass (of girls).

As the curtain rises, the Ernest
Leader looks over Lethargic mass and
begins:

E. L. The practice of dating is lead-
ing to certain infractions of the rules.
For that reason a committee has sub-
mitted a proposal that all dating be
abolished here at Agnes Scott. Is
there any discussion?

L. M. Silence.

E. L. Is there no second?
L. M. Silence.
The question is repeated.
Result again, Silence.

Yap-Yap

The library's gone social. In fact,
it's the talk of the campus. Come to
the library and meet your friends.
Only now that the quarter is well
under way, the time for decision has
arrived. Which will reign? Peace or
"Yap Yap"?

The responsibility is an individual
one, one which concerns each and
every member of the student body.
This is your decision to make will
we keep the library as a place of
concentration and study, or will we
keep on talking and disturbing oth-
ers.

A class felt the seriousness keen-
ly enough to write an open letter to
student government appealing for aid.
It is not the job of student govern-
ment to enforce any such quiet rule.
It is more than deplorable to think
that college women are so apt to
disregard what should be common
reasoning observing the dignity of a
school library. The student body has
complained more than once over
their lack of ability to render decis-
ions completely, independently. Here
is the chance. Will the student body
take the issue and correct it, or will
they ignore it, fussing loudly about
the lack of self-government.

Responsibility comes with privil-
ege. "We are privileged to be here,"
they say. But what responsibility
have we shouldered in payment.

What's The News?

The News is dissatisfied. The News
is uncertain. In fact, The News is not
sure if it is The News.

Wednesday after Wednesday, the
paper rolls off the press. Each week
something off campus is given to you.
Each week a hint of the outside
world is made. Still there is no com-
ment. There have been mistakes.
Opinion has been voiced but surely
it has not been the opinion of every-
one. This is your paper but without
your criticism, it will not continue so.
Try writing a letter to The News. We
are asking you. How can we cam-
paign for what you want if we don't
know what you are thinking.

The News is liberal. We aim .for
the broadest view point but your view
point. Is this The News of you, or
of a few?

After a disinterested five minute
delay:

Feeble voice in rear: Second.

For this motion substitute the
changes in the nominating commit-
tee proposed last week. A vital issue
. . . greeted with silence.

AS student body was on trial. Com-
mittees worked hard on this motion;
at least they expected interest. And
yet when the time arrived, Who
Cared?
i

Fantasy to Fact

The Agnes Scott League of Women
Voters is a good example of what can
happen when people get together to
accomplish a fact. The League, to-
gether with other leagues of women
voters over the state, has recently
taken a stand on several issues in
Georgia politics. These issues were
brought to the attention of the legis-
lators, and now have the satisfaction
of knowing that some of their issues
are on the way to becoming law.

The issues for which the League
stands are to be admired. For many
years the need for child labor legisla-
tion has been recognized, and only re-
cently has Georgia brought her laws
up to the standards of the other states.
The age limit for child labor is now
16 years. The League has for quite
some time backed the movement for
passage of these measures and the
laws are a symbol of the important
and successful work of the League.

The League is to be congratulated
on the way it has organized and then
directed its organization in a definite
channel. The work the League is do-
ing in making Georgia young people
conscious of their responsibilities to-
toward good government is a step in
the right direction of making good
citizens.

The time to begin learning the ways to
make fantasy into fact is now. As college
students we must take an interest and
keep ourselves informed about Georgia af-
fairs. When we take our places in our
communities tomorrow we can become
guiding lights to better Georgia govern-
ment.

LJOUR, t*VT^* KEViel

Watchbird
CarchesWorms

Some of you haven't forgotten me, your
little watchbird, for I received the fol-
lowing letters:
Dear Watchbird:

I am a former faculty member. I was
smothered to death under a mass of stu-
dent coats in the faculty parlor in Re-
bekah. Please tell them not to put their
coats in our one little parlor.

(signed)

P. H. D.

Dear Watchbird:

I am a former student who lived in
Rebekah. My neck was broken when I
fell down the stairs over somebody's
messy books.

(signed)

D. E. D.

So PLEASE:

Do not leave your things in the faculty
parlor.

Do not leave your things on the stairs
of Rebekah.

Do not clutter the lobby, porch, and
doorways of Rebekah.

For if you continue in your sinful ways,
I shall fuliginously fly down and peck
you!

Why Is An Alumna?

By Mary Duffee Philips

(Editor's note: Guest columnist for this
week is former 1943-44 News commentator,
Mary Louise Duffee, who is now Mrs.
Frank A. Philips Jr. of Columbus, Ga. She's
a housewife now, but still has the printer's
ink in her blood. Thanks, Duffee!)

Next time you hear a wavery voice sing-
ing the Alma Mater louder than anyone
else in chapel and look around to see a
middle-aged woman in civilian instead of
campus clothes be tolerant she may be
a picture of You the Agnes Scott Alumna,
20 years from now. Or if some old gal with
an eager beaver expression on her face
barges in the big date parlor in Main, just
as you and the OAO are comfortably set-
tled on the sofa opposite the piano, and
comments, "It's different in here," take
it philosophically you may get nostalgic
about an old room in an old building before
you've been away from school a year.

Alumnae or alumni are things every col-
lege has, and whether students understand
them or not, they will have much clearer
consciences later on if they are kind to
them.

Who is an Alumna?

Many students know alumnae only as
older women who infest the campus, even
their dormitory rooms, on certain days
each year. Others know them as a mystic
group who furnished the Alumnae House,
in which the Tea Room is located. And
most are astonished when an attnactive
stylish-looking and YOUNG woman speaks
in chapel on fashions or manners or some-
thing and announces that she, too, is an
Agnes Scott girl.

Types of Alumnae

Roughly, alumnae night be divided into
three types, or classes: the Chronic, the
Indifferent, and the Exceptional.

The Chronic Alumna might not be the
most common type, but she is the type
most often seen on the campus. She may
or may not have been a good student, and
she may have complained avidly about
everything to do with the school while
she was a student, but now she comes back
to the campus, "just to look around," ev-
ery chance she gets. She's an ardent AS
booster in her home town and has for-
gotten every campus slip she ever got.
This type's financial contributions to the
school are usually sincerely given . but
modest in size, since her only income us-
ually is a joint back account watched by
her bread-earning husband.

The Indifferent Type

The Indifferent type doesn't always run
true to form, but is probably just too busy
or too old to care. Not one of her type in
a thousand will say anything important
against the school, but if she's asked if
she went to Agnes Scott, she answers
"yes" apd lets it stop there. Not a word
about it being one of the Big Five women's
colleges in the country scholastically, and
not one mention of the 2:30 a. m. dance
rule! Her contributions social and finan-
cial, are spasmodic if noticeable and
chances are her name is on the "Lost
Alumnae" list.

The Exceptional type is rare but price-
less. She is not only loyal, but she either
acquired or married money so she can and
does (eventually, maybe in her will) do
much for the school in a practical way, like
donating a new building. It is needless to
say she also contributes a great deal of
prestige.

You may not be able to see yourself
as one of these now, but just wait a couple
of children, 15 or so pounds, and even
five or six years from now you'll know.
And next time some person you remember
vaguely as being a nondescript senior when
you were a freshman rushes up and greets
you like her long-lost roommate, act glad
to see her. If you were wandering through
the Pentagon building at rush hour alone
and suddenly saw someone who used to
live down the street from you, you'd know
how she feels.

You'll be one someday.

P. S.: Don't tell me you STILL have a
nominating committee?

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1946

Page 3

ATM LETE

FEATS

PUTH RYNER.

(EDITOR'S NOTE: Edgar Rich-
ardson, Soozi Richardson's young-
er brother, helped our sport's
writers out last week when he
was here by writing about ath-
letics from the boys' angle)

When I lived in China and saw
and played the sports in the school
I went to, and then came over
here and saw the sports, I saw it
had some difference.

For instance, in our school in
Shanghai we have* six man foot-
ball, but I guess it's because we
had fewer to play it. We partic-
ipated in track more than in the
high school where I go. Boys from
way down as far as the fourth
grade were in it.

Yet the track is better in the
high schools and colleges which
have better records. In hockey the
girls played the same as over here.
In baseball there are organized
teams for the boys and softball
for the girls.

We also played more socder
than some high schools and col-
leges do here in the U. S.

In basketball in China we didn't
play quite as well as over here.
While I was watching the basket-
ball games here Friday night, I
saw that the girls played differ-
ent basketball from the boys. It
was kind of stupid of me not to
have known better. I didn't know
girls had six on a team and had
no center as the boys have. Also
in the girl's basketball, players on
one side of a court can't cross the
line. The basketball game was fas-
ter and better than I expected
it to be. I was surprised to find
the frosh better by far than the
sophs. And they scored more
points than all the other teams!

I liked the way we played the
sports in Shanghai American
School where I went because even
small kids had a chance to play
some games.

I know this is not much of a
story and some of you don't, agree
with me but I had to write any-
thing because I was practically
forced to write something for your
paper! I wrote this because some-
thing gave me the idea that your
sports writer was on strike.

TO DANCE
AT LAWSON

War Council announces plans
for a barn dance to be held at
Lawson General hospital Wednes-
day, January 31. The dance is
informal and buses will leave
from the front of Main at 7:30
p m. Maud Van Dyke, president
of War Council, added that there
are still many unpaid pledges
which should be turned in.

Lost and Found Open

Lost and Found which is located
in the upper floor of Murphey
Candler will be open during the
following hours:

Tuesday from 11 to 12, Soozi
Richardson in charge.

Wednesday from 8:30 to 9:30,
Virginia Tucker in charge.

Thursday from 9:30 to 10:30,
Genet Heery in charge.

Friday from 2:00 to 3:00,
Jean Fraser in charge.

ON THE BALL And who is the lovely Miss holding the basketball?
She is a Druid Hills high school senior, Betty Phillips, who is a top
guard. She is on the ball literally and figuratively and could teach
Aggies' cagers a thing or two.

Seniors and Frosh Win
In Close Cage Thriller

By Edna Claire Cunningham

The seniors won a 22-26 decision over the sophomores Fri
day, and the junior-freshman tilt ended with a 37-38 victory
for the frosh.

If you didn't see the games Friday, you have heard about
them and won't miss another. For close competition and hard
fought rivalry, they were tops.

The senior-soph game started
with the' sophs in center. They
lost the ball on a pass, and the
seniors scored. At the end of the
first quarter the score stood 3-
11 for the seniors These girls were
doing a three way pass that was
hard to stop, from Purcell in the
center to S. Richardson to Steph-
enson who was cutting to the
free-throw line.

Sophs Lag at Half

At the end of the half the sophs
were still lagging behind 9-16, but
things began to happen then. The
blues stepped up and ended the
third quarter 20-15. The last quar-
ter was one in which both teams
vied evenly.

The soph forwards began to
work to the basket with Dieck-
mann putting in her overhead
shots. Humphries shot some beau-
tiful long ones and what high scor-
er for the team.

The tension mounted as the
soph score did. With ten seconds to
play and the seniors leading by
two points, the sophs called time
out. The seniors came back and
scored a crip shot from a long
pass and the game was over. The
seniors had beat a fast and fight-
ing sophomore team 26-22.
Frosh Win Thriller

If the senior-soph was close in
the last quarter, it still didn't
equal that of the junior-freshman
game. These lassies were so even-
ly matched they exchanged goals
the entire game. The juniors had
the ball in center first. They took
it down the court for a goal. The
frosh, not to be outdone, did the
same and, the game was on.

At no time did either team have
more than a two goal lead. At the
end of the first period the score
was 10-11 for the juniors, and they
maintained the lead at the end of
the half 21-19.

The guards had a hard time
holding both teams, but did an
excellent job. Ellis, frosh mana-
ger, was sinking long shots from
anywhere. Fraser was getting the
ball under the goal and putting
them in there, and Brannan using
a low dribble, a high jump and a
one hand shot, that reminded ev-
eryone of a boy playing, was scor-
ing.

Hough Shoots Long Ones

The juniors had most of their
long shots coming from Hough,
with crip shots by Heery and An-
drews.

At the end of the third quarter
the score was 29-28 for the juniors.
It remained nip and tuck. With
one minute to play the freshman
had a one point lead. The juniors
on an out-of-bounds play scored,
Andrews making the basket. The
crowd roared and thought all was
over. The frosh took it in center
and Brannan scored. A second la-
ter the whistle, blew, and it was
the end. The frosh had come out
on top 38-37.

B Teams Play

The freshman B team trounced
the junior B team 14-4 in a pre-
ceding game. Marie Cuthbertson, a
tall forward, would be a threat
to any team. Next week the frosh
will play the soph B team.

LINE UPS:
Seniors : Guards^ Johnson,
Phelps, Walker; Forwards, Steph-
enson, Richardson, Purcell; Subs,
Melchor, Ryner.

Sophomores: Guards, Hayes,
Violette, Cunningham; Forwards:
Humphries, Dieckmann, Gibson;
Subs, Dunn.

Juniors: Guards, Williams, Lid-
dell, Radford; Forwards, Heery,
Hough, Andrews; Subs, Goode.

Freshmen: Guards, Newton,
Cook, Blake; Forwards, Ellis,
Brannan, Fraser.

See Bunny Brannan
Get In Stride

By Lidie Lee

If you're hard to wake up in the morning, if you whistle
while you work, and if you love to drink milk, you've got a
good chance to be an A-l basketball player. At least Bunny
Brannan, frosh captain, does those things and after Friday's
game I think you'll agree that she's a good basketball player.
Of course that isn't all there is

1 the pool some time and watch her
make racing turns.

Getting away from sports, Bun-
ny says she "likes to loaf." When
studying, however, she likes to
whistle or chew gum, much to her
roommate's disgust. She and
Binky Stubbs, who is another rea-
son why the frosh team is going
places, have planned to room to-
gether in college since way back in
the sixth grade, and unlike most
sixth graders, they've made their
plan come true.

Pennies Buy Presents
Like most kids, Bunny has col-
lected things. Stamps, coins, and
"teeny weenies" (little charms
that come for a penny, with candy
coated peanuts) all held their
place. This year she turned her
coin collecting to a practical pur-
pose and collected pennies to help
buy Christmas presents.

Turning back to sports we'd like
to make a prediction that Bunny
has quite a career ahead of her.
She played goalie on the frosh
hocky team this fall so well that
she made sub-varsity, and if
we're not mistaken she'll do even
better than that when it comes
around to picking out a varsity
basketball team.

Badminton Doubles
On Second Round

The badminton doubles tourna-
ment sponsored by the Badmin-
ton club got off to a good start
'on Friday, Jan. 17. Since that time
the first rounds have been played
Dff in hard, exciting games, win-
ning two out of three games. Win-
ners are as follows: Carolyn
Gilchrist and Mary Ann Craig,
Edna Claire Cunningham and Doc
Dunn, June Coley and Dot Per-
form, Jean Stewart and Jean Den-
ning, Helen Currie and Chris
Yates, and B. J. Radford and Jean
Williams.

to it, and if you're interested in
improving your game here's some
dope about Bunny that might help
you.

Bunny Starts at Ten

Backyard basketball games at
ten with her brother started Bun-
ny out on her favorite sport.
Freshman year at Druid Hills
High she was on the sub team.
Telling about the first game she
played in Bunny grinned widely,
"We were so far behind that they
let me play for about three sec-
onds." She must have done well
enough, for from sophomore year
on she played on the varsity. This
year at Agnes Scott she is not
only one of the best freshmen for-
wards, but team captain as well.

Reminiscing on interesting
games, Bunny says she remembers
best a high school game played
during a storm when the lights
kept going out. The opposing
teams sat on the court and chat-
ted during periods of total dark-
ness, and then continued the game
when the lights came on again.
She Likes to Loaf

Besides basketball Bunny likes
swimming best. Come down to

THREE ON A BIKE Sally
Sue, Cagie and Bettye Lee on
an A.A. Blue Horse bike.

Two Students Needed
For Play Ground Work

Two students are needed to do
playground work in the Decatur
schools, Miss Llewelyn Willburn,
physical education director, an-
nounced recently.

Some one is needed at Clairmont
on Mondays and Thursdays and
at Ponce de Leon on Mondays and
Wednesdays. Physical education
credit is given for this work, and
$1.00 an afternoon is paid by the
Decatur recreation department.

Students who are interested in
doing such work are urged to see
Miss Willburn immediately.

THREADGILL

PHARMACY

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

NOTICE

This Is Your Drug Store
AGNES SCOTT

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1946

Swim Club
Elects Seven

Seven underclassmen made the
Swimming club, Scotty Scott,
president,- announced today. The
new members are Bunny Brannan,
Betty Blackmon, Jean Fraser, Jane
Barker, Ann Hayes, Binky Stubbs,
and Ruth Richardson.

The first swimming meet of the
year will be held Feb. 7 at 8 p. m.,
Scotty also stated. "This will be
the only meet which will count to-
wards points for the athletic cup."

Tryouts for the Swimming club
involved 36 lengths of the pool;
five lengths front and back crawl
each for form; one length for
speed; three racing starts, three
racing turns, three surface dives,
one standing front dive, one live-
saving approach and carry, and one
demonstration of artificial respira-
tion.

News When Far From the Reach

Folio Club

Jo Snow, president of the fresh-
men writing club, announced this
week the new members of Folio.
The names announced were Nancy-
Parks, Hunt Morris, Nancy Dendy,
Lorton Lee, and Beverly Baldwin.
The club also plans to attend the
tea for Robert Frost and to hold
a meeting Friday.

Spanish Club

The Spanish Club held its reg-
ular meeting last week and had
as its speaker Miss Margaret
Buchner. She spoke on her ex-
periences in Mexico and Cuba.
Bettye Smith, president of the
club, announces another meeting
in two weeks.

WHO CARES

see page 2

Wide-Awake Aggie Gives Chapel
Full Attention Midst Letters, Knitting

By Harriet Gregory

Chapel that's the time between
10:30 and 11 a. m. when Aggie . . .
well . . . but sometimes she hears
every word the speaker says. The
many and varied things associated
with chapel are really not so puz-
zling as they might seem on over-
hearing such bits of conversation
as: "Going to chapel?" "Think
I'd better. I have to do my math."
Or, "What happened in chapel to-
day?" "Oh, I got two letters writ-
ten and Mr. "X" spoke.

There are those who are mild-
ly surprised at seeing rows and
rows of girls singing from pages
of letters instead of the hymn
books customarily used. They fail
to comprehend the celebrated face-
behind-the-newspaper - at - the-
breakfast-table act with which
those on the rostrum are often
greeted, and watching the appli-
cation of a beautiful nail polish
job definitely jars them.

These poor bewildered souls
might get some faint glimmer of
understanding from the realiza-
tion that the girl who indulges in
these strange goings on in chapel
is the same one who reads history
parallel in the cafeteria line, writes
themes to Bob Hope, and does the
rest of her homework at the con-
certs. Habit probably makes it im-
possible for the poor gal to do one
thing at a time.

There arc, of course, many, many
girls who give the chapel program
their full attention. An observer
trained in such things can spot
them easily. They are the ones
with their knees propped on the
seat in front, heads back, and eyes
closed in deepest concentration.

Shuttle Bugs Tell Us
Where Are Your 'Shots?

Don't you have a super picture
of friend roommate? Or what
about the snap of the midnight
feast taken in your room that,
amazing as it is, turned out? Any-
how you had better take advan-
tage of the first sunny day to
take those pictures 'cause the Sil-
houette's snapshot contest ends
tomorrow.

The pictures can be any size,
just clear and with a point of in-
terest. Give them to the chairman
(If you have the negative, turn
that in too) of the contest, Elean-
or Reynolds (sr.) or Bobbie Whip-
ple (soph.), or place them in the
boxes provided for them in the
dormitories.

Date Book

Wednesday, Jan. 30 Marriage
class at 5 p. m. in room 3 But-
trick hall.

Robert Frost speaks at 7:30 p.
m. in Maclean auditorium.
Emory Canterbury club supper
tor Agnes Scott Episcopal girls,
<i :30 p. m at Emory.
Freshman skating party at the
Rollerdrome.
Thursday, Jan. 31 Informal dance
at Lawscn general hospital. Bus
to leave Main at 6:30 p. m.
Friday, Feb. 1 Basketball games,
8:30 p. m. in the gym.
Rabbit-Rabbit day!
Sunday, Feb. 3 Special chorus

sings in contest at Emory.
Monday, Feb. 4 Music apprecia-
tion Hour at 8:30 p. m. in Mac-
lean auditorium.

Modern Painting
Subject of Lecture

"What to Look for in Modern
Painting" was the subject of a
lecture by James McDonough
Thursday at 4:30 p. m. in 103
Buttrick.

With an excellent selection of
colored slides, Mr. McDonough
gave a resume of modern paint-
ing, "the most complex of plas-
tic arts." Emphasizing the artist's
point of view, the chairman of
GSCW fine arts explained in
simple terms the outstanding
movements in modern art-real-
ism, impressionism, expression-
ism, surrealism.

"Realism" he stated, "is pleas-
ing because we are seeing things
as we already know them." Ev-
erything is of equal importance;
the other art trends are selective
studies of light, of the expression
of the artist's momentary feelings,
of the subconscious, he explained.

By Libby Woodward

At the Dances

Hearts and toes were light and merry this week-end as we
gaily danced with Tech and Emory friends. Special con-
gratulations to Florence Akers, cute freshman, who for the
second year has been elected Sweetheart of Sigma Chi, a
most unusual honor. Others at the formal were Mary Frances
Anderson, June Thomason, Doot-
sie Gardner, Nancy Dendy, Billie
Powell. The Zip banquet and
dance was lots of fun, too. Danc-
ing with the dental students were
Lucy Turner, Billie Powell, Mary
Jane Fuller, Charlien Simms with
her visitor from Alabama, Dale
Bennett, Sweetie Calley, Minne-
wil Story, Lynn Phillips, and
Laney Harris. Saturday night
found Ivy Morris, Anne Hough,
Martha Port, Ann Hightower, Eva
Williams, Betty Andrews, Steele
Dendy Caroll Taylor, Gene Aken,
Jo Snow, Steve Paige, Mimi Ar-
nold, Nancy Parker, and Marjorie
Marks at the Tech Student Coun-
cil dance. Mary Jane Fuller, Cissy
Jeffries, Janet Liddell, Laney Har-
ris, Mary Humphries, and alumna
Kitty Kay were seen at the AKK
dance. At the Paradise Room: Mae
Osborne, Vannesse Orr, Mariana
Hollandsworth, B. A. Zeigler, Mary
Frances Anderson, and Scotty
Johnson; at the Empire Room: Ann
Burckhardt and Punky Mattison;
at the Rainbow Roof : Mary Brown
Mahon, Glassy Beale, and Janet
Aurada; at the Mirador Room:
Robin with Fred and Mrs. Boy-
kin.

Hello Darling

Keep those wires clear for im-
portant calls and some mighty
important ones came through this
week. San Francisco calling Bettye
Smith and it was Wray on the
other end of the line. Also in Cal-
ifornia, B. A.'s Merritt, just ar-
rived. There's a wonderful time
in store for Joan Crangle during
the spring holidays. Saturday night
Bob called from Seattle, where
he'd just landed, and said he'd
be here March 15. If Delray Beach
isn't a vivid vermilion by the
time school starts, it won't be
their fault.

Balcony Sensation

Or Romeo's in the Legislature
now. Four seniors went to the
Capitol to watch Georgia's law-
makers in action last week and
as is customary for visitors, sat
in the gallery. It wasn't long,
however, before they received a
note from the reading clerk, who
asked if the four beautiful ladies
would not like the privilege of the
floor. They did and sat downstairs
the rest of the afternoon. And,
what's more, this week-end one of
les belles dames received flowers
from said young reading clerk.

Cabinets to Hear Rabbi

Rabbi David Marx of the At-
lanta synagogue will speak to a
joint meeting of the freshman and
sophomore cabinets today at 5 p.
m. in Murphey Cander. A discus-
sion period will follow his talk on
Judaism.

Next week there will be a round-
tabe forum on the three religions
which the two groups have studi-
ed, Catholicism, Judaism and
Protestantism. Paul L. Garber,
head of the Bible department, will
lead this period.

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Sounds like political romance,
n'est-ce pas?

Love Before First Sight

Remember the wonderful pic-
ture Betsy Brown, ex-'48, had on
her dresser last year of her good-
looking brother? Rusty Rayfield,
also ex-'48, thought it was pretty
good and used to say, "That's my
man." Well, the latest Pony Ex-
press news from Texas relates
that Buddy Brown, back from
overseas, went to the University
of Texas along with Betsy, met
Rusty, and they're to be married
in June.

Speaking of weddings, Eleanor
Davis' engagement was announced
and her plans are made for June.
It will be Hawaiian wedding bells
for Miss Davis and Ensign Scott
about the 14th. He's stationed at
Pearl Harbor.

SOUTHERN
DAIRIES

Delicious

MILK AND ICE
CREAM

Supervised by Sealtest

Who's News?

Steve Page

By Martha Baker

Call her "Steve." Tease her a
little too. Then watch her brown
eyes sparkle as she hands it back.
"Gawja,' she'll drawl in her best
Vermont accent hitting the "a"
hard. Then the game is up. Then
you know the real truth. She's
true yankee in the best sense of
the word.

But boiling it down to a ra-
tional denominator, it makes no-
difference where she hails from
she's all girl, even if she did
laugh at Fate who meant to
name her Steven David Page in-
stead of Ellen Frances Page.
The two compromised with plain
"Steve." Life in the sunny south
has turned out to be less sunny
from the weather stand point,
Steve claims, but otherwise she
loves it. There are times though
when the green expanse of lawn
frets her soul and she cries for
the white of Vermont snow, as.
if all snow isn't white. "But it
is different there," she sighs.

Slip up to third Inman, and.
listen in as Steve tells of the
Vermont hills, of high school,
days, "sugaring up" and the-
thrills of "yankee land." It seems,
that "sugaring up" is as natural
in Vermont as cotton picking in
Georgia. Everyone gathers in the
country at a sugaring house
"just a cabin," Steve gesticulates,
where there's a bathtub affair
filled with boiling maple syrup."
"You get your own tray full of
snow, and then pour the maple
syrup over it."

After talking to her roommates
while Steve is still raving on
about the joys of snowbound Ver-
mont, you learn that she sleeps
in a striped nightshirt affair, has
the walls lined with pictures,
uses a bath towel for a laundry
bag, and wiggles her toes when
she's excited. You notice it just
so happens that her right big
toe is dancing violently at this
point and you ask, "And what
are you doing tonight?" The miss
replies, "I've got a date." And
they say that only southern girls
are coy!

After singing in the choir for
three months and with the faith-
ful patience of her roommates,
Steve can now almost stay on
the tune of "Mighty Like a Rose"
with only minor alterations in
the original score. She misses the
winter sports and especially the
skiing, but is finding other di-
versions. Her latest worry, so the
roommates say, is she's afraid
she does look like a boy after all.
Short curly hair frames a pert
face with a frank, forward look
which characterises Steve. You
see her loping along, usually
laughing always talking. And
just remember that if you listen
real close Vermont runs a close
second as being the favorite sub-
ject. Hear about the New York
week-end in Greenwich Village
the drum and bugle corps at high
school and the Ski Club. Listen
to tales of Burlington, the larg-
est city in all of Vermont al-
most 30,000 and the summer spent
at Camp Ilochelaga where she
was an archery instructor after
two "easy lessons." She'll tell you
northern girls are more frank
than southern girls or that
she's learning to be a true rebel.
But remember, don't let that
smile trick you, or that easy man-
ner entice you into telling all
Remember her toes curl when
she's excited. Remember, only
southern girls are coy!

THE NEWS

VOL. XXXI AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1946 NO. 15

Tech, ASC
Will Offer
Recital Feb. 15

Band, Chorus
Join For Charity

The Agnes Scott special chorus
and the Georgia Tech band will
present a joint recital Friday, Feb.
15 in Presser hall at 8 p. m.

The special chorus, under the
direction of Lewis H. Johnson, as-
sociate professor of music, will do
a group of selections from their
repetoire of light opera numbers.
These numbers have been selected
from the most popular ones which
the group has presented in pro-
grams for men in service.

The Tech band under the direc-
tion of A. J. Garing, will begin the
program with the Evryanthe Over-
ture by Mendelssohn. The other
numbers will be the Ballet Music
from Faust by Gounoud, the Fi-
nale in F minor from the 4th sym-
phony by Tschaikowsky, the At-
lantis Suite in four parts by V.
Safranek, and the Semiramide
Overture by Rossini.

The program is sponsored by
the Civitan club of Decatur each
year for various charaitable pur-
poses. Last year the money from
the program outfitted a negro
high school band in Decatur. The
joint recital has been given for
the past several years. Tickets
are on sale in Decatur.

The numbers of the special
chorus will be: "My Hero" from
the Chocolate Soldier by Strauss,
"Sweet and Lovely" by Arnheim-
Tobias-Lemare, "Summer Time"
from Porgy and Bess by Gersh-
win, "Oh, What A Beautiful
Mornin" from Oklahoma by Rod-
geres, "Rose Marie" by Fnml, "In-
dian Love Call" from Rose Marie
by Friml, and Giannina Mia from
the Firefly by Friml-Riegger.

The soloists will be Mary Beth
Little, Mildred Evans and Helen
Currie.

Duo-Pianists Play
In Concert Tonight

Pierre Luboshutz and Genia
Nemenoff, famous duo-pianists,
will entertain music lovers tonight
at the city auditorium in their
concert of original music for two
pianos. The program, a presenta-
tion of the All-Star concert series,
will begin at 8:30 p. m.

Mr. Luboshutz and Miss Nemen-
off will open their recital with
Bach's "Sonata in G Major" and
continue with "Variations on a
Theme by Haydn," by Brahms,
and "Rondo," by Chopin. They
will also play "Scaramouche
Suite," by Milhaud, and "Varia-
tions on a Theme by Beethoven,"
by Saint-Saens.

Busses for Agnes Scott students
will leave the college at 7:30 p.m.
. .

Ex-Serviceman
To Interpret
Personal War Art

George Cress, from the faculty
of Judson college, will speak to
the art students and any others
of the college community who wish
to attend at 2 p. m. Thursday,
Feb. 7. He will lecture on his
own watercolors now on display
in 321 Buttrick hall.

Mr. Cress, a former student of
Lamar Dodd, prominent southern
painter, did several of these paint-
ings while serving in the Air
Corps in Italy during the war.
Since his discharge from the serv-
ice, Mr. Cress has been teaching
at Judson college.

Council Offers
First Aid Class

War Council has announced
plans for two courses in first aid
to be. given on the campus in the
near future. Mrs. H. C. Forman
will be the instructor.

An 18-hour course will be offer-
ed for those who have had no
previous first aid instruction. A re-
fresher course of 12 hours will be
given for those who have already
obtained first aid certificates.

A list has been placed on the
back bulletin board in Buttrick 1
hall for those interested in join-
ing the classes.

War council also announces that
there will be a formal dance at
Lawson on Feb. 14. Buses will
leave from Main at a time to be
designated. A list will be posted
in the mail room for those who
wish to attend.

Is Your Mind
Campused?

1. Would you uphold the strike
legislation now before the House?
Why?

2. Who will you support in Geor-
gia's next gubernatorial race? Can
you give valid reasons for support-
ing your candidate?

3. Do you think the stand of
the U. N. O. security council on
the Iran question was wise? What
influence will this decision have
upon our relations with Russia?
Do Russia's actions in Iran in-
dicate a policy of aggression ?

4. Do you think the supreme
court was justified in refusing to
stay the hanging of Yamashita,
the "tiger of Malaya?" What will
be the significance of his fate in
relation to the war criminals in
Europe ?

By Margaret Mlzell

Emile Caillet, eminent author-
ity on the life and works of Blaise
Pascal, will speak in Presser hall
at 8:30 p. m., Tuesday night.

Mr. Caillet is a combination of
a brilliant scholar, and an inter-
esting personality. He holds a
French Ph. D. in literature as well
as a Th. D. with high honor from
the University of Strasbourg. He
now holds a permanent chair of
French literature and philosophy
at Wesleyan university, Middle-
town, Conn. He is a lecturer at the
Princeton Summer School of The-
ology as well as author of many
books. His latest book, The Clue
to Pascal, has been selected as the
book of two months in Great
Britain. Another work, Pascal:
Genius in the Light of Scripture,
has recently been chosen among
the eight books unanimously ap-
proved by a national jury of Jew-
ish, Protestant and Catholic
leaders in this country.

Paul Garber who heard him
speak at Princeton was quite im-
pressed with his intellectual pow-
ers. He has a "most stimulating
mind," and a "profundity of
thought,' 1 according to Garber,
and is "very much a scholar's

Christian Tells

Atom News

Of Physics Parley

Schuyler M. Christian, profes-
sor of physics and astronomy,
returned last week from the an-
nual meeting of the American Phy-
sical society at Columbia univer-
sity. Approximately five hundred
representatives from colleges and
industries met January 24-26 to
deliver papers on teaching meth-
ods, radio, and plastics.

Although most of the people
present had worked on the atomic
bomb project, they were unable
to report on any of their work.
Mr. Christian said that the most
interesting report along this line
was made by General Electric lab-
oratories which have developed an
X-ray machine of 100,000,000 volts
which changes light waves to
mesotrons, parts of atoms. This is
a reversal of the process of atomic
explosion.

Another interesting report was
on the pitch, quality and loudness
of musical tones with the demon-
stration by Bell Telephone on a
tone synthesizer that exactly imi-
tates the tones of musical instru-
ments.

Dtkte Book

Wednesday, Feb. 6 All-Star con-
cert. Buses leave Main at 7:30.

Thursday, Feb. 7 Chi Beta Phi
meeting, 7 p. m. in Murphey
Candler. George Cress to speak
to art students' league, 2:00 p.
m. in Buttrick.

Tuesday, Feb. 12 Caillet lecture
at 8:30 p. m. Presser hall.

Wednesday, Feb. 13 Dress reher-
sal for Junior Joint skits, gym.

English Film
Stars

Paderewski

"Moonlight Sonata," an Engish
film starring Ignace Jan Pade-
rewski, Polish pianist and com-
poser, is being held over this week
at the Peachtree theater. In this
picture Mr. Paderewski plays his
own "Minuet in G Major," Chop-
in's "Polonaise in A Flat Major,"
Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata,"
and Liszt's "Second Hungarian
Rhapsody."

The Peachtree theater, the only
one of its kind in Atlanta, is at-
tempting to bring art movies, the
best of American, British, and
French productions, for the enjoy-
ment of people of this area.

Films booked for the near fu-
ture are: "On Approval," a com-
edy starring Beatrice Lillie and
Clive Brook; "Peg of Old Drury,"
a heavy picture concerning the
Drury Lane theater, the oldest in
England, and starring Sir Cedric
Hardwicke; "The Life and Loves
of Franz Schubert," starring Illona
Massey, Alan Curtis, and Billy
Gilbert, and containing many of
Schubert's songs "Serenade,"
"Ave Maria," "Impatience," and
''Hark, Hark the Lark;" and
"Thunder Rock."

Miss Laura Steele
Attends Columbia

Miss Laura Steele, secretary to
the president, left Jan. 30 for NeW
York city where she will attend
two sessions at Columbia univer-
sity.

During Miss Steele's leave of ab-
sence, Mrs. Willis Binford of De-
catur will replace her in the ad-
ministrative offices.

Emory Brings
Journalism
To AS Campus

Richard Joel to Teach
Spring Survey Course

Richard Joel, former promotion
manager of the Atlanta Journal,
will teach the introductory course
in journalism at Agnes Scott next
quarter. He has just joined the
Emory university journalism staff
following his , discharge from the
army air forces.

Emory is offering the class at
Agnes Scott as a service to girls
who might be unable to take jour-
nalism courses on the Emory
campus. This' is the first journal-
ism course taught here, although
for many years courses in that
department at Emory have been
open to Agnes Scott girls.

The course is a survey of vari-
ous phases of journalism consid-
ered from a vocational point of
View;. It will jinclude work in
news writing. Special lecturers will
be R. B. Nixon, chairman of the
division of journalism at Emory,
F. K. Baskette, and John A.
Griffin, associate professors of
journalism at Emory.

Mr. Joel received his A. B. de-
gree in journalism from the Uni-
versity of Georgia and his M. A.
in 1940 from the University of
Wisconsin.

The class will meet at 2 p. m.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday,
and carries three hours credit. Stu-
dents have registered for the
course which is open to sopho-
mores, juniors and seniors.

IRC Discusses Troop
Problems in Orient

Members of International Rela-
tions club discussed the problems
of occupational troops in the
Orient and Europe at a meet-
ing Thursday. Jane Meadows (jr.)
gave a short talk on "The Con-
trol of Japan" in which she stress-
ed the new power women have
gained in Japan since the war and
the formation of a women's polit-
ical party there.

Louisa Aichel (jr.) spoke on
"Occupational Troops in Europe"
and told of the G. I. complaints
and demands to come back to
United States. After these talks
the discussion was thrown open to
the group.

Membership in I. R. C. is open
to everyone interested in current
happenings, says Rite Watson,
president. On February 8 there
will be an open meeting for fresh-
men and all those interested in
joining I. R. C. At this meeting
Mrs. Roff Sims, associate profes-
sor of history, will be guest speak-
er.

A.S.C. Swimmers
Win At AAU Meet

Agnes Scott girls carried off
top honors Saturday, Jan. 26, at
the Southeastern AAU meet held
at Emory. Representing Agnes
Scott in the low board diving event
were Cookie Miller, Jenny Wren
and Bunny Brannan. According to*
points, Cookie Miller placed first,
Jenny, second and Bunny, third..
However, due to a technicality
Bunny was awarded second place.

The A. A. U., or American Ama-
teur Union, is a nation-wide or-
ganization. This union includes
nearly all sports.

Emile Caillet Will Lecture Feb. 12

scholar." He does not "dabble
with knowledge, but goes right
to the depth."

Mr. Caillet's personality reveals
many intriguing facts. His life al-
most reads like a storybook. A
Frenchman by birth, he was
wounded in World War I, and his
rescue by an American ambulance
corps led him eventually to the
United States where he has lived
as a naturalized citizen. He speaks

i both French and English quite
well. Born a Catholic, he later
became an enthusiastic convert to
Protestanism in part due to his
study of Pascal. He is now an
elder in the Presbyterian church.
He is also a member of a na-
tional board of the Salvation Ar-
my. "Vigorous in mind and in
spirit," his interests include phi-
losophy, language, literature, reli-
gion, and French civilization. Mr.
Garber says that "he reveals a
personality that wins you." Al-
though he is above all an intel-
lectual, he is very human, and
extremely intercsred in people. He
is typically French in his "expres-
sive, gesturing hands, his touch
of mysticism, and his deep feel-
ings, and the ability to express
them."

Mr. Caillet will speak Tuesday
night on the subject, "Pascal and
the Genius of France." The lec-
ture is open to the public, and
free of charge. Following it will
be a reception in Murphey Candler
honoring the speaker. Wednesday
morning, February 13, he will
speak to the French students in
French. At 4:45 Wednesday after-
noon he will speak in Maclean au-
ditorium on the subject, "Chris-
tianity and Naturalism."

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1946

The News

EDITORIALS

Decatur, Ga. Feb. 6, 1946

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS

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Tradition Broken,
Something Gained

A step has been taken. The whole
campus recognizes the intangible
value derived from the recent fresh-
men parties. These parties which
have been held for the last three
Wednesdays have been planned and
executed by the junior class. At the
same time, they were financed by
the college with Mortar Board pay-
ing $30.

The object of the parties has for
a number of years been to give each
freshman class opportunity to make
social contacts. This year, traditional
procedure was broken not once but
twice. First, and perhaps the biggest
step taken, was the fact that the
parties were not confined to the
campus. Secondly, the junior class
put on the parties unaided.

Freshmen were given the best in
the way of good, wholesome fun.
No doubt, the juniors involved en-
joyed their part in the planning.
The mere fact that one group on
campus enjoyed a campus planned
social function gives satisfaction to
all.

Terse Converse

Southerners rant and Northerners
rave. Is the Civil war still raging?
Or is the FEPC bll just a good cam-
paign plank for the coming elec-
tions? Why can't all politics be as
calm and ladylike as our student
meeting January 4? Maybe we don't
rattle the rafters with debate, but
at least we don't sling mud with
the wild abandon of our representa-
tives and senators in Congress.

Looks as though campus organiza-
tions will get plenty of new blood
come March. The freshmen are at-
tending special activities week meet-
ings in droves, and we all hope there
will be just as many when try-out
time rolls around.

It is said that Agnes Scotters have
a reputation for resembling a nylon
mob after the AU-Star concerto.
Look out below when the last note
has been struck, we dash madly
for those buses, encores or no. Would
it be prudish to suggest we stalk
more slowly, applaud a little longer,
and maybe all reach the buses a lit-
tle later?

Leave It There

So you want to read. The reading
room is open and you help yourself
to Mademoiselle and Good House-
keeping plus a few others. Sure
you're going to take them to the
room for a little while, then bring
them back. But the point is, in the
meantime, others will want to read
the same magazine.

The Mortar Board reading room is
for the pleasure of the whole camp-
us. Each publication is clearly mark-
ed property of Mortar Board not to
be removed from this room. When
you borrow a periodical, newspaper,
or what-not from this room, it is
the same as if you had borrowed it
from the library or any public li-
brary. There is more principal in-
volved than meets the eye.

As members of a college commun-
ity there are joint responsibilities
and rights that we must respect. A
price must be paid for being one of
the community. If you have forfeited
this right in any way, think and
think hard. And if you have the
property of Mortar Board, replace
it. Respect the rights of others and
at the same time, your own rights.

Somebody Cares!

Dear Editor:

Who cares? We care. We cared for
the nominating committee legislation
and unanimously endorsed it, but we
don't care for the unjust dig at the stu-
dent body the News made in its last is-
sue.

The motion put before the student body
in chapel Thursday a week ago was not
solely an idea originated in the nominat-
ing committee itself, but a culmination
of student feeling that finally found an
outlet for expression in the new motion.
Surely the News can not condemn the
harmony of feeling present in the stu-
dent meeting on that Thursday.

For heaven's sake, once peace comes
to the campus, let it reign!

Louisa Aichel.

Dear Editor:

I thought the editorial, Who Cares?, in
the last issue of The News very harsh
and unfair criticism. It was criticism
was not at fault. How do you suppose,
for example, the group of freshmen,
who went out of their way to understand
the bill so they could be ready to vote in
chapel, felt when they received that slap
in the face?

Before chapel that day, I had heard
many groups on campus talking over the
bill, agreeing that here was the answer
to the committee nominations headache,
and praising the committee for their
splendid work. In chapel there was noth-

There were, without, a doubt, many
on campus, who didn't care, but for the
many who did, the editorial was a little
curel. The fact that The News made such
a large issue of the seeming disinterest
because nobody would second a bill, was
unfortunate.

Janet Liddell.

The News welcomes these comments
from the students. The editorial re-
ferred to was not intended as a "slap
in the fact" but a sa jolt to a large
group on campus badly needed. "Who
Cares?" was aimed, not toward stu-
dents who kept silent because they
were in agreement with the proposal,
but toward that group of students who
kept silent because they just didn't
know What was going on.

The News, however, is delighted to
know that at least two people do care!
Ed.

Who's News?

B. J. Radford

By Joanne Benton

Did you ever meet someone who, as
soon as you saw her, struck you as rep-
resenting something? Like the typical G.
I., or the universal member of the D A
R. ?

B. J. Radford is like that trite as it
may seem, you just can't help thinking
that she must be the all-American girl.

B. J. has loved sports since her gram-
mar school days. Reluctantly she says
basketball is her favorite if she must
pick one. Swimming, tennis, riding and
hiking all make for fun. It all goes back
to B. J. at ten, when she took off for
Camp Highland for the first time. She's
been eight summers since, and in 1944
was a tennis counsellor along with Ruth
Ryner.

She carried the basketball right through
Decatur Girls' high and still has a firm

grip on it. She's been making baskets in
the name of the Varsity basketball team
since her freshman year at Agnes Scott.

Hard to Keep Up?

"I've always loved to walk," says B. J.,
"but everyone says I walk too fast. Gene
is the only person I ever knew I couldn't
keep up with!" Gene is the one who in-
spired a friend to produce the following
place-card for B. J. at a party: "This bi-
ology major, it seems, is interested in
chromosomes and 'genes.'

B. J. stays about as busy here as the
point system allows, but she must feel she
is almost resting after her activities in
high school. At Girl's high she played bas-
ketball and tennis, was editor of the year-
book, and a member of Sigma Tau Delta
sorority.

Zeal Menaces Decatur

What took most of her time was the
chairmanship of the student war activities
committee. ' Once in her zeal to turn in
iron scrap averaging 100 pounds per stu-
dent, she began digging up an old pipe
out in the woods.

"The city still doesn't know I practical-
ly dug up their whole water system."

Now B. J. likes to spend spare time
reading anything from biography to
"Good Housekeeping," and listening to
semi-classical records. "I'd love to have a
big record collection,' grins B. J., "but
I'd better wait till I settle down before
that."

No Wish for Career

After she graduates with a double
major in biology and math B. J. plans
to work a year or two "just to see what
I can do." But after that "I definitely
don't want to be a career woman! Who
does ?"

As for likes and dislikes, B. J. says
she's not very hard to please. "I like peo-
ple in general I just like to talk to
them. Sometimes I have more fun with
people I don't know than with people
I do." She has still a little lingering shy-
ness still the all-American girl.

Oh, just one more thing. "I used to
have an awful temper when I was little,"
B. J. admits. "I was a red-head then.
But now, it's well, it's brown."

AGNES SCOTT NE1VS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1946

Page 3

Carrier A-19

Sub-deb Delivers
Journal to Hottentots

By Nellie Scott

When, in search of lofty literature, you pick up your
Atlanta Journal, to read about the gentilities of Alvin anr 7
the Bobby Socks or the latest blunder of Dagwood, you
don't realize that there is a true story behind the arrival of
that paper into your hands a story as interesting as the do-
ings of Blondie herself.

Sincerity Makes Intention Fact Frost

The main character in this tale
is not Mandrake the Magician,
Wash Tubbs, or even Secret Ag-
ent X-9, but a high school senior
named Dorothy.

Boyfriend Pulls Strings

Known in the Journal office by
the official title of carrier A-19,
Dorothy Medlock, of Decatur, has
been the "paper girl" of Agnes
Scott students and faculty for
three years. The circumstances
leading our blonde friend to get a
paper route might bring back
memories to some of you whose
afternoon music lessons weren't
exactly charmed by the playing
of Mozart. (Or maybe you're like
me and stopped on that impossible
piece, "The Happy Farmer.") Since
music lessons were a bore to Miss
Dot, she decided to find something
more interesting to do. Her "boy-
friend" pulled some strings and
she got the job of bringing us the
news, which incidentally brings no
mean financial remuneration. Sev-
en dollars and a half a week would
grace anybody's pocketbook.

Her sister, Betty, is an ASC
graduate alnd a former Mortar
Board member. Also we happen to
know from good authority that the
grades our news carrier makes
would make anybody's report card
look beautiful.

KA's Rate

But Dot's no book-worm. At
the top of thet list are two Em-
ory KA's, and, "they are regular
members, not pledges," she says.
She is giving some of you Augusta
girls some real competition, be-
cause both Bobby and John are
from Augusta. Bobby is going
with the Navy now, but that will
be over shortly we hope. Her fa-
vorite type of masculinity is a
blonde. Too bad Bobby and John
are both brunettes.

Miss Blythe Helps

Hard-working career girls occa-

sionally need an assistant, and
Dot is no exception. Miss Blythe
Posey of Faculty Row often helps
the Decaturite on her paper route.
When Dorothy goes out of town,
or somebody comes in town, Blythe
is right on the job to get the
news to us. And the maids in
Main, as well as Dot, say that
Blythe is efficiency plus.

The private life of our paper
girl is no less eventful than life
in the comic strips she brings to
us. A senior in Decatur Girls' High,
this lady with the famous "green
eyes,' is literary editor of the
yearbook as well as a member of
the aslnual busness staff. Al-
though she "goes to sleep in chem-
istry class" and doesn't find math
particularly delightful, she Is right
on her toes when it comes to
English and history, English is her
favorite subject and she wants to

do some sort of creative writing,
perhaps scenarios in Hollywood.

This is the last year Dorothy
will carry papers, but next time
you see this very attractive 5'
2Mj" young lady on campus with
her Journals, take a good look at
her. You'll be seeing her again,
for carrier A-19 will be a freshman
at Agnes Scott next year.

Call DE. 4922

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ROBERT FROST LUNCHES with Lecture association
members. From left to right Bet Sale, Ellen Hayes, Mar-
garet Mizell, Peggy Pat Home, Mary Beth Little, Nancy
Parks, Anne Burckhardt, Carol Giles and Nelson Fisher.

When Far From the Reach

By Libby Woodward

(Ed. Note Eva Williams is guest editor during Libbie Woodward's
illness.)

What a week-end! The A. Scottie's really were hither and
thither. Many pairs of ballerinas were put into action at
formals where Agnes Scott, as usual, was well represented
Friday night after a basketball game at Tech there was
a dance which Dolly Cave, Steve Page, Jo Snow, Betty
Jean Ellison, Bobby Cathcart, Bet-

sy Deal, Ann Anderson, Leonora
Cousar, Nancy Deal, and Alice
Newman all attended.

At the Phi Chi dance were: Mil-
dred Claire Jones, June Thomason,
B. A. Zeigler, Robin Robinson and
Scotty Johnson.

'Nother dance May Comer Os-
borne enjoyed the D. F. C. dance
at Emory.

Dootsie Gardner wore a stun-
ning formal to the Psi O dental
dance at the Legion hall. Others
at the dance: Charlene Simms,
Mary Jane Fuller, Bettye Smith,
Lucy Turner, and Eva Williams.

Nancy Dendy went to the S. A.
E. dance and the Phi Delts gave
a gay shipwreck house dance. Mar-
gie Marks, Betty Blackmon, Dolly
Cave, Carol Taylor, and Peggy Pat
Horne were there.

And who will claim the crew
of sailors who must be contestants
in the snapshot contest judging
from the rolls of film they glee-
fully used on the Quadrangle. In
Murphy Candler Sunday night
they proved to be excellent pop
corn experts, too.

Who Else Came to See Us?

Betty Wood entertained two vis-
itors from Ft. Valley, Hurdy Mc-
Allister had her sister here from
Hunter field, and Peggy Jones was
happy to see Bob. Soozi Richard-
son's brother and a friend came
over from Ft McClellan.

When R.O.T.C. men came from
the University of South Carolina
how did Mary Beth Little and
Mary Manly decide who was to
date which? I guess one had just

as soon date the "other one" as
"which" because the fellows were
twins. Nancy Geer also dated an
R.O.T.C.'er from S. C.

Always pleased to have parents
visit us this week lucky girls were
Alice Davidson, who was with her
mother, Harriet Gregory with her
father, and Eleanor and Sister
with Mrs. Davis.

Travelitus
Excitement for Mary McCalla
and Ann Hough. They had a large
week-end at Chapel Hill where
Mary was K. A. sponsor at a for-
mal dance. Mimi Arnold was hon-
ored at Auburn when she was
Queen at a Phi Delt dance.

Lu Cunningham tells of a gay
time at the University of Alabama.
Dot Peace went all the way to
Clarksdale, Miss., where she vis-
ited Georgia Gilliland, a former
student here. Betty Davidson went
to Auburn dances.
Don't forget Home and take
someone with you
Nina Owens had a gala house
party. Mary Frances s Anderson,
Dale Bennett, Sweetie Calley,
Louisa Aichel, Beth Walton, Janet
Liddell, Ann Eidson, and Cissy
Jeffries were there.

Gloria Gaines went home, and
Punky Mattison took Mary Brown
Mahon with her to Anderson, S. C.
Alice Crenshaw spent the week-
end with her sister in Anniston,
Ala.; Harding Ragland went home
with roommate Dot Devane to
Greenville, S. C.

Ann Hightower and Mildred
Claire Jones were in Thomaston.
Katherine McKay in Greenville,
S. C, Dorothy Flenniken in Chat-
tanooga, Tenn., Mary Frances
Perry and Johanna Richardson in
Newnan, Virginia Vining in Dal-
ton, Marie Adams in Seneca, and
Julia Anne Coleman in Tallapoosa.
Whew!

Poet Advises
Aspiring Writers

By Dale Bennett

Robert Frost . . . poet, scholar,
lecturer, philosopher . . . man of
humor, who jests at college pro-
fessors and their adherence to
form ... a man of vigor . . . who
he says plays tennis and baseball
in his spare time ... a man of
hope, who says to the world that
the new invention of "something
terrible" is just a new fuel, has
come and gone from our campus.
He has left behind a touch of his
humor, a bit of advice, a memory
to be carried to those who follow
us.

"I change my mind at least
once a year," said the poet, to a
rapt audience last Wednesday
night. "Just as such things as
rhyme and meter are the constant
symbols in poetry, and every line
the poet writes commits him to
a form, so in life do we commit
ourselves deeper and deeper.

"The question is, what will
dominate man . . . the strength
of the intention with which he sets
out, or the forms in life. Sin-
cerity," said Mr. Frost, "can lead
man to carry out his mental and
spiritual intention instead of let-
ting the rhyme and meter push
him around."

New Poems

"I always advise my friends to
be sure they have something to
get hysterical about before they
do it." This idea of the poet's was
the theme of one of his newest
works which he read, called "On
Making Sure Something Has Hap-
pened." When you're writing
something he said, "you can never
tell what it's going to be before
you begin."

This New Englander, born in
California, but suspected of being
from New Hampshire by his Ver-
mont neighbors, takes part each
j summer in the writing conferences
held at Breadloaf School of Eng-
lish. "They say I'm a founder,"
he points out, "just because I hap-
pened to be around when the
school was started." This school
for graduate students who are
interested in writing, is conducted
under the eye of well-known pro-
fessional writers. Mr. Frost sees
students in groups, lectures occa-
sionally criticizes the work of the
students, some of whom have pub-
lished works and some who just
come to listen.

Desire to Write

"The first step in beginning to
write is really to want to. Then
there are among those who want
to write, those who have the
ability or can get it, and those
who can't/' pointed out Mr. Frost.
"Learn to please yourself and then
check your work by learning to
please others; cultivate your tastes
by reading everything you can get
your hands on," was his advice
to aspiring writers. "Often you
can set your ambitions by others
. . . someone you admire very
much . . . and then somewhere
along the way, no writer ever
knows when, you learn to write."

This poet who can say he's glad
of success just so his relatives
who never thought he'd amount
to anything could be surprised,
has come and gone. He has indeed
left his mark at Agnes Scott . . .
a bit of himself to remember . . .
and be proud . . . and cherish.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1946

ATM LETE

FEATS

T?UTH RYNER.

Last week's guest columnist said
with full force, "I'm doing this
because the sports writer is on
strike," and he wasn't far from
wrong. It wasn't for higher wages
we were striking, just for higher
grades or something good like that
so we'd have more time for sech
as this. (P. S. The struggle goes
on so look for even more guest
columnists in the future.)

Who said the gym wasn't the
place for relaxation? There's al-
ways the story about a certain
junior who curled up on a hard,
hard bench and slept soundly
throughout her badminton class.
"Don't disturb her," teacher said,
"just let her sleep."

Teacher Takes Tumble

And, just between us, there's
the story about the gym teacher
(can't recall the name but it was
short and started with an A)
who climbed a ladder to open a
window in the "pool room" and
relaxed so much she toppled back-
wards and splashed right in the
middle of that great body of water
while her class drowned them-
selves with laughter. And she
wasn't trying to demonstrate a
back dive!

If you're engaged or married
and "your guy ain't back," you
just plain find yourself in the awk-
ward position of not having a
date Saturday night, or even if
you are like a certain Board mem-
ber who has to call clubs cauliflow-
ers to to tell them from spades,
"don't fret call us." Every mem-
ber of A. A. Board has ten tickets
for the benefit bridge to be held
Saturday night they're just dying
to get rid of. Don't dare say no,
and also say nothing about the
preposition I just ended the above
sentence with for in that case it
was necessary.

Don't Forget

Don't forget that Thursday
night will be the time for Hotten-
tots to pop out all over again with
that good ol' class spirit. It's the
inter-class swimming meet coming
off this time. The class swimmers
have been working hard and
they'll need all the support you
can give them. Also, the class that
comes out on top gets a nice hunk
of points toward this year's big
athletic cup.

Basketball? Oh yes. There was a
suggestion the other night that a
poll be taken on the question,
"Which team do you think will
win the championship this year?"
But about that time somebody
laughed.

A. A. Sponsors Bridge

Athletic Association is sponsor-
ing a benefit bridge, Sat., Feb.
9, at 8 p. m. in Murphey Candler.

Proceeds from the bridge will
be used to hire referees for the
basketball games and to buy a
new basketball score board.
Tickets can be purchased from any
member of the#A. A. Board. Paira-
dice will not open during the
evening because of the benefit.

YEA TEAM! Classes cheer for favorites as the basketball
season rolls into full swing.

Seniors Suffer Defeat;
Juniors End Game 22-21

Soph B Team Captures
25-20 Victory Over Juniors

By Bobbe Whipple

In two of the hardest fought games of the season, the
freshmen defeated the seniors, 41-36; while the junior team
overpowered the sophs, 22-21. Those who predicted an ex-
citing basketball season knew what they were talking about,
as the Friday night games proved to those who saw them.

The frosh got off to an early

lead, but the seniors were not to
be overcome. They quickly pulled
their score up, and there began a
one-point . see^saw that lasted
throughout the quarter. The tense
spectators had a hard time fol-
lowing the ball when the senior
forwards started their fast pass-
ing, while on the other end of the
court, Millie McCain's guarding
put a stop to many freshman
points. In the second quarter, a
goal by Bunny Brannan put the
frosh in the lead, but both sides
rang goals thick and fast. The
freshmen guards, in spite of the
fact that all the senior forwards
vveie tall, did a wonderful iob of
hoic 1: ng them down. Reese New-
Ion, as usual, seemed to be ev-
ery where at once. The half ended
with the seniors leading, 21-20.
Frosh Pull Ahead
Although there were less points
made in the third quarter, the
playing was just as hard and
just as fast as before. The seniors
missed a good many shots, and the
frosh gained a short lead. In the
last quarter the score was tied
again, but a spectacular one-arm
shot by Jean Frazer gave the
freshmen a lead in the last few
minutes. They pulled ahead, and
the game ended in their favor, 41-
36.

Compared to the other game the

junior-sophomore tussle seemed
rather slow, but the two teams
were playing hard, nevertheless.

In the second half the juniors
continued to gain, with Ginny
Dickson making most of the
points. In the last quarter, how-
ever, the sophs made a comeback,
and began to threaten the lead.
Lou McLaurin, tearing all over the
court, shot the balls to Adele
Dieckman, who dropped them in
the goal, one after another. The
last few minutes of the game made
up in excitement for the rest of
it, and the final whistle blew with
the juniors only one point ahead.
Soph B Team Wins
Before the regular games, the
sophomore B-team defeated the
junior B-team, 25-20. In spite of
the fact that the juniors got off
to a fast and early start, and rang
goal after goal, the sophs retal-
iated and began to threaten that
lead in the second quarter. At
the half, the juniors were still
leading, 14-10, but in the last quar-
ter the sophs pulled ahead. For a
while the lead alternated, then the
score was tied, and finally the
sophs gained five points, to win
the game. Nellie Scott did the
most outstanding guarding for the
juniors, while Genie Sims rang

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Classes Clash
In Water Duel

The official intramural swimming meet of the 1946 sea-
son will be held Thursday at 8 p. m. at Bucher Scott gym
This is the only meet of the year for which points will be
given, according to Scotty Scott, swimming manager.
Miss Elizabeth Jennings from the University of Georgia

Ed Shea, Emory's head swimming 9

coach, and Mrs. Harriett Lapp, di- ( * # m . ^

Life baying Course _
To Begin on Campus

Are you interested in becoming
a Senior Life Saving Instructor?
You must be 19 years old and
hold a current Senior Life Saving
certificate.

The instructor's course consists
of a 15 hour preliminary train-
ing course, which will be sched-
uled to the convenience of the
majority of the students taking
the course. After this course, be-
ginning May 13, Tommy Costello,
a field representative with the
Red Cross will be on the Agnes
Scott College campus to conduct
the remaining 15 hours.

Basketball Referees
Entertained by A.A.

The basketball referees will be
the honor guests at a bridge par-
ty sponsored by A. A. on Sat., Feb.
9, at 8 o'clock in Murphey Can-
dler. Records, games, and food
will offer entertainment for ev-
eryone. Tickets are being sold by
A. A. board members.

Bowling Club
Elects Leader

June Driskill was elected presi-
dent of the Bowling club at a
meeting held recently.

The club meets once a week to
go bowling. Plans for other activ-
ities during the quarter have not
been made yet, the president an-
nounced, but will be made shortly.

rector in the Agnes Scott physical
education department, will judge
the events.

Events will include form swim-
ming in front stroke, back stroke,
side and breast strokes and crawl.
There will be a 40 yard dash in
front or back flip, in addition to
back and breast strokes and front
crawl.

Divers wil be requierd to do
four standard dives, a front dive,
a back dive, a jack knife, and a
two heats and a medley relay of
one optional dive.

An umbrella relay will give
stunt swimmers an excellent op-
portunity to show their prowess.
Umbrellas must be opened and
carried by the swimmers from one
end of the pool to the other.

Girls are urged to join their
class teams and enter the meet.
Every girl must have been swim-
ming in the pool at least three
times this quarter to be eligible
to enter.

Class managers for the meet
are Bunny Brannan, freshma^i;
Ann Sproesser, sophomore; Janet
Liddell and Cookie Miller, juniors
and Betty Lee Phelps, senior.

Scotty urged that all students
attend the meet to cheer for their
class.

Another meet between the up-
per and lower classes will be held
later in the year but points will
not be given.

the most goals for the sophomores.
LINE UPS:

Seniors: Guards, McCain, Phelps,
Johnson; Forwards, Stephenson,
Melchor, Purcell; substitute Ryn-
er.

Freshmen: Guards, Cook, Blake,
Newton; forwards, Ellis, Frazer,
Brannan; substitute, Jackson.

Juniors: guards, Liddell, Den-
ning, M. Williams; forwards, Dick-
son, Heery, Hoyt; substitutes,
Miller, J. Williams.

Sophomores: guards, Hayes,
Powers, Cunningham; forwards,
Dieckmann, Gibson, Patterson;
substitutes, McLaurin, Dunn, Vio-
lette.

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Faculty and students are cor-
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venient and comfortable work-
ing quarters for Annual Staffs
provided at this new location.

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Phone DE. 1665
Decatur, Ga.

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THE

NEWS

Vol. XXXI. Agrnes Scott College, Wed., Feb. 13, 1946 No. 16

Student Government
Sets Election Dates

Students to Nominate March 23;
May Change Election to March 27

Blackfriars Set
Hotel Universe
As April Play

Blackfriars, under the direction
of Miss Roberta Winter will pre-
sent Hotel Universe by Philip
Barry. With view to presenting a
double cast possible dates for two
performances have been set for
April 4 and April 5.

Hotel Universe is the story of
unhappy introverts who seek to
find happiness and the true mean-
ing of life by reliving the past
scenes which they believe gave
them birth. These young Ameri-
cans who idle away the days on
a lovely but fantastic terrace on
the Riviera have too much time
on their hands and torture them-
selves with their thought&^Death
and the hereafter are constantly
recurring themes of the play.

Girls in the cast include:
Ann A n g el a Pardington and
Pat McManmon; Felice Jean
Rentz and Gloria McKee; Hope
Lura Johnston and Grace Durant;
Alice Jennie Wren and Martha
Polk; Lily Cookie Miller and
Margaret McManus.

The men's roles will be filled
by Robert Guenther, the Darcy
of Pride and Prejudice, Jimmy
Reese, remembered for his role in
Dear Brutus, Tom Downing, last
seen in Cradle Song, and Fred
Parsons, who is connected with
WSB. Virginia Dickson is stage
manager; Anne Elcan is assistant
technician; and Anna George Dob-
bins will direct lighting.

Junior Banquet
April 13, Here

The junior oanquet will be held
Saturday, April 13 in the Agnes
Scott dining room, it was an-
nounced in class meeting Friday.
All juniors are urged to sign the
list on the bulletin board if they
wish to attend the affair.

Plans for the Junior Joint and
may court nominations occupied
time in all the class meetings.

Cailliet To Speak Today

Emile Cailliet will speak this
afternoon at 4:45 p. m. on "Chris-
tianity and Naturalism" in Mac-
lean.

He spoke last night on "Pascal
and the French Genius."

Dates and schedules for nomina-
tions and elections have been an-
nounced by student government.

The list of the participants and
the qualifications for offices which
is published in this issue of The
News, will be posted in the mail
room tomorrow. Students may see
Virginia Dickson, student record-
er, to add any names to these
lists. March 22 is the deadline to
add names.

All students are urged to attend
student meeting Thursday. The
details of the nominations and
elections will be carefully explain-
ed. The students will vote on a
recommendation from the nomi-
nating committee that the first
day of elections be changed from
Thursday, March 28, to Wednes-
day, March 27. The committee is
recommending that this change be
made in order to complete elec-
tions before Saturday of that
week.

Popular nominations will be
held in chapel March 23. On the
next Monday these nominations
along with the committee nomi-
nations will be posted on the bulle-
tin board. Under the new rule
the committee will nominate at
least two girls for each office.

Final elections will be held
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
of that week.

23 Nominated
For May Court

Nominations for May Court
are announced today b y
Dootsie Gardner, chairman of the
committee. Election of the court
will take place Thursday in chap-
el.

Juniors will select four repre-
sentatives from candidates Betty
Andrews, Virginia Dicksor, Mary
Jane Fuller, Mynelle Grove, Sue
Hutchens, Sissy Jeffries, Janet
Liddell, Margaret McManus, and
June Terrell.

From the sophomores three
girls will be chosen: Bobbie Coith,
June Irvine, Shirlee Lengerich,
Mary Beth Little, and Pagie Vio-
lette.

Frosh will elect two to repre-
sent them: Mimi Arnold, Betty
Blackmon, Julianne Cook, Betty
Davidson, Jean Fraser, Jo Snow,
and Elizabeth Williams.

Sallie Sue Stephenson will be
maid of honor and will crown
Gloria Anne Melchor queen. Bet
Long Sale and Shirley Graves
Cochrane are the senior members
of the court.

News Observes Birthday

Stof f Treads
Worn Pathway

Thirty years ago this week,
Volume I, Number I of the "Ago-
nistic" appeared under editorship
of Laurie Caldwell. Since that
first issue, February 11, 1916, the
Agonistic has become "The Agnes
Scott News," has won ail-Ameri-
can, highest rating offered by the
Associate Collegeiate Press, once,
and First Class several years.

The staff of the first issue of
the Agnes Scott newspaper in-
cluded Laurie Caldwell, editor; In-
dia Hunt, assistant editor; Gjer-
trud Amundsen, athletics; Mary
Spottswood Payne, Y. W. C. A..;
and Louise Ware, society. Report-
ers were Margaret Phythian, Nell
Frye, Mildred Hail, Mary Eakes,
Olive Hardwick, Miriam Reynolds,
Elizabeth Stoops, Elizabeth Law-
rence, and Frances Glasglow.

The "Davidsonian" of Davidson
College in November, 1930, named
the Agonistic as one of its five
best exchanges. Ail-American rat-
ing has been awarded to The News
only once, in 1939-40. Eleanor
Hutchens was editor-in-chief for
that year.

Also in 1939 the Agonistic be-
came The Agnes Scott News fol-
lowing a campus naming contest.

The first staff room was on
the third floor of the Science hall.
In April, 1934, a new newspaper
office opened in the basement of
Main, serving the staff until the
opening of Murphey Candler build-
ing.

The Agnes Scott News is af-
filiated with the Associated Col-
legiate Press and is published
weekly by students during the
college sessions.

'Evening of Dance'
First AS Ballet

"An evening of dance" is to be
presented.

The dance group, under the di-
rection of Miss Euginie Dozier,
instructor in physical education,
will be featured in the produc-
tion.

The date for the dance pro-
gram originally set for Feb. 28,
has been postponed due to con-
flicts. A definite date will be set
and announced soon.

The dance group is composed
of Agnes Scott students and alum-
nae whose interest is in the dance
?nd the ballet in particular. "Les
Sylphides" was chosen for study
this season because it is a classi-
cal ballet and serves to give a deep-
er appreciation and understand-
ing of ballet as an art form. Meet-
ings have been held on Thursday
evenings during the fall and win-
ter quarters.

Members of the dance group
are: Louise Gardner, chairman,
Dale Bennett, Eleanor Calley,
Dorothy Cave, Marian Leathers
Daniels, Virginia Dickson, Martha
Jean Gower, Mollie Milam, Anne
Murrell, and Ellen Rosenblatt.
Mrs. John J. Espy, Jr., is the ac-
companist for the group and
Charles Johnson, is th,e accom-
panist for Miss Dozier.

CJ)c Agonistic

Spirits!!!

J 8 * 6 l<H6 The 8feekfriars>

The Y. W> & A. Jubilee Spirit at .

Apes Scott. v^S^

HERE IS A REPLICA of the first newspaper printed by Agnes
Scott students. Campus news has changed surprisingly little since
Feb. 11, 1916!

Alumnae Issues
WinterNumber
Of Quarterly

The winter issue of the Alumnae
Quarterly will be off the press
about February 15. This issue
with its theme "Women on the
Horizon" is dedicated to the prop-
osition that women with a liberal
arts education are contributing
more creatively to the commun-
ities in which they live because of
their college training.

Miss Elizabeth Jackson, associ-
ate professor of history, writes of
women's contribution to educa-
tional standards through AAUW.
The president of the Georgia
League tells of the work of the
League of Women Voters to se-
cure better government. The Unit-
ed Council of Church Women's
program is explained by a member
of the national board. Malvina
Lindsay, Washington Post col-
umnist and editorial writer, sum-
marizes the opportunities for wom-
en in government service.

Lita Goss shows graduates how
to continue their study interests
in an article that might be called
"How to Remain Educated Though
Graduated." Jane Guthrie Rhodes
tosses the pepper, box and all,
into "ABC's and an A. B."

The cover of the Quarterly in
bright red, blue and yellow is the
work of Frances Sholes (jr.) and
with its heavy lines gives purpose
and power to the subject which
is the representation of three girls
studying in the library. Other art
work is by Peggy Pat Home (who
is now serving as one of the Art
Editors of the Quarterly), Anne
Woodward, Betty Allen, Mia Gage
and Mrs. Leone Hamilton.

HeartsAreTrumps
At Junior Joint
Saturday Evening

Juniors Invite Campus
Through Looking Glass

Music, skits, floats, and Alice
herself await Saturday night and
the annual Junior Joint.

"Alice in Wonderland,'' played
by Margaret McManus, will step
"through the looking glass" at 8
p. m. in the gym, opening the
"Joint" floor show and setting
the theme for the evening.
Patrick Wields Baton

Frank Patrick and his orches-
tra, from Atlanta, will provide
music for the "Joint" instead of
the Fort McPherson group as was
previously announced, chairman
Jane Meadows said this week. Mr.
Patrick's soloist has sung with
Glenn Gray and Carmen Caval-
lero.

The skits and floats presented
by the various classes and clubs
will each be introduced by a song.
Members of the sextet will be
Millie Evans, Virginia Barksdale,
Kathleen Buchanan, Virginia
Dickson, Helen Currie and Mac
Craig.

Waitresses for the evening will
wear sandwich boards depicting
the entire deck of cards except
for the king and queen. Chewing
gum, candy, cokes, and doughnuts,
will be on sale.

Couple to Reign

The "eight," "nine," and "ten''
of hearts will present the class
kings and queens. After the voting
by the audience, the "jack" of
hearts will present the winning
couple who will reign as king
(Continued on Page 5)

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1946

The News

EDITORIALS

Decatur, Ga.

Feb. 13, 1946

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS

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of Ajpics Scott College. Office on second floor Murphey Candler Building. Entered as
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Citizen ScOtt: Religion for Living

Who's Top Man?

And so, we've started again, Citizen
Scott said once again. The 64 dollar
question never changes. It's aways the
same "Who's gonna be top man?" Poli-
ticing keeps the same flavor whether on
campus or off campus.

Citizen Scott turned another page of
the history parallel and thought once
again. So ole Joe is putting in his two
cents worth for the winning answer. He,
too, as potential candidate for reelection
can pull "promise and fix" punches as
smooth as certain Georgia politicians of
the red suspender variety. He's inaugurat-
ing the fourth five year plan for Soviet
Russia. Olga can lie down. Her day is
coming for ole Joe is promising goals for
steel, pig iron, coal, and oil production
close to the output of the United States.

So, we've started again. Citizen closed
the book. Another race to see who is top
man. General Motors strike of 25,000
electrical workers settled on the basis of
I8V2 cents per hour wage increase. Wes-
tern Union Telegraph company won out
the month-long seige for 12 Ms cents per
hour wage increase. Great Britain and the
Netherlands demand that the Security
Council reject a Soviet Ukraine request
for a commission to investigate condi-
tions in the Netherlands East Indies and
Franco threatens to close Spain's frontiers
if world powers continue to criticize his
government. Everybody is going to be top
man or she won't play. Citizen Scott won-
dered if there was ever a time before the
top man. Somebody had to start the ball
rolling but did they have to give it such
an atomic push?

Who's gonna be top man? Politicing
keeps the same flavor whether on campus
or off campus. March 23, Citizen Scott
thought, the campus will have its taste
what with popular nomination coming up
that day. Citizen Scott laughs. It's the
same cycle the same question who's
gonna be top man?

Happy Birthday

The News is 30 years old this
^eek. For 30 years the press has
kept rolling. The News has seen
two world wars, the stock market
crash of '29, the depression and the
era of the forgotten man. It hailed
the Roosevelt administration and the
beginnings of the Atomic Era and
UNO.

For three decades, this college
publication has mirrored student life
striving to interpret student opinion
in unbiased, intelligent terms. The
first issue on Feb. 11, 1916, stated
"this is a free press and we have no
editor's waste basket." Thirty years
later, The News proudly carries on
the heritage set by its predecessor.
And the press keeps rolling.

The Campus Christian Mission-
words new to Agnes Scott may
mean new things for Agnes Scott.

One woman a college dean and
three men Christian ministers-
will be on campus next Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday to teach
classes, talk with students individ-
ually, speak in chapel, discuss with
. the faculty, talk to small groups,
conduct a forum, and lead dormi-
tory discussions. They will talk
about such things as the world's
needs and our opportunity and will
discuss with students the Christian
attitude.

"Guard What Has Been Entrusted
to You" is the theme of the mission.
Religion for living will be its em-
phasis. The closing communion
service Wednesday night may find
Agnes Scott students of all denom-
inations united in oneness of faith
in Jesus Christ, ready to be used by
Him to answer the world's need.

The Campus Christian Mission
can mean much to Agnes Scott.
Christian Association suggests: pre-
pare by pre-prayer. B. P.

Out of the
Woods

By Anne Noell

Prologue: It is Saturday evening, and
there is rain as usual. A weary senior
leaves the dining room, having spent the
afternoon at Emory library where a li-
brarian wondered audibly if she could
carry five volumes of bound periodicals
to the reading room. Having gotten the
figure on the newel post sufficiently with-
in range to realize that it really is Mary
Cargill, she is on her way home to write
letters and listen to the radio when she
is accosted by the editor.

Editor: Have you had a long enough
vacation? How about bringing us out of
the woods?

Senior: (casts about vainly and mum-
bles vaguely) Um, I have three papers to
write, and I don't see anybody or know
what's going on. Do you know any funny
stories ?

The editor shakes her head and runs
upstairs to the 'phone, leaving the senior
to mull over her own problems. She
pushes the overdue library books to either
side, and this is what ensues.

Last Friday midnight the residents of
second Main were somewhat taken aback
to hear a male voice. Scotty Scott, hard-
ly dressed to receive company, dashed
out to find an Emory gent on the stairs
protesting to his date that, inasmuch as
she had nearly fainted on him, he wasn't
going to leave until he was sure she was
all right and had someone to take care
of her.

The fact that this week marks the
News' thirtieth anniversary suggests that
Agnes Scotters have changed one uniform
for another the middy blouse has given
way to the army shirt, tail out, sure
sign that the wearer's O.A.O. or brother
is now an "active" in the rapidly growing
fraternity of the ruptured duck (discharge
button to the uninitiate). But the stu-
dent underneath the uniform still mur-
murs that she "simply has to get out of
hell (Dante's) this weekend," and she
still wanders disconsolately from room to
room asking if "somebody hasn't got some
food!"

A

nniversary
of the Agnes Scott News

Who's News

Teddy Bear

By Dale Bennett

"Most of my life happened before I was
three . . . that would make a good story
... but otherwise . . . well." Admitted
that being twice refugeed from chasing
Chinese and dodging two earthquakes at
such a tender age make for a spectacular
beginning, still, from an overall viewpoint,
subsequent events lead to the contention
that Teddy Bear, senior, graduate pros-
pectus, is still an exciting person. Around
campus she might even be termed the gal
with ideas.

To add to the record are Teddy's doings
since she's been at Agnes Scott. Fresh-
man year she was president of freshman
cabinet, the Folio club, worked on the
News, and the Black Cat stunt. Begin-
ning as a soph she has attended the May
Queen, and acted as secretary to C. A.
her junior year. This year Teddy holds
down that all-important office of vice-

president of C. A. She also rates Mortar
Board, and Who's Who among American
Colleges and Universities.

As the gal with ideas . . . seems Teddy
has a few about a gentleman called
Thomas Carlyle, for she's considering him
in* relation to "Time and Eternity" for an
honor's paper that comes up soon. Ac-
cording to roommate Vicky Alexander,
Teddy jumps at the sound of "time," even
talks about it in her sleep. But then cum
laude does make a nice addition to a
diploma.

Another definite idea Miss Teddy sup-
ports is an unusual one about teaching
school. "I like to work with people, and
four years of English . . . well, why not,"
says Teddy, "at least for a while." With
ideas about graduate work in English to
follow, we should say this idea sounds
like a good one.

Then there are her constructive ideas
that people like to remember about Teddy.
Like the organization of the freshman in-
terest groups this year. "They need some-
thing to get them interested before they
have a chance to join the clubs," Teddy
points out. Results are positive when
you see the skit the frosh are doing for
a Blackfriars program, or Mr. Hayes and
the long line of inspired frosh come
streaming in to dinner on Monday night
determined to merit 211. The idea about
the interior decoration clinic for the frosh
also seems to have been stirred up by
Teddy. The rooms in Inman show what
comes of good ideas and good plans.

The frosh themselves might add more
to the tales of Teddy. There was the
night when a few Inman pranksters short-
sheeted the beds of all the dignified sen-
iors who reside there. The plan for re-
venge, according to Teddy, was a mock
trial and three week's campus, but for-
tunately, the senior dignity was upset
with laughter and the sentence was sus-
pended.

But the best one. yet on Teddy comes
about a friendship with a rather disastro-
us beginning. It seems Teddy had a little
chum in China whom she bit heartily
when telling her goodbye. Imagine her
chagrin when she saw that girl, the first
one, when she arrived at Agnes Scott.
'Twas Soozi Richardson, but they say
now the girls have patched their quarrels
and even sit by each other in chapel.

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1946

Page 3

Here's What It

STUDENT GOVERNMENT
President Senior

Duties Direct executive work
of student government. Act as
chairman of the representative
council. Act as chairman of open
forum. Act as secretary of the
administrative committee. Appoint
special committees to study stu-
dent problems.

Qualifications Real interest in
all the parts of campus life so
that she may work toward inte-
gration of student activities. Abil-
ity to represent students to the
administration, administration to
students. Ability to handle groups
of people in student meeting.
Vice-President Judicial Chair-
man Senior

Duties Assume primary re-
sponsibility for the judicial work
of student government. Amass ma-
terial for cases. Work with indi-
viduals involved in cases. Work
with secretary on records of cases.
Assume duties of the president in
her absence or at her request.

Qualifications Ability to think
cleary and logically. Ability for
presenting cases in an unbiased
manner. Tactfulness and a sympa-
thetic interest in individuals.

Orientation Chairman Senior

Duties Plan orientation pro-
gram. Direct orientation commit-
tee and the work of the sponsors.
Work personally with freshmen
through the year.

Qualifications Ability to organ-
ize and direct effectively the
orientation program. Warm per-
sonal interest in people.

Student Recorder Junior

Duties Keep record of students'
points for activities. Secretary of
the executive work of student
government. Keep minutes of rep-
resentative council, of open for-
ums, and of student meetings.
Handle the correspondence of stu-
dent government association.

Qualifications Ability to do de-
tailed work efficiently. An interest
in the various viewpoints of the
campus and an ability to record
them accurately in the minutes.
Secretary Junior

Duties Keep all files of judi-
cial cases. Secretary of the ju-
dicial work of student government.
Send out campus slips.

Qualifications Dependability.
Efficiency. Ability to think clearly.
Interest in the campus as a whole
and in individuals.

Treasurer Junior
' Duties Work with a budget
committee in apportioning the
student budget and in supervising
the auditing of the oooks of all
campus organizations. Handle all
financial transactions of execu-
tive committee.

Qualifications Ability to keep
books efficiently.

Day Student Representative-
Senior, elected by the day students.

Duties Edit the handbook. Pre-
side over day student meetings.
Represent day students on the exe-
cutive committee.

Qualifications Preferably some
experience in working with pub-
lications. Ability to know and rep-
resent various day student groups.
Interest in integrating boarder and
day student activities.
House Presidents Seniors, three
elected

Duties Be in charge of the
dormitories. Meet with the execu-
tive committee on cases and to
represent students on the execu-
tive committee.

Qualifications Ability to in-
spire cooperation. A friendly, sym-

pathetic and understanding per-
sonally. A sense of humor is val-
uable. Impartiality in dealing with
all sttudents. Carefulness in de-
tails.

Lower House Chairman Junior
Duties To head the work of
lower house, setting up committees
and directing their work. To act
as parliamentarian of the student
government association. To be in
charge of fire drills.

Qualifications Ability to work
with people effectively. An inter-
est in making the campus more
pleasant by attention to details of
campus life. A willingness to learn
and put over to the student body
the fundamentals of parliamen-
tary procedure.

CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION

The first prerequisite for all of-
ficers of C. A. is a strong, working
Christian personality, having the
inner resource of a vital relation-
ship with God.

President Senior

Duties Preside over cabinet
meetings and retreat; keep in
touch with all phases of C. A.
work; see that the program for
the year is carried forward.

Qualifications A primary and
enduring interest in the spiritual
growth on campus; a vision of the
scope of work on our campus, and
of Christian work in other col-
leges throughout the world; a per-
sonal contact with the campus;
ability to recognize varying abili-
ties and opinions and to maintain
an attitude of fellowship and co-
operation.

Vice-President Senior

Duties Have charge of writing
letters of welcome to the fresh-
men; direct the meeting of fresh-
men at trains; sponsor freshman
cabinet, freshman interest groups,
and interior decorating clinic, and
general freshman advisor from C.
A.

Qualifications Enthusiasm, un-
derstanding, sound judgment, gift
of drawing out the ideas and possi-
bilities in others.

Secretary Junior

Duties Correspondence with
speakers, keeping minutes of cab-
inet meetings and retreats, keep-
ing in touch with the various ac-
tivities of C. A., and supervising
records for refile.

Quaif ications Initiative,
promptness, contact with campus.
Treasurer Junior

Duties Collecting pledges, send-
ing out pledge envelopes, keeping
up payments specified in the bud-
get.

Qualifications Ability to take
responsibility in money matters,
carefulness, attention to details.
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
President Senior

Duties Call and preside at all
meetings of the association, the
board, and the executive council.
Appoint all committees and be an
ex-officio member of them.

Qualifications Skill in sports
and an intrest in A. A. Executive
ability. Willingness to work and
cooperate with physical directors.
Friendliness.

Vice-President Senior
Duties Perform all duties of
president in her absence. Have
charge of all recreational activi-
ties pertaining to A. A. Represent
A. A. on co-recreational council.

Qualifications Interest in
sports and A. A. Ability to direct
open houses or other social func-
tions with mixed groups. Willing-
ness to cooperate.

Secretary Junior
Duties Keep record of all pro-
ceedings of A. A. board. Conduct
all regular correspondence per-
taining to the association. Keep a
permanent record of all persons
winning points. Send out notices of
all meetings. Keep record of at-
tendance at athletic board meet-
ings.

Qualifications Dependability
at all times. Ability to give at-
tention to details. Interest in the
association. Promptness.

Treasurer Junior
Duties Take charge of funds
of association and record her re-
pord in the record. Pay out money
at request of president. Order and
take charge of awards.

Qualifications Ability to keep
accurate books. Dependability.
SILHOUETTE
Editor

Duties Sign all contracts with
printer, photographer, and en-
graver. Plan the annual, includ-
ing the theme, the layouts for each
page, and the contents of each
section. Supervise and check all
writing and proof-read final copy.
Be responsible for having photog-
rapher take all necessary pictures.

Qualifications A marked sense
of responsibility for getting things
done on time. Ability to write
clearly. Some originality. Ability
to get along well with faculty,
students and contractors. Close
cooperation with business manager
so as to plan within the budget.
Associate Editor

Duties Help plan the annual.
Work especially on the back sec-
tion. Make the final check on
class sections, names, and pictures.
Cooperate with editor.

Qualifications A marked sense
of responsibility. Ability to write
clearly. Interest in annual work.
Assistant Editors Juniors, two

Duties One assistant will have
charge of the faculty section, and
the other assistant will have
charge of the club section. For
her section each will have to do
the writing, supervise the photog-
raphy, and take part in planning
the page lay-outs.

Qualifications Sense of respon-
sibility for doing work on time.
Ability to write.

Business Manager Senior

Duties To manage advertising
in the Silhouette to sell the ads,
collect payments of ads, draw up
copy when necessary. To sell ex-
tra orders of pictures for the pho-
tographer. To sell pages to school
organizations and clubs. To select
staff of assistants and direct their
work.

Qualifications She should have
had experience in selling ads and
should be able to make a good
impression on prospective adver-
tisers. She must be very depend-
able, and must have initiative in
thinking of new places to get ads.
Ability to organize a capable staff
is necessary.

Advertising Manager Junior

Duties Assist business mana-
ger in securing ads. Arranging for
copy and getting it to printer. Or-
ganizing staff.

Qualifications Experience in
securing ads. Ability to do detail-
ed work. Some executive ability.
Keen sense of responsibility.
AGNES SCOTT NEWS
Editor Senior

Duties Select an efficient edi-
torial staff, organize and direct
it. Determine editorial policy and
write editorials. Plan content of
each paper, assemble lists of news

Takes!

stories, and decide on topics for
feature stories. Do final editing of
each copy before sending it to
printers. Supervise work of whole
staff.

Qualifications Be able to write
clearly and correctly. Have a keen
interest in the news. Possess a
knowledge of editing, and adver-
tising. Have a sense of responsi-
bility. Have good judgment, execu-
tive ability. Be able to cooperate
with the business manager and
other staff members. A knowl-
edge of journalism is helpful.

Managing Editor Senior
Duties Plan the make-up of
paper. Decide on style and size
of headlines. Lay out paper with
help of assistant editors. Direct
printers in actual lay-out and
check proof at printers'. Write
some * editorials.

Qualifications Be able to take
initiative and assume responsibil-
ity for the make-up of the paper.
Enough executive ability to direct
assistant editors in helping with
the lay-out of the paper and to
supervise the printers. Judgment
as to relative importance of ar-
ticles. Knowledge of journalism is
helpful.

Assistant Editors Juniors, two
Duties Send assignments to re-
porters. See that all copy is turn-
ed in. Do preliminary editing of
copy. Re-write headlines when
necessary. Assist with make-up.

Qualifications Must be inter-
ed in the news. Be able to write
clearly and correctly. Be able to
correct copy. Must be dependable.
Business Manager Senior
Duties Keep books. Handle all
money, paying ,and receiving
checks. Cojllect for advertising.'
Select and oversee whole business
staff.

Qualifications Experience in
selling ads. Ability to do business
with businessmen successfully.
Must be businesslike and thor-
oughly responsible. Be able to keep
accurate records. Be able to write
clear business letters.

Advertising Manager Senior

Duties Get weekly advertising.
Get ads to editors on time.

Qualifications Definite busi-
ness ability. Be able to keep ac-
curate records. Be able to meet
and talk with business people. Be
able to choose a competent staff.
Sense of responsibility. -
AURORA
Editor Senior

Duties She will be in charge of
forming policy, getting a good
staff together, maintaining dead-
lines, and is responsible for the
corrections of the proof.

Managing Editor Senior

Duties To work closely with
the editor in all phases of editorial
work.

Business Manager Senior

Duties To manage advertising
in the Aurora.

Qualifications Definite business
ability. Sense of responsibility.
LECTURE ASSOCIATION
President Senior

Duties To act as chairman of
student committee of lecture asso-
ciation. To cooperate with the fac-
ulty committee in making lectures
a success. To entertain the lec-
turers. To make welcoming ad-
dress at each lecture. To receive
at receptions.

Qualifications Membership in
senior class with accompanying
academic standing. Interest in in-
tellectual and artistic subjects.

Possession of a personality and ap-
pearance suitable for representing
the college. Poise and some execu-
tive ability.

Treasurer Junior
Duties To take charge of se-
curing and selling tickets for the
lectures. To take care of all the
financial matters of the organiza-
tion.

Qualifications Same general
qualifications as for president.
Sufficient knowledge of mathe-
matics to assume the responsibil-
ity of handling all the finances of
the organization.

MAY DAY
Chairman Senior

Duties Selection of a capable
committee. Conference with facul-
ty advisors for planning May day
meeting. Promoting a contest for
selection of a scenario. Plan for
election of May Queen and court.
Starting and keeping committees
working separately on necessary
jobs. Setting dates for practices,
May day, etc.

Qualifications Willingness to
work hard. Must have plenty of
time spring quarter to devote to
her job. Must be responsible and
dependable. Should be able to work
with other people and get along
with them. Should be open to
suggestions.

WAR COUNCIL
Chairman Senior

Duties To organize war activ-
ities on campus. To receive and
fulfill campus requests and sug-
gestions for methods of aiding the
war effort on the college campus.

Qualifications sense of respon-
sibility. Ability to work with fac-
ulty, students and outside officials.
Ability to organize. Intense in-
terest. Ability to put plans into
operation. Initiative.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1946

Here's Who's Got What It Tak

es

Following is a list of girls who have worked on campus organizations.
Each of these girls has had experience in these respective organizations.
These are the girls from whom next year's officers may be chosen. They
deserve your careful consideration before you nominate.

Student Government Association

Adams, Dabney Sophomore representative 1945-46

Bond, Margie Sophomore representative 1944-45

Buchanan, Kathleen Sophomore representative 1944-45

Freshman representative 1943-44

Clarkson, Charlotte Day student rep. to lower house 1945-46

Cousar, Louise Lower house representative

Craig, Mary Ann Chairman of lower house 1945-46

Sophomore representative 1944-45

Davis, Sister Sophomore representative 1945-46

Dickson, Ginny Student recorder 1945-46

Freshman representative 1943-44
Dieckmann, Adele Sophomore representative 1945-46

Freshman representative 1944-45

Dobbins, Anna George Day student representative to Exec.

Ezzard, Ann Lower house representative

Haislip, Nancy Freshman representative 1944-45

Humber, Martha Lower house representative

Jones, Beth Lower house representative

Jones', Rosemary Junior representative house pres.

Meadows, Jane Junior representative house pres.

Osborne, ' Mae Comer Lower house representative

Radford, B. J Secretary 1945-46

Sophomore representative 1944-45

Reid, Harriet Lower house representative

Sholes, Frances Lower house representative

Williams, Jean Secretary of lower house

Winchester, Laura Student treasurer

Yancey, Margaret Day student representative lower house 1945-46

Christian Association

Abernathy, Betty Council, artist 1945-46

Beale, Glassy Council, Scottish Rite 1944-45

Beardsley, Alice Council, boys club 1945-46

Coith, Barbara Council, Scottish Rite 1945-46

Deal, Nancy Cabinet, publicity 1945-46

Evans, Millie Cabinet, vespers 1945-46

Cabinet, worship 1944-45

Haislip, Nancy Council, recreation sub-chairman 1945-46

Harnsberger, Agnes Cabinet, treasurer 1945-46

Cabinet, pres. of sopohomore cabinet 1944-45
Hatch, Pris Cabinet, worship 1945-46

Cabinet, pres. of frosh. cabinet 1944-45

Hodges, Caroline Council, Christmas party 1945-46

Hollandsworth, Marianna Cabinet,, pres. of soph cabinet 1945-46

Honour, Nan Council, Newman club 1945-46

Johnson, Kathryn Cabinet, Y.W.C.A. 1945-46

Cabinet, morning watch 1944-45

Liddell, Janet Cabinet, recreation 1945-46

Martin, Mary Ann Cabinet, chapel 1945-46

Council, recreation 1944-45

Merrin, Edith Council, industrial girls 1945-46

Paisley, Fluff Council, Negro mission 1945-46

Pardington, Angela Council, Chinese Sunday school 1945-46,1944-45

Patterson, Bet Cabinet, secretary 1945-46

Cabinet, publicity 1944-45

Cabinet, pres. of frosh cabinet 1943-44

Whipple, Bobbe Council, industrial girls 1945-46

Kissling, Doris Council, Scottish Rite 1944-45

Transfers

Meaders, Sue Y.W.C.A. cabinet

Pres. of B. S. U., North Georgia college

Rushin, Jane Y.W.C.A. Randolph-Macon

Shepherd, Ann C. A. Converse

Williams, Mary W Y.W.C.A. committee

Athletic Association

Andrews, Betty Tennis manager 1945-46, 1944-45

Goode, Gene Riding manager 1945-46

Heery, Genet Treasurer 1945-46; basketball manager 1944-45

Hough, Ann Secretary 1945-46

Secretary 1945-46
Little, Sheely Publicity manager 1945-46

Freshman represntative 1944-45
Miller, Cookie Volley ball manager 1945-46

Publicity manager 1944-45

Smoot, Jean Basketball manager 1945-46

Tucker, Virginia Archery manager 1945-46

Silhouette Editorial Staff

Adams, Marie Sports assistant 1945-46

Sophomore assistant 1945-46

Allen, Betty Organization assistant 1945-46

Asbury, Isabel Club assistant 1945-46

Barker. Jane Sophomore assistant

Blair, Barbara Sophomore assistant

Calley, Sweetie Assistant editor 1945-46

Sophomore assistant 1944-45

Currie, Helen Sophomore assistant 1944-45

Haislip. Nancy Sophomore assistant

Jeffries. Sissy Faculty assistant

Jones. Mildred Claire Sophomore assistant

Powers. Betzie Sophomore assistant

Kelly. Margaret Sophomore assistant 1944-45

Martin. Miry Ann Sophomore assistant 1944-45

Mattison, Punky Assistant editor 1945-46

Sophomore assistant 1944-45
Taylor. Carroll Class assistant 1945-46

Sophomore assistant 1944-45

Violet te, Pagie Class assistant 1945-46

Whipple. Bobbe Sophomore assistant

Williams, Jean Sophmore assistant 1944-45

Yancey. Margaret Sophomore assistant

Yancey, Marian Sophomore assistant

Silhouette Business Staff

Aichel, Louisa Advertising manager 1945-46

Coleman, Julia Ann Business assistant

Compton, Mac Business assistant

da Silva, Jane Business assistant

da Silva, Jean Business assistant

Daugherty, Susan Business assistant

Estes, Jean Business assistant

Ezzard, Ann Business assistant

Gattis, June Business assistant

Hayes, Anne Business assistant

Mahon, Mary Brown Business assistant

Morrison, Ellen Business assistant

Orr, Vanesse Business assistant

Osborne, Mae Comer Business assistant

Patterson, Ann Business assistant

Squires, Caroline Business assistant

Simms, Charlien Business assistant

Starr, Louise Business assistant

Treadwell, Ann Business assistant

Ziegler, B. A Business assistant

Agnes Scott News Editorial Staff

Allen, Betty Feature reporter 1945-46

Alsobrook, Jane Feature reporter 1945-46

Andrews, Ginny Sports reporter 1945-46

Anderson, Mary Frances Reporter

Beardsley, Alice Copy editor 1945-46

Reporter 1944-45
Bennett-, Dale Assistant editor 1945-46

Reporter 1944-45
Benton, Jo Assistant editor 1945-46

Reporter 1944-45

Brown, Valeria Reporter 1945-46, 1944-45

Cunningham, Edna Claire Sports reporter 1945-46

Currie, Helen Reporter 1944-45, 1945-46

Driskill, June Society reporter 1945-46, 1944-45

Fisher, Nelson Reporter 1945-46,1944-45

Fuller, Mary Jane Reporter 1945-46,1944-45

Gregory, Harriet '...Feature reporter, 1945-46

Home, Peggy Pat Reporter 1945-46, 1944-45

Jeffries, Sissy Reporter 1945-46, 1944-45

Johnson, Anne Reporter 1944-45

Jones, Beth Society reporter 1945-46

Jones, Mildred Claire Reporter

Kinard, Margaret Reporter

Kissling, Doris Feature reporter 1945-46

Reporter 1944-45
Lee, Lidie Sports editor 1945-46

Reporter 1944-45

Little, Sheely Reporter

Little, Mary Beth Feature reporter 1945-46

Mahon, Mary Brown Society reporter 1945-46

McLaurin, Lou Reporter

Morrison, Ellen Feature reporter 1945-46

Osborne, Mae Comer Reporter

Owens, Virginia Reporter, 1945-46, 1944-45

Patterson, Bet Reporter 1944-45

Peace, Dot Reporter 1945-46

Richards, Margaret Ann Reporter 1945-46, 1944-45

Rogers, Clarkie Feature reporter 1945-46

Scott, Nellie Feature editor 1945-46

Reporter 1944-45

Turner, Betty Reporter 1945-46, 1944-45

Walker, Lida Reporter

Whipple, Bobbe .Sports reporter 1945-46

Williams, Tee Toe Sports reporter 1945-46

Yancey, Margaret Sports reporter 1945-46

Ziegler, B. A Society reporter 1945-46

Agnes Scott News Busines Staff

Andrews, Betty Business assistant 1945-46, 1944-45

Calley, Sweetie Business assistant 1944-45

Hough. Ann Business assistant 1945-46, 1944-45

McCalla, Mary Assistant advertising manager 1945-46

Business assistant 1944-45
Newman, Alice Assistant advertising manager 1945-46

Business assistant 1944-45

Turner, May Business assistant 1945-46, 1944-45

Winchester, Laura Business assistant 1944-45

Lecture Association

Bennett, Dale Committee 1944-45

Burckhardt, Ann Day student representatives 1945-46

Fisher, Nelson Chairman of ushers 1945-46

Giles, Carol Day student representative 1945-46 (now a boarder

and serving on committee)
Home, Peggy Pat Artist 1945-46

May Day

Aichel, Louisa Chairman of properties 1945-46

Properties committee 1944-45

Anderson, Mary Frances Properties committee 1945-46

Bennett, Dale Dance chairman 1944-45

Dance chairman 1945-46

Grove, Mynelle Dance committee 1944-45

Terrell, June Costume committee 1945-46, 1944-45

Thomason, June Music committee 1945-46

War Council

Fisher, Nelson Sophomore representative 1944-45

Giles, Carol Publicity, 1945-46

Scott, Nellie Junior representative 1945-46

Aurora Editorial Staff

Benton, Jo Staff 1945-46

Patterson, Bet Staff 1945-46

Pedakis, Phia Staff 1945-46

Taylor, Carroll Staff 1945-46

Business Staff

Glindmeyer, Ruth Business assistant 1945-46

Shelton, Nancy Business assistant 1945-46

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1946

Page 5

30 Years Ago

Agonistic News Effort
Rolls Off Press 1916

By Nellie Scott

Thirty years ago on Feb. 11, 1916, the first issue of the
weekly news effort, The Agonistic, came off the press. There
had been a "large and spirited" contest over the name of the
paper, and "It was with deep regret that the board was forc-
ed to reject such unique names as The Dove, The Clarion,
Agnes Scott Laurel, and The Tom

myhawk. However, The Agnostic
was finally decided upon because,
according to Noah Webster the
words means 'pertaining to sharp
mental combat.' "

Front page stories concerned
the Blackfriars, the YWCA Jub-
ilee Spirit, and then just plain
Spirits. At the meeting of the
Dramatic club the name Black-
friars was adopted as the official
title of the club. This note fol-
lowed the article, "To be known
as a Blackfriar has always been
equivalent to a passport in full to
the world of drama." The Black-
friars, whose next production was
to be "Up To Freddie," had se-
cured the services of Miss Gooch,
head of the department of ex-
pression.

Dieckmann Makes Hit

The YWCA on campus was cele-
brating its hundredth birthday,
and Miss Millie Rutherford, one of
the southern founders and an aunt
of our Miss Mildred Ruther-
ford Mell, spoke on the beginning
of this work.

There was a "Spirits" meeting
in the chapel (Old Chapel to us),
the purpose of which was to create
enthusiasm for the oncoming Ag-
nes Scptt-Sophie t Newcomb de-
bate. At this spirits meeting,
(which I judge was a pep meet-
ing), the hit of the evening was
made by Mr. Dieckmann who
stated he could not talk on spir-
its since Dr. Armistead had taken
all his as a cure for a cold. The
meeting was closed by a snake
dance up the colonade. (We won-
der if the participants wore the
regular costume, pajamas with
rolled up legs and long rain coats.)
"Fannie's" at Home

Since it was not good etiquette
to venture too "far from the
reach" or wax too bold, the edi-
tors of the Agonistic called their
society column "Social and Per-
sonal," The first item on the
column stated that the Irregulars
(whoever they were) would enter-
tain the school with a Leap Year
ball. "The girls who can lead will
ask the others." And the dance
didn't begin until the outrageous
hour of 8:30. Another paragraph
reads: "One of the most antici-
pated visitors of the week was
Mr. Lacy Seawell of Ga. Tech."
He had two dates and five chape-
rones. And incidentally Miss Preas
poured tea for him. Another no-
tice tells us the astounding fact
that Martha Bishop and "Fannie"
were at home last Friday after-
noon.

The Agonistic, "the newest ven-
ture of a most venturesome set
of girls," contained a variety of
information. We see that Mar-
garet Phythian of the class of
'16, now Miss Phythian, associate
professor of French, was president
of the Der Deutsche Verein, sec-
retary-treasurer of the Alliance
Francaise, a cheerleader and the
senior news reporter. In a nearby
column girls are urged to buy
their pennants. "There should be a
rush for them second only to the
California gold strike (Con-

sult your Atlas, girls);. Itte a
corking good idea." We don't quite
understand about that corking,
but we're sure it was nothing
stronger than ginger ale.

Corn is Green
Whether it be the first issue in
1916 or the latest in 1946, every
newspaper must have ads. There
is quite a difference between
Rich's current ad reading, Camp-
us Confucious say: "Girl in the
know, won't let her hair go," and
the one by Mrs. C. H. Smith in
1916. She presents her hats, "Se-
lections of European buyers a
complete story of derniere heure
in Paris Chapeaux." Another no-
tice bade followers of the Purple
and White to "Come to the Alamo
No. 2 New Bill Every Day." Was
Bill a movie, a menu, or a man.
This would make a vital differ-
ence. Lastly the advertisement of
Johnson's Undertakers of Decat-
tur served as a grim reminder
that "old time is still a flying."

Probably the most universally
read section was the Krazy Kor-
ner. Jokes in it read something
like this: Miss Moore (giving back
French papers to class) Will all of
you turn over please and look on
your back for corrections." (Oh,
brother the corn is green!!)

HeartsAreTrum

(Continued from Page 1)

and queen of Junior Joint.

Skits in Old Chapel tonight at
7:30 will reveal the identity of
each class's king.

Larger campus organizations
and classes will present skitjs,
while smaller organizations will
decorate floats carrying out the
"Alice" theme. A prize will be
awarded for the best skit and for
the most original and attractive
floats. Floats will be judged be-
fore the program starts, but the
winning one will not be announced
until later in the evening. S. G.
Stukes, Miss Katherine Omwake,
and J. T. 4 Gillespie are judges.
Decorations Give Theme

Decorations in the gym will cen-
ter around a large gold crown
suspended from the ceiling. From
the crown will radiate streamers
of red and white crepe paper.
Walls will be decorated by large
pictures of characters from Lewis
Carrpll's story.

The stage will feature a picture
of Alice as a backdrop. Doors
at the front of the gym will be-
come book covers for the night,
while the door at the right of the
stage will be surrounded by a red
heart, through which the kings
and queens will enter.

The juniors are borrowing Val-
entine window dressings from
Rich's and Regenstein's in Atlan-
ta. Peggy Pat Home and Nelson
Fisher are in charge of decora-
tions.

Admission will be 15 cents per
person. All profits will go to War
fund.

Miss Mary King
To Supervise
College Publicity

Miss Mary King, editor of the
Alumnae quarterly, has general
supervision of college publicity.
She will work with any group
on the campus in securing news-
paper notices or will write releases
upon request from faculty mem-
bers or student groups.

In order that proper files may
maintained and all publicity co-
ordinated for the convenience of
the college and the newspapers, it
is requested that all official no-
tices for the papers be sent
through Miss King's office in the
Alumnae house or that she be
advised of any publicity sent di-
rectly to the papers.

PREPARING THE LOOKING
GLASS are Peggy Pat Home,
Margaret McManus and June
Thomason for the Junior Joint
Saturday night. Nelson Fish-
er, not in the picture, has also
added her strokes.

Club News

SPANISH CLUB

All Spanish students are invited
to a meeting of the Spanish club
Thursday at 4:30 in Murphey
Candler. Club members wearing
Spanish costumes will present a
play La Fiesta de la Flor.

LEAGUE OF WOMEN
VOTERS

Jane Meadows announces that
the League of Women Voters has
posted on a bulletin board in the
mail room information on candi-
dates for the fifth congressional
district election. The League
meets Friday to discuss city man-
ager plans.

PI ALPHA PHI

Freshman are invited t to attend
a meeting of Pi Alpha Phi tomor-
row at 7 p. m. in Murphey Can-
dler. B. J. Doyle, Theresa Rutland,
Betzie Powers, and Clarkie Rog-
ers will participate in a debate.

BOZ Solicits
Student Talent

Is there a post war decline in
literary effort? Have you the Jan-
uary-February feeling? Do you
know what writing a story and
reading it to sympathetic fellow-
writers can do for you?

BOZ meets every three weeks
and members, with the help of
Miss Preston, discuss their prose
work. Each member reads ap-
proximately onqe a quarter.
Meetings are stimulating. Every-
thing from narrative writing tech-
nique to ethical problems comes
upin the discussion.

Keep B O Z in mind if you en-
joy writing, and watch for the
spring try-out notice.

When Far From the Reach

By Eva Williams

Yes, it rained this week-end but along with the showers
came a deluge of orchids so it must be true that rain makes
flowers grow. "Buck" Buchanan had everyone outnumbered
for she had an exquisite garland of 38 orchids all the way
from Hawaii!

Those going home for the week-end were: Charlien Simms,
Katherine Phillips, May Turner,

Call DE. 4922

One Day in Advance for Your
' Birthday Cakes, etc.

DECATUR CAKE BOX

Ann Patterson, Nancy Hardy,
Ruby Lehman, Anne Register,
Maggie Toole, Mary Frances An-
derson, "Rite" Watson, Jane Bar-
ker, Margaret McManus, and Eve-
lyn Foster had Margaret Louise
Homer as her guest. Josephine
Culp went home with Bobbie Cath-
cart. Daisy Sundy went to Delray
Beach to a lovely wedding and
Mary Russell said Griffin held par-
ticular attractions for her.
Early Valentines

Hearts have certainly been get-
ting together lately. Bet Sale's is
radiant over Barnes being back
from the Pacific and Gloria Anne
Melchor is even taking Pete to
classes with her. Jean Estes' fam-
ous "Stumpy" came down from
Yale, Harriet Hargrove's Marine
was here, and Ellen Rosenblatt's
Doug was too.

Others who seemed pretty happy
were: Annette and James; Jane
Anne and Jack; Ann and Will;
and "Kagie" and Frank.

Where Were the S.A.E.'s?

On a merry hayride. And with
them were: Sally Bussy, Ninia
Owens, June Thomason, Mary
Manly, Pagie Violette, Mary Gene
Sims, Ann Elcan, Scotty John-
son, Jane Bowman and Barbara
Kincaid.

On the Campus

Betty Allen's family was here
from Louisville, Ky., and Lucy
Turner's parents and brother, Eu-
gene, were here from Anniston,
Ala. Marie Cuthbertson's sister
visited her and also Jean Tollison,
Lu Cunningham, and Peggy Jones
also had attractive guests. Ray
came to see Jean Bellingrath and
since he is from Rabun Gap as well
as she, they went home. Laura and
Harriotte were glad to have their
mother, Mrs. Winchester, here for
the week-end.

About Atlanta

Bet Patterson, "Beepy" Patrick,
Anne Johnson, and Agnes Harnes-
berger all enjoyed the Columbia
Seminary dinner party at The Tav-

ern.

Jane Smith went to the Officer's
club at Fort Mac, Billie Powell
went to the Emory K.A. house,
and Mary Jane Fuller danced at
the Empire Room.

Louise Isaacson was seen at the
Paradise Room and the Rainbow
Roof with her handsome captain.
Lucy Turner, June Irvine, Eva
Williams, and Ann Elcan were at
the Paradise Room while Punky
Mattison, Mavf Brown Mahon,
and B. A. Zeigler enjoyed the
Rainbow Roof.

At the University of Georgia
dances were: Mickey Williams,
Barbara Kincaid, Lanie Harris,
and Zollie Ann Saxon.

Mary Jo Ammons attended
Clemson dances.

And That I.F.C. Dance

As bees are attracted to honey
so are Tech men attracted to Ag-
nes Scotties or could it be that
Agnes Scotties are attracted to
Yellow Jackets? At any rate, hav-
ing a mighty fine time Saturday
night were: Dot Stewart, Pat Mc-
Manmon, Jane da Silva, Jean Es-
tes, Charlotte Clarkson, Pudden
Bealer, Barbara Smith, Steve Page,
Olive Wilkinson, "Poochy" Gehr-
ken, Erma Miles, "El" Compton,
Alice Crenshaw, B. J. Sauer, Dale
Bennett, Ninia Owens, Sweetie
Calley, Mary Jane Fuller, Anne
Hough, Alice Newman, Ruth Ry-
ner, Sally Bussy, Betty Turner,
Dootsie Gardner, Betsy Deal, Peg-
gy Pat Horne, Carroll Taylor, Mil-
dred Claire Jones, Mary Manley,
Nancy Ann Coleman, Mary Beth
Little, Jeanne Hale, and Herty Mc-
Allister.

Tech Profesor to Speak
At A. A. Chape!

Lynnford Keyes, assistant pro-
fessor of physical education at
Georgia Tech, will speak in chapel
Friday.

Page 6

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1946

ATHLETES

FEATS

KUTH RYNER

(EDITOR'S NOTE: Reese New-
ton, Bunny Brannan and Binky
Stubbs, three of the top players
on the frosh team, collaborated to
give us the freshmen's viewpoint
on A.S.C. sports.)

Since the editor is "on strike''
again, this column, which must
not (it says here) be written from
a boastful point of view, has been
handed to the freshmen who def-
initely have nothing to brag about
this week. Before you read any
further, we'd better warn you, if
you are looking for a literary
masterpiece turn the page.

In discussing the athletes' feats
of the past week, we have this
to say the freshman need a pair
of new shoes. The sophomores
have got a good shine on their
shoes. Not only did they take
top honors in the swimming meet,
but also gave the freshmen a
hangover with their highballs (Get
it? Pun.) The whole team in-
cluding Adele Dieckmann was
dazzling.

Seniors Shine

The seniors decided it was "time
to shine" too. The edtior of this
column is still recuperating from
her efforts to give a shine to the
seniors' feet. The juniors were
just a little short of shine, boys.
Of course this could be a plug
for the freshman shoe shop, but
that corporation has not yet found
a place from which to operate.

Looking over the past week the
freshman find some big blisters
on their athletes feet, but we
would like very much to say what
we think about the spirit of Ag-
nes Scott sports. To use that slang
expression and put it bluntly,
they're "swell." The friendliness
between classes even after last
week is rather amazing to us, es-
pecially to some of us Atlanta
girls whose teams have been bit-
ter rivals for a number of years.
After each high school game the
winning team usually left the gym
minus a few teeth. You should
have seen things when Deiatur
defeated unbeaten Druid Hills in
the last minutes of the Fifth Dis-
trict tournament. Even the men-
tion of Druid Hills at North Ful-
ton, Naps, Washington Seminary
or Decatur high brought a low
vicious growl and vice-versa.
Basketball is Interesting

At the first of this year we had
a few misgivings about each other,
but after playing basketball to-
gether we had not a suspicion left
except when we receive reports
from this year's high school
games. Then there is usually a
big brawl on second Inman. You
see three of last year's "archest
enemies" live across the hall from
each other and a fourth is the hall
proctor. But knowing the girls on
the other class teams, competing
with them without fighting, even
eating with them without putting
arsenic in their turnip greens is
making basketball an "interest-
ing" game.

In closing we would suggest:
look at the feats, other people do.

Sophs Beat Frosh
In Cage Upset

Seniors Trim Juniors
As Sister Classes Win

By Carolyn Gilchrist

The ever-defeated sophs beat the never-defeated frosh Fri-
day 41-37 in the most exciting game of the season. Equallv
upsetting was the senior victory over the juniors, 32-24.

The first game, starring the junior and senior teams, got
off to a good start. Both teams were playing hard fast ball
and the score at the half was 11-11

The guarding was especially good.
The forwards had a hard time get-
ting their hands on the ball, for
Scotty Johnson or B. J. Radford
always seemed to get there first.
The forwards did a good job of
dropping foul shots into the bas-
ket. The juniors suffered a cas-
ualty at the end of the half when
Jean Denning twisted her ankle,
but she was soon back in the game.
Seniors Win By a Neck

The second half was even fas-
ter. It was neck and neck during
the last few minutes, and to the
chagrin of the juniors the seniors
had the longest neck. The juniors
blamed their defeat on dissipation
caused by their new privilege of
unlimited lights. The proud sen-
iors gave credit for their victory
to the ten hours sleep Ruth Ryner
had gotten the night before. Ryner
was really on the ball. She was
top scorer with 18 points against
Genet Heery's 17.

The freshman-sophomore tussle
was even more exciting. From the
beginning it was a hard fought
battle. The score at the half was
23-24 in favor of the sophs. E.
Ciaire Cunningham playing for-
ward instead of guard probably
confused the frosh. Binky Stubbs,
back at her old position, helped her
team to recover from the shock,
however.

During the third quarter the
freshmen led, but during the last
quarter the sophs took the lead
and stayed there. Frazer and Bran-
nan made a valiant attempt to
stop the rampaging sophs, but
were stopped at every attempt by
their opponents guards.

Sophs Take Game

The final whistle blew just as
the last basket was made, giving
the sophs a four point victory
over the freshmen. It seems that
any team desiring to beat the soph-
omores will either have to build
the goals a little higher, or take a
few inches off Adele Dieckmann.
Adele was really dropping them
in with a final score of 22 points
to her credit.

Maybe not as exciting but equal-
ly important to the players was the
B-team game between the sophs
and the frosh. The lead alternated

Rule One is Fun

At A. A. Open House

Athletic Association has hit up-
on a solution for pre-exam jit-
tersan open house, where the
only rule will be to have fun.

Swimming club and badminton
club are planning the event for
Feb. 23 in the gym from 8 to 10 p.
m: Margaret Scott and Mary Ann
Courtenay, managers of the swim-
ming club and badminton club
respectively, are in charge of the
program.

Badminton activities will be
centered around an informal
tournament in which guests will
make up the teams and individ-
ual games. Swimming club will
superv ise games and will have the
pool open for a plunge period.

in favor of first one team and then
the other. During the last quar-
ter the freshmen led, but the
sophs overtook them and with a
final basket ended the game 18-17.
Splinter Board and Betty Aber-
nathy played outstanding ball, but
as in all the games, it was team-
work that did it.

Line Ups

Seniors: Guards, McCain, John-
son, Phelps; Forwards, Richard-
son, Stephenson, Ryner; Substi-
tutes, Purcell.

Juniors: Guards, Liddell, Den-
ning, Radford; Forwards, Andrews,
Hough, Heery; Substitutes, M.
Williams, Dickson.

Sophomores: Guards, Powers,
Hayes, Violette; Forwards, Cun-
ningham, Dieckmann, Humphries.

Freshmen: Guards, Cook, New-
ton, Stubbs; Forwards, Ellis, Bran-
nan, Frazer.

Camp Jobs Sound
Call of the Wild

Does the call of the wild thrill
you? Does the sound of falling
water and birds singing quicken
your heart? Do the problems of
children command your interest?
The place for you this summer
is camp. The possibilities are vast.
First on your hit parade may be
the foothills of north Georgia,
the mountains of Virginia, or the
plains of Wyoming. Your choice
may be a Girl Scout camp, a
Camp Fire Girls camp, or a pri-
vate one.

How do you get in touch with
these camp6? The gym department
has requests for counselors from
many desirable camps. They will
be glad to give you applications.

Ask the girls who have been;
they will tell you for the most
fun it's camp two to one. Last
year Doc Dunn, Anne Hayes,
Bobby Blair, ,Lida Walker, E.
Claire Cunningham, and Anne
Seitzinger spent the summer at
Camp Toccoa. "Wohelo" has
sounded through the campus ever
since.

Camp is so well rounded, so
healthy, so fully-packed with fun,
so free and easy on the purse. Re-
member CCMFF (Camp Counsel-
oring means fine fun) CCMFF-
CCMFF.

Badminton Doubles
Reach Semi-Finals

The badminton doubles tourna-
ment has reached the semi-finals
with Jackie Stewart and Jean
Denning, Carolyn Gilchrist and
Mac Craig, and Patty Persohn
and June Coley still in the race
for the championship. The finals
will be played off some time this
week.

The singles tournament will be-
gin February 11, and the finals
will be played during the half of
the varsity sub-varsity basketball
game.

HIGH FLYING Cookie Miller shows the iorm that gave her an
A. A. U. championship.

SophsClaim Championship
En 1946 Swimming Meet

The sophomores claimed the
championship at the official intra-
mural swimming meet held last
Thursday, while freshmen and
juniors won second and third
places.

Featured on the program was
G. D. Sanders, southeastern cham-
pion low board diver, who pre-
sented a number of exhibition
dives. Two exciting 40 yard dashes
followed with Bunny Brannan out
racing Sheely Little and Janet
Liddell, and Jean Frazer winning
over Sarah Walker. Next came
form swimming in side and breast
strokes, front and back crawl,
demonstrated by freshman Jean
Frazer, sophomores Jane Barker,
Ann Sproesser, Jenny Wren, and
Margaret Yancey, juniors Marie
Beeson, Cookie Miller and Beth
Wqlton., and senior Margaret
Scott.

Divers Bunny Brannan, Cookie
Miller, and Jennie Wren, present-
ed a ( group of standard dives. A
front dive, a jack knife, a back
flip and an optional dive by each

contestant completed their exhib-
tion.

Participating in a 60-yard med-
ley were Bunny Brannan (fr.),
Ruth Richardson (soph), Betty
Andrews (jr.), and Ruth Limbert
(sr.) who did the back stroke. '
Jean Frazer (fr.), Jenny Wren
(soph), Cookie Miller (jr.), and
Margaret Scott (sr.) who did the
breast stroke, and Kate Elmore
(fr.), Sheely Little (soph), Janet
Liddell (jr.), and Sarah Walker
(sr.), who used free style.

The swimmers divided them-
selves into two teams and ended
the meet with a thrilling shirt re-
lay. Each girl had to put on a wet
blouse, swim the width of the
pool and back, take off the blouse,
and pass it to the next ou-3 in
line.

Models Needed;
Hide That Hump

Watch your posture, girls, and
you may be the Fashion Queen of
Agnes Scott. The Social Standards
Committee of Mortar Board is
sponsoring a contest from Feb.
13-20 to select the girls on campus
who have the best posture. The
students chosen by the anonymous
judges will be models in a fashion
show in the gym Feb. 28.

The winners of the contest will
be announced Feb. 27 in the News.
So, heads up and shoulders back,
for an unknown Watchbird is
watching YOU.

dtkte Book

Wednesday, Feb. LS Junior Joint
skits present Kings at 7:30 p.
m. in old chapeL
Emile CailliH speaks, 1:45 p. m.
in Maclean.

Posture contest begins.
Thursday, Feb. 14 Formal Val-
entine dance at Lavvson. Buses
leave Main at 6:30 p. ni.
Spanish club at 4:30 p. m. Mur-
phey Candler.
Valentine Day.

Freshmen Dramatic Interest
group meets at 6:30 p. m.
Blaekfriars meet in Miss Gooch's
studio at 7:30 p. m.
Friday, Feb. 15 A. A. chapel.
Tech-ASC concert in Presser,
8 p. m.

Saturday, Feb. 16 Junior Joint,
gym, 8 p. m.

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Alums, Students, Faculty Join
To Mark 57th Founders Day

Cherry trees in the dining room, happy Aggies with no
classes, alumnae with nostalgia, and a broadcast by Dr. J. R.
McCain will highlight the fifty-seventh Founder's Day at
Agnes Scott. For the first time alumnae will join with the
campus community in the annual celebration of the birth-
day of George Washington Scott

on February 22.

Dinner in the college dining
room, coffee served by the Grand-
daughters' club, a special musical
program, an art exhibit of the
works of Mrs. Leone Hamilton, an
address by President McCain, and
the playing of recordings by the
faculty discussing the work at the
college since 1940 will comprise the
program. All students are urged
to participate in this celebration
of an outstanding event in the
college's history.

To touch off the evening, din-
ner will be served from 6 to 6:45
p. m. for the alumnae in a dining
room decorated with cherry trees,
white and blue hatchets, and red
and white candles. Margaret Scott,
president of Granddaughters' club
and a committee with Anne Noell
as chairman have planned the cof-
fee to be served in the lobby of
Rebekah Scott. Those on the com-
mittee are Jean Fuller, Lady Ma-

jor, Reese Newton, Evelyn Raf-
tery and Nellie Scott. The coffeee
tables will be decorated with
spring flowers and will carry out
the school colors of purple and
white.

Alumnae and students will meet
in Presser to hear an address by
Dr. McCain over WSB on the ef-
fects of the war on women's col-
leges. Special chorus will broad-
cast several light opera numbers.
Mrs. Oscar Palmour, alumnae
chairman for Founder's Day, will
welcome the group.

Records of comments by vari-
ous faculty members made each
year since 1940, will include the
recording of Miss Mary Stuart
MacDougall, last year's Woman of
the Year in education. Of special
interest will be the recording of
the interview between Mary Cox,
Ella Carey and Miss Lucile Alex-
ander. Mary Cox was the colored
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THE NEWS

VOL. XXXI AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1946 No. 17

Posey to Return Spring Quarter

ALICE SMILES BENIGNLY on the victorious Frosh i.
Jean Fraser and Julian nc Cook.

Tin Up Boy
To Be Chosen
Next Week

Walter B. Posey, head of the
department of history and politi-
cal science, who has been on leave
of absence, is expected to resume
teaching at Agnes Scott by the

May Day Group
Reveals Court;
Date Set May 4

Attendants for the May Court
were chosen by student vote
Thursday in chapel, Dootsie Gard-
ner, chairman, stated today.

Members representing the jun-
ior class will be Virginia Dickson,
Mary Jane Fuller, Mynelle Grove
and Margaret McManus. Sopho-
more attendants will be Nancy
Deal, Shirle Lingerich and Mary
Beth Little, while Jean Fraser and
Jo Snow will be freshmen attend-
ants. Senior members of the court
who were automatically elected
following nomination for May
Queen are Shirley Graves Coch-
rane and Bet Long Sale. Sally Sue
Stephenson will serve as maid of
honor to Queen Gloria Ann Mel-
chor.

May Day will be May 4 this
year, Dootsy said. "Festival To
Beauty" by Mary Beth Little is
the 1946 scenario. Practice for
May Day will begin spring quarter.

NationalPresi'dent
Of Mortar Board
Will Visit Campus

Mission Closes
With Service
This Evening

The first campus Christian mis-
sion at Agnes Scott college will
close tonight with a corporate
communion service and discussions
in each dormitory. The mission
has been 'i progress since Mon-
day.

Mrs. T. H. Grafton, dean of
Mary Baldwin college, will speak
at a communion service to be
held at 8 tonight in Gaines chap-
el. Her topic will be: "Christ An-
swers the World Through Us."
Communion will be administered
by Dr. Garrison and Dr. Hugh
Bradley of the Decatur Presby-
terian church. Following the serv-
ice will be dormitory discussions
centered around the question, "Is
Broadmindedness Compatible With
Strong Convictions?"

The theme of the week has been
"Guard What Has Been Entrusted
to You." Leaders are Dr. Joseph
M. Garrison, pastor, Presbyterian
Church of the Covenant, Greens-
boro, N. C; Mrs. Grafton, Wil-
liam Hall Preston, Baptist Sunday
school board, Nashville, Tenn.;
and Dr. James A. Jones, pastor of
the Myers Park Presbyterian
church of Charlotte, N. C.

The mission is sponsored by
the student work committee of the
Presbyterian church under the di-
rection of Dr. Garrison.

Monday, members of the visit-
ing team of speakers conferred
with the members of CA cabinet,
student government, and their
faculty advisors o n "Christian
Leadership on the Campus." Tues-
day morning in chapel, Dr. Gar-
rison spoke on "A Christian View
of the World's Needs.' That eve-
ning he presided at a forum which
discussed "The Christian Attitude."
Later there were dormitory dis-
cussions on "Finding a Faith of
Your Own."

This morning Mr. Preston's talk
in chapel concerned "The Re-
sources and Responsibilities In-
trusted to Us."

During the three days of the
mission, the members of the team
spoke to several classes, and also
with the faculty, freshman and
sophomore cabinets, Life Service
group, and the Bible club. Private
(Continued on Page 5)

Freshmen Rule
In Wonderland

The freshman class ruled the
Junior Joint with a firm hand Sat-
urday as Julianne Cook and Jean
Fraser reigned as the King and
Queen of Hearts. The freshman
skit, "Family Portraits" was nam-
ed most original by the judges.

Graham Jackson, Negro pianist,
was the highlight of the night's
program playing in every style.
It was the first appearance at
Agnes Scott of the pianist who is
known throughout the United
States for the splendid work he
has done in the War Bond drives
and entertainment of troops. He
was a favorite of the late Franklin
D. Roosevelt's and has played
many times at the White House.

Total proceeds collected were
$486.78, Jane Meadows, chairman,
announced. Of this amount, $356.-
78 was cleared.

Margaret McManus as Alice in
Wonderland stepped through the
looking glass at 8 p. m. formally
opening the floor show of the third
Junior Joint. Members of the Jun-
ior class dressed as "playing cards"
welcomed the audience. The floor
show consisted of floats and skits
by the various organizations on
campus.

(Continued on Page 4)

Date Book

Wednesday, Feb. 20 Mrs. T. II.
Grafton speaks at 8 p. m. in
Gaines chapel. Communion ser-
vice immediately following*.
Last day of Special Standards'
posture contest.
Pin-up contest begins today.

Thursday, Feb. 21 Don't cut be-
fore a holiday.

Dr. McCain speaks in chapel on

history of college.

Mrs. Green visits Mortar Board..

Friday, Feb. 22 Founder's Day
(Scott-Free!)

Saturday, Feb. 23 Don't cut aft-
er a holiday.

A. A. open house at 8 p. m. in
the gym.
Monday, Feb. 25 All-Star concert
with busses leaving Main at 7:30
p. m.

Jascha Heifetz will be present-
ed in recital at 8:30 p. m. by
the Atlanta Music club.

The title of "Pin Up Boy of Ag-
nes Scott college for 1946 will
be conferred upon someone next
week. The sophomore class is spon-
soring a contest to find the man
who most deserves this honor.
Judging will be on the basis of
pictures submitted by members of
the student body. Three judges
have been invited to make the
final selection. They are: Miss
Barbara Ames, instructor in the
department of physical education;
Miss Annie Lou Hardy, society
editor of the Atlanta Constitution;
and Mrs. Frank Rowsey, Society
editor of the Atlanta Journal.

The contest will run from Wed-
nesday, Februray ?0 to Monday,
February 25, when the judging
will take place. Pictures will be
accepted in Murphey Candler dur-
ing that time. They will be on
exhibit in the art gallery in the
library from February 22 until
February 27 when, they will be
returned to their owners.

Entrance fee is fifteen cents for
a single picture or two pictures
for 25 cents. All pictures must be
three by five inches or larger.
They may be either framed or un-
framed. Every entry will be re-
turned undamaged in any way.

Jane Alsobrook and Rose Ellen
Armstrong are in charge of col-
lecting the pictures; Harriette
Reid has charge of setting up the
exhibits. The chapel skit intro-
ducing the contest was directed by
Betty Gesner. Lida Walker is pub-
licity chairman.

beginning of spring quarter, the
administration announced yester-
day.

Mr. Posey will teach political
science 202 and history 317-c. The
political science course, which is
American parties and politics, is
offered Monday, Wednesday, and
Fridays at 8:30 a. m. while his-
tory 317-c, United States since
1898, is offered on the same days
from 2 to 3:30 p. m.

Mr. Posey went overseas last
June with the army as a member
of the history staff at Army Uni-
versity Center No. 1, Shrivenham,
England.

With the disbanding of the
Shrivenham post several months
ago, Mr. Posey went to Biarritz,
France. Now he is stationed in
Hochst, Germany, about six miles
from Frankfurt. He is doing panel
discussion work, Mrs. Posey ex-
( Continued on Page 6)

Mrs. Hamilton Stevens, retiring
national president of Mortar
Board will be on campus tomor-
row visiting the Hoasc chapter of
Mortar Board, Maggie Toole, pres-
ident announced.

Mrs. Stevens who is a native
of Pasadena, Calif., will be in At-
lanta to turn over the treasurer's
books to Mrs. Holcombe Green,
formerly section director of Mor-
tar Board. Mrs. Green is the in-
coming national president. Mrs.
Dan Byrd Jr. is the new section
director, replacing Mrs. Green.

The officers will be entertained
by Miss Carrie Scandrett, dean of
students, and President J. R. Mc-
Cain at a luncheon at the Alum-
nae house Thursday. Members of
Mortar Board wil join the group
for after-dinner coffee. Mrs. Stev-
ens will meet with the chapter
immediately preceding.

Dr. McCain Speaks
To Alumnae Club

Dr. McCain left Decatur last
Wednesday for New York City to
speak at the Agnes Scott Alumnae
club of New York dinner Friday
evening at the Allerton House.

Ten years ago, the last time he
met with the club, it had over a
hundred members ranging from
the first class to the most recent
one. Dr. McCain met with the
General Education Board Thurs-
day and Friday mornings. He flew
back here Friday night.

Page 2

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1946

The News

EDITORIALS

Decatur, Ga. Feb. 20, 1946

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS

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of Agnes Scott College. Office on second floor Murphey Candler Building. Entered as
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Pbsocialed Galle&ate Press

Step to
The Tune?

The News wishes to make an
.apology to the student body. We
have told you The News was the
expression of student opinion. We
are wrong. We have felt that at
least we were presenting the news
of the campus through your paper,
that we were a real and significant
part of campus life. We are wrong
again.

The News has just realized that
at Agnes Scott there is no such
thing as complete freedom of the
press. The News, February 20, 1946,
is not a newspaper, but a publicity
organ. We know this is not what
you want.

We feel that until now, we have
done our job. But with this edition,
while Agnes Scott history was be-
ing made, the issue of freedom of
the press has come forward. In this

Honor

We have an honor system. Offi-
cially it is called an overall honor
system. Actually it is known as the
"double" honor system.

Break the terms down and from
the vague terminology, what does
each imply? Honor is honor and
the very word itself is both single
and double. Yet as we entered Ag-
ness Scott, a large number of us
signed a pledge to uphold an honor
system with certain reservations in
our minds as to its validity. In any
moral matter, the question of honor
stands. It is only in non-academic
rules in social regulations that our
system tends to break down. It is
easy to argue that honor cannot ap-
ply to such issues, but this makes
the ideal a moral. This is overlook-
ing the fact that in signing the stu-
dent government pledge you gave
your word of honor you made all
issues moral. There is dissatisfac-
tion with the honor system today.
There are still reservations in the
minds of many of us. If there is any
part of the pledge which goes
against the grain of past teachings
against our very inherent nature
revise the pledge. If not, discard
your reservations. But surely if our
honor system breaks to the point of
student authority checking on ru-
mor, something is wrong.

The News advocates strongly that

Joint Pride

The gym is silent now. The Jun-
ior joint is over. But the thoughts
of its success linger. The campus
gives a verbal pat on the back to
this year's junior class to each in-
dividual and to Jane Meadows, who
as chairman steered the activity.
The originality in scenery, skits, and
effectiveness was of the highest. The
cooperation of not only the juniors
but campus organizations as a whole
is commendable. The whole campus
feels a surge of pride not only in the
financial success but in the warm
feeling of comradeship exhibited at
this time.

ultimate test, the News stands cen-
sored.

We realized that we have failed
you, the student body. We realize
that this issue of The News is nei-
ther a presentation of student opin-
ion nor a chronicling of campus
events. The News has failed and
we make our apology to you.

student government define the hon-
or system. Bring it up before stu-
dent meeting and thrash the mat-
ter out. Throw away any idea of
double or single. Put each of us on
her honor honor to live in a group
with respect for group rules yet
mindful of the right of the individ-
ual to her own ideal of self respect.
We know right from wrong. We
are capable of living in a group so-
ciety and conforming. If we can-
not conform, we have to learn
through experience, bitter though
the price may be.

The underlying factor which tears
at the heart of the system is the fact
that under the presen arrangement
we have pledged ourselves to be re-
sponsible for the honor of others

Our honor system is inconsistent.
The pledge on test papers is as in-
congruous as watching out for the
other girl. In a sense a defeatist at-
titude is taken admitting in the be-
ginning that our honor system tends
to break down unless there is a dou-
ble check. Each of us needs to take
stock of ourselves to grasp the im-
portance of adapting our personal
code to a higher standard the stan-
dard of the group. We cannot "keep
our brother" unless we can keep
ourselves. This is a daily task and
not an easy one.

Out Of The
Woods

By Anne Noell

Upon emerging from the stacks (Agnes
Scott's equivalent to the woods in which
people like Dante and Alice get lost) this
week, I heard an interesting idea put
forth by a junior who frequently does
her laundry as I do mine. We fell to dis-
cussing the deplorable necessity of wash-
ing one's own more delicate garments
in order to preserve them from the
machinations of the college laundry, and
from there we passed on to the difficul-
ties involved in assembling at 7:25 a. m.
a complete set of what is conventionally
worn. Poor coordination resulting from
a state of semi-stupor, the attempt not
to wake one's roommate-who-doesn't-
have-any-8:30-classes, the lack of time to
wash and mend all the little things which
are so hard to buy nowadays, and the in-
ability to harmonize colors very well at
that early hour were disposed of in short
order. There was a pause while the jun-
ior concentrated on a particularly stub-
born spot, then she resumed:

"You know, I've often thought the best
solution would be for everyone to wear
a sort of toga or Indian sari short
enough for action, of course."

"And there wouldn't be any buttons
to be lost in the laundry ..."

"And no difficulties in ironing them
because they'd be perfectly straight-cut
with no seams or gathers."

"We could have different materials and
colors for different seasons and occas-
ions."

"And they'd be so much more graceful
too, concealing your bad points. . . "

We sighed, agreed it would indeed be
wonderful but that "they" would never
allow it, and went back to our labors.

Firmly Founded

February 22 is Founder's Day. On
this day, the college each year com-
memorates the birthday of George
Washington Scott, founder of this in-
stitution. This is the fifty-seventh
Founder's Day, and it is fitting that
the daughters every where should
pay tribute to the founder of their
Alma Mater. It is fitting to go back
over the years and see what our
heritage is, what traditions we have
to carry on. It is fitting that we
should rest for a day, noting what
we have and whence it sprung.

Heart-y Thanks!

They've done it again. Agnes Scott
has probably never seen such a Val-
entine's Day celebration before, and
Miss Lambert and Miss Kitchen de-
serve special thanks for their special
efforts. Such niceties do not go un-
noticed or unappreciated by the stu-
dent body; it is such "extra's" that
make college the place to talk about
back home. The News for the stu-
dents says "Many Thanks" for doing
it again.

Last Thursday night a dining
room decked with red cupids float-
ing down the center of the room,
with hearts and candles on each
table and wih arrows, cupids and
hearts dotting the white curtains
greeted the campus. The gay mood
they created in both students and
faculty alike may amply express
the feelings of the campus, but the
News wishes to put their thanks in
writing too. It meant much to us;
many thanks to you.

Citizen Scott:

Spring Cleaning

Another week is past, Citizen Scott
thought and spring is still on the way.
Time for a bit of mental house cleaning
a verbal brushing up and taking stock
before spring fever attacks with all of its
fatalness. Seems as if some others are
having their housekeeping early this year
too, she mused. Ickes, former secretary
of interior, airs the inner chambers, call-
ing the president's remarks "open in-
citement to perjury." Seems even the
higher ups must do their cleaning but
the question is was it Ickes or Truman
who had the idea first.

But it is not just here at home, Citi-
zen murmured, but even in London with
the Securities Council. The Soviet Un-
ion pulled a fast one Friday and used'
the veto power for the first time. With
a quick sweep of the veto broomstick,
old Joe's boys brushed the United States
formula for settling Syrian-Lebanese
complaints over presence of Britain-
French troops aside. The boys seem to
agree with Syria and Lebanon that Brit-
ish and French troops infringed over Sy-
rian-Lebanese sovereignity. Same ole
story, Citizen Scott calculated. The other
fella is always minding his brother's bus-
iness.

MacArthur's doing his bit of house-
cleaning with a flourish, Citizen noted.
Dissatisfaction with Japan's currency in-
flation and unequal commodity distribu-
tion is his scrub brush and he's using a
rigid currency and banking controls and
authorized government seizure of hoard-
ed food stocks as his brand of soap.

Citizen thought about China and
found the same situation existing here
as Chinese government troops attempted
to drive out the communists. Now, Uncle
Sam is holding the dustpan as he trans-
ports the Chinese troops, but soon he'll
find himself having to scrub China's
floor for her own self defense.

On the homefront, it seems that Gen-
eral Motors finished house cleaning as
the last of steel "big three" sign. Guess
Bethlehem and Republic figured they
had raised enough dust for they follow-
ed the U S. Steel-union settlement with
similar 18V 2 cent hourly wage boost
agreements, coupled with a 9y 2 cent
retroactive raise to Jan. 1.

Housecleaning everywhere as spring ap-
proaches is right, Citizen Scott rational-
ized. Soon be housecleaning on campus
but guess each one of us will have to do
some personal "mind sweeping" before we
do a general job. It is still the same,
on or off campus, Citizen Scott reasoned.
Whether it's Joe's boys or hottentots,
they try to mind the other fella's busi-
ness before they clean at home.

Shortages still exist!

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1946 Page 3

And the fun flowed freely! At
the Junior Joint Sat. night the
gymnasium was transformed into
Wonderland by a variety of big
doings and a big crowd.

In the upper left picture are the
kings and queens of hearts. Sen-
iors are Scotty Scott and Robin
Robinson; juniors, Beth Walton
and Mary Jane Fuller; sopho-
mores, Betty Gesner and Mary
Manly; and the reigning fresh-
man king, Jean Fraser, with her
fair laxly, Julianne Cook.

Alice is astounded at the tales
of goings on behind the Looking
Glass in the upper right picture.
Full of "Personally" are Sweetie
Calley, Ninia Owens, Lorena Ross,
Carol Giles, Alice JBeardsley,
Laura Winchester, Carolyn Gil-
christ, Dale Bennett, and Caroline
Squires.

In the center shot, the star of
the evening, Graham Jackson, gets
the biggest bang of all from the
"junior class version" of St. Louis
Blues, played with a sheet over the
keys.

It's hard to tell just who are
taking the parts in this scene,
(lower left) of the Duchess and
her baby that turned into a pig.

Below at right, a portion of the
crowd that packed the gym mills
around before the show begins,
beneath the crown and the gay
streamers that provided the dec-
oral ion keynote.

At the right are the Agnes Scott
special chorus and the Georgia
Tech band who recently presented
a joint concert.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1946

When Far From the Reach

By Eva Williams

Hottentots didn't have to go very far for fun and frolic
Saturday night because the Junior Joint was immensely en-
tertaining and, as Alice Beardsley said, "A wonderlandish
time was had by all."

With us for the week-end
"Zeph," Lady Major's mother and
friend, and Bettye Smith's moth-
er. Sweetie Calley had a visitor
from Converse, and Eleanor Rey-
nolds entertained a guest from
Brenau. Lorena Ross had two vis-
itors and Jo Wooten visited "Tee
Toe" Williams.

It was good to see Martha Hay,
a former student, on campus. Pat
Collins and Nancy Jones, prospec-
tive Agnes Scotters of the class of
'59 were with Beth Jones, also
Beth's Harold.

Gloria Bradley visited Fluff
Paisley and Tilly Alexander, El-
eanor Compton and Margaret Bat-
ten also had attractive visitors.
Mr. Bryant, Flora's father, was a
welcome guest, as was Margaret
Kinard's father. The Beales came
to see Glassell and Easy, and the
Starrs came to see Jeter.
OF HAPPENINGS
Jane Alsobrook and Maxine
Kickliter attended the Baptist
banquet and Ruth Richardson got
around too, that is to say, she
went to the Baptist skating party.

Nancy Dendy, Lorton Lee, and
Dot Porter decided that they like
Marietta after going home with
Caroline Little. Sarah Belle Ros-
enberg went to G. S. C. W. this
week-end and traveling homeward
were: Susan Neville, Eleanor Dav-
is, June Thomason, Ann Hightow-
er, Mimi Arnold, and Sidney Cum-
mins.

With interest we note that Mon-
tene Melson's engagement is an-
nounced, the marriage to take
place in early spring.

Laura Winchester attended sev-
eral parties for her future sister-
in-law.

Betty Turner attended the Tau
Beta Phi banquet, and Sally Bussy
had a wonderful time at the Phi
Delt houseparty at Tate. Lu Cun-
ningham went to see Bob.

Marjorie Naab has been sport-
ing an exquisite orchid, hasn't she?

And what an interesting little
package from the U. of Va. for
June Irvine a lovely PiKA pin
from Billy.

After all the delicious birthday
dinners we've had, don't forget to
wish Miss Kitchen "Happy Birth-
day" Friday.

Glad to see Libby Woodward
back from the hospital. We've
missed her!

GOOD DANCES

The Psi O's had elaborate dec-
orations for their banquet and
dance at the Biltmore. At the ban-
quet were: Mary Jane Fuller, Jo
Faulkner, and Jean Chewnihg.
Later for dancing came Dale Ben-
nett, Charlien Simms, Louise
Starr, Ev^ Williams, and Dootsie
Gardener.

At the Paradise Room were
Mary Gene Sims and Margaret
Ann Richards, while Betzie Pow-
ers, Louise Starr, Miriam Steele
and Lucy Turner (with that man
from Michigan) danced at the
Roof.

The White Caps played at the
Emory Chi Phi house and dancing
were: Mildred Claire Jones, "Splin-
ter" Board, Charlsie Smith, Mau-
die Van Dyke, Pat McMammon,
Mary Frances Anderson, Nancy
Parks, Mary Brown Mahon, Eva
Williams, Anne Woodward, and
Ann Hough.

were: Jane Bowman's sister,

NO PARKING but she didn't
get a ticket. LaNelle Wright
won first prize for Bonnie Hope
in the Silhouette Snapshot Con-
test.

France Needs
Peace for
Revival -Cailliet

By Mary Frances
Anderson

"People talk too much about
themselves," was Emile Cailliet's
laughing response to numerous
questions asked him in an inter-
view last week. This philosopher,
teacher, and writer visited on
campus Feb. 12-14 and' with his
distinctive French air charmed
many in his lectures on "Pascal
and the Genius of France" and
"Christianity and Naturalism."

When asked how he had become
so interested in a study of Pascal,
Mr. Cailliet answered that it had
come about as a result of his ex-
periences as a boy in World War
I. At the time he volunteered he
had been a very young student,
and a so-called agnostic. Seeing
his comrades dying and suffering
about him he began meditating the
meaning of war and death and
when he returned again to his
books after the war, he began
reading not for credit; but to find
out something . . . who would best
symbolize the truth for which he
was searching. To him, Pascal rep-
resented this truth "and," he add-
ed, "this I would like you to say.
I consider that the full truth
comes only to the committed per-
son, the person who is willing to
follow the truth wherever it leads
and whatever the cost."

In answer to questions as to
what ne believed the future of
France to be, Mr. Cailliet seemed
very optimistic and fully confi-
dent that France will come into
her own again very soon as pow-
erful as she has been in the past.
He spoke of France as having been
always a self sufficient and pros-
perous country, of a conservative
people who love their land and
their freedom. "She has made
splendid comebacks after wars in
the past this she will do again."
Cailliet said that this comeback,
however, must be through our aid
and understading that France
needs a long period of peace in
which thTe middle class, the salt
of the land, may reestablish them-
selves in prosperity. "The present
Communism of France," ho said
"is the result of illness and fever.
With returning health will come
returning sanity. In France is the
crossroads of civilizations and
with reestablishment of her pow-
er, will come as well the stabiliza-
tion of all of Europe."

Your Standing
Being Watched

Brace up! Eyes ahead, shoulders
back, watch your grooming . . .
those posture judges are on the
lookout, and the deadline is draw-
ing nigh!

Hidden behind bushes and in
dark corridors the dignitaries of
uprightness are watching a 1 1
Hottentots and will announce Fri-
day several girls from each class
who rate tops. Feb. 28 in the gym
these chosen few will present a
fashion show and a queen of good
posture wfU be crowned.

So remember . . . watch your
standing . . . Friday is "judg-
ment day" . . . and the fashion
show is just around the corner!

Club News

PI ALPHA PHI

Freshmen were entertained at
the twenty-fifth anniversary meet-
ing of Pi Alpha Phi last Thursday
night.

Louisa Aichel, secretary, gave a
brief history of the club and its
purpose. Peggy Willmon and Dale
Bennett debated on the subject,
Resolved: that chickens should
roost on square poles. Betzie^Pow-
ers and Clarkie Rogers success-
fully upheld the affirmative of a
debate favoring a merger of the
army and navy; Tizzie Rutland
and Betty Jo Doyle upheld the
negative.

SPANISH CLUB

The Spanish club entertained
Spanish students Thursday, Feb.
14, in Murphey Candler building.
After tea was served, the group
sang Spanish songs and a play,
"Fiesta de la Flor," was presented
under the direction of Miss Melis-
sa Cilley.

FRENCH CLUB

The freshmen were entertained
at a meeting of the French club,
Thursday, Feb. 7. They were giv-
en an explanation of the purpose
of the club and how it functions.
Games were played and there was
group singing of French songs.

Mr. Cailliet met with the club
Wednesday night, Feb. 13, in the
Alumnae house. He spoke on "La
France de Demain."

COTILLION CLUB

Louise McLaurin, Ann Patter-
son, Mildred Claire Jones, and
Mary Gene Sims were hostesses
for the Cotillion club meeting of
Thursday, Feb. 7. Plans were made
for a party which is to be held
at the end of the year. Cotillion
club entertained the freshmen
with an open house earlier this
year.

VOTERS' LEAGUE

The Agnes Scott chapter of the
Georgia League of Women Voters
met Friday, Feb. 15, to discuss
the organization of city, county,
and state governments. Plans for
the future were also discussed in-
cluding the taking of a campus
poll to find Out how many girls
who are eligible to vote in Geor-
gia are registered.

Jane Meadows, president of the
Agnes Scott chapter of the League,
announced that the chapter is now
definitely affiliated with the Geor-
gia League and has a membership
of 28.

Ga, Tech Band,
Special Chorus
Concert Jointly

A varied program w T as presented
last Friday night in Gaines chapel
as musical organizations from
Georgia Tech and Agnes Scott
were heard in joint concert.

The first part of the evening's
entertainment was presented by
the Georgia Tech concert band
under the authortative direction
of A. J. Garing. This group of
about 50 showed remarkable skill
in achieving almost orchestral ef-
fects with their woodwinds and
brasses. They were least successful
in "Ballet Music' from Faust,
where the lack of strings was
most evident; in jsuch delicate
music, a clarinet is no substitute
for a violin. The Overtures to
"Euryanthe" and to "Semiramide"
were more easily adapted to band
instruments; they were the best
numbers of the program.

The most ambitious undertaking
was the "Finale" from Tchaikow-
sky's Symphony No. 4 in F minor,
which received well deserved ap-
plause; "Tea for Two" was play-
ed as an encore. The fifth selec-
tion was Safranek's "Atlantis"
Suite, a less familiar group of
four movements in classical style.

The second part of the concert
was turned over to the Agnes Scott
special chorus, directed by Lewis
Johnson, who presented a pro-
gram of light opera and sem-clas-
sical numbers. The chorus appear-
ed well-poised and well-trained,
and sang with assurance and skill,
except for an occasional tendency
of the strong second soprano sec-
tion to stick out.

The group gave nice feeling and
expression to their work, especial-
ly "My Hero" and "Rose Marie,"
and displayed good musicianship.
There was a tendency to drag in
the "Oh, What a Beautiful Morn-
ing" and "Summertime." As an
encore, the chorus sang a medley
consisting of "One Alone," "I'm
Falling In Love With Someone,"
"Lover, Come Back to Me," and
"Why Do I Love You."

Freshmen Rule

(Continued from Page 1)
Each skit and float was intro-
duced by a song by an "Alice" sex-
tet composed of Millie Evans, Vir-
ginia Barksdale, Kathleen Buchan-
an, Virginia Dickson, Helen Cur-
rie, and Mac Craig. The "eight,"
"nine," and "ten" of hearts pre-
sented the class kings and queens
as follows: freshman, King Jean
Fraser, Queen Julianne Cook;
sophomore, King Betty Gesner,
Queen Mary Manly; junior, King
Beth Walton, Queen Mary Jane
Fuller; senior, King Scotty Scott,
Queen Robin Robinson.

The Glee club skit presenting
five different ways of singing
"Jack and Jill' was judged the most
entertaining skit. The checker
board float of Cotillion club was
rated the most attractive while
the Art Students league Caterpil-
lar float was judged the most orig-
inal.

A capacity audience of approx-
imately 350 attended the "Joint."

Decorations in the gym centered
around a large gold crown sus-
pended from the ceiling. From the
crown radiated streamers of red
and white crepe paper. Walls dec-
orations were: by large pictures of
characters from Lewis Carroll's
story.

Galley Slave

Alice Beardsley

Naming a column is a grim and
ghoulish and grisly task. It takes
the combined IQ of five staff
members of the News. This com-
bined IQ equals 350 according to
college records. We are handicap-
ped.

After a column appellation has
been discovered, then it becomes
the desire of the columnist to de-
fend it from all unjust, and indif-
ferent, and radical, and irrational
accusations. This is now my de-
sire, since it has come to my
attention that the majority of in-
dividuals have not begun to realize
the full implications of being a
galley slave.

You will now be educated, dear
reader. A galley is a vessel, yes.
It is also the kitchen of a vessel,
yes. But primarily, a galley has
more profound meanings, yes. Each
week someone takes the news
stories down to the printing of-
fice. Little men there type these
stories on a big machine. Then a
long piece of paper is spread over
the type to make a print. This
print, dear reader, is a galley
proof. Then someone brings the
galleys back to the News. Thus,
"galley slave."

I have received during several
weeks rather interesting com-
ments on the nature of galleys
which I will immediately pass on
to you as being most enlightening.

Inquiry begins:

Columnist: Hi, Simp. Say, do
you know what a galley is?

Ruth Simpson: A galley? (Pause
follows) (A longer pause) Then:
How about writing a story for
Aurora next time? (Then she
stalks away.)

Columnist: Hi Jane. Do you
happen to know what a galley is?

Jane Cooke: You mean a ship?
(Columnist looks puzzled. Then
surprised as if that might be it.
Cooke continues learnedly) Like
the Egyptians and Phoenicians
had. The Romans had 'em, too.

After finishing "ho,ho,hos" and
"one,uns" in speech conference,
Mary Hanson Partridge explained
pictorially the nature of a galley.
"A galley is a ship," she said.
(Columnist here looks amazed.)
Says "really?" Mary Hanson con-
tinues, "Yes." Then in a bent po-
sition, she dropped into the char-
acter of an oarsman and rowed
and rowed the galley with convin-
cing effort, explaining that she
was a galley slave.

Columnist: Oh, thank you!
B. J. Brown has a tendency for
active description also. Action
without explanitory words in this
instance.

Columnist: Same question.
B. J.: "YoU|know ... a galley
Then with the 'sea heaving on
either side, and her oars function-
ing, the galley took slow back-
ward movements through the bil-
lowing waves. Then getting more
speed, the vessel shot backwards
with inconceivable motion. Specta-
tors stood amazed.

A galley slave is in a ship, yes.
A galley slave is in the kitchen,
yes. But primarily, a galley slave
stays in the Agues Scott News
room, yes.

Visit Your Neighbor

Vernon Frank's Decatur
FLOWER SHOP

301 Church St. DE. 3309

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1946

Page 5

Apple For Teacher

Practice Teachers Learn
Endurance, Gum-Chewing

By Betty Allen

Practice teaching, from all I've
heard, is a course in gymnastics,
in which you learn to be on your
toes all the time. You can never
safely settle down on the back of
your heels because some pupil,
from the. second grade up, is bound
to come out with some unanswer-
able question or some ever-so-
bright remark.

In spite of the qualities of en-
durance required m this gym class,
the seniors boast a large enroll-
ment Betty Patrick, Maudie Van
Dyke, Bunny Weems, Carolyn Bo-
die, and Sara Jean Clark, teaching
Junior High School, and LaNelle
Wright, Pattie Dean, Louise Starr,
Bonnie Hope, and Ellen Hayes
teaching grammer school.

The stereotype of the school
teacher with the long skirt and
the knot at the back of her neck
has certainly passed away. The
Junior High boys and girls were
surprised to find that the Agnes
Scott girls were "faculty mem-
bers," especially since some of
them came in skirts, sweaters, and
socks. "B. P." said that all her
pupils are larger than she. The
first day they mistook her for one
of them. They can't get it into

Alums, StudentsJoin

(Continued from Page 1)
private maid of one of the young
ladies attending Decatur Female
Seminary. She became so attached
to the college that she remained
all of her working years. She now
comes once a year for her pension
and to check up on the activi-
ties of the modern misses. Ella
Carey was a maid who worked in
the maid's office of Main for many
years. Dr. McCain is the executor
of her will which includes a gen-
erous endowment to Atlanta Uni-
versity.

Call DE. 4922

One Day in Advance for Your
' Birthday Cakes, etc.

DECATUR CAKE BOX

their heads that they must call the
practice teachers "Miss." One
morning B. P. was approached by
one of her pupils who said that
he didnt see why he had to call
her ^Miss" when she cafulcm't
be more than six years older than
he, while his father was ten years
older than his mother and she
didn't call him "Mr."

The definition "Miss" Patrick
gave for practice teaching was "A
lesson in how to chew chewing
gum the right way." She and Bun-
ny Weems have collected quite an
assortment of chewing gum from
their pupils.

Carolyn Bodie and Maudie Van
Dyke, teaching seventh grade So-
cial Science, seem to have the
same problem while telling one
little girl what to do "Miss"' Bo-
die saw the protrusion of a bright
red tongue.

Carolyn's and Maudie seventh
grade class has a little boy who
has ji^st come from Palestine.
They are trying to help him learn
to read English.

It looks as though the idea of
"One World" could be applied to
the school teaching profession be-
cause LaNelle also reports having
a Spanish boy in her second grade
class at S. M. Inman Grammer
School. He is just learning to
speak English and when he gets
mad he spurts Spanish which nei-
ther she nor the regular teacher
can understand.

LaNelle related her discourage-
ment when, on the first day of
school, the genius of her second
grade class, asked her if she'd an-
swer a question for him. When
she replied in the affirmative he
came out with the question, "What
is the formula for copper sulfate?"
LaNelle, never having had a day
of chemistry was completely be-
fuddled.

Practice teaching, all agree,
Is more than it's cracked up
to be,

Kids keep teacher on the run
But after all it's lots of fun.

Mission Closes

(Continued from Page 1)
conferences have been scheduled
with the speakers through the
dean's office if desired.

The campus Christian mission
is taking the place of Religious
Emphasis Week, which came for-
merly in winter quarter. For sev-
eral years, Christian Association
has brought to the campus one
speaker who has led the campus in
religious discussion for the whole
week

FOOTE AND DAVIES

Announces its new
College Annual Department
250 PEACHTREE STREET

Faculty and students are cor-
dially invited to visit the con-
venient and comfortable work-
ing quarters for Annual Staffs
provided at this new location.

Graduation
DateChanged;
Gaines to Talk

Tradition gave way for the sec-
ond consecutive year with the
changing of the commencement
date from June 4 to June 3.

The administration announced
this week that the exercises will
be held on the first Monday in
June instead of Tuesday as reg-
ularly scheduled. The precedent
was broken for the first time last
year.

Dr. Frank P. Gaines, president
of Washington and Lee university,
will make the commencement ad-
dress while Dr. W. A. Benfield,
vice president of Louisville Pres-
byterian seminary, will deliver the
baccalaureate sermon Sunday,
June 2. The speakers were in-
vited after the senior class sub-
mitted names of various men mem-
bers would like to have speak at
the exercises. Complete plans for
commencement will be announced
later.

Clothes Campaign
Nets 301 Articles

The clothes collection campaign
officially closed this week as stu-
dent contributions swelled to 301
garments.

The collection will be shipped
overseas at an early date, Maud
Van Dyke, War Council chairman,
said. Maud stated that the drive
for collection of student pledges
will end in March. Part of the
money will be used for the Red
Cross pledge which must be paid
next month. The deduction will
amount to $450 which was as-
sessed at the beginning of the
year.

New Albums
In Music Room

Twenty-five new albums have
been added to the record collec-
tion in the Music Room in Main.
They include both vocal and or-
chestral selections and such fa-
mous artists as Caruso and Marion
Anderson. The victrola has just
been repaired.

Will Howe
To Give
Readings Sun.

Dr. Will Howe, visiting profes-
sor of English at Emory univer-
sity, will be on campus Sunday at
4:30 p. m. in the library. Dr. Howe
who is being sponsored by the
Freshman Interest groups will
read various requests of the stu-
dents at this time.

The library will open at 4 p. m.
and Dr. Howe will read from 4:30
to 5:20 p. m. Hunt Morris, chair-
man of the Freshman Interest
groups, requests that students
turn in any requests they have
for Dr. Howe to read at this time.
The lecture will be open to the
campus community.

The groups have had a display
up in the library this week which
will run through tomorrow. The
library group showed the works of
Edna St. Vincent Millay while the
music group showed various al-
bums they've studied this quar-
ter.

What Do YOU Think?

Honor System Calls Forth Discussion

What do you think of the Agnes
Scott honor system? The News
presents the opinions of five mem-
bers of the student body and one
faculty member for mature reflec-
tion.

Miss Louise Hale, associate pro-
fessor of French: An honor system
is an intimate
part of Agnes
Scott college dear
to all of us. On
the academic side
it functions well.
If it functions ad-
mirably in one
phase is it effec-
tive in the over-
all life of the
campus? Can we think of Agnes
Scott without it ? What would we
have? If we cannot formulate a
plan in which there is no honor
system, then, we must live with
one. What keeps us from com-
pletely accepting the existing
system? Is the price of this one
giving up individual rights and
privileges that we want to keep,
or is it the "double" system which
we feel we cannot accept? If that
part is dropped what can we sub-
stitute for it ? Let us think of that
before we take action. We do not
want our honor system to develop
into a police force, it is an "art
de vivre" which is based on con-
cepts of respect for ourselves and
each other as individuals and as a
group working together in love to
attain an end. If we drop the
"double" idea, can we try for, say,
the coming year, to live without
it with more care each for her-
self and with more understanding
of her neighbor's different tem-
perament?

Mary Russell, vice president of
student government: The honor
system at Agnes
Scott is one of
the distinguish-
ing features of
the school and
is a very real
part of the Ag-
nes Scott ideal..
To accept it com-
pletely, responsibility for the group
as well as for oneself, is one of

the indications of maturity that
is a part of growing up and is a
part of preparation for taking
one's place as a citizen of dem-
ocracy. It is a success only so far
as each individual student upholds
it, and it is one of the aspects
of the college that is directly in
the hands of the students to main-
tain and cherish.

Punky Mattison, (jr.): I think
that our double
honor system has,
in many ways,
^ ^ Y~\ proved very effec-
tive. But my con-
ception of a real
honor system has
always been one
in which each individual guides
her own conduct according to a
sense of personal honor and trusts
others to do the same. This type
of system involves more real in-
dividual honor than does the dou-
ble honor system. I believe such
a system could be made to work
effectively on our campus.

Pagie Violette (soph.): People
should be respons-
ible for themsel-
ves and not have
to depend on oth-
ers to report them.
I am in favor of
the honor system
without any sem-
blance of "double" either in name
or operation, for it certainly is the
mature attitude and the only at-
titude.

Mimi Arnold, (fr.): The princi-
ple of the honor
system of Agnes

Scott college is to
me one of the out-
standing factors
in making the
oc- student govern-
ment a substantial one. Being on
her own honor strengthens the
character of a student. She feels
her responsibility and becomes a
part of the Agnes Scott ideal.

I realize, as I believe all other
students do, that the honor system
is not upheld in all phases of its
governing power. Academically I
believe it is perfect. I do not know
of any students in Agnes Scott
who would intentionally do any-

thing to lower the high ideal of
our college. However, I do be-
lieve there are instances when a
girl relies on her personal charac-
ter as guidance. To have the honor
system at its height of success, I
believe each student should consid-
er herself a definite part of the
honor system. She would be more
inclined to uphold the honor sys-
tem in its entirety if she felt as-
sured that all other girls did so.
Marguerite Toole, (sr.) : People
./^vTX. around, here of-
* - ' ten discuss the

pro's and con's
of our "double''
honor system.
Speaking ideal-
istically, howev-
er, the word "double" is superflu-
ous. Personal honor and that
alone is the basis upon which all
systems of trust exist. The nega-
tive approach to maintaing an
honor system is necessary only
when there is a breakdown in the
personal approach. The girls who
accuse one of "stooping to report"
should remember that she herself
had the chance first and "stoop-
ed."

A college honor system should
affect every phase of our life.
Academically, our system works
very effectively, I believe; social-
ly there is an increasing tendency
among girls to break the system
into parts. Rules of which they
approve are abided by, and the
others well, rationalization is a
convenient process. Yet the honor
system exists as a unit; we pledg-
ed to abide by the whole system.
That is our duty regardless of our
personal feeling.

The fact that Agnes Scott has
an effective honor system is one
of its distinguishing features. The
honor system works better here
than in most places, but still it
could be greatly improved. The in-
dividual student should take great-
er responsibility in upholding* the
honor system. The administration
and "exec" should concern them-
selves more with providing an hon-
or system that can be lived by.
The individual should not look up
to an honor system she should
experience it in the most positives
of ways.

Page 6

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1946

ATM LETE

FEATS

FUTM RYNER.

Time marches on but basketball
at A.S.C. remains at a stand-still
since last Friday's games managed
to jumble things up again with
another three-way tie. But def-
initely! About all we can predict
at this point is excitement plus,
and if you think you'll miss Thurs-
day night's final games you're
planning to sacrifice too much for
the sake of a holiday.

Varsity and sub-varsity teams
will be announced then too, and
that's just one more bit of ex-
citement coming off. And now is
about as good a time as any to
say that those teams will need
supporters yelling at 'em more
than ever Thursday, so get in
there and plug along with them.

Now to get serious for a while.
Complaints concerning the follow-
ing will please be made to the
editor as the writer is still offi-
cially on strike. Any resemblance
between this and Peachtree Pa-
rade is purely coincidental:

"Dead-eye" Dieckmann finding
someone to play patty-cake, patty-
cake with beneath basketball goal
(yeh, Millie).

Two prominent A. A. board mem-
bers using "Write-Right" notebook
paper.

Seniors going into "training" for
big game Thursday.

"Sharkies" standing in gym
door taking bets for out-come of
present basketball tie-up.

Violent senior hitting Jean Fras-
er overhead with basketball to
see if it would do any good.

Seniors frantically guzzling cof-
fee before Friday's game to make
up for loss of ten hours sleep the
night before.

Innocent freshman asking "B.
Lee" if her AS pin stood for ap-
prentice seaman!

"Scotty" Scott requesting $3.98
from A. A. board to purchase plas-
tic wall for water polo.

Frantic sports writer not being
able to think of anything cute (?)
about anybody but the seniors.

Ballet Set for March 2

The date for the dcir.ee greup?,
ballet originally set for Feb. 28
has been changed to March 2, ac-
cording to Louise Gardner, chair-
man.

The group, directed by Eugenie
Dozier, instructor in physical edu-
cation, is composed of Agnes Scott
students and alumnae who are in-
terested particularly in the ballet.

To Tell Varsity
ThursdayNight

Varsity and sub-varsity teams
will be announced tomorrow night
at the last basketball game of
the season, according to Jean Den-
ning, manager.

Girls chosen by the athletic
counsel for the two teams will
clash at the sub-varsity game on
Februray 29.

The classes will meet for the
last time at 8 p. m. tomorrow. A
three-way tie between the fresh-
man, juniors and seniors must be
broken to decide the winning team
for the 1946 basketball season.
Juniors will face the sophs and
frosh will tangle with the sen-
iors in the games to decide the
championship.

Mrs. Elizabeth Williams, of At-
lanta Girls high and Miss Cloud
from Washington Seminary will
referee the games.

A Founder's day basketball
game will be played between class
games. Players will show the pres-
ent generation how their mother's
played the game. Managers urge
that students come to cheer for
their classes.

Three-Way Tie Awaits Final Game

Badminton Doubles
Reaches Finals

The badminton doubles tourna-
ment has reached the last stage.
The semi-finals were played Mon-
day. The finals will be played at
the half of the varsity-sub-varsity
game. Defending their last year's
title will be Mac Craig and Ca-
rolyn Gilchrist. The challengers
are Claire Kemper and Ginny An-
drews.

The badminton singles tourna-
ment is underway and first match-
es are scheduled to be played by
Feb. 19.

Those participating are Jackie
Stewart, Anne Hagerty, Janet Lid-
dell, Glassell Beale, Mary Ann
Courtenay, Lura Johnston, Marie
Cuthbertson, Helen Currie, Claire
Kemper, Jean Denning, E. Claire
Cunningham, Chris Yates, Gene
Goode, Lorton Lee, Ann Hough,
Leo Cousar, bobbe Whipple, Lou-
ise Gehrken, Carolyn Gilchrist and
Mac Craig.

Time Out for Play, Girls
Slogan of Game Leaders

By Mildred Claire Jones

Along with the varied activities of the campus, a few
of our versatile Agnes Scotters take time out to play with
the children from the fourth through the seventh grades in
the neighboring grammar schools. Instead of taking their
exercise by playing badminton or shooting baskets, these
girls get their physical education

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the strenuous way by keeping up
with the younger generation.

If you are wondering what you
would do with so many children,
just ask Maggie Toole. She teach-
es basketball to the ten to twelve
year old girls at Winnona school.
Thinking that it would be more
proper, she had them call her
"Marguerite" until a minor catas-
trophe occurred Blythe Posey
caled her "Maggie" and the news
was out!

Male Audience Helps

To show you that women are
women the world over, the little
girls play much harder and better
when they have a masculine au-
dience. Friday is a day easily dis-
tinguished from other days of the
week, for all the girls have their
hair rolled up and eagerly tell
"Marguerite" that they are going
to the dance for the younger crowd
that night. One afternoon Maggie
brought them to our gym to watch
the basketball games. They were
impressed that the girls could look
so sophisticated in snoods and
still play well.

Mary Cargill and Millie McCain
display their talents at Glennwood

school and Fifth Avenue school
respectivey. They teach May Day
dances as well as simple games,
and the older children play basket-
ball. Mary teaches three of Betty
Lee Phelps' sisters, by the way.
Both girls meet children on the
streets of Decatur who rush up
to them and confide plans and
school gossip.

Bets* Children Grow Up
Out at Oakhurst Bet Long Sale
feels quite at home. She has been
doing recreational work for three
years and has watched "her chil-
dren" grow up. Instead of going
to school as most of the girls do,
Bet goes during school. May Day
promises to be a galal affair for
she is teaching folk dances to be
presented. Each class is allowed
to choose the country that it will
represent.

In one of the classes "Miss Bet-
ty" told them to get partners to
learn a new dance. All the boys
immediately ran over to ask the
same little girl to be their partner,
and in the rush, the child was
trampled.

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File Catalogs
Organization

A file of the history of 12 camp-
us organiations and publications
since their organization is on
hand in the library, Miss Edna
Ruth Hanley, college librarian an-
nounced recently.

The histories were compiled by
Miss Louise McKinney, professor
of English emeritus, Miss Hanley
stated. The file is for the conven-
ience of the campus community in
tracing back history of the various
organizations and may be used up-
on permission of Miss Hanley. The
organizations which are on file are
the literary societies, May Day,
senior investiture, senior opera,
student publications, monthly, an-
nual, weekly, Founder's Day, de-
bating, dramatics, honor societies,
Gamma Tau Alpha, Phi Beta Kap-
pa, Hoasc, and Mortar Board, Lec-
ture Association, poetry society, B.
O. Z. and Folio.

Miss McKinney who retired in
1937 has been working on the
histories for sometime now. The
completed material is in the li-
brary.

Posey to Return

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plained, which means traveling to
Berlin, Munich, and surrounding
towns.

No definite arrival dates can be
confirmed as yet due to the uncer-
tainty of the transportation situa-
tion.

Miss Ames Wins Cup

Miss Barbara Ames, instructor
of physical education, is the own-
er of a loving cup won in the
Atlanta Athletic club badminton
tournament.

Miss Ames won in the mixed
doubles division, B class, of the
club's spring tournament held in
Atlanta, February 9. The loving
cup which is about nine inches
tall will be added to her trophy
shelf.

Lynnford Keyes Speaks
On A.A. Chapel Program

Stressing good physical care as
an aid for a healthy middle age,
Lynnford Keyes, assistant profes-
sor of physical education at Geor-
gia Tech, spoke in chapel Friday
on the feminine aspect of physical
education. The chapel program
was sponsored by the Athletic As-
sociation.

The library will be Closed
Wednesday night due to the
Christian Association commun-
ion service which will be at 8 p.
m., Miss Edna Ruth Hanley, col-
lege librarian, stated today. Fri-
day, the library will be open
from 9 a. m. untii 5 p. m.

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Phone DE. 1665
Decatur, Ga.

NOTICE

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AGNES SCOTT

Upperclasses Win;
Frosh Lose, 31-28

For the second time this sea-
son, the mighty freshman basket-
ball team suffered defeat, this time
from the juniors, with a final score
of 31-28, while the senior team
trampled the fighting sophs, 38-30.
This means that freshman, junior,
and senior teams all have three
victories to their credit, and the
final game this week will tell
the tale.

Although the individual playing
was excellent, as usual, the most
remarkable demonstration was the
teamwork displayed on the floor
Friday. The senior forwards pass-
ed the ball so fast that it was
hard to watch it, while the sopho-
more guards were far from over-
come, and kept off a good many
goals by being on the spot. In the
junior-freshman game, the coop-
eration of the six players on each
team kept the ball flying back
and forth from one end of the
court to the other. All four teams
showed the results of long prac-
tice and work.

Seniors Keep Lead

The senior - sophomore game,
though slow, was hardfought. The
seniors gained an early lead which
they held throughout the half.
They were leading 24-18 when the
whistle blew.

The second half was much more
exciting than the first. At one
time the score was tied, and the
playing was hard and fast. There
was a good bit of fouling on both
sides, and the seniors gained a one-
point lead on those shots. Then
several fast goal's shot them out
ahead, and the game ended, 38-
30.

Juniors Win Thriller

The second game was closer and
more thrilling than the first. The
freshmen made several goals at
the beginning, but the juniors
made a steady comeback. Both
teams excelled in long shots from
the center of the court, which
made the game even more spec-
tacular. The half ended with the
juniors leading by one point. In
the second half, the score was
close, and tied at several points.
The tensest moment of the game
came when a shot by Jackson
(fr.) balanced on the rim of the
basket, and failed to go in. In
the last quarter the juniors pulled
ahead, and the frosh failed to
break their lead. The final whistle
blew with the juniors ahead, 31-
28.

All the games this year have
been exciting ones, with hard
fighting on both sides. There is
good reason to believe that the
final game Thursday will be the
climax of a wonderful season.

There is a correction of last
week's write-upw The freshman B-
team was victorious over the
sophomores, 18-17, and remained
undefeated.

Line-ups

Seniors: Forwards, Richardson,
Ryner, Purcell; Guards, McCain,
Phelps, Johnson; Subst i t u t e s,
Stephenson.

Sophomores: Forwards, Cun-
ningham, Dieckmann, Humphries;
Guards, Powers, Hayes, Violette.

Juniors : Forwards, Dickson,
Hoyt, Hough; Guards, Williams,
Denning, Radford; Substitutes:
Andrews, Goode.

Freshman: Forwards, Fraser,
Brannan, Ellis; Guards, Cook,
Stubbs, Newton; Substitues, Jack-
son.

Exec to Seek
Student Ideas
In CampusPoll

A student government question-
naire will be presented to the stu-
dent body in chapel Thursday,
President Margie Naab has an-
nounced. It wii" represent .1 ef-
fort on the part of the executive
committee to get a concrete rec-
ord of student opinion and under-
standing of the functions and
fundamental principles of the as-
sociation.

In 1937 a poll was taken con-
cerning penalties but this is the
first complete such questionnaire
of this type used in the history
of Agnes Scott. It was compiled
by a committee from exec with
Jane Meadows as chairman, and
the topics to be covered include
the honor system, penalties, and
social regulations.

While the answers will be anon-
ymous, each girl is asked to desig-
nate her class and whether she
is a boarder or a day student.

Following is the questionnaire:

(Day students omit questions
13, 14 and 15.)

L Do you feel a part of Stu-
dent Government? If so, in what
way? If not, why not?

2. Do you see any value in Stu-
dent Government Week?

3. Which of the following pro-
grams did you like best (first and
second choice) ; Alumnae speaker
( ); Student speaker ( ); Skit
( )

4. What is your idea of what
Student Government executive
committee does on Monday night

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Alumnae Pine
Students Sigh As
Feb, 22 Goes By

February 22 was Founder's day,
alumnae day, and a holiday at
ASC. Girls eating the cherries off
the trees in the dining room or
slipping in at dinner time sans
stockings were familiar sights.

Nostalgic alumnae wandered
aruund campus pointing out where
Theodore proposed and where Em-
my broke her arm. Perhaps you
had the gruesome experience cf
hearing a polite tap on your door
and seeing a group of portly alum-
nae enter your chaotic abode, to
see if their "old room still looked
the same."

C harming decorations in the
dining room, cherry treees and red
hatchets, reminded us of the ever-
tiuthful father of our country and
his namesake, the founder of our
instt -at ion.

A gathering in Presser heard
Dr. IwcCain's radio talk, listened
to special chorus sing "May Time "
and h(.c.rd Miss Winter tell of p-tst
c allege memories boughs of dog-
wood in the spring, that bi fruit
cake i\rm home, that first frat
pin lrom a yellow jacket, ami the
inspiring English professor. On
thanking of the sweet, fresh days
that are no more, some alumnae
applied dainty white handker-
chiefs to their eyes. Many hus-
bands smiled. Students sighed, for
their long-awaited holiday was al-
most r\er.

War Council gratefully ac-
knowledged the $840 triven by
the junior class as the proceeds
from the Junior Joint. This
money will tfo into the regular
pledge fund.

THE

NEWS

DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1946

BIG FOUR TEAM confer about the campus Christian mission. In-
cluded are: Mrs. T. H. Grafton, Dr. Joseph M. Garrison, William
Hall Preston, and Dr. James A. Jones.

Will Probe

H Set-up

.ounci

The possibility of discontinuing
War Council under its present set-
up was the feature of the meeting
Tuesday, Maudie Van Dyke, pres-
ident, announced.

The council met at 7:30 p. m.
at the home of Miss Carrie
Scandrett, dean of students, to
discuss whether some one organi-
zation or organizations on campus
can take over the work done by
the council since its existence. The
question of including War Coun-
cil on this year's ballot will be
decided in accordance to the con-
clusion the council renders, Maud-
ie stated. War Council will dis-
cuss the possibility of bringing
Red Cross pictures showing work
done during the war and work
rehabilitation for the campus en-
lightment.

War Council, one of the newest
organizations on campus, was or-
ganized at the beginning of the
war to guide and direct activities
directly concerned with the war
effort on campus.

Members of the council are
Charlsie Smith, freshman, Tina
Hewson and Nancy Deal, sopho-
mores; Nellie Scott and Carol
Giles, juniors. Lura Johnston rep-
resents the senior class. Faculty
advisers are Miss Carrie Scan-
drett, Miss Margaret J^hythian,
Miss Mildred Mell, and Schuy-
ler Christian.

Aldrich to Discuss
Chinese Painting

Dr. Richard Aldrich, Comer
Professor of Fine Arts at Wesley-
an College, will speak on Chinese
painting Thursday, Feb. 28, at
4:30 in 103 Buttrick.

He received his Ph. D. from the
Institute of Far Eastern Studies,
University of Michigan, and has
taught at Cornell and the Uni-
versity of Illinois. As painter and
staff artist he has served on arch-
aeological expeditions to old and
New Mexico.

The lecture will be held in But-
trick, room 103, at 4:30 p. m. and
will be open to the public.

Fashion Show,
Thurs.,7 p.m.,
To End Contest

A fashion show tomorrow night
at 7 p. m. in the old chapel will cli-
max the posture contest sponsored
by the Social Standards commit-
tee. Faculty judges have selected
40 girls who will model everything
from play clothes to evening dress-
es. These models were chosen by a
ability to wear clothes, and good
grooming.

The fashion show will stress
poise, posture, attractive assimi-
lation of accessories and will give
helpful hints as to "what to wear
when."

Refreshments will be served by
Mortar Board after the show in
Rebekah lobby.

Girls chosen in the contest are:
Mimi Arnold, Betty Andrews, Dale
Bennett, Nelda Brantley, Kathleen
Buchanan, Sweetie Calley, Joan
Crangle, Jean Chewning, Julianne
Cooke, Betty Davison, Nancy Deal,
Jean Fraser, Dootsie Gardner,
Carol Giles, Gene Goode, Laney
Harris, Anne Hayes, Jean Hess,
Nan Honour,, Mary HumrJhries,
(Continued on Page 5)

College Celebrates Founder's
Day on Nation-wide Scale

"For the first time since Pearl Harbor Agnes Scott has
been able to celebrate its Founder's Day on a nation-wide
scale," Dr. J. R. McCain announced Friday night as he opened
his brief radio address to Agnes Scott alumnae everywhere.

The celebration on the campus was made up of a holiday
for the Aggies, and a colorfully

decorated dining room for a fes-
tive Founder's Day dinner follow-
ed by an after dinner coffee for
both alumnae and students.

The highlight of the day was the
broadcast over WSB. The program
opened impressively with the
strains of "Far from the reach."
The voice of Miss Roberta Winter
began narrating college memories,
alternating her speeches with se-
lections by the special chorus.

Dr. McCain's address dealt with
the effects of the war on Agnes
Scott education. The girls have
had the family educational ad-
vantages since the boys have been
to war, and the enrollment of Ag-
nes Scott has soared correspond-
ingly. The number of applications
has been amazing. Wartime has
also been a time to raise much
money, $1,300,000 being the fig-
ures quoted by Dr. McCain.

A liberal education tradition has
become more firmly established
tor women's schools than for
men's and co-educational institu-
tions, the president said. Due to
wartime needs and to rapid post-
war education, there has been
much demand in technical fields.
Agnes Scott plans to continue of-
fering the true liberal arts course,
though it has felt a wider spe-
ciah'zation under the University
system. Agnes Scott students can
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Wilson Leads
'Hotel' Crew

Construction of the set for Phil-
ip Barry's "Hotel Universe,"
Blackfriar's production to be giv-
en April 9 and 10, is under way,
headed by George Wilson, techni-
cal director.

Mr. Wilson is announcer and
publicity director at radio sta-
tion WSB. Prior to coming to
WSB, he taught radio speech and
drama and did technical work for
the theater at Louisiana Poly-
technic Institute for three years.
He has done sets for such plays
as "The Doll's House" and "Char-
ley's Aunt." Mr. Wilson received
his masters degree in drama and
speech at the University of North
Carolina.

Anne Elcan, assistant technical
director, and Virginia Dickson,
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McCain Initiates
Dance Discussion

The following is a copy of the
letter written by President J. R.
McCain to the president of stu-
dent government concerning dan-
cing.

January 2, 1946

Miss Marjorie Naab, President,
Student Government Association,
Agnes Scott College.
My dear Miss Naab:

It may be possible that during
the college session 1946-1947 we
may have some informal dancing
with men on the campus. This
would be regretted by some of our
best supporters and some of our
most loyal friends, but I feel that
it may be at least investigated.

It is out of the question at this
time to consider our giving large
formal dances. I do not know
that it may be wise for us to con-
sider this at any time, but certain-
ly not for the present.

What I have in mind is the
possibility of experimenting with
small groups of dates or small
parties where optional forms of
entertainment may be possible.
We ought not to consider even
experimenting unless it can be
done on a high-toned basis with
the elimination of objectionable
features.

I will be glad if the Executive
Committee, or any appropriate
sub-committee, may give some
time and thought to working out
suggestions which may be con-
sidered so that when the hand-
book is made up for the coming
year we may have ready a state-
ment which would be satisfac-
tory.

I will be glad to talk with you
or others in regard to the matter
if there are specific details which
you will wish to explore.
Thanking you, I am,
Cordially,

J. R. McCain,
President.

This is the last issue of The
News until next quarter. Any
resemblance to any publication
real or imaginary is purely
coincidental from here- on out.

C- Hevener's Entrant Pin-up Boy

The title of "Pin Up Boy of
Agnes Scott college for 1946" goes
to Staff Sergeant Jacob Hevener,
judges announced yesterday.

Bill Smith entered by Mary
Beth Little and Wiii Plowdin en-
tered by Anne Hightower won
second and third place respective-
ly in the contest which ran from
Feb. 20 to Feb. 25.

Sgt Hevener who was the en-
trant of Charlotte Hevener (jr.)
is now overseas in the offices of
military government in Berlin. He
has been overseas since December,
1944. He is a native of Hightown,
Va. and attended Hampden-Sid-
ney college in Hampden-Sidney,
Va., for one and a half years be-
fore joining the army. He was a
member of Theta Chi social fra-

ternity and took an active part
in sports playing basketball and
baseball. He is 21 years old and
is six feet tall with brown hair
and grey eyes.

Statistics were not released on
the other two winners.

The contest was sponsored by
the sophomore class with Jane
Alsobrook and Rose Ellen Arm-
strong in charge of collecting the
pictures. Judges were Miss Bar-
bara Ames, instructor in the de-
partment of physical education ;
Miss Annie Lou Hardy, social ed-
itor of the Atlanta Constitution^
and Mrs. Frank Rowsey, society-
editor of the Atlanta Journal. Pic-
tures were on display in Murphey
Candler. Entrance fee was 15
cents for a single picture or two
for 25 cents.

Page 2 AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1946

The News

EDITORIALS

Decatur, Ga. Feb. 27, 1946

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Citizen Scott:

Spring Comes On

If it is not one thing, it is another,
Citizen Scott said. If it is not some fel-
la worrying about his neighbor, it's war
or John L. Lewis fighting William Green
or Hollywood trying to introduce a new
fad. But one thing, Citizen figured
"spring comes on forever." In January,
the robins come back, flowering quince
down back of the library gets impatient
and begins to bud. The grass gets greener
and the air mild one minute then chilly.
Everyone forgets. Winter is over and they
all forget. They only remember spring
comes on forever. Only Hamp Lawrence,
South Georgia Negro, admits it isn't
spring yet. "February is just borrowing
a little of March."

It looks as if Europe has forgotten to
even consider the season though, Citizen
thought. Just look at conditions four
countries in a mess. Still fussing cause
someone is in their way. There's Dutch
East Indies, Egypt, and India fussing
cause Union Jack is trying to dominate.
Then there's Chiang and his National
government party fighting with the Com-
munists. Almost ten years of war hasn't
satisfied the country for they're still at
it. And some folks are trying to find
Russia's finger behind it all. Seven high
Chinese government officials joined the
swelling opposition to Russia's position in
Manchuria Saturday by protesting to the
foreign office against the secret Yalta
agreement. This scrap is replacing Iran
as the current No. 1 headache of the
State Department, Citizen Scott noted.
The latest hint being that Chiang will
visit here in April to see exactly what
late President Roosevelt's Yalta deal
gave to Russia. Also up is the question
of a $2,000,000,000 loan to China. Maybe

Our Mission

It will be easier to guard what has
been entrusted to us now. Our
thanks go out to the members of the
team of the Campus Christian Mis-
sion and to the members of Chris-
tian Association for the recent Cam-
pus Mission.

The mission which replaced the
Religious Emphasis Week offered
food for thought for the majority of
us. Each probably gleamed some
bit of good from at least one of
the four members, if all of the team
did not appeal to us. The dormitory
discussions did more towards stim-
ulating us to reflective commit-
ment than any speaker or group of
speakers throughout the entire year.

It is easy to get hazy on what we
think and believe to become slop-
py in knowing our personal ideals.
It, is good to take stock to talk
with others se^ what our attitude

the Generalissimo will notice spring then.

But, Citizen Scott thought, in Wash-
ington they've been too busy to notice
any weather changes. Guess you can
count on another fight to occur over the
Fair Employment Practices Commission
with Senator Joseph Ball (Rep., Minn.)
backing a new measure. Citizen thought
about the Ickes-Truman fight and mused
that Truman had gained rather than
lost in congress on account of the fight.
Ickes was an interloper in party politics
and Citizen thought of the old party ax-
iom it's more important to be regular
than right. Even the military personnel
and scientists have gone back to fight-
ing, Citizen noticed. Seems that the mili-
tary men keep saying we've got to keep
research on the atomic bomb a vital se-
cret. The scientists keep saying what se-
cret ?

Chester Bowles and Clinton Anderson
haven't noticed signs of spring either. Ole
Ches thinks his position as stabilization
boss entitles him to dictate food prices.
Anderson, secretary of agriculture, claims
the power as his own. The break'll come
Citizen thought when a price hike is
asked in the formula for "parity allow-
ances." Four major strike threats a
nation-wide telephone service tieup, a
Pittsburg power shutdown, a New York
City transit strike and a Houston utili-
ties shutdown are messing up the nation's
labor disputes agenda, Citizen mused.

Countries fighting .with each other,
strikes tying up the the labor line and
even campaign sentiments brewing pass
over as exams raise their ugly heads.
Spring will be pushed aside in the last
minute rush for papers, boks, etc. But
it really will come on forever Feb. will
keep borrowing from March and March
from April until the hot lushness of
summertime will really be here. Then,
perhaps, Citizen mused, everybody will
have time to notice. Then, again, we
might not.

LOST WEEKEND! ! !

is jvhat our faith is what in our
eyes are the world's needs. The
Campus Christian Mission did this
for us. Let us use what the three
members of the team stimulated as
a springboard. Let us begin today-
right now putting into practice
Christian leadership. Let us be sure
of our faith and pass it on to others.
"Guard what has been entrusted to

Galley Slave

By Alice Beardsley

A Theorem of five steps:
Proposition: Theoretically, Spring
comes March 22; but many have observed
that spring is here now.

Given: Nature and Life. t
To prove: Spring is here now.
Statement no. 1: Alumnae Garden
blossoms forth with pansies and jonquils.
Reason: Miss Hunter and Miss Symms
dig, dig, dig.

Statement no. 2: While bicycle riding
in the country, LaNelle Wright and Bon-
nie Hope get lost. Reason: Instead of
turning right four times and ending at
the beginning, LaNelle says Bonnie in-
sisted on turning" right five times to
end somewhere else.

Statement no. 3: Groups of freshmen
and upperclassmen roam the campus with
cameras. Reason: Freshmen send pictures
to separation centers. Upper classmen
like to take pictures of the scenery.

Statement no. 4: As the weary day
draws to a close and twilight is ushered
in by winged messengers, freshmen as-
semble in front of Inman to partake in
games of "Red Light," "May I," "Hop
Scotch" and "Sardines." Reason: "May
I?" and "Hop Scotch" are played as a
test for the Agnes Scott honor system,
while "Red Light" and "Sardines" serve
as further exercises for the initiative
and intellect of all players.

Statement no. 5: Several weeks ago
the maid's office reported 123 special de-
liveries, and packages and telegrams and
flowers primarily from the male of the
species. But during a recent week, as
spring draws near, 247 specials, packages,
telegrams and flowers from the male of
the species were reported. Also B. A.
Ziegler's Merritt is coming. Reason: In
the spring a young man's fancy turns.
Therefore:

Spring is sprung,

The grass is riz,

I wonder where the birdies is.

Spring is sprung,

Fall is fell,

When Summer comes

It'll be hot.

Honorable Comment

Dear Editor:

We heartily commend the News' stand
on the honor system. But we feel that
there is one fundamental and important
thing wrong with this system the fact
that we, the students, are not really
trusted.

We came to Agnes Scott, we signed
a pledge. Yet we found that we were
constantly watched and checked. The
house president came around to check
our lights. We were questioned about
dates and trips to town. We always had
to account for what we did.

As Frosh, we did not resent this policy
because of guilty consciences, but be-
cause we felt that we could be trusted
and that we did have a personal honor.
But the watchfulness of house presidents
and Exec taught us that they did not
feel that we could be trusted and there-
fore rendered the pledge invalid.

We know that in every class there
are people who will break rules, but
the majority of the students here at
college are capable of being trusted. We
are not advocating doing without rules
or an honor system but a change in con-
ception of both the rules and the honor
system. J

We believe that if student government
would put more responsibility on the
many, rather than the few Exec, we
would have real honor system instead
of a do-what-you-c a n-here-comes-t h e
proctor system.

Betzie Power,
Ann Ballard,
Maxine Kickliter,
Clarkie Rogers,
Jane Alsobrook.

Who's News?

Lou McLaurin

By Nellie Scott

She prefers "little green peas" to cav-
iar, she likes to stand on her head on
the bannisters and stay up at night until
cock-crowing time. That is Ethel Louise
McLaurin, better known as Lou. All of
the tremendous height of 5'%", Lou is the
energetic president of the sophomore
class.

This brown-haired miss is no phleg-
matic creature, for she has definite likes
as well as dislikes. To her nothing in the
world is so wonderful as a horse, unless
perhaps it is Walter Pidgeon or June Al-
lison. She atlso admits that Erroll Flynn
has "got. something" too. Need we explain
further? If you're around this prexy,
don't wear a "Sad Sack" expression or
start complaining because people who
whine are Lou's chief dislike. She enjoys
211 and history but last year if you had
seen the fiendish pleasure with which
she dissected a frog's liver, you would
know where Lou's heart is.

Lou Plays the Field

Speaking of heart interest, our 18-year
old friend says she has no O.A.O., unless
it's her daddy. She has no favorite but
had rather "keep 'em all on a string and
play in the field." (Or maybe play "catch-
er.") However, just between us 550 ASC
friends, we'll tell you that the Air Corps
has priorities on Lou. The men in her
life are "big brother" and her daddy.
Sometimes warfare breaks out in
the household, but still Lou loves them
everyone. If you ever pass through the
thriving metropolis of Dillon, S. C, (near
Florence) you'll certainly see or hear the
McLaurins.

Except for talking "to somebody of
course*' tennis is the lady's favorite
pastime. Also her chief sin, which is no
more secret, is standing on her head
on the bannisters. Because she frightens
all the inmates of Rebekah and has been
threatened with six house knocks, Lou
has to refrain from this activity.

Hanging by her feet is another pleas-
ure. If, when studying in the stacks,
you should see a body suddenly appear
at the window, don't be surprised. Lou is
hanging by her feet from the above floor
and she just wants to shake hands with
you.

She Swallows a Pacifier

As a child, Lou was a lively bundle
from heaven. She always woke up feeling
grand, but by the time the day was
over, her behavior had resulted in at
least two spankings. Once she swallowed
a pacifier and nearly choked to death.
This experience brought on an aversion
to rubber bands, which are a terrifying
sight to little Loulu. Her parents say she
didn't walk right when a child. She al-
ways fell on her head instead of her
southern exposure. She declares that this
situation may account for her lack of
mental equilibrium at the present. Don't
worry, Lou, some other people are not
enjoying their nightly dates with Thom-
as Jones either.

The big joke about Miss McLaurin is
that she came to Agnes Scott to stop
studying. Her mother thought she had
worked too much in high school, so now
she is relaxing at ASC. New form of
relaxation she's invented. However, she
does play from 10:00 p. m. to 1:30 a. m.,
just ask Bee Bow, Nancy Geer, or Mary
Beth Little, whom she visits at unearthly
hours. Mildred Claire Jones vowed that
she didn't know anything "printable"
about Lou, but her roommate tells us
that the soph prexy never eats anything
but prunes. At this point Lou laughs and
her face turns, not her favorite color
chartreuse, but a scarlet red. Also if you
have lived near this brunette you know

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1946

Page 3

Interest Groups Close;
Frosh Ready for March

To be interesting join an interest group and that's what
90 freshmen did. Whether they became t more interesting is
not for me to say, but each freshmen can tell you of a lot of
interesting things they have learned.

In the music group, Miss Claire Buckmaster says it has
been quite an ordeal teaching ev-

ErickReitmann,
War Orphan
Writes Council

Two letters have been received
recently from Agnes Scott's war
orphan, Erick Reitmann, Maudie
Van Dyke, president of War Coun-
cil, said. The following are trans-
lations. The originals will be post-
ed on the War Council bulletin
board.

October 25, 1945

Dear Godmother:

I was very happy to receive
two long letters from you.

I hope you are well as for me,
I'm fine. Since you asked, I am
very much interested in geography
and often look at the map to see
where my friends are. I also like
anything that concerns architec-
ture, because I intend some day
to become an architect as my
father was.

Thanking you for your kindness,
I remain affectionately,
Erick.

The second letter, which was
written in the latter part of De-
cember, is translated belcw.
My dear Godmother,

The 25th of December is draw-
ing near, and I want to wish you
a Merry Christmas. Here at Xmas
time we decorate a pine with
bright balls and all sorts of things.
In the evening after having dis-
tributed our gifts, we make a
circle around the tree and sing
different Xmas carols. I under-
stand that in America this great
holiday is quite different.
Affectionately,
Erick.

The council is planning to send
150 words on Erick to "Seventeen"
teen age magazine which is inter-
ested in the experiences of the
Foster Parents' plan for war chil-
dren.

FOOTE AND DAVIES

Announces its new
College Annual Department

250 PEACHTREE STREET

Faculty and students are cor-
dially invited to visit the con-
venient and comfortable work-
ing quarters for Annual Staffs
provided at this new location.

eryone to distinguish between the
oboe and the clarinet, even with
pictures, records, hearing aids, and
what have you. But then she's
fairly sure that at least 99 per
cent can at least distinguish be-
tween the drum and piccolo, if
they're paying strict attention.
From the instruments they went to
symphonies what a symphony is,
who wrote it, what key it's in,
which opus "hundred what" it
was, and the fact that even a
piece of music has to have a
central theme. Well even if they
didn't learn all of that, they'll all
tell you theyVe been enjoying
some good music.

For their first taste of theater
life at Agnes Scott, many fresh-
men took a hand at producing the
soul-stirring drama "The Slave
with Two Faces." But first, vari-
ous members of Blackfriars gave
talks on the art of producing a
successful production the art of
making costumes out of nothing,
how to paint a tree on the back-
drop, how to wear lipstick in the
dark, and how to keep the lights
from going out. During the make-
up lecture, when Alice Beardsley
and LaNelle Wright asked for vol-
unteers for a good makeup job,
several freshmen, thinking this
was their chance to make the
beauty section, quickly rushed
forward. What Alice neglected to
tell them, until the job was fin-
ished, was that they were illus-
trating the maner of making up
for the part of an old woman. So
it was with real knowledge that
the freshmen went to work on
their play. The costumes for the
play were described as lovely
flowing Grecian robes made of
sheer cheesecloth, only a few no-
ticed the short white slips worn
underneath. What's more the play
was complete even to music such
as the Warsaw concerto, and
mimeographed programs, which
could actually be read.

For the more intellectual pur-
suits of life, many freshmen
chose the literature group under
the leadership of George Hayes.
After learning of the life and
peculiarities of Edna St. Vincent
Millay, they began reading her
lyrics and sonnets. Each week
they gathered about Mr. Hayes in
Main to hear such things as "The
Fatal Interview" and "The Epi-
taph of the Race of Man."

Howe Interprets
Ri'ley,ReadsPoems

Will Howe, visiting professor of
English at Emory university, read
a selection of poems by James
Witcomb Riley, in the library Sun-
day afternoon.

Dr. Howe's close association
with. the "Hoosier poet" and the
personal stories that he told gave
life to the readings. Mrs. Howe
was a neighbor of the Rileys, the
"Raggety Man," and " 'Lisbeth
Ann" in Greenfield, Ind., and Dr.
Howe illustrated the poems with
reminiscences of October in Indi-
ana, "When the Frost is on the
Pumpkin" and of his own "Swim-
ming Hole." Riley was revealed
to be a kind, humorous man, who
had a great deal of national feeling
and who loved his state and its
people. He was also a good actor
and a fine reader. Dr. Howe said
this simple "nostalgic" poet is a
favorite with the veterans in his
classes. Other poems he read were:
"Ike Walton's Prayer," "Knee-
deep in June," "The Old Man and
Jim," and "Out to Old Aunt
Mary's."

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at its weekly meeting?

5. Did you know these meeting
were open to the student body?

6. What is your conception of
Student Government's relation to
the administration and to the stu-
dent body?

7. Do you know the powers
the Board of Trustees has granted
to Student Government?

8. Do you know the purpose of
your Student Government organi-
zation ?

9. Do you understand Student
Government's method of consider-
ing cases?

10. Do you feel that each case is
considered from both sides the
rule broken and the individual in-
volved ?

11. Do you think probation
cases should be announced in
chapel? Why?

12. When and if you receive
campus slips, do you understand
the penalty? If not, whom should
you ask about it?

13. Do you understand why we
must have social regulations?

14. Do you understand why cer-
tain rules must be maintained in
the dorm? If not, which ones?

15. What is your opinion of
Lower House Representatives?

16. What are the ideas ernbod-
ied in the Student Government
pledge?

17. What is your conception of
the honor system?

18. What is your opinion of it ?

19. Any other suggestions?
Sign: day student or boarder

and class.

HOTEL CANDLER

L. L. TUCKER, JR.
Operator

Mrs. Hamilton
Exhibits Work
Of Entire Life

The art exhibition now in room
321 Buttrick is of great interest
to the Agnes Scott community be-
cause it is the work of Leone
Bowers Hamilton, the teacher of
creative art on this campus. It is
quite different from the exhibi-
tions presented thus far because
it does not show the work of the
artist during only one period of
her development, but a lifetime of
work.

Mrs. Hamilton has fearlessly
displayed a watercolor of an at
tic corner, painted when she was
15, along with her most mature
work. The two walls adjacent to
the door show examples of Mrs.
Hamilton's work done under her
various teachers. It is easy to
note the maturing development of
the artist. Trained academically
from childhood up until a few
years ago, she has gradually be-
come freer and freer in her inter-
pretations of what she sees until
she has learned to abstract what
she feels from the object. For this
reason her early works, two of
which can be seen on the back
wall, do not hold the interest that
her later work does. They are
skillfully executed and the per-
spective is perfect. To most peo-
ple they appeal strongly at first
because of her fine color sense,
her feeling for texture, and her
natural sense of design, but they
lose interest in comparison with
her later abstractions. People are
apt to be attracted so by her
beautiful clear colors that they
may be prone to pass by her char-
coal drawing which is in my opin-
ion the best thing she has done.
It is an abstraction of a still life
that she did this summer under
the teaching of Hans Hofmann.
The tension of the planes and
the feeding of depth and negative
space make the drawing, if ob-
served carefully, a much more
powerful statement than any of
the work that has preceded it. ^ It
is an honest statement of what
she has felt. Mrs. Hamilton has
also justly placed on a table in
the room copies of the Alumnae
Quarterly. She has been in charge
of the art and lay out for two
years. These quarterlies, too, are
indeed works of art. They won a
certificate of merit for lay out
and art from the American Fed-
eration of Alumnae (Canada and
the United States) this year.

It is not often that we are per-
mitted to see the large scope of
an artist's work and its develop-
ment in such a thrilling manner as
this. V. M. O.

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Club News

VOTE LEAGUE

Mrs. E. Barron Glenn, chair-
man of the college league for the
Georgia League of Women Voters
will speak to the college group
Friday, March 1 at 1:30 d. m. in
Murphey Candler.

She will speak on the last ses-
sion of the Georgia legislature,
what it did and what it did not
accomplish.

CHI BETA PHI

Chi Beta Phi is sponsoring a
lecture in Murphey Candler
Thursday night at 7:00 p. m. The
lecturer will be Arthur C. Mun-
yan, professor of geology at Em-
ory university, and he will speak
on "Geology in Georgia." The col-
lege community is invited.

FR. CABINET

The members of Freshmen Cab-
inet entertained forty children
from the Methodist Children's
Home in Decatur last Saturday
afternoon. The children were here
for about two hours, during which
the members of the cabinet played
games with them. Refreshments
were ice cream, cookies and pop
corn. Mary Price was in charge
of plans for the party.

To Launch
Physical
Med Plan

Emory University, Ga. (I. P.)
Emory University has been chosen
by the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis to launch a
five-year program in physical
medicine for the Southeast which
will provide for:

1. Extensive research in the
field of physical medicine as ap-
plied to neuro-muscular diseases*,
particularly poliomyelitis.

2. A program of training for
doctors in physical medicine ami
for technicians in physical thera-
py-

3. Establishment of facilities for
the treatment of victims of infan-
tile paralysis and other diseases
by physical therapy.

President Goodrich C White an-
nounced that as a result of the
Foundation's grant of $167,000
the Emory Medical School is es-
tablishing a Department of Physi-
cal Medicine under the direction
of Dr. Robert L. Bennett, director
of physical medicine at the Geor-
gia Warm Springs Foundation,
who will devote half of his time
to his work at Warm Springs and
half to the University.

Organization and assembling of
a staff will begin soon but Robert
F. Whitaker, director of Emory
Hospital, said that physical fa-
cilities will not be ready for ad-
ditional patients until early spring.
University officials expect the new
department to become a perma-
nent part of the hospital.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1946

Retiring Seniors Recall Year's Activities

FIRST ON OUR LIST Frosh "can-can" to the talk of the sophs discussing conditions in Jones hall
at the Black Cat Stunt. Sophs belled the cat for the first time triumphing over the "Forty Niners."

BULLY IN Ci AWAY Horkey teams played throughout fall quar
ter, with the seniors champs.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1946

Page 5

President Stevens
Of Mortar Board
Tells Meet Plans

Mrs. Hamilton Stevens, national
president of Mortar Board, dis-
cussed plans for the first national
conference since the war, with
members of the Agnes Scott chap-
ter at a meeting in the Alumnae
House Thursday.

All incoming Mortar Board
presidents in the nation will be
invited to attend the convention,
which will be held at Estes Park
in Colorado in July.

Mrs. Stevens commended the
Agnes Scott chapter of Mortar
Board as one which "has always
been active." She came to Atlanta
from Pasadena, Calif., in order to
give the treasurer's book to the
new treasurer, Mrs. Holcomb
Green of Atlanta, former sec-
tional director.

Miss Carrie Scandrett, dean,
and President J. R. McCain en-
tertained Mrs. Stevens at lunch-
eon Thursday, after which she
spoke to Mortar Board.

ONE OF THE SPOKES Scotty Johnson helped turn the Emory
* Wheel week before last as she posed as Girl of the Week in the win-
dow of the round house.

dtkte Book

Wednesday, Feb. 27 BOZ meets
with Miss Preston.

Thursday, Feb. 28 Chi Beta Phi
meets, 7 p. m., lecture by Ar-
thur C. Munyan.
Dr. Richard Aldrich speaks,
4:30 p. m., 103 Buttrick.
Fashion Show, old chapel, 7 p. m.

February 29 Spring formal, 10
till 2 a. m. in gymnasium.

Friday, Mar, 1 Rabbit - Rabbit
Day!

Mrs. Glenn speaks to League of

Women Voters, 1:30 p. m., in

Murphey Candler.
Saturday, Mar. 2 Dance group

haJIet recital.
Sunday, 4 Mar. 3 Vespers, 6:30,

Emory C. A. group in charge.
Monday, Mar. 4 Inactivity Week

begins.

Exhibition of color prints opens.
Tuesday, Mar. 5 Chapel, worship
service, Mary Martin in charge.

Fashion Show

(Continued from Page 1)

Sue Hutchens, Irene Jacob, Sissy
Jeffries, Marianna Kirkpatrick,
Mary Beth Littje, Shirlee Leng-
erich, Mary McCalla, Jane Ann
Newton, Steve Page, Mary Rus-
sell, Jo Snow, June Terrell, June
Thomason, Betty Turner, Maudie
Van Dyke, Pagie Violette, Rite
Watson, Elizabeth Williams, Jen-
ny Wren and La Nelle Wright.

Members of the committee are
as follows: chairman, .Lucy Tur-
ner;freshmen: Mimi Arnold, Jo
Snow; sophomores: Mary, Manly,
Sally Bussey; juniors: Ninia Ow-
ens, Polly Grant, Margaret -Mc-
Manus; seniors: Marguerite Wat-
son, Gloria Anne Melchor; facul-
ty judges: Mrs. Harriette Haynes
Lapp, Miss Charlotte Hunter.

When Far From the Reach

By Eva Williams

The gym had magnetic power again this weekend for many
were drawn to badminton and water polo.

Fraterniy Row

Our gals had fun all the way down fraternity row at Em-
ory. Mary Ellen Morrison was at the Delta Tau Delta house
party, Dootsie Gardner was at the

Founder's Day

(Continued from Page 1)

do major work in subjects now
Cifered off the campus, for in-
stance, journalism and business
administration.

In conclusion, Dr. McCain em-
ohasized the important place of
the spiritual resources of Agnes
Scott. The entire program ended
with one complete verse of the
Alma Mater.

Sigma Chi picnic, and Glassell
Beale and Mary Frances Ander-
son were dancing at the Chi Phi
house. Puddin' Bealer, Carolyn
Hodges, and Anne Register roast-
ed weiners with the K. A.'s and
Bettye Smith danced with the Phi
Delts.

Off We Go

Margaret Scott had a glorious
time at the University of North
Carolina and Jean Tollison enjoy-
ed Auburn. Billie Powell went to
Mercer and Liz Carpenter was at
Sewanee.

Harriet and Laura Winchester
attended their brothers' wedding
in Griffin, Laura being a brides-
maid. Eleanor Davis went to a
lovely wedding in West Point
where she served at the reception.
Lu Cunningham flew to Mobile to
be bridesmaid in a large wedding.

Nancy Hardy took "Beepy" Pat-
rick and Mary Jane Schumacher
to Augusta with her, and Sue
Hutchins went with Dot Peace to
Greenville.

Others homeward bound were:
Caroline Squires, Annette Neville,
Margie Graves, Nina Owens, Sis-
sy Jeffries, Ann Edison, Leila
Powell, Sally Bussey, Gloria
Gaines and Valeria Brown. Also
Gene Goode, Edna Claire Cunning-
ham, "Teetoe" Williams, Alice
Newman, Punky Mattison, Jean
Bellingrath, Virginia Vining, Mary
Russell, Dale Bennett, Lucy Turn-
er, Mary Gene Sims, Amanda Hul-
sey, Myrtice Marianni, Eva Wil-
liams, Margaret Ann Richards, and I
Mary McConky.

Sara Walker had a nice trip
when she drove with her family
down to Clearwater, Fla. Sweetie
Calley visited in Carnesville, Ann
ris Purcell in Carnesville, Ann
Elcan in Dalton, and Claire Rowe
in Anniston, Ala.

Beth Walton and Betty Turner
went to the Tech K. A. house Fri-
day night and at the Tech grad-
uation exercises were: Nancy
Geer, Julia Ann Coleman, and
Nancy Deal.

Dancing at the Druid Hills Golf
club with the Theta Kappa Psi's
were: Robin Robinson, Margaret
McManus, Mary Jane Fuller, June
Thomason, Nina Owens, Lanie
Harris, and Jean Rentz.

"Rite" Watson, Charlein Simms,
Martha Humber, "Easy" Beale,

Sally Ellis, Julia Ann Coleman,
and Eleanor Compton were seen
at the Paradise Room while Kate
Ellis, Ann Hough, Mary McCalla,
Ruth Glindmeyer, Lorena Ross,
Martha Polk, Mary Beth Little,
and Nancy Geer danced at the
Rainbow Roof.

Peggie Pirtle and "Weezie" Du-
rant were at the Mirador Room.
"Weesie" had fun at the Empire
Room too. Jeter Starr and Beth
Walton enjoyed being at the A.
K. K. house.

There was a good swimming
meet over at Emory and Mary
Frances Anderson attended it.

Sophomores gave Edna Claire
Cunningham a "happy birthday"
party after one of our basketball
games.

Expect to see Merritt as a con-
stant visitor for B. A. Ziegler tells
us he's on his way. Martie Mizell's
K. A. Marine is back from over-
seas and Joan Crangle's Bob is
in town, and now she is sporting
a sparkling ring. We're delighted
for June Terrell whose husband is
home again. Duncan came to see
Binky Stubbs and "Nibby" saw
Margaret Kelly, Lida Walker's
Jack will be here for a whole week
too. Glad to see Louisa Aichel's
family, June Driskill's father, and
Mim Steele's family.

June Terrell and Mynelle Grove
will model in Fashionata.

Dance Group
I Will Give
Recital Sat

The dance group at Agnes Scott,
under the direction of Eugenie
Dozier, will present a recital in
Presser hall Saturday at 8:30 p.
m.

First on the program will be
"Les Sylphides,' with the chore-
ography of Michel Fokine arrang-
ed for the dance group by Miss
Dozier and danced to the beauti-
ful music of Chopin, including the
Grande Valse Brilliante in E flat,
op. 18. Miss Dozier will dance
Canto Gitano, a Spanish dance of
Moorish origin with finger cym-
bols arranged by Angel Cansino to
the music by Villajos.

Rhapsody in Blue with Gersh-
win's music will be performed
next by the group. The dance is
an original study based on angu-
lar and circular patterns in space.
Miss Dozier's second dance will be
Malaguena, a Spanish dance with
castanets performed to the mu-
sic of Lecuona. The final dance
by the group will be the Hungarian
Rhapsody No. 2 after the chore-
ography of Alexander Kotchetov-
oki and with the music of Liszt.

Mrs. John Espy will accompany
the dance group and Charles John-
son will be accompanist for Miss
Dozier. Louise Gardner is chair-
man of the dance group. Costumes
were designed by Mrs. Leone B.
Hamilton of the art department.

Color Print
Display March 5

An exhibition of large color
prints will be on display in the
library art gallery March 4 to 15.
The prints, all of modern paint-
ings, are loaned by Dr. Konrad
Prothmann of Long Island.

The prints are particularly suit-
able for room decorating, and stu-
dents are welcome to order any
they desire to purchase. Prices
range from 50 cents to 20 dollars.

Thomas Exhibit
At U. of Georgia

ATHENS, Ga. A joint exhibi-
tion of the work of Howard and
Mary Thomas will open in the fine
arts gallery of the University of
Georgia Tuesday night and con-
tinue through March 15.

The exhibition will contain 32
oils, watercolors, gouaches and a
group of sketches and prints. Re-
cent work of these two Georgia
painters, this exhibition will in-
clude works which have not been
shown anywhere before. Both
painters are experimenting with
the use of native pigments which
they have gathered from various
clay deposits in Georgia and the
southeast.

Mr. Thomas was head of the
Agnes Scott art department in
1943-44 and 1944-45. He is now on
the faculty of the University of
Georgia.

Out Of The
Woods

By Anne Noell

Term paper time brings % forth
all sorts of odd situations and re-
marks. The unwary individual who
thinks to find a quiet spot in
the stacks is more likely to trip
over someone reading bound pe-
riodicals on the floor, note cards
spread around in a fin-shaped de-
sign. And then there was the sen-
ior leafing frantically through the
assorted piles of cards on her desk,
murmuring "Where is my intel-
ligence? It's bound to be here
somewhere. I know I saw it a
minute ago."

Another student skidded into an
8:30 class the other morning, stuck
a pair of harlequin glasses on her
nose, and uncapped her pen. Then
she removed the glasses, inspected
them, and said, "I thought sure
they were mine, because I found
them on the floor, but they're my
roommate's."

Speaking of skidding into class-
es, Maggie Toole was telling about
the time in high school when she
arrived a few minutes late. Know-
ing what that particular teacher
thought of such doings, she decid-
ed to slip in unobtrusively and
perflaps go unnoticed. When she
finally did raise her head, it was
to find both teacher and class
staring straight at her and laugh-
ing heartily. It was the wrong
class.

Wilson Leads

Continued from page one

stage manager, head the back-
stage crew, which includes Laura
Winchester, Carolyn Gilchrist, Dot
Wadlington, and Joanne Benton.

Anna George Dobbins is in
charge of lighting, assisted by
Ruth Richardson and Jane Rush-
in. Properties will be handled by
Betty Jean Brown, with Janet
van de Erve, Martha Hum-
ber, and Minnie Hamilton assist-
ing. Nancy Shelton is prompting.

Eleanor Reynolds heads the
house committee, aided by Bobbe
Whipple and Ruth Clapp. Mem-
bers of Blackfriars will usher.
Jane Barker is in charge of the
program, heading a group includ-
ing Doris Kissling, Jenny Wren,
Jane Rushin, Jean Estes, and Bet-
ty Gesner.

Barbara Kincaid is in charge
of costumes, assisted by Jane
Anne Newton and LaNelle Wright.
Joanne Benton is handling pub-
licity with the help of Alice Beard-
sley, Ninia Owens, and .Lidie Lee.

Members of play production
class are assisting backstage with
scenery and staging. Miss Roberta
Winter is directing the produc-
tion.

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AA Features
Varied Sports
AtOpenHouse

Many students attended A. A.'s
informal open house last Saturday
night at the gym.

Sally Sue Stephenson, mistress
of ceremonies, led the group in
playing the informal sports set up
for the evening.

Badminton games were played
on three courts, the pool was open
for all those interested, and rec-
ords were played for dancing.

An exhibition badminton match
was played by Ginny Andrews and
Claire Kemper, and Mac Craig
and Dot Morrison. Specialty div-
ing was done by Bunny Brannan,
Betty Blackmon and Reese New-
guard for the evening.

Mary Anne Courtenay, badmin-
ton manager, helped with the in-
formal match e^. Refreshments
were served by Virginia Tucker,
Scotty Johnson, and Ann Hough.

Novelty ending for the evening
was trio rendition of "Run along
home and jump into bed," by Miss
Llewllyn Wilburn, Mrs. Harriette
Haynes Lapp and Sally Sue
Stephenson. Remarked Sally Sue,
"We hinted quite broadly so in
about 20 minutes they left."

Miss laney Speaks
To Charlotte Club

Miss Emma May Laney, asso-
ciate professor Of English, ad-
dressed the Agnes Scott Alumnae
club of Charlotte, N. C, on Found-
er's Day at a supper meeting. Ap-
proximately 35 alumnae heard
Miss Laney's talk on John Ran-
some and Byron Reece, contem-
porary Southern poets.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1946

Basketball Season

Close Frays
Split '46 Title

By Lou McLaurin

The powerful Frosh sextet
snowed the fighting senior team
under to the tune of 41-25, and
the determined juniors humbled
the sophs, 39-21, Friday night,
Feb. 22, in the last game of the
basketball season.

The freshman-senior fray be-
gan with a sudden display of
energy by each team. The score
rose rapidly. Each team matched
every goal made by the other. Then
during the second quarter, the sen-
ior forwards seemed to lose their
touch. The ball began to refuse
to drop through the hoop for them
and from then on it was clear
sailing for the frosh. Jean Eraser
netted 21 of the 41 points scored
by the freshmen while Ruth Ry-
ner took top honors for the sen-
iors making a total of 10 points.

The junior-sophomore struggle
was as well-matched as in the first
game, the score constantly being
tied during the first half which
ended with the juniors having
a short four point lead. In the
second half the sophs managed
tc hold their own but were un-
able to catch the determined jun-
iors. With Genet Heery accur-
ately tossing the ball in the bas-
ket, the juniors finally rolled the
score up to 39-27.

Outstanding player of the latter
game was guard Ann Hayes who
broke through the juniors time
after time to retrieve the ball for
soph forwards. Genet Heery was
high scorer for the juniors, pil-
ing up 18 of their points, and
Mary Humphries chalked up 13
of the sophomores 27 points.

The sophomore and junior "B"
teams plaed an unusually spirited
game with the sophs coming out
ahead by one goal. The game was
close ending with a final score
of 18-20. Nellie Scott (junior)
and Betty Abernathy (soph) took
high scoring honors for their re-
spective teams.

Seniors: Forwards, Richardson,
S., Ryner, R., 10, Stephenson, S.
S., S; Guards, McCain, M., Phelps,
B. L., Johnson, S.; subs: Purcell,
D.. 7.

Freshmen: Forwards, Fraser, J.,
21, Ellis, S., 3, Brannan, B., 18,
Guards, Cook, J., Stubbs, B., New-
ton, R.

Juniors: Forwards, Hoyt, L., 4,
Hough, A., 17, Heery, G., 18;
duards: Liddell. J., Denning, J.,
Radford, B. J.

Sophomores: Forwards, Cun-
ningham, E. C, 6, Dieckmann, A.,
8, Humphries, M., 13; Guards:
Powers, B., Hayes, A., Dunn. D.,
sub: Violette. P.

OX THE BALL in a big way are these top noteh shots on the sub-varsity team.

ATHLETES FEATS

By Ruth Ryner

It's all over now and as the
smoke clears from the scene we
can all look back over the past
basketball season as not only one
of the "hottest" but one of the
best. We've all won and lost but
we can say at last "hats off to
the freshmen and the juniors
two good teams who managed to
stay right up on top." The sen-
iors are taking a back seat for the
first time since they started out
together back in the golden days of
'43 but they really don't mind
'cause they know they put up a
good fight and from the more-
worn-out-than-ever looks on the
faces of those ole ladies you can
tell it was quite a fight.

Scoring and the number of
games a girl plays in should not
be over-emphasized by any means
for it is these things plus that
good 'ole combination of team-
work, sportsmanship etc. that

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mark the good player. Then too,
in speaking of the forwards list-
ed below, just how far could they
have gotten without those guards!
But from the "point" angle, here's
just what the season gave:

Seniors: Purcell, six games, 62
points; Ryner, three whole games,
42 points; Stephenson, five games,
41 points.

Juniors:* iHeery, four whole
games, 45 points; Hough, five
games, 39 points; Andrews, four
games, 37 points.

Sophomores: Dieckmann, five
whole games, 67 points; Humphri-
es, five games, 55 points; Cun-
ningham, three games (as for-
ward) 22 points.

Freshmen: Fraser, six games,
104 points; Brannon, six games,
72 points; Ellis, six games, 25
points.

From this to other things A. A.
open house Saturday night was
enjoyed by all, and people are
saying all over the place that A.A.
didn't go wrong in giving "Scot-
ty" the $3.98 to purchase the big
plastic ball for the pool. That is,
all but Reggie who spent two
nights knocking herself out up
and down second Main trying to
track down the culprits who used
it to play football before it ever
graced the shining waters of the
pool room.

"Why Pick On Me?"

Size Five?
They're Yours!

If you wear a size five shoe,
hurry down to the gym before
it's too late. Yes, Miss Wilburn
has a brand new pair of saddle-
shoes that will be given away at
the half of the varsity-sub-var-
sity game next Friday night. The
shoes were presented to Miss Wil-
burn by the General Shoe com-
pany with instructions to find
someone who could wear them. So
far tjie right feet haven't been
found and the search for Cinder-
ella is still going on. Anyone is
eligible, so don't miss this oppor-
tunity.

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Varsity, Sub
Teams Named

The climax of the two basket-
ball games Thursday night was
the announcement of the varsity
and sub-varsity teams by Jean
Denning, basketball manager.

Those selected for varsity were:
forwards, Ruth
Ryner (sr.),
Ann Hougfh
(jfv), B>etty
Andrews (jr.),
Mary H u m-
phries (soph),
Jean Fraser,
(fr.)i and Bun-
ny Brannan
(fr.); guards
Jean Denning
(jr), Janet Lid-
dell Jr.), B. J.
Radford (jr.), Edna Claire Cun-
ningham (soph), Ann Hayes
(soph), and Reese Newton (fr.).

The ones selected for sub-var-
sity were: forwards, Doris Purcell
(sr.), Sally Sue Stephenson (sr.),
Genet Heery (jr.), and Sally Ellis
(fr.); guards, Millie McCain (sr.),
Scotty Johnson (sr.), Bettye Lee
Phelps (sr.), Binky Stubbs (fr.),
and Julianne Cook (fr.).

The clash between these two
teams will be Friday, and it prom-
ises to be a good one.

To Recognize
'46 AA Tops

Class plaques, swimming var-
sity, and individual awards will be
announced Friday in A. A. rec-
ognition day cljapel, Sarah Walk-
er, president, stated this week.

Plaques will be awarded while
swimming varsity and sub-varsity
will be announced by Margaret
Scott, president. Last year, there
was a three way tie between the
juniors, seniors, and sophomores
for the basketball plaque. A. A.
pins which require 1600 points
and guards which require an addi-
tional 1200 will be given at this
time. Sally Sue Stephenson, vice
president, will preside while Sar-
ah will present the awards.

The athletic cup will be awarded
to the class accumulating the most
number of points in sports
throughout the entire year. This
award will be made at the end of
spring quarter.

Mrs. Sims Speaks
On U.N. Conference

Mrs. Roff Sims, associate pro-
fessor of history and political sci-
ence, spoke today on the United
Nations Conference in London
making special reference to the
conflict on interest between Great
Britain and Russia. Her lecture
was of particular importance and
interest since much attention of
all civic, economic, and political
groups has been centered around
the various discussions of the con-
ference.

THE NEWS

VOL XXXI AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1946 NO. 19

Graham Jackson to Play at Banquet

Junior Plan First
Post-war Dinner

A P

Players to Star
HI 4 and 5
In Barry Drama

Blackfriars will present a play
"Hotel Universe," by Phillip Bar-
ry April 4 and 5 at 8:30 p. -m.
"Hotel Universe" is an unusual
psychological drama and consti-
tutes a greater challenge to the
acting abilities of the cast than
any play which Blackfriars has
done in some time.

The action of the play is con-
tinuous. It is not divided into acts
and only one set is used. The set-
ting is a rock terrace hanging
over the sea which is in the back-
ground. It is very effective and
sets the tone of the whole play.

In "Hotel Universe" Mr. Bar-
ry vividly portrays lives which are
distorted by past events. The past
stands between Ann, played by
Patricia McManmon and Angela
Pardington, and happiness with
Pat, played by Bob Genther. Life
is empty for Lily, a famous ac-
tress (Margaret McManus). Tom
(Tom Downing) and his wife
Hope (Grace Durant and Lura
Johnston), Alice (Jenny Wren
and Martha Polk), and Norman
(Fred Parsons) are all living mis-
erable, meaningless lives because
of the past. Stephen, played by
Jimmy Reece, is a different per-
son to every character and holds
the answer for each of them. Their
search for the answer makes "Ho-
tel Universe" a very powerful
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Noted Editor
Will Lecture

Miss Helen Fuller, associate edi-
tor of the New Republic, will be
on campus April 9 and 10 for a
series of lectures on national af-
fairs. Under the sponsorship of
War Council, she will speak Tues-
day, April 9 at 8 p. m. in Maclean
auditorium. Her subject, "The Re-
lationship of Domestic and Inter-
national Affairs," will serve as
a general introduction to the oth-
er talks on national problems and
questions confronting Congress.
On Wednesday, April 10, Miss Ful-
ler will speak at 11 a. m. to the
Sociology class, and other groups
that might meet with this class.
IRC and the League of Women
Voters will be in charge of Miss
Fuller's discussion on Wednesday
afternoon at 4:15 p. m.

Through these talks War Coun-
cil hopes to stimulate within the
students an interest in and an
awareness of national events. No
stranger to the South, the speak-
er is a graduate of the University
of Alabama and a political report-
er for the New Republic. This se-
ries of discussions is to take the
place of the originally proposed
week end conference on national
affairs, one of which was held in
1943.

Neibuhr's May
Lecture to End
'45-46 Series

Reinhold Niebuhr will conclude
the 1945-46 Lecture Association
series on May 17. The Chinese
Theater which was to have played
April 9, has been cancelled be-
cause several of the members of
the troop had opportuntunities to
return to China.

Since the season has been so
full, Lecture Association an-
nounces that there . will be no
additional event to take the place
of the Chinese group. Mr. Niebuhr
will speak twice during his stay,
on "History, the Master of Men,"
and "Men, the Masters of His-
tory."

Plans for the junior banquet,
which will be held April 13. are
being completed. The banquet
which will be semi-formal, will be
served in the school dining room
at 6:30.

Entertaining the guests during
the meal will be Graham Jack-
son, famous pianist who was pre-
sented also at the junior joint. Be-
fore his appearance a welcome
speech will be made by the presi-
dent of the junior class, and then
popular music will be played by
a student.

As a preview to the Easter pa-
rade, the juniors will decorate the
dining room with gay Easter egg
and bunny rabbit cut-outs. Even
the menu will follow the Easter
motif with green gelatine salad
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Vocational Guidance Test
Open to Juniors, Seniors

Mortar Board with the help of the psychology department
is sponsoring a vocational interest test to be given to all jun-
iors and seniors April 1, 2, and 3. Girls who are taking the
test are asked to come to room No. 1 in Buttrick hall between
1:30 and 5:30 in the afternoon, where it will be given. The
only expense involved in the test

is ten cents to cover costs. Thirty
girls can take the test at a time,
and girls are asked to come at
any time convenient to them dur-
ing the afternoons.

The vocational interest test is
the same test given in veterans
council centers all over the Unit-
ed States, and it is considered the
best guidance test. It does not
measure ability or aptitude for an
occupation, nor does it give the
specific field into which one should
go, but it does measure personal
interest. At the conclusion of the
test, a profile of each subject will
be made and each girl will be giv-
en counsel as to the type of voca-
tion she should follow.

At the conclusion of the test,
a survey will be made showing
how individual interests coincide
with major subjects.

. Mortar Board urges all upper-
classmen to take advantage of this
survey.

Mortar Board
To Name Members

New Mortar Board members
will be announced April 4 in chap-
el. George P. Hayes, head of the
department of English will speak.

Maggie Toole, president of Mor-
tar Board will officiate at the
exercises. Miss Margaret Pythian,
associate professor of French, and
Miss Emma May Laney, associate
professor of English, will march in
the procession of new and old
bers, as faculty advisors.

New members will be entertain-
ed al a banquet at 6 p. m. on the
same day, following formal ini-
tiation. The Agnes Scott, chapter
of Mortar Board is the Hoasc
chapter and was founded in 1931.

Date Book

Wed., March 27 Student Elections
in chapel.

Wed., March 27 Dance tryouts,
7 to 8 p. m.

Thurs., March 28 All-Star con-
cert, Eugene Goosens conducts
Cincinnati symphony. Bus leaves
Main at 7:30 p. m.
Class meetings and elections
during chapel.

Fri., March 29 Pirates of Penz-
ance, Gaines, 8:30 p. m.

Mon., April FooPs Day Music
Appreciation Hour directed by
Hugh Hodgson, 8:30 p. m., Pres-
ser.

Senior operatryouts. See bulle-
tin board.

of Penzance'
To Walk Plank Friday

Agnes Scott, Tech to Present
Gilbert-Sullivan Operetta at 8:30 p. m.

The combined glee clubs of Agnes Scott and Georgia Tech
will present "Pirates of Penzance," by Gilbert and Sullivan,
in Gaines auditorium, Friday, March 29. This is the first time
in two years that the traditional operetta has been given. The
performance will begin at 8:30 p. m., and all tickets are re-
served.

There are three different groups
of choruses; the daughters of Gen-
eral Stanley, the pirates, and the
police, with approximately 48
singers in the combined choruses.
The role of the major general will
be sung by Warren Lee Terry,
who has been on tour this season
with the R. H. Bumside Company
from New York, the only profes-
sional Gilbert and Sullivan com-
pany in the country. He has sung
on the stage for 23 years, and has
directed the Agnes Scott operettas
four times.

The cast of principals at the
Friday night performance include
Mr. Terry, Hubbard Upchurch as
Frederick, Bucky Walters as the
Pirate King, Mildred Evans as
Ma^el, and Martha Sunkes as
Ruth. Saturday night, at Georgia
Tech, Mary Beth Little will sing
the role of Mabel and Helen Car-
rie will sing Ruth. Minor charac-
ters are Kendall Morrow as Sam-
uel, Al Flowers as the police ser-
geant, Marguerite Watson as Isa-
bel, Kathleen Buchanan as Kate
and Bobbe Whipple as Edith.

The music is under the direc-
tion of Walter Herbert, director of
the Tech glee club. There will be
a small orchestra composed of stu-
dents from Agnes Scott and Tech.
Tickets for the Friday night per-
formance will be on sale each
morning this week in the lobby of
Buttrick.

Frosh to Fete
High Schools

The Dean's office has scheduled
the annual Agnes Scott high
school day for April 6. With
freshman class president Reese
Newton in charge, the ' freshmen
will entertain visitors from thir-
teen preparatory and high schools
in the Atlanta area.

Luncheon will be served to the
freshmen hostesses, both boarder
and day student, and their guests
at 12:45 in Rebecca Scott dining
hall. The high school M~ls will
then be taken for a complete tour
of the campus.

A planned program open to the
entire campus will begin at 3 p.
m. in the gymnasium. Entertain-
ment will be offered by the speech
department, dance group, special
chorus, and from the freshman
class in the form of their win-
ning skit from junior joint. The
program will close with a diving
and swimming exhibition.

High school visitors will meet
President J. R. McCain, Dean Car-
rie Scandrett, S. G. Stukes, and
Miss Margaret Ridley, as well as
all newly elected student officers
for 1947-48 at a tea on the little
quadrangle at 4:30. Mortar Board
is in charge of this portion of the
program.

Aiding Reese Newton and the
freshmen will be a group of soph-
omores who will assist with reg-
istration and plans.

Approximately 300 invitations
have been sent out to this annual
event.

War Council Renamed
World Service Council

The name of War council has
been changed to World Service
council The former name having
become obsolete, the change was
brought about by student vote on
recommendation by a representa-
tive from the Council.

Eugene Goosens
To Conduct
Top Symphony

The All-Star concert series will
present as its final attraction the
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra,
Eugene Goosens, conductor, March
28. Soloist with the orchestra will
be Alexander Brialowsky, pianist.

Busses will leave the school for
the city aditorium at 7:30 p. m.

March 25, the Atlanta Music
club will present Lotte Lehman
as the next-to-last performance; in
its series.

Gl History Prof TellsofCollegeAbroad

By Nellie Scott

"Oh, I had a grand time." This
is Mr Posey's summary of his
"great expedition" to England,
France, and Germany. Walter B.
Posey, head of our department of
history and political science,
served last year in the American
Universities set-up for GI's in
Shrivenham, England and Biarritz,
France.

Posey's Gi students at Shriven-
ham, located in the famous Vale
of the White Horse, had the same
American history text that girls
use here at Agnes Scott. (All
prospective 215 students take no-
tice. It was written by John D.
Hicks you'll have that on a test).
Of England Mr. Posey states, "The
English countryside is the pret-
tiest thing I saw and those ca-
thedrals take your breath away."

The university gave the instruc-
tors much free time and our his-
tory prof visited such historic
sites as Stratford-on-Avon; Bed-
ford, home of the progressive pil-
grim, Chester, "the most interest-
ing point in the British Isles";
Canterbury, Mecca of Chaucer's
pilgrims, and Bath, which "is in
some respects the prettiest city"
as well, as the home of that ob-
streperous Wife of Bath.

V-J Brings Hilarity
Mr. Posey saw the English peo-
ple as weary and frayed, showing
the wear and tear of the war.
However, when the premature
news of V-J came the overjoyed
nation w r ent completely wild. Bed-
lam reigned supreme. All of the
usual English reserve was thrown
to the winds, and for two whole
nights a hilarious mob, surging

through Piccadilly Square,, cele-
brated the coming of final peace.

When compared with their
democratic advances in so many
fields, the English educational
system is surprisingly undemo-
cratic. A college education is not
open to just anyone, but it is def-
initely for the elite and well-to-
do.

Biarritz, "the swankiest of all
resorts," was the scene of his
next stay. The American univer-
sity here was elegantly pictured
in the Jan. 14, 1946 issue of Life,,
which described it as "the fash-
ionable and exclusive "spa on the
Bay of Biscay." Classes and labs
were held in villas, palaces, and
casinos of Napoleon III and Queen
Victoria. Soldiers in these univer-
sities were high-point men, many

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1946

The News

EDITORIALS

Decatur, Ga. March 27, 1946

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS

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Ring The Bell

Elections are here. In fact, they're
half over, but there is still time. For
the first time this year, you, as a
member of the student body, can see
constructive thought materialize.
For the first time, you can put irf
your two cents worth and hear the
cash register ring up a sale. But your
small allotment of one vote or a
half for underclassmen will not ring
the bell if you rely completely and
solely on the first suggestion of the
nominating committee.

Tackling a mean job, the nomin-
ating committee revised the medie-
val evils of its predecessors by nom-
inating more than one candidate for
each job and not informing the nom-
inees until the popular nominations
had been posted. The rest of the job
is up to you. Think objectively, not
only for the girl who fills the office
but what the office will give the girl
in the way of development. You can-
not fuss about a student governing
body or a publication or an asso-
ciation when you do the voting. It's
your two cents that rings the bell.

Summ'n' Up

Another bookish year is coming
to a close. The ending of winter
quarter is like adding a comma be-
fore the final period. There's not
much breathing time left.

Most of us have some tangible
things to account for at this time
all of us some intangible assets. The
perspective of each class differs but
the goal is the same.

What does a liberal arts degree
offer? What will you have after one
year, two, three, or four? The first
year should be a beginning a step
taken. The other three years should
be a strengthening of the first step
taken. We should find that the in-
tangibles we value most at the end
of these four bookish years are "a
discipline of mind, a latent sense of
healthy discrimnation toward peo-
ple and ideas, and a start toward
self-sufficiency."

Colleg^ is a beginning. We should
use it as such. Realize the fact be-
fore- June, before you're a sopho-
more or a junior or a senior. You
don't have to be a brain to catch on.
Be normal and natural. Begin to get
that all-over comprehension. Quit
living for getting out of school but
begin to learn how to live as you
touch your world at first hand.

Current Rumors

Current rumors: "We're going to
fight the Russians. The third World
War will be between the U. S. and
Russia, with France, Germany and
England as helpless spectators."

The pessimistic seers of today fill
the newspapers, the air waves and
people's minds with these ugly ideas.
There's no hope, according to them
for the UNO, Russo-American coop-
eration, or peace. If these seers con-
tinue to guide us, their predictions
will come true and only too quickly.
But if we stop and consider sanely
the problems these two nations face
today, the future can become much
brighter just from careful analysis.

There are many misunderstand-
ings between us and this people to-
day. One big reason for these dis-
agreements is the way we have treat-
ed Russia in the past. When both
Nazism and Communism were
threats to the world, America and
England chose Germany as the les-
ser of the two evils, and left Russia
alone to face her enemies. America
hoped that these two "isms" would
fight it out between themselves. Be-
cause she was accepted as an ally
only when attacked by the common
foe, Russia is naturally still suspici-
ous of the U. S. It is therefore up to
America to prove her good inten-
tions toward this people if there is to
be accord. Such moves as keeping
the secret of the atomic bomb defi-
nitely do not prove such intentions.

Another powerful reason for dis-
agreement is the difference that lies
between these two peoples. True
they speak different languages, live
under opposite' forms of governv-
ment, and are even of a different
racial group. These differences
should not be ones that would lead
to war, however. Both races are
human beings, peace has the same
meaning in any lauguage, and any
government can best exist when it
can spend its energies making its
people happy instead of making war.
Differences can disappear when two
peoples have a common goal, a com-
mon hope for security.

The Russians want peace. Even
though the people have not had a
chance to say so, their autocratic
government has spoken, and made
this desire official. Americans want
peace. In the heart of every man and
woman there burns a flame from the
coals of sacrifice lighted during the
war. Trust can be the keyword to
uniting these two great peoples in

Out Of The
Woods

By Anne Noell

In the short space of our vacation
spring has really come to the campus
trees in bloom and new spring clothes
on students and faculty alike. Those of
us who went home heard talk of gar-
dens and housecleaning. W% may have
been lucky enough to escape the latter,
but the beginning of a new quarter is a
good time for some ''mental houseclean-
ing," as the old phrase has it.

Most of us have suffered from what a
recent lecturer called the "January-Feb-
ruary feeling," a general let-down of en-
ergy and interest and a tendency to be
cross and griping. The trouble with most
of us in our griping is that we can pick
out all the flaws in another person, an
institution, or a rule, but we seldom both-
er to mention any good points or to dis-
cover any practical ways to effect a
change. In other words, our criticisms
tend to be destructive, but not construc-
tive. Anyone can tear down, but it takes
real, hard thinking to build up something
worthwhile. And more thought is re-
quired to keep it going. Criticism is
necessary if that which is old and worn-
out is to be swept away, but that is not
enough.

Most of us like our college, or we
would not be here. We want to make it
the very best of its kind, but we do not
accomplish our purpose if we merely
point out the flaws in the rules in the
handbook or the time-honored customs.
We can do a lot more for our own en-
joyment of college life and that of the
coming classes if we make an effort to
understand the reasons behind the rule
and then direct our thoughts toward a
better way of accomplishing the purpose.
Student government is constantly ask-
ing for suggestions, and the executive
committee gives careful consideration to
all that are made, but there is no use for
any of us to expect to make a revolution
;vith some ill-considered, flip suggesiton.

Stop!

With Spring, the campus has "bus-
ted out all over" with blossoms.
With Spring, the student body wants
to pick the blossoms. But, Puleeze,
drop that knife as you begin to prune
each bush with a style all your own.
Before holidays, someone pruned or
butchered the flowering apricot
tree in the back of the science hall.
Ask Miss Mary Stuart MacDougall
of the biology department and she
will cut the flowers or bushes for
you next time you feel the urge to
pick flowers. But drop that knife
and remember when you tear a limb
off the weeping cherry, you leave
behind a place for bacteria to at-
tack a tree. Then, perhaps, next
year the campus won't blossom out
all over.

their one purpose. Peace is possible
if we want it enough to understand
by trusting.

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Disc Review

By Sam Rowland

TOPS IN WAX "Love Me" and "I've
Got the World On a String." Woody Her-
man and the Herd, band poll winners of
1945, usher in their first pairing for the
year with these titles. The former shows
the great Herman trumpet section of Can-
doli, Berman, Hefti, Lewis, and Rogers
in rare and frantic form. Gold Award
winning "Flip" Phillips tenors through
both sides, Frances Wayne sings "Love
Me," and Woody handles both vocals and
the clarinet in the latter (Columbia).

BOOGIE Decca features the power-
house trumpeting of "Little Jazz" by Roy
Eldridge in a Buster Harding tune, "Lit-
tle Jazz Boogie." Dynamic Roy reaches
for his bag of tricks in his trumpet rides
and uses punching riffs, trills, and some
stratosperic notes. His high ones into
the fade-away are always exciting, and
an Eldridge trademark. On the reverse
he solos to the Gershwin oldie, "Em-
braceable You."

VOCAL STANDOUT The "Voice" has a
pair of winning titles "Oh, What It
Seemed to Be" and "Day By Day." Both
are sugary with sentiment in a strictly
wistful vein. Frank Sinatra's handling
of the lyrics, and back on both sides by
some truly fine orchestrating by Axel
Stordahl, will make his fans shout with
glee, and others, fans or not, nod with ap-
proval (Columbia).

DANCE DISCS Charlie Spivak runs the
gamut of his famed "sweetest trumpet"
style in "The Bells of St. Mary's," from
the RKO picture of the same name. His
muted trumpet is supported by soft brass
which establishes the theme. Through-
out, all effects are highly pleasing, and
are handled with excellent taste. Jimmy
Saunders sings the vocals, and, for the
fade, the band resolves into the tones of
the Great Organ. On the flipover Jimmy
Saunders sings, "You Can Cry On Some-
body Else's Shoulder," which is done at
a lively and easy dance clip (Victor).

Harry James gives an expansive treat-
ment to the Chopin adaptation, "I'm Al-
ways Chasing Rainbows." Here the
James horn is heard in a groovy, open
style that is lifted by a highly danceable
beat that the band drops in for support.
Buddy Di Vito sings the vocals to an all-
out sweet James arrangement. The plat-
ter-mate, "Baby, What You Do To Me,"
has a lusty dance kick, screaming brass
riffs, and vocal by chirper Kitty Kallen
(Columbia).

Carmen Cavallara turns in one of his
best performances to date with a dance
arrangement of "Warsaw Concerto." His
flying fingers round out a type of piano
technique seldom heard in a dance band.
Throughout there is exceptionally good
taste in the handling of muted brass and
strings with unusual responsive effects.
On the backing he plays, "A Love Like
This," and injects a buoyant Latin
rhythm to support his piano and band,
and also has the vocal sung by Gloria
Foster (Decca).

New and Worthy Impressions in Wax
"Symphony" Bing Crosby, Vocal
(Decca).

"We'll Be Together Again" Les
Brown, Dance (Columbia).

"Some Sunday Morning" Louis Prima,
Dance (Majectic).

Humoresque David Rose, Concert
Dance (Victor).

^"I'm Through With Love" Dick
Brown, Vocal (Guild).

HOTEL CANDLER

L. L. TUCKER, JR.
Operator

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1946

Page 3

When Far From the Reach

By Eva Williams

Even if we didn't have our
trusty calendars to go by or beau-
tiful warm Georgia days, there is
still another ancient indicator of
spring. But let's not linger over
where "fancy turns," instead note
the latest results

When Mary Martin went home
for the holidays she had some-
thing to show the folks an en-
gagement ring.!

Sigma Chis seem to pick their
favorites from Agnes Scott for
Jackie Jones, a former student
here, now holds the title Sweet-
heart of Sigma Chi at Tech.

Lura Johnson made a catch
that is, she caught the brides' bou-
quet at a wedding when she was
bridesmaid. Liz Carpenter was in
Montene's Melson's lovely wedding
recently.

Thats a Beta Theta Pi pin
you see Louise Starr wearing and
Betty Smith has Jeb's Sigma Chi
pin.

Spring holidays were enjoyed
from New York to Miami Mary
Frances Anderson was the lucky
one to go to New York while Gloria
Gaines visited in Miami. Frances
Sholes went all the way to New
Orleans. Daytona Beach is quite
the place say Alice Gordon and
Ann Hi^htower. Jane B(owman
took in West Point.

"Teetoe" Williams and Edna
Claire Cunningham went home
with Beth Jones, and Betty Dav-
idson and Jane Frazer enjoyed
being at Brenau this week end.
Libby Woodward visited in An-
niston, Ala.

Welcomed visitors seen recently
were: Maxine Kickliter's parents
from Florida, and brother from
Duke med. school, Betty Black-
mons mother, Margie Marks fa-
ther, and Jessie Paget's visitor.

It was good to see Lisa Mar-
shall and V. A. White on campus.
Lu Cunningham is pleased that her
brother, Johnson, is back from
overseas and entering Emory this
quarter. Mrs. Pope visited for sev-
eral days with Helen and Susan,
and Mr. and Mrs Buchanan were
here to see "Buck." Ivan came to
see Gene Goode and Harold to
see Martie Mizell.

At the dance- when Jackie was
elected Sigma Chi Sweetheart

were: "Ibby" Wilkerson, Dot
Quillian, and Betty Turner.

Joe is here! And Ruth Ryner
was with him at the A. T. O.
party. Others attending the func-
tion were: Nancy Geer, Mary
Manley, "Sister" Davis, Nancy
Deal, and Lucy Turner.

A picnic for the SAE's and the
following Scott girls: Pagie Vio-
lette, June Irvine, Sweetie Calley,
Ann Eidson, Cissy Jeffries, Mary
Gene Sims, and Scotty Johnson.
. .The Taj-Ma is fast becoming
popular with us Ellen Morrison,
Nan Honor, and Ninia Owens have
been there lately.

The Chi Phi's danced Saturday
night with Mary Brown Mahon,
Lib Osborne, Bunny Weems, Janet
Liddell, and Mary Frances Ander-
son.

Dancing at the Rainbow Roof
were Alice Gordon and B. A.
Zeigler. (No, not with each other.)
Harriet Reid was at the Paradise
Room.

Enjoying the Phi Delt banquet
were Nelda Brantley, Mimi Ar-
nold, and Betty Blackmon. June
Thomason rushed for the Emory
SAE's, Julia Ann Coleman, Mary
Alice Compton and Dale Bennett
were seen at the K. A. house dance
while Gloria Gaines and Alice
Newman were at Pi KA house
dance. Mary Jane Fuller and Ann
Hough were "taken for a ride"
at Tech a hay ride that was lots
of fun.

General Brougher
To Autograph Book

Brigadier General William E.
Brougher will autograph copies of
his new book, "The Long, Dark
Road," at a tea at Rich's Tuesday,
March 26, from 4 to 5:30.

Gen. Brougher read a number
of the poems from his book at a
chapel program this fall. He is the
father of Frances Brougher, '45,
and has only recently returned
from overseas service, where he
served on General Wainwright's
staff. He was a prisoner of the
Japanese for over three years, and
his new book is a collection of his
poetry composed while he was in
the service.

Junior Banquet

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I

molded into an Easter egg, and
ice cream molded into Easter lil-
ies. The main course will be filet
mignon. Easter favors will be
placed beside each other.

Mortar Board is cooperating
with the junior class in giving the
banquet. The members will meet
the dates in Main before the ban-
quet. Afterwards Mortar Board
will serve coffee to the class and
their guests. Twenty-five fresh-
men will assist in serving the
meal.

Chairmen for the committees
for the banquet are: Betty Turn-
er, decorations; Anne Eidson,

Student Ballot,
Order of Voting

1. Pres. of Student Government Sr.

2. Pres. of Christian Association Sr.

3. Pres. of Athletic Association Sr.

4. V.-Pres. of Student Government Sr.

5. V.-Pres. of Christian Association Sr.

6. V.-Pres. of Athletic Association Sr.

7. Editor of Silhouette Sr.

8. Editor of Aurora Sr.

9. Editor of News Sr.

10. Bus. Mgr. of Silhouette Sr.

11. Bus. Mgr. of Aurora Sr.

12. Business Manager of News Sr.

13. Orientation Chairman Sr.

14. Inman House Pres. Sr.

15. Main House Pres. Sr.

16. Rebekah House Pres. Sr.

17. Day Student Representative Sr.

18. Chmn. of World Service Council
(War Council) Sr.

19. President of Lecture Asso. Sr.

20. Chmn. of May Day Sr.

21. Tteas. of Lecture Asso. Sr.

22. Asso. Editor of Silhouette Sr.

23. Managing Editor of Aurora Sr.

24. Managing Editor of News Sr.

25. Adv. Mgr. of News Sr.

26. Secty. of Student Govt. Jr.

27. Secty. of Christian Asso. Jr.

28. Secty. of Athletic Asso. Jr.

29. Treas. of Student Govt. Jr.

30. Treas. of Christian Asso. Jr.

31. Treas. of Athletic Asso. Jr.

32. Student Recorder Jr.

33. Chmn of Lower House Jr.

34. 2 Asst. Editors of Silhouette Jr.

35. .2 Asst. Editors of News Jr.

36. Adv. Mgr. of Silhouette Jr.

37. 2 Asst. Adv. Mgrs. of News Jr.

place cards and seating arrange-
ments; Punky Mattison and Mary
Jane Fuller, dates; B. A. Zeigler,
entertainment.

Visit Your Neighbor

Vernon Frank's Decatur
FLOWER SHOP

301 Church St.

DE. 3309

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Clubs Launch
Spring Activities

Although the lazy haze of sum-
mer days to come may affect the
studying capacity of Agnes Scott
the various organizations on cam-
pus are planning definite and in-
teresting programs for spring
quarter.

Freshman cabinet has changed
its time of meeting. On Wednesday
from 5:30 to 6:30 the frosh will
meet in an interesting discussion
series on Personality. Mary Rus-
sell will open the series in a dis-
cussion of Moods Wednesday,
March 27. The following programs
will include Self - centeredness,
Friendship, Carriage, and the
Well Rounded Personality. Th
cabinet will observe Easter with
a special program. An all night
outing to North Fulton and a re-
treat to close the year's work
conclude their plans.

Religion and the fine arts is the
subject of the spring quarter pro-
gram series of Sophomore cabi-
net. Religion and Music, Religious
Literature, and Religious Art will
be considered at the meetings.
Next Wednesday a special music
program will open the quarter's
work. A weiner roast at Harrison
Hut and an out-of-doors sing con-
ducted by Bobbe Whipple have
been planned for April.

Chi Beta Phi will meet April
4 for a business discussion

Pi Alpha Phi holds j,ts first
meeting Wednesday night at 7:00.
The topic for the debate is Re-
solved: "That the Charter of the
U. N. O. be amended to abolish
the veto power of the permanent
members of the security council."
The affirmative will be upheld by
Nina Owens and Mae Comer Os-
bourne, whie Betzie Powers and
Clarkie Rogers will maintain the
negative.

Folio will meet Monday, March
25. A scrapbook of the year's writ-
ings is to be compiled.

G. I. Prof

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two or three years. Statistics
showed that 47 per cent of these
soldiers at Shrivenham had come
from cities of over 100,000 people
and nine per cent of them were
college graduates. Colleges in the
U. S. give credit for courses stu-
died in these American universi-
ties.

Paris Unscathed

Landing in .LeHavre, the most
bombed port of northern France
and the port of entry on D-Day,
Mr. Posey spent Christmas Eve in
Paris, "the most beautiful city
I ever saw and probably the most
beautiful anybody ever saw." It
has emerged from the war com-
pletely unscathed, and the prover-
bial well-dressed Parisians still
stroll leisurely down the streets.
On a trip to the Mediterranean,
the prof visited Lourdes, well-
known to every Catholic; Tou-
louse, and Carcassane, the famous
wall city of southern France. Much
more than in comparatively well-
fed Germany, the suffering in sou-
thern France is intense and terri-
bly necessary food and clothes
are at a premium.

Riding thousands of miles in a
bouncing jeep proved enlightening
even to an erudite historian.
"When the Army has a man,
they latch on to him," and so Mr.
Posey, as a member of a lecture
team, travelled all over the Ameri-
can zone of Germany, speaking to
the soldiers on the atomic bomb.
The general topic of the discussion
was "The Atomic Bomb-Despair to

Four AC Students
Win Art Entries
In State Exhibit

Works by four Agnes Scott col-
lege art students are now on ex-
hibit at the University of Geor-
gia's State Student exhibition at
Athens.

Betty Abernathy, the only ad-
vanced art student whose work
was chosen, contributed an abstra-
tion in crayon titled "My Room."
Also on exhibit is a non-objective
ink work by Betty Allen; a fig-
ure sketched in ink by Newell
Turner; and Betty Jo Sauer's wa-
ter color of three girls leaning
over the stair rail in Inman.

While 1400 drawings were sent
in for consideration only 205 were
selected to be shown, according to
Mrs. Leone B. Hamilton, of the
art department Following the
close of the exhibition March 30,
it will begin a tour of Georgia
which will last throughout the
winter. It is not known whether it
will be shown at Agnes Scott.

Players to Star

(Continued from Page 1)

play. The roles of Ann, Hope, and
Alice are double cast. Miss Mc-
Manmon, Miss Johnston, and Miss
Polk will play in the April 4 pres-
entation and Miss Pardington,
Miss Durant, and Miss Wren will
play in that of April 5.

Hope." Visiting Munich, Berlin,
and Frankfurt, his work with the
lecture bureau gave him a chance
to "do a lot of talking and trav-
elling."

MPs "Something Else"

Riding in every type of movable
vehicle from a command car to an
unheated Pullman, Posey lectured
to flight squadrons, the infantry,
paratroopers and MPs, "who were
something else." He says our Army
doesn't give the impression of do-
ing its job in Germany. "We will
have to build a better Army or
else get out."

Unfortunately, "GIs and Ger-
man girls certainly do get along
well." Then can be seen on the
streets at any hour of the night
and well, for some reason Ger-
man girls are very attractive to
the Yanks abroad. (At this point
in the interview Mr. Posey grins
broadly, and one has a feeling he
is thinking a lot more than he is
saying.) Like all the people of
that country the feminine gender
is neat, tidy, and industrious. The
language barrier does not seem
to be a great hindrance to these
"international" relations, not any
more so than in France. In a re-
cent poll twice as many soldiers
declared that they liked Germany
better than France. Mr. Posey
states that there are a great many
marriages of GIs and English,
French and German girls. Some he '
was convinced were good, some
very bad.

Although he went over in great
style on the Queen Elizabeth, our
GI history prof sailed for home
in a tub, the Colby Victory, a
troop ship with 12,000 soldiers
slightly "anxious" to get home.
Mr. Posey had lots of fun teach-
ing in an American university, and
he says it really wasn't so hard.
Not half as hard as teaching at
Agnes Scott.

Page 4

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1946

ORGANIZATIONS

Student Government
President

Vice President
Orientation Chairman
Rebekah House Presided
Main House President

Inman House President

Day Student Representative
Secretary

Treasurer
Student Recorder

Lower House

CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION

Presidont

Vice President
Secretary

Treasurer

ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
President

Vice President

Secretary
Treasurer

SILHOUETTE
Editor

Associate Editor

Business Manager
2 Assistant Editors

Advertising Manager

AURORA
Editor

Managing Editor

Business Manager

NEWS
Editor

Managing Editor

Business Manager

Advertising Manager
2 Assistant Editors

2 Assistant Advertising Managers

LECTURE ASSOCIATION
President

Treasurer

MAY DAY

Chairman

WORLD SERVICE COUNCIL
(WAR COUNCIL)
Chairman

POPULAR NOMINATIONS

Jane Meadows
Laura Winchester
Virginia Dickson

Jane Meadows
Virginia Dickson
Laura Winchester

Virginia Dickson
Mac Craig
Jane Meadows

Mac Craig
Laura Winchester
Virginia Dickson

Rosemary Jones
Laura Winchester
Mac Craig
Buck Buchanan

Mac Craig
Jane Meadows
Buck Buchanan

Charlotte Clarkson
Jean Rentz

Dabney Adams
Adele Dieckmann

Sister Davis
Lou McLaurin
Sister Davis
Dabney Adams
Adele Dieckmann
Adele Dieckmann
Dabney Adams
Sister Davis
Beth Jones

Adele Dieckmann
Sister Davis
Dabney Adams
Lou McLaurin

Agnes Harnsberger
Janet Liddell
Millie Evans
Agnes Harnsberger
Janet Liddell
Miilie Evans
Pris Hatch

Ma ri anna Hollandsworth
Nancy Deal
Janie Coith

Marianna Hollandsworth
Pris Hatch
Nancy Deal
Janic Coith

Genet Heery
Ann Hough
Gene Goode

Ann Hough
Genet Heery
Gene Goode

Sheely Little

Virginia Tucker

Virginia Tucker

Sheely Little

Edna Claire Cunningham

Sweetie Calley
Louisa Aichel
Funky Mattison
Sweetie Calley
Marie Adams
Cissy Jeffries
Louisa Aichel
Caroline Squires
Pagie Violette
Bobbe Whipple
Magaret Yancey
Jane Barker
Vanesse Orr
Mac Compton
Jean da Silva

Phia Pedakis
Phia Pedakis
Carol Taylor

Nancy Shelton
Carol Taylor
Ruth Glindmeyer

Jo Benton
Dale Bennett
Dale Bennett
Lidie Lee

Alice Newman
Mary McCalla
Mary McCalla
Clarkie Rogers
Jane Alsobrook
Ginny Andrews

Harriet Gregory
June Drlskill

Margaret Anne Richarls

Clarkie Rogers

Dale Bennett
Carol Giles
Betty Andrews

Carol Giles
Peggy Pat Home
Dale Bennett

Mynelle Grove
Louisa Aichel

Nellie Scott
Carol Giles

Call DE. 4922

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Jane Meadows
Laura Winchester

Margie Bond

Anna George Dobbins

Margie Bond
Virginia Dickson

Buck Buchanan
Laura Winchester

Mac Craig
Ginny Dickson
Rosemary Jones

Buck Buchanan

Polly Grant
Jean Rentz

Sister Davis
Adele Dieckmann

Dabney Adams
Tina Hewson

Dabney Adams
Lida Walker

Adele Dieckmann
Lou McLaurin
Peggy Pirtle

Agnes Harnsberger
Janet Liddell

Buck Buchanan
Agnes Harnsberger
Janet Liddell
Nancy Deal
Pris Hatch
Pagie Violette

Marianna Hollandsworth
Marian Yancey

Gene Goode
Genet Heery

Anna George Dobbins
Genet Heery
Ann Hough

Edna Claire Cunningham
Sheely Little
Virginia Tucker
Jenny Wren

Louisa Aichel
Sweetie Calley
Sweetie Calley
Cissy Jeffries
Punky Mattison

Louisa Aichel
Helen Currie
Mildred Claire Jones
Bobbe Whipple
Margaret Yancey

Jane Barker
Jean da Silva

Phia Pedakis
Alice Beardsley
Ann Pardington
Nellie Scott .
Jean Estes

Dale Bennett
Jo Benton
Dale Bennett
Jo Benton
Lidie Leo
Helen Currie
Virginia Owens

Edna Claire Cunningham
Harriet Gregory

Mary Meanly
Ann Patterson
TeeToe Williams

Betty Andrews
Carol Giles

Carol Giles
Rosemary Jones

Louisa Aichel
Peggy Pat Home

Nellie Scott

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112 and 114 Ponce de Leon Ave.

DECATUR THEATRE

Thurs.-Fri., March 28-29

BACK TO BATAAN

with John Wavne

DECATUR THEATRE

Mon.-Tues., April 1-2
"Life of the immortal Chopin''

A SONG TO REMEMBER

with Cornel Wilde

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THE RUSE

VOL XXXI AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1946 NO. 20

Moneaux Sees
Cents in
Sensible Scent

Henri Antoine Moneaux, presi-
dent of "Personality" Perfumes,
Inc., was on campus yesterday, to
investigate reports of a brand-new
scent, unique to Agnes Scott,
which can revolutionize the hubba
jndustry.

The mysterious odor is found
nowhere in the continent of North
America except in the vicinity of
the manhole near the Library
steps.

"When the wind is right," cried
Mr. Moneaux ecstatically, "as
many as 25 have lost conscious-
ness after one second's exposure."

Moneaux will distill this unique
breathtaker into a perfume which
will be called "Agnes Scott Fe-
male Institute's No 5." He antic-
ipates epoch-making sales.

It is not likely Mr. Moneaux
noticed the true subterranean
source of his new discovery since
he was not able to attain proxi-
mity to the library while in a
conscious state. While no un-
truths or fabrications of any sort
are desirable, students are asked
to cooperate in not disillusioning
Mr. Moneaux.

As Dr. H* S. Generator, chem-
istry professor, put it, "Who
would pay $50 for an ounce of
nothing but brack "

Hand-Picked

So you are hand picked?
But did you ever see the
hand or the pick? Besides,
some have dishpan hands
some puggy and flabby
others cold and uncompris-
ing? And as for the pick, well,
that is a story with two points.
Glamour girls, lovely are we,
sophisicated and smooth as we
can be, you say. We say, if
you are hand picked so su-
per, why don't you prove it?
Get in there and brack for all
you're worth! Besides, how do
you know the hand was am-
bidextrous? Just think the
girl on your left was plucked
with the right paw and you
with the left today the pitch
fork method is the general
trend. More people get ttfhe
point. It seems that a better
balance can be obtained with-
out the taint of the human
hand. But don't forget that
some use a tooth pick instead
of a hand. She who bracks
last bracks best.

Jane Russell commented
"Brack."

Worn Out Advice
From Page Two

Dear Ever-Wary,

By all means weai your hair
in a soft bun at the nape of the
neck. The wise young miss doesn't
let her back hair down to any
enterprising, young blade. As the
old saying goes "Be sure! Keep
pure!" Besides, a girl who wears
only strapless two piece bathing
suits day in and day out is sure
to be accused of trying to be a
bit sensational. Don't go all to
pieces Say "Brack" only when
you mean it. Your own good
health and youthful spirits are
your best assets. Don't try any of
this 90 proof stuff just because
you love your old granddad. I
would strongly advise against get-
ting the electric dishwasher. If
he complains about your dish pan
hands, remind him of the way his
face feels when he hasn't shaved in
two days. As I have so wisely
said to many in your present state
of mind, "Brack."

Ever,

Naughty,

Marietta.

Outskirts Rise; Yankees There

Scoop!
Flash!

The Ruse has done it again. Al-
ways the first to reach you with
the latest news when it happens,
the Agnes Scott Ruse this week
breaks all records and has scoop-
ed the world.

This is it. Federal troops are
on the outskirts of Atlanta. Fires
of undetermined, origin are razing
the city and our Brave Boys in
Gray are nowhere to be seen. One
unconfirmed report originating
with an observant freshman tells
of Clark Gable and an unidenti-
fied woman escaping through the
May Day dell. (War Council has
nobly undertaken the project of
selling replicas of our Bonnie Blue
Flag).

While General Sherman was not
available for comment this morn-
ing, General Hood paused in his
many duties to spur his men to
victory with a resounding
"Brack."

Several Yankees are suffering
from battle fatigue after touring
the Cyclorama in Grant park.

girls term "personality."

Manville will be on campus
Monday and Tuesday of next
year for personal interviews only.
Entrants will be judged on abil-
ity to brack convincingly.

Dig, Dig, Dig

Grave Danger Faces
Tet As Cave Caves an

Sex-

d Engraves

ManvilleSteals
Sinatra's Time

Agnes Scott stoodenis vot-
ed down the request of Frank-
ly ie, my boy Sinatra, to brr top pin-
up man of the campus in an over-
whelming majority of two to zero.
In appealnig to the "college sox-
ers," Frankie stated that if
elected, he would sing for
change of classes and conduct a
soothing program to create delu-
sions of grandeur each night. Fur-
thermore, Frankie will furnish
bowties and bobbie soxs if they
will only follow.

The stoodents in answering Mr.
Sinatra's request merely stated
expressingly, "Brack." It is ru-
mored from high public officials
that Sinatra has gone off to live
a life of solitude since rejected.
Tommy Manville has been named
top man since he has what the

Six students reading for honors
in archeology, narrowly escaped
death yesterday when the cave in
wh<ch they were scratching (all
scratching must be done before
Tuesday at 4 p.. m.) in triangle
X on the quadrangle collapsed
pouring tons of worm-filled earth
on the hapless intelligensia.

The collapse was caused by the
impact of the squirrels as they
practiced for their May Day
dance, "Salt Gets in Your Eyes"
or "In the Briny Deep". The sex-
tet, all exceptional students of
human brackure conceived the
germ of the idea for this unique
bit of intellectual excavating up-
on reading the grave diggers scene
in Hamlet. Besides, they were ex-
perienced in digging.

Strains of "Dig, Dig, Dig" float-
ed up from the premature grave as
workers franctically spaded in
hopes of finding the treasure chest
buried by Billy the Kidd nearby
on Monday.

Due to this unfortunate set back
when their fortunes were driven
six feet under, the honor students
will do extensive research in the
field of brackeology, formerly the
hockey field behind the library.

Call DE. 4922

One Day in Advance for Your
' Birthday Cakes, etc.

DECATUR CAKE BOX

Over The
Brack

It has come to our attention
that there are a few persons on
campus who, due to their unusual
social activities, have not been
around the campus long enough
to comprehend the deeper mean-
ings of that simple but devasta-
ting expression, "Brack." For
their enlightenment the Agnes
Scott Ruse reprints the following
clarifications:

"Brack" was originally used by
the ancient Greeks during the
wars against the Romans. How-
ever, many enterprising entymolo-
gists feel that the word may have
gained slightly in meaning through
translation."

"There is a tide in the affairs,
of men which, taken at the flood,,
leads on to brack."

"I know not what stand others
may take, but as for me, brack.'"

"I regret that I have but one
brack to give."

"To thine ownself be true, and
it must follow, as the night the
day, brack!"

"Don't fire until you hear them
brack."

"Don't give up the brack."

"A bracking crone gathers no
boss." /

"Brack up your troubles in your
old kit bag."

"Blood, sweat and brack."

"Bracksation without repre-
sentation is tyranny."

"Esthetically speaking, brack is
not for an age but for all time.
After all, there is no brack like
an old brack. It more than sur-
passes the outmoded Bronx cheer
and its lowly cousin, the razzber-
ry. When hope is lost and the
world seems black, the only shin-
ing light is brack."

"Breathes there a man with
soul so dead, That never to him-
self hath said, Brack!"

THE SOLID LOOK is the tiling
fashion show proclaim. These bits
John Powers on the step of Main

, girls, so the winners of the 1946
of feminine pulchritude posed for

Fate Book

Wednesday, April 3 Rabbit-rab-
bit day.

Date with Jim.
Thursday, April 4 Late date with
Joe.

Rabbit-rabbit day.

Friday, *ril 6 Rabblt-frabbit
day.

Fix hair and test pa.: cake for

the honors exam.
Saturday, April 7 Date with Will

Shakespeare.

Rabbit-rabbit day.
Sunday, April 8 Mrs. Lulu Bobo

will speak on the beauties of

Tv Ty.

Monday, April 19 Rabbit-rabbit
day. (You know rabbits.)

Bus Busts
As Students
Exercise

The institute bus broke down
last Wednesday in front of Main
making such a clatter that older
residents of Decatur thought of
the one horse shay.

The institute bus broke down
Jast Wednesday on its last round
up. The bus on its third trip.
The institute bus

The institute

The

Cuss it all, the engine fell out.

Bracktiyity Weak Initiated;
Motto: Cuts for Culture

"Students are urged to partici-
pate and to cooperate fully with:
the 'culture week' to be inaug^-
urated this week on the camptxs,"
Dr. Ross the Boss McCain stated
this morning at 11:17 p. m.

In keeping with this culture-
week, the students are asked to
brush, comb, and sleep in prepa-
ration for the distinguished visi-
tors to appear soon (Bracks must
be expressed in a lady-like man-
nr at all times.

Brackfriars brings to the stu-
dents the well-known couple, Bud
Abbott and Lou Costello to ap-
pear in Shakespeare's classic,
Hamlet. Bud will portray Hamlet
v/hile Lou will act as the ghost.
Miss Eugene Dozier will direct the
dancing.

Lecture Association announces
the arrival yesterday of the Duch-
ess of Windsor who will speak
Friday night on "How to Win
Friends and Influence." This lec-
ture will be repulsory.

The administration suggests
that honor students particularly
use cuts freely during 'culture
week' to contemplate the message
these individuals bring.

In an interview concerning the
week's program, S. "Guerry the
Merry" Stukes, dean of the fac-
ulty exclaimed, "Brack."

Study in Red,
Entrance
Requirements

Agnes Scott College, noted for
the fine features of its inmates
and interesting character of its
student activities; where every
creature is noted for her beauti-
ful face, her tantalizing Person-
ality, her ravishing manner of
chatting events. Curiculum con-
tains a detailed study of needle
point, fourteen hour courses in
how to hold your cup with the lit-
tle finger curved at a 486 de-
gree angle, and athletics, includ-
ing swinging ropes from towers
and slidding the length of waxed
floors on one foot. Social enter-
tainment offered: Breakfast dan-
ces nine times weekly, chases to
Dooleyland University for predeter
mined purposes and easter egg
hunts every fourth Valentine's
Day. (Note: On Feb. 29 all class-
es meet for iy 2 minutes longer
in order to make up for the time
the Egyptians lost in calculating
methods for keeping rain away on
May 1. All applicants must have
an I Q of at least 30. Paid ad-
vertisement.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1946

Vice

For The
Love Worn

Dear Naughty Marietta:

I had a normal happy home
life up to my second birthday. On
that occasion my paranoiac step
father suffering joyous ectasy
over my birthday party, burst
from his straight jacket and glee-
fully dismembered two of my little
playmates. My mother, soul of
gentleness, strangled my brother
when he disrupted the party to tell
her of the event. "Brack! I don't
have a minute I can call my own,"
said she. (Perfect indication of
her unselfish nature, Marietta.)
"Besides I had to throw in a
straight flush" and here dear mo-
ther asked me to leave the room
that sweet soul never exercised
her facility for profanity in front
of us little ones.

My love life has been that of
any normal, healthy - minded
American girl. Naturally shy and
reticent I had ' nly one divorce to

IS YOUR MIND
CAMPUSED?

1. What values, spiritual and
otherwise, did you derive from
"The Outlaw?" Do you believe in
the beneficial powers of exercise?

2. Were the gentlemen of Paris
justified in toasting DuBarry on
the basis of Personality? How
will this affect the curriculum at
Agnes Scott?

my credit at the age of eleven.
Since then I have been courted
by several gentlemen respected
in their own communities. I was
quite serious about Joe until the
war disrupted the pattern of our
lives. You see, Fate stepped in
and my shift at Bell Bomber co-
incided with visiting hours at the
Federal Penitentiary (Joe af-
fectionately dubbed it "The Pen"
he was such a clever boy, Mari-
etta. His orginality was always
popping out in the most unexpect-
ed places. One of his favorite ex-
pressions was, "Brack! now my
question is this: Should I go to
Mexico with Al if I simply abhor
etchings?

Perplexed.
(Continued on Page 1)

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ing a good time. Hilarity reigned on the floor as dates congaed to
the strains of Sioux City Sue.

DIGNITY PERSONIFIED. (Isn't it the truth?) Four of the newly
elected high ranking officers on campus in an informal pose. From
left to tight are Jane Pastureland, president of student government
who swore, "ash trays in every room in two weeks My-A Cactus,
editor of the Sunburst, who pledged "No more spelling, no more
punctuation, no more margins, in fact no more"; Saccarine Talley,
editor of the Profile, who giggled gleefully, "We plan to feature
John Barrymore on every page of our publication next year"; The
fourth member of this dignified group of leaders is Brother Davis,
treasurer of student government, who announces she has sewn up
the curtain market and will sell her product to prospective house [
presidents. The sale will be held in the West Green Room on Sec-
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VOL. XXXI Agnes Scott College, Wed., April 10, 1946 No. 21

Mortar Board Elects 12;
B. J. Radford President

Hayes Stresses "Selfless Self"

In Chapel Ceremony; Toole Presides

Mortar board initiated twelve juniors into the Hoasc Chap-
ter Thursday night, following announcement of new members
in Chapel. Betty Jean Radford is next year's president.

Those elected to membership on the basis of Mortar Board's
ideals of scholarship, leadership and service are Dale Bennett,
Margie Bond, Kath-

Jo Benton
leen Buchanan, Sweetie Calley,
Virginia Dickson, Anna George
Dobbins, Agnes Harnsberger,
Genet Heery, Bet Patterson, Laura
Winchester.

George P. Hayes, a faculty ad-
visor of Mortar Board speaking
at the Chapel ceremony presented
the "selfless self." "Our gifts wi-
ther if we keep them to ourselves,"
he declared. "We do not belong to
ourselves; but to humanity and to
God. The ideal of unselfish serv-
ice is the ideal of Mortar Board."

Maggie Toole, this year's presi-
dent of Mortar Board announced
the new members and presided at
the initiation ceremony and for-
mal banquet in the Alumnae
House.

Among the faculty members and
Mortar Board members attending
were Miss Margaret Phythian,
Miss Margaret Ridley, Miss Ellen
Douglass Leybum, Dean and Mrs.
S. G. Stukes, Miss Carrie Scan-
drett, Miss Charlotte Hunter, Miss
Betty Anne Brooks, Mr. and Mrs.
George P. Hayes, Miss Emma May
Laney, Miss Janef Preston, and
Miss .Lucile Alexander.

Silversmith

To Exhibit
Craft Work
April 15-27

Craft work of Emil Karlson,
silversmith, will be exhibited in
the Agnes Scott library April 15-
27. On display will be some silver
and copper objects, spoon mod-
els, plaster work, drawing de-
signs and a large number of arti-
cles in pewter ware.

Mr. Karlson learned his trade
as silversmith with the Royal
Jewelers in Stockholm, Sweden.
After coming to this country he
worked with Gorham's at Provi-
dence, R. L, with Reed and Bar-
ton at Taunton, Mass., and sub-
sequently at Williamsburg, Va.
For the past several years he
has been a resident of Decatur.
He is the father of Marjorie Karl-
son.

Art Songs Accent
Monday Musical

Agnes Scott college and the
University System of Georgia pre-
sented a music appreciation hour
under the direction of Hugh Hodg-
son April 1. The evening con-
sisted of a program of art songs.
Soloists were Helen Riley Smith
and Carolyn Voshell, violinist.

Juniors Reveal
Banquet Plans

For the first time in three
years, the junior class is to have
its annual junior banquet Satur-
day, April 13 at 6:30 p. m. Cele-
brating with the juniors and their
dates will be Dr. J. R. McCain,
Miss Carrie Scandrett, and the
junior class sponsors, Mr. R. B.
Holt and Miss Margaret Ridley.

Following a welcome speech by
Dot Peace, junior class president,
those present will be entertained
by Graham Jackson, popular ne-
gro pianist who will play during
the course of the meal. Serving
the juniors will be waitresses
from the freshman class.

The banquet menu includes fi-
let mignon, as well as salad and
dessert carrying out the Easter
motif. The dining room will be
decorated with Easter bunnies,
eggs, and favors..

Mortar Board is in charge of
invitations as well as cotfee
which will be in Murphy
Candler immediately after the
banquet. Committees for the ban-
quet are: Anne Eidson, place
cards, Betty Turner, decorations,
B. A. Ziegler, entertainment, Mary
Jane Fuller and Punky Mattison,
blind dates.

High School Day
Draws Many
To View Campus

At the annual Agnes Scott
High School Day for seniors of
the Atlanta and Decatur high
schools, held April 6, more than
70 visitors surveyed the college
as a perspective alma mater.
Freshmen hostesses, keeping a
wary eye out for the weather,
guided the visitors to lunch,
through the various dormitories,
and campus buildings.

The girls arrived from 12:45 on.
They met their hostesses in Mur-
phy Candler and proceeded to
lunch. Following the campus tour,
the group met in the gym for a
short entertainment. Reece New-
ton and Joyce Hale gave readings
from "Patty Goes to College," the
special chorus sang popular songs,
and the ballet group did a hun-
garian dance. At intermission
Nancy Dendy played boogie woog-
ie followed by the Jr. Joint fresh-
man stunt. After a swimming exhi-
bition in which Betty Blackburn
featured stunt dives, the hostesses
and guests returned to Murphy
Candler.

Old Rings in New As Elections End

Student Officers to Be Installed;
Meadows to Wield the Gavel

Jane Meadows, incoming president of the studeht govern-
ment, will offically wield the gavel tomorrow at the installa-
tion service of "exec".

Other members of the organization who will be formally
instituted at the time are Virginia Dickson, vice-president;

Adele Dieckmann, secretary; Sis-
ter Davis, treasurer; Mac Craig,
orientation chairman; Laura Win-
chester, Rebekah Scott; Rosemary
Jones, Main; Marie Adams, In-
man; Dabney Adams, student re-
corder; Lou McLaurin, lower
house chairman; and Jean Rentz,
day student representative.

Soph exec members are Hunt
Morrjs, Nancy Parks, Doris Sul-
livan, Junior exec members are
Bobby Blair, and Beth Jones.

Agnes Harnsberger was install-
ed as president of Christian as-
sociation yesterday in chapel while
Janet Liddell was installed as
vice-president. Pris Hatch is sec-
retary and Marianna Hollands-
worth is treasurer of the organi-
zation.

Other members of C. A. Coun-
jcil are Margie Bond, discussion,
Janie Coith, Social Service; Deed-
ie Merrin, Y. W. C. A.; Bobbe
Whipple, Intercollegiate repre-
sentative; Bet Patterson, Recrea-
tion; B. J. Brown, Vespers; Butch
Hays, Publicity; Ann Faucette,
Worship; Millie Evans, Music;
Nancy Deal, Chapel; Nancy Den-
dy, Soph Cabinet president; Cajie
Johnson, Soph Advisor; Margaret
Kelly, Religious Resources.

Officers elected by the student
body in the spring elections are
Genet Heery, president of ath-
letic association; Ann Hough,
vice-president; Sheely Little, sec-
re. ary; Virginia Tucker, treasur-
er.

A. A. board for 1946-47: Jean
Fraser, hockey; Cookie Miller,
swimming; Jackie Stewart, tennis,
Bunny Brannon, basketball; Vir-
ginia Andrews, badminton; Va-
nesse Orr, volleyball; Marie Cuth-
(Continued on Page 2)

AS Poetry Club
Sends Selections
To Arts Forum

The contributions of three
members of poetry club were re-
ceived for criticism an& discus-
sion at tfte arts forum held at
the Woman's College of the Uni-
versity of North Carolina at
Greensboro, March 14, 1946.

Selections accepted were "Au-
tomobile Accident," by Jean Ful-
ler; "To a Pilot" by Virginia An-
drews; and "The Formal Tea" by
Verna Weems.

Noted English professors from
Columbia, Duke, Sweet Briar
were leaders in selecting the ma-
terial and in the discussion.

None of the Poetry Club mem-
bers were able to attend the dis-
cussions of the forum, therefore
the criticism made there is not
yet known.

ArtDepartrnent
Offers Three
April Lecturers

The Art department will pre-
sent three lecturers this month,
representing a variety of fields.

Philip Raymond Noble,. New
York travel lecturer, will give an
illustrated lecture on "The Eng-
land We Have Known," on Thurs-
day, April 11, at 4: 30 p. m., in the
Old Chapel.

On April 18, Howard Thomas,
Professor of Art, University of
Georgia, will give a demonstra-
tion of landscape painting in oils
and on April 25 Emil Holzhauer
will present a demonstration in
pastels.

Mr. Noble win describe the
English Lake district, the cathed-
ral cities of York, Ely, Lincoln,
Gloucester and others, the univer-
sity towns of Oxford -and Cam-
bridge, the Shakespeare country,
and the "charm and loveliness of
a countryside which has lived
long with men."

Educated at Princeton and
Harvard, Mr. Noble has had wide
experience on the lecture plat-
form. He comes to Agnes Scott
from a speaking tour of the Wes-
tern states. The lecture is open
to the public.

War Council
Reports Years
Activities

War Council presents the -fol-
lowing report of its activities for
the past year.

At the first meeting the follow-
ing committees were appointed:
Public instruction: Miss Mell and
Tina Hewson; Conservation and
production: Miss Phythian and
Nancy Deal; Finances: Dr. Chris-
tian and Lura Johnston; Publicity:
Miss Steele, Carol Giles and Nel-
lie Scott.

Results from the various drives
include:

1. $1800 received as a pledge
from the student body as its
contribution to United War Fund
and Community Chest, World
Student Service Fund, American
Red Cross, and Infantile Paraly-
sis. This pledge was ^supplemented
by $100 from the offering of In-
vestiture Sunday and $340 from
the junior class as proceeds of the
Junior Joint.

2. A large amount of canned
food donated for the UNRRA drive
for food to go to the war-stricken
nations.

3. 450 articles of clothing were
donated by faculty and students
for the relief of people all over
the world.

4. Students have been able to
obtain knitting wool and have
made sweaters, wash rags and
socks for the Red Cross.

5. The adoption of Erick Reit-
mann, refugee orphan was spon-
sored through the Foster Parent's
plan.

6. The junior class has collected
paper through the sponsorship of
war council.

7. An index has been prepared
of the available Red Cross staff
assistants on campus in antici-
pation of the calls on the Agnes.
Scott student body.

Leaders Plan Joint Retreat
To Unify Campus Aims

Seniors to Parody
Romberg May 4

On May day night, May 4 at
8:30, Presser Hall will resound to
the strains of music from the an-
nual senior opera. This year the
class of '46 will present a light
comedy opera singing original
words to the music of Sigmund
Romberg.

Rehearsals will begin Wednes-
day night, April 10. The six lead-
ing roles will be played by the
following seniors Nancy Hardy,
Majorie Naab, Vera Orem, Betty
Patrick, Peggy Perez, and Ann
Seitzinger.

Initiating a brand new group of
leaders and a brand new campus
policy, student government will
sponsor a joint retreat of lead-
ing organizations Thursday at 7
p. m. in Maclean auditorium.
Auditorium.

Members and officers of Exec,
A. A. Board, C. A. cabinet and
Mortar Board, and the editors
of The Agnes Scott News will
meet in an effort to coordinate
and unify campus opinion and ob-
jectives and to pave the way for
more cooperation among organi-
zations during the coming session.
This is the first joint planning
meeting of this sort at Agnes
Scott.

Student Government and Chris-
tian Association laid plans for
their organizations' policies and
aims at retreats Saturday night.

Anyone interested is invited to
attend.

Greek Columns Needed
For May Day Festival

Has anybody seen any extra
Greek columns floating around
any place? According to Dale Ben-
net, the May Day prop commit-
tee may have to go to Athens
(Greece not Georgia!) to find
some for "Festival to Beauty" to
be presented on May 4.

Ruth Simpson
Will Present
Recital Friday

Ruth Simpson will present a
piano recital in Gaines Chapel
Friday evening, April 12, at 8:30.

She will be assisted by Vera
Orem, soprano, and Jean Fuller,,
accompanist. The program will
be as follows:

Prelude and Fugue in B Minor
(well-tempered Clavichord), Bach;
Allegro assai, from Sonata in F
Minor, Op. 57, Beethoven.

"The May Night", Brahms;
"With a Waterlily," Grieg; "Stars,
with Little Golden Sandals,'*
Franz.

"Jesus, Joy of Man's Desiring/"*
Bach-Hess; Prelude in D, Op. 28,
No. 15, Chopin; Etude in E, Op.
10, No. 3, Chopin; Rhapsody in
G Minor, Op. 79, No. 2, Brahms.

"Iris," Wolf; "The Time for
Making Songs has Come," Rogers;
"Ouvre Ton Coeur, Bizet.

Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op.
15, First Movement: Allegro con
brio, Beethoven (Orchestral part
on the organ).

Page 2

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1946

Athlete's Feats

By Ruth Ryner

It's time for columnist and
staff of co-workers (meaning, of
course, guest columnists who
came to the rescue during strike
periods) to say farewell. But not
before some little comment has
been made on springtime sports,
dust, and floods. Betweeen period-
ic cloudbursts, dust has really
been flying from the tennis courts
(when properly drained) to the
riding ring and back to the hockey
field where volley balls and golf
balls are constantly being knock-
ed around. Such activity!

The singles tennis tournament
is under way and unless the
weather man steps in and blubs a
halt this one will not be Cleft
hanging in mid-air as the doubles
tourney last fall. Second round
coming up. While speaking of ten-
nis, a word for the freshmen who
showed up for the try-outs one
day last week when Tennis Club
didn't "our humblest apologies
and watch the bulletin board for
further announcements, period.

Get out that glove and slinging
arm. There'll be softball for all
that are interested back of the
gym from six 'til dark every night.
If your batting average is below
par or if you liJke to play come
on out and join in the fun.

HEADLINES: The seniors prove
they are still very much alive by
winning a volley ball game. And
so it goes fall, winter and spring
"you'll miss us when we're
gone."

Official farewells come along
the athletic line when -A. A. holds
its banquet early in May. Con-
gratulations to all the new board
members and a word from us
have fun.

BOZ Wants Schedules

B. O. Z.'s president, Ruth Simp-
son, requests that .all members
turn their afternoon schedules to
her so that she can plan the meet-
ings at a suitable time.

Late Report

Basketball Season Ends;
Varsity Tilt Score 28-22

Basketball season came to an end with the traditional
varsity-sub- varsity playoff Friday night, March 1. The play-
ers showed the individual qualities which placed them on
the teams, and the teamwork, though less than that of the
class teams, was still evident in the exciting final conflict,
which ended 28-22 in favor of var-

SWIXG THAT RACQUET: Ann Haggerty and Bobbe Whipple
show form that would make even double champions Mac Craig
and Carolyn Gilchrist take notice.

COcs/FCCWJCj

Classes to Swim
In Meet April 16

On Tuesday night, April 16, at
8:30 p. m., the freshmen and
sophomores will unite to com-
pete against a junior-senior swim-
ming team in a meet to be held
'just for fun." Any member of
any class is eligible to partici-
pate in the events.

Two diving contests will be
held, intermediate diving for those
who have never dived in a meet
before and advanced diving
for the advanced group. Other
events, such as tandems, surface
dives, inverted breast stroke, 20
yard dash, and an 80 yard relay,
will also be conducted.

Miss Barbara Ames, Mrs. Hen-
riette Lapp and Miss Llewelyn
Wilburn of the physical education
department will act as judges for
the meet.

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Student Officers

(Continued from page one)
bertson, golf; Louise Hoyt, out-
ing; Jean Williams, archery; Sal-
ly Ellis, publicity; Edna Claire
Cunningham, riding; Miss Bar-
bara Ames, faculty advisor.

Silhouette officers: Sweetie
Calley, editor; Punky Mattison,
associate editor; Pagie Violette,
assistant editor; Margaret Yancey,
assistant editor; Louisa Aichel,
business manager; Jean da Silva,
advertising manager; Au r o r a :
Phia Pedakis, editor; Alice Beard-
sley, managing editor; Carol Tay-
lor, business manager; Agnes
Scott News: Jo Benton, editor;
Dale Bennett, managing editor;
Harriet Gregory, assistant editor;
Clarkie Rogers, assistant editor;
Alice Newman, business mana-
ger; Mary McCalla, advertising
manager; Mary Manly, assistant
advertising manager; and June
Driskill, assistant advertising
manager; lecture association: Bet-
ty Andrews, president; Carol
Giles, treasurer; May day, Peggy
Pat Home; World Service Coun-
cil, Nellie Scott, student chairman.

sity.

The game got off to a fast
start with a score for sub-varsity
by Sally Ellis. The varsity, not
to be outdone, immediately re-
taliated. There were remarkably
few goals during the first quar-
ter because the blocking and in-
tercepting was marvelous. Millie
McCain, for sub-varsity, and B.
J. Radford, for varsity, were the
most outstanding of all the guards,
and seemed to outplay even their
own former records. There were
a good many fouls in the first
quarter, and the score was tied,
4-4, when the whistle blew.

With the second quarter, the
hard playing was resumed, with
beautiful long shots on both sides.
The scoring was fast throughout
the last part of the quarter, first
by one team, then the other. At
the half, the sub-varsity was lead-
ing, 13-12.

At the beginning of the sec-
ond half, the varsity scored a
field goal and the sub-varsity tied
the score with a foul shot. Then
the luck changed. Mary Hump-
hries shot a beautiful long shot
and the varsity pulled ahead. Ge-
net Heery retaliated for the subs,
but they never succeeded in gain-
ing the lead again. The passing
on both teams was superb, and the
fighting was hard. Scotty Johnson
was able to stop several of the
varsity goals, but Humphries was
not to be stopped. She and Bun-
ny Brannan played the most out-
standing games for the forwards.
The final whistle blew with the
varsity ahead, 28-22.

The line-ups are as follows:
varsity: forwards, Frazer, Ryner,
Brannan; guards, Liddell, Rad-
ford, Denning; substitutes, Hump-
hries, Hough, Newton, Hayes, Cun-
ningham. Sub-varsity; forwards,
Stephenson, Heery, Purcell ;
guards, McCain, Johnson, Phelps;
substitutes, Ellis, Stubbs, Cook.

Classes Divide
Plaques; Two
Win AS Guards

Athletic association's plaques
for the year's sporting events were
evenly distributed at the A. A.
recognition chapel program March
1. The seniors were awarded the
hockey Jplaque, /the sophomotres
the swimming award, and the jun-
iors and freshmen divided the bas-
ketball honors.

Two seniors won their guards,
signifying 1200 points in addition-
al to the 1600 needed for the AS
pin. Guards went to Sarah Walk-
er, A. A. president, and Bettye Lee
Phelps.

Pins were awarded to Mildred
McCain, Soozi Richardson, and
Ruth Ryner, seniors; Jean Den-
ning, and Janet Liddell, juniors.

Margaret Scott, swimming man-
ager, announced swimming var-
sity; Bunny Brannan, Betty Black-
mon, and Jean Frazer, freshmen;
Ann Sproesser, Jenny Wren, and
Cookie Miller, sophomores; Janet
Liddell, junior; Bettye Lee Phelps
and Margaret. Scott, seniors.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1946

wan

Song

The dying swan begins to sing.
We have marched forward in the
last year and a half news bound.
Next week a new staff takes over.
"The old order changeth" and the
1945-46 staff says to its successor,
the very best of luck.

To the campus, the retiring staff
says thanks for cooperating for
supporting The Agnes Scott News.
With printer's ink staining our
hands and with deep humility in
our hearts we offer the challenge
the student body has given us to
make The News tHe voice of the
campus to the new editors. We
found it a glorious challenge. It
has broadened our outlook and
given those of us working on your
paper, a start toward self-suffic-
iency. It is with a sad heart and
grateful thanks, that the swan of
the 1945-46 staff dies.

News Hunt

"Easter time is the time for eggs" and
the time for eggs is hunting time, so the
Agnes Scott News proclaims. The News
will sponsor the first Easter egg hunt on
campus in several years Friday, April 12.

The hunt will be held on front campus
from 5. to 6 p. m., beginning promptly
at 5 p. m. The admission price is fifteen
cents and tickets will be on sale in the
lobby of Buttrick this week and will be
sold in the dormitories Wednesday and
Thursday nights.

A grand prize will be granted for the
finder of the golden egg.

Challenging!

To the officers of 1946-47, The
News says nice going! Congratul-
ations are due not only to the elect-
ed, but to the electors. Each office
offers a challenge which will take
some stretching to reach some
striving to attain. The members
of Mortar Board offer a challenge
not limited to the chapter alone but
to the whole student body those
who are potential Mortar Board
members, all of you, or those who
have missed the chance. It is the
challenge of the selfless self. It is
a challenge which is met only
through the transcendency of one's
finite being to an infinite desire to
serve humanity. It is seeing beyond
the moment and the situation, and
remembering Donne's phrase of
"Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it
tolls for thee". Accept your chall-
enge and meet it. The gauntlet has
been thrown down. Will you pick
it up?

Thanks

To those who worked on the de-
votional booklet, "Our Father", and
to those contributing, the campus
is grateful. In the whirl of school
life it is easy to become confused
about your ideals and beliefs . . .
it is necessary to take stock at the
end of a day. Reading some thought
which comes from a fellow student
means much to us for it comes from
the heart ... it is said simply. To
those who put their time and effort
IS the two editions of the booklet,
we say thanks.

Citizen Scott:

Pre-Summer

Already the lush stillness of a
summer's day is stealing in the win-
dows, Citizen Scott mused. Life is
taking on the last minute stir before
Easter then summer. Spring house-
keeping, here on the campus and in
world politics, is drawing to a close
at least for the time being. The
usual amount of politics has been
done in both cases. But faith in
humanity, in the integrity of indi-
viduals and nations, is high, Citizen
believed. Soon life will be concerned
with whether Easter will be too hot
or too cold for a coat and Suzie will
wear a cap-sleeve silk, freezing and
enjoying herself.

But Citizen Scott thought, getting
away from generalizing and to the
prime factors of the case all eyes
are still "Soviet conscious" as ole
Joe settles with Iran and promises
to withdraw Russian troops by May
6. Could there be anything to the
fact that the Soviet troops were in
Iran when the agreement was
reached? Citizen chalked up one for
the Reds in their occupation of
Bornholm, Baltic island belonging
to Denmark. They have not made it
into the "veritable Gibraltar" the
world had rumored, but left it the
same peaceful island. Other Euro-
pean nations are greasing the wheels
of their administrations and setting
the machinery in order for a
summer of work, as Romania breaks
with Spain and Poland establishes
diplomatic relations with the Span-
ish Government in exile.

Right at home, Congress is doing
some revamping and putting the
finishing touches on the Spring
housecleaning. Seems the Senate
got busy Friday and passed on to
the house a bill boosting the mini-
mum wage to sixty-five cents per
hour and carrying a higher farm-
price amendment. The amendment
will raise the price of agricultural
products by revising farm parity
formula to include the cost of farm
labor, Citizen figured. Perhaps it
will equalize the recent wage gains
won by organized labor, she spec-
ulated, or maybe like administrat-
ion officials contend, it is inflation-
ary. The House Banking Commitee
has given the OPA a full year's new
lease of life, Citizen noted, approv-
ing legislation 15 to 4 Friday. But
noting the assembly lines in Detroit,
the automobile production is out
of gear again, Citizen thought dis-
gustedly. General Motors has cut
its motor attempting to conserve
a supply of steel threatened by
current coal strikes. But the latest
strike occured Friday in the Briggs
Body Works and Chrysler Corp-

oration when 113 truck deliverers
walked out. Maybe civilization will
revert back to pedestrianism through
sheer necessity, she mused cynically.

Three cheers for the department
of justice and Ellis Arnall and all
the other liberal Americans in up-
holding the right of a person to vote
in primary elections regardless of
color. The law was settled by the
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and
the denial of certiorari by the
Supreme Court in a recent Georgia
case. So the Fifth Circuit Court
holds that a party primary is an
essential part of the state's election
process and that party officials are
acting for the state in conducting
them. According to the fifteenth
amendment of the Constitution
Citizen reasoned, no jury could
deny suffrage to any man.

Turning to a composite of state,
nation and world news, Citizen con-
templated the Big Four foreign
ministers meeting. Uncle Sam is
right in rejecting the Russian pro-
posals for postponement of the Paris
Peace conference-, he thought. A
preliminary meeting will be ideal
to set up the mechanism for the
organization. We pledged oursel-
ves, Russia, Great Britian, France,
and the United States, at the
Moscow agreement to settle the
final peace treaties with Italy, Hun-
gary, Romania, Finland and Bul-
garia before May 1. They have a
right to get straightened out before
hot weather with its laziness sets in.

I feel the heat of summer already
Citizen said right out loud as she
wiped her brow. Perhaps its the
heat of the world in its whirl of
beating life at its own game of
pulling out of war into peace of
United Nations Security Council or
for the front line of A. S. C. as "big
women on the campus". No matter,
Citizen thought, the new will come
in and the old retire regretfully, yet
the world will keep turning. If it
isn't Russia they're criticizing it'll
be the next nation until the race
will begin over again. Spring will
turn into the heat of summer and
the lushiness will please some and
smother others. Whether fall, or
spring, or summer, "politicing" will
keep on giving flavor to life.

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS

Calico Talks;
Of ^Universe*

Margaret McManus was awarded the
Claude S. Bennett trophy for the best
individual acting of the year Friday night
at the Blackfriar's presentation of
Philip Barry's "Hotel Universe."

The award this year was a sterling
silver flower bowl. It was presented also
on the basis of Margaret's performance
as Elizabeth in Jane Austin's "Pride
and Prejudice", the fall play. Judges for
this year were Mrs. William Pauley, Miss
Para Lee Brock and Paul Jones.

"Hotel Universe" ran for two nights,
playing large audiences at both perfor-
mances. It was capably directed by Miss
Roberta Winter, Instructor in Speech,
with George Wilson as technical director.
Laura Johnston, Martha Polk, and Pat
McManmon portrayed Hope Ames, Alice
Kendall and Ann Field respectively on
Thursday night. Grace Durant, Jennie
Wren and Angela Pardington took the
same roles on Friday night.

A psychological drama, the play con-
tained a number- of rather unusual feat-
ures. There was no division into acts and
scenes, the play being two hours contin-
uous time. A ten minute intermission
was inserted halfway for the benefit of
the audience though they did not seem
to desire it either night. With outstand-
ing performance by all four of the main
women parts, a novel role was that of
the French maid, played by Jeanne Rentz,
who spoke French all through the play,
with her half-hourly announcement of the
time.

Exceptional ability was shown by the
men of "Hotel Universe", further increas-
ing popularity. W. J. Reese as Stephen
Field, the father who fights death to help
right the lives of other people, was out-
standing.

Miss Winter was presented with a piece
of costume jewelry by the cast at the
close of the performance Friday night.

by Calico.

Out Of
The Woods

By Anne Noell

Those who live on the wing of Rebekah
over old chapel have always suffered, but
surely no one has had quite the exper-
ience of one sophomore who was hiding
behind a "Busy" sign the other night.
As sounds of voice and piano floated up-
ward in increasing volume, she was more
and more distracted. Finally she went
to the window and, with a bit of rather
choice language, suggested that those
below go elsewhere. When they didn't,
she dropped a few books on the floor.
Shortly thereafter, there came a timid
rap at the door. The angry student
yelled: "If you want to take a knock,
COME IN." She turned around as a voice
inquired: "Is our play practice disturbing
you?" and found Miss Winter peeking
around the door.

For the first time since I've been at
Agnes Scott, High School Day did not
bring forth iced tea and chicken salad,
damp weather or no. Which just goes to
show that a heck of a lot of things have
changed in the space of four years, and
even bigger ones are in the air. But all
we hope is that, when we come back to
see the metamorphoses, We are as little
conscious of the students' condescending
smiles as today's alumnae have been of
ours. Reminiscence will be just as pre-
cious to us, and to those who follow, as
as it is to the thousands who have gone
before us.

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VOL. XXXI

Scott College, Wed. April 17, 1946

No. 22

Juniors Celebrate at Formal Dinner

Open House
Adds to Fun

Dreams of pre-war glamour
came true Saturday night when
nearly 100 juniors and their dates
gathered for the first Junior ban-
quet in three years.

Dot Peace, president of the
class, opened the semi-formal fes-
tivities with a short speech of
welcome.

Decorations in the dining room
were carried out in pastel shades
with Easter as the theme. Candles,
favors and arrangements of snap-
dragons and roses were on each
table. Freshmen dressed in white
were waitresses for the evening.

Graham Jaqkson, star of the
Junior Joint last February, play-
ed during the meal.

Following the banquet Mortar
Board held open house in Murphey
Candler, with Miss Margaret Rid-
ley and Miss Charlotte Hunter
pouring coffee. Dancing, games,
and music by Graham Jackson
provided entertainment until mid-
night.

Also attending the open house
were Miss Carrie Scandrett, Mr.
and Mrs. S. G. Stukes, and Dr.
J. R. McCain.

H. T. Cox Joins
Faculty As
Botany Head

The latest addition to the Agnes
Scott faculty is H. T. Cox, pro-
cessor of botany, already famous
in student circles for his beauti-
fully organized lectures. He comes
to Agnes Scott from the Coast
Guard in which he served as a
Lieutenant for four years.

Mr. and Mrs. Cox are living
with the McGregors at present
and are eating in the school's
dining room. Before her marriage
Mrs. Cox played the piano on the
radio program, Chamber Music
Society in Lower Basin Street.

From Greenville, S. C. origin-
ally, Mr. Cox was graduated from
Furman University and took his
graduate work at the University
of N. C.

Before becoming a coast guard-
sman, he taught at Howard Coll-
ege in Birmingham for a year and
a half.

C. A.

Plans Chapels
For Easferfime

As a basis for Easter thinking
Christian association has planned
a series of chapel programs, a
sunrise service, and a special ves-
per meditation.

The choir will present special
numbers at chapel Thursday. The
Episcopalians have planned a wor-
ship service of music and poetry
for Friday.

George P. Hayes, professor of
English, will conclude the chapel
series with the usual Saturday
thanksgiving program.

Tuesday was a worship program
led by Betzie Powers with special
organ music by C. W. Dieckmann,
professor of music. Paul Gar-
ber, professor of Bible, spoke Wed-
nesday.

Bet Long Sale will lead the
sunrise service, and Helen Currie,
(Continued on Page 2)

Exec Installs
New Officers

Members of the executive com-
mittee of student government for
next year were installed Thurs-
day in chapel. Jane Meadows
took over the office of president
after former president, Margie
Naab, administered the student
government oath to her .

President Meadows stated in
her inaugural address that the
recent questionnaires issued to all
students showed that people do
not know the purpose of student
government, nor do they under-
stand the processes of the execu-
tive committee in making its de-
cisions.

She added that an effort would
be made in the coming year to
let each girl see how the organi-
zation works and to make sugges-
tions for its improvement.

Jane also cited the fact that
the only thing all governments
have in common is the ability to
be criticized. Although the hon-
or system has received much crit-
icism, she reminded the school
that there were many good things
incorporated in it which are never
publicized.

The new president closed her
remarks with the statement that
next year's executive committee
will work "to the end of a more
student government."

McCain, Stukes
At Conference

Dr. J. R. McCain and Dean
S. G. Stukes, representing Agnes
Scott, recently attended the ninth
annual meeting of the Southern
university conference held in
Memphis, April 10-11.

The theme of the conference
was "Education for a Democracy."
The discussions were concerned
chiefly wjth senior college and
graduate work and the maintain-
ing of the quality of education as
it will probably be affected by
the large number of veterans en-
tering college.

AS to House
Emory Women
For Summer

To help relieve the local hous-
ing shortage, Agnes Scott will
open its doors to some 200 Emory
University summer school students
this summer.

The students will ocuppy Main
and Rebekah Scott dormitories
from the second week in June to
the last week in August, President
J. R. McCain has announced. While
plans have not been completed, it
is possible that the dining room,
switchboard, and steam plant may
be kept open during the summer
months.

Emory will furnish transporta-
tion for the students between the
campuses and the project will be
operated from the Emory business
offices.

The summer boarders will in-
clude about 100 nurses, a group
of library school students, and
attendants of the regular Emory
summer session.

Thomas, Holzhauer
Paintings in Buttrick

Howard Thomas, professer of
art at the University of Georgia,
will give a demonstration of land-
scape painting in oils tomorrow at
2 p. m. in room 325 Buttrick.

Mr. Thomas was head of the
Agnes Scott art department for
two years.

Emil Holzhauer will give a
demonstration in pastels in the
same room at 2 p. m. April 25.

New Record Player

A record player has been or-
dered for the large date parlor in
Main and is expected from the
factory at an early date. The
room has been rearranged for
dancing and games; Student Gov-
ernment and Mortar Board are
working out plans.

Campus Croup Plans
CloserUnity f or'46-47

Holt to Retire
Next Year; 28
Years at ASC

Frierson Named
Chemistry Head

Robert B. Holt, head of the
chemistry department since 1918,
will retire from the Agnes Scott
faculty at the end of this year
under the automatic retirement
system, the administration has
disclosed.

Mr. Holt received his B. A. de-
gree from the University of Wis-
consin and his M. S. from the
University of Chicago. He is
chairman of the electives commit-
tee.

Mr. Holt has taught also at
Tennessee College and for a year
at Wisconsin. He has done research
on lactones in organic chemistry.

Succeeding Mr. Holt as head of
the department will be W. J.
Frierson, professor of chemistry
at Birmingham-Southern college.
Before joining the Birmingham-
Southern faculty last year, Mr.
Frierson was head of the depart-
ment at Hampden-Sydney college
for 14 years.

Mr. Frierson is a graduate of
Arkansas college. He received his
M. S. from Emory university and
his Ph. D. from Cornell. He has
been doing research in the field
of organic chemistry.

Mr. Frierson with his wife and
two children will move to De-
catur in the fall.

Atlanta IQs
Represent News
On Radio Quiz

The Agnes Scott News has a
quiz team. Goldshield Laundry is
sponsoring "a quizzical quest of
Atlanta" on Wednesdays from
8:30 to 9 p. m. over station
WAGA.

There will be 14 teams of At-
lanta Women's clubs to compete
for the $40 prizes. These teams
will draw in the next week to
see which two teams will try on
the first broadcast, to be within
the next few weeks.

Our News team is: Marian Yan-
cey, Anne Burckhardt, Nancy
Harington, and Bunny Brannan.
Substitutes will be Sara Jean
Clarke, Margaret Yancey, Jane
Meadows, and Binkie Stubbs.

Students having guests for
May Day must sign with the
Dean's Office by April 27.

Council to Hear
Suggestions Friday

The first intra-campus confer-
ence at Agnes Scott met Thurs-
day night, April 11, Student Gov-
ernment President Jane Meadows
acting as chairman.

Approximately 50 s t u dents,
members of student government,
C. A. cabinet, A. A. board, Mor-
tar Board, and the staff of the
Agnes Scott News, met to discuss
campus problems and to help
make the work of representative
council more effective.

Called Success

"We feel that the conference
was a distinct success," Jane said.
"The discussion has already im-
proved campus unity and has even
greater potentialities."

Student government recommend-
ed, and the conference approved,
that Representative council con-
sider choosing an all-campus
theme, various phases of which
could be carried out by the major
organizations. This would replace
the old system of having each
club pick a theme.

Centered around several main
topics of discussion, many sugges-
tions came from the group. Rep-
resentative council, composed of
the heads of major organizations,
will meet Friday at 5 p. m. to dis-
cuss these ideas and to study fur-
ther those which are approved.
Day Students Considered

Possible ways suggested to
bring day students more into
campus activities were to hold
club meetings in the afternoons
rather than at night, to have
organizations keep day students
in mind when making plans, and
to have at least one office in each
class filled by a day student.

The terms "big sister" and
"little sister" were suggested as
more personal than "'sponsor" and
"sponsoree" in a discussion of
orientation. The group also felt
handbook classes should be held
the first week before classes
start.

Chapel Group Studied

Formation of a "chapel com-
mittee," composed of heads of or-
ganizations which have chapel
programs, was suggested as a
means of insuring more varied
and interesting programs during
the week. The committee would
include a faculty member and
some day students, and would op-
erate through representative coun-
cil.

Student government plans to
make lower house representatives
a more important group on camp-
continued on Page 2)

Service Council Sponsors
Posey, Sims Talk Series

A talk yesterday by Walter B.
Posey, head of the history depart-
ment, on '.'England at the End of
the War" began a series of talks
on "Personal Observations of
England, France, and Germany"
which are being sponsored by
World Service council.

Other talks given by Mr. Posey
will be "The Regeneration of
France," April 23 at 4:45 p. m.
and "Our Occupation of Ger-
many," May 14, 4:45 p. m.

Scheduled for May 8 is a chap-

el talk by Mrs. Roff Sims, asso-
ciate professor of history, on
"Current Developments in Inter-
national Affairs."

In addition to these talks World
Service council is planning an in-
formal dance at Lawson General
hospital for April 25. Further in-
formation about the dance will be
on the bulletin board.

The Council is making final col-
lections of pledges this month as
all of its obligations must be met
by May 1.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1946

Soeial-Lites

by Mary Brown Mahon

The week-end found many hottentots spending their time
at Emory attending the "Dooley Frolics.*' This is the first
time since 1942 that these gala festivities at Emory have
taken place. Gay times were reported by Sally Bussy, Laney
Harris, Lib Osborne, June Thomason, Glassell Beale, Mary
Frances Anderson, Sweetie Calley,

Bettye Smith, Kate Ellis, Janet
Liddell, Dale Bennett, Beth Wal-
ton, Betty Turner, Nina Owens,
Anne Eidson, Margaret McManus.

Bet Patterson, Mac Compton,
Nancy Geer, Louise Starr, Vir-
ginia Henry, Clarkie Rogers, June
Irvine, Betzie Powers, Betsy Deal,
Maxine Kickliter, Nancy Deal,
Anne Burckhardt, Pat McManmon,
Veelie Knight, Frances Russell,
Frances Long, Beverly Baldwin,
Nancy Parks, Charlsie Smith, Mim
Steele, and Jo Culp.

House Parties

Mildred Claire Jones entertain-
ed a number of her friends at a
house party in Thomaston. Having
a marvelous time were Lou
McLaurin, Mary Beth Little, Anne
Elcan, Pagie Violette, Sister
Davis, Mary Manly, and Mary
Gene Sims.

Spending the week-end with
Ann Patterson at Cuthbert, were
Harriet Reid, June Driskill, and
Margaret Ann Richards.

Homeward Bound

Jeter Starr spent the week-end
in Calhoun, and Rite Watson
went to Batesburg, while Shorty
Lehman went to LaGrange.
Junior Highlights

The Junior banquet was the
occasion for the arrival of many
"O. A. O.'s" (though 'twas said
the blind dates were the cutest
of all).

Long swishing skirts, flowers
on every shoulder, and hardly a
uniform in sight proved the war
is really almost over. For the
banquet, Easter decorations ad-
orned the dining room and enter-
tainment was furnished by Gra-
ham Jackson during the evening.
Open houses have taken a turn
for the better and this one really
did stay open!

Fraternity Function*

During the week there were
fraternity functions galore. At-
tending the Sigma Chi picnic and
house dance at Emory were Jenny
Wren and Ann Woodward, while
Nancy Haislip, B. J. Brown, Susan
Pope, and Bev Gordy danced at
the Delta Tau Delta taOtike at Tech.

The Methodist students at
Tech entertained at a picni? at
Stone Mountain. Jessie Padgett,
Gene Akin, Virginia Skinner,
Betty Beddingfield, Val von Legh,
Julia Blake, Teetoe Williams,
E. Claire Cunningham, Jo Faulk-
ner and Beth Jones all attended
and had a swell time.

Visitors

Many relatives and friends were
week-end visitors on the campus.
OliVG Wilkinson's sister, Bettye
Smith's mother, and Lucille
Gaines McLennan, v* ho is a former
hottentot, were all here. Ruth
Simpson's family came for Ruth's
recital, and Mary Jane Love spent
several days with Kathleen Buch-
anan.

Around Town

Enjoying themselves over the
week-end: Punky Mattison. B. A.
Ziegler. Mary Jane Fuller, and
Harriet Hargrove at the Empire
room. At the Paradise rocm were
Betty Andrews, Alice Beardsley,
and Bunch Beaver. Jean Chew-
ninr and Alio* Gordan danced at
the Mirador room, while Ann
Hightower went to the Druid Hills
country club. At the East Lake
count rv club were Jane Meadows

American Art
Subject of First
Forma n Lecture

Contemporary American paint-
ing will be the subject of the
first of the spring quarter art
appreciation half-hours which will
be given by Henry Chandlee For-
man, head of the art department,
this evening at 6:45 in the old
chapel.

Showing about twenty-five pic-
tures, Mr. Forman will supple-
ment the color slides with short
discussions of each. Non-objective,
abstract, and naturalistic works
of the late 19th and 20th Century
painters, including Grant Wood,
Whistler, Sloan, Marin, and George
Bellows, will be presented.

Last week Phillip Raymond No-
ble, New York travel lecturer,
gave an illustrated lecture on the
subject, "The England We Have
Known."

Singers Will Give
Recital April 22

Seven Atlanta singers with a
pianist will present a recital of
song literature madrigals and
lieder Monday, April 22, at 8 p.
m.

Mrs. Helen Riley Smith directs
the group, who are all members
of the Atlanta Music club. Lewis
Johnson arranged for the pro-
gram.

The program will include "Can-
zonets for Two Voices," Morley;
songs and madrigals: "All Ye
Who Music Love," "Which Is the
Properest Day to Sing 1 ," "Sing
We and Chant It," "The Silver
Swan," "What Saith My Dainty
Darling," "My Bonny Lass She
Smileth," "Early One Morning,"
"Good-day, Sweetheart," "Now Is
the Month of Maying," "She Is
So Dear," and "You Stole my
Love"; motets: "O Bon Jesu,"
Palestrina, and "O Fillii et Fil-
iae," Leisring.

Duets: "Parting," and "Love's
Secret Betrayed," Cornelius;
'Farewell Song of the Birds" and
'The May-Bell and the Flowers,"
Mendelssohn; "I Am Your Tree,
O Gardner," "Pastoral Song" and
"Summer P e a c e," Schumann;
trios: "Night and Dreams" and
"Devotion," Schumann-Braun.

and Alice Beardsley. At the Rain-
bow roof with their good looking
West Point cadets were Betty
Blackmon, Steve Page, Newel
Turner, and Sally Ellis.

FOOTE AND DAVIES

Announces its new
College Annual Department

'MO PFACTITREE STREET

Faculty and students are cor-
dially invited to visit the con-
venient and comfortable work-
ing quarters for Annual Staffs
provided at this new location.

Whitney Group
Features U. S.
Watercolors

A collection of American wa-
tercolors will be on display in
Buttrick hall April 10-30. The
paintings, all from the Whitney
museum of American art in New
York city, represent 25 of the
best-known names among Amer-
ican watercolorists. This special-
ly selected group is touring the
country under the auspices of the
American federation of art.

The Whitney museum had its
origin in 1908, when Mrs. Ger-
trude Vanderbilt opened two gal-
leries for the display of works by
young, talented, and unknown ar-
tists. It is soon to become a part
of the Metropolitan musemum of
art, adding to it an unequalled
collection of American art in all
its phases.

Day Students
Sponsor Tea

"the annual day student tea to
enable parents to meet faculty
members was held Sunday after-
noon, April 14, in Murphey Can-
dler.

Chairman for the tea was Pol-
ly Grant. Marian Yancey as a co-
chairman headed the serving com-
mittee composed of Jean Caswell,
Anna George Dobbins, Mary Par-
tee, Nancy Shelton, and Dot Stan-
ton.

Other co-chairman were Irene
Jacobs, decorations; Mia Gage,
and Jean da Silva, publicity.

In the receiving line were Miss
Carrie Scandrett, Dr. J. R. Mc-
Cain, Maggie Toole as president
of the outgoing Mortar Board,
Anne Seitzinger as the retiring
day student representative, and
Jeannie Rentz, new day student
representative.

Miss Mary King, director of
publicity, and Miss Eugenia
Simms, alumna secretary, presid-
ed over the punch bowl.

Brown to Review Plays, Books

C. A.

Continued from Page 1)
Milly Evans, and the choir will
provide the special music. For the
first time the service will be held
in Gaines chapel at 7:00 a. m.

Freshman cabinet has planned
the vesper service Sunday night.

Call DE. 4922

One Day in Advance for Your
Birthday Cakes, etc.

DECATUR CAKE BOX

Club News

CHI BETA PHI

Martha Jean Gower, assistant
in physics and math, and Laura
Winchester will represent Agnes
Scott at the national Chi Beta
Phi convention in Fredericksburg,
Va., April 26 and 27.

BIBLE CLUB

Bible Club met yesterday to
greet its new members: Dot
Flenniken, Bettie Davison, Alice
Crenshaw, Nancy Huey, Anne
Faucette, Anne Shepard, Kitty
McCoy, Charlsie Smith, and An-
gie Anderson.

PI ALPHA PHI

Pi Alpha Phi held a debate
Thursday night on the subject, re-
solved: that the OPA should be
abolished. The winning affirma-
tive team was B. J. Doyle and
Boobie Blair; upholding the nega-
tive were Lidie Lee and Marie
Beeson.

New debate club members,
chosen on the basis of tryouts,
are Eleanor Compton, Nancy
Dendy, Dot Porter, Virginia Hen-
ry, arid Lida Walker.

B O Z

Calling all writers of the fresh-
men, sophomores, juniors: you are
invited to try out for B O Z prose
writing club. Send your try-out-
story, essay, or play to Ruth
Simpson, Edwina Davis, Alice
Davidson, or Jane Alsobrook, with
your name in a sealed envelope
attached. The deadline is Satur-
day, April 20. Try-outs will be
submitted to Aurora.

New B O Z officers elected at
the meeting Tuesday, April 9, are
Alice Davidson, president, and
Jane Alsobrook, secretary. The
next meeting is scheduled for
Wednesday, April 24, at 7:00 p.
m.

SPANISH CLUB

Spanish club met at Miss Mar-
garet Buckner's Thursday eve-
ning. During the business meeting
the following officers were elect-
ed: Marjorie Harris, president;
Fran Nininger, vice-president;
Peggy Pirtle, treasurer; and Mary
Elizabeth Jackson, secretary. A
social meeting followed during
which games were played and re-
freshments were served.

Watch the moon in Buttrick
lobby!

McCONNELL'S 5 & 10

147 Sycamore Street
112 and 114 Ponce de Leon Ave.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE

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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

Noted Author
Here April 29

John Mason Brown, author, lec-
turer and crTtic, will speak in
Presser hall April 29 at 8:30 p.
m. on "Grease Paint and Print-
ers' Ink a review of plays and
books."

Mr. Brown will come to the
campus under auspices of the Eng-
lish lectures.

Author of many books includ-
ing two on the second world war,
Mr. Brown served in Sicily and
Normandy as a lieutenant in the
navy. Since his return to civilian
life he has become associate edi-
tor of the Saturday Review of
Literature.

Mortar Board will sponsor a
reception in Rebekah Scott lobby
following the lecture. Mr. Brown
will speak again April 30 at 9:30
a. m. to the Shakespeare class and
visitors.

Pate Book

Wednesday, April 17, 6:45 p. in.,
art appreciation half hour, old
chapel.

7 p. m., deadline t*> sign for
News tryouts,

Thursday, April 18, 2 p. m., ex-
hibit of landscape painting by
Howard Thomas, 325 Buttrick.

Saturday, April 20, deadline for
B. O. Z. tryouts.

Sunday, April 21, 7 a. m., Easter
sunrise service, Gaines chapel.
6:30 p. m., Freshmen cabinet
in charge of vespers, Maclean.

Tuesday, April 23, 4:45 p. m., talk
by Walter B. Posey, "The Re-
generation of France," Maclean.

y MigB Seventeen

THEOREM: Unruly tu mmit'8 and
backward bulges needn't mean despair

PROOF: Power Miracle's curve-coax-
ing ways. Bt-Jirectt'onal stretch hclittles
Lips, whittles waists . . . controls with
a caress. You'U wonder that a mesh so
gentle-light could he to firm. Power
Miracle. . . in junior panties and girdles.

m i

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t JR. FOUNDATIONS

HIW YOIK

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1946

Page 3

PLAY

BY
PLAY

Ring out the old, ring in the
new. The new sports staff takes
over its duties with trembling
hands. It's going to be hard to
live up to your standards, Ruth.
After all that inside chatter on
the gym this gossip may seem
mild. We'll try to give the sen-
iors a plug whenever possible
though.

Our major concern for this
week has not been to name the
column when its written. We've
had suggestions running all the
way from "On the Ball" to "Tee
for Two" (plug for the golf en-
thusiasts). That cartoon of the
man sitting in his office with
golf bag could easily be changed
to the girl sitting in the library
with her golf clubs beside her.
All work and no play you know.

Taking a sports tour of the
campus has been hard on our
muscles but we really have seen
the Hottentots taking their ex-
ercise. In case you're wonder-
ing, those warriors with gold
shields and swords charging
around campus are part of a
group of May Day dancers. Can't
decide whether it is better to
be able to say, "We're War,
Love and Marriage," as they do
this year or "Void, Waves and
Dry land" as they did last year.

The old blue bike she ain't what
she used to be. Nope, the A. A.
bike has suffered injuries and
laid for many a night with a de-
flated tire. This popular vehicle
is, however, up and ready again
for use we are happy to anno-
unce.

The best sign of spring that
I know is softball. We'll be
playing after supper every night
this spring. We should be able
to get up at least a couple of
good teams. How about it ?

Just to mention a tennis tour-
nament and the rains begin to
pour. Anyway the tournament
goes on and with prety weather
coming we should have the win-
ner soon.

I don't know whether the
seniors were showing their age
Friday or what, but they really
took a terrific beating in volley
ball from the sophs. In the
years to come maybe the present
soph class will out-live that un-
der dog name they have acquir-
ed. They surely played some
pretty ball Friday.

The new A. A. board really
looks "scrumptious". They are
advocating bigger and better
sports at A. S. C. so you had
better find a big leaf to hide
behind if you don't like some
kind of exercise.

That instructors life-saving
course is really making some
girls look like drowned rats at
supper. Who wouldn't after two
hours of work in that water.

Your sports editors.

Why I Spend These
Lonely Nights Standing

By Edna Claire Cunningham

Skyrocket, Scatterbrain, Star, Blackie, Tony, Butch, Daisy
Mae, and Easy are the prime attractions at Agnes Scott this
spring. One whispers in their ears, strokes their necks and
sometimes wants to kick them.

In case you aren't an ardent equistrian or an enthusiastic
onlooker, the above names are of *
those big, strong goodlooking (this
is going to surprise you) horses
that are causing so much excite-
ment around the campus.

Thirty-five Hottentots are en-
gaged in learning the art of being
able to stay on a horse and sit
down afterwards. Mrs. Lapp is
very pleased with the progress be-
ing made and thinks the beginners
are very apt (she failed to say
apt to do what). .Last year's be-
ginners are now riding on the
trails. These trails wind back of
the school to the Columbia Drive
woods and provide wonderful op-
portunities for the more skillful
riders.

The barn and horses are in
charge of Mr. Pace. An ex-cav-
alry man, Mr. Pace is very capa-
ble at his job.

The horses are very individual
and the anecdotes coming from
the classes must account for the
numerous spectators. A good one
this week has to do with the un-
predictable Skyrocket. Willa Wag-
ner was riding him along the
trail when they came to a credk,
he lay down in it Willa and all.
As Miss Lapp says "Looks as if
he likes to wallow better than
Willa."

The three McGregor children
have ring side seats at all times.
In fact one might say where
there's a horse there's a McGre-
gor. They will soon be riding one
of these he-man animals no doubt.

Guess I had better go over to
the mantle and eat my supper.
Horses ? ? ? I never touch the
stuff.

Cabinet to Hunt Eggs

Freshman cabinet is sponsoring
an Easter egg hunt for Negro
children this afternoon at 4 p. m.
The hunt will be held in Dr. J. R.
McCain's backyard and the mem-
bers of freshman cabinet will su-
pervise it.

CarnegieExam
To Be Tested
At Agnes Scott

Agnes Scott has been chosen one
of the 75 colleges and universities
of the 1700 educational institu-
tions in the country to cooperate
with the Carnegie Foundation for
the Advancement of Teaching in
testing the efficiency of a new
type of general examination.

The examinations which will re-
quire seven and a half hours total,
over a period of two days, will be
given since the affirmative
vote of the senior and sophomore
classes. This year's freshman and
juniors will be tested next year,
if they vote in favor of it.

May 6 and 7, the Monday and
Tuesday after May Day have been
set aside" as tentative dates for
the testing. These days will be
holidays for the two classes taking
the exams.

The object of the streamlined
examinations is to serve as a guide
for students in what subjects they
should take during their formal
education, what lines they should
follow in life after college. The
new exams, differing from the
more general former exams spon-
sored by the foundation, will re-
quire "sequential thinking" and
less recall and actual fact. It will
show an accumulated record of
several year's test of knowledge.

The Carnegie Corporation is
furnishing the money for the ex-
ams which if taken individually
would cost $5.

Agnes Scott sophomores in 1932
took a general examination and as
a result, the college ranked third
nationally. The results of the ex-
aminations, as far as the national
rating of the college is concerned
will probably be announced before
graduation, Dr. J. R. McCain
stated, provided the "exams are
given according to schedule.

Name, Please!

Lower house needs a new name.
In keeping with the plan to make
lower house and proctors have
more representative functions,
Student Government is asking
that new names be submitted for

The plan will be explained in
full in chapel Saturday. Entries
may be put in the Student Gov-
ernment box in the mail room.

Prizes? But of course there'll
be one!

Sophs, Juniors Win
In Volleyball Clashes

Seniors and Frosh Fail

To Follow Up Opening Wins

By Lou McLaurin

For a half hour on Friday afternoon, April 12, the fresh-
man volleyball team struggled to conquer the determined
juniors, and the seniors went down in overwhelming defeat
before the driving sophomores in the second volleyball game
of the season.

Dale Bennett to Head
1946-47 AS Dance Group

Dale Bennett will head the Ag-
nes Scott dance group for the
coming year, according to a re-
cent announcement. She was elect-
ed chairman of the group at its
last meeting.

Seven new members have also
been admitted to the group as a
result of tryouts held early in the
quarter.

New members announced by
Dootsie Gardner, chairman of
this year's group, include Irene
McLeod. Marjorie Harris, Nancy
Parks, Pagie Violette, Dot Porter,
Doris Kissling and Margaret Kel-
ly.

Campus Groups

(Continued from Page 1)
us and on Exec, were made pub-
lic at the conference.

Final topic of discussion was
the honor system. The group felt
that the only trouble arises from
misunderstanding of the system.

Suggestions for clarification
of the honor system included
to explain it to prospec-
tive freshman, and to sponsor hall
discussion groups in the dormi-
tories and a panel discussion in
chapel.

DECATUR THEATRE

April 18-19
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with
William Eythe Lloyd Nolan

April 22-23
Rogers & Hammerstein's

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starring
Dana Andrews Jeanne Crain

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Phone DE. 1665
Decatur, Ga.

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AGNES SCOTT

HOTEL CANDLER

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Operator

The seniors seemed to have lost
the scoring power that gave them
a victory over the juniors in last
week's opener. The juniors, how-
ever, showed remarkable progress
in teamwork in defeating last
week's victorious freshmen. Sophs
were on the ball too as they down-
ed seniors to make up for their
last week's defeat at frosh hands.

Frosh Take Early Lead

The freshmen took the lead
early in the first half of Friday's
game. When Cookie Miller (jr.)
started to serve, however, things
began to happen. At first behind
by seven points, the juniors slow-
ly forged ahead three points. Not
to be outdone, the freshmen put
on steam making many beautiful
spikes low and hard! At the end
of the first half, the score stood
16-14 for the freshmen.

During the second half both
teams played a fast, hard game
with the score going up point for
point. At the end of the game the
juniors held a slim two point
lead made in the last minute of
play. The game ended 28-26 in
favor of the juniors.

Seniors Rusty

The sophomore - senior match
was a little one sided. The seniors,
rather out of practice, could not
seem to control the ball for the
entire first quarter. The sophs
would serve for long intervals pil-
ing up their points in huge num-
bers so that at the quarter the
score stood 33-3. During the last
half however, the seniors showed
decided improvement only allowing
the sophs 22 more points and mak-
ing 11 themselves. The final tal-
ley revealed 55 for the sophs and
14 for the seniors.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1946

EDITORIALS

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS

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

JOANNE BENTON Editor

DALE BENNETT Managing Editor

HARRIET GREGORY

ANNA CLARK ROGERS Assistant Editors

LIDIE LEE Sports Editor

EDNA CLAIRE CUNNINGHAM Assistant Sports Editor

VIRGINIA ANDREWS Copy Editor

MARY BETH LITTLE Feature Editor

MARY BROWN MAHON Society Editor

EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS

Reporters: Mary Frances Anderson, Valeria Brown, Sara Jean Clarke. Pattie Dean, Nelson
Fisher. Mary Jane Fuller, Peggy Pat Horne, Sissy Jeffries, Mildred Claire Jones, Mar-
garet Kinard, Lou McLaurin, Vera Orem, Mae Comer Osborne, Virginia Owens, Dot Peace,
Lidn Walker, Conradine Fraser, Sheely Little.
Feature: Betty Allen, Jane Alsobrook, Doris Kissling.
Sports: Bobbie Whipple, Tattie Mae Williams, Margaret Yancey.

Society: Ellen Morrison, Beth Jones, Eva Williams, B. A. Ziegler, June Driskill, Margaret
Ann Richards.

BUSINESS STAFF

ALICE NEWMAN
M A 1 1 Y Mi ("ALL A

Business Manager

Advertising Manager

M UIVmSIy 1 ' Assistant Advertising Managers

LOKKNNA ROSS Circulation Manager

Business Assistants: Carolyn Bodie, Ann Hough, Doris Street, May Turner, Mary Jane
Schumacher.

Member

Associated Cblie6iate Press

We Protest

Yesterday the Atlanta Constitution ran a two-column,
totally uncalled-for slam at Agnes Scott College.

With complete immaturity, the reporter has romped
through the facts and thrown the mangled results into a
piece of bitter criticism of all for which our college stands.
He has misrepresented the facts, misquoted, and given the
article an air that is not only offensive to us but inaccurate.
He represents the opinion of a small minority when he says
we feel we are "treated like babies." We believe the majority
of students here realize that our social rules are among
the most liberal of any at universities or at girls' colleges.
We do not feel that we are "denied a lot of privileges"
on the contrary, we feel we are allowed considerable free-
domfor instance, 2:30 time limit on Friday night. Anyone
who knew Agnes Scott would not picture all 200 day stu-
dents leaping into cars at the sound of the chapel bell. We
recognize that there is a conservative atmosphere here. We
like it that way, or we would not be here.

The Constitution has given a distorted picture of Agnes
Scott and of its student opinion by changing a word here and
there to exaggerate a quite insignificant fact as far as At-
lanta is concerned into a sensational piece of publicity.

While we are glad enough that the rules do change when
the need is indicated, nonetheless we respect the convictions
of those who have led this school and helped to form its
time-honored traditions.

We think the Constitution showed poor taste and poor
judgment.

Forecasting the News

Green as a brand new blade of grass, but with as much
growing power inside us, the new staff of The Agnes Scott
News takes over this week. We feel humble before the task
ahead, but proud to be the thirty-first link in a long chain of
staffs who have come and gone, each leaving a little of itself
in the paper you have today.

Here is what we hope to leave:

The News does not want to be radical; it is determined to
be progressive. The thirty-first Agnes Scott News policy,
then, is to give you the happenings at Agnes Scott as unbiased
and complete as we are able; to make the News a recognized
clearing house for student opinion and the mouthpiece of the
campus; in fact, to be a good college newspaper.

We hope to become more your paper, more a paper of
which you can be proud.

Galley
Slave

by Alice Beardsley

With full awareness of the
sublime, exalted, and elevated du-
ty of a slave of the galleys to
sacrifice all news of individual
concern to the general reader for
his consideration; with full real-
ization that without the help of
such a slave much news of vital
interest would flounder in the
muck of forgetfulness, I now T lift
my pen with joy, exuberation,
and gladness to discourse on the
junior banquet.

The seniors played a noble part
in this gala affair. All seniors
were asked to assemble in Main,
it seems, where they hung over
the banisters watching the beau-
tiful bevy of males sweeping by
on the arms of their escorts. The
juniors, let it be said, smiled
sweetly into the green eyes of
their senior friends, never suspect-
ing the gleams of malice hidden
in their benign countenances.

And so, rightly, the juniors
were happy and exhausted when
they returned from their 12:30
permission. They then brushed the
teeth, curled the hair, washed the
face and fell into the bed where
all attempts at lengthy relaxa-
tion stopped midway of fulfill-
ment. Only in the case of Carolyn
Gilchrist who hadn't made up
her bed since last inspection time,
did the seniors fail in their pie-'
bed efforts.

An interesting scene taking
place in the cottage named Boyd
where Nellie Scott and Virginia
Barksdale reside.

Scene: Moonlit night.

Time: Rather late.

Author's comment: You might,
dear reader, recognize the Barks-
dale girl as the individual who is
afraid of getting lost in Atlanta,
and who, when braving the ordeal
recently, was suddenly overtaken
by three sailors, one of whom
gently pecked her on the cheek.

Dialogue begins:

Nellie: You know, G i n n y,
wouldn't it be exciting if a man
came around on this porch to-
night . '. . beautiful moonlight
and all?

Ginny: H'mmm.

Nellie: Oh, I think it would be
real nice. (She yawns) Now Gin-
ny, if he comes, you be sure to
wake me up, hear?

Ginny: M'mmm.

(Nellie yawns again and closes
her eyes).

(Ginny moves quietly to the
door where she holds a conference
with Kosy Wadlington. Every-
thing is under control).

Ginny: (humming a tune, goes
to look through the window at the
moonlight.)

Nellie: (arousing a bit from the
effect of the melodious strains.)
What're you doin' at that win-
dow, Ginny? Oh, I know you're
looking for that man!

(At this moment there is seen
silhouetted against the moonlight
two long legs. Nellie's mouth
drops. In her effort to escape
from the clutches of the "man"
she becomes entangled in the
sheets.)

Nellie: (screaming) Kosy, I
know that's you, isn't it Kosy?
Ginny, isn't that Kosy? Isn't it
Ginny?!!!!

Ginny: and mob outside door:
(Much laughter) Curtain closes
as the "man," alias Kosy steps
through the window.

Moral: "Wishing will make it
so."

Christian Finds Formula
As Spare Time Fun

Classes Elecf
'46-' 47 Slate

Class officers have been elect-
ed for next year. Margaret Mc-
Manus will head the senior class,
aided by Caroline Squires as vice-
president and Glassell Beale, sec-
retary-treasurer.

Lida Walker is the new junior
class president, Edna Claire Cun-
ningham, vice-president, and B. J.
Brown is secretary and treasurer.

Sophomore class officers are
president, Reese Newton, and vice-
president, Tillie Alexander. The
secretary-treasurer is to be elect-
ed.

Off the
Copy Hook

Betty Patrick, Pris Hatch, and
Bobbe Whipple, represented C. A.
at Tech last Wednesday night.
They gave a devotional and led
a discussion about love and friend-
ship. It is reported that the boys
entered wholeheartedly into the
tete-a-tete.

Everybody loved the junior ban-
quetthe juniors, their dates, the
seniors Watching from upstairs,,
Graham Jackson, the Stukes and
the freshman waitress who found a
penny tip on her table!

Thanks for coming to the News'
Easter Egg Hunt. Ann Ezzard won
the grand prize for finding the
"golden" pink egg, and Beepee
Patrick found the most eggs,
twelve plus one she gave away.
Virtue does pay!

Countless junior toes, unaccus-
tomed as they are to dancing,
trustingly plunged into the depths
of their beds Saturday night, only
to be halted by short sheets. By
that time however, the social but-
terflies were too weary to worry,
and merely folded their wings and
silently slept away.

Agnes Scott has contributed a
formula to the atomic age! In
his paper read before the south-
eastern section of the American
Physical Society, The Integration
of Sine Square of X x , Schuyler
Christian, professor of physics and
astronomy, explained that he had
evolved the formula for a defi-
nite integral and is working out a
table of the values of the integral.
The formula and table will be
used in problems involving radar
and accoustics.

Mr. Christian began his study
of the integral "in his spare time
as recreation" after running into
a problem in radar this summer.
He was working for the Radio
Corporation of America at the
time.

Since the mathematics involved
is long and accuracy essential, he
decided to offer a prize to the
student who turned in the most
values for the integral. Doris
Street was the only one to con-
tribute; she calculated fourteen
values at 25c a value. Please take
note, all digit doters, Mr. Christian
is now offering 50c a value for all
values over the 64th square!

Although the formula may not
be used more than once every
two or three years, and the ta-
ble is far from being finished,
Mr. Christian feels that if you
know "you've done something as.
true and right" you have gained
a satisfaction greater than the
value of the work.

Polly Grant- Heads
League of Voters

Polly Grant is the new president
of the League of Women Voters
at Agnes Scott. Other new offi-
cers are Louise Hoyt, vice-presi-
dent; Betty Turner, secretary; and
Evelyn Puckett, treasurer.

The League is urging that all
citizens of Fulton county over
18 register at the court house by-
May 4, the deadline, in order to
vote in the gubernatorial primary.
Citizens of other counties must
register by July 5. Anyone who
has registered previously need
not register again.

More Books Please, Says Public
As Author MacDougall Complies

"I am very sorry to report that
sales of Biology, the Science of
Life were so unexpectedly large
that we are again out of stock"
is a fact that has confronted Miss
Mary Stuart McDougall ever
since the first printing of her fa-
mous book in March, 1943.

From the mere 2,000 copies roll-
ed off the presses at the first
printing the book has gained in
popularity until the latest print-
ing, which incidentally is the sev-
enth, will bring back from the
bindery 11,000 copies, May 11. In
February and March of this year
the book sold more copies than
the total for either of the first
two years of publication. McGraw-
Hill Book Company serves as Miss
MacDougall's publisher.

Miss MacDougall is president of
the Association of Southeastern
Biologists. Since no meetings were
held during the war, she served
as president for three years. Since
that office involves sending out of
news letters, Miss MacDougall

says she "is glad to get out of the
office next week."

Despite her teaching and presi-
dency, she has found time to help
the U. S. Public Health Service
in a recent research of the ma-
laria parasite. Miss MacDougall
will read her paper on The Origin
of the Male Gamete of Plasmod-
ium and A Report on an Investi-
gation of the Teaching* Load of
Science Teachers at the meeting
of the Georgia Academy of Science
on April 27, in Atlanta and at the
meeting of the Southeastern As-
sociation in Columbia, S. C, Ap-
ril 19.

"That's why I haven't finished
my book," she explained with ref-
erence to the papers. Her new
book, Foundations of Animal BI
ology, began as a special text-
honk of zoology using much of the
old book. The book has become an
entirely new text. Miss MacDoug-
all would like to write a text-
book for high school biology "if
she ever has a chance."

Representative Council
Divulges Initial Plans

Representative council, meeting
for the first time Friday, agreed
upon the following recommenda-
tions to be brought before Ad-
ministrative council Friday aft-
ernoon at 5.

1. Reorganization of lower
house of student government to
make the position of its members
more important and more repre-
sentative, and to broaden duties
and powers of lower house mem-
bers.

2. Appointment of a "chapel
committee," which would be head-
ed by a member of Social Stand-
ards committee and would work
to improve programs and attend-
ance in chapel.

3. Permitting of sponsors to re-
turn to school and go through
committees before freshmen be-
gin to arrive in the fall.

4. Election of the senior day
student representative to Exec by
the whole student body including
boarders.

Council also moved to adopt an
all-campus theme, encompassing
major organizations under a uni-
fied program. The group decided
that a committee to choose a
theme should consist of represen-
tatives of student government,
Christian association, Athletic as-
sociation, World Service council,
The Agnes Scott News, Aurora,
and Silhouette.

New Lower House Seen

A plan for the reorganization of
lower house which would involve
a change in student government's
constitution, will be submitted to
administrative council for approv-
al. If it is approved, the student
body will vote on whether to in-
corporate the changes in the con-
stitution.

The purpose of the proposed re-
organization is to make the func-
tioning of lower house more ef-
ficient and to change the proc-
tor-police idea by making the po-
sition of a member of lower house
more important and more repre-
sentative.

Name Sought

The plan provides for a change
from "proctor" as the name of
lower house representatives to a
name to be chosen in a contest.

A new system for the election
of representatives is also provided.
They would be nominated by
dormitory halls and voted on by
the entire student body. There
would be one representative from
each hall instead of one from each
wing. Each cottage would have
one representative chosen in the
same way.

Day s t u dent representative
would be nominated by the day
students and elected by the stu-
dent body.

The plan provides for two reg-
ular meetings each month. One of
them would be with exec mainly
for the purpose of considering
suggestions submitted in the sug-
gestion box.

Representatives would assume
new duties such as checking the
house books as there may be
one on each hall next year. They
would also hold hall meetings.

Old duties such as having
charge of the second-hand book
store, telephone duty, and Mur-
phey Candler will be retained by
slower house but the plan would
subordinate them to the new du-
ties.

Chapel Group Planned

The proposed chapel committee
would include a representative
from C. A., Exec, A. A., the day
students ($ sophomore), and from
the faculty. A member of social
(Continued on Page 4)

Robinson
Heads Math

Henry A. Robinson will return
to the faculty of Agnes Scott next
fall. Mr. Robinson, head of the
mathmatics department, has been
on leave of absence during the last
four years teaching at the United
States Military Academy at West
Point.

Robinson will leave the Acad-
emy in June to teach in the sum-
mer session of the University of
Georgia. The Robinsons will move
to Decatur in the fall.

Before he was called to active
duty from the army reserves, Mr.
Robinson had taught at Agnes
Scott since about 1925. He stu-
died at the University of Georgia
and at Johns Hopkins.

He was at Fort McPherson for
a year and a half before being
sent to West Point. Mrs. Robin-
son and their three children ac-
companied him there.

His enthusiasm in his work, his
interest in individual students,
and his work in the Decatur Bap-
tist church, are well remembered
by the faculty and students.

Rising Juniors
To Sign
As Sponsors

Orientation committee for next
year has begun its choice of spon-
sors from the rising junior class.

Mary Ann Craig, chairman of
orientation, has appointed Alice
Davidson, assistant chairman and
Rita Adams, secretary. Other
members of the committee are
Janet Liddell, vice-president of
Christian association; Ann Hough,
vice-president of Athletic associa-
tion, and Marie Adams, house
president of Inman. The group
will work with Miss Carrie Scan-
drett, dean, and Miss Charlotte
Hunter, assistant dean, in orien-
tating next year's freshmen.

A group of this committee has
compiled a list of 67 girls who
meet qualifications to be spon-
sors, and these girls met Monday

THE NEWS

Vol. XXXI

Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga., Wed., April 24, 1946

No. 23

J. M. Brown Here Monday

Posey Says
Morale Bad
In France

Bases Discussion
On Recent Tour

Walter B. Posey, head of the
department of history and polit-
ical science, spoke in Maclean
auditorium yesterday at 5 p. m.
on "The Regeneration of France."

Mr. Posey pointed out Anglo-
French relations as the main
problem confronting the United
States today. The problem comes
from underlying attitudes such as
the G. I. dislike of France and
the French attitudes stemming
from the presence in France of
German and United States troops.

The question of what is to be-
come of France, shattered and
demoralized by war, is of even
greater significance, according to
Mr. Posey, than that of Anglo-
Russian relations. He sees France
as the only possible stronghold for
democracy, "American style" on
the continent.

Mr. Posey, who recently trav-
eled throughout western France
from Le Havre to Paris and
through Biarritz to the Mediter-
ranean, thinks that the greatest
problem wtihin France is morale.
He considers the present demor-
alization a result of the food sit-
uation, which is tied up with the
flourishing black markets, the
difficulties facing industry in an
almost machineless country, and
problems of transportation.

This talk was the second by
Mr. Posey in a series sponsored
by the World Service council. On
April 16, Mr. Posey spoke on
"England at the End of the War."

afternoon. They have been asked
to sign a letter if they wish to ac-
cept the committee's invitation.

Gods, Goddesses Bow
To Beauty May 4

Rehearsals for "Festival to
Beauty," to be presented May 4,
are now in their final stages. Epi-
sode rehearsals will be April 23
and 25, and the final dress re-
hearsals will be held in the May
Day dell April 30 and May 2,
Dootsie Gardner, May Day chair-
man, announced.

The scenario, written by Mary
Beth Little, depicts a festival of
the ancient Greek gods and god-
desses in honor of Beauty, which
is symbolized by Queen Gloria
Anne Melchor and the members of
the May Court. Gods and god-
desses from the whole realm of
Nature, from the earth, the sea,
and the underworld come to pay
their tribute.

Zeus, ruler of the gods, por-
trayed by Susan Pope, enters by
storm clouds and lightning. Pose-
idon, ruler of the sea, is Weesie
Durant. who appears in the
midst of waves and sea sprites.
Hades, representing the third

element of Nature, is Buck Buch
anan, who comes in among shades
of the nether kingdom.

The other gods and goddesses
who came with their followers
are Demeter, goddess of marriage,
Dionysus, god of wine and revel-
ry, Anne Murrell and Charlsie
Smith; Athene, goddess of learn-
ing and wisdom, and Pan, Mimi
Arnold and Genet Heery; Heph-
eastus, god of fire, Nelda Brant-
ley; Aphrodite, goddess of love,
and Cupid, Dootsie and Pagie
Violette; Apollo, god of music and
song, Dale Bennett; Artemis, god-
dess of the moon, Peggy Jones.
Ares, god of war, Carol Giles;
Hestia, goddess of the hearth,
Martha Jean Gower; and Hermes,
messenger of the gods, Jenny
Wren.

May Day is under the direction
and supervision of Miss Eugenie
Dozfer, Dootsie Gardner, Mary
Beth Little and the gym depart-
ment.

r

John Mason Brown

Fulton Voters
To Register
On Campus

All Fulton county residents
who are students at Agnes Scott
may register here tomorrow for
voting in the gubernatorial elec-
tion. Mr. Lewis, from the state
capitol, will be in Buttrick lob-
by from 12 to 2 p. m.

The campus chapter of the
Georgia League of Women Voters
is bringing Mr. Lewis here as a
part of its effort to increase the
number of student voters. The last
day for registration is May 4.

Polly Grant, president of the
chapter, said that Mr. Lewis is
not representing any candidate
but is coming to the campus at
the League's invitation. He has
been visiting various schools in
this vicinity in the interest of an
over-all registration.

Mrs. Sims Aids
Book Fair

Mrs. Roff Sims, associate pro-
fessor of history and political sci-
ence, is co-chairman of the At-
lanta Book Fair which will be
held on April 29, 30 and May 1
at the Municipal auditorium
She will be in charge of the pub-
lishers and authors who will be
guest speakers during the Fair.

The Fair is for the purpose of
promoting interest in good books,
in the use of libraries, public and
private. It will include many
prominent authors who will lec-
ture, and specjal features such
as model libraries, fine bindings,
manuscripts and rare books.

C.A. to Present
Religious Movie

"King of Kings," a motion pic-
ture of the life of Jesus, will be
brought to Agnes Scott campus by
Christian association, Sunday,
April 28.

There will be two showings to
enable the college community to
invite visitors. The first, show-
ing will be at 4 p. m. in old
chapel, and the second showing
will be held in Maclean at 8:30.

Critic to Speak
In Presser at 8:30

John Mason Brown in his lec-
ture, "Grease Paint and Printer's
Ink," will review contemporary
plays and books in Presser hall,
April 29, at 8:30 p.m.

After the lecture Mortar Board
invites the campus and their
guests to a reception in Rebekah
Scott lobby. Mr. Brown will speak
to the Shakespeare class, April
30, at 9:30 a.m. Mr. Brown will
visit the campus as a part of the
English lectures.

The former lieutenant, attach-
ed to the staff of Vice-Admiral
Alan G. Kirk, U. S. N., has be-
come known not only as a drama
critic but also as a sensitive and
skilled observor of the fighting
man in the European theater of
war. His contribution to the war
was unique. During the Sicilian
invasion he broadcast a running
account of what was happening
on the beach-heads to the crew
of Admiral Kirk's flagship.
Outstanding Work

His account, collected under the
title of "To All Hands," was con-
sidered by many critics the most
distinguished work of 1943. The
same qualities of observation,
judgment, background, and deep
humanity are also found in Mr.
Brown's recently published "Many
a Watchful Night."

Mr. Brown feels that it is par-
ticularly important that Ameri-
cans understand the English. He
points out that too many Ameri-
cans base their opinions on books
they have read, movies like "Mrs.
Miniver," or on the experience of
an aunt who was snubbed by an
English lady on a visit to Eng-
land in 1912. The reaction of many
American soldiers to England was
the result of their "approaching
England with an England already
in their minds."

Careeer Begins Early

A Harvard graduate, born in
Louisville, Ky., he became ac-
quainted with grease paint and
printer's ink as soon as he had
studied the European theater for
a year after graduation. Mr.
Brown joined the staff of
"Theatre Arts" as associate edi-
tor; he became drama critic for
the New York Post, and moved
on to the World Telegram in
1940.

At present he writes a weekly
column for "The Saturday Re-
view of Literature" of which he
is associate editor. Every Satur-
day he broadcasts from C. B. S.
in a program, "Of Men and
Books."

Chi Beta Phi
Elects Eight

The Agnes Scott chapter of Chi
Beta Phi, national honorary sci-
ence fraternity, has elected eight
new members.

Elected on the basis of schol-
arship and interest and ability in
science, the new members are
Ann Kelley, Margaret Kelly, Mar-
jorie Harris, Beth Walton, Genet
Heery, and Anna George Dobbins,
juniors; and Jane Alsobrook and
Sheely Little, sophomores.

Chi Beta Phi will meet this af-
ternoon at 5 p. m. in the old "Y"
room.

Page 2

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED., APRIL 24, 1946

Club News

BLACK FRIARS

At a meeting of Blackfriars
last Thursday night, April 18, of-
ficers for the coming year were
elected. Alice Beardsley was
elected president. Other officers
included Ann Hill Jackson, vice-
president; Jenny Wren, secretary;
Barbara Coith, treasurer; Grace
Durant, make-up; Jean Estes,
costumes; Jane Rushin, props;
Jane Barker, program; and Lidie
Lee, publicity.

COTILLION CLUB

Cotillion club elected new of-
ficers at a meeting Thursday af-
ternoon, April 18. Betty Turner
will suceed Peggy Jones as presi-
dent. Mary Manly was elected
vice-president, and Kay Lee was
was elected secretary and treas-
urer.

The club is planning a small
dance for the latter part of this
quarter.

SPANISH CLUB

Spanish club has announced
try-outs for membership will be
held Wednesday and Thursday
afternoons, Apr^l 24 and Aprril
25 in the old day student room
in Main. Anyone to be eligible
for membership must have taken
or be taking Spanish 101. Instruc-
tions for try-outs are posted on
the back bulletin board in But-
trick.

B O Z

B. O. Z. will consider try-outs,
Wednesday, at 7 p. m., at the
home of Miss Janef Preston, as-
sistant professor of Eng 1 i s h.
These try-outs consist of prose
writings of various types submitt-
ed during the past week.

SOPH CABINET

Sophomore cabinet has planned
a series of three lecturers on fine
arts and religion for their week-
ly programs. They will begin at
7 when Miss Emma May Laney,
associate professor of English, will
speak on "Literature and Reli-
gion."

"Art and Religion" will be the
topic of a lecture by Mrs. Hamil-
ton of the art department to be
given Wednesday, April 31.

Date Book

Wed., April 24, 4 p. m. Volley
ball with Columbia seminary,

1 p.m. Day student open house,
Murphey Candler.

5 p. m. Chi Beta Phi meets,
Old "V" room.

7 p. m. B. O. Z. meets, Miss
Preston's home.

7 p. m. Miss Laney speaks to
Sophomore cabinet, Murphey
Candler.

Thurs., April 25, 12 to 2 p. m
register to vote, But trick lobby

2 p. m. Emil Holzhauer will
demonstrate in pastels, No. 325
Buttriek.

PjfL, April 25, 4 p. m. Volley ball,
juniors vs. seniors, frosh vs.
sophs.

Sun., April 28, 4 p. m. and 8:30
p. m. "King of Kings," movie
life of Christ, old chapel and
Maclean respectively.

Social - Lit es

By Mary Brown Mahon

The campus really looked de-
serted this week-end, what with
so many of the girls spending Eas-
ter at home or with friends. And
the weather couldn't have been
more perfect for the usual parade
of orchids and colorful new out-
fits.

Among those who went home
were Gloria Gaines, Punky Mat-
tison, and Pattie Dean to Ander-
son, Dot Peace, Isabel Asbury,
and Dot Devane to Greeenville,
Mim Steele to Anniston, Jean
Tollison to Valdosta, B. A. Zeig-
ler to Bamberg, Mary Jane Ful-
ler to Jacksonville, Margaret Kin-
ard to Clemson, Eleanor Davis to
West Point, Margaret McManus
to Roanoke with Nina Owens, Va-
leria Brown to Central, Frances
Ford to Augusta with Ann Kelly,
and Theresa Kemp to Marietta.
Wedding Bells

When Leila Powell said 4 T DO"
Saturday night, Anne Register,
Annette Neville, Claire Rowe,
Barbara Kincaid, Harriet McAl-
lister, Jeanne Hale, Jane Bow-
man, May Turner, Scotty John-
son, .Leila Holmes, Janet Liddell,
and Betty Turner were all there
to offer moral support. In the
wedding were Minnie Mack Sim-
mons and Leila's sisters Bobby
and Billie. However, from the re-
ports we've had of the groom,
Harry Jones, Leila did not need
moral support, but deserved envy
and congratulations. Harry grad-
uated from V. M. I. and has been
recently discharged from the
army air crops. Leila completed
her degree work at Scott last
month. Beginning in June, they
will live in Pennsylvania, and
Harry will take a year's graduate
work at the University of Penn-
sylvania. They are honeymooning
at Montreat, N. C.

Chi Phi Party

Mrs. Preston Arkwright, Sr.
honored the Chi Phi fraternity at
Emory Saturday night with a
party at her home, and Mary
Frances Anderson, Glassell Beale,
Lib Osborne, Betty Andrews, and
June Thomason all attended.

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There was an Easter egg hunt in
the afternoon, followed by a din-
ner and dance Saturday night on
the terrace of Mrs. Arkwright's
home.

Rotary Luncheon

Monday, the Atlanta Rotary
club invited the girls at Agnes
Scott who are Rotarians' daugh-
ter to their weekly luncheon. The
program was arranged by the
giYls, during which Jane Bowman
presided. Those taking part on the
program were Mildred McCain,
Maudie Van Dyke, Mary Ann
Craig, Anne Noell, and Mary
Manly. The special chorus, direct-
ed by Mr. Johnson, rendered sev-
eral numbers, Miss Claire Buck-
master was piano accompanist.

Seen Around Town
The Paradise Room was a pop-
ular place with the hottentots
Tuesday night. Seen enjoying
themselves there were Martha
Polk, B. A. Zeigler, Jean Chewn-
ing, Sally Bussey, and Ann High-
tower.

Friday night Ann Murrell and
Lura Johnston danced at the
Rainbow roof, Maudie Van Dyke
went to the Empire room, and
Beth Walton to the Capital City
club. Saturday night Betty Smith
and Pagie Violette went to the
Empire room, while Mary McCal-
la and Ruth Ryner were seen at
the Rainbow roof.

Plans in the Making

Margie Naab has been sporting
Agnes Scott newest diamond, from
Stuart. Wedding plans are not
complete, but Margie has her ar-
my father's O. K., by cable from
Europe.

Frosh Vacate

But nobody travels like the
freshmen. Inman's butterflies in-
cluded Easy Beale and Val von
Lehe to Vienna with Betty Bed-
dingfield; Steve Page and Willa

FOR BETTER SERVICE, at no extra
cost, look in your phone book for the
nearest plant of the . .

RECORD PLAYER HERE

Student government has placed
a record-player and records in the
big date parlor in Main, now open
to dancing. The record collection
is incomplete, and student gov-
ernment asks that students place
suggestions for new records in the
suggestion box in the mail room.

Wagner to Charleston, S. C, Mimi
Goldstein and Sara Belle Rosen-
berg to Sara's home in Swains-
boro, Margaret Hamer to Dillon,
S. C, Evelyn Foster to McDon-
ough, Mim Steele to Anniston,
and Jo Culp and Bobbie Cathcart,
home with Liz Williams. Barbara
Franklin took Jane Efurd to
Statesboro with her, and Gin Vin-
ings, Marie Cuthbertson, and Lor-
ton Lee went home to Marietta
with Caroline Little.

Jo Heinz and Splinter Board
went to Columbia, S. C; Hanna
Richardson took Mary Frances
Perry to Dal ton; and Mimi Ar-
nold had Dolly Cave, Margie
Marks, and Poochie Gherkin for
a weekend in Griffin. Jean Harp-
er went to Tuscumbia, Edith
Stowe to Charlotte, Dot Flenni-
kin to Chattanooga with Alice
Crenshaw and Ann Faucette, Bet-
ty Wood to Fort Valley taking
Charlsie Smith, B. J. Ellison and
Virginia Skinner. Bobby Robeson
spent the wekeend at home in
Newport News; Maryanne Broun
flew to Miami. Frankie Francisco
went to Columbus with Hunt Mor-
ris, Nancy Parks and Kate El-
more as guests. Martha Warlick
Eastered in Ellijay and Ibby Wil-
kinson in Newnan. Jessie Paget
took Shorty Lehmann home with
her to Greer, S. C, while Har-

DEKALB

A Community Theatre
Today Thursday
"GUEST WIFE"
Friday
"SONG OF RUSSIA"
Monday Tuesday
"LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN"
in Technicolor

Commuters Hold
Open House Today

Day students are entertaining
the college community this after-
noon, from 4 to 5 at an open
house in Murphey Candler. In
charge are Jean Barnes, Anne
Hagerty, Lillian Field, Betty
Kitts, Rebecca Lacy, and Shirlee
Lengerich.

This entertainment is an effort
on the part of the day students
to give both boarders and day
students the opportunity to see
and know each other better out-
side classes. The entire campus is
invited to come.

riotte Winchester went to Macon.

Jane Frazer entertained at her
home in Opelika, Ala., at a house
party for Susan Bowling, Bit Wil-
son, Joy^e Hale, Margie Graves,
Betty Davison, and Jo Snow.

Easter brought Dot Porter's
Lowell and her new jewelled SAE
pin. Nancy Dendy entertained
Marine sergeant Jack. Dot Morri-
son was visited by her cousin,
Carolyn Mann.

SYLLABUS FOR A
SLEEK SILHOUETTE

DECATUR THEATRE

Monday and Tuesday, April 29-30
"THE DOLLY SISTERS"

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Page 3

Play By Play

By Edna Claire Cunningham

The art exhibit in the gym is
something to see. I don't profess
to understand pictures but from
their titles I gather they are the
art students' conception of the
May Day dances. To the poor un-
initiated some of them look like
the path of an atom in action
and others like splotches of Geor-
gia clay. Anyway they are some-
thing to ponder over. In case you
haven't seen them they are worth
your time. Go down and take
your guess. If they are any indi-
cation of the real dances, May
Day should be a great success.
Some of the dances illustrated
are Love, Sun, Hunt, Earth, and
Wedding.

Speaking of May Day I wonder
if it is too early to begin pray-
ing for pretty weather. If we are
kept in suspense all Saturday as
we were last year I'm not sure
our nerves can stand it.

The girls that go out to Avon-
dale golf course to practice their
game every Thursday are having
quite a time in a number of ways.
Last Thursday one of the caddies
seemed quite contemptous of the
girls' game and walked on far
ahead of them. Marie Cuthbert-
son teed off and lost a brand
new ball in the lake. She began
again and the same thing hap-
pened (balls cost 80 cents). Then
the caddy strolled up and explain-
ed to her that she was using the

men's tee. The women's was over
further, he explained and didn't
have to go over the lake. She
didn't break all her sticks and
the caddy is expected to live but

Miss Ames' intermediate tennis
class has a tournament all their
own that is threatening the
school's singles in interest. As yet
the results are indeterminate but
the winners will be announced
soon. Miss Ames has promised
them a test on the first day it
rains so every cloudy day the ten-
nis class is seen in the gym cram-
ming. Pretty nerve racking.

New light has been shed this
week on ways to earn cuts. Miss
Ames' tennis class in rainy weath-
er has been playing the beginners
volley ball class in volley ball.
The tennis class, much to Miss
Wilburn's chagrin, has been shel-
lacking the volley ball team. Last
week the volley ball team won
their first game and Miss Wilburn
was so elated she immediately
gave her class a cut. The tennis
class not to be outdone has been
promised credit for a team sport.
That's what I call two classes
working together for the good of
all.

Have you seen that baby pic-
ture of Cookie Miller diving? I
guess you* just have to start early.
It is quite a picture and rivals
her most recent one in form.

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Under Classes
Win In
Swim Meet

The freshman and sophomores
claimed the victory over the up-
per classmen in an exciting swim-
ming meet Tuesday night, April
16.

In form demonstration the un-
derclassmen rated first in their
presentations of the front tandem
and the front and back surface
dives. Swimmers were Betty
Blackmon and Bunny Brannan,
freshmen; Jane Barker, Grace Du-
rant, Pat McGowan, Sheely Lit-
tle, Jenny Wren, and Marian
Yancey, sophomores.

Upperclassmen Dale Bennett,
Sweetie Calley, Cookie Miller, and
Margaret Scott won the 80-yard
medley and took first place in
demonstrating the back tandem
and the inverted breast stroke.

Cook;e Miller was judged best
diver among the advanced partic-
ipants. In commenting on the
meet, Miss Wilburn said that
Cookie's diving was the best done
in a number of years at Agnes
Scott.

Sheely Little was the best in-
termediate diver, and Bunny
Brannan won the 20 yard dash.

Judges were Miss Llewellyn
Wilburn, Mrs. Harriette Lapp,
and Miss Barbara Ames.

Volley Ball Clashes

Frosh Down Seniors 44-27;
Juniors BeatS ophs, 32-25

By Lou McLaurin

Last Friday afternoon, April 19, under one of the hottest
suns so far this spring, the strong Junior volleyball team
outscored the sophomores by a slim seven points, while their
sister class defeated the seniors 44-27.

The senior team showed quite an improvement since their
smashing defeat at the hands of

the sophs on April 12. Regardless
of this however, they were not
quite equal to the fast game play-
ed by the freshmen who took the
lead early in the first quarter and,
mainly due to the expert spiking
of netman Jean Fraser, held it
throughout the game. The score
at the half was 15-31 to which,
by the end of game, the frosh had
added 13 points and the seniors
only one less.

The junior "octet" took away
their third straight victory by
downing the battling sophs 25-32.
Due to Gene Goode's powerful
spiking attack, the green team
was able to take the service from
their opponents time after time.
During the closing minutes of this
stiffly fought game, the score was
tied 25-25 but calling on their re-
served energy the juniors, plunged
ahead to tilt the score in their
favor by seven deciding points.

Let's Dive Right In
With Cookie Miller

By Lidie Lee

Diving nearly drives you crazy but its the most fun in
the world according to Cookie Miller, winner of the South-
eastern A. A. U. junior fancy diving championship and the
Senior Southeastern A. A. U. championship on the low board.

Cookie, who knew three dives when she came to Agnes
Scott, has quite a story to tell. '

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Winner of two championships, she
now knows betweeen 13 to 15
dives. She talks rapidly of half
gainers and front flips with the
nonchalant air of the expert. The
full gainer did cause her a bit of
trouble, she says ruefully. In fact
at one time she stopped practicing
on it entirely. She mastered it fi-
nally when told that she needed
it to enter the southeastern junior
meet.

Joins Swim Club

Cookie joined swimming club
during her sophomore year and
placed second in diving at the
winter meet. During the summer
she taught swimming and diving
at camp in Cedarlake, Indiana.
When she came back to school in
the fall she started going over to
Emory where swimming coach Ed
Shea took charge. She entered the
Southeastern A. A. U. meet in
January and won first place for
her fancy diving.

"I was scared to death," she
reminisces. "I was doing a lot of
dives I had just learned." This
didn't keep her from getting her
highest score on a back flip lay-
out which she had just recently
learned to do.

When they announced the scor-
es the announcer mixed up the
names, announcing Cookie's score
last. Cookie was so surprised when
they told her that she had come
in first that she sent the award
back saying they had made some
mistake. No mistake, said the
judge, but a blue ribbon.

The Seasoned Veteran

In her next meet, Cookie, by
this time a seasoned veteran, met

some stiff competition from two
girls from Birmingham, one of
whom was a southeastern cham-
pion and the winner of the sen-
ior high diving championship.
Cookie won on higher difficulty
rating however, to become senior
southeastern A. A. U. champion
on the low board.

During the last two years,
Cookie has been teaching a div-
ing class of her own ranging any-
where from 5 to 15 girls. Her pu-
pils speak well for her teach-
ing. Betty Blackmon, one of her
pupils last quarter, won second
place in the advanced diving group
in last Tuesday's meet and Pat
McGowan and Penny Rogers who
are in her class this quarter came
in second and third in the inter-
mediate diving group. Just start-
ing off this quarter they've al-
ready learned about four dives.

Her first class started things
with a bang. Using her most
dignified manners, Miss Miller
stood up on the diving board clad
in her gym suit and wearing
glasses to explain to the class the
method of approach used in div-
ing. Diving boards are tricky
things, however, and before she
could save herself she was splash-
ing around in the water vainly
searching for the glasses she had
lost in her unexpected plunge.

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at 4 p. m. to combine with Agnes
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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE. WED., APRIL 24. 1946

EDITORIALS

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS

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

JOANNE BENTON Editor

DALE BENNETT Managing Editor

IIARKIKT <;UK<;<)KY Assistant Editors

ANNA CLARK ROGERS

LI DIE LEE Sports Editor

EDNA ("LAIRE (TNNINGIIAM Assistant Sports Editor

VIRGINIA ANDREWS Copy Editor

MARY BETH LITTLE Feature Editor

MARY BROWN MAHON Society Editor

EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS

Reporters: Mary Frances Anderson, Valeria Brown. Sara Jean Clarke. Fattie Dean, Nelson
Fisher. Mary .lane Fuller, Peggy Fat Home. Sissy Jeffries, Mildred Claire Jones, Mar-
garet Kinard, Lou MeLaurin, Vera Orem, Mae Comer Osborne, Virginia Owens, Dot Feace,
Lida Walker, Conradine Fraser, Sheely Little.
Feature: I'.etty Allen, Jane Alsobrook, Doris Kissling.
SpoTts: Bobbie Whipple, Tattie Mae Williams, Margaret Yancey.

Society: Ellen Morrison, Beth Jones, Eva Williams, B. A. Ziegler, June Driskill, Margaret
Ann Richards.

BUSINESS STAFF

ALICE NEWMAN Business Manager

MARY McCALLA Advertising Manager

"m AB YM S Y L Assistant Advertising Managers

LoR EN N A ROSS Circulation Manager

Business Assistants: Carolyn Bodie, Ann Hough, Doris Street, May Turner, Mary Jane
Schumacher.

Member

P&so dated CbUediate Press

You Name It!

Seems a favorite topic over the third cup of coffee is some-
times the fact that "The News" isn't much of a name for a
newspaper.

Maybe not but why don't you tell us how you feel and
help us find a better one? The News wants to hear from you
with your pet idea or pet gripe and especially with your pet
name. The floor is now open.

After all, who are we to change the name of your paper?

Towards Progress

Two weeks ago the president of student government call-
ed Agnes Scott's student leaders together leaders of all
classes and all major organizations. A lively discussion fol-
lowed, bringing forth in concrete, workable form the ideas
we have all had at the back of our minds.

With the first intra-campus conference, a big step has
been taken. We feel it is one of the brightest signs of the new
progressive spirit that blew in with spring breezes and elec-
tions the spirit that's going to get things done.

One difficulty in the world today is the fact that the na-
tions can't seem to get together and plan for peaceful, con-
sructive living. Our organizations here on campus have a
lot to do with our ability to live together at Agnes Scott.

At the conference, heads of major organizations met to
discuss the problems of each and the problems of the campus
as a whole. Concrete suggestions and helpful criticism
emerged from that meeting, ideas that might never have
come to light without the stimulus the conference provided.

The student body moves forward as its leaders huddle
about coming events. A step has been taken it predicts
progress.

Open House

With the announcement that Agnes Scott is opening its
doors to Emory students this summer, any 'ivory tower" ac-
cusations against the college must melt away. The adminis-
tration is doing something new something that will mean a
good deal of trouble for a good many people. But the admin-
istration is by its action literally making possible summer
quarter studies for about 200 girls.

We're proud of Agnes Scott for taking its share and more
than its share of its responsibility as part of the Georgia uni-
versity system and as a forward and outward looking college
of 1946.

GallevSI;

aney oiave

Alice Beardsley

Mortar Board is going to re-
treat. This fact is apparent in
several ways.

1. A member of the Board
serves as dining room monitor
during each meal. It is the duty
of the monitor to patrol near the
tables during and after the meals
to find any sugar cubes which
might have escaped the search of
a "second cup of coffee wanter."

2. Each member has had her
turn at toasting cheese sand-
wiches which sell at 20 cents. It
has been my opinion as an unof-
ficial observer that the high pres-
sure type in the group brings in
the orders, the approach being
"Don't you want to help poor
Mortar Board to escape from this
place of burden for a carefree
weekend at Sarah Walker's cabin
at Montreat?" The domestic type,
spends hour in Murphey Candler
sticking cheese in bread and say-
ing "Yes, dear," "Very well, dear,'
"Yes, dear" as the high pressure
individual gives the orders.

3. Each member wears a face
full of the expectancy of the wide
open spaces and the rolling hills
of North Carolina.

It is not usually the custom
for the slave of the galleys to
predict the nature of future hap-
penings. But the procedure in
this case appears so clear that
prediction might be risked.

Drama begins

Theme: "What time is it?"

Scene: On highway to North
Carolina. Players seated in car
with Millie McCain driving. The
car is speeding at the rapid rate
of 30 miles per hour.

Addison. What time is it?

Russell. 6:05 p. m.

Roper. Millie, don't you think
we ought to go a little faster?
It's gettin' late, 'n we've sure got
to get there by 7:40, you know.

Soozie. Now don't let's be rash
about this thing. This is a nice
pace.

Millie, (silence reigns. The car
continues at 30 miles per hour.)
Time passes. The Board enjoys the
landscape and hillbilies.

Addison. What time is it?

Bear. 7:30 p. m.

Naab. Gee, it sure is gettin'
late. It would be awfully embar-
rassing if we were late, wouldn't
it Millie? Maybe just five miles
faster, hummm ?

Soozie. We'll get there. Let's
don't be reckless.

Millie, (continues stony silence.
The car continues at 30 miles per
hour while several more minutes
pass before the proverbial in-
quiry. )

Addison. What time is it?

Spragens. 7:42 p. m.

Millie, (relaxing) Wellj, we're
only two minutes late. And we
are safe. I have felt responsible
for you all. It is dangerous driv-
ing in these hills with all these
hillbilies running around in the
streets.

Naab. But it's just the princi-
ple of the thing. Mortar Board all
getting campused in a body. It
hurts our dignity.

Alexander. Say, who is that
over there in front of that cab-
in?

S. Lee. Where?

Alexander. Over there.

Walker. Looks like somebody
we know. Looks like Susan Nev-
ille's crowd, I hear Leila Powell
is having her honeymoon up here.

Toole. I'm sorry girls. I tried

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to

Can It!

Please! Here we go again with our little helpful hints
signs. That is, much more paper thrown around campus may
'bring on twice as many little white boards. Why not just put
that letter-that-made-you'-so-mad or that crumpled lunch
paper in your pocket till you reach a trash can? We have
them, you know, and we certainly don't want another col-
ony of "Please" signs to remind us.

Visual Arts Enrich Education
Sn College Program Thomas

Howard Thomas, professor of
art at the University of Georgia,
did a demonstration in oils Thurs-
day, April 18, in Buttrick. Mr.
Thomas was head of the Art
department here for two years.

His subject was a landscape
done impromptu to illustrate
technique in oils.

In an interview, Mr. Thomas
pointed out the importance the
visual arts are coming to have in
education today. "Visual arts
have been too long relegated as
the handmaiden of other forms of
education," he said, "when they
can enrich all education so much."
He added that art, in its time-
liness, and its universal appeal,
has great possibilities as a guid-
ing influence in the home and
community.

"Alert colleges are learning to
build on the plan of giving the
visual arts a large part in their
programs," Mr. Thomas said.
"Much can be added to the repu-
tation of a college that is known
for the good judgment and ap-
preciation given to art by its stu-
dents and faculty," he went on.
"Art is not only creative but also
it is an experience. A college
that knows and participates in
the art of today is the school that
is far ahead of its time."

to make explicit arrangements
with the management to take only
our reservations this weekend so
that we could be alone. The plans
must have slipped up.

Spragens. (with disgust) Well,
of all things. Now that the whole
college is here, we even might as
well go to classes or play volley-
ball or read magazines or some-
thin'.

Addison, (with one last great
effort) Well, what time do we

Council

(Continued from Page 1)

standards committee would serve
as chairman of the group which
it was felt represents the organ-
izations who have most to do with
chapel.

The orientation . plan of allow-
ing sponsors to finish with the
electives committee before their
sponsorees arrive would enable
sponsors to give more time to the
freshmen. The plan could be cor-
related with a possible plan for
giving instruction to sponsors the
weekend before school opens offi-
cially in the fall.

Representative council includes
the president of student govern-
ment, chairman; student recorder,
secretary; vice-president of stu-
dent government, orientation
chairman, senior day student rep-
resentative, treasurer of student
government, president of Mortar
Board, president of Christian as-
sociation, president of Athletic
association, chairman of World
Service council, editor of The Ag-
nes Scott News, and the class
presidents.

CA Delegates
Confer At Ga.

Delegates from Christian asso-
ciation will attend a conference
for officers of studenl organiza-
tions of C. A., Y. M. C. A., and
Y. W. C. A., al the University of
Georgia, Saturday and Sunday.

Agnes Harnsberger, C. A. presi-
dent, Janet Liddell, vice-presidr-nl ,
Marianna Hollandsworth, treasur-
er, and Bobbe Whipple, inter-col-
legiate representative, will rep-
resent Agnes Scott at the meet-
ings where they will discuss ways

THE NEWS

Vol XXXI

Agpnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga., Wed., May 1, 1946

No. 24

Saturday Features Full Calendar

Olympians To Reign
In May Day Festival

Our New Moon' Beams
As Senior Opera May 4

Traditional Farce Adapted by Class

Under the chairmanship of LaNelle Wright, the seniors
will present "Our New Moon" as their annual light opera at
8:30 p. m. Saturday in Presser hall.

While the plot and much of the music is being kept secret,
it has been announced that the stories original and that the
music was adapted and arranged

for the occasion by members of
the class.

The plot is laid in "the near
future" and there are six main
roles played by Marjorie Naab,
Vera Orem, Peggy Perez, Betty
Patrick, Anne Seitzinger, and
Nancy Hardy.

Other members of the cast are:
Jean Chewning, Patty Dean,
Maudie Van Dyke, Louise Gard-
ener, Mary Martin, Jane Anne
Newton, Anne Register, Eleanor
Reynolds, Helen Roper, Mary Rus-
sell, Dot Spragens, Jean Stewart,
Mary Catherine Viiisant, Mar-
guerite Watson, Peggy Jones,
Anne Murrell, Jeanne Hale, and
Petty Weinschenk.

Committee chairmen are: Mary
Catherine Vinsant, scenery; Helen
Roper, music; Jane Bowman, cos-
tumes; Maud Van Dyke, public-
ity; Herty McAllister, props; Mar-
tha Polk, house manager; Teddy
Bear, stage manager; Soozie Rich-
ardson, lights; Barbara Kincaid,
and Lura Johnson, prompter.

Reserved seats will be 50 cents
and general admission 25 cents.
Librettos will be on sale for 25
cents.

.

Science Heads
Read Papers
At Meeting

Miss Mary Stuart MacDougall,
professor of biology, presented
two papers before the twenty-
third annual meeting of the Geor-
gia Academy of Science at the
Atlanta Biltmore April 27.

Her chief paper concerned find-
ings on the male gamete of Plas-
modium, resulting from her re-
search in malaria for the U. S.
Public Health Service.

Among those hearing the talks
by representatives of the chief
Georgia institutions were May
Lyons and Ruth Gray Walker of
the biology department, Miss Em-
ily 'Dexter and Miss Katherine
Omwake, associate professors of
psychology, and Schuyler > M.
Christian, professor of physics.

Mr. Christian will discuss the
history of science teaching at a
conference on problem of science
teaching in the south, at the Uni-
versity of Georgia April 30-May
3. He will take part in a round-
table discussion May 2 on science
teaching today. Several professors
from Emory and Georgia Tech will
take part in the conference.

To Simplify
Orientation

Administrative Council
Hears Suggestions

The Registrar's office has an-
nounced a plan designed to speed
registration of students next fall
in order to allow students instru-
mental in orientation more free
time for their sponsors.

The plan was revealed to ad-
ministrative council at its meet-
ing Friday.

Junior sponsors and members
of Student Government, Athletic
association, and Christian associa-
tion will be allowed to register
for courses the Saturday morning
before school opens on Monday,
Sept. 16 and to arrange schedules
beginning at 9 a. m. Monday. It
is hoped all members of these
groups will be through the com-
mittees by 10 a. m. Monday, when
new students will begin register-
ing. No one except those listed
above may register before Mon-
day.

The council agreed to pass on to
the student body for approval the
new lower house plan suggested
by student government and out-
lined in last week's News. The
group decided to set up the pro-
posed chapel committee also.

In place of the all-campus
theme recommended by represen-
(Continued on Page 2)

Hodgson to Play
Own Work
At Music Hour

"Piano Quintet in D" composed
by professor Hugh Hodgson of the
University system of Georgia will
be the feature of a program of
contemporary music in Presser
hall at 8 p. m. Monday, May 6.

A string quartet composed of
Carolyn Voshell, Margarethe Mor-
ris Parrot, Mary Quigley, a for-
mer Agnes Scot tstudent and Ru-
dolf Kratina will join in the com-
position, which consists of four
movements.

The second part of the program
will be a group of two-piano num-
bers played by Mr. Hodgson and
Michael McDowell. Included will
be the Alice in Wonderland suite
by Simmons, parts of Ravel's
"Mother Goose," and the Rosen-
kavalier Waltz from the opera by
Richard Strauss.

Point Values
Changed

Certain changes are being made
in the permanent point system
this year, according to Student Re-
corder Dabney Adams. Several of-
fices which formerly did not re-
quire points are being added, and
one office is being lowered in
points.

President of the League of
Women Voters will require 12
points; vice-president, who is also
program chairman, 10; other of-
ficers, 6; and members, 2. Mem-
bers of the social standards com-
mittee will be given 4 points, and
the chairman, 6.

Heretofore several offices list-
ed on the staff of the Silhouette
have not been given any points
Those offices will now require 6
points.

The points for president of Chi
Beta Phi have been lowered from
12 to 8.

Tap

Plays, Movies, Our Homework
For Serene World Brown

"Anchoring the outside world
in the arts," John Mason Brown,
drama critic, feels is the only way
by which we may bridge the space
between the "deceptively serene"
world of this country and "the
bruised and bleeding world out-
side."

In his lecture Monday, Mr.
Brown emphasized the importance
of movies, books and plays as me-
dia serving the need for under-
standing between GI's and those
at home as well as our under-
standing of the outside world.

He spoke under the auspices of
the English lecturers to an audi-
ence filling three-fourths of Pres-
ser hall.

Mr. Brown considers documen-
tary films "the best way to bring
home the point" although many
novels, and plays powerfully show
"the human heart under fire." In
his opoinion the great writing
from the war will come from the

young who have experienced the
battle.

His reviews of the current
Broadway stage productions were
brilliantly witty and his post-lec-
ture chats provocative. Mr. Brown
thinks that the motion picture in-
dustry has produced some great
art in movies like "Good-bye Mr.
Chips," "Pygmalion," "Mrs. Min-
iver" (although "too rich for the
English budget"), "How Green
Was My Valley," and "None But
the Lonely Heart."

Mr. Brown has received many
printable and unprintable letters,
telephone calls and telegrams
from those whose work he has
criticised. Perhaps the prize com-
ment he said in an interview fol-
lowing the lecture, was that he
has a* "gelatinous mind which
mistakes hog wash for erudition."
This opinion was voiced by an ac-
tor whom he had called a "set
of vocal onrds wrapped in a toga." 1

Beauty Honored in Saturday Fete;
Gloria Melchor to Receive Crown

Culminating weeks of preparation and practice, May Day
will be presented Saturday afternoon at 5 p. m. in the May
Day dell.

The colorful festival, boasting the presence of Olympic
deities, a Greek chorus, nature's elements and man's emo-
tions, will take place in the May
Day dell Saturday afternoon at 5
p. m.,' in honor of Queen Gloria
Melchor.

Sally Sue - Stephenson is maid
of honor, and attendants are: Shir-
ley Graves Cochrane, Betty Long
Sale, Mary Jane Fuller, Mynelle
Grove, Margaret McManus, Vir-
ginia Dickson, Nancy Deal, Mary
Beth Little, Shirlee Lengerlch,
Jean Fraser, and Josephine Snow.

Beauty of Nature

Consisting of a series of dances
interspersed with poetry spoken by
the chorus, the program is divided
into three sections. The chorus
begins by chanting that beauty
such as the beauty manifested in
the court.

"springs from mortal hearts and
earthly things as well as from
Olympus ..."

and by charging the gods to re-
veal their "wondrous realms" in
which beauty is found. Led by the
gods of nature, dancers dressed
in Grecian tunics of blue, green,
black, red, white, and yellow, and
carrying a trident, scarves to rep-
resent ocean waves, and urn, show
the beauty of nature's seas, heav-
ens, forests, and fruits.

In the second section, the ma-
jestic beauty of man's emotions
is portrayed. One group, in red
and yellow, shows the violence
of hate and war by brandishing
shields and spears in its dance.
Others express man's love by exe-
cuting a marriage ceremony.

Golden Apple Presented

Climaxing the festival is the
third and last section, in which
Zeus summons Hermes and gives
him the golden apple. Dancing
about the dell, Hermes finally
stops before Queen (gloria ^and
presents her with the mythical
tribute to the fairest of the fair.
In charge of May Day are Miss
Eugenie Dozicr, Dootsie Gardner,
the gym depirtment, and the au-
thor of the scenario, Mary Beth
Little. Professor C. W. Dieckmann
composed all music used in the

Phi Beta
To

Saturday

Newly elected members of the
Agnes Scott Beta chapter of Phi
Beta Kappa will be announced in
chapel Saturday, May 4.

Miss Mildred Mell, professor of
economics and sociology and pres-
ident of the chapter, will review
the history and ideals of the or-
ganization. Miss Margaret Phy-
t h i a n, associate professor of
French, chapter secretary, will
introduce the new members, who
will be chosen Friday by the
faculty holders of the Phi Beta
Kappa key.

Fulton Voters
Register 90 Pet.

The League of Women Voters
announces that 41 of the estimat-
ed 50 girls eligible to vote in
Fulton county registered April 25
on campus for the coming primar-
ies.

Polly Grant, president of the
League, said that of the 130 Ful-
ton county students at Agnes
Scott, only 50 were entirely eli-
gible to receive a permanent reg-
istration card, but almost 90 per
cent of that number was regis-
tered. President Grant warns
those who receive their "change-
of-address" cards to "be sure to
keep them because the ward of
the voter is recorded on each one
and will be needed when the ward
stations for voting are announced
later."

Mr. Lewis, from the Capitol, of-
ficially registered the girls, urging
everyone to vote that is registered.
Becky Lacy, Lillian Field and Ann
Hagerty assisted Mr. Lewis in
the "signing up" as typists.

50 Best Books
Of 1945 Shown

The library is showing an ex-
hibit of the 50 most outstanding
books of 1945, selected by the
Graphic Arts league. The exhibit
will be here from tomorrow
through May 11.

The books ewere selected on
the basis of their artistic merit,
their type faces, and their make-
up. The collection was shown at
Atlanta Book Fair this week.

pageant.

Lecture Association
Lists Committees

Betty Andrews, president of
Lecture association, has selected
the members of her committees
as follows: Anne Eidson, social
chairman; Bet Patterson, public-
ity chairman; Polly Grant and
Jenny Wren, day student repre-
sentatives; Pagie Violette, ushers;
Newell Turner, posters; and Rita
Adams, hall. Treasurer of the
association is Carol Giles.

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AGNES

SCOTT COLLEGE, WED., MAY 1, 1946

Socia I -Li t es

By Mary Brown Mahon

Monday afternoon Eleanor Davis, Annette Neville, and
Joan Crangle were honored at a lovely tea given by Gloria
Gaines and Bettye Smith. The tea took place at the Alumni
House. The three brides-elect had pink carnation corsages
given to them and were presented by the hostesses with ex
quisite sterling silver salt and

pepper sets.

Louise Reid and Carolyn Bodie
entertained Saturday at a lunch-
eon at the Paradise Room honor-
ing Joan and Eleanor. As gifts of
the hostesses both girls received
lovely gardenia corsages. During
the luncheon, Carolyn and Louise
presented them with linen lunch-
eon sets.

Mortar Board Mountain Party

It was the "mountings" of
North Carolina this week-end for
the members of Mortar Board.
The girls left Friday for Mon-
treat and stayed in Sara Walker's
house there. Added enjoyment for
Mortar Board was the coke par-
ty given for them by Leila Powell
Jones, who is honeymooning at
Montreat.

Reception For Mr. Brown

Mr. John Mason Brown's lec-
ture Monday night was enjoyed
tJ) the fullest by everyone who at-
tended. After the lecture, a re-
ception was held in Rebekah, of
which Betty Blackmon and Mimi
Arnold were in charge. Miss Mar-
garet Ridley poured coffee, while
Margie Marks, Elizabeth Wil-
liams, "Bit" Wilson, Julianne
Cook, Binky Stubbs, Susan Bol-
ing, Ginny Skinner, and Dot Flan-
nikin all served.

Over the Week-End

Thursday night Louise Starr,
Sister Davis, and Charlien Sims
went to the Paradise Room. Fri-
day night, the ATO's at Tech gave
a party at Groover's Lake. Scott
gals attending were Puddin' Beal-
er, Charlotte Clarkson, and Cile
Gibson. Also on Friday night the
Tech Glee Club gave a very en-
joyable steak fry for the members
of the Glee Club at Agnes Scott.
All the girls reported a wonderful
time.

On Saturday night, the SAE's at
Emory gave a barn dance and
June Thomason, Beth Walton,
Anne Eidson, Cissy Jeffries, Punky
Mattison and Sweetie Calley all
went. On the ATO hayride were
Nancy Geer and Nancy Deal. Seen
dancing Saturday night: Mary
Frances Anderson, Puddin' Beal-
er, and Scotty Johnson at the
Rainbow Roof. Anne DuPre and
Clara Jones at the Piedmont
Driving Club, Barbara Wilson and
Patsy McGowan at the Navy
dance at Tech, Jeter and Louise
Starr at the AKK house, and
Lou McLaurin, Sister Davis, and
Lu Cunningham at the Phi Delt
house at Emory. June Irvine,
Nancy Deal, and Mary Gene Sims
went to the SAE picnic, and Ann
Hough went on a KA house party.
Out-of-Town

Traveling seemed to be the
thing to do this week-end. Those
going home were Pris Hatch to
Charlotte, Amanda Hulsey to
Gainesville, Lucy Turner to An-
niston, June Driskill and Harriet
Gregory to Jefferson, Rite Wat-
son with Bunch Beaver to Gaines-
ville, Alice Gordon, Sheely Little,
Vanesse Orr, and Anne Ezzard
to Macon, Mary Humphries to Co-
lumbia, Dot Peace, Mary McCalla,
and Caroline Squires to Greenville,
Betty Patrick and Nancy Hardy
to Thomaston with Martha Polk,
Marie Adams to Seneca again!
(This is getting to be a habit)
Glassy Beale and Kate Ellis to
Gainesville with Anne Wheeler.
Janie Coith and Mae Comer Os-

borne attended the spring frolics
at Davidson, as did Rosemary
Griffin. Virginia Henry spent the
week-end at the University of
South Carolina.

Visitors On Campus
On campus were Betty King
visiting Bev Gordy, Bunny Beaden
visiting Dabney Adams, Robin
Robinson's mother, and Scotty
Johnson's Andy Anderson.
Last Wezk's Birthdays
Betty Ann Bridges, Betty Cra-
bill, Puddin' Bealer, Dale Bennett,
Anne Hill Jackson, Nan Johnson,
Marianna Kirkpatrick, Lidie Lee,
Barbara Macris, Kitty McKoy,
Hunt Morris, Peggy Pittard, Bil-
lie Mae Redd, Bobbie Whipple.
Fran Nininger Is Princess
At Festival
Fran Nininger left today for
Winchester, Va., where she will
be a princess at the first post-
war annual Apple Festival. Fran
is the representative of the Va.
State Horticultural Society in the
festival, which lasts through Fri-
day, with tea-dances, balls, floats,
banquets, gifts galore. Secretary
of Agriculture Clinton Anderson's
daughter is queen of the fete.

MacGregor Is Vice-Head
Business Officers Group

Howard M. MacGregor, assist-
ant business manager and treas-
urer, was elected vice-president
of the Southern Association of
College and University Business
Officers for the 1947 session.

The association held a three-
day session in Atlanta, April 18,
19 and 20. Problems facing col-
leges today, such as "Proper
Management of a Dining Hall and
Cafeteria" and "Construction of
New Buildings" were discussed.

Date Book

Wed., May 1 8 p. m., reading

hour, diction contest.

8 p. m.. Municipal auditorium

last night of Book Fair.
Thurs., May 2 Chi Beta Phi

meets.

I [). m., May Day dress rehear-
sal.

5 p. m. Dr. Cartilage of Colum-
bia Seminary, speaks on new
translation of New Testament.
Fri., May 3 1 p. m., volley ball
game.

S it., May 110:30, Phi Beta Kap-
pa announcements.
5 p. m., .'May Day "Festival to

Beauty."

8:80 p. mu, "Our New Moon/'
Pressor.

Mon., May 6 8 p. DDL, program
of contemporary music, Hugh
Hodgson, Pressor.

The special chorus wishes to
announce to anxious friends and
relatives and to whom it may
concern: when Mr. Johnson said
we were "high at Connelly field,"
he was speaking purely in vocal
terms. Sharp chicks, that's us!

McCONNELL'S 5 & 10

147 Sycamore Street

1 1! and 1 14 Ponce de Leon Ave.

Chi Beta Phi
Names Head

Laura Winchester heads the
newly elected officers of Chi Beta
Phi. Others are: vice-president,
Anna George Dobbins; correspond-
ing secretary, Margaret Kelly; re-
cording secretary, Beth Walton;
and treasurer, Helen Currie.

The next meeting of the club
will be held Thursday, May 2. The
purpose of the meeting will be t&
initiate the new members, Beth
Walton, Anna George Dobbins,
Jane Alsobrook, Marjorie Harris,
Anne Keljy, Margaret Kelly,
Sheely Little, and Genet Heery.
There will also be a report, from
Laura Winchester and Martha
Jean Gower, delegates to the Chi
Beta Phi national convention, held
April 26 and 27 in Fredericks
burg, Va.

Poetry Man's Stay
For Future Laney

"The future of poetry is im-
mense, because in poetry, where
it is worthy of our high destinies,
our race, as time goes on, will
find an ever surer and surer stay
. . . More and more mankind will
turn to poetry to interpret life
for us, to console us and to sus-
tain us." These words of Matthew
Arnold served as the key quote
for the informal talk by Miss Em-
ma May Laney, associate profes-
sor of English, to Sophomore
Cabinet, Wednesday, April 24.

Miss Laney's talk, "Poetry, a
Comfort and Stay," was the first
of the cabinet's serie of discus-
sions on religion and the fine
arts.

Orientation

( Continued from Page 1)

tative council last week, the larg-
er group decided to adopt a con-
centrated emphasis on the prin-
ciples set forth in the Agnes Scott
ideal as the goal for next year.
Each major organization will car-
ry out some phase of the four-
point ideal with a view to making
it a more direct part of student
life.

The council set Wednesday and
Thursday, May 8 and 9, for the
honor system discussions on each
dormitory wing and, Thursday, in
chapel.

The students will vote tomorrow
on recommendations submitted to
the council by the nominating com-
mittee. The committee suggests
that the method of nominating
used this year be incorporated in
the constitution, that is, naming
two or more candidates for each
office and not notifying those
nominated until popular nomina-
tions are posted. The committee
also suggests that the offices of
assistant advertising managers of
The News be dropped from the
ballot and be made appointive, as
are corresponding offices on Sil-
houette.

Club News

BIBLE CLUB

Dr. S. A. Cartilage of Columbia
seminary will speak tomorrow at
5 p. m. in Murphey Candler on
the new translation of the New
Testament, at the regular Bible
club meting. The campus is invit-
ed.

Edith Merrin is the new presi-
dent of the club. Other officers
are Fluff Paisley, vice-president;
Ruth Ellis, secretary; and Leo
Cousar, treasurer.

ART STUDENT'S LEAGUE

Emil Holzhauer of the Conser-
vatory of Wesleyan college pre-
sented a demonstration in pastels
last Thursday in Buttrick.

One freshman recently received
the full impact of the new danc-
ing regulation. When with full
force she collided with Mr. For-
man, he saved the situation by
gallantly saying, "May I have the
next waltz?"

GLEE CLUB

Millie Evans was elected presi-
dent of the Glee club for next
year. Kathleen Buchanan is vice-
president and Bobbe Whipple is
secretary-treasurer.

WESTMINISTER FELLOWSHIP

The Presbyterian stud ents
Christian associaiton has elected
new officers: Mary Gene Sims,
president, Margaret Kelly, vice-
president; Nancy Huey, secretary-
treasurer.

METHODIST STUDENTS

Mae Comer Osborne is the new
head of the Methodist students on
campus.

EPISCOPAL CLUB

Alice Newman is the 1946-47
president of the Episcopal club.
Other officers are: vice-president;
Ann Shepherd, secretary-treasur-
er; Tina Hewson.

FRENCH CLUB

The officers for the next year's
French club have been chosen, an-
nounced Ann Hill Jackson, newly
elected president. Other officers
are: Frances Ford, vice-president;
Jane Alsobrook, secretary; and
Janet Van de Erve, treasurer.
Plans for the future include a
picnic which wil be held some-
time during the last of May.

ETA SIGMA PHI

Angela Pardington was elected
president of the Agnes Scott
chapter of Eta Sigma Phi, na-
tional classical fraternity, at its
final meeting of the year April
22.

Other officers are Ruth Glind-
meyer, vice-president; Alice Da-
vidson, secretary; and Margaret
Yancey, treasurer.

Barbara Coith is chairman of a
committee planning a party for
Greek and Latin students soon.

PI ALPHA PHI

Louisa Aichel has been elected
president of Pi Alpha Phi at the
called meeting held Wednesday,
April 17 for the election of of-
ficers. Ninia Owens, vice-presi-
dent, Betzie Powers, secretary,
and Margaret Kinard, treasurer,
were also elected.

DEKALB

A Community Theatre

Today Tomorrow

Frances Gifford in
"SHE WENT TO THE
RACES

Friday

Jinx Falkenberg in
'MEET ME ON BROADWAY'

Monday-Tuesday

Eroll Flvnn in
"SAN ANTONIO"
in Technicolor

Pi Alpha Phi
Argues Student
Campaigning

That something definite should
be done further to familiarize stu-
dents with candidates and their
qualifications before student elec-
tions was the conclusion reached
by both the negative and affirm-
ative teams in a round table dis-
cussion sponsored by Pi Alpha
Phi April 25.

The debate centered around the
question, Resolved: that cam-
paigning preceding elections for
officers on the student election
agenda would benefit the Agnes
Scott campus.

The negative group made the
points that campaigning might
alienate friendships, that it would
take a great deal of time, and
that it would be superfluous on a
campus this size.

Opposing them, those in favor
of electioneering declared that, if
it were carried on in the spirit of
other campus activities, it would
help students recognize "obvious"
candidates as well as those of
equal merit who are not so well
known. They held also that elec-
tioneering would bring into the
open ajl campaigning, thus avoid-
ing one-sided conversational cam-
paigns.

Alumna Sponsors
Diction Contest

Mrs. John B. Waterman of Car-
ron Gates, Mobile, Alabama, for-
mer Agnes Scott student, is spon-
soring a diction contest for the
dent body, today at 8 p. m.

The program will begin with
the contest, followed by a speech
recital given by the advanced
speech students, and a chorus
made up of Speech 105 students.
There is to be a prize of a $30
dictionary for the winning student.
Two girls from each campus or-
ganization will compete* in writ-
ing ten words correctly in pho-
netics or diacritical alphabet.

Mrs. Waterman w#l visit on
campus a week and spoke during
chapel this morning on '"Agnes
Scott Fifty Years Ago."

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Page 3

Frosh, Juniors Prove
Volley Ball Winners

Sophs Lose 33-28;
Seniors Downed 37-14

Battling to the end the freshmen beat the sophs and the
juniors downed the seniors in two exciting volleyball games

Friday. ...

The sophs and frosh played the entire game with a roving
player enabling both teams to keep their best players m the
in strategic positions. Sonhomor^ 33

Freshmen 38

men ahead 21-11. The sophs were
trying hard to find a weak spot
in the opposite court but had not
succeeded. They were also having
trouble with the long serves to
the back of the court that the
frosh were sending over.

Sophs Catch Up

The second half brought renew-
ed vigor to the sophs and they
began to raise the score. The
play grew exciting as the minutes
ticked away and the sophs started
catching up. Fraser was spiking
the ball at the center net but Doc
Dunn playing second row cen-
ter was bringing them right up
again. Jane da Sylva did the best
spiking for the sophs.

With five minutes to play the
score was tied 28-28 and players
were tense awaiting the outcome.
Gladys Merck's serves for the
freshmen determined the game.
She served four points and Jean
Freser served a final one. The
game ended, 33-38.

Seniors Scramble for Team

The seniors had trouble produc-
ing a team, but they finally did
and what a team. While the score
at their half, 21-4, indicated that
the seniors were taking a decided
beating their playing was unusu-
ally good. The juniors however,
were playing a calmer more skill-
ful game. The game ended with
the Juniors leading 37-14. Bettye
Lee Phelps and Cookie Miller did
some good spiking across the net
for their teams. Cookie has an
unusual backward spike that con-
fused the seniors.

Davis

4

Jackson

2

Andrews, V.

3

Stubbs

4

da Silva

3

Porter

5

Cunningham

4

Fraser

4

Abernathy

3

Skinner

3

Honor

6

Crenshaw

2

McLaurin

3

Merck

9

Dunn

5

Blackmon

5

Tucker

2

Marsh

2

McLeod

2

Seniors 14

Juniors 37

Pope

0

Dobbins

1

Sundy

2

Cooley

4

Courtenay

2

Home

6

Phelps

3

Miller

6

Johnston

4

Hoyt

5

McConkey

1

Gilchrist

5

Stephenson

0

Craig

4

Stewart

1

Hough

4

Newton

1

Harris

2

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Monday & Tuesday, May 6-7
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DECATUR CAKE BOX

Outing Cub Tryouts Open
To Rising Seniors Only

Tryouts for outing club this
fall will be open only to the ris-
ing senior class. The requirements
which must be met by May 13
have been posted on the back bul-
letin board in Buttrick.

For membership the club re-
quires to hike six miles and also
to submit plans for an overnight
hike for thirty girls including the
plans for transportation, food and
amusement.

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In Volley Ball

Last Wednesday afternoon the
comparatively quiet athletic field
at Agnes Scott was suddenly in-
vaded by two carloads of the mas-
culine set. Yes, it was the begin-
ning of the annual Seminary-Ag-
nes Scott volley ball game. This
tournament is slowly becoming a
tradition in the Agnes Scott ath-
letic department, for this is the
third year such a game has taken
place.

Two mixed teams, the Pinks
and Blues, were chosen. Both play-
ed good ball. The girls felt some-
what overpowered at times, but
they managed many tricky and
intricate shots to prove that Ag-
nes Scott does have a volley ball
team. As one of the visitors was
overheard repeating: "You know,
these girls can play if you give
them half a chance."

Miss Wilburn was kept busy as
scorekeeper, for the score shift-
ed rapidly, but the final outcome
was: First game Pinks 18, Blues
21; Second game Pinks 7, Blues
21.

From all reports this event
proved to highlight spring quar-
ter sports. We hope that the Sem-
inary boys will return to our
campus next year to give our
Agnes Scott volley ball team
brawn as well as beauty.

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By Lidie Lee

May Day dancers really looked good in that Journal picture on
Sunday, but from what we hear they'll look even better this Saturday.
The gym staff has worked hard to make the production the best yet.
All we need to do now is hope for good weather. So get out your rabbit
foot and hope and hope and hope.

THAT SENIOR TEAM

The Seniors made a valiant effort at the volley ball game Friday.
Seems the hardest thing for them to do is to get enough players to
fill up a team. Five minutes before game time one senior was dashing
madly for the library to dig one of her more studious classmates out
of the stacks. "All work and no play," she muttered as she dashed
by. Hint: to Seniors unless you're interested in being drafted for such
service we'd suggest the evacuation of the library between four and
six on Friday's.

SUMMER JOBS

Summer is on the way, and if you have decided you would like to
do something" constructive during vacation why don't you go down
to see Miss Wilburn about a camp job. Seems there are opportuni-
ties for girls with vim, vigor, and vitality. Good sunburns, poison
ivy and mosquito bites guaranteed, but believe us they're worth it.

APPEAL FOR SYMPATHY

Don't quite know whether to tell this one or not, but with a good
shove from the editor-in-chief here goes. Seems your sports editor
went bowling Saturday night and came out with the ghastly score
of 48. "What a sports editor you must be," her date gloated as he
marked up a final score of 112. "Must be my bad night," he continued,
obviously referring to his low score. Appeal to Bowling Club: Do you
take beginners with a terribly, terribly, urgent need to learn?

BOUQUETS TO MAC

Congratulations go to Mac Craig, ASC badminton singles cham-
pion. She defeated Jean Denning in a hard fought match this week
to win the title for the school. Mac also with Carolyn Gilchrist you
remember was a winner of, the badminton doubles tournament last
Winter. Nice going, Mac!

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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED., MAY 1, 1946

Bread or Coffins?

u To whom much is given, much is required." Much has
been given to us wealth, prosperity, food, clothing, and shel-
ter. Now it is required that we share these with people of
Europe, whose material resources have been virtually de-
pleted. Food is the most pressing need. Thousands of human
beings are on the verge of starvation. "Send them food, or
send them coffins," comes LaGuardia's plea.

America must answer this demand by sending much more
food than has already been shipped. If not, all the world
will suffer from the irretrievable loss of human lives and
potentialities. Again we hear re-echoed the Macedonian cry,
"Come over and help us."

And this is not remote from the Agnes Scott campus. Each
student and faculty member here has a definite responsibil-
ity toward those in starving Europe. First, we must awaken
within ourselves an awareness of the critical situation and
stimulate a desire to do our part. Then let us not waste food.
We send our trays down the roller piled high with left-overs
that could feed many hungry mouths. Let's try to take just
what we can eat and eat what is set before us and not flock
to the drug store for an after-dinner or between-the-meals
snack. If consumption is thus cut, there will be more for
Europe. If you set the example by doing, not talking, others
will follow.

We might also write our congressmen and those in author-
ity at relief agencies, urging the sending of more and imme-
diate help. Your letter may be influential; all letters to con-
gressmen are not filed in the trash basket. Some students
may say that their small part makes little difference. But
remember, one "you," multiplied by 550 other "you's," make
half a thousand people.

By Nellie Scott,

Chairman, World Service Council.

John Mason Brown

With such words as "peach brandy" and "sleeping bag"
aimed at the somewhat stuffy atmosphere of our sheltered
lives, John Mason Brown for the period of an Ijour and forty-
five minutes on Monday night, ventilated our minds with a
gust of breezy, yet thought-provoking air. We tittered at
his glib phrases and probably missed the bite of many of
them. The gist of the whole talk was "let your mind be in-
vaded." Mr. Brown spoke stingingly of people who live en-
tirely in the past or in dream worlds and who do not see
that the world is in a foul shape and that it is the respon-
sibility of these people to realize the condition of the world
and to alter it as well as they are able. We spent a delightful
evening with Mr. Brown and moreover we realized for a
short time that the word above, means us. N. F.

OPA The Finger in the Dyke

Congress is raising the roof over the OPA. Pressure is being
brought to bear by those who want to extend its duties nine
more months, and also by those who want it abolished at
once.

The trouble seems to be that, although Mrs. Saturday-
Morning Shopper is desperately anxious to keep a protec-
tive roof over her head to keep out an impending downpour
of inflation, her voice is being drowned out by the sellers of
goods who want higher prices for their products.

If we abolish OPA, there will be a sudden release of goods
that have been scarce because the manufacturers or retailers
have been holding out in the hope of higher prices for
instance, men's shirts.

If we continue OPA, prices ceilings will be maintained;
prices will not skyrocket and the sort of inflation-crash-de-
pression cycle that followed World War I may be avoided.

It's no use to preach sorrowfully about selfishness. Man's
made that way our job is to offset it by our own thinking.

We are going to be the Saturday-morning shoppers before
long we are going to be the ones who will bear the brunt
if depression comes. Let's do something about it the way we
can make an impression is to write our congressmen and
ask them to continue the OPA.

Galley Slave

Alice Beardsley

| While expediting across the
campus several days past, I was
confronted by the haggard, gaunt
and wholly wasted countenance of
one Anne Kelly, who beseeched
that something might be done
about the gum-chewing situation
in the library.

"Bubble-gum?" I asked. "Well,
I don't know,' she answered, "but
it pops!" "Very bad?" I question-
ed. "Yes!" came the answer.

And so, with the hope that the
situation in general and Anne Kel-
ly in particular might be relieved,
the following scene is related with
the help of Insight and Imagina-
tion.

Scene: In the very bottom floor
of the stacks, in the very darkest
one of the cells, there burns a
small light where Ann Kelly is
sitting alone with Differential
Equations 304c.

Anne: (reading) "We are now
in a position to treat, in a general
manner, the problem of finding
. . . " (at this moment there is
the noise of light-hearted feet
drawing near the adjacent cell.
Anne frowns, but continues hero-
ically.) "... of finding an integ-
rating factor for an ordinary dif-
ferential equation of the first or-
der and degree."

The Person Next Door: Hey,
who's there?

Arfhe: Who, me?

The Person Next Door: Oh, hey
Anne.

Anne: Hey.

The Person Next Door: Whatcha
studyin' calculus ?
Anne: Yes.

The Person Next door: Is it

very hard?
Anne: Yes.

The Person next door: I bet

(silence^ . . . then) Well, I'll let
you study. I got a economics test
tomorrow.

Anne: Hummmm. (reading)
"We have seen that the necessary
and sufficient condition ..."
(Anne is startled for at that in-
stant in which the necessary and
sufficient is about to be discov-
ered there comes an overwhelm-
ing "pop." Anne, being in deep
concentration, scarcely hears the
"pop" and continues reading to
discover that . . .

Anne: "... The necessary and
sufficient condition that u be an
integrating factor of Mdx plus
Ndy equals O is . . . " (at this
point there bursts into Anne's
concentration the consciousness of
the presence of big gums. Her
study is somewhat confused and
she skips a paragraph to find that

Anne: "In actual practice, when
trying to integrate Mdx plus Ndy
equals O, we are not desirous of
finding ..." (Anne is now truly
shaken as the big gums do not
cease firing. She staggers to her
feet, clasps Differential Equations
304c in her arms, extinguishes the
light and reels out of the cell as
says

The Person Next Door: Hey,
you goin' already?

And then there is the story told
by Miss Lambert of the young fa-
ther who came home to tell his
small son that they had a new
little sister. At which point, the
small son exclaimed, "Oh, goody,
goody. Better hurry to the hos-
pital and tell mamma."

Moral Do not do unto others
what you would that they should
do unto you. Their tastes may
not be the same.

Printer's Ink Lures Eager Cubs

By Virginia Andrews

So ya wanta be a reporter, huh ?
You like the smell of printers ink
and the thrill of seeing tomorrow's
history grow from your trusty
typewriter. You want to sling
newspaper lingo around with the
ease that you've heard in MGM
pictures. You KNOW you can
show the world straight news and
stop the presses with your scoops.
Okay, there's glamour in that life,
and if ink, copy paper, smoke, and
dirt are an exotic concoction for
you go to it.

Some of us think that there is.
So last week twenty-odd girls
plunged into the Atlanta Journal
to tour the newspaper as a 101
journalism assignment. Complete
with giggles, pencils poised, and
all the uncorraled enthusiasm of
most novices, we looted the place
of type (set in our nicknames),
newspapers which were "hot off
the presses," and the good graces
of most of the staff.

Reeks of Glamor

Yes, the newspaper Jife is a
quiet one. Take for example the
city office or the A. P. room of
the Journal. Now those places
have all the blissful serenity of a
rodeo. And for those who felt
that there ought to be glamour
and excitement in a news office,
those rooms simply reeked with
it and the gentle scent of a heavy
fog of smoke.

From the editorial part of the
paper we filtrated into the com-
posing room and watched them
set up the type. Above the noise,
the sprinkling of molten lead, and
the general confusion we watched
them make the mats and set up
special type for the advertise-
ments. It was there that some
ingenious gal asked innocently
how they set up the type. When
the man suggested that he show
us how it is done by setting up
one of- our names, he made a fa-
tal mistake two hours later, mi-
nus much lead and slightly ex-
hausted from a long hard work-
out, the typesetter showed us out
of the composing room and closed
the door with a sigh of relief.
Need Bronx Pep

Complete with our trophies
from the composing room, we
marched on the presses. There we
watched the paper actually being
printed and were fascinated by
the process that took the paper
off four-ton rolls and changed it
by means of one machine into a
complete evening paper, printed,

You Said It

Dear Editors:

In tonight's Atlanta Journal
there is a notice that a new su-
gar stamp will be validated May
1. This will be good for five
pounds of sugar through October
31.

Today I got my ration book
from the Dean's office. The new
sugar stamp had been torn out,
and frankly I was puzzled.

Can the Ration board possibly
compel the school to take six
months' supply of sugar from sen-
iors and girls transferring when
we will be here only one month?
What will we use during the sum-
mer and fall months? What will
Robin give Fred for his coffee?

Here is injustice, and American
institutions are supposedly found-
ed on justice and fair play.

I would like to know what ef-
fort Agnes Scott authorities have
made on behalf of its daughters
who are leaving the sheltering
arms. Certainly a vigorous protest
should be made.

Sincerely,
Elisabeth Woodward, Harding
Ragland, Betty Robinson, Dot
DeVane.

Copy Hook

An Iowa coed recently hit na-
tional headlines by a startling
oration in which she said that
she would never marry a GI be-
cause they are, quote, complain-
ing, uncultured, ill-mannered, etc.,
and moreover the real heroes are
buried. This is an excellent atti-
tude, we think, and should be en-
couraged the more out of the
competition the better!

cut, folded, and stacked.

At the end of the afternoon as
we got ready to go we watched
the journalists leave their offices
looking like typewriter ribbons
that had been used too long. All
of us concluded that the life,
though wonderful, is a hard one.
To be journalists we would have
to develop the strength of a well-
bred kangaroo, plus more enthus-
iasm than a Bronx rooter at a
baseball game. ,

Me? Where am I going? Oh,
I've got to go over to The News
room and get busy.

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS

Published weekly, except during holiday* and examination periods, by the Ktudonts
of Agnes Scott College. Office on second floor Murphey Candler Building . Entered as
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Assistant Editors

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Fisher, Marv .lane Fuller. Peggy I'at Home. Sissy Jeffries, Mildred Claire Jones. Mar-

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Lida Walker. Conradine Fraser, Sheely Little.

Feature: Betty Allen, Jane Alsobrook, Doris Kissling.

Sports: Bobbie Whipple, Tattie Mae Williams. Margaret Yancey.

Society: Ellen Morrison, Beth Jones, Eva Williams, B. A. Zb'gler, June Drlskill. Margaret
Ann Ri'-hards.

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THE NEWS

Vol. XXXI

Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia, Wednesday, May 8, 1946

Number 25

HARD WORK REWARDED Members of the class of 1946 who
were elected to the Beta chapter of Phi Beta Kappa were announced
in chapel Saturday.

S. G. A. To Air Honor System
With Dorm Discussions

With a more widespread under-
standing of the honor system as
its goal, Student Government is
sponsoring discussions of the sys-
tem on each wing and cottage to-
night at 10, laying the ground-
work for a panel talk tomorrow
in chapel.

' Under the leadership of a com-
mittee headed by Anna George
Dobbins, the discussions, which
will be primarily on the honor
system as applied to social regu-
lations, will try to clear up any
hazy points that may have arisen
during this year and lay a firm
foundation for an even stronger
honor system next year.

The panel is to be composed of
six students a moderator and
five speakers. Punky Mattison
will act as moderator; Irene Ja-
cob and Polly Grant will repre-
sent the day students; Mary Gene
Sims, Jean Chewning and Betsy
Deal will speak for the boarders.

Five questions will form the
basis of the discussion.

1. Do you believe that under
our honor system the responsi-
bility for others is a tattle tale
system ?

2. What does the honor system
mean to you as a code under
which to live?

3. Why do you think the honor
system works better for academic
activities than for social?

4. Do you feel that the honor
system should be considered dif-
ferently for day students than for
boarders ?

5. Do you think it is necessary
to have an honor system at Agnes
Scott?

.Leading wing and cottage dis-
cussions tonight will be: Ann
Faucette and Nan Johnson, first
Inman; Betsy Baker and Evelyn
Rafftery, second Inman; Tilly
Alexander and Jo Culp, third In-
man; Anne Elcan, B. J. Brown,
and Ginny Andrews, second Re-
becca; Mary Cargill, Virginia
Tucker and Tina Hewson, third
Rebecca; Maudie Van Dyke and
Jo Benton, second Main; Janet
Liddell and Sissy Jeffries, third
Main; Barbara Smith and Mary
Martin, fourth Main; Zollie Sax-
on, White House; Dootsie Gard-
ner, Gaines; Margaret Kelly,
Boyd; and Edith Merrin, Lupton.

Boarders Laud
Council's Plan
To Save Food

In a recent joint house-meeting
I Nellie Scott, chairman of World
Service council, brought to the
attention of the boarders the
acute famine in Europe, and pre-
sented for their approval a plan
of food conservation at Agnes
Scott.

Nellie stated that the plan
would involve boarders giving up
bread for one meal each day. The
money saved in this project, which
would equal approximately twen-
ty dollars, would be sent to some
relief agency.

The project would help relieve
the crisis in Europe by cutting
the bread consumption to enable
a greater supply of bread to be
sent to the starving countries.

This plan was unanimously ap-
proved by the boarders present
and will be given a one week
trial before becoming a regular
practice.

World Service council also plans
sometime in the near future to
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Senior, Soph
Exams Set
May 15 and 16

Examinations sponsored by the
Carnegie corporation in the inter-
est of the advancement of teach-
ing will be given to members of
the senior and sophomore classes
Wednesday and Thursday, May
15 and 16.

Seniors and sophomores will
not attend classes on those two
days, but in general other classes
will be held as usual.

Exams covering the general
fields of literature, science and
social science are being given in
selected colleges all over the
country this month to determine
the successfulness of general edu-
cation such as is received in the
first two years here at Agnes
Scott, before work in a major
subject is begun.

12 Win
PBK Keys

The election of twelve members
of the senior class to the Beta
chapter of Phi Beta Kappa was
announced in chapel, May 4.

Those elected to the scholarship
fraternity were Jeanne Addison,
Margaret Bear, Lucile Beaver,
Shirley Graves Cochrane, Marjorie
Kaiison, Stratton Lee, Anne Noell,
Mary Russell, Ruth Simpson,
Dorothy Spragens, Peggy Wilmon,
and Elizabeth Woodward.

Miss Mildred Mell, professor of
economics and sociology, gave a
brief history of the fraternity's
growth, from its first organiza-
tion at William and Mary Col-
lege in 1776 to the present.

The five who organized the
first chapter "pledged themselves
to the love or quest of wisdom as
the guide or inspiration of life."
Yet, "the spirit of Phi Beta Kap-
pa is not that of withdrawal from
life to nurture the love of lit-
erature and of philosophy as
something apart."

Miss Mell stressed the desper-
ate need for a "balanced and
poised viewpoint which nothing
can upset." "Unless we learn to
verify all that our ears hear and
eyes see, we can be the instru-
ments of our own destruction."
A dedication to the "things of the
mind and spirit can be counted
upon to replenish what Lewis
Mumford calls our 'capital stock'
of ideas the ultimate source of
human improvement."

Phi Beta Kappa chooses its
members from among those who
have learned to value scholarship,
with an "abiding conviction that
such achievement gives promise
for the future which can be count-
ed upon."

Gaines, Benfield
Finals Speakers

President Francis P. Gaines of Washington and Lee uni-
versity in Lexington, Va., and William A. Benfield, Jr., vice-
president of Presbyterian Theological seminary in Louis-
ville, Ky., will deliver the final address and sermon to the
class of 1946.

Panel Named
For Dancing

A dance committee, composed of
representatives from Student
Government, Social Standards
committee, and the Cotillion club
will be in charge of the dancing
regulations, Student Government
has announced.

Responsible for the dancing
room in Main, the committee will
decorate it and keep the latest
records available.

At a joint house meeting Tues-
day night, May 30, Marjorie Naab,
former Student Government pres-
ident, explained the dancing reg-
ulations.

The old day student room in
Main will be open for dancing un-
til 10:45 p. m. on week days and
12 on Saturday nights. No jitter-
bugging will be allowed.

Informal dances may be held
in Murphey Candler provided that
there are additional entertain-
ments and chaperonage. Arrange-
ments must be made with the
dean.

"Dancing and the way it is han-
dled this quarter will determine
its future at Agnes Scott College,
said Jane Meadows, president of
Student Government.

Announcement of speakers for
graduation came from President
J. R. McCain, who has revealed
plans for the three-day commence-
ment program.

Activities will begin Saturday
at 1 p. m. with the trustees'
luncheon for the alumnae and the
seniors in the dining hall. Follow-
ing the luncheon, alumnae will
meet at 2 p. m. in Old Chapel.

Class Day exercises will be held
in the May Day dell at 4 p. m.,
and in the evening a recital by
the departments of voice and
speech in Maclean auditorium,
book-burning, and capping of the
juniors.

Mr. Benfield will deliver the
baccalaureate sermon in Gaines
at 11 a. m. Sunday. Senior ves-
pers at 5:30 p. m. in Maclean
and a dessert-coffee in the
Alumnae garden at 6:30 will com-
plete the day.

Commencement exercises will
begin at 10 a. m. Monday, when
Dr. Gaines will address the sen-
ior class and Dr. McCain will con-
fer degrees upon the candidates.

The college extends deepest
sympathy to Sheely Little on the
death of her mother.

Mortar Board
Names
Social Group

Mortar Board has appointed
Social Standards committee for
1946-47 with Ninia Owens ' as
chairman.

New members are Glassell
Beale and Anne Hagerty, seniors;
Zollie Saxon, Sally Bussey, and
Mary Humphries, juniors; Steve
Page and Joan Hungerford, sopho-
mores. Two freshmen will be
elected in the fall of '47.

Social Standards committee
fosters the social graces on camp-
us. They sponsored Sunday night
open house in Murphey Candler,
receptions after the lectures, "pos-
ture week" culminating in a fash-
ion show, a display of correct ta-
ble settings and revision of "Cam-
pus Code."

R. Neibuhr
To Lecture
May 17

Reinhold Neibuhr, professor of
applied Christianity at Union
Theological seminary in New York
city, will speak Friday, May 17,
at 8:30 p. m. on "Men the Mas-
ters of History; and History the
Masters of Men."

"Living Serenely in an Inse-
cure Age" will be his topic when
he speaks in chapel the following
day at 10:15 a. m.

Returning to Agnes Scott for
the first time since 1944, Mr.
Niebuhr's talks will close the
1945-46 lecture season.

Born in Missouri, Professor
Neibuhr was educated at Elm-
hurst college, Eden Theological
seminary, and Yale divinity
school. He is author of several
books', among them "Does Civil-
ization Need Religion?", "Moral
Man and Immoral Society," and
"Reflections on the End of an
Era."

He is now editor of the quar-
terly "Christianity and Society"
and the biweekly publication
"Christianity and Crisis."

Bet Patterson
Wins Contest

Bet Patterson, representing
.Lecture association, won the pro-
nunciation contest held Wednes-
day, May 1 in Maclean auditori-
um. She received an edition of
Webster's new international dic-
tionary.

The contest was sponsored by-
Mrs. John B. Waterman of Mo-
bile, Alabama as an encourage-
ment to students to cultivate care-
ful diction.

BEAUTY AND LOVE Dootsie Gardner, Aphrodite, and Pa#ie
Violet te, Eros, dance with their group in tribute to queen and court
in Monday's May Day festival.

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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED., MAY 8, 1946

Social
Lite*

By Mary Brown Mahon

There were many disappointed
visitors on campus for May Day
this week-end. However, most of
them stayed over through Mon-
day and the beautiful pageant
that they witnessed was more
than enough compensation for the
weather Saturday. Visitors in-
cluded Marie Cuthbertson's broth-
er, Robin Robinson's family, Jo
Snow's mother, Betsy Deal's mo-
ther, Mary Manly's aunt and mo-
ther, Jeter Starr's sister, Mildred
Claire Jones' mother and grand-
mother, Margaret McManus' fam-
ily, Betty Davison's mother, and
Virginia Skinner's mother. The
weather did not discourage Sally
Sue Stephenson, and many May
Day participants enjoyed her Af-
ter-May-Day supper Saturday.

Mary Beth Little's mother and
sister flew from Texas for May
Day but had to leave before Mon-
day.

More Engagements

Edith Feagle and Becky Lacey
are two of the most recently en-
gaged gals, and are proudly show-
ing their new rings to interested
classmates. Congratulations!
Out-of-Town

Johanna Richardson and Mary
Frances Perry enjoyed themselves
at the week-end dances at Emory-
at-Oxford, while Bettye Smith,
Scotty Johnson, and Minniwil
Storey had a grand time visiting
Gloria Gaines in Anderson, S. C.

Friday Night: Attending the
May-Dance dance at Tech were
Charlsie Smith, Ann Faucette,
Polly Miles, Janet Aurada, Mim
Steele, Alice Crenshaw, Steve
Page, Bobby Whipple, L i b b y
Woodward, Janie Coith, Marian-
na Hollandsworth, Jenny Wren,
Barbara Wilson, and Nancy Har-
rington. June Thomason, Betty
Andrews, and Betty Turner at-
tended a party at Avondale.

Saturday night: June Irvine and
Mary Gene Sims attended the Phi
Delt house dance at Emory, Lou-
ise Starr and Lu Cunningham
danced at the Paradise Room, Jenn
Payne, Fran Russell, and Jenny
Wren went to the ' Sigma Chi
house dance. A delightful four-
some at the Rainbow Roof con-
sisted of Tilly Alexander with Ma-
rie Cuthbertson's brother, and
Marie, who was escorted by her
Ralph.

The students and faculty en-
joyed the Coffee in Murphey Can-
dler which was held after din-
ner Sunday. Those in charge of
it were Jeanne Addison, Vicki
Alexander, Teddy Bear, Dootsie
Gardner, Margie Naab, Jean Stew-
art, and Millie McCain.

Reviewer Says Scenery,
Music, Save Moral Moon

The seniors Saturday night took us on a trip to the moon,
convincing us that the corn is green there as well as the
cheese.

"Our New Moon," the annual senior opera, pictured a sci-
entific expedition to the moon, led by Margie Naab who
was outstanding as Claire de Luce.
The travellers included Nancy

Date Book

Wed., May 8 5:30 p. m. Lecture
by Frances Radford, alumna, to
Freshman Cabinet in Murphey
Candler.

10 p. m., honor system discus-
sions in wings and dorms.

Thurs., May 9 10:30 Panel dis-
cussion of honor system in chap-
el.

5 p. m. Meeting of Chi Beta
Phi for the initiation of new
members.

Fri., May 10 6:30 p. m. Junior

barbecue for seniors.
Sun., May 12 Sophomore cabi-
net hike up Stone Mountain.
Tues., May 14 7 p. m. BOZ
meets at Miss Preston's.

Service Council

(Continued from Page 1)

take part in a relief program for
French students. The program
will include the sending to school
of eleven students in France who
need assistance. The purpose of
the plan is the establishment of a
closer relationship between French
and American students. It is hop-
ed that campus organizations such
as freshman and sophomore cab-
inets and French club will as-
sume regular responsibility for
the sending of boxes to one of
these students.

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Today Thursday-
Perry Como
Vivian Blaine
"DOLL FACE"

Friday

Dennis O'Keefe
"GETTING GERTIE'S
GARTER"

Monday-Tuesday

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Ingrid Bergman

in
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Birthday Cakes, etc.

DECATUR CAKE BOX

Hardy, as the most delightfully
disorganized organizer imaginable;
Peggy Perez as Dr. I. C. Rox,
and Anne Seitzinger as Dr. Mag
Netik. Vera Orem, as Dr. Eva
Lution, shuffled around measur-
ing heads, and BeePee Patrick
sneezed herself through many a
difficult situation.

On the heavenly body, the one-
track-minded scientists and Claire
find a simple people who dream
of the simple life, dancing and
singing like happy children, and
who finally persuade Claire that
she should stay there, away from
the confused, materialistic world
and away from the no doubt
too-subtle humor of our earth.

Lacking the vitality and drive
of the rocket age, the operetta
seemed to depart from the usually
hilarious parodies of former

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years. But the chorus and music
were excellent and well-executed,
and the scenery, twinkling stars
and all, was some of the best
Presser has seen. Agnes Harns-
berger as pianist was good, and
the dance group including Doot-
sie Gardner, Peggy Jones, and
Anne Murrell, was graceful.

Margie Naab and the intriguing
scenery were the bright lights in
this thick fog of moralizing. If
"Dur New Moon" left us, too,
cold, perhaps it was the natural
result of a new departure in sen-
ior operas that was more ambi-
tious than has been tried in many
years. J. A.

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Play By Play

By Lidie Lee

Rain interrupted May Day's an-
nual celebration for the second
time in three years. Looks like
that tradition that it hadn't rain-
ed on an ASC May Day in forty
years is a thing of the very dis-
tant past. Even the postponement
didn't spoil the beauty of the
program however. The gym de-
partment has done a wonderful
job to put together such a polish-
ed performance.
VOLLEY BALL CHATTER

Sophs did something unusual
this week and beat the frosh for
the first time in a practice game.
Too bad, sophs, it wasn't the real
thing.

Figuring up the totals on the
volley ball games played so far
the frosh lead with four wins.
Juniors come next with three on
the credit side to overbalance two
defeats. Sophs have lost four and
won two, and seniors have one
win and four losses.
TENNIS SINGLES

The Crangle-Andrews match in
the semi-finals of the singles ten-
nis tournament showed some of
the best tennis playing done
around here lately. Ann Hough
and Ruth Ryner are scheduled to
play their match sometime this
week and we can count on some
good playing in this match to de-
cide who will meet Joan Crangle
in the finals.
SEMINARY REPEAT

Seminary boys must have en-
joyed the volley ball games with
Agnes Scott last week for
they've invited us to play with
them again next Tuesday, this
time on their home grounds.
Nice going, girls!

SPCA TAKE NOTE

Jane Barker added a touch of
excitement to the volley ball
games the other afternoon when
she jumped up for a high one and
landed on an interested pup who
had come too close for safety.
Puppy squealed for ten minutes,
while Jane blushed and hoped that
the S. P. C. A. was nowhere near.

GOLF TOURNEY

The golf tournament is getting
underway with ten starting play
ers. Tournament entries so far
are Dot Peace, June Thomason,
Lilaine Harris, Kathleen Buch-
anan, Jean Fraser, Mary Manly,
Mary Gene Sims, Clarkie Rogers,
Marie Cuthbertson and Dolly
Cave.

Golf is becoming an important
sport on campus. Over 50 girls
are learning this year with ad-
vice from Harold Sargent, East
Lake pro. Mr. Sargent is an old
hand at teaching Agnes Scott
girls. If you'd like to see what
some of his former pupils looked
like just drop by the gym and
take a look at the bulletin
board.
BATTER UP

Softball games after supper are
the latest ways of working off
energy. On a typical evening you
can lind about a dozen girls, all
the younger members of faculty
row, and several dogs earnestly
knocking out home runners. Ma-
rie Culbertson was giving the out-
fielders good practice in bushbeat-
ing the other night as she knock-
ed them straight down into the
May Day court. The whole Mac-
Gregor clan was present with
Mrs. MacGregor acting as unof-
ficial umpire. The only thing
needed to make the games per-
fect is for a few more people to
come down and join in. How
about it? The most painless way
in the world to reduce enthus-
iasts say. Not that we're insin-
uating anything.

Three Join Tennis Club

Three new members were ad-
mitted to Tennis club as a result
of tryouts held recently. They
are Lucile Gibson, Sister Davis
and Edna Claire Cunningham.

The admission of new members
will not be complete until the end
of- the tennis tournaments now
being held. Tryouts for the club
will be held again next week.

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Frosh Lead
With Fourth
Volleyball Win

The freshmen trounced the jun-
iors and the sophomores over-
whelmed the seniors in Friday's
fast volley ball games.

The freshman-junior game got
off to a quick start with each
team determined to cop the vic-
tory. At the half the score was
still very close the juniors were
lagging behind by a score of 13-
14. Each point was won only aft-
er a long volley on each side.

High scorers for the frosh were
Skinner and Newton. Their serves
were low and far to the back of
the court. The frosh stepped up
their scoring in the second half
and beat the juniors by a safe
margin, 36-19.

The seniors had a bad time get-
ting up a team, and many of their
players were newcomers to the
field. Having this fact in mind
the score of 6-28 for the sopho-
mores at the half is understand-
able. JLura Johnston was the only
senior able to score many points
on the sophs. Susan Neville, the
"Brazilian Bombshell," made the
high for the sophs clocking up
ten points. Ginny Andrews, soph
manager, did a good job of bring-
ing up the seniors spikes from the
second row. Sally Sue Stephenson
and Sarah Walker did a fine job
of filling in the gaps for the be-
ginners. The game ended with a
score of 16-44 for the sophomores.

May Day from the male view-
point will be featured in next
week's News when Eddie Hosch
of the Emory Wheel staff, a
returned veteran with a subtle
viewpoint, gives the tweed-
coated slant on Monday's festi-
val.

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Crangle Defeats Andrews
In Tennis Semi-Finals

Victory Match Awaits
Hough-Ryner Play-Off

Winning two out of three sets Joan Crangle defeated
Betty Andrews in the semi-finals tennis match last Wednes-
day afternoon. Playing on one of the hottest days of the
year but fortunately under a cloudy sky, the girls fought
hard and long for the victory. Betty won the first set 7 to 5
and Joan won the other two, 6 to

2 and 6 to 2.

The two players were remark-
ably well matched. They kept the
ball on the go for unusually long
periods, each practicing continu-
ally her best strokes. Joan ran
up her score with lots of net balls.
Betty's back hand was particu-
larly good for its strength equaled
that of her forehand. She kept
Joan on the move by expertly
placing the ball in the corners of
the court. She also won a consid-
erable number of her points by
lobbying high balls.

Joan will play off the finals
with either Ann Hough or Ruth
Ryner who are scheduled to play

Banquet Fetes A.A. Board

Invitations have been sent to
eighty students to attend an A.
A. banquet on May 16 at the
Avondale American Legion hut.

The banquet is being given by
the retiring A. A. board to for-
mally install the new board. Mem-
bers of this year's varsity and
sub-varsity and of active athletic
clubs on campus will be the
board's guests.

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the other semi-final match soon.
The dates for these games will
be posted. Everyone is invited to
come down to the courts and
watch.

Jackie Stewart, tennis mana-
ger, .announced today that there
will be one more chance to try
out for tennis club before school
is out. She wants all interested
students to watch the bulletin
board for the time and to come
on down to the courts to try their
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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, WED V MAY 8, 1946

EDITORIALS

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS

PnWIrihAd weekly fxcent during holidays and examination periods, by the students
of V- ' r^rcollege. Office on second floor Murphey Candler Building. Entered as
second clasVmatter at the Decatur, Georgia, postoffice. Subscription price per year, $1.25;
single copies, five cents. ^ *

Just One More Thing

Agreeing to give up bread once a day to help relieve the
world-wide food shortage showed good spirit. It showed that
we realize there must be some equalization of the bare nec-
essities of life to keep the precarious balance of peace that
we have won and to keep the precarious balance held by so
many between life and death.

But giving up a few pieces of bread won't offset the fact
that we have fallen down on the job in another way.

Of the 541 students at Agnes Scott, only 373 pledged any-
thing to war fund. Of these 373, 153 have not yet completed
their pledges. Th* Red Cross, therefore, has not received the
money pledged to it by us, at a time when people like om
own next-door neighbors are dying from want. Let's not
fail them any longer.

More Honor and Less System!

The discussions of the honor system tonight and tomorrow
are an experiment that has needed to be tried. It is a healthy
sign when we agree to talk frankly about the honor system
instead of turning our back on the fact that some of us do
not either live up to it or accept it.

It is too bad that the unappealing word "system" has to
be attached to a natural outgrowth of our own honor and
pride. But, by whatever name, the honor system here, as a
basic part of Agnes Scott, needs to be thought through. It
was created after much thought, and it needs the same
amount of thinking to recreate it in each incoming freshman
and to carry it on in all of us.

The discussions tonight on each wing can lay the founda-
tion for a stronger, more mature interpretation of the sys-
tem next year or it can add to the confusion of talk about it.
It all depends on how we participate in them. They deserve
the best chance our own contribution can give them.

Greeks Fete Beauty
n Belated Festival

Dancers in brilliant yellows,
reds, and blues presented "Festi-
val to Beauty" .at the annual May
Fete Monday afternoon at five
o'clock. Greek gods and goddesses
with their followers representing
all phases of life paid homage to
Queen Gloria Ann Melchor and
her court. Poisedon, Hades, and
Zeus, as gods of the sea, the un-
derworld, and the heavens were
flanked by lesser gods and god-
desses Athene, Juno, Hesia, Hep-
haestus, Ares, Demeter, Aphro-
dite, Diana, Dionysus, Pan, and
Eros. Interpretative dances and
costumes were used to represent
the Greek theme of beauty found
in all of life, nature, human emo-
tions, and spirit.

The pageant opened with the
entry of the court composed of
Sally Sue Stephenson, Bet Long
Sale, Shirley Cochrane, Ginny
Dickson, Mary Jane Fuller, Mar-
garet McManus, Mynelle Grove,
Nancy Deal, Mary Beth Little,
Jean Frazer and Josephine Snow.
The court, carrying bouquets of
spring flowers, was dressed in yel-
low .and blue in contrast to the
white dress of the queen. Maid
of Honor Sally Sue crowned Queen
Gloria with the assistance of lit-
tle Polly Boyce, crown bearer.

A Greek chorus introduced the
action with explanations in blank
verse. Possibly the size and in-
experience of the group accounted
for the roughness in timing; how-
ever their emotional grasp of the
passages was good.

The startling and varied cos-
tumes were acclaimed by the au-
dience; Anne Elcan deserves the
credit for most of the designing.
The group representing -home life,
the warriors, the wedding party,
and those symbolizing abundance
were especially effective. Capric-
ious Pan piped away the hearts

Leaders Offer Ideas on Honor System

Agnes Harnsberger #
Christian Association

With a lot of other things be-
sides the honor system, we at
Agnes Scott spend, I think, so
much time criticizing that we
don't appreciate the many good
points our community does have.
It's a real privilege to be trusted
by the faculty and administration
so much that we take exams and
tests without supervision and
pledge papers without question.
I'm glad we have no such people
as proctors or monitors who are
to do nothing but catch those who
are breaking the rules, and who
alone have the responsibility for
enforcing rules. That could possi-
bly ruin a girl's life by making it
difficult to be well-liked. But our
system puts the responsibility
w here it belongs on everybody, as
it should be in a democracy.

Of course, everyone knows a
real democracy is an ideal, and
so is our honor system, in a way,
1 think. Yes. it's dificult and we
don't always like it because we
hate to have the embarrassment
of telling a girl when we've seen
her break the rules. But if there
are ideals about Agnes Scott that
you like, you have to go to some
trouble and unselfishness to keep
them. Also, at our age in college,
we should have learned how to
be tactful and reasonable in up-
holding our ideals and how to
have nothing in our attitude that

could deserve the criticism of
"tattle-tale."

I am proud that we have the
double honor system and I'm
proud to tell those from other
schools that ours works, but I
realize that it functions only as
you and I make it function.

B. J. Radford, Mortar
Board

We claim to have here an ab-
solute standard, yet each of us
feels that we can differentiate be-
tween big and little rules. Our
first mistake is that we deter-
mine the value of honor by our
own opinion of the rule. Honor is
honor whether the scale be big
or little. Yet to take the distinc-
tion for a moment, we often be-
come so involved in minor infrac-
tions of rules such as lights or
house-book violations that we for-
get the principle behind the ap-
plication; we see no reason for
the rule, because we never think
deeply enough to see it.

And yet, on the other hand, if
the whole system seems impos-
sible, the fault lies usually not
in the principle but in the appli-
cation. When there is constant
undermining of the little rules,
the whole system is weakened.
Who are we as individuals to crit-
icize destructively or to under-
mine a system which is our in-
heritance from sincere and
thoughtful students in the Dast?

Jane Meadows, Student
Government

The success of the honor sys-
tem depends upon the general ac-
ceptance of all of our rules as
reasonable, sound, and important
for maintaining the standards of
our college. There is not one rule
here which, if considered from all
sides, can be called unreasonable.
The rules under our honor sys-
tem were not made for one of us
but for all of us. As long as we
live in a group, we must accept
the standards -of that group.

Our honor system is a personal
one. It is only when we fail per-
sonally that our honor and that
of the college has to be upheld
by others in the group. There
is great concern over the re-
sponsibility for others in our hon-
or system. If the personal phase
of the honor code worked perfect-
ly, the other phase would be un-
necessary.

Other colleges which have an
honor system also have a system
of reporting. The reason that
Agnes Scott's honor system is un-
usual is that we have this sytem
of first going to the person in-
volved. Contrary to other colleges
this keeps our honor system on a
personal basis.

Sep this page next week for
the Administration's reply to
the News letter eritieizin^ the
College su^ar stamp policy.

of the audience as well as those
of the Greek girls.

The props were invaluable in
creating the reality necessary to
an imaginative production such as
this. The swords and shields, harp,
bow and arrows, torches, gar-
lands, tridents, pottery, and so on
were excellent. The columns and
fountain in the dell aided in the
historical transformation.

Mrs. Leone B. Hamilton of the
art department, Mrs. Harriette
Lapp and Miss Eugenia Dozier
representing the gym, Dootsie
Gardner, chairman of the May
Day committee, Professor C. H.
Dieckmann, composer of the mu-
sic, and Mary Beth Little, author
of the scenario created this very
colorful and lovely production.

At the .conclusion of the page-
ant, after the audience had as the
very gods themselves, "seen
everything," Aphrodite gave the
golden apple of beauty to Zeus
who in turn gave it to the mes-
senger of the gods, Hermes. At the
command of the Olympic Twelve
and the chorus, the gift was pre-
sented to the "fairest of the fair,
the beautiful Queen of May."

J. S.

Side Show

Wednesday, May 8

"Jam Session" at the Decatur.
Music by Charlie Barnet, Alvino
Rey, the Pied Pipers, and heaven
knows how many others. Better
than a radio program, though, be-
cause of Ann Miller's dance rou-
tines.

Wednesday-Thursday, May 8-9
"Doll Face" at the DeKalb. Viv-
ian Blaine, Dennis O'Keefe, Per-
ry Como, Carmen Miranda. A
burlesque stripper wants to make
Broadway but needs culture. Lots
of bare midriff, song and dance
including Miranda's "Chico-Chico."

Thursday and Friday, May 9-10

"The Stork Club" at the Deca-
tur, with tireless Betty Hutton
sporting furs from an unknown
benefactor who turns out to be
tramp-millionaire Barry Fitzger-
ald. Don Defore leads the band,
and Hutton too. Andy Russell
keeps the thing going with some
hit tunes. Not bad ,at all.

Friday, May 10

'Getting Gertie's Garter" at the
DeKalb. Absent-minded scientist
(Dennis O'Keefe again) in pur-
suit of a super-garter he gave to
Gertie (Marie "The Body" Mac-
Donald) in a weak moment, so his
wife won't find out. Good dialogue
but prepare to blush because ver-
sions of this one have been shock-
ing them since 1921.

Monday and Tuesday, May 13-14

"Spellbound" at the DeKalb,
through Friday. Hitchcock's psy-
chological thriller with plenty of
shadows-in-the-wall stuff., Ingrid
Bergman risks her career, repu-
tation, and even her life in the
hope of curing anmesia victim
Gregory Peck, who believes he's
done murder. Leaves you limp
but happy.

"Guest Wife" at the Decatur.
Claudette Colbert and Don
Ameche get thoroughly confused
in a scandal-tangle, sure-fire plot
for laughs.

Galley Slave

Alice Beardsley

Throughout Presser hall last
week floated the melodious strains
strains of Bach. The Bachist was
good, we thought, as faded the
last notes of our own "Flower
Song." But with only an hour to
practice we left Bach to his in-
terpreter next door and proceeded
with the "Minuet in G." Midway
through this rendition, however,
a decided Boogie strain mingled
with exalted Bach. The Minuet
effort ended abruptly. By this
time Boogie won over Bach and
we heard with interest all musical
efforts cease tfn nearby rooms;
all collective feet tapped the floor
rhythmically, and all musical ears
gave way to the Boogie woman.
Even the walls of old Presser
shook with this unexpected stim-
ulation in the day's routine. This
universal participation waned
soon, however, as Bach strains
drifted back slowly into the "sol-
id jive," and our conscience de-
manded the completion of "Min-
uet in G." The fact remains, none-
theless, that there is a Boogie
woman on campus. Rumor says
she is Mrs. H. T. Cox who used
to play on the radio program
Chamber Music Society in Lower
Basin Street. This rumor compels
investigation.

* * * *

Seen last Friday: Mary Ann
Courtenay standing on tip-toe
peeping through the stack win-
dows to find any secluded senior
who might be recruited for the
needy senior volley ball team.
* * *

With a proudly smiling face,
Bunny Brannan approached her
speech conference leader last Sat-
urday with the fact that her
speech work this year had cer-
tainly been worthwhile and re-
warding. It seemed that Mrs.
Brannan was anxious to find a
maid for household help. Skillful-
ly disguising her voice Bunny ex-
plained to her mother that she
could help at least one day a
week, at which point she was ac-
tually hired. Just goes to show
what a "How Now Brown Cow"
can do for you.

* * * *

Speaking of shortages of one
kind or another, recalls to mind
the following want ad made by a
home-hunter with a decidedly new
approach and a desperate tone in
his voice.
Wanted immediately. Small fur-
nished apartment in desirable
location. Have 2 hens, 1 dog, 1

wife, and foiir-year-old-daiign*

ter. Will eat hens, and drown
do^, hut would like to keep
wife and child if possible. Writ*-
F-57. Citizen Times.

Copy Hook

Then there is the story about
the dignified (?) president of the
Fre.shm.an class who got caught
in one of her undignified mom-
ents.

The time: Mid-afternoon.

The place: Second Inman.

Two telephone men are fixing
the phone. Voice is heard off-
stage: Voice Recsie, don't come
in like that there's two men.

Reesie You're kidding.

Enter Reeseie wearing blanket
sarong-style, slinking with great
exaggeration. Inman notes sur-
prised expressions of the men
then sees that of Madame Presi-
dent. Quick exit of heroine.

THE NEWS

VOL. XXXI

Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia, Wednesday, May 15, 1946

Number 2C

News Poll To Test
AS Political Views

Gubernatorial Breezes Blow
As Campus Tabulates Choice

As a straw in the Georgia political wind, The Agnes Scott
News is sponsoring a campus-wide poll this week to deter-
mine the college's choice for the governor who will be vir-
tually elected in the July 17 Georgia primary.

Mimeographed ballots will be distributed during chapel
period Friday and students will be

asked to check their candidate
and to give their home state and,
in the case of Georgia girls, whe-
ther they are registered voters.
All members of the student
body, faculty, and administra-
tion are expected to participate.

The League of Women Voters
will cooperate with The News by
posting information about the
candidates so far in the race, and
by having charge of voting booths
in the lobby of Buttrick and the
day student rooms, Friday.

Backers of certain candidates
have urged that Agnes Scott Col-
lege form student groups endors-
ing their men, but it was felt
that the college should not be-
come actively involved in politics
in this way. The News poll is de-
signed to arouse interest in the
campaign as well as to see where
the college stands.

Results will be posted on the
bulletin board as soon as they
can be tabulated. The size of the
vote will be designated as com-
ing from Georgia or out-of-state
girls, and from registered or non-
registered Georgia votes.

Carmichael, former manager of
Bell Bomber in Marietta, prom-
ised in Moultrie Saturday to raise
teachers' salaries, keep taxes low,
adhere to Southern racial tradi-
tions, preserve the county unit
system and to maintain an honest
state government.

Talmadge does not formally
open his campaign until Satur-
day. He was governor of the
state from 1940 to 1942 and is
standing again on the white pri-
mary and keeping Negroes away
from the polls by law.

Rivers, opening his bid for the
governorship in Waycross last
Saturday, pledged himself to con-
tinue reforms he began during his
term in the governor's mansion,
1937-40, especially in aid to
schools and in highway building.

"Doc" Everitt, of Waycross,
has not yet opened his formal
campaign, but has declared that
the issue is not one of races but
of a democratic versus a totalitar-
ian state government.

Mortar Board

Voodoo-Man To Work
Black Magic Saturday

Voodoo . . . Hoodoo will get
you! Darkest Africa has nothing
on Agnes Scott these days, and
if you're not convinced come to
the Black Magic show starring
Seymour Kessler and friend, At-
lanta professional magicians.

The old staff of The News is
sponsoring the show, Saturday, in
Maclean at 8 p. m. Admission will
be 25 cents including tax, the
money to go for the benefit of
the Agnes Scott News.

To Publish
Calendar

Mortar Board's Agnes Scott
calendar, similar to the one pub-
lished at Annapolis, will be out in
time for next year's Christmas
presents, according to B. J. Rad-
ford, president.

Bound in a stiff cover display-
ing the college seal in purple and
white, the calendar will have a
page for each week, facing a full-
page picture. It will measure five
and one-half by eight and one-
half inches. A committee of Mor-
tar Board has been chosen to con-
sider pictures.

Seniors will be given an oppor-
tunity in a class meeting to order
calendars before graduation. They
will probably cost $1.00.

AMG Lacks
ns Posey

"We have no plan, no program
were we to get out the Hitler
gang would be in the saddle,"
stated Walter B. Posey, professor
of history and political science, in
his talk on the American occupa-
ton of Germany, Tuesday, May
14.

The actual American occupation
has crystalized certain problems
of fraternization, black market,
and army morale, "low indeed,"
which he discussed.

We did "a magnificent job of
conquering," but "we have re-
placed a first rate army with 18
year old GI's" and therein lie the
future problems of AMG. We have
done a poor job of educating and
"they hate us, no queston about
it." It has become a question of a
"better army and program or ad-
mitting defeat and getting out."

Fourteen Enter
Book Contest

Fourteen girls have submitted
collections of their books for the
-McKinney book award contest.
Their collections will be on dis-
play in the reading room of the
library this week.

Girls who entered their
collections are Jane Barker, Ruth
Simpson, Anne Noell, Angela
Pardington, Chris Yates, Teddy
Bear, Ginny Andrews, Dorothy
Dunstan, Beth Little, Dot Wad-
lington, Claire Kemper, Phia Pe-
dakis, Mary Cargill, and Bet Pat-
terson.

Mi re girls have entered the
contest this year than ever before.

62 Juniors jNiebuhr To Connect

To Spark
Orientation

Sixty-two junior sponsors with
their sophomore helpers met Fri-
day to outline plans for orienta-
tion of next year's freshmen and
transfers.

Mac Craig, orientation chair-
man, reveals that a sponsor train-
ing course will inaugurate the
program next year, beginning at
2:30 p. m. Saturday, September
14. Sophomore helpers will meet
Monday, September 16.

Sponsors will register for
courses and hours Saturday, be-
fore the remainder of the stu-
dents return, in order to allow
juniors more time with their
sponsorees.

Next year's sponsors, chosen
under the new system of selection
and volunteering, are Jane Also-
brok, Booby Blair, Ruth Blair,
i^ee Brewer, B. J. Brown, Flo
P.ryant, Janie Coith, Mac Comp-
ton, Martha Cooke, E. Claire
Cunningham, Jane da Silva, Jean
dp Silva, Sister Davis, Nancy
Deal, June Driskill, Doc Dunn,
Anne Ezzard, June Gattis, Bet-
ty Gesner, Helen Goldman, Har-
riet Gregory, Rose Mary Grif-
fin, Lucy Grovenstein, Pris Hatch,
Virginia Henry, Bobbe Whipple,
Teetoe Williams, Jennie Wren,
Margaret Yancey, Mapan Yan-
cey, Tina Hewson, Candy Hol-
landsworth, Mary Humphries, Liz
Jackson, Beth Jones, Mildred
Claire Jones, Betty Kitts, Sheely
Little, Barbara Macris, Mary
Manly, Lou McLaurin, Sue Mead-
ers, Susan Neville, Vanesse Orr,
Ann Patterson, Evelyn Puckett,
Harriet Reid, Margaret Anne
Richards, Ruth Richardson, Clark-
ie Rogers, Jane Rushin, Zollie
Saxon, Mary Gene Sims, June
Smith, Dot Stanton, Dot Stew-
art, Jackie Stewart, Anne Tread-
well, Virginia Tucker, Pagie Vio-
lette, Barbara Waugaman, and
Julia Ann Coleman.

Art Students
ExhibitWork

A collection representing a
year's work for each student in
the art department went on ex-
hibit today in the library and in
Room 321 Buttrick.

Work by students in structure,
design, drawing, and painting is
shown in the library, while in-
terior Jlecoiation and landscape
art st'iaerts will exhibit the'.:
woik n Buttrick 321.

The exhibit in the library shows
more cf an interest in problems
and their working out than in tne
turning out of finished products.
The six advanced students have
concerned themselves mainly with
special relationships and the first
year students with fundamentals
in design.

Their pictures include figure
drawings, lU\) life, outdoor paiit-
ings, an' 1 figure compositions done
abstractly and realistically. Pen-
cil, charcoal, watercolor, and
crayon are used as mediums, with
one painting in oils.

Men, History Friday

Neo-Orthodox Theologian Will Apply
His Philosophy to World Situation

By Martie Mizell

Reinhold Niebuhr, considered the number one theologian
of U. S. Protestantism, returns to Agnes Scott Friday night
to close this year's Lecture association series.

Following up his talk here in 1944 on "The Total Crisis of
Civilization," Dr. Niebuhr will apply to the present world

situation his philosophy in discuss-
ing "Men the Masters of History,
and History, the Masters of Men"
Friday at 8:30 p. m. in Gaines
auditorium.

Saturday at 10:15 a. m. he will
speak on "Living Serenely in an
Insecure Age," also in Gaines.

In choosing his subject for the
Friday lecture, Mr. Niebuhr con-
firms "Time's" statement in the
April 29 issue: "Niebuhr is at his
characteristic best when he wields
the flashing, two-edged sword of
paradox."

"Intense, eager theologian Nie-
buhr seems as paradoxical as his
analysis of Christian doctrine,"
says "Time." "Noted as he is
among churchmen for his neo-
orthodox theology, he is almost
as well known among intellectual
liberals for his unorthodox poli-
tics."

The son of a German-born
evangelical minister, Dr. Niebuhr
was born in Wright City, Mo.
Theology was his dominant inter-
est from childhood. He was edu-
cated at Elmhurst college, Eden
Theological seminary, and the Di-
vinity school at Yale.

Dr. Niebuhr's career began with
a parish in Detroit, when he earn-
ed $50 a week. Since 1928 he has
taught religion, ethics, and phi-
losophy at Union Theological
seminary in New York city.

In 1939, he was invited to de-
liver the Gifford lectures at Edin-
burgh, an honor that has fallen
to only four other Americans. Be-
sides editing two publications, Dr.
Niebuhr has written many books
including "Christianity and Power
Politics," "The Nature and Des-
tiny of Man," and "Moral Man
and Immoral Society." *

"Time" calls him "no man for
the masses; he often has Union
theological seminary's best stu-
dents gasping in the high alti-
tudes of his apologetics. On the
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REIXHOLD NIEBUHR

Radford Wins
New Award

Betty Jean Radford, junior
from Decatur, is the first winner
of the annual Jennie Sentelle
Houghton scholarship, second lar-
gest award given to an under-
graduate.

The announcement came from
President J. R. McCain in chapel
Saturday. The fund, amounting to
$10,000 w;th the interest of $400
forming the annual award, was
established last year by Dr. M.
E. Sentelle of Davidson, N. C,
and named in honor of his sister.
The scholarship goes to a stu-
dent of "outstanding character,
personality, intellectual ability
and scholarship."

A committee of the Administra-
tion, including Dr. McCain, Miss
Carrie Scandrett, Miss Lucille
Alexander, S. G. Stukes, and R.
B. Holt, elected the winner.

B. J. is president of Mortar
Board and member of Chi Beta
Phi. She has served on exec two
years last year as secretary, and
the year before as sophomore rep-
resentative. She belongs to bas-
ketball varsity.

ASC To Share
In Relief Drive

World Service council, in coop-
eration with the DeKalb county
food relief drive, is placing boxes
in dormitories and other places
on campus for student contribu-
tions.

Other boxes will be in dorms
for contributions of clothing.
These projects are not a part of
the regular War Fund campaign.

CA Council
Completed

Christian association has an-
nounced the council members for
next year. C. A. council is made
up of representatives of the va-
rious Christian organizations and
welfare groups sponsored by-
Christian association.

Those on the council for next
year are Gene Akin, and Bobbie
Cathcart, representatives to youth
division, Atlanta Christian coun-
cil; Betty Allen and Virginia
Barksdale, Syrian chapel; Jane
Cooke, Betsy Deal, Ruth Ellis,,
and Mary Price, Negro mission;
Mildred Claire Jones, Florence
Paisley, Anne Shepherd and Doro-
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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WED.. MAY 15, 1946

Club News

CABINET

Freshman Cabinet sent a depu-
tation to the meeting of Emory's
freshman cabinet Monday night,
May 6. Angie Anderson, Nancy
Dendy, Dot Morrison ai d Lee
Cousar presented the program at
the meeting.

FOLIO

Folio had a party Monday night
at the Alumna House. Sophomore
members were invited to the par-
ty, the club's last meeting this
year.

t R. c.

Nancy Shelton is the new pres-
ident of International Relations
club. Aiding her will be Margaret
Kinard, vice-president, and Kath-
ryn Johnson, secretary-treasurer.

Plans are being made to ex-
tend the program and activities of
the club by inviting guest speak-
ers and encouraging discussions of
current events. The final meeting
of the year will be held soon to
welcome a large number of new
members.

SCOTTISH RITE

Christian association has ap-
pointed Kosy Wadlington, Mil-
dred Claire Jones, Fluff Paisley,
and Anne Shepherd in charge rf
Agnes Scott's work at the Scot-
tish Rite hospital.

This year Agnes Scott girls will
be in charge of handicrafts for
the crippled children. Girls inter-
ested in participating are asked
to call one of those in charge.
SPANISH CLUB

Eight new members have just
been announced: Louise Durant,
Edith Stowe, Betty Jo Doyle, Ja-
net Quinn, Betty Jean Ellison, Re-
becca Lever, Betty Blackmon, and
Marguerite Jackson.

ETA SIGMA PHI

All Latin and Greek students
were invited to a party, Monday
afternoon, May 13.

CHI BETA PHI

Formal and informal initiation
was held last Thursday afternoon.
Members heard a report on the
convention which was held in
Fredericksburg, Va.

BOZ

New members of the club are

Junior Barbecue
Recalls Plantation

The senior class went all-out
for the southern style barbecue
given them by the juniors in the
little quadrangle last Friday at
5:30 p. m.

The party began as they col-
lected their buffet supper from
tables served by juniors dressed
as Negro mammies. The menu
consisted of barbecue, potato sal-
ad, sliced tomatoes, pickles, hot
rolls, iced tea, and ice cream.

They were taken "on board" an
imaginary old southern show-
boat where the skit, dramatizing
the memories of the senior class,
was presented. Negro spirituals
formed part of the program. Both
classes ended the party by sing-
ing familiar songs.

Alice Beardsley, Angela Parding-
ton, and Mary Price. The group
will meet with their advisor, Miss
Janef Preston, at 7 p. m., May
14.

POETRY CLUB

Mary Beth Little and Ginny
Andrews are co-chairman of the
club for next year.

BLACKFRIARS

Initiation ceremonies will be
held Thursday in Miss Gooch's
studio at 7 p. m. New members
include Billie Powell, Sara Belle
Rosenberg, Valeria von Lehe,
Reese Newton, Erma Miles, Claire
Kemper. Dorothy Stewart, Bar-
bara Macris, Joyce Hale, Willa
Wagner, and Betty Gesner.

GRANDDAUGHTERS' CLUB

Caroline Squires is the presi-
dent of the club for the coming
year. Other officers have not yet
been elected. The club gave a pic-
nic supper in the Alumnae gar-
dens, May 11.

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Social-Lit es

By Mary Brown Mahon

This week's events increased |
the list of parties for our future
brides. Thursday afternoon, Mau-
die Van Dyke and Anne Murrell
gave a tea at the Alumni House
for Joan Crangle and Eleanor
Davis. Miss Hunter served, and
the guests of honor were given
linen napkins and pieces of their
china by the hostesses.

On Saturday, Jean Fuller was
honored at a linen shower given
by her attendants at the home of
Mrs. J. S. Mitchell. The hostesses
were Helen Pope, Anne Noell,
Vera Orem, and Mary Ann Roach,
who is a cousin of the bride-to-
be. They gave Jean a gardenia
corsage and a luncheon set.
Doris Now Mrs.

Of interest to the entire campus
was the marriage of Doris Purcell
to A. Douglas Owens, of Tampa.
The marriage took place in De-
catur on May 4, and was a double
ring ceremony. The bride and
groom are honeymooning in Flor-
ida and Doris is planning to re-
turn to Agnes Scott in June to
graduate.

House Parties

Betty Blackmon really had a
houseparty this week-end. Those
going home with her to Colum-
bus were Jo Snow, Mimi Arnold,
Weezie Durant, Steve Page, Bet-
ty Davison, Reesie Newton, Bun-
ny Brannan, Binky Stubbs, Har-
riotte Winchester, Dot Quillian,
Margie Marks, Dolly Cave, and
Dot Porter.

Saturday night Bunny Weems
and Lib Osborne were hostesses
at an overnight party at Harrison
Hut. Miss Natusch chaperoned,
and Beepee Patrick, Nancy Hardy,
Peggy Perez, Peg Willmon, Ruth
Simpson, Vera Orem, Anne Noell,
Mary Martin, Mary McConky,
Martha Polk, Helen Pope, Jean
Fuller, Mae Comer Osborne, and
Betty Edwards shared the food
and the floor.

Fraternity Parties

Saturday night the Chi Phi's at
Emory gave a Christmas party.
Those attending were Barbara
Kincaid, June Thomason, Mary
Frances Anderson, Eva Williams,
Charlsie Smith, Marilyn Bridges,
Alice Newman, Glassell Beale, and
Lib Osborne.

Another colorful party Satur-
day night was the Delta Tau Delta
Artists ball. Reporting a marvel-
ous time were southern belles
Nancy Deal, Bev Gordy, Ruth
Clapp, and Minnie Hamilton, bal-
let dancer Martha Polk, peasants
Peggy Pirtle, Nancy Geer, Maggie
Toole, and Mynelle Grove, "For-
ever Amber" Nancy Haislip, Sen-
orita Mary Beth Little, "civilians"
Ellen Morrison and Sally Bussey,
Greek Pat McManmon, and 1924
Sports girl Kate Ellis.

Look Homeward . . .
Lee Cousar spent Sunday in
Roswell with Anne Ezzard; Alice
Jean Caswell and Jo Culp went
home to Anderson, S. C, with
Bobbie Cathcart; Ruby Lehman,
Va! von Lehe, and Betty Bed-
dingfield went home with Jessie
Padgett to Gieer, S. C; Becky
Lever home to Winder, Ga.; Mil-
lie McCain, Vicky Alexander, and
Mary Ann Courtenay went to
Lake Rabun; Mildred Claire Jones
home to Thomaston, Anne Elcan
and Mary Gene Sims home with
Margaret Ann Richards, May Tur-
ner home to McDonough, Caroline

ASC Musicians
To Give Recital

Strings, piano, and organ will
combine for a musical Tuesday,
May 21 at 8:30 p. m., in Gaines
under direction of C. W. Dieck-
mann, professor of music.

Helen Currie will play the first
movement of Schumann's piano
concerto, followed by a two-piano
rendition of Mendelssohn's G Mi-
nor Concerto. Adele Dieckmann
will play an organ fanfare by
Shelley.

String ensemble will play sev-
eral numbers, featuring an over-
ture and "Sheep May Safely
Graze," by Bach.

Bunny Weems gave a joint re-
cital with string ensemble Mon-
day night.

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Play By Play

By E. Claire Cunningham

Those screams that have been echoing through the walls of the
gym have not meant death. Dr. Burns has been giving typhoid shots
to girls going summer camping (why else would anyone take them?)
I wasn't very scared when I went down for mine and Dr. Burns gave
Sally Sue hers while Alice Newman and I looked on. Then Alice turn-
ed to me and said, "How do I do it?" Dr. Burns said, "Oh just as if
you were throwing a dart." Thus I got my shot and lived to tell
about it. It really isn't bad just have courage.

VOLLEY BALL STEPS

The girls may have gone to the Seminary to play a return volley
ball game Tuesday, but the two teams surely weren't playing vol-
ley ball at the Emory Theater that night. Maybe the losing team
set the winner up to a movie. How about it, girls? These jaunts
should make volley ball much more interesting in the years to come.

A sequel to the story of Miss Wilburn giving her volley ball team
a cut for beating Miss Ames 'tennis class developed this week.
The tennis dass by a very close decision, 18-21, beat the volley ball
team and they too as a result got a cut for the following time.
Justice has been fulfilled!

COMEDY AND TRAGEDY

There's comedy and tragedy behind the desk in the gym. Take the
plunge period for instance (or interest) when I am down there. A
girl comes up and ask me brightly for a size thirty-four suit. She
comes back in a few minutes and ask meekly for a thirty-six. That's
comedy (or tragedy). Then there are those who refuse to wear any-
thing but a light blue suit or some other peculiarity In one-half hour
I counted eleven people that weighed and with the exception of two
after weighing each carefully set the scales back. And there's the
inevitable cry, "I can't find my basket" or 'T need a safety
pin" or "May I borrow your lipstick?"

MEET ASCs MR. DOOLEY

We will soon have our own Mr. Dooley in the gym, but he won't
be the beloved character he is at Emory. This mystery man bor-
rows and takes things. He started out with small articles as golf
balls and shampoo but has graduated to tennis shoes and for all-
out audacity, golf clubs. He usually returns them a little worse for
wear. From all observations he must be quite an athlete, but we
wish he would get his own equipment.

ANTON

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Jackson Payne Beauty Salon offers Helen Curtis $20
cold wave or heat wave . . .

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Tennis

Hough Wins
Semi-Finals

Winning two sets 6-4, 6-4 Ann
Hough defeated Ruth Ryner in the
semi-finals of the tennis singles
tournament.

The game was not spectacular
but both girls played good steady
tennis. Ryner's powerful serve
gave her some good points, but
Hough's ball placement and steady
consistent playing brought her
out ahead.

Ryner started out in the lead
in both sets but was defeated in
both sets by her opponent.

Hough was slated to play Joan
Crangle in the finals this week.

ACNES SCOTT COLLEGE

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A college for women that is widely recog-
nized for its standards of w r ork and for the
interesting character of its student activities.

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

Cosfello Gives
Wafer Safety
Rating Tests

Thomas F. Costello, field repre-
sentative in water safety from the
Red Cross, is conducting tests in
the gym each night this week for
students wishing to pass their
life-saving or instructor's exams.

Serving with the Red Cross in
Hawaii for about two years before
joining the staff of the southeas-
tern area, Costello assisted in the
training of about 2,000 GI's as wa-
ter safety instructors.

This is the first time since the
war that the Red Cross has sent
a field worker to Agnes Scott to
give water safety ratings.

Girls who wish to take the ex-
aminations are invited to come to
the gym from 7 to 10 p. m. to-
day through Friday, and from 2
to 5 p. m. Saturday. Spectators
are also invited.

CORRECTION

Lou McLaurin's name was in-
advertently omitted from the list
of the new members of the Ten-
nis club published in last week's
Agnes Scott News.

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Wednesday, May 22 One Day Only

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Golf All Begins With Sneers
Says Disillusioned Beginner

By Mac Compton

Some take to horses, and some take to tennis, but every-
body gives in to golf! There's nothing quite like it. Here's a
club; there on the grass is a little white ball. The object?
That tiny tinsy hole some few miles leeward. But let's don't
get cynical about this thing.

COMING: LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN
VNAAAAAAAAAA/VVVVNAAAAAA/V

Golf all begins with sneers.
"Heavens! Who wants to chase a
ball around for some two hours?"
After sneers; "Why that's an old
man's game." Then final acquies-
ence: "Since everybody's doing it,
I guess I'll have to too." The pa-
pers are signed, and you're com-
mitted.

Lessons are simple. You hold
the club so. See? "Why how
easy." Cock your wrist; keep the
club face going straight. Glibly
you run the rules over your ton-
gue. Of course you don't hit the
ball correctly, but it's just be-
cause you aren't on a course . . .
Just wait and then the world will
see a new Patty Berg.

At last the great day arrives.
At last everyone else realizes that
you're ready for the wide open
golf course. Brilliant you! You
leave the street car and blindly
strike out. After some few hours
of girl scouting around the coun-
tryside, you stumble upon the club
house. A little caddy runs up,
fees are paid, and we're off. Trum-
pets blow.

"What happened to that ball?
I know I was shooting straight.
It COULDN'T have gone in the
woods. OK, if you insist, I'll look.
It couldn't have gone in these
woods. Oh, there it is!"

Next shot a little brook. Three
more shots a sand trap. Shots,
shots, and still more shots. At last
far away on the horizon a flag
can be seen the green! Yes, two

Niebuhr

' (Continued from Page 1)

other hand, he is no mere dialec-
tian of theology; his plain and
fancy thinking is as closely weld-
ed to the problems of this world's
politics as Walter Lippman's."

The public is invited to both
lectures by Dr. Niebuhr without
charge.

hours have elapsed and you have
gotten to the first green.

That, uninitiated few, is the
saga of a beginner, a golfer in the
rough. However, there is one at-
tribute of the true golfer, she nev-
er gives up hope. Every tee will
be the next hole in one. Every
game the next record breaker.
Optimistic, yes, but that's golf.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS. WED., MAY 15. 1946

EDITORIALS Galley Slave

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Weezle Durant, Sissy Jeffries, Mildred Claire Jones, Margaret Kinard, Mae Comer Osborne.
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Warli. k. LIda Walker. Sheely Little, Betty Lou Baker.

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Would Tracy Hesitate?

The rest of the country may say Georgia is reactionary
and backward, but there's one thing you can't deny Geor-
gia has a wonderful time. Many of us from other states have
never seen politics being so unashamedly political before.
Our calm elections, dutifully recounted on page 2 of the pa-
pers, seem hardly worth the slight trouble they take beside
the rip-roaring battle shaping up in our front yard this spring
and summer. Hundreds of feet of newsprint and hundreds
of pounds of good political mud will be spent on getting some
Georgia politician into the governor's mansion, and few Geor-
gia voters art going to miss their chance to get in this first-
class fight.

Agnes Scott's Fulton County contingent registered nearly
100 per cent, and the girls from DeKalb County will no doubt
get their names on the lists before the June 6 deadline. One
student even flew to Augusta to vote in the primary that
defeated the long-time Cracker party machine there a few
weeks ago. The point is, these girls aren't getting in the
fight simply because it's their moral duty, and appeals to
patriotism aren't going to be the thing that will get the
DeKalb county residents registered.

It's just the good old American characteristic that makes
us read Dick Tracy and go to the double feature on Saturday
afternoon and follow fire trucks we just can't resist a good
fight. This time we can all join in the fray by voting in the
News preview primary Friday. The whole state's going to be
interested in the results, so get in your vote.

Worth All We Have

Beginnings of a firm foundation on which to build the in-
ner strength of Agnes Scott next year were made in last
week's honor system discussions.

Bob Morrison says it better than any of us could in the
Daily Tar Heel (UNC) May 4. For "Carolina" read "Agnes
Scott"

"At Carolina we have an Honor System. This Honor System
is more valuable than all of our marble columns, more valua-
ble tha nail the volumes in our library, and more valuable
than all the factual knowledge which we can acquire. Abid-
ing by this Honor System is not always an easy thing. Cow-
ards can not live under the Honor System, for often de-
mands are made which require more than ordinary courage.

Sometimes (often, in fact) a student can finish four years
at Carolina without facing the test; often a student can blind
himself to those definite evils which he sees, and fail to re-
port them; perhaps there are some people who can accept
personal honor without demanding universal honor, but for-
tunately these persons do not dominate our ethical structure,
or that structure (and civilization with it) would crumble."

Alice Beardsley

A call of desperation goes out
to the campus community a call
full of pathos and yearning a
call from a young lady, Miss El-
len Hayes, who will approach you
with her heart in her eyes to in-
quire, "Have you seen any frogs
recently?" Upon further investi-
gation you will find that Ellen
has a pet snake, "Puffing Adder,"
she calls him. Ellen will tell you
he's a nice long snake who "swells
all up and coils and then pretends
to strike." He must have some
frogs very soon, she says, if he is
to keep his nice youthful figure.
She will assure you, too, that
frogs don't give you warts or
anything that's just old super-
stition, and besides "Puffin' Ad-
der" is so hungry. Curiosity surges
up in your being and you ask
where the snake resides. "Did you
build him a pen or something?"
"Oh no," Ellen remarks lightly,
"right now he's home on my dres-
ser curled up asleep so nice and
calm."

All frogish contributions can
either be made to Ellen Hayes
personally or to Anne Hayes, sis-
ter of Ellen, or to Professor
George P. Hayes, father of El-
len. Please put the frog in a jar.
* * *

Congratulations extended to B.
J. Radford for being awarded the
first Jennie Sentelle Houghton
scholarship. Mac Craig, rising to
the occasion, has coined the
term, "P. K.' to take the place
of "B. J." Rumor seems to re-
veal that the letters either stand
for "Personality Kid" or "Promise
Kid." The two terms give leeway
for friends to take their choice
of appellations.

Instead of eye maslvs in the
New Moon production, the moon
people might have used the idea
fashioned recently by Bunny
Weems in the library reserve
room. A quiet and studious at-
mosphere reigned supreme. Enter
Miss Weems. A period of shock-
ing silence ensues before there
are screams, laughter, and a gen-
eral cessation of all study effort.
Underneath her glasses Bunny
had inserted new eyes egg-shell
eyes. A small hole had been made
in each shell half, around that a
black circle had been painted and
the entire product was ready for
wear.

Let i f be said, finally, that there
is a limit of description beyond
which a writer cannot proceed.
It is therefore with heartfelt sin-
cerity that I advise the dear read-
er to investigate the phenomenon
for himself.

CA Council

(Continued from Page 1)

thy Wadlington. Scottish Rite;
Edith Merrfri, Bible club presi-
dent.

Denominational representatives
include Isabel Asbury, Baptist;
Alice Newman, Episcopal; Mae
Osborne, Methodist; and Mary
Gene Sims, Presbyterian.

Clubs and parties will be under
direction of Jane Barker and
Nancy Huey. children's parties;
Easy Beale, Marie Beeson, Martha
Ann Foard, Nancy Francisco,
Myrtice Mariani and TeeToe Wil-
liams, Boys' club; Eleanor Bear,
Evelyn Hill, Betzie Powers and
Jane Rushin, Industrial Girls'
club: Dot Morrison, recreational
sub-chairman; Eleanor Compton
and Jo Heinz, artists.

May Day Eye-opener
For Color-blind Male

(Ed's Note: Eddie's worried about his social standing over at Emory if
this ez'er gets out, so just chuckle softly to yourselves , fwh?)

By Eddie Hosch

I think it was Lin Yutang who said "I know not how to
say these things, but God give me strength to say them."
You say a Chinese philospher has no place in a review of
Greek mythology ... I had little right reviewing May Day,
too, but let's consider the worldliness of this thing, to settle
it amicably. And right from the

start, let it be said we don't in-
tend this to be either intimate
or objective; there's no worry
about a niche in history or a
change in destiny, and most of
all, there isn't the slightest de-
sire for explosiveness.

With pen and parchment . . .

They ran the Kentucky Derby
in the mud Saturday before last,
but Apollo let us down in the
sun department, so we had to
wait for a fast track on Monday
down in Dingley Dell, or Sher-
wood Hollow, or whatever the dell
is named. Anyway, we had a Fes-
tival of Beauty, the likes of which
old Aeschylus, Sophocles, et al,
never dreamed of, much the less
ever witnessed. They wouldn't
have turned over in their graves;
on the contrary, it's three to one
they would have sat upright and
whistled. If not, it would be be-
cause their eyes were just like
all statues depict them plain
marble orbs.

With a' quick glance at a 1931
edition of a standard encyclope-
dia, it is revealed that all Greeks
shared a common form of reli-
gious belief and had a plurality
of deities, with each having his
own province. Zeus was head, but
here the Romans had to have their
say, so they up and renamed all
the main characters. Neverthe-
less, everybody lived on Mt. Olym-
pus in peace and harmony . . .
well, why not? Did Artemis ever
have to try to borrow a pair of
nylons from Aphrodite? Not on
your life, and they had plenty of
honey and nectar, besides, so* no
bribing of the corner grocery
clerk was necessary. They didn't
have any transportation worries
either ... old Hermes, able com-
merce promoter, no doubt had
the trackless trolley situation
sewed up. So everything was love-
ly; all the little streams, flowers,
the dawn, the winds just every-
body had a wonderful myth or
legend to call his very own.

Well, that's the theme, and
while Melchor and attendants
watched, all the deities and their
crews darted hither and yon from
the poison ivy and danced.

Even though I'm colorblind, I
appreciated it no end. Of course,
I come from a long line of dry
goods merchants, and I kept won-
dering how I could corner the
market on all that chiffon and
cheesecloth. Coupled with the fact
that I was prejudiced from the
beginning by two pig-tailed little
demons who kept jumping up
and down in front of me up where
I sat in the bleachers, it was dif-
ficult to become a patron of the
finer arts. Anyway, I am forced
to admit I enjoyed it. My vote
goes to Polly Boyce.

To wind this nonsense up, since
I couldn't get three letters of rec-
ommendation in an effort to land
the job of elevator boy, what's
the chances of being jester for
the Queen, et al, say . . . just for
the rest of my life?

Be merciful to me, a fool, and
cut that by-line, chief.

You Said It

To the Editor:

I wish to reply to the letter in
The Agnes Scott News last week
referring to our removal of su-
gar stamps good through Sep-
tember from ration books. This
was necessary in order that the
College might meet its obligations
to the OPA.

Stamp No. 39, good from Jan-
uary 1 to May 1, 1946 had al-
ready been removed at home from
practically every book turned in
to the Dean's office following the
Christmas holiday. Last fall, also,
the school was not able to col-
lect the stamp falling due in Aug-
ust and holding good through Oc-
tober. This meant that the Col-
lege had no stamps to send to the
OPA, and that students' families
had received sugar which their
daughters weren't there to eat.
We have taken the stamps which
just fell due, to remedy this sit-
uation.

Not more than 25 students left
their stamps in their ration books
over the Christmas holiday. How-
ever, these students will lose the
five pounds of sugar allotted on
the No. 39 stamp. Since this
stamp covers a longer period than
the previous ones, all students
will lose a fraction of one allot-
ment.

However, boarding students are
receiving here considerably more
sugar per ration period than the
five pounds they would receive at
home.

I trust this will help clear up
any misunderstandings.

Howard M. MacGregor,
Assistant Business Manager.

SQUIRREL CAGE

Hello! Well, aren't you going to
answer? What, you can't find
me? Here I am, up on the branch
of the big oak. No, I'm not crazy,
I'm Nutkin.

That's right, my name is Nut-
kin. I'm a squirrel, and it's the
best life on campus. I already
know all of you; for being a squir-
rel, I can see in windows, eaves-
drop in the Quad, and even peek
in date parlors more fun! But
since you don't know about me.
I'll relate: I run in loops, Radar-
like, and I'm fast, not the Tech
way. I live in a house full of nuts,
no reflection on my friends. I run
around with the cutest kerne!
who insists I have the paws that*
refresh. But I'm not conceited; in
fact, I think I have an inferiority
duplex (got this from Psych class.)

The other day I nearly fell off
my perch, this time in front of
Inman. I looked down and saw
limbs, limbs, limbs, not the climb-
ing .variety, however. My friend
the sun was knocking himself out,
and I could almost see the girls
turning into lobsters. Which re-
minds me, I always shy away
from zoology lab those women
are such cut-ups!

EXTRA

EXTRA

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XXXI

Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia, Monday, June 3, 1946

Number 27

College s Largest Class Wins AB's

Graduates of 1946
Hear Pres. Gaines

Need Faith to Face
Future Benfield

Dr. Francis P. Gaines, presi-
dent of Washington and Lee Uni-
versity, delivered the commence-
ment address this morning as the
largest class in Agnes Scott his-
tory, numbering 121, gathered to
receive degrees.

The News regrets that it zvas^ un-
able to obtain an advance copy of
Dr. Gaines 1 address for -publication.

Exserpts fro??i Mr. Benfield 1 s ser-
mon are on page 5.

President J. R. McCain awarded
the degrees and announced an-
nual awards.

William A. Benfield, of Louis-
ville Theological seminary, in the
Baccalaureate address Sunday
morning stressed the opportuni-
ties and problems facing graduates
this year. He urged his hearers to
rise to meet the challenge of the
future with God.

Baccalaureate exercises were
held in Presser.

Stukes Given
Degree By
Alma Mater

S. Guerry Stukes, dean of the
faculty, received the honorary
Doctor of Pedagogy degree from
Davidson college Tuesday, May 28
at the annual commencement ex-
ercises.

Mr. Stukes received the degree
from his Alma Mater at an im-
pressive ceremony when four oth-
er degrees were awarded. He also
holds degrees from Princeton uni-
versity, and Princeton Theological
seminary.

Coming to Agnes Scott in 1913,
Mr. Stukes has been dean and reg-
istrar for a number of years. A
widely known educator, he is ex-
ecutive-secretary of the University
System of Georgia. He is professor
of philosophy and education.

Seniors Dedicate
Silhouette '
To Miss Gaylord

To Miss Leslie Janet Gaylord, as-
sistant professor of mathematics,
the class of 1946 dedicates its
annual.

The design for the cover and
the theme of The Silhouette,
which are new and differ-
ent this year, will remain a secret
until the annuals are out.

Anyone who wishes to have
their annual mailed to a new ad-
dress may sign up on the back bul-
letin board.

Six To Join
ASC Faculty

Three returning members and
six new members will join Agnes
Scott's faculty and administrative
staff for the 1946-47 school ses-
sion, while seven resignations
have been accepted by the col-
lege, according to J. R. McCain,
president.

Complete replacements have not
yet been named for the positions
being vacated.

Returning to the camfms next
year will be Miss Bella Wilson,
as second assistant dean. For the
past session, "Bella" has been
counselling at Women's college
Greensboro, N. C. Miss Laura
Steele, secretary to Dr. McCain
is also back at Agnes Scott after
several months at Columbia uni-
versity.

Henry A. Robinson, professor of
mathematics, is returning to the
campus after a four year leave of
absence while teaching at West
Point.

Heading the list of faculty loss-
es is R. B. Holt, professor of
chemistry, who winds up 28 years
of teaching and service to the
college!. W. J. Frierson, profes-
sor of chemistry at Birmingham-
Southern, will take his place as
head of the chemistry depart-
ment.

Miss Phillippa Gilchrist, asso-
ciate professor of chemistry, will
be associate professor of chem-
istry at Wellesley college next
year. She will teach biochemistry
and food chemistry.

Also leaving the department is
Miss Emma McGinty, assistant in
chemistry, who plans to be mar-
ried this summer and to teach
general chemistry at the Drexel
Institute of Technology in Phila-
delphia next year.

Mary Anne Courtenay, '46, has
accepted a position in the chem-
istry lab for the next school ses-
sion.

Miss Margaret Buchner, assist-
ant professor of Spanish, will
leave Agnes Scott for Colby col-
lege in Waterville, Maine, where
she will teach French and Span-
ish. Before coming here Miss Buch-
ner was a member of the faculty
at the University of Rochester,
Rochester; N. Y. Miss Elizabeth
Barineau, a graduate of Woman's
College of North Carolina, will re-
place Miss Buchner in the Span-
ish department. She is now work-
ing on her doctorate at the Uni-
versity of Chicago.

Miss Priscilla Lobeck of Miami.
Fla., will replace Mrs. Leone
Hamilton, who has handed in her
resignation as instructor in the
art department. Mrs. Hamilton
will study art with Hans Hofman
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New Alumnae
100 Per Cent

The Class of 1946 is still set-
ting records as the world's new-
est alumnae. Under the direc-
tion of Margie Naab, life presi-
dent, and Martha Baker, life
secretary, the class has sub-
scribed 100 percent to the
Alumnae Association, the high-
est subscription of any class.

C. A. Compiles Lecture Notes

Pamphlets containing the out-
standing comments of several
speakers of the college year will
be distributed by C. A. after grad-
uation. Included are notes from
lectures by Theodore Green, Rein-
hold Niebuhr, religious emphasis

Dot Spragens Awarded
1946 Hopkins Jewel

Collegiate Prize Goes to Pedakis;
Eleven Finish With High Honor

Dorothy Spragens, of Lebanon, Ky., former president of
Christian Association, won Agnes Scott's highest honor, the
Hopkins Jewel, in commencement exercises this morning.

In addition she was awarded the Laura Candler prize for
excellence in mathematics for the second year.

The Hopkins Jewel award is
given by the college each year
in honor of Miss Nannette Hop-
kins, 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, including con-
spicuous loyalty to the college,
ideals of service, ability to coop-
erate, physical fitness, poise, and
graciousness.

Dorothy has been a member of
C. A. Cabinet all four years at
Agnes Scott, climaxing her par-
ticipation in the organization by
winning the presidency in March,
1945. She is a member of Mortar
Board, Phi Beta Kappa, Chi Beta
Phi, and has been in the Glee
club, French club, and special
chorus. A consistent honor stu-
dent, Dorothy was also listed in
Who's Who Among Students in
American College sand Universi-
ties this year.

The Collegiate award is given
by the faculty to the student in
the junior, sophomore, or fresh-
man class who makes the best
all-round record for the year, and
amounts to $285 toward tuititon
for the next session. The Colleg-
iate award went this to Sophia
(Continued on Page 8)

and Howard F.

week speakers,
Lowry.

Margaret Kelly has been in
charge of collecting the lecture
notes. She was assisted by Doris
Kissing, Bet Patterson, and
Stratton Lee.

'46 Seniors To Set World on Fire

By Betty Allen

"Far from the reach of thy sheltering arms" the class of
'46 will soon roam. From now on they are women of the
world, not just bobby-sock school girls in skirts and sweat-
ers.

The seniors theme song could well be "What a difference
a day made, 24 little hours'-'
yesterday, pigtails, papers

and

problems; today free, at least
of the papers.

Old shoes and rice enough to
feed their husbands on for a month
will soon be thrown after quite a
number of the sweet girl grad-
uates. Jean Fuller isn't letting
any moss gather under her feet
because she's getting married at
5 o'clock this aftrnoon free and
tied up again all in one day.
Eleanor Davis, too, is not sitting
still for long for she is leaving to-
night to join William at Pearl
Harbor.

Other girls marrying this sum-
mer or fall are Robin Robinson,
Annette Neville, Harding Rag-
land, Joan Crangle, Dot DeVane,
Mary Martin, Margie Naab, and
Martie Mizell, while Harriet
Frierson will be married the fol-

lowing June.

A number of girls find that
after being constantly associated
for the past twenty years with
school and the studying, papers,
and tests which go with it, they
have become attached to it and
so plan to continue their "golden
quest for knowledge." Teddy
Bear, Dot Spragens, Ruth Simp-
son, Vera Orem, Jean Stewart,
Jeanne Addison, Bunny Weems,
Mary Cargill, and Lib Osborne
are planing to do graduate work
at schools from California to Vir-
ginia and from New York to
Louisiana.

Certainly an act of devotion is
being shown by Vickie Alexander
and Reggie Register who will be
back next year, to act as chaper-
ons for the undergraduates. They
will have a little work in the bi-
ology lab and bookstore (respec-

tively) to fill in those few extra
hours.

Still others prefer to be "dish-
ing" rather than "digging." Those
teaching school will be Carolyn
Bodie and Lu Cunningham. How
does it feel to be on the offensive
after all these years?

A great variety of interesting
jobs lure our ex-seniors religious
education work for B. P. Patrfck
and Peggy Perez, airplane hos-
tess jobs for Jeanne Hale and
Louise Reid, nurse training school
for Helga Stixrud, girl scout work,
in Augusta for Soozie Richardson,
Southern Bell for Mary McCon-
key, Martha Polk, and .Helen
Pope, Davison-Paxon's for Jane
Ann Newton, Louise Starr, and
Peggy Willmon.

Many seniors are still undecided
aas to what they will do. "Just
rest and take life easy for a
while" is all the future they are
worrying about. Ah, what a per-
fect existence!

So we bid the class of '46 good-
byeat least 'til next alumnae
day.

Page 2

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, MON., JUNE 3, 1946

Panorama of Senior Past and Present

Can We Ever Forget
Or Four Years of It

By Mary Ann Courtenay

The class of 1946 is a class of bad beginnings and happy
endings. Welded by four years of wartime restrictions and
by the breaking of traditions we hated to lose and by fierce
class rivalries, we have emerged the distinctive class we
wanted to become.

An outline of our first impres-
sions was hastily sketched in our
minds as friendly, attractive Hot-
tentots helped us off the trains
and taxied us to 'the Agnes Scott
campus. Here Raddy and the
junior sponsors ushered in "suit-
ably" dressed freshmen to meet
Miss Scandrett and to settle that
perennial question of housing. If
lines make a painting memorable,
the lines at Agnes Scott certain-
ly have formed to shape the pic-
ture of our college days. By Sat-
urday night of the first week we
had learned that lines t6 the ad-
mission committees determined
our academic careers and also that
receiving lines dictated social
standing. We had no cafeteria
lines then but practiced gracious
living in the White House dining
room where John and Clive served
us lettuce and gingerbread with
honeybutter, and special treats
for Wednesday night formal din-
ners.

nights on the stairway after Har-
rison Hut and the swimming par-
ty. When the judges missed our
subtleties in GITTS, we gained
self respect, but with it the riv-
alry of the freshman class. Not
even the pep talks of our presi-
dent Caroline Hall, urging us to
"go in and croak like damn frogs"
could make us bell the Black Cat.
Soon, however, we were encour-
aged that "A Symphony in BLack
and White" was a program worthy
of a musical class like ours.

Our hopes for immortality in
the heavenly spheres were frus-
trated when the juniors asked us
to present a floor show at their
big Junior Joint and when our
sins were visited upon the "Mak-
ers of the Rainbow." May Day
had to be postponed for the first
time jin forty years. After our
first spring vacation we came
back with minds refreshed for the
English 211 fact test and with

Our social development was fur- ( tn <? energy necessary to carry out

ther encouraged by Mortar Board
skating parties and barn dances
and by dormitory parties with
Joella's rendition of "Jealous
Hearted Me."

Soon we discarded angel robes
and name tags and became ini-
tiated into campus life by working
on the Black Cat Stunt. Without
much "Malice toward Alice" we
remember our own Poor Dopio,
and Martha Baker as chairman,
and pep meetings.

It was not long before we real-
ized that English themes and
Jacksonian history tests and biol-
ogy labs meant real digging to
maintain a "high standard of
work" and that "the interesting
character of student activities"
for frestfmen was not limited to
hockey games, freshman shoe
shop, freshman cabinet or the
new Folio club.

We could not forget that '42 and
'43 were war years when Mrs.
Sims, the war conference, tin cans
in Murphey Candler, and most
vividly black in our memories
the air raids, continually remind-
ed us that America was on the
defensive.

At first attempt at entertain-
ing with a campus party Miss
Wilburn auctioned President
Roosevelt's birthday cake to the
highest bidder. We were more in-
terested, however, in the various
activities in which our class mem-
bers were succeeding. Glee Club
produdced the opera, Gondoliers.
Tense excitement keyed for victory
our basketball team made up of
Mac McCall and P. K. Kelly plus
the faithful team that thrilled
spectators again this year. Presi-
dent Soozi Richardson led us
through these and all our first
experiences until the infirmary
confined her activities to wrH-
ing notes and keeping chicks.

We were typical sophomores
who lived in Rebekah with a de-
termination to make a name for
ourselves in class history. We
made the name, it is true, but
that recalls to mind those anxious

the practical part of the new rec
reational leadership program.
We took an active interest in
elections too, because our class
was developing campus leader-
ship.

In the spring a young maid's
fancy also turns to thoughts of
love, and fraternity pins galore
were evidence of a gay season. The
year drew to a close as we feted
our sister class and formed a daisy
chain from the flowers gathered
in dewey fields at dawn.

Junior Year found us separated
into cottage and cranny, but
united firmly for the first time.
We had stored three years of en-
thusiasm for the great event of
winning the stunt or at least
cheering our sister class to ring
the bell.

Our undefeated hockey team,
Robert Frost's gruff charm, and
Joella's voice singing from Bitty's
lungs in Faustasia were never to
be forgotten. But our most color-
ful picture has Jazzmine Manor
tor its setting. Spanish moss, ar-
bors and a marvelous Negro band
in the atmosphere of the deep
south made us wish for the dan-
cing privilege that was to come
a year later. When May Day of
1945 dawned gray and dreary, we
wondered again of our class was
a jinx, but no rain fell until the
t it ting creation of clouds in the
program.

Academic processions gave their
first real chill when Mortar Board
recognized the most outstanding
of our many capable leaders. We
had elected Marjorie Naab for
student Government and Blitz for
the class presidency, and the rest
of us felt like seniors as we took
over the duties of our many or-
ganizations.

And then seniors we were! We
came back late in cars and even
airplanes to rejoice with each
>ther over the end of the war
and to enjoy such senior privil-
eges as dinner in town for three,
'howers in Main, long rests in the
nfirmary with Seniors' Disease.

1946 Class Poem

By Anne Murrell

We leave you now that we have

learned to be
Fit folowers of "the Truth that

makes man free."
Our minds and mem'ries richly

laden go
Elsewhere to share the wealth

we've come to know.
Experiences here shared can never

flee.

Four springs have dressed the daz-
zling dogwood tree,

Four winters bent her head de-
jectedly

To etch the scene within our

minds although
We leave you now.
The early warning of the bell's

loud plea,
The cafeteria line, and bookstore

glee,

House meeting, and fire drills

alarm below,
Library classes, chapel, concert,

show

A life of fun and friends; regret-
fully,

We leave you now.

and the happy prospect of grad-
uation.

We thought of Little Girls' Day.
Others thought of Little Girls'
Day. We broke the tradition of
the final fling before dignity sets
in and burned her little Tissy
Boutthru, with a death chant in
the night. Tomorrow was the
Seniors' Day, and we donned our
academic caps with importance
after Miss Leyburn's speech
which compelled even our pre-
occupied minds to listen.

Christmas was as gay as ante-
bellum days, and the service men
seemed to have returned via the
diamond caverns. Those of us who
keep down the matrimonial aver-
age remained happy too as we
cultivated life's extras from out-
standing concerts and plays such
as "Pride and Prejudice" and "Ho-
tel Universe." The brilliant lec-
turers, Lowry, Frost, and Niebuhr,
topped the list of all we had
heard before coming back from
spring vacation.

Coming back from spring vaca-
tion brought sudden dishearten-
ing realization that our firsts
would be "lasts" in the experi-
ences of graduation. Cars appear-
ed in the college family, and sen-
ior chauffeurs enjoyed such lux-
ury and numbers as was rivaled
only by the Decatur car line until
it struck. Most missed were
cheese sandwich makers when
vwek end trips left fur on camp-
us. Seniors had many errands to
run. Trousseaux* showers and
parties vied for time with labs
while compiling, and proved to be
as difficult as spelling Dostoief-
sky.

Senior opera in Presser was to
be different, we decided, without
anticipating the startling intro-
duction of original music to
make it Our New Moon. With La-
Nelle's direction and with Mar-
jorie singing the role of Claire
de Luce it is no wonder that our
class enjoyed more than a taste
of the success we have worked
for.

May Day in the air, and so
was rain again. We continued to
be busy with spring activities,
most wearing; and graduate rec-
ord exams and final exams. Pic-
nics in the chemistry lab and at
Avondale, especially major din-
ners and class parties, show that

Bo Files Class Legacies
Naming Self '46 Coat

By Jane Bowman

This is our last will and testament
Bequeathing our wealth and strange content
To those who come behind our posterity.
We three, Ruth Simpson, Lucile Beaver, and Peggy Will

mon, leave our Phi Beta Kappa keys to May Turner with this

parting advice: .Now that you"

have the keys, stop working for
A. B. C.'s.

We, Teddy Bear and Vicky
Alexander* leave the trials and
tribulations of Inman to Doro-
thy Dix whose experience we
need.

We tall girls, Mary Lillian Al-
len, Carolyn Bodie, Martha
Sunkes, and Mary Partee, who
for four years have been looking
down on Agnes Scott, leave our
height to Charlotte Broyles.

I, Martha Baker, leave my ap-
ples and cheer to the number-one
enthusiast of the coming year.

We gay Atlantans, Jane Smith
and Pudden Bealer, leave Agnes
Scott. ,

We 3&>ung matrons, Shirley
Cochrane, Joyce Dickinson, Mary
Gellerstedt, Celetta Jones, Betty
Sale, Rosalind Sasser, Jane Hynds,
Eugenia .Patrick, Jeanne Greene
and Doris Owens, bequeath our
quiet charm to Mary Brown Ma-
hon and B. A. Ziegler.

Being in our right minds, we,
Emily Ann Bradford, Doris Street,
Katherine Burnett, Peggy Trice
and Kathleen Wade, leave the re-
serve room of the library to Jane
Jacob and Anne Johnson who are
also obsessed with intellectual cu-
riosity.

I, Mary Cargill, and I, Jeanne
Addison, bequeath my art of pro-
crastination to Katherine Johnson.

We, Jean Chewning, Lou Cun-
ningham, Eva Williams, Jeter
Starr, Lucy Turner, and Louise
Starr, leave with reluctance our
fortress, the colonnade, to June
Thomason and Dale Bennett.

I, Nancy Hardy, bequeath with
condecension to Glassell Beale my
use and appreciation of the word
"brack." Remember, a life without
"brack" is like a house without
windows.

Having suffered for four years
from writers' cramp, we, Edwina
Davis, Sara Jean Clarke, Bunny
Weems, and Anne Murrell leave
our typewriters to Bet Patterson
and Sophia Pedakis with the hope
that we may now have time to
read what other artists have writ
ten.

I, Stratton Lee, on this the
first day of June, 1946, bequeath
my widdle white wabbit with one
blue eye and one brown eye to
any little girl who will give him a
dood home.

I, Anne Noell, leave two dozen
copies of my forthcoming book,
"The Arkansas Traveller," to the
library. It will be of help to stu-
dents specializing in English, his-
tory, economics, higher mathe-
matics, and sociology.

I, Mary Ann Courtenay, leave
Jim's picture and my memories of

already it is time for history to
be made and not recorded.

As Agnes Scott's largest senior
class, we would find it hardest
to leave if it were not for the
remembrance of a job at last well
done and for the new adventure
ahead in creative living as Dr.
>wry presented it.

Jim to Lorenna Ross.

We, Eleanor Davis and Helga
Stixrud, leave our boisterous
ways to Anne Hill Jackson and
Valeria Brown.

We, Joan Crangle and Ruth Ry-
ner, leave our skill with the ten-
nis racket to Christian Yates who
can carry on for the two of us.

I, Margaret Mizell, bequeath
my coquetish green eyes to Helen
Currie.

We, Mary McConkey, Mary
Martin, and Peggy Perez, leave
our work at Glenn Memorial to
Sally Bussey and Ellen Morrison.

We, Dootsie Gardner and Peg-
gy Jones, leave our dozens of
dancing costumes to Mac Craig,
commonly called "Twinkle Toes."

I, Vera Orem, and I, Betty
Weinschenk, leave my operatic
tendenceis to Margie Bond.

We, Libby Woodward, Daisy
Sundy, and Alice Gordon leave our
meatless Tuesdays and wheatless
Thursdays to Alice Beardsley
whom we remind that "coffee is
the staff of of life."

We, Maudie Van Dyke and Lib
Osborne, leave our overbearing
personalities to Betty Crabill.

I, Jean Fuller, I, Harding Rag-
land, I, Anne Hoyt, I, Dot DeVane,
I, Robinson Robinson, and I, An-
nette Neville, leave my single
blessedness to all who are left be-
hind.

We, Pattie Dean, Harriet Frier-
son, and Mary Catherine Vinsant,
leave our ability to sing in the
bathtub to Kathleen Buchanan.

I, Gloria Gaines, and I, Minne-
well Story, leave my Southern ac-
cent to Marie Adams.

We, Millie McCain, Marjorie
Nabb, Sarah Walker, Elizabeth
Home, and Herty McAllister leave
our enthusiasm for spending sun-
ny afternoons in the lab to Laney
Harris.

We, Scottie Scott, Sally Sue
Stephenson and Betty Lee Phelps
leave th pool room to Caroline
Squire with this parting advice,
"a dip before breakfast is like a
dip before dinner wet."

We, Gloria Anne Melchor, Mar-
ianna Kirkpatrick, and Ruth Lim-
bert leave to Anne Burckhardt,
Anne DuPre, and Clara Jones our
ability to commute between Agnes
Scott and Atlanta, with the part-
ing advice "he who hesitates is
lost."

I, Betty Patrick, I, Rite Wat-
son, and I, Mary Russell, leave
my ability to charm the faculty to
B. A. Ziegler and Ruth Glindmey-
er whom I remind that "a friend
in need is a friend indeed."

We, Ann Seitzinger and Harriet
Hargrove, leave the warmth and
cosy atmosphere of the day stu-
dent room to Kay Lee and Jackie
Stewarl.

I, Jane Ann Newton, I, Jeanne
Hale, and I, Barbara Kincaid, be-
queath my skill in detecting symp-
toms of psychosis and neurosis to
Nellie Scott because to be an ex-
pert in this field it is necessary
to possess some of the symptoms
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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, MON., JUNE 3, 1946

Page 3

Down Memory Lane

Oct. 13 Soph stunt, "Rat-ical
Futurum" rings the bell and the
Black Cat wins a second bell for
the "Class of '48."

Oct. 17 Ten seniors win places
in "Who's Who Among Students
in American Universities and
Colleges." Vicky Alexander, Mar-
tha Baker, Teddy Bear, Margie
Naab, Blitz Roper, Mary Russell,
Bet Long Sale, Dot Spragens,
Maggie Toole, and Sarah Walk-
ed.

0ct# 21 New Social Standards
Committee sponsors its first open
house.

Oct. 31 Seniors receive senior
dignity at Investiture in spite of
rain Miss Leyburn makes her
much - re print ed address,
"Thoughts on the Causes of the
Present Discontent." Eighteen
years of tradition go up in smoke
as Blitz applies the torch to Tis-
sie Bouthru, and the seniors
mourn the loss of "Little Girls'
Day."

Nov. 9 Book week opens with
new books on display in the li-
brary, including a gift collection
of Robert Frost from the poet.

Nov. 17 Student Government
pair packs 'em in.

Nov. 21 Margaret, Jane Anne,
Pat, Alice, Bob Guenther and the
rest of the Blackfriars' cast bring
high praise for "Pride and Prej-
udice."

Nov. 24 Fran and Daisy cap-
ture trophies in the first post-
war college horse show.

Nov. 30 Dale and Meadows
place second in All-Southern De-
bate Tournament sponsored by
Pi Alpha Phi. Dale places first
in individual debating.

E. Claire wins the coveted hock-
ey stick during varsity-sub var-
sity play-off.

Dec. 9 White and green set the
holiday spirit at the annual
Christmas carol service with the
traditional singing of the "Halle-
lujah Chorus."

Jan. 26 Cookie, Jenny Wren,
and Bunny place first, second, and
third in diving at Southeastern
American Union meet at Emory.

Jan. 31 Robert Frost adds to
our stored memories of his hu-
mor, salty wisdom, and philoso-
phy, advising a rapt audience to
"be sure they have something to
get hysterical about before they
do it."

Feb. 7 Sophs win swimming
championship in intra-mural meet.

Feb. 13 Julianne and Jean
reign as King and Queen of
Hearts at Junior Joint complete
with Margaret as Alice in Won-
derland, floats, skits, and music
by Graham Jackson and Frank
Patrick's orchestra; Peggy Pat's
and Nelson's decorations win spe-
cial praise.

Feb. 15 Tech and Agnes Scott
harmonize in joint concert.

Feb 22 Founder's day goes
communistic no classes. Dr. Mc-
Cain and Miss Winter on WSB.

Feb. 22 Junior-frosh tie ends
basketball season Jean Fraser
tops school with 104 points scored.

Feb. 27 News prints letter
from Dr. McCain offering possi-

bility of eliminating the anti-
dance rule.

March 1 Seniors win AA
hockey plaque, and sophs the
swimming award.

All classes win as juniors and
frosh split basketball honors.

Sara and B. Lee win guards;
pins go to Milly, Soozi, Ryner,
Jean and Janet.

March 22 -- Posey welcomed
home from the wars with open
arms, and first journalism course
on Agnes Scott campus opens.

March 23 Sighs of relief as
elections are completed; Mead-
ows, Ginny, Agnes, and Genet
take over chief organizations.

March 26 Art work by Betty
Allen, Betty Jo Sauer, and Newell
Turner goes on exhibit at the Uni-
versity of Georgia.

March 29 "Pirates of Penz-
ance" take college by storm, with
Millie, Martha, Helen, Mary Beth,
Buck, Bucky Walters, and course
Mr. Terry leading the attack.

Elections are coming^

April 4 Twelve juniors tapped
for Mortar Board with B. J. Rad-
ford at next year's helm.

Jean Fraser wins posture con-
test and fashion show sponsored
by Social Standards Committee
Carol Giles is runner-up.

Margaret wins the Bennett cup
for Lily in Blackfriar's "Hotel
Universe."

April 11 First Intra-Campus
conference.

April 13 9:17 p. m. Juniors
blissfully initiate novel form of
entertainment at their first post-
war banquet, as the strains of
"Stardust" fill Murphey Candler.

April 29 John Mason Brown
brings refreshing lecture to camp-
us.

May 4 Seniors travel by rock-
et ship to the moon as new de-
parture in Senior Operas.

May 4 Twelve seniors proud-
ly display highest scholarship
honor, their Phi Beta Kappa keys.

May 6 Sun beams down at
Last as Gloria Melchor is crowned
Queen of the May at May
Day Festival to Beauty. May
Court, all in blue with vari-color-
ed nosegays, included Sally Sue,
Shirley, Bet, Mary Jane, Mynelle,
Margaret, Ginny, Nancy, Mary
Beth, Jean, and Jo.

May 11 B. J. taken by sur-
prise when she becomes first win-
ner of the Jennie Sentelle Hough-
ton scholarship for "character,
,prsonality, intellectual ability, and
scholarship."

May 17 Campus goes to the
straw polls to elect Jimmie Car-
michael governor of Georgia 362
to 12 in Agnes Scott News poll.

May 17 Reinhold Niebuhr cli-
maxes lecture association series
for year wjith talk that, left
standing room only.

June 2 Dr. Benfield gives bac-
calaureate sermon.

June 3 Dr. Francis G. .Gaines,
speaks at ceremonies graduating
largest class in Agnes Scott's his-
tory. Hottentots go their separate
ways many to return in Septem-
ber, some at class reunion time.

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Juniors Win Sports Trophy;
Pins and Guards Awarded

The Junior class has won the sports cup for accumulat-
ing the most points during the 1945-46 season, Sheely Lit-
tle, athletic association secretary, announced recently.

Amassing 40 points, juniors beat their close rivals the
frosh who had a total of 33 points to their credit. Seniors
were in third place with 18, and

sophs trailed with 10 points.
Points are given for each ma-
jor sport the class wins or is run-
ner up in. Girls winning individ-
ual sports, like tennis, golf or
archery tournaments, accumu-
late points for their class.
Juniors W in Individual Sports
In individual sports the juniors
were way ahead with winning
scores in badminton singles and
doubles tournaments, tennis sin-
gles, and archery tournaments.
Frosh came first in the golf tourn-
ament.

In badminton singles Mac Craig
(jr.) defeated Jean Denning (jr.)
for the championship. Carolyn
Gilchist and Mac Craig, both jun-
iors had previously defeated soph-
omores, Claire Kemper and Ginny
Andrews for the badminton dou-
bles championship.

Margaret Kelly (jr.) won first
place in the archery tournament
and Helen Currie (jr.) was run-
ner up.

Jean Fraser (frosh) won first
place in the golf .tournament, de-
feating runner up Dot Peace
(jr.).

Hough Wins Again

Ann Hough became tennis sin-
gles champion defeating Joan
Crangle (sr.) for the title. This
is Ann's second singles champion-
ship. She was winner in last year's
tournament also. The doubles
tournament was discontinued be-
cause of bad weather during the

fall.

In class sports, frosh won the
volley ball championship away
from the juniors and tied with
them during winter as basketball
champs. The one official swim-
ming meet of the year was won
by the sophomores with freshman
a close second. Seniors won the
hockey championship away from
the juniors', and sophomore, E.
Claire Cunningham, won the
hockey stick for outstanding play-
ing.

Stephenson Wins Second

Pins were awarded to four
juniors who had earned 1300 ath-
letic points and two seniors and
one junior were awarded pins for
a total of 1200 extra points. Sal-
ly Sue Stephenson won the dis-
tinction of being awarded a sec-
ond guard for amassing a total
of 4,000 points, an unusual award
for an unusual number of points.

Those winning pins were Janet
Liddell, Jean Denning, Genet
Heery, and Gene Goode. Guards
went to Sarah Walker, Bettye
Lee Phelps, Ann Hough and Sally
Sue Stephenson.

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Marjorie Naab and Martha Fa-
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ficers of the class of 1946. Mar-
jorie will serve as the class presi-
dent and Martha as secretary.

These officers will plan the
class reunions, help the Alumnae
Association keep records of
where the class members are, and
endeavor to keep in close contact
with the entire class.

Marjorie was secretary-treasur-
er of her freshman class, a sopho-
more representative to student
government, and made honor roll
both years. Her junior year she
was student recorder, and this
year she has been president of stu-
dent government, a member of
Mortar Board, and listed among
Who's Who.

Stunt chairman and vice-presi-
dent of the freshman class, adver-
tising manager of the Silhouette
and copy editor of The News her
junior year, Martha was editor of
The News this year and chosen
for Who's Who.

Stratton Lee
Wins Key

The Chi Beta Phi key, won this
year by Stratton Lee, is given ev-
ery year by the national chapter
of the fraternity for scholarship,
interest in science, and interest
in Chi Beta Phi.

The girl to receive the award
is chosen by the members of Chi
Beta Phi from the several girls
recommended by the faculty. Dor-
othy Lee Webb won the key last
year.

H. T. Cox, professor of Botany
and former Chi Beta Phi, will be
faculty advisor for the Alpha Sig-
ma chapter here next year.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, MON., JUNE 3, 1946

Srs. Honor Guests

Every kind of party from an
indoor picnic to an old-fashion-
ed barbecue has been given for
this year's senior class during the
past three weeks.

May 10th the juniors had a
barbecue for the seniors, com-
plete with old Mammies, who sang
old southern songs and passed the
food among the girls. After the
supper, there was a skit, portray-
ing the escapades of the class
during their four years at Agnes
Scott.

On May 18th, the sophomores
planned a picnic at Stone Moun-
tain for the seniors. Rainy weath-
er prevented the group from go-
ing out there so the 'picnic' was
held in Murphey Candler. After
the picnic, everyone stayed to
play bridge, dance, and talk.

Said one senior about the par-
ties, "All of them were so much
fun kinda hate to be on the re-
ceiving- end of 'em, rather than
giving them, though."

Senior - Lit es

By Mary Brown Mahon

The day of graduation will be doubly exciting for Jean
Fuller. It will be one of the biggest days in her life not only
because of graduation, but also because she will be getting
married and right here on campus. Jean is going to marry
P. V. Hall, Jr., from Auburndale, Fla. At the present he is in
the School of Theology at Em-
ory University.

The weding will take place at
five o'clock in the small chapel of
Presser Hall. Jean's beautiful
wedding dress is of slipper satin.
The maid or honor will be Mary
Ann Roach, cousin of the bride,
who will wear yellow. Anne Noell
and Helen Pope, bridesmaids, will
wear green. Dr. William Cannon
will perform the ceremony, Vera
Orem will sing, and Mr. Dieck-
mann will play. After the cere-
mony, a reception will be held in
the Alumnae garden.

Those serving will be Miss Car-
rie Scandrett, Miss Charlotte Hun-
ter, Mary Martin, Mary McCon-
key, Peggy Perez, Ruth Simpson,
Bunny Weems, and Lib Osborne.

There will be many other Agnes
Scott girls having weddings short-
ly after school is over Mary
Martin, Ann Hoyt, Scott Newell,
' '45,' Robin Robinson, Dot De-
vane, Annette Neville, June Gat-
tis, Joan Crangle and Eleanor
Davis.

U.N.C. here we come! June
Thomason, B. A. Ziegler, Nina
Owens, Margaret McManus, Anne
Eidson, Helen Pope and many
others Will be among those who
can't get enough of school, and
plan to attend summer school at
Chapel Hill. By the way, yours
truly is included in this list, so
that explains why I can make the
remark about not getting enough
of school and not be taken seri-
ously.

Janet Liddell is going to summer
school, too, but not to study! She's
going to an aquatic school in
Georgia. Sounds ideal!

Gloria Gaines has been present-
ed by her family with a grand
graduation gift a trip to Mexi-
co. She is leaving at an early date
and will be gorie for several weeks.
Cissy Jeffries will also have an in-
teresting trip. Immediately after
school, she is leaving for Palm
Beach, Fla., and from there she
is taking a boat trip to Key West.
Also during the early summer
Gene Goode will fly to Iowa to
stay about two weeks.

Peggy Pirtle is really getting
excited, and she had a good
reason! Her father is in the Army
and is now in Germany, so Peggy
is going over this summer and will
probably be there three or four
years. We know it will be a won-
derful experience, but we'll sure-
ly miss her here at school.

Mary McConkey and Martha
Polk decided that they couldn't
leave dear old Atlanta, so they will
be working here. Glad we're going
to see more of them.

B. A. Zeigler and Mary Frances
Anderson are both planning to go
to Washington. They will probably
go during the latter part of the
summer.

And June week at Annapolis
will he exciting, as usual. Among
the lucky gals planning to attend
are Glassel Beale and Margaret
McManus, Steele Dendy, and Jean
Hess.

These are only a few of the
exciting things being anticipated
for this summer. To all but the
seniors have a good time and
we'll see you next year, and to the
seniors we'll miss you, but con-
gratulations and cood luck!

Science Will
Find A Way

Things are tough all over when
you've mailed all your trunks and
boxes home but trust the scien-
tific spirit to meet the challenge.
Visitors of Miss Phillippa Gilchrist
last week found her cooking her
Sunday chicken on her gas stove
in one-liter glass beakers.

They Get Their Due
-It Was Worth It!

The life of a senior is won-
derful since Wednesday after-
noon. Underclassmen, on the way
to exams, pass them as they pa-
rade by on the way to a picnic.
Poor, souls in the library hear
their joyful shouts to each other:
"Are you going on the breakfast
hike in the morning?" "We're go-
ing to spend Friday at Avondale."
"I've taken so many sunbaths
that my graduation color scheme
will be red and black." Sopho-
mores mob the package window
in the mailroom, only to end up
checking out graduation presents
for seniors. Freshmen burn with
envy while a group of seniors
have hysterics over their fresh-
man themes.

Families arrive in mass, and
last minute visitors wire, "Please
get me a place to stay this week-
end." The select ones who wear
rings divide their time between
trousseau shopping and gradua-
tion rehearsals. Some even get
them confused, and speak of us-
ing "Ancient of Days" for a wed-
ding march. Such is the joy of
graduation freshman, sopho-
mores, and juniors, in ordinary
pajamas, watch wistfully as the
seniors go to bed in long, black
robes.

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Page 5

EXCERPTS FROM BENFIELD S SPEECH

We are standing today on the eve of what is potentially the
greatest era in the history of our civilization!

Some three thousand years ago another people stood on
such an eve. The Israelites were standing at the southern
entrarfce to the land of Canaan. Behind them lay years of

suffering and sorrow before them
lay the hope of years of peace and
prosperity.

But in the midst of this slavery
and bondage, God came and mi-
raculously delivered His people.
He led them out of Egypt and
through the wilderness toward the
Promised Land of Canaan.

Here the Israelites were stand-
ing on the eve of the greatest era
in their history a land of prom-

ise before them. They had been
the recipients of the love and mer-
cy of God. In the providence of
God they had been delivered from
the suffering and cruelty of the
past years. A new way of life was
ahead for them the answer to
their hopes and dreams, their as-
pirations and prayers. But what
did they do? Because they found
out that this Promised Land was
well fortified against invasion, be-

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cause they heard that there were
giants in the land, they refused
to enter into it. "Would that we
had died in the land of Egypt."

If we were to examine this story
very closely we would see that
there were two attitudes manifest
by the Israelites which resulted
in their refusal to take advantage
of the opportunties before them.

One was the attitude of self-
ishness. When the spies brought
back their report of the strength
of the people of Canaan, imme-
diately the people thought of their
own welfare, of their own safe-
ty.

The other attitude was a lack
of faith in God. Why should the
Israelites have been frightened at
the report of the giants and for-
tified cities in Canaan ? They were
not stepping out of a bed of roses.
Rather, they had, in the past
months and years, undergone some
of the most terrible of experiences
slavery, pursual by a strong
army,, hunger, and thirst. And in
all of these experiences they had
witnessed the love and power of
God, who had been unto them their
every need. If ever there were a
group of people, who, from experi-
ence, should have had faith and
trust in God, it was the Israelites.

You and I have just witnessed
the providence of God wherein
we have been delivered from the
suffering and sorrow of the past
few years. We and our fellowmen
stand on the eve of the great to-
morrow, we are not hesitant about
entering into it. We have all wait-
ed too anxiously for this day to
come. Too many sacrifices have
been made, too many tears shed,
too much blood spilled. There is
a need, however, a real need for
us to pause an individuals and as
a society and to reexamine some
of our attitudes and our motives.
For if we are blinded by selfish-
ness and greed, if we fail to trust

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he is in danger because he can't manipulate in the water,
excitement comes into the picture. If he's rescued by a good
looking girl, you get a human interest story. But if that girl
is an Agnes Scott student you get the personal touch.

Ann Sproesser, Jean Tollison
and Pat Russell took time off
from studies several weeks ago
and went for a swim at Silver
Lake. That's where they first saw
the sailor. Even at first sight he
was a distressing sight as he al-
ternately yelled for help and swal-
lowed mouthfuls of water. No life
guard was in sight so to the res-
cue. Ann pick him out of the wa-
ter much as you would pick up a
wet fish. Then, according to Ann,
came the spectacular part of the
rescue. "I gave him a lecture,"
she grinned, "on getting so far off
shore in deep water if he couldn't
swim well."

Rescues of this sort have gotten
to be routine with Ann who
taught life guard classes in the
Atlanta city and county pools last
summer. She has even performed
several rescues by the swim-out-
and-drag-them-in-by-the-hair rou-
tine, although as she stresses,
boats should be used if possible.
"Never swim after a drowning
person unless there is no other
way of makfng the rescue. Just
remember the Red Cross rules,
'Row, throw, go, tow'."

Ann has done quite a bit of
life guarding herself. Summer a
year ago she was life guard at
the Atlanta Woman's Club pool,
and last summer when $he had
finished giving classes she took on
the job of lifeguarding at the of-
ficers club pool at Fort Benning.
"Oh, we generally have three or
four boat rescues every other
day," she remarked nonchalantly.
She comes from Wisconsin where
"you learn to swim almost as soon
as you learn to walk." Besides
lifeguarding Ann has done some
exhibition swimming. Last year
she swam in the Atlanta Swim-
ming Club's water show.

in God, the future indeed will be
dark. There is danger that these
two attitudes may defeat the pur-
pose God has for us in the future,
even as they defeated God's pur-
poses for the Israelites.

Indeed there are many prob-
lems before us the problems of
readjustment in business, in so-
ciety in the home.

With God our basic problem for
the future is not how to keep the
secret of splitting the atom out of
the hands of certain people in the
world our basic problem is to
create a world atmosphere of
Christ-like integrity so that the
wonders of God's creation will be
used for the good of all men. With
God the basic problem of the fu-
ture, is not the mechanics of ad-
justing our economics to peace
level our basic problem is the
development of the Christian at-
mosphere characterized by world-
wide devotion to service and rec-
ognition of God-given rights and
privileges. With God the basic
problem of the future is not the
readjustment program of return-
ing veterans, the readjustment of
Germans and Japanese to the life
of a conquered people our basic
problem is to create a Christian
atmosphere wherte God-created
personalities will be recognized
everywhere.

Wei],, what does all of this
mean to you who are graduating
from college? It means this. You
and I are not only among those
who have gathered this day to
thank God for the end of the
coming days; you and I are
charged with the responsibilities
those who look forward to the
war; you and I are not only among
of these days.

FATHER'S DAY

-IS

Sunday, June 16

REMEMBER HIM WITH
A GIFT FROM

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS. MON., JUNE 3. 1946

Pin-Up Shows Up

Jacob Hevener Tells Trials
Of World-Famous Title

By Joanne Benton

They told me being an editor had its compensations but
I never believed it till last Thursday the day Agnes Scott
College's pin-up boy of 1946 visited the campus in person,
big as life and twice as pin-worthy.

The News reports to its readers that the three judges in-
deed picked the big red lollypop
last February when they chose
Jacob Hevener the college's num-
ber-one ideal.

A big, shy grin with plenty of
twinkle, basketball shoulders, a
quick Virginia brogue thick as
maple syrup, and a honest bewild-
erment at all this pin-up business
make up the winning picture-
come-to-life, all six feet of it.

,'They ragged me plenty over-
seas," admitted Jacob. "When I
got Charlotte's cable telling me
about (aboot) it, I made a big mis-
take by showing it to my captain
at the next desk.

"He just couldn't believe it
but he spread it all over the post.
The rest of the fellows couldn't
understand it either."

The word had gotten around at
home, in Hightown, Va., before
Jacob even arrived. "Yep," he
mused, "my mother sure thought
the whole thing was swell."

The word about Agnes Scott has
gotten around, too, even in a
military government post in Ber-
lin. The captain and the rest of
the post, Jacob said, came to life
at once when they heard the news
that he had a "connection" here.
"I just told them I'd been here
once and the girls were mighty
pretty," said Jacob. "Now they all
want to come!"

Jacob hopes to enter the Uni-
versity of Virginia in the fall, re-
joining his friends in Theta Chi
with whom he started college at
Hampden-Sydney before the war.

Jacob ddn't stay on campus
more than an hour being inter-
viewed was too much attention as
it was. Being Agnes Scott's Pin-
Up Boy was sort of like a medal
sure, it's nice, but let's put it in
the bottom bureau drawer and
talk about mountains, huh?

News Rated
First Class

The 1945-1946 Agnes Scott
News was given the rating "First
Class," the second highest rating,
by the Associated Collegiate Press.
This rating is based upon }th)e
news stories, style, leads, features,
editing, headlines, typography ed-
itorial page, make-up, and sports
coverage.

The Agnes Scott News has not
received the "All-American," the
highest rating, since the staff of
Eleanor Hutchins in 1939-40.

This year's staff had as its edi-
tor, Martha Baker; Jane Bowman,
managing editor for Spring Quar-
ter last year, and Nancy Hardy,
managing editor for the two quar-
ters this year.

Alumnae, Trustees
Feted at Luncheon

A streamlined version of the
annual luncheon for the alumnae,
trustees, and members of the sen-
ior class was held Saturday in the
dining room.

Once very formal with speak-
ing, the announcing of engage-
ments, and special tables for each
year's alumnae, the traditional
luncheon will be revived next
year along with seated meals.

Mortar Board members were
hostesses to the member of the
board of trustees who lunched in
the dining room Friday after
their annual meeting.

Bo Files

(Continued from Page 2)

yourself.

We, Anne Register, Clarie Rowe,
and Jean Stewart leave our dark
glasses to the incoming house
presidents.

We, Scottie Johnson and Mag-
gie Toole, bequeath our high re-
gard for other people's opinions to
Agnes Harnsbergcr.

I, LaNelle Wright, and I, Bon-
nie Hope, leave my ability for
fashion designing to Jane Mead-
ows who will have the spare time
such a hobby needs.

Wo, Lura Johnston and Irene
Jacob, bequeath our timidity in
the use of spoken English to Har-
riet Reid and June Driskill.

I, Marjorie Karlson, bequeath
my stack in the library to Jean
Estes.

We, Ellen Hayes. Winifred
Wilkinson and Eleanor Reynolds,
leave our impulsiveness to Doc
Dunn, Lady Major, and Virginia
Tucker.

We. Blitz Roper and Soozie
Richardson, bequeath to Jo Ben-
ton and Laura Winchester our
well-known thesis on Boyle's Law
As Tested and Approved by Two
Astrologists with the Ability to
Build a Blazing Campfire with
Only Two Matches.

I, Mary Mell Fleming, I, Connie
Fraser. and I. Lorraine Griffin
leave my sunny smile to Carolyn
Gilchrist.

I, Louise Reid, bequeath my
research on the Sherman Anti-
Trust Law to another genius, my
sister Harriet.

We, Martha Polk and Bettye
Smith, leave our conscientious
studying to Mary McCalla and
Kate Ellis.

I, Dot Spragens, leave my book
on Child Care to Louise Cousar.

I. Louise Isaacson, bequeath my
nonchalant and carefree attitude
toward studies to Lorenna Ross.

I, Jane Bowman, being sane of
mind, leave my warped sense of
humor to the goat of the class of
1947.

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"I am most grateful to the students at Agnes Scott, and to all
other young people in Georgia, for their overwhelming support
of my candidacy for Governor of Georgia. I pledge each of you an
efficient and honest administration, and give you my solemn
promise that I shall never commit a single act which might cause
you to be ashamed of your native state/ 7

(Signed) James V. Carmichael..

OTE FOR

James V. Carmichael

(Georgia's Next Governor)
JULY 17

He Stands for . . . GOOD GOVERNMENT
HONEST GOVERNMENT . . . DECENCY IN GOVERNMENT

Carmichaers
Platform

Honesty and decency in
state government
Good government.
No debt.

No new taxes, except for
schools, unless specifically
submitted to the people and
approved by their vote.

Rural roads to be built
first.

Speedy service for vet-
erans.

More jobs and better pay
through expanded local in-
dustry and agriculture. More
State farm markets.

Guaranteed full pay for
teachers on time; a tenure
law; more retirement pay.

Greater welfare and health
programs within income.

Inclusion of farm costs in
parity prices.

Adherence to Southern
racial traditions.

Preservation of the coun-
ty unit system.

Home rule.

STUDENTS FOR CARMICHAEL. Students from almost
every Georgia college attended the Carmichael rally at
Moultrie to carry greetings from the campus organizations
supporting him in his fight for "Good government and hon-
est government/* Jimmie Carmichael is shown with some
of the student-voters after the address in which he outlined
his plans for sound government in our State.

Elect Jimmie Carmichael Governor of Georgia

If you want a Governor who is a tr je friend of education who believes
in a progressive Georgia for all Geor rians and who is an honest, decent,
Christian man

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, MON., JUNE 3, 1946

Page 7

Seer Surveys Seniors in '66

By Anne Seitzinger

The time has come the sages say
To talk of many things,
Of future ways, and brighter days
And jobs with better pay.

In 1966 we find to begin with,
that we are all twenty years older,
prettier, and smarter. We are all
wealthier and happier. Aside from
these minor details, across the
expanses of the world we find the
following people busily engaged in
various tasks.

Jean Stewart is still waiting to
enter medical school. She has
learned now not to worry about
being off schedule. In the same
college community where , she
waits, we find Doris Street, Peg-
gy Trice, Kathleen Wade, and
Jane Oatley Hynds busily playing
bridge, as the world goes on.

LaNelle Wright is teaching dra-
matics to a small group of Apache
Indians. Assisting her in this work
are the noted choreographers Peg-
gy Jones and Dootsie Gardner,
her stage name is now Louise.

Jeanne Addison is now a trav-
eling salesman for the Encyclo-
pedia Brittanica. She enjoys her
work very much. With every sale
of five sets per family she gets a
new edition of Ruth Simpson's re-
cent book, "Carlyle or William
Steig?" The idea for this book
grew out of her studies at Agnes
Scott College.

Helen Roper is still resting
from her four years here. Some
of us work, some of us sun-bathe.

Maggie "Lodestone" Toole is
being used as a model for Al
Capp's new comic strip, while
Sally Sue Stephenson is modeling
clothes for Jane Bowman's shop.
Her slogan is "If Jane can drape
'em, I can shape 'em."

Soozi Richardson and Mary
Ann Courtenay are hiring them-
selves out these days to write
skits for various college groups
and social gatherings. Never be-
fore have so many owed sc much
to so few.

Anne Register has organized
the Bookstore Union of America.
She believes in "a candy bar in
every notebook" and "gum for ev-
ery chum."

Bettye Lee Phelps and Ruth
Ryner have a camp in the hills
of Carolina for the "Nicer girls
of the South." Margaret Scott is
assisting them on the waterfront;

SOY:

Contributing to the Woman's
Home Poetry Magazine is Bunny
Weems. Mary Russell is teaching
abnormal to a group of Texas
Rangers while Dot Spragens and
Bunch Beaver are working out a
new and better log table for use
in calculating the number of
cokes consumed daily at Aggie's
House.

Jeanne Hale has opened a
Shrimp House in New Orleans
specializing in shrimp.

E. Horn is attencrrng techni-
cian's school again. This will be
her fifteenth course. She just
hates to rush on unless she's sure.

Winifred Wilkinson and Sara
Jean Clark are also, still, even
yet, attending journalism classes
at Emory. At the same university,
Lorraine Griffin is teaching elev-
en finger piano exercises to the
incoming freshmen. According to
her business manager, Emily Ann
Bradford, "This is indeed diffi-
cult."

In the educational field, Betty
has just enrolled her oldest child,
Rummage Sale, at Agnes Scott
College. Mesdames Gellerstedt,
Dickinson, Sasser, and Cochrane
are helping educational circles by
aiding in the local P.T.A.

Betty Patrick is guiding select
groups of travelers west by way
of the Old Chisolm Trail. Three
months with Doc Posey enabled
her to qualify for this job.

Rite Watson is teaching elocu-
tion, specializing in helping Sou-
therners lose their accents. In the
same New York studio, Jane Anne
Newton and Martha Polk are
teaching dramatics to would-be
stars. One of their outstanding
pupils is Carolyn Bodie who* re-
cently starred in Edwina Davis'
new play, "I Will Review."

Lib Woodward, Jean Chewning,
and Lucy Turner are real estate
agents for second story apart-
jnents. They specialize in those
over-looking vacant lots.

Mary Lillian Allen designs
clothes for Peggy Willmon's new
Shakespeare stock company. It
seems the group is producing re-

vised Shakespeare done by Ted-
dy Bear. It is the aim of the
group to give William to the mass-
es.

Jean Fuller is devoting her en-
tire time these days to marking
our dogwoods on campus. While
Jean checks the trees, Mary Mell
Fleming and Harriet Hargrove
are bringing day students to Ag-
nes Scott College. They are in
keen competition with Preston
Arkwright who is still in sway.

Ellen Hayes and Mary Cargill
are in Pennsylvania trying to
card catalogue Miss Weatherby's
exclusive collection of college
handbooks.

Eleanor Davis is selling leis to
incoming freighters in Hawaii
trying to get passage home-
seems they missed connections.
Plans that pass in the night.

Sarah Walker has a position
with a chemical supply house.
She files Erlynmeyer flasks ac-
cording to milliliter content. In
the same supply house Bonnie
Hope is making clay faces for
closet dors. She comments,
"They're just to look cute!"

Mary f>artee, Martha Stukes,
and Irene Jacob have opened a
fruit stand at the Georgia Trust
Company cdrner to catch elite
trade. One of their outstanding
customers is Vera Orem who sells
candies at the new Bon Ton shop.
She's wild about her work.

Daisy Sundy and Doris Purcell
Owens are official referees for the
intercollegiate basketball games
at Agnes Scott.

Also closely associated with
school is Anne Murrell who is
teaching modern dance to those
interested.

Harding Ragland is designing
bigger and better Mason jar tops.
Every bottle should suit the
home's interior decoration she be-
lieves.

Claire Rowe is counting bac-
teria at a local doctor's office
and tutoring Theorete on the side.

Lura Johnston has opened some
classy joints on the west coast.
She may be said to be the Mildred

Congratulations

Agnes Scott Students, on a
Year's Work Well Done

To those of you who will stay over for a few days the
DeKalb Theatre will be showing for your Entertain-
ment that Superb Photoplay . . .

"The Bells of St. Mary's"

Starring Bing Crosby and ngrid Bergman
See it today Tuesday or Wednesday

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Pierce of today. Joan Crangle de-
signed her billboards. Only bill-
boards in the land done in South
American Indian designs.

Scotty Johnson has just won
the hockey championship for
North Alaska. On her last boat
trip to the states she met Margie
Naab who was tracking down an
old alumna of '46 who only con-
tributed a three cent stamp to
but you know what I mean.

Mary Martin and Eleanor Reyn-
olds have opened a bridal shop.
They cater to the poor college
bride, specializing in dresses
which look good with loafers,
Town and Hanley's dresses. Next
door to them is a stationary shop
owned by Lib Osborne. Lib has
curbed the market of blue exam
books.

Alice Gordon is working for
Cherry Smash Company, a new
synthetic beverage company in
Argentina. Louise Isaacson is
down that way too, selling jewel-
ry designed by Dot DeVane.

Helga Stixrud, at the Stixrud
General Hospital in Wimbo Yam-
ba, found a new cure for a men-
tal disease contracted by inhabi-
tants of .a cottage in Georgia. The
new disease is called Boyd's dis-
ease.

Mary Catherine Vinsant and
Bettye Smith are ushers at the
Bijou Theater in South Sioux,
Arkansas. Margaret Mizell has a
twelve year contract, beginning
this year, with the Radio City
Rockettes. She spends her Sun-
days with Annette Neville who
still hopes to have her home as-
sembled as soon as the strike is
settled.

Harriett McAllister and Bar-
bara Kincaid are elevator girls
at the Waldorf Astoria. The big
city also finds Betty Weinschenk
as the money changer on the top

deck of a Fifth Avenue bus.

Marjorie Karlson has taken
over the library at a nearby col-
lege and she's raising violets on
the side. Every library is a po-
tential violet factory.

Minnewil Story has a push cart
on the Decatur Square. She sells
used note cards to Agnes Scott
history majors.

Robin Robinson is a den moth-
er for the Cub Scout Group No.
15 of Decatur.

Mary Louise and Jeter are
beauty consultants for the Starr
Dust Cosmetics Consolidated.
They have a branch office on sec-
ond Rebekah.

Louise Reid is tickling the iv-
ories at a waterfront cafe, while
Anne Hoyt tells fortunes in the
tea cups.

Gloria Gaines is a financial di-
rector for Harriet Frierson's jute
mill in the Tennessee hills.

Narvie Lu Cunningham is teach-
ing French in a high school in
Montana and Pattie Dean is teach-
ing creative writing to a group
of neighboring farm hands.

Connie Fraser is looking for a
place to live and making slides
quietly.

Mary Amerine and Frances del
Rosso are s e 1 ling spearmint
Beechies to visiting firemen. As-
sisting in a lab is Mary Jane Schu-
macher. She is working on a sub-
stitutes for burettes.

Mildred McCain has a hospital
for small animals on the road to
Montreat. She has developed a
new treatment for distemper.

So. twenty years from now, we
will all be very happy. I've omit-
ted all the children's names and
ages because of time. Some of
us may not be married by then
but then life begins at forty.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS. MON., JUNE 3 ? 1946

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS

Published weekly, except during holidays and examination periods, by the students
of A-nes Scott College. Office on second floor Murphey Candler Building. Entered as
second class matter at the Decatur, Georgia, postoffice. Subscription price per year, $1.2o:
single copies, five cents.

Editor JOANNE BENTON

Managing Editor DALE BENNETT

Assistant Editors HARRIET GREGORY, ANNA CLARK ROGERS

Sports Editor LI DIE LEE

Feature Editor MARY BETH LITTLE

Copy Editor VIRGINIA ANDREWS

BOClety Editor MARY BROWN MAHON

Assistant Sports Editor EDNA CLAIRE CUNNINGHAM

Editorial Assistant ALICB BEARDSLEY

BUSINESS STAFF

Business Manager ALICE NEWMAN

Advertising Manager MARY McCALLA

Circulation Manager LORENNA ROSS

Assistant Advertising Managers JUNE DRISKILL. MARY MANLY

Assistant Circulation Managers ALICE DAVIDSON, ZOLLIE SAXON

Member

Rssotiated GoOeSiate Press

This Is It!

The day has finally come the most eagerly anticipated
day in the life of any college freshman who arrived, purple
and white lapel ribbons flying like flags, ready to take the
fortress of education by storm and carry off the prize. Four
years stretched pretty far that day; now, when the seniors
look at them through the other end of the telescope, they
must seem very short. Maybe the seniors feel even less sure
of themselves today, as they leave college behind them, than
they did the day they shook high school dust from their feet
to go to wider fields.

Today the seniors face something new in this game of liv-
ing. It's a question of fight to survive, of struggling for that
next meal, of paying the bills yourself instead of sending
them to papa. How to live alone with no house books to reg-
ister in . . . will one feel as safe? No more paper to write . . .
will the creative genius survive? No more long stimulating
evenings in the library . . . will we ever read again?

But with all the new responsibilities and without all the
old ones, down underneath there must be in every senior
heart just a few little pangs when good-bye time draws so
close . . . these four years have been grand . . . and those
friends and memories are very dear. You've been a class
that wil be hard to live up to. With sincerest feeling we say
good going and congratulations!

Mr. Holt

Mr. Holt will retire next year after 28 years of teaching
al Agnes Scott. His sincere interest in every student has di-
rected many an aspiring chemist who otherwise 1 might have
lagged. His fFiendliness has gone beyond the bounds of his
department and touched many others who hold him very
dear. His contributions cannot be measured however in terms
of school scholarship, of warmth, of humor, of interest, for
he has given even more. Few desire to give so much . . . few
can give so much . . . few will be missed as Mr. Holt will be.

Awards

(Continued from Page 1)

Pedakis, Pcnsacola, Fla. Helen
Currie, Rocky River, O., received
honorable mention.

Betty Jean Radford, of Deca-
tur, '47, won the Jennie Sentelle
Houghton scholarship of $400,
awarded on the basis of outstand-
ing character, personality, intel-
lectual ability and scholarship.

Rich's of Atlanta annually of-
fers $50 to the freshman making
the best record of the session.
This year's winner was Nancy
Parks, Durham, N. C. Honorable
mention went to Olive Wilkinson,
of Newnan, Ga.

Other awards announced at the
graduation exercises this morning
included the yearly piano schol-
arship, to Nancy Dendy, Orlando.
Fla.: the voice scholarship to Hel-
en Curne. Rocky River, O.; and
the scholarship for speech to
Reese Newton, Decatur, Ga.

Winners of the Louise McKin-
ney Book award of $25 this year
was chosen from a field of four-
teen. The award is given to the
girl who makes the most inter-
esting and discriminating collec-
tion of books as additions to her
personal library' during the cur-

rent year awarded today to Mary
Beth Little, Wichita Falls, Tex.
Honorable mention went to An-
gela Pardington, Winston-Salem,
N. C, and Ruth Simpson, Gaines-
ville, Fla.

Graduation honors covering the
work of the entire four years,
Those graduating with high honor
were Margaret Bear, Richmond,
Va.; Lucile Beaver, Gainesville,
Ga.; Marjorie Karlson, Decatur,
Ga.; Stratton Lee, Danville, Ky.;
Mary Russell, Griffin, Ga.; Doro-
thy Spragens, Lebanon, Ky.; and
Peggy Willmon, Decatur, Ga.

Four girls graduated with hon-
or: Jeanne Addison, Washington,
D. C; Shirley Graves Cochrane,
Atlanta, Ga.; Anne Noell, New-
port, Ark.; and Ruth Simpson,
Gainesville, Fla.

Senior honors based on the
work of the session 1945-46 went
to Jeanne Addison, Margaret
Bear, Lucile Beaver, Shirley Coch-
rane, Marjorie Karlson, Stratton
Lee, Margaret Mizell, Anne Noell,
Elizabeth Osborne, Betty Patrick,
Anne Register, Mary Russell, Ruth
Simpson, Dorothy Spragens, Ver-
na Weems, Winifred Wilkinson.
Peggy Willmon, and Elisabeth
Woodward.

Galley Slave

Alice Beardsley

With loud lamentations, with
downcast eyes, with sorrowful
sobs which shake our exam-ex-
hausted bodies, we the remaining
relics of this institution bewail the
departure or you, the 1946 grad-
uating class.

In token of the deep affection
and regard we hold for you, we
have, through a last struggling
effort, brought forth these fitting
representations of our sentiments.

Pertaining to degrees, Bet Pat-
terson informs us,
There was a young girl in Decatur
Who said, "I'll get through sooner
or later."

She ground and she grinded

She wepted and whineded
Till all of her kinfolks did hatur.
And when she did get her A.B.
The relatives crowed with glee,
But one of them wept as he turned
away,

"I hoped she would get her B.A."

Heed this girls.
The seniors are plunging into mat-
rimony,

Let's hope they keep their sancti-
mony

And not end with with an alimony.

Nellie Scott.

And this:
Four years and seven months ago
The seniors came to this campus
and so

What ? ?

Mac Craig,
Betty Allen.
Jean Williams feels this way
about the situation:
The seniors will scatter far and
wide

And engage in occupations diversi-
fied,

Be profs and designers 'n' stuff

like that.
They can never give the high hat
Cause we knew them WELL
When they were little devils in

Scott.

The faculty, too, feels deeply the
sudden departure of our old
friends. Miss Mac, a representa-
tive of the bug department, offers
these bits to you, dear senior.
Lessons finished, tasks are done,
The battle's over, the degree is
won.

The future for each one is bright,
Let's hope this statement comes

out right!!
Mary Beth Little says:
We've dipped in various fields of

knowledge
And done the things one does in

college.

So if we lack the proper learning
It's just too bad, there's no re-
turning.

So very grown the seniors in
Their black hats seem to be
(Hope their tassles tickle
Away their dignity!)

Here's to the black hooded seniors
Entering life's wild woods
Hope your wolf is exciting
As little red riding hood's.

Hail to thee, blithe seniors,
Boids thou ever wert.
Your flying the coop
Would make us droop
If we weren't extrovert.

Each has her A. B.
So she's armed for the war
To see if she can get
A Bachelor.

And so we, the remaining vic-
tims, send you a fond farewell and
hope wistfully that in your weak
moments you will be able to relive
your carefree days here, that you
will be able to experience again
the Agnes Scott ecstasy . . . ah!!!

People, Life, Inky Type
Fuel for Baker's Fire

By Mary Beth Little

u Liying with a congenial whirlwind is quite an assign-
ment," says Martha Baker's roommate, ducking a speedy
pillow. And that started the staccato interview of a girl who
has printer's ink in her veins and a headline in her smile. As
News editor she amazed everyone by her superwoman en-
ergy and progressive innova- '
tions. Beginning the day by
.lumping out of bed (which is, as
one of her friends says, "simply
inhuman"), pencil-slim Martha
keeps up a squirrel-cage pace, be-
ing wherever there is excitement,
and if there is none, creating it.
When asked the traditional ques-
tion "What would you do if you
had a spare half hour?" she said
blankly, "Why, I'd be lost!"

She began her college career
with the vice-presidency of her
class, which was repeated her
sophomore year; she climaxed her
four years of stellar responsibil-
ities with editorship and "Who's
Who." Her vital interest in jour-
nalism was born in the third
grade when a teacher compli-
mented her on a theme about a
sparrow. Ever since, through high
school and college, writing has
been the love of her life.

Last summer when her home
town editor hesitated to hire just
a one-season reporter, she volun-
teered to do it free. And so she
did. Interviewing Mrs. Tom Mix,
two men who had been on the
death march, and some people at
a Legion ball who weren't in too
good a condition for constructive
conversation, were fascinating as-
signments. Another time, one of
life's little disappointments, she
scooped a fire story, but lacking
seniority, had to give it to the
head reporter. Just talking about
that summer made her radiant.

Camping; lyrical poetry; the
songs "It Had To Be You" and
"On the Sunny Side of the Street"
(which she insists are her com-
plete repetoire, learned only after
years of gruelling work); clothes,
she's known for her smart blouses
and belts; apples; yellow; and
magazines Time and Newsweek
are her deviations from pounding
the typewriter.

Another current hobby is her
Sunday school class, composed of
little boys and girls around ten.
Rather shame-facedly she admit-
ted being partial to the boys, but
aded quickly that she loved them
all. One feature of her teaching
is that she has to adapt her ver-
nacular to theirs. She's living in
terror that the superintendent
might overhear her account of
"mole Moses or old man Methus-
ala." But then no one would sin-
cerely expect Martha to be or-
thodox.

Her ideal of a full life is stim-
ulating. "Nothing is so essential
to a person as creating something,
whether it be writing or music
or the art of making friends what-
ever it is, just so there is always
that important aspect of a living
creative process." For her, jour-
nalism is that release, and her
out-raged opposition to those who
think journalism is not an art is
natural. "There is so much power
in words. So much can be done
through the medium of print."
Her own efforts on this year's pa-
per even, attest her theory.

Martha's characteristic trait,
however, is interest in people,
which perhaps subconsciously
drew her to journalism. For as she
says, "People are the important
thing, all kinds." Her sincere
liking of men. women, children,

Squirrel Cage

Hello again! Remember me,
Nutkin, the squirrel ? I was in the
left hand corner last page, last
issue. Probably you never got to
my leaf (pun) and .anyway you
wouldn't remember. With all the
cramming I saw go on this week,
it's a miracle if you remember
your own name.

Well, while you all were busy
knocking the gray matter black
and blue, I was having a tray
gay time. Sometimes girls would
come outside to study and I'd toss
pop-acorn down just to heckle
them. One poor freshman study-
ing biology djdn't think it was
funny, however, and almost threw
her text at me. But I ran: you'll
never catch me buried in a book.

Heard someone complaining
about having to live out of a
trunk these last few days. I don't
see anything sad about it. I've
done it all my life.

Never saw so many men around
before. All these engaged seniors
running around with magnolia-
sweet expressions remind me of
my Aunt Krispie when she died
misty eyes, silly smile, and paws
together so estatic! In case you
didn't know, we called her Kris-
pie because she always snapped,
crackled, and popped. I could
write a cereal on her love affairs,
but it would probably be corny.
Really, I wish I wouldn't write
things like this, but I just wash-
ed my hands and can't do a thing
witfr them.

Speaking of self control: with
so many parents here this week,
I have to w.atch my chatter. I
don't want to toss shells about
and shock some poor mother. We
Georgians, even the animal Crack-
ers, "aim to please."

Which leads me to the conclu-
sion, I'm better at cracking nuts
than these things. This is the end
of my tale. Whisk!

Faculty

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this summer. Miss Lobeck receiv-
ed her B. A. and B. F. A. degrees
from Wesleyan college, Macon.
During the past year she has been
studying with the Art Students'
league in New York city.

Liz Carpenter '45, this year's
bookstore and mailroom operator,
teaching job in a girls' school in
Chattanooga. Ann Register, '46,
will take her place next year.

Mrs. L. A. Hunt, assistant in the
Dean's ofice, has also resigned.
Her plans for next year are in-
definite.

and pets, and her fox-terrier cu-
riosity have led her into many
embarrassing but rewarding ex-
periences. Few can resist her fire-
cracker pep, her unsystematic ef-
ficiency, and her sincere friendli-
ness.

And as to the future, with typi-
cal enthusiasm, she says, "Oh, I
want life to be one grand whirl.
And I want five little boys and
one girl. And I want to keep on
putting little black scratches on
white paper for the rest of my
days."